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Half of the lotus flowers in Nanhu Lake have already bloomed, and the petals are spread out layer by layer. A touch of imperial concubine color is dotted on the tip of the lotus petals, like a girl's face painted with rouge, a little shy, hidden among the surrounded lotus leaves.When the breeze is blowing, the lotus clusters will sway.In the dog days, the heat wave is rolling, and people who go out are like steamed buns in a steamer, so stuffy that they are about to swell.No matter how green the lotus leaves were, no matter how delicate the lotus flowers were, they failed to retain the students who were sketching. There were many fewer easels by the South Lake, and those who did not leave found the shade of trees.

The sound of the piano came from the Luming Inn, the light notes seemed like ripples in the water, and the sound of the piano floated in the air, suppressing a little heat.

Lu Jing moved a plastic stool and sat by the piano, observing the boy's technique.The boy's nails were not worn beyond the fingertips, and his white and clean fingers smoothly slid and crossed on the keys, flowing freely. Lu Jing showed a satisfied look.

Hearing the sound of the piano, Wang Hongli tiptoed into the Luming Inn with his belongings. Tao Ling was playing the piano in the open main room. The rockery and plantains in the courtyard covered part of it. From a distance, only Tao Ling's profile face and hands could be seen. He didn't come out. The sound, quietly leaning on the courtyard pillars and waiting.

The sound of the piano stopped, and the people in the main room closed the cover of the piano to bid farewell to Lu Jing and walked to the courtyard. Seeing that someone was about to come out, Wang Hongli hurriedly hid behind the rockery, his heart beating faster than before the prank.

"Yuzai!" Hearing the sound of footsteps approaching, Wang Hongli jumped out from behind the rockery, and saw Tao Xuan's frightened expression as expected.

Tao Xuan's eyes widened, his forehead was sweating slightly, his face, which was originally blushed due to the heat, turned pale from fright, and his beating heart was stimulated, beating like a drum.

The prankster in front of him was smiling, wearing clothes that Tao Lian didn't see him wearing, his trouser pockets were bulging, and he didn't know what was inside.

Tao Xuan admitted that when he saw Wang Hongli jumping out, he was very happy, just like seeing the sunny day in Huizhou, but he was not going to let Wang Hongli discover his happiness for the time being, and his little face was still calm.

"Here, this is for you!" Wang Hongli took out something in his pocket, and it was a sea snail with a grayish-yellow pattern coiled on the shell.

"I picked and picked on the beach, and finally picked this one!" The fist-sized conch, with no silt visible on the rough surface, was washed clean, lying in Wang Hongli's palm.

Seeing Tao Xuan's expressionless expression, Wang Hongli thought he was still in a daze of being frightened by him, so he directly stuffed the conch into Tao Yao's hand.

On the way home together, the kid who gave the gift was very excited. He just came back from Ningbo today, and he has accumulated too many interesting stories. He couldn't wait to pour them out and share them with Tao Yao, his little mouth kept buzzing.

"Have you ever seen the sea, Lingzi? The sea is really big and endless."

"I've seen it before. You can see the mouth of the Pearl River from Nansha in Guangzhou." Tao Xuan laughed as he watched Wang Hongli clumsily draw a big circle with his arm.

"Liuzi, can you swim?"

"My dad also taught me how to swim! How about we go to the county's swimming pool in two days?"

The bluestone slabs are old for a long time, full of potholes, and some stagnant water that hasn’t dried up from the rain. Tao Lian held the conch and buried himself in his own way. Sweeping, he himself didn't know why, but, listening to Wang Hongli's description, the happier he lived in Ningbo, the lower he felt. It seemed that he was the only one affected by the two-week separation this time, Tao Xuan thought silently .

Wang Hongli was excited when he spoke, but the reactions of the people around him were very flat.

Tilting his head, seeing that Tao Lian was not at all excited about seeing his good friend again, Wang Hongli was a little bit heartbroken, and snatched the conch away. Tao Lian was surprised, and before he could speak, he heard the child delivering the conch talking to himself in an exaggerated voice:

"What's going on, Yaozi, you're not happy to see me at all!" Pai Daxing's rough and simple voice was imitated.

"I don't know! Why don't we ask the magic conch?" The counterfeit SpongeBob SquarePants Wang Hongli put the conch next to his ear like a phone, and glanced at Tao Yao. , suppressing the corners of his upturned mouth, he quickened his pace in order not to be noticed.

Wang Hongli quickly grabbed Tao Xuan, put his arm on Tao Yao's shoulder, and deliberately put his other hand on his waist to tickle him. Tao Xuan tried his best to make a serious expression with a small face, but he was still defeated under.

The inexplicable cold war that had not yet begun ended in this way.

Before the start of school, the two children finally went to the swimming pool in the county once. Awan, who wanted to go with him, looked forward to it aggrievedly, but was still detained at home by Grandma Wang.

Tao Xuan can swim, the two children are not accompanied by adults, and they don't have the courage to go to the deep water area and play Coke in the shallow water area.

