Chapter 39 The Drunken Beauty of Xiangxi (39)
Zhao Hongtu thought about it again and again, but finally didn't know how to speak. He paused for so long that Yu and An looked back at him in confusion:
"What's wrong, Xiao Zhao?"
"nothing."
Zhao Hongtu paused. He was very conflicted now. He didn't want to see Yu and An continue to be kept in the dark, and he was worried about whether it would cause an accident if he told Yu Hehui's story. If it were based on his character before, Zhao Hongtu would have said so, but now he has grown a lot and knows that some things must be chosen.
"How old is your brother?"
Zhao Hongtu finally found a random topic to talk about. He was getting closer and closer to the other side, and he could already see Captain Miao, Yu Hehui and the others. Zhao Hongtu's heart gradually tilted and he pursed his lips.
Anyway, Captain Miao is here, so let her decide whether to tell Yu Hean or not.
"Huihui, Huihui is eighteen years old this year and is going to college."
Yu and Anle said cheerfully: "Huihui had an idea. His parents didn't want him to go out two years ago. I don't know how Huihui managed to convince them both."
"Eighteen years old."
Zhao Hongtu glanced at Yu He'an. He was indeed not young. He was a middle-aged man with a weathered face. His hands were used to rough farm work. He looked thirty-four or five years old. On the other hand, Yu Hehui looks young. Unexpectedly, he is already eighteen years old, so he may be in vain.
"The age difference between you and Yu Hehui is quite big."
Zhao Hongtu said casually, but then he heard Yu Hean retort: "Huihui and I are only three years apart, so it's not a lot different."
Zhao Hongtu was stunned after hearing this. At this moment, the boat had reached the shore, and even if he wanted to say something, he couldn't say it.
"elder brother!"
Yu Hehui rushed over hastily and almost fell into the water.
"Hui Hui, don't worry, don't fall into the water!"
Yu He'an shouted, striding off the boat, and just in time to pick Yu Hehui into his arms. Behind him, Zhao Hongtu silently carried the bamboo-backed basket wrapped in cowhide and got off the boat, and glanced at Hou Feihu.
Hou Feihu shook his head slightly, and Zhao Hongtu's heart sank when he saw the ghost fetus in Yu Hehui's arms.
Yu Hehui has never appeared strangely. Depending on Brother Hou's wishes, Yu Hehui probably has to go to the other side to carry the ghost baby in his arms.
But there's nothing we can do about it.
Zhao Hongtu here gritted his teeth and remained silent for a while, while Yu Hean over there smiled happily and after greeting his younger brother, he became worried again and pulled off the cowhide from the bamboo basket.
"There are piranhas in the river. Their bamboo-backed baskets must be wrapped in cowhide, otherwise the fish will bite the boat very quickly."
"I know, I know."
Lin Xi took the cowhide impatiently and nervously, and kept looking back at Bingjiu, her hands trembling slightly. He and Hou Feihu quickly tied the climbing rope to the boat and tied it tightly.
"If there is anything else you need to pay attention to, please tell me quickly."
"Good boy, Ghost Baby. I think there was nothing wrong with Team Miao when they came over."
Zhao Hongtu said: "Two minutes are up, it's time for you to get on the boat."
Lin Xi had to punt alone this time. Hou Feihu saw Lin Xi clenching his teeth and getting on the boat in panic. He stood unsteadily and swaying on the boat, so he went up to help him. Zhao Hongtu told him some more important points for punting, and the two watched Lin Xi tremblingly punting away.
"Brother Hou, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, but it's more difficult on your side."
Hou Feihu touched the clothes in front of Zhao Hongtu: "Are you injured?"
"It's out of the way."
Zhao Hongtu shook his head and looked at Lin Xi's retreating figure with mixed feelings in his heart. He had a lot to say, but it was like there was a stone in his throat and he couldn't say it out. Finally, he repeated: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay."
"The big picture."
Hou Feihu's hand fell on Zhao Hongtu's shoulder, and he felt that the slightly thin shoulder was trembling, and Zhao Hongtu was afraid. Hou Feihu understood what he was afraid of. He pressed Zhao Hongtu's shoulders and firmly promised softly:
"I'll come back for you."
"No!"
Zhao Hongtu suddenly raised his head and blurted out: "No, don't!"
When Lin Xi passed by, Wang Pengpai and Xu Chen came over, Hou Feihu and Yu Hehui passed by, the two sides were completely switched.
The problem is that if Zhao Hongtu and the others want to return to the other side, the boat is over there, and someone must row the boat back to pick them up.
But the man who was rowing back had exhausted the number of round trips.
