Chapter 3 Waterways

Wang Congjun and Zhu Chao'an glanced at each other, Wang Congjun turned his head and said to Li Junge: "You don't know Erpi yet, right? ”

Li Junge's home is in Wangjiagou, Panao Township, Bifeng Town, and when he hears the name of this place, he knows that there are mountains and rivers.

Wangjiagou has a special terrain, and it is generally only to Bifeng Town by driving from the county seat.

Bifeng Town is located at the foot of Bifeng Mountain, with high mountains and dense forests, most of which are still primeval forests.

Climb over Bifeng Mountain and then go down the mountain to reach Panao Township, and then lead to Wangjiagou.

Although the county gritted its teeth and repaired the village pass, the road was really "eighteen bends of the mountain road here", the road was not easy to walk, not to mention, and it was a waste of time, and there were no operating vehicles willing to run.

However, there is no endless road, and there is a small river called Wuxi River outside Wangjiagou.

The Wuxi River is a tributary of the Hongshui River, which in turn joins the Yangtze River in Jiachuan, so it used to be convenient and fast to take the waterway.

However, the small river ditch is full of small iron boats and canopy boats, squeezed can sit twenty or thirty people, when fully loaded, the edge of the boat is only one or twenty centimeters from the water surface, it looks a little dangerous to drive, but it is convenient and fast.

Therefore, the people of Wangjiagou generally go in and out by waterway, and the village-to-village road in and out of the village is more like a political achievement project.

As soon as he heard that the small passenger ship was out of service, Li Junge couldn't help but feel a little anxious and asked, "What's the matter?"

Wang Congjun said: "When the water rose last year, a small passenger boat in Yulong Township capsized and sank when crossing the Yangtze River, more than 30 vegetable farmers, only a dozen were rescued, this matter is a bit big, so the province came out of the rectification plan, requiring the county's small passenger ships to stop operating, to improve the safety factor of the ship, to ensure safety before re-operation." ”

When Li Junge heard this, he said: "Damn, then I have to go to Bifeng Town to climb the mountain, and I can't get home today." ”

Wang Congjun said again: "Don't worry, I'll call you and ask." After saying that, he got up and went to the side of the road to make a call.

After a while, he came back and said: "Okay, there is a boat to deliver supplies to the Panao Township Government in the afternoon, you can take that boat." By the way, there is also an acquaintance of yours in Panao Township, your old oil twister Liang Huili, who is serving as the deputy head of Panao Township. ”

The oil twist is a twist flower, and the people of Jiachuan describe that two people have a good relationship, so they use this word to greet them.

Liang Huili was Li Junge's classmate when he was in junior high school in Panao Township, but he was not a local, but Liang Huili's mother Tian Suhua brought her with her when she came down from the provincial capital to teach.

The two have been classmates together for three years, Li Junge's academic performance has always been very good, and he is Tian Suhua's key training object, and he lives in Tian Suhua's dormitory when it is inconvenient to go home.

Lijiagou has a pleasant climate, so Liang Huili generally does not return to Shu City during the summer vacation, and follows Li Junge to run all over the mountain, and she is also the first crazy girl in Li Junge's memory.

Tian Suhua returned to Shudu after taking a junior high school, and Liang Huili also returned to Shudu together, but the correspondence between the two has never been broken, and they have always kept in touch with each other when they have a mobile phone.

However, Li Junge vaguely knew that Liang Huili's family background was a bit deep, and it was impossible for the two to be together, so the hazy feeling he had had turned into a faint friendship early, and there were still simple greetings during the New Year's holidays.

When Liang Huili came down to take up her post, she asked someone to inquire about Li Junge's situation, and Wang Congjun, as Li Junge's hardcore, of course knew about it.

This gave Li Junge a surprise, "Hahaha, I haven't seen this little crazy girl for a long time, and it's really a coincidence that I came back this time." ”

Wang Congjun had a meaningful smile on his face, "I'm jealous, I don't want to say that this is providence, you can behave well." Dreams always have to be there, what if you eat swan meat?" After speaking, he patted Li Junge's shoulder: "I'm optimistic about you!"

After speaking, he thought about it for a while, and said, "Tell the aunt and uncle, I will visit the two old people this weekend." ”

Zhu Chaoan also said: "If I don't go with the eighth woman this weekend, I will also miss your old bacon." ”

Li Junge said with a smile: "Everyone comes, there is nothing at home, but there is a lot of delicious food." ”

After eating, Wang and Zhu sent Li Junge to the dock and went to find the boat boss together. Li Junge was happy again when he saw it, the boat boss was not an outsider, but his fifth cousin Shi Bao. Shi Baoquan was also taken aback when he saw Li Junge, "Ouch, second baby, when did you come back!

Li Junge laughed and said, "I just came back today, and I am going to quietly enter the village, don't shoot anyone." ”

Shi Baoquan also smiled and said: "Your baby is doing this now, does your mother know? If you don't make a phone call in advance, if your mother is upset, your father will fix you!"

Li Junge also smiled: "My dad can't win me now, if you dare to fix me, I will go to the fourth grandfather the first day I go home, and the fourth grandfather told him to kneel in the ancestral hall!"

Shi Baoquan also quipped: "Ouch, you Li Jiagou and the two Wenqu stars are dragged by it! The old man beats the doll, it is justified, and your fourth grandfather can't protect you!"

