Ask for peace of mind

After the kitchen was cleaned up, Sun Yue took Sun Yang home.The siblings hoeed the peanut field for a day, and they had to get up early to work tomorrow.The old man chatted with the young man for a while and then went out for a walk again.When Wen Di came back from releasing the water, he saw Xu Wei'an and Sun Yan squatting in the corner, chatting.

"What are you doing?" Wendi asked curiously.

Hearing the sound, the two stopped chattering and turned their heads.Only then did Wen Di realize that they were holding two large cans in their hands.

"Brother Wendi, we're going to touch Zhizhihou, do you want to go with us? Zhizhihou is delicious." Seeing that it was Wendi, Sun Yan's eyes lit up immediately.At night, the woods are dark, the shadows of the trees are mottled, and the leaves rustle when the wind blows, which is very intrusive.Moreover, the dead are buried more or less in the small woods in the countryside. The old people have passed down many versions of ghost stories by word of mouth. Children are not afraid of tigers when they are newborn calves, but they still believe in ghost stories. They are never accompanied by adults at night. Dare to enter the grove.Usually at night, the two of them wandered around the outskirts of the woods, and they didn't gain much.Today when my brother came back, they wanted him to accompany him, but Sun Lin expressed his disinterest and just rejected them.Miss Sun Yan is smart, and she plans to persuade the guest first, and ask the guest to tell her brother, and her brother will definitely agree.

Wen Di was quite curious about the cicada monkey that he ate at night. He grew up in the city, and he had only seen pictures in books, but never seen a live cicada monkey, let alone caught it, so he became interested and planned to follow Known a lot in the past.

"Okay, I'll call your brother, let's go together." After saying that, he went into the house to look for Sun Lin.

"Yeah!" Sun Yan gestured victory to Xu Wei'an.The corner of Xu Wei'an's mouth curled up slightly, obviously very happy.

Sun Lin was a little speechless about his friend's curiosity, and felt that it was a bit naive to touch the monkey at such an age.But he couldn't stop Wen Di's long-sighted heart, so he had to sacrifice his life to accompany Junzi.

The four walked across the bridge to the other side of the river.Xu Wei'an and the others like to catch cicadas in the woods on the left side of the bridge in the morning, because it is very close to the old house.There is also a large forest near the river on the right side of the bridge. They usually come to touch it for a while at night.

The moonlight was bright, and under the moonlight, one could clearly see the protruding knots on the trees at the edge of the forest, as well as the dry aquatic plants wrapped around them.

"Brother Wendi, you can see that there are some small shadows on the tree or near the roots, which are usually cicada monkeys." Sun Yan said while doing a demonstration, groping for the nearby tree, and retracting her hand At that time, there was a cicada monkey lying in the palm of his hand. "It's dark in the woods, so I can't see these things, I can only touch them with my hands..." The little girl is skilled and eloquent, and she guided the rehearsal in a short while.

Wen Di raised his head to look at the moon, then at the mottled shadows in the woods, feeling a bit difficult... Then he turned his head to look at Xu Wei'an, who was already working quietly at the root of the tree, Wen Di silently added to himself oil.

"Brother Wen Di, you are in the same group as An An, if you don't know how to ask him, he will know the monkey very well." The little girl took her brother's hand, turned her head and told her cousin, "An An, take good care of Wen Di brother. I Go to the other end with my brother, and we can finish touching when we meet." After speaking, he dragged Sun Lin forward, for fear that the other two would rob her of her brother.

"Oh, good..." Xu Wei'an squatted at the root of the tree, looked at the cousins ​​who left holding hands, and then at Wen Di who was much taller than him, a little dazed, how to take care of it?

"Wen Di, An An, it's getting dark, be careful, don't worry. There are many mosquitoes in the woods, I'll take you to take a bath after touching them..." Sun Lin was dragged forward by his impatient sister, and only had time to turn around and say With one sentence, he was pulled into the shadow of the forest and disappeared.

Wen Di: "...Okay."

The familiar person left, Xu Wei'an was a little nervous.However, he knows that this little brother is a very good person. He still remembers that he promised his cousin that he has the "duty" to take care of him. Don't be timid. Yes, you have to be brave. Little Xu Wei'an encouraged himself in his heart.After completing the mental construction, Xu Wei'an stretched out his little paw to Wen Di nervously and a little bit shyly.

