In the deep mountains and forests, there is no shortage of trees. Lu Yu specifically looked for the kind of thick, straight and long big trees, and cut down three in a row. These three trees are several zhang long, and they must be cut into several sections before they can be used, otherwise the wooden rafts are too long, and it is inconvenient to drive and drift.

In addition to the wood, vines are not uncommon in the forest, three thick logs were cut into a few sections of a zhang long, side by side, and Lu Yu used vines to tie the thick wood firmly together.

Lu Yu's strength is infinite, although these pieces of wood are heavy, in his hands, they are no different from ordinary wooden sticks, and they can be manipulated at will.

Tie up the wooden raft, and there is no need for someone to carry it, Lu Yu carried the heavy wooden raft alone and put it into the river.

Of course, the wooden raft can float on the water, and it is still very stable, Lu Yu stood on it, jumped a few times, and said to the people on the shore with a smile: "It seems to be okay, this wooden raft can carry people." ”

"I'm coming up." Yan Xiding ate the grilled fish in his hand in three or two bites, and without wiping his mouth, he jumped up from the shore and landed steadily on the wooden raft. The boy was now in good shape, jumping on the raft from the shore, and the raft only sank slightly.

Seeing this, Yan Xi'an and Lan Shaofang also quickly finished eating the grilled fish in their hands, and did not wash their hands and faces, and jumped on the wooden steak one after another.

The four of them were all very skilled, but none of them had ever been on a boat before, and this was the first time they had landed on a lonely wooden raft, floating on the river, which made the four of them a little frightened. The wooden raft is not small, but it is insignificant compared to the vast river.

The raft was still on the river's edge, and the bottom was rubbing against the shallow part of the river, so it could not float down the river. Lu Yu saw that the other three people were standing firmly, and said, "There must be a penny for the boat, but there is no bamboo here, shall we let the wooden raft go down the river by itself?" ”

"No, you have to get something to support the boat, if there are any rocks or something in the river, and the wooden raft hits it, it will be bad." Yan Xi'an seemed to be a little afraid of the vast water in this river, and tightly pulled a corner of Lu Yu's shirt.

Lu Yu smiled faintly, thinking that even if he didn't have a penny oar in his hand, he wouldn't let the wooden raft hit the rocky reef or something. But when he saw that Yan Xi'an was not at ease, he said that he would now go ashore to find a slender trunk and come back to be a boatman.

Lu Yu jumped ashore, Yan Xi'an also followed, Lu Yu was not on the wooden raft, Yan Xi'an was a little scared.

The two went ashore and told Yan Xiding and Lan Shaofang to be careful on the wooden raft, so they looked for it nearby.

Of course, it is best to use long bamboo, but there is no bamboo forest nearby, so Lu Yu found a straight and slender eucalyptus tree, cut it off from the roots, and quickly cut off the branches near the crown, and it became a straight and long penny.

Of course, eucalyptus trees are heavier than bamboo, but they are much lighter than other kinds of trees, eucalyptus pine and bubbles, although they grow straight, but they can only be used as firewood, and they can't be used for furniture and farm tools.

Lu Yu gently and skillfully carried the eucalyptus trunk, and returned to the river with Yan Xi'an, but found that the wooden raft had already carried Lan Shaofang and Yan Xiding down, floating in the middle of the river, and drifted out of the river for dozens of zhang. The two people on the wooden row looked a little flustered, scrambled, and at a loss.

When Lu Yu saw it, he couldn't help but laugh and shouted, "What do you want to do in Xiding?" Where are you going to take Shao Fang?"

Yan Xi'an also quipped: "Shao Fang, are you going to run away with Xiding?" ”

"Talent...... It's not, it's all to blame for Xiding, and pushed the wooden raft away. "Fear of water is the nature of all people who don't know water, Lan Shaofang seems to be extremely afraid, trembling in a word.

Yan Xiding was no better, he half-squatted on the wooden raft and shouted to the shore: "Brother Da Yu, can you jump up?" I can't paddle the raft to the shore. ”

Lu Yu laughed, asked the two people on the wooden raft not to worry, so he held Yan Xi'an in one hand and the eucalyptus trunk in the other, and jumped towards the wooden raft.

Dozens of zhang apart, Lu Yu took Yan Xi'an and took a few steps in the air, and then landed on the wooden raft in a fluttering manner.

