Chapter 14 Zhimo's Poems
Today is Sunday, and all the students are on holiday. Zong Jian's sudden departure, Nishino felt lost and was in a bad mood. All of this was seen by his good friend Tu Long.
Tulong remembered Saturday, He Yan, Xu Xiaoqiao and the others made an appointment to leave at 10 a.m. Sunday to take a walk by the river outside the school. Seeing that the time was almost over, he put down his book and stood up to say to Nishino and Yan Ling who were reciting English words casually: "Stop reading, today I will take you to a good place to relax."
"Where are you going? I still have to read books." Nishino put down the book and rubbed his eyes.
"The way of civil and military affairs is to relax and relax. I have been tired for a week, so it's time to relax. Tell me, where to go?" Yan Ling suddenly became interested when he heard that he went out to play.
"I've been to the river outside the school last time, and the scenery is very good. By the way, I forgot to tell you that there are also beauties who went with us." Tu Long was mysterious.
"Beauty? Really? Is it He Yan? You kid want us to be light bulbs for you?" Nishino Diji was very sensitive.
"It's her, but the relationship between her and me is not as complicated as you think. Nishino, are you going? If you want to go, it's time to go. If you don't go, then forget it. By the way, Xu Xiaoqiao said she would go too." Tu Long was a little depressed.
"Who said I won't go? Isn't it just sacrificed my life to accompany the gentleman? I'll go." Nishino put down the book and pulled Yan Ling, who was sitting on the bed, "Let's go, let's not read it!"
When Xiye and the other two arrived at the school gate, He Yan and Xu Xiaoqiao were already waiting there. After a few greetings, they walked slowly towards the river.
The weather is very good, with strands of white clouds floating in the blue sky, and the sunshine falls from the gaps between the clouds and shines on the body, warm. The autumn wind blows, and the waves of scales appear on the river surface. The branches and leaves of the willow trees by the river have not yet fallen, and the thin willow branches gently brush the water surface, as if shy girls are dressing up.
Looking at the beautiful scene in front of him, Nishino couldn't help but blurt out Xu Zhimo's "Farewell to Cambridge": "The golden willows by the river are the bride in the sunset; the beautiful shadows in the waves are rippling in my heart."
"Oh, stop thinking about it, my toothache. Where does the sunset come from? It's clearly the sun at noon?" Tu Long covered his cheeks and spoke in a strange mood, as if his teeth were about to fall off.
Suddenly, Tulong's eyes lit up, as if he had discovered something new, "Bride, who is your bride?"
"It's really boring. This is the artistic conception. Do you understand it? If Xu Zhimo hears you understand his poems so much, he will be angry to death." Nishino replied listlessly.
"Okay, okay, okay, I understand, this is the artistic conception, the great poet Nishino. But what I said is also true. It is indeed noon now." Tu Long pretended to have an extremely innocent expression and tried his best to make do with Nishino and He Yan. "This bride is probably a different point. Hey, He Yan, tell me, who is the bride in his mind? It's not far away in the sky and near in front of him, right?"
"Why is it touching me again? How do I know who the bride in his heart is? It's not me anyway." He Yan's face turned red and he quickly defended.
"It doesn't matter who my bride is, what's important is that someone pretends to be young!" Nishino's tone was full of strong scent.
"I don't know who is pretending to be young, and someone leaves without saying goodbye. He is like losing his soul, which is even more sad than the death of his relatives at home. Who would show him a bitter face?" He Yan is not a vegetarian.
"He Yan, who are you cursing, you crow's mouth? You're dead!" Xiye, who was depressed, shouted at the top of his voice.
"Okay, okay, don't make a noise. Let's go over there to take a look." Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Xu Xiaoqiao hurried out to smooth things over.
"It's so boring. I'll show my face everywhere I go. I'm unlucky and I'll choke when I drink cold water." Nishino picked up a big stone and threw it hard towards the center of the river.
"Xiye, relieve your breath. Time is a good medicine to cure your heartache. As time goes by, you will forget everything that happened. The dead are so far, and you will never let go of day and night." Yan Ling, who was walking side by side with Xiye, also threw a stone into the river, trying his best to stabilize Xiye.
"Hey, you two are unreasonable. When you meet, you are like enemies meeting on a narrow road, facing each other." Tu Long sighed and shook his head.
So everyone stopped talking and walked up the river bank. On the shore was a path covered with fine sand and coal chips. Peach trees were planted on both sides of the path. The soft sunlight shone down through the sparse leaves, leaving mottled shadows on the ground.
When people walked on it, they felt a cool feeling. The fatigue of intense study for the past week suddenly disappeared without a trace. He Yan and Xu Xiaoqiao walked in front, waving their arms excitedly like children, and were so happy.
"The bitter sand makes the feeling of blowing the face, like the scolding of my father and the crying of my mother, will never be forgotten..." Someone hummed Zheng Zhihua's sailor.
The singing is not very beautiful, but it is very suitable for this scene. Everyone sang along with it, "A young man, I like to be alone by the beach, roll up my trousers and step on the beach with barefoot..."
The song echoed over the field, echoing. The young heart was like bunches of dry firewood waiting to burn. As long as a little sparks burst on it, they would burn, burn, burn without any scruples and without reservation.
