Fisherman

"Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao."

In a daze, Zhao Qian heard Brother Zhou calling softly. He frowned and opened his eyes. The sky was already bright, but the rain was still falling outside, and the sky looked gray.

Seeing that someone woke up, Brother Zhou quickly handed over the thick bowl in his hand: "Drink some water."

Zhao Qian smacked his mouth, it was indeed dry, he took the bowl and took two gulps.

After drinking the water, he had a clear view of the cave. There was a cauldron in the cave, and the villagers had set it up on a simple stone stove to boil water. There was a small fire underneath, and everyone gathered around Warm yourself by the fire.

Seeing his puzzled expression, Brother Zhou explained: "The former village chief asked him to put it in the cave. There was also a shipwreck more than ten years ago. Just in case, the villagers donated some pots and pans. Come out, I didn’t expect it to be really useful.”

Zhao Qian nodded. Fortunately, there were these things, otherwise the water would be hard to drink. He stood up, wanting to go out to see the situation outside. Brother Zhou handed him a simple hat made of banana leaves.

He looked at the drops of water on the top, then touched the corner of Brother Zhou's clothes: "Have you ever gone out?"

"Ah."

He put his hat aside, subconsciously looked down at Brother Zhou's feet, and frowned: "I ran so fast yesterday, let me see how your feet are doing."

Brother Zhou hurriedly said, "I've already seen it."

He didn't hide it either: "The scabbed wound opened a small opening again, and there was some bleeding, it's okay, I've taken care of it."

"Let me see." Zhao Qian squatted down, trying to pull Brother Zhou down, but Brother Zhou avoided it, and said in a heavy tone: "Let's see it later, you go to the next cave to see Big Brother Hu first." Bar."

He breathed a sigh of relief first, then Hu San'er ran out, and immediately paused: "What's wrong with him?"

Brother Zhou lowered his eyes and did not speak.

Zhao Qian felt that something was wrong, so he stood up, and lightly scraped Brother Zhou's face which was bleeding from the vine last night: "I'll be back when I go, you stay here with the folks, don't run around."

Brother Zhou nodded.

Zhao Qian put the plantain hat on his head and got out of the cave. It was still raining heavily outside, and the coolness of late autumn hit him. He couldn't help shivering. Fortunately, he brought out the thickest clothes when he ran yesterday. Otherwise, he would be so afraid of the cold that he would suffer from the cold, but at this time he didn't care about the cold, stepping on the water withered leaves, looking for another cave.

The two caves were not far apart, only four or five minutes away, but he didn't know the way, so he searched for a long time according to the route Zhou Geer said.

When they found the cave, a pair of shoes were already soaked. Hu San'er was sitting at the entrance of the cave. Beside him was a little girl with red eyes from crying. This scene was not surprising. They stayed in the cave There are quite a few people whose eyes are swollen from crying. Men are good at hiding their emotions, because they are upright men. Even if they feel uncomfortable, they can't show it so obviously. Women are different. They are weak and can cry when they want to.

In the final analysis, men are more uncomfortable because they cannot express their emotions by crying.

Zhao Qian stood at the entrance of the cave for a while, and Hu San'er's empty eyes appeared on his face once, when his only relative died that year.

Hu San'er knew he was coming, but didn't look up.The little girl glanced at him, then got up and went into the cave, Zhao Qian sat down next to Hu San'er.

"what happened?"

Hu San'er's voice was hoarse, and the tiredness in the corners of his eyes showed that he hadn't slept all night: "My father and mother didn't run out."

His tone was very flat, like the indifference after the end of sadness.

In fact, Zhao Qian has already figured it out in his heart. Brother Zhou said before that Hu's father and Hu's mother are not in good health. They probably have rheumatism. When he said it himself, he couldn't help but feel suffocated.

When a disaster strikes, someone will always die. If the person who dies is someone who has nothing to do with you, then you can only lament at most. When the person who dies is someone who is related to you, the sadness in your heart is always much stronger.

He patted Hu San'er on the shoulder: "Your parents must let you take good care of your sister, cheer up, don't let the little girl worry about you."

A gleam of light flashed in Hu San'er's empty eyes, and he looked back at the little girl sitting with her legs crossed in the cave.

"The living should be more optimistic."

Hu San'er stood up and walked towards Hu Lingling inside: "Lingling, it's all right, there is brother."

The little girl threw herself into Hu San'er's arms with a basket full of tears.Zhao Qian turned her head to look at this scene, feeling slightly relieved.

"I didn't expect you two to come out too?"

Hearing this voice with a smile and a strange ambiguity, he raised his eyebrows. It turned out that it was the Zhou Wang family, and all the members of the Zhou family ran out. Climb up the hill.

He didn't reply, he was too lazy to talk to this woman, he came to see Hu San'er, not to argue, and at this time everyone was in trouble, many villagers were swept away by the sea, it was really not the time to quarrel.

