On the Dragon Boat Festival. Grandfather and Cui Cui made an appointment three days ago. Grandpa is guarding the boat, and Cui Cui and Huang Gou go through Shunshun Diaojiao Building to watch the fun. Cui Cui didn't agree at first, but later agreed. But after a day, Cui Cui regretted it and came back, thinking that she wanted to see two people and see the boat. Grandfather understood this meaning, which was the result of Cui Cui's inner struggle with love. I can't play what I should for grandpa's sake. It's impossible! Grandpa smiled and said, "Cui Cui, why did you do this? Making a deal and going back on our word is not commensurate with the usual moral quality of tea cave people. To say one is another, you can't be half-hearted My memory is not so bad. I will forget what you promised me at once! " Although my grandfather said, obviously, my grandfather agreed with Cui Cui's plan. But people are so nice that my grandfather is a little unhappy. Seeing that Grandpa stopped talking, Cui Cui said, "Who will accompany you when I leave?"
Grandpa said, "When you leave, the boat will accompany me."
Cui Cui frowned with a wry smile. "The boat will accompany you, hey, hey, the boat will accompany you. Grandpa, you are really ... "
Grandfather thought, "You will leave one day." But I dare not mention it. Grandfather had nothing to say at the moment, so he went through the small garden under the tower behind the house to see the onions, and Cui Cui followed.
"Grandpa, I have decided not to go. I'll let the boat go. I will replace you! "
"Well, Cui Cui, if you don't go, I will go. I have to wear a red flower and pretend to be Mr. Liu in the city to see the world! "
Both of them laughed at this sentence for a long time.
Grandfather cut onions, but Cui Cui picked one and blew it up. There are calls for a transition on the east coast. Cui Cui wouldn't let her grandpa take the lead, so she ran down, jumped on the ferry, and pulled the boat across the stream to pick up people with the help of the cable of Hengxi. Call grandpa while pulling the boat:
"Grandpa, you sing, you sing!"
Grandfather didn't sing, but stood on a high rock and looked at Cui Cui, shaking his hand and saying nothing.
Grandpa has something on his mind. Cui Cui, preoccupied, has grown up.
Cui Cui is getting bigger every day. When she accidentally mentions something, she will blush. Time is growing, and she seems to be urging her to take some responsibility for another thing. She is very happy to see the pink-faced bride, tell the story of the bride, wear wild flowers on her head and listen to people singing. She can already feel the haunting place of the tea cave people's songs. Sometimes she seems a little lonely. She likes to sit on the rocks and stare at the stars in the sky. If Grandpa asks, "Cui Cui, what are you thinking?" She said softly with a little shyness, "Watch the ducks fight!" According to local customs, this means "Cui Cui thinks nothing". But at the same time, I asked myself, "Cui Cui, what the hell are you thinking?" I also replied in my mind: "I think far and a lot." But I don't know what to think. " She's really thinking. She really doesn't even know what she's thinking. The girl's body is fully developed, and a "miracle" naturally derived from age will come in the next month, which also makes her think more and dream more.
Grandfather understood the influence of such a thing on a woman, and his mood changed a little. Grandpa is a man who has lived in nature for 70 years, but some natural phenomena in personnel can't be arranged. Because of the growth of Cui Cui, my grandfather remembered some old things and found something from stories buried in many times.
Cui Cui's mother used to be like Cui Cui. Long eyebrows, big eyes and red skin. I am also good enough to be loved-I also know that in some small places, I can lift my eyes and move my eyebrows to make my elders happy. It seems that I can never leave this one at home. But unfortunately, she met the soldier. Finally, I left all ages behind, but I died with the soldiers. From the old boatman's point of view, no one has committed these things, and only "God" should be responsible. Cui Cui's grandfather didn't complain about heaven, but his heart couldn't fully agree with this unfortunate arrangement. It is really unfair to share your share! They all say put it down. It's just one thing not to put it down.
