half blind

The moment Zhang Qing lost his balance, he couldn't help but groaned, but soon, his legs were firmly supported by Zhou Nanchen.

Zhang Qing subconsciously hugged Zhou Nanchen's neck tightly.He is now completely "sitting" on Zhou Nanchen's shoulders. Once Zhou Nanchen lets go, he will fall headfirst to the ground.

Zhang Qing's heart beat like a drum, and he couldn't tell if it was because of the dangerous posture or because of the "dangerous" distance between him and Zhou Nanchen.

Zhou Nanchen's head was between his legs, and he could even feel Zhou Nanchen's breath spraying around his thighs through the thin linen cloth.

Recognizing this, Zhang Qing's cheeks were instantly reddened.

"Aren't you looking for a mark? Which tree to start with?" Zhou Nanchen's deep voice pulled Zhang Qing's soul back.

"Oh, yes." Zhang Qing coughed dryly, "Let's start looking for the nearest one."

In this way, they searched for several trees inside and out, but found no signs of suspected marks.

Before I knew it, it was already noon.The summer sun was very poisonous, and it didn't take long for Zhou Nanchen's forehead to see a thin layer of sweat.

It is indeed not easy to carry people on the shoulders like this, but Zhang Qing's weight is still much lighter than Zhou Nanchen imagined.

He is obviously a grown man, but he only has this amount of weight, which always makes Zhou Nanchen a little distressed.Even so, the people on the shoulders were still afraid of adding an extra burden to him, so they didn't dare to move.

He could clearly feel that Zhang Qing's leg muscles were tense all the time, and the hands around his neck were also leaking tense sweat.

This made him suddenly have the idea of ​​​​pranking.

"Ah!" There was a sudden shaking under his body, which almost didn't scare Zhang Qing's soul out.The hand that grabbed his calf loosened for a moment, then held it firmly again.

There was a burst of mischievous laughter from below.

"Zhou Nanchen!" Zhang Qing kicked him angrily, "You did it on purpose!"

"Hey, don't kick, don't kick, I'm going to be unsteady!" Zhou Nanchen said anxiously, Zhang Qing was so frightened that he immediately tensed up again.

Zhang Qing didn't realize that Zhou Nanchen was playing tricks on him again until he heard muffled laughter.

"Fuck, bastard, let me down!" Zhang Qing struggled angrily.

"Hey, don't push! Don't move!"

"You lie again?"

This time Zhou Nanchen finally reaped the fruit of his own accord, he could no longer keep his balance, and the two of them fell forward together.

This fall made Zhang Qing feel all sorts of messes, and it took him a long time to hold his head and raise his head, "Hiss...Zhou Nanchen?"

It was only now that he realized that Zhou Nanchen was actually placed under his body as a human cushion, no wonder the fall didn't hurt very much.

"Are you okay?" Zhang Qing hurriedly stood up, "Did you fall somewhere?"

Zhou Nanchen also sat up while pressing his head, "It's okay, the ground here is quite soft."

After confirming that Zhou Nanchen really didn't break any bones, Zhang Qing breathed a sigh of relief, "Mentally retarded! There is no count at all!"

After relaxing, I realized that the posture of the two seemed a little too ambiguous.

Zhang Qing was sitting on Zhou Nanchen's crotch because they were close together and fell to the ground just now.

Damn... what happened today?

Zhang Qing didn't sit or stand for a moment, but could only freeze in place with red ears.

Fortunately, Zhou Nanchen's voice soon broke the embarrassment.

"only……"

"what?"

Zhou Nanchen sighed, "I may not be able to get past the shit after all."

One sentence made Zhang Qing turn angry into a smile, "I'm sick! Get up!"

Zhang Qing got up first, and then pulled Zhou Nanchen up from the ground.Luckily, the land looked like ordinary dirt, and if there was any dog ​​poop, it should have been decomposed.

"How about it, are you still looking for it?" Zhou Nanchen patted the dirt on his body.

Zhang Qing hesitated.He had dragged Zhou Nanchen to search for several hours, and even fell down.If things continued like this, not only could they not find the box, but the two of them would be exhausted.

Zhang Qing sighed, "How about..."

His words came to an abrupt end.

"what happened?"

"Look at that tree, is there a burl on the top?" Zhang Qing pointed to a willow tree directly in front of them.

Zhou Nanchen narrowed his eyes, "Well, it seems to be."

"Resist me and go up and have a look!"

Zhou Nanchen held Zhang Qing on his shoulders, and before he could stand upright, Zhang Qing shouted excitedly: "I found it! It's a fork, and there is a cross mark in the tree burl!"

"Okay, okay, come down quickly." Zhou Nanchen was a little helpless.

Zhang Qing landed firmly on the ground, his cheeks flushed with excitement, "This is the tree! The box you buried is under this tree!"

Zhou Nanchen smiled and threw the shovel to him, "Dig it, treasure hunter."

After all, it was buried by a child, and it was not very deep.Zhang Qing dug a few holes under the tree, and actually shoveled something hard.

"found it!"

He put the shovel aside and scraped away the excess dirt with his hands, revealing the corner of a rusty toffee box.

"This kind of toffee, I miss it so much." Zhang Qing took out the box and looked at it carefully, "I still remember seeing this kind of candy box often when I went to relatives' homes. No."

As he spoke, Zhang Qing looked up at Zhou Nanchen, "What's inside?"

