On the raft lay the man, a man of great shape, with a black and white beard, his clothes were in tatters, and there were countless bruises and bruises, large and small, and a long knife at his side, shining golden.

It is the second head of the Qin family in Shanxi, the golden knife Chen Shengyi.

When Chang Sihao saw that it was him, he hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed his arm that was powerless on the side of the raft, and called out loudly.

Chen Sheng was unconscious, no matter how he shook it, there was no response.

The old man looked happy and asked, "Baby, is this your relative?"

Chang Sihao shook his head: "No, but he saved me and is my benefactor." ”

The old man said: "We found him on the bank of the river upstream, and he had fainted at that time, lying on his stomach, and a line of blood under his body led to the woods, and he thought that he had come out of the forest with a knife, and fell to the ground, trying to climb to the river to drink, but he was exhausted halfway. I didn't look like a bad guy in his appearance, probably because he met a bandit on the way and was victimized by it, so he and his granddaughter rescued him on the raft and drifted down. After a while, bypass this pot mouth, and not far downstream, it is my house, since you know each other, let's come together!"

Chang Sihao nodded in thanks, walked to the end of the raft, and the girl raised a corner each, side by side, the girl looked at him sideways, her long eyelashes fanned flickering, her eyes were full of smiles, Chang Sihao remembered what happened to Fang Cai, her little face was red, she was extremely embarrassed, she didn't dare to look at her, she just cared about walking.

The three of them said while walking, the old man asked him about the shoulder and rib wounds, Chang Sihao told the ins and outs of the battle with the soldiers, and the two of them were thrilled to hear it, and asked for their names, it turned out that the old man's name was Baofu, who was on a raft on the Yellow River to make a living, and also fished for goods, his granddaughter, who was twelve this year, but he didn't even have a big name, only a milk name, called a small pendant.

The three of them bypassed the Hukou Waterfall, walked a short distance, put down the raft, and went down the river, the raft was like a fallen leaf, galloping forward in the turbulent rapids, sometimes like the bottom of the sinking waves, sometimes flying at the top of the wave peak, the old man Baofu stood on his knees at the head of the raft, holding the bamboo oars in his hand, inspecting and avoiding the reef, his body swayed with the ups and downs of the raft, but the feet were like taking root, and the sheepskin raft was like a whole.

Chang Sihao grabbed the wooden frame on the raft with his hand, looked down from the gap, and saw the river flowing rapidly between the sheepskin tires under the wooden frame, which was dizzying, and he couldn't help but stiffen his whole body, and his heart also fluctuated with the raft. The girl sat at the end of the raft, stepping on Chen Shengyi's golden knife, smiling like a nobody.

The raft flowed straight down, and in a blink of an eye, it was several miles away, the river was getting wider, the water was slowing down, and the raft was not very bumpy. Only then did I realize that although the wind and waves were strong just now, the old man's body was not wet at all.

At this time, the sun is in the middle of the sky, looking sideways, the reeds on the riverside are swaying, the green fields on both sides are like waves, the distant mountains are picturesque, the breeze is cool, the glimpse is floating, and the scenery is pleasant. I can already see the scattered firewood houses on the shore and the scattered villages in the distance.

The girl's little pendant stood up and hummed a tune: "The sun comes out to instigate, the red river is full, the water surface is golden, shining, the fish are fat and the shrimp are also strong, waiting for me to come, pull a net ......" The children's voice is bright and melodious, and the tune is melodious.

This moving tune, along with the rolling waves, swayed and fluttered with the raft, all the way to the east.

After another journey, the old man Baofu flicked the bamboo oars, and the raft slowly landed, Chang Sihao helped pull the raft up, led by the old man, and went ashore.

The grass path was quiet all the way, the willow green branches were shaking, and after a while, the three of them carried the raft and came to a fence yard. There is a thatched hut in the center of the courtyard, quietly resting under the shade of the trees, surrounded by a fence made of bamboo and wooden sticks, which can only prevent gentlemen and villains. In the enclosure, two local chickens leisurely plow the ground to catch insects, cooing softly, the wooden door of the grass hut is open, and the two windows are also supported with wooden sticks to facilitate ventilation.

Chang Sihao and the old man Baofu together, put Chen Shengyi into the house, put it on the wooden bed, the little pendant went to the tank to scoop a bowl of water, the old man sled Chen Sheng's teeth, and slowly poured him down. Chang Sihao asked, "How is he?" The old man said, "The injury is not light." When I rescued him, I looked at his wounds, and only one of the most serious wounds was in the abdomen, but he had already been treated with first aid, so he must have done it himself, and this person was really strong. As he spoke, he opened his shirt and let Chang Sihao see it.

