The brothers were confused.
"Brother, why are you moving the desk into our house?"
Lu Xinghe replied quietly: "Let it go for a while. When I get back from Canghe Town, I will move it back to my house. Don't tell anyone."
The two brothers said oh, and although they were still confused, they didn't ask any more questions.
Because she was going to Canghe Town, Yun Cuihe got up early.
She mixed a pound of red dates left at home and put thirty pounds of rice from the old rice bag together in the basket.
"Xinghe, can we peel the dried rice at Dalin's house another day?"
Lu Xinghe responded, "If the harvest this year is not good, our family will probably only be able to peel about 200 kilograms of rice. Then we will leave it to our family to eat by ourselves."
Yun Cuihe nodded, "Okay, after all, we have so many mouths at home. When the time comes, we can peel them off and keep them at home to eat slowly."
After breakfast, Lu Xinghe picked up his backpack and led a few people to set off.
Chu Yue held Yun Cuihe's arm and walked at the end, "Mom, we are not in a hurry. We are really late today, so we will stay one night. After all, there are still my father and fourth uncle watching over the foundation of the new house. "
Yun Cuihe nodded, "Okay, don't be in a hurry."
Xu was eager to return to her parents' home, and her pace became uncontrollably faster.
Chu Yue had no choice but to help her and walk forward quickly.
Half an hour later, a group of five people finally arrived at the ferry. Fortunately, it was not hot today, otherwise Yun Cuihe would not have been able to walk far in the bright sun.
Because we have been working for a long time, the water level in the river embankment has dropped a lot. If we want to cross the river, we have to walk down the somewhat steep embankment to the side of the boat.
"Are you guys going to take a ferry?" The boatman stood on the boat and shouted, "Today we only need two cents per person, and we can leave without waiting for anyone."
There has been a drought recently, and the water level in the river embankment is not high, reaching about the lower part of an adult's chest. Many people don't want to spend the three cents on the ferry, so they just take off their clothes and swim across it. After crossing the river, they find a secluded spot. The local government changed the wet clothes inside, which also caused the boatman's business to suffer a lot.
When Yun Cuihe heard that today's ferry was a penny cheaper than usual, she immediately said, "Okay, then I'll trouble you to ferry us to Canghe Town."
The boatman sighed and pushed the bamboo pole into the water to bring the boat as close to the river embankment as possible so that the guests could board.
Lu Xinghe was the first to get on the boat. After he got on, he turned around and helped Yun Cuihe onto the boat. Brothers Chu Yue and Lu Xingping were also pulled aboard by him.
"Guys, sit tight and let's start the boat."
The boatman used a bamboo pole to push it to the shore, and the group set off.
It took two and a quarter of hours to get from the ferry here to Canghe Town. Chu Yue helped Yun Cuihe into the boat canopy to prevent her from having a headache after blowing the river wind. She also used the bamboo strips outside the boat canopy to slightly block her head. block.
Lu Xingping and Lu Xingan were lying on the side of the boat, looking at the boatman with curiosity as he pushed the boat forward.
"Grandpa, how long have you been holding the boat here?"
The boatman laughed and said, "I have been punting here since I was twelve years old, probably forty years."
There was a slight surprise on both of their faces. Lu Xingping looked in the direction of the boatman, "Is it very profitable to punt?"
The old man smiled and sighed, with a little helplessness on his ravaged face.
"There's no point in making money. It's just because I've been punting for a long time that I only know how to punt. It's all to support my family." He turned to look at the two little boys. "Little guys, don't think about being stuck on the boat for the rest of your life like the old man. "There are many more interesting things in this world than punting."
The two of them didn't understand the big deal, so they just nodded in confusion.
Chu Yue sat on the edge of the boat canopy and put her hands into the water to paddle.
Although the water level of the river was not high, it was very clear. The water plants in the river swayed slightly with the flow of the water. Suddenly, Chu Yue's hand was touched by something cold and slippery.
She wanted to retract her hand and looked down. When she saw it was a fish, she took advantage of the fish passing by and grabbed its slightly moving gills. Because its lifeline was pinched, the fish in the water swung hard. Lifting the tail, the force was so strong that Chu Yue was unable to lift it up, causing the hull to start to shake.
"Ms. sir, come and help!"
Lu Xinghe hurried forward and carried the fish that Chu Yue had caught onto the boat.
A fish with long arms might weigh six or seven pounds.
Several people on the boat were speechless when they saw this scene.
After a while, the boatman touched his cheek in disbelief, "How come you are so lucky? The old man has been running the boat for forty years, and he has never seen any boat passenger catch a fish on the boat."
Yun Cuihe laughed and joked, "It's rare to see something like this this year. Maybe the water is too low, so my children have a chance."
The boatman smiled and felt relieved.
"That's right. It's rare to see something like this this year."
After that, continue to push the boat forward.
Lu Xingping and Lu Xingan looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.
You can catch big fish even when you play in the water. It’s really a big deal.
Two-quarters of an hour later, the boat docked at the ferry outside Canghe Town.
Yun Cuihe paid the boatman ten cents for the ferry and told her family that they would ferry back later, then she went ashore with the help of Lu Xinghe and Chu Yue.
Lu Xinghe was walking in front with a basket on his back and holding the fish, while Yun Cuihe was walking behind, supported by Chu Yue.
Lu Xingping came to Chu Yue and asked in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, how did you catch that fish just now?"
Chu Yue pursed her lips and smiled, with two small dimples showing on her cheeks, "It's not that I wanted to catch it, it was the fish that touched my hand. I didn't know what kind of monster it was, but I saw it was a fish later. , just picked its gills."
Lu Xingping scratched his head, frowning and frowning, "There is such an evil thing."
Yun Cuihe looked at her two younger sons helplessly, "Be strict with your mouth and don't tell this matter, lest uninformed outsiders treat your sister-in-law as a monster."
Lu Xingping raised his chin slightly, "No matter how bad my sister-in-law is, she is still a fairy, not a monster."
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Half an hour later, the group walked and rested, and finally arrived at the sake village.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, someone recognized Yun Cuihe.
"Yo! Cuihe has returned to her parents' home?"
Yun Cuihe smiled quickly and said, "Yes, Auntie."
The woman put the patched clothes back into the sewing basket, "Oh, I haven't seen you for eight years. Your mother always kept saying that if she hadn't been unable to leave, she would have gone to see you long ago."
Yun Cuihe's heart suddenly thought, "What's wrong with my mother?"
Seeing that Yun Cuihe didn't seem to understand the situation at home, the woman didn't say much. She just said, "Go back and take a look. Your mother is waiting for you in the house."
Yun Cuihe was a little panicked and hurriedly walked towards her parents' home. Even if someone greeted her on the way, she would just smile and respond without stopping.
