Caption: "The Book of Songs, Zhou Nan, Han Guang": "The breadth of the Han Dynasty is impossible to think." Jiang Zhiyong is incomprehensible. ”

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At 5:30 a.m., the ship docked, and the wharf opened to release people. Ye Ziyu didn't have much luggage at hand, but he was not in a hurry, and slowly lined up behind everyone and slowly boarded the boat. The ship looked very old, rusty outboard, and not of great tonnage, and the hull shook gently as the waves passed, but there were many people on board.

When he got to the deck, he panicked. I saw that the migrant workers who had been prepared for a long time shot like electricity, and the open space on the aft deck of the second floor was quickly circled by some people, and the straw mats were laid out, and the dust settled. Ye Ziyu hurriedly followed behind the person and ran to the third floor. After coming up, he realized that the position of the third deck was better than that of the second floor, which was more wide. And the river breeze blows, which is much cooler than the second floor. Therefore, since the deck on the second floor is occupied, there is no gap on the third floor. Ye Ziyu still wanted to run to the fourth floor, but was stopped by a crew member, saying that people with first-class and second-class tickets could go up, which was not something that could lie down casually. Ye Ziyu hurriedly retreated to the third deck, crying bitterly in his heart, thinking about how bad this time was, but what should I do? This time there was no place on the ship. I only heard a long whistle, and the boat slowly left the dock and went up the river.

Ye Ziyu was in a hurry, although he was bold, but after all, it was the first time he went out, and many things were experienced for the first time, so he was inevitably flustered. He suddenly scurried around the boat like a headless fly, but all he got was a stinky sweat, which was even more uncomfortable.

In this way, he tossed back and forth on the deck of the second and third floors several times, and finally saw a gap, so he hurriedly ran over to put the bag away, not wanting a migrant worker brother next to him to stop him immediately, saying that they had already occupied this place, and he had to withdraw. After this panic, Ye Ziyu suddenly felt anxious in his abdomen, and he had no choice but to go to the bathroom first.

After squatting in the bathroom for most of the day, when he came out, he saw that there was a bathroom opposite, and thought that the facilities on the ship were perfect. The bathroom shower is open 24 hours a day, although there is only cold water, but on such a hot day, people don't mind. Ye Ziyu sniffed the smell of sweat on her body, and thought to herself that it would be better to take a shower first and find a place. So he went into the bathroom again.

After taking a shower, he felt refreshed and refreshed. When he came out and looked around, there was still nowhere to rest, and his mood was really terrible. I had no choice but to lean on the side of the board and look at the scenery on the riverbank, not knowing how to land.

After some time, it was noon, and the ship's announcer began to inform the restaurant of the time for the sale. Ye Ziyu felt empty in his stomach at this time, and also walked towards the restaurant. What he didn't expect was that he looked at the menu in the restaurant, and naturally he didn't dare to ask about it, and the cheapest boxed lunch was actually five yuan a piece! He secretly exclaimed, he only had 46 yuan on him, and if it was a boxed lunch of five yuan, even if he didn't eat breakfast, two meals a day would be ten yuan, and this money could only last four and a half days, but the ship would not arrive in the mountain city until the sixth morning! He thought that the ship was the same as on the train, and there was at least three yuan for a boxed lunch.

His stomach was growling with hunger, and he couldn't help it, so he would talk about it first. So he squeezed into the line.

Standing at the counter selling boxed lunches was a chubby middle-aged woman. The woman had a faceless face, and she collected money and handed food fiercely, as if the people in line to buy food owed her family.

In front of Ye Ziyu was a man about thirty years old, judging from his clothes, he should be a farmer who went out to work. However, this person seems to be relatively rich, because he is holding a hundred-yuan bill in his hand, which really makes Ye Ziyu envious. But he didn't want the man to buy food, after he handed the money over, the fat woman didn't even look at it, and said angrily: "I can't find it, I don't have change."

The man was puzzled, pointed to the box of money, and said, "Don't you have change?"

