Temperament

Shen Qinglan sighed in her heart and shouted in a low voice.At this moment, it suddenly occurred to me that in the past so many years, when traveling with Meng Huaiyuan, they seldom took boats and used more roads, but during the three years of separation, the most frequent scenes in their dreams were him on the boat and himself in the water.

in the water...

He leaned over and looked at the dark water below the side of the boat. At this moment, there was the sound of waves hitting the hull, and he was not used to hearing it. He had been on the boat for the past few days and at night. He fell asleep with Zhuo Tianyi's slight snoring.

He bent down and reached down, as if to touch the water.

At the bow of the boat, Gu Qingyang drank the last sip of wine in his glass, and winked at Zhou Yunlei, "Yunlei, we are both bachelors, we get drunk when we get drunk, and nothing happens when we go back to bed, Tian Yi But there is still a beautiful woman waiting, if we continue to be so ignorant of current affairs, it will be too unreasonable, how about you, let's leave?"

Zhou Yunlei had a strange smell in his heart, and smiled, "Uncle Shi is right, then, brother, let's go."

Zhuo Tianyi chuckled, "Master Uncle, Sixth Brother, let's go slowly." In the voice, two figures jumped up on the ship's side and flew straight to another ship on the left rear.

Shen Qinglan heard the sound of the wind blowing from the top of the skirt, retracted her hands, leaned slightly, and was hugged by a pair of arms, "Why, want to go into the water?" He turned around, and Zhuo Tianyi was bending his head towards him, breathing Smells of alcohol.

"No," Shen Qinglan tilted her head to avoid, "Uncle Ninth and the others went back?"

"Go back, let me accompany you..." Zhuo Tianyi's voice disappeared in the hair around his neck.

The smell of alcohol filled her ears, and Shen Qinglan raised her head. In the black sky, the moonlight was very bright, but the moon was only partial and not perfect, and there were a few strands of gray clouds floating around.

He lowered his face and closed his eyes under Zhuo Tianyi's alcoholic kiss.

It rained for two or three days afterward, and the group lost their interest, and hid in their own boats to sleep and chat. Only the two children of Zheng Shuming and Zhang Mingyuan were happily playing on their boat. In the early days, they heard their happy laughter.

He sat next to the beauty in the room, holding a book and reading.Zhuo Tianyi stood at the window and wiped the sword and dagger he brought with him, occasionally telling Shen Qinglan anecdotes about the last time he went to Miao Village.

It was raining outside, these days, only these two days the boat was on the road seriously, the rest of the time it was eating, drinking and having fun.

"Will it be a waste of time to walk so slowly when I go to Miaojiang for business?" Shen Qinglan put down the book and couldn't help asking.

"How come?" Zhuo Tianyi raised his head and smiled, Shen Qinglan probably didn't ask about his affairs, such a rare question was really rare.

He put down his sword, sat next to Shen Qinglan and put his arm on the railing behind him, "We started early, and the Miao family's Guzang Festival will be ten days later. This time it's the Daguzang Festival, which happens once every 13 years. It's rare, I plan to arrive at that time. Speaking of which, I haven't had much free time in the past three years, and this time I can be regarded as a vacation for myself," bowed her head and kissed Shen Qinglan's face, and said in a low voice: "Of course, the more important thing is to accompany you."

Shen Qinglan was noncommittal, and returned her gaze to the book.Zhuo Tianyi touched his forehead with his head affectionately, reached out and took the dagger and cloth towel from the table and continued to wipe.

The room was quiet again, only the sound of the rain coming from outside the window was unhurried.Shen Qinglan raised her eyes and looked at Zhuo Tianyi who was concentrating on wiping the dagger, occasionally breathing on the edge of the dagger and continuing to look down, looking down.

This kind of appearance seems to be really...

He frowned, feeling a sense of turmoil in his heart, trying to concentrate on the book.

Not after all...

Zhuo Tianyi noticed his gaze and was happy in his heart, but his face remained calm.

By the afternoon of the fourth day, the sky finally cleared up, and the speed of the boat naturally slowed down again.Only after Shen Qinglan got out of the cabin did she realize that the boat had reached a tributary of the Qianlong River, the water surface was much narrower, and the scenery on both sides of the river was even more beautiful.

The water in this area is very clear, and the boat sails on the water as if floating in the clear air.Zhuo Tianyi ordered to anchor here and stay overnight.

On one side of the river there are rolling hills, and there is a section like the back of a camel. Shen Qinglan looked at that section of the mountain in a daze, and a familiar voice rang in her mind, "This is Stone Camel Mountain, little brother, how could you be alone?" People appear here?"

All too familiar scenery.This is the place where he was rescued by Meng Huaiyuan when he encountered a mountain torrent.

For a while, memories flooded my mind, and many pictures flickered.

"Hold me!" Zhuo Tianyi's voice sounded beside her. Before Shen Qinglan could react, she was already hugged by him and jumped into the air.

He couldn't help reaching out to support his shoulders, and the wind rang in his ears. After two ups and downs, his body was hugged by Zhuo Tianyi and landed on the small painting boat in front of the big boat.

Zhuo Tianyi put Shen Qinglan down and let him sit on the deck in front of the boat.After a while, the servant brought wine and drinking utensils, as well as the qin he brought.

This section of the river was slow and the scenery on both sides was excellent. Zhuo Tianyi asked his servants to push the oars a few times on the bank, let the boat float by itself into the green shade of the recessed part of the water bank, and then waved them all back.

The autumn sun shines through the shade of the trees, casting some mottled shadows on the wooden ship wall above the boat. In the shadow of the green trees on both sides, there are chirping birds, which further sets off the tranquility of the place.

