Qi Linjiang on a passenger boat slowly moving, the river wind blowing the canvas "sizzle" sound, Zhou Jin stood at the bow of the boat and pointed to the shore, leisurely said: "Qingyu, you look at the green on both sides of the strait is really refreshing, and one day when we are old, we will find such a place to be next to each other." ”

There was a sudden melodious sound of the piano in his ears, Zhou Jin looked around and pointed to the boat not far from him and said: "The people on that boat are really going to enjoy the little lady playing music, why didn't I expect it, don't you say it's really good." Zhou Jin longed to give birth to a pair of wings and immediately flew to the ship that made the sound of the piano.

As he was talking, a fish suddenly jumped up from the river, splashing Zhou Jin's face with water, if it weren't for Qingyu's quick hand to pull it and almost fall into the river, Zhou Jin held on to the edge of the boat and scolded: "Damn fish, don't be complacent, you will be braised one day." ”

Ignoring Zhou Jin's dryness in his ears, Qingyu sighed with emotion: "Yes, I want us to live in one place for a long time, this person has also become short-sighted, sitting in the well and watching the sky, thinking that the pine forest is the best, this is only a few days, it is on this river to appreciate such a scenery, it is inevitable that people will not want to linger, presumably Jinhua Mansion is even more exciting." ”

Qingyu and Zhou Jin were talking on the deck, when the owner of the passenger ship stepped forward to greet him with a smile: "Presumably, the two are Li Gongzi and Zhou Gongzi from Songlin County, and the little old man is called the fifth person in the fifth person, disturbing the Yaxing of the two sons." ”

Zhou Jin looked at the old man in front of him and asked suspiciously, "Do you know us?" "Take a look at Qingyu and see if Qingyu knows this person.

Yu Lao Wu said with a smile: "The names of the two sons are in the pine forest, and no one knows them. ”

Qingyu said knowingly: "I'm afraid it's notoriety." ”

Yu Lao Wu smiled wryly and did not answer, and changed the topic and said: "I saw that the two sons were full of interest at the bow of the boat, so I came over to join in the fun." In fact, he was afraid that the two "wicked people" would make trouble and cause something bad, so he found an excuse to come and stop the two.

"Where, Brother Zhou and I are not elegant people in the first place, we are just pretending to be elegant and elegant." Qingyu joked to himself.

"Yes, we have been wandering around the pine forest for more than ten years, which corner has been to really no interest, no matter how delicious things have been eaten, no matter how beautiful the place will be boring every day, but then again, the same scenery is not interesting to change places, you look at the mountains and rivers on both sides of the strait are absolutely beautiful, just now and Qingyu said that when he is old, he will come to live on the reeds." Zhou Jin still has no idea of settling here.

"Old man, I run here all the year round, and when I was young, I had the same idea as my son, but unfortunately life forced me to give up." Saying that, Qingyu and Zhou Jin were welcomed into the cabin: "Come, come, the two sons, please come to the cabin to talk, and the little old man has prepared some water, wine and food, and please appreciate his face." Sideways let Zhou Jin and Qingyu into the cabin.

The cabin is surprisingly spacious, and there is a small table in the middle, on which there is some food, melon seeds, peanuts, and sun-dried fish pieces mixed with some cold dishes, Qingyu thought that this old man would enjoy it, and the three of them sat down in the main and guest seats.

After a few people sat down, Yu Lao Wu was ashamed and said: "It's all some small dishes made by yourself, which can't compare to the delicacies of the restaurant and the sea. ”

Zhou Jin said: "Brother Yu, you are too polite, after a tiring journey, your dishes are refreshing and delicious, and they are much more delicious than those dishes in the tavern that taste like chewing wax." Zhou Jin's flattering words made Yu Lao Wu really happy.

While a few people were talking, Yu Lao Wu took the wine without a name from under the foot of the table, but when the mud was opened, a burst of fragrance floated in, which hit the heart. Zhou Jin and Qingyu were very surprised, usually the two of them drank the finished wine, but Yu Lao Wu took out the wine but had never seen it, Yu Lao Wu did not wait for the two to speak and each poured a bowl and then made a gesture of please, Qingyu and Zhou Jin did not politely pick up the bowl and drink, the entrance is fragrant, moisturizing the mouth and throat, the two of them invariably feel that this wine is not drunk even if they drink thousands of cups.

As the saying goes: "A woman's rouge, a man's wine." As long as the rouge gouache woman is mentioned, there are endless words, as long as the same man has wine, even if the stomach of three glasses is strange, it will become familiar, and wine is the best choice to nourish feelings.

