The boy's wound last time was completely healed, so it doesn't matter if he walks barefoot in the water now. In the past, when the old dean came home from rest, he would come to this stream to fish alone, but then the situation would be a little deserted, because he sat alone on the shore all the time. Whether he can catch a fish or not, the old dean actually doesn't care in his heart, because even if he catches it and takes it home, he will eat it alone.

But the situation was very different today, and the old dean could always hear the sound of water splashing around him, and it was the little boy playing happily in the stream. One moment he picked up a strange-shaped stone and played with it in his hand, and the next he pulled out a few brightly colored shells from the sand, and occasionally shouted in the direction of the old dean, "A small fish passed through my palm just now, and I almost caught it!"

The old dean felt that with the little boy by his side, it seemed that fishing had become more fun, it was no longer a pastime he did to pass the time, and the old dean felt that this time he was really enjoying it.

Seeing his fish drift for a moment, the old dean's heart instantly lifted, and he found that he really wanted to catch a fish, even a fish that had never been bigger than ever. In this way, he and the boy can have a full meal.

But when the old dean pulled up the rod, he found that the hook was empty, the bait had been eaten, and the fish had not been hooked. The old dean sighed with some regret, but he decided to go on and hung some new bait on the hook.

The little boy grew up in an orphanage, and he rarely had the opportunity to come out for activities, and two of the three times he counted with his fingers were related to the old director. Once when I hurt my foot, and the other time was today.

The little boy is always happy outside the orphanage, even if it's a hospital or a secluded village. Maybe it's because the little boy feels free outside, not a bird imprisoned inside the orphanage.

The boy knew that if it weren't for the orphanage's relief, he might have died a long time ago, and the same was true for the other children in the orphanage. But the boy did not have the slightest sense of belonging in the orphanage, he did not feel the slightest warmth here, and in his heart the orphanage was a cage for him, or a hell that made him unbearable.

The boy always wanted to be able to live outside, and he even imagined that the orange tree was a white horse, and as long as he climbed the tree, he rode on the back of the white horse, and the white horse could take him all the way out of the orphanage against the wind.

The boy also thought that he could actually sneak out, the orphanage was not strictly guarded, and as long as he used some careful thinking, he could avoid the eyes of adults.

But although the outside world is big, the boy realizes that there is no place for him to settle down, and he is still a child who cannot live independently, and he only wants to become a street child by going out.

So the boy has an ambivalent mentality, on the one hand, he wants to go out, and on the other hand, he is afraid of the outside world. But being taken out by the old dean is different, the old dean will arrange some things in an orderly manner, and will also take care of his own diet and daily life, and he will definitely not have to wander on the street when he comes out.

Therefore, the boy cherishes all the time outside, sitting in a small shop eating ice cream, or standing in a stream and playing in the water, which can make the boy feel free and happy like never before.

The boy saw a woman washing clothes in the lower reaches of the stream, and she beat her clothes rhythmically with the wooden stick in her hand, and after beating them a dozen times, she spread out her clothes and soaked them all in the stream, and the stream quickly washed away the soap bubbles on her clothes.

The boy stood in the middle of the stream and looked at the woman in the distance, who seemed to others to be just doing the most ordinary chores, but to the boy it represented a way of life that he had not tried, the family life of the common people.

The woman's basket was filled with all kinds of clothes that needed to be washed, both adults and children, men and women, which was completely different from what the little boy saw in the orphanage. The clothes posted by the cleaning aunt in the orphanage are all children's clothes, and their colors and styles are similar, and they are not even very clear about the difference between men and women, because those are all donated by the society.

After watching it for a while, the boy felt a little chill in his body, and walked from the stream to the shore. He sat beside the old dean in silence, for the boy knew that in a day's time, he would be going back to the collective life of the orphanage.

The old dean did not notice the change in the boy's mood, he just thought that the boy's quiet mood was just tired of playing, and the old dean put all his attention on the fishing rod, hoping that he would really be able to catch a fish and go home before noon.

As the sun rose higher and higher, and the air began to get hotter, the old dean looked at the sun above his head, and he felt that he might have given up, and that the little boy's stomach would be hungry any longer.

There aren't many fish in this stream, and I often turn back empty-handed, so it's very likely that I won't be able to catch fish today. But the old dean saw the attentive expression of the little boy beside him, and his eyes kept staring at the water in front of him, as if he wanted to see the fish take the bait, and he also wanted to taste the delicious fish in this stream.

There was a strong desire in the old dean's heart, he must catch a fish before noon and go home, the little boy was a rare guest in his house today, and the old dean did not want to send him away with some vegetables and carrots.

The old dean decided to give himself another thirty minutes, and if he didn't catch a fish in thirty minutes, he would have to blame his bad luck.

After the boy had dried his feet, he had put on his shoes, and after watching for a while the fish float on the water without moving, he leaned on the old dean's back and looked up at the sky above him.

The boy noticed that the sky above him was really big, and just looking at it gave him a feeling of relaxation and joy, as if it was not at all the same as what he saw in the orphanage.

The boy held his hands in the shape of a telescope, and the gap in the tiger's mouth was aimed at his two eyes, and looking up through this 'telescope', the boy felt as if he could see farther...

At this moment, the dean's back suddenly moved, and then a splashing sound came from the front, and the boy hurriedly drilled his head over, and through the gap under the old dean's arm, the boy saw a lively fish being lifted out of the water by the rod.

The old dean's mouth made a happy voice, "At noon today, we have fish to eat!"