Conan looked at the mountain walls on both sides, similar to the slashing of a knife and axe, such a spectacle that only the Creator has the ability to do. After a long period of wind and rain, the cliff stands on the river bank, which looks majestic and towering. At first glance, it seemed as if the mountains on both sides were about to fall together, and a huge axe fell from the sky, splitting a whole boulder, leaving only a waterway for passenger ships like small paper boats to shuttle through. Li Bai's ape on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, the light boat has passed the ten thousand mountains, it is to describe here, of course, there is some exaggeration, I have not heard the sound of apes on both sides of the strait, only the cry of owls, as if there are unknown wild birds calling, it may be a nightingale, the night is low, I can't see clearly, I don't sound clear, I just think it's fun. People sit on a boat, just like in a painting.

The child gradually fell asleep, Conan had never taken a passenger boat, and in Guizhou for two years, he had seen all the passenger boats coming and going on the river, but he was paralyzed, feeling that the passenger ships going up and down from the river were just a scenery in the Yangtze River section of Guizhou. Because Guizhou City was built along both sides of the Yangtze River, passenger ships passed by, sounded the whistle, and the sound echoed in the empty valley, which was really reverberating and very atmospheric. Even, when the ship is at a bend, whether it is from launching to going to the water, or from the water to the launch, the ship still has to roar twice when it passes through the state.

The first floor of the ship is basically the most basic, probably the lowest ticket price, that is, there are many people who buy third-class tickets, of course, the ticket is also cheaper, the higher it goes, the more expensive it is, and the fewer people there are. When you go out to work in Chongqing, the cheapest means of transportation is a ship. There are also cars, eighteen bends on the mountain road, not very convenient, going around, making people dizzy, taking this kind of boat, probably have to endure the distress of crossing the Three Gorges.

Conan meets a foreigner on deck.

Conan's English is not good, especially speaking, he can speak, but he still has problems listening. He didn't know what was going on. I have been studying English for many years, but I can't improve my listening. I don't know where the English I learned from junior high school to high school went. It may also be that English is taught by a geography teacher, or by a chemistry teacher, in short, not very serious. Even if you look good, you can't eat it as a meal, unless you have a confidant.

Conan was very studious and was always looking for opportunities to improve his language learning, including listening to radio programs, such as those broadcast in English or on the radio, with the sole purpose of passing the English subject test and improving his oral English skills, especially his ability to dictate and speak.

In fact, when Conan chooses the subject of the exam, it depends on whether it is easy to pass, for example, you can think of it without using your brain, the main thing is to look at the attitude, the attitude is good, and the attitude is not good and then the make-up exam, and the make-up exam is paid, even if it is honest, even if the make-up exam is passed, the teacher and the school will no longer be embarrassed.

In addition, English has become a compulsory subject, firstly, because English is widely used, and has become the official language of almost 80% of regions and countries. The second is that English can make many people honest, so that they don't think crankily, and they can't learn English well, so what kind of politics do they talk about? The third is that English is composed of letters, and people who are not accustomed to using symbols, or who are not sensitive to symbols, are equivalent to chewing wax, are very obscure, have no interest, and are purely to cope with the exam. After the exam, I threw it away, and I had no interest in picking it up again, and over time, English became a kind of former glory, or a kind of capital to show off, after all, I also know some English. I don't look at my appearance in the exam, but I will look at it when I go into the exam room to check my identity, which is probably about the same. As long as they look similar, the difference is not very big. The exam is not a beauty pageant, so why bother with the accident table? If the exam is a beauty pageant, Ji Conan must pass every exam.

The foreigner Conan met on deck was a middle-aged man from Australia, who brought his son to visit the Three Gorges, and strangely enough, instead of following the tour group, it was a father and son.

He said: "He doesn't like to follow tour groups, he has followed them before, and tour groups are in his impression as shopping guides, let him buy things, not see the scenery." ”

"You're right. I think they want to make money, and if they want to make money, they don't have the heart to look at the scenery. Ji Conan said.

"Yes, that's right, that's right." The foreigner gave a thumbs up and praised Ji Conan.

"If the purpose is violated, you can no longer sell dog meat on the head of a sheep, but the philistine atmosphere and copper stench of the tour group are still strong." Ji Conan said.

"I don't understand that." The foreigner asked suspiciously.

