Chapter 1: A cool hat casts love

One

The people of the Tangtang Canal respect and love it. Sometimes it flows quietly, sometimes it roars, sometimes it lies silently, sometimes it gallops. Whether it gallops and roars, gallops, or lies silently, it cannot hide its intoxicating inner surge and charm.

In spring, the breeze is green, and the flowers are vibrant. The willows caress the wind, and the canal sings all the way. Sing the beautiful scenery of spring, sing the weeping willows on both sides of the canal, sing the rich fragrance of flowers everywhere, and sing the hard-working people. It sings and degrades the lazy elves with a tireless gesture, awakening their agility and dreams, and dancing together with the beauty of spring.

In summer, the canal rushes, roaring for thousands of miles, setting off thousands of waves, startling the waterfowl to take off; Then he landed on the shore and peeked in convulsion, letting the canal go wild.

In autumn, the grains are smiling, the fruits are red, the canals are like tamed wild horses, and the autumn fruits full of harvest are busy day and night.

In winter, the snow is covered and the canal freezes, and it also begins its one-year dormancy and recuperation. Recuperate its tired body and throat that sings day and night. At this time, the 2,400-kilometer-long canal is like a silver dragon coiling, sleeping soundly on the vast land of the motherland, waiting for the spring thunder to wake up, waiting for the ice to thaw and sing for thousands of miles.

That's how the canal moves year after year.

The canal originated from the excavation and dredging of Emperor Yang of Sui, and its wayward body has been flowing endlessly and singing incessantly. It is proud, it sings. It sings of its heroic twists and turns, it sings of its own magnificent body, it sings of its joy of galloping forward bravely, it sings of its selflessness and majestic spirit of feeding and irrigating the fragrance of the grass on both sides of the strait, and it sings of its own happiness of sending hard-working people and loving couples to the other side in a small boat. He also sang for himself to witness the beauty of human nature.

Today, the canal revelsing in the rush of boats. Because this day is a market town on the river, people are waiting for this day to go to the market and buy daily necessities.

Businessmen get up with roosters, and they come out early in order to seize the opportunity for their own business. Most of the people who are late are rushing to gather. It's not to buy some groceries or to relax, or to go to the market town to watch the excitement and juggling. As a result, the ferry port is particularly busy today. The boatman ferries non-stop. Wearing a straw hat and a dirty sweat cloth on his shoulder, he swayed forward in a busy and orderly manner.

Two

The boats are leisurely, and the boatmen are paddling wooden oars, full of ferrymen. At this moment, a gust of wind struck, and a cool hat swept by. I only heard a young girl shouting: "My hat, my hat!" ”

The people, who were deeply comforted by the cool breeze, heard the shouting and turned their eyes to the girl. I saw that her eyebrows were clear, her face was like a lotus, and her expressive eyes were full of remorse, staring intently at the cool hat floating in the water and going away with the waves. She looked at it and said sadly: "It's really unlucky, I just wanted to fasten my cool hat and was swept away by the wind!" She muttered to herself in remorse, almost in tears. The father sitting next to his daughter knew that his daughter liked this cool hat, because he went to Shanghai to buy it for his daughter, and comforted his daughter and said, "It doesn't matter, let's buy a new one." As the saying goes, if the old doesn't go, the new doesn't come. ”

The daughter glanced at her father, who was sitting next to her, and said, "I'm not old, it's new!" Before the words fell, tears had already rolled down.

