The waves in the river were very loud, and she shouted several times in a row, and the bamboo row only heard it! The bamboo row slowly leaned against the cliff, and saw a sturdy old man standing on it, and a delicate girl, the old man was wearing a blue and purple cardigan and a large waist barrel pants without straight gear.

The girl was dressed in a blue and black slanted gown, a crepe skirt, with a neckline, cuffs, and waist inlaid with five-colored silk threads, and her skin was fair and her face was beautiful! The girl turned her head and looked at them a few times, and her eyes were very surprised: "You are Han?!" ”

The voice of the Miao girl was crisp and sweet, Xu Gang listened to it in his ears, and felt very comfortable, he made a gesture and nodded again and again: "Little lady, hello!" We two brothers and sisters, there is an urgent matter to cross the river, I don't know if you can please make it convenient and give us a ride? ”

The girl turned her head and said to the old man, "Daddy." These two Han people want to cross the river, do you want to take them? ”

"The Han people have never been kind to us, and they have always been insidious, so it's better for us to deal less with them!" The old man shook his head, his face was embarrassed, and he spoke in Miao language.

Xu Gang couldn't understand the Miao language, but when he saw the old man shaking his head, he could still guess the meaning, and quickly added: "Little lady, we won't let you plant us to cross the river in vain, I will give you the ferry money!" ”

Wu Ling'er tugged at Xu Gang's sleeve, and was about to ask him not to speak, but when she said herself, Miao Nu's angry voice came.

"Daddy said, you Han people are cunning and insidious, and you are not wrong! Withdraw money as soon as you open your mouth, only you Han people will be like this! Helping others also requires money and goods, and if it is passed back to the cottage, everyone will laugh at us! Miao Nu lifted the penny, slapped it on the water, and said angrily.

Her words were said quickly, but the words were very clear, and they fell into Xu Gang's ears word for word, his face was a little embarrassed, and he was about to speak, but he was preempted by Wu Ling'er, and what she said was also in Miao language: "This sister, don't be like him, I'm Wu Ling'er from Crescent Moon Village, I didn't see Uncle Mo ferrying today, so I stopped you!" ”

As soon as Wu Ling'er's voice fell, Xu Gang's voice came again: "The little lady is right, helping others is the foundation of happiness, I was indeed a little vulgar just now, please forgive me!" Well, can we get on board now?! ”

After listening to Wu Ling'er's words, the girl dispelled most of her vigilance, but she still turned her head to look at the old man, and saw that the old man nodded slightly, so she turned her head to look at Xu Gang and said, "Hurry up and get on the boat, but the bamboo raft is too small to carry your horses, so you can only stay on the shore." ”

Xu Gang nodded, untied the horse's chew and saddle, and then slapped them on the horse's back a few times, and released them back into the mountains and forests, before he and Wu Ling'er got on the bamboo row.

The bamboo row was only a little bigger than the bed, and as soon as the two got on the boat, they shook it, and then sank into the water, but Xu Gang was very watery, and he sat there without moving, and the Miao girl couldn't help but look at him when she saw it.

The father and daughter held the bamboo tube in their hands and gently supported it on the edge of the cliff, and the bamboo row was like a leaf in the water, slowly drifting towards the river. The sound of rushing water sounded softly in my ears, and the waves fell on everyone from time to time, wetting the clothes on their bodies.

Xu Gang sat on the bamboo row, his breath sank, stabilized his body, and with the bamboo row floating on the river, the rocks on both sides of the bank were towering, like a knife cutting, and the green pines stood in the higher places, and the birds and apes were singing endlessly.

"Little lady, the song you sang before is so good, the women of the Miao family, can they all sing and dance like you?" Xu Gang asked suddenly, and looked at Wu Ling'er from time to time, changing his eyes several times.

The old man who was paddling with a bamboo tube smiled and said, "Young man, my daughter's singing voice is famous far and wide, I don't know how many 'Mido' like her!" ”

"Ling'er, does Mido mean a man?" Xu Gang asked Wu Ling'er if he didn't understand, but the water was too loud, and his voice was a little higher.

