Time passed quietly as Su Ermao told the children stories, and before they knew it, it was noon.
The sun was shining brightly at this time, shining hotly on the earth, and the carriage continued to move forward swayingly.
After finally resting, Su Ermao felt better and didn't want to ride in the carriage anymore. No matter how Widow Wang persuaded him, he refused to ride in the carriage.
He raised his hand to wipe the beads of sweat from his head due to the heat, frowned slightly, then turned his head away, deliberately not looking at the group of children in the carriage.
I thought to myself: These furry kids are too noisy. They have been chattering non-stop since we set out in the morning, asking this and that, and telling story after story. Now I have emptied out the little bit of knowledge in my stomach, and I really have no stories to tell.
If I continue to stay with them like this, I don’t know what kind of trouble I’ll get into. I dare not stay any longer.
Just when he was thinking that he was finally getting rid of these little troublemakers, the children refused to let him go.
A chubby little boy was the first to notice something was wrong with Su Ermao. He immediately reached out his little hand, tugged at the corner of Su Ermao's clothes, and asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Uncle Ermao, why don't you ride in the carriage with us? Where are you going? Did we make you angry?"
As the little boy spoke, his eyes became slightly red, and he looked quite pitiful.
Soon after, the other children also started shouting.
"Uncle Ermao, I want to hear more stories! Can you tell us another one, just one?" Taohua shook Su Ermao's arm like a spoiled child, her eyes full of expectation, as if saying that she would cry bitterly if she didn't hear the story.
"Yes, yes, uncle, please tell us another one, we haven't heard enough!" The other children also echoed and shouted at the same time, making it as lively as a pot of boiling water.
Su Ermao felt his head grow bigger as he listened to the children's shouting.
He raised his hands helplessly, rubbed his head hard, and complained in his heart: These kids are so scary!
He took a deep breath, tried to sound calmer, and said to the children, "I'm well now. You see, I'm very energetic now. How can I keep sitting in the carriage? I have to walk. Just stay in the carriage and don't make any noise, okay?"
But the children were not willing to let him go so easily. When they heard that he didn't want to take the bus, they immediately started shouting again.
Cat Baby blinked his big round eyes and said expectantly, "Uncle Ermao, please tell us stories next to the carriage. That way you can walk and tell us stories at the same time. How great!"
As he spoke, he shook his head, as if he thought his idea was particularly great.
"Yes, yes, we can tell stories even without taking the car." A little girl next to him echoed, her eyes sparkling, and she looked as if she would jump for joy if Su Ermao agreed to continue telling stories.
The other children also nodded and kept asking Su Ermao to tell stories next to the carriage.
Su Ermao was really at his wit's end because of the children's pestering. He felt like his head was about to explode from the noise.
His originally calm face now turned a little red, and there was even a faint layer of sweat beads on his forehead.
In a state of desperation, he shouted anxiously: "I want to carry my luggage and I won't go with you anymore!"
The voice was like a roar at the top of one's throat, and it seemed particularly abrupt among the group of people hurrying on the road.
After shouting this, Su Ermao didn't even bother to look at the children's reactions. He turned around and ran away.
He ran as fast as the wind, as if some ferocious beast was chasing him. His panicked look was in stark contrast to his usual carefree and shameless appearance.
Seeing Su Ermao running away in such a miserable state, the adults around him couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Haha, this Ermao is usually a shameless guy who is fearless. I didn't expect that he would be scared by this group of little kids today. It's so funny!" An uncle laughed and wiped away the tears of laughter with his hands. The hearty laughter echoed in the air.
"That's right, he is the most troublesome one on weekdays, but today he was made so embarrassed by a few little kids. Let's see if he dares to show off in front of children in the future!" An aunt also joked, with an expression full of laughter on her face.
Everyone was joking and laughing, and the originally boring journey became a lot more interesting because of this sudden little episode.
The sun hanging high in the sky is like a tireless fireball, pouring its blazing passion onto the vast earth without reservation.
The scorching sunlight was like countless blazing golden needles, piercing straight into every corner of the earth. Wherever it went, it was shrouded in the scorching heat.
On the official road that was scorched by the sun, people coming and going were suffering from the unbearable high temperature.
They used their sleeves to continuously wipe away the beads of sweat that kept coming out of their foreheads, cheeks and necks. The sweat kept rolling down like beads that had broken off the string, and soon soaked large areas of their clothes.
He couldn't help frowning and kept complaining about the terrible weather.
"This is such horrible weather! It's already October, how can it still be so hot!" Liuzi's face flushed, veins bulged on his forehead, and he shouted in an irritable tone.
"Yes, it's so hot that people can hardly breathe. But the heat is not the most worrying thing. The most worrying thing is that it will suddenly turn cold. We don't have any warm clothes on us now." Shuanzi's father wiped the sweat off his face and echoed worriedly.
Yes, when recalling the scenes that happened in Ping'an County, everyone's heart is filled with helplessness and bitterness.
At that time, the situation was urgent and chaotic. No one expected to encounter such a change, and all their luggage was lost.
After escaping, everyone was thinking about getting on the road as quickly as possible and reaching their destination early. In order to travel light and move more conveniently and efficiently, they did not buy winter clothes.
However, walking on the road at this moment, the weather is really worrying.
Although it is still unbearably hot now, with the sun scorching the earth and making people sweat all over, it is October after all, and the weather can change at any time.
If it suddenly gets cold one day, it will be a real problem.
At that time, the wind will be freezing, and they can only wear these thin clothes to keep out the cold. It’s chilling to think about it.
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