I walked along the river upstream, and soon I came to a mountain. The river flowed down from the mountain. I walked up the river, and soon I saw a large lake on the mountainside.
This lake seems to be a big crater that was knocked out by something. It is almost circular in shape. The water flows down from the mountain. When it reaches the lake first, when the lake is full, it will overflow and flow down the mountain.
I arrived at the lake and started walking along the shore. In the distance I saw a small boat parked not far from the shore.
After I saw the boat, I ran quickly. When I reached the shore, I saw the couple sitting opposite each other on the boat, talking and laughing.
I smiled and said, "You are not dead! I thought you were killed by that tigress!"
After the woman heard this, she stretched her neck to look at me and said with a smile: "How could they kill us? It would be too boring for them to kill us!"
Only then did I understand the matter. There is no interest, no religion, no hatred, nothing worthy of intrigue. She couldn't find any reason to kill anyone. This may be the reason why she didn't kill me.
!
The man said to me: "Are you here to ask for fish? I can give you a big fish!"
As he said that, he rowed the boat towards the shore. I got on the boat and saw three big fish in the cabin of the boat, each weighing about thirty kilograms.
But I didn’t come here to ask for fish. I smiled at the man and said, “No, no, if I want to eat fish, I can just catch it myself.”
The woman smiled and said, "The fish in the river are not as delicious as the fish in this lake. You'd better take one back!"
I continued: "No, I actually came to see this ship. I want to build a big ship to go to sea and find a way out. I'm afraid you guys want to go out too!"
The woman shook her head and said: "We don't want to go out. Besides, if we go to sea to find a way out, we will escape death."
The man pointed in the direction of the deep mountains and said: "You might as well go into the mountains to find a way out, at least keep your feet on the ground. When you go to the sea, once you leave the boat and enter the water, you will soon become a meal for the water monsters. Don't I?"
Can I be wrong?"
The woman continued: "We don't plan to leave here. The life here is quiet and peaceful. There is no need to go out. We plan to live here forever, ten thousand years, forever and ever."
When I heard this, I was stunned for a moment and thought to myself: Ten thousand years, who are these two people? Does this mean that their life span is very long? Does it mean that their cultivation level is very high?
But after listening to their words, I was very touched. Yes, if possible, I would also like to live here forever.
There is no pressure to live here. This is a society without money. As long as I plan to settle here, I can build a big house and live in it happily. Unfortunately, I can't let it go!
I started to observe the ship, and then I realized how difficult it was to make a ship. The man kept trying to persuade me not to go to sea, so I was convinced by him. As he said, I could try my luck at the top of the mountain, maybe there.
He could find the exit, and finally said: "I remember that a long time ago there was a young man who wanted to go to sea to find the exit. It was me who persuaded him to reach the top of the mountain."
I thought for a while and asked, "Is your name Lin Tianming?"
He nodded and said, "Yes, it's just that he took a woman and a child and never came back. I don't know whether he found the exit or not."
I nodded and said, "Maybe you are right. He did leave from here, but he just left in another way."
The man looked at me and asked, "What do you mean?"
After I sighed, I shook my head and said, "I don't know if reincarnation is considered rebirth. The memories of my previous life are all gone, so it shouldn't be considered rebirth!"
The man sighed and said: "I advised him not to leave here at the beginning. It would be good to live in peace and stability. But he didn't listen to my advice and said that he would come back to take us all out after he left. He is a fool. He thinks
If I want to go out, I must also want to go out. This is not judging others by myself. I am living comfortably here!"
He pointed at the clothes on my body and said, "The clothes you are wearing belong to that guy. He gave them to me before he left. You also saw my figure and couldn't wear them at all, but your clothes are quite suitable."
I then lowered my head and looked at the robe, and thought to myself, this is Lin Tianming's robe, this is fate!
At this time, the man rowed the boat towards the center of the lake. When he reached the center of the lake, he took out his fishing rod and started fishing.
The woman was washing vegetables here and preparing to cook. When I saw it, I asked, "Where do you get the vegetables?"
The woman pointed to the lake water and said: "There are a lot of vegetables at the bottom of the lake. Sometimes the stems of these vegetables are bitten off by fish, and they float on top. If you look there, there is one."
I followed her hand and looked over, and sure enough there were vegetables floating on the lake. She used a bamboo pole to reach for the vegetables, then reached out to pick them up and put them in the vegetable basket on the side.
To be honest, I wanted to eat vegetables like crazy, but I couldn't ask anyone for them, so I thought, since there are them at the bottom of the lake, I might as well go down to the lake and catch some.
I didn't make my own decision and asked, "Why don't you dive and fish for it?"
The man shook his head and said: "These vegetables are not ours, they are grown by people underwater. They are their vegetable gardens. They are not just for you to pick casually. Each of us should abide by the rules. This is the relationship between us."
According to the rules, above the water is our scope of activities, and below the water is their world."
I understood what they said and nodded, but I did not give up on this matter. I thought that since those underwater people could grow vegetables, I could exchange the fruits with them. Anyway, we should be able to communicate!
At noon, we went to the shore. There was a small thatched house on the shore. The man and woman invited me to have dinner here. I found that there was a pot here and there was no shortage of firewood, rice, oil and salt.
This meal completely overwhelmed me. I haven't eaten such delicious food in a long time.
I smiled and asked, "Where did you get the salt and oil?"
The woman said to me: "The salt is sea salt, and the oil is fish oil. It is not difficult to get. The most precious thing is vegetables. The wild vegetables in the mountains are not delicious, they are extremely bitter. Only the vegetables in the water are the most valuable."
It’s delicious. As for the rice, we have to exchange it with the indigenous people. They have a fertile land just under the top of the mountain.”
I nodded and gained a deeper understanding of the world. I gained a lot from this trip.