Childhood: I'm a Big Catcher, Chapter 4
The bridge will say that it began, and the rich and squires from all over the country came to Xiangyangzhuang. The landlord Liu in the village has just added a grandson, whose nickname is Bao'er, and his big name is Liu Wencai. As soon as Landlord Liu was happy, he covered all the expenses of this year's bridge meeting, which was shared by four or five squires in previous years. Master Liu, the county magistrate in the county, also came to see the bridge meeting, and heard that he and Landlord Liu were brothers and were very close.
We went to the river early in the morning to see the platform, this year's platform is the most magnificent, with four large boats side by side, and then spread horizontally on wooden planks to build a platform. I heard that each wooden board is five minutes thick, which is better than the board for a coffin, and Landlord Liu wants to show off the pomp to be so generous. Landlord Liu's family and the county magistrate are all in a big boat, moored on the river, closest to the slipway to watch the bridge.
Xiaoyingzi and I each carried a piece of dried bun in our arms, and from morning to noon, when we started the gong and set off firecrackers, and then collected in the evening, we didn't go home for dinner. If you go home and come back, you may not have a place to stand. Today, I heard that Master Hong Wenqing will also come to see the bridge meeting, and everyone brought their children here, hoping to be touched by the aura of Master Hong's champion, and in the future, he can be an official and a half-job, and shine on the lintel.
I heard the old man in the village say that Hong Wenqing is a master, he also lived in Xiangyangzhuang when he was a child, and studied and taught in the ancestral hall, and later he carp jumped into the dragon gate, became the champion, and also became a big official. He is the biggest official in our Xiangyang Village so far. I think he must be a good swimmer, or why do the old people say he is a carp? It is estimated that his reputation in the rivers and lakes is very loud, just like the white strips in the waves in the Water Margin, they all use the name of a fish as a nickname, and carp is more expensive than white stripes!
The sun was rising so fast, and it was a little cold when I came to the bridge in the morning, but now it was hot. Xiaoyingzi and I sat on the edge of the bridge, and the other children were pulled by adults, and they couldn't come and sit on the bridge. Xiaoyingzi and I both winked at them, so angry that they wanted to come and beat us, but we were stopped by the adults, and we couldn't come at all. It is estimated that their parents wanted them to wait for Master Hong to get their aura, so they dragged them so carefully and carefully to prevent them from walking around, for fear of missing the opportunity.
My mother didn't come to see the bridge meeting, she said that widows are not good at going out all the time, and they will be laughed at. I had no choice but to come to the bridge meeting by myself and Xiaoyingzi. To be honest, I like my mom to hold my hand and tell me not to run around, but my mom is very busy every day and doesn't have time to take care of me. Alas!
The sound of firecrackers was so loud that Xiaoyingzi was so deaf that he couldn't hear me talking to him. A Hua Dan on the slipway began to sing, it was Mu Guiying who was in charge. Every year, we have to sing first and then practice martial arts, so we are not in a hurry, just watching the drama and applauding the drama at the same time. I heard the old people say that the women who make dramas are all coquettish and bad women, but why do they sing all about heroes and good people? Do bad women like big heroes and good guys? I don't know, and the old people in the village haven't said it.
The water on the river is fast, and I heard that the flood is coming down from the mountains, but it will not arrive until the flood tip at night, so the slipway is still very stable, and the bridge can continue to drive. At this time, a martial artist had already come to the stage, holding two knives in his hands. He said that he was a disciple of Li Si, the "King of Flower Knives" in Beijing, and he wanted to perform for everyone. As soon as we heard that it was a martial artist from the capital, we all applauded desperately, and looked at him with wide eyes, for fear that we would not see clearly in the blink of an eye.
This martial artist's surname is Wang, and his name is Wang Wu. I heard it very strange, why is the master called Li Si and the apprentice called Wang Wu, will he still have a junior brother named Saturday? However, Wang Wu's kung fu is very good, and it is a bit wronged to say that he is a martial artist, because his kung fu looks better than many martial artists in our village.
However, he is an outsider and a young man, and the people who came to the stage three days before the bridge meeting are all martial arts styles, so no matter how good his kung fu is, we can only call him martial arts style, but we can call him a martial arts style of good kung fu!
After he finished practicing martial arts, he said that he was going to perform a unique job, and asked a martial artist named Hydra in Honjo to help him perform with him. I also asked the martial artist if he dared. He didn't ask if that person was embarrassed to go on stage, and this question forced him to go on stage. Wang Wu asked him to bring a basin of water, Wang Wu turned his back to him, and then asked him to splash water on his back, Wang Wu only used a knife to block the water, to ensure that not a drop would get on the clothes on his body, and his feet did not move half a step. When the people under the stage heard this, they all shouted first, they had heard of this kind of kung fu and had not seen it with their own eyes, but they could open their eyes today. Even Landlord Liu and Master Liu were interested, and stood up to the bow of the boat to watch Wang Wu's performance.
The hydra held the basin of water and threw it at Wang Wu's back, and a basin of water rushed over like a white practice, close and fast, it seemed that Wang Wu was about to be drenched into a soup chicken. Many people have already laughed out loud, waiting for this foreign martial artist to make a fool of himself.
