Chapter 2 He deserves it, who let him pick the cat's tail!
Mom said that they had been living on this dock for hundreds of years.
The wharf was built on the estuary, and a large river flowed into the sea from west to east.
The south bank is full of high-rise buildings, it is a rich place, and the people who live are rich and powerful, well-dressed and high-spirited, if they take the ferry, most of them are calling friends and companions, hugging each other in front and back, and going on an outing to see the wild fun.
The south shore is the best at night, with bright lights, and from time to time, there are lively scenes such as singing and lion dances.
The north shore is full of poor people, they are the most stable source of customers, get up early every day, hurriedly, hurried to the south bank to work, when the sun sets, and return to the north shore to rest.
At night, the north shore is almost dark, and no one lights it up, I don't know if it's too tired to make a fuss, or if it's reluctant to pay for the lamp oil.
What Dongmei hates the most is the river crossers on the north bank.
Obviously, their clothes are also shabby and old, and they have to laugh at Dong'er and her mother for wearing shabby.
The clothes made of Tanjia fragrant cloud yarn, the more soft, light and breathable, and dry when exposed to water, it is simply a good thing that is unique in the sky and difficult to find on the ground.
Obviously, they are all people who work hard to earn a living, but they always show a superior appearance and talk to their mother arrogantly, as if they are some kind of great person.
Whenever she meets such a person, Dong Meier always can't help but quarrel with each other, but she is always stopped by her mother's drinking.
There were also a few times, Dong Mei'er and the children from the land almost started to move, and her mother always took her away, scolded her, and locked her in the cabin, apologizing to the parents of the children, and returning the ferry money.
Later, when I heard someone say something strange on the boat, my mother always glared at Dong Mei'er first, and Dong Mei'er pouted and sulked with her big tail.
The ferry boat pays attention to a clean, stable, and peaceful one.
Mom pointed to this business to support their mothers and sons, but she didn't dare to make any mistakes, offended the customer, and cut off her livelihood.
Although it is said that every year when the fish flood season comes, my mother will give up the ferry business, and like all the Tan family, go to the sea to cast nets to fish, but it is just a few days, sell the fish, make a little quick money, or come back to ferry.
For most of the year, these three mouths in the family still have to rely on the ferry to make a living.
After eating the porridge and side dishes, Dongmei brushed her bowl and the plate with the big tail and hung it to dry, and then went to the deck to play.
Today's weather is good, there are a lot of people on the boat, not to mention more than 20 people, and there are a lot of guys carrying work, bulging bags with strange tools, I don't know what they do, the place is crowded enough, these burdens are even more messy.
Dong Mei'er In private, she always asked her mother to collect two ferry money for the person carrying the big bag, and was laughed at by her mother, saying that she was not a big person, but she had fallen into the eyes of the money early.
In fact, Dong Mei'er is distressed by her mother, and those burdens are not light, and she is reluctant to give up the strength of her mother's swaying for nothing. But when my mother said that, she pouted and didn't bother to justify.
Dong Mei'er is scurrying between her dense thighs and buttocks, she can't go to the land, so she likes to crowd in the crowd, listen to these people from the land, and talk about what happened on the land.
"Hey, have you heard? The Sun family's house will have a big birthday in a few days, feast guests from all over the world, and eat a flowing water banquet for three days and three nights! ”
"Look at what you said, if you haven't heard about this, then what are the brothers messing with!"
"The old lady of the Sun family is ninety years old, I heard that among the sons of the old lady, there are three or four who are big officials in other provinces, and there seems to be a son-in-law who is very good at business!"
"What are you doing as brothers, let's set up a stage for the Sun family's big birthday banquet, it's really not me who blows, just the boundary of the wharf, I really can't find a team with better skills than my brother!"
"Look at you, I don't know, I thought it was the protagonist of the big opera, who knew that I got closer to take a look - it's an errand for the play!"
"Hahahahaha
"Shut your foul mouth! It's a lot, right? ”
"Hey, hey, why are you talking and talking, and you're still in a hurry? Who's afraid of whom! ”
"Stand still, everybody! It's going to be windy in the center of the river, I'll hold up a few poles, and we'll go over right away! Mom shouted at the stern.
The few people who looked tense just glared at each other, and their eyes seemed to be on fire.
The boat is in the middle of the water, and the most taboo thing is to start a fight, lose your balance, and all the people in the boat will be explained.
The young and strong people in their teens and twenties are young and vigorous, but they also understand this truth.
Dong Mei'er has seen more than once, they have a verbal dispute on the boat for various reasons, they have been enduring it on the boat, staring dryly, staring at each other, as soon as the boat docks, they all immediately jump up, tearing and fighting on the spot, sometimes in a hurry, what tools at hand to pick anything, often a hammer past, the ground is several bloody teeth.
But no matter how fierce they beat, Dong Mei'er is not afraid, it is all a matter on the shore, what does it have to do with her. Although she stood on the boat and watched, it was close at hand, but on the shore and on the ship, there were two worlds.