There was a Cui Cui at that time. Now, if Cui Cui is like her mother, can an old boatman still keep small fish at that age? People want God, but they don't agree! People can't rest when they are old, and a good countryman deserves all the hardships and misfortunes. If there is a god at another height, and this god has two hands to dominate everything, then obviously, it is only reasonable to take my grandfather back first and then let this young man get his share of happiness or misfortune in his new life.
But grandpa doesn't think so. He's worried about Cui Cui. He sometimes lies on the rock outside the door, thinking about his own thoughts to the planetesimals. He thinks that death should come soon, because Cui Cui people have grown up, which proves that they are really old. Anyway, let Cui Cui have a landing. Cui Cui was given to him by her poor mother. When Cui Cui grew up, he had to give Cui Cui to someone else, and his business was over! To whom? What kind of person must not wronged her?
A few days ago, Shunshun's family had a few words with grandpa when they crossed the stream. The first thing the outspoken young man said was:
"Old uncle, your Cui Cui looks really beautiful, like a goddess of mercy. Two years later, if I can stay in the teahouse and take care of things, I won't have to fly around like an old crow. I will definitely come to this stream and sing for Cui Cui every night. "
Grandfather smiled in return for his confession. He looked at the old man with small eyes while pulling the boat.
So the old man said again:
"Cui Cui is so charming, I'm afraid it's only suitable for listening to teahouse people's songs, and I can't do all the serious things for a teahouse woman to be a daughter-in-law. I want a lover who can listen to my singing, but I can't lack a daughter-in-law who takes care of the housework. I want the horse not to eat grass, and I want the horse to go well. Alas, these two words are exactly what the ancients said to me! "
Grandfather slowly put down the boat, let the stern dock, and then said:
"Big old, also have this kind of thing! You will understand. " What's going on, grandpa can't figure it out. After the young man left, grandpa reviewed the truth from a man's mouth, which was really sad and happy. If Cui Cui should marry someone, is this person suitable for taking care of Cui Cui? Really give it to him, will Cui Cui?
eight
On the morning of the fifth day, it rained a little in Mao Mao, and the upper reaches were a little "dragon boat water", and the river turned bean green. Grandpa went shopping in the city for the holiday, wore a "cloak" of zongzi and leaves, carried a basket and a big gourd full of wine, hung a wallet on his shoulder and left. Because it's a holiday, many people go to the city with copper coins from small villages and throw them down. These people got up early, so after Grandpa left, Yellow Dog accompanied Cui Cui to watch the boat. Cui Cui wore a brand-new cloak on his head and sent the transition personnel back and forth. The yellow dog sits at the bow. Whenever the boat approaches the shore, it must jump to the shore to grab the rope head first, which will arouse the interest of every transition. Some transitional country people also brought their dogs to the city. For example, as the saying goes, "dogs can't leave the house", once they leave the house, they become very honest even around their owners. During the transition, Cui Cui's dog will go over and sniff and ask Cui Cui for a wink. He seems to understand Cui Cui's meaning and dare not make a move. Until I landed, I pulled the rope and saw the strange dog going up the mountain, so I would follow it. Or barking gently at the dog owner, or running after a strange dog, Cui Cui will shout impatiently, "Dog, dog, are you crazy?" Run if you have something to do! "So the yellow dog ran back to the boat, and the boat still smelled bad. Cui Cui said, "What a frivolous move! Who did you learn from? Get over there! "The dog seems to be very sensible, and immediately went to the original place, only occasionally calling softly, as if thinking of something.