"It's new, it's new, it's new, so what? Daddy can't risk his life to jump into the river to catch it for a cool hat! When you go to the market town, Dad will double it for you, let's buy two new cool hats, okay? ”

"What's the use of you buying ten? It's not the style or color I like. I only have that cool hat in the big cities. ”

Daddy doesn't know? How can a small market town in the countryside have such imports? In addition, people are hungry, their clothes are ragged, and their families are so poor that they are tinkling, who has the money to buy a cool hat to wear? This cool hat can only be enjoyed by a rich lady and a young woman. Therefore, there are few such high-grade and exquisite cool hats in the market. So, my father said, "I'm going to Shanghai to run errands recently, and I'll buy you an identical hat." ”

The father said, comforting his daughter. I only heard my daughter say unhappily: "So say so, the summer is over, what do I wear?" ”

As he spoke, he actually cried sadly. Dad spoiled this daughter the most, and he couldn't see his daughter crying. So, he said distressedly: "Oh, what a beautiful girl with a lot of tears!" After speaking, looking at the cool hat floating far away in the water, his heart was full of melancholy and sighs.

The girl's shouting, the girl's sad countenance, and the girl's conversation with her father attracted the attention of a boatload of people. But who can help people who don't know how to do this? I had to watch the cool hat go with the flow. At this time, the person who paid the most attention to the girl was Xiao Yong, who was so sad to see the girl for a cool hat that he jumped into the river without thinking. He fought against the raging river, watched the cool hat drift away rapidly, and he quickly dived to the bottom like an osprey and chased quickly. Then he drilled out of the water and accurately grabbed the cool hat with one hand and went back against the water. People looked at the little boy and were stunned by his actions. pinched a cold sweat at his young age. At this time, the little boy is more worried than the beautiful girl's father, a cool hat that falls into the water, and the turbulent river, but for this reason it shows the true character of a hero, everything is good, if there is an accident for this, how can I feel at ease? Little boy, are you too adventurous? Dad was whispering to himself. Then he prayed superstitiously and silently: "God has eyes, and the god of water has affection, you must not devour the young hero's spirit, keep him safe and sound, and dispel the evil spirit." I will burn incense and make offerings. He prayed in his heart over and over again.

Three

At this time, the eyes of the boatman are focused on the little boy, people look at his swimming posture in the water, see his proficiency in the water, see the grace of his swimming posture, and see his outstanding and fearless heroic nature, as if they are watching him show his superb acting skills in the water. And the girl admired the little boy's unhesitating behavior, she couldn't take her eyes off the little boy's agile swimming posture in the water, she saw his skillful swimming posture, elegant movements, exquisite flexibility, can be called a spirit in the water. She looked and sighed; There were bursts of praise and admiration in my heart: "Little boy, you are awesome!" If you are a girl, I will worship sisterhood with you, but unfortunately you are a member of the opposite sex and a boy. ”

She watched, thinking. I saw that the little boy with a cool hat in his hand had already returned to the side of the boat. The people on the boat saw him approaching the side of the boat and reached out to help him. The little boy watched as a pair of big hands stretched out to him and flashed quickly. It seems that he deliberately avoided people's big hands to show off his skills. I saw him press his hand on the boat, jump up, and then sit firmly in his seat. When he flew to his seat, the people on the boat were amazed, and applause rang out. The little boy faced the applause, smiled and came to the beautiful girl, he gave the recovered cool hat to the beautiful girl with both hands respectfully, and said, "Give you the cool hat!" ”

The beautiful girl glanced at the little boy shyly. This glance tickled the heart of the beautiful girl. I saw that the little boy had a square face and a wide mouth, his ears were hanging down his shoulders, and his eyes were bright. This penetrating look deeply attracted the beautiful girl, so that her heart was no longer overwhelmed, she forgot to take the hat, and forgot to say a word of thanks to the little boy who was standing respectfully in front of her. At this time, her heart could no longer control herself, so she secretly deserted and flew into the distance.

