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Chapter 6

The country sun always seems to wake up extra early.As soon as the sky was dawn, there was already a curl of cooking smoke from the roofs of every household, accompanied by the morning fog, rendering an elegant ink landscape painting.

Early in the morning, the village head sent someone to bring materials for repairing the house.Shen Sa had never done such a thing before, and immediately volunteered when she saw it, and was the first to climb up to the roof, then opened her arms and took a deep breath in the direction of the rising sun.

"Ah, the air here is so good, there is an indescribable smell!"

"Maybe it's the fragrance of rice? Didn't the village chief say that it's time to harvest?" Wang Siyuan raised his head and said.

"I still remember you saying that home is the only castle, and you continue to run along the Daoxiang River, smiling slightly, I know my childhood dreams." Shen Sa sang and danced, almost using the roof as a stage.

"Are you repairing the house or tearing it down? If you jump any longer, it will collapse." Fang Jianyue walked out of the room slowly, stretching his waist while squinting at Shen Sa on the roof. shouted.

"Hey, do you think that if I really fell and died, would I be considered a martyr? After all, it would be considered a death in the line of duty, right?" Shen Sa was always outspoken, and actually joked about herself.

"Bah! What nonsense are you talking about so early in the morning?" Fang Jianyue spit out hastily.

"Why are you so afraid of my death?" Shen Sa squatted down and looked at him with a playful smile.

"I'm afraid that if you die, no one will work! Yesterday you patted your chest in front of the village chief and said that this matter is on you, so don't say nothing!" Fang Jianyue glared at him and said angrily.

"Yeah, can you do it?" Liu Hao who followed behind also expressed doubts.

"I don't believe your brother, do you? Isn't it just that there is a hole where there is a patch, so easy." Shen Sa said with a greasy tone, and after finishing speaking, he picked up the putty and was about to put it on the roof.

"Hey, didn't all the putty fall out of the hole like this? You need to lay the linoleum first, then apply the putty and waterproof glue, and wait for the glue to dry before laying the tiles." Luo Ling hurriedly stopped.

"Luo Ling, yes, you can do this too?" Fang Jianyue was a little surprised.

"I learned from the priest when I was in church." After Luo Ling finished speaking, he picked up a bundle of linoleum cloth and climbed up the ladder.

"I really can't see that you still have these two tricks!" Wang Siyuan laughed.

"Hey, teach me quickly!" Shen Sa was already gearing up, eager to try.

"It's really nothing, it's very simple." Luo Ling squatted down and began to repair the hole.

In this way, Shen Sa and Luo Ling were in charge of repairing the roof, Liu Hao and Fang Jianyue were in charge of delivering materials to the roof, while Dongye Jingxian and Wang Siyuan were in charge of replacing glass for broken windows. busy.Just when the boys were in full swing, a girl's voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard wall.

"Hey, are the people in there wearing clothes?"

Yanzi went to open the door, and saw Zhang Xiaoai standing at the door with a displeased face.

"Can you lock the door when you take a shower in the future? Otherwise, just hang a sign at the door and write 'Do Not Disturb'. Do you really think this is the school's men's bathroom?" The boys learned the lesson, obviously still angry about what happened yesterday.

"Please, it's not like we don't wear pants." Shen Sa shouted loudly while standing on the roof.

"You..." Zhang Xiaoai was choked up for a moment, and Wang Siyuan hurried forward to smooth things over. "Sorry, we are wrong, we must pay attention next time."

"Wang Siyuan, let me tell you, how do you become the captain? You don't care about them, you still mess around with them!" As the saying goes, people are bullied by kindness, and as soon as Wang Siyuan opened his mouth to Zhang Xiaoai, he immediately shifted the blame on him.

"Oh, the world is so unfair nowadays. It's wrong for a man to see a woman taking a bath, and it's wrong for a woman to see a man taking a bath. Then, do we men have anything to reason with?" Shen Sa is not as easy to bully as Wang Siyuan, Opened his mouth to argue.

"You think I want to see it? Yesterday, if Grandma Yang hadn't asked me to come over to deliver spiced eggs, I wouldn't have come even if you invited me in eight palanquins!" Zhang Xiaoai rolled his eyes.

"Oh, yesterday's five-spice eggs tasted good, do you have any more?" When it came to food, Shen Sa immediately changed his tone.

"You just know how to eat! Today we are going to help Grandma Yang dry the quilt, so you go and help out personally." Zhang Xiaoai stopped at Luo Ling as he spoke.

"Luo Ling, come with me!" Zhang Xiaoai raised her head and shouted towards the roof.

