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I have known Xiaohua for many years. It seems that she was predestined with Zishui in her last life. She is the daughter of a fisherman, married and became a family member of a hydrological station. She works as a supernumerary waiter and lives on a barge all the year round to look after the monitoring ship. At that time, the instruments on the monitoring ship were all imported goods, which were very expensive. They were used to measure the changes of water level, water quality, flow rate and velocity of Zijiang River. In order to carry out her work, she also equipped a wooden paddle as a motorboat.
The first time I boarded a boat in Xiaohua, I went to interview the couple with my husband. We came to the bank and asked for dozens of stone docks. The pier is steep and narrow. On the right bank under the dock, an old barge is docked, and a woman is drying clothes on the top of the barge. When the river wind blows, the sheets and clothes fixed on the rope dance. I think it's beautiful. Take the camera.
At this moment, a man at the gate of the barge was calling us aboard. There is a big German shepherd lying by the door, staring at us with its tongue sticking out. He obviously has a chain around his neck, but my feet are still a little weak when I get off the dock. The host understood that I was afraid, and he took the German shepherd to the hut. German shepherd obviously didn't want to leave its sentry and protested. The host said to his family, "Don't scream!" Friends! "German shepherd quiet for a while, let the master tied it to the inside of the grating, only silently watching us. I'm still scared. The man said that this German shepherd dog is quite human. As long as it is a guest, it will stop making trouble. If it doesn't make trouble, it will pounce on it and bite. Mr. Wang praised German shepherd as a good doorman.
When we stepped onto the springboard, the host looked up and shouted to the woman on the top of the boat, "Flower girl, come down quickly, there are guests at home." With a burst of hearty laughter, "Flower Girl" appeared at the door to meet us. She is a small flower. I really don't know where she floated down.
As soon as I entered the barge, I found that the space inside was much larger than I expected. It is made of steel plate. Although it looks a little vicissitudes, it is a home full of fireworks, with a living room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom, and complete furniture and electrical appliances. We walked into the living room. Xiaohua swept the table and stool with a broom in her hand and brought out several bowls of tea to receive us. On one side is the kitchen, liquefied gas is burning, fragrant ribs are stewing, a huge water tank is filled with tap water picked from the shore, fresh fish is prepared on the chopping board, ingredients such as perilla, pepper, onion, garlic and ginger are ready, and washed cabbage leaves are in the vegetable washing screen. I am very interested in this kind of home refutation, so I take flowers everywhere. There is a string of dried fish hanging on the wire of the ship's side. There are kittens, chickens and puppies living in harmony in the aisle. The chicken is pecking, the kitten is playing on the puppy's back, and the puppy is thinking about the river soup. They are stocked during the day and locked in a simple shed at the stern at night. There are several plants with yellow flowers, purple flowers and white flowers at the stern. There is a movable ladder next to the flower, which leads to the top of the boat. The top window is covered. When it's dark, it's very safe to move the ladder and close the window cover. Climb the ladder, the top of the boat is wide. In addition to hanging ropes to dry clothes, it is also a big threshing floor, where peppers, beans, eggplant and mushrooms are being dried. If you look around, you will know that there is a woman who is very good at living here. Imagine that a woman who is a mother can also be called a "flower girl" in the eyes of her men. What kind of woman satisfies him?
Xiaohua heard that she would interview the couple who saved lives and said that she was most afraid of being famous. Leave her alone and let us write about Hua's brother-in-law. We respect Xiaohua. When we left the barge, this simple woman forced us to string dried fish and waved goodbye to the family's house boat. She thinks it's good to have such original music with their heads buried in the river and their ears listening to the sound of ships every day.
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In fact, that time I just saw the smell of fireworks in the water house and the poetry in the painting, and I didn't know how difficult it was for floret to be a night watchman. Before Xiaohua, there were n watchmen, and the longest one didn't work for three years. It was eighteen years when Xiaohua took over. Besides swimming, boating, guarding posts and loneliness, he also has to deal with emergencies.
One night, Xiaohua was alone in the boat. At that time, Hua's brother-in-law had been transferred to a hydrological station in a neighboring city, and her son went to school with his grandparents in his hometown. Hearing the abnormal activity of German shepherd, Xiaohua was awakened. She saw the German shepherd pouncing on the two shadows of the climbing boat from the window and rushed over. At this time, the German shepherd held one and the other ran away. It turned out that two teenagers were swimming here during the day, trying to steal the wooden paddles and sell them. I came on the boat to ask for tea. My aunt said it was sweet and played with the German shepherd for a while. So I'm here to step on the spot Xiaohua saw the bitten boy and realized that he was a wandering orphan, only twelve years old. When he was put on a barge to wash the wound with salt water, he found several old scars. When I asked, I was beaten by others. Xiaohua, also a mother, was sad for a while, gave the child a bowl of egg noodles, persuaded him all night, and took him to get rabies vaccine at dawn. The child suddenly said, Aunt, I will listen to you, be your son, and help you guard the boat. No one will dare to bully you in the future! Xiaohua told the child that she had owed a large sum of money for her son's eye treatment, and she was unable to take him in. He should receive a good education and go to school. So, Xiaohua contacted the child and went to the shelter. From then on, the child was called Xiaohua "dopted mother".
