my summer

Strictly speaking, I was also a free-range type since I was a child, and my parents didn't care too much, but compared with Xia Zhi, my free-range is nothing.When Xia Zhi returned to the countryside, he and Sun Dasheng returned to Huaguo Mountain and Shuilian Cave, where they ran wild in their own territory without restraint.

Except for the one or two hours in the morning when the weather is still relatively cool, we will stay indoors to do homework, and half an hour before and after meals, and the rest of the time the summer solstice takes me to play around outside.

There are a few older grapefruit trees in the yard, we picked two that were about the same height, and competed to climb the trees.Whoever climbs to the top first and then returns to the ground wins, and the loser gets a flick on the forehead.

As soon as he started talking, Xia Zhi jumped up, like a monkey.I think my tree-climbing skills are not good enough, but I can't just admit defeat and keep climbing up with my hands and feet.Xia Zhi climbed to the top of the tree before me, and she was not in a hurry to go down, but sat down slowly and made fun of me.

I climbed to the highest point three times, five times and two times, and then jumped down without stopping.At a height of more than two meters, I bent my legs to cushion the ground when I landed. I was not injured except for a little pain from the sudden shock.

Ah Huang, who had been taking a nap under the shade of a tree, was startled awake by my movement. He tilted his head and looked at me a few times, then ran away wagging his tail.

"Yangyang!" Xia Zhi also jumped directly to the ground, and ran towards me without any buffer, "What are you doing? Just jump so high, don't you need your legs?"

I straightened up, jumped a few times with my feet off the ground, and said with a smile, "I'm fine, I just took a shortcut."

He sat down on the ground, his face turned pale, and there was a little anger in his tone, "You really want to win me that much?"

I knelt down and looked at him, "It's not...just fun..."

"Play with your size!" He frowned and stroked his ankle, "Safety first, you know?"

"What's wrong with your foot?" I also rubbed his ankle lightly, "Is it twisted? Does it hurt?"

He hissed and bit his lip desperately, his face seemed to be even paler.I was afraid, distressed and anxious, so I lifted him up and carried him on my back and went into the house.

"Hush, don't say anything, let grandparents know that they are going to worry, and go back to the room." Xia Zhi whispered in my ear.

I nodded, carried him back to the room, and carefully put him on the bed.

"I'll go out and buy Zhengsafflower oil for you! Just wait for me!" I said anxiously.

He leaned against the head of the bed calmly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "No, I'm fine."

"Impossible! Don't be embarrassed, just say it hurts." I said.

"I'm really fine, how high is that? How can I be fine if you're fine?" He continued to say with a smile.

"You lied to me?" I glared at him.

"Yeah, I lied to you," he stopped laughing and sighed, "I want you to learn a lesson, don't ignore everything just to win next time. If you get hurt, I will be anxious and distressed ..."

I slapped him on the thigh, dumbfounded.It's fine, it's fine, it's fine, next time it's a big deal and I'll win you openly.

In addition to climbing trees, we will also go down the river to touch snails.

At the foot of the mountain not far from Xia Zhi's house, there is a shallow river meandering, wider and shallower than the one near Dad's house.There are many large and small snails hidden among the pebbles at the bottom of the river.

Each of us took a plastic bag, stood in the middle of the river not up to our knees, and groped in the water against the sun.

"Come here and have a rest." Xia Zhi called me standing in the shade of a willow tree by the river.

I walked over slowly with a small half bag of snails and sat on the grass by the river.

"You touch more than I do." Xia Zhi sat next to me and stretched out his bag, "I only touched a few."

"You're being lazy on purpose," I said.

"No," he wiped his sweat, "it depends on luck, I'm not lucky today, I can't find snails all the time."

"Then let's take a break and continue," I said, "I don't think we can cook a single dish at this point."

"It's okay, the sun is so big, I'm afraid you will get dizzy." He said.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't mention it, but once he said it, I felt a little dizzy, "What should I do then? I want to eat snails."

