Concentricity

Yu Simian watched him greet those boatmen proficiently. This Mo Jinyan was not familiar to him. At this time, he was confident, outgoing, generous, and good at dealing with people.But when facing himself, he is gentle, polite, stern, and even humble.However, both of them made me feel very real, and none of them were pretending. What made a person have such a change?Yu Simian suddenly had a sudden shock in his heart, and suddenly understood something, but he felt a little sad in his heart, the child liked him, but he couldn't respond to this feeling, and felt a little guilty in his heart.

Mo Jinyan walked to the side of the boat, took out a penny from the side of the boat, and handed it to Yu Simian: "Brother Yu, you can no longer row the oar on the beach, I have to put the oar away. Please help me with the pole."

Yu Simian took it over: "Okay."

Looking ahead, a cargo ship slightly larger than the original passenger ship came down from the upper reaches. There were as many as five or six people punting on the boat. Control the speed of the boat to prevent the boat from going down too fast and losing control of the direction. If it hits a rock on the bottom of the water, the boat will capsize and lose its cargo, and even people will die.At this moment, Mo Jinyan's attention was all on the boat going down the beach. Yu Simian had never seen the boat capsize, but from the solemn expressions of Mo Jinyan and the group of people on the boat, he could see the solemnity of the atmosphere, and he also stared at the boat intently. Boat.

At a turn, a boatman's penny was a little late, and the boat rushed forward to the left uncontrollably, and the people watching around, including Mo Jinyan and the trackers, all screamed "ah". .The other boatman had sharp eyes and quick hands, and quickly made up a pole. When the boatman was slow to put down the pole, the boatman finally made up the pole, and the boat stopped its momentum, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Yu Simian can imagine what kind of danger he experienced at that moment just now.

The cargo ship finally landed on the beach without any danger.The boats going up could finally go to the beach, and Yu Simian knew that going to the beach was more difficult than going down.The tracker on the shore took off all his clothes, put the rope on his shoulders, stretched his bronze body into a diagonal line, and walked forward step by step in a nearly half-prone posture.The tracker was pulling on the shore, the boatman was poleing the boat, and when the boat reached the narrowest point, the boatman took off his clothes and jumped into the water naked to push the boat. Yu Simian felt a shiver in his body.He suddenly thought of something, and asked Mo Jinyan: "Xiao Mo, is it necessary for our boat to go aboard in this way?"

Mo Jinyan looked at the boats going up: "Well, some places are too narrow, and the waterway is a bit steep, so you need to go into the water to push it."

"I'll go down later." Yu Simian said hastily.

Mo Jinyan turned his head, looked at him, and shook his head: "No, brother Yu, you are not familiar with water, you are pole on the boat, control the direction for me, I will go into the water to push."

"I don't think the water is deep, so I don't need to know how to swim." Yu Simian insisted.

Mo Jinyan shook his head: "It just doesn't look deep. There are quite a lot of rocks and whirlpools at the bottom of this section of water. I don't know water, and I can't stand up in the water."

Yu Simian sighed helplessly: "Then Xiao Mo, you have to be careful."

Mo Jinyan smiled at him: "I know, Brother Mo."

Finally it was their turn to go to the beach. Mo Jinyan also abandoned the oars, picked up the pole, stood on the bow, placed the pole on the reef just right, carefully avoided the stones, and with the help of the pole's thrust, skillfully landed on the rock. OK.Approaching the narrowest place, Mo Jinyan shouted: "Brother Yu, come and stand on the bow of the boat and control the direction for me."

Yu Simian hurriedly switched from the center of the boat to the bow, and Mo Jinyan also abandoned the pole, quickly took off his clothes, leaving only a pair of trousers, jumped into the white foam splashing torrent, and quickly swam to the stern.At this time, the trackers on the shore also straightened the rope and pulled it hard step by step.

This area is full of large stones, and the river channel becomes extremely narrow. When the water reaches this place, it rushes in from the river channel, and the flow rate is much faster than other places.Yu Simian felt that the boat under his feet was being pushed down by a force, and his pole was not rising or falling smoothly. He could only support the pole with his own strength, against the force of the water, so that the boat could move forward. Do not back down.Suddenly a thrust came from the back of the boat, and Yu Simian knew that Mo Jinyan was pushing the boat behind the boat, so he quickly collected the penny and sent it forward a little, the boat went up a little with difficulty.

Yu Simian knew that he had to be faster, relying solely on the joint efforts of the tracker and Mo Jinyan, at most he could only ensure that the boat would not run back, but to make the boat go forward, he had to rely on his own help.He secretly took a breath of true energy, speeded up the movements of his hands, and relying on the skills he had accumulated over the past few days, he pulled down the pole quickly with his eyesight and hands, and the boat finally went up slowly.

Yu Simian was burning with anxiety. In this weather, Mo Jinyan pushed the boat in the water. The current is so fast and the underwater situation is so dangerous. This torrent swept away.After the boat sailed for a quarter of an hour, Yu Simian finally saw a wide river, and he knew that the most difficult beach had come to an end.He tapped the penny, turned the bow of the boat in one direction, and the boat slowly approached the shore.

Not long after, there was the sound of paddling water coming from the side of the boat, and Mo Jinyan got out of the water, his whole body was wet, his lips were bruised and black, Yu Simian hurriedly dropped the penny, and walked to the side of the boat in two or three steps, trying to pull him aboard Boat.Mo Jinyan climbed to the side of the boat and waved his hands: "Brother Yu, you don't need to come here, I can come up by myself." He climbed on the side of the boat, opened his mouth wide, took a few breaths, and stretched his arms, trying to prop up his body , In the end, it was still due to excessive force and exhaustion, the body had already lost much strength, and the wrist softened, and it still fell into the water.

