back to childhood

The summer is scorching hot, the scorching sun rises from six o'clock in the morning, and does not set until seven or eight o'clock in the evening. Thirteen or four hours of continuous baking makes the ground temperature continue to rise. In addition, there has been no rain for nearly two consecutive months. The farmland has been severely cracked, and the severe lack of water has made the crops in the field dejected and dejected.

Farmers depend on the weather for their food, and this kind of weather is really worrying. The Shen family is fine, it is near the river and can be irrigated with drinking water.It was much more difficult for Shen Bai's grandfather. The water in the pond was almost drained, and the rice was barely saved.

Shen Bai didn't go anywhere after the holiday, just stayed at grandma's house for a few days and grandpa's house for a few days, looking at the weather, he knew in his heart that what should happen would still happen, he could only try to minimize the loss.

During the few days when he stayed at the grandfather's house, Shen Bai often went out for a walk early in the morning when the sun was not too strong. He focused on the rice fields of the grandfather's house. The rice was almost yellow, so at lunch time, I persuaded my grandfather to harvest the rice that was almost mature.

Grandpa Xie Youhua was still hesitant at the beginning, because the rice was not very ripe, and it would be better to wait for a while to harvest, but Shen Bai insisted on saying it several times, and he must agree to it.

Shen Bai experienced it once, and knew how severe the heavy rain would be this year. Although he didn't remember clearly in his previous life when he was young, the scene of the flood was still fresh in his memory. He didn't remember what started the rain, but then As time passed, the tension became more and more intense. He knew that if he didn't take any action, it was very likely that this year's rice harvest would fail.

Xie Youhua was talked too much by Shen Bai, looked at the sun in the sky, wiped the sweat from his forehead, gritted his teeth and finally nodded.

They all depend on the sky for food, and he also knows that a long drought must be followed by heavy rain, but he is a little reluctant to part with the crops. This year's harvest is not good, and it is not worthwhile to harvest early.But seeing how persistent my grandson is, and thinking about how well my grandson did in the exams last semester, I should obey my grandson's wishes.

So the next day the family began harvesting rice. Others looked at it, and moved impatiently. When a heavy rain poured down in early August, the common people did not have the joy of rain after a long drought, but were full of anxiety. worry.The weather forecast has long said that there has been heavy rainfall across the country in the past few days, and many places have even issued orange warnings for heavy rain. It is said that there will be heavy rainfall for a long time in the future, and the rice in the field has not been harvested, and the rice at home has not yet been harvested. Some have not been dried in the sun, and they will rot after a long time. They are not in a happy mood.

Seeing the continuous heavy rain outside, there is no hope for the rice in the field for the time being, so they had to make room to spread out the rice at home to dry to avoid another loss due to heat and mildew.

Fortunately, they harvested earlier this year than in previous years, and the loss was not too great. I heard that people in other villages harvested late, and there was not much rice at home, which was not enough for their family.

Xie Youhua heard about it, and he was glad that he had listened to Shen Bai, otherwise it would have been a real disaster.

The storm continued for three days and three nights, and it gradually subsided in the morning of the fourth day. However, the lingering rain was so worrying that it didn't seem to stop at all.In the past two days, the news has been reporting from time to time where houses collapsed, where landslides occurred again, and children were washed away by floods, all of which were not very good news, so when Shen Bai proposed to return to Shen's house At that time, his grandparents tried their best to dissuade him and let him stay here. At least their houses here are well built without mountains or water, so there is no need to worry about these.

But Shen Bai still insisted. He knew that the rain would last for a long time. Now the river had started to rise. If he didn’t go back, he would really be unable to go back when the road was submerged. He was worried that something would happen to his grandma alone. Moreover, Sanbo's house is close to the river, and once the river rises, he will be busy moving things. He helped move things in his last life, so he doesn't feel at ease if he doesn't go back and have a look this time.

Seeing that he insisted on leaving, Grandpa couldn't persuade him no matter how much he tried. He was worried that he would be in danger by himself, so he had to come and send him back in person to feel at ease.

Fortunately, Shen Bai came back in time. On the second day after his return, it rained heavily for two days. The river water that had risen to the bridge piers was about to rush up the bridge. There is a vast ocean, and a lot of messy things washed down from the upper reaches are floating on the surface of the river. I just feel that the flood is like a ferocious beast that is about to swallow people up.

As expected, the river water was the same as in the previous life. On the third day after he came back, it was about to flood the courtyard dam of Sanbo’s house. Worried that it would rise again, Sanbo hurriedly moved the furniture. The rest of the Shen family lived higher, so don’t worry. , so they all went to help move things to Grandma Shen's house. Fortunately, the place in the house was big enough to put it in. After moving the things almost, everyone was relieved. At this time, the flood had already reached Sanbo's house. up.