"I don't remember either. Open it and have a look." Zhou Nanchen simply sat cross-legged on the rock.

The iron box was quite rusty, and Zhang Qing finally opened it after a long time of effort.Some dust fell into the box, making a rustling sound.

There are more than one things in the box, they are all strange gadgets.

There was a glass marble, a simple slingshot made of twigs, and even a few flakes of rock.

"What are these?" Zhang Qing took out the stones and asked strangely, "Why did you put the stones in?"

The first time Zhang Qing saw Zhou Nanchen, his face was a little red, "It's nothing."

"Impossible." Zhang Qing got excited and dangled the stone slices in front of Zhou Nanchen's eyes, "If you don't tell me, I'll throw them away."

"Hey!" Zhou Nanchen said reluctantly, "It's... When I was a child, I carefully selected stones that were especially suitable for floating. Because the shape was so good, I was reluctant to throw it away, so I kept it in my collection. "

Zhang Qing was stunned for two seconds, then laughed "Puchi" and couldn't stop for a long time.

"Laugh, laugh." Zhou Nanchen sighed, "I knew it would be like this."

Zhang Qing laughed while flipping through the other things in the box.

"Did you tie this slingshot yourself?"

"Ah."

"It's amazing, the kids are so clever with their hands."

"..."

"Hey, this little rock is so beautiful, where did it come from?"

"...I picked it up on the river beach."

"So that's it, the kid really has a pair of eyes that are good at discovering!"

"..."

"There's actually a thousand paper cranes here! Oh, who's little sister gave you a token of love?"

"This is me, I made it myself." Zhou Nanchen said with difficulty.

Zhang Qing suppressed a smile for a long time, "I see, did you want to give away the little boy you have a crush on? You can't do it, you, you have to take the initiative if you like it!"

Zhou Nanchen silently turned his head away, looking melancholy at the blue sky and white clouds.

This counterattack made Zhang Qing feel elated, feeling extremely refreshed.After he reached out to tidy up the messy gadgets in the box, he suddenly found that there was another heavy item lying at the bottom of the box.

"What is this?" Zhang Qing took the thing in his hand, a little surprised, "Ocarina?"

The thing in the hand is very heavy, and the surface of the white ceramic is smooth and shiny, and it looks like new after all these years.

Zhou Nanchen was a little surprised, "This is not a particularly common musical instrument, and many people can't recognize it."

"Nonsense, I'm an art student who graduated from a middle school drama, you underestimate me." Zhang Qing rolled his eyes, held the ocarina in his hand and observed it over and over again, "You knew how to play the ocarina when you were young? Never heard you say that."

"I... won't." Zhou Nanchen smiled, "If I could, I wouldn't bury it."

Zhang Qing was taken aback.

"My dad bought this for me when I was a kid." Zhou Nanchen said, "Other kids are enrolling in special classes and learning all kinds of musical instruments. Our family is not that rich, so my dad bought me an ocarina , cheap and simple.”

Zhou Nanchen paused before continuing, "But not long after he bought it, he had an accident."

It turned out to be the case.

That's why Zhou Nanchen didn't learn the ocarina and buried it.

Zhang Qing was silent for a while, then looked at Zhou Nanchen, "Actually, you remember it. Nothing else, how could you forget such an important thing after burying it?"

Zhou Nanchen stopped talking.

It turned out to be like this, he was not willing to look for it because of this.

Zhang Qing smiled sheepishly, "I'm sorry, I... didn't mean to pry into your privacy. The reason why I'm so keen is that I want to know more about you."

Zhou Nanchen was startled.

"You said that I've known you for so many years, only to find out that I know very little about you when I look back." Zhang Qing sighed, "After you left, I often asked myself in the dead of night, what kind of Zhou Nanchen was he?" What about people? What kind of food does he like, what kind of music does he like, what kind of color does he like? Then I realized that I don’t seem to know you as well as I thought.”

Zhou Nanchen didn't speak, so Zhang Qing continued on his own.

"You always eat my leftover coriander, always listen to my favorite music with me, and accompany me to do what I want to do. After you left, I realized that I never asked these most basic questions Pass you." Zhang Qing smiled, "So now that I finally have this opportunity, I just... want to know more about you."

What do you like, what do you hate, what kind of childhood did you experience, now I want to know everything.

I don't want to miss a thing about you anymore.

After Zhang Qing finished speaking, there was a silence in the air, and Zhou Nanchen didn't speak for a long time.Zhang Qing felt a little guilty, and couldn't help wondering if he had said something wrong.

"I... have something to tell you." Zhou Nanchen said suddenly.

"What?" Zhang Qing was taken aback.

"Let's talk about it when we get back."

"Hey you, that's not how you play tricks, right?" Zhang Qing couldn't laugh or cry.

"It's a very important thing. I still need to organize my language." Zhou Nanchen shook his head.

"Okay, I really can't do anything about you." Zhang Qing rubbed the ocarina in his hand, "So, you have never played this ocarina once?"

Zhou Nanchen shook his head, "No, I don't know how to blow it either."

"At least it's a gift from your father, don't you want to hear its sound?" Zhang Qing shook the ocarina in his hand.

"You know how to play?" Zhou Nanchen was a little surprised.

"Don't underestimate me, okay, I'm—"

"Art students who graduated from Chinese opera, I get it." Zhou Nanchen said with a smile, "I want to hear it."

"Ahem, then I'll make a fool of myself." Zhang Qing picked up the ocarina and coughed nervously.