Wang Hongli could only swim but could not take a breath, so he asked Tao Xuan to hold his hand. He raised his head and smiled, as long as he fetched water with the back of his feet, he didn't have to hold his breath at all. After playing for a while, the swimmer was replaced by Tao Wang Hongli pulled Tao Lian to let him feel the joy of not having to hold his breath. Tao Lian's jade pendant hung around his neck, and the white jade, which was as smooth as suet, dangled in the water.

The sweltering weather drives people to the swimming pool to escape the heat. People in the shallow water area put their elbows on their elbows, and they can meet people after swimming a few meters. There are also teachers who are teaching swimming lessons. With a whistle, they kicked the water together, like ducklings.

Wang Hongli, who had been splashed by water for countless times, paddled the water to transfer to the battlefield. The water level in the pool was a little higher than his chest and did not reach his throat. He floated up and raised his forearm to support the pool. His chest was a little stuffy, and he pushed the swimming goggles to his forehead, relaxing quietly.

The surrounding water was rippling, and Wang Hongli turned his head when he felt the sound of slightly gasping breathing beside him.

Tao Xuan's face was covered with water, he wiped his face with his hands, took a string of water drops, and put on the swimming goggles, the red marks from the swimming goggles were all around the eyes on Jun's face, Wang Hongli saw , giggling and pointing at him and laughing.

Wang Hongli saw that Tao Lian opened his lips, but the swimming pool was too noisy, the hall was empty and echoed, and the sound was too quiet to be heard.

"What did you say?" Wang Hongli approached.

Tao Xuan looked puzzled, obviously, he couldn't hear what Wang Hongli said.

So Wang Hongli let go of his supporting arm, stepped on the bottom of the pool, and moved in front of Tao Xuan again.

"What did you just say—" Before he finished speaking, Wang Hongli was pushed forward by a force behind him. An adult was carrying his back and they didn't see him. He was teaching his child to learn swimming, and accidentally bumped into Wang Hongli when he stepped back.

Wang Hongli was caught off guard by the collision, and he jumped forward, lost his footing and fell to the surface of the water.

The water in the swimming pool was gurgling into Wang Hongli's mouth, and his feet struggled to find the bottom of the pool. He paddled the water with both hands indiscriminately, and there was nothing to support him, and his ears were full of water. What? I can't hear clearly, I can only feel the water rushing towards him from all directions, as if trying to crush him into a small piece of compressed biscuit, some hands found his waist and desperately tried to pull him up, but the strength Not enough, unable to pull out the body that sank in the water.

Tao Ling was staring at Wang Hongli's mouth, wanting to see what he was talking about, but before he realized what happened, the person in front of him was knocked into the water, and Tao Ling was slapped in the face by the water, and before he could erase it, he He stretched out his hand to pull Wang Hongli, but the child's usually light body seemed to be filled with lead in the water, and he couldn't lift it up. Tao Xuan felt his whole body was cold, and he lifted Wang Hongli's waist as hard as he could. Shouting to the surroundings for help, the adult who bumped into the person found out, hurriedly helped his own child, and turned to pull Wang Hongli.

The water droplets on the hair were still dripping down in strings, falling on the tile floor and sliding away, flowing into the swimming pool along with other water flows along the tile gap, Wang Hongli squeezed the swimming cap in his hand, squeezed out a puddle of water, he The irritating sensation of choking water in his nose and throat has not disappeared, and he lowered his head to slow down the choking water.

Tao Xuan sat beside him and patted his back lightly, "Yuzai, are you okay?"

Wang Hongli raised his right hand and gave him an "OK" gesture.

Looking at Wang Hongli's drooping head, Tao Xuan was very scared. When Wang Hongli sank into the water just now, it was as if a cold snake wrapped around his body and slowly tightened. The suffocation in his chest made him not want to experience it again.

The people in the swimming pool didn't notice that a child almost drowned just now, and they were still swimming on their own.

Wang Hongli is very solid, and he is not afraid when his body recovers. He wants to play in the water for a while, but Tao Huan holds him back, and shows him his white and wrinkled hands that have been soaked in water, "I stayed in the water for too long. The skin is wrinkled."

Only then did the big-hearted child realize that he looked down at his hands, which were also wrinkled in vain, "Then let's go back? Anyway, we've been playing for a long time."

Reluctantly saying goodbye to the swimming pool, Wang Hongli quite liked the feeling of soaking in the water. The current fluctuated gently, as if the fish had returned to where they belonged. If it hadn’t been for the dangerous episode just now and Tao Xuan’s persuasion, he would still want to swim. two laps.

There are no buses that are common in cities between the county seat and Pingshan Village, only minibuses that shuttle between the undulating mountains in Huizhou.

The window of the minibus was open, and the warm wind rushed into the car, blowing away the steaming heat. Tao Xuan and Wang Hongli sat on the seats, leaning on each other. The mountain road had many bends. Several times people drove very wildly, each of them clasped the handle of the seat with one hand, and the small bodies sticking together swayed as the car turned, and the two tired children gradually dozed off amid the bumps.