Qingyu took a piece of dried fish and recited: "This wine should only be in the sky, and it is rare to drink it in the world." ”

Zhou Jin nodded and said, "Come, Brother Yu." Qingyu and I borrowed flowers to offer a cup of Buddha to you. Qingyu smiled embarrassedly: "I have never seen this wine, and it is too delicious, but I am abrupt when I patronize and drink." Come, to my brother. As he spoke, the two of them picked up the bowl and saluted Yu Lao Wu.

Yu Lao Wu said with a smile: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, come, let's drink this bowl full." The three of them drank it all.

Qingyu ate a few peanuts and put down his chopsticks and asked, "I have nothing to do, I don't know if I can tell me how this wine was obtained." ”

Yu Lao Wu opened his mouth and said: "Don't worry, there is nothing to do, the two sons are willing to listen, and I will chatter and talk a few words about the old man." ”

Qingyu and Zhou Jin wiped their hands and listened, only to see Yu Lao Wu said: "This wine, folk called rice wine, the production method is also simple, first screen clean, round and shiny glutinous rice with water, and then put it in a steamer and steam it for half an hour, and take it out after the glutinous rice is fully cooked." Pour warm water into the cooked glutinous rice for scrubbing, the main function of this is to prevent the glutinous rice from sticking together, put it in a bamboo sieve to drain it, pour most of the koji grinding into the cooked glutinous rice and mix it evenly by hand into the jar, add warm water to seal the jar in the jar, and then put the jar in the vat. Sprinkle the remaining koji on the ground, place a large jar of koji on the ground with koji, and in the summer you just need to put a thick layer of straw in the vat, and in the winter you need to build a fire next to it. ”

Qingyu took over and said: "The method of making this wine sounds simple, but it must be quite difficult to make. ”

Yu Lao Wu took a sip of wine and put down the bowl and said: "Practice makes perfect, just do it a few more times, no one is born to know it." ”

Zhou Jin interrupted and said: "Brother Yu, I think you should have spent a lot of silver taels on the boat and the lower two floors." Only half of the hearing Zhou Jin was not very interested in the origin of this wine, and looked up and down the boat of Lao Wu.

Yu Lao Wu said thoughtfully: "I have been on this river for nearly 50 years, the so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft water, when I was very young, I followed my father to fish on the river, my father cast nets to fish, I put the fish in the basket, and when the basket was full, I took it to the street to sell, and at dawn, the shopkeeper of the tavern and the housekeeper of the house came to buy. A basket of fish can be sold for about ten dollars, over the years down also accumulated some silver, I wanted to go to the county to do a deal, but unfortunately I folded some money and did not do it again, and then I thought about buying this passenger ship with the rest of the silver, and since then I have made a living from this boat, and Qi Linjiang is a seeker. ”

Qingyu asked, "Brother Yu is alone?" The implication is that there is only one person, why should he work so hard, and no one inherits the family property, so he will not make a wedding dress for others.

Yu Lao Wu smiled: "You are wrong, I have a house in the county, my wife and son are on the land, and I will go home every now and then." My wife and son often advise me not to run on the river when I am old, but I have been on the river all my life because I have feelings, and I am reluctant! ”

"Why isn't my sister-in-law with you?" Zhou Jin thought to himself, a big man on the road, with one person by his side all the year round, and no one to accompany him, so he must have lived a very hard life.

After taking a sip of wine, Yu Lao Wu continued: "She, enjoy Qingfu at home, my daughter-in-law gave birth to a grandson last year and revolves around her grandson every day, so she doesn't care about me, an old man." Then he said: "These guys have also been with me for ten years, and they don't seem to have any relationship with each other." ”

The three of them chatted and arrived at the Divine Beach.

"These men must have been very strong and strong, and you can see that the boat is rowed faster and faster by them, like a horse pulling in front of it." Qingyu could clearly feel the scenery outside the window quickly receding, thinking that the guys were holding the boat fast.

The wine on the table shook violently, and Yu Lao Wu asked in surprise: "The boat is getting faster and faster?" What day is it? ”

Zhou Jin replied casually: "June 15." ”

"Oops, I almost forgot to get down to business. The two sons, you drink first, and the old man will go back when he goes" Yu Lao Wu hurriedly got up and walked outside the cabin, as if he remembered something again, and turned around and said: "Two sons, don't panic no matter what happens for a while, it'll be fine for a while." ”

"We remember." Qingyu and Zhou Jin replied.

