"Grandma, this is Song Xiaoan, Song Yimian's sister." Tao You introduced.

Song Xiaoan stepped forward and showed a sweet smile: "Hello grandma!" ”

Grandma Tao took Song Xiaoan's hand and looked closer: "Oh, okay, you are Xiao An, eh, Jun like Xiao Song." ”..

"Eat fried rice balls, just made, still hot." Grandma Tao enthusiastically pulled out the chair and pushed a small plate of fried rice balls to the three of them.

The fried dumplings are delicious, but they didn't master the heat, some of them exploded, the filling leaked out, and they were black, but this did not stop the chopsticks of the three people.

"Delicious!" Song Xiaoan likes to eat these glutinous foods very much, and this plate of fried rice balls really matches her taste, "Grandma Tao, did you make this filling yourself?" It's so special. ”

Grandma Tao laughed: "This is my exclusive secret recipe, Xiao You and Xiao Song couldn't get tired of eating this every day when they were young." ”

Here, Tao You and Song Yimian fell in love with the same fried rice balls, holding chopsticks to fight on the plate, not letting each other go.

- Even if I like you, you can't rob me of the rice balls I fancie!

"You let go, I'll take a fancy to it first!" Tao You's eyes widened and he stared at the chopsticks without blinking.

Song Yimian was also rare not to be outdone: "I'll put down the chopsticks first." ”

"Huh!"

The competition between the two was fierce, and Song Xiaoan slapped a chopstick in the middle and took away the perfectly shaped rice ball: "Well, it's delicious." ”

"How adult, it's still like when I was a child." Grandma Tao couldn't help but complain.

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A plate of fried rice balls soon bottomed out, Tao You rubbed his stomach and collapsed on the straw mat on the ground, the delicacy just now had long been left behind, how comfortable and how to come.

"By the way, do you want to catch fireflies in the back mountain at night?" Tao You suddenly proposed.

Song Yimian was stunned for a moment: "Can the back mountain still go up now?" ”

He raised his feet and walked to the back door, through the window he could see the back mountain not far away, endless, the sun shone on the top of the mountain, the green blackened, the path to the top of the mountain that he could still see when he was a child, after more than ten years of degradation, is now completely covered by plants.

"There's no road, I guess I can't go up." Song Yi reluctantly returned to the living room and sat down on the mat.

Song Xiaoan was lying on her stomach, swaying her feet: "Sister Xiaoyou, did you go up to the top of the back mountains when you were a child?" ”

"Of course." Tao You replied proudly, "Every three times, once I went over that hill, and there was another village on the other side. ”

"But now the village seems to be deserted."

Song Xiaoan's eyes widened excitedly and looked at Tao You with adoration.

Such an interesting thing, she has only read it in books, and when she listens to adults tell stories about their childhood, she will hear similar experiences, she always thought that this was a story exclusive to that era, but she didn't expect Tao You to also play these.

Suddenly, Tao You's image in her heart rose another step and became more magnificent: "Sister Xiaoyou, then tell me, what are you on the mountain, what did you play when you were young?" ”

"I heard my grandmother say that there are tigers, wolves, snakes and so on on this mountain at night, have you ever encountered them?"

"Isn't the air on the mountain particularly fresh, and where can you see the farthest from the mountain? What's the view? ”

Song Xiaoan threw out several questions in a row, got closer to Tao You, and even grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the side, clicking, looking like I was ready to listen to the story, you can start at any time.

"Well," Tao You put his hands behind his head and lifted Erlang's legs again, "That's a long story." None \./Wrong \./More\./New '.w'.a'.p'.'.'.c'.o'.m"

Song Xiaoan glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "Don't worry, I can continue to stay here tonight and listen to you." ”

"First of all, at that time, there would be people going to the mountains every day, and there could not have been tigers and wolves, and they were all deceiving children, and my grandfather didn't want to take me up at that time to scare me. But who am I, how can I believe this? But there are snakes, and I've seen people catch them. ”

"I don't know who it is, I was so scared that I didn't dare to sleep at night, shrunk in the bed, and insisted that I heard a wolf howling on the mountain, and it was going to come down and bite people, so that Grandpa Tao came directly from it in the middle of the night. (More exciting on the next page!) )

The firewood room carried a wooden stick to beat people. \./Hand\./Machine\./Version\./None\./Wrong\./First\./Hair~~" Song Yimian forked a piece of watermelon and handed it to Tao You, while naturally dismantling the stage.

"Shh Tao Youshou made a zipper gesture and motioned for Song Yimian to shut up quickly.

Song Xiaoan opened his mouth at Song Yimian, "Brother, I want to eat too." Ah~"

Song Yimian casually forked a small piece in the bowl and stuffed it into Song Xiaoan's mouth.

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In fact, because Tao You was naughty when he was a child, he didn't make Grandpa Tao angry, and he was threatened by Grandpa Tao's firewood.

The most serious time was that she took Song Yimian up the mountain to play without authorization, but she got lost on the mountain, and she didn't go home at night, so anxious that Grandpa Tao took many people up the mountain to look for it, and almost called the police.

There will always be one or two child kings in the group of children in the village, who have been mixed in the village since childhood, and the roads in the village are familiar with all the big and small roads, and they can always find strange ways to play, and they can even go up the mountain alone for three days without getting lost. This is also what Tao You, who grew up in the city and has the opportunity to return to the village during festivals and winter and summer vacations, worshipped.

As long as these children are there, Grandpa Tao will allow Tao You to go out with them, the kind that comes home until dark.