He can't get back on the ship, he can't come back, it's a dead end.
"Not sure yet."
Hou Feihu's eyes softened a little, and he raised the coiled climbing rope in his hand towards Zhao Hongtu. Team Miao and Shi Tao handed him the climbing ropes before leaving. Hou Feihu twined the two strands of the climbing ropes together to make them stronger.
At this moment, one end of the climbing rope was tied to the stern of the boat, and the other end was held by Hou Feihu. The rope was already taut, hanging over sleep. Hou Feihu let out the rope little by little, just like flying a kite.
"Hopefully long enough."
If they could use a rope to pull the boat back from here, no one would have to sacrifice themselves to sail back.
"Team Miao and the others are still smart."
After finally meeting his brother again, Yu Hean seemed to have endless things to say, but he was a clumsy person and just kept asking Yu Hehui if he was okay and if he was afraid. Yu Hehui smiled and narrowed his eyes, not bothering him, and repeatedly said, "I'm fine, I'm not afraid." On the contrary, after Yu and An talked a few times, they were speechless and a little at a loss. In a blink of an eye, he saw the climbing rope in Hou Feihu's hand, and his eyes lit up.
"Blessed by Bodhisattva, it would be great if this method works."
"Brother, why don't you ask the immortal for blessing?"
Yu Hehui joked that their family was doing this and had never prayed to a Bodhisattva or Buddha before. But after Yu and An heard what he said, their whole bodies froze, their broad shoulders trembled slightly, and they whispered: "If the immortal could really bless us, we brothers would not come to this ghost place, no, no..."
"Okay brother, don't be sad."
Hearing the choking in Yu He'an's voice, Yu Hehui quickly stepped forward to hold his hand and comforted him optimistically: "You see, we are all fine, right? The journey is not that bad. Didn't we also see many things we have never seen before?" The view?”
"It's not much different from the future I imagined before."
Yu Hean held his brother's hand and refused to let go, only feeling that the hand was extremely cold.
"Hehui, Hehui..."
He murmured, but the words were on his lips, but he couldn't say them out no matter what. He just turned away, his eyes red.
"I can protect myself, brother."
Seeing him like this, Yu Hehui shook Yu and An's hands to comfort him, and changed the subject: "Brother, you trust your teammates so much. I remember you wouldn't give your cowhide to others before."
Yu Hean is honest, but honest people also have their own cunning. A fool would never have survived till now.
"It's different, this time is different."
Yu He'an said: "This time we are all together."
During the previous journey, everyone in the brigade had to protect their own lives and not be focused on the same thing. It would be kind to not trip over each other when running away from danger, but how could you lend your own props to others.
But this journey is different. Yu Hean has a clear conscience. With Director B here, they have experienced so many dangers together, and the relationship between them has become different from the beginning.
A companion you can trust.
"We have to help each other to get through the hard times together."
Yu Hean murmured, and held Yu Hehui's hand tighter: "Team Miao, Brother Wang, and the others will help us. Huihui, don't be afraid. Don't be afraid when we get there later."
As he spoke, he stretched his neck like a goose and looked in the direction of the ship. I saw that Lin Xi had already pushed the boat to the middle of the river, and the climbing rope in Hou Feihu was so long that he could hardly see clearly. Yu Hean quickly donated the climbing rope in his bag so that Hou Feihu could add another length of rope.
"Thank you."
Hou Feihu nodded and took it, but his expression was extremely solemn. The climbing rope in his hand was dangerously tight, and he could feel a force of gravity falling. Lin Xi was in the middle of the river. This falling force was——
"The rope, the rope is broken!"
Seeing that Hou Feihu had no time for the moment, Yu Hean took the initiative to tie his rope behind his rope. But as soon as he got there, he was stunned to see that the rope that had been taut in Hou Feihu's hand suddenly went limp like a dead snake.
Pursing his lips, Hou Feihu pulled the rope back. The rope pulled back was shorter, and the ripples on the water surface seemed to be dragging some big fish. Hou Feihu tensed his arm muscles and swung it hard. The end of the rope and a piranha ball were thrown onto the shore and scattered on the ground with a snap.
"As expected."
Hou Feihu smiled bitterly and shook his head. Zhao Hongtu, who was waiting on the side with a tense face, used his hiking pole to knock the piranhas jumping around on the ground to death one by one. One of the fish even jumped up and bit into the trekking pole, leaving deep tooth marks on it.
"Been bitten off."
Hou Feihu looked at the broken end of the rope and saw that it was bitten terribly. What he prepared is a polyester fiber (polyester) climbing rope. Although it is heavier, it has excellent abrasion resistance and will not lose strength when exposed to water.
