July is like a fiery July, for the rural children entering the summer vacation, can be called a paradise of freedom, parents are busy with their own business, children are free to go to the fields, streams to scatter wild.

Lying in bed early in the morning is the norm for children during the holidays, and the adults' mantra "the sun rises three poles high, the children are still asleep", which is that the adults feel sorry for the children and it is inconvenient to disturb their good sleep. At noon, when the weather is as hot as a steamer, the clear stream at the head of the village is a paradise for the children to escape the heat, one by one stripped naked, naked, jumped into the stream in groups, like a dragon, rolled up and down in the water, rampaged, had a water fight, splashed in all directions, reflected the rainbow from time to time in the sun, colorful and colorful, tired of playing, then the whole body was covered with mud, basking in the sun under the scorching sun, the mud cracked, and then jumped into the water again, washed clean, the children also gave a nice name - mud monkey. When the sun sets, the children disperse to the fields, around the rice field ridge to look east and west, whenever they see a small hole in the shallow water on the edge of the ridge, as if they have found something novel, squatting down, slowly hanging the hook folded with a needle on the earthworm into the hole, tilting and carving, then pull out a finger-thick big yellow eel from the hole. At the time of the lantern, the children who had just finished dinner were scattered in the woods around the village, a bundle of flashlights, intertwined with each other, on the trees and under the trees, each pair of eyes were attentive and careful to search for the monkey that had just been drilled out of the ground, when the children found each monkey, the joy that filled their faces and hearts naturally flowed out, as if the treasure hunter had found a treasure.

Compared with the children in the village, Mu Zhen did not swim in the stream, go to the field to fish for yellow eels, and go to the woods to search for monkeys, at this time Mu Zhen was completely immersed in the sea of books borrowed from Ma Sanye, these books brought him not only the interesting storyline, but also aroused his infinite longing for the future life, looking for different joy in the book.

In the evening drum and morning bell, Mu Zhen read from classical masterpieces to modern heroic stories, in addition to eating and sleeping, he really kept the book in his hand, and ran back and forth in Ma Sanye's house to borrow and return, and had read nearly ten famous books in a row. Although it is inevitable to see ten lines at a glance at some time, the vivid characters and heart-wrenching heroic stories in the book always linger in his mind. He sighed for Guan Gongyi and Bo Yuntian, applauded the heroes of Liangshan for fighting righteousness and squandering wealth, wiped his tears for being tortured, and gritted his teeth for the corrupt officials in "The Appearance of Officialdom......

In the middle of the weather, the temperature change is almost inseparable from the night and day, and the people sleeping in the bed feel that the mattress is as hot as if they have been exposed to the sun, and in the era when there are no fans and air conditioners, people endure merciless torment in this high temperature.

As soon as the fish belly was white, Mu Zhen, who had not rested much all night due to the heat, got up early and sat under his jujube tree as usual, although he had not seen any trace of the sun, but the atmosphere seemed to be roasted by fire, surrounded by him. Through the unobstructed gate of his house, Mu Zhen noticed that the eastern sky was covered with flocculent white clouds at some point, and the white clouds at the bottom were dyed red. In Mu Zhen's eyes, it is no longer a cloud, it is an infinitely changing shocking scene, it is the ancient battlefield of the Chibi fierce battle, the fire in the sky reflects the thousands of troops and horses fighting, the blood of the soldiers stained the river red, rolling eastward, gradually disappearing, the whole scene instantly became a mountain of flames, the Sun Xingzhi is holding a fake banana fan to fan the flames higher and higher, he is trapped in it and struggling, unable to extricate himself。 A large ball of fire rose from below, and in a moment the fire faded away, and the clouds in the sky scattered in all directions, like cotton wool scattered in the sky. Just as Mu Zhen was immersed in the beauty brought by nature, a woman's scream of "ouch" suddenly came from outside the hospital.

"Ouch, ouch......" The voice gradually weakened, Mu Zhen was startled, came back to his senses, looked out of the courtyard, and did not see the figure of a person, the sound that came was just blocked by the house where Sanyuan lived in front of the courtyard, so he ran to the gate to look, and saw a woman in a red flower coat squatting on the side of the road, her head lowered, and the long unwrapped hair on the back of her head naturally drooped in front, covering her face, if it weren't for the red flower coat, it looked like a banshee described in the strange story, and she held her ankles with both hands and let out a low moan. Mu Zhen wanted to go over to help her, looking at her cloak and hair, but she was a little scared, just standing at the door of her house and watching her from a distance.

