Bai Suxian was kneeling beside Zhang Tie, attentively mixing his wine. Hearing his words, she merely smiled faintly and cast him a tender glance with her lovely eyes, saying nothing.
Bai Suxian said nothing, but the boat owner, who had been steering the little vessel all along, laughed from the stern. Rowing as he spoke, he said heartily, "Young Master Cui, then you don't understand. There are quite a few powerful clans and great families in Xuanyuan Hill, but there are even more ordinary people like me. Ordinary people naturally have to earn a living. Most ordinary people who want to make money, lack connections and avenues, yet cannot bear to leave Xuanyuan Hill, naturally have to put their effort into trades like clothing, food, housing, travel, eating, drinking, and entertainment. Take old Zhou here—I make my living in Xuanyuan Hill with this little boat!"
Old Zhou was the owner of this small boat and made his living on the Golden Water River. Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian had rented the boat today to tour the river and had hired Old Zhou to steer it. Neither had revealed their identities. Like ordinary people, they had encountered Old Zhou while looking for a boat at a riverside pier. Zhang Tie had noticed that Old Zhou stood out among the boatmen. Not only was he strong and sturdy, he was also an eighth-level Warrior, and his face had an honest look to it. Zhang Tie asked him the price for renting the boat and hiring him, did not haggle, and had Old Zhou set off. The two had only told him that Zhang Tie's surname was Cui and Bai Suxian's was Bai, so Old Zhou addressed them as Young Master Cui and Miss Bai.
"Hehe, Old Zhou, what do you mean when