"Can't hear, can't hear!" Wu Ling'er gave him another roll of her eyes, looking like she was still angry with him.

At this time, the girl giggled and said, "You guessed it, Mido is all the meaning of the young man, this is a direct transliteration of the Miao language." ”

Seeing that he had guessed correctly, Xu Gang looked at Wu Ling'er proudly, and said with a smile: "The young man is 'Mi Duo', and the girl is 'Mi Shao', right?" ”

"Poof~~" Wu Ling'er suddenly laughed, and then opened her mouth lightly: "Brother Xu, can you not be so smart?" ”

"It's not 'Mi Shao'" the girl explained to him again: "We Miao call the girl 'Mi Cai'!" ”

"Oh~~Originally~Come~Like~This!" Xu Gang deliberately dragged out his tone and looked at Wu Ling'er from time to time.

Seeing that she still didn't want to pay attention to herself, Xu Gang was a little embarrassed, so she asked the girl again: "Little lady, my name is Xu Gang, what is your name?" ”

"Well, then I'll call you Brother Xu! My father's name is Zhai'a, and our father and son are even named, so my name is Ah Yun. Liu Yun nodded.

After she finished answering Xu Gang's words, the bamboo raft had come to the middle of the river, the most turbulent place of the river, and the bamboo raft soon jolted violently. Wu Ling'er was caught off guard, and her body suddenly slid on the boat

Ah Yun's father looked shocked, and shouted: "Ah Yun, get the rope quickly!" ”

Xu Gang reacted faster, grabbed Wu Ling'er, and then grabbed the rope at the front end of the bamboo row, crawled to the end of the bamboo row, and it took a lot of effort to tie the rope! Then he climbed to the other side, helped Ah Yun tie the rope, and finally connected the ropes at the front and back ends of the bamboo row to form a rectangular fence! They stood in it, so that it was not easy to slide into the river.

A few big waves hit the ground, and the bamboo row rose and fell from time to time, giving Xu Gang the feeling that he would fly into the air for a while, and fall to the bottom of the valley for a while!

Ah Yun's father and daughter kept beating the waves with bamboo pennies in their hands, trying to maintain the balance of the bamboo rafts, and the beads of sweat on their foreheads kept sliding down.

Xu Gang grew up on the edge of the Min River since he was a child, and his water nature is also very good, he quickly took off a paddle tied to the bamboo raft, and slapped the water waves together, Wu Ling'er's face was a little pale, and he held on to the rope tightly, trying to keep his body balanced.

I don't know how long the bumps have been, the turbulent waves are finally much weaker, although the bamboo row is still a little undulating, but compared to just now, it has been a hundred times stronger.

Zhai Ah wiped the sweat on his forehead, gave Xu Gang a thumbs up, and praised: "Good job!" ”

Xu Gang smiled faintly, nodded at him, sat down on the boat again, and looked at Wu Ling'er: "Ling'er, are you okay?" ”

Wu Ling'er's face was still a little pale, and she shook her head slightly, indicating that she was fine! In the past, she used to cross the river as Uncle Mo's big boat, even if she encountered wind and waves, it was not so bumpy, and the most important thing is that she didn't know the nature of the water!

Ah Yun also came up at this time to care about Wu Ling'er, and at the same time wiped the water droplets on her face, and said to Xu Gang with a smile: "Brother Xu, I didn't expect you to be so good at water and paddle well, other Han people don't have your ability, even my father praises you!" ”

Xu Gang smiled faintly, scratched his head and said, "Ah Yun, you have won the prize!" By the way, I see that the road is cut off on the mountain, how do you usually cross the river? If we can't cross the river, wouldn't our Miao Village be isolated from the outside world? ”

Ah Yun shook her head and said: "Usually there are no such big storms, Daddy and I can easily get through, today I don't know why, the wind and waves are much bigger, and there are more of you on the bamboo row, so there will be some trouble!" If we want to cross the river, we basically rely on bamboo rafts and boats, but we Miao people rarely go out, and there is everything in the village! ”

After Xu Gang heard this, he fell into deep thought! (To be continued.) )