forest country

"Crash-"

Against the splashing water, Mizusawa grabbed the fish in the water. The sparkling water droplets and bright smiling faces were shining like diamonds under the sunlight.

Just heard a "plop".

Perfect for throwing fish in a crate on the shore and staying with other fish that have been caught.

The water in the fish basket was very shallow, and there were already five or six fat and big fish in it, all of them stared round and looked a bit crowded.

Mizusawa returned to the shore to look at his harvest this morning, wiped the sweat from his forehead, took off his short sleeves, and prepared to take a rest.

Picking up the clear water by the river, I washed my face and hair casually.

The black shattered hair grew a little on the forehead, blocking the eyes a little. Mizusawa smoothed the wet hair to the back of the head, but soon they curled back mischievously.

The half-naked upper body has a strong skeleton, with a thin layer of muscles attached to it, exposing the beautiful shoulder blades behind.

Water droplets flowed down the ends of his hair, leaving wet traces where they passed.

A few bees buzzed around him and flew away before he noticed it.

"Wipe your sweat."

Xue came over at some point, but suddenly appeared from behind and handed him a handkerchief.

Mizusawa hurriedly put on his short sleeves, wiped his hands on the clothes, and then took the white handkerchief with a little shyness.

"Today's fish is so big." Xue was a little surprised. Her long black curly hair was scattered on her shoulders. With her hands behind her back, she happily circled the fish basket, and the hem of her ankle-length skirt also flew up. Draw a semicircle.

"Yeah." Mizusawa pinched the handkerchief in his palm, reluctant to wipe his sweat with it, "I plan to catch more these few days, and I can keep the leftovers in the tank."

"Wait...wait a minute, can I go to your house to deliver some?" Mizusawa lowered his head, stuttered a little when he was nervous, and his ears turned red with anxiety.

Xue snorted and said, "Of course, today is an important day."

Seeing Xue's smile, Mizusawa blushed even more blankly.

"We'll see you later." Xue happily waved at Mizusawa.

"I'll see you later." Mizusawa followed suit and waved goodbye to her.

Until a slap hit him on the head.

"Okay, she's gone far away, still laughing like a fool." Yu Asong came over with a hoe in his hand.

Mizusawa unfolded the handkerchief he was still holding in his hand, a hexagonal snowflake was embroidered on the lower right corner of the handkerchief, he pursed his lips and kept laughing.

"The more you talk, the more energetic you are." Yu A Song made a gesture to grab the handkerchief from Shui Ze's hand.

Mizusawa quickly raised his arm, folded the handkerchief and put it in his pocket.

Yu Asong sighed: "Young man, it's so sweet."

Mizusawa: "Don't talk nonsense, Xue is a good friend of my childhood sweetheart."

"Just good friends? Never thought about getting married?" Yu Asong deliberately teased him.

Mizusawa thought about the possibility of marrying Xue in the future, and his heart was bubbling with joy.

But it doesn't show on the surface, he hasn't confessed his love to Xue yet, and he hasn't entered the stage of falling in love. Ah Song can't let Ah Song find out so early, otherwise it will definitely spread throughout the village tomorrow.

Xue just said goodbye later, he could take the opportunity to confess his love to her, and today was his birthday, so life couldn't be more beautiful.

Yu A Song lightly kicked Shui Ze: "Hey, you're distracted again, want to get married and become obsessed?"

"Don't talk nonsense, it's not that I don't have it."

"Tsk tsk, I don't believe it."

Shui Ze reaches out to cover Ah Song's mouth, Ah Song goes around behind a tree by the water to hide him.

The two of them quarreled happily.

Finally, they both fell into the water and got covered in water.

Tired of the fuss, the two lay on the shore, spread their hands and legs, and squinted their eyes to bask in the sun.

"A Song, today is my 20th birthday."

"Oh, happy birthday, just now you pushed me into the river as my birthday present to you."

"I want to start building my own house tomorrow, can you help me?"

"Your parents won't agree. They love you so much that they wish you wouldn't leave their sight for a second."

"They agreed, and went to the village head with me to apply for the land."

Yu Asong turned his head to the side, and he could see the sparkle in Mizusawa's eyes, which was full of anticipation for the future.

"Have you thought about anything else..." Yu Asong swallowed unconsciously, "I mean, for example, besides our village, if... well, just if, have you ever thought about leaving this place, this place? forest."

The last sentence was so light that it seemed to come from the wind, and it was scattered as soon as it flew over.

"What are you talking about, Ah Song, it's too dangerous outside, we will die if we go out." Mizusawa showed a worried expression, "Don't sneak out, tell me anything, I will worry about you."

Ah Song grinned, and said relaxedly: "I'm joking, you still take it seriously."

"That's good." Mizusawa sighed, "Our ancestors were so powerful that they could find a paradise here."

There are trees, water, and a village in the forest.

Mizusawa was born and raised in this village.

He knows everyone here, and he is familiar with everything here.

Since childhood, his family and the people around him have told him not to go out, the forest is too dangerous, and he will die if he goes out.

Fortunately, this forest protects them, provides them with shelter, and provides them with food.

Mizusawa is very thankful and grateful for this.

He loves it here.

Love this forest.

Love his parents.

And feel happy about it.

Shui Ze unconsciously fell asleep, and when he woke up, Ah Song had already left.

Judging by the position of the sun, he probably didn't sleep for a long time. Ah Song probably had to go to work, and he didn't want to wake himself up, Mizusawa thought.

Standing up and moving his limbs, he was going to catch a few more and went back first.

