Chapter 2, Crossing the River
Mountains on both sides, separated by a small valley. A river that cuts through it. The morning light is very ten, and the mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, like a fairy floating awe.
In the evening, the sunset flies, the golden light is red and bright, and the glow is thousands of feet.
This is the hometown of Star Scar and Xue Wei - Yin Luo Village.
It is not a place of interest, but it is also an ancient village that is picturesque and beautiful like a dream.
Legend has it that this village has a history of more than 800 years.
The houses in Yinluo Village are basically made of wood and stone, and they look so old and old overall.
That river, because of the water quality, is called Qinghe.
The water is not deep, the river is not wide, but the water is very long, and it joins a river, and then follows the river and finally leads to the distant sea.
Yin Luo Village is located on both banks of the Qinghe River - Yin Xingji and the school are on the south bank, and Lin Xuewei lives on the north bank.
On the surface of the Qinghe River, there has been no bridge built in this section of Yinluo Village, so Xue Wei has to take a boat every time she goes to and from school.
That kind of ship, very old-fashioned ship.
The wooden ones are made of duck's paws, and there are bamboo braces.
If it rains and the current is fast, the boat will shake very much.
Xuewei can't swim and is a little afraid of water, so she is afraid of taking a boat.
Every time she crossed the river, she felt scared that she would fall into the water.
When her father took her on this boat for the first time, he jokingly said to her, "You're a standard landlubber." ”
A standard landlubber?
Xue Wei thought it was very interesting to be called this name.
She was the only one of the 31 students in her class who could not swim and was very afraid of water.
Not to mention my own class, even if it's the whole school, I'm afraid I can't find a second one.
Almost all of his classmates can swim, and some of the best boys can even dive in the water for a minute.
Every morning when the morning sun is slightly dewed, Xue Wei gets up.
Although it was a bit hard, it also allowed her to enjoy a different scenery.
Today, Xue Wei still got up early in the morning as usual, finished breakfast, prepared the afternoon meal, picked up her schoolbag and went out.
She jumped all the way, singing songs merrily, and looked like she was dancing a little, and headed in the direction of the ferry.
Her head was tied into many thin pigtails, which looked like many flying black elves, dancing in the air with Xue Wei's jumping.
Although her singing voice is very immature, it is incomparably soft, like an early bird in spring.
Her movements are light, like the lightness of a bird.
Her home was very close to the ferry, and it wasn't long before she arrived.
As she had done the other day, she sat down on a large clean rock, then took out her textbook as usual, and read it early while waiting for the uncles and uncles who had risen early to give her a ride.
If you're lucky, someone will be here soon.
The boats here have special boatmen, but they don't start so early.
If you want to cross the river, you have to row your own boat, so almost everyone who lives in this village can row a boat.
In the past, when Lin Xuewei crossed the river in the morning, her grandfather came to take her across the river, but just a few days ago, her grandfather accidentally broke her foot while doing farm work, so now he can't send her across the river anymore.
At this time, the boat was docked on the opposite bank, and Lin Xuewei waited for a long time but still didn't see anyone to cross the river.
Not to mention crossing the river, not even a single person who came to the shore.
After waiting for about ten minutes, she began to get a little anxious.
She looked up at the hazy sky in the morning, and suddenly felt very lost, a little scared, and then people became a little anxious.
The morning reading also came to an end.
She thought worriedly, "Isn't it going to be late again today?" Probably not. ”
He has been late several times these days because he can't wait for someone to come rowing.
The teacher asked her what the reason was, and she was embarrassed to explain, she just hoped that her grandfather's foot would recover sooner.
She sat down on the stone and lowered her head, her heart no longer at peace.
She buried her head deep in her knees, tears rolling in his eyes.
In the morning, the sky is quieter, and the distant mountains are still filled with a light mist.
I don't know how long it took, just when Lin Xuewei's tears were about to fall, she vaguely seemed to see someone coming over on the other side in the cracks, preparing to row.
Lin Xuewei's heart chuckled, she raised her head suddenly, and saw that the qiqi in front of her became very excited, and tears still couldn't stop flowing.
But this is not a tear of grievance, but a tear of excitement that falls because of excitement.
She quickly stood up, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her hands, and her big watery eyes did not dare to stop for a moment, staring at the boat as if she were afraid that it would suddenly disappear from the water.
