After going down the mountain, we came to Yunhai with our hands, and after a few days of searching, we did not see a docked boat, and when we were bored, in the thick fog of the night, we could faintly see an old man rowing a bamboo boat gradually approaching, drifting in the direction of the two of us.

"Boatman, boatman~" I stood on the edge of the sea and waved at the bamboo boat and shouted.

Before long, the old man propped up the bamboo boat to the shore, took off his coat, and took down the hat and said, "Where are the two of you going?"

Hearing this, he stepped forward and said respectfully, "Old man, the two of us will go to Yuncheng, can you bother Your Majesty to send you for a ride?"

The old man went back to the bamboo boat, and came out with an oil lamp, first carefully examined him, and then pulled me forward, looked at me closely, and said, "Then come up!" ”

The two of us looked at each other in a sullen voice, and we both searched left and right, and realized that there was no sign of any ships around, so we had to go up to the bamboo boat.

The old man paddled the boat, we sat in front of the boat, seeing that the mountains were getting farther and farther away, slowly, they disappeared into the thick fog, above the sea, the level was like a mirror, I couldn't figure out any direction, but the sea breeze floated, and I could hear the seabirds crying.

"You're husband and wife?" The old man's hearty voice rose brightly.

"It's not." I snapped.

"Yes." He also said in a hurry.

I instantly glanced at it and whispered, "What nonsense?"

But he only smiled at me, and said to the old man, "Of course, it's husband and wife!" She, shy! ”

"When I just let the two of you come up, I knew this, and after looking at it for a long time, I felt that you two were made in heaven, and I was very happy, so I wanted to come and send it on a ride." The old man joked as he stroked.

I just sat on the side and watched helplessly as the two of them talked, sometimes holding their heads, sometimes covering their faces, and said, "Old man, when will Yuncheng arrive?"

The old man turned his head and smiled, stretched his waist and said, "It's a coincidence tonight, the sea is downstream, let's go down like this, and it will take half a day to arrive." ”

"The fog is very thick above this sea, how to identify the direction?" Mixed with the sound of the bamboo boat blowing the water, he raised his voice and asked the old man again.

After the old man raised his head and laughed three times, he shook his hand and said slowly, "Above this sea, the direction is not on the sea, but below, even if there is no fog, if you don't know what is below, you will be lost here." ”

I listened to it with a clear thought, and it was rare to see and say strangely, "Under the sea?"

"yes, under the sea." It's a pity that the old man didn't say it explicitly, but only generalized it.

Half an hour later, the bamboo boat has arrived, there is no one on the shore, only a row of sails hung red lights, between the night fog, the blue waves are vast, we stepped off the boat, "I don't know what the silver two are?" He turned around and took out the silver taels, and handed them to the old man.

But the old man didn't take it, and only said, "I only take people who are destined for this boat, and I don't need silver taels, everything is arranged by fate, and providence." ”

When the two of us were stunned by these words, the old man propped up the boat and drifted away.