Chapter 15: Catching Fish in the Ice River
Yang Xianmao also nodded simply and said, "Okay, wow, I'll give you the medicine, I have already prepared tomorrow's medicine, and I have all the medicine to eat, I'll bring it to you." ”
Yang Xianmao brought both medicines to the fisherman's daughter and asked her to go back and decoction herself. At the same time, he said curiously: "I haven't seen anyone catch fish with their hands, can I go and see you catch fish tomorrow?"
The fisherman's face was flushed, she glanced at him quickly, lowered her head, and said shyly: "Come if you want, just go down about a mile from the place where you crossed the river last time, there is a high cliff, that place is called Bishuitan, the water is relatively deep, and the current is very slow, it is the most suitable for catching fish, I just caught fish there." ”
"Okay, by the way, my name is Yang Xianmao, please ask the girl's name?"
"My surname is Nguyen and my name is Caiyun. ”
"It's Miss Caiyun, okay, I'll come to see you catch fish tomorrow morning. ”
Ruan Caiyun was even more shy, looked at him again, then nodded with a red face, and then left with the bucket.
The next morning. Lead clouds are thick, and there is still a snow.
Because Yang Xianmao wanted to go to see people catching fish, his mother Zhang made him two black flour buns with wheat bran and brought them to him for lunch.
Yang Xianmao rushed out of the city, stepped on the snow, and walked towards the Qingshui River.
Walking to the place where the river was crossed before, the Qingshui River was indeed covered with hard ice, thick, reflecting white light. Yang Xianmao walked down the river, walked about a mile, and saw a huge steep stone cliff in the distance, standing by the river like a mirror.
He came to the bottom of the cliff and looked around, but he didn't see the fisherman's girl Ruan Caiyun, presumably he came early, and was looking for a place to take shelter from the wind to rest for a while, when he suddenly saw a girl turned out from behind a huge rock under the stone wall, looking at him with a blushing face, it was Ruan Caiyun. is still wearing the dark green narrow-sleeved short jacket, and the lower body has changed into a green Luo skirt, which is washed a little white. Nadi cloth shoes, the slush on the upper has been wiped clean.
Yang Xianmao happily stepped on the ice and walked over cautiously, and said, "You were hiding here, I thought you didn't come!"
"It's been a while, and I thought you weren't coming. This is where I change my clothes and make a fire to keep warm. After each dive, you have to bake the fire for a while to keep warm, and then you can go down a second time when your body is warm, otherwise you will freeze to death. You come here and make a fire. ”
Yang Xianmao followed her around the stone and saw that there was indeed a bonfire, which was not very big, but it was enough to keep warm. It's a leeward place and a good place to change clothes. said, "Have you taken the medicine for you?"
"I ate it, and I didn't come out until I got up in the morning and fried it. Our house is not far from here, at the foot of the hill over there. Ruan Caiyun pointed to the foot of a hill not far downstream, where there were dozens of families. Thatched houses are nestled among the white snow and green pines.
"Then let's get started! If you need my help, just say, I can't look at it in vain, I will help if I can. ”
"There's nothing to do, you just sit on the fire. Ruan Caiyun took a triangular shovel, specially used for ice breaking, walked to the top of the ice, and in a small depression pit, he used the shovel to pierce the ice, and then poked hard along the edge, and soon poked out an ice hole.
Yang Xianmao followed behind her, and when she saw her smashing out of the ice hole so quickly and quickly, she couldn't help but praise: "Wow, you are so powerful!"
"That's nothing, this is the ice hole I made yesterday, but it froze again last night, but the ice is not thick, so it is easy to poke it open again. From here, the water is deepest, just where the water returns, and there are relatively more fish, which is easy to catch. ”
"You don't know how to dive in clothes, do you?" Yang Xianmao asked this sentence, and suddenly felt that the question was a little ambiguous, but he didn't know where to start when he wanted to explain, so he looked at Ruan Caiyun in a daze.
Ruan Caiyun's face turned red, she glanced at him quickly, and said, "You turn your back, I take off my coat." ”
Yang Xianmao hurriedly turned around and explained in a bit of a panic: "Actually, you don't have to avoid me, because I am Langzhong, and I have treated many palace maids with the imperial doctor in the Tai Hospital, and many times the palace maids have to take off their nakedness and rub the medicine, or do sore surgery." -- In my eyes, there are only patients and no women, and I will not do anything wrong with you. ”
Ruan Caiyun heard what he said, bit her red lip lightly, and said, "Okay, you turn around." Anyway, when I come out of the water, you'll see me too. ”
Yang Xianmao turned to look at Ruan Caiyun.
Ruan Caiyun turned her back shyly, and slowly took off her narrow-sleeved jacket and green skirt. Yang Xianmao saw her slightly emaciated back from behind, white and flawless. A white bandeau is wrapped around the front chest and back, and after the green skirt is taken off, it is a pair of tight mid-length pants that reach the knees. The shoes have been taken off, barefoot, and the toes of the silkworm-like are sticking to the ice, like a few silkworm babies of different lengths squirming on the ice.
Ruan Caiyun took out the antifreeze cream that Yang Xianmao had given him from his pocket and prepared to apply it.