Mom is a ferryman, keeping a boatload of people safe on the boat. I got off the ferry, but it didn't matter at all.
The boat was tense at this time, no one spoke, and Dongmei'er was tired, so she wanted to rest for a while, but she found that the big tail was a little wrong, well, why was it so annoying.
She turned around sharply and found that among the people who were putting on the stage, there was a half-sized boy who was a little bigger than her, and he was pulling the cat's tail with a wicked smile.
The reason why the big tail is called the big tail is that this tail is so good-looking, this is not a cat tail at all, but like a fairy with an independent life, fluffy, so long, so soft, swinging like dancing, coiled up when sleeping, it is a round and slippery golden fur ball.
The big tail is a civet cat, and the coat color is gold on a black background, but the color of this tail is getting more and more golden, and the variegated color seems to be getting less and less.
Big Tail loves his beautiful tail very much, never likes outsiders to touch, only Dong Meier can touch it unscrupulously, sometimes my mother wants to touch it, but also to say a few good words to praise, coax it.
Sometimes the big tail is in a bad mood, even if the mother bribes with the small dried fish, it eats the dried small fish and leaves, and does not touch the mother, so angry that the mother scolds people, saying that it is like whom, it is a little white-eyed wolf.
But now, the half-sized boy actually grabbed its golden tail, and the big tail twisted in pain to scratch his hand.
Before the big tail could make a move, Dong Mei'er had already slapped up, and on the kid's black face, there were suddenly three more bloody slippers, and he heard his snort.
"Hey, you little girl, how can you scratch people?!" The few who installed the table were already on fire, and they suddenly exploded.
"He deserves it! Who let him pick the cat's tail! "Sister Dong'er is going to blow up.
"What's wrong with your cat's tail?"
"What if I kick you to death with your tattered cat?"
"You little stinky girl from the Tan family is really ruthless, it's all bleeding! See? ”
Dong Mei'er knew that they said that it was not a joke to kick the cat to death, the scene when she picked up the big tail at the beginning, now I remember it vividly, and I usually listen to them, and kill and injure a cat or dog on the shore, it is nothing at all, and looking at the way they said at the time, that kind of beating and even torture is simply a kind of entertainment.
The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and she almost rushed up and fought with these people.
But the other party didn't care about the anger of this little girl, and just happened to be on the shore, and they directly turned their dissatisfaction to the fifth sister-in-law.
"Look at the one who scratched our child's face, this is going to be broken, and I won't be able to find a daughter-in-law in the future, so your family will accompany you?"
"Her family is a family, what compensation do you get?"
"There's no money to pay, isn't there still this little stinky girl?"
"Cut! The stinky girl of the Tan family, don't give it to us for nothing! ”
Listening to them sing and harmonize, Dongmei'er really had her lungs exploding, her brain was buzzing and blank, and she wanted to rush over and fight hard.
In fact, their children are so expensive, they all go out to work, not to mention scratching, even if they have an accident at work, it is not uncommon for them to break their hands and feet.
The fifth sister-in-law also understood in her heart what these people meant by making a fuss here, so she hurriedly accompanied the smiling face, returned the ferry money to them, and pulled a heavy string of air-dried mullet and stuffed it into the child's hand.
Those people also took it as soon as they saw it, packed up their affairs and went ashore to make a living, and the other group of people who had had a conflict before also took this opportunity to interrupt and slipped away a long time ago.
No matter how ruthless the words are, rushing to make a living is the right thing, who can keep fighting and playing.
Everyone left, and the fifth sister-in-law poked Dong Mei'er's head with her fingers and scolded her: "It's really not a day to fight, go to the house to expose the tiles!" How dare you scratch someone's face? ”
"He's got a big tail!"
"Today, this is some work on the north shore, I don't care about you when I go to work, and I will scratch anyone's baby bump in the south tomorrow, and sell this broken boat, we can't afford to pay for others!"
"They just use this bit of to make trouble for you, they are greedy and don't want to give money to the ferry, and you give that stinky boy fish to eat! He went back to diarrhea after eating, and pulled out his intestines! "Dongmei'er is always angry.
Mom didn't have time to entangle with her, rushed back, and maybe could cross another boat of people who got up late, they were generally three or two, because of such and such things, the delay was late, although there were not many people, but the ferry money given was generous, as long as Mom rowed quickly, and there was less nonsense.
Although the second trip is a little tiring, it is generally not so much to do, so worry-free.
The ferry boat rowed back, Dong Mei'er sat on the side of the boat with her big tail in her arms, her little breasts were still bulging, she saw that the half-sized boy and the group of people who loaded the table went ashore, and went farther and farther, eager to take the needle and string them into a string, dry into dried fish, ah no, it's a human dry, and then chop it up and feed it to the big tail to eat.
The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, but she still couldn't help it, and yelled at their backs:
"Stinky boy, you're waiting for me!"