"I don't blame you." Yang Donghu hooked his pinky finger around Zhao Luochuan's index finger and comforted him, "It wasn't because of the rock that you slipped, it was because there was a toad in the river."
"Toad?" Zhao Luochuan was puzzled. The children in the village grew up in the mud, especially after a rainy day. They could encounter a toad every few steps. There was a river behind their house, so Zhao Luochuan was used to it and didn't think it was a big deal.
"Yes," Yang Donghu nodded. The image of the toad's bent limbs and the ugly, densely packed bumps on its back resurfaced before his eyes, and he shuddered. "That thing is so ugly, it scares me the moment I see it. It rained heavily a few days ago, and there were several of them in my aunt's yard. I didn't dare leave Fang Chu's house. My aunt still feeds the chickens in our yard."
Zhao Luochuan saw that he had goose bumps and said with some distress: "That thing is too ugly. Our yard is too close to the river, so it is always there when it rains."
"It's okay. If it rains, it will come out and I won't."
Zhao Luochuan laughed and pinched his face: "This is not a good idea. I'll make more money, and then we can move to the town. There are not many toads there."
"Okay." Yang Donghu smiled and hid his nose below the ground in the water.
Zhao Fangchu's voice came from outside the house: "Brother Dachuan, if you don't roast the mutton, my mother said you should wrap it in oilcloth and soak it in well water, otherwise it will smell tomorrow."
Zhao Luochuan was frightened by Yang Donghu and didn't have much mood to roast the mutton, so he said: "Let's not roast it today, wait a while..."
Yang Donghu emerged from the water a little and interrupted, "Roast it. I want to eat it."
The roasted lamb he had been craving for all day was about to be eaten, so how could he suddenly not roast it?
Zhao Luochuan laughed at Yang Donghu's greedy look and changed his tone, shouting outside, "Go ask Brother Fang Yu to light the fire. I'll be there in a moment."
Yang Donghu was in a hurry to roast the mutton, so he didn't even bother soaking in the hot water and stood up to get up. Zhao Luochuan couldn't persuade him, so he resigned himself to his fate and wiped him dry and changed him into dry clothes.
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