Chapter 53 Riptide

Dajinya seasickness, has long vomited all over the place, holding the boat’s cable can not move, the boat seems to be blocked by something in the river, although the river water is turbulent, this boat is hard to drive out of the way.

In a burst of violent impact, the boat may be overturned at any time, I want to go to the bow of the boat to see what is in the river, but I and the fat man earlier in the river drink a little too much, at this time, the alcohol surging, but also do not feel afraid to, is the soles of the feet and stepped on the cotton set like, coupled with the tilt of the boat, half a day to stride the legs, a step did not go out.

At this time the boat in the river by the impact of the current, the hull hit a horizontal, fat man was thrown to the deck across the body propped up on the ship’s strings, this time the fat man’s drunkenness woke up half, just turned his head to the river to look at the hull of the boat was another shock, and threw the fat man back, good thing it is a mechanical boat, if it is a wooden boat, only two times this will be crashed to fall apart.

I tightly pull the cable and the big gold teeth, busy asking the fat man, what is in the river? Did you see it clearly?

Fatty cursed and said: “Fuck his grandmother, did not see too clearly, black with trucks so big, like a big old turtle.”

No matter what the hell is in the river, let it hit a few more times, the boat must be overturned, I called out to the fat man: “copy the weapon, fuck him!”

Fatty shouted, “You haven’t sobered up yet? There’s nothing to do.”

I did drink a little confused, and have been trying to find a submachine gun, by the fat man said only then reacted, this time in the mainland, what weapons are not brought.

Heavy rain in the sky, the body is soaked to the skin, handily touched the folding shovel hanging on the waist, then yelled to the fat man: “Take the shovel, regardless of whether it’s a king or fish, chopped the dog days.”

Fatty is not like I haven’t sobered up to the wine, the mind is still sober, know that must take some protective measures, grabbed the cable on my waist wrapped twice, my alcohol also eliminated eighty percent, taking advantage of this time the boat is a little stable, two steps to the port side of the impact, poked his head out to the river to see.

At this time it was already dark, and heavy rain, the river was dark, through the light of the lightning in the clouds, vaguely see the murky river, there is a small mountain with a mountain like things, half exposed to the surface of the water, most of them are hidden in the river, visibility is limited, and do not see what is a thing, see that thing, only feel like a water animal, in the end, whether it is a fish or a turtle and so on, can not be distinguished.

That huge thing in the river, is against the current, speed towards our boat, I tightly grasp the boat’s cable, look at the thing swimming close, then swing the engineering shovel cut down, but the engineering shovel is too short, can not hit.

With the hull of the boat was hit again, bounced me out of the boat, the shovel flew off, fell into the river, thanks to the fat man tugging on the rope, I did not fall into the river with the shovel.

This time my wine all sobered up, the body broke out in a cold sweat, the mind is much clearer, the boat swayed, I could not stand, hit the original shrinking into a ball on the boat boss, I took the opportunity to say to the boat boss: “Now the boat is playing horizontal, quickly think of a way to let the boat go around, or your son will not be able to live.”

Boatswain is a superstitious person, hard to say that the river “thing”, is the river god grandfather’s real body, was going to close his eyes and wait for death, I mentioned his son, boatswain then remembered, his son is still in the cabin, anyway, is a death, for the sake of his son, just fight this life, and at once struggled to get up and want to rush back to the cabin to take the helm.

Boat boss staggering just stood up, suddenly pointing to the river and shouted: “bad, over again!”

I followed the direction of his finger to see, this time is just in time on the boat spotlight, see really, a dark green thing, in the river, sometimes revealing part of the size of a liberation truck, is circling around the boat, want to knock the boat over at once.

It was too late to take a closer look, I pushed the captain and pushed him into the steering room, and when the door was opened, I saw a bundle of thin steel pipes among the machine parts installed in the cabin.

At that time, I do not know where so strong, greeted the fat man together with a few steel pipe out, as a javelin use, to the river that thing, one after another thrown out.

In the darkness, it is impossible to distinguish the hit rate and killing effect, however, after throwing more than a dozen steel pipe, no longer find the traces of the monster, want to be driven away.