During the day, he played with Tao You and the children; At night, Tao You is absolutely not allowed to go out alone, and someone must follow him wherever he goes, which is Grandpa Tao's untouchable rule.

Tao You followed them up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots, knock chestnuts, pick wild vegetables, climb trees and pick wild fruits; Go to the field to catch gnats, catch yellow eels, and pick wild raspberries; Go down to the stream to catch fish, touch crabs, and look for snails. Tao You's first swim in his life was also in this stream at the foot of the back mountain; All year round, she only had the best skin protection during the time she lived in the city, and when she returned to the village, she would play around like crazy, lie in bed at night, and sleep with her eyes closed.

Song Yimian also participated in these activities.

At that time, the half-old group of children still had a very ceremonial team leader and vice captain, as well as team slogans, and I don't know how these were divided, anyway, they would already exist when Tao You returned to the village again.

Tao You has always been unwilling to just be a team member who listens to other people's commands, but in order to be able to go up the mountain to play, she endured it.

It just so happened that Tao You had a disagreement with the captain of the children's group and almost fought, and the man threatened Tao You that he would never take her up the mountain to play again.

How could Tao You be so obedient, even in kindergarten, no child would talk to her like this, often she was the one who spoke ruthlessly.

Tao You and Song Yimian watched at the foot of the mountain as the group of children followed the child king, each carrying a large basket that did not fit well, jumping up and down the mountain.

Tao You was very curious about what they would do and what fun and strange things they were looking for, but because he had just quarreled with the leader, Tao You didn't follow with him and dragged Song Yimian home.

After a day at home, in the evening, the setting sun shines obliquely on the mountains, reflecting the shape of the mountains. Tao Youtuo sat on the back threshold, looking at the mountains not far away in a daze.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, she ran into the house, put a basket on her back, and dragged Song Yimian, who was concentrating on reading picture books, to avoid Grandma Tao who was cooking in the kitchen, and ran to the foot of the mountain.

She naively thought that the number of times she went up the mountain to play was not the first among the children, but it was definitely not the first from the bottom; She knew the way up the mountain, why she had to follow them to get up the mountain, she wanted to prove that without them, she could still play with flowers herself!

As for why she brought Song Yimian, the most important reason is that she wants to find a companion to play with, and secondly, she hopes that if Grandpa Tao finds out that they went up the mountain without authorization, they can let her go in Song Yimian's face.

'It's going to get dark soon, so let's go up and play again tomorrow.' Song Yimian dragged his steps behind Tao You, a little uneasy.

Tao Youcai is not afraid, "Half, it's still early before dark, let's play for a while and come down." "

'Can you dare to say that you read a book at home for a day and don't want to play at all?' "

Song Yimian closed his mouth and obediently followed Tao You up the mountain.

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After Grandma Tao finished cooking, she thought that Tao You and Song Yimian were looking for other children. (More exciting on the next page!) )

I went to play, so I didn't pay much attention, and watched TV in the living room and waited for them to come back.

Until it was almost dark, Tao You and Song Yimian had not yet gone home, and at this point, they were almost finished eating.

Grandma Tao went out in a hurry to find the child king, only to find out that Tao You and Song Yimian had not gone to them at all later.

Grandma Tao's eyes were red, and she hurriedly went to find Grandpa Tao, who was still visiting the door.

After a while, everyone in the village who could help took flashlights and prepared to find someone.

But because no one noticed the whereabouts of Tao You and Song Yimian, they divided into several teams and searched separately in the village.

And Grandpa Tao took a few other people who were familiar with the mountain road to find someone.

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Just when the adults were about to find Tao You and Song Yimian with flashlights, the two of them also got lost on the mountain.

Summer nights are always hot and not quiet.

Tao You had long lost his daytime arrogance, holding Song Yimian's hand tightly, and the two small figures were close together, moving forward one by one.

There was no other light in the village except for the light coming from the house-to-house, Tao You and Song Yimian could see the approximate location of the village on the mountain, but no matter how they walked, they couldn't get close, and there was even a tendency to go farther and farther.

'Cub, or we'll take it here, Grandpa, they're already looking for us.' Song Yimian said conservatively.

Tao You thought of what Grandpa Tao would look like after finding them for a while, and she couldn't help but shudder, "Let's look for it again, just in case we find the way." "Grandpa's hand might be a little lighter.

I don't know if it's because the surroundings are too quiet, or because of Tao You's psychological effect, the sounds of various insects have become clearer and clearer, and when she is close to her ears, she is numb when she hears it, and her fear is rising, but she still gritted her teeth and didn't cry.

'Song Xiaopang, you're sweating. \./Hand\./Machine\./Version\./First\./Hair\./More\./New~~" Tao You touched Song Yimian's clothes and was already soaked.

Song Yimian swallowed his saliva, "Well, it's hot. "

You remember, the way down the hill was through a cemetery. "Tao You didn't pay attention to this when he went up the mountain during the day, but now he has no courage.

Her heart was pounding, and her other hand was clenched into a fist, but she still couldn't help but think of the ghost stories about the cemetery that she heard everywhere.

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Just when the two of them hesitated and were about to pee, Song Yimian suddenly pointed to a clearing in front of them, where there was a small wooden house and a stream.

'Look, cub! "

'Fireflies! "

A number of fireflies had gathered above the clearing, emitting a faint glow.

This is a firefly.

Tao You instantly put his fear behind him, ran to the clearing, and raised his head to watch the fireflies.

'It's so beautiful. "。