This is a story that happened in the era when intellectual youth went to the mountains and went to the countryside, and a group of young people with junior high school or high Chinese proficiency gathered from the north and south of the river to one place - the border city.

Speaking of border cities, people will naturally think of Shen Congwen's "Border City", yes, this border city and Shen Congwen's "Border City" are actually the same place. In Shen Congwen's pen, it is not money that witnesses pure love, nor a luxurious villa, but a Buddha ear grass that grows by the river, but imagine how simple the customs are in such a small town, it is no wonder that these intellectuals will choose this place, and it is precisely because these intellectual young people in the countryside choose this place that there will be later stories!

Border City - located in the northwest of Huayuan County, Hunan Province, 25 kilometers away from the county seat, and Songtao County, Guizhou Province and Chongqing City, Xiushan County, Hong'an Town across the river, since ancient times has the reputation of "one foot in three provinces", is the northwest gate of Hunan Province and one of the four famous ancient towns in Xiangxi. The border town was originally called Chatong Town, and later became famous all over the world because of Shen Congwen's "Border City", so it was renamed the border city.

Because the border city is located at the junction of Sichuan (Chongqing was not a municipality directly under the central government at that time), Hunan and Guizhou, the transportation is also relatively convenient, and a river divides the three provinces. Hunan Province to the east of the river, Sichuan Province to the west of the river, Guizhou Province to the north of the river, a stone bridge of some years is erected on the Qingshui River, connecting Sichuan Province and Hunan Province.

The clear water flows slowly, and the trees and wildflowers on both sides of the river are reflected in the river, twisting their slender long waists with the flow of the river, as if they are dancing like beautiful women, which is very seductive. This river, which reflects the trees on both sides, was called Qingshui River by the locals, but later it was called Cuicui River because of the heroine in "Border City".

From the stone bridge, there is a small island with trees and weeds in the middle of the Cuicui River, the name of the island is Cuicui Island, there are some unknown trees on the island, there are some wild fruits on the trees, these wild fruits look very fresh, I can only see three young people in their early twenties picking wild fruits on the island. Two of them, a little thinner, had climbed the tree, picking wild fruits on the tree and stuffing them into their pockets. In addition, the man was tall and fat, but his face was a little dark, and he was standing on the ground and said to a person in the tree with a pure Northeast accent: Xu You, don't forget my share, otherwise I won't be able to spare you when I go back!

Xu You, who was climbing on the tree, stretched out his hand to pick wild fruits, and replied: I said old fat, I am afraid that your turtle's fat has grown in vain, and you have to be done by others for such a simple thing, you are not ashamed to be such a big man in the Northeast!

At this time, the person who climbed on another tree also spoke: Xu You, don't hit us old fat, look at his Guasisi, this tree can't come up, and it's not easy to get some wild fruits, so you can pick a little more and give him a few!

Xu You smiled deshyly, and then said: Don't you know that our old fat comrade, he is reluctant to eat the wild fruit if he is given it, and he is not going back to the big girl next door!

In this way, the three of them were talking and laughing on the island and picking wild fruits, and after a while they returned with a full load and came to the border city by the river. Waiting on the edge of the river was a very small flat boat, and the three of them drove the flat boat through the Qingshui River and rowed towards the opposite bank!

Xu You is a native of Chongqing, grew up in Chongqing City, this time the educated youth to the countryside is also his voluntary to come to this place, because his family is an archaeological family, I don't know from which generation, his ancestors began to engage in this business, but at the beginning of the time to do some disgraceful things, since his grandfather's generation, has been on the right path, became a member of the national first-class archaeological team, has helped the country to find a lot of cultural relics buried in the loess. This time, Xu You came to this city, and he also followed his father, because his father was doing archaeological work in a place called Liye not far from the border city, in order to experience himself and be closer to his father, so Xu You came here! In fact, the relationship between Xu You and his father is not very good!

That old fat was originally called Yi Dongqing, and the name sounds quite interesting, but the person is not as good as his name, he is an authentic Northeasterner. In this era, it is rare to see an only child, but this Yi Dongqing is one of them, because of the only child, so in the northeast, people call him an iron pillar, which means the only seedling! The name Lao Fat was given to him by people after he came to the border city, because he was a little tall and fat, so the name Lao Fat naturally spread in people's mouths! Lao Fat's family conditions are very good, and he is still a relatively wealthy person in the local area, and his father is also a figure with a head and a face, doing antique business all over the country, and sometimes extending the market to foreign countries, such as the Soviet Union is often visited! Due to the better family conditions and the boldness of the Northeast people themselves, Lao Fat is not bad in the border city, and he has more friends, Xu You is one of them with a good relationship! Of course, there are those who come to him to eat and drink, but as long as someone opens up to him, basically the old fat will agree to help them, unless he runs out of food!

