Yun Yeyao couldn't help but blurt out to Xie Yunmeng: "Look, it's actually a red umbrella that drove over, isn't it strange?" ”

Xie Yunmeng squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully, but he still couldn't see it clearly, he said: "Xiao Yao, it can't be that you are wrong, it does look a bit like the umbrella surface of an umbrella, maybe the bow of that ship is made very wide and large, so you misunderstood." ”

But Yun Yeyao didn't agree with Xie Yunmeng's words at all, "Xiao Meng, don't forget, I'm farsighted." I can see clearly what you can't see, it's definitely a red umbrella. And you see, the boatman still has the handle of the umbrella in his hand, and I will have to ask him when he comes. ”

"Okay, you ask, but it has nothing to do with me, I'm not interested in the design of ships." Xie Yunmeng clasped his hands on his chest, leaned on the trunk of an old tree by the river, and continued to wait with Yun Yeyao.

It's early summer, and there are already a lot of mosquitoes by the river at night, but luckily both of them are wearing long-sleeved shirts and trousers, so they haven't been infested with too many mosquitoes.

As time passed, Xie Yunmeng saw the shape of the boat clearly. It was indeed an umbrella, and this time his mouth opened in surprise in an O-shape. Yun Yeyao is right, it is a fiery red umbrella, and the umbrella surface, skeleton, and umbrella handle are all available.

Yun Yeyao shouted in the direction of the boat: "Boatman, we want to go to the other side of the big lake, can you give us a ride?" ”

"Is this time to cross the river?" The boatman asked rhetorically.

"yes, I'm sorry, if you're in a hurry to get home for dinner, forget it." Yun Yeyao said.

"It's not in a hurry, my home is not here, but where are you going to cross the river?"

"We're here to visit, and we want to visit the newly built village on the other side of the river and buy some local products."

"Oh, have you ever been to an artificial island in the middle of the river?" The boatman suddenly mentioned the artificial island, and neither Yun Yeyao nor Xie Yunmeng had heard of such a place here.

So, Yun Yeyao said, "No, this is the first time we have come here. ”

At this point in the conversation, the fiery red umbrella also happened to be docked on the shore, and when the boat came over, Yun Yeyao and Xie Yunmeng realized that the umbrella was only the bow of the ship, it was connected to a part of the hull, and then covered the entire bow upwards. The wing is tilted backwards, and the handle is held in the hands of the rower, so that it is easier to grasp the direction of the bow.

There were two oars on each side of the boat, and the back half of the boat was not small, and there was a canopy and neatly arranged chairs, which could accommodate seven or eight people to cross the river together. In this way, the ship should be used for sightseeing tours.

Yun Yeyao asked again: "Boatman, is it convenient to take us over?" ”

"Of course it's convenient, we are originally people who do business on the big lake, how can it be inconvenient to drive customers over? But I think you might as well go to the artificial island tonight, where there are not only places to eat and stay, but also various performances to watch in the evening. ”

The boatman said with a smile, he looks like he is nearly seventy years old, his hair and beard are all white, but his body is still tough, the whole person is not fat or thin, if you ignore the wrinkles on his face, he should be a very handsome man when he was young, and he is not short, although his back is a little rickety now, but he looks like he is still in his early 1.7 meters.

The old man's skin was dark, his hands were covered with calluses, and he had a cigarette in his mouth, and judging from his exposed teeth, the old gentleman must have been a great smoker.

Yun Yeyao smiled and said, "May I ask the old man's surname?" ”

"My surname is Li, and there is a promise in my name, a promise of promise. You can call me Old Nuo. If you want to go to the artificial island, you can get on the boat now. Lao Nuo said.

Xie Yunmeng said: "Uncle Li, you shouldn't be the owner of the Artificial Island Hotel, right?" ”

His words made Lao Nuo stunned for a moment, and asked half-jokingly: "Where does a dirty old man like me look like an innkeeper?" ”

"Because of your cuffs." Xie Yunmeng pointed to Lao Nuo's sleeve and said. If you look closely, you can see that there are words embroidered on the edge of the cuffs that are exposed. Lao Nuo did not shy away from it, turned over the cuffs, and unfolded them to Xie Yunmeng, embroidering the words "Welcome to You" at the Artificial Island Hotel with silk thread.

"Xiao Meng, I can't see it! You have only been a criminal police officer for a short time and have become so shrewd that even I didn't notice the handwriting on Uncle Li's sleeve, and you actually saw it, which is really amazing. Yun Yeyao shouted, looking very surprised.