Zhou Jin said strangely: "You said that this old man didn't drink the wine well, why did he suddenly go outside, looking at his face and looking very anxious, could it be that it was going to rain heavily?" Zhou Jin squinted and looked out the window, is it going to rain Yu Lao Wu asked people to put down the canvas on the mast, and when he was strolling around, he saw that the merchant ships passing by in the stormy season would put the mast down.

"It's not raining, is it?" Zhou Jin muttered in his heart.

The most fearful thing about boating is that the wind will rise on the river, and the wind will roll up the water on the river to form huge waves, which is very harmful to the boat, and there is a possibility of capsizing if you are not careful.

"Why don't you go out and have a look?" Qingyu proposed, anyway, the wine was about the same, and staying in it felt a little hot.

"Okay." Zhou Jin hurriedly got up and walked outside the cabin.

Yu Lao Wu came to the bow of the boat, at this time a few guys also rushed to the bow of the boat, Qingyu and Zhou Jin stood at the door of the cabin and heard Yu Lao Wu say to a few guys: "You two go to the cabin to explain the situation to the guest officers, tell them not to panic for a moment, Zhou Jia, you go to the bottom cabin, there are a few horses, you add some fodder, don't be alarmed." With that, the three of them went their separate ways.

Yu Lao Wu then said to the people around him: "You two go and bring up the incense case, and the others go back to do their own things." So saying, they went their separate ways to do things.

After a while, there was an incense case on the bow of the boat, the incense case put on the "three animals", Yu Lao Wu picked up a handful of incense candles from the table, held it in his hand and slowly lit it and inserted it in the incense burner, at this time the boat shook more and more intensely, the wind on the river was rising, and the waves that rolled up the river water slapped the hull of the boat, just like a group of people in the river were beating to get on the boat, listening to the weirdness, and the lanterns hanging under the eaves of the cabin were also swaying violently in the wind.

The sudden weirdness made Qingyu and Zhou Jin's wine strength have long disappeared, the cabin door was not closed, when Zhou Jin looked back, he saw that the table was sprinkled with wine, flowing on the floor, "swimming" with the boat left and right, like a water snake in the cabin, the wine glass was poured horizontally on the table, and from time to time there was a crisp crashing sound, Zhou Jin couldn't care about the situation in the cabin, turned around and looked straight at Yu Lao Wu's actions, both novel and worried.

Yu Lao Wu stood at the bow of the boat, his clothes were blown by the wind, and he saw that he was muttering something in his mouth, sometimes high-pitched and loud, sometimes low and tactful, the wind was too strong and he didn't hear it clearly, but he heard the last sentence "May the river god protect the safety of my boat." As he spoke, he poured the chicken, fish, and meat cooked on the incense table into the river.

The sacrifice slowly sank to the bottom of the river, Yu Lao Wu kowtowed three heads to the river reverently, got up and crackled and set off the firecrackers, and the gong in the hands of the man also continued to strike to make a "dong dong" sound, which made people feel pain in their ears at first hearing and couldn't help but cover their ears to dodge, so that the whole ceremony of a cup of tea ended.

Yu Lao Wu patted the dust on his body, asked the guy to take the incense case away, and walked towards Qingyu and Zhou Jin by himself.

Seeing the two of them standing at the door of the cabin looking at him in amazement, Yu Lao Wu sneered and said, "Let the two of you laugh inside, please." Qingyu and Zhou Jin were welcomed into the cabin again.

There was a mess in the cabin, and at this time the guys were still busy working in other places, Yu Lao Wu had to lean over to clean up by himself, Qingyu stepped forward and said, "I'll help you together." Zhou Jin on the side naturally couldn't stay out of the matter.

Although it was messy, there were not many things, just a few wine glasses, a few plates, and a floor of wine, and the three of them took care of the cabin in just a cup of tea.

Not long after sitting down, Zhou Jin covered his mouth with his hand and ran to the window in a panic and vomited, while still talking: "No, I can't stand it, my liver is about to vomit out, Qingyu or you give me a good time, and I will be exempt from this crime." Then he threw up again, causing Qingyu and Yu Lao Wu to laugh.

Although Qingyu was a little seasick, he was not like Zhou Jin, and asked with concern: "Why did you suddenly vomit when you were fine just now?" ”

"How do I know?" Zhou Jin replied angrily, followed by a burst of vomiting.

Yu Lao Wu said with a smile: "I should have been attracted by my sacrifice to the river god just now, but now that I have calmed down, the symptoms of seasickness have begun to attack." ”

"So that's the case, then we don't have to worry about him, just let him vomit a few more times." Hearing Yu Lao Wu say this, Qingyu relieved his heart.