The water surface outside the boat is so clear that it doesn’t seem to exist. The boat is floating on the water, as if floating in the void. The weeds and swimming fish on the bottom of the water are clearly visible, as if they are within reach.

Zhuo Tianyi sat beside Shen Qinglan, raised his hand to pour two glasses of wine, and handed one to Shen Qinglan, "How is it here?"

"Very good." Shen Qinglan could not help but praise.

The terrible flood peaks and turbulent waves many years ago have long passed, and now this place is so beautiful and quiet, it reminds him of his time in Suzhou.

At that time, Meng Huaiyuan also took him to go boating on Taihu Lake, but it was not to go out to do errands, but to teach him how to swim.

"Qing Lan, Qing Lan, listen to senior brother and learn how to swim, and you will no longer be afraid of water, and you won't be afraid of mountain torrents anymore. Be good, let's go for a swim, okay?" Meng Huaiyuan coaxed patiently.

"You don't need to learn, senior brother, don't you know it? If you know it, I don't need to learn it anymore!" The young Shen Qinglan replied naturally.

"What if the senior brother is not by your side?"

"How is it possible? My brother is by my side every day!"

"...Qing Lan, senior brother promises you, if you learn how to swim, senior brother will take you to see the snow-capped mountains in the western border next time you go out, how about that?" Meng Huaiyuan tempted.

"keep your word?"

"Of course!"

"Okay! But, brother, you have to be careful with me. If I can't swim anymore, pull me up immediately!"

"Don't worry, brother is watching you from the bow of the boat... How about this, brother tie you with a cloth rope so that you are not afraid, and brother is at ease?"

"Good brother, you are so smart!"

So, one is on the boat, the other is in the water, and in the middle is a coarse cloth rope soaked in water.This situation has continued many times, many years.

But for some reason, Shen Qinglan has never learned how to swim, or in other words, she has never been able to do without the cloth rope in the middle.

Every time I learned, either halfway through the swim Meng Huaiyuan was worried that he would not be able to bear it and pulled him into the boat, or Shen Qinglan bluffed and yelled that it was too much to bear and frightened Meng Huaiyuan and pulled him into the boat.

But those scenes of learning to swim are like rubbings in my heart, and I can never forget them.Especially when I raised my head after swimming in the water for a while, the tall and straight figure standing on the bow of the boat in the field of vision covered by the water curtain is an indelible imprint until now.

Feeling sore in her heart, Shen Qinglan lowered her head and took a sip of the wine, feeling the pungentness of the wine after it entered her throat little by little, allowing this feeling to slowly dilute the sourness in her heart.

When he saw the qin on the boat, he put down his wine glass, picked up the qin and put it on his lap. After tuning the strings and testing the sound, he put his hands on the strings and started playing.

The sudden sound of the piano was not abrupt in the green mountains and green waters, and even the birds in the green trees on the bank did not startle a few.The river flowed slowly beside the boat, as if even time had stood still.

Holding the wine glass, Zhuo Tianyi leaned against the doorpost of the cabin and stared at Shen Qinglan, occasionally raising his hand to take a sip.Originally, I thought that I would be ecstatic and excited when I finally heard the sound of his piano playing, as if I had obtained a long-coveted treasure.In fact, at this moment, there was only a touch of joy in his heart, and the rest of his feelings were peaceful and indifferent.

In Shen Qinglan's piano sound, there is a warm confession, but also the sorrow of longing, ups and downs, pearls falling on the jade plate, and at the end of the song, the hand is still touching the string, as if the meaning is still unfinished.

Zhuo Tianyi looked at him staring at Sixian, "What's the name of this song?"

Shen Qinglan put the piano by her side, took a sip of the wine glass, drank the rest, felt the burning sensation in her throat, and said lightly: "Have you heard the story of "The Song of Yue People"?"

Zhuo Tianyi's eyes lit up, and he sat up, "Is that what Chu doctor Zhuang Xin and Mr. Xiangcheng talked about?"

Shen Qinglan smiled slightly and glanced at him, "Yes." She got up and walked to the bow, sat sideways on the side of the boat, looked at the leisurely fish swimming in the river, and said softly: "Mr. Zhuang Xin told him the story of the Yue people's song. He said that E Junzixi, the younger brother of the king of Chu, was traveling on a boat, and there was a Yue people's boatman. He held his oars and sang to him. Mr. E didn't know Yue language, and after someone translated it into Chu language, he realized that this was the word of admiration expressed by the boatman from Yue. Mr. E was moved by the enthusiasm and sincerity of the boatman. Customs put an embroidered brocade quilt on him, and hugged him. After hearing this story, Mr. Xiangcheng was moved by the people in the story who were not afraid of the difference in status, and also touched by the deep meaning of Zhuang Xin's telling of this story, so he grasped it. own hands."

Shen Qinglan raised her eyes, looked at the vast and gray mountains on the other side of the river, and said softly: "What time is this evening, the boat is in the middle of the boat. What day is it today, I have to be in the same boat with the prince. I am ashamed to be good, not to be criticized Shame. The heart is stubborn and persistent, and I know the prince. There are trees in the mountains, and there are branches in the trees, and the heart is pleasing to the king, and the king does not know."

After reciting the last sentence, her voice softened, her eyes moved back to the water surface from the opposite bank, and there was a smile on the corners of her brows and eyes, as if she was looking at the scenery in the water with interest, or staring at something else.

The wind was blowing from the front, bringing up the hair on the sideburns, brushing against his face, giving him an aura that seemed otherworldly. It seemed that he was flying away from the dust, and he was about to ride the wind back home.

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