The rain in the sky and gradually small, a moment of calm, the boat people escaped death, a face white, big gold teeth with a cable to wrap themselves on the deck, was the undulation of the ship swaying, tossed to death, fortunately did not commit asthma, bared the big gold teeth and called the bodhisattva blessing.

Some things can not be recognized as dead, have to try to think out of the box, although the clothes on the body are soaked through, fortunately, because it has been raining, the money and documents and other things are put in advance in a waterproof travel bag.

Just now, although the situation is urgent and sudden, Dajinya travel bag has been grasped in the hands, did not fall into the river to go, business people, this is good, give up their lives, not give up their money, the sky collapsed, but also the wallet to see firmly.

I told Dajinya, a moment to the place, quickly find an inn to take a hot bath, or not sick.

Boatswain’s son in the barn hit his head, blood flow, must be sent to the hospital, not far ahead is the Gutian county town, ready to dock there, I looked up, the darkness of the darkness in the distance, there are some sporadic lights, there is the Gutian small county we are going to.

However, the situation on the boat has just stabilized, suddenly the hull was hit by a huge force, this time the force is greater than the previous times, and sudden, we are too slow to prevent, we all fell to the ground.

The ship tilted, the fat man reached out and yanked the cable, I and the big gold teeth respectively held his belt and thighs, the fat man shouted: “Don’t …… don’t fucking yank my pants ……”

The words are not finished, the hull of the ship is inclined to the other side, I want to go to fetch the steel pipe in the cabin, but the ship is shaking very badly, can not climb up, not to mention see the surrounding situation clearly, and now the head has not been crushed are already a miracle.

The ship’s body in the rolling turbidity of the ups and downs, the deck of the barn to out of all the water, all the people’s clothes are soaked through, one by one all become a drenched chicken.

Boat boss in order to send his son into the hospital rescue, already do not care what is the river god, or the dragon king ancestor, desperate to drive the boat to the dock in Gutian County.

The Yellow River has nine curves and eighteen bends, and after passing the Dragon Gate, there is one bend after another, and this Gutian neighborhood is a relatively smooth bend of the river, and the boat stops as soon as it turns into the bend of the river, chasing us in the river and not letting go of the thing.

Ahead of a few lights are getting brighter and brighter, the boat boss to moor the boat on the dock side, we put our feet on the ground only a little bit of shock, the fat man took out the money, according to the previously negotiated price, and paid some more to the boat boss, the boat boss and the workers on the dock are familiar with, and found a few people to help, and hurriedly sent his son into the hospital in the county.

The history of Gutian can be traced back to the Yin Shang period, and the city walls that remain to this day are a product of the Ming Dynasty. Although this place has a long history, it is not very famous, and the size of the county town is also small, so there are very few outsiders.

I and the big gold teeth, fat man three people as three drop soup chicken general, looking for someone to inquire about the path, close to find a guest house, to go really coincidentally, this guest house only supply an hour of hot water showers every day, this kung fu is still half an hour left.

Haphazardly took a hot shower, three people this is considered to return to the sun, asked the waiter of the guesthouse, what food to sell? The waiter said only noodles, so we asked for a few bowls of noodles, put more chili, eat all sweaty.

Eating halfway, the old man in charge of cooking noodles in the cafeteria of the guest house, came over to talk to me and asked if we were from Beijing.

I listened to the old man’s accent, not like a Northwesterner, so talk to him casually a few sentences, the old man surnamed Liu, his hometown in Beijing Tongxian, in Gutian has been living for decades.

Old Liu asked how we got into this mess, as if we had just been fished out of the pot.

I told him what happened to us in the Yellow River, what was in the river? How so powerful, is a fish or turtle did not see clearly, or what other animals, never heard of the Yellow River has such a big thing, thanks to the boat is strong, if the wooden boat, we are now afraid that we have to fall into the water to fill the yellow soup to go.

Old Liu said: “this I have seen, running boat said this is the river god, this year this is not the water is not big, the water a rise in the river of the strange things on the more, I live in the Yellow River for half a lifetime, that time has not been liberated, I was less than fifteen years old, at that time saw this thing, once someone caught live, you really want to see, I tell you a place, you have the opportunity to go to see. opportunity to go and see it.”