A bowl of wontons, four spoonfuls of spicy

After eating, Song Zhiyu sat on the threshold, playing with the fat cat that had just nestled under the table waiting for the meal.

"Your paws are too dirty, please don't come close to me." Song Zhiyu persuaded the fat cat patiently.

"Meow."

"Okay, just play with you for a while."

The cat's name is "Big Yellow". Although its fur color is closer to orange, it would be strange to call it "Big Orange".Just imagine the scene: just when you are about to open your mouth to call it, you are forced to pout and say "orange", which is too uncomfortable.

Rhubarb, who was full, started to be lazy, and his eyes almost narrowed into two slits. In addition, Song Zhiyu rubbed its jaw with his hands from time to time, making it so comfortable that it couldn't help but make a "snoring" sound.Squatting outside the door were two grinning native dogs, one named Da Hei and the other Xiao Huang.There are a group of pigs in the pigsty, and one of them tries to imitate the pigs described by Wang Xiaobo.

"Are you afraid?" Song Zhiyu asked Rhubarb.

"Meow."

"Okay, I get it. There is no cat that is not afraid of dogs, so let's go back." Song Zhiyu hugged Rhubarb and was about to go back, when he met Zhou Cheng who finally escaped.

"How can this cat be so fat? Haha, it's so cute." Zhou Cheng stretched out his hand to touch Rhubarb, but Rhubarb dodged left and right, struggled a few times in Song Zhiyu's arms, broke free directly, and jumped onto the roof.The two fierce-looking dogs outside the door hesitated for a while, and then retreated to their dens.

"Look, even animals are afraid of you." Song Zhiyu said softly.

……

……

"My aunt asked me to send a few bottles of homemade chili sauce to Aunt Li in the next village, and you two will come with me later!" Xia Baini, the elder sister of Hua, groped her round belly and wobbled towards the two of them. come over.

"I won't go." Song Zhiyu refused straight away.

"It's okay if you don't go, I'll let the people from the city go with me. I, it's not impossible to find a place in the wilderness to sell him. I heard that the ugly woman in Zhangjia Village is worried No one wants it, I just tied him up and made him my husband!" Xia Baini was thinking with a smile.

"You rest at home, don't worry, he can't sell me." Zhou Cheng patted his chest and promised.

Of course Xia Baini couldn't really sell Zhou Cheng, but it's not impossible for this kid to make a few dirty tricks along the way.Song Zhiyu said it was casual, but before they left, Song Zhiyu silently followed behind them.

"Look, my eldest nephew is really worried that you will be sold." Xia Baini winked at Zhou Cheng.

Xia Baini did not take the usual route. During the nearly one-hour journey, he led the two of them to the end of the road that they did not want to walk, climbing hills, wading in streams, crossing paddy fields... perfectly interpreting the words of Mr. Lu: "There are no roads in this world. When there are many people walking, it becomes a road."

On the return journey, he declared that he would lead Zhou Cheng and Song Zhiyu to take a shortcut.Turn over the small soil slope in the south, and there will be a bridge. After crossing the bridge and walking less than 1000 meters, you can return to your destination.

"Why doesn't it sound like a shortcut to me?" Zhou Cheng said.

"Even if a man is a hundred years old, he still cannot lose his adventurous heart!" Xia Baini was full of fighting spirit.

Song Zhiyu remembered that road, they walked together when they were young, although what they left behind were not very good memories.The feeling of steaming around is very strong, and the ground under their feet is also terribly hot. The three of them climbed the dirt slope, and they felt like climbing the Flame Mountain in Journey to the West. Hanging in the crystal beads of sweat, Song Zhiyu was so exhausted that he nearly collapsed.

At last I saw the so-called bridge, which could barely count as a bridge if there were guardrails around it, and if the center of the bridge didn't lead to a terrifying hole that extended to the opposite bank.The bridge is made up of concrete slabs, and as far as traces of use are concerned, it should be quite a few years old.Its length is hard to estimate, but its width is only the width of three stone slabs, and each stone slab is just big enough for a person to walk through.That is to say, when they reached the center of the bridge and the current was the most turbulent, the three of them had to divide into two teams and spend it carefully one by one.

"I'll come first!"

Xia Baini was still pulling his pair of black flip flops, wearing floral clothes and trousers, rushed up the bridge in a hurry.Like an annoying heat wave in summer, he ran freely and unhindered on the concrete bridge. Even when he reached the big hole in the center, he didn't hesitate for half a second.Soon, he was waving to the two at the end of the bridge.

"You go first." Song Zhiyu said to Zhou Cheng.

"Let's go together." Zhou Cheng took the initiative to hold Song Zhiyu's hand.

"Hey, you two really look like a pair of old men and granny!" Xia Baini shouted.

"Old man and old lady—" Da Shan responded to him.

There are no guardrails on both sides of the bridge, just a lonely bridge.Song Zhiyu could easily see the stream under the bridge, which was getting faster and faster and more chaotic.

