Bamboo horses peck each other daily

Shi Xu dragged his muddy hands in displeasure to clean up the Xinliu River, which had shrunk into a stream and had an elegant name.

Under the sun at noon in August in City A, being exposed to the sun on a deserted road in the suburbs—there is nothing more sour than this.

Shi Xu rubbed his hands in annoyance, trying to drive back the black sand that was sticking to his hands and trying to settle down in his hometown.

On the other side, Qi Bianrong continued to add fuel to the fire and yelled: "Shixu come quickly! How can I use this jack if I can't hold it anymore!"

Shi Xu pretended not to hear, huddled himself into a ball and washed his hands quietly by the river.

However, this time before Qi Bianrong's yelling was halfway through, there was a heartbreaking "bang—" from under the wheel, and the weak jack finally couldn't stand the master's brutal blows and was completely scrapped.

The "bang" suddenly dragged Shi Hu up when he was pretending to be dead and washing his hands, and ran to Qi Bianrong to observe the tragedy of the jack, and was finally dumbfounded. Demolition achievement."

Qi Bianrong rubbed his nose guiltily, was silent for two seconds, and then murmured: "You didn't agree when I said I was going to do it just now..."

Thinking of when Shi Jiang pulled out the car keys cheaply and was so stuffy in the car without air-conditioning that he wanted to kill someone, Shi Xu finally agreed with Qi Bianrong to extend his magic hand to the jack: "That is really the worst thing I have ever done. Decide."

There is no air-conditioning in the car, and it is as stuffy as a steamer, and the car door has just been closed, so I can't get in even if I want to.So Qi Bianrong and Shi Xu found sadly that they could only look at each other under the scorching sun like two idiots.

Today is the day when Shi Xu and Qi Bianrong made an appointment to clean up the food.Qi Bianrong was a pure eater, so he didn't call too many friends, so he took his perennial food friend Shi Xu, and by the way, Shi Jiang, who was by Shi Xu's side, went to eat there with great interest. The farmhouse that he had stared at for a long time.

It was supposed to be a day of eating and drinking, but when Jiang, a broom star, came to act as a demon.Shi Jiang had just passed his [-]th birthday ceremony not long ago, so he quickly ran to take his driver's license test.Before he got his driver's license, he started teasing his drag racing skills everywhere.

Let alone pretending to be struck by lightning, after showing off his driving skills for so long, the people who vomited to death in his car would almost pile up into a hill, and finally got their retribution today.

City A has been so sunny for a week that it can directly save sentient beings. Yesterday, there was finally a heavy rainstorm, which completely turned the dirt road on the outskirts of the city into a muddy road. Shi Jiang relied on his poor skills Drove the car into a pothole - and as a driver, he couldn't even use a jack.In desperation, he had to let Shi Xu and Qi Bianrong stay behind, and he went to find nearby people to help.

Originally it rained all day yesterday, and the night and this morning were cool and fine, but who would have thought that at noon, the sun would come out to do its best again, and there were no clouds, like a bear just out of parental control Children, radiate energy outward like a child.

This time, not only Shi Jiang who was a coolie, but also Chi Yu, Shi Xu and Qi Bianrong, were also affected by this calamity.

Just when the two of them were about to blow up on the side of the road, Shi Jiang finally led the savior to arrive belatedly.

The savior next to Shijiang, an old man, didn't say much, he went straight to see the wheel that was stuck in the pit, and then thought about the jack that would be honorably retired, and said slowly: "Young man, you are a bad boy. Alright, old man, I can't do anything about it."

The three of them eagerly hoped that the uncle could turn the unlucky wheel out, but they were hit hard immediately, and they were dumbfounded and couldn't even speak.

"Where are you going?" the old man asked.

"Go to Hejiale, it's just a farmhouse." Qi Bianrong replied listlessly.

The uncle took out a cigarette and drank it, and said vaguely: "Hey, I know the place, it's not far away, why don't you call them to pick you up?"

Shi Xu cheered up: "Can they come and pick me up?"

The uncle said: "I know them, they are all nice, they will come!"

Qi Bianrong hurriedly called over there, Shi Xu thanked the uncle, asked Shi Jiang to turn on the air conditioner, and greeted the three of them to get in the car, ready to wait for someone to pick him up with the air conditioner.

