pointing to the stars

When the two of us came out of the thatched hut, it started to rain again outside.The water mist shrouded the countryside, which made my anticipation come to nothing.

Perhaps because he saw how lonely I was, Ling Qiu put his hand on my shoulder, tilted his head and smiled at me: "Why don't we play something else?"

"Others?" I suddenly drew a few minutes away from him, making my face a little hot.This may be an insignificant move in the eyes of others, but for me, it is the first time.

The two of us went back to the small wooden table, and he asked me to wait for him here, while he braved the rain to cross the courtyard dam and ran to the brick house next to him.After a while, I saw him walking towards me holding an umbrella, holding a ping-pong board and a ball in his hand.

"Can you play table tennis?" Ling Qiu smiled at me.

"A little bit." I replied, "However, at this table?"

"There." Ling Qiu pointed to the opposite kitchen. The kitchen was at the very end. Looking to the left, it was the place where the rabbits were kept. It was about three or four meters long, and then connected with the brick building to form a corner.I heard that before the brick house was built, it was similar to a courtyard house. Later, when the middle collapsed, the brick house was built.

"There?" I was a little confused. Although it was empty, there was no table. Should I squat on the ground to play?

"Let's go." Ling Qiu handed me the ping-pong board, then put the umbrella over my head, and walked across the yard together to the opposite side.

I don't know how long we played with him that day, but I just remember that the rain outside the eaves stopped and stopped, stopped and fell again.It wasn't until dusk and sunset that he collected the ping-pong boards, and then went to cook with his grandma. After dinner, he chatted with me a few words, and then prepared to leave.

But like a ghost, I grabbed the corner of his clothes.

"What's wrong?" Ling Qiu turned his head to look at me.

"I'll sleep here today." I turned my head to avoid his gaze, and looked at the crude doghouse beside the yard.

"This is your home, not mine." Ling Qiu turned and looked at me: "I'll come to play with you tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay." I nodded, as a response.I don't know why I don't want him to go, maybe it's the first time in my life that I have made such a friend.Most of my friends at school have a good relationship with everyone.

But Ling Qiu is different, he only loves me.It is probably because of greed in my heart that such ridiculous thoughts come into being, that's what I think in my heart.

The next day, Ling Qiu came as promised.I also came with a bunch of black things, I walked up to him, squatted down and looked at the 'fungus' he brought, he said this thing is called 'fighting cock', looking at the black fungus that looks like a cockscomb, I think it's quite apt.

The field trails where it rained were full of mud. Seeing Ling Qiu's ankles and shoes covered in mud, I couldn't help frowning.It's not disgust, it's just that I felt that my attitude should be tougher last night and let him stay.

"I'm sorry." Ling Qiu seemed to feel that I was in a bad mood, so she took a few steps away from me.This act looked like I was bullying him. I felt a little angry, but I didn't know how to explain it to him, so I stood where I was and said nothing.

"I'll take these to my mother-in-law first." After speaking, Ling Qiu bent down and picked up the fungus and went to the kitchen.I stood in the yard, not knowing what to do for a moment, only the intermittent chatter of my grandmother and Ling Qiu and the disturbing barking of the dog could be heard in my ears.

Not long after, Ling Qiu came out of the kitchen. I thought he was going to say something to me, but in the end he only said goodbye to me.For this reason, I was sulking.The next day, it was a sunny day, and he came to see me again, but I didn't want to talk to him.

I folded the thousand paper cranes on the table, and deliberately left him aside, seeing his distressed appearance standing in front of me scratching his head, after all, my heart softened.In other words, I was too self-willed, so I felt that he deliberately let me go.

"The road was too slippery yesterday, I'm afraid you'll fall." After I told him the troubles in my heart, I heard him say this. After all, I went too far.I'm afraid that he will become alienated from me because of this incident.

Although we have only known each other for only one day, for me, even one day is enough for me to cherish it.

"I'm sorry." I put down the origami in my hand and looked at Ling Qiu: "I was sorry yesterday."

"It's okay." Ling Qiu squatted on the wooden bench, looked at me and smiled: "I'll take you to catch fish today, how about it?"

"How?" I asked, frowning at him.

"It's not far. It's next to the house selling things. There's a small river there where you can catch fish." Ling Qiu replied.

