Fisherman

As the night grew darker, the folks in Zhaoqian Cave got new quilts. After listening to Hu Saner's chatter, everyone dispersed in twos and threes, and the forest slowly fell into silence.

However, another cave adjacent to the cave was also snoring at this time.

Xue Yao, who usually fell asleep at night, rolled back and forth on the ground a few times, and the snoring that was like a sleep aid in the past was also very noisy at this time.

Today, he talked a lot and went to Zhao Qian's cave to speak big words. He heard that they came back at night, and he felt a little flustered. His arms and legs were fine, and now he felt chills. He was afraid that Zhao Qian would find out and go talk nonsense. Badao, it's time to find fault again.

After much deliberation, his soul flashed, he got up lightly, and groped to the place where Cao's mother and daughter were sleeping.

"Cao Fang, Cao Fang!" He squatted down and pushed the sleeping girl a few times.

Cao Fang vaguely heard someone yelling again, she rubbed her eyes, saw that it was Xue Yao who was carrying the flame behind her back, she sat up in fright, and opened her mouth to yell.

Xue Yao quickly covered her mouth with his eyes, and hurriedly hissed: "I'm here to discuss things with you!"

When the person calmed down slowly, he let go of his hand.

"Why are you looking for me?" Cao Fang thought that she had nothing to do with the Xue family.

Xue Yao stood up, looked around, and waved to her: "Let's talk at the entrance of the cave."

Cao Fang balked and refused to get up. She turned around and glanced at Cao Zhongshi who was sleeping beside her. She had fallen into a deep sleep. After thinking for a while, she still got up.

It was quiet outside the cave, and Cao Fang didn't dare to go far away. If something happened, it would be okay. It was at the entrance of the cave. If Xue Yao behaved wildly, she would yell.

"Why are you waking me up? I'm going to dig wild vegetables early tomorrow." She hugged her arm that was chilled by the night wind, and couldn't help complaining.

"Last time I heard you wanted to get out of here."

Cao Fang looked at Xue Yao vigilantly. He overheard her conversation with her mother last time. She stared and said nothing.

"On this mountain, I eat wild vegetables or wild fruits every day. It's not as good as the cave on the other side. I can catch wild goats. If I stay on the mountain for a year or so, I will starve to death sooner or later. " Xue Yao raised his eyebrows: "It's not surprising that you want to go down the mountain."

"You woke me up in the middle of the night just to say that?"

Xue Yao laughed: "Of course not only, you should have heard that Zhao Qian and the others built a boat, and today they rowed out to go shopping."

Cao Fang nodded, of course she heard about it.

"Now that we have the tools, why don't we go out in that boat." Xue Yao lowered his voice and said, "Think about it, we have offended Zhao Qian, we can't see you on the top of the mountain, how annoying!"

Having said that, Cao Fang was a little moved. She couldn't leave before because she couldn't get out. Now that she has a boat, she and her mother will join her uncle when she goes out. I heard that my uncle works as a handyman in a rich family in the county. Thinking about living a good life in the future, if he and his mother were homeless, they would take their mother and daughter in no matter what.

"Have you thought about it? If we leave, we have to leave tonight. The boat is on the mountainside. They will keep a close eye on the boat in the future, and we will have no chance."

Cao Fang gritted her teeth, her heart was already shaken, but she still asked rationally: "Why do you ask me to go with you?"

"Hey, big girl, I just heard that you want to leave! And..." Xue Yao didn't finish the rest of the sentence, and scratched the back of his head a little shyly.

Seeing a man like Cao Fang a lot, she immediately understood what he meant, and she got back some of the shame she lost from Zhao Qian, and her voice immediately became a little haughty: "It's all right, it depends on what you have in mind." For the sake of it, I will wake up my mother."

Looking at the person who walked into the cave proudly like a little peacock, Xue Yao secretly spat.

...............

"It's not good, it's not good!"

Early the next morning, not long after the people in the cave got up, a man ran in in a panic, yelling non-stop.

"what is wrong?"

"Our boat is gone!"

Hearing this, everyone in the cave was shocked, and Zhao Qian asked first, "Why did it disappear? Didn't everyone tie it to a stake yesterday?"

"I tied the boat. I went to see it this morning and it was gone!"

Seeing that something was wrong, the men ran to the mountainside together. As expected, they searched around the mountainside but did not see the boat.

"There are not many people in our cave?" Zhao Qian asked while looking at the calm sea.

"No, no one said who was missing."

Everyone suddenly had a clue: "It's from the cave next door!"

"Let's go have a look together."

When a group of people came to the cave next door aggressively, the people in the cave were eating. Seeing that everyone's faces were not very good, the village chief asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Village Chief, we suspect that someone has stolen our boat. We worked hard for half a month to make it!"