Yang Xianmao said: "You better go behind the big stone and touch it, -- you have to take off your whole body and wipe it, otherwise after the water soaks your bandeau and pants, you will still get frostbite, because the places where you apply antifreeze can be frost-resistant, while the other places that are not wiped are not frost-resistant, and those parts are prone to frostbite." ”
Ruan Caiyun heard that he was reasonable, ran barefoot behind the stone, and after a long while, he came out from behind the stone with a red face and said, "I can't touch my back, can you help me?"
Yang Xianmao saw that she was blocking her chest with her clothes, her back was bare, and her face was shy, so she quickly walked over and took the porcelain vase and said, "Okay, you turn around." ”
Ruan Caiyun turned around, and Yang Xianmao poured the plaster on her hand and helped her apply it to her back. The palm of his hand caressed her back, and she could feel the faint bones under her skin, which showed that the girl was a little malnourished and her physical development was not very good. It is no wonder that although the poor are fishing, they have to sell the fish they catch for firewood, rice, oil and salt, and basically they can't eat it themselves, and of course they can't keep up with the nutrition.
After wiping it, Ruan Caiyun carried him on his back and tightened the bandeau again, then turned around, his face was already as ashamed as the sunset, and he quickly glanced at him and said, "You bake the fire, I went into the water." ”
Yang Xianmao nodded, watched her step on the ice with bare feet and came to the ice cave, turned to look at him, smiled, and then took a deep breath, and a fierce man plunged into the ice cave.
A ripple rippled on the surface of the water, and soon calm returned.
Yang Xianmao sat down by the bonfire, waiting quietly while roasting the fire, only the north wind was whistling, and not a single figure could be seen.
After waiting for about a cup of tea, I didn't see Ruan Caiyun come out of the water. Yang Xianmao was a little anxious, and couldn't help but stand up and walk to the edge of the library to look down, where could I see him?
After waiting for about a cup of tea, he was anxious, when suddenly a person came out of the water, it was Ruan Caiyun, holding a fish tightly in his right hand, and kept struggling.
Ruan Caiyun threw the fish in his hand onto the ice, pressed his hands on the edge of the ice cave, and gently leaned up, and then came out of the ice hole.
Yang Xianmao saw that he was shivering from the cold, his lips were red, and he hurriedly said, "Oh, go and bake the fire, look at you frozen like this." If you can't bake it directly, it's better to wrap it in clothes, and it will be better to wear it through your clothes. ”
Ruan Caiyun's teeth clicked, trembled, shook his head, and trotted behind the rock.
Yang Xianmao hurriedly followed, and found that she took out a linen square towel from the package she had brought and wrapped it around her body, and then squatted by the campfire and shivered, like a poor quail in the water.
Yang Xianmao said apologetically: "Oh, it's all my fault, I didn't know you had this square towel just now, otherwise I would have taken it to the ice cave and waited for you to come out and wrap it in you, so that you won't be frozen for a while." ”
Ruan Caiyun just shuddered, looked up at him, smiled astringently, his lips were black, his teeth clicked, and he couldn't even speak.
Yang Xianmao saw that she still had a handkerchief in her bag, which should be used to dry her hair, so she hurriedly used it to help her wipe off the wet water droplets on her face, and then wiped the water on her head.
Ruan Caiyun took a deep breath, and finally said in a trembling voice: "Thank you......"
Yang Xianmao thought of the carp that was still jumping on the ice, and hurriedly ran over to catch the fish and put it in the bucket next to the stone. The fish returned to the water, swam happily for two laps and then came to a standstill.
Slowly, Soft Caiyun finally stopped trembling, and spoke normally, and said to Yang Xianmao: "Your plaster really works, if you don't apply this plaster, I won't be able to hold on to a cup of tea under the water...... , often see fish, before they can catch it, they freeze and can only come out. Now, I can hold on to about two teas and catch a fish in a relaxed manner. If this continues, it should not be a problem to catch more than a dozen articles today. ”
Yang Xianmao said: "It's too cold, even if you have antifreeze, you still can't dive too often, otherwise the body damage is too great and you can't row." ”
"I know, I'm not too greedy, and when I can't stand it, I naturally won't go down and catch it again, otherwise, once my leg cramps, it will be fatal. No matter how good the water-based is, it is useless. ”
After resting for a while, Ruan Caiyun finally stood up wrapped in a square scarf and said, "It's almost over, I'm going into the water." ”
Yang Xianmao saw that she was about to take off the square scarf wrapped around her body, so she said: "You wrap it first, give it to me after you get to the ice cave, I will wait there for a while, you can put it on when you come out, so that you can be frozen for a while." ”
Soft Caiyun nodded gratefully, and came to the ice cave with a square scarf, then took off the square scarf and handed it to Yang Xianmao, and after taking a deep breath, a fierce man plunged into the ice cave again.
Yang Xianmao was relieved to know that she could hold on to nearly two teas, but he didn't go back to roast the fire, but waited by the ice cave. Because although Ruan Caiyun can insist on two teas, if a fish is caught between these two teas, it will soon come out, and it will be too late for him to run over at that time, anyway, he can also bake the fire when Ruan Caiyun is warming up for a while.
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