He glanced around, then got up and picked some willow branches, and soon weaved a "sun hat".He helped me put it on my head, looked around, and smiled with satisfaction.

"I don't want to wear a cuckold!" I took it off and threw it back to him.

He hurriedly picked a few more willow branches, made a new one, put it on himself, and looked at me, "Look, I wear it too. The most important thing is to block the sun, and no one else will see it anyway."

I thought about it, and it seemed to make sense, so I took the "hat" and put it on.

I looked at him, he looked at me, both of their heads were green.If it is photographed and released today, it will definitely become a hot emoji package.

After dinner in the evening, we will go for a walk.Xia Zhi likes to take me to the barren hill behind the yard.

The twilight is hazy, the sky is full of sunset clouds, and there is a faint smell of smoke in the air.Xia Zhi explained that it was rice stalks being burned in the fields.

"I thought it was the clouds in the sky that were burning." I looked at the sunset in the distance, it was so red, it looked like a ball of fire.

Xia Zhi grinned, "Your imagination is really rich, big poet."

There is a water tower at the highest point of the barren ridge, and a circle of walls is erected around the tower.The height of the fence is not a problem for us, we easily turned over and climbed to the top of the water tower along the iron ladder.

The top of the circular concrete tower is about three meters in diameter and wide enough for us to lie down.It's a pity that it was a day in the sun, and the surface was very hot, so we had to lie on the fence and look at the red sky in the distance together in a daze.

"When I was on vacation, I liked to come here by myself to watch the sunset." Xia Zhi said.

"Don't watch the sunrise?" I asked.

"No, I just like sunsets," he said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Don't you think that the day only extends from evening to night, when it's almost dark, is it the most mysterious and charming?" he said.

I don't quite understand his description. In my opinion, sunrise and sunset are almost the same. When the weather is good, it's like the clouds are burning.

"Have you ever noticed that during this period of time, the sky will change many colors. There are several kinds of blue alone, and each blue is different. The sky changes color little by little, like a smart magic Teacher." He continued.

"I see, your imagination is no weaker than mine." I said.

"I only have these associations when I'm watching the sunset," he said. "I've always wanted to share this feeling with someone, and today I finally did."

I hesitated for a while, and finally asked, "Are you keeping a distance from everyone?"

"Not quite," he said, "I'm not very close to you?"

"...except me?" I asked.

He gave a low "hmm", and then silently looked at the sunset in the sky.

"I just think that it's right to keep a necessary distance from people. I don't have much time to deal with interpersonal relationships. It's better to stay away to save time and trouble." He turned to look at me. Enough trouble."

"Ah..." I replied in a daze.

After a while, he said: "Let's go, the road is not easy to walk when it's dark."

"Let's go now," I said, "I still want to see the stars."

"It's simple, you can watch it at home." He said and pulled me up to climb down the tower.

When we got home, we went to the well to take a bath first, and the dryness and heat from our bodies were swept away.Then Xia Zhi carried a mat, took me to the roof terrace, spread the mat on the ground, and beckoned me to lie down.

"Feed the mosquitoes while looking at the stars?" I lay down on the mat and said.

"Wait." He ran downstairs quickly, and came up again after a while, holding a plate of lit mosquito coils and a bottle of toilet water in his hand.

We lay flat side by side, looking up at the stars.

Yes, this is the real hope.There is no need to look up at all, as long as you open your eyes, you can have a panoramic view of the starry sky.I have never seen such a vast and deep starry sky, and so many bright stars.

It's so beautiful!

"Have you seen the stars like this before?" I turned my head and asked Xia Zhi.

"No," he also turned to look at me, "this is the first time."

"Oh," I said, "then I'm honored, you gave me the first time."

"Give it up," he said, "You gave me your first time too."

In fact, we all knew that the other party was just joking, and no one took the joke seriously at that time.

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