Bidding farewell to Zhu Chaoan and Wang Congjun, Li Junge and Shi Baoquan talked and laughed and got on the small iron boat, Shi Baoquan started the diesel engine, and the boat left the county wharf and went up the Hongshui River.

The Hongshui River originates in southern Yunnan and flows through the three southwestern provinces, with 65% of the whole journey in the mountainous area, and is the only river in the country without water pollution, so the water quality is very good.

Almost every village along the river has a winery, so it is also known as the "River of Fine Wine".

At present, the river water has not yet risen, the water body is still relatively clear, the fishing ban period has just passed, several small canopy boats are netting on the river, and fishing people can be seen on the shore from time to time.

After the boat left the county area, the banks became green, the slope of the waterside began to gradually steepen, and the clumps of phoenix tail bamboos bent down their waists, and the boat could almost sweep people's heads as it passed.

Occasionally, a mountain stream flows into the river, and a white egret stands on the rocks, patiently waiting for the passing fish.

Sometimes a kingfisher with a green back and a brown-chestnut belly will skim the water, pick up a small fish with a sharp beak, fly to a bamboo branch and stop, and start a vigilant meal.

Li Junge sat sideways on the side of the boat, his right hand drooping, his fingertips submerged in the water, and while feeling the cold river water, he chatted with Shi Baoquan: "Uncle Five, why did you start pulling goods?"

Shi Baoquan's complexion was so dark that he didn't know where to pull out a straw hat and wore it, and said with a wry smile: "Alas, the village used to take my boat to catch the field, and after the capsizing incident last year, the township didn't let my boat pull people, my iron boat didn't have a fish cabin, and it couldn't be used for fishing, so I pulled goods for the supermarket in Ermao in the village. Now the oil is so expensive, I don't spend money on a trip, the villagers asked me to bring things from the county seat, and I can't refuse, just collect a few oil money is not enough, this year, there is a famine of one or two thousand!"

Li Junge said: "In fact, as long as the people in the mountains can move things out, it is not bad for money, the main reason is that the road is too difficult to walk, this waterway will be broken again, and everyone's life will be difficult. ”

Shi Baoquan frowned and said: "This is still secondary, now life is better, young people are working outside, and they send money home from time to time." There are some old people and dolls at home, and everything is in their own fields, how many can they cost? The key is that the mountain road is too far, in case an old man has a sudden illness or something, then he can die in a hurry. ”

Li Junge said: "The young people have all gone out, how many people in the village still have farmland?"

Shi Baoquan said: "Who still farms now, just plant some of their own rations, the terraced fields in our village are back on the mountain, what a good land, drought and flood harvest more than 1,000 catties of an acre, now many fields are dried up and wasted there, the grass is a person deep, not to mention, there are a lot of wild things, and you can see the hare in the village." ”

After saying that, he burst out laughing.

Li Junge took out a cigarette and handed it to Shi Baoquan, lit one himself, and then said: "This is not a thing, the dry road in Lijiagou is not easy to walk, the situation is special, so you didn't go to the township to reflect it?"

Shi Baoquan took the cigarette card to his ear, took out his dry tobacco pole and lit it, and said: "Who said that it didn't reflect, the village chief, oh, it's your uncle, come back and say it, the county said it, it's not easy for anyone to say this, you have to have a big boat to solicit customers, and there are restrictions on this and that, anyway, there are a lot of ways." ”

Li Junge thought about it, and there seemed to be nothing he could do, so he shifted the topic to the personnel in the village, and chatted with Shi Baoquan energetically.

After an hour of boat travel, a tributary appeared in front of it, and the river channel became smaller, and the river water was obviously clearer than the Hongshui River, which was the Wuxi River.

As soon as Shi Baoquan twisted the rudder, the small iron boat headed towards the Wuxi River.

The water volume of Wuxi River is also relatively abundant, and the river water is as green as a piece of jade.

The scenery on both sides of the river is better than that of the Hongshui River, in addition to the green bamboo forest on the bank, there are also rhododendrons and lily flowers from time to time.

All kinds of flowers are distributed in the stone crevices by the river, reflecting the water surface, which is completely a scene of "the sunrise river flowers are red like fire, and the spring river water is as blue as blue".

More waterfowl appeared on the water, including wild ducks and wild ducks, foraging and frolicking freely.

As the boat passed, the ducks flew up, while the  dived into the water and gathered on the surface of the water not far away.

Above the river beach, there are patches of green rice fields, which makes Li Junge feel relaxed and happy, and he can't help but take out his mobile phone and start shooting wildly.

After walking for a while, a small pier appeared in front of me, piled with bluestones, and I don't know how many years it was.

The water of the river near the stone steps is crystal clear, and you can see the green aquatic plants swaying at the bottom of the water, and small fish and shrimp flash in the grass from time to time.

Above the pier is a bluestone paved platform, in the middle of a large green banyan tree, the trunk of the tree has to be hugged by five people, the umbrella cover of the banyan tree covers the entire pier, and some branches and leaves even stretch above the water.

Surrounding the big banyan tree was a circle of stone benches, where a few old ladies sewed, and in the dustpans beside them were needlework, insoles, and the like. A couple of old men are on the other side, and they are killing chess.