Bao Minggang was recently detained by the police station for beating people in a dispute with the villagers over the boundaries of the land he had reserved, and he got to know Li Donghai from Huanting Village, who was also detained for cutting down trees without permission. After getting along for a few days, I felt that Li Donghai loved to be righteous, and the two were released at the same time after the detention period expired. So they walked all the way, and after walking almost a mile away, Bao Minggang suddenly remembered that there was something that had been forgotten there and not taken back. Li Donghai asked what it was? Bao Minggang said that it was a cigarette stick and a cigarette pouch. Li Donghai smiled and said, these are trivial things, go back to my house, I will give you one.

Bao Minggang said that he has been using this cigarette stick for more than ten years, and he has already had feelings, and it is a pity to lose it.

Li Donghai smiled and said, why didn't you want to get up at the time, you don't know what this place is, who wants to stay here for a minute longer, don't worry about it, I gave you the root that I haven't left for more than ten years, fortunately, I still have a spare one, but it's a pity that the new one doesn't smell of smoke.

Bao Minggang said: "You still give me the new one, who is willing to give away his beloved things like this, besides, your old root may not be suitable for me." ”

The two of them walked and stopped, mainly because they were hungry and panicked without eating, and they had no strength in their feet.

Li Donghai scolded, "Damn, I haven't eaten all day, and I haven't even drunk a sip of water, so I can't move my feet anymore." ”

As soon as Li Donghai complained bitterly, Bao Minggang felt as if he was uncomfortable with a thousand catties of pressure under his feet. So the two of them found a big rock on the side of the road and sat down to recuperate.

The two staggered along the way, stopping and stopping. The sun was scorching, the heat was unbearable, and the air smelled of a mixture of decaying plants and animals, almost making the two of them sick.

There are paddy fields abandoned after harvesting on the side of the road, and there are also late rice rotting in the paddy fields that no one cares about. Both knew what was going on. Li Donghai was a little sad, many of the fields belonged to their production team, and it was really difficult for him to calm down when the rice and millet that could be harvested were rotten in the fields like this. He pointed to the late rice on the road and said, "What a sin, if the grain is not harvested, I see what everyone will eat next year?" ”

"Brother Li, are these all paddy fields in your village?"

Li Donghai didn't speak, but reached out to the paddy field and pulled out a few ears of rice from a cluster of rice, and the millet on these ears of rice had already sent out green sprouts more than an inch long, as well as snow-white roots.

"It's all scrapped, it's all scrapped." Li Donghai muttered with tears in his eyes.

"Brother Li, let's go, it's useless to be sad, these grains have been destroyed by water."

"What are they doing, why doesn't anyone come and drain the water, so that even in the worst-case scenario, two or three percent can be recovered.

The two of them were hungry and thirsty, and they were still some distance from home, and if they continued like this, they would not be able to get home in the dark. There are almost no pedestrians on the road, this shouldn't be, such a main road, this afternoon after walking such a long distance, I didn't meet a person, not even a dog.

"Brother Li, are you thirsty?" Bao Minggang sat down again, the stones on the side of the road were very hot, and he couldn't care about these anymore.

"Why aren't you thirsty, my throat is about to smoke, my stomach is uncomfortable, the water in these paddy fields is poisonous, I can't drink it, otherwise, it's not enough to drink four or five catties." Li Donghai said exaggeratedly.

"Even if I can drink it, I won't drink so much, if I drink too much cold water, I will definitely have stomach trouble." Bao Minggang said with a smile.

"Let's go, let's go, if you don't leave at this time, I'm afraid you won't be able to move later." Li Donghai said as he reached out to pull Bao Minggang.

Bao Minggang didn't hand him his hand, only to see him sigh, support his knees with his hands, and slowly stand up.

"It's the Colorful River in front, this water can be drunk, let's go quickly." Li Donghai said.