"I do not know……"

"It's okay, I'll go down to the river to catch it, just watch it."

"Oh."

Going left from grandma's house, there are two roads, one goes along the wall, the other leads to the building not far away, this road can probably stand on two feet, and there are several stones piled up in front, It is said that stones were used to fill the joints because this place collapsed.

Crops are planted on both sides of the path, and dragonflies and grasshoppers can be seen flying around from time to time.The path was not as difficult as I imagined, because I was afraid of slipping and falling into the crop field, I could only slow down, and Ling Qiu, who was walking in front of me, had already reached the building where the goods were sold. The dog was barking loudly at him.

He led me through the building. There were several tables of people playing mahjong in the building. The two of us walked from the back door to the front yard. There were chickens and ducks looking for food in front of the yard, and a few children were pushing plastic boxes on the ground. car.

I was worried that these children would beat and scold Ling Qiu, so I hurriedly took Ling Qiu's hand and left the building, but my worry seemed superfluous, these children never looked at us from the beginning to the end.The building is connected to the cement road. Looking to the right, there are several buildings beside the spacious cement road. It has been bypassing the green hills not far away. I heard that if you want to buy meat or vegetables, you need to go to the vegetable market along this road. .

Ling Qiu seemed to see my intentions, but I wasn't too sure because he didn't say anything to me, he just smiled at me.

"Here." Ling Qiu walked in front, and I followed behind him.The small river he was talking about was actually a ditch.This ditch is on the edge of the concrete floor, and it can be crossed with a light jump to the field ridge. It looks like half a meter wide at most.

Ling Qiu jumped over the ditch and then jumped into the crop field. After a while, he was seen coming up from the crop field with a bamboo basket and a black plastic bag covered in mud.

The bamboo baskets are made crudely, but the holes left are very small.

Immediately afterwards, I saw him roll up his pants, take off his shoes and jump down the ditch, and put the bamboo basket in the middle of the water. I squatted down and looked at the ditch carefully. There were many small fish in the clear water...

After a while, he fished out the bamboo basket, and he caught many small fish. Then he filled some water with a plastic bag, poured the fish in the bamboo basket into the plastic bag, and climbed up the field ridge.

"Okay, let's go back." He stood on the ridge and smiled at me. The sunny smile made me feel very comfortable and warm.

"Yeah." I nodded and went back the way I came.I wanted to follow Ling Qiu, but I didn't dare to jump, for fear of falling into the ditch, so I gave up.

The two of us went back to grandma's house, and Ling Qiu brought the copper basin leaning against the yard, and put the fish into the copper basin. Swaying the tail of the fish on the copper basin.

Ling Qiu walked to the well, fetched a bucket of water and poured it into the basin. The little fish that were still struggling got enough water to swim around in the water.I squatted next to the copper basin, looking at the colorful fish in the water, I couldn't help but smile on my face.

"Do you want more?" Ling Qiu asked me.

I turned my head to look at Ling Qiu, who was covered in mud, and shook my head.Then stood up and looked at him: "You wash your hands, and then eat something."

"Oh."

I went back to the hut, opened the suitcase my parents brought, and there were all snacks in it, which I asked them to bring.Although puffed food should be eaten less, my parents still did not refuse my request.

He took a few packets of potato chips and biscuits, put them on the small wooden table, and brought two cans of drinks.Ling Qiu washed his hands and the mud off his body with water. The gray short sleeves and brown trousers were dry and wet, and it was inexplicably funny to wear on him.

"It's okay, I'll do it in a while." Ling Qiu said, and then sat across from me.

"Yeah." I nodded and pushed the drinks and snacks in front of him: "Eat."

"is it okay?"

"Well, thank you for taking me to catch fish." I replied, "Anyway, I still have a lot."

"Thank you!" Ling Qiu smiled happily at me, then opened the snack bag and ate it: "Mmm! It's delicious!"

"Yeah." Looking at Ling Qiu's happy face, I felt a little bit heartbroken.I don't know how Ling Qiu lives, but if he sleeps alone in the mountains at night, wouldn't he be afraid?If I were to stay in the mountains, I'm afraid I wouldn't dare to imagine it.

At that time, it was the first time in my life that I wanted to take the initiative to know someone.