Chapter 13 Collecting Firewood
After returning to the dormitory, it was almost 11 o'clock, and the school stipulated that the lights would be turned off at 11 o'clock, Xu Lingxi hurriedly took a shower, fortunately, the lights were turned off as soon as he came out of the toilet door after washing.
The whole dormitory was suddenly pitch black, Xu Lingxi slowly climbed into bed with the dark, just got up to his bed and sat down, wanted to grab the quilt and lie down, his hand touched the side, and he actually touched a hand......
"Ahh
Xu Lingxi screamed in fright, and quickly withdrew his hand, and the soles of his feet and scalp were numb.
"Hey, hey, hey~"
Su Ran's laughter came from her ears, and it was her hand that she had just touched!
Xu Lingxi was so frightened that he was dizzy, and after hearing Su Ran's voice, he was still shocked, and after a few seconds of silence, the anger quickly rushed up, and he yelled at Su Ran: "Su Ran, you neurotic, scared me to death!" ”
"Shall I sleep with you tonight?" Su Ran asked in a voice that gave goosebumps.
"I'm not the squad leader, it's useless for you to talk to me in this tone!"
"Xixi~" Su Ran rubbed his face against Xu Lingxi's chest.
Xu Lingxi's anger has not completely subsided, "If you sleep with me, just tell me, do you want to scare me like this?" ”
"I don't want to surprise you~" As he spoke, Su Ran pulled Xu Lingxi down, then pulled the quilt, covered the heads of the two, and whispered, "Let's whisper." ”
Su Lingxi glared at Su Ran: "Big brother, what you are giving is a fright!" ”
"Hehe, Xixi, I'll tell you good news."
"What's the good news?"
"This Saturday, you and Tianhe will go camping in Tianhu Mountain."
"What? That's good news, so I don't make light bulbs! ”
"It's not just us, but also Qi Chen, there is Qi Chen in your heart~"
Hearing the word Qi Chen, Xu Lingxi's heart couldn't help but tighten, she still couldn't control her heart, this name could always involve her beating heart.
Speaking of Qi Chen, Xu Lingxi has met him once not long after the start of school in September since he borrowed clothes.
It was a school day on Friday, Su Ran and Song Tianhe didn't know where to eat and fall in love, so they walked away together early, and Xu Lingxi walked on campus alone.
Just as he was about to step out of the school gate, a bicycle whizzed past Xu Lingxi with the sound of laughter.
"Qi Chen, you stepped on it so fast, hahaha." The girl's silver bell-like laughter reached Xu Lingxi's ears.
Xu Lingxi then saw the back of the boy riding a bicycle, and the girl sitting in the back seat, her hands around the boy's waist, her cheeks were tightly pressed against the boy's back, the sun was shining on her cheeks, her bright smile was flushed, and her long black hair was flying uninhibitedly between heaven and earth.
Looking at this brilliant picture, Xu Lingxi closed his eyes, but the laughter kept rippling in his ears until he returned home.
"I'm not going, you guys are going!" Xu Lingxi turned over and lay flat, his eyes staring at the darkness overhead.
"Why, haven't you been thinking about him all the time?" Su Ran didn't understand very much, he obviously had the opportunity to contact the person he thought, why didn't he grasp it.
"What if you can see him, he is a man of great names."
Su Ran suddenly said: "It turns out that you are afraid of his girlfriend, what is this, they are not husband and wife, you and Qi Chen still have a chance." ”
"There won't be a chance, I can't do it with him!" Xu Lingxi closed his eyes, and the beautiful picture of riding a bicycle appeared again.
Su Ran pleaded: "Xixi, if you go, you should accompany me." ”
"You have a boyfriend to accompany you, why do you want me to accompany you."
"Let's just go out with friends, not to mention that it's not just us, but also Chu Ci and Dong Minghao, they also go."
"I'm even less familiar with them, I'm not social."
"If you don't go, I won't go either, when Song Tianhe asks, I'll say it's because of you!" Su Ran looked at the stubborn Xu Lingxi and had to use the last killer move.
"You...... Why are you two involved in me! Xu Lingxi really loves and hates Su Ran.
"I don't care!"
Xu Lingxi really had no choice at all, so he finally had to agree: "Okay." ”
Su Ran smiled "grin", her feet wrapped around Xu Lingxi, and she looked forward to Saturday even more.
Xu Lingxi is not as looking forward to it as Su Ran, to put it nicely, she is going to play with a group of young people and be happy, but she only feels that she is going to suffer, because either she is going to be a quiet smirking wooden man, or she is going to be a dog and eating the dog food given by others, this dog food is still a double portion, one is from her own best friend, and the other is from the person she misses.
On Saturday, it arrived as scheduled.
Xu Lingxi had been looking forward to rain today for a few days, so he didn't have to go.
But as soon as he got up, walked past the bed, opened the curtains, and a golden sun poked in and shone on Xu Lingxi's face.
