Yangjiang County is a small mountain town built on the mountain. It is located in a hilly area. Those small hills are one after another, high or low, or lush or barren, the farther away from the county seat, the more lush, fir forests, bamboo forests into shady; The closer you get to the county seat, the more barren it becomes, with sparse trees and overgrown weeds. It's the telephone poles that are densely packed.

The northeast direction of the territory borders with Linxian Wucheng County and there is a day of mountain range, the altitude is relatively high, the mountains are steep and straight, and they stretch continuously. The highest peak, Tianlinggang, is 1,654 meters above sea level. The scenery is peculiar, the strange peaks are towering to the sky, the valley is a thousand blades, simple and natural, and has both form and spirit. There are countless strange peaks and strange rocks on the mountain, and the clouds and mist treasures are breathtaking, attracting countless tourists. It is a national AAAA-level scenic spot.

The summer after I graduated from high school, I climbed Tianling Gang alone. I originally wanted to go to my birthplace, the East Gate of my father's place, but when I took the bus from Hua'an to Yangjiang Station, I learned that a section of the road from Yangjiang County to Tangwu Township had been washed away by rain, and the shuttle bus had stopped.

I was depressed. You know, for many years, I want to come to Yangjiang to have a look, I want to go to the East Gate, and I want to know a little bit of information about Hao Junqi, but I didn't come because the distance was too far and the age was too young.

Of course, there is another reason, and probably the main reason, is that my father won't let me come. Maybe he was worried about my safety.

This time, I finally saved enough money for the journey, and finally came to Yangjiang without telling my father, but I couldn't go to the East Gate, you say, can I not be depressed?

I was so depressed that I thought of climbing Tianling Gang. When I went up to the highest point of Tianling Gang, facing those strange peaks and strange rocks, the sea of green forests and clouds, my atrophied mind suddenly disappeared, and my whole body and mind were intoxicated by the masterpieces of nature.

At that time, there was no ropeway in Tianlinggang, and there were not many tourists along the way.

After graduating from university, I overcame all difficulties to work in Yangjiang County People's Hospital, I went there alone, when the cableway has been established, tourists are weaving, I carry a backpack sandwiched in these chattering crowds, I feel very lonely, but when I climb up Tianlinggang, facing those abrupt strange rocks and deep canyons, the loneliness is like being sucked away, and the whole person is immediately energetic and full of pride.

Last year, the hospital organized some employees to climb Tianling Gang, sit on the ropeway, everyone walked and chatted while watching and sighed, the kind of atrophy of the mood became heavier and heavier, I only understood that as far as I am concerned, climbing Tianling Gang is not suitable for groups.

The name of Yangjiang County is derived from the Yangjiang River that surrounds the city. The Yangjiang River is not wide, the river is not deep, and it is crooked, but the river water is clear, standing on the river bank, the gravel at the bottom of the river is clearly visible.

Therefore, in the early morning or late afternoon, some women can always be seen washing and brushing by the river. On a certain autumn morning, the sun has just risen in the east, the citizens have not gone out in large numbers, there are only cleaners and vegetable farmers who rush to the city to sell vegetables and some students who go to school on the street, if you have the heart to stay on the bridge deck of Yangjiang Bridge, you can see the river blue and faint, the river breeze blows, setting off layers of ripples, microwave ripples, sparkling, beautiful.

Occasionally, a small boat is paddling on the water, and don't be surprised, it's a fisherman collecting his nets. Of course, such fishermen are few and far between, because the fish in the river are small and few. So I think that Zhouzi may not be an authentic fisherman, but a fishing enthusiast. I'd rather think that he doesn't care about the catch, he enjoys the process of fishing.

Two hundred meters down the Yangjiang Bridge is a newly built dam. The blue and secluded river water seen from the Yangjiang Bridge is impounded by this dam. And upward, turn a bend of about 120 degrees, and 20 meters further on, there is an old dam. Above the dam is a blue river.

This blue and secluded river has become a natural swimming place in Yangjiang County.

In the summer, it is overcrowded. Men and women, young and old, there are them. Some winter swimmers often gather here. Whether it's windy, rainy, frosty or snowy, you can see them.

I'm a big swimmer, but I don't like winter swimming. My father took me to swim in the river when I was very young.

The place where I learned to swim was my birthplace – the East Gate.

It was a river narrower than the Yangjiang River. But there are places where the water is very deep, and I remember this very well. Because once, someone threw * fried fish in that place, and my father stayed in the water for a long time before he came out of the water. When he came out of the water, he was holding a big fish in his hand

- I don't remember exactly how big it was, but it impressed me. Hao Junqi and I jumped and screamed happily on the riverbank.

Later, when my father returned to the city, he took me to swim in the Hua'an River. The Hua'an River runs through the city of Hua'an, is wide, deep, and the water is urgent.

I can only play in shallow water.

It wasn't until I became familiar with the water that my father allowed me to swim in deep water. I was fourteen years old at the time. It was the second year that I returned to the city with my father.

