Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 6 The Yellow River Ghost Ship
The day passed quickly, and at dinner time, Gu Meidi drank another jar of old-fashioned flower carvings with his grandfather.The little girl Gu Meidi looks fair and clean, but she didn't expect that she can drink so much.After drinking the wine, Gu Meidi's small face showed two faint blushes, setting off her fair skin, making her look even more beautiful, full of a charming femininity.

There were no recreational activities in the countryside. After dinner, my grandfather suggested that I take Gu Meidi to walk along the Yellow River to see the beautiful sunset.Anyway, sitting is boring, so I just take a walk to digest, so I readily agreed.

When I was about to leave the house, Gu Meidi naturally took my arm and put her face on my shoulder affectionately. We looked like a loving young couple.I sniffed her faint fragrance, and my heart was slightly disturbed.Before this, I never had any unreasonable thoughts about Gu Meidi, but since she called herself my girlfriend, my feeling towards her has changed slightly.

Gu Meidi suddenly raised his head and smiled charmingly at me: "Tuobagu, your heart beats so fast!"

I blushed in embarrassment: "Where...how can..."

"By the way!" Gu Meidi asked me suddenly: "Have you dated girls before?"

I shook my head and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Where would a girl like me fall in love with me?"

Gu Meidi said: "You can't say that. Not every girl likes tall, rich and handsome. In fact, there are still many good girls in this world, but you haven't discovered them!"

I hummed, slightly bitter in my heart.

Why have I never been in love since I grew up?It's not because I have a psychological problem or a problem with my sexual orientation, it's because I dare not fall in love.Because in this impetuous and realistic world, I don't have the capital to fall in love yet.I don't have a house or a car, and the living expenses are only a few hundred yuan a month. How can I fall in love with a girl?

Gu Meidi seemed to see what was on my mind, and she quietly held my arm tightly: "One day, you will also meet a girl who is desperate to be with you!"

I don't know if Gu Meidi's words are implying something to me, my heart is warmly moved, so I can't help but hold her hand tightly.

Before we knew it, we had reached the edge of the Yellow River, and the muddy yellow water slapped against the bank, making a clattering sound.The scenery along the Yellow River is different from that of the seaside. There are no rushing waves like thousands of horses, and there are no beautiful golden sandy beaches.The sea is like a beautiful woman, which can make people feel amazing at a glance.But the Yellow River is different. Its beauty needs to be savored and experienced slowly with heart and emotion.

We walked hand in hand on the uneven cobblestones, like two swaying penguins, and laughed like silver bells along the way.Tired from walking, I sat down on a large rock by the river with my Gu Mei Di in hand. The evening wind was like a mother's arm, brushing our faces warmly.Our hair is flying up, and every strand of it is lingering and lingering.

I turned my head to look at Gu Meidi's flushed face: "Have you seen the sunset?"

Gu Meidi said: "Of course I have! I have seen the sunset on the grassland, by the sea, on the top of a mountain, and on the tall buildings of the city!" Having said that, he paused , the tone changed: "But I have never seen the sunset by the Yellow River!"

I nodded: "After you have seen the sunset over the Yellow River, you will definitely feel that the sunset over the Yellow River is the most beautiful sunset in the world!"

The sunset on the Yellow River is a great scenic spot on the Yellow River, and it is also the most beautiful picture in my memory.Whenever the sun sets, the afterglow of the setting sun splashes on the river, and the river is shimmering with golden light.The setting sun was intoxicated in the water of the ancient Yellow River, and then smudged, adding a bit of enchantment and mystery to the Yellow River.The darkness annihilated the vast sky little by little, and the setting sun sank into the water level little by little.At the place where the water and the sky meet, the sky is rendered in a crimson color.The setting sun is gradually torn apart, and with a tragic heart, it turns into bits of gold and sinks into the vast Yellow River.On the other side of the river, a crescent moon cuts through the sea of ​​clouds, and the world presents a hazy color of alternating yin and yang.

There were a few small fishing boats moored by the river, and Gu Meidi ran over excitedly, begging me to take her for a ride on the river, to experience the tragic sunset on the Yellow River.

Unable to stand her stubbornness, I jumped into the fishing boat, untied the rope, and sailed away from the river with an oar.

Almost everyone who grew up on the banks of the Yellow River is a master of rowing, and I am no exception.This kind of small fishing boat needs only one person to shake the oars, which is very convenient.The ancient Yellow River sang 5000-year-old songs, small fishing boats swayed gently on the water, and bits of gold shone in the water. We seemed to have entered a fairy tale fairyland, like a dream.

