Only I, a big orange, can't cultivate immortality

There is a small river on the west side of the town, not deep. The bottom of the river is covered with gravel and gravel, which is crystal clear. When the sun shines, the light reflected by the water surface and the stones shimmers like an upside-down star.

Due to the good water quality, although the river is not deep, there are many fish and shrimps. It is a favorite place for fishermen in the town to kill time.

One person, one pole, one afternoon, a lot of harvest - of course, the specific harvest is not certain, anyway, apart from fish, they even caught gold bracelets and silver screwdrivers.

Cheng Zi still doesn't know how the fisherman did it.

The fish and shrimp in the river were delicious, and Cheng Zi would run to the river from time to time to find a way to catch one or two, and when he returned home, he would ask Mrs. Liu to make him extra meals.

Later, I found out that although the fishers harvested all sorts of strange things, they could still catch some edible normal species, so they saved themselves the effort of hunting and focused on one person staring at his bucket.

If he is lucky, he can get a fish, such as grass carp, crucian carp and carp.

With bad luck, he gets a silver screwdriver (bushi

Jiang Shuke is the king of children in the town, and he often invites friends to come to the river to play wildly. Today, he is also familiar with his family. He took Cheng Zi to a relatively flat gravel cushion on the river beach, and washed two big pears in the water. .

Cheng Zi looked around, found a taller stone, jumped up and sat down lightly, turned his face, and saw not far away a well-known fisherman in coir raincoat, wearing a bamboo hat, full of stubble, unruly and lazy .

He sat cross-legged, holding a fishing rod made of green bamboo with one hand and resting his head on the other. He sat here for an unknown amount of time, feeling drowsy.

Beside him was a calf-high wooden bucket, which was half full of water. Several of them were black and blue, except for a large river prawn with a line of bright red on its head lying on the bottom, slowly spitting bubbles, completely unaware of the imminent danger.

Cheng Zi blinked, and stretched out his little paw tentatively, wanting to get closer.

At this moment, the man's hand slipped suddenly, and he woke up suddenly.

He rubbed his eyes, and turned his head to look at Cheng Zi as if aware of it, with a little imperceptible sharpness in his eyes.

Cheng Zi took the paw back with a "shua".

"Yo, it's you kitten again." Seeing the cat in front of him clearly, the man immediately laughed, the coldness and laziness in his eyes dissipated, replaced by a smile, "Why, today I'm staring at my harvest again ?”

"Meow."

Cheng Zi let out a cry, and put his claws together in a dignified manner, with an upright face—I don't care about those few river prawns of yours!

"Uncle Tan recognizes my oranges?" Jiang Shuke asked with his head poked out while washing the pears and drying the water stains on them.

"It turns out that this greedy kitten belongs to your family."

The man called Uncle Tan stroked Jiang Shuke's hair familiarly. He seemed to have a good temper and was approachable.

He raised his eyebrows, stared at Cheng Zi with a smile, and said, "Last time, it was this little guy. I managed to catch a bucket of shrimps and then I was caught by it. I followed me along the way and ate half of the bucket..."

"Meow!"

Before he finished speaking, Cheng Zi widened his eyes and shouted loudly: How can you be innocent out of thin air!

He obviously only ate a dozen, 23, [-], [-] last time...

"Pfft!" Jiang Shuke laughed, reaching out to rub Cheng Zi's neck hair, "It is often said that Chengzi likes to squat by the river to watch fishermen, and today I can be regarded as a living 'victim'. No wonder Chengzi is eating at home Not much gain, still round and chubby."

"..."

Cheng Zi patted Jiang Shuke's hand away, turned his back and gave him a hairy back of the head.

The brat actually said I was fat!I hurt you for nothing!

"Is it chubby? I think it's okay. It should only have long hair, so it's fluffy." Uncle Tan answered with a smile, and took advantage of the opportunity to smooth Cheng Zi's hair from the side.

But as soon as his hand touched it, he blurted out: "Oh! What a solid meat!"