Just as he was hesitating, a man rushed from a distance along the road, the man pointed in the direction of the forward direction with his hand from time to time, and shouted something from time to time, and when he got closer, Mu Zhen heard the man shout: "Look where you can run, your brother gave you to me, just looking for food, where else can you run?" The man who was shouting looked to be in his thirties, of medium height, wearing a black coarse cloth dress, the man walked up to the woman, bent down and grabbed the woman's arm, and pulled her up, the woman hunched over and tried to break free from the man, but the man did not relent, and dragged the woman in the direction where the man was coming.

When Mu Zhen saw this, she was very puzzled, as if she was blocked by something, she didn't want to look any further, so she retreated to the courtyard, the beauty of the fantasy clouds just now had disappeared, and she had long since disappeared, and she sat back under the jujube tree, unhappy.

Today looks no different from the past, the younger brother Mu Bao is still playing in the courtyard by himself, the old Mu went to school, Xiuhua and her daughter Mu Yan went to the field to do farm work, Mu Zhen held the book in her hand, but the shadow of the woman with the cloak appeared in her mind from time to time, lingering, although the man was not as fierce as written in the novel, but the words he said "looking for food" echoed in his ears from time to time, in order to find food, is it so unreasonable? In the young Mu Zhen's thinking, how can he understand the truth?

It is in response to the folk proverb "the morning glow does not go out, the sunset travels thousands of miles", the morning of the colorful glow predicted today's ghost weather, after the lunch break to the field busy with the work, people have not yet gained a firm foothold, the sky that was still bright and sunny was suddenly covered by the black pressure clouds that came up from the southwest, accompanied by the surge of dark clouds, the air seemed to be enchanted, and suddenly flowed rapidly, accompanied by "chirp" The screams of people rushing home on the road, the small trees on the side of the road instantly bent down, the crown of the big tree seemed to be grabbed by something, and the whole was pulled to the side, and the slightly fragile branches "crackled" Broken down, the whole crown of the tree was cut off, hanging to the ground, only the lonely trunk stood straight in place, the unstable foundation of the tree was lifted uprooted, some fell sideways on the road, some lying on the side of the ridge of the field, this scene originally made the timid people shudder, for Mu Zhen and Mu Bao, more curiosity, the two brothers not only did not dodge, but ran outside the gate, to feel the wind abuse. Mu Zhen turned his back to the wind, and saw that there seemed to be a figure in the position where the woman was squatting in the morning, beckoning to him there, he walked towards the figure in a daze, pushed by the wind, Mu Zhen's steps continued to speed up, and when he walked there, there was nothing, he was puzzled and heard the shout of his younger brother behind him calling "brother", saying that it was too late and that was fast, and a wrist-thick branch on the big poplar tree two meters away from Mu Zhen "clicked" The sound fell, impartially, and hit the top of Mu Zhen's head who was in doubt, Mu Zhen fell down, this sudden change made Mu Bao, who was standing not far away, stunned, although he was only six years old, he didn't care about the wind dancing, and shouted "brother, brother", while running and pounced.

The wind is the prelude to the rain, and the wind stops and the rain comes. The raindrops the size of beans fall and hit the face to make people feel a little stinging. Mu Bao's cry attracted Sanyuan's attention, and he took an old-fashioned umbrella to shield the brothers from the heavy rain, and at this time, Lao Mu, who had just walked out of the school gate, saw this scene and hurriedly ran a few steps forward.

When Lao Mu saw the bloodstains in the rain when he approached, he was stunned, looking at Mu Zhen lying on the ground motionlessly, Sanyuan glanced at Lao Mu who was stunned, and reminded urgingly: "Hurry, hurry, send the child to the health center!"

Lao Mu struck a spirit, and as if he understood in an instant, he picked up Mu Zhen from the ground and staggered towards the village clinic.

When Lao Li Tou in the health room saw Mu Zhen in a coma, he didn't bother to say a word, so he hurriedly disinfected the wound, and then carried out a simple bandage, reminding Mu Zhen to put him flat on the hospital bed for observation.

Lao Mu, who was relieved, remembered to ask about Mu Zhen's condition: "Old Brother Li, you don't see any big problems with this child's injury, right?"

"It's not easy to talk about this, let's rest for a while, and when the rain stops, it's better to go to the county hospital for a checkup. Lao Li Tou said with a very embarrassed expression.

Only then did Lao Mu understand that the condition of his son in front of him was not so simple, "It takes dozens of miles to get to the county hospital, how to find a car on such a day?" Lao Mu stood in front of the window and looked at the rain curtain outside in a daze, repeating the above sentence to himself from time to time.