I saw that Chen Shengyi had a lot of flesh-colored scars on his body, but they were all grown early, obviously experienced in a hundred battles, Chang Sihao had seen a lot of veterans in the army, and he didn't care. However, on the side of the chest and abdomen, there is a wound, in the shape of a cross, and on the skin and flesh that is turned outward, there are several steel needles pinned horizontally and vertically.

The old man closed his shirt and said, "As you said, he was injured by the four-edged black thorn, although the wound is not big, but the stab is extremely deep, and it has already injured the internal organs, but he has martial arts, profound internal strength, and he has stopped the bleeding by the acupoints, otherwise his life would have been confessed a long time ago." I rafted on the Yellow River, I don't know how many times I have been scratched by the reef, how many times I have broken my head, for trauma treatment, I have little experience, you two, come to help me. ”

Chang Sihao nodded and agreed, the old man took out some medicinal materials from the cabinet in the house, put them in the clay pot, and asked Chang Sihao to build a small stove outside the courtyard to make a fire, Chang Sihao was a cook in the army, this matter was very easy for him, and he should do it. The small pendant boiled boiling water on the stove in the house, and after a while, it was so full that the basin was filled and brought into the house to wipe Chen Sheng's body. After the pick-up, the old man took the knife, needle, thread and wound medicine, operated on Chen Shengyi, and sutured and bandaged. After Chang Sihao's decoction was boiled, he opened his teeth and poured it into Chen Shengyi.

After finishing this matter, it was already evening, the twilight was vast, and the smoke was rising in the distant village, Chang Sihao sat on the wooden pier chopping wood, his eyes were like blood and the sun, and he was a little stunned. The old man Baofu instructed the little pendant to hunt and kill a local chicken, pick it up under the kitchen, carry a cigarette pouch himself, light a pot, and walk out of the grass house. Chang Sihao saw him come out, and hurriedly got up to sit down. The old man Baofu waved his hand and smiled: "You baby, you seem to know the etiquette, but how to make the Yellow River to pee? People on both sides of the strait, all rely on it to make food and survive, although the Yellow River is fierce and violent, but also raised the children of this side, the people regard it as a mother, every year, but also collect some offerings to mourn, take water and think of the source, the kindness can not be forgotten!"

Chang Sihao was ashamed, and the old man Baofu smiled: "It's okay for the young man to be naughty." Come!" led Chang Sihao to walk out along the road he came, and when he reached the river, he stretched out his hand and folded a few wickers, turned to the right, and came to a grass depression, with a recess in the middle, covered with square wooden planks, and a bamboo mesh fence near the water. The old man threw the wicker to Chang Sihao, leaned over to uncover the plank, it turned out that there was a small water cellar below, and a few big carp on the water surface were shocked to see people, turning over flowers and hitting the water, and the black back golden scales underneath, I don't know how many. The old man grabbed it with his big hand and shouted: "Next!" A carp flew out of the water, straight to Chang Sihao's door, Chang Sihao reached out to pick it up, the fish was stained with liquid, wet and slippery, fluttered and stunned, splashed on his body, splashed his head and face, couldn't catch it, fell to the ground, the Yellow River carp waist strength is very strong, on the ground a fight, is more than three feet high, Chang Sihao hurriedly to pounce, but can't hold it, the fish jumped three times and jumped twice, and was about to jump over the bamboo fence and re-enter the Yellow River. The old man Baofu shouted: "Pick its cheeks!" Chang Sihao pounced on the fish, hurriedly did as he said, and sure enough, he grabbed a strong one, and came back to wear it with wicker, his forehead was sweaty, and his body was covered with mud spots, and the old man couldn't help laughing.

Chang Sihao felt embarrassed and unconvinced, and said, "You wait." Then he turned to the woods, found a piece of bamboo with a point, came back and stood still, and said, "Come on!"

When the old man Baofu saw this, he understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "Okay, then!" With a big hand, another big carp flew towards Chang Sihao.

Chang Sihao aimed at the incoming situation, probed his hand and stabbed it, the tip of the bamboo slice was impartial, and it was entering the carp's gills, using the army's method of quick knife and bone removal, and only regarded the carp's gills as a bone seam. He put on the fish with wicker, and looked at the old man with a bright face.

Old Man Baofu smiled and nodded: "Good technique." Come again!" As he spoke, his big hand was inserted into the water cellar and stirred, the water splashed, and the three big carp were like dragons swimming out of the water, shooting at Chang Sihao's chest door respectively!

Chang Sihao's wrist trembled, and even stabbed out, the first two fish passed through his cheeks, but the third fish hit him the side of the chest, this big carp weighing seven or eight catties hit Chang Sihao's ribs painfully.

The old man covered the wooden plank and said with a smile: "You have the skills but not the body, so you are injured in the city, if this carp is a spear just now, do you still have your life?"