Cheng Zi bared his teeth angrily, and bit it down, leaving a not-so-deep tooth mark on his hand, then took a pear from Jiang Shuke's arms and walked away, turned around and jumped off the rock, not letting them touch it.

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Uncle Tan and Jiang Shuke stared at his round back and couldn't help laughing.

Changing to a rock and lying on his stomach, Cheng Zi hugged the pear in his arms, buried his head in gnawing bites, and swung his slender tail comfortably.

The pear flesh is sweet and refreshing, and it quenches thirst. A big one with enough weight can fill half a meal without being greasy.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the best pear he has eaten in two lifetimes.

There was a sudden darkness above his head, Cheng Zi looked up, and it turned out that Jiang Shuke was sitting beside him.The child was raised white and round by Mrs. Liu, cute but not fat, so even with a flattering smile on his face, he was not annoying.

He held a bowl made of lotus leaves in his hand, filled with water and several red-lined freshwater prawns.

"Meow?" Cheng Zi tilted his head.

"This is given by Uncle Tan...taught me to catch it. I'll go back later and ask Auntie to make you grilled shrimp balls! I made it last time. Don't you like it? A cat ate half of the plate!"

Jiang Shuke laughed and said, "Chengzi, don't be angry."

"Wow meow."

Cheng Zi flicked his tail, glanced at the shrimp in his hand and then at Uncle Tan, the old man smiled mysteriously and seductively, first made a silence gesture, and then pointed to his bucket—the water and shrimp in it were both Less than half.

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Cheng Zi smiled secretly, curled his tail, and stepped aside a little to express reconciliation.

Jiang Shuke happily moved towards him, put the lotus leaf bowl aside, took out a pear, rubbed it on his clothes, and took a big bite.

The afternoon sun was just right, shining brightly and warmly on one person and one cat.

Uncle Tan held the fishing rod and glanced at them from the corner of his eye from time to time, with a smile slowly seeping from his eyes, with a little emotion and a rare relaxation.

He waved his hand, and the round lotus leaf floating on the river in the distance was quietly cut off and floated to his hand along the current.

Regardless of whether he would scare the fish away or not, he hummed a southern tune in a low voice, rolled the lotus leaves into two small hats, washed the surface with water, and put them upside down by his side.

In the evening, the setting sun is like flowing water.

Cheng Zi squatted on Jiang Shuke's shoulder, each with a small lotus leaf hat on their heads, and Uncle Tan followed them with a half bucket of shrimp, walking towards home.

Uncle Jiang brought a large bowl of dumplings to the stone table next to the vegetable garden, waiting for the cat and son to come back for dinner.

Behind him is a tank of clear water, with several lotus plants planted, and two fat fishes swimming beneath it, a brilliant sunset glow reflected in the ripples, and the heat rising from the dumpling pot.

Today's dumpling wrappers were rolled out with a rolling pin that Jiang Shuke had smoked... Jiang Shuke ate three bowls with tears in his eyes.

After dinner, the family of four played fans in the yard to enjoy the cool.

Liu Niangzi brushed the red-lined freshwater prawns brought back by her son with oil and salt and roasted them firm and delicious, cut them into small pieces and put them in a bowl for Cheng Zi's after-dinner snacks.

A big orange was clustered between Liu Niangzi and Jiang Ershu with a sense of presence, holding a bowl and eating shrimp happily, turning his erect ears from time to time, listening to the chatting of the three people around him.

Lady Liu spoke first, she was still worrying about Jiang Shuke's schooling:

"Ake, go to school for me to study hard tomorrow morning, and bring the fresh dates frozen in the well to Mr. as an apology for playing truant today, do you hear me?"

Jiang Shuke curled his lips: "Mother, I'll accompany you and Father to work in the fields."

"No, you have to study!" Lady Liu refused straight away, and knocked heavily on his forehead with her cattail fan.

Jiang Shuke had a headache, and Cheng Zi was also taken aback.After looking around, he raised his paw to rub the red mark on his forehead.