The rain kept falling, and the stream smoked together. When Cui Cui had nothing to do on the boat, she counted the trips of the old boatman. She knew where he was going, who he was going to see, what he was going to talk about, what the gate should be like on this day, and what the river street should be like. She saw it clearly. She also knows her grandfather's temper. When she sees familiar people in the city, whether it's the groom or the fireman, she always says that it's worthwhile to spend the holidays. In this way, it says, "Mr. Deputy, you have had enough to eat and drink during the holidays!" That one will also say, "boater, you are full!" If the above words are said here, the people there say, "What can I eat and drink?" Four two meats and two bowls of wine, not full or drunk! "Then, my grandfather was honest and invited this acquaintance to Bixi Village for a drink. If someone wanted to drink the wine from his grandfather's gourd at that time, the old boatman was never stingy and would quickly pass the gourd. After drinking, people in the barracks lick their lips and praise the wine, so they will be forced to take a second sip. In this case, there was less wine, so I ran to the original store to fill it up. Cui Cui knew that her grandfather would go to the dock to chat with the sailors who had just landed for a day or two and ask about the rice price and salt price of the river. Sometimes, she bent down and walked into the cabin with the smell of oil, vinegar and firewood such as kelp and squid. The sailors grabbed a handful of red dates from the altar and handed them to the old boatman. After a while, when her grandfather came home and was complained by Cui Cui, this red date became a reconciliation between her grandfather and Cui Cui. As soon as my grandfather arrives at River Street, there must be many merchants in the shop giving him zongzi and other things as a little respect for this dedicated boatman. Although my grandfather shouted, "I brought so much, and I will crush old bones when I go back," these things were inexplicably appreciated. When he went to the butcher's table, he wanted to "buy meat" but people didn't want to collect money. If the butcher doesn't accept the money, he would rather go to another shop than use it. The butcher said, "grandpa, what makes you so hard?" I'm not asking you to plow! "But no, he thinks this is blood money, unlike other things. If you don't take money, he will calculate the money in advance, throw it into a big and long money bucket, grab the meat and leave. The butcher knows his temperament. When he weighed the meat, he always chose the best place and deliberately increased the weight. When he sees it in time, he will say, "hey, big boss, I don't want your benefits!" The meat on the leg is the meat used by city people to stir-fry shredded pork. Don't joke with me! I want a piece of meat, I want thick glutinous rice, I am a rower, and I want to stew carrots! "When he got the meat and handed over the money, he counted it first and then asked the butcher to count it again. As usual, the butcher ignored him, threw the money at the mouth of a long bamboo tube and left with a charming smile. Butchers and other meat buyers will laugh when they see him. ...
Cui Cui also knew that her grandfather would go to Shunshun's home in Riverside Street.
Cui Cui was very happy when he reviewed what he saw and heard in these two festivals. There seems to be something in front of her eyes, just like the unpredictable sunflower she saw when she closed her eyes in bed in the morning. It seems clear in front of her eyes, but she can't see clearly and can't catch it.
Cui Cui thought, "Is the white chicken really a tiger?" She doesn't know why she suddenly remembered Bai Jiguan. Baijiguan is a place name in the middle of Youshui, more than 200 miles away from the tea cave!
Then she thought, "Thirty-two people paddle six oars, and when they walk on the water, they set up a big tent with a hundred pieces of white cloth. How ridiculous it is to take such a big boat to Dongting Lake for the first time ... "She didn't know how big Dongting Lake was, so she had never seen such a big boat. What's even more ridiculous is that she thought of this question for no reason!
