After setting foot on his homeland, Zao Wou-Ki did not move forward, lit a cigarette and smoked, trying to calm his emotions.

After parking the car, Nobita came to his side, Zao Wou-Ki gave him a cigarette, and the two smoked silently, looking at the river not far away.

Nobita stretched out his hand and pointed to the river, "Do you see the sand mining boat parked in the middle of the river?" The end point of yesterday's race was set there, and we rowed upstream from the downstream, and the dragon boat from Lao Ye's village rowed dozens of meters after crossing the finish line, and when it turned the corner, it turned over ......."

Zao Wou-Ki took a sharp puff of his cigarette and exhaled a long puff of smoke, "Old Ye's family...... Are you still there today?" Zao Wou-Ki was a little scared to see his family, not knowing how to comfort him, and being infected by their grief.

Nobita shook his head, "Last night, the troops pulled a net downstream, and in the morning, the net reached one, and the three families hurried to recognize the ......."

Zao Wou-ki's heart skipped a beat, "When......?" "I went to the train station to pick you up before it happened, it's not Lao Ye, it's not the other two, according to the people at the scene, it may be suicide or drowning, the identity has not been confirmed, but it's not from our township." ”

"So they're still downstream?" "Well, they're all waiting downstream, after all, if you catch one, the chance of appearing downstream is higher." ”

The two extinguished the smoke and walked to the pavilion, and many people greeted Nobita, but Zao Wou-Ki didn't know any of them.

Looking out of the gazebo, you can see almost the entire surface of the river, and Zao Wou-Ki is all too familiar with this mother river, and he had to go back and forth on the river every weekend when he was in high school, because his home was on this side of the river, and the school was on the other side.

At that time, the bridge had not yet been repaired, and they all crossed the river by diesel fuel wooden boats, which were thousands of meters wide, and it took more than ten minutes from this side to the other side.

The people in the pavilion talked a lot, talking about yesterday's accident, and many people looked at the river, and there were several speedboats shuttling back and forth on the river.

In the open space in front of the left side of the pavilion, there is a large parasol, under which there are three or four chairs, and at this time there are only two people in green uniforms, one is recording something, and the other is holding a walkie-talkie and talking to people.

Nobita looked around and whispered to Zao Wou-ki: "Today, most of these people came to see the excitement in the village by the river, and there were more people who watched the excitement last night, and many people drove a few kilometers to see it, and they were all people as far as the eye could see. ”

Zao Wou-Ki didn't know what to say, so he could only shake his head. Nobita said, "Let's go ahead and see!" Zhao Wou-Ki nodded, and the two walked out of the pavilion and walked forward for more than ten meters.

Looking down, there was a drop of dozens of meters, and there was a path winding down on the side. There was a small ferry port below, with a fishing boat and two speedboats parked, and near the ferry there were a dozen people in green uniforms.

Nobita said: "Yesterday there were a few trucks and hundreds of people, and there are fewer people left here today, and most of them have gone downstream to search." ”

On the sand more than ten meters on the edge of the ferry, there is a paper dragon head, which is facing the river. There was a scarecrow stuck next to the dragon's head, draped in a black cloth robe.

Nobita explained to Zao Wou-Ki: "It was done by the family of the missing person, and it is said to summon spirits and bring drowning people to the surface." Zao Wou-Ki opened his mouth, but did not speak.

At this time, the fishing boat docked at the ferry port started, and two old men and a monk in yellow monk's robe appeared at the bow of the boat, and the monk began to throw yellow paper money.

Nobita said to Zao Wou-ki: "The old man in the white shirt is Lao Ye's uncle......" Zao Wou-Ki looked at it, although he had been to Lao Ye's house several times, but he had no image of his uncle.

The two watched as the boat drove diagonally to the opposite shore, and the monk had been throwing paper money, and he threw it upwards in stacks, and the paper money spread out in the air and was swept into the river by the wind......

The boat stopped a third of the way from the opposite bank, and Nobita licked his lips, which were a little dry from the river breeze, "Yesterday...... That's where the dragon boat turned......"

Zao Wou-Ki looked up at the sky, so that the tears that flowed inadvertently could flow back, but unfortunately time could not be turned back......

The river wind whimpered, the flowing water was surging, and the rain that had just stopped falling again, wet the clothes, and the bones were cold. There is no winter in the warm south, and there is no snow all year round, but just as the summer solstice is approaching, Zao Wou-Ki feels the cold of winter......

Nobita pulled Zao Wou-Ki, "It's raining heavily, let's go find a place to have lunch! Zao Wou-Ki nodded, glanced at the rain-shrouded river, and turned to leave with Nobita.

This village by the river is not big, and this is just the center of the village, just a few dozen meters of streets, but it is the most lively place in the village.

The two found a local unique and dilapidated shop, ordered a few bowls of food and sat down at the table by the window. The shop is not broken, but it is old, and it is the most authentic Fujian cuisine.

Looking from the window, you can see the Minjiang River, but at this moment the rain is dense, and the rain curtain covers everything. The wind and raindrops kept knocking on the glass window, but they kept worrying in my heart.

"Lao Ye has been running long-distance transportation after graduation, starting to work for people, and in recent years, he has co-founded a transportation company with his brother-in-law, and it was difficult to start at the beginning, just two old cars ......"

"Probably the year before last, Lao Ye's two uncles also invested hundreds of thousands of dollars each and bought five or six new trucks...... Last year, business just improved, and now it is the stage of career growth, but I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing......"

"Lao Ye is only in his thirties! I have survived the hardships of running long distances in the past few years, and I have just started to make money, so I just left, it's really not worth it!"

"At the end of last year, one day he came back and parked his newly bought car in front of my factory, and I sat in his car and talked to him for a long time. He said brother, I finally got through it, and I can share dividends during the New Year, the key is that I don't have to run long distances by myself in the future, and it will be much easier......"

"A week or two before the dragon boat race! That was the last time I talked to Lao Ye. I met him on the street, and I asked him how he was free to come back, and he said he would come back and train for two days to compete. I also scolded him for coming, so busy and deliberately left his business to come back to row the dragon boat, he said no way, he just likes to row......"

"Lao Ye has two daughters, the eldest daughter is in the fifth or sixth grade of primary school, and the younger daughter is only in the first or second grade of primary school! The little daughter is still ignorant, and she kept asking her mother yesterday, where is Dad? Mom, let Dad come back!"

Nobita's eyes turned red as he spoke, and Zao Wou-Ki listened to it and his heart was dripping blood, and the food came up, but both of them lost their appetite.

After dealing with a few mouthfuls casually, the rain was light, and the two went out of the store, and Nobita drove slowly downstream along the riverside road, and the two searched the river until it got dark and still found nothing.

So many people searched for more than 20 hours but couldn't find it, and Zao Wou-Ki was not an immortal, and he couldn't be unpredictable.

When I turned around and returned to the gazebo, I saw someone holding diving gear. Nobita said: "That's the water monkeys in the army, there are more than a dozen of them! The ...... who went into the water in the morning."

Seeing that the time was almost up, Nobita drove Zao Wou-Ki out of the riverside, and it seemed that it would not be an overnight thing to find it.