Wen Di was taken aback, reached out to hold it, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xu Wei'an blushed a little, but puffed out his small chest, and whispered: "It's dark, I'll hold you."

Thinking of the shy and shy little boy when we first met, and seeing the nervous but active kid "pulling" his hand now, Wen Di wanted to laugh, but held back.

"Little brother, let's touch these rows of trees." Xu Wei'an pulled La Wendi and commanded in a low voice.

"Everything is up to An An, An An must be a good teacher." Wen Di stretched out his hand and rubbed Xu Wei'an's head, encouraging himself, "We must touch more than the two of them."

"Yeah." Xu Wei'an rubbed Wen Di's hand unconsciously, and then felt a little embarrassed, so he lowered his head to hide his discomfort, but his heart was as happy as a blossoming flower.

Eight-year-old Xu Wei'an is still too young, ignorant and precocious, he is too sensitive and cares too much about the warmth given by others.Sometimes a caring look, a word of support, or an intimate physical contact from others, he can remember in his heart for a long time, just to retain the few warmth in his life.As he grew older and experienced things in the world, he realized that his desire for warmth had long been buried deep in his heart and carved into his bones.

The ground in the woods is full of potholes and it is not easy to walk, but Xu Wei'an has walked many times, and he walks like walking on flat ground. Wen Di is in high spirits and does not find it difficult to walk.

At the beginning, you can still see the shadow of Cicada Monkey. Where Xu Wei'an looks low, where Wen Di looks high, the cooperation between the two can be regarded as a tacit understanding.After entering the depths of the woods, I really couldn't tell which was a pimple and which was a cicada monkey, so I had to touch it a little bit.

"Little brother, start touching from the ground around the roots of the tree. Some cicada monkeys have just emerged from the ground and climb slowly, and then they can reach as high as they can along the tree. If they can't be touched, cicada monkeys will be able to reach it tomorrow." Out of the shell, Sister Yanzi and I will cast the monkey shell tomorrow afternoon." Children of this age really don't waste resources at all.

"Well, let me feel it." Wen Di squatted down, and began to feel along the roots of the tree with his hand, "Hey, there is really." He touched a fleshy thing, which was still struggling desperately. Use the pliers to pinch the flesh of his palm.

"I'll touch the bottom, you touch the top. But... be careful if you touch the snake." Xu Wei'an couldn't help shivering when he thought of the slippery and cold touch of the worm.Snakes like shade, and there are many snakes by the river, and some snakes coil around tree trunks at night.

Xu Wei'an is very afraid of snakes, very terrified.Because he was bathing in the river once, he swam to a place with aquatic plants, and suddenly felt a pain in his buttocks. He subconsciously reached out to touch his buttocks, and then saw a green water snake as thick as a thumb, quickly slipping away from between his fingers .He still remembers the sticky and slippery touch, disgusting and terrifying.He didn't tell anyone about being bitten on the bottom by a water snake, but he was afraid of snakes from then on.

Most of the snakes in rural areas are not poisonous, and generally they will not take the initiative to attack people, but this kind of creature is very unpleasant, and most people will feel scared when they see them.When Xu Wei'an touched the monkey at night, he touched the snake a few times, and the cool and slippery touch almost became his nightmare.But Sun Yan is brave and solid, so she is not afraid of snakes, and she doesn't have any shadows when she comes out at night.

"Are you afraid? Then you dare to come here at night?" Wen Di was surprised.

"Sister Yanzi likes it, I want to accompany her," Xu Wei'an couldn't help but muttered in a low voice.No one knew that he endured the numbness of his scalp every night and overcame his psychological fear to stay with Sun Yan.Of course, even if you know it, you can't understand his behavior.It's just that the young Xu Wei'an has a steelyard in his heart. He likes warmth and the approval of others. The warmth and needs Sun Yan brings to him are enough for him to overcome his psychological barriers.

"Oh." Wen Di didn't say anything more, he didn't understand children's psychology.However, knowing that there are many snakes, he was very excited, "Tell me if you touch a snake, I will catch it for you, and we will grill the snake meat tomorrow." However, Xu Wei'an next to him shuddered at the thought of eating snake meat His face turned pale, but Wendi didn't notice his reaction when it was dark. .