The people in the cave burst into tears when they heard this: "We didn't steal your boat!"

After everyone quarreled for a while, someone said: "The mother and daughter of the Cao family and the father and son of the Xue family are gone!"

When Zhao Qian heard it, he knew it in his heart.

When they returned to the cave, everyone was a little frustrated. After working for so long, they were taken advantage of by others.

"I beat him up last time, so he can't run away!" Hu San'er scolded.

Zhao Qian was relatively calm: "They should have run at night, not to mention that there are so many branches under the sea, enough for them to eat a pot. big."

"Don't be discouraged, everyone. We have all the tools this time, and it won't be a problem to build a few more ships."

Encouraged by Zhao Qian, everyone regained their spirits after being discouraged.

After winter, the weather gets colder and colder. When you get up in the morning, a thin layer of frost will accumulate on the bushes outside the cave. The wind is not as cool as autumn, and it becomes biting.

Brother Zhou's foot has healed, and since his foot injury healed, he couldn't stay in the cave any longer. When Zhao Qian went out, he had to follow everything.

Zhao Qian used to go out to work with a group of men, but gradually the couple became together.

The cold wind in the morning was mixed with a few ice particles, and scattered lightly on the person's head. Zhao Qian walked ahead with his hands rubbed together, and Brother Zhou followed behind him with his head down.

"Shaoyu, are you cold?"

Brother Zhou took a deep breath, his nose was a little red, no one is cold these days.Zhao Qian waved at him, and when he passed by, he covered his face with his warm hands: "How is it, is it warm?"

"A little bit." Brother Zhou rolled his eyes.

The two were rubbing each other happily when someone behind them coughed dryly.

Brother Zhou quickly withdrew his hand holding Zhao Qian's skirt, and turned around: "The village chief?"

The village head was a little embarrassed to disturb the couple's frolicking, but he still did not forget the purpose of his visit: "Zhao Qian, can I talk to you about something?"

Then, he glanced at Brother Zhou.

Zhou Shaoyu understood: "You guys talk, I'm going to chop firewood first."

Zhao Qian grabbed Brother Zhou's hand and said to the village chief, "Just tell me what you have."

The village head let out a sigh of relief. He thought that the man was talking about things, and his wife didn't need to listen. He didn't expect Zhao Qian to drag him down.

He said: "Before Xue Yao tricked the villagers to trouble you, I am really embarrassed about that matter."

"It's been so long, what did the village chief say?"

"I think, since the cancer is gone, we are all in the same village. Although we live in two caves now, there is no need for us to be too separated. Seeing that it is going to be the middle of winter, we hope that everyone will be more united. Get through the difficulties together." The village chief paused, and then said: "I heard that you are building boats and fishing, and you want to raise some money to rebuild the house when the time comes. I discussed it with the villagers in the cave, and I want to join Make an effort, do you see it?"

Zhao Qian understood that the village chief came here to reconcile.

"It's useless for you to tell me alone. It depends on everyone's opinions."

"I know it depends on everyone, but don't the people in your cave listen to you, as long as you nod, everyone will think about it."

In fact, it's really good for everyone to be united. It's not that the village chief thought so after saying a few words of compliments to him. After all, there are many people and strength. Those who say that the shipwreck has gone, at least those who are alive should be like this.

He raised his eyebrows and patted Brother Zhou on the head: "What do you think?"

Brother Zhou glanced at Zhao Qian unexpectedly. It was not good for him to stay and listen to these big things. He even asked his own opinion.

He is a boring gourd, and he used to be almost a loner, but after a period of living in a group, he felt the long-lost kindness and the warmth of the villagers, and gradually felt that it is good for everyone to be together, and more people can do more things It's just... the family, I'm afraid there will be some unpleasantness again.

The worry was not gone, but Zhao Qian said to the village chief: "Well, I will go back and tell the villagers in the cave about this matter. If everyone agrees, I will come and give you an answer in the evening." After finishing speaking, he He paused again: "However, let me tell you first, and ask the village chief to inform Zhou's family. If we get together at that time, don't come out like a monster again."

The village chief was stunned, seeing that the couple were not glued to each other, how could he say such words in front of his husband, he really didn't understand Zhao Qian, who used to be a lousy, lazy guy who made trouble in neighboring villages, suddenly He turned into a man of solidarity with his fellow villagers and capable, which made people puzzled. He couldn't express the doubts in his heart. He was a little embarrassed to see Brother Zhou's face, and responded lightly: "Okay."

Zhao Qian had noticed that his face had changed a few colors, and grabbed Brother Zhou's shoulders: "This is the Zhao family, not the Zhou family."

After finishing speaking, he walked slowly forward amidst the village chief's pale face.