don't die

The little cicada has a hard shell, thin wings, and a pair of tiny tentacles on the top of its head, as if curious about the world, exploring around.It struggled out of the dark world, but what it saw for the first time was not the bright sunshine.

When the young cicadas break the ground at the intersection of day and night, they are greeted by the starlight that fills the entire sky.

——Summer Night.

After summer, the sky gets dark.

It was nearly seven o'clock, the sky was still bright, and the setting sun was radiating its last residual heat in the west.

The days of sunny days made the woods a little stuffy. He sat in the yard fanning his cattail leaf fan, and pulled off his collar in a very inconspicuous manner to fan the wind inside.

He is the most afraid of heat, and in summer he basically stays in the air-conditioned room without going out.But this time, don't expect such a thing as an air conditioner in this barren mountain cabin.

"Why is it still so hot in the mountains?"

Just as he kept complaining, Lin Shen brought out a glass of cold water from behind. "I'm curious, why do you think it should be cool on the mountain?"

"Isn't that the case? Everyone said that we go to the mountains in summer to escape the heat."

"Everyone? Which one?" Lin Shen glanced at him.

"This... in the book, on the TV? Anyway, everyone around said that, so it can't be wrong." He satirically scratched his head.

"Unfortunately, our mountain forest is not the kind of cool and windy weather in summer." Lin Shen said: "This place is close to the tropics, and it is also a virgin forest, which is airtight. It will be more stuffy than other places. If there is continuous rainy weather, the moisture will not escape, and it will become humid and hot. If people with rheumatism live here, they will not be able to get out of bed in this kind of weather. "

Looking at He Tun's gradually widening eyes, Lin Shen added another sentence.

"I'm really sorry that I have come and gone so much with the shady mountains and forests you imagined." However, there is no sincerity in this sentence, but there is a bit of schadenfreude.

It took a while for He Tun to accept the reality, feeling the sweltering heat around him, he wanted to cry but had no tears.When I looked up, I was even more depressed to see Lin Shen playing with the newly bought mobile phone, clicking and clicking.

"Which deep mountain and wild forest did I sell myself to..."

"The deep mountains and wild forests where corpses are picked up." Lin Shen added while playing with his mobile phone.

Looking at this scene, He Tun suddenly felt a little strange, but he couldn't tell what was so strange!After a while, he seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly slapped his thigh and jumped up.

"Lin Shen! You are a good guy!"

"En?" Lin Shen raised his head in confusion.

"You know how to use a mobile phone, right! I remembered, the first day I met you, you were on the phone, and you used your mobile phone to call the people down the mountain a few times later. Why did you call that person?" A mobile phone card was broken, you did it on purpose!"

Lin Shen blinked and said innocently, "It was an accident."

"Ghosts believe it! You deceived my feelings, how do you say you will pay for it!"

Seeing He Tun's babbling, Lin Shen sighed, got up and went back to the room, took out something after a while, and threw it to He Tun.

"What crap did you throw over here?"

He satirically took it, feeling his hands sinking, and looked down.

A square, more rigid thing than the mobile phone bought yesterday was lying in his hand.

The simple and nostalgic style, the classic ultra-thick thickness, and the unforgettable thick and short antenna, all of a sudden bring the memory back to the beginning of the century.

"This is left by my grandfather many years ago, and I have been using it until now."

Lin Shen said: "I think it is completely different from the mobile phone you are using now."

He was stunned, "Is this still usable?"

"It works." Lin Shen said, "At least I have been using it before."

Therefore, Lin Shen is completely ignorant of the latest mobile phones and the increasingly smaller mobile phone cards.

He Tun felt more and more powerless. "I always feel that time is wrong when I'm with you? All old things will come out..."

This surprise made him add a lot of heat.

"It's a waste of my time. Ahhh, it's so hot, it's so hot." Like a large dog that is afraid of heat, He Teng squatted on the ground and yelled non-stop, almost sticking out his tongue to dissipate heat.

Lin Shen actually wanted to remind him that the more irritable he is, the hotter he will be at this time, but after thinking about it, he felt that He Tun would definitely not listen...

