Chapter 8 dawn

There was no sound of raindrops on the roof of the canopy on the river, so I thought it was sunny. Although the rain overnight was not heavy, it continued. We were worried about how the water in the river would rise.The boat will rush away, as if that kind of thing has happened before.If the mooring rope is not secure, the boat will flow down with the water, and the people who sleep on the boat will not wake up until they wake up on weekdays.As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw the place I was going to. It was so beautiful, almost like a fairy tale.If it is possible to rush through the rapids with many large beaches and turns so slightly without danger, it would be great to rush in our dreams.

We are heading down.As long as you are safe, don’t run into big waves, don’t collide with rocky corners protruding into the river, and don’t slide into the cave with the whirlpool. When we open our eyes tomorrow morning, we will see the big temple closed by Chenzhou Muguan. At least I am very happy. May the ship break free from its ropes and flow down in the night. Because of the rocking of the boat, we all woke up from time to time, and when we woke up, we spoke various things about the boat.Needless to say, Shuyuan woke up more than I did.In the mist, it seems that he often coughs, and it seems that he is sobbing in a very low voice.Looking at him, I feel hurt for him.He looked like he didn't need anyone to comfort him.Asked him for tea, said no.Just raise your pillow a bit more, say no.You are so worrying, it doesn't matter if you say yes, you will be fine after a while.Seeing his desolate situation, listening to his voice with his throat closed as if speaking in a jar, there is really nothing I can do except to accompany him to tears!

He said that when he came to Changde, he could write a letter back and sue his family, otherwise they would suspect that they capsized the boat at Qinglang Beach again.I didn't say anything. "Can we arrive in Beijing in half a month or twenty days?" "I don't know. Probably it will arrive." "When we arrive, we can go to the photo studio to take a photo together and send it to my mother." "It's very good." "Next year after summer vacation, you can transfer home. If you have nothing to do, you can also transfer with me, and go to my countryside together. There are many carp and crucian carp on the Nianziyan."

"We can go fishing, if I can really come back with you... I don't want to turn back when I go out, and turning back is not worth my nostalgia." The last two sentences seemed to be unheard by him, or he heard that he could go fishing, I thought of fishing on the milling dam, and after seeing my silence, I said: "There are a lot of big fish on our weiring dam, and the one who is so bad is that Uncle Scar—you can recognize him." Well, the last time the two of us saw him boxing and playing in Xinchang Tianpingzhong. He was a very annoying person. He was very bold. He went outside to act as a big brother, and he was so righteous that he divided the family. When the more than 300 renters ran out of water, the brothers dispersed and ignored him. So he was left as a bachelor. We had to try every means to strangle us. He kept saying that the dam should not belong to the five-bedroom and one-bedroom, so I found an opportunity to sell fish, and took two loads of medicine to poison the fish in the stream. My mother, Amitabha, didn’t say a word, and I was even more embarrassed. He poisoned the fish to death, but he had the nerve to send a dozen big fish to my house. .”

"Then there aren't many fish on your roller recently." "No, Mom went on to buy small crucian carp—a lot of two-finger-sized crucian carp. Didn't we catch another half a catty last time? My mother said that the water in the weir and dam is deep, so the fish will not escape to other places. Really, only our barrage is deep in that stream. ...Less than one zhang.I'm afraid it will be over ten feet!Take a bath in hot weather and beat it down, it will take a while to get to the bottom.My eldest brother's kid dared to swim down, and he was better at swimming than you and me. "

"I saw that the water was too gloomy, so I didn't dare to go into the water." "Then don't be afraid. I've never heard that flooding hurts people. You can try it in the future. It's only that deep. Don't worry about getting close to the gate of the water mill. The water can't pass your neck yet." Poor Shuyuan, who has been away from his hometown for less than three days, misses his lovely water roller so much. If the journey time is further away, how will he spend it?Talking about it every day may reduce the loneliness a lot.If you wait a little longer, maybe you will forget it completely.I can only deal with him with brief words.

Although I addressed him with brief sympathetic words, I fell asleep without knowing it. Concerned about the water in the river, I woke up again before midnight.Yesterday I was too tired during the day, and I talked a lot in the middle of the night, so when I woke up, it seemed that I had slept for a long time.I'm afraid the rain is still falling.I listened very quietly, and heard nothing except the small sound of the river gurgling against the boat.The front and rear cabin canopies are so tightly covered that no glimmer of daylight can be seen.I don't know if it's dawn or not.A well-proportioned snoring breathed out near me.At this time, Shu Yuan probably dreamed of going home to go fishing on the water roller.I got up very lightly, got over Shu Yuan, and then over the man watching the boat, and pushed the movable awning away on the stern of the boat. The big water splashed on my face, which made me slightly startled.It was completely dark, and it was impossible to see how the river changed.The water flowed alive beside the boat, looking fierce.There is a refreshing cool breeze blowing from the opposite bank.There is no doubt that the river has been raised by the overnight rain.But listening to the sound of the water, one cannot believe how much it has risen.It seems that it was just that loud last night, I can't make a conclusion, and I don't want to estimate it.

