Tree Hole Self-Rescue Guide

May you be warm in the three winters and not cold in the spring...

Wang Changling enthusiastically took Mo Yang's hand and excitedly told the old man about the help from Mo Zhichun's own son.

"My child has had poor health since he was young. Don't be fooled by his tall and strong appearance. That's all the fat he gained while in high school. When he had surgery two years ago, people believed he was just released from a drug rehabilitation center."

"His mother passed away early. In the past few years, she was busy with his medical treatment, running around hospitals all over the country. For this person, everything except life and death is trivial. I just let it go. I think it's good for the child to grow up healthily. I don't have any requirements for his studies to be delayed by his illness. As long as the child has experienced high school and gets a high school diploma, he will have more opportunities to find a job."

"I didn't expect that he would be admitted to high school and be assigned to the same class as your Zhichun and Xu Xiaoxiao. This child is also sensible. He asked these two girls to make a study plan for him without saying a word, and his grades have gradually improved. According to their class teacher, if he persists until the college entrance examination, my child may be able to get into a key university. This is something I didn't even dare to think about before..."

"Dad, aren't you leaving? Didn't you say you were busy today?" Wang Can leaned over the door frame and stuck his head out to look at Wang Changling who was talking in the living room.

You don't have to tell me all about my first half of life." Wang Can looked at his father speechlessly, he was almost running naked.

"Children, please go to the side while the adults are talking. After dinner, go and do your own things." Father Wang then told the two elderly people about his experiences over the years.

"Just tell your own story. You've already told me the story of my first half of life." If I didn't stop myself, my underwear would be stripped off. The two old men on the sofa looked at me with more loving eyes. This was the first time I experienced such an embarrassing scene, but it didn't feel bad.

It was not until the secretary called that Wang Changling looked at the time and saw that it was already ten o'clock in the afternoon. He quickly got up, said goodbye to the old man, and returned to the company to handle business.

I put the two bags of vegetables that the old man had forced into his hands into the trunk and said goodbye to the old man at the door.

“Changling, we’ll be harvesting watermelons in a few days. Remember to come and help if you’re free. There are a lot of children this year, so let’s have a small barbecue party.” Mo Yang patted Wang Changling on the shoulder.

"Okay, then uncle, aunt, I will definitely come."

The car drove away, the figure of the old man in the rearview mirror gradually shrank, and turned the corner onto the main road. Wang Changling's eyes became red again, and tears slid down his cheeks.

After the elementary school children finished their homework, Mo Yang taught them some new knowledge, and then they had fun in the yard. Some of them climbed onto Mo Yang's recliner and had a good sleep under the tree. Sometimes they read in the study, and sometimes they watched the ants moving in the yard. It was much better than letting a group of children mess around outside...

In the afternoon, parents came to pick up their children and bring home some express deliveries and fresh meat for the elderly. They took the basket to pick some vegetables from the fields and took their children home. That’s how the day went.

There are many things that high school students can do. They just need to repair the ridges, plant the potatoes and cover them with plastic film. The two old people just need to direct them and the children will finish the work in a short time.

After dinner, everyone was chatting in the yard. Gu Qiu called and asked Mo Zhichun to go and touch the cicada monkey.

"Zhizhi, have you eaten?"

"In the afternoon, we had cold cucumber salad, eggplant with garlic, stir-fried pork with chili peppers, big steamed buns with bean curd and pork, and tomato egg drop soup. Where are dad and mom?" Mo Zhichun recalled while counting on his fingers.

"Dad and Mom also drink tomato egg drop soup, cut the bean sticks into small pieces and stir-fry them, then eat them with noodles. Isn't studying tiring?"

"I can't say I'm not tired, but I'm fine. Dad, I see there's a light in the woods. Can I take a photo of the cicada monkey now?"

"Your uncle Liu took photos until midnight last night and made four or five hundred. If Zhizhi is not tired, would you like to have some entertainment?"