"In other words, travel is to spend money to buy sin, isn't it good to be at home? Why are you willing to send money to a tourist area? Or travel agencies, they're having a hard time. Why rub salt on the wound? Ji Conan asked.

"Why?" The foreigner asked.

"There is no reduction in the desire of the tour group to guide the purchase, besides, the tour guide to see whether the tourists' wallets are bulging, and then to see whether the tourists are generous, whether it is easy to take the bait, but it is a machine to spend money, look at the scenery, but look at their own backyard, habit is numb, numbness is ignorance, ignorance is no conscience. Buy a lot of garbage and go home, tourists are fooled, tour guides make money, and vendors make money. In the end, it is the tourists who are fooled, and everyone can make money, except for the tourists. Ji Conan replied.

The foreigner was very happy to meet someone who understood what he said.

Conan was chatting with him on the deck, and the people around him who came out to see the scenery were also chattering, in dialects, and some of them could be understood. Some passengers thought that Conan was a good tour guide and gave him a thumbs up, and Conan was very happy.

This passenger ship is not a tourist ship, it is a general means of transportation, but the place where it passes through happens to be the Three Gorges tourist area, and the tourist boat is also a slow boat, with a little more pink, adding some grease and fragrance, and everything else is similar, the power system of the ship is still a diesel engine, and the ship adjusts the direction by the rudder. The people on the boat have different purposes, one is to find money, and the other is to spend money.

After chatting with the foreigner for a while, Conan went back to the room and told his wife, his wife was a little surprised, she couldn't imagine that the person in charge of the institution was not around, and the acquaintance was not around, Conan was able to talk to the foreigner, could it be that there was no obstacle when he was completely relaxed? In the past, it was the person in charge who communicated with foreigners, Ji Conan was dumbfounded next to him, listening to the conversation was like playing the piano to a cow, it was estimated that the pressure was too great, his ears were not sensitive, and his head was buzzing. How can you understand what you can't hear at all?

She said, "Husband, you're amazing. ”

Conan said, "Nothing! ”

"Wife, look, you listen to me, foreigners are also people, and they also need to communicate, maybe he thinks my English is very bad and bad, but it can be forgiven and tolerant, after all, it is not a native language, just a language to learn. Learning a native language is simple, but it is difficult to learn a foreign language because of the environment, and there is no environment for growing up. Language, on the other hand, requires constant training. Ji Conan said.

"I don't understand what you're saying. However, if you can talk to foreigners, you can talk to us just like talking to us, which proves that you are still very good. His wife laughed.

When Ji Conan heard this, he was even more proud, and said without thinking: "Foreigners also have to pass the time, on this ship, I saw so many people, but there were not many actual people, and the ship was divided into grades, and more than half of the people lived in the third-class cabin, followed by the second-class first class." There are fewer and fewer people. Third-class people are not excluded from English, if they can, they can't come here, they can't see foreigners, and they can't communicate, don't you say? ”

"Not really!" His wife said.

"I shared these experiences with him, too, without the head of the organization, it is more relaxed, more able to give full play to my role, mobilize my ability, and reach a new level. You say, don't you? Ji Conan said.

His wife nodded, looking down at her phone.

The noise of playing cards faintly passed through the walls, and when it came to Conan, the child fell asleep in the steady movement of the ship and the roar of the ship's machinery. Conan looked at his wife's beautiful face, his heart was itchy, he wore few clothes in summer, Conan said: "I want to wash the oil and sweat on my body, I'll wash it first." ”

His wife said, "Look at the child and be careful to roll out of bed." I'll wash first. ”

Conan doesn't rob his wife, the bathroom is in the house, and he can wash it whenever he wants, as long as he wants. The resources are very rich, these hot water are pumped up from the Yangtze River, heated by the waste heat of the machine, very rich, as long as you want, you can wash from the small city to Yiling, no problem. And if the passenger ship is to move, there is a supply of hot water.

The boat is in the middle of the river, very quiet, with road signs next to it, flashing red. It was dark, and the searchlights were shining forward, left and right, and there was nothing visible in the stern except for the navigation lights. The mountain is very quiet, very dark, like a coal mountain, and you can't see the dotted people. The mountain is very steep, and those people don't build houses in such a steep place.

As long as there is a little bit of gentleness, there are houses. Living on the edge of the Three Gorges, which is almost isolated from the rest of the world, it is not easy to get in and out.