Re-serving the tea and pastries, Qingyu picked up the tea and put it on the table and said, "Brother Yu, I saw that you were burning incense and kowtowing just now, what's going on?" ”

Yu Lao Wu explained: "This is the custom of our perennial boat runners on this river, the place we passed just now is called Shenming Beach, where the river is bottomless and there is no wind and waves, which is very weird. Boats used to capsize here, but no one drowned. ”

"Why is that?" Qingyu asked curiously.

Yu Lao Wu continued: "There are often boats sinking into the river here, and some people say that there is a river god in the river, and the river god wants sacrifices. This is passed on ten, ten hundred perennial on this river running boats began to prepare 'three animals" and other sacrifices to the river god, but it is useless, there are still boats here to overturn, make people panic, then there are careful people to find that the overturned boats are very small fishing boats, and passenger ships and cargo ships are safe, fishermen eat and live on this river all the year round, men, women and children are accustomed to water, so they are not flooded, but they have lost some property. Saying this, Yu Lao Wu's face was full of happiness.

Speaking of playing in the water, Qingyu's thoughts turned quickly, thinking that he was protected by the family like a baby when he was young, holding it in the palm of his hand for fear of hurting, holding it in his mouth for fear of melting away, living a life of clothes to reach out and food to open his mouth, occasionally encountered the riverside a few times, and saw children of the same age playing in the water from a distance in the carriage was very envious, how eager to play in the water with them, when he was a child, his family education was very strict, he did not mention it to his father and buried this idea deep in his heart, now he has grown up and is free, but there is no childhood interest, It's just that every time I see children playing in the river, I have to stop and watch for a while to regain the good memories of my childhood.

Yu Lao Wu looked at Qingyu who was in a daze, thinking that he was frightened by what happened just now, and said loudly: "Li Gongzi, Li Gongzi." This call interrupted Qingyu's memories, and Qingyu said: "It's okay, I remembered some things when I was a child." Then he asked: "Brother Yu, why did we come all the way to the smooth sailing, but when we arrived at this 'Shenming Beach', the wind was fierce and the waves were stormy!" ”

Zhou Jin washed his mouth with the water on the boat, found a chair and sat down, Yu Lao Wu did not answer Qingyu's question, but asked Zhou Jin with concern: "Zhou Gongzi, are you better?" I told the guys to boil some soup, you can drink it, and people will feel better. Qingyu didn't dwell on the question just now, and looked at Zhou Jin with concern. Zhou Jin picked up the porcelain bowl and looked at the yellowing water in it, but frowned, Yu Lao Wu saw his expression and quickly explained: "Don't be surprised, Childe, I asked my guy to boil the ginger juice and then boil the bowl of water on a fierce fire, and drinking it will have a relieving effect on a seasick guest like you." ”

Closing his eyes and not looking at the yellowing water, Zhou Jin raised his head and drank the water violently, relieved himself and spit out a mouthful of turbidity, and the whole person felt refreshed...... Zhou Jin ignored the concerned gazes of the two, and asked, "Brother Yu, does this Shenming Beach really have a river god underneath, and he wants the passing ship merchants to give him offerings?" You see, I was so confused by this river, I couldn't touch the east, west, north and south. ”

Yu Lao Wu looked Zhou Jin up and down all over his body, and made sure that he was okay before he spoke: "There is actually no river god here, but it has been passed down from generation to generation, and over time it has become a habit of people who run boats on this river all year round." ”

"How can you worship without that! Isn't this a waste of food? Qingyu shouted loudly.

Yu Lao Wu was a little angry when he saw Qingyu, and wondered if he was angry if he ignored him just now. Qingyu's loud voice is not to blame Yu Lao Wu for ignoring him, and Yu Lao Wu cares about his friend Qingyu has no reason to be angry, his voice is loud because Yu Lao Wu's rice wine is the first time he drinks it, so he drinks more, so his throat is dry, and his voice is very difficult, and the sound is very loud when others hear it, and he can't feel it.

The two of them had their own thoughts, and Yu Lao Wu said with a smile: "Li Gongzi, you don't know, this worship of the river god has completely been passed down by the predecessors and has become a habit, if you believe it, you will have it, and if you don't believe it, you will not have it." You see that there are countless boats coming and going on this river every day, and they may not all worship the 'river god'. "Hey...... sighed and said: "The current descendants don't have so many taboos, and under normal circumstances, they can't see this kind of worship, and only old men of our age still have this habit. Qingyu could feel that Yu Lao Wu was somewhat sorry for not being able to pass on this kind of worship.