There came a group of people in transition, some carrying burdens, some running errands, and some mothers and daughters. Mother wore a new starched blue cloth dress, and the girl's face was painted with two cakes of red. She wore a new dress that didn't fit well. She went to her relatives' house to watch the dragon boat. When everyone got on the boat and settled down, Cui Cui looked at the little girl and pulled the boat across the stream. The child is estimated to be thirteen or fourteen years old and comes from Cui Cui, but he looks charming and never seems to leave his mother. I'm wearing a pair of spikes with freshly oiled toes and some yellow mud on them. Pants are made of that purple-green cloth. See Cui Cui looking at her, she also looked at Cui Cui, eyes bare like two crystal balls. A little shy, a little uncomfortable, and a little unspeakable. The motherly woman asked Cui Cui how old she was. Cui Cui smiled and agreed unhappily, but asked the little girl how old she was this year. Cui Cui couldn't help laughing when her mother said she was thirteen. The mother and daughter are obviously the wives and daughters of rich families, which can be seen from the air. Cui Cui stared at the girl and found that the girl was still wearing a pair of twisted silver bracelets, flashing white light, and she was a little envious. After the ship landed, people came ashore one after another. The woman took out a copper coin from her body, stuffed it into Cui Cui's hand, and left. Cui Cui forgot her grandfather's rules, didn't say thank you, and didn't pay back the money. She just looked at the girl behind her. When a group of people were about to climb the mountain, Cui Cui suddenly caught up with her and returned the money to the woman on the mountain. The woman said, "This is for you!" Cui Cui said nothing but smiled and shook his head. Before the woman could say the second sentence, she ran quickly to her ferry.
On the ferry, someone called for a transition on the other side of the stream, and Cui Cui pulled the boat back. There are seven people and two girls in the second transition. Similarly, because the dragon boat is specially put on clean clothes, its appearance is not very beautiful, so Cui Cui can't forget the previous one.
There are many people in transition today, including more girls than usual. Cui Cui is pulling the cable on the boat to ferry, so when she sees some beautiful, very strange, clever and red eyes, she will leave an impression in her memory. When there is no transition, when my grandparents don't come again, I just review the girl's demeanor repeatedly. And gentle and indifferent singing:
"The white chicken was released by the tiger to bite people, not others. Miss Tuan was the first one." ..... My elder sister is wearing a pair of gold hairpin, and my second sister is wearing a pair of silver hairpin. Only Third Sister wore nothing, and she wore bean sprouts in her ears all the year round. "
Some people in the city went to the countryside. In front of a hotel on River Street, they met the old man who supported the ferry, gave the gourd mouth to a young sailor, and invited the sailor to drink his newly bought white shochu. Cui Cui asked in time, and the city man told her everything he saw. Cui Cui laughed at her grandfather's generosity, which was neither the time nor the place. When the transition people left, Cui Cui was on the boat, humming the wizard's song gently, hoping to see God in1February-
You big fairy, you great god, open your eyes and look at our people here!
They are honest, young and disease-free.
Adults can drink, do things and sleep;
Their children can grow up and endure hunger and cold;
They are willing to plow, goats are willing to have children, and chickens and ducks are willing to hatch eggs;
Their women can raise sons, sing songs and find a happy lover in her heart!
You great god, you big fairy, come and stand in a row on both sides.
Master Guan rode on a red hare,
Weichi Gong has a big iron whip in his hand!
You big fairy, you great god, the clouds are falling slowly!
Zhang donkey has been sitting tight,
Watch your step, Tie Guai Li!
Flour is a blessing,
And the storm god is merciful,
Wine, food,
Fat pig and fat sheep are roasting on the fire!
Hong Xiuquan, Li Hongzhang,
You are the bully in life,
Killing and arson, loyalty, each in its own way,
What's wrong with sitting at the table today!
Eat slowly, drink slowly,
A bright moon is better than a river.
When you're drunk, you walk together,
I should sing for you again!
The voice of that song is extremely soft, cheerful and slightly melancholy. After singing this song, Cui Cui felt a little sad. She remembered that the fire in the field was like a drum in late autumn.