But even so, it can't resist the sharp teeth of the piranha. Having heard Miao Fangfei say that there are piranhas that bite the bottom of boats in the Sanghun Stream, Hou Feihu felt that this method was bad, and now it was expected.
He didn't feel down, and he didn't have time. Putting away the remaining climbing rope, Hou Feihu asked Yu and An specifically what they encountered while punting. Hearing the baby making trouble on the boat, he looked at Zhao Hongtu's backpack and was slightly stunned.
"I won't cry now."
Zhao Hongtu said that during the section of the boat from the center of the river to the shore, the baby made the most noise and almost overturned the bamboo basket. But after landing on the shore, they immediately became as quiet as chickens and never moved again. There are still ghost babies on the shore. Zhao Hongtu has been cautious and did not dare to lift the lid to see the details of the babies, but in any case they have calmed down.
"Three Dynasties Wine is being held at Qiebi Village."
The lively instrumental music in the back became louder and louder, and the sky gradually darkened. The time reached six fifty-five, and it was almost seven o'clock.
There is still an hour until the three-chao cocktail party at eight o'clock.
"The rope is broken, right?"
Wang Pengpai on the other side touched his chin and did not rush to get on the boat. Instead, he took back the rope trailing at the stern of the boat. Sure enough, there was still a piranha biting at the break. He took a knife to open the fish's mouth, glanced at it, knocked it with the knife, and said, "The teeth of this fish are quite powerful."
"It almost leaked. It almost leaked."
Lin Xi was trembling all over, her hair and clothes were all wet. She couldn't tell whether it was the splash of river water or cold sweat. His face was pale, he hugged his bamboo basket tightly, his mood was a little broken, and he repeated:
"It was almost, almost the boat was going to capsize."
When the rope in the middle of the river was bitten by a fish just now, Lin Xi tried to pull the rope, but the back of her hand was rubbed by the fish's fangs. The teeth were sharper than a blade, and they cut out a strip of flesh. The back of his hand bled, and the bloody smell attracted countless piranhas, which attacked and gnawed at the hull like crazy. Lin Xi was the only one on the boat. He had to hide from the fish, punt the boat, and hold the ghost baby in a bamboo basket. He almost thought he was going to die on the river.
But at the most critical moment, the ghost baby in the bamboo backpack sneezed at the back of Lin Xi's hand. As if it was frozen, the wound on his hand froze and turned white, and immediately stopped bleeding. Even the bloody smell was shrouded by the yin energy and resentment. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Xi gritted his teeth and paddled the boat a few times, and finally pushed the shaky boat out of the encirclement of the fish school.
"It hasn't leaked yet, but it's hard to say if it will leak again."
Miao Fangfei worriedly said, "Be careful."
"Hey, look at me, Fatty."
Wang Pengpai waved his hand heroically, picked up the cowhide and shook it, wrapped him and Xu Chen's bamboo backpack in advance, and said happily, "Old Yu is really a real person. It's really convenient to have this cowhide."
Although Lin Xi was so scared that he couldn't speak clearly, Zhao Hongtu and others on the other side had expected it, and Hou Feihu wrote a few small notes. Although it was wet by water, Wang Pengpai and others could also understand it.
"Wang Pengpai, you——"
Seeing Wang Pengpai and Xu Chen on the boat, Miao Fangfei called him, hesitant to speak.
"Captain Miao, don't worry, I'll go over there to take a look."
Wang Pengpai patted his chest and promised, picked up the bamboo pole and paddled the boat: "Let's go!"
Wow——
The narrow boat broke through the waves and sailed to the other side again, carrying hope and worry. The river was not calm, the black water reflected the leaden sky, the sky was dim, and the wind was carrying cold water vapor. It was about to rain.
"Brother Wang paddled the boat so steadily."
Xu Chen sat by the boat and looked at the backpack. He felt that the boat was as stable as sailing on the calm lake. Wang Pengpai rolled up his sleeves to reveal his two fat white arms. He paddled the boat as if he had a sense of rhythm, and there was a special sense of rhythm in his movements.
"Hey, a driver has to know everything."
Wang Pengpai was very excited: "I can sing two fishermen's songs. If it weren't for the fact that we can't make noise on this river, I would have to sing two songs for you, Fatty."
Xu Chen smiled and said, "Thanks to the fetal whiskers and cowhide, the baby is relatively quiet."
