Chapter 4 Chapter Two

It was still two years ago.On the Dragon Boat Festival in May, the grandfather at the head of the ferry got someone to replace him, so he took the yellow dog and Cuicui into the city, and crossed the river to watch the boating.The river was full of people, four long vermilion boats were sliding in the pool, the water in the dragon boat had just risen, the water in the river was green, the weather was so clear, the drums were beating loudly, Cui Cui pursed her lips and said nothing. Said, the heart is full of unspeakable happiness.There were too many people by the river, and everyone looked at the river with their eyes open. After a while, the yellow dog was still around, but the grandfather was crowded and disappeared.

While paying attention to rowing, Cui Cui thought to herself, "Grandfather will always find it soon."But after a long time, Cui Cui panicked a little before her grandfather came.First, the day before the two entered the city with the yellow dog, the grandfather asked Cui Cui: "Tomorrow, if you go boating in the city by yourself, how many people are you afraid of?" Cui Cui said: "I am not afraid of many people, but I am just a People are not fun." So the grandfather thought for a long time, and then remembered an old acquaintance who lived in the city, and went to the city at night to discuss, and invited the old man to watch the ferry for a day, but he went to the city with Cui Cui for a day.And because the man was more lonely than the old man on the ferry, without a relative or a dog by his side, so he made an appointment with the man to have dinner at home in the morning and drink a glass of realgar wine.The next day the man came, had dinner, and after entrusting his duties to the man, Cui Cui and others entered the city.On the way, my grandfather seemed to think of something, and asked Cui Cui, "Cui Cui, Cui Cui, there are so many people, it's so lively, do you dare to go to the riverside to watch the dragon boat?" Cui Cui said, "Why not? But what's the point of being alone." After reaching the river, the four red boats in Changtan completely occupied Cui Cui's attention, and her grandfather seemed to be dispensable by her side.The grandfather thought to himself: "It's still early, and there will be at least three moments until the end. The friend by the stream should also come and see the excitement of the young people, and go back, and there is still time to change the status." So he asked Cui Cui, "There are too many people, stand here and watch, don't move, I have something to do elsewhere, no matter what, I will come back to accompany you home." Cui Cui was fascinated by the two boats racing side by side, The grandfather said without thinking and agreed.Grandpa knew that the yellow dog might be safer by Cuicui's side than he was by her side, so he went home to watch the boat.

When my grandfather arrived at the ferry, he saw old Peng Wen, who took his place, standing under the white pagoda, listening to the sound of drums in the distance. Grandfather called him and asked him to pull the boat over, and the two of them crossed the stream and still stood under the White Tower.The man asked the old boatman why he ran back again, and the grandfather said that he wanted to take Cui Cui's place by the river for a while, so he drove back by himself, so that he could also cross the river to see the excitement, and said, "It's a good look, just take a look." You don’t need to come back, just see Cui Cui and ask her, Cui Cui will come home when the time comes. The little girl doesn’t dare to go home, so you can walk with her!” But the stand-in had no interest in watching the dragon boat anymore However, he is willing to drink two more glasses of soju with the old boatman on the boulder by the stream.The old boatman was very happy, took out the gourd and pushed it to the one from the city.The two of them were talking about the old Dragon Boat Festival and drinking while drinking. After a while, the man passed out on the rock because of the soju.

He was drunk and unable to enter the city, and his grandfather was inconvenient to leave with the ferry because of his responsibilities. Cui Cui, who stayed by the river, had to be anxious. After the rowers in the river had decided the final outcome, the city officer had sent someone to release a group of ducks in a small boat in the pool, but my grandfather hadn't come yet.Cui Cui was afraid that her grandfather was waiting for her somewhere, so she took the yellow dog and crowded around to look for her grandfather, but there was still no trace of her grandfather.Later, I saw that it was getting dark, and the soldiers carried the benches out of the city to watch the excitement, and all of them carried the benches home one after another.There are only three or five ducks left in the pool, and the number of duck catchers is gradually decreasing.The setting sun went upstream towards Cuicui's house, and the river surface was covered with a layer of mist at dusk.Seeing this scene, Cuicui suddenly had a frightening thought, she thought: "What if grandpa is dead?"

She remembered the words her grandfather told her not to leave the original place, and then she explained the mistake of thinking to herself, thinking that if her grandfather didn't come, she must be going to the city or to some acquaintance's place, and was dragged to drink, so she couldn't do it for a while. here.Just because this was possible, she didn't want to rush home with the yellow dog before it was dark, so she had to stand by the stone pier and wait for her grandfather. After a while, the two long boats on the opposite river had moored into the creek on the opposite river and disappeared, and almost all the people watching the dragon boats dispersed.There are prostitutes in Diaojiaolou, the lights have been turned on, and some people are beating small spot drums, playing yueqin and singing songs.In some other houses, there was the noisy sound of punching and drinking.At the same time, some boats moored below the stilted building also had people arranging wine and stir-frying vegetables, and when they poured vegetables and radishes into the boiling oil pan, they made a sound of humming.The surface of the river was hazy, and it seemed that there was only one duck floating in the pool, and only one person was chasing the duck.

