soul shifting

This year's spring is not too late. Just after the beginning of March, the flowers, plants and trees in the south of the Yangtze River have all recovered; however, after a spring rain, it did not "moisten things silently", but suppressed the gradually rising warmth. , For several days in a row, dark clouds covered the sun, and the breeze on the Fuchun River became chilly again.

The sun was still below the horizon, and the fiery red clouds rolled like waves; that night, Han Xiuyu's words came true. The boat sailed for more than ten days, and both sides of the river were desolate and overgrown with weeds.Jueming stood at the bow of the boat, exhaled white breath, and the penny tapped lightly on the bottom of the river; "According to the schedule, we should be almost at Lanxi." He thought, rubbing the slightly swollen eyes of the panda.

Earlier, the boat passed a narrow bend, and a jujube tree on the river bank reached out to the water. The crisp green jujubes were plump and clear, and after being picked off for a few days, they had already turned half red.Holding a bowl of jujubes, Han Xiuyu first warmed himself by the stove to get rid of the cold air all over his body, and then opened the curtain and got into the cabin.There was an indelible anxiety between his handsome brows, and in less than half a month, his cheeks were already sunken.

It was very dark in the cabin, and the oil lamp had burned dry, so Han Xiuyu filled it up and lit it again.The bright yellow light was a bit dazzling, Shen An moved, and seemed to have regained a little consciousness.

"Uncle Shen," Han Xiuyu gently helped him up, "Eat something."

Shen An's eyelids opened slightly, and he shook his head.

"It's not fish today," Han Xiuyu put the date under his nose, "Smell it."

Shen An's nose had been out of order for a long time, he opened his eyes and took a look, and saw a juicy jujube with red spots on the blue skin, it was very sweet and delicious at first glance.Shen An smiled, but still shook her head.

It has been three days, he vomited everything he ate, and he couldn't even drink water. Now his throat hurts like hell, and he really doesn't want to bother anymore.

Shen An was not afraid of having a fever, and he even liked it when he was young, because he didn't have to go to school, but this time the endless fever made him collapse and he couldn't even sit up; he was pale The back of the hand was so thin that only a layer of skin was left, but the forearm was swollen to two thicknesses due to inflammation, bleeding continuously day and night. "I'm afraid I'll have to amputate my leg." Shen An thought, feeling cold all over again, shrunk into the blanket.He was lying on his back with his eyes closed, and when he was about to fall asleep, two fingers landed on his waist.

Those two fingers "walked" gently on his body, all the way up his back, rubbed across his neck, and finally "jumped" twice on his face.Shen An opened his eyes helplessly, and saw a bulging object dangling in front of his eyes; he blinked, and waited until his vision gradually cleared up to see that it was a jujube, with a small pattern carved on the skin with the tip of a knife.

He raised his neck slightly, and said to Han Xiuyu in a hoarse voice: "...Why are you still so poor at carving?"

"I haven't had time to practice," Han Xiuyu said with a smile, "Does Uncle Shen like Xiaoyu?"

"... so-so." Shen An didn't know why he suddenly asked this.

"What about the little rabbit?"

"I like it."

Han Xiuyu threw the jujube in his hand back into the bowl, helped Shen An up, took a new one and handed it to his mouth: "This is from a little rabbit, Uncle Shen, eat it."

Shen An lowered his head and took a look. A fat rabbit with three legs was carved on the jujube. The two ears were one long and the other short. .He wanted to refuse at first, but when he saw the small wound cut by Han Xiuyu's fingertips, he still couldn't bear it. He sighed in his heart, took the jujube in his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it enduring the pain.

Han Xiuyu smiled: "Which one do you want, a kitten or a puppy?"

"……dog."

Shen An choked on half a bowl of jujubes like this, and a bloody smell filled his throat after eating the last few jujubes; it's a pity that the jujubes he ate with his life didn't stay in his stomach for a while, less than half a bowl of jujubes. Shi Chen vomited cleanly.Han Xiuyu touched his forehead, it was so hot that he could fry eggs, but he didn't sweat at all.

The next morning, the boat finally arrived at Lanxi, and Caesar stopped the boat at the ferry.

Lanxi is a fairly large city. The main street is like a tree trunk, extending straight to the east, surrounded by wide or narrow streets and alleys, like branches of trees.At this time, the sun has not yet fully risen, but all kinds of shops and markets on the street have already opened, and there is an endless stream of people rushing to catch the early market, which is very lively.

Han Xiuyu jumped onto the pier with Shen An on his back, saw a shallow water area nearby, and there was a small market for buying and selling boats, so he passed Shen An onto Jueming's back: "Jade Ming, take Uncle Shen to see the doctor first, I sold the boat and got some money to buy medicine."

"How did you find us at that moment?" Caesar asked.

Han Xiuyu pointed to the main street: "Just look for the pharmacy on this street, don't make a turn, I can find it."

"Okay, see you later."

The two split up, and Han Xiuyu pulled the hemp rope to drag the boat into the boat collection.

He was very restless, fidgeting, and walked around the boat in circles, trying to find Cassia after selling it out, but no buyer came to ask for it.I don't know if it's because his boat is so dilapidated that people passing by don't even want to take a look.Han Xiuyu is not a particularly cheerful person, but he was forced to learn by himself under such circumstances. He stopped a person walking towards the boat market, and said with a smile: "Do you want to buy a boat? My boat Urgent sale, the price is negotiable, come and take a look!"

"Which one is yours?" the man asked.

Han Xiuyu pointed, and the man spat in disdain: "How dare you sell it if it's so broken? No one wants it for free!" After speaking, he pushed him away and strode away.

