Out of the house, a cold chill came to his face, and Liu Yufan hit a spirit, but he became more energetic.

Taking a breath of cold air, Liu Yufan felt as refreshing as drinking a glass of cold Coke! Looking up at the night sky, a crescent moon hangs on the half-high canopy in the east, and the sky is full of stars, which makes people feel the depth and vastness of the universe.

This is the night sky in the northern countryside in 1994, there is no climate warming, there is no polluted air, and the pure and clean night sky brings Liu Yufan a burst of emotion, which is a feeling that no matter how many computer games are played or how luxurious the park and playground are, it cannot be brought to it.

On the street of Dazhai Village, there are few people in the desert at the moment, except for the occasional few half-sized children who can't bear the loneliness passing by, bringing a burst of dog barking, only a little dim light remains. There is no colorful neon in the city, and there is no hustle and bustle of the bar, which makes Liu Yufan, who has been living in the city for many years, feel like returning to nature. Just like the song "In the Spring" sung by Wang Feng, all the old times that have passed seem to have come back again, which is really good.

A group of half-grown children turned on flashlights and shone randomly, chatting about some children's topics at the same time, talking about foreign muskets to firecrackers, and talking about who fights well from popular martial arts movies.

"Xiaofan, tomorrow is the Zhuma camp, will you go to the camp?" Wang Xiaoyong asked excitedly.

"Garrison camp." The scene of the bazaar suddenly appeared in Liu Yufan's mind, and the scene of people crowding everyone appeared in his mind.

"There are so many people, why are you going?" Liu Yufan shook his head.

"Huh? You don't buy guns! Hearing Liu Yufan say this, Wang Xiaoyong was very surprised, in his impression, Liu Yufan is super fond of firecrackers, and every year during the Chinese New Year, he pesters his family to buy a bunch of firecrackers, and in the entire half of the backstreet, he will put it, with the most tricks. Liu Yufan, this guy actually said that he didn't want to go to the market? You know, the last big gathering before the end of this year, but the most important thing in the hearts of many children in Dazhai Village, for boys who like to play, it is even no less than the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Hearing Wang Xiaoyong say this, Liu Yufan remembered that his family's New Year's goods had not been prepared, and his "firecrackers" had not been bought, and setting off firecrackers was one of his favorite things to do during the New Year. Just like some people's childhood memories are a slingshot, a lyric book, and a stack of matchsticks.

"Hehe, go." Liu Yufan said with a smile, after being reborn, he especially cherished these small memories of the past, and some things can only be known how valuable they are when they are lost.

"Hehe, let's go together, and tomorrow the thrifty head will go by car." Wang Xiaoyong looked very excited.

"Well, our family is in a hurry, and when the time comes, we will buy it together, and my dad said to buy me a cannon for ten yuan this year!" Liu Jian was very excited when he said this.

"Hehe, my dad said buy me twenty dollars!" Wang Xiaoyong said proudly, and Liu Jian immediately stopped squeaking when he heard it.

"Be quiet, stop talking, let's go to the corn pile in front and have a look." It is Dajun who speaks, his big name is Liu Jun, he is Liu Jian's brother, he is sixteen years old this year, and he is the "big child king" of the backstreets.

Hearing the army speak, the half-grown boys stopped squeaking, and walked gently with their waists bent, for fear of startling the sparrows.

This pile of corn stalks belongs to Liu Zhaohe's family, Liu Zhaohe is Liu Yufan's second cousin, that is, Liu Jian's second uncle, he is a bachelor, his family is very poor, and the house he lives in is also very broken, and there is not even a wall. The yard of his house is very large, and there are many corn stalks piled up, some of which are his own, and some of which are owned by Liu Jian and Yu Fan. In the moonlight, piles of corn stalks looked like black monsters, and if a person passed by here, he would definitely be frightened. Fortunately, there are a lot of people here, and everyone is bold, and they are slowly looking for each other.

The light of the flashlight swept through the gaps in the pile of corn stalks, and the half-sized children's eyes also flashed with a thief's bright light, and they keenly scanned the depths of the gaps, trying to find the small gray figures.

