"I did come back from Hunan, after a trip from Yanjing, and then I came to Jinling. Liu He said.

"Then Mr. Liu, do you know this place in Chadong?"

Liu He said with a smile: "Naturally, I know, I went to Sichuan first, and I went to Hunan from Sichuan, and I happened to pass through Chadong in the middle." ”

Duan Qirui said beside him: "I have also been to Chadong, it was still when there was a revolution, and it has been said for decades, this Chadong has a deep impression on me, that place is in three provinces, and the location is dangerous, so we were stationed there for a while." ”

Zhuang Yan's eyes lit up, and he asked Duan Qirui again: "What is Mr. Zhengdao's impression of this place?"

Duan Qirui didn't think much about it, and recalled for a while: "I remember that there is a stone castle city there, four in the south, east, west, and northwest, and there are four forts at each gate, with a total of 420 battlements. ”

Zhuang Yan didn't want to hear this, and asked, "What is the cultural scenery of that place?"

Duan Qirui shook his head, "We were fighting at that time, how could we have time to observe so much, wherever we went, people were the same. ”

Liu He said with a smile next to him: "What's the use of you asking this old man about these things, he is a rough person, what do you know." ”

In fact, Liu He is much older than Duan Qirui, but he just likes to call Duan Qirui "old immortal" and "old Han".

"Can Mr. Liu tell me about it?"

"Naturally. Liu He said, "The forts that Zhiquan said before do exist, but they are some old calendars, when I went a few days ago, the castle was still there, but the forts had already been demolished." The small city below, there are not many people living in it for a long time, now it is all modern, many things hinder development, and the state does not demolish it, so it can only be rebuilt in the original place, and if it can't be built, it will go to other places to build a new city, so the old city is now living in some old men and grandmothers, and there is no life. ”

Liu He is talking about the current social situation, not to mention the far, let's just say that in Jinling, many old houses cannot be demolished, and there is little room for development, and many people have no choice but to find another place.

However, the place of Cha Dong is not only because of this reason, but more importantly, the big river next to it will always rise, and when the water rises, people will run to the top of the hanging tower, and if the water is big, people can only stand on the city gate in a daze.

This natural disaster also prompted people to start moving out.

Zhuang Yan was a little glad when he heard that the original appearance of Cha Dong was largely preserved, but he was a little disappointed when he heard that there was no one living in that place, there was no one in the border city, could it still be called a border city?

But then Liu He sighed with emotion: "Things change and the stars change, unpredictable, I went there once when I was young, and I never thought that this would be the scene now." ”

Zhuang Yan hurriedly asked, "What was Mr. Liu like when he went when he was young?"

Liu He squinted his eyes, seemed to begin to recall, and then slowly spoke: "I wasn't very old that year, I happened to pass by this tea mountain when I went to Sichuan." At that time, the forts mentioned by Zhiquan were still there, and although the town was small, it was very lively, and when I arrived, it was just in time for the Dragon Boat Festival. I wanted to say that I would leave early, but I was afraid that the festival would be delayed on the road, so I simply stayed in Chadong until after the Dragon Boat Festival. ”

"I walked from Sichuan to Hunan's official road, this tea mountain is not far from the official road, to go to the small city, you have to cross a small river first, there is a white tower next to the river, if you want to cross the river, first shout on the opposite side of the river, a family under the white tower will come out of an old man, to help us cross. ”

When he said this, Zhuang Yan suddenly asked him, "That old man lives alone under the White Tower?"

"Probably him, I've been there twice, and I haven't seen anyone else, oh, there's a big dog that follows me when the ferry is over. Liu He said.

"What does the big dog look like?" Zhuang Yan asked.

Liu He didn't know why Zhuang Yan asked so carefully, but he still said: "Gray and white, it should be like this, after all, after all these years, you can remember that it is a big dog." ”

Zhuang Yan was a little disappointed, it sounded like the ferry was an old man and a dog that was not a big yellow dog.

Duan Qirui interjected at this time: "I also remember this old man, I heard that he was a soldier before, and he was alone without children and daughters, that dog, how can I remember that it was a black dog." ”

"It's definitely not a black dog!" Liu retorted.

Zhuang Yan was a little speechless, what was there to be noisy about, he estimated that maybe this dog was neither gray and white, nor was it a black dog, maybe it was a white dog, but sometimes it was a little dirty, so it was gray and white, and it was a little dirtier, and it became a black dog.

But no matter what, it shouldn't be a yellow dog, Zhuang Yan was a little disappointed, it sounded like an old man on the ferry, and there was no Cuicui, and it was impossible for them to be sent off.

However, Zhuang Yan has long been mentally prepared for this, even if the characters in Shen Congwen's book have prototypes, I think Cuicui is not born yet.

"Mr. Liu just said that you spent the Dragon Boat Festival there, what is the situation of the Dragon Boat Festival over there?" Zhuang Yan asked.

"Not to mention, the Dragon Boat Festival over there is more lively than I imagined, not only dragon boat racing, but also ducks, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the river street, the stilted building is full of people, each cheering for the people they support. At first, there were dragon boats in the river, and then when the dragon boats ended, some young people went into the water to catch ducks. Liu He said.

"What is the river street like over there?" Zhuang Yan asked again, in fact, he had been in the dream for so long, what the river street looked like, he knew very well in his heart, but he still had to ask Liu He to see if the river street he said was the same as what he saw.

Liu Yi didn't expect Zhuang Yan to be so curious, asked so carefully, considered the sentence and said: "Actually, it's almost the same as the one in Shaoxing, that is, there is a small river in the middle of the street, and people build their houses by the river. Some of the houses are partially overhung by the river, while others have stilted buildings built on them. The river is actually a few wharves that run through the big river outside the city, which is a water transportation system in the city. Those stilted buildings also had to expand their space because of limited space. ”

After listening to Liu E's description, which was probably similar to the river street that Zhuang Yan saw, Zhuang Yan nodded and asked again: "How are the characters in that place?"

In Liu Yi's eyes, Zhuang Yan has become a curious baby, asking about everything, what color the dog wants to ask, what the house looks like, and now he has to ask what the people there are like.

However, Liu He was extremely patient and said: "Passionate, innocent, and bold. ”

Duan Qirui sneered beside him: "You are a Jinling person, you think people are bold wherever you go." ”

This time, Liu He didn't refute anything, and even nodded: "In the Sichuan-Hunan region, people really have to be enthusiastic and bold, especially in that era. ”