Today's weather is very good, the sun is abundant, and the golden light swayes down from the sun, giving warmth and fairness to all living beings. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info plants and trees receive sunlight and become more and more lush, animals receive sunlight and survive the winter, only human beings accept the sunlight, but they still have to work.

The Grand Canal is more than seven zhang wide, and when you look at it from here, it looks like a silver ribbon, tightly embellished on the yellow earth, and a gauze ribbon around the beauty. The canal is verdant, and although it is already a cold winter, there are still some plants and trees that are unwilling to succumb to the cold and stubbornly choose to be verdant to the end.

He turned his head and saw the slender men pulling the boat.

They wore very little, so little that Zhou Jun, who had never been afraid of the cold, felt cold for them. Most of these slender men were young men, and their bottoms were tattered, washed trousers that were no longer visible - if these tattered pieces of cloth could be pants! They never wear clothes on their upper bodies, on both sides of the canal, there are many tidal flats, often need to go in and out of the water, for a long time, sweat soaked in salt and abrasion of the fiber rope, no clothes can withstand such wear, it is better not to wear it, but to save some. If it is the middle of summer or the busy season, for the convenience of work, they do not wear clothes, even if they meet a big girl and a little daughter-in-law, they will definitely not be shy.

If there is an official woman on the boat, you have to keep your door closed at this time, otherwise you will only be afraid of damaging the dignity of the official family when you see these slender men.

Today, the sun was sufficient, but the wind was strong, and the north wind swept up the withered grass and danced wildly on both sides of the canal, but these never hindered the slender man's movements. There are dozens of them, all of them carry the rope on their backs, some people put the rope directly on the skin, and the better ones will put a piece of cloth, but it is definitely not much better. In less than a day, these places will be broken by intense friction, and red blood will slowly seep out. And even at such times, they still need to work and pull fibers, otherwise they will not be able to earn a day's food and clothing, and they will not be able to feed their wives and children.

Zhou Jun is dressed very energetically today, the big red uniform is properly cut, especially the slim design, which sets off his well-proportioned and athletic figure well, and the red scarf around his neck is even more set off with his pretty face, making him more and more dusty. In fact, Liu Ruyi joked about Zhou Jun, saying that he "has the attitude of a fairy".

In front of his god-like master, Zhou Jun would never dare to say that he had any "immortal" posture, otherwise he would not be comparing his master! But thinking about it in private, Zhou Jun still can't help but feel a little complacent, after all, this is said by Liu Ruyi, this person is the confidant of the master and the chief benevolent official, which can at least be seen as his gesture of goodwill to himself.

He walked slowly along the canal, and in front of him was a group of slender men pulling fiber.

The first was an old man, who was very old, looked to be about fifty or sixty years old, which was already a long life, but he still had to work hard to maintain his miserable life. Although his face was haggard and wrinkled, his shoulders were as broad as that of a young man, which was also a gift from his life in Stretch. He didn't have a headscarf on his head, which may be that he couldn't afford it, or maybe he didn't like to wear it, but in any case, his head emitted a white mist in the cold wind, because he was working so hard that the temperature on his head was so high that the evaporated sweat turned into moisture. His demeanor was indifferent, as if the endless life of stretching fiber had exhausted all his hopes for the future, and the current work was nothing more than a mechanical day after day.

Behind him is a middle-aged man with a short beard, and he seems to have a little hope in life: growing a beard is a thing that takes time and energy, and if you want to keep a good beard shape, you need to take care of it. From this point, it seems that this middle-aged man's financial situation is not too bad, which can give him time to pay attention to his appearance after hard work.

The slender men noticed Zhou Jun's arrival, and they didn't react much, this is because Zhou Jun is obviously a child of an official family, or the son of a wealthy businessman, anyway, it is either rich or expensive, they can't have any connection, it is better to do the things in front of them and earn a day's food for their family. However, Zhou Jun saw that a young man seemed to hide in the crowd, this young man was dark-skinned and muscular, Zhou Jun didn't know him, but Zhou Jun guessed that the young man might feel that he was dressed sloppily and was ashamed of himself in front of Zhou Jun.

Zhou Jun didn't laugh at or despise this young man in his heart, and put himself in his shoes, if he and he changed places, he was afraid that he would do the same. Young people are the most vain and strong, and in the face of their own kind, they either respond with arrogance or stay away, and it is always difficult to maintain a peaceful state of mind.

Suddenly, the heavy ship came to this place, unable to walk any longer, and the ship seemed to have encountered a rapid, and the strength of the current and the strength of the slender man were at a stalemate with each other. The owner of the ship walked out of the cabin, this oak ship is quite large, it looks like there must be four or five hundred materials, and the decoration is also quite exquisite, not only on the beams and pillars, the canopy has gold paint smeared, but also in a conspicuous place to draw patterns, judging from the bright colors and exquisite paintings, it is by no means available to idle people.

The owner of the boat, dressed in a blue brocade robe, with a thick fur hat on his head, and a pair of brand-new deerskin boots on his feet, looked a little undescriptive, but it did serve to keep warm on the winter water. He stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the water under his feet, his face flushed with melancholy, and he shouted loudly: "You cheap bones, quickly pull it for Lao Tzu!" If you pull well, you will be rewarded, and if you don't pull well, let you all eat sticks! ”

His words seemed to have played a role, and the slender men began to shout. This trumpet has no words, suitable for the slender men to gather strength, "Hi, hi, hi, procrastination......", this voice is interpreted by the hoarse voices of the slender men, just like a drama that ends gloomily, and like the sound of cleaning up the leftovers and cold rice after the feast is silent, and where they are separated by a water, there are songs, wine, beauties, carved beams and paintings, and hibiscus splendor, and on this side of the water, there is only endless labor, harsh living conditions and cold winter winds.

The same people, the same two shoulders against one head, why is the gap so big?

Zhou Jun thought so, and was broken by a noisy voice. (To be continued.) )