Spy Under Sky Chapter 107

When Gavin Lin arrived at the Gan Shui Wharf by the canal, he happened to see a passenger ship of the Japanese Daito Shipping Company in the canal blowing its whistle and heading eastward. He realized that the time was about 2:40 in the afternoon. The Japanese ships ran once an hour, departing from the Gongchenqiao Wharf at half past every hour and arriving at the Gan Shui Wharf at about 2:40, so it became a standard for the masters to judge the time.

Gavin Lin looked around and found that no one was paying attention, so he took out the bone flute and blew it gently. He called Xiao Hei, who had been following him all the way, to his side, took out a bag of dried fish that he had just bought at a roadside dry goods stall for three cents a piece, and threw it to Xiao Hei as a reward for its hard work along the way.

Then Gavin Lin went to the泔水 dock and pulled his泔水 cart to the canal. He picked up a bucket of water from the river and started to wash it carefully.

After washing it, Gavin Lin pushed the swill cart to the dock to dry it. Then when another passenger ship of the Dadong Shipping Company came from the direction of Gongchen Bridge with its whistle, he took out the cold rice balls and coarse porcelain bowl from the cloth bag of the swill cart, went to the small shop next to it to get a bowl of soup, and ate it while sitting on the curb.

At this time, Wang Xiaodu was walking towards us from a distance, holding a wooden snack box in both hands and shouting along the way.