Xu Wei'an was not a talkative person in the first place, and he was a little reserved, so he talked even less.Although Wen Di is sunny and cheerful, she is not a chatterbox.However, Wen Di was always a little soft-hearted when facing quiet children, so he took the initiative to tell him interesting things about his middle school years.Xu Wei'an will be in the fifth grade when school starts again, and he is as curious about middle school life as children of his age, so he gradually forgot about the snake, listened with great interest, and even asked questions on the key points, The words also gradually increased.The two chatted intermittently and walked down the woods.

When the two groups met, they touched all the cicada monkeys in the woods. Xu Wei'an's group was full of cans and bottles, obviously more than Sun Yan's group.Xu Wei'an guessed that the cousin must be the noisy brother Lin Zi who has been chattering all the time, and she didn't pay attention to touching the monkey.The corners of his mouth curled up, and he glanced at Wen Di, and found that the other party winked at him secretly. Soon, his big black eyes bent into crescent moons, and the two of them knew each other.

Although Sun Yan wanted to dominate her brother all the time, it was already very late, so she could only go home and sleep obediently.After sending Sun Yan home, Sun Lin and Wen Di took a change of clothes, and the three of them went back to the old house.

Sun Lin's and Sun Yang's houses are not very big, although they can sleep on a bed with a bamboo mat outside in summer, but both families have half-grown girls, so it is very inconvenient for Wen Di to live in both houses.Therefore, Sun Lin let Wen Di sleep in the old house, and he slept with him for one night to let Wen Di get used to it.

Wen Di came here to do something, and he and Sun Lin had a good relationship. Before coming, he had made clear the situation, and of course he didn't care about the conditions. Besides, he was very interested in Mutianxidi .

Back at the old house, the two old men had already fallen asleep.The old man had already made beds for them in the yard.A quilt made of sorghum stalks was spread on the ground, and a quilt was spread on it. On the quilt, a wide bamboo mat and a thin quilt were placed, enough for three grown boys to sleep.

The three of them put the night's harvest in the corner, left the yard and went straight to the river.

Xu Wei'an didn't want to go there at first, there might be snakes in the river at night, he was afraid of that thing, and usually washed it in the yard at night with water that had been in the sun for a day.But tonight he was happy and wanted to get close to brother Lin and little brother, so he couldn't bear the teasing and temptation of the two, so he followed them to the river to take a bath.

Putting clean clothes on the rocks on the bank, the three of them took off their clothes and went down the river.When Wen Di first started taking off his clothes, he was somewhat embarrassed. After all, he had never been naked in front of others since he grew up. Although he had been to a swimming pool, at least he was wearing swimming trunks.It must be a little uncomfortable to take off the clothes now.But after seeing Xu Wei'an take off his naked body two or three times, he also took off his naked body generously.In his consciousness, although Xu Wei'an is young, he is still a man, and he is also a shy man. Xu Wei'an is not shy anymore, why is he uncomfortable?Sun Lin was also a little uncomfortable, but he grew up by the river, and he often took a bath in the river. Seeing that Wen Di and Xu Wei'an had already entered the water, he took off his clothes, gathered the dirty clothes into a pile, and followed suit. into the water.

The river water is warm, and it is very comfortable to soak in it, and it removes the dryness on the body.After getting rid of the dryness, the sequelae of going into the woods at night will come out.Although Wen Di doesn't attract mosquitoes, there are too many monks in the woods, so the mosquitoes can only reluctantly stare at Young Master Wen.Wen Di felt that several places on his body were itchy, so he hurriedly scrubbed it.

Sun Lin was unlucky, he was already prone to mosquito bites, now his face, arms, legs, all slowly got pimples, he scrubbed himself clean, but it was still itchy, and finally got stuck in the water Mengzi.

Although Xu Wei'an could swim, he was small, and Sun Lin didn't dare to let him move around at night, so he let him wash not far from the shore.There was a rock there, Xu Wei'an sat on it, the water just covered his stomach, Xu Wei'an has always been obedient, he would do whatever his cousin told him to do, even though he was a little scared and wanted to get close to the two adults.

After Wen Di washed, he saw Xu Wei'an sitting there alone, but his eyes kept looking at him. Although he couldn't see his eyes clearly at night, they must be clear and full of longing.My heart softened a little, and I swam towards Xu Wei'an.Unexpectedly, as soon as he swam towards Xu Wei'an, he heard Xu Wei'an screamed and jumped towards him, but fell headlong into the water.