Xie Yunmeng was also amused by his attitude, and said to him: "Am I as stupid as you think? ”

Just when the two of them were distracted by a quarrel, Lao Nuo on the side heard the word criminal policeman, a shadow suddenly flashed in his eyes, and his face became much more solemn. He clenched his hand firmly under the handle of the umbrella and said to the two men, "Get on the boat quickly, it will be dark later, and it will be very unsafe to row on the lake." ”

"Okay, we got it." Yun Yeyao was still very happy, and stepped onto the boat in a few steps, Xie Yunmeng followed behind him, although he was still complaining, but he was protecting him step by step in action, as if he was afraid that this little guy would fall into the water.

In this way, the two of them got on the strange-shaped boat driven by Lao Nuo and went to the artificial island he introduced, what would happen after that? Let's wait and see.

——

Go back 15 years

On the same night, at the same time, on the edge of the same boundless lake, the mood of Xiaodou and Yueyue is very different from the current Yun Yeyao and Xie Yunmeng.

Both men were discouraged and very tired, because there was no car willing to take them directly to the great lake, and they walked for more than four hours to reach their destination, but there was only a strangely shaped broken boat in front of them, which not only had a leaky bottom and a thousand holes in the bow, but also had no oars.

"What are we going to do now?" Yueyue looked at Xiaodou and said, "Do you still want to cross the river?" It's no wonder that we don't drown in the lake! ”

"Can you fix it? Look around for planks and branches, or we'll go back to town and buy some materials. Xiaodou didn't seem to want to give up, and whispered to Yueyue, his face was swollen and red and he looked at Yueyue, looking tired and dying, but his eyes were still wide.

Looking at Xiaodou's clear pupils, Yueyue felt that she had really lost to him, and said to Xiaodou: "Otherwise, you can wait for me by the river, and I'll go back to the town to find materials." Really, I knew I would have ridden my bike. And Xiaodou, don't get your hopes up, the money in my pocket is not enough, if there are really no materials, when I come back here, we will go home together, okay? ”

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Xiaodou looked at Yue Yue and said, the look on his face became even more depressed.

In fact, Yueyue wanted to use this method to make Xiaodou give up. Although it is rare for Xiaodou to remember to do one thing, he will not give up easily whenever he wants to do. Now that there is such a broken ship, Xiaodou will have a glimmer of hope in his heart, and only if he believes that there is no way to repair the broken ship, he may give up his plan to go home with Yueyue.

So Yueyue decided to fool Xiaodou, so she went to a nearby place where he couldn't see and hid, and came back after a while to tell him that she hadn't bought any suitable materials and that the money in her pocket had been stolen. In this way, Xiaodou has no hope, so he can only obediently follow her home.

However, Yueyue underestimated Shodoi's determination this time, and soon after she left, Dou began to look around for materials that could repair the ship. He knew that even if he walked to the nearest town, it would take a long time to make a round trip, so he couldn't afford to waste that time, and in case Yueyue didn't bring back the materials to repair the ship, it would be good if he could find some here.

The hole in the bottom of the ship wasn't big, just a few small cracks, and Shodou felt that it should be usable after repairing it. Just find some planks, and then find something that can hold the blocks in place, such as vine ropes, etc., and then you can try to fix the bottom of the boat.

Although Shodou had never done this kind of thing himself, he had heard someone mention it when he was telling a story before, this man often helped his father repair ships when he was young, but he didn't teach Shodou the technique, so it was a pity in this respect alone.

While Xiaodou was making all kinds of efforts to sail, Yueyue had already hidden herself behind a big tree, sitting there waiting to kill time, and she used her hands to drive away the mosquitoes around her, while thinking about herself and Xiaodou.

Thinking of these things, Yueyue couldn't help but sigh in her heart, no matter whether she and Xiaodou really love each other or not, the future of the two of them is very slim. Don't say that Xiaodou is crooked, his parents won't accept it, even if they do, what direction will they go in the future? Yueyue likes Xiaodou very much, but she also has to think about her future, marrying a husband who can make her live a comfortable life is something that every little girl yearns for after all.

If he can get better, I will marry him immediately, and I don't need him to have much money, a stable job, just a few hundred dollars a month to live on, just like his parents." Lele thought in her heart, this seemed to have unconsciously become her ideal, or goal, so that she spared no effort to move towards this goal.

Of course, in the process of moving forward, it is impossible for Yueyue to explain all this to her parents.

Waiting and waiting, Yueyue fell asleep unconsciously, and by the time she woke up again, the sky was already pitch black, and she could barely see her fingers. Yueyue jumped up immediately as if she had been hit by electricity, and she thought that Xiaodou was still waiting for her, so she spread her legs and ran desperately towards the lake.

Back at the lake, where is there any little bean? Even the broken ship was gone, only the swaying aquatic plants remained. Yueyue went crazy all of a sudden, didn't Xiaodoumo sail on a broken ship, right?! She clasped her hands around her lips and desperately called out Bean's name. However, except for the sound of the wind, there was no one in her ears to respond to her.