A few years have passed, and the village has changed from time to time.

There is a large river on the west side of Panlong Village, which overlooks from the sky, and meanders from the northwest through the plain to the southeast. It is said that this is a branch of the Huai River basin, from which the water in the big river flows, silently giving birth to the villagers on both sides of the river.

Now that the drought has been almost three years, there is almost no water in the river, and the wheat fields in the distance are all yellow.

This early summer, the sun is scorching. In the deep ditch of the river, there seem to be a few grass carp spitting hot bubbles weakly. There was a group of gray-faced children next to him, the eldest was about seven or eight years old, and the younger one was four or five years old. A tall boy couldn't wait to roll up his trouser legs and wade into the water to catch fish. His name is Pan Liang, he has a ruthless temperament, and he is the eldest of these children.

"Xiao Liang, hurry up and bring a plastic bucket, there are a lot of fish," Pan Liang instructed his younger brother next to him.

"I'm so afraid, there are grasshoppers" Xiao Liang reluctantly retreated, and at the same time showed a sly smile on his face, "Guo Yang, you go and hand this little plastic bucket to my brother", and ran away with a smoke.

Guo Yang hesitated with the plastic bucket, and looked at Pan Tianyi, who had a calm face next to him, as if he was reluctant to wet the sandals on his feet. Pan Tianyi is six years old this year, looked at him with disdain, took the plastic bucket and threw it at Pan Liang. No, the plastic bucket fell squarely in the dirty water in front of Pan Liang, splashing the sludge on his face. When a few guys saw it, they couldn't help laughing.

"Tianyi, I want to be beaten, don't think that with your sister behind you, you dare to come nonsense" After Pan Liang saw everyone laughing, he was so angry that he stomped his feet, and his eyes kept staring at Tianyi.

"Cut, who relies on my sister" Pan Tianyi didn't bother to explain, "It's obvious that I can't throw it accurately, so it's like this", and apologized with a hippie smile as he spoke. He turned his head to look at his sister on the shore, dressed in a pale green dress, hiding under a tree with her best friends, as if discussing her studies.

"I'll go down and see if I can catch a few wild shrimp." Pantian rolled up his trouser legs and beckoned Guo Yang to come down: "Aren't they the foam-soled sandals your mother just made, take them off and come down together!" ”。

"Look, there are so many holes here, and a small fish has gotten into it...... "Pan Liang beckoned Tianyi to come over and take a look as if he had discovered a new continent.

"Hey, I touched a loach in the hole" Pan Tianyi walked over and stretched out his hand to touch the hole. At some point, his left hand took out a large plastic bag, and the big finger-thick loach was put into it.

Everyone saw that Pan Liang and Pan Tianyi seemed to have caught a lot of wild fish and shrimp, and several guys were not far behind, they took off their sandals, wore shorts, and began to go into the water to catch fish with plastic bags and plastic basins. Every time you catch a fish or a shrimp, you will report the count to see who catches the most. Joy and excitement burst through the blazing sun and rippled around.

The sun shone high in the sky, the figures hid under the paint, a hot wind blew on the embankment, and the withered yellow leaves swirled and fell to the cracked grass.

Sister Pan Tianyi was on the embankment, her green skirt fluttering in the wind, waving her hand from afar, "Tianyi, it's time for us to go home."

"Okay!" Pan Tianyi triumphantly carried half a bag of fish, tidied up his clothes and pants, put on sandals and walked to the shore. Then he turned his head, showed a malicious smile, and shouted to everyone viciously: "At noon, the ghost is bubbling with oil, and there is a water ghost coming, hurry up and run!" ”

"Damn, there are still a few loaches, I don't know where to go......" Pan Liang scolded anxiously, and he was uneasy in his heart, so he had to leave quickly.

A few younger children next to him had already dropped their water bags and cried while running towards the shore. The Panliang brothers carried small buckets and staggered behind them, sweating wildly.

