Chapter 32: Wild Swimming
Although this summer vacation, I don't have to make rags and pick up manure.
But the task of eliminating the four evils still cannot be run.
For the group of six, this is not a burden, but a fun activity.
Because of the rat hunt during the winter vacation, they haven't had enough fun.
This time, the whites and the Blues were still armed with air rifles.
Ji Wei and Huang Fujiang made a slingshot.
The combat effectiveness of the six people increased dramatically.
Except for Li Qing, who was still watching from the sidelines, the other five people all joined the battle.
With the technical yoga mastery, this time went much smoother than the last.
It was just noon and the task was completed.
Then the six of them went to the cafeteria for a big meal.
This time it was more hearty than the last one, in addition to the steamed buns, white rice, and bread.
Huang Fujiang and Zhuoma's cheeks are round.
After eating and drinking, there is still an afternoon to discuss where to play.
Huang Fujiang proposed to go swimming.
It happened that Dongshan Shikeng was not far from the grain depot, so everyone decided to go there.
So, the six of them set out for the East Mountain.
Stone is mined all year round on the Higashiyama side, and many stone pits are abandoned after quarrying.
As the years go by, the pit is full of water, and it becomes a small pool.
Some of them are quite deep.
After coming to Dongshan, everyone searched for various stone pits filled with water, and found a more regular stop.
Boys swim bare-bottomed.
Therefore, Zhuoma and Li Qing hid to the side first.
When the four boys were stripped naked and went into the water, they came back to help look after the clothes.
Of the four boys, Huang Fujiang can swim.
In his previous life, Bai Ke learned to swim only after he was fifteen or sixteen years old.
It's just that he doesn't know if his swimming skills are still on him at the moment.
I tried it in the water, and I was pleasantly surprised that everything was there.
Lan Jun and Ji Wei were fluttering in the shallow water on the shore, while Bai Ke and Huang Fujiang were swimming in the deep water.
The water in the pit is clean and clear, with a slight greenish tint, just like the color of the deep sea in memory.
Bai Ke didn't dare to swim unscrupulously like Huang Fujiang, and he had to look at the shore from time to time.
Lan Jun and Ji Wei are children, there are three longs and two shorts, and Bai Ke is also responsible.
The four boys played in the water for a while, and the two girls on the shore gradually grew impatient.
They can't come down to play, and of course they don't like it just by looking at it.
Everyone had to swim back to the shore, let the girls dodge, and then put on their clothes and walked back.
Finding that his swimming skills were behind him, Bai Ke seemed to have started his summer vacation and began to wander around.
In the last life, when Bai Ke couldn't swim, he went to all kinds of unbearable places.
The most frequented place is Dawan, which is later known as the water park.
There are many large artificial pits, and in the early years it was a place for fish farming at the Aquaculture Technical School.
Later, the Fisheries Technical School was disbanded, and it became a place for young men and women to fall in love.
The water in the big pits was shallow, and the deepest part was not up to the waist of an adult.
But even in such a shallow puddle, children have drowned.
At that time, the little girl was swimming beside the white guest and them, and suddenly disappeared.
Everyone was busy and fished her out of the water, and an adult came to save her for a long time but couldn't save her.
When he was older, Bai Ke was very remorseful, regretting that he didn't know artificial respiration when he was a child.
Because if the child drowns for less than an hour, it is possible to be revived.
In addition to Dawan, Bai Ke also went to the soda factory to wash bottles in the big pool.
He even went for a swim in the big iron trough of the construction site.
You can imagine how dirty those places are.
During this period, half-grown children who can swim generally go to the electric well to swim.
Because in the urban-rural junction around the town, there are electric wells everywhere.
This type of electric well is used to water vegetable patches.
As for why it is called an electric well, Bai Ke estimates that it is because there is a pole next to the electric well, pulling various thick and thin wires to connect to the water pump.
Therefore, the electric well is dangerous, and it cannot run away once it leaks.
But the children don't care about this, and the teachers and parents can't see it if they want to.
Half a mile away from the earthquake shed where the Baike and their families lived, there was an electric well, which belonged to the horticultural commune.
This electric well is on the side of the road, and people who come and go to and from work pass by every day.
Many half-grown children were jumping bare-chested on the roofs of houses next to the electric wells.
When jumping into the well, everyone has to shout "popsicles!", and then "plop" down.
One of the most famous popsicles is an adult, nicknamed "A Stick".
This guy turned out to be a labor prisoner, but later broke an arm during labor and was released on medical parole.
He is most active in the summer, standing on the roof every day, flicking an arm "popsicle!", "plop" and jumping down.
The more big girls and little daughters-in-law pass by, the more energetic he becomes.
