Tong Xiaomeng asked again: "After Wang Bahuzi dug up from the river, didn't there be an accident in the village?" ”

"What can happen, if something really happens, people won't find me every other year to sell things, and besides, if you think about it, can this flood have anything to do with a king and eight shells? Look at you, a college student, how can your ideological consciousness not compare to mine. ”

Jin Yiyi has long forgotten that he once followed the exploration team to the north and south, and contributed to the country's oil digging days, and he skillfully integrated into the identity of the old oilman in Yudongmen.

Listening to his words, Tong Xiaomeng and I glanced at each other with understanding.

After we arrived in Kaifeng, we first went to a local university, Professor Gu had a good friend who taught here, he arranged a car for us and sent us away, I heard that Professor Gu's funeral he didn't go, Tong Xiaomeng gritted his teeth when he said.

Our first section of the road is from Kaifeng City to Shangyu County, which is almost more than 200 kilometers long, winding westward in an S-shape, and flowing down the ancient road of the Yellow River.

The car was speeding on the mountain road, and the bumps were very strong, and Jin Yiyi's driving skills had been practiced as early as when he was following the exploration team, just because he considered that there was a lady who could not smoke in the car, he could only drive for a while and wait for the smoking addiction to come up, and then park the car by the river, smoking while staring at the rushing Yellow River.

Tong Xiaomeng was very excited all the way, talking about everything, looking for me to chat with Jin Yiyi, and asking about the ancient Yellow River Road.

In fact, I have really studied the Yellow River carefully, mainly for the antiquities salvaged from it, some rare things, and some jaw-dropping.

In the fifties, the peasants near Kaifeng dug the ancient road of the Yellow River, dug out a rusty iron pipe from the silt several meters thick, the iron pipe has the thickness of an arm, extending down, the peasants dug down seven or eight meters along the iron pipe, the iron pipe became thicker and thicker, and then there was the thickness of the water tank, the whole body was white and bright, like sandpaper polished, or straight down, I don't know if there is an end.

Everyone put their ears to the iron pipe and listened, and there was a stinging sound in the iron pipe, which was not only like something scratching the iron pipe with its claws, but also like the radio waves of sending telegrams.

When the experts arrived the next day, they found that the dry riverbed had been filled overnight, and the strange iron pipes could no longer be found in the turbid waters of the Yellow River.

Stories like this about the Yellow River when digging are not uncommon to us, such as a transparent coffin made of glass, a rootless iron tree that bleed with a chainsaw, and an ancient clock of the Yellow River with a yellow snake in the town.

He said that during the Yellow River flood in 1982, the Yellow River ferry in Shanxi Province had many accidents, and some witnesses saw a cyan strange fish the size of a truck in the water.

As soon as a ferry passes by on the water, the ferocious monster fish will knock the ferry over with its body. Strange to say, all the people who fell into the water disappeared, and even the bodies were not found, and people speculated that they were all eaten by the strange blue fish. Later, the local people couldn't do anything but report the matter to the Yellow River Water Conservancy Committee, and the Yellow River Committee invited the Yellow River River workers.

The Yellow River River workers drove an iron boat, which did not bring any fishing tools with it, and filled it with two cabins of live fish the size of a palm. They drove the tin boat into the waters frequented by cyan fish, poured the live fish from the cabin into the river, and then clapped their hands and drove away.

Some things are so strange that since the Yellow River workers left, the waters in this area have become too peaceful, and the blue strange fish with the big front of the truck has never appeared again, as if it has sunk to the unfathomable bottom of the Yellow River along with the tumbling mud and sand.

After listening, Tong Xiaomeng concluded: "If a flying saucer is dug out in the Yellow River one day, I don't think it's unusual. ”

More than 200 kilometers of mountain roads are spent in the process of my storytelling, hearing the wonderful joy, Tong Xiaomeng can't help but applaud and scream, completely substituting himself into the role of the story, but Jin Yiyi kept throwing me some ambiguous eyes from the rearview mirror, just like the expression I had when I saw the big king eight shells in the photo.

When we arrived in Shangyu County, the mountain road to the east could no longer be driven, we found a donkey cart in the market, and the driver was a young man in his early twenties. He also kindly reminded us: "Even if I pull you to the mouth of the river, there may not be a boatman willing to send you to the other side." ”

Jin Yiyi was very strange: "Why do you still need a boatman, there is no bridge there?" ”

The coachman said: "Yes, but the river basin is very evil, the government has built a convenient bridge, less than two years, repaired three times and was washed across three times, but on the other side of the river live several villages and thousands of people, if you don't repair it, it won't work, no, the bridge was washed away a month ago, I heard that the government has prepared to relocate the people on the other side of the river to this side, if you come half a month earlier, you don't have to waste this matter." ”

After hearing this, I turned my head to look at Jin Yiyi and asked, "Could it be that this is why that guy is in a hurry to sell things?" ”

Jin Yiyi nodded: "Maybe, but if it's really such a big thing, it's not easy to cross the river." ”

"And it's easy to spot." I said lightly.

Jin Yiyi smoked a cigarette, threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it with his foot, and said: "The ancients said well, they are all here, go and see first, and then think of other ways, I don't believe that three big living people can't cure a king and eight shells." ”

The Yellow River has two flood seasons: one in April and one in September.

We went down to the Yellow River at the end of September, and the Yellow River was so strong that very few people from the villages on the other side of the river crossed the river, and many boatmen tied their boats to the wooden docks, gathered bare-chested, playing chess, playing cards, smoking, and waiting for business to come to the door.

In the distance, we saw the donkey cart turn out of the foot of the mountain, and these people threw the cards in their hands and rushed towards us.

"Where is the eldest brother, Sanchakou, the three of you, one hundred and thirty yuan, do you want to do it?"

"I'm one hundred and two, and my boat is more stable than his, and I have only hit the nail to ensure that you will be sent to the other side of the river quickly and steadily."

"You are a newly drilled nail with a hole in the bottom of the boat, I will go to ninety, three forks, Laohewan, Huangyu Village, if you agree, I will lead the donkey to you, and come back at half the price, how about it."

The group of strong men in front of them, all shirtless, their skin has been exposed to the wind and sun all year round, all of them have a healthy tan complexion, and they are tied around their waists with yellow scarves that symbolize the water of the Yellow River, which are also used to wipe sweat. In modern society, it is somewhat strange to see such a group of practitioners in professions that are about to disappear.

I glanced at Jin Yiyi, Jin Yiyi cleared his throat and said to everyone, "Shanxia Village, how to go?" ”

The noise fell silent.

The enthusiastic faces of these people seemed to change their faces, and they hesitated instantly, you look at me, I look at you, and they turned their heads and walked away one after another.

The three people on the donkey cart looked at each other, not understanding what was happening in front of them, and then they saw the young man pulling the cart turning his head and laughing: "What's the matter, I said it, right?" At this time, no one dares to take you to Shanxia Village, I only charge you half of the travel fee, and I can bring you back. ”

"Why don't you take us to Shanxia Village?" Jin Yiyi asked with a drooping face: "My friend who lives here a few days ago went back, why can't we do it?" ”

Then he turned to me and said, "Why don't we add some more money?" ”

"No matter how much money you add, it's useless, and money can be more important than life?" The young man said disdainfully.

"I can't make ten times as much?" Jin Yiyi was not very reconciled, after all, the silver of the white flowers could be obtained when he crossed the river, and no one was willing to run around for several days, and the matter was stranded on the river beach.

"Nope." The young man shook his head.

Just when everyone was at a loss, they suddenly heard a deep voice behind them: "Six hundred yuan, I'll take you to Shanxia Village." ”