When they reached the center of the bridge, Zhou Cheng was on the left and Song Zhiyu was on the right. Song Zhiyu let go of Zhou Cheng's hand. There was a huge hole between the two of them. Song Zhiyu could easily see the stream washing a rock in the river through this hole. .

"Are you afraid of heights?" Zhou Cheng asked with concern. It turned out that he had been staring at that rock for a long time without knowing it.

Song Zhiyu shook his head.

Zhou Cheng stood on the left of Song Zhiyu, but there was a huge hole in the middle. He regretted that he should have walked the same road as Song Zhiyu from the beginning.But it was still too late, so he ran back without hesitation and started again from where he came from.

Xia Baini also ran towards Song Zhiyu from the end of the bridge.

Seeing Xia Baini's colorful figure, Song Zhiyu finally recalled what that bad memory was.

"Don't..."

Song Zhiyu subconsciously wanted to make way for Xia Baini, so he took his left foot.

However, the left foot did not step on the solid ground as expected, but stepped on a piece of empty air.Zhou Cheng ran backward, Xia Baini ran forward, but Song Zhiyu lost his balance, turned over and fell off the bridge, splashing a splash of water.

"The vocabulary book in the pocket has been soaked in water, so I can't continue to use it. I have to buy a new one."

At the moment of falling, such a thought flashed in Song Zhiyu's mind, but he forgot at that time that his book had been lost a few hours ago.

The sudden incident caused the two people standing on the bridge to lose their minds for a moment.

"You... don't worry, the eldest nephew can swim. Have you forgotten? I told you that he used to be the swimming champion among us..." Xia Baini said this to Zhou Cheng, and it seemed I'm talking to myself.

Zhou Chen didn't respond to him.

"I...I'll call for someone right away." Xia Baini's voice trembled, whiteness appeared on his dark face.

There is no village in front of this place, no shop behind, so where are people?

Zhou Cheng took a deep breath and tried to maintain his composure. He said to Xia Baini: "Time is running out. I'll go down to save people first. You hurry up and call them." While talking, Zhou Cheng took off his shoes and socks Before Xia Baini could react, Zhou Cheng had already plunged into the water.

Even though his heart was already in a mess, Zhou Cheng still warned himself to keep calm.The more critical the moment, the more calm and calm he must be. Panic is harmful to the development of the situation. He has made this mistake once before, so there will be no second time.

The water is not particularly deep, but enough to submerge an adult.Zhou Cheng searched carefully along the direction of the water flow, not missing a single place.

……

……

Xia Baini was running with all his strength at this time, he seemed to be running all the time, as if he had run with all his strength a long time ago.

"Auntie, that kid from the city has fainted again."

"Auntie, come and take a look. When others are eating, he is vomiting again. It's disgusting."

……

Standing on a raised soil slope, he summoned a few kids next door, and decided to teach this kid who always spoiled people's interest a lesson.

"Let's start from here together, whoever swims to the end of this river first will be the champion!" Xia Baini announced loudly.

"But I can't see the end of this river." Song Zhiyu said.

"I said yes, I will wait for you at the finish line. If I don't see you at the finish line, I will tell my aunt about your bed-wetting!" Xia Baini said.

"I... I didn't wet the bed!" Song Zhiyu finally showed a trace of anger on his calm face.

That river is really long, but it's not endless.The little boys all sneaked up to the shore in the middle of the swim, only Song Zhiyu persisted.Xia Baini went home early and went to sleep, but after waking up, the boy was still nowhere to be seen.

This kid can't be so stupid, he's been swimming all the time, right?

It was only when the adults also started to discover Song Zhiyu's disappearance that Xia Baini began to feel faintly worried.He ran wildly along the bank of the creek until a rock blocked the way ahead.Although this is not the end of the river, it is indeed the final destination they can reach.

By the rock, Song Zhiyu, who was soaked all over, sat quietly.Seeing Xia Baini's arrival, he struggled to stand up, and tremblingly said a word with his lips that were already purple with cold.

"I didn't wet the bed..."

Of course Xia Baini knew that he didn't, it was just a random sentence he made up.

Song Zhiyu's eyes were full of mist, as if he was looking at him, but also didn't seem to be looking at him. Whether he looked at him or not, Xia Baini's nerves were stimulated.

"Don't look at me like that!"

Xia Baini was so hair-stricken by such a pair of eyes that an unknown flame rose in his heart, so that he stretched out his hand and pushed Song Zhiyu into the water again, and then ran away without looking back.

He ran faster and more urgently than when he came, as if to break free from the shackles of time.

When Song Zhiyu was discovered by adults, he was still leaning against the rock, but his eyes were closed.

……

"There... someone... fell into the water, on the Broken Bridge..." Xia Baini shouted out of breath.

When he came back with a group of people, Song Zhiyu had been rescued ashore and was quietly leaning against Zhou Cheng's arms.

"I'm sorry about what happened back then." Xia Baini lowered her head.

"Ah... I don't even remember." Song Zhiyu smiled.