"I don't think the people from the leasing company will be able to come for a while. Why don't you go to the viewing platform in front first."
The four of them walked towards the Yelou River according to the road Zeng Tianhan pointed out. At the end of the road, there was indeed a viewing platform extending over the water.
There were a few small boats docked on the shore, but there were no people on board, and there were no other boats on the river.
"Sister Tongtong, there are cruise ships over there, shall we rent one?"
Sang Tong nodded with a smile, and already roughly guessed what happened.
She looked at Murong, who shook his head.
She couldn't see anything in the physical state, and I don't know if it was her illusion. Since she fainted last time, Murong found that her five senses seemed to be dulled, and she could occasionally see some things in the physical state. The gas situation, never happened again.
The four of them walked towards the docked boat, when a middle-aged woman with a haggard face and red and swollen eyes came from another direction.
Sang Tong stopped, and the four of them cast their gazes on the woman.
The woman came to a place under a weeping willow, where several men were sitting, playing cards in a circle.
The woman seemed to be very familiar with these men. They chatted for a while, and one of the men threw down the cards, scolded the woman loudly, and even stood up and pushed her.
Seeing this scene, Mu Rong felt angry. She hated a man beating a woman, no matter what the relationship was.
She walked forward quickly, and the woman was lying on the ground and weeping weakly: "Eldest sister, get up."
Sang Yu followed closely behind and helped Mu Rong lift him up from the ground.
"Why do you push people?"
Mu Rong stood with his feet open, his eyes were cold, and he looked down at the man who pushed him, as if he was going to run away without a reasonable explanation.
The man's height was the same as that of Mu Rong. He looked at the crying woman standing behind Mu Rong, then at Mu Rong, and asked, "Who are you?"
"It's no one, just pass by, just want to ask why you push people for no reason?"
Seeing that Murong was just a tourist, the man immediately straightened his back, and his tone became a lot harder: "What's your business? A little girl is coming from another place, you'd better keep her mind off her business! Let's go!"
The woman supported by Sang Yu suddenly rushed over, threw herself at the man's feet, hugged the man's calf and cried, "I beg you, if you think you have little money, I will give you an IOU, and I will pay you back when the house is sold." Here you go, why are others 35,000, you won’t get it when you come to my son, my son is still underage, and he didn’t even have time for his 18th birthday, his father left early, our mother and I depend on each other, so you just Have mercy!"
The man was helpless and annoyed, so he knelt down and sighed heavily: "Sister, get up, I am also a man with sons and daughters, I understand you, but there are rules in every line, don't make things difficult for me Can you do it? Besides, the government has already sent a salvage ship and a search and rescue team? The government has already given up, so please let me go, what is it that people misunderstand every day! I am also the father of two children! "
After hearing this, the woman slowly let go of her arms, crying in despair.
Through the conversation between the two, the four of them have roughly deduced what happened. Those small boats parked on the shore were not sightseeing boats, but corpse boats.
Since Guan'er Prefecture is a plain, after the Yelou River passes through here, the flow rate gradually becomes gentle, the sediment settles, and the water flow is clear. Some people with good water quality like to cross the Yelou River. Every year, several people unfortunately drown, which leads to a special Occupation - Ye Louhe fisherman.
Most of them are fishermen who changed their careers and parked their fishing boats by the river after simple modification. This pedestrian has a cruel rule: only fish for dead bodies.
The water quality is good and there are boats, but only corpses are salvaged. I don't know how to evaluate this industry.
Presumably the middle-aged woman's son must have drowned in the Yelou River, just now begged them to salvage, but was refused, and the scene of pushing and shoving happened.
Sang Yu persuaded Mu Rong, and Sang Tong helped the woman up again: "Eldest sister, what's going on? Tell me and we'll judge for you."
The woman wiped her tears and couldn't help sobbing. Another older man under the tree saw that he couldn't play cards, so he simply started talking: "Girl, you are from other places, so don't worry about this business. You said we should do it!" People in this line of business don’t want to make money if they have money? It’s because her son’s death is a taboo, we dare not fish it, it’s fine if it sinks.”
This sentence hurt the woman's fragile nerves: "It's you, you were there at the first time, if my son was picked up earlier, there would be no bones left, maybe my son would not die either! It's all your fault !"
Hearing this, the man dropped the poker cards in his hand, stood up and pointed at the woman's nose and yelled, "You are too unreasonable, woman! There are rules for each line. Who dares to fish your son standing in the water? You Didn’t you call the police? The government also sent you a search and rescue ship, so what’s your ability to pester our bosses every day?”
