My uncle Liu Yongxing's house was built not far from the village pier. Standing upstairs, you can see the scene on the river.

Most of the villages along the river have their own wharfs. They say they are wharfs, but in fact they build the highways in the village to the river. Usually, if the people in the village want to cross the river, it is more convenient. Don’t go far to the ferry crossing the river.

Or when you go to the town to go to the market, you can also take a boat to the market on the village pier. If you don’t drive by yourself, it will be more convenient to take a boat, mainly because it is much more convenient to pull things.

Of course, the village pier is also big and small. The pier in Tanshan Village is a very small pier. Except for a cement road leading to the river, there are no other facilities.

After moving all the things down and handing them over to my aunt, Wu Fei and Kang Liu followed Liu Pinghua to the large flat roof on the third floor, where several people were watching the dragon boats.

Liu Pinghua's house is only twenty or thirty meters away from the riverside. It is supported by more than a dozen cement pillars, which is a bit like the stilt house in the past.

Whenever the reservoir below pulls the gate, the water level on the river rises, and the river water will spread below Liu Pinghua's house. At that time, the water surface was only three or four meters away from the first floor. You can move a lounge chair and sit on the corridor on the first floor and fish directly.

Wu Fei remembered that when he was in junior high school, one year the river had flooded and many houses along the river had water in it, and some houses were washed away by the flood.

That year, almost all those who blocked nets and raised fish in the river lost all their money, and all the blocks were destroyed by things that rushed down from the upstream.

Wu Fei's grandmother's house was downstream of this river. That year, many people in his grandmother's village fished out a lot of things from the river.

There were a lot of furniture such as tables, chairs, benches, cabinets, etc., and there were also various poultry and livestock. One of them directly salvaged a big buffalo in the river.

The most important thing is that the buffalo is still alive. Wu Fei didn't know how the cow was in the end. He was the one who got back or was found by his original owner.

However, such heavy waters will not be encountered once in many years, so after the river enters the flood season, it is very pleasant to sit under the eaves and fish.

Unfortunately, there are few fish in the river now. Sometimes I can’t catch a fish for half a day. In addition, Liu Pinghua’s house was not built in the river bay, making it even harder to catch fish.

However, when Wu Fei went upstairs just now, he threw two fishing rods into the river when he saw them. However, the fishermen focused more on the dragon boat in the middle of the river.

"There are not many dragon boats this year. When is the dragon boat competition officially started?" After finding a good location, Wu Fei brought a recliner to Kang Liu and said to Liu Pinghua next to the station.

Liu Pinghua said: "It officially started at 10 o'clock. From the front of our village, we will all draw to the big wharf in the town. The end point is set at the big wharf."

"I remember when I came to my grandma's house to watch dragon boats when I was a child, the dragon boats in the river felt like they could not be lined up. There are many fewer dragon boats now than they were at that time."

At this time, Kang Liu also said, "I just counted it, and today I found out that 25 dragon boats are really small. I don't know if there are any dragon boats coming later?"

Liu Pinghua said: "We should be here now. It's only more than ten minutes before the competition starts. Look, everyone is starting to prepare now. Last night, my dad said that there are 27 dragon boats participating in the competition this year."

At this time, the dragon boats in the river were already doing their final preparations, and the gongs and drums on the boat were a little less, and everyone was accumulating their efforts and trying hard when the race started.

"Didn't it mean that my uncle can't get on the boat when he is a substitute? Why did he let his uncle be a drummer? Why are there fresh peanuts now?" Kang Liu picked up the boiled peanuts that Wu Fei had peeled and said to Liu Pinghua.

Today, Liu Pinghua cooked fresh water-boiled peanuts at home. At this time, Wu Fei peeled one and Kangliu one. At this time, the local peanuts were still one or two months away from maturity. These fresh peanuts should have been transported in from other places.

"When I went to the town to buy glutinous rice yesterday, I saw that I bought some fresh peanuts, so I bought a few kilograms. Today, there were also peanuts in the rice dumplings I made."

Liu Pinghua said: "As for why my dad got on the boat, a few people went to the town to drink last night. They drank too much and vomited and had diarrhea. When I woke up this morning, two of them were unable to stand firm, so I could only go to the bench."

Fortunately, one dragon boat team has 25 full members, 22 official players, and three substitutes. Generally speaking, substitutes rarely have the opportunity to officially participate in the competition, but if you encounter such an unreliable guy, there is no way.

From the small pier outside Liu Pinghua and his village to the large pier in the town, the waterway is only six or seven miles away, but it is almost ten miles to drive to the town.

Seeing that the dragon boat team in the river were almost ready, Liu Pinghua thought for a while and said to Kang Liu: "Sister, why don't you ask your brother-in-law to drive us to the wharf in the town to start a competition? I heard that there is a program today. I set up a big stage on the wharf and invited a lion dance team to come. Did you see a lion dancer when you crossed the bridge just now?"

Kang Liu said: "I saw one on the stage, but I didn't see the lion dancer."

The wharf in the town is only a few dozen meters away from the newly built River Bridge. When Wu Fei came down from the river road, he saw that the big wharf was very lively from afar.

Since the bridge was opened to traffic, the docks in the town have rarely been so lively. Usually, everyone drives to the town, and few take boats.

Nowadays, people who transport things for long distances use more. The downstream fish, fruits, and wood are much less expensive to transport by ship.

"Forget it, we are waiting for the good news from my uncle at home. When we came here just now, cars were parked on the road from the dock to the bridge. Now the good locations have been occupied by others. Besides, it is not convenient for your sister to go to a crowded place now." Before Kang Liu could speak, Wu Fei rejected Liu Pinghua's proposal.

In fact, even if Wu Fei asked Kang Liu to go, he would be stopped by his mother-in-law when he went out later.
Chapter completed!