I don't like being around my buddies when I met them. Swimming with them, they used to look at my little "flowers". I don't know why, but my little "flower" has been in bloom since childhood. They used to laugh at me about it. I didn't know at the time that it wasn't a bad thing for flowers to be in bloom. But none of the flowers bloomed, but my bloom made me feel like an anomaly, and I was ashamed of it.

They all said I was too sassy. It is said that it is because I often peek at girls' flowers that my flowers will bloom early. So, when I go ashore to change my pants after swimming, I always have to carry them on my back. But there are a few naughty people who always want to take advantage of my inattention, suddenly run in front of me, and laugh maliciously.

Therefore, at that time, my greatest wish was that my flowers could return to their unbloomed state. If this wish doesn't come true, I have to swim with my companions as little as possible. Luckily, at one point, I fooled my companion. When I came out of the water, because the water was cold, my little flower was tight, and I used my hand to help it return to its unbloomed state, and it succeeded in returning to its original state, and I deliberately showed it to my companions. They were all amazed. Then, I quickly changed my pants. My pants had just been changed and my little flower was in full bloom again.

In the first few years of my return to the city, the Hua'an River was clear and full of swimmers. By the time I was reading the iron school, the river gradually became muddy, and there were fewer and fewer swimmers, and later, the river became yellow and smelly for many years, let alone swimming, and there were no more people to wash clothes in the river.

So, I didn't go down the river for a long time. I can only go to the swimming pool. It wasn't until I finished the First Clinical College of the Provincial Medical College and was assigned to work in Yangjiang Hospital that I went down to the river to swim again. Seriously, I don't know how happy I was when I learned that there was such a good swimming place in Yangjiang River.

Cheng Wei and I met at the swimming pool. If I'm not mistaken, the year should have been 1997, the year of Hong Kong's return to China.

That year, I came back from my studies in Shanghai and had a relatively successful operation that established my place in the hospital. I became the "knife" of the surgery department of Yangjiang Hospital.

Once, after a minor operation, I felt that it was too hot to be sweltering, so I went straight to the swimming pool after work. I forgot to take off my watch because I was in a hurry to get into the water, and by the time I noticed it, it might have fallen into the water due to a broken chain. I went into the water again and again to look for it.

Cheng Wei appeared at this time, and he was very enthusiastic to help me and swim in the water for a long time. Although I didn't find the watch in the end, I was very grateful to Cheng Wei, and after I went ashore, I invited him to the square supper stall for a drink. That's how we became good friends who didn't talk about anything.

At that time, Cheng Wei was working as a secretary in the government. He was admitted to the government from the ranks of teachers. As a teacher, you can speak and write. I thought I had a good career, but because I had no background and no one to recommend me, I couldn't get promoted, so I was very depressed. You know, at that time, he was already thirty-five years old, and if he didn't get promoted, it would be difficult for him to become famous.

Just three months after Cheng Wei met me, his career took a turn for the better. This stems from the fact that I performed a gastric semi-resection on the mother of a deputy county magistrate surnamed Liu in the county, and the results were very good. Liu's mother recovered quickly after the operation and was full of praise for me, the attending doctor, which caused the deputy county magistrate Liu to treat me differently, so much so that on the day my mother recovered and was discharged from the hospital, she had to invite me to dinner, and asked the dean Wu Juxiong and the director of surgery Jin Rusheng to accompany me.

What an honor it was for a deputy county magistrate to invite an ordinary doctor to dinner, but I was reluctant. It's not that I'm tall, it's because of my personality, and I don't like to get along with leaders. However, I couldn't refuse, because the dean and the head of the department were very active and regarded eating this meal as a grand festival.

I thought that I couldn't cope with such an occasion, so I thought of Cheng Wei. Drinking with leaders is Cheng Wei's specialty. When I don't want to say something involuntary to the leader, he can help me play a round.

God knows that it was this meal that changed Cheng Wei's fate.

Cheng Wei's outstanding performance at the dinner table attracted the attention of the deputy county magistrate. In addition, I drank too much and I didn't hold my mouth, and the county magistrate must take special care of my brother (although Dean Wu desperately dragged my clothes on the side), but I didn't expect the deputy county magistrate who was also drunk to promise on the spot, just like that, I don't remember how many months later, anyway, at the end of that year, Cheng Wei was transferred to Zhujiadun Township as the deputy head of the township, and in the second year, he was transferred to Wuhu Township as the first deputy secretary, and in the third year, he was transferred to Shiqiao Town as the mayor.

One level up in a year, that's the speed of driving a train.

Needless to say, Cheng Wei is grateful to me.

Every time I was promoted, the first thing Cheng Wei wanted to tell was me. It is no exaggeration to say that Cheng Wei treats me more dearly than his own brother. Every time he was promoted, he would deliberately take my time to get drunk with me. Just the two of us. It's just the two of us. I don't agree with him bringing his men over. He knows my temper and always follows my will.

We usually go to the swimming pool first, and when we are tired and hungry, we go to a restaurant or a supper stall to eat and drink. A bottle of liquor is divided in half. When I'm in the mood, I'll drink a beer or two. At this time, I was already slightly drunk, while Cheng Wei was better, but he was also excited. After that, we broke up, and he and his friends in his circle "hi" to other projects, while I went back to the "Bright Future" community.