"But my hands are dirty, let Jianyue go." Luo Ling was busy on the roof without raising his head.

"No! You go."

"Why?" Luo Ling put down his work, looked down at Zhang Xiaoai and asked.

"Is this still useful? It's because people have taken a fancy to you." Shen Sa muttered in a low voice.

"You are the tallest here, whoever you don't want to go!" Zhang Xiaoai pinched her waist and said plausibly.

Grandma Yang's house is not far from Xiaoshu's house, just a few steps away.She has no children, and has been living alone since the death of her husband, and there is no one in the family who usually visits.Now that these volunteers came, the originally lifeless room immediately became alive.She cooked the five-spice eggs yesterday specially for the children, and she gave them to the nearby houses, and Xiaoshu's house was the most.

"This kid is really good-looking, and he is tall. He looks like a good kid at first glance!" Grandma Yang seemed to like Luo Ling very much, and she held his hand as soon as she met him.

Luo Ling helped Grandma sit on the chair in the yard, and then tied the rope two or three times.Xin Ya just came out of the house with the quilt, and when she saw Luo Ling, she knew that Zhang Xiaoai must have done something good.

"Thank you."

"Why are you being polite? Do you still want to help?" Luo Ling glanced at the quilt in her hand and asked.

"No need, we can do the rest by ourselves." Xinya said as she stood on the small stool, just about to put the quilt on the rope, but unexpectedly the stool was not stable, her feet wobbled and she almost fell down.

"Be careful!" Seeing this, Luo Ling immediately stretched out his hand to support her, Xin Ya blushed suddenly, and couldn't help but feel a little deer bumping in her heart.

"Let me do it." After Luo Ling finished speaking, he took the quilt directly from her hand, and Xin Ya obediently stepped aside when she saw this.

"This child is really nice, just like my old man when he was young." Grandma Yang, who was sitting in the yard basking in the sun, seemed to be lost in memories of the past, with a happy smile on her wrinkled face, "My family The old man never asked me to do heavy work before. Although he doesn't talk much, he knows that he loves others in his heart!"

"Grandpa must have been handsome when he was young, right?" Zhang Xiaoai asked from the side.

"Handsome is handsome, but not as good-looking as him." Grandma Yang's words were a little leaky, and all the wrinkles on her face were stacked together with a smile.

"Of course, he is the school grass of our school."

"What grass?"

"It means that many girls like it." Zhang Xiaoai said with a smile.

"Does she like him too?" Grandma Yang squinted her presbyopic eyes and looked at Xin Ya and Luo Ling not far away and asked. It seems that women's love for gossip is regardless of age.

"Grandma, can you see this?" Zhang Xiaoai hugged Grandma Yang's arm in surprise.

"I've met more people than you have eaten! The two of them look like a couple." Grandma Yang shook her head slightly and said triumphantly.

"Oh, grandma, you are amazing!" Zhang Xiaoai slapped her hands and gave the old man a thumbs up.

The old man was so praised that he couldn't even close his mouth.

"Xiao Ai, what are you talking about with Grandma? Are you so happy?" Seeing that the two were laughing happily, Xin Ya couldn't help but turned around and asked.

"Grandma said you two are married!" Zhang Xiaoai shouted at the two deliberately and loudly.

Xin Ya's face immediately turned red to the base of her neck, and she hurriedly glanced at Luo Ling beside her.However, Luo Ling didn't respond, as if he didn't hear what they were saying at all.Just as Xin Ya felt a little embarrassed, she heard a burst of noisy voices outside, as if something had happened.

"Uncle, what's the matter?" As soon as Zhang Xiaoai opened the courtyard door, he saw several villagers passing by the door in panic.

"Oh, the little tree in Yanzi's house fell into the pond behind the house. A few students who lived in his house went into the water to save people, but they haven't come up yet!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Ling immediately rushed out of the courtyard gate.Xin Ya and Zhang Xiaoai didn't dare to delay, so they quickly followed.

The accident happened in the pond behind Xiaoshu's house.As soon as Luo Ling arrived, he saw Xiaoshu standing on the bank with a blanket on his body, and he didn't seem to be in any serious trouble.It's just that he refused to leave no matter who pulled him, his eyes were fixed on the water surface of the pond, and he didn't move.At this time, a few villagers with water skills had already entered the water, and Shen Sa, Liu Hao and Wang Siyuan were chatting with the villagers on the shore, and the scene was chaotic.

"Don't stop me, my friend hasn't come up yet!" Shen Sa shouted impatiently.

"The water is too cold, it's too dangerous for you to come up and then go down."

"Then I'll go!" Liu Hao stepped forward and said.

