In the early years of Daheng, the current old emperor Emperor Heng had just ascended the throne and ruled the world. After many years of conquest, the dredging of the Sixth Canal was interrupted for eight years, resulting in "the water is extinguished, the shore is rocked, the servants need to be in the sand, the Tianjin officials are swirling in the muddy, thousands of miles are migrated, and the boat travels without water", the navigation is extremely difficult, and the heavy grain ships are even more impassable.

Legend has it that Mu Yan, the official at that time, was ordered to go to the south of the Yangtze River to carefully survey the course of the Six Canals, visit the common people and merchants of the sea, and then dredge the Bianqu Canal to restore the transportation capacity of the Six Canals.

Since then, this section of the new river has been an important port on the north bank of the Yangtze River, which not only ensures the safety of boating, but also saves time. The first emperor named him the founder of Pengcheng County, and the world praised him with poems:

"Mu Gong dug a new river, and it flows endlessly. Abundant utilitarianism gives birth to people, and heaven and earth perish together. ”

But what the world never imagined was that the Mu family, who helped the six canals "flow endlessly", was later buried on this once painstakingly river due to river disasters, leaving Mu Shaolan an orphan daughter who was transferred to Shengjing's aunt Bai's door to survive......

Nowadays, how many people thrive on the longest canal of Daheng, Jiangnan Yanshi has found a breakthrough point in water transportation, and has done business through the six canals to the entire Daheng.

Through the only small window in the claustrophobic cabin, she looked at the endless river, which was like a cyan vein, twisting and turning under the inky night.

In the past, the people who stood on this river and looked at the whole Daheng had a father who pointed to the world in the blueprint of the family business, a mother who was lonely and parted in the family, and a grandfather who was famous for a lifetime.

But now, they have all become a pinch of loess.

At this moment, their descendants can only devote themselves to living here, feeling the darkness, dampness, depression, and despair of this river.

"Sister, I'm so thirsty and hungry!"

"Xiao Zhao is good! Boil it and you'll have food! ”

"Woo woo, I can't stand it anymore......" The small conversation next to it was drowned out by the rocking boat, and a small cry sounded not far away, Yan Dui, like the other children in the cabin, stared at the wooden floor with empty eyes, not feeling at all, maybe everyone had long been accustomed to it.

When the ship first sailed, the whole cabin was crying one after another, and the ignorant children, who felt empty and scared because they had left their parents, did not know what to do except cry, crying and crying, their voices were hoarse, and people were numb, so they would not continue to cry......

"Don't cry!" A big slap, especially piercing in the confined space, the fat man Li threw off his arms, knocked the crying little girl off the ground, hit her head first, and fell heavily on the board.

"Sister!" A familiar scream sounded from the side, followed by a rush of footsteps, Yan Du came back to his senses and looked closely, only to find that the person who was beaten was Xiao Feng's sister Xiao Zhao.

I saw that Xiao Feng had already rushed to Xiao Zhao's side who fell to the ground, and painfully picked up his sister who had broken the corners of her mouth and had a line of blood.

Xiao Zhao, who is younger than Yan Dui, how can his immature skin withstand such a big slap, and his face on the side of the beating is immediately swollen, and even the eyeballs on that side ooze some blood.

"Bad luck!" The atrocity Li Fat Man caught a glimpse of the blood on the corner of Xiao Zhao's mouth, spit out a mouthful of saliva, and scolded viciously: "If any of you dare to snort, you will end up like that girl later!" ”

Hearing Li Fatzi spitting angrily, all the children in the compartment shrank into a ball in fright, wanting to cry but not daring to hum. Yan Du looked around for a week, and saw that everyone was only concerned about their own sorrows, and no one except Xiao Feng would help Xiao Zhao who was beaten, so he sighed silently, wrapped his hands around his knees, and lowered his head not to look at the tragic situation.

It was also unfortunate that Xiao Zhao happened to bump into the time when the traffickers were delivering food, and was seen by the grumpy Li Fatzi, so he made a move. Usually the two traffickers don't do anything to them, after all, they are well born with complete hands and feet, and they can be sold for a good price, but today I don't know if he is depressed, and when he heard Xiao Zhao's cry, the slap passed.

Li Fatzi was still scolding in his mouth, holding a coarse tile pot full of water and more than 20 rancid steamed buns in his hand, casually threw them on the ground, and roared: "It's time to eat!" Then he locked the door again.

Yan Du stared at the dark sky outside the door quietly, and after the traffickers left, she took out an iron nail from the corner from her bosom and made a horizontal stroke on the wooden board under her position, she looked at the six "positive" characters that were marked out in front of her in a daze, it turned out that she had been in this small cubicle that did not see the light of day for a month.

The children around them were numb with scolding, their eyes were empty, and they stepped forward to eat with their body instincts. She also silently joined their team, caught a glimpse of the dying child lying in Xiao Feng's arms, felt a faint pain in her heart, gritted her teeth, stepped forward to get some water and three steamed buns, and walked to their sisters' side.

"Xiao Feng, feed her some water first!" Yan Duan's big eyes had lost all their light, and she looked at Xiao Zhao, who had already fainted with white eyes.

Xiao Feng gratefully took the water and steamed buns handed over by Yan Dui, her delicate face had lost a lot of weight when she first met, but she still forced a smile and said softly to Yan Dui: "Thank you, you can eat it too!" ”

The expressionless Yan Du nodded, and simply sat next to them, numbly nibbling on the steamed buns that had turned sour. "If it's hard to swallow, chew it a few more times until it slides into your stomach on its own, so that you can eat it unconsciously!" This is what Xiao Feng taught her.