Facing such beautiful scenery on such a beautiful day, Gu Meidi couldn't help singing: "Do you know how many bays there are in the Yellow River? How many boats are there on the bays? How many boats are on the boats? Hey? Dozens of those boatmen are here to move the boat..."

The singing of the ancient flute is clear and loud, melodious and melodious, as if it is going to rush into the sky.

I stared at Gu Meidi's beautiful back with infatuation, and my heart flew to the sky with her singing.

Suddenly, Gu Meidi's singing stopped abruptly. She turned her head and shouted anxiously to me: "Tuobagu, your uncle, are you asleep? Turn the rudder! Turn the rudder! It's about to hit the ship ! Going to hit the boat!"

Hit the boat? !

The scream of Gu Mei Di woke me up suddenly, and I opened my eyes wide and looked into the distance.I saw an iron ferry boat appearing on our left side at some point, less than 20 meters away from our small fishing boat. If we were hit by this iron ferry boat, Gu Meidi and I would definitely sink into the Yellow River today. up.

The iron ferry rushed over aggressively as if it hadn't seen us, with the "Chaoyang" flag on the bow waving in the wind.

I swung the scull quickly, and with all my strength, the small fishing boat drew an "S" shape on the water, and finally escaped before the iron ferry rushed up.

I broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't help turning around and yelling at the iron ferry: "Bastard! Don't you have eyes?"

I gasped angrily, turned around and asked Gu Meidi, "Are you all right?"

Gu Meidi's expression was a bit unnatural, she fixed her eyes on the iron ferry that was going away, and said something that made me shudder: "There seems to be no one on that ferry!"

A gust of river wind blew in my face, and I couldn't help shivering.

No one on the iron ferry?So...then how can it drive on the river?

ah!I suddenly thought of a problem. This kind of iron ferry usually makes a roaring motor sound, but when the ferry passed by just now, it seemed to be drifting quietly, without any sound.

I licked my dry lips, my back was covered with white sweat.

Gu Meidi crossed his arms, with the same expression of fear on his face: "We... met... a ghost?"

"Hi!" I pretended to be calm and said, "You are still an intellectual doing archaeological work. We are all atheists. How can there be ghosts in this world? In my opinion, the cable of that ferry boat may have been broken, and it was caught by the river. Rush down from upstream..."

Speaking of this, I felt something was wrong, because I suddenly remembered that the ferry just now was going upstream and coming up from the downstream direction.Obviously, my explanation is not logical at all.What made me even more terrified was that when I looked up at the ferry boat, the river surface was completely empty, and there was no shadow of the ferry boat.The ferryboat seemed to have sunk to the bottom of the river and disappeared without a trace.

I was petrified immediately, and the sky gradually became dark, casting a black shadow on my heart.

An unmanned iron ferry boat drifts on the Yellow River like a ghost. What a strange picture it is!

Gu Meidi also lost the excitement she had just now. She put her arms around her shoulders and said, "Tuobagu, I think...we...we should...let's go home..."

I nodded, swallowed hard, and headed towards the shore with the oars.

When we reached the river bank, it was completely dark. We looked back at the dark river, and felt a cold chill in our hearts.

When we got home, Grandpa saw that our expressions were not right, so he quietly pulled me aside: "Did you quarrel?"

I shook my head: "No!"

Grandpa said: "Don't fool me. Grandpa can tell at a glance that there is something wrong with you two. When you go out, you are fine. Why do you look so ugly when you come back? Let me tell you, it is said on TV that women need to be coaxed." ..."

Gu Meidi came over, waved his hands and said, "Grandpa, you misunderstood, we really didn't quarrel!"

Grandpa said, "Could you have caught cold by the river? Are you looking so bad? Go back to the house and take a hot bath! Now that every house has installed solar energy, taking a bath is very convenient!"

Gu Meidi looked at Grandpa, then at me, with a hesitant expression.

Grandpa seemed to have discovered something, he stared at us for a while: "Did something happen to you?"

I took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Well, to be honest, we did encounter a... a strange thing on the Yellow River just now..."

Grandpa lit a cigarette and sat down: "Are you out of the boat?"

I nodded.

Grandpa took a sip of the dry cigarette: "What's so strange, let me tell you about it?"

Gu Meidi said: "Let me tell you! Just now we encountered an iron ferry boat on the Yellow River. The ferry boat appeared on the river surface like a ghost, and almost knocked over our small fishing boat. When the ferry boat As we passed in front of us, we found... we found that there was no... no one on the ferry..."

Grandpa breathed out the smoke, and the lingering smoke covered his face, making it difficult to see the expression on his face.

After a while, Grandpa knocked on the pipe and said quietly: "You may have encountered a ghost ship!"

(End of this chapter)