Drums were beating loudly in the distance, and she knew that the dragon boat with scarlet long lines had entered the river at this time, and the drizzle was still falling, and the stream was smoking together.
nine
When grandpa came home, it was almost the usual breakfast time, with things on his shoulders and hands. As soon as he climbed the hill, he called Cui Cui and asked Cui Cui to tow the boat across the stream to meet him. Cui Cui was very anxious when he saw how many people had entered the city. Hearing grandpa's voice, she was full of energy and replied sharply, "grandpa, grandpa, I'm coming!" " After crossing the ferry from the dock, the old boatman carried his things on his shoulders and put them on the bow. While helping Cui Cui pull the boat, he smiled at Cui Cui like a child, full of modesty and shyness. "Cui Cui, you are anxious, aren't you?" Cui Cui should have blamed her grandfather, but she replied, "Grandpa, I know you advised people to drink by the river. This is very interesting. " Cui Cui also knows that Grandpa is happy to go to River Street to play, but it will make Grandpa more shy and noisy, so he doesn't say anything.
Cui Cui put everything in the bow in her eyes, but the wine gourd was gone. Cui Cui laughed before.
"Grandpa, it's very generous of you to invite the deputy master and the people on board to drink, and even the gourd is eaten in your stomach!"
Grandfather smiled and explained:
"Where, where, my gourd was detained by uncle Shunshun. He saw me inviting people to drink in River Street, and he said,' Hey, Zhang Heng, a ferryman, this can't be done. How can this happen in the workshop without trough! Put it down and ask me to drink it all. He really said,' Please buy me all.' I put the gourd down. But I guess he's joking with me. Is there less shochu in his house? Cui Cui, you say, ... "
"Grandpa, do you think people really want to drink your wine? Is that just a joke?"
"What's that?"
"Don't worry, the somebody else must be because you treat is not a place, so buckle your gourd, don't let you please people to drink wine. I'll give it to you later. You don't understand, really! ——"
"Oh, it really will!"
When the ship landed, Cui Cui helped grandpa move things first, but only took the tail fish and spent money on it. The money in the wallet has been used up, but there is still a packet of sugar and a packet of sesame cakes. Hardly had they brought their new purchases home when someone called for a transition to the stream. Grandfather asked Cui Cui to watch the meat dishes, so as not to be dragged by wild cats, vying to do things downstream. After a while, he went home with the transitional people. It turns out that this person is the gourd that delivers takeout. I only heard my grandfather say, "Cui Cui, you guessed it. They really sent wine gourd! "
Cui Cui had no time to go to the kitchen when her grandfather, a young man with a dark face and broad shoulders, entered the room.
Cui Cui smiled at all the guests and asked her grandfather to write it down. The guest looked at Cui Cui again and smiled. Cui Cui seemed to understand why she was being watched. She was a little embarrassed and went to the stove to make a fire. There was another call for transition by the stream, and Cui Cui ran out of the door, got on the boat and crossed the stream. Someone happened to cross the stream again. Although it was raining lightly, there were many people in transition, three times in a row. Cui Cui thought of her grandfather's interest when she was working on the boat. Somehow, she felt as if she were an acquaintance sent by the city to deliver wine gourd. But I look like an acquaintance in my eyes, but I don't know where I have seen it. But just when he refused to think of this person in some way, he could not guess the identity of this person.
Grandpa shouted at the edge of the rock ridge: "Cui Cui, Cui Cui, come up and have a rest and spend some time with the guests!" Originally, I wanted to go ashore to make a fire, but there was no transition, but when Grandpa shouted, I wouldn't go ashore.
The tourist asked his grandfather if he could go to the city to see the boat. The old ferryman said, "You go and watch the ferry." . The two men talked about something else. Upon arrival, visitors will get down to business:
"Uncle, you look like an adult, and you are beautiful!"
The ferryman smiled. "The tone is the same as my brother, but it is very refreshing." Think like this, but say like that: "second-oldest, you are the only person worthy of praise in this place, and people say you look good!" " "The leopard in Bamian Mountain and the golden pheasant in Xidi River are all aphorisms designed to praise your benefits!"
"But it's not fair."