Mu Rong opened the man's fingers, stood in front of the woman, and glared: "What are you shouting!"
Sang Yu stood in front of Murong's plastered right hand and advised, "Uncle, don't argue with my friend, I'm sorry."
Sang Tong persuaded the woman to go aside, asked Sang Yu to pull Mu Rong over, pointed to Su Sifang and said to the woman: "Sister, tell us about your son, we have experts here, and the fees are cheaper than them. "
Su Sifang looked at Sang Tong helplessly, and put his hands together willingly to build the billboard.
The woman was dubious: "Really?"
"The money is collected only after the corpse is fished out. You tell us what happened and there is no loss."
"Well… "
It turned out that the woman was a widow. She had been single for fifteen years and had worked so hard to pull her only son until he was eighteen. Just a few days before her son's eighteenth birthday, it happened that both of them were resting, so she took her son with her. After going out for a day, after lunch, the boy proposed to visit the observation deck here.
Although this section of the river is deep, the current is gentle. There are usually many people with good water skills swimming. That day, two junior high school students came here to compete and swim to the opposite bank. I'm about to drown.
The daughter's son grew up by the Yelou River, and he also had the experience of crossing the Yelou River. He jumped into the water recklessly, saved one boy, and then went to save another.
The result was very strange. After resting in the arms of the rescuer for a while, the second "drowning" boy recovered from his "cramped" foot and swam back alone.
But the woman's son was unable to come back because of exhaustion.
The woman doesn't know how to swim, and the two boys were trembling with fear after narrowly escaping from death, and neither of them would go into the water to save others.
Usually there are many people in this section of the river, but there were surprisingly few people that day. The woman jumped into the water desperately to save her son, but was half drowned, and had no choice but to climb ashore to seek help from the corpse boat.
"Those goddamn bastards said they only salvaged the corpses and didn't save the living. They asked for 35,000 yuan. I said I'd give them any money, and asked them to save my son, but their actions were procrastinated and kept The boat went out when my son was motionless and there was no water on the river. When I got to the middle of the river, I turned around and stabbed it twice with a bamboo pole before returning. Tell me what to tell me to call the police. My son belongs to the government. of."
The woman was in great grief, covered her face and wept bitterly, and complained angrily: "My son is only eighteen years old, and his birthday has not yet passed! You brat, you saved someone else's son, what will mother do!"
The woman's sobs spread far away, the sky became more gloomy, and even the poor little wind stopped, and there was a fishy smell from the river. In such a hot and humid environment, people were extremely uncomfortable.
The four were silent, the woman was crying alone, and after a while, Murong sighed softly and asked, "What happened next?"
"Later the demons came and organized a search and rescue, but almost an hour had passed. They were so busy that they couldn't find my son until it was dark. They searched and rescued for three days and told me that the possibility of survival was basically ruled out. , They will still search and rescue, but not too frequently, let me figure out a way, I brought money to those ship owners many times, they insisted that my son's body was a taboo, it would be good if it sank, Tell me, is this a human language?"
Sang Tong's cell phone rang, and it was a call from the rental company. They saw the car on the side of the road, but they didn't see anyone, so they asked where Sang Tong was.
"Let's leave the car to you. After it's repaired, just drive back to the hotel. I'm by the river with my friends."
"Miss Sang, you didn't know when you first came here. A few days ago, a brave high school student drowned in the river ahead. The government searched and rescued it for several days, and all major newspapers reported it. It is said that the body has not been salvaged yet. It turns out that that section of the river is quite lively, there are no people there these days, I think you should go to another place to play."
"Okay, thank you for your notice, the car will trouble you."
"Where is the word, please forgive me for the inconvenience caused to you."
"It's okay, goodbye."
"goodbye."
While Sang Tong was on the phone, Murong took Sang Yu to the edge of the embankment and sat on the bench: "I'll come out and have a look, you take good care of my body."
Mu Rong handed a yellow talisman to Sang Yu's hand: "Hold me, stick this on my back, and block it with your palm."
"good."
Sang Yu embraced Mu Rong in his arms, paying special attention to her right hand that was in plaster, then wrapped the yellow talisman in his palm and stuck it to Mu Rong's back.
The author has something to say: All the place names, occupations, locations, and stories involved in this book are all made up, please don’t take them for granted, I have no prejudice against any occupation, thank you.