Chapter 48: Let's Swing the Sculls
In the afternoon, when I was in music class, the song I learned was "Picking the Stars", and Wang He received a task. The associated song title of this task is "Picking the Stars", sung by Zheng Shaoqiu, composed by Xu Jialiang, and lyrics by Huang Zhan, a big man in the Hong Kong music scene.
Wang He often listened to this song in the two years from the third year of junior high school to the first year of high school, and it had a cold taste when listening to it on winter nights.
When Wang He was in physical education class, his friends were jumping high, he borrowed urine and ran to the toilet to sing, and after singing the lyrics, the task requirements appeared:
[Mission requirements: Please stare at the night sky for more than one minute on a starry night]
[Mission time limit: 168 hours]
β¦β¦
"Xiao Ai, what is the lunar calendar today...... Uh, you know what I mean, right?"
"The seventh day of the lunar calendar. β
"That's okay, it's best to complete this task in the next two days, the more it drags on, the fuller the moon becomes, and the harder it is to see the stars. β
Wang He thought that when he returned to the playground, he received another task, because of a familiar singing voice from the classroom next to him:
"Let's swing the oars and the boat push the waves......"
[Congratulations to Wang He, you triggered the "Let's Swing the Sculls" mission!]
γAccept the mission:γ
γYesγ
[No]
Wang He is now hungry for the task, and he accepted it without thinking about it, and only after taking it did he think:
"Oh no! this isn't going to be my boating, is it? Where am I going to find a boat?"
The lyrics to be sung are the title of the song, that is, the first sentence, Wang He can buy a piece of tofu if he can't sing it right! After singing the lyrics correctly, he really guessed it, and the task that appeared was:
[Requirements: Please paddle on the boat for one minute.] γ
"I can only ask my friends for help. β
Thinking so, Wang He walked to the edge of the sand pit and asked:
"Do any of you know where to find a boat? the kind that you need to have oars to row. β
"Boat?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Guo Shanfeng said strangely:
"Eagle, it's still early to play in the water, isn't it? It's not very hot yet. In May or June, you can go swimming in the river. β
Of course, Wang He couldn't say that this was a system task, so he had to find an excuse:
"I want to feel it first. As you know, I only transferred from last year, and I didn't know you before, and I didn't swim in the river or paddle in a boat. β
Chen Bin, who has never had much presence, spoke:
"It's not easy, go to my house after school, I'll borrow my second uncle's boat to row. β
Chen Bin's height is only a little taller than Chen Luhu, his skin is dark, his face is loyal, and he looks like he is an honest child, Wang He only knows that his home is on the side of the bridge, and among so many classmates, the distance from his home to the school is the closest.
Wang He agreed, and the others didn't jump high, Chen Luhu proposed:
"Chen Bin, one boat is not enough, borrow one more, let's compete in two boats to see who rows fast!"
Guo Shanfeng's eyes lit up when he heard this:
"Yes, yes, let's compete, the one who loses is invited to eat!"
Chen Xiaohe is energetic:
"Yes, yes, let's play!"
Zhao Mingjing said hesitantly:
"I can't swim, and if I fall into the river, I'll die. β
Chen Bin said indifferently:
"Can't die. Except for you and the eagle, we swim in the big river every summer, and you two can be rescued if you fall together!"
Zhao Mingjing, like Wang He, only transferred to the school when he was in the third grade, and after a year of adaptation and familiarization, everyone played together in the first semester of the fourth grade.
Zhao Mingjing is still afraid:
"I'll see when the time comes. β
Guo Shanfeng mocked:
"What are you afraid of, fear of death is not a common ...... Afraid of death, not a Young Pioneer!"
Several people discussed, prepared for class, and ran to row after Chen Dahe and Chen Qiang. Chen Bin said that he could only borrow one boat, and the other could be borrowed by Chen Qiang.
After the appearance of the third-grade Yiba, he talked about the matter, and sure enough, Chen Qiang patted his chest and said:
"Wrap it up on me! But I'm going to be in the same boat with Wang He, and with Dawa and Popeye here, I'm sure I'll win!"
Now Wang He has two more nicknames, Dawa and Popeye.
Guo Shanfeng is willing to let there:
"Why! If you want to say that, I will also share a boat with Wang He!"
Chen Luhu proposed:
"Don't make any noise, everyone chooses people with the back of their hands. β
After leaving the school, everyone put their schoolbags at Chen Bin's house, and then followed Chen Bin to trot all the way to the river under the old bridge, and sure enough, a small boat stopped by the river.
After Chen Bin ran to his relative's house to say goodbye, he came back with two wooden pulps, first called everyone on the boat, and finally he untied the rope tied to Mu Dun and jumped on the boat.
The boat is not big, but fortunately, the people are not big, except for Chen Qiang, who went to find one more boat, and Zhao Mingjing, who did not dare to get on the boat, 6 people can still sit down.
Wang He and Chen Bin each held an oar, tried to row a few times, and after getting acquainted with it, the two began to row the boat downward, and after rowing for a while, they crossed a very dilapidated bridge. In fact, this bridge is the real old bridge, I don't know what year and month it was built, the shape is a bit like the Zhaozhou Bridge learned in the textbook, there are no guardrails on both sides of the bridge, and the bridge body is not reinforced concrete, it is completely built with large stones.
The old bridge looks dilapidated on the outside, but it is not broken, and Wang He remembers that it was still being built more than 20 years later.
This river is a tributary, the river is not deep, the water flow is gentle, it is very suitable for rowing, after crossing the old bridge, and then go forward two or three hundred meters, the river will flow into the big river, the river in the big river is deep, the water is turbulent, and it is not easy to row.
Wang He is paddling, the task has been completed, and he has obtained 100 experience points and a paddling card, and the skills of the card are:
γUsing this card to row a boat, the maximum speed of the boat can reach 40 km/hγ
[Duration: 5 minutes.] γ
[How to use: Just say "Let's swing the sculls" in your heart.] After meditating, 100 XP points will be deducted. γ
[Note: Can only be used once within 24 hours.] γ
After reading the skills of this card, Wang He thought to himself that this is another chicken rib card, and it is useless to keep it, so it is a pity to abandon it.
Not long after rowing, a sampan came to him, and the person swaying on it was an old cat, and it was Chen Qiang who waved and shouted loudly on the boat.
"Let's race to see whose boat is the fastest!"
Guo Shanfeng shouted:
"Come on!"
After the two boats met, at the strong request of Chen Qiang, Chen Luhu and Chen Xiaohe, Chen Dahe and the two brothers replaced him, so that there were 4 people on each boat, the hull of the two boats was separated by two or three meters, and the bow of the boat was on the same line.
"Come on!"
"Come on!"
Not to be outdone, the old cat's sampan rushed under the old bridge and won the victory according to the boundary just agreed.
"Oh yes! We've won!"
"Alas...... Less smug, what's the big deal!"
The rower stopped the oars, and the boat still slid forward by inertia.
When the old cat saw that he had won Wang He, he said happily:
"Haha, I've finally won you once. β
Chen Qiang said a little unconvinced:
"Wang He is rowing for the first time, and when he rows a few more times, he will definitely win you. β
At this time, a voice came from overhead:
"Are you guys competing? I'm going to participate too. β