Xiao Feng told her that the two sisters were from a place called Taohua Town in Huainan, and because their brother needed silver taels to marry his daughter-in-law, their mother sold the two sisters to human traffickers, and it took several hands to get to Li Fatzi.

At first, Yan Du only thought it was ridiculous, because the man in the family needed to marry a wife, so he had to sacrifice two young daughters, and I don't know how the two young sisters survived until now.

However, now she can't think about anything, can't get used to this dark and oppressive environment, and will eventually be swallowed up by it.

She looked at Xiao Feng next to her, who was carefully feeding her sister whose lips had dried up and peeled, and the water that slowly flowed into Xiao Zhao's mouth flowed out from the corners of her mouth again, falling on the cold wooden floor drop by drop, smearing the dirty floor and dissipating in an instant, this drop of water was like a living life, fragile and useless.

Seeing his sister in such a situation, Xiao Feng was extremely anxious in his heart, and his clear pupils were haunted by worry and nervousness. Yan Dui's sluggish head suddenly shook, as if an electric current was slashing straight into her head, she breathed heavily, and her trembling hand slowly reached under Xiao Zhao's nose, not breathing!

"Impossible!" She anxiously reached out to reach for the girl's skinny arm, and unbelievably probed her pulse, without seeing the ups and downs!

As if falling into an ice cave that will never recover, she was shocked by the facts in front of her, and her eyes widened, and she slowly raised her head to Xiao Feng, who still had a trace of hope: "There is no pulse!" ”

Xiao Feng shook her head in disbelief, her hands were full of blood that had just been wiped, and she didn't see Xiao Zhao continue to bleed, how could she be killed with such a slap: "No!" Younger sister! Wake up! ”

Seeing that Xiao Feng, who was in a hurry in front of him, was constantly shaking Xiao Zhao who was motionless in his arms, Yan Duan's cloudy brain was also chaotic for a while, no! Wrong!

Suddenly, the extremely nervous brain returned to the light and became clear: "It may be syncope, and some fainting symptoms will suddenly have no pulse and breathing!" Let's hurry, hurry up and ...... "Call the doctor!"

How can there be a doctor here? Even if it's a doctor on board, is he really willing to help them?

"That's right! My sister isn't dead yet! Xiao Feng, who was already in tears, the only thing he thought of at the moment was to ask for help from that group of traffickers!

I saw that she put Xiao Zhao in Yan Dui's arms, rushed towards the closed wooden door like a sword, slapped wildly, and cried hysterically: "Come on! My sister is dying! Come on! ”

The children in the entire cabin looked at Xiao Feng in surprise, but no one was willing to step forward to help, looking at Xiao Feng's thin back, looking at the indifferent eyes of the children around her, Yan Du suddenly felt the swallowtail butterfly behind her throbbing violently, as if she was constantly flapping her wings, trying to pull out her skin.

She took a deep breath, carefully took a cloth bag and put it under Xiao Zhao's head, lay her flat on the wooden floor, and rushed forward to knock on the wooden door that locked them tightly with Xiao Feng.

"Bang bang...... Yan Du and Xiao Feng slapped desperately, ignoring the blood that had been spilled from the hand that had been injured for a long time, and the pain of the ten fingers connecting the heart, the sound of banging on the door was like a bell, knocking on her heart that was paralyzed by the oppressive environment, and pressing the swallowtail butterfly back to her back!

With a rude running sound, Chen Shouzi hurriedly ran over angrily with an oil lamp: "What's the matter? ”

I only heard a burst of angry screams, and the wooden door finally opened, and Xiao Feng knelt on the ground when he saw the comer, crying and begging: "Uncle, my sister has fainted and has no pulse, please save her quickly!" After speaking, he kept buttoning his head towards the angry Chen Slender Man.

After listening to Xiao Feng's words, Chen Slender Zi, who was most concerned about this batch of goods, also suppressed his anger, and his eyebrows frowned tightly, and asked, "Where are the people?" ”

"Here! Here! Xiao Feng, who was crying until his face was full of tears, hurriedly got up and rushed over to pick up Xiao Zhao, walked in front of Chen Shouzi, Yan Du looked at Chen Shouzi in a daze and probed Xiao Zhao's snort, and his eyes fell uncertainly: "Okay, I'll take her to treatment, you guys will stay for me!" ”

As soon as Xiao Feng heard that his sister was saved, he immediately knelt on the ground gratefully and continued to kowtow to Chen Shouzi, muttering: "Thank you, uncle!" Thank you, uncle! Until Chen Shouzi slammed the door shut, Xiao Feng kept kowtowing.

Yan Du looked at Xiao Feng, who was still kowtowing to the door, her eyes flashed with the only glimmer of hope after being close to despair, so she knelt in front of her distressedly, suddenly picked up her emaciated face, and said, "Xiao Feng! He's gone! "Don't knock!

Xiao Feng knelt on the floor sluggishly, his dirty face mixed with tears and dust from the floor, and he quietly took away the once bright smile......

This farce came to an end, and Twilight looked around for a moment, a fresh life was about to die in this room, but after a while, the whole cabin returned to a dead silence and indifference.

Yan Du helped Xiao Feng back to her place, staring blankly at the cloth bag that Xiao Zhao had just pillowed, and a small pool of blood told her that the farce just now was not a nightmare. Suddenly, a tear swirled in the cloudy eye socket, snapped, and fell on it.

The Taotao River is endless, and the Yellow Spring of the Yin Cao Difu. After going through it, I know what is the human heart, what is life and death......