The rest of the person is named Qin Wenjun, a native of Chengdu, Sichuan. This time I came to the border city completely because of the reasons in the family, Qin Wenjun has been very naughty since he was a child, basically he doesn't listen to the words of the family, the family calls him to the east, he will choose to go west, and his personality is also very stubborn, once he believes in something, ten cows can't pull it back. But because his family is very rich, is a big local businessman, so the family has been asking him to study, finally read a high school degree, the family is about to send him to college when he didn't go, muddy two years later, the family let him do business, but he has always been free and casual how can he do business, so he chose to follow the pace of the country under the strong opposition of the family, to be an intellectual young man who went to the mountains and the countryside, and came to this city! But because his personality is more perverse, he is still a little arrogant, and he is a little lustful, so everyone calls him a beast. At the beginning, Qin Wenjun was still a little disgusted with this nickname, but as time went on, more and more people called him like this, so slowly he got used to everyone calling him that!

The three of them stood on the boat and enjoyed the surrounding scenery, and it was Xu You who stood on the bow of the boat and shook the oars, because only Xu You could row, if the other two people were allowed to row, then the boat would have to spin in the middle of the river and would not be able to go ashore! Seeing this, Qin Wenjun, who was standing behind him, said: I said old fat, don't look like a guasisi, like a big fool, you are reluctant to eat a wild fruit!

The old fat gave the beast a roll of his eyes, and then said: Roll the calf, what do you kid know! I'm going to take this biggest and roundest wild fruit back to the big girl next door, Lao Tzu is pursuing true love, which is like you kid, three and four, no serious!

Just you, a melon baby, still pursue true love, come on! Maybe who the big girl has a crush on? Maybe everyone already has someone in their hearts! After speaking, the beast glanced at Xu You, who was standing at the bow of the boat.

Xu You didn't look back when he heard this, because he knew in his heart what this kid meant, and then Xu You said: Don't talk nonsense, you cub, I and the big girl next door are nothing, don't talk nonsense here!

Lao Pang continued Xu You's words and said: That's it, our Comrade Xu You is like a water, how can he look down on my eldest sister!

Yo yo yo ...... When did you become your big sister, you shameless dead fat man! Besides, look at your figure, no matter how much you have more than 200 pounds! Even if the eldest sister doesn't have anyone else in her heart, you can't squeeze into her heart with your figure! The beast teased:

Lao Pang was a little unhappy when he heard this, and immediately said: Fuck your uncle, don't force Lao Tzu, be careful that I will do things tonight!

Lao Fat's words made both the beast and Xu You laugh, everyone knew in their hearts that this was just talking, if Lao Fat really let him go, he would definitely not dare to go, even if he borrowed ten guts, he would not dare to go!

The old fat looked at the two who were laughing, and continued: I tell you two, don't be scared, otherwise......

Before the old fat finished speaking, the beast standing behind him touched the fat waist of the old fat with his hand, and the old fat, who was naturally afraid of itching, jumped up and said loudly: What are you doing? Beware of me accusing you of indecency!

After speaking, the two of them started to fight on the boat, the action of the two of them was getting bigger and bigger, and the arc of the boat shaking was getting bigger and bigger, Xu You, who was standing on the bow of the boat and rowing the oars, said loudly at this time: Don't make trouble, the boat will be overturned by the two of you for a while!

As soon as he heard that the boat was going to capsize, the old fat immediately sat down and obediently stood motionless! Seeing this, the beast laughed: "I said old fat, why are you sitting there still and not moving, let's continue!"

The old fat replied impatiently: Get out of the calf, I'll clean you up after I get off the boat!

It turns out that this old fat man is afraid of water, can't swim, and is a typical landlubber! Once I accidentally fell into the river and almost drowned, fortunately Xu You came quickly, otherwise I am afraid that I would have become a ghost in the water now!

After a bit of banter, the boat slowly came to shore! Xu You hooked the spear on the boat to a tree on the shore, and after the boat was parked, the three of them were ready to leave! At this moment, the old fat saw a few old men fishing there on the shore not far away, so he said: You two look at the fishing over there, or let's go over and see how their harvest is, if the harvest is good, feel free to ask them to get some snacks!

The beast laughed a few times and said: This is a good idea, the old fat Guasisi has finally opened his head!

If you want to go, I won't go! 徐游says:

Then we'll get something good, but you don't have it! After saying that, the beast and the old fat ran towards the fishing elders, and Xu You hesitated for a while and followed!