Walking on the dirt road in the countryside, the paulownia trees on both sides of the road hang their withered yellow leaves. When Pan Tianyi walked in his own field, looking at the patches of dry and yellow wheat fields in the distance, he was inexplicably worried, worried about the lack of grain harvest, and worried about his tired mother all day long. The other children looked at the heat wave in the distance, and it seemed that everyone also showed helplessness and anxiety.

"The wheat in the field is dying, so pitiful......" Pan Tianyi said to his sister, "I'm so worried about my mother's ......" as he spoke, his throat choked.

"In a few days, my mother will go to my grandmother's house to borrow my uncle's sprinkler irrigator," my sister comforted, but her heart was not very stable, my mother had been going to my uncle's house recently, but his fields had not been irrigated; Recently, my aunt's family is also running to my grandmother's house, and it seems that they are also anxious about the drought......

"Pan Liang, let's go to Guandi Temple to ask for rain in the afternoon?" Pan Tianyi looked at everyone, with the mentality of trying, to see if there was anyone to go together, the Guandi Temple was too dark, and I was so scared alone!

"Exactly! I want to go too, and it's okay to kowtow together. Pan Liang also seemed to have a plan, so he agreed.

Guo Yang heard their thoughts on the side, and seemed to have a tacit understanding, "And I, too, want to ask for rain for grandma."

"Okay, after lunch, let's gather next to the big willow tree by the pit!"

Everyone left silently.

Pan Tianyi followed behind his sister, carrying half a bag of wild fish and shrimp in his hand, and eagerly ran towards home!

The Pantian family is located on the east side of Panlong Village, on the southwest shore of the pit (pond). A mushroom-shaped willow canopy, lush, shaded by the sky, and the sparrows on the tree chirped non-stop.

"Mother, we're back!" Pan Tianyi pushed open the door from the outside, quickly ran to his mother, and reached out to shake most of the bags of fish in his hand. My mother has been tanned and lost a lot of weight in the past few days, her face is slightly sallow, and the corners of her eyes are bloodshot, and she doesn't seem to have rested well these days.

"Silly boy, catch so many fish, your clothes are dirty," the mother smiled and stroked her head with a teapot lid hairstyle. "Where's your sister?" The mother found a porcelain basin and poured the fish and shrimp into the water, and asked him uneasily.

"Sister, it's in the back!"

"Mother, I'm back." No, say Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived. My sister walked over from outside the courtyard in a hurry, still holding a few roadside wildflowers in her hand, and a big bee on the petals, buzzing and flying. My sister has a round face and short hair that reaches her ears, and she walks like a cloud, clean and refreshing!

"Wow, my favorite red embroidered shoes, done!" When my sister saw a few pairs of brand-new canvas sandals behind her mother, she ran forward in surprise, holding red embroidered shoes in her hand, and looked at them carefully, delighted. "Huh? And my brother's 2 pairs of sandals are also ready."

Pan Tianyi ran over and wanted to try it on, only to see that each sandal was embroidered with a pair of green dragons and auspicious clouds. These are all sewn by my mother with an embroidery needle, and I have stayed up for a few nights to put on new shoes! Pan Tian looked at his sister's embroidered shoes again and again, and they were also embroidered with golden phoenix-like patterns, under the sunlight, they were brilliant and shining, like a living one!

The smoke is filled, and the willow leaves are beautiful. The smell of fried fish fills the courtyard.

On the kitchen stove, three bowls of stewed and steamed fish with wild vegetables are placed. Pan Tianyi and his sister rushed into the kitchen and saw a bowl full of clear soup and two bowls full of fish and red shrimp. My sister hesitated, took a fish with chopsticks and put it in the bowl, and walked out without twisting the bowl. Pan Tianyi laughed at his sister for doing this, turned around and left, and suddenly felt that it was his mother's bowl, so he turned around and quietly took an extra fish and a big wild shrimp from his bowl and put them in that bowl. turned around and chased after my sister, ran to the big willow tree by the pit outside the courtyard, and tasted it slowly......