Dip in fire

"Braised fish" seems to be different from "steamed fish", "fried fish", "sweet and sour fish" and so on.

Zhang Weilan couldn't describe it clearly, he himself never hated "fish", but this time his taste buds were more stimulated, perhaps because he ate too much and his mouth seemed numb.

Xiao Huan felt sleepy after eating, Zhang Weilan wanted to take her back to sleep, and was about to greet Yan Huiwan, when Zhong Ning came out with a bowl in her hand.

Like a wild monkey, he got out in a flash, Zhong Ning pulled Zhang Weilan and said, "Come on, come out with me."

Zhong Ning patted Xiao Huan on the head, and whispered in Xiao Huan's ear, "You go home first, I'll coax your brother."

Xiao Huan nodded immediately, and slipped out of the door like a loach, and ran back to Zhang's house.

Zhang Weilan: "..."

Zhang Weilan took a look and saw that Zhong Ning was holding some biscuit crumbs and finely chopped sausages in the bowl.

"Where are you going?" Zhang Weilan asked.

Zhong Ning sells medicine in the gourd, but he refuses to talk about it. He turned his face to Yan Huiwan and confessed: "Grandma, Zhang Weilan and I are going out."

He said rubbing his stomach: "Eat too much, take a walk."

Hearing walking food, Da Duozi's big ears flapped twice, his head stood up, and he stared at Zhong Ning.

Zhong Ning ruthlessly rejected Da Duozi: "Go, go, I won't take you."

Daduozi let out a "hum" and drooped his head.

"Where are you two going at night?" Yan Huiwan was worried, so she said a few words, "Don't go too far."

"Don't worry, grandma." Zhong Ning agreed, quickly picked up the cotton coat on Zhang Weilan's sofa, and threw it on Zhang Weilan's body.

Zhang Weilan had no choice but to put on clothes, and Yan Huiwan babbled: "Put on more. Zhong Ning, why are you holding a bowl? Weilan wears a scarf."

After the old lady finished chatting, Zhang Weilan had Zhong Ning's scarf on Zhang Weilan's neck, which was tied by Zhong Ning himself.

The two teenagers went out, and ran into Zhong Pei right after they left the hospital.

Zhong Ning was too lazy to explain to his mother again, fearing that he would have to listen to it again, so he quickly grabbed Zhang Weilan and ran outside.

They ran out of a gust of wind and rushed to Zhong Pei's face.

Zhong Pei entered the house helplessly. She shed the cold, rubbed her hands to warm them, and asked Yan Huiwan: "What are the two children doing out? They run like convulsions."

Yan Huiwan smiled: "I said I ate too much and went for a walk."

"Walking food?" Zhong Pei stared, "Mom, it's so cold and it's so late, what food do you want to walk?"

Yan Huiwan is still thinking about what Zhong Ning wants to do with a bowl - anyway, it's not to beg for food.Simply pull it.

Yan Huiwan poured Zhong Pei a cup of hot water: "Let them go. It would be nice if Xiao Ning could take Wei Lan out for a run."

Zhong Pei warmed his hands with hot water in both hands, thought for a while and sighed: "Yes, Wei Lan is too bored, and it would be good for Zhong Ning to make trouble."

"Don't worry about it, they're both big and big. It's safe for the two of you to go out together, and you can't lose it." Yan Huiwan said, "Have you eaten yet? If you haven't eaten, I'll get you something."

Zhong Pei: "I've eaten."

……

On the other side, Zhong Ning dragged Zhang Weilan and ran out tens of meters in one go. The street lamps at night passed one shadow after another on them, falling like big meteors.

There are a few small stalls on the side of the road, all of which sell food. The stall owners are all wrapped in thick cotton clothes and wearing woolen hats. .

Zhong Ning panted while holding the bowl, showing his white teeth when he spoke: "Fortunately, nothing was spilled."

Zhang Weilan saw that the tip of Zhong Ning's nose was red from the cold.

Passing by a small car selling candied haws, Zhong Ning stopped, turned to Zhang Weilan and said, "Eat candied haws?"

Before Zhang Weilan could say anything, Zhong Ning had already moved over to buy it.

After a while, he came over with two bunches of bright red hawthorn, gave Zhang Weilan a bunch, and gnawed a bunch for himself.

Zhang Weilan looked at the direction Zhong Ning was leading the way, and it was going to the south of Santang Street.

Zhang Weilan glanced at the small bowl in Zhong Ning's hand again, sighed and said, "You're not going to drag me to feed the cat, are you?"

Zhang Weilan: "It's too cold. The cat should not be in the grass of the creeper now."

"I know." Zhong Ning sucked the candied haws, "But I went to the ivy a few days ago to try my luck, and I met Brother Xiaohuata."

"..." Zhang Weilan was speechless for a while, "So you are trying your luck again?"

"No." Zhong Ning clicked his tongue, "Am I that stupid?"

Zhang Weilan said "yes" in her heart, and Zhong Ning said, "I know where the Xiaohua family's winter base is."

Zhang Weilan froze for a moment: "Huh?"

Zhong Ning said quite proudly: "I followed Brother Xiaohua and found it."

Zhang Weilan: "..."

How can someone be so talkative, follow a wild cat, and see where a family of cats spend the winter?

Zhong Ning is such nonsense.

Anyway, it has already come out, Zhang Weilan can't leave Zhong Ning and turn around and go back, so he has to be stupid with Zhong Ning.

