Yang Lin had a dream.

In his dream, he saw the mountain where he lived as a child, the dilapidated Taoist temple, and the withered poplar tree......

The snow-white bearded old man watched him practice with a smile, and the little yellow dog kept spreading joy around his feet......

On the grassy hillside, there is a lonely grave, dead leaves hovering, and the old road sleeps in the ground......

He carried his bags on his back and turned back one step at a time. The desolate mountain, the dilapidated Taoist temple, and the withered poplar trees were getting farther and farther behind him......

The colorful neon, the bustling city, like a mirage in the clouds, cannot be touched......

Beautiful beauties, handsome men, flashing shots, messy props, and hanging Weiya......

The child standing stupidly in the middle of the road, the speeding car, the violent impact, the suffocation like the top of Tarzan, the endless nothingness, the infinite darkness, the boundless despair......

The past is like a movie, scene by scene, fragment by clip, constantly flashing in my mind, more and more blurred, faster and faster......

"Ahh

Yang Lin woke up from his dream suddenly, only to feel his heart beating rapidly, as if he wanted to break free from the restraints, and jumped out of his chest, covered in cold sweat and dry mouth.

"Snap", a big hand slapped the back of his head, and a low male voice seemed to try his best to suppress his tone, and scolded hoarsely: "Decrepit boy! What's the ghost called, I want to kill everyone! ”

This hit Yang Lin dizzy, and he turned his head blankly.

In the swarthy grove, five or six people, men and women, were lying low in the grass, but they were not very old. Then in the hazy moonlight, the man behind him was staring at him fiercely, and the slap just now was obviously from him.

But where is this? Who is this man?

Obviously, a moment ago, he acted bravely and rescued a little boy from under the speeding wheels, but he was knocked out and flew out.

How did you get here in the blink of an eye, and what happened? Aren't you already dead?

Yang Lin was a little confused.

A woman in her thirties next to her seemed to blame the man for being heavy, and complained: "You dead ghost can't do it lightly?" Look at this lean and lean boy, don't play badly. ”

The man didn't dare to refute, and muttered in a low voice: "Who made him scream?" So loudly, if the armed police are recruited, there will be a big trouble. ”

What's that? And the armed police?

Yang Lin's scalp was numb, oh my God, what the hell is going on?

As soon as he opened his mouth to ask clearly, the man pressed Yang Lin's head into the grass and said in a low voice: "It's here!" "Everyone lay on the ground together, and they didn't dare to breathe.

Footsteps rustled outside the trees in the distance, and the glow of a few flashlights shone around.

After a while, the footsteps faded away, and everything was quiet again.

The man said: "This patrol has passed, and the next shift will be fifteen minutes later, everyone move quickly and hurry up." He stood up first, carried a big burden, and ran out with his waist on his back.

The rest of the people also packed large bags and followed them out of the woods.

The woman turned around and saw Yang Lin still lying on the spot in a daze, grabbed his arm, and urged: "Don't hurry up, it's too late." ”

Yang Lin was dragged by her in a daze and ran a few steps, and asked, "What is this for?" ”

The woman didn't look back, "Sleep stupid, right?" Go to Hong Kong! ”

Yang Lin only felt that his head "boomed", and he was completely dumbfounded.

I once remembered that after the death of my master, I was very confused for a while. In the vast sea of people, I don't know where the future is.

At that time, "swimming to the Xiangjiang River" was very popular, and Yang Lin also had this idea. But when it came to the end, he changed his mind again.

Because when you arrive in Xiangjiang, you must have a Xiangjiang citizen who is willing to give you a guarantee before you can get the right of abode, otherwise you will have to be repatriated. There are thousands of swimmers in the past, and few can be left. Even if they stay, most of them have become "black households", they can't even find a formal job, they wander around, and do everything in order to make a living.

Yang Lin is alone, there is only one old Taoist master to rely on each other, where are any relatives to take refuge? He turned around, stepped on the train to the north, went to the capital to work hard, and later transferred to Hengdian. After ups and downs, after several ups and downs, from a miscellaneous person to a self-taught director, and finally had his own small film and television company.

That year, I vaguely remember, was 1983, and he was eighteen years old.

Could it be that a car accident turned back time and made yourself go back to more than 20 years ago?

One moment he was hit by a car and flew away, and the next moment he swam to Xiangjiang......

Such a strange scene reminded Yang Lin of a more popular word: crossing!

In general, traversal can manifest itself in two ways. First, go back in time and go back to a certain time node that you have experienced. Second, borrowing the corpse to return the soul, and the soul is possessed by others.

In his previous life, he retreated as soon as he arrived at the ground, and he had never seen these people, nor had he stayed in this grove. This made Yang Lin a little puzzled, did he belong to the latter?

When he came to his senses, he had been dragged by the woman through a barbed wire fence to a small river.

I once heard that before the reform and opening up, especially in that special period, countless people swam across this river to pursue the legendary happy life. Looking at this small river, which has been said by countless "swimmers", Yang Lin retreated.

When I went to Xiangjiang, I had no relatives and friends, no hukou, and my future was bleak. On the contrary, he stayed here, and the southern tour was full of spring breeze hunting, and the economy of the whole country took off, and there were a lot of opportunities to make a fortune. In his previous life, he didn't go to Xiangjiang, went north to the capital, and later went to Hengdian to work hard, and he also had his own film and television company. "Smuggling" to the Xiangjiang River is simply easy to give up.