In the canyon, it is impermeable, and the electric fan in the cabin can no longer meet the needs. Conan's position is air-conditioned, but he doesn't want to stay in a small space for a long time, where the air is not very good. It's better to go outside and get some air.

The foreigner and the child had already gone back to the room to rest. It was already 11 o'clock in the evening, except for those who were afraid of the heat and those who wanted to see the Three Gorges Dam, they all went back to their rooms.

At 12 o'clock, the boat gradually approached the Three Gorges Dam. Conan stopped the air conditioner, at this time, it was not too hot, Conan took the opportunity to do it with his wife, it was very relaxing, and the vibration of the steamer's motor could also help the fun. After washing, Conan took another bath.

Then turn to the outside of the cabin and see that the passenger ship is tethered to a huge pillar on this side of the dam, and there are some iron rings on the huge pillars, and a set of cables can be set up to fix the hull, and the ship will not be shaken too far by the huge waves stirred up by the passing ships.

At this moment, someone said that the ship entered the locks.

Conan ran to the bow of the ship to look.

Sure enough, the first gate slowly rose, and the passenger ship entered the first lock with the ship in front, about one lock could accommodate six ships, and then, the stern gate slowly closed, the bow gate began to rise, and the hull began to descend obviously, and about an hour later, the passenger ship finally completed a lock.

Conan saw that as the hull descended, it was getting farther and farther away from it, and looking up at the dark sky, it was a bit like falling into a well. Conan didn't know that such a ship was so cleverly designed to climb the stairs, and it was quite a bit of a brainstorm.

Conan was terrified when he saw the garbage rising in the water, how could that garbage get into the locks? It's weird! There are all kinds of things floating on the water, there are everything, the most common are plastic items, but also foam, aquatic plants, sticks, wood, etc., and the most common is household garbage, I don't know where it comes from. The fact that this garbage was able to enter the locks proves that there is too much garbage outside.

Conan clearly remembers that once it rains, there will be a lot of garbage on the surface of the river, floating one by one, which is really too much.

No wonder the mountains are clean, because the garbage on the mountains is washed into the ditch, to the creek, to the river, and finally to the Yangtze River.

The Yangtze River was cut off by the Three Gorges Dam, the dam intercepted the flow, the water was blocked, and the garbage did not run, so that the entire upper reaches of the Three Gorges became a huge garbage dump, and the entire garbage dump needed to be cleaned up frequently. However, even if you clean it up frequently, there will be a lot of things that you can't get rid of in time.

By the time the ship had passed the final lock, Conan had gone back to his room to sleep, and it was too uncomfortable. Is it any wonder that people are willing to pay more for a clipper ride? Waiting for the ship to pass through the lock, it seems to have experienced a test of life and death, or rather a death process.

The feeling of being in a deep well was unpleasant, and if someone threw a lethal weapon from above, the whole ship would be destroyed.

When Conan awoke from his sleep, he felt that the ship had picked up, very steady, very fast, like a wild horse, and in any case, it was much more comfortable than it had been in the locks just now.

The sky seemed to be numb. Conan looked at his wife and children, and he rolled over and fell asleep again.

When he woke up again, the boat entered another lock, which was the Gezhouba lock. There is only one level. The structure is similar to that of the Three Gorges Dam locks, except that the pebbles appear to have been touched off by the hull of the ship, and there are some scratches on them.

It's not too far from the ground either. There are people who exercise early, wearing shorts, and running along the riverbank. In the fresh morning, the fish belly white appeared in the east, and it seemed that the sun was about to come out.

Conan was determined not to take a slow boat again, but he was very nostalgic for the beautiful scenery of Xiling Gorge, so he quickly took out his camera and took a few photos in a row.

I don't know how well it washes out, it's a point-and-shoot camera anyway. If the photo is not good, there is no way, either the technology is not good, or the camera is not good.

When the boat left Gezhouba, it entered the city of Yiling, and when it arrived at Yiling Port, people began to walk out. Large bags and small bags, suitcases, duffel bags, backpacks, shouting, very lively. Some of the flatteners, who were five big and three thick, carried bamboo tubes, and ropes hung from one end of the bamboo tubes to fix the luggage.

When people see this kind of costume, they know that they are laborers, and some people are not good at walking the stairs, and they carry a lot of things, so they just need to ask them to help. They live off it.