Han Xiuyu was a little angry, but he had no time to waste. He took a deep breath, adjusted his expression, and continued to greet the next guest: "Do you want to buy a boat? My boat is good and cheap..."

Shouting from dawn to sunset, Han Xiuyu finally found the first person who was willing to watch the boat.This man's clothes were plain and shabby, and he didn't think he was a rich owner. The cheap and broken boat met his needs.

"Your side..." Han Xiuyu coughed twice, rubbed his hoarse throat: "This way please."

Mr. Humble looked at the boat carefully, then climbed into the cabin to check it out, and finally stretched out three fingers and announced his bid: "Three taels."

"No..." Han Xiuyu coughed a few more times, and said in a hoarse voice, "We bought this boat for five taels of silver, and it only took more than half a month. Isn't it too little for you to give three taels?"

"You bought it for five taels, even if it's only used for half a month, isn't it still more worn out?" Jun Leng stroked the mustache on his lips with his fingers: "Shouldn't it be cheaper to be older?"

"But it's too cheap..." Han Xiuyu frowned: "Do you think it's okay for four taels?"

Before Mr. Humble could reply, a strong man with big shoulders and round waist pulled his neck and shouted: "Dude, don't mess with him! Buy mine, I'm only worth three or two." Mr. Humble's eyes lit up, and he immediately joined past.

The strong man's boat is a little bit more broken than Han Xiuyu's, but it's only a little bit, and those who don't pay attention can almost be ignored. Mr. Shabby is obviously moved; seeing the buyer who finally waited for it is poached away , Han Xiuyu gritted his teeth: "Three taels, three taels, buy mine."

"This..." Mr. Humble wandered between the two wrecked boats, as if a little unsure of paying attention, Han Xiuyu was suddenly annoyed: "Is there any reason to hesitate? Can't you tell that his boat is even more wrecked than mine?"

"Who the hell are you saying is the boat broken?" The strong man was angry.Han Xiuyu ignored him, and stretched out his hand to Mr. Humble.

Mr. Humble was about to take out the money, but the strong man rushed over to push him away with two strides, and swung his hammer-like fist towards Han Xiuyu with a strong wind: "Fucking robbed me of the business, and didn't even ask about it." Who is my third son!"

Han Xiuyu frowned, stretched out his hand to use his internal strength and went directly to catch his fist; but he didn't know if it was because it was too exhausting to take care of Shen An every day, or because Wang Laosan was indeed extremely powerful. His old fist without internal strength, Han Xiu Yu couldn't catch it.

The deadly iron fist hit his chest hard, and Han Xiuyu fell to the ground unsteadily, his liver and gallbladder burst from coughing, the veins on his forehead bulged, and he was almost out of breath.

Wang Laosan brought Mr. Humble over and roared, "Look carefully whose boat is more broken!" Then he kicked up and kicked Han Xiuyu's fragile cabin.The thin cloth and bamboo cabin immediately collapsed in half.Wang Laosan raised his foot and stepped on the side of the boat again. Han Xiuyu threw himself on the boat with red eyes without thinking too much.

Wang Laosan stomped on Han Xiuyu's back for a while, and didn't stop until his legs felt sore. At the end, he still couldn't let go of his anger, and crushed his feet hard on his head.Han Xiuyu guarded the boat tightly from the beginning to the end, so he didn't let him step on it any more.

"Bah!" Wang Laosan spat, and said to the poor gentleman, "Whose boat is broken now?"

Mr. Shabby said weakly: "...yours."

"what?"

"No, no, his, his! His is even worse!"

Wang Laosan stretched out his hand: "Give the money and leave."

……

Lying down until noon, Han Xiuyu gathered enough strength to get up, frowned and wiped the blood on his forehead.

"Hiss..." He took a deep breath, and when he moved his arm, he pulled the wound on his back, and the pain was excruciating.

Mr. Shabby and Wang Laosan had already left, and the boat market was about to leave, except for him, there was only one old man with a white beard left.Seeing him get up, the old man hobbled over.

"Young man," he said, "your boat is so broken, you can't sell it if you don't repair it."

Han Xiuyu glanced back, most of the cabin was rotten, like a bald head.

"I don't think you can repair it either?" The old man said again: "How about you sell it to me cheaper?"

"...how much can you pay?"

"Two or two."

Han Xiuyu: "..."

Forget it, two taels is two taels, he has no strength to continue selling.

The old man's money was very scattered, one or two halves were collected from a small piece of broken silver, and the rest were copper coins, a lot in total.Han Xiuyu couldn't hold it with both hands, so he had to walk around with his hem, looking for cassia from drugstore to drugstore along the main street.After walking for half a street, he finally saw Caesar Ming sitting at the door of a drug store, Shen An leaning on him with eyes closed.

"Casia?" Han Xiuyu walked over, "Why didn't you bring Uncle Shen in to see the doctor?"

"...I've seen it." Cassia Ming's voice was a little tense.

"Has the doctor prescribed any medicine?"

"No."

"Why?" Han Xiuyu frowned and said, "Because I don't have any money? I have money here now, so you can recite Uncle Shen."

Han Xiuyu raised his leg to step over the threshold of the pharmacy, but Jueming stopped him with his hand: "Brother Xiuyu!"

"Ok?"

"...doctor, the doctor said..." Jueming lowered his head, stammering: "Say, talk about Master Shen..."

"What about Uncle Shen?"

"...the disease is terminally ill and cannot be cured."

There was a crisp sound of "crash", and scattered coins were scattered all over the ground.