The fat woman turned her head and glared at the man viciously, and shouted, "It's not enough, why don't you do it when I find you?"

In fact, there are quite a lot of people who buy food, and there is only one on the boat, so where can you go if you don't buy it here? The change in the box adds up to more than 200 yuan, but it is all ten yuan or five yuan in face value. The man in front of him was speechless, and groped around his body again, it seemed that he really had no change, and he couldn't help it, and heard the fat woman's roar again: "Hurry up and get out of the way!" You've got the money, go get some food!"

When the man heard this, his face turned red, thinking that he was extremely angry, and knew that it was useless to quarrel with this woman, so he had to leave in humiliation. Ye Ziyu lined up behind him, and he was really annoyed by this rice seller, thinking to himself, isn't he just a rice seller, how can there be such a vicious and arrogant woman?

He grabbed the sleeve of the man in front of him, smiled and said, "I have change, let's buy a box for you first, you will be prepared and then return me, otherwise if you turn around and buy it, you will have to wait in a long line." ”

The man was stunned and said that this is not okay? Ye Ziyu said that it was okay, he was in the same boat, and he might not be able to run away? So the man thanked him repeatedly.

Ye Ziyu handed over ten yuan and said that he wanted two boxes, the fat woman saw that he was troublesome, and thought that even he hated him, so she glanced at him, snorted in her nostrils, and made a "snap" sound, and hatefully put the two lunch boxes into his hands.

Ye Ziyu didn't bother to pay attention to it, and secretly scolded a vernacular saying: Fuck your mother-in-law, he walked out of the restaurant with rice, thinking to himself that this woman has no reason, the rice seller is a fart, and she dares to act like this.

The person who had been standing outside the cabin before, took the lunch box handed by Ye Ziyu, and thanked him repeatedly. The two squatted in the aisle and ate, and the man scolded again: "This bitch raised Lao Tzu to eat some food, does she think it is easy for Lao Tzu to make money? ”

Ye Ziyu said with a smile: "Forget it, don't be like this fat pig like a dead eight woman, this kind of birdman himself is a great character, don't you just sell a meal on the boat, and you deserve to look down on others?"

They severely degraded the fat woman, and out of the evil anger in their hearts, they balanced. During the chat, Ye Ziyu learned that the man's name was Sun Yuqiang, a native of Fucheng, 29 years old, working in a textile factory in Nancheng, and had not been home for two years, and a son was going to study in September this year, so he rushed home at this time.

Sun Yuqiang heard that Ye Ziyu was a college student, so he was very respectful, and asked him where the cabin he slept in, and he took the change to send it over after a while. Ye Ziyu said that the loose seats he bought had no space. Sun Yuqiang asked him where his mat was spread? Ye Ziyu said that he hadn't found a place yet, so let's see it at night.

Sun Yuqiang smiled and said that you must be the first time to sit and sit down, right? Why don't you hurry up and find a good place now, you have to board someone halfway through the boat, and how can there be a place at night? Ye Ziyu was anxious again, and said that I don't see any space for me now? Besides, I didn't bring a mat or anything, and there was no sale on the ship, so I thought that even if it was a sleeping deck, at least a mat should be issued? Why would it be called a loose seat? Sun Yuqiang was overjoyed when he heard it, and said: "I and a fellow villager in the village have occupied a seat on the third deck, if you don't dislike it, just squeeze in with us." ”

When Ye Ziyu heard this, she was overjoyed, and immediately agreed, thanking her repeatedly. He was on board for a long time, and it was only then that a hanging heart settled down. Sun Yuqiang said that there is nothing to thank for this, we are all brothers in the four seas, not to mention that we are still fellow villagers in a province.

After dinner, the two came to the three-deck together, and Ye Ziyu saw that Sun Yuqiang had occupied a good place, on the left side of the deck, next to the aisle, and there was a pergola on top of it, which could shade the sun. He put the small bag he carried on their broken mat, sat on his knees, and looked at the vast river, his heart became very happy.

Sun Yuqiang asked his fellow villagers for change, and came over to return the five yuan to him.