How many years have passed, Nishino still remembers it. On that autumn morning, although the group of young people had nothing, they used their hearts and passion for youth to sing their persistence, their persistence, and their infinite desire for a better future.
Before we knew it, the group walked to the end of the path. There was a short dam here. The river water flowed over the river and a small waterfall formed on the dam surface. Several young people hurriedly took off their shoes and socks, walked around the dam surface, while laughing and joking with their hands to thrust the water.
"There is a small boat over there, let's go and take a look?" He Yan shouted excitedly and ran towards the front of the dam.
Nishino and others looked forward in the direction where He Yan ran, and found that under a thick and twisted willow stump on the shore, there was indeed a small boat tied, so everyone ran over together.
"Look, look, this boat is not locked." He Yan's eyes were very bright.
"The boat is not big, but it should be no big problem to sit four or five people." Tulong also saw the wooden boat and looked at the size of the wooden boat.
"Whoever can row a boat? Otherwise, let's take a boat?" Xu Xiaoqiao next to him was very excited.
"I can row, but this boat is too small. If you sit for five people, I'm worried about danger. Do you all swim? If you can't swim, it's better not to go. If someone falls into the river later, I can't save it alone." Nishino grew up by the river since he was a child and is not unfamiliar with rowing, but he still can't rest assured that other classmates.
"I can."
"I can."
"I'll order, too!"
"I swim in a small river when I was a child. I have never swim in such a big river. However, there are four of you who can do it, and I can't do it alone, so it should be fine." He Yan was a little disappointed, but from her eyes, she really wanted to go boating.
Although he had just quarreled with He Yan, he went out to play together after all, so he couldn't bear it. Nishino didn't want to disappoint He Yan, so he reminded everyone: "Be careful, don't move around on the boat, there should be no problem."
Nishino untied the ropes of the boat, and after several classmates got on board one by one, he came to the stern, shook his oars, and rowed the boat upstream. Circles of ripples appeared on the river surface. The naughty little fish were playing back and forth around the boat, and then suddenly left again.
The river water is very clear, and the wind stops at some point. The entire river surface is like a huge crystal crystal. The green peaks on both sides stand, and the green shadows are reflected on the water. From time to time, one or two goshawks or crows fly over the top of the mountain. Faced with such a beautiful scenery, everyone sang songs again: "A big river has a wide wave, and my house lives on the shore, and the wind blows the fragrance of rice flowers on both sides..."
"Look, look, it's such a big maple forest." Xu Xiaoqiao looked at the maple forest in front of her and actually danced with joy. As she jumped, the boat began to shake.
"Don't move around, you will capsize." Nishino was anxious when he saw this and shouted loudly.
Xu Xiaoqiao stuck out his tongue, immediately calmed down, and sat down properly on the side of the ship. After the ship became stable, Xiye looked forward along Xu Xiaoqiao's gaze and saw a dense forest of maple trees not far ahead. The maple leaves on the trees were fiery red, like burning flames, and like the sunset of the west.
"Let's go over there and have a look." Yan Ling pointed to Xiye in front of him and suggested.
"Okay, go and have a look." Nishino shook his sculls and rowed towards the maple forest in the distance. No one expected that there would be danger in the calm water bottom.
Just when the boat was about to dock, the bottom of the boat suddenly shook violently, and the hull also swayed violently. It hit the reef under the water. Xiye was shocked in his heart: "No, the boat has hit the reef!"
Before he could stabilize the boat, because of inertia, He Yan, who was standing at the bow of the boat, staggered into the river, with his hands fluttering on the water in a panic, and his body was sinking rapidly: "Save me quickly-".
"Oh no! Tulong, Yan Ling, you two rowed the boat to the shore-" The situation was critical. After Xiye finished speaking, he jumped off the boat without having time to take off his clothes and swam hard toward He Yan in the water.
Fortunately, the river was not in a hurry, and He Yan kept struggling to win precious time for Xiye's rescue. Xiye soon arrived in front of He Yan. The frightened He Yanru saw the life-saving straw and wanted to grab Xiye's hands: "Xiye...I don't want to die...Save me-"
In the water, if both hands are held tightly by the drowning person, the rescuer will not be able to rescue them smoothly, and if they are not careful of their lives. Nishino had to dive into the water, go around behind He Yan, reach out to grab her collar, and lift her up with his feet, so that He Yan will float on the water.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here--" Xiye swam back, paddling with one hand and pulling He Yan tightly with the other, wandering away from the deep water area. Not long after, Xiye held He Yan ashore, and the exhausted Xiye instantly collapsed on the beach.
Looking at He Yan who was still in shock, Xiyeqi lay on the ground and panted and asked He Yan: "Are you okay?"
"Fortunately, it's nothing serious. I just drank two sips of water. I thought I was going to fall into the river to feed the fish this time." He Yan, who was sitting on a stone, said pretending to be relaxed while twisting the water from his hair.
He Yan and Nishino were both soaked, their bodies were soaked, and they seemed to be unable to continue playing.
"Let's go back to school. You two are soaked and will catch a cold." Xu Xiaoqiao said anxiously.
"Why are we going back like this? It would be strange if we don't laugh to death. Xu Xiaoqiao, come back to the dormitory to help me bring a set of clothes. Xiye, do you want Tu Long and others to go back to get you clothes too?"
Chapter completed!