Putting down the cup in his hand, he said: "You go to the mountainside, that is the road up the mountain, the forest next to the creek on the left."

"What!" He sat on turning his head and staring wide-eyed, "I'm almost turning into a puddle of water, and you want me to help you with the work?"

Lin Shen said calmly, "Near the forest, there is a watermelon field."

Gudu, it seemed to be the sound of someone swallowing saliva.

"The watermelon should be ripe at this time. If you're lucky, you can pick up some leftover watermelons from the mouths of wild beasts and montanes..."

Before he could say a word, he only saw He Tun's back running away.Obviously, when he heard the word watermelon, he was ready to move.

"I'm really impatient."

Lin Shen took a sip of the cold water in the glass like an elderly person, and after a while, he got up slowly and went back to the house.

But at this time, He Tun was marching towards the watermelon field, muttering while running.

"This Lin Shen, since there are watermelons on the mountain, why didn't you tell me earlier! It's only now that I mentioned it, oh, oh, oh, what if I have been eaten up by birds and beasts! Ah, you beasts, let go That watermelon!"

He sprinted down the mountain at a speed of [-] meters, completely ignoring whether he would roll down without paying attention.There is only one thought in my head now.

Watermelon, watermelon, eat watermelon!

What does a watermelon vine look like, what does a watermelon leaf look like, to be honest, for a person like He Xi who has lived in the city since childhood and has only seen picked watermelons, that is a completely different concept from another world.But this did not reduce his enthusiasm for looking for watermelons at all. He had never seen watermelon leaves or vines!You can see the plump, plump watermelon that is plump, green, and plump!

He Tun felt that if he just searched in the field, he could always find a watermelon!

Rushing into the woods, he didn't even have time to lift his head, he was just looking for a round object that looked like a watermelon on the ground.

"Watermelon, watermelon, watermelon... here it is!"

There is a round orb hidden in the leaf in front, that must be it.He ran over vigorously, holding the big watermelon and was about to lift it up.

"Ouch!"

kindness?Why can't I lift it?

"Hey, don't lift it up, it hurts me to death."

The cry of pain seemed to come from the sphere in his hand, He Tun was holding the watermelon, and the watermelon was complaining that he was too strong?

"Xi, watermelon talked!?"

He Tiao was tongue-tied and couldn't move his tongue straight.

"What watermelon? Look at it better."

The sphere in his hand made a sound again, the light in the forest was dim, and he didn't look carefully before, this time He sat down and took a careful look.

When he lowered his head, he happened to meet a pair of white eyes.

In his hand, the head that he held down in his hand showed a miserable smile to He Tun, and said faintly: "Do you see clearly? I'm not a watermelon."

The man grinned, revealing a mouthful of pale teeth.A pair of pitch-black eyes reflected the faint light in the forest.

"I, I—ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

After wailing for a long time, He Tun rolled his eyes and fell back, lying straight on the ground, motionless.

"Hey, hello, isn't it? Just kidding!"

The head that was originally held in his hand turned pale with shock, and he quickly lifted it up.It was only when it emerged from the leaves that it realized, what kind of human head is this?He was obviously a young man, but he was sleeping in the watermelon field, most of his body was covered by leaves, leaving only his head outside, and he just happened to be picked as a watermelon by the heartless He Tun.

"Wake up, hey, wake up."

The man squatted beside He Tun, holding a big leaf and desperately fanning him.

"I'm just kidding, who told you to pick my head like a watermelon, it hurts me to death. Hey, are you all right? Little brother?"

At some point, the sky had completely darkened, and the moon climbed into the eastern night sky.

Seeing the oolong scene in this small watermelon field, it secretly covered its mouth, hid behind a cloud and laughed wantonly.As for He Tun, who was lying on the ground, it would take a while to recover from the fright.

Picking a watermelon and picking a talking head, the shock really made him almost lose his wits.

When Lin Shen picked out the well water, waited left and right, almost getting impatient, He Tun finally came back by the moonlight.

"Why are you so..." He swallowed the words he had planned, Lin Shen frowned as he looked at the man who followed He Tun into the courtyard. "who is he?"

