Chapter 41: A childlike heart without fear
Hearing the strange noise from Shuiwa, the blind Hu Niu had a quick hearing, so she hurriedly asked, "Shuiwai, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
Seeing this, Li Zheng smiled and said softly: "Hu Niu, Shui Wazi is fine. It was his father who took him off the boat and went to play in the town."
Hu Niu pursed her mouth lightly, as if she was a little unhappy, and nodded.
Then his little hand held the bamboo pole in his hand hard, and his tone was a little nervous: "Master Li Zheng, is that monster easy to fight tomorrow? I'm a little scared."
When I heard the child's inquiry, the smile on my old face stagnated, and my turbid eyes showed unbearableness.
He frowned and took a light breath, and said slowly: "There are no monsters in the water. They are all nonsense among the unknown people in the village. There is a toad in the water, which is a little bigger than the big rooster from Aunt Wang's family. Don't be afraid, it's okay."
Hearing this, Hu Niu smiled sweetly, and the originally worried expression on her little face dissipated, and she said with a smile: "That's not easy to deal with. Aunt Wang's big rooster is amazing, and Shuiwazi is even pecked and cried.
Then I will use the bamboo stick in my hand to teach the toad a lesson. I will be angry if I want it to be good in the future and not bully people anymore.
"Okay, okay, Hu Niu is right, Hu Niu is right..." Li Zheng said with a reluctant smile, but a layer of water stains were already covered in the old eyes.
The fisherman who grabbed the water kid on the deck not far away turned his head away.
Just at this moment, a peasant woman came out of the cabin. She wiped her tears and just fell asleep accidentally. When she woke up, she saw the girl coming out by herself, and happened to witness what happened just now.
Then he came to Hu Niu, took her little hand and said, "Hu Niu, we will teach the toad a lesson tomorrow, and go back to the cabin with me to sleep."
When Hu Niu heard this, she nodded obediently and followed the peasant woman slowly into the cabin, waiting for the cabin door to close.
On the deck, the fisherman was unwilling to accept it: "What a shitty god, I will take the children from the village into the water tomorrow and kill the bastard with a water fork!"
"Nonsai, when you were twelve years old, you forgot the flood ten years ago. No matter how bad the river god is, he is still a god, and it is not something we can deal with."
"But Hu Niu... This girl has a miserable life. When she was a child, she floated to our village with a basin of water, but her eyes couldn't see her. She grew up eating a hundred families of food.
Let's ask her to give that shitty god to the tribute. This is really...yes...it's missing a great virtue!"
Li Zheng heard this and smiled miserably: "What should I do? Whose child is not the flesh of his parents? Just think that our village owes this girl. I have the idea. If you get retribution, you will be repaid."
Li Zheng sighed helplessly, and then said, "Tomorrow morning, you will take Hu Niu to the town. Buy whatever she wants to eat and use. Don't treat her badly. Remember to come back before noon!"
Hearing this, the fisherman looked ugly and looked at the river with anger all over his eyes.
The next day...
The river is lush and the morning mist is hazy. Countless people stand by the river, staring quietly.
I saw fishermen from all over the countryside ferry on boats and arrive at the ferry.
In each village, incense tables are placed on the shore, burning incense and praying and chanting sacrifices.
With a command, the fishermen carried their boats to gather on the river and threw the chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep in the basket into the river.
The gurgling water sounded from time to time, and whirlpools suddenly emerged around the domestic animals struggling in the river to suck the livestock into the water alive.
Seeing this, the fishermen did not dare to delay and immediately threw baskets of fruits and vegetables into the river.
For a moment, ripples on the river surface were everywhere, and the sound of rivers was endless. I don’t know how many tributes were thrown into the river in vain.
The traveler standing on the shore thought it was a pity. How many people worked hard to get it, but they fed the fish in the water.
It was unknown how long it took, but at the last moment, the fishermen threw the prepared wine into the water, and the tribute matter came to an end.
Until noon, the morning mist faded and fishermen from all villages left by boat.
From time to time, people sighed from time to time.
I saw a long river and a cargo ship slowly came from a distance...
Looking at the ship, there were more than 20 people wearing mourning clothes, which was like a mourning examination.
The oldest of these people is over 60 years old, the youngest is only a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old, and several women secretly wiped their tears and sobbed.
Today they are just filial to one person and to send her the last journey.
I saw a small boat slowly placed on the river by everyone on the cargo ship.
Looking up, there was a small figure standing on the small boat.
Her little face was pale, but she was leaning on the bamboo pole with both hands, holding the boat board tightly, and her back was straight.
On the cargo ship, I felt so sorry for it. Seeing that the girl had already drifted with the boat on the river, she shouted: "Tiger girl, don't be afraid, it will be fine in a while..."
I saw Hu Niu raise her tender face, and smile sweetly in the direction of the sound: "Hu Niu is not afraid, Hu Niu is not afraid of anything!"
After talking, the five-year-old child raised his face and stood straight in the lonely boat, slowly heading towards the middle of the river with the flowing water.
A small boat, the sky is vast, and a child is full of fear.
Countless people on the riverside and fishermen on the boat were watching silently!
The small boat sailed to the center of the river, and suddenly the sound of water sounded around it, and whirlpools appeared around it!
At this moment, the little girl standing straight suddenly made a tender voice and shouted in a crying voice: "Jiang Shen, I, Hu Niu, are not afraid of you, I am not afraid of you!"
I raised the bamboo pole in my hand and whipped the water surface next to the boat. Unfortunately, I was small and weak, and only splashed out some water.
The girl's tender face was full of determination, and she shouted everywhere: "Jiang Shen, you big bad guy, I will beat you to death. You can't bully the people in our village. Big bad guy, beat you to death!"
Hu Niu tried hard to beat the bamboo pole in her hand and shouted: "Hu Niu is not afraid of you. Even if you eat me, I am not afraid of you. Jiang Shen, you are a big villain, I want to beat you to death!"
The sounds of childish children spread everywhere, and then they looked at the people on the cargo ship and stood there.
The son of Li Zheng, who was among the people on the deck, hurriedly called to his father beside him: "Dad, Hu Niu, you know everything!"
Hearing this, tears flowed in his arms and cried loudly: "My good girl, I'm sorry for you, I'm so old!"
The peasant woman who has been taking care of Hu Niu in recent days couldn't help but sob: "I still thought that we had coaxed this baby, but I didn't expect that this girl had coaxed us!"
But at this moment, I saw the whirlpools on the riverside began to gather into large vortexes, and the boat rotated.
Little girl, an unstable falls on the boat and can't even stand up.
Her little face was so scared that she was pale. She held her bamboo pole with both hands tightly, and cried, "Jiang Shen is a bad guy. Hu Niu is not afraid, Hu Niu is not afraid..."
Gradually, the boat began to sink and was about to sink into the water.
In a moment!
Chapter completed!