After leaving the shore, the baby really appeared in the bamboo backpack automatically. Although there was a fetal whisker cover and cowhide wrapping, the baby really started to make noise again when it was far away from the fetal meat. However, this kind of noise is controllable. After all, Xu Chen is an adult man with long arms and legs, which is more than enough to control the cowhide wrapping. The main thing is that Wang Pengpai can hold the boat steadily, so there is no need to worry about anything else.
After laughing, Xu Chen pushed his glasses again, looked at the other side, and said to himself: "Brother Wang, are you really sure?"
"What is sure? Don't worry, Xiao Xu, this boat will definitely not sink in my hands."
Wang Pengpai pretended to be stupid, and Xu Chen sighed in his heart, but he didn't say anything in the end.
Some words can only be said in the heart, not really said out loud. The closer he got to the other side, the sank his heart. It's not that he didn't trust Team Miao, but when it comes to life and death, no one would listen to him, and everyone would value their own life more.
Will someone really bring the boat back to pick them up?
"Xiao Xu, think about it, we have Hongtu and Yu Hean here."
Wang Pengpai said, his voice as low as talking to himself: "The boat will definitely come back."
No one else is needed, just Yu Hean.
Someone will definitely come back to pick them up.
"Besides, we can try other ways."
Wang Pengpai said, but he kept it a secret. When Xu Chen looked over, he shouted: "Be careful, we're in the river!"
Looking to the side, Xu Chen could see the dense schools of silver-white fish underwater. This scene was so scary, it was like they were sailing on fish! Xu Chen even doubted whether Wang Pengpai's bamboo pole could still reach the bottom of the water. When the endless gnawing sound rang around the boat, Xu Chen, who was always calm, couldn't help but turn pale and clenched the backpack.
Suddenly a big wave hit and slammed the boat to one side. Xu Chen almost fell over, and his body was covered with black river water. He didn't care whether the river water was poisonous or not, and he held the cowhide package tightly. Just at that moment, the cowhide bag jumped, like a living thing, trying to break free from his arms and jump into the river!
"Woo-wa--woo--"
Xu Chen hugged the package with all his strength, and his face was pressed against the cowhide. The distance was too close. Amid the sound of waves and the gnawing of fish, he could hear a thin, barely audible cry.
Xu Chen's face suddenly changed: "Brother Wang, the baby is crying!"
No howling or loud talking is allowed on the Soul-Snatching Gorge, otherwise the Dragon King will stir up huge waves and take the sacrifice back to the bottom of the river!
"Then let him cry."
Wang Pengpai smiled and supported the pole with both hands. He was also pierced by the waves, and his small eyes, which were almost squeezed out by fat, flashed a fierce light like a shark: "I think this wave is not big enough!"
As he was talking, another heavy wave came. The anxious Xu Chen quickly grabbed the side of the boat with one hand and pressed his body firmly on the cowhide bag. His hand was bitten by the piranha several times, and he trembled in pain, but he was determined not to let go.
"The wave is coming--"
Wang Pengpai shouted, and with a stroke of the bamboo pole, he somehow followed the wave and pushed out of the range of the fish school. There were big waves on the river, which not only overturned the boat, but also dispersed the fish school. Wang Pengpai drove this small boat forward in the wind and waves, and the boat shook violently, but it never capsized and sank. I don't know how long it took, but Xu Chen's hands were numb for a long time, and he only heard Wang Pengpai say: "We're here!"
He finally breathed a sigh of relief, handed the bamboo backpack wrapped in cowhide to Wang Pengpai who had landed on the shore, and then he let go and stood up. He almost fell into the water when he stood there. He had been in the same position for too long, and his blood circulation was blocked, so his body had already stiffened.
"Good man, Xiao Xu, bandage your hand quickly, the blood is flowing too fast."
Almost all the flesh on the back of Xu Chen's left hand was eaten away by the piranhas. The blood was flowing and the bones could almost be seen.
"fine."
Xu Chen wiped his misty glasses and looked in the direction of Hou Feihu, Zhao Hongtu and the others, his expression suddenly became solemn.
"what happened?"
He actually saw Zhao Hongtu holding a bow in front of Hou Feihu, alert and alert. Opposite them was Yu Hean, who was desperately apologizing. The man's back was completely bent, like a mountain peak.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Brother Hou, Brother Zhao, I'm really sorry. It was Huihui who was willful."
"snort."
Zhao Hongtu snorted coldly, but did not put down his bow, and winked at Wang Pengpai and the others. Wang Pengpai and Xu Chen sided with Zhao Hongtu and Hou Feihu, and the situation suddenly became 4 versus 2.
"Yu Hehui wants his brother to come on board."