I thought that if there was a hole flute playing in another place at this time, it would be moving.However, there are two flutes in his own cabin.I can blow it and let other people on board get the taste.It's not because I'm afraid of waking them up, I'm too lazy to enter the cabin to find them.Stay for a while, far away, it is the opposite bank, there is a sound that replaces the sound of the flute, flying towards the surface of the river in the moist air.It was a voice that raised its voice almost like a woman's, screaming intermittently.The sound again seemed to be walking along the river bank.

Soon, I saw another torch flickering like a firefly.The sound came from the torch, because both the sound and the torch were moving.The torch suddenly disappeared, and suddenly appeared in another place, as if it was covered by willow groves by the river, so although it disappeared for a while, it soon waved lonely on the bank again.Who is this for? Is it because of the embankment on the water to call for help, is it because my empty boat has drifted away because of the water, there is an accident on board...or some bandit hangs someone on the other side?It's all unknowable.Looking at the situation, it seems that there are a few things beyond what I can guess.

The cries and the torches were temporarily extinguished, and only then did I hear the sound of the flowing water beside the boat.All was dead silence except for the sound of the water.Only a slight cool breeze blows across the face. The boat watcher who fell asleep curled up at Shuyuan's feet also got up, climbed out of the cabin, and stood on the side of the boat to pee.On the one hand, he said: "The water has risen, it's terrible! But don't be afraid. Go to sleep, early. You can rest assured to sleep." The torch across the river was flickering on and off again, and we both paid attention to the opposite bank.