"Brother Li, why is this river called 'Colorful River', and does it have any allusions?" Bao Minggang asked knowingly. In fact, the origin of this river is known within a radius of dozens of miles.

"Don't be funny, you don't know where it came from?" Li Donghai said.

"It's not that I don't understand it at all, but the allusions I know are very incomplete, and I want to ask you to tell you a more complete story." Bao Minggang's footsteps slowed down again.

In fact, these two people are almost out of strength to speak.

"Don't talk about it now, save some effort and walk home to be full of wine and food, and I'll tell you." Li Donghai dealt with him like this.

"Forget it, when you get home, I still have to hurry, even if I have a full stomach, I have to do other things."

"Let's climb up the embankment first, I'm really thirsty and my throat is smoking." Li Donghai couldn't care about his heavy steps, and had already turned from the road to the direction of the river embankment.

"Wait for me, I'm slow, you wait for me." Bao Minggang shouted in the back.

In front of them is the colorful river they have loved for a long time.

The Qicai River is a major tributary of the Xianggu River, the largest river in Jinfeng County. The whole territory of Jinfeng County is hilly and ravine, high in the west and low in the east, the four seasons are distinct, the products are abundant, and it is very distinctive. The environment here has created a superior natural landscape phenomenon, and the beauty of the environment will breed many beautiful legends. The colorful river does not come from the void, it does exist in these vivid and vivid features and legends.

People who live on both sides of this river, from centenarians to babbling children, have heard of the beautiful legend of this colorful river.

Legend has it that the Queen Mother had seven daughters, who had lived in heaven for a long time, and had long been tired of playing with rare antiques, precious jewelry, agate gems, and exotic flowers and plants. So, they wanted to find something to play with that was not available in the Heavenly Palace.

The eldest sister said: "I heard that in the mortal world, the common people live in rough clothes and light food, but they have no regrets, work at sunrise, rest at sunset, and when they are happy at night, they light a bonfire, sing and dance, and have endless fun, which is really unbelievable." ”

The second sister said: "I also heard that it is true, but it is not true, and we can't go down to the earth to see what is going on, alas, it is really boring." ”

The third sister said: "I heard that there are some daring immortals, who secretly go down to the mortal world to drink and have fun with the people, because my father has no evidence and can't do anything to them." ”

The fourth sister said: "These hearsay is not accurate, it is estimated that they themselves are bragging, the rules and regulations are so strict, it is impossible to go against the father even if they eat the leopard's gall, right?" ”

Several sisters said in unison: "That's not necessarily, some immortals also like to desert, not all immortals are so obedient, we have also heard of who, who has been to the mortal world, exposed to the smell of fireworks in the world, and took this matter as their own ability to blow." ”

The second sister said, "Since the sisters have heard about it, why don't you report it to your father, or report it to your mother." ”

The eldest sister smiled and said to the second sister: "Second sister, how can you say this about the other sisters, besides, we have no evidence; 2. There is no obligation; Besides, even if there is such a thing, what can we do, we must not go around offending them, and if one day, we find the opportunity to go out and hang out like this, wouldn't it be beautiful? Also, the stewards who supervise the various immortals have not played, which means that they have not caught the handle of these deserted immortals, don't you say? ”

The second sister didn't dare to say this anymore.

The Seven Sisters only play in these fixed places every day, and they are very aggrieved and think about how to find some places or things that they have not played in before.

On this day, the seven sisters played with stone-throwing gadgets in the Heavenly Palace, playing and playing, and the sisters stopped playing, singing or dancing, just a few songs and a few steps, unchanged.