After they passed by, Hou Feihu whispered, and Xu Chen saw that his right arm was abnormally drooped, as if it was dislocated and unable to use force. But if it was an ordinary dislocation, Hou Feihu should have reconnected it himself. After closing his eyes and opening them again, Xu Chen took a breath of air. He saw a cloud of fox-like gray air of resentment entrenched on Hou Feihu's shoulders, as if biting at the joints.
No wonder the right arm was dislocated. Even if it was reattached, it would probably be bitten off by a fox. But Xu Chendao didn't feel too much malicious intention to kill from this resentment. Obviously, the situation could be controlled.
Xu Chen glanced at Bingjiu out of the corner of his eye and saw him standing not far away. It seemed that time would come to end this farce. Xu Chen felt relieved a little.
"Apologize?"
Zhao Hongtu sneered, his bow and arrow still pointed at the tip of Yu Hean's nose, mercilessly: "Brother Hou's arm hasn't been connected yet, what's the use of your apology."
"Hui Hui!"
Yu He'an's face was extremely ugly. He was panicked and uneasy. He grabbed Yu Hehui's shoulders and shook them: "Quickly, take it back quickly, Huihui!"
"elder brother."
Yu Hehui put his hand on the back of Yu Hean's hand. The cold feeling in his palm made Yu Hean tremble, but he held Yu Hehui's hand with his backhand and whispered almost pleadingly: "Huihui, we have always been responsible. Human, Huihui.”
"elder brother."
Yu Hehui's expression was particularly calm. He and Yu He'an were obviously brothers, but they didn't look alike. Yu Hean has a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. Although there is a shrinking feeling between the eyebrows and eyes, he is still dignified and majestic. Yu Hehui, on the other hand, has a small nose and a small face, with much handsome features. The ends of his eyes are slightly raised, and his pupils are dark. At first glance, they are unremarkable, but upon closer inspection, they only feel that there is a soul-stirring and enchanting feeling in these eyebrows.
"The ship will come back anyway."
Yu Hehui said: "I just went there with my brother first."
"Or -" He smiled half-heartedly, his eyes cold: "Don't you believe that someone will come back in a boat?"
"The little fox cub's true nature has been exposed."
Wang Pengpai chewed his teeth and clicked his tongue: "Brother Fatty, I would like to give you a word of advice. The dead should not keep pestering the living. He will take his own Yangguan Road, and you will cross your single-plank bridge. From the moment you die, you two brothers will be together. It’s irrelevant, do you understand?”
"Being too paranoid will harm your brother. Brother, you have to think clearly."
As soon as Wang Pengpai said these words, Yu Hean's body trembled, his face became paler, and he maintained the posture of bowing and apologizing, his broad shoulders and back trembling. However, Yu Hehui stood in front of his brother, grinning at Wang Pengpai, staring at the narrow knife he had taken out at some point, his throat growling menacingly like a wild beast, a little green light flowing in his eyes, revealing a fierce look.
"Huihui, Brother Wang is right."
Yu He'an said uneasily. He was clumsy and couldn't say anything. He just rubbed Yu Hehui's head: "Brother Hou wants to send the ghost baby there, right? How can I go there with you, huh?"
"Be good, let's go and be obedient."
"Ah."
Yu Hehui sneered, but refused to give in. The situation was deadlocked for a while.
"Look at your separation of life and death. Is it so necessary? It's not like we can't meet each other."
Wang Pengpeng raised his eyebrows, took out a bundle of black and gold rope, and threw it to Hou Feihu: "Feihu, come and help me tie this rope to the back of the boat."
Hou Feihu subconsciously took the rope with his left hand and was stunned when he held it in his hand. Not only is this rope extremely light, it looks like a cloud in your hand. Also because after he got the black rope, a familiar hotel prompt sounded in his mind:
[Wang Pengpai will rent * * * climbing rope to you]
[Rental time: half an hour]
[Rental fee: 1 point]
[Whether to rent: yes/no]
This was the first time that Hou Feihu knew that the hotel had a rental business. After all, when Yu Hean lent them the old cowhide, the hotel only prompted "You have got the old scalper's cowhide", "Because you have no repayment from the old scalper." 'The title, the effect of cowhide is halved] and so on, but there is no lease agreement.
Hou Feihu was not stupid, he agreed every time he hesitated. After paying 1 point, he successfully rented it and then saw some of the properties of the rope.
[Name: * * * climbing rope]
[Quality: unknown]
[Function 1: Toughness]
[Function 2: Bundling]
[Function 3:? ? ? 】
[Please be sure to take good care of the rented items and return them to the original owner on time, otherwise the original owner will have the right to obtain props from you that are equivalent to the rented item]