Concentricity

From that day on, Mo Jinyan talked a lot less, and he became estranged from Yu Simian a lot, and even packed up the front cabin silently the next night, moved to the front cabin and went to sleep.

Yu Simian watched him pack up his things, opened his mouth, and wanted to stop him, but didn't know what to say.He looked at the silent Mo Jinyan, and felt a little uncomfortable. He wanted to talk to him many times, but he knew that there would be no result. If he was too enthusiastic, he might create the child's illusion again. Indifference, I'm afraid it will only make him more alienated from himself.This kind of thing can only be forgotten slowly with the passage of time, I hope he can forget it.

During the day, two people stood at the bow and stern of the boat, one paddled the oar and the other rowed the oar, rowing the boat tacitly, but they rarely communicated.Yu Simian sometimes consulted Mo Jinyan about what he saw and heard on the road, and he always answered whatever he asked, and rarely communicated outside the topic.What Yu Simian is most looking forward to now is actually the time for eating every day. Every time Mo Jinyan prepares a meal, he will take the initiative to say: "Brother Yu, come to eat." Yu Simian misses it very much.The two of them can only show some warmth at the dinner table. Yu Simian will take the initiative to praise the taste of the food. Although Mo Jinyan doesn't say anything, he is still very happy in his heart. He will eat the food Yu Simian gave him in silence Lose.

In fact, these days, Mo Jinyan's heart is like being tormented in a frying pan. Sometimes it is filled with sorrow, and sometimes it is full of remorse. When he thinks that he will part with Yu Simian soon, he regrets that he has spoken so quickly and will I spoke my mind.If you don't say it, you can still be a pair of close brothers with Yu Simian, and you can still stay by his side.Now that he said it, he didn't know how to face Yu Simian, how could he have the face to stay by his side, he just wanted to send him to the ground quickly, and then find a place to heal slowly by himself.

Gutian Creek is winding and winding, and the waterway is changeable. Sometimes it is a deep pool, and sometimes it is a dangerous shoal. It is very difficult to walk, and the speed of the boat slows down.This morning, the boat landed on a big beach called Qinglong. At noon, it finally climbed up the beach and moored in a calm water pool to rest. Besides their small boat, there were many other boats, some going up and some coming from the upstream. After coming down, everyone rested in the pool.

Before cooking, Mo Jinyan logged off the Internet once, and after eating, he rarely took the initiative to say to Yu Simian: "Brother Yu, go back to the cabin and take a nap at noon. , let’s gather some strength first.”

"Are you sleeping too?" Yu Simian asked.

Mo Jinyan nodded: "Well, I'll sleep too."

It wasn't the first time Yu Simian went to the beach with Mo Jinyan. Two days ago, he went to a shoal with fast-flowing water, and it was all done by Mo Jinyan with a penny on his back.Although the Qinglong beach this morning is not dangerous, but the beach is long and the water is fast, you need to paddle up in one breath, otherwise, if you relax, the boat will be washed down, and the previous work will be in vain.The two of them each took a penny, one left, one right, one front and one back, and took turns to prop up the boat, but it took a lot of effort, and the physical exertion was quite severe. No wonder Mo Jinyan asked him to take a rest .

Yu Simian was lying on the bed, thinking about the tacit understanding of rowing with Mo Jinyan today. Although he didn't talk much, it was rare to have a tacit understanding.Mo Jinyan said "go" and "receive" in turn to give orders. As soon as your pole is lowered, mine will be retracted. As soon as my pole touches the bottom, your pole will leave the bottom of the water, almost without a trace. Poor, steadily sent the boat to the beach, did not do any useless work.If the two of them don't cooperate well, the torrential current will wash the boat down and have to start all over again.This kid still has a good talent for commanding, Yu Simian thought, a smile could not help showing on the corner of his mouth, he heard people on the shore chiseling the boat, and the iron chisel was chiseling on the board, making a crisp sound, These days, Yu Simian has become accustomed to the sound of such shipbuilding and repairing along the coast, and feels that it is as pleasant as the melody, slowly sending people to sleep.

When Mo Jinyan woke up, it was already three quarters past.It was a cloudy day, the clouds were already thick, and now they were pressing down on the top of the mountain. The north wind came and went, much stronger than the wind in the morning, and it seemed that it was going to rain.There were very few boats moored in the pool.He frowned, the wind is so strong, it is really not a good thing to go to the beach for a while, the resistance is too great, I am afraid that the boat can only be brought to the beach by going into the water.

Yu Simian hadn't gotten up yet, he had just recovered from a serious illness, and he was tired enough to help row the boat these days.Mo Jinyan didn't bother to call him, and went to collect the fishing nets that had been cast down first. The water in this pool was deep and quiet, suitable for fish growth, and it was especially good for raising large fish.When the fishing net was put away, two fishes weighing five or six catties were caught, a grass carp and a perch, both alive and kicking, and there were many large and small fish, Mo Jinyan put the fresh fish in the water tank Keep them alive, put the dead ones in a basin, and clean them up at night.