There's no way, just go!
After Xu Lingxi washed up and packed up his things, he walked downstairs with a backpack on his back.
"Mom, I'm going camping with my classmates and I'll be back tomorrow."
Zhou Nan seemed to be greatly frightened, and exclaimed loudly: "What? Bivouac? ”
"Well, camping, with my classmates, and coming back tomorrow." Thinking that Zhou Nan didn't hear clearly, Xu Lingxi repeated again.
Zhou Nan came out of the kitchen and pointed at Xu Lingxi to reproach: "I'm almost angry with you, or I won't go out to play, and I finally went out once...... It turned out to be camping, why didn't you tell me first last night? ”
"I decided last night whether I would go today or not."
"Tell me, which of your classmates are you with? How many people? Is it safe? Are your classmates reliable? Are there any male classmates? Are you so young that you know how to camp? And where are you going to camp? Is there a signal? I'll have to check if it's a safe area......"
A series of questions came over critically, and Xu Lingxi picked at his ears that were a little itchy with his fingers.
In this way, Xu Lingxi spent more than half an hour patiently explaining to Zhou Nan one question after another, and after explaining, Zhou Nan was still not at ease, and continued to ask: "Will there be beasts in that place?" ”
Xu Lingxi: "......"
At this time, the mobile phone rang, Xu Lingxi took out the mobile phone from his trouser pocket, it was Su Ran's number, and picked it up: "Su Su!" ”
"Xixi, where have you been? You haven't come yet, we're all waiting for you......"
"Okay, I'll catch up soon!"
Xu Lingxi hung up the phone, "Mom, I'm leaving." No longer waiting for Zhou Nan's response, he rushed out.
Zhou Nan chased behind him and shouted: "Hey, hey, don't worry, you must pay attention to safety, remember to call home when you arrive......"
Xu Lingxi took the bus to the agreed place, and before he got closer, he saw a group of dazzling young men and women standing in the distance.
Take a closer look, He Yunshan is also among them, wearing a melon skin hat on her head, a blue dress and a pair of flesh-colored stockings underneath. For this He Yunshan, Xu Lingxi didn't know if it was an illusion or what, she always felt that she didn't seem to be very friendly to herself, at least she met her a few times, and she was expressionless to herself.
And Bai Lu, who was standing next to her, was wearing a peaked cap, a long gray sweater, a pair of leggings underneath, and a delicate little boot on her foot.
Xu Lingxi looked at Su Ran again, she was also wearing a fisherman's hat, a popular windbreaker, and low-heeled cowhide shoes.
Several girls wore fashionable autumn clothes, talking and laughing one by one.
Xu Lingxi looked at himself, a loose sweatshirt on his upper body, a pair of loose jeans underneath, and white canvas shoes on his feet. Compared with them, I feel that I am dressed too plainly and conservatively.
The boys are also wearing popular men's clothes, Xu Lingxi looked at Qi Chen carefully, he took off his school uniform, and his light blue plaid jacket with dark casual pants was particularly clear and handsome, particularly dazzling.
"Xixi, you're here!" Su Ran was the first to see Xu Lingxi and waved at her.
Xu Lingxi quickened his pace and walked over, and said apologetically to everyone: "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting." ”
Song Tianhe said: "It's okay, it's okay. ”
Chu Ci looked at Xu Lingxi and smiled: "Lingxi, you are here too." ”
Xu Lingxi smiled back.
Qi Chen shouted to everyone: "Everyone has arrived, let's get in the car!" ”
Xu Lingxi noticed that there was a long silver-gray van next to him, and after getting into the car, Xu Lingxi and Su Ran sat together, Xu Lingxi thought that Qi Chen would sit with Bai Lu, but it turned out that he was sitting with Chu Ci, and Bai Lu was with He Yunshan.
The car started and set off, and I have to say that today's weather is particularly sunny and bright, a rare good weather. Everyone is looking forward to this camping, and they are all chatting about how to play next, and there is a light laugh from time to time.
After sitting in the car for almost an hour, he came to an open meadow, Xu Lingxi didn't expect the car to reach the camping place, but think about it, such a large tent or something, there is no need to move, and it is convenient to have a car next to it.
It's 11 o'clock now, and everyone is getting busy, with the boys in charge of setting up the tents and the girls in charge of setting things.
Bai Lu put a bag of fruit on the plate, then picked up a small bunch of grapes, walked beside Qi Chen, who was busy setting up the tent, and took out one from time to time and brought it to Qi Chen's mouth, Qi Chen seemed to enjoy this kind of service as well.
Everything was pretty much laid out, but the tent and barbecue were not set up.
Su Ran started to make barbecue grills, she was very good at this one, because Su Ran's family sold barbecue grills, and this one was also moved directly from her house.