The torch seemed to be below us at first, but now it is above us.Then he yelled two more times, as if something happened, the torch disappeared, and the sharp sound was no longer heard. "That's someone on a business trip by his side." After the torch was extinguished, he breathed a sigh of relief before saying. "I'm afraid it's true." "I often hear this kind of sound. It has been happening every night for the past few days. It is called 'ferry boat, ferry boat. , if the boat is here, you have to row twice. This business is really no joke!" "It's not the only way to set up the oars. If I do this ghost business, I will be faster than them when I hear the shout...Don't you dare not row? If you slow down, he will beat you. He is It's official business. If they miss something, their chief will have his life. Is he going to kill him?" "It depends on the situation. If there is a war..." "What, is it flooded?" Shuyuan in the cabin probably woke up because of our conversation, and seemed to be getting up. "Don't come out. The air outside is very humid and the wind is very cold. I'm afraid you won't be able to cough." Because I stood in the slight cool wind for a long time, I also felt a little cold. "Don't be afraid, I will stand for a while." "We're going into the cabin too! It's not yet dawn." But Shuyuan still put on his short green cloth jacket and crawled out. I don't know how long it will be until dawn.There are no stars in the sky in the same month.But standing in the dark for a long time, our faces can be distinguished from each other.Shuyuan stood beside me, silently looking at the sky.He breathed in the moist air for the first time, and stopped coughing, only heard him panting slightly.The man watching the boat was still standing on the side of the boat, with one hand on the wet canopy and the other on his waist.I heard a rooster crowing in the distance, as if it was on the mountain on the other bank, or it seemed to be in a place farther than the top of the mountain on the other bank.Soon, another chick was responding.Then there was a big cock on an empty boat not far from our big boat and going down.Then there were also chickens on the shore, and their throats were drawn out and they were contending.Gradually, I saw the sky in the east dividing the outline of the mountain top.There was also a man pushing the awning on another big boat less than a few feet away from our boat, and it was vaguely seen that the man was wearing a white sweatshirt.He probably also saw the people on this boat, and said with concern: "I'm afraid the water has risen quite a lot." "Brother, it won't be. It's not heard that it's raining." The man watching the boat said to the man in white sweat. "I heard from the people on the boat that it was down all day yesterday." Bai Shanyi was obviously more careful than him. "A little bigger, our ship will have to move into the port." "I'm not afraid of falling. It's an empty boat, and it's easy to move. The ropes we use to tie the boat are very new, so it doesn't matter if it doesn't move." Although the ropes mooring the boat were very new, I seemed a little uneasy, so I went to the side of the boat, supported the wet awning frame with my hands, and walked to the bow like a crab. Shuyuan still stood beside me silently.Between us, because of our respective silences, we each put our thoughts in a place other than the things in front of us, and the two of us seemed to be very far away.To shorten the distance a little, the two of us—or myself, feel that it is really a need.But can't.Neither was willing to speak, neither could speak.Young people's nostalgia for their hometown, Shu Yuan is just like many friends from poor families who can't bear to leave their mothers.Seeing his sadness on the boat during the day and the conversation in the middle of the night, it is very clear.And before leaving home, I think about everything about the next transfer. With such a childlike heart, how can I leave my mother for a few years to study outside!At this time, he may be thinking of his water mill, or his mother who wrapped her hair in a floral cloth next to the stone mill, and her body is covered with chaff and ash.Or I thought that my nephew Wenhan went fishing on the Nianzi Barrage by himself, and it was lonely. ... At a young age, he suddenly left behind the life of a happy child who could almost be said to be coquettish and presumptuous, and embedded himself in a new and strange world. The unknown threat of the future surrounded his little heart. , the nostalgia of young people, oh, the homesickness that young people cannot carry! Seeing him holding his head up and sinking his mind into a kind of dreary dream, I thought of myself.I have one more father than him, and one more sister. Why can't I arouse my deep nostalgia for my hometown when I go out?When I went out at the beginning of fourteen years old, I was younger than Shuyuan at this time. I wore a short gray Ning silk military uniform that my mother sewed for me, imitating the clothes of the students in the technical class of the camp primary school, and wrapped my legs. The pole of the foot is only like a corn.I put new three-eared water sandals on my feet with white cloth socks, and carried a small flower bag on my back. When a group of fellow villagers who were stronger and older than me carried knives and guns went out to eat, the first day When I went to the Gaocun store at night and saw my blistered feet wrapped in yellow socks, didn't I feel very sad and cried?When you go down to Chenzhou, you will stand alone all day long in front of the stone lions of the Confucian Temple to watch the Guizhou trumpeters blow their trumpets, or go to the Shangnanmen Wharf alone to watch the big boats sailing down the upper reaches of the Chenhe River and listen to the singing of the oars on the boats. Then "Hey, let's scare! Yo, let's scare! When you arrive in Chenzhou, you will not be afraid of the dangers of the three continents, yo! When you arrive in Taoyuan, you will not see the beach, let's go!" the melodious scull song.Or at another time, walk across from the pier, go to the moored raft, look at the majestic and impressive raft, or sit on the empty boat and count the passing ones with their sails fully up. Large and small Mayang boats that move by the wind.I had no choice but to find out from them enough interest to make me forget the troubles of life in front of me.Although sometimes when I got tired of playing, I would think of my mother who had a smiling face when she helped Jiumei and sent me out of the gate, but that was a short-lived thing!Soon I got used to the new life.Maybe it was developed by my playful temper since I was a child.From now on, whenever I go to a new place, I forget the past. For me, even if I try my best to search for the past, I can't find anything worth thinking about.Even in the place I left recently, the old Miao King Hall, I have had a friendship for nearly three years, but I hope it will be impossible to remember it after I leave it.In anticipation of a new life, I tied all my emotions to it.At this time, Shuyuan felt the same emotion as when I took off my yellow mud-stained socks from my feet when I went to the inn on the first day.After leaving his water mill for a year, he may also discover a new thing, forget about the mother's head covered with chaff beside the mill.Seeing other people's mood is exactly the mood I had a few years ago, and I feel sad again. The east has gradually turned into a gray dawn, and Shuyuan's face can be seen more clearly.A pair of disproportionately long eyebrows rested on a thin face as pale as a corpse, and the head was held up like a prisoner in prayer. At first I wanted to talk to him, but seeing that solemn and miserable appearance, I couldn't do it anymore. Dare to startle him.Because of my own changes, when I see someone else in this situation, apart from sympathizing with him, I still feel that it is sad that I am numb.Let the boat go back, even if the boat can go back, go up the river, and return to the place where he got up yesterday, it is still not the hometown where he can fish with the water roller, what good is it for him?Even without the impetus of a hope, it is clear that it is more suitable for me to be able to change for a long time and place myself in a new world that has nothing to do with it.And my mill is only in the very slim hope of my future, and he, perhaps, left his mill because he wanted to pursue something more meaningful than the mill, or sailed back to us. What's the point? Big tears were slowly streaming down Shuyuan's cheeks, and I was not surprised to see them at a glance.At this time, he was thinking about Nianzi and thinking about something other than Nianzi, so he couldn't cry loudly, or because Nianzi was too cute. He will also think about sailing the boat back, it can be seen from the expression on his face. I know I don't need to pay attention to him at this time, let him be crazy for a while.It would be a great sin to shake his grief with comforting words at this time. At some point, the person watching the boat had jumped ashore, and it seemed that another rope had been untied to tie the boat up again.When he jumped over the bow of the ship from the stone pier of the pier, his two feet slapped the deck, and the ship shook suddenly, which gave us a little fright. It’s too cold, let’s go into the cabin. When the person watching the boat helped the awning frame like a crab and started to turn sideways, looking at the back of Shuyuan who climbed into the cabin first as he said sadly, I couldn’t Hold back my tears any longer. Today's Shuyuan, the stubbornness of desire will not cause him much pain. He has been sleeping peacefully in the soil of his hometown for three months, and it has been nearly three years since he and I lived on an empty boat to watch the water rise.The cemetery is not far from his grinder, and the waterwheel should sing rough songs for him every night.It's just that the old lady next to the mill with a calico kerchief wrapped around her head is still covered in chaff and ash beside the rotating millstone?What a memorable thing!I also dare not write to ask about the fish on the barrage recently.Maybe the old lady won't have to buy that second-finger-sized crucian carp in the future.Recently, there is a little cousin of mine who has been a colleague in the same military camp for four years, who has left a faint shadow in my heart and left this world to walk on the vague and unknown road.I can only express my condolences and remembrance for these partners here with a sincere silence. Three days before the Dragon Boat Festival, I received news of Mang's death in Xishan.