Last time I saw the barge, it collapsed. One day at noon. Xiaohua is cooking in the kitchen. Without warning, the kitchen suddenly collapsed. She fell into Zijiang with the whole kitchen. There is no one else on the barge. Xiaohua swam across Zijiang at the age of thirteen and struggled in the water for a long time before climbing aboard. After Xiaohua got on the boat, the first thing she did was not to change clothes, but to call the hydrological station to report her safety. At that time, the leader of the hydrological station was frightened and asked her if she was injured. Xiaohua smiled, said nothing, and hung up the phone. Xiaohua had several bruises on her body, but she laughed it off. Then, the leader's phone followed her and asked her what was going on. Xiaohua said that people who often live by the water won't get wet. It doesn't matter. Later, the people at the hydrological station talked about who this matter was passed to, and it would not be so understated.
After so many years, someone asked Sister Hua, isn't she guarding the boat alone? She said that compared with her mother at that time, it was nothing at all. When I was a child, my father drifted away all the year round, and my mother lived on a fishing boat with a litter of children and made a living by fishing. As long as there is strong wind and heavy rain, mother is worried about her father's safety, communication is inconvenient, and she can't get any news from her father. Father always goes out for half a year, because it takes more than two months to float on the water to send the wood to his destination. Walk when you go back, and you can only row twice a year. That's my parents' life. Now, communication and transportation are very convenient. She misses her family and can call at any time. If they want to get together, their father and son can come back at the weekend.
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A photographer gave Xiaohua a photo, which was published in our local newspaper. It was a handsome woman in a blue calico shirt, rowing a small wooden boat with clear water and blue sky, and the picture was beautiful. It was named "Mrs. Ship". Someone recognized her at a glance, saying that she was the woman guarding the boat by the bridge. Although she is so delicate, she can jump off Zijiang to save lives at any time. No matter how cold it was, she didn't miss her hand, and many stories were derived. This was heard by a TV reporter, so he used this beautiful newspaper as a stepping stone to find Xiaohua. Xiaohua was surprised when she saw the photo, but when she heard that she was going to interview her, she refused and the reporter was turned away.
Speaking of saving people, Xiaohua's rescue is not over yet, but after the rescue, it is far from over, which is related to the position where the barge stops. The pontoon bridge is docked at Zijiang Bridge, and all the people who jumped off the bridge committed suicide. Therefore, the rescue of Xiaohua often does not cooperate. On one occasion, another group of small flowers' videos were captured and broadcast by TV stations. The lens is thrilling: A woman in Kobanawa is rolling on the beach, soaked to the skin. The woman got up several times and ran to the water's edge, but was caught by Xiaohua. The woman punched and kicked Sister Hua, denouncing hysterically. Xiaohua held the woman's leg with her hand. Although the woman is taller than Xiaohua, Xiaohua's arm that paddles and pulls the cable from childhood is too strong, which makes the woman lie down on the ground several times. Witnesses ran up to help, and Xiaohua begged people not to hurt her. Women are still shouting and cursing, and more and more people are watching. Someone is indignant: elder sister, you are so stupid. You have risked your life many times, but all you get is a good scolding and a good beating! Xiaohua said: in fact, they are not scolding me, but scolding the arrival of pain.
Later, the woman changed into Xiaohua's clothes and stayed on the boat for three days without saying a word. Eat and sleep with Xiaohua, Xiaohua should take care of her life, guide her psychologically, appease her spiritually, go shopping, take her with her, send meals to her cousin in hospital, and take her with her. One is to be afraid that she will make mistakes again, and the other is to let her see how those terminally ill people yearn for life. Three days later, the woman finally spoke and told her that there was something wrong with her marriage, and provided her mother-in-law's phone number, agreeing that Xiaohua would inform her mother-in-law to pick her up. But when Xiaohua called the old man to pick him up, the old man thought Xiaohua wanted some money. Not only did he not say thank you, but he also insisted on how much it would cost, and he would come if he could afford it. Xiaohua said that he didn't want a penny, as long as people personally assured their family.
Of course, there are also many people who come to thank Xiaohua, such as the parents of children who drowned in swimming. Thank you very much. Xiaohua refused one by one, saying that the hero was her big German shepherd. Whenever there is a situation, it is the German shepherd who tipped off the news, pestering her to scream during the day and grabbing her bedroom door at night. So every time the German shepherd makes meritorious deeds, Xiaohua will give him a good meal. For some ungrateful people, Xiaohua lets them enjoy a bag of rations from German shepherd.
Someone asked Sister Hua that she took care of things in order to heal the wounded and rescue the dying, without asking for anything in return or reporting. Xiaohua's answer is simple. At the age of seven, she fell into the water. Uncle fisherman saw a strand of her hair floating on the water and saved her. Without her uncle's help, she wouldn't be here. Life is only once for everyone. It is the instinct of a water man to help each other when he dies.
Xiaohua's salary has not been high. Up to now, the monthly salary is only 1000 yuan. In the eyes of others, it is too low. There's 3000 yuan for babysitting. In the early years, a boss took a fancy to Xiaohua's good water, and paid her a high salary to guard the boat in Dongting Lake. Xiaohua declined. This woman who has never left Zishui has never thought about changing jobs.
Today, Xiaohua is over 40 years old and lives on a brand-new barge with two halls, two rooms and two bathrooms. The interior is all made of wood, which is very Jiangnan's home. Xiaohua lives here with peace of mind and contentment.