Lao Li Tou seemed to see Lao Mu's difficulty, stopped for a few minutes, and said: "When the rain stops, maybe the child can wake up, if that's the case, it's fine, but if the child is still in a coma, he must go to the county hospital for treatment!"

Lao Mu felt a lot relieved, stopped squeaking, and silently retreated to the side of the bed to look at his unconscious son.

The summer rain came and went quickly, and after a violent storm, the rain came and the sky cleared, and a bright rainbow appeared in the western sky, and the children who had just taken refuge in the house rushed out to the yard to enjoy the beautiful scenery brought by the heavens. Mu Zhen, who was lying on the hospital bed, was still unconscious, Lao Li shook his head and sighed and said, "Brother, I think you should find a car to take the child to the county hospital!"

Lao Mu knew in his heart that the best way now could only be like this, "You take care of the child, I'll go find the car!" After Lao Mu finished speaking, he stood up and rubbed his slightly moist eyes, and walked out without looking back.

About half an hour later, the sound of a tractor clattering from a distance came to a halt at the door of the health room. As soon as the car stopped, Lao Mu jumped from the car and went straight to the health room, said hello to Lao Li, picked up Mu Zhen from the hospital bed, and walked out, Lao Li Tou followed out, saw that Xiuhua was already waiting in the car box, Lao Mu handed Mu Zhen to Xiuhua carefully, and then got into the car, and waved Wang Dali to start the vehicle.

It is not a loss to the tractor driver of the production team of that year, which can usually jump up on the rural dirt road, but in the hands of Wang Dali, it is like an arrow off the string, rushing forward smoothly. Xiuhua hugged Mu Zhen tightly in her arms and whispered to Mu Zhen's nickname: "Zhen'er, wake up, Zhen'er, wake up, don't fall asleep......"

After Mu Zhen was sent to the emergency room, the accompanying vigorously said goodbye to Lao Mu and returned to the village, Lao Mu held a strong hand: "Thank you, big brother!" responded politely: "Neighbors, help is due, don't get angry because of this, if you need money, say, I will go back to the village to prepare for you." At this time, the old Mu Liansheng said: "Thank you! Thank you!"

The two will be vigorously sent to the gate of the hospital's emergency building, and they will go back on their own without mentioning it.

After various examinations in the hospital, the doctors determined that Mu Zhen had a concussion caused by trauma, and the cause of the coma was that there was part of blood in the brain, and recommended hospitalization for observation and treatment. When Lao Mu heard this result, his body slowly fell to the ground, and Xiuhua on the side hurriedly helped him up, muttering to himself: "My God, don't fall down again!"

Xiuhua helped Lao Mu to the recliner in the hospital corridor and sat down slowly, Xiuhua kneaded Lao Mu's temples and asked softly, "Are you better?"

"I'm fine, as long as the child is okay, what can I do?"

Lao Mu's rhetorical question made Xiuhua speechless, and the heart that had been slightly relieved just now was raised again. But it is also necessary to comfort Lao Mu!

"Don't worry, our child is rich and has a big life, and it will be fine!" Xiuhua said as she moved her hand off Lao Mu's temple.

Although she said so, Xiuhua actually had no confidence in her heart, but this long wait was undoubtedly an unspeakable torment for any close relative.

Time passed minute by minute, and except for the occasional person or two who walked in the aisle to see a doctor, it was the medical staff who came and went.

"Let's go!" Xiuhua thought about breaking this tranquility and whispered to Lao Mu beside her.

"If something happens to the child, how can I live?" Lao Mu, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said this sentence, which made Xiuhua, who had been strong, collapse immediately, and two lines of hot tears flowed down her cheeks. This was followed by intermittent sobbing sounds.

"It is inevitable that the child will have a bump, but our Zhen'er is no longer a child, when she goes out at noon, nothing happens, and the disaster that falls from the sky can't be avoided!" Xiuhua sighed and choked up.

"When you get better this time, don't be embarrassed for the child anymore!" Xiuhua persuaded Lao Mu Gui, who was standing in a daze.

"Why am I still embarrassed for him! I have no ability in my life, why should I be difficult for a child, I just want him to live a better life in the future, and I am also a ghost! I always want to let him get out of the farmhouse and hold an iron rice bowl, in fact, there is nothing wrong with it, but what happened to the child, it made me realize that life is important, not what iron rice bowl, what clay rice bowl!" Lao Mu seemed to understand something, raised his hand and wiped his moist eyes as he spoke.