"No, no one can go into the water now!" An elderly villager said firmly, "Don't worry, we will help you find your classmates!"

"Siyuan, where's Xiaoxian?" Luo Ling quickly glanced at the people on the shore, but Dongye Jingxian was the only one missing.

"He's still in the water!" Wang Siyuan said anxiously.

Luo Ling's expression changed, and he plunged into the water without even taking off his clothes.

"Oh, didn't I tell you not to go into the water? Why are you disobedient! The water in this pond is very cold, if you get cramps in the water, it's not a joke!" Did the older villager see you? Stopping Luo Ling, he stomped his feet on the bank in a hurry.

His words couldn't help but make everyone tense up. They all stared at the water surface holding their breath, and the surrounding air seemed to be condensed.Time passed by second by second, but there was still no movement on the water.Xin Ya bit her lower lip tightly, her face was pale and her brows were furrowed.Zhang Xiaoai next to her was also tense, her eyes fixed on the water surface, and she didn't even dare to breathe out.After enduring the torment for more than a minute, two heads finally popped up on the surface of the water. When everyone took a closer look, it was Luo Ling and Dongye Jingxian.

Zhang Xiaoai and Xin Ya breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and now they finally know what a second is like a year.

"Thank God, it's a good thing you're fine. I was really scared to death just now!" Dong Ye Jingxian had just landed, and Shen Sa stepped forward and hugged him.

"I'm covered in water, don't get your clothes wet again." Higashino Shizuru quickly took two steps back.

But Shen Sa didn't mind at all, instead she stepped forward and hugged him even tighter, as if she had to use this method to confirm that he was really okay.

"This kid is really good at water. We didn't even touch him in the pond for a long time. We thought something was going to happen." Several villagers who went into the water just now also went ashore one after another. Seeing that Dong Ye Jingxian was fine, he relaxed. tone.

"Sorry for worrying everyone." Higashino Shizuru bowed and apologized to the villagers before drying off.

"It's okay, as long as you are safe. Go back and change your clothes, and be careful not to catch a cold." The villagers said with concern.

"Yes, hurry up and wipe with a towel." A few well-informed girls immediately took out the towels they had prepared and handed them over.This made Zhang Xiaoai very angry, and he kept annoyed why he didn't think of it just now.

Higashino Shizuru took the towel and thanked him, then went straight to Xiaoshu, and handed him something.When everyone took a closer look, it turned out to be a toy car.As soon as Xiao Shu saw the car, a smile appeared on his originally dull face, he grabbed the car and ran home in a hurry.

"I said, why did you go up and down just now? So it's to get this broken car for the kid?!" Shen Sa looked at Shizuru Higashino as if he didn't belong to this planet at all.

"This toy must be very important to him, otherwise he wouldn't have fallen into the water to pick up this car just now." Higashino Shizuru smiled faintly.

"What could be more important than your life?" After learning the whole story, Luo Ling couldn't help being a little angry at Shizuru Higashino's nonsense.

"Am I okay now?"

"It will be too late when something happens!" Luo Ling's tone sank, and he said seriously: "Do you know how dangerous it was just now? The water in this pond is so cold, and the underwater situation is complicated. If I drag you up later... ."

"Understood, is it okay if I don't do this next time?" Higashino Jingxian interrupted him with a smile, then picked up a towel and wiped his wet hair.

This time, not only the girls next to him were stunned, but even Luo Ling felt as if his heartbeat had missed half a beat, and he couldn't take his eyes off this face for a while.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?" Seeing him staring at him, Higashino Shizuru subconsciously touched his face with his hands.

"Oh, no, no. Let's go, I have to take a good shower when I go back." Luo Ling smiled awkwardly, and then put on Dongye Jingxian's shoulder pretending to be innocent.

When the three of them went back, the yard of Xiaoshu's house was already crowded, as if the whole village had come running.Although it was just a false alarm, the village chief and the team leader who came over after hearing the news were still quite frightened. After confirming that several people were all right, they were a little relieved, but nagging was inevitable.The villagers and other students expressed their concern, and Grandma Yang even cooked hot ginger tea for everyone.

"Oh, this little girl looks really good-looking, didn't you get scared just now?" Grandma Yang said as soon as she entered the courtyard, holding Dong Ye Jingxian's hand.

Higashino Jingxian was stunned, and then realized that the old man had misunderstood, hurriedly took off the towel wrapped around his head, and said embarrassedly, "Grandma, you made a mistake, I am not a little girl."

"Grandma, his name is Higashino Jingxian, and he was the one who saved Xiaoshu just now." Xin Ya, who was by the old man's side, explained.