"Well, don't even speak, I saw one!" The army suddenly spoke in a low voice. When everyone heard his words, they all came to their senses at once, and their eyes followed the light pillar of the flashlight in his hand, and they saw a small crack in a particularly large corn pile, a little gray looming, and they didn't know if it was a sparrow, but everyone still cast the light pillar of the flashlight in the same place.

"Help me hold it, don't make a sound." Dajun handed the flashlight to his younger brother Liu Jian next to him, and leaned in lightly.

Liu Jian took the flashlight, on his melon-like head, the expression on his face was as serious as receiving a steel gun, his eyes were also round, staring nervously at that place, and at the same time blocking the others behind him with his body, and whispering to warn them not to move, as if he was the second commander at this moment, but at this moment, his stupidity was much less.

Liu Yufan also took a flashlight to shine on that place, watching Liu Jun walk over softly and like a cat, watching other people either cat waist or sideways, looking at that place with concern, and quietly savoring the atmosphere at the moment in his heart, what a simple kind of happiness this is! More than ten years later, these people are scattered for a living, will they still remember the tension and happiness of catching sparrows together tonight?

Just when Liu Yufan's thoughts didn't know where to go, Liu Jun shouted, and the whole person pounced on it, covering the gray place just now with both hands, "Whoa!" The large pile of corn was pounced on by his force, and most of it collapsed in an instant. The other half-sized children rushed up and nervously shone their flashlights on the place of his hand.

"Huh~~Huh~~" Liu Jun gasped, pulled out a large handful of corn stalks from the corn stalk pile, and held it tightly.

One after another, the flashlight light gathered at the place where his hand was pressing, and someone kept urging: "Hurry! Take a look, are you caught? ”

Liu Jun carefully freed one hand and peeled off the corn stalks layer by layer like embroidered flowers, and the eyes of the boys on the side widened, hoping to reveal the cute, gray little head in his palm.

It's a pity that until Liu Jun peeled off all the corn stalks in his hand, everyone didn't see the small gray figure, only a few gray feathers.

"Ahem! It's unlucky, just a few bird feathers! Liu Jun said hatefully, looking frustrated, and many "little soldiers" also shouted pity!

"What are you doing? Run to me again to make trouble! The firewood and the stacks have made you a scourge! A loud roar came, and at the same time, the broken wooden door in the middle of the broken tile house suddenly opened, and a pillar of light shot out from inside, and behind it was the figure of the bachelor Liu Zhaohe!

"Run!" Liu Jun shouted, and a group of half-grown children scattered in a hurry, each running towards their homes, and some of them were still screaming.

Liu Zhaohe, a singleton, ran to the "crime scene" - in front of a pile of messy corn stalks, saw that there was no one left, stood there and cursed a few times, and went back.

"Huhu~~~" At the door of Liu Yufan's house, he and Wang Xiaoyong were panting for breath, but they still had the kung fu to laugh "hehe", which was the kind of smug smile that successfully got rid of adults.

"Alas, it's unfortunate that I didn't catch the birds, and I was discovered." Wang Xiaoyong's words revealed a sense of regret.

"Hehe, they're stupid, how can they catch birds in that kind of place, how can they be easy to catch, birds usually don't stay there at night." Liu Yufan looked at Wang Xiaoyong and said with a smile.

"Huh? No, where is it in the pyre? Wang Xiaoyong was a little unconvinced, but he suddenly came to the spirit again, because listening to Liu Yufan's tone, he seemed to be very confident in knowing where the birds were hiding.

"Come, come with me." Liu Yufan beckoned to Wang Xiaoyong, who followed quickly.

"Don't make a sound, shine a flashlight for me in a moment." Liu Yufan said, pushed open the green patent leather iron door of his house, and then walked towards the pigsty on the left.

"What are you doing in the pigsty?" Wang Xiaoyong asked with some puzzlement.

"Shh~~~ Don't talk!" Liu Yufan made a silent gesture at Wang Xiaoyong, and then opened the door of the pigsty lightly.

Liu Yufan's family has two pigsties, one with an old sow and the other with a few piglets. At this moment, the two of them entered the pen where the old sow was raised. Due to the cold weather, the feces in the pigsty have already been frozen hard, and the place where the two people settled is a pig's nest, and a layer of straw is spread on it, so it is not very dirty, of course, the smell will definitely not smell very good.

