Fisherman

The early winter night wind, mixed with the smell of green leaves, got into the nostrils of the man standing on the mountainside, holding a torch and rubbing his hands to keep warm.

The group of people didn't know how long they had been waiting by the sea on the mountainside, but the torches in their hands had already been burned by more than half.

Everyone was surprisingly quiet, their eyes were either expecting or anxiously looking at the dark water surface.

"The torches are about to burn out. Let's find some firewood around to make a fire. It will keep you warm and light the torches."

After finishing speaking, the people standing by the sea moved their legs and wrists, and picked up firewood with a rustling.

It was hard to see clearly at night, Brother Zhou saw everyone groping and busy, and said: "Everyone, be careful, don't set the woods on fire."

As soon as the words fell, the fire in the fire was weakly ignited, and the man looked at the sea and let out a cry of surprise.

"I feel like the water is moving!"

Everyone ran to the beach when they heard the sound, looked around for a while, and said in surprise: "Yes, it is true!"

"Hey everyone, we're back!" The people paddling back in the dark on the sea, seeing the fire light under the mountainside from a distance, and hearing familiar voices, stopped paddles and shouted at them.

Everyone was very excited. Although they couldn't see the situation on the sea clearly, they couldn't help letting go of the stone hanging in their hearts when they knew that the person had come back. Some of them raised their torches, and some stretched them forward. Just try to light the way back as much as possible.

The people on the boat knew that everyone was waiting for them, and went down the mountain deliberately. They were a little happy in their hearts, and they couldn't help rowing faster.

The oars poke the branches at the bottom of the boat from time to time, and reach the mountainside steadily. When the boat touches the shore, three or four men immediately rolled up their trousers, regardless of the cold water, stepped in to hold the boat, and dragged it to the land. .

Zhao Qian and the rest jumped off the boat and patted the folks who came to pick them up. Everyone had tacit joy on their faces.

Before, the people on the boat were worried about how to move the things they bought back at once, but now they don’t have to worry at all. Seeing that more than half of the boat’s supplies were filled, everyone hurried up and picked up two bags by themselves. It has been distributed by everyone.

As soon as Zhao Qian hit the shore, he saw Brother Zhou in the crowd. Now he was lighting a torch by the fire, and he went up a few steps and shared a few with him.

The light of the fire shone on Brother Zhou's handsome face, Zhao Qian turned his back to the rest of the people, and pinched everyone while they were not paying attention: "Shouldn't you jump over happily when you see me back?"

Brother Zhou lit the torch, knocked out the fire, dug some soil and buried the sparks, and waited until it was completely extinguished before saying, "If I pounce on you, you still have to fall into the water."

Zhao Qian smiled and tried to pull his hand, but was dodged by someone. He was stunned for a moment, and just about to say something, Hu San'er came over empty-handed: "Give me the whole torch, everything is taken away." When everyone is finished, I will light the fire."

After the torch was distributed, Brother Zhou had already gone a long way. He hurriedly chased after him, and asked the dull person who was no different from the past: "What's wrong? Did someone bully you while I was away?"

Brother Zhou saw his serious face and explained: "No."

"Then why are you hiding from me?"

"Everyone is watching, don't be like this." Brother Zhou walked away after finishing speaking.

Zhao Qian scratched his hair, he wondered whether he was shameless, or he was shameless...

Back on the top of the mountain, when the women heard the lively conversation, they all came out of the cave to meet everyone, and all of them smiled happily when they saw the things they brought back.

Everyone was hungry all afternoon, and the women who returned to the cave brought out warm meals for everyone to eat. Zhao Qian was really hungry after a rough and tiring afternoon, and the women specially cooked mutton for them to eat.

After dinner, Zhao Qian distributed the things he bought to everyone: "There are two quilts per household, come and take them away next to each other."

"Oil lamps are one for each household, cloth needlework depends on the number of people in each household to share. Anyway, everyone has a new set of clothes, which will be kept by the aunt first, and the clothes will be measured and made tomorrow. I did not buy ready-made clothes. , it’s cheaper to do it yourself.”

"As for the rest of the tools, there are sickles, hammers, and hoes. I bought all the basic ones. These are not distributed to each household. They are put together for everyone to use. There are also grains. I bought rice noodles and vegetables, which are also put together. , anyway, we cook and eat together every day.”

After Zhao Qian finished dividing the things, he asked the bookkeeper to calculate each expenditure for everyone.

After having all the things, everyone gathered around to digest food and warm up the fire, or be a handyman. Hu San'er talked a lot, and told what happened when he went out today.

"Those sons of a bitch in Xiayu Village, it's fine to frame us for stealing their things. Then guess what? They actually smashed the bottom of our boat secretly while we were going to the market. If Zhao Qian didn't find the bottom of the boat The board of the boat is about to break, we hurriedly climbed onto the boat, that’s okay, not to mention that everything is gone, I guess my little life will sink to the bottom of the sea.”

"The reason why we came back after being discredited is that we repaired the boat again by the river for a while. Fortunately, we bought tools and repaired it much more conveniently. If we followed our previous boatbuilding skills, I'm afraid we won't be able to come back tonight. .”