Wen Di was startled, "An'an, what's wrong with you?" He shouted and swam towards Xu Wei'an with all his strength, but of course, no one answered him.Swimmed to the place where Xu Wei'an was just now, but couldn't find anyone. Wen Di plunged into the water and swam along the direction of the water. The water was very dark and he couldn't see anything, so Wen Di had to move forward slowly. go.Thankfully, he touched someone not far from where he was.

"An An, how are you?" Wen Di patted Xu Wei'an on the cheek, but Xu Wei'an didn't respond.

Wen Di hurriedly carried him to the river bank, made Xu Weian lie on his back, pinched his nose with one hand, put the other on his chest, took a deep breath, and blew into Xu Weian's mouth .

"What's wrong with An'an, what happened?" Sun Lin's anxious voice sounded.He swam far away just now, when Xu Wei'an screamed, he was in the water and couldn't hear clearly, only after hearing Wen Di's voice after getting out of the water, did he know that something might have happened to Xu Wei'an, so he hurried over.

Wen Di ignored him, and after blowing air repeatedly a dozen times, he felt Xu Wei'an's chest move, knowing that he was fine for the time being, and breathed a sigh of relief.I didn't feel anything just now, but now I realized that my hands and feet were stiff, and my back was sweating.

Xu Wei'an slowly opened his eyes, rolled his eyes, and then seemed to think of something terrible, subconsciously rushed towards Wen Di who was closest to him.Immediately, tears slid down Wen Di's shoulders as if a gate had been opened, and the whole person was sobbing, but did not cry out.

The warm liquid on his shoulder made Wen Di a little distressed. He shook his head at Sun Lin who was reaching out to take Xu Wei'an away, reached out to hug Xu Wei'an, and patted his back gently to comfort him.It seemed that the child was really frightened.Sun Lin hesitated to speak, but finally shook his head and said nothing.

The two were not in the mood to stay by the river any longer, put on their clothes, and planned to go back.During this period, Xu Wei'an lay on Wen Di's body all the time. Wen Di hugged him and got up, put on his shorts with one glove, and his jacket couldn't be worn, so he covered Xu Wei'an.The warm liquid fell on Wen Di's bare shoulders, and it didn't stop. Wen Di could only hug Xu Wei'an tightly, which was a kind of comfort for him.

When he returned to the old house, Wen Di found that Xu Wei'an had fallen asleep, but his arms were tightly wrapped around his neck. He couldn't sleep, so he could only lie on the bed slowly, holding Xu Wei'an in his arms, gently Gently stroked his back.Slowly, Xu Wei'an stopped tensing up and relaxed.Wen Di gently took Xu Wei'an's arm from his neck, lay down, put Xu Wei'an's head on his arm, let him lie in his arms, and then pulled the quilt over his body.

Seeing Wendi being so cautious, Sun Lin was surprised, so he didn't say anything.

However, when he woke up the next morning, Wen Di found that there was an extra stove beside him - Xu Wei'an had a fever.Xu Wei'an was quiet even when he had a fever, but from the furrowed brows, it could be seen that the child must be feeling very uncomfortable right now.Seeing the well-behaved child suffer, Wen Di blamed himself very much. If he hadn't been abducted by himself, the child would not have entered the river, let alone have an accident, and he would not suffer now.

The old lady knew what happened, she didn't blame Wen Di, but she was also quite frightened.Wen Di meant to take Xu Wei'an to see a doctor first, but rural people would not go to a doctor unless they were seriously ill, and the old lady also had this habit.She directly made a bowl of ginger tea, fed it to Xu Wei'an, and then covered the quilt to sweat.Wen Di saw that the persuasion was ineffective, and planned to take Xu Wei'an to see a doctor if Xu Wei'an's fever did not subside by noon.

After breakfast, Grandpa Xu Wei'an went out to meet his chess friends as usual, and the old lady stayed in the house to watch over Xu Wei'an.Wen Di felt guilty and wanted to guard at first, but was kicked out by the old lady, saying that it was important business and An An would take good care of herself.Wen Di had no choice but to follow Sun Lin back to Sun Lin's house.