The river is long, rushing day and night.

On the fork of the small river by the river, there are endless lotus leaves. It is "the lotus root is infinitely green, and the lotus flower is different red." ”

A flat boat, passing between the lotus leaves.

"Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaves He Tiantian, fish play lotus leaves, lotus leaves east, fish play lotus leaves west, fish play lotus leaves south, fish play lotus leaves north. ”

Xiaoqian in the dream, now called Ah Lian, sat on the bow of the boat and sang leisurely.

Wu Nong spoke softly, and his tone was frustrated, as if his voice was fragrant.

Ah Lian turns sixteen years old this year, which is the age of tricks, and everything he sees is full of beauty.

This time, I followed my sister Ah Ping to the river to pick lotus, and my mind was full of excitement.

Ah Lian looked at the lotus flowers in various forms, reveled in the endless lotus leaves, and couldn't help but sing.

Ah Lian peeled a lotus pod with his hands, removed the bitter core, and chewed it, his mouth full of fragrance.

The family lives on the north bank of the Yangtze River, which is one of the larger tributaries of the Yangtze River.

Ah Lian's family lives in Xiaowangzhuang, in addition to Abba and Mom, there is also an older sister Ah Ping. Xiaowangzhuang can be said to be the land of fish and rice, because it is backed by the Yangtze River, so it is not a traditional agriculture.

The people here live by fishing, some rely on the wharf, people live and work here in peace and contentment, but they are also happy, compared to the farmers who rely on the sky for food, here is much richer.

Ah Lian was born by the lotus pond, and her name came from that, but the little children are willing to dot on it, Ah Lian's parents are so old that Ah Lian is reluctant to come out to do things, this is the first time she has come out to pick lotus.

Ah Ping often comes out by boat, she doesn't have Ah Lian's leisure, she just concentrates on picking.

Suddenly, someone in the distance shouted heartbreakingly: "Oh no, the Yangtze River is gone!"

And then there was all sorts of gibberish sounds. There were dogs barking, chickens crowing, children crying, and houses collapsing......

Even more terrifying was the sound of the huge waves.

At that time, it was the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the court was corrupt, and the poor people were overwhelmed by excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the officials in charge of water conservancy were in the fish and meat township, so the Yangtze River and the Yellow River often burst.

Ah Ping is a few years older than Ah Lian, her face changed immediately when she heard the sound, she knew that Yiye Xiaozhou would not be able to escape the flood no matter what, if she could get away with it, it would be blessed by someone in the dark.

Ah Ping hurriedly said to Ah Lian: "Sister, the Yangtze River has burst its embankment and there is a big flood, hurry up and hold on to the boat rope, and don't let go even if you die." ”

Ah Lian was so frightened that he cried and said to Ah Ping: "Sister, don't ......"

But is this something that my sister can control?

Rows of huge waves, mountains and seas.

The lotus flower behind Sister Ah Ping has been covered in turbid waves. , Ah Ping had no time to comfort her, and just begged for their well.

It's too late, it's fast, and the river that bursts the embankment is like a raging beast, swooping towards this side with its teeth and claws.

A huge wave fell like an upside-down mountain, and the bow of the boat was filled with water in an instant, and the boat capsized without closing it.

Ah Ping and Ah Lian fell into the water.

There were all kinds of debris floating on the river, bottles and cans, dead chickens and dead pigs, and that scene made Ah Lian unforgettable for the rest of his life.

Another huge wave struck, and Allen felt like he had been hammered to the head.

Out of the instinct of survival, Allen grabbed the rope with one hand and climbed the capsized boat with the other.

Below, Ah Lian didn't know anything.

I don't know how long it took, but Allen opened his eyes in a daze. It was already night, and by the bright moonlight, she fixed her mind and looked around blankly, where was this?

Surrounded by reeds more than a man tall, nothing else could be seen. What happened to my home? What happened to my parents? And what about my sister Ah Ping, who was picking lotus with me?

Ah Lian felt that her whole body was shivering, it was so cold, her clothes were soaked with water, and she had been soaked in water for so long, and she had not eaten, even in summer, she felt the chill of winter.

Now, Allen felt something more terrible than cold and hunger—and that was fear.

Lonely, helpless, desperate, she even felt death approaching.

Allen wanted to stand up, but he didn't have any strength.

Ah Lian didn't even have the strength to shout.

Allen was thinking, "Am I dead?"

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from afar, and he vaguely saw a young man, who was in a panic, and ran to Ah Lian's side at once, he didn't care about Ah Lian's life and death, he went directly into the water, he desperately lifted Ah Lian's overturned boat, and covered his body in a short body.

Allen's boat was half-floating in the shallow water, where he was hidden, and it was indeed not easy to be discovered.

When Allen saw the man hiding in the boat, he praised him in his heart. But Ah Lian thought to himself, "Why is he hiding it? Is it someone chasing him again?" ”

After a while, someone with a torch ran to Allian's side.

Someone shouted: "I obviously saw the kid running this way, why did he disappear all of a sudden, you guys search me everywhere, don't let him slip away again." ”

"Yes!" replied.

Then a lot of people scattered around, looking everywhere. Ah Lian was so frightened that he wanted to call them for help, but he peeked at those people, one by one holding weapons in their hands, some holding knives, some holding swords, looking like fierce gods, and swallowed the words again when they came to their mouths.

I just lay on the ground and pretended to be dead, thinking in my heart, if someone finds me and forces me to ask me about the whereabouts of that person, will I say it or not?

"Crackle!" the men slashed with knives. Many reeds were cut down by them.

Ah Lian was secretly anxious in his heart, and prayed silently, these people should go quickly, lest they just have a glimmer of life and enter the tiger's mouth again-

The flood is merciless, and people are even more merciless.

If you just escaped the flood, if you fall into the hands of these bad guys again, then life is better than death. Allen thought.

Just when Alan was thinking nonsense, someone walked up to Ah Lian, kicked Ah Lian's body with his foot, and said, "Bad luck, here is another dead man." ”

Ah Lian almost cried out when she was kicked, she held back the pain, and her tears fell all at once.

It turned out that many people were drowned in the Yangtze River this time, and there were many dead bodies on the water surface and on the tidal flats.

Because Alian was a woman, the man didn't look closely. He muttered a few words and left.

Ah Lian was nervous to death, his eyes were close, and he peeked at the man walking away with the afterglow of his eyes, before he gasped. Thinking in my heart: Fortunately, I didn't call for help just now, looking at the attitude of these people, I know that they are definitely not kind people.

Those people searched near Alan for a while, but they didn't find anyone they were looking for, and someone suggested that a fire could burn the place, but in the end it was gone, and those people left one after another.

After a while of tossing, Ah Lian also eased up. She listened to no other movement around her, then she got up and walked towards the boat, which she wanted to tell the man who had hidden under the boat that the group who had been looking for him was gone.

She walked to the side of the boat, knocked the bottom of the boat hard, and shouted, "Hey, come out, those who are chasing you are leaving early." ”

There was no movement in the ship.

Did the man have an accident?