"And me!" How could Shen Sa miss this rare opportunity to be a hero in vain.

"Oh, they're all good boys, they're all good boys. Where's Little Tree? Is Little Tree okay?"

"Don't worry, he's fine. Xiaoshu, come quickly!" Shen Sa said and waved to Xiaoshu.Xiaoshu immediately jumped down the steps and ran to Grandma Yang, hugged the old man's leg and leaned against her.

"Oh, okay, as long as it's okay, as long as it's okay. You, you can't be naughty anymore, how dangerous it is." Grandma Yang patted Xiaoshu's head and said kindly.Then he squinted his presbyopic eyes and watched for a long time. He still didn't seem to be able to tell who the boys in this yard were, so he simply greeted them together, "Everyone, come over and drink ginger tea. It will keep the cold and warm your stomach, and you won't catch a cold after drinking it."

The boys were so exhausted after the afternoon's work that they fell asleep as soon as they lay down.Higashino Shizuru didn't want to sleep yet, she was sitting alone on the corridor outside the house wrapped in a quilt, looking like a polar bear from a distance.

"Why are you sitting here alone? Do you want to be sick?" Luo Ling walked out of the room, dressed like a "bear" like Higashino Shizuru.

"You can't sleep either?" Higashino Jingxian looked up at him and said.

"Let me see if the clothes are dry? If I don't do it tomorrow, I will go out with a quilt."

"I just watched it, not yet. But now that the wind is blowing, I should be able to do it tomorrow, right?"

"You know it's windy and you're still sitting here?" Luo Ling said, but sat down next to Dongye Jingxian, and then wrapped the quilt even tighter.

"Fortunately, we repaired the roof today, no matter how strong the wind is." Higashino Shizuru looked back at the repaired roof and said with a sense of accomplishment.

"I heard Yanzi say that her mother bought that toy car for Xiaoshu. That's why you insisted on finding it for him, right?" Luo Ling suddenly talked about what happened in the afternoon.

Higashino Shizuru raised his head and looked at the starry night sky, with a long and calm tone. "I remember my mother often bought me toys when I was young, but I quickly broke them or lost them. But I don't feel sad at all, because I know my mother will definitely buy me new ones, Even better, it seems to be a matter of course. Then she divorced her father and left Japan. One day I suddenly wanted to find those toys she bought me before, even if there was only one. But I was at home Searched for days, searched everywhere and found nothing, as if those things had disappeared from my life forever. I cried a lot about it. Then my dad scolded me Nothing to do, actually crying like that because of a few toys. But only I know that I am not crying because of those toys, but because I blame myself for not knowing how to cherish them. Only then did I understand that nothing is taken for granted in this world. and nothing is ever yours."

Luo Ling didn't speak, and after a while, he suddenly sighed, "Oh, it seems that I'm better off, one person is full and the whole family is not hungry, and there is no need to come and go naked."

"Zero, I'm sorry, I..." Higashino Shizuru remembered that Luo Ling was an orphan, and hurriedly apologized for what he said just now.

"Why do you say I'm sorry? It's not your fault." Luo Ling looked nonchalant.

"Zero, have you blamed them all these years?" Higashino Shizuru suddenly asked.

"Who?"

"Your biological parents. Do you hate them?"

Luo Ling was silent for a while and shook his head, "To be honest, I don't feel anything about them. To me, Father Luo is my family, and the Catholic Church is my home. Even if I really see them again one day, I don't think I'll recognize them either."

"You really think so?"

"Do you think I'm going too far?"

"No. In fact, sometimes I also think, if my parents hadn't given birth to me, would they have a better life? Maybe they wouldn't have divorced?" The silence of time.

Luo Ling turned his head to look at the people around him, the moonlight in the courtyard was shining faintly on his side face, and he felt an indescribable loneliness.At this moment, Luo Ling suddenly had a strong desire to do something for this person.But what can he do?

"Go in, it's cold at night, beware of catching a cold." Luo Ling sneezed before he finished speaking.

"You'd better take care of yourself first." Higashino Shizuru said as she got up and walked towards the kitchen.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"I'm going to see if there is any ginger tea sent by Grandma Yang. She said it can prevent colds."

"No, I'm fine." Luo Ling sneezed twice after finishing speaking.

"You still said it's okay? You go in quickly, I'll be here soon." Higashino Shizuru walked straight towards the kitchen after speaking.

Looking at the bloated and staggering figure covered with a quilt, Luo Ling couldn't help but smile, as if something melted in his heart, it was warm, warmer than drinking ginger tea from Grandma Yang.