【Short Story】Fishing and Peach Blossom Spring
The fisherman visits the Peach Blossom Land again. Seek what you want, get lost, and no longer find your way......
One
Thousands of years later. The trauma of the two world wars has not made mankind remember the horror of war, peace never came, and the Pure Land is just a legend.
The Third World War lasted seven days and is known as the "Century of Annihilation". In seven days, the world was on the verge of destruction.
The last night, the countdown before the end of the world, a brief period of peace. A teenager decides to go to the next water. He has always been afraid of water, and inexplicable fear is rooted in his heart like a nightmare.
But on the eve of his death, he wanted to be brave once.
The boy's name is fishing, which is a name that comes from water.
Two
The fisherman walked to the river, looked at the dirty river, hesitated, and took a long step before taking a step. He slowly poked his feet into the water, "Plop!" Yu closed his eyes and jumped.
The underwater silence is like a sea of stars, sparkling, surprising, there is no filth at all, and the fishing is comfortable for a while. On the ground, a group of small blue fish swam beside him, very beautiful, shining with a crystal glow. Yu couldn't help but reach out and stroke it, but the moment his fingertips touched the small fish, the fish turned into a blue stream of light and surrounded him. Yu felt dizzy and fell asleep.
When he woke up again, he opened his eyes and looked around in a daze. His eyes widened suddenly, and he was surprised to find that he felt as if he had arrived on another world.
Three
It's like a world away, like a dream. Yu looked curiously. It seems to be thousands of years ago, the ancient and simple low tiled houses are clinging to each other, the mulberry bamboo branches are lush and verdant, and in the distance, a few men and women in ancient clothes are bowing their heads and working hard in the ridges. Yu rubbed his eyes vigorously and twisted his face again.
"I'm not mistaken, it's all true. The fisherman felt a pain in his cheeks, the house in front of him was still there, and the men and women in the fields were still there.
Yu walked towards the man and woman in the distance. On the way, a fragrant fragrance of flowers wafted to the tip of his nose, and the fisherman looked up at the outside of the village, only to find that the whole village was surrounded by a mountain of peach blossoms, like a small island in a sea of flowers.
The man working in the field noticed Yu's arrival, looked at him strangely, and asked, "Who are you?" Yuyu was stunned for a while: "Uh, my name is Yu, where is this place?"
The man's expression was even more puzzled, but he still replied: "This is Taoyuan Township." Yu felt as if he had heard the name, a vague light flashed in his mind, and he muttered: "Taoyuan Township...... Taoyuan Township ......"
When the man saw that he was so strange, he asked the woman to watch the fisherman and go to the elders of the village himself. In a short time, the fishery was surrounded by a large group of rustic people.
When the people of the village heard that a strange fellow had come, they all came to watch, and the fish was like a strange creature in their eyes, and they were also in the eyes of the fisherman.
A kind old man, who seemed to be the village chief here, spoke: "Young man, you don't seem to be different from us?" Yu nodded embarrassedly.
The old man then asked, "Where are you from from the fisher?" the fish nodded, but he didn't know how to answer, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "I may be from another world." ”
When the timid villagers saw Yu and looked honest and tame, they all asked him questions one by one, and Yu tried his best to answer.
The sun had risen right in the middle of the sky, and "Gollum!" the fisherman's belly screamed. The villagers, who had already chatted with Yu, invited Yu to their homes one after another. Seeing that they were so enthusiastic, Yu did not refuse.
Four
After eating, Yu looked at the laughter and enthusiasm of the villagers, and he suddenly felt a sourness. He was an orphan and for the first time he felt at home, he felt like he had found home. Yu didn't want to leave here, this was his home.
The fish stayed, and the villagers were happy to have a helper. The fishermen began to learn their lives, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. Yu was very diligent and a quick learner, and he felt as if he had already mastered these things, without any discomfort.
Three months have passed in a flash.
No matter how beautiful the dream is, there is a moment when --- Yu is missing!
The news of "the fish is missing" quickly spread throughout the small village, and everyone was very disappointed, feeling that they were missing a simple partner. But life had to go on, and soon Taoyuan Township returned to the time when there was no fishing.
I fell asleep again and wanted to continue dreaming, and the nightmare began.
Yu came back, and brought back a few unfamiliar faces, Yu introduced to the villagers: "They are my friends...... The villagers understood the disappearance of Yu from Yu's account.
Five
On the day of his disappearance, the fish followed the wind and entered the water with it. When I saw the little blue fish again, I fainted again.
When he woke up, he was back in his original world. To his surprise, the months in the Peach Blossom Land were only a few minutes in the outside world. He thought he might be able to save a few people.
Yu lied, he had no relatives and no friends. But he felt like he was saving people, and he thought it was right. A lie that saves people is just a lie.
After two days, a few of the new arrivals disappeared and reappeared, taking with them another stranger......
Taoyuan Township is a pure land, but the pure land is just a legend.
Seven days after the fisherman brought the outsiders, the armies of the outside world arrived. "Boom, boom!" the cannonballs tore through the air, letting out a dead roar.
Tanks and armored vehicles easily bulldozed the brick houses to the ground; the fertile and fertile soil collapsed in an instant, and gunpowder smoke rose from the ground; like a picture screen, the ocean-like peach blossom forest burned with raging flames, and the peach blossoms turned into gray-white powder and drifted away.
Yu looked at the tragic situation in front of him, his heart was like a knife, he rushed forward, wanted to rescue, wanted to save even one person. Because he caused it all!
"Whoosh!" a bullet came at him, and the moment it was pierced through his body, he seemed to remember something.
The picture in my mind is like a movie. A fisherman on the water struggled to find something in a boat, but got lost, and then a whirlpool sucked him in. By the time he resurfaced, he had already taken the form of a baby, and a force made him float on the river, to the shore, and then to become an orphan in a welfare home.
"Yu, why are you so afraid of water?" An inexplicable voice echoed in my ears.
"Ahh The wall clock on the wall was just a moment away from zero. Zero hour, the beginning of the end of the seventh day.
"Forget it. Yu sat up and listened silently to the countdown of the wall clock. He was motionless now, and felt that death was nothing to be afraid of.
"Tick!" the wall clock came to an end. Yu opened the door, closed his eyes, and waited for the end of his life.
Six
"Huh?" Feeling as if there was no movement, Yu opened his eyes and suddenly realized that it was daylight outside. A man dressed in ancient times looked at him strangely and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
“...... It's nothing!" the fisherman felt his vision blur, and suddenly burst into tears.
"I'm going to plow the fields!" a little fat man ran past with a hoe in tow, and Yu laughed again.
"You're so strange!" the ancient man looked at him like a madman. But the fisherman grabbed his hand, took him, and shouted, "Plough the field!"