As soon as the two fell, Lan Shaofang came over and hugged Yan Xi'an with one hand, patted his chest with the other and said, "I'm scared to death, Yan Xiding is stupid and can't row." ”

"Hehe, who knows this, I'll push it a little and float into the middle of the water." Yan Xi pulled Lu Yu and said, "When it's summer, I have to learn to swim, otherwise the water will look too scary." ”

Lu Yu smiled and said, "I can't swim either, but when you cultivate a little deeper, there will be nothing to be afraid of in this water." After speaking, Lu Yu probed the trunk of the tree in his hand to the bottom of the river, and with a little more force, the wooden raft that had originally gone down the river moved forward faster.

"Uncle, is the water deep?" The water of the river is not particularly clear, and you can't see the bottom of the river from standing on the wooden raft, and you don't know the depth of the river.

"Two or three feet, not too deep." (In reality, this depth is already a bit deep)

"Hee-hee, then I'm going to row."

Lu Yu smiled, handed the trunk in his hand to Yan Xi'an, asked her to take it, and stood behind her again.

Lu Yu himself didn't know how to row, he just relied on his strength to prop up the pole to make the wooden row forward, so he didn't have any skills to teach Yan Xi'an.

The wooden row will move forward, and it will move left and right, Yan Xi'an held it twice, and the wooden row was very disobedient, turning left and right in the middle of the river.

"Oh, what's going on with this wooden chop? Not obedient at all, wandering around. Yan Xi'an had a lot of strength, and he worked hard several times before the wooden row was settled, no longer turning around, and drifting downstream smoothly.

Lu Yu watched Yan Xi'an bracing the pole and paddling the wooden row, and after watching it for a while, he roughly knew how to control the wooden row, so he took the trunk from Yan Xi'an's hand and rowed it. He had great strength and a quick heart, and the trunk of the tree pressed a little hard at the bottom of the river, and the raft quickly floated downstream.

The four of them sat or stood on the wooden raft, facing the forest moisture and the slight cool breeze on the pavement, only to see the cliffs on both sides, the forest giant trees, and other colorful scenes quickly retreating, and couldn't help but feel relaxed and happy, and couldn't help shouting.

Of course, the most fierce shouting was Yan Xiding, who stood at the front of the wooden row, opened his arms, stood against the wind, and the long whistle lasted for a long time before it was extinct. The whistling sound was clear and high-pitched, hitting the mountain walls on both sides, back and forth, and disappeared after a long time.

Lu Yu propped up the trunk of the tree and said with a smile: "Xiding, your breath is quite long, aren't you afraid now?" ”

"Just kidding, have I ever been afraid? I'm not afraid of fire, but I'm not afraid of water. "It's really human nature to be afraid of water and fire, but this kid doesn't admit to being afraid in a blink of an eye.

Yan Xi'an suddenly said, "Uncle, do you remember that poem?" 'The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has passed over the Ten Thousand Mountains', you can't stop crying when you see Xiding, are we rowing out a long way? ”

Lu Yu said with a smile: "Hahahaha, then let Xiding shout twice, this wooden row will be faster." ”

Yan Xiding gave Lu Yu and Yan Xi'an a white eye respectively, and said lightly: "You two, what are you singing and harmonizing around, are you bullying people together?" ”

Lan Shaofang hadn't heard the poem "The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has passed over the Ten Thousand Mountains", so she asked Yan Xi'an what she just said.

Yan Xi'an explained: "There used to be a person who drove in a boat in the river, just like us, the river is fast and the cliff is high, and there are many apes on the cliff that have been crying. Then, at the sound of the ape's cry, the boat he was in traveled very fast, and soon rowed as far as the Ten Thousand Mountains. ”

"So fast?" Of course, Lan Shaofang didn't understand what an exaggerated metaphor was, and she didn't know if the speed of the boat had anything to do with the ape's cry, she scratched her head and said, "Isn't it, if the creek screams louder, our wooden boat can flow faster?" ”

Yan Xiding hurriedly said: "Shao Fang, don't listen to their nonsense, they scolded me for being an ape." ”

"Oh, is that so?" Lan Shaofang was still a little ignorant, shook her head, and said, "It's a pity that there are no apes on both sides of our strait." ”

Lu Yu was stunned for a moment and sighed: "Yes, except for the sound of water and wind, there is some silence around." "On both sides of the river, there are high and low cliffs, and there are many dead and yellow bushes and shrubs hanging on the top of the cliffs, but there is no life in them, let alone apes and beasts, not even birds and insects.

"Isn't it possible that there are no other living creatures around here except for a few of us and the fish in the river?"