The reason why people suspect that the old worker was washed away by the river to Guitou Bay is because the river course turned around in Guitou Bay.
The river rushed to the stone cliff and began to flow in reverse direction. After passing a big bend, the river flow became gentle.
Therefore, items that fell into the river were washed up on the river beach at the roundabout corner. This can be seen from the various shipwrecks and some unknown box-like objects lying on the river beach.
There is a mountain road above the stone cliff of Guitou Bay. The strange thing is that no matter what angle you look at, you can't see the river at the corner of Guitou Bay.
This is also the reason why everyone hesitates. It has been said in the village since ancient times that the area that cannot be seen is the real Guitou Bay.
There is no sediment under that section of the river, but only countless corpses. It is also said that there are water ghosts living under that section of water, and no one can come back alive from there.
"Wealth is sought at risk! Damn it! One life is worth five years of struggle. Which of you is willing to come with me to get it? The money will be divided equally! Anyway, I am childless and single!"
A man from the next village thought for a long time and jumped on his small wooden boat.
This man's name is Meng Kou. Both his parents died when he was young. His family only has four acres of mountain land and a small wooden boat that he found on the river beach many years ago.
This small wooden boat was washed up on the river beach from nowhere when the Yellow River flooded. It happened to be seen by Meng Kou who was coming back from working in the fields. He simply put it away and no one came to look for it for a long time.
, I just go down to the river to catch some river fish.
The people around looked at me and I looked at you, staring at Mengkou for a long time. No one wanted to go to Guitou Bay.
"Money is a good thing, you have to spend it with life. I won't go to that place. Whoever wants to go can go."
A group of people from several villages before and after heard that they were going to Guitou Bay, and they all backed down. After a while, the people who gathered together dispersed, leaving only Meng Kou alone.
Mengkou rowed the boat towards his home. His family lived on the bank of the Yellow River in a dilapidated house left by his parents.
After tying the wooden boat to the boulder by the river and confirming that there was nothing wrong, Mengkou walked home on the sandy path.
For some reason, Mengkou felt uncomfortable in his chest when he looked at his dilapidated house from a distance.
He was nearly forty years old and still alone. People in the village secretly laughed at him for being an old bachelor, but Meng Kou actually knew it in his heart.
My family only has four acres of farmland, and in years with good harvests, I can barely go hungry. As for having a full meal, I can't even think about it.
I picked up this boat a few years ago, and my life became a little easier. I could catch some river fish and walk twenty miles, and then sell them in the city for a small amount of money.
Although the problem of food and clothing has basically been solved, the more than 300 yuan saved by frugality is still a thousand miles away from marrying a country wife.
"Damn it, they said today that the rain will come early this year."
Mengkou looked at the old house in the distance and cursed. The stone eaves on the roof were broken and only one good piece was left. If there was a heavy rain, water would probably seep into the room, and a landslide would not be far away.
"Mom and dad, why did you leave so early? Leave someone to look after the house, so I can go out and work at the construction site."
Mengkou stood at the door of the yard, and there was laughter and laughter coming from the house next door, which was very lively.
"When you marry a wife, you have to give her a decent place to live."
Meng Kou was lying on the Tukang, staring at the mud that was half peeled off the roof and still hanging on the wall, thinking about how much it would cost to repair the house.
The more I thought about Mengkou, the more I felt tight in my chest. Just the materials to repair the house and yard cost three thousand yuan, not counting the labor costs of the workers.
Meng Kou didn't dare to think about marrying a wife, buying new furniture, new clothes, etc. He simply covered himself with a quilt and got ready to sleep.
That night Mengkou tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Seeing that the good days were so close to him, as long as he dared to go to Guitou Bay.
With 10,000 yuan, you can get a wife after the house is repaired, and the remaining money can be used to install a diesel motor on the wooden boat and replace it with a large fishing net.
What is Guitou Bay? Mengkou knew it in his heart. He had heard countless stories about Guitou Bay since he was a child.
A few years ago, on the dirt road on the rock cliff, I saw some clothes floating in the swirling water after the flood.
The big ship from Maritime Affairs arrived there, but for some reason it quickly returned. Later, someone said that the ship from Maritime Affairs almost didn't come back. The people from Maritime Affairs refused to reveal the specific reason.
The moonlight rose outside the window. Meng Kou climbed up from the Tukang and lit the candle with a match.
By the way, it costs a lot of money for the power supply bureau to run a wire here. People in the village above said that a 20-watt light bulb costs two yuan, and the filament always burns out.
The only decent furniture in the house is a large wooden cabinet, which people in the village call a flat cabinet.
On the top of the flat cabinet is an unopened bottle of Erguotou. I caught some fish for the village chief's family before the Chinese New Year. The village chief gave it to me, but he never wanted to drink it.
"Isn't it said that drunkenness makes people cowardly? Let's try it today. There is no way to live like this. Either make these ten thousand yuan, or go to hell and be done with it!"
Meng Kou unscrewed the bottle cap and drank half the bottle of wine. His whole body started to feel hot instantly.
After drinking the remaining half of the bottle of wine in one breath, Meng Kou staggered out of the room with red eyes wide open.
When he was about to walk out of the courtyard gate, Meng Kou saw two bundles of ropes in the corner and went back to pick them up.
Mengkou didn't even remember how he got on the wooden boat. When he was woken up by a gust of cold wind, the wooden boat was only more than 200 meters away from Guitou Bay.
Mengkou shook his head violently, closed his eyes and rubbed them hard before opening them again to make sure he had seen correctly. The river water hit the dark stone cliff not far away and made a roaring sound. This was either Guitou Bay or Guitou Bay.
where?
The wooden boat was not far from the river bank. Mengkou rowed the boat to the river beach and used wood pulp to prop up the bow.
Looking back at the river, the water flows slowly under the moonlight.
Looking at the stone cliff in the distance, under the weak moonlight, I could only see clearly the river hitting the stone bank, white water waves more than one meter high, and some unknown black shadows.
Mengkou stood on the boat and stared at the cliff for half an hour. The one-meter-high waves alone were enough to capsize his wooden boat.
In addition to the thundering sound of water, there were also some strange sounds coming from the other side of the stone cliff.
The strange sound sounded like it came from hell, low and frightening from the bottom of my heart.
The cold wind blew one after another, making Mengkou tremble all over. Mengkou spat into the water and retreated.
"It's better to die than to live. If you're a bachelor, you'll be a bachelor."
Mengkou let go of the wood pulp holding the bow of the boat, used the wood pulp to prop up the rocks beside the river beach, and prepared to turn around and return.
With a "pop" sound, a log floated out from under the stone bank not far away, and the log hit the nearby stone bank hard, making a violent sound.
"Damn, I'm scared to death!"
Mengkou's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, his legs became weak, and the wood pulp in his hand almost fell into the water.