To leave the ancient city of Phoenix Hunan, all the way to a man described by Shen border town - chadong.
Chadong at the junction of three provinces of Hunan and Guizhou is located in Chongqing, because traffic is not so easy to chadong few people travel, so the only one in town is not listed operating hotels, two restaurants on the road is the main greeting or vice versa of the drivers. The day arrived, I was the only tourists in town. Tricycle stopped when I still do not believe are at the center of town, because no town chadong style. 10 minutes has completed more than half of town, an inexplicable attack on a disappointed heart. Is this old deserted streets, as well as the afternoon of the lazy people who live a simple life is what I visit this chadong do all the harvest? Always cosmopolitan myself, what tasted the feeling of weightlessness.
But, when I was in the evening and took a moment too soon by the people called the girls to another clear, bright Natiao the Huayuan river splashing, my mind flew back up. Counterparts, there is little niece to her little nephew who have four little cute. Gradually into the sunset without mountains, more people flood the bath up, men and women, people of all ages, is simply the size of a bath on the General Assembly. Needless to say, the children, naturally full of light bottoms; girl, middle-aged women will also be getting dark when you go to. Because there are different water depth, so it is natural that males and females, bath, and therefore no cause illness.
I was the only river of people to wear bathing suits. Lying lying on the rapids Department, only the head above the water, every inch of your skin feel the water gurgling of tenderness, kissing, licking, caressing, whispering with, diffuse over the body. The more days late, the more warm water. Sneaked into town last night as a whole. Flood, on reaching not see five fingers, bathing the crowd Hupenghuanyou beginning to return home. I reluctantly rise from the water, as though unless a warm, Zhen Jing also pure woman.
Suddenly the night was awakened by loud sound. Out the window thunder and lightning and then rain-soaked, reminiscent of "Border Town" Tracy grandfather died that night in the big storm.
The morning wind and rain still, so adding to the town, a gentle water sample. I stays umbrellas across the town to ferry. Ferry is still, pull the ship's wire still, my grandfather also, but not seen Tracy. Boat and the occasional addition to a few I do not know from where tourists emerge addition, all local residents. Boat to the other side is the Chongqing Hong County, the river stood on the steps of the quotations from a tower built during the Cultural Revolution, and now has also been defeat, top of the tower is covered with grass. Looking back chadong was surprised to find rocks on, Mr. Shen Cong-wen inscription: border town.
Nanshe Iraqis. So they rented a fishing boat to a bridge outside the Chuanxiang. For me Yaochuan is a 12-year-old boy, do not like conversation. To ask a question, answer one, sometimes for half a minute before, where appropriate, jumped out the answer. I could no longer open, stretching the legs, such as satin Qingliang the river, listening to the buzzing of the Tang Shui sound, with rapt attention. Hill and vivid reflection of days, the ship had at the grass also trembled, and clouds are flying, but not far from the front of the ship in the ship rate after the freeze-frame into a very beautiful landscape plans. . . . .
By chadong, how can they not see Tracy do? So Tang Shui to the downstream side of the woods. There, a leaf boat is in the water Yo-geostrophic, a group of boys splashing. One of the biggest, um, about two-year-old look. I have a high roll up their trouser legs to stand river heart, one will be able to saw the rise of Tracy and her little yellow-dog sitting on the rocks. I saw her face Jiao Hao, long flap down to around his waist, wearing a Republican when the young girls resort to wearing wide-sleeved Duijin shirt, and looked eagerly looked at some of the front, as if waiting for Grandpa to come back from the county.
I intend to wade across, but unfortunately Deep urgent. 're Wondering, suddenly my mind a move, had an idea. Take advantage of the rise of the boy to me, when one side, waving asked him: "Can you borrow your boat?" He Erhuamoshui will boat from the hands of the children taken away over a long pole that I am planning to move. I carefully squatted on board, a short while on the shore of the.
Read Tracy, out of the woods, along the dam to the water room. Time casually back, have to see him sitting on water's edge, watching the children playing in the water, but also apparently waiting to ferry me to go back look.
Have come full circle back in no hurry to cross the river, but found a stone to sit down. Zha Mengzi dive to see them, but also look across the row of neat old buildings. Imagination in the border town and in the real world chadong overlap, and filled with honest breath of life.
Despite the parting, but left around the corner, had to return to his ship was still sitting shallow Department Daosheng Xie, while slowly back away while picking up pebbles. Even a rise, see his ship was seen coming from the Sheung Shui to my office, they smile asked: "What can I do on board?"
He hailed me to go up. After a silence, Gen Woliao up, talk about "Bordertown," about chadong, talking about Huayuan Miao people go to the market. Until the turn of the circle disembarkation ashore, still do not know his name, so his heart would perhaps send exorcise old couple.
To re-embark on the journey, I silently agreed with the chadong: I will definitely come back. But then, I also see the slowly do? Will also see him? May!
2001/09/18
Author: yuregina