That water practice rushed to Wang Wu's back, as if it suddenly hit a red-hot iron plate, and suddenly splashed back, and the bright water droplets were all dispersed into mist, just like the water poured on the red-hot iron plate and a large cloud of white gas emerged, and a basin of water was shaken into a water mist and blocked back. The mist was so thick that even the whole Hydra was covered in the mist, and the people outside could only see a white mist and a small rainbow hanging above the slipway.
Xiaoyingzi and I looked stupid, our mouths opened wide and couldn't close, I really didn't expect that there was such a powerful knife technique in the world that could block the water. After the mist dissipated, Wang Wu was no longer on the slipway, only heard his voice from outside the sky, and said loudly, "Wang Wu killed this thief hydra who raped the village girl today, and the fathers and villagers are the proof, and the county master will know the evil deeds of this thief!" Fear of dirty treasure knife, borrow water into a knife to take the head of this thief, and the king of the capital will say goodbye! ”
At this time, I saw an old man in the crowd carrying a firewood knife, kneeling on the ground and shouting to the sky, "Thank you benefactor for your righteousness!" Thank you benefactor! The old man will be a cow and a horse in the next life to repay his benefactor! "He is Qiu Laohan, whose daughter was raped by a thief the day before yesterday, and everyone suddenly realized that it was the hydra who did it. Looking at the slipway again, there was a circle of blood on the neck of the hydra, blood gushing out, and the wound was stained with water, and the neck was really cut off by a water knife!
When everyone saw the dead people, they panicked and ran back, as if they were afraid that the dead bodies would jump up and eat people. The master said that people die like tigers, and tigers die like people, that's the truth, right? It seems that everyone is not afraid of a person when he is alive, but once he is dead, everyone is afraid of him.
Only Qiu Laohan did not run back in fright, but stared fiercely at the dead body of the hydra, and instead walked towards the slipway. Xiaoyingzi and I couldn't stand up, and everyone squeezed down the bridge behind us, and we were about to be squeezed off the edge of the bridge into the river.
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze. I fell! "Even though I shouted desperately, it was of little use, and the adults squeezed desperately. In the future, I don't like to be lively, and I hate crowds even more, so I guess it started at this time. Because the adults were squeezing so hard, I couldn't hold on to the bridge and fell straight into the river. Xiao Yingzi is okay, there is a bridge railing next to him, and he clung to it, so he didn't fall down with me.
The river was so cold and urgent, I could swim, but the water was so strong that I had cramps all over my body, and I couldn't swim at all. In the blink of an eye, I was swept away by the river two or three feet away, and Xiaoyingzi shouted on the bridge, and the adults saw me, and there was nothing they could do. The river was so fast that no one dared to jump down to save me.
If only the master had been here, I thought to myself, he must have a way to get me ashore. Before I could think about how the master could save me with the light skill of floating on the water, a wave knocked me into the water and choked on a mouthful of water. It seems that the peak of the flood is approaching, and I can already feel the chill of the mountains brought by the river.
I reached out and scratched at the shore, but I couldn't catch anything. Suddenly, a green figure swooped out of the crowd and turned like a swallow in the air and pounced on me, and my heart tightened, and she grabbed me and threw me back to shore. At the same time, a rope-like thing was thrown from the shore, wrapped around the waist of the girl who saved me, and with a gentle touch, she also flew back to shore, wetting only one trouser leg. I didn't see this process clearly, most of it was told to me by Xiaoyingzi later, and I always felt that Xiaoyingzi had some elements of boasting. However, I still admire the girl who rescued me, she seems to be only three or four years older than me, but she has a good kung fu, and she at least has a lot of strength to throw me back to shore!
Although she had a good heart and showed a beautiful kung fu when she saved me, no one applauded, and they were all scared away by the dead. The girl in green was very angry, and even though I kept saying thank you to her, she was still very angry, saying that we people here are cowardly and don't know how to do real kung fu!
I asked her and her father, the man who threw the rope around her waist, and said, "Are you also the martial artists who came to catch the bridge?" ”
The girl in green smiled and said, "I'm here to catch the bridge, and my father is just accompanying me." I heard that there are a lot of good kung fu boxers here, so I came here to learn them! When she spoke, I saw a golden flower on her sideburns trembling in the wind, which was very beautiful!
I reported my name, as well as the master's nickname and name, and invited the girl and his father to my house to sit down. My mother told me that if you receive a little water, you should repay the spring. The girl in green saved me, she is my benefactor, and I want to repay her.
She smiled again and only told me that her name was Fu Caiyun and her nickname was Sai Jinhua. She said that she would come back to the bridge meeting tomorrow, because she was going to fight in the bridge club, especially with Master Long! When she wins the ring, she will come to my house as a guest. I wanted her to win, and I wanted my mom to meet her, she was really beautiful, the most beautiful woman I've ever seen besides my mom.
Fu Caiyun and her father left, and I was cold, I came out of the river just now, and now I feel cold. I hurried home in three steps and two steps to tell my mother my story for today. Early tomorrow morning, I'm going to wait for her on the edge of the bridge and watch her fight in the ring. I know she's going to win!