Watching the boat row towards her side step by step, her heart also rippled layer after layer as the pulp paddled across the water.
"I finally don't have to be late today."
She cried out excitedly.
The boat docked, and Xue Wei hurriedly stepped forward and stopped the rower first.
The rower was an uncle who looked to be in his 40s.
Due to years of labor, the skin has become very dark and rough, and a pair of thick hands have long been covered with layers of calluses.
He also has a deep scar on his face, which he accidentally scratched when he was chopping wood.
The rower jumped out of the boat with a farm implement, and he was about to rush to the field, but he was blocked by a little girl.
He didn't feel a slight startle in his heart, so he couldn't help but stop and began to look up and down at the little girl in front of him, that is, Xiaolin Xuewei.
"Little girl, is there anything wrong with you?"
The careful rower found that Kobayashi Xuewei's eyes were a little red, as if she had just cried.
He knew almost all the uncles and uncles in the village, but she felt a little unfamiliar with the person in front of her.
I seem to have seen it, but I don't seem to have seen it.
Lin Xuewei was a little scared, feeling annoyed by her recklessness just now.
She kept her head down, not daring to look at the man's face.
Especially the scar that was deep, deep.
"Did something happen?"
That rowing is humane.
Lin Xuewei nodded, but quickly shook her head again.
She had wanted to ask the rower if he could take her to the other side, but she was frightened when she saw the scar on the rower's face.
She lowered her head in fear, her body trembled slightly, and she really didn't dare to look at the rower's face anymore.
The rower saw that Xiao Xuewei had her head down, and her body was still trembling slightly, and he seemed to have noticed that it was the scar on his face that scared her.
He straightened his clothes, as if that would dispel the fear of his scar.
He smiled and said to Lin Xuewei: "Child, don't be afraid, Uncle is not a bad person, there are no bad people in our village, if you have anything, just tell me that the uncle who can help must do his best?" ”
Lin Xuewei listened to the rower's words and felt that she was no longer so afraid.
She squirmed, mustered up her courage, looked up at the rower, winked at her big eyes, and said timidly, "You." You. Isn't it really a bad guy? ”
"Haha."
The rower laughed, thinking that he had taken me for a bad person.
"Of course not, I'm a farmer's uncle, do you think the farmer's uncle will be a bad person?"
The rower asked Lin Xuewei rhetorically.
When he was young, he also studied for a few years, and they all said that farmers are the kindest.
"Uh, yes."
Although Lin Xuewei was no longer as scared as she was just now, she still left a little shadow in her heart after all.
She bit her left thumb, still a little timid.
She looked up at the scar on the rowman's face and pointed her finger and said, "What about your scar?" ”
In her mind, people with scars are bad people.
Aren't all the bad guys on TV like this?
"Haha,"
The rower laughed heartily again, squatted down, and said to Lin Xuewei, "En! Not all people with scars on their faces are bad people, and Uncle has a scar because he was cut by a branch while chopping wood. ”
Lin Xuewei listened to the rower's words, but she still didn't believe him so much, and she took two steps back vigilantly.
Seeing Lin Xuewei retreat, the rower was anxious.
He wanted to explain that he wasn't a bad person, but he didn't know how to say it for a while.
Just when he was a little at a loss, he noticed the small schoolbag that Xiao Xuewei was carrying on her back.
He paused suddenly, as if he had guessed what the little girl was trying to do.
"Yes,"
After a long time, the rower spoke, "Come, I'll take you to the other side!" ”
"Ahh Are you sure? ”
Lin Xuewei looked at the rower in surprise.
I'm still thinking stupidly, why is he like crossing the river?
"Well, let's get on the boat, it's so early in the morning, there are usually few people. If you don't hurry, you'll be late. ”
The rowers were secretly happy in their hearts, and it seemed that their guess was correct.
"Yes."
Lin Xuewei hesitated, looked at her watch again, and there was not much time left before class.
She gritted her teeth, stomped her feet, and ran a few steps, and jumped onto the wooden boat.
She snuggled up to the center of the ship's belly as she usually did.
The rower looked at Lin Xuewei, just smiled and said no more.
He skillfully picked up the brace and put it in the water.
The boat was off the shore, and gradually sailed slowly towards the middle of the river.