He flattened his trouser legs and stepped into the water step by step.

All the fish in the water swam away in shock, but only one fish was different from the others.

It swung its tail and swam straight towards Mizusawa's hand.

Mizusawa picked it up, and looked at the fish that had thrown itself into the net with a smile, and was about to throw it into the fish basket.

I saw the fish mouth open and spit out a small note.

Mizusawa caught the note curiously, and the fish turned around and jumped into the water, wagging its tail without looking back, and disappeared.

Open the note rolled into a small cylinder, with four words written on it.

happy Birthday.

Is this the surprise that Xue said?Mizusawa bent his eyes and showed a happy smile, and put the note in his pocket carefully.

When he was in a good mood, he was motivated to work, and soon he filled the fish basket to the brim, hummed a little song, carried the fish basket on his back, and walked to the village.

From a distance, I saw a group of pigeons parked on the square in the middle of the village.

White and white pigeons, and all of them are chubby.

"I don't know who raised it. I haven't noticed it before. It's so fat, the stewed pigeon soup is probably not bad." Mizusawa thought a little wickedly.

Of course, it's just a random thought, and next time you come over, you can feed them some bread crumbs.

When passing through the square, Mizusawa deliberately walked around the pigeons, not walking among them.

But it still seemed to alarm them.

"Cuckoo, cluck."

The white pigeons flew up one after another, not flying very high, and the sound of their flapping wings could be heard all over my ears, and a few pure white feathers fell down.

Across the flock of white pigeons, Mizusawa saw the snow not far away.

Mizusawa greeted her happily.

But Xue didn't respond, only her lips moved a few times, as if she had said something.

The dove's voice covered up Snow's voice, and Mizusawa could only see her mouth shape.

I am sorry.

sorry?Why...why apologize?

Mizusawa was full of doubts and wanted to go through the pigeons to ask for clarification, but the white pigeons that were flying around him suddenly stopped as if someone had pressed the pause button.

It all fell down and fell to the ground.

Mizusawa looked around in bewilderment, and a white pigeon also landed at his feet.

Staring round black eyes, motionless as if dead.

Mizusawa squatted down and picked up the white pigeon. With his movements, the white pigeon's abdomen was split open.

Expose the gears of the machinery inside.

Perhaps people who were too shocked suddenly would feel numb for a moment. Mizusawa saw that the place that should have been flesh and blood was replaced by a gear, and even stretched out his hand to move it.

The gear then turned half a turn.

The white dove lying in Mizusawa's palm also blinked its black eyes.

Mizusawa was so frightened that he threw it to the ground.

Looking at the pigeons lying all around, parts of their bodies were cracked, exposing the mechanical parts inside.

Mizusawa ran away, Xue was still standing not far in front, and he wanted to tell the people in the village about this strange thing together with her.

"Let's go, you don't know what I saw just now!"

Mizusawa took Xue's hand and was about to run together, but when he pulled, there was no pull, but a "plop", and Xue, who was standing still, fell to the ground because of his pull.

Mizusawa seemed to feel something.

"Snow……"

A little confused, he lowered his head and saw a scene that he didn't want to believe.

Xue remained motionless with her eyes open, and the part where her neck connected to her chest was split open.

The exposed places are all mechanical parts.

Like those white doves lying on the ground.

"How... what happened..."

Mizusawa knelt down beside Xue with some weakness, and the fish basket on his shoulders also slipped to the ground due to his unloading.

A basket of fish roared out of the basket.

Mizusawa twisted his neck with some difficulty.

He saw the water flowing from the fish basket seep into the ground, soaking it all up, and the fish lying on the ground stared, with the same openings on their bodies, exposing familiar mechanical parts.

The lively village in the past seemed to be completely frozen at this moment, extremely quiet.

Mizusawa covered his head in a broken state, raised his head and shouted.

After shouting in one breath, Mizusawa stood up again and rushed towards home.

Then, he saw his mother lying in the kitchen and his father sitting motionless on the sofa.

The mother's arms were split, and the father's legs were split.

Even the backs of the chickens raised in the yard are cracked.

Mizusawa carried her mother to the living room, put her on the sofa, and let her lie down with her father.

Getting up and leaving home without looking back, Mizusawa ran all over the village.

He saw Yu Asong lying in the mud in the field, saw the village chief holding a water glass in one hand in the village chief's office, and saw many familiar people on the village road who were motionless now...

The result left him in despair.

All people, all animals, have more or less cuts on their bodies...

No one is awake except myself.

No matter how I pushed and shouted, no one woke up and no one responded.

The whole village seemed to have been forgotten by the gods and lost its vitality.

The silence was terrible like a lie.

Mizusawa looked up and found himself walking back to the square.

Snow was still lying on the ground.

Mizusawa silently carried Xue back to her home and put it on the sofa.Her parents fell in the yard, and Mizusawa carried them back to the house.

Finally, he returned to the field and picked up Yu Asong who was in the mud.

When carrying Ah Song to his home, Mizusawa thought of what Ah Song had said to him today.

"Have you ever thought about leaving here, leaving this forest?"

Mizusawa looked at Ah Song's open eyes and was silent for a while, then left and returned to his home, packed some food and water and carried them on his back.

He bowed deeply to his parents on the sofa, turned his head and ran away.

Fine tears fell silently from the corners of his eyes, slid down his cheeks and fell to the ground.

Wet the circular marks in pieces.

The author has something to say: Senior: Happy birthday, surprises are not surprises, stimulation is not stimulation (*^▽^*)

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