Chapter 117: Countryside Night
There is a narrow cement road at the entrance of the courtyard, winding into the rice fields, turning a corner out of sight, and connecting to the asphalt road where Liu Wangxue usually takes the three children for a morning run.
On both sides of the cement road, there are rice fields, dotted with lotus ponds. The gentle evening breeze creates ripples, disturbing the tranquility of the moonlight, and blows away like broken jade.
A dirt road with ruts and footprints runs through the fields, with fluffy grass growing in the middle and on both sides of the road. The road is covered with moonlight, chasing the sound of frogs, and the end is submerged in the depths of lotus ponds and rice fields.
Instead of going to the asphalt road, the crowd turned onto this dirt road.
Shen Nian'an was worried that Youyou would fall, so he held him in his arms. Youyou kept asking if fireflies were stars, and if he could take the fireflies and stars home so that he could see them every day.
He said: "I can also give it to my little brother. He must have never seen fireflies or stars."
Peng Peng and Gu Gua were leading the way. The lazy cat Xiao Ci didn't even ask Liu Wangxue to hold her, nor did she let Peng Peng carry her. She just trotted along behind them. Every time the three of them ran a certain distance, they would stop and look back at the group of humans, waiting for them to catch up.
Youyou turned her little head around: "Dad, where are the fireflies? Why are they gone?"
Jing He teased him: "You just kept talking too loudly, maybe you scared them and turned off the lights."
"I won't talk anymore!" When Youyou heard this, she immediately covered her mouth with her hands.
As if to confirm Jinghe's joke, Youyou covered her mouth, and in the grass by the roadside, one, two, three faint fluorescent lights lit up one after another, gradually connecting into one.
Youyou opened her eyes wide, leaned over to Shen Nian'an's ear, and whispered, "Dad, I'm going down."
Shen Nian'an put him down, and he immediately ran to the side of the road, bent over and stared at it carefully, making a slight exclamation. He didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear of scaring them to "turn off the lights" again.
Jinghe was afraid that he would accidentally fall into the grass, so he stayed by his side.
Gua Gua chased the group of fluorescent dots for a long time. Perhaps it was tired, so it came back and landed on Liu Wangxue's shoulder to comb its feathers.
Pengpeng and Xiaoci widened their eyes and jumped around to chase the fireflies on the road.
When the cat stood up with its front paws stretched out, ready to pounce again, a fluorescent spot fell on the tip of its nose. It suddenly dared not move, and only let go when it could no longer stand.
A few fireflies landed on Pengpeng's tail. The dog chased them and started spinning in circles.
After watching, Youyou ran over and played with the two. Being a child, he soon forgot Jinghe's jokes, and the whole world was filled with his childish laughter. Jinghe followed him and started playing, laughing together.
Gu Qingyue took out her mobile phone to take pictures and laughed at her son: "Look at this, he looks like he has never seen the world."
Liu Wangxue smiled and said to her: "She is really my real mother!"
Shen Nian'an stuck close to Gu Qingyue and watched the footage she was filming: "They really haven't seen much of the world. How about we take some time out every year to take them out to see the world?"
"Okay, this is a good idea." Gu Qingyue agreed.
Wenxi said to Liu Wangxue sourly: "Look, they are showing off their love. Oh, I am so envious."
"Why, do you want your parents to take you out to see the world, too?" Liu Wangxue deliberately misinterpreted, "You're an adult now, it's not like you haven't been out before."
"It's a shame." Wenxi didn't want to pay any attention to her.
Wang Keng said: "Some places seem to have opened firefly theme parks, which are quite nice. I saw many people posting pictures online, and they were all parents taking their children to play."
Yue Cheng and Lan Xiaoxi, a couple with very fast internet speed, also know this. Lan Xiaoxi said: "The promotional pictures are very beautiful and super romantic, just like a fairyland."
"As for the promotional pictures, if they are not good-looking, how can they attract tourists? I just don't know if I can see exactly the same ones when I really go there. The tickets are not cheap either, only 150 yuan." Yue Cheng added.
"One hundred and fifty?" Tao Huayu couldn't believe it. "We have seen this since we were young. How can such an ordinary thing be used to make so much money?"
Du Yunkai said: "You earn money that others don't have. Where can you still see fireflies in big cities nowadays?"
Gu Xuelan recalled the past and said to Liu Wangxue, "When I was a child, I could see this scene at your grandma's house, which was even more spectacular. At that time, there were trees next to the village. At night, we would catch cicada monkeys with a flashlight and sell them to restaurants or pharmacies to earn some pocket money."
"It's not possible now," Liu Wangxue did these things with the neighbor's children when she went back with Gu Xuelan when she was a child. "Why do we need to develop energy? The environment over there has been destroyed beyond recognition."
Xu Qingsong continued, "So I said there is a surprise here. Look around. Isn't this patch of fireflies beautiful? Isn't it romantic? Doesn't it look like a fairyland?"
"It does! It's so beautiful!" Li Yu took the 360-degree surround camera. He recently revisited those gardens and ancient towns with Wenxi, and had the idea of making a miniature landscape. He could add what he saw in front of him into the design.
Jin Zhaofei was also taking pictures with his mobile phone. It should be said that he seemed to understand why Xu Qingsong had been staying here and was unwilling to return to Hai City.
He attributed this to the mysterious power of nature, which is that once you get close to it, your body and mind will undergo subtle changes, you will like it and want to own it.
He said to Xu Qingsong, "Boss, we really should ask those artists to come over and take a look. If this is put into the game and made into a check-in spot, it will surely attract a large number of couples."
Bah, Jin Zhaofei slapped himself in his heart after saying this, why bothering with other people's business, he really had been enslaved for too long.
Du Yunkai thought his idea was great: "You took the photo, send it to them."
Jin Zhaofei originally wanted to post it in the group. In the past, everyone was jealous of Xu Qingsong’s video, but now that he was here, he suddenly developed an inexplicable sense of superiority.
However, he wanted to post it but was afraid of being criticized. While he was hesitating, he received instructions from Du Yunkai and immediately sent all the videos and photos, including the barbecue.
Then the message alert sound on his phone started ringing loudly. He felt relieved and turned on the silent mode and put it in his pocket.
The adults chatted for a while, then stopped talking. They all felt that this kind of environment and scenery should be appreciated quietly.
The wind seemed to be stronger than when it first came out, and the undulating lines of the rice and lotus leaves became longer. Fireflies flew in groups, changing their floating directions according to the rhythm of the wind.
As Liu Wangxue watched, many poems about fireflies flashed through his mind.
I can’t see them anymore. The days of chasing fireflies when I was a kid are gone…
(End of this chapter)
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