On the river's surface under the night, glimpses of rippling light ripples and undulates endlessly...
At this moment, a small fishing boat slowly sails on the cold water, with a candle lit at the stern, shining brightly in the darkness.
At the bow, there stands a hunched figure wearing a bamboo hat and a gray hemp garment, holding a bamboo pole with both hands to steer the boat. By the faint candlelight, you can see the bony, bloodless hands gripping the pole tightly, like a thin layer of flesh clinging to bones.
The hunched figure steers the boat very slowly, appearing to exert great effort.
Finally, the hunched figure rows the boat to the center, places the bamboo pole back on the boat, and tosses a square iron anchor into the water, steadying the small vessel from being swept away by the current.
After completing this, the figure picks up a slender wooden rod from the boat, about three meters long.
