The River of Silence meanders, bypassing the wall outside Alpha Castle, passing through the atrium of Jiuyou Academy, and embracing most of the First University in its embrace.
Few students know where this river originates. Everyone only knows that these quietly flowing rivers run through the entire Silent Forest, connecting four colleges, many research institutes, and many other secret and magical territories on Phuket Island.
Waterways extending in all directions are connected to every corner of First University. It is the second transportation network covering the entire campus of First University besides the "corridor". However, unlike the promenade, which is bustling with people, this river is very popular.
It seems a bit miserable.
On the one hand, the river is far away and slow, which is very unfriendly to students who often have to attend classes on deadline; on the other hand, there are often endless pests such as water ghosts and kappas in the river.
, except for those fighting-addicted lunatics in Starry Sky Academy, no one wants to be stained with resentment every day.
After all, we are all wizards.
Fighting and killing is not a label on a wizard.
Therefore, the means of transportation floating on the river are very limited, only a few dilapidated small wooden boats.
When Zheng Qing and others arrived at the pier of Linzhong Lake, the small wooden boat was about to set off.
"Hurry up, hurry up, we'll miss the starting ship!" Xiao Xiao held the notebook in one hand and picked up the hem of his robe with the other, yelling as he ran fast.
Fatty Xin followed at the back, grunting and complaining intermittently: "It's my fault?! It's all your fault...otherwise, we would have arrived long ago!"
Zheng Qing was sandwiched between the two of them, saying nothing, enjoying the peace and quiet.
The old ferryman stood at the pier, waved to the young wizards, and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, hurry up, the last bus is about to leave in the morning!"
This ferry boat, which is very famous in the entire wizarding world, is not big, about ten meters long. Compared with the most numerous dinghy boats in Linzhong Lake, the ferry boat that can travel to the Silent River has one more small cabin.
.Most of the time, students who take the boat need to stay in that small cabin.
The route and number of the ferry boats departing from Linzhong Lake are fixed. Starting from seven o'clock in the morning, they depart every half hour. There are five boats in total. They go upstream along the Silent River and pass through the Silence.
Through the forest, we pass through the residences of several colleges, four blocks of Beta Town, and then return to the pier of Linzhong Lake in the evening.
The ferry boatmen are all old school workers from the school working committee.
Old man Verne, who was responsible for the night patrol of Zheng Qing last semester, was transferred to the ferry station as a boatman because of an accident during the night patrol.
However, the person responsible for ferrying Zheng Qing today was not the old man Verne, but an old school worker named Bernard Shaw.
It is said that this teacher Xiao was once a professor at Jiuyou College. He worked in the school from a young age until he retired. He had no other hobbies except laboratory and teaching, and had no family or friends. They were all in the school. After retirement, he had no other hobbies.
With no place to go, he simply joined the school working committee and became a ferryman on the Silent River - many old school workers on the school working committee have such qualifications.
When Xiao Xiao handed the ferry ticket to Zheng Qing in the morning, Zheng Qing once doubted his relationship with the old man Bernard Shaw.
"To be honest, it doesn't really matter if both of you have the last name Xiao..." Zheng Qing asked Xiao Xiao.
The doctor had nothing to say about the public-funded student's doubts: "Andrew Taylor and Andrew of the Three-Forked Sword are both called Andrew. Are they related? Why have I never questioned the relationship between you and Zheng Zha!"
"Who is Zheng Zha?!" Zheng Qing scratched his head.
"The captain of the veteran hunting team Zhongzhou Team," Fatty Xin interjected in a show-off manner: "He is one of the few powerful hunting teams that can be independent from the two super hunting teams of Xian Qin and Sheng Tang... This is every
The basic skills of a hunting team leader!”
"The new world is so big, everyone can remember it." Zheng Qing muttered, without blushing at all: "And the "First University Newspaper" or "Beta Town Post" never broadcast news from outside... I haven't heard of it.
Life is normal.”
When he met old man Bernard Shaw, Zheng Qing was finally convinced that there was indeed no relationship between Xiao Xiao and the old school worker.
On the one hand, the old man Bernard Shaw has a very big frame, more than two meters tall, which is in sharp contrast to Xiao Xiao's slightly exquisite figure; on the other hand, the old man Bernard Shaw has a pair of dark green eyes - obviously
He and Dr. Xiao Da are two different races.
Similar to Verne, George Bernard Shaw was also an alcoholic.
This was confirmed from the first moment Zheng Qing saw him.
At that time, Fatty Xin, acting as a qualified reporter, solemnly interviewed the old boatman who was packing his things and preparing to set sail: "... What is the significance of this boat ferrying on the Silent River?"
"Hehe," the old boatman raised his head and took a big sip of wine. The clear wine slipped into his clothes along his unkempt beard, but he didn't mind at all - in this way he looked more heroic than the old man Verne.
After swallowing the drink, the old boatman blinked his red eyes hard and laughed:
"Today's young people are so cute. Everything they do must have a meaning. If I don't make sense, it seems that what I do is meaningless!"
Fatty Xin waved his hands repeatedly: "That's not what I mean. I mean, it makes no sense. You don't know the meaning of your own ferry? I heard that you are ferrying people in the river. How do you understand this?"
"Magic is inherently unreasonable!" The old man's answer was as concise and clear as before.
The onlookers laughed dumbly.
The old man continued:
"I ferry just because I want to ferry, just as simple as you live just to live."
"My ferry is just a ferry. What you use my ferry for is your business. What you do is not my meaning."
Although this sentence was a bit convoluted, Zheng Qing understood it very clearly.
Bernard Shaw's old man's ferry is not for ferrying people, it is purely for ferrying. As for some students who want to go somewhere else, some students want to go sightseeing, some students want to explore the forest, some students want to collect materials, etc.
It has nothing to do with the old boatman's ferry.
After leaving the deck and entering the small cabin, while Zheng Qing was still thinking about what Bernard Shaw had said before, he suddenly encountered a figure that caught him off guard.
Elena.
"Hi, Happy New Year!" The gypsy witch saw the young public-funded student at a glance, immediately raised her arms, waved, and greeted briskly: "You are also taking this boat!"
Zheng Qing held it in for a long time before replying with a "huh" word.
Then I couldn't say anything else.
This made the two companions who were traveling with him shake their heads.
It's not that he has nothing to say, in fact, he has a lot to say to Elena - such as how her winter vacation was, why she was hot and cold towards him, how was her final exam, should they still be friends, etc.
Wait - there are so many questions, but only one mouth. I really don’t know where to start.
Moreover, there were other wizards sitting next to each other in the cabin, which made it difficult for him to speak private words with the witch.
While he was silent, the ferry boat had already left Linzhong Lake and entered the quiet and wide main channel of the Silent River.
Outside the cabin, the old boatman held the pole and sang a melodious sailing tune:
…
Swinging on the Silent River
Who will disturb Qingmeng?
Wandering east and west, only the wind chimes disturb me.