Seeing this, Yu Simian quickly stretched out both hands to grab his armpits, lifted him vigorously, pulled him onto the boat, hugged him horizontally, and went to the cabin: "Go back to the cabin and change clothes."

Mo Jinyan hurriedly struggled to get down: "Let me go, I will go by myself."

Yu Simian looked at him with a straight face.

Mo Jinyan said in a low voice, "I'm covered in water, which wets your clothes."

Yu Simian's face looked better: "Then hurry up and dry off and get dressed."

Mo Jinyan didn't dare to say anything more, he just hummed and went into the cabin.

Yu Simian put away the clothes he took off on the deck earlier, and sent them into the cabin.Mo Jinyan was taking off his trousers and was wiping the water. When he saw Yu Simian coming in, he turned his back a little uncomfortably: "Thank you, Brother Yu. Let the boat dock, Brother Yu. Let's go and pay the tracker. The purse is in my clothes."

Yu Simian walked in and put the clothes on the bed: "How much?"

Mo Jinyan said, "Thirty Wen."

Yu Simian nodded and left without saying anything.

The trackers on the shore also dried themselves and put on their clothes.Yu Simian thought it strange at the beginning, why these trackers were not afraid of the severe cold, and they all took off completely in the cold weather.Later, when I saw them going into the water to stretch their fibers, I realized that they were afraid of getting their clothes wet.The tracker wiped the water from his face, and when he saw Yu Simian rowing the boat over, he grinned: "So the boatman is also an expert." He was referring to Yu Simian's pole-pulling.

Yu Simian didn't deny it, just nodded: "Thank you, brother." He took out his purse from his bosom, and counted out thirty copper coins, "This is your hard-earned money, thank you very much."

The tracker happily took the copper coins, counted them, and put them all in the purse at his waist: "Thank you boatman, call me when you come back next time, I've been pulling fibers here all year round."

Yu Simian cupped his hands and cupped his fists: "If you still come, I will definitely bother you again. It's getting late, we should hurry, goodbye!"

"Go slowly." The tracker waved his hands, then lowered his head and slowly pulled up his own rope.

Mo Jinyan had already come out of the cabin, his lips were still dark purple, and water was still dripping from his hair.Yu Simian turned around and saw that he was about to set off the oars: "Xiao Mo, go back to the cabin and wipe your hair to catch the cold carefully. I'll row the boat." Then he walked over and took the boat from Mo Jinyan's hands paddle.Mo Jinyan paused, nodded, turned and went back to the cabin.Yu Simian looked at his back, feeling a little distressed, this child, hey!

When we got to Hengtan, the river became narrower, but there were no dangerous shoals anymore, the boat sailed smoothly, and we were closer to Gutian County.Two days later, the boat finally arrived at the wharf of Gutian County.Mo Jinyan found a place, stopped the boat, and said flatly, "Brother Yu, we're here."

If Yu Simian knew Mo Jinyan well enough, he would be able to hear his faint disappointment, but these days Mo Jinyan has always been lukewarm, Yu Simian only thought that he was still quarreling, and did not get out of his emotions.He tidied up his things, but there was nothing in fact, just two pieces of clothes, and the model boat that Mo Jinyan had given him, and he came out with his bag, and saw Mo Jinyan sitting on the side of the bow with a penny in his arms: "Xiao Mo, why don't you pack your things?"

Mo Jinyan's eyes were sore, he blinked hard, and shook his head: "I'll just send Brother Yu here, I won't go up." His voice was hoarse.

Yu Simian was stunned when he heard that: "Xiao Mo, are you not following Big Brother?"

Mo Jinyan forced a smile, and lowered his head so that he would not see the tears in his eyes: "Thank you Brother Yu, I think it's better for me to go home. If Brother Yu has a chance to pass by us in the future, you can come and see Watch us."

Yu Simian knew that the child still couldn't let go of that thought, and was afraid of being uncomfortable staying with him, so he simply didn't go.He thought for a while and said: "Xiao Mo, if you don't want to follow Big Brother, then go to the city with me first, and I will borrow some money from my friends. You have spent too much money for me these days."

Mo Jinyan's tears almost rolled down his face. He had drawn such a clear boundary with himself. He would rather borrow money from his friends to repay him than owe him. After all, he is still an irrelevant person.He sniffed lightly: "Thank you Brother Yu, actually it doesn't cost much, I can afford it."

Yu Simian insisted: "Although it's not much, it's a big burden for you. Brother, I can't let you help me, and I'm still so stretched. Besides, I still need to express my gratitude to Dr. Nie and Yun'er, so please ask You help me convey my thanks, aren't you willing to help Big Brother?"

When Mo Jinyan heard Doctor Nie and Nie Yun, he couldn't refuse anymore: "This boat can't leave people, so I'll wait here for big brother."

Yu Simian stood at the bow of the boat, hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't persuade Mo Jinyan to follow him, so he had to go ashore alone: ​​"Xiao Mo, wait for me here, I will be back soon."

Mo Jinyan stretched out his hand to wave goodbye to Yu Simian: "Okay, see you, Big Brother Yu!"

Yu Simian waved his hand, turned around and walked a few steps, then turned around and said, "Wait for me, Xiao Mo."

Mo Jinyan didn't take back his hand, he continued to wave it twice, and saw Yu Simian turned around, without looking back, and slowly disappeared into the crowd.His tears came down, he withdrew his hand, covered his arms in front of his eyes, and wiped his tears with his sleeve.Then untied the boat cable, tapped the penny, and the boat left the pier and drifted towards the center of the river.He was weeping while holding the pole, and the boats around him were so busy that no one had time to pay attention to the crying of the child on the boat, or to put it another way, no one cared about why he was crying.