Hu San'er laughed and said, "We were in the dark at sea, and we had to go back to the mountain in our head. It was dark, and we had to make several detours. Thanks to everyone lighting a torch to pick us up. Go back along the fire, otherwise I don't know how much effort it will take to get back."

Everyone listened and scolded the people in Xiayu Village for being immoral, for doing such outrageous things. Hiding in a cave like a bereaved dog, eating and drinking are a big problem.

However, there are still open-minded people, thinking that life in the past was not all about eating and drinking. In essence, it has not changed much, but it is not as convenient as before.

Zhao Qian sat for a while, and saw that Hu San'er was playing happily, and the rest of the people were also in high spirits, but he didn't think about listening any more, so he went around quietly, fetched some hot water and simply washed outside the cave for a moment.

At this moment, everyone was in the cave, and no one would bump into him, so he took off his shirt, washed and went into the small cave.

Lighting up the oil lamp, the small cave became much brighter. He spread the new quilt on the bed, and the curtain was lifted, and Brother Zhou came in.

He put down the curtain, took a few glances at Zhao Qian, and then went to make the bed: "I'll do it."

"It's okay, I can still do this."

Zhao Qian lowered his head and turned serious, Zhou Geer stopped his hands, and asked anxiously: "Zhao Ge, are you angry?"

"Huh?" Zhao Qian glanced at him in confusion.

He was just a little tired after a busy day, and didn't really want to talk, but in Brother Zhou's eyes, it meant something else entirely.

He wanted to say no, but when he saw the young man's face that he had done something wrong, he found it interesting, so he put on a haughty face and continued to make the bed: "Some people are not allowed to touch it, and they don't know what's going on in their hearts." thinking about something."

When Zhou Geer heard that this incident really made him unhappy, he panicked in his heart. Everyone loves to tease the couple. In the past, when the two of them held hands, I thought everyone didn't pay attention. In fact, those aunts' eyes It's so sharp, every time Zhao Qian went out, he was washed by a group of women in the cave.

After a while, I asked them why their relationship was so good, and then asked them when they were going to have children. He couldn't speak, so he couldn't resist the attention and jokes of a group of people. Thinking about paying more attention in the future, he also left them with nothing to say.

It's good now, it made brother Zhao angry again, as expected, he is too good at dealing with others.

Pulling the corner of Zhao Qian's clothes, he said softly, "I'm sorry."

Zhao Qian didn't speak, but squinted at him.

Brother Zhou didn't dare to vent his anger, and some didn't dare to look directly.

Zhao Qian, who had a cold face, suddenly revealed a trace of cunning, hugged the young man's waist, turned over and pushed him onto the newly made bed: "Okay, let me kiss you and I will forgive you!"

Brother Zhou hurriedly turned his face away, waved his hand to push away the person who was pressing on him, and covered his mouth as he approached: "I didn't wash my face."

Looking at the poor and fastidious person in front of him, Zhao Qian couldn't help laughing, and said in a rough voice with the covered mouth: "It's okay, I just like little cats with rough hair."

"No!" Brother Zhou lifted the quilt and covered Zhao Qian with his head.

Seeing the situation, he hurriedly crawled away from the confinement, afraid of being caught again, but the person wrapped in the blanket didn't move anymore.Zhou Ge'er sat aside and glanced suspiciously. Seeing that Zhao Qian was sitting motionless under the quilt, he went to lift the quilt again.

Zhao Qian frowned, raised his eyelids, and his expression was not very good: "Is this the sincerity of your apology?"

He reasoned seriously: "Last time I apologized to you and kissed you, this time you apologized to me or I kissed you, and what's more, you didn't let me kiss you, Zhou Shaoyu, is there something wrong between us?" Too unequal? ​​Do you want to do whatever you want just because I favor you? "

Brother Zhou blushed. Although he felt that what he said made people blush and heartbeat, he also felt that it made sense. He really seemed to have gone too far, so he said in a flattering tone: "Then I will wash my face."

"Forget it, forget it." Zhao Qian waved his hand, turning his face away and couldn't help smiling.

At this moment, his side face felt cold, Brother Zhou leaned forward and kissed him like a superficial kiss, he was startled.

Brother Zhou said solemnly: "I'm sorry."

Zhao Qian couldn't help laughing out loud. He fell on the bed, writhing with laughter. Seeing the shocked look on his face, he stretched out his hand and pulled him into his arms, wrapped his hands around his shoulders, and leaned his head against him. At the neck: "OK, I forgive you."

Brother Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, seeing Zhao Qian buried in front of him, he was still smiling happily just now, but after a while, there was no movement, his breathing gradually stabilized, as if he was very tired.

He whispered, "Then I'm going out to wash up."

Zhao Qian moved his body, Brother Zhou thought he agreed, but he didn't expect that he touched a stone on the ground and bounced it towards the lit oil lamp, and the cave was instantly dark.

Then he rubbed against his neck in a tired tone: "Don't go, Brother Zhao wants to sleep with the sensible Zhou Shaoyu in his arms."