Cheng Xia sat on the stool and watched Aunt He see off the morning guests, and helped pass a sweat towel.

Just as everyone was packing up their things and waiting for the guests to come in the afternoon, the phone rang in the room.

After talking on the phone, Uncle He said to everyone: "A customer's car got stuck in the mud, and we have to pick it up."

Aunt He said: "Then Mingzi will go there." Mingzi is the nickname of Aunt He's son He Tianming.

"Okay!" Mingzi heard it in the outer courtyard, snorted sweat all over his face, and was about to rush to the small cart in front of the door.

Cheng Xia hurriedly stood up: "Brother Ming, wait for me! Take me to the alley too!" He Jiale's side is a small yard facing the lake. The environment is good, but it is difficult to get in. The alley outside is ten years It was rebuilt once before, but then it was put down again for some reason, leaving a maze with nine twists and eighteen turns. In order for people to get here smoothly, Aunt He will arrange someone to lead the way.Cheng Xia is leading the way today.

Mingzi put Cheng Xia down at the alley, changed to a van parked at the alley and went out to pick up people, Cheng Xia waited in the shadows wearing a straw hat.

Shi Xu and the others waited in the car for a short while, when they saw a van wobbly zigzagging on the dirt road at the intersection, and then stopped beside their car.

A dark-skinned man with a crew cut stepped out of the car. He looked at the stuck car, which seemed to be worth a lot at first glance, and called the number he wrote down on his phone.

Qi Bianrong's cell phone rang in the car: "Hello? Yes, it's us... Okay! Let's get off right now."

Under the car, the man introduced with a smile: "My name is He Tianming, you can just call me Mingzi."

Qi Bianrong also returned him with a smile, dragged the other two out of the car, and got into the trembling van.

The van drove all the way to an old-looking street and stopped. The man said, "I'll send you here first. I'll go back and get your car now. Someone will pick you up here."

Qi Bianrong asked, "What does that man look like?"

The man said: "For a boy who is about your age, you can just call him Xiaoxia."

The three of them were placed under a big banyan tree by the side of the road, and they began to look around carefully.

The street where they are located looks old, with moss and suspiciously colored stains on the walls and streets, but the entire street and the rows of small courtyards inside are covered with upturned eaves and carved lines It is also quite old-fashioned. In this quiet suburb, there is really a special beauty.

Suddenly someone shouted, "Is it Mr. Qi...?"

A boy who appeared to be in his early teens was trotting over from a distance wearing a straw hat.

Qi Bianrong responded, "Yes! It's me!"

The boy's brows and eyes were completely covered by the shadow of the brim of the hat, and he couldn't see clearly, only his tightly pursed lips and an unhealthy complexion due to malnutrition could be seen, but the boy's spirit was very full, like some kind of emerald green Tough plants with exuberant vitality make him look extremely tall and straight.

Qi Bianrong smiled at the boy familiarly: "You are Xiaoxia. You really look similar to us. How old are you?"

Xiao Xia smiled and replied, "I'm thirteen."

"Then you are also in the first year of junior high school this year?"

"Yeah, September is going to be the first day of junior high school." Xiaoxia led them to a fork in the road, and said: "You must follow me seriously. There are many small streets and alleys here. People who have never been here before must definitely walk around." will get lost."

The three of them said hello, and Qi Bianrong kept chatting with people all over the world as if he hadn't spoken for hundreds of years. After a while, he asked Xiao Xia's name, Cheng Xia.From Shi Jiang Shixu's point of view, this is Qi Hua's tuberculosis revived with full blood and exerting his skills. Fortunately, Cheng Xia is not impatient. Although he never looks for topics, but when Qi Bianrong asks, he will answer, and the two of them There were comings and goings, and Shi Jiang, who was particularly listless because of doing something wrong, and Shi Xu, who didn't talk much, occasionally interjected a few words, and the scene was still very harmonious.

The three of them were led to a small courtyard by Cheng Xia's twists and turns. The houses in the courtyard were simple and simple. The branches and leaves covered the scorching sun, leaving a cool place, and there were many branches and leaves blown down by the wind scattered on the uneven bluestone brick floor.

Qi Bianrong and Shi Jiang were extremely cool under the shade of the trees, walking in the courtyard full of interest.