Sometimes, when he met a beautiful big girl and little daughter-in-law passing by, he would get down from the house and rush to the big girls and little daughters-in-law with a big eagle.
The big girls and little daughters-in-law were scared and screamed.
In fact, a stick doesn't really want to do anything, and I've never heard of him forcibly hugging a woman.
Maybe he just likes to play pranks.
During the crackdown in the 80s, a stick was reported because of this historical problem, and he was dragged directly to the West Sea and shot.
Bai Zong's swimming skills are very powerful.
When he was in the south, Bai Zong once crossed the Yangtze River.
After the summer vacation came, Bai Zong had to go to the electric well to play almost every day.
After returning from Dongshan Stone Pit, Bai Ke became more and more confident in himself, as long as his brother moved, he would follow.
Bai Ke in this period should not be able to swim, but Bai Zong knows that Bai Ke has the skills of his previous life.
So he even threatened and threatened: "The electric well is very deep, and if you fall into it, you won't be able to get up." ”
Bai Ke had a dead face: "I'll just take a look at the side, don't go down." ”
Bai Zong couldn't resist him, so he had to take him.
After coming to the electric well, Bai Ke really stayed on the shore honestly.
Bai Zong and the rest of his friends climbed onto the house and dived in various positions.
There are "popsicles" straight down, as well as fierce ties, front ties, back ties, and side ties.
Or like a figure diver, jumping one after the other.
While playing happily, Bai Zong looked at the shore and found that Bai Ke was gone.
Just as he was panicking, Bai Ke floated out from behind him, one moment breaststroke, one moment backstroke.
There is no more skilled than him.
For people at the beach, the most enjoyable wild swim is to go to the sea.
After the summer vacation, Dolma has been thinking about swimming in the sea.
One afternoon, after Zhuoma's father and uncle calculated the tide, he took Zhuoma to call Bai Zong and Bai Ke to rush to the beach together.
Swimming in the sea and catching the sea are two different things.
The coastal water is relatively shallow, so even at full tide it is not suitable for swimming.
And the shore where you swim is not suitable for catching the sea, even if the tide is low.
The swimmable coast is a bit far from the center of the city, south of the city towards the Dragon King Temple.
It's twenty or thirty minutes by bike.
This coast is called the lazy man's shop, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery is beautiful.
The only drawback is that there are reefs on the bottom of the sea, which are neither sand nor pebbles, but muddy.
Therefore, the tide should not be too low when swimming, otherwise you will have to suffer on the soles of your feet.
Uncle Fat's calculation of the tide is still very accurate.
When I came to the beach, I saw that the tide had risen a lot, at least three-quarters of the way.
Several people hurriedly changed their clothes and went into the water.
During this period, boys rarely had swimming trunks, and it was only after a few years that two red scarves became popular for swimming trunks.
But there are men, women and children on the beach, and no one is embarrassed to go bare.
So Bai Zong and Bai Ke brought an extra pair of pants.
There were troops in the neighborhood who often came to conduct training, and built a row of roofless cement houses to change clothes, take a bath, and so on.
Bai Zong, Bai Ke and Uncle Fat all came out after changing their clothes, and Zhuoma also came out after changing his clothes, wearing bright and cute swimsuits.
It's a little dirty, but it's still pretty cute.
Dolma knows how to gouge, and Bai Ke is worried that she will choke, so he swims with her in the shallow water, which is deep enough for them children anyway.
Bai Zong and Uncle Fat swam into the deep sea.
Gradually, the tide is full, and the most comfortable and comfortable moment comes.
Because for a long time after the tide is full, the sea is unusually calm, as if lying in a bathtub.
And because of the sunshine for an afternoon, the sea water is a little warm and sultry, and because of the arrival of evening, the unique exposure of the sea surface is gradually gone.
Just lying comfortably in the sea, looking at the end of the horizon, the sun is setting, red and shining like egg yolks.
Even the sea became sparkling.
Suddenly, Bai Ke had a sense of being separated from the world, as if in a dream.
And the white guest would rather immerse himself in it.
After a while, Bai Ke remembered Zhuoma beside him and saw that she was still working hard to practice dog shaving.
Looking at the rows of heads exposed on the surface of the water, reaching out to touch the warm water, Bai Ke gradually returned to reality.
After a while, Bai Zong and Uncle Fat came back and beckoned Bai Ke to prepare for the return trip.
In the building built by the troops, there are special shower facilities.
In order to prevent the common people from using it at will, they took away the wrench.
But this is not difficult for the fat uncle, he carries a wrench with him.
Let Dolma rinse and change clothes first, and then the three old and young masters will go in again.
By the time I got back on the road, it was already getting dark.
But everyone didn't feel tired at all, and their whole body was fluttering.
That's what it means.