Cuicui still did not leave the pier, always believing that her grandfather would come to her and go home with her. The singing on the Diaojiao building became more lively, and I only heard someone talking on the boat below. A sailor said: "Jin Ting, listen to your shop drinking and singing with the guests from Eastern Chuandong. I'll bet that it's her voice." !” The other sailor said, “She drinks and sings with them, but she misses me. She knows I’m on board!” The previous sailor said again: “The body is for others to play with, but the heart is still thinking of you; what do you have? Evidence?" The other said: "There is evidence." So the sailor whistled and made a strange mark, and after a while, the singing upstairs stopped.When the singing stopped, both sailors laughed.The two then talked about everything about that woman, using a lot of vulgar words, Cui Cui was not used to hearing such words, but she couldn't walk away.Let's hear from one of the sailors that the father of the woman upstairs was killed in Mianhuapo, with a total of 17 knives.The weird thought in Cuicui's mind, "Is grandpa dead?" still occupied her mind for a while.

The two sailors were still talking, and the white duck in the pool slowly swam towards the pier where Cui Cui was. Cui Cui thought, "If you come any further, I'll catch you!" When the duck was about three feet away from the shore, a man smiled and called out to the sailor on the boat.It turned out that there was another person in the water, and that person had already caught the duck, but slowly "kicked the water" and swam close to the shore.Hearing the shout from the water, the people on the boat also yelled vaguely: "Second old man, second old man, you really did it, you got five today." The man on the water said: "This guy is very cunning, now it belongs to me." "You must have the same ability to catch ducks now, and you will catch women in the future." The one on the water said nothing, and patted the water with hands and feet and walked towards the pier.When wet and wet, the yellow dog next to Cui Cui barked a few times as if to warn the person in the water, and then the person noticed Cui Cui.There was no one else on the pier, so the man asked:

"who is it?" "It's Cuicui!" "Who is Cui Cui?" "It's Bixiyu's granddaughter who punted the ferry." "What are you doing here?" "I'll wait for my grandpa. I'll wait for him to come home." "He won't come when he comes. Your grandfather must have drunk in the military barracks in the city, and was carried back after getting drunk!" "He won't. He promised to come, and he will come." "You can't wait here. Go to my house, go upstairs where the lights are on over there, and wait for Grandpa to come to you, okay?"

Cui Cui misunderstood the kindness of the man who invited him into the house, and she was remembering the scandalous things the sailor said about women. She thought that the man wanted her to have women singing upstairs. It's been too long, and my heart is very anxious. When someone asked her to go up, I thought I was insulting her, so I said softly: "You cut off your head in time!" Although the words were soft, the man could hear Cui Cui's age from his voice, so he said with a smile: "Why, you curse! You don't want to go up, you want to stay here, and when you turn around, you will be in the water." When a fish comes to bite you, don't shout!"

Cuicui said: "I don't care about your business if the fish bites me." The yellow dog seemed to understand that Cuicui was being bullied, and barked again.The man raised the white duck in his hand, frightened the yellow dog, and walked up He Street.The yellow dog wanted to chase after him because he was being bullied, so Cui Cui yelled: "Dog, dog, you will be barked at people!" Cui Cui seemed to be asking the dog "that frivolous man is not worth barking", but What the man heard was another kind of kindness. The man thought it was her who wanted dogs not to bark at good people, so he smiled recklessly and disappeared.

After a while, someone took a torch made of waste cable from Hejie, and called Cui Cui's name to look for her, but Cui Cui didn't recognize the person when she came.The man said: The old boatman returned home and couldn't come to pick her up, so he wrote a letter from the transitional population, asking Cuicui to go back immediately.Cuicui heard that it was sent by her grandfather, so she went home with the man, let the torchlighter lead the way, and the yellow dog walked back and forth along the city wall to the ferry together.As Cui Cui walked, she asked the person holding the torch. Whoever asked him would know that she was by the river.The man said that the second elder asked him. He was a clerk in the second elder's family, and he had to turn back to He Street after sending Cuicui home. Cuicui said: "How does the second elder know that I am by the river?" The man smiled and said, "He came back from catching ducks in the river and met you on the pier. He said he kindly invited you to sit at home and wait for your grandfather. You scolded him!" Cui Cui asked slightly surprised, "Who is the second elder?" The man was also a little surprised and said: "You don't even know the second elder? It's our Nuosong Erlao on Hejie! It's Yue Yun! He wants me to take you back!" The Nuosong Erlao is not a stranger in Chadong. name! Cui Cui thought of her curse words earlier, she was surprised and shy, she didn't say anything, and silently followed the torch and walked away. After turning over the small fort and seeing the fire in Duixi's house, the old boatman immediately pulled the boat over and asked in a hoarse voice, "Cui Cui, Cui Cui!" Cui, is that you?" Cui Cui ignored her grandfather, but said softly: "It's not Cui Cui, it's not Cui Cui, Cui Cui was eaten by carp in the big river long ago." Cui Cui boarded the boat, and the elders sent The man left with a torch, and the grandfather led the boat and asked: "Cui Cui, why didn't you promise me, are you angry with me?" Cui Cui stood at the bow and remained silent.Cuicui complained about her grandfather's little bit, and when she pulled the boat across the stream, once she got home and saw another old man who was drunk, it was over.But another incident, which belonged to her and had nothing to do with her grandfather, made Cui Cui silent for a whole night.