Since entering the courtyard, you can smell the scent of mosquitoes all over the courtyard. It is said to be a suburb, but it is actually more like a small village surrounded by rivers and hills. There are mountains on one side and water on the other. Mosquitoes are very annoying in summer, so Residents who have lived here for a long time like to fill the yard with fragrance in summer to repel mosquitoes.

When Shi Xu walked into the room, he was attracted by the decorative wood carvings on the desk.

The wood carving is a simple pattern of an oriole standing on a branch, but the wood carving is meticulous in workmanship, the lines are smooth, the texture on the branches is natural and smooth, and the thin feathers on the wings of the oriole are carved so finely that laymen can see it pleasing to the eye.

Cheng Xia poked his head behind Shi Xu, and said, "It's too early, the dishes haven't been prepared yet, you guys should sit in the yard and rest for a while."

Shi Xu didn't reply to his words, but pointed to the woodcarvings and said with a smile: "The woodcarvings here are so beautiful."

Cheng Xia looked at the wood carvings, and found that the wood carvings, which he had never noticed before, were indeed very well carved.

After Shi Xu finished speaking, he waited for Cheng Xia to take over, but unexpectedly, Cheng Xia didn't respond for a long time, so he could only continue to say: "Where did you buy it from?"

"Ah?" Cheng Xia was a little taken aback, and said, "It should be the old Uncle Chen at the end of the alley. Uh... let me ask."

Cheng Xia Dengdeng ran into the kitchen, slipped out again after a while, and said, "That's right."

Now he was more clever, tilted his head and asked, "Do you want this? I can ask how much it is."

Shi Xu shook his head: "Is there anything else?"

"Yes." Cheng Xia said, "Do you want me to take you there?"

Shi Xu nodded, so Cheng Xia talked to Aunt He and took Shi Xu out the door.

Shi Xu followed Cheng Xia to walk the maze in the alley, the path made nine turns and eighteen bends, for a moment he almost thought that the child was going to abduct him and sell him.

They finally came to a small shop with the same style as other shops in the alley. Cheng Xia went straight through the shop with all kinds of wooden furniture, walked into a small room inside, and shouted: "Old Uncle Chen! With you Those carved things?"

Old Uncle Chen was lying on a rocking chair with his eyes closed and resting. When he heard the words, he opened his eyes, with a strong accent and a rural accent: "Yes—it's upstairs." He slowly put his hands behind his back, hunched over, His head was facing Cheng Xia and Shi Xu, but the cloudy eyeballs made it impossible to tell which of them he was looking at.

"What do you want?"

Shi Xu said, "My grandfather likes the kind with more flowers, birds and landscapes."

Old Uncle Chen dragged his shoes and walked under a wooden ladder. There was a small window on the wooden ladder. The gap between the window and the door was not closed tightly. A lot of light squeezed through the window and slipped into the shady hut, and fine dust could be seen Flying and floating in a few rays of light.

Cheng Xia stopped him first, and said, "I'll go up and get it, old Uncle Chen, which side do you want?"

"The one by the window."

Shi Xu said: "Why don't you bother, I'll go up and choose one myself."

Cheng Xia looked at Old Uncle Chen and said, "All right, follow me, be careful."

Cheng Xia climbed to a window, and with great effort pulled out a piece of wood that was tied to the window.When Shi Xu saw that the light-emitting window was opened, his eyes were immediately stimulated by the scorching summer sun and couldn't keep them open.

The hut under the ladder didn’t have much light, only a small window facing the corner of the street was ventilated, and some pitiful brightness came in, but the small attic above the window door had windows on all sides, so as long as there was sun, it would be bright. Can shine inside.

Shi Xu slowly stood up from the wooden ladder and walked up to the floor of the small attic. As far as he could see, there were several cabinets and tables, and even the floor was covered with various wooden carvings of different poses, portraits, snakes and insects. Birds and animals, flowers and landscapes, or objects woven with wooden strips and wooden wedges, the golden sunlight sprinkled on them, as if they were gilded with a layer of gold, and the wooden carvings all over the room are impressive Inexplicably shocked.

The author has something to say: On the similarities between the two protagonists:

Shi Xu: I have a badass friend.

Cheng Xia: I have a badass dad.