Everyone said, "It's really embarrassing, I can't think of anything new, and I can't sleep during the day, it's really annoying." ”

The eldest sister said: "I heard such a thing yesterday, the fairy who was in charge of the rain secretly went to do a private job again, and when he went out to give rain, he secretly went down to the world and played chess with an old man sitting under the big camphor tree for a day, and almost forgot his true story. The weather is hot and humid, and the sun is blazing. The old man began to blame God for not raining for a long time, which caused the people to have a poor grain harvest. When the rain god heard this, he smiled and said, what is there to complain about, I let it rain whenever it rains, every second. ”

The old farmer laughed at him and said, "You just have to brag, it hasn't rained for more than half a year, even if it rains, what about the clouds, what about the wind direction, and now the sky is clear, is it the rhythm of rain?" You don't even understand this basic common sense, and you still let it rain all the time, you think you are the rain god. ”

When the rain god heard this, he also said angrily: "Okay, you don't believe me, then what gift do you give me to repay me?" ”

The old man was also excited: "If you can really call the wind and rain to bring this rain down, I will give you this ivory chess piece as a souvenir." ”

The rain god said, "You said it yourself, well, as soon as the auspicious time arrives in the afternoon, a downpour will come to the world." ”

The old man said, "The afternoon has long passed, what is the use of you still saying such big words?" ”

It turned out that the time calculated in the sky and the mortal world was different, and the rain god was not wrong, and the old man was not wrong. The rain god said, "Then there is no need to wait, I will let this rain fall immediately." The rain god stood up, muttered something in his mouth, pointed to the sky with his hand, and shouted to the sky: "The hour has come, the rain god is coming, don't be stormy, just heavy rain." ”

Immediately, a thick dark cloud rolled in from the side of the mountain, and after a flash of lightning, the torrential rain came over the face.

The fourth sister said: "I don't know what chess looks like in the mortal world, if the rain god really wins, I will definitely ask him to show me."

The second sister said: "You are so naïve, he just won this thing, will he admit it?" If he admits it, he's not going to slap himself. ”

The eldest sister thought for a moment, gathered the sisters around her, and whispered: "Sisters, I have a bold idea, but this idea is a bit risky, but if it succeeds, we will all open our eyes." ”

So the sisters asked what a good idea it was, and they would definitely support it.

The eldest sister said, "Don't we sisters miss going to the mortal world very much? If this thing is to be realized, everyone needs to take a certain risk, and if everyone thinks they can take it, I will say it, and if everyone is afraid to take it, then I will not bother to say it. ”

The sisters all said that if there is a way to go to the mortal world, it is the biggest risk that everyone is willing to take, but how to get out of the South Heavenly Gate is a hurdle, and the guardian spirits here are all iron-faced and selfless, and will never let us go. "You are cowards, things haven't been done yet, you push the difficulties to the front, you don't want to think about what kind of identity we are, the most iron-faced and selfless gatekeeper doesn't dare to do anything to our sisters, of course, we can't be too presumptuous, we have to find a way to get a travel card, only in this way, we can be sure to get this thing done."

The eldest sister said: "Of course, our sisters can't be blind, and we must keep it strictly secret before we take action, which is the key. ”

The younger sisters didn't think about this question, and asked anxiously: "Eldest sister, can you quickly tell me how this plan was realized?" ”

The eldest sister said: "The realization of this plan requires 'the right time, the right place, the right people and these three conditions are ripe, of course, now that both aspects are available, the time has not yet come." ”

The sisters said, "Then what is the time of day?" ”

The eldest sister seemed to know that these younger sisters would ask this question, so she deliberately said: "The time of heaven is the heavenly machine, I will tell you now, is this still a heavenly opportunity?" ”

The sisters all had disappointed expressions on their faces. Only the most astute seventh sister said: "Don't go to the bottom of it, the heavenly opportunity will come soon." ”

The eldest sister nodded happily to the seventh sister and said, "The seventh sister still understands my mind." ”

The heavenly machine has arrived. The eldest sister hurriedly gathered all the seven sisters together and said to them: "Tomorrow is my mother's birthday, are the sisters all ready for the gifts, tomorrow is the moment when our heavenly opportunity comes, you must not leak this secret, everyone will listen to my arrangements tomorrow, okay?"

The sisters all said that this matter needs to be completed by everyone.