A flood caused panic. Everyone was worried about what to do if the flood continued to rise. Grandma Shen was even more worried about what to do if it rose to the old courtyard dam like many years ago. The location of the yard is very high, and the old house was almost submerged by the flood. The elderly have experienced this, so they are a little more worried.

Shen Bai knew that the flood would not rise so high this time, seeing that grandma was so worried that she couldn't sleep, he often comforted her not to think too much.

Fortunately, history has not changed. In the next few days, the heavy rain turned into light rain. After a few days of pattering, it stopped. When the sun reappeared, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

In the next few days, although the flood did not fall, it did not rise again. Shen Bai and Shen Xiang went out to watch the flood together. Now Shen Bai is not as naughty as before, and he does not fight against Shen Xiang anymore. The relationship between the two has gradually improved. , these days they eat, drink and play together every day, the two brothers are always together wherever they go.

"Oh, Shen Bo, what do you think that is?" Shen Xiang yelled suddenly, and pulled Shen Bai to look in the direction of the middle of the river, "It seems to be a person, walking towards us, it is looking for death!"

Shen Bai was also startled when he saw it. Isn’t the direction he pointed at the bridge they passed every day? Walking on it at this time, and looking at the figure is still a child, isn't it courting death? !

"Let's go, let's go and have a look." Shen Bai's mood suddenly became heavy, it's fine if he didn't see it, but now that he sees it, he can't make people court death like this, he must persuade him to go back.

Their lives were at stake, neither of them dared to delay, they hurried over and ran all the way down the slope, getting closer and closer, Shen Bai suddenly felt that the figure of that person looked familiar, when he got closer, he was immediately frightened Almost jumped out, "Fan Yunzhao, what are you doing, go back!"

He never thought that the person who was almost walking to the middle of the river was Fan Yunzhao!Didn't he return to S city? Why did he appear here?

Looking at the flood that barely reached his thigh, Shen Bai's face turned pale, he was going to die, how dare he do so!

"Shen Bo..." Fan Yunzhao paused when he heard Shen Bo's voice, his face was as pale as Shen Bo's, and he just stood in the middle of the river and looked at Shen Bo, Shen Bo jumped anxiously, "Hurry up!" Go back, don't come here!"

Compared with Shen Bai's irascibility, Fan Yunzhao looked extraordinarily calm, shook his head lightly, lowered his head and continued walking, ignoring Shen Bai's anxious yelling, his steps were unusually firm.

Why doesn't this person listen to advice!Shen Bai was in a hurry. Seeing that Fan Yunzhao was determined to cross the river, he stopped shouting after a few times and tied up his trouser legs to go down the river. Shen Xiang hurriedly grabbed him, "You don't want to die, don't you?" Go!" He doesn't know who Fan Yunzhao is, and he doesn't care if he dies or not, but he can't let his cousin die before his eyes, if his father and grandma find out, they can't beat him to death!

Shen Bai glanced at Fan Yunzhao, who had passed by more than halfway, and was very anxious, "Let me go, he is my friend, I can't watch him die." Although he didn't know why Fan Yunzhao came back from S City, he insisted He wanted to cross the river, but he guessed that something must have happened, and he must have come to find him when he crossed the river at this time, he couldn't just watch something happen to Fan Yunzhao, two people standing together are better than one.

"No, no matter who he is, you are not allowed to go!" Shen Xiang held him firmly, not giving way.

Suddenly he screamed in a low voice, and stared at behind Shen Bai with his eyes wide open. Shen Bai's heart skipped a beat, and before he had time to think about it, when he looked back, the three souls were frightened away, "Fan Yunzhao!"

For a split second, Shen Bai didn't have time to think about anything, and jumped into the turbulent flood. The river was so turbid that he couldn't see anything. Looking around from the surface of the water, "Fan Yunzhao!"

But where is the figure of Fan Yunzhao, just for a while, the rushing river has already rushed him to nowhere, Shen Bai's small body is ups and downs in the rushing river, and he is caught off guard several sips of water, it's okay He is good at swimming, otherwise he would have been dizzy from the rush.

Unable to see Fan Yunzhao, Shen Bai was so anxious that his heart beat so wildly that he couldn't hear anything. He could only rely on his instinct to keep his balance in the river while searching back and forth.He comforted himself in his heart just now when Fan Yunzhao fell into the water, he jumped off with him, the distance between the two should not be far, definitely not far!

He couldn't imagine that if Fan Yunzhao was really washed away by the flood, he couldn't imagine that his good friend around him would disappear so suddenly. He opened his eyes wide and felt a little uncomfortable. Suddenly, I saw a familiar figure, "Fan Yunzhao!"

With a cry, Shen Bai plunged into the water, rushed over with all his strength on his hands and feet.