Bai Lu looked around and proposed: "We're almost done, and there is no firewood, so let's do it, comrades who are not busy will follow me to collect firewood!" ”
He Yunshan responded: "Well, I'll go with you." ”
Xu Lingxi stood next to Su Ran, as if he had nothing to do, so he had to say, "I'll go with you too." ”
Bai Lu said, "Okay, we three girls go collect firewood." ”
Qi Chen stopped his hand setting up the tent and told him: "You three girls must be careful, don't go far, don't go to grassy places, you are most afraid of snakes, insects, rats and ants." ”
Bai Lu responded softly: "Well, I know." ”
Xu Lingxi followed behind Bai Lu and He Yunshan, and they walked in front of them talking and laughing, very cheerful.
He Yunshan looked envious: "Lulu, Qi Chen cares about you, it's just to pick up firewood, just like a woman, rambling, haha"
Bai Lu didn't hide it, and generously admitted: "Of course, don't look at who I am, I'm his favorite girlfriend!" ”
"I'm so envious, I also want to have a handsome and hurtful boyfriend."
"You should also hurry up and get a boyfriend and confess to him!"
"Don't, I want him to confess to me first!"
"You are really reserved, I didn't confess to Qi Chen first, then he didn't agree."
Xu Lingxi listened to the conversation between the two silently, and couldn't say what it was like in his heart for a while, he only felt that he was not very comfortable in his heart, and he followed them behind them, and he couldn't insert a word, which was a little embarrassing.
After some searching, the three of them only picked up a few dry branches.
Bai Lu frowned, "This firewood is too hard to find!" ”
"yes, I'm so tired and I don't want to go." He Yunshan complained.
"Hey, there's a river there!" Bai Lu pointed to a place in the distance and said.
When the three of them approached, they saw a small sparkling river flowing.
"Look, there's a lot of firewood there." He Yunshan pointed to the other side of the river and said excitedly.
Xu Lingxi looked across the river, and sure enough, he saw a lot of relatively thick dry firewood and dry tree branches scattered around.
However, it is a matter of crossing the river.
Bai Lu looked at the river, frowned and asked, "But how are we going to get there?" ”
He Yunshan suddenly turned her head to look at Xu Lingxi, and rarely smiled at her, "Lingxi, why don't you cross the river and throw the firewood over, because I see that you are wearing loose pants, so you can go down the river, and it is not easy to wet your clothes, and the pants of Lulu and I are not very convenient, and it is better to wet your feet by one person than by three people together, right?" ”
Hearing this, Xu Lingxi really didn't expect He Yunshan to just ask herself to cross the river.
"Lingxi, Shanshan and I won't go down to the river, but it's up to you if you want to go down or not, it's okay if you don't go down, don't be too reluctant." Bai Lu seemed to be more empathetic than He Yunshan.
Xu Lingxi lowered his eyes and carefully looked at the river in front of him, although the river is not wide, about two or three meters, but the water is still relatively fast, and there are some tall grass on both sides.
There shouldn't be any problem, although I felt a little uncomfortable, but I still said, "I'll go down." ”
After speaking, Xu Lingxi squatted down, took off his shoes, and rolled his trousers to his thighs.
Bai Lu said, "Then you slow down." ”
"Hmm."
As soon as Xu Lingxi stepped into the river with one foot, a cold feeling quickly rushed all over her body, and she trembled all over, she thought that the river would be very cold, but she didn't expect it to be so cold, the footboard rubbed against the small stone, and her footboard stinged and stinged, and the river surface was just up to her knees.
At this time, Xu Lingxi regretted it a little, because the water was too cold, and her feet hurt so much, and the aquatic plants on both sides of the river didn't know if there would be snakes, she suddenly remembered that Qi Chen said not to go to places with grass, and she was most afraid of snakes and insects!
Hey, I don't want to, go and go back! Because the water flow was relatively fast, and the foot board was also knocked so painfully, Xu Lingxi endured the discomfort of cold and pain, and moved slowly in the water.
After going ashore, throw the dry firewood one by one across the river, and then go into the water again and cross the river and come back.
Xu Lingxi squatted down, his feet were ground into deep red marks because of the stones, endured the pain, put on his shoes, and tied three bundles of dry firewood, and rushed back with a bundle alone.
"You're back!" As soon as he came back, Qi Chen said worriedly: "You have been going for so long, we are all worried, and we are just about to set off to find you." ”
Bai Lu took Qi Chen's arm and smiled gently: "It's not good for us to come back." ”
"Yes, I didn't expect you three little girls to pick up three bundles of firewood." Chu Ci gave a thumbs up and admired.
He Yunshan looked proud, "Of course, don't underestimate me." ”
Su Ran watched Xu Lingxi stay quietly on the side, silent, thinking that she was not used to the lively atmosphere, so she stepped forward and said with a smile: "Xixi, you have worked hard to collect firewood, you sit on the side and take a good rest, I will roast a big chicken leg for you now, I roasted it deliciously, you will taste it later, you will definitely eat it and want to eat it again." ”
Xu Lingxi smiled and said okay.