Chapter 2: The Spirit of Life

Strolling down the streets with your luggage, the summer evenings in Jiangcheng are stuffy and unsettling. The sparrows on the street trees on Xiaonan Street were chirping in a ball. The orange is depressed, the birds still have a home, but the huge river city has no place to stay.

The scorching sun scorched the earth, and hazy smoke rose from the asphalt pavement. Unconsciously, Xiangcheng strolled to Jiangcheng West Passenger Station - Rural Passenger Station. This is the passenger transport distribution center to the surrounding towns of Jiangcheng City, and the last bus to Pipa Town in Qingxia County in summer is seven o'clock in the evening.

Looking at the city behind her, Orange stepped on the bus to Pipa Town with some discouragement.

"Huh, let one, let one." A farmer with poultry crowded around Orange.

The strong smell came to the nose, and the orange couldn't help but wrinkle her nose, and the peasant woman embarrassedly pressed the poultry under the seat, and said embarrassedly: "Girl, you forgive me." ”

Xiangcheng shook her head and smiled, signaling that she was okay.

After a while, the small minibus was full of passengers, most of whom were farmers who would meet in the town after the evening market. These farmers are like migratory birds every day, taking their agricultural products to the densely populated Jiangcheng City in the morning in the hope of having a good deal, and returning home with unsold things in the evening.

Xiangcheng thinks that her current situation is much worse than that of these farmers, and Jiangcheng City does not need her and cannot tolerate her.

There is no highway from Jiangcheng City to Pipa Town in Qingxia County, so the minibus has to drive along the provincial road. Orange Head leaned back in his seat, swayed drowsy by the half-new middle jaw. Minibuses have to walk for three and a half to four hours to get there, and sleeping is the best way to pass the time.

I don't know how long I slept, and the driver yelled: It's time to get off the station. The crowd stood up in a fog, carrying bamboo baskets, dustpans, and woven pockets one after another.

"Mom! It's raining, and the weather can change no matter how you say it! The peasant woman sitting next to Orange cursed a few times, then pushed the rooster's head into her pocket and rushed out in the rain.

Orange was in a hurry and didn't plan to go back to the countryside today, so he didn't bring an umbrella in his suitcase. There is no shuttle bus from Pipa Town to my home in the countryside, and I have to walk three miles on foot.

The town is far less prosperous than Jiangcheng, and when it gets dark, businesses turn off their lights, and there is not even a street lamp on the road.

It was pitch black all around, and the night in the rain was a little cool, and the orange shivered and rushed home in the rain. She didn't dare to stay here for a long time, there were a lot of young people in Pipa Town, and she was a single girl, and she didn't know what would happen to her.

The road to the village was drenched, and Orange was half submerged as soon as she stepped on her canvas shoes. The rain wet his clothes, and Shen Xiangcheng waved the rain on his forehead and continued to hurry.

"Where is the girl, I'll give you a ride." A motorcycle came behind Xiangcheng, and the short horn was particularly harsh on a rainy night.

Where did Shen Xiangcheng dare to turn back, his heart trembled and he sped up his pace to rush forward.

The driver of the motorcycle drove in front of Shen Xiangcheng with one throttle, and when he found out that Shen Xiangcheng was a good-looking little girl, his tone became playful and frivolous, "Where are you going, beauty, I'll give you a ride in such a heavy rain." ”

The driver's eyes stared at Shen Xiangcheng's rain-soaked chest and swallowed his saliva, making up his mind to hunt it.

"My house is in front, don't come with me." Orange walked around the motorcycle and started in small steps.

Nervous and the road was slippery, she tripped over the mud and fell to the ground, and her luggage was scattered all over the ground.

Seeing that the opportunity was coming, the driver set up the motorcycle and stepped forward to support Shen Xiangcheng, and rubbed it on Xiangcheng's smooth arm by the way.

Shen Xiangcheng exclaimed, and his luggage didn't care, so he staggered up from the ground and ran forward.

How could she, a weak woman, outrun a strong man, and before she ran a few meters, she was dragged back by the driver and pressed to the ground like a chicken.

Maybe it was the dark night that fueled the driver's guilty psychology, or maybe it was the fact that Xiangcheng's pure and beautiful appearance was rare in the countryside that made him hot-headed and lose his mind, and the driver wanted to gnaw on Xiangcheng's face.

Xiangcheng's head was blank, helplessly fluttering and grasping her whole body but unable to exert any strength, in her fright, she saw the driver's face clearly, isn't this Chen Daming, the son of Aunt Chen's family.

"Brother Da Ming! I'm Orange! Shen Xiangcheng screamed and fainted to the ground.

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Shen Xiangcheng was sick, and after Chen Daming sent Shen Xiangcheng home overnight, she had a high fever and was sick in bed.

In a daze, she strolled barefoot on the verdant meadows. The father broke off two delicate wild flowers in front of him and stuck them in the mother's bun, and she chased after him with her hands, hoping that he would not leave but could not catch him.

Suddenly, the ground cracked, and Orange fell into the blazing lava, scorching every inch of skin, painful and cracking......

Just when Shen Xiangcheng's life was worse than death, a fist-sized green elf rushed into Xiangcheng's body, and Xiangcheng's body temperature dropped for a while, and the whole person was extremely comfortable as if bathed in the spring sun.

The soft green light slowly lifted the orange from the grass, and the orange smelled the vanilla and felt the fluttering of the clouds. She seemed to be able to see the flowers clustered together enjoying the sun, and the grasshoppers on the lawn lying lazily there to warm their bodies. The creatures saw Shen Xiangcheng in mid-air, and suddenly thought about her direction very reverently and lowered their heads to show their submission.

Orange enjoys the feeling of being surrounded by nature, and every cell of her body is full of vitality, as if swimming in the sea is free and free.

"The fever is gone, the fever is gone!" Xiangcheng's mother, Jiang Jie, quickly changed into a warm towel and gently covered Xiangcheng's forehead.

Dim lighting, damp and somewhat grainy-smelling room, this is the orange's home in the country.

The mother's sallow face came into view, and she looked much haggard than last year. Xiangcheng couldn't bear it, and stretched out her hand to touch her face.

"Orange, are you feeling better?" Jiang Jie brought over a glass of sugar and salt water, "Come on, let's drink some water." ”

Shen Xiangcheng shook his head, he knew very well about the condition of his body, and he didn't have a fever or a headache after having that strange dream. There was no discomfort in the body, but I felt that my body was relaxed like never before, like a newborn baby with endless vitality.

Jiang Jie nagged on the side: "It's raining so hard, you don't even say a word in advance when you come back." Fortunately, your brother Da Ming passed by and sent you back, otherwise it would be rain and thunder, so I would carry a basket of eggs to Aunt Chen's house another day to thank Chen Daming. ”

"Oh my God! Chen Daming! ”

Xiangcheng thought about the disgusting thing Chen Daming did to her last night, and exclaimed.

"Mom! I'm a little uncomfortable, you go out first. Shen Xiangcheng covered her stomach with her hands, hoping that that kind of thing would not happen.