He Tun entered the yard empty-handed, and behind him was a young man walking out of breath holding watermelons in both hands.

"This guy?" He sat on looking back and said, "I picked it up from the watermelon field."

"Pick up random strangers?" Lin Shen seemed a little displeased.

"What stranger?"

He pointed to the ground, and the young man behind obediently and carefully put down the watermelon. Seeing this, he was satisfied, "Does the snail girl know? This guy is the watermelon I picked up in the watermelon field." Aunt... just treat it as picking up a short-term laborer for the time being, and order him to do all the heavy and rough work! Quality and quantity are guaranteed, there is no difference."

Lin Shen ignored He Xi's crazy words and turned to stare at the strange man.

He also seemed to realize which of these two people is the real master, and that Lin Shen is not so easy to fool, the young man smiled and said: "Hello, I am really sorry. I let Mr. He I was a little scared, so I came here to make amends. If there is anything that needs help, please direct me."

"Let me just say, instigate, instigate as you like! Such an obedient day laborer, it is not in vain."

Lin Shen sighed, he really didn't know whether to accuse He Tun of trusting people too easily, or to say that this strange man was too unsuspecting.To follow a stranger so casually, or let a stranger into one's home so easily, is this something ordinary people would do?

Both He Tun and the man in front of him seem to be a little weak.

"He Xie, should I remind you of something." Lin Shen said: "At this time, at this place, the person who sneaked up this mountain, what do you think he is here for?"

"En, uh, huh!?" It took a long time for He Tiao to react, and then, he pointed at the young man with trembling hands.

"I see! So that's the case, why didn't I think of it so long ago? He must be—"

Lin Shen heaved a sigh of relief, fortunately he was not too stupid.

"——It must be to steal watermelons! That's why I ran up the mountain secretly!" He said in one breath, staring at the young man. "Okay, I'm not going to tell you the truth! When did you start planning, how many watermelons have you stolen? If you confess, you will be lenient, if you resist, you will be strict!"

"..."

"..."

The young man and Lin Shen glanced at each other. At this moment, these two people who did not know each other strangely felt a kind of sympathy—feeling full of powerlessness and empathy for a guy with only a watermelon stuffed in his head. defeat.

"What's wrong?" He satirized looking left and right, and suddenly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. "What did I say wrong? Didn't he come to steal watermelons? Ah! Lin Shen, where did you get the well water from!"

He was overjoyed when his eyes suddenly caught sight of a bucket of cold well water on the ground. "Is it for me to freeze watermelon? Right, right! You guys, you are so thoughtful!"

He Tiao was so happy that he slapped Lin Shen's back fiercely, with such force that Lin Shen, who was already depressed, was about to vomit blood internally.

Lin Shen was staggered by his shots, and looked at He Tiao, whose mind was full of watermelons and couldn't fit anything else, and remained silent.And He Tiao's eyes were shining brightly, it seemed that he wished he could have a good meal now.

"Hahaha, haha..."

A burst of hearty laughter attracted the attention of both of them.

He Tun and Lin Shen looked sideways, only to see the young man covering his stomach, bending over and laughing hard.

"Sorry, I really couldn't hold it back. Haha—cough, cough, cough!" Laughing so hard, this man was stunned, and after finally recovering, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"I haven't seen such interesting people as the two for a long time. I lost my composure for a while. I'm very sorry."

The young man stood up straight, with an unfinished smile still on the corner of his mouth.His eyes bent into crescents, looking at the two forest guards in front of him.

"Sorry to bother you, I haven't had time to introduce myself yet."

The young man stretched out his hand and said politely, "My name is Xia Shili. I am an insect lover. I am currently traveling around and doing some research I like."

In the night wind, Xia Shili's voice spread far away.

"By the way, my personal favorite insect is the cicada."

As if to reflect his words, the cicadas in the surrounding forest instantly became louder, one more than the other, like the sound of a flute.

The man smiled quietly, humming along with the chirping of cicadas.

Got it, got it.

Do you know?

Those little lives that can only bloom for one summer and then die with the wind.