Just as he was hesitating, several pillars of light were suddenly projected, and a chaotic sound sounded.

"Stop!"

"Don't run, run and shoot again!"

They were spotted by the Border Guards.

The woman screamed and ran towards the river.

Yang Lin was desperate. If you are caught "smuggling", you must at least be sentenced to three or five years? He didn't want to go through it and go to jail.

I had no choice, so I stubbornly followed those people and went into the water.

The armed police chased them to the river, shone them with a flashlight, shouted a few times, and then retreated, ignoring them. I don't know how many such scenes have been experienced, they have long been commonplace, and they are not very serious.

Yang Lin sighed depressedly, since he couldn't turn back, he could only move forward bravely. The river water is slightly cool, and swimming in such a circle not only strengthens the body, but also dissipates heat and relieves heat.

Under the moonlight, the surface of the river shimmers, and the black dots are in the jade ribbon-like river

Floating and sinking, swimming towards the other side of the dream.

This small river is only twenty or thirty meters wide, and it will swim to the opposite bank in a while.

The people rested on the shore. Yang Lin took off the clothes on his body and wrung them out, stood by the river and looked at it by the moonlight, with black eyebrows and foreskin eyes, but his skin was smooth and delicate, and his face was full of youth and childishness. sighed secretly, if you "cross" someone else, it will be awkward enough.

Those people were very excited and kept saying, "Xiangjiang, we have arrived in Xiangjiang!" ”

Xiangjiang, that is the legendary paradise place.

Yang Lin took a good look at them at this time.

Except for the big man who hit him in the head and the woman who dragged him, the rest were young people in their twenties, one with big shoulders and a round waist, the other with acne on his face, and the other one was very ordinary, and he couldn't see the kind in the pile.

Yang Lin's mood had calmed down, accepted the fact of crossing, and chatted with them every sentence. Only then did I know that they met by chance in that grove, and because they had the same goal, they went together. Yang Lin didn't have the slightest impression of them, because he had definitely not experienced this plot in his previous life.

The man and the woman were two people, and they came to Xiangjiang to join the woman's uncle, and that uncle came here during a special period. When the child is still young, he stays at home, is carried by the elderly, and takes it over when he is stable. The young men also defected to their relatives.

Everyone else has a big bag and a small lock, but Yang Lin has no long things, and he is alone.

Looking at the position of the moon, it was already the second half of the night, tossing for most of the night, swimming in the water, physically exerting a lot, tired and hungry. I can't help it, just bear with it, I don't know what to do tomorrow. Yang Lin regretted that his intestines were blue, why didn't he turn back before the armed police found out? This Xiangjiang has no relatives and no support, how can he live?

He sighed as the woman looked at him, took a loaf of bread out of a tight bag wrapped in oilcloth, and shoved it into his hand.

Yang Lin was stunned for a moment, looked up at the woman, and the woman smiled, "Eat, are you hungry?" ”

Yang Lin's heart was warm, he was really hungry, said thank you, and devoured it.

The man also took out a big cake and nibbled on the side, and said vaguely: "Brother, are there any relatives here?" ”

Yang Lin shook his head.

The woman said worriedly: "That's difficult, I heard that it's not so easy to find a job here in Xiangjiang, you don't even have a place to stay, but how can it be good?" ”

Yang Lin looked at this kind-hearted woman, moved in his heart, and said with a smile: "One step at a time, there is no endless road." He has lived with Lao Tao since he was a child, and his heart has a little transcendent and free and easy, plus he is alive and dead, so he is naturally full of optimism and positivity.

The man shook his head and said, "You don't know the difficulties of life, don't say anything else, what about eating before you get a job?" He couldn't get used to seeing this kid's relaxed appearance, as if he didn't care about big things, stupid.

The acne-covered young man interjected: "Also, you have no one to guarantee, if you are caught by the police, you will definitely be sent back." ”

The woman hesitated for a moment, then hesitated, "Otherwise, you and I will go to my uncle's first to see if he can help him find a job, but I have seen enough of this guarantee..."

The man wanted to speak and stopped, muffling on the bread.

Yang Lin knew her predicament, the two of them had already brought a burden to her uncle, and they were embarrassed to open their mouths if they added an unrelated outsider.

Anyway, that kind of faint care made Yang Lin feel very warm. In the past, he worked hard in his career, and he was used to seeing the intrigues, indifference and selfishness of people in the metropolis. The economy is developing, society is progressing, the earth is shrinking, and people seem to be getting farther and farther apart. Family affection is indifferent, friendship is disappearing, and even love is measured by material.

In these smugglers who met in the water, they felt the long-lost care.

Yang Lin smiled lightly, his young and delicate face was full of emotion: "Thank you, eldest sister." Besides, I didn't really want to come to Xiangjiang, so it's not bad to send it back. Now that the mainland is developing faster and faster, there are many opportunities. ”

Several people were silent.

No matter how much it develops, it can still catch up with Xiangjiang? I can't even eat enough, otherwise who would swim in Xiangjiang?

After eating flatbread, I went to the river and drank a few sips of river water, not to mention, at this time, this place has not been developed, there is no pollution, and the river water is sweet and clear.

Lying on the grass, looking up at the starry night sky, Yang Lin's thoughts slowly drifted away, and finally fell into a dream......

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