The little boy stood respectfully in front of the beautiful girl with a cool hat in both hands, waiting for her to accept it. The beautiful girl didn't react, and the little boy was at a loss, thinking, "Am I going to put her down or just wait for her to reach out and take it?" "He was churning in his heart, and he couldn't choose. Reason told him that it was not polite to let go like this, right? So he whispered again: "Miss, give you a cool hat!" ”

This "Miss, give you a cool hat" exploded like spring thunder, disturbing the beautiful girl's contemplative heart, and also awakened her intoxicated thoughts, and brought back her unrestrained heart song flying into the distance. She came back to her senses, blushing with shame, knowing that her thoughts had deserted, and she flew into the distance, chasing the appearance of the little boy. She was embarrassed and ashamed to say, "Thank you, thank you!" ”

Thank you, thank you for saying it so unnaturally, so restrained, so nervous, so ashamed. And the little boy's heart is churning. He handed over the cool hat with both hands, the girl didn't answer, he stood awkwardly in front of the beautiful girl, as if he was proposing to the beautiful girl and was rejected coldly, and he was in a difficult situation. In order to achieve the purpose of the proposal,,I refused to leave for a long time.,Wait and expect the acceptance of the beautiful girl.。

The beautiful girl took the hat, and the words of "thank you, thank you" actually hooked the little boy's heart, and he looked at the beautiful girl, and his heart also flew. He looked at the stunning beautiful girl in front of him, and involuntarily said "ah" in his heart, and then whispered: "'People are more beautiful than flowers.'" 'Such a beautiful girl, shouldn't she be a fairy? He watched her fiddle with her hat, watched her show the joy of her wishes, and looked at her smiling face, the little boy had already read her heart. He was very proud of having such a beautiful girl fascinate him, and boasted of his actions: "It's worth it!" He thought, filled with sweetness and love in his heart.

I was beautiful in my heart, and I collapsed in an instant, and my heart rolled down from the peak like a boulder. said ashamedly: "It's really a toad who wants to eat swan meat, what qualifications do you have to think about it?" I can't even afford to wear a pair of shoes, barefoot, barefoot, bare abdomen, and only a pair of shorts cover my body, which are still hundred pants. And the beautiful girl was dressed in Bragi, with embroidered shoes on her feet, and the three-inch golden lotus was pleasing to the eye. What is even more enviable is the young age, the gold and jade pendant are dazzling. Thinking of this, he retracted his heart in shame and said timidly: "No thanks! Then the body full of soup turned around and left hurriedly.

Four

The father of the beautiful girl will be rewarded for seeing his daughter's beloved cool hat being retrieved by the little boy. He took out the silver ticket and said, "Thank you, child." Then he stuffed the silver ticket into the boy's hand.

The little boy hurriedly returned the silver ticket and said: "Don't be polite, let alone express your gratitude with a silver ticket, I know how to be watery, and a cool hat is nothing!" ”

"Take it, if you don't take me to heart, how can you be safe? At such a young age, you risked your life to relieve my daughter's heartache, and I deserve to be grateful. ”

"Your words are serious, if I don't know how to swim into the river, I will jump into the river and recover the cool hat, so I should swim in the river by myself!"

The beautiful girl's father was very moved when he saw the little boy say this, but he still refused to take back the silver ticket, he said lovingly: "Take it, use it to buy a piece of fabric and keep it for clothes to wear!" ”

When the young boy heard this, he felt a great shame. I strengthened my determination to refuse to accept cash tickets. I thought to myself: My own appearance shows the poverty of my family, so that the beautiful girl's father can see through it at a glance. This silver ticket is not only a reward for oneself, but also a financial support for oneself, and one cannot tarnish one's poor home and one's own personality for the silver ticket. I jumped into the river to catch the cool hat just to relieve the urgency and pain of the beautiful girl, and I had no other intention. Thinking of this, the little boy finally refused the silver ticket for the sake of his dignity. His action shocked the boat rider again, as well as the beautiful girl and her father. As the saying goes, "People are poor and short-minded". However, what is reflected in the little boy is diametrically opposed to "people are poor and short-minded". At a young age, he is not discouraged by poverty, and he is not dyed by silver tickets, nor is he bent by silver tickets. Amazing! It's amazing at such a young age. The boatload was amazed.