They walked for about half an hour, and when the two bunches of candied haws were finished, Zhong Ning led Zhang Weilan around behind the ivy.

"Their nest is very close to the ivy." Zhong Ning said, leading Zhang Weilan across the grass.

The ground is full of withered grass, except for a few rows of pines, which are still green.

Zhong Ning pushed aside the hard needles of the pine tree, and pulled Zhang Weilan's sleeves: "Come here."

The two got out. Although it was cold around them, they were covered with sweat in their padded clothes, and even their hair was mixed with sweat. When the cold wind brushed their scalps, their scalps would feel cool and crispy, with slightly itchy prickles. pain.

After getting out, it is facing a small building, not high, only three floors, I can't see what it used to be, but it has obviously been abandoned, and no one has taken care of it for a long time.

"In this building?" Zhang Weilan asked. He checked, but the door was locked, and he didn't see any dog ​​hole to get through.

"No." Zhong Ning jumped out two steps, then suddenly squatted down, "You squat down and have a look."

Zhang Weilan walked over and knelt down beside Zhong Ning.In front of them was a thick pipe. The pipe was originally white, but now it was dirty and gray and mottled. The pipe was at least two or three meters long, twisting and crossing the ground.

Zhong Ning leaned closer to the mouth of the tube, opened his mouth and called out: "Little Hua? Big Hua? Brother Xiao Hua?" After shouting, he said "meow" twice.Cat meowing is quite vivid.

Zhang Weilan: "..."

Zhong Ning put the bowl on the ground, and said "meow" again: "I brought you something delicious."

Suddenly, a gaudy little brain came out of the nozzle.

"Brother Xiaohua!" Zhong Ning pointed at it, "This is Brother Xiaohua, I know him, there is a bunch of brown hair in the middle of his head."

The kitten jumped down from the mouth of the pipe, and landed on all fours without any movement.Zhang Weilan really saw a bunch of brown hairs in the middle of its head, it was impartial and very precise, exactly in the middle.

Brother Xiaohua came down, and then Xiaohua also jumped out, and it grew a big circle.But the other cats didn't come out.

Zhang Weilan turned sideways and stretched her head to look, and saw that there were still cats lying in the pipe, at least two or three.

"It's really hiding here..." Zhang Weilan froze for a moment.

"That's right. They're really smart." Zhong Ning said, "Go out for a stroll during the day when the weather is fine, and hide here to keep warm at night or when it snows."

Xiao Hua and Brother Xiao Hua buried their heads in the bowl and ate hard. It didn't take long for the whole bowl to be eaten.

Zhong Ning and Zhang Weilan squatted on the spot for a while to play with the cat, and when both Xiaohua and brother Xiaohua felt cold, the cat crawled back into the pipe, and then they stood up.

Zhong Ning clapped his hands twice: "Let's go, go home."

Zhang Weilan said "hmm".

It seemed to be colder than when we came out, Zhong Ning stomped his feet and asked Zhang Weilan: "Are you cold? How about we run?"

As he said that he had started to run in small steps, Zhang Weilan had no choice but to swing his arms and lift his legs to keep up.

Zhong Ning glanced at Zhang Weilan while running, his mouth was tense for a while, and finally opened clumsily: "Xiao Huan told me that you are in a particularly bad mood these days, let me coax you."

"...What?" Zhang Weilan paused for a moment, and his heart suddenly trembled.He frowned, "Xiao Huan is talking nonsense."

"No nonsense, you are in a bad mood." Zhong Ning lowered his voice, "Grandpa Zhang..."

Zhong Ning: "Xiao Huan is more sensible than you."

Zhang Weilan drooped her eyelids: "What do you mean?"

"I'm stupid, anyway, you know." Zhong Ning ran, the wind whistling in his ears, and the cold biting his ears hurt, "I always feel that you won't like it if you talk too much. Just... there is grandma, and My mother will help to take care of it, don't be too much...don't screw yourself too much. "

Zhang Weilan remained silent.

"And me." Zhong Ning looked at Zhang Weilan fixedly, not daring to breathe out.He said lightly, "If you're not happy, just tell me."

Zhang Weilan stopped suddenly, turned her face to look at Zhong Ning, and said after watching for two seconds: "Stop talking, run and drink the wind."

Then he ran on and left Zhong Ning behind.

Zhong Ning was choked to death by a closed door, his face was congested with blood, and suddenly he was very hot in the cold wind.I thought to myself: "It's hard for me to put my face on my shoulders and tell you something from the bottom of my heart. What's your attitude?"

——Rotten lump!Zhang Weilan is a piece of rotten wood!It's really unlucky for him to see such an incomprehensible scourge.

Zhong Ning gritted his teeth, seeing Zhang Weilan running farther and farther, he had no choice but to catch up quickly.He felt ashamed, and his scalp hurt from shame, so that he couldn't lift his face at all.

Zhong Ning's chin was arched into his collar, his head was bowed silently, the tip of his heart was limp, and the emotions on the tip of his heart could not be supported, he was up and down, he couldn't taste what it was like.

On the other hand, Zhang Weilan didn't bother him so much, but...he might have run a little too fast. He heard his heart beating three times, "dongdongdong" and "dongdongdong". On the street, through the fireworks and cold, clear and powerful.

It seemed to be echoing Zhong Ning's three words - "And me." The quarrel made Zhang Weilan run faster and faster.