"Fair enough! Listen to the people on the boat, the last time you took a boat, something happened when the boat went to Sanmen Xiabaijiguan Beach. You saved three people from the stormy waves. " You spent the night on the beach and were seen by the women in the village. They sang by your shed all night. Is it true? "
"It's not a woman who sings all night, it's a wolf howling. That place is famous for wolves. It just wants to find a chance to eat us! We burned a lot of fires to scare them and keep them from being eaten! "
The old boatman smiled, "so much the better! People are quite right. Wolves only eat girls, children and beautiful young people of eighteen. Old bones like me doesn't want to eat! "
My parents said, "Uncle, you've watched 20,000 sunsets here, and others say that our feng shui is good and we've grown up. I don't know why, I haven't grown up yet? "
"You said feng shui should be a celebrity? I thought it didn't matter that such people were not born in our small place. We have smart, honest, brave and hardworking young people, which is enough. Like your father and son, it has added a lot of glory to the local area! "
"Uncle, you're right. I think so, too. " There is no place where bad people produce good people, just like my uncle. Although he is old, he is as tough as a nanmu tree. It is rare, serious and generous to live a stable life in this land. "
"I am in old bones, what else can I say. Sunshine and rain, long journey, heavy load, eating, drinking, and being hungry and cold, I have taken my share and will soon lie on this cold land to feed maggots. This world has everything you boys share. Work hard, the sun is worthy of you, and so are you! "
"Uncle, seeing that you are so diligent, we young people dare not live up to the sun!"
After talking for a while, my parents wanted to leave. The old boatman stood at the door and called Cui Cui, inviting her into the house to boil water and cook, so that he could watch the boat by himself. Cui Cui refused to go ashore, but the guests got off. When Cui Cui pulled the boat, his grandfather deliberately pretended to complain:
"Cui Cui, if you don't come up, do you want me to be a daughter-in-law and cook at home?"
Cui Cui squinted at the guest. When she saw the guest staring at her, she turned around, sipped her mouth, proudly pulled the horizontal cable, and the boat slowly pulled over. The guest stood at the bow and said to Cui Cui:
"Cui Cui, why don't you go boating with your grandpa after dinner?"
Cui Cui was embarrassed not to talk, so he said, "Grandpa said he couldn't go, and no one was watching the boat!"
"What about you?"
"I won't go without grandpa."
"Are you a ship keeper, too?"
"I will accompany my grandfather."
"I want to watch the ferry for you alone, okay?"
Bang, the bow has hit the ridge on the shore, and the ship is close to the shore. Parents jumped ashore, stood on the slope and said:
"Cui Cui, it's really hard for you! ..... I'll send someone to cover for you when I get back. Eat quickly and come to my house to watch the boat. Today is crowded and lively! "
Cui Cui didn't understand the kindness of strangers. She doesn't know why she went to his house to see the boat. She smiled and pulled the boat back. When I got to the bank of my home stream, I saw that the man was still on the hill opposite the stream, as if waiting for something or walking away. Cui Cui turned to go home, went to the stove mouth to make a fire, and stuffed the grass with some moisture into the stove. On the one hand, she asked grandpa who wanted to bring the guests back with gourd wine.
"Grandpa, the man said he would send someone to replace you when he got back, and let's go to see the boat. Are you going? "
"Are you happy to go?"
"I'm glad two people go together. That man is very nice. I think I know him. Who is he? "
Grandpa thought, "Yes, people think you are good!" Grandfather smiled and said:
"Cui Cui, don't you remember that when you were in Okawa the year before last, someone said that a big fish would bite you?"
Cui Cui understood, but pretended not to understand and asked, "Who is he?"
"Think about it and guess."
"There are so many people in a hundred surnames that I can't guess that he is Lee. Z Sansi."
"Shun Shun Ship General's parents know you, but you don't know him!" He took a sip of the wine, as if praising the wine and people, and whispered, "Yes, it's wonderful, it's rare."
The transition man shouted outside the door, but the old man still said "Good, Great ..." and hurried off the boat to handle affairs.