The white-haired old sow had probably just eaten, and lay there lazily and still, only snorting a few times when she heard movement.

In winter, the shed above the pigsty is covered with a thick layer of straw and corn stalks, which is warmer than ordinary firewood piles due to the body temperature of pigs.

Liu Yufan took the flashlight and looked carefully, he looked very carefully, very patiently, and very organized, not at all like those children who were looking aimlessly, and after a while, he saw a dusty little head in the crack of a pile of straw.

Wang Xiaoyong also saw it, and whispered excitedly: "Yes, there is one here!" He said it in a breathy voice, but it was hard to hide the excitement in his voice.

Liu Yufan handed him the flashlight steadily, and said in a low voice, "Help me hold it." The voice was very low, but very calm, and hearing his voice, Wang Xiaoyong's confidence increased for no reason.

Liu Yufan looked at the little sparrow that seemed a little overwhelmed by the strong light, and slowly but steadily stretched out his right hand to the place where it was, until it was only more than ten centimeters away from the little thing, and then he decisively and lightningly stretched out his hand and covered the place accurately.

Liu Yufan felt a struggle in his palm, and the little guy kept resisting, but he couldn't change the fate of being caught.

"Don't be angry, just play with you for a while, and I'll let you go right away." Liu Yufan leisurely handed the finch to his left hand, shook the straw in his right hand, and then touched the gray little head. The little guy didn't appreciate it and pecked Liu Yufan twice.

"Quick, let me see!" Wang Xiaoyong looked at the "baby" in Liu Yufan's hand in surprise, this game is not easy to catch, don't look at a few of them who come out at night to "catch" these little things, but they are smart, cunning, they can catch one, it is a great thing. Even a big kid like the army caught one, and he had to show off everywhere for a long time, but now, just relying on the two of them, he caught one, and it's quite big!

"Here you go." Liu Yufan casually handed the bird to Wang Xiaoyong, who took it as if it were a treasure, and handed the flashlight to Liu Yufan at the same time.

With a gray, round little head, small black bean-like eyes, a small gray-white mouth, a white chest, and little pink paws, the little guy looks so cute. It's just that it seems to be angry now, and it is sleeping just right, but it has been caught for no reason.

Wang Xiaoyong didn't care about this, he ran to the street with the sparrow, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Come and see, Xiaofan caught a big one!" ”

This phrase works more than anything else, "Hulala! The doors of all the houses in the backstreet were pushed open at about the same time, and those half-sized children quickly ran to the door of Liu Yufan's house at a speed like an army gathering, and even the army came.

"Where? Hurry up and show me! ”

"How big?"

"Where did you catch it? Anything else? ”

……

Wang Xiaoyong was surrounded by everyone in the middle, and the bird in his hand was like a big-name star at the moment, illuminated by the light of several flashlights, and he shrank his head in a panic, not daring to move.

"Hey, it's really big, it's bigger than the last time the army caught it."

"Be careful, don't let it fly!"

"Let me touch it."

……

This "bird watching competition" lasted for more than ten minutes, and only then did everyone disperse without getting enough of it, and a few people who did not give up ran to other people's pigsty to catch them.

"Xiaofan, let's go to your house to find a thread and tie it to its legs." Wang Xiaoyong said.

"Let's play for a while and let it go, this bird's surname is Zilie, and it can't be raised overnight." Liu Yufan said with a smile.

"Huh? Put? Hearing Liu Yufan's words, Wang Xiaoyong was very reluctant, but he also knew that Liu Yufan was telling the truth, the sparrow never ate food fed by people, and it would die after a day at most. Seeing this bird so beautiful, it was a little reluctant to die, but Wang Xiaoyong really wanted to raise it, and a contradictory look flashed in his eyes.

"Okay, don't be so virtuous, I like it, we can catch it again tomorrow night, won't it be over?" Liu Yufan said with a smile, then took back the sparrow from Wang Xiaoyong's hand, turned around and walked home.

"Alas, Xiaofan, didn't you say let it go?" Wang Xiaoyong chased after him.

"Show my little sister, she hasn't seen it yet." Liu Yufan said.

"Oh, wait a minute, I still want to see" Wang Xiaoyong chased after him again.

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