"Thank you, Orange." Jiang Shuke rubbed his paws, and said helplessly and bitterly: "Understood, I will go to the school tomorrow to make amends to my husband. I will study hard in the future, and strive to get a good grade in the future exam, and I will make you look good!"

Lady Liu's expression softened a little.

Cheng Zi didn't think it was right - how could this bastard be so talkative?Isn't he the clever ghost who goes to the river to eat pears and grabs the fisherman's wool?

In a blink of an eye, he stared at Jiang Shuke suspiciously.

Uncle Jiang, like Cheng Zi, knew his son's nature very well. He fanned Cheng Zi slowly with the cattail fan, and kissed unhurriedly, "Are you going to school by yourself tomorrow?"

"Yes...ah no, I'm looking for my classmate to go with me!" Jiang Shuke blinked, "The youngest son of the Wang family next door to ours is in the same school as me, so I'll go with him."

The youngest son of the Wang family next door?

Cheng Zi ate a mouthful of shrimp meat, and an image of a boy carrying a book basket, wearing a Confucian shirt, and walking, sitting, and lying appeared in his mind.

That kid and Jiang Shuke are completely two extremes. He studies hard and has a calm personality. He always gets up before dawn to study his homework. Often when he goes to school, Jiang Shuke has not got up yet.

Jiang Shuke, going to school with him tomorrow?

Cheng Zi squinted his eyes, knowing that this kid would definitely play tricks tomorrow.

Fortunately, Mrs. Liu also understood her son's temperament, when she heard that he wanted to go to school with the youngest son of the Wang family, she immediately smiled.

"Okay, the child will go to school at a quarter o'clock, and I will wake you up at this time tomorrow, what do you think?"

"Ah this..."

Jiang Shuke's expression froze instantly, his big eyes rolled around, probably trying to find an excuse in his mind.

Uncle Jiang laughed out loud when he saw this, and raised his hand to pat him on the back of the head: "It's almost done, it's useless to act again. Let Cheng Zi take you to school tomorrow morning, be honest, don't play truant again—Cheng Zi, remember to send him to the gate and come back .”

Cheng Zi had this in mind, raised his head slightly and shouted, "Meow!"

In the ancient times without surreal abilities, reading and taking a test of fame was indeed a safe path.Even if you don't take the merit test, reading can make you understand. Since you have the conditions, of course you can't waste them.

He decided to personally supervise Jiang Shuke going to and from school every day.

Jiang Shuke's eyes widened, and he wanted to argue with reason, but was blocked by Cheng Zi's paw on his mouth.

"Hmm." The child looked at Cheng Zi wronged and innocently.

Cheng Zi meowed earnestly, and the cat's eyes widened, looking bright and clear in the moonlight—it was impossible to refuse.

Jiang Shuke sighed exaggeratedly, and said dejectedly: "Okay."

Cheng Zi narrowed his eyes into two curved smiles, and leaned up to rub his fingers.

His hair was messed up by being hugged.

……

Early the next morning, Cheng Zi took the sleepy Jiang Shuke to the school in the southeast corner of the town. After watching him enter the gate, he jumped on the wall to confirm that he had entered the hall. He didn't come out until the class started. It counts as completing the task.

After regaining his senses, Cheng Zi realized that the wind was getting stronger, and it carried heavy humidity, which was a sign before the heavy rain.

His ears were blown sideways by the gradually frenzied wind, and the hair on his body was also "stretched left and right", and it was too messy to go smoothly.

Cheng Zi had no choice but to turn around, wanting to run home immediately, or find a place to hide from the rain.

Just when he was about to jump off the wall, a light cough suddenly came from the opposite side of the school.

The sound of coughing comes from a simple and childish bamboo house behind a fruit-laden apricot tree. The house is as simple as a child's building built with wood and stone, but it is in harmony with nature, as if it should exist there by nature.

"Little cat, it's going to rain outside."

After the cough stopped, a weak but soft voice sounded in the wooden house:

"Come in and avoid it."