Chapter 19: The Creek
The car drove for a short time, Le Fan asked me to stop, we are on the left side of the school, in fact, I can see a little bit of the school at that fork in the road before, and now standing on the side of the road, Le Fan's primary school is completely in sight. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
There is a small river between us and the school, but the river is more than 10 meters deep at our feet, for example, if we were on two high mountains with the school, then we should be halfway up the mountain, and that river is the col between the two mountains.
But from where we are, we can see where the creek originates.
It is a branch of an underground river, and we can see that not far away is an open cave with a lot of thick stalactites. Inside is a small and small pool, from which the river flows.
When we want to go to school, we need to go around the roof of the cave, and the road is built on top of the roof.
What made me curious was that there was an open river-like place next to the waterhole, and now, at noon, there were quite a few people setting up tables and chairs there.
There were also many people swimming and playing in the river, and I could hear the sound of children playing even from so far away.
Just off the side of the road, there is a path that leads to the river, and it has been specially repaired with cement.
Looking down the river ~ stream, I found that this stretches for a long time, and there are more or less people swimming and frolicking in the river.
All the way down to a man-made embankment below, and there were many people on that embankment, and there were many swimmers in the pool.
A four-cornered pavilion-like building looms next to the waterhole, and a path down the river from that end can be seen next to it.
Le Fan looked at me, perhaps seeing the surprise in my eyes, she smiled lightly and said, "Do you want to go down and have a look?" This is a summer retreat for our people here, and the wind blowing from the cave is particularly cool. In fact, a few years ago, when the pollution was very high, no one wanted to come here to cool off, after all, no one wanted to face the smelly ditch, even if it was very cool. In recent years, the environment has been renovated, and the summer here has resumed its liveliness. I haven't been here for over a decade. ”
I looked at Le Fan, then at the people below, and finally shook my head.
Le Fan didn't say that I had to go and see it, and she didn't let me go down after I shook my head, but this picture evoked her memories.
"This cave is called 'Cool Cave'." As soon as Le Fan introduced me, he couldn't help laughing, "Hehe... It's a pretty straightforward name! And that is called 'Paradise'. Well, I don't know where the name came from, but that's what they've been since I knew about these two places. ”
"The first time I came to Paradise was when my dad brought me here, and I was three or four years old. There used to be no lifebuoys, so my dad found me a truck tire core, sat on it, and then pushed me to float on the water. ”
Le Fan hooked his lips, and then continued: "However, I only have a little impression, after all, I was too young at that time. ”
I'm also looking at the people playing down there, and I can't help but crack my lips.
"I remember when we had a lifebuoy for sale here, I secretly bought a foam one behind my mother's back, but unfortunately, my mother found out and took it for me and returned it. At that time, I felt very embarrassed, because when I first bought the lifebuoy, my friends didn't have it, and I hadn't tasted enough of that sense of superiority, and my mother let me suffer such a big blow. Since then, they have all known how strong and domineering You Lefan's mother is, after all, my mother has also taken the lifebuoy I used and returned it. ”
Le Fan said this, his face was full of bitterness, and I couldn't help but smile sympathetically. However, this also made me understand how much difference there is between Mother You when I was young and now.
"When I went to elementary school, my dad didn't like to come here to escape the heat, and my mom didn't approve of me coming because of this, and she said she didn't feel at ease. So after that, I always came quietly, and when I went back, I was always scolded by my mother. I remember one time after school, I went to my classmate to play, and after that, ...... Hehe, I changed into my classmate's shorts, and then we came to play in the river together, and in the end, my mom came to the door with a stick and took me back. ”
Le Fan couldn't help laughing when he said it, and then sighed again, "Hey, my shame in front of my classmates is always because of my mother, think about those faceless things, they are all related to my mother." ”
I couldn't help laughing, "Auntie, I'm afraid something will happen to you." ”
Le Fan shook his head, "When I was in charge of my mother before, I was thinking, if I have a child in the future, I will definitely not force him to do things he doesn't like, I won't bind him so tightly, people always have to go through something to grow up, and they can't stay with their parents for the rest of their lives." I don't blame my mother, she just cares about me too much, but that's why I always feel that I don't have the ability of others, and my ability to find a job after graduating from college is not as good as others. Because I had never experienced it before, I didn't go to summer jobs during the summer vacation like my other classmates, and I didn't suffer hardships, so I was afraid of hardships in the future. ”
"When I was a sophomore, my mom told me to try to find a part-time job or something, to learn to get out of society. At that time, she also said, if you look at other people's children, they haven't asked for a penny from their families since they went to college. At that time, I argued with her, I said who made you control me since I was a child, never let me go out, and now he wants me to go out, let me take something to take me away. ”
Le Fan sighed lightly, "Hey, to be honest, in fact, I was a little resentful of my mother at that time, but after going through so much, I also understand my mother, so now I don't complain about anything." Life has come to this point, and I think it's enough. ”
I frowned and looked at Le Fan, smiling lightly like this, I don't know why it always makes me feel sad and feel sorry for her.
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