After the meal, Ling Ran ignored the aunt's objection and washed the dishes and the pots in the kitchen. He also "put away" the bowls given by the little girl before leaving the kitchen.
Zhou Xiang sat with the old lady for a while before leaving with Ling Ran. The old lady held Zhou Xiang's hand reluctantly.
Zhou wanted to comfort her, "Auntie, I'll come to see you again in a few days when the weather is clear."
The old lady then let go and said, "Okay, you must come?"
"I'll definitely come."
Ling Ran pushed the bicycle and returned to the road along the riverbank with Zhou Xiang.
Zhou wanted to ask him how many willow branches he had sawed?
Ling Ran moved the willow branches out and planned to count them, but they were all wilted.
Zhou Xiang felt that willow branches were living things and were not suitable to be kept in a storage ring.
"But aren't seeds alive?"
"Maybe it's because the seeds can go dormant, or maybe it's because of the wooden box. Of the seeds you planted, except for two that didn't sprout, all the others have sprouted."
"Whatever the reason, let's get on with sawing! We're going to use these for firewood, so we can't just throw them away, right?"
"Then I'll take it from you. If you saw it again this time, you can ask me to take it away."
"good."
Zhou Xiang counted the willow branches in his space. There were only more than thirty of them. He would have to saw off a hundred or so and insert more. What if some of them didn't survive?
After working for more than half an hour, they had enough willow branches. They packed up their things and walked north along the embankment.
When we reached a road where we could drive, we pushed the bicycles to the river to wash them.
After putting away the clean bicycle and releasing the dirty car, the two of them headed back to the town.
The first thing I did when I got back to the market town was to wash the car. Not only were the wheels of the car covered with mud, but the body and windows were also covered with mud.
Ling Ran fetched water to the front yard to wash the car. Zhou Xiang went back upstairs to change clothes and entered the space to insert willow branches.
She planted the seeds in the circle of land surrounding the fruit trees, and after that, she even watered them with well water.
Da Huang drooled over the well water she had drawn. After watering it, Zhou Xiang poured another basin of water and handed it to it, "Drink it!"
Da Huang raised his head and shouted, and all 17 dogs came running over. Da Huang looked at Zhou Xiang, who nodded at him, "Okay, we have them all. Drink! I'll beat them after you finish drinking. Just make sure each of you drinks enough. Don't drink too much."
Dahuang whimpered softly, and four puppies came out immediately, lowering their heads to drink the water in the basin together.
Zhou Xiang found another clean basin, drew another basin of water from the well, and filled it for the dogs. After each of them had finished drinking, Da Huang started drinking.
Zhou wanted to drive them out of the grassland and into the wild, so she left the space.
Ling Ran came back after washing the car and ran upstairs automatically. Zhou wanted to tell him the legend that the old lady had told him.
The two of them were not concerned about the legend, but the kid.
Zhou thought, "Auntie said that the boy had heard her tell this legend, but he didn't let her tell it to anyone else, and didn't support her idea that the legend should not be discontinued."
Ling Ran, "When we passed by, the old lady said: 'You're out in the rain?' Do you think the person we met on the dam was that kid?"
Zhou Xiang shook his head. "I don't know, maybe 50%. The old lady's behavior today was very lacking in care. It seems that the kid wasn't really kind to her. He might have taken advantage of her to have a free meal and took away some vegetables.
Or maybe he wanted to get some clues from her, since she was the oldest person in Huaixi Village. If the latter was the case, was the kid a spy from Country R?
The old lady also said that the kid's original accent was not from Huai County, but that he learned it after chatting with her more. The old lady had little experience and didn't know where the kid's original accent came from.
After hearing this, Ling Ran stood up and said, "No, I have to go back and take a look. If that kid is a spy from Country R, and if the person I met on the dam today is that kid, he will definitely be suspicious and will go back to ask Auntie.
The old lady told you the legend, and you promised her to keep the legend. Will the old lady be in danger?
From the old lady's behavior, we can also feel that the kid is not sincere to her, so there is no emotion or sympathy. If he really sympathizes with an elderly and helpless person, he would not go to her house and offer food and gifts.
We were the best scapegoats; he could easily find us and frame us for murder."
Zhou Xiang got anxious when he heard this, "Hurry, let's go together."
"Okay!" Ling Ran was also worried about leaving the little girl alone. He said he would never leave her side again.
The two hurried downstairs. Zhou wanted to tell his mother that they had something urgent to go out for, and then he ran away without waiting for his mother to reply.
Zhou's mother chased after them worriedly, but the two had already run to the river head.
The car, which had just been washed, was driven onto the provincial road again. Ling Ran was anxious and drove very fast.
Zhou Xiang grabbed the handle on the car door to steady himself.
When they drove onto the river embankment, it was raining heavily. Trying to control the urge to vomit from the bumpy ride, Zhou wanted to tell Ling Ran not to worry about her and just focus on driving.
The car couldn't be driven, so I took out my raincoat and rain boots, put them on, parked the car, and ran forward.
On a muddy road like this, running is faster than riding a bike.
Ling Ran took the little girl's hand and ran with her. Zhou Xiang tried hard to keep up with Ling Ran's pace, but she couldn't let anything happen! Auntie, please don't let anything happen! She regretted asking Auntie about it rashly.
She endured the burning sensation in her chest and throat and ran silently.
When I saw the village, the rain got heavier and there was muffled thunder in the distance.
Zhou Xiang shook Ling Ran's hand, "Go quickly."
Ling Ran glanced at her and said, "Okay! Be careful."
"Um!"
Ling Ran ran down the dam slope and ran towards her aunt's house. Zhou Xiang took a few deep breaths and took out a 5-shaped fruit. Her lungs were very uncomfortable.
She ate as she walked, and after finishing and collecting the core, she quickly walked towards her aunt's house.
When Ling Ran arrived at his aunt's house, the door was closed. He pushed hard, but found that it was blocked. Considering his aunt's fear of loneliness, she didn't seem like the type to block the door during the day.
He took a few steps back and kicked the door open. There was no one in the front room, so he walked to the backyard.
A man ran out of the back room and climbed up the wall in panic to escape. Ling Ran took a few steps to the wall and grabbed one of his legs.
The man sat on the top of the wall, one leg on each side was pulled. He couldn't shake it off, so he could only lift that leg and kick Ling Ran's hand that was holding his leg.
Ling Ran exerted force and pulled the man off the wall. The two men started fighting in the small courtyard.
When Zhou thought of this, the man had already been knocked down by Ling Ran, with Ling Ran kneeling on his back.
Ling Ran raised his finger and pointed at the back room, signaling her to go and take a look.
It was raining outside and the room was very dark, so Zhou wanted to take out a flashlight to shine inside.
She found the old lady lying on the bed, so she walked over and called her, but she didn't respond at all.
Zhou Xiang panicked and opened the quilt covering the old lady, only to find blood spreading beneath her.
Zhou Xiang called out to Ling Ran in panic. Ling Ran had already tied the man up and knocked him unconscious. He carried the man into the back room, threw him to the ground, and then went to the old lady's bedside.
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