"Okay, okay, let's find some snacks for grandpa and mom. Dad, let me ask my classmates if they want to go, and you can bring a few more flashlights over later."

Except for Xu Xiaoxiao and Mo Zhichun, no one else had ever touched a cicada monkey. The fact that the cicada larvae in the book could be seen in reality and made into a delicacy naturally excited these teenagers, which was much better than a warm greeting from an elder.

Mo Yang was of course the most excited one. He gnawed half a cucumber and strongly recommended the children to go out. He vividly described the delicious fried cicada monkeys. If more people went out, his snacks might become a big gift package. Li Yue on the side glared at him and turned to muttering.

The night's activities were arranged in this way. Starting with a flashlight and a plastic bottle filled with water, Gu Qiu led the children to the nearby woods. The teenagers listened to Mo Zhichun and Xu Xiaoxiao's description and could only say four words: quick eyes and quick hands.

Pei Qiubai touched a cicada monkey down from the tree and spread it on his palm to show Wang Can. The yellow-brown cicada monkey crawled out along his finger. Gu Ye reached out and poked it, but his finger was clamped by the cicada monkey's thorny front paws, and it screamed. The elementary school children in the village ran over to watch the fun and laughed.

"Brother Gu Ye, cicada monkeys usually can't break your skin. It just hurts a little when you get pinched suddenly. Don't scream, or the other kids will laugh at you."

"Brother Gu Ye, we will never tell the adults that you cried after being pinched by a cicada." A group of little kids held hands and went to look for their parents.

"Brother Gu Ye, let me wipe your tears. Come, lend me my shoulder for you to lean on." Wang Can imitated the way a child spoke. He put his arm around Gu Ye's shoulders, laughing so hard that he almost wished him a happy new year.

There was nothing wrong with Gu Ye's finger, but it was really embarrassing to be laughed at by a group of kids.

"Get out of here, get out of here. My lifelong reputation, you real man, shed blood but not tears. I just shouted louder. Besides, those tears were shed because I was uncomfortable with the light of the flashlight. All of you come back here, I need to explain." Gu Ye shouted at the receding lights.

"Yes, yes, how could our Brother Gu be pinched by a cicada and cry. You are a magnanimous person, don't bother with a child." Wang Can said perfunctorily, and he would have to talk to Guo Nan about it later.

Pei Qiubai had already thrown the culprit into a small bucket with a cut in it, and he and Mo Zhichun and Xu Xiaoxiao quickly left with flashlights in their hands.

Gu Qiu took these two funny guys to another forest and agreed to meet at the village entrance at 9:30.

Gu Ye was very proud of being able to touch thirty cicada monkeys for the first time. He showed off to the children who were going home to sleep on the way.

"Linlin, how many cicada monkeys did you touch? Brother found thirty."

"Brother Gu Ye, Linlin has touched ninety of them, and her flashlight ran out of battery. Otherwise, she would have touched a hundred tonight." Mo Zhichun joked, holding Linlin's hand.

"Are kids nowadays so fierce? I don't believe it. Xiaoyu, how much did you touch?" Gu Ye asked the chubby boy who was sitting by the bridge to rest.

"About fifty, more than Brother Gu Ye, hehe. I was always last in the past, but now that Brother Gu Ye is here, I am the second to last. Thank you, Brother Gu Ye."

Gu Ye's face changed colors like a palette, and he forced a stiff smile, "Sister Xiaoxiao, were you all this strong when you were little?"

"More or less. I started hanging out in the summer evenings when I was in kindergarten. Kids run fast and have good eyesight, so we all have experience." Xu Xiaoxiao recounted the facts.

"They came out early. The older ones are experienced and can find cicada monkeys in their twenties by digging in the holes before the sun goes down. You are inexperienced this first time, so just look a few more times. This is already pretty good." Gu Qiu was afraid of undermining his nephew's self-confidence, so he tactfully expressed the fact that his nephew was still very inexperienced.

Wang Can covered his mouth and laughed silently in the back. It turns out that it is better to keep a low profile.