However, he didn't want to make trouble, but someone wanted to make trouble.

The Xue family father and son were also in this cave, Xue Yao said coldly: "What should be washed away by the water is not washed away by the water, what should not be washed away is washed away."

"What do you mean by that!"

"What could it mean? Don't you all understand?" Xue Yao tucked his hands in his sleeves, gathered around the fire, and said angrily.

At this time, the old man Xue said nervously to the middle-aged man sitting in the middle of the fire: "Village chief, there is no warning for the shipwreck to happen this time. I think someone has angered the sea god. This is the sea god's punishment for our fishing village." !"

The village head raised his eyelids: "What are you talking about?"

"Think about it, the fishermen in our Shangyu Village have been honestly fishing in the waters of Shangyu Village all these years, but some people want to go out to the sea to fish. Every time they come back, they catch so many fish. They must have annoyed the Sea God!" Old man Xue said in a sad tone again: "Now the people who offended Sea God are fine, but our folks are suffering."

Everyone knows that Zhao Qian was the only one who went to the far sea, and the panic-stricken and bereaved villagers heard this. Although they knew it was absurd, the pain in their hearts could not be relieved. He threw himself into Zhao Qian.

Feudal superstition is really powerful, but it's just a few words and that's it, he sneered.

The village chief scolded: "Xue Wei, why are you still acting like Xue Yao at such an old age? Why didn't there be any warning signs when the shipwreck happened? The villagers near the sea saw the fish and shrimps in the deep sea coming ashore, so they notified everyone to run away. What nonsense, everyone should unite at this time, how many people are left in our village, and you are still crowding out the villagers, what are you talking about?"

Seeing that the village chief didn't agree with his words, Xue Wei snorted: "I'm just telling the truth."

Xue Yao echoed, "It's better to believe it than to believe it. I don't want to stay in a cave with this kind of person, and then I will be unlucky."

"Enough! Stop talking." The village head stopped the conversation between Xue's father and son, but he didn't favor Zhao Qian, and he didn't like Zhao Qian too much. After all, he has been in the village for so many years, and his reputation and deeds are obvious to all. : "Zhao Qian, you should go back to the cave too."

Zhao Qian didn't want to stay here any longer, so he got up and left the cave.

"and many more!"

Hu San'er, who had been silent all this time, suddenly called out to Zhao Qian's back. Zhao Qian turned around and saw Hu San'er and Hu Lingling walking towards the entrance of the cave together: "I'll go with you."

Zhao Qian's brows tightened: "Are you going there too?"

"Well. I don't want to hang out with weirdos."

Xue Yao stood up abruptly when he heard this, and widened his eyes: "Hu San'er, who the hell are you calling a weirdo?"

"Whoever the hell is yelling will be."

Hu San'er left the cave without saying a word, Xue Yao wanted to chase after him, but the village head grabbed him: "Have you two had enough trouble, if not, then go out."

Xue Yao took a breath and sat back cursing.

The three of them walked in the rain, Zhao Qian put the plantain hat on top of Hu Lingling's head.

Hu Lingling touched the plantain leaves and said softly to Zhao Qian, "Thank you, Brother Zhao."

Zhao Qian responded.

Once you know the way, you can go back quickly. Brother Zhou wandered around the entrance of the cave several times. When he saw people coming back, there were still three of them, and his eyes widened: "I'm back!"

"Ah."

The villagers in the cave raised their heads when they saw the visitor, greeted them briefly, asked Hu Da Hu Niang, and then fell into silence for a while.

After Zhao Qian stayed in the cave for a while, he looked at Brother Zhou's feet, and it was indeed as he said, the wound was open again, but luckily the wound was not completely torn open, only a small opening was opened, but it was also troublesome. The injured wound will heal more slowly, and the taste will not be good, and the medicine was not brought out when running.

He comforted Zhou Ge'er a few words, but it was a bit unnecessary, Zhou Ge'er was much more optimistic than him.

Taking care of some simple things, Zhao Qian looked at the people in the cave. There were more than [-] people, including the ox cart master and his granddaughter. Their house was close to the foot of the mountain, so they were lucky enough to escape.

Now everyone is facing a problem, food.

Who was exhausted from running last night, slept all night and rested well, the pain of losing a loved one has also passed, the hunger in the stomach began to remind everyone of the urgent need, the urgency to flee, and not many people brought food.

And his things are all in the space, and it is inconvenient to take them out.

"I'll go down the mountain to see the tide. If the tide recedes, we can go down the mountain. The village may be gone, but if the sea recedes, we should be able to pick up some seafood. We'll fill our stomachs first and then think of a way. "

After thinking about it, he discussed with Hu San'er. Although Hu San'er hadn't recovered from the pain of losing his parents, he still had a burden on his shoulders and had to cheer up.

"Let's go together."