He rowed the boat to collect the net, the boat was bouncing on the water, and Yu Simian woke up from the turbulence.He got up and saw that Mo Jinyan was closing the net: "Xiao Mo, do you want me to help?"

Mo Jinyan subconsciously wanted to say no, but changed his words and said, "Okay, brother Yu will help me row the boat."

Yu Simian rowed the boat, Mo Jinyan collected the net, just like the countless people on the river, one rowed the boat and the other collected the net.

Yu Simian looked at Mo Jinyan skillfully collecting the fish from the net, immersed in his own world, as if he was the only one left in this world. It has passed, but judging by the situation, he is serious.He sighed: "Xiao Mo, the weather has changed, the wind has changed, is it going to rain?"

Mo Jinyan looked at the sky: "Well, the rain will come in the evening at the latest."

"Then shall we go?" Yu Simian knew that the wind was too strong, and going up against the wind took almost twice as much effort as usual.

If it was before, Mo Jinyan would definitely stay and not leave, and leave after the wind subsides, and he can take the opportunity to cultivate a relationship with Yu Simian, but in the current situation, if the rest stops, the two of them have nothing to do and look at each other , he didn't know how to get rid of that embarrassment at all.Although the wind is strong, it is not impossible to walk at all. At most, with a little more effort, you can go to the beach before the rain. "Let's go, the fishing nets have been collected, let's go." Mo Jinyan hung the fishing nets on the boat canopy and began to row upstream.

Mo Jinyan is not the first time to walk Gutian River. He is familiar with all the riverbanks and turns of this river. He knows where the water is shallow, where the water is deep, where the water is slow and fast, and where there are rocks to avoid The horizontal beach that we will go to in a while is the most difficult beach in the whole Gutian River. After passing this section, the next road will be smooth.After leaving the pool, the river gradually narrowed, and there were more boats in sight. There were a total of four or five cargo ships, large and small, and passenger ships, all of which were anchored in one place and did not leave.

Yu Simian asked: "What are these boats doing? Why don't they leave?"

Mo Jinyan looked at the river water, and saw some chaff floating on the water, and said: "There are boats coming down from above, and these boats are waiting for the boats to get down before leaving."

Yu Simian looked at the surface of the river, except that the current was more turbulent, but it was no different from other places: "This river is not narrow, can't two boats go side by side?"

Mo Jinyan shook his head: "The water in this section of the river is relatively shallow, and there are reefs in many places. It is now the dry season. This season, there is only one place where boats can pass, and only one boat is allowed to pass. If two boats get on and off at the same time They will collide. So once there are boats going down the beach, chaff will be thrown into the water to indicate that they are going to go down the beach, and the downstream boats will take the initiative to wait for them to get off before going up."

Yu Simian nodded, that's why.Mo Jinyan had already rowed the boat to the shore, and there stood a group of men in thin clothes and straw sandals, each with a pair of thick ropes hanging from their shoulders.Mo Jinyan asked those people loudly in the local dialect, several people surrounded him, Mo Jinyan talked to one of them for a while, gestured with his fingers, the other party nodded, and threw his hemp rope onto the boat .

Yu Simian didn't understand the local dialect very well, and only vaguely heard the word "wen" repeated several times, so he turned his head to look at Mo Jinyan: "Xiao Mo, what are you talking to him about? Who are these people? ?”

Mo Jinyan turned around and said, "I'm looking for a tracker. I will go to the river beach in a while. The current is strong and the wind is a bit strong. I need someone to help pull the boat, otherwise I won't be able to get on."

"Tracker?" It was the first time for Yu Simian to see a tracker with his own eyes. He lived in the north, where there was little water, and he had hardly seen any rivers. This time when he went south, he saw so much water. He knew that in some places, boats did not rely on rowing. Instead of moving forward, it needs to be dragged to move around.

"Well, with their help, it will be easier for the boat to get on the beach." Mo Jinyan answered him, while bowing his head and tying the thick rope thrown by the tracker to an iron ring on the side of the boat.So this iron ring is for this purpose, Yu Simian thought to himself.The thick rope is as thick as an adult's thumb. If you look closely, it is not made of hemp thread, but twisted thin rattan. It has been soaked in tung oil, river water and sweat for an unknown amount of time. The whole thing is black and shiny. Quite solid.

When Yu Simian looked down at Mo Jinyan to pull the rope, a boat had already come down from upstream, it was a relatively light passenger boat, and there were two boatmen standing on the bow, one on the left and one on the left, and the pennies in their hands were quickly floating in the river like a trick. At the puncture point, the boat swung its bow flexibly from side to side, skimming across the water quickly, like flying, and arrived in front of you in the blink of an eye.A boatman on the boat plunged the penny into the bottom of the water and controlled the momentum of the boat. He yelled, "Oh ho—" showing his joy and complacency, and then said loudly: "There is a boat up there. It is full of tea, it may be slower, wait a moment, we will go first, I wish you good luck!"

Mo Jinyan waved his hands and said loudly: "Thank you for letting me know, brother, I wish you all the best of luck!"