The night sky is full of stars in summer.

The courtyard was as bright as day.

A gentle breeze brings a touch of coolness.

And this time, Liu Nanfeng also saw his information clearly.

Name: Liu Yuancai

Race: Water Ghost

Forty-seven years

Identity: The essence of the water, formless and phaseless, and escape when encountering water.

Antecedent: Not triggered.

Seeing the little boy's timid appearance, Liu Nanfeng also smiled and said hello.

"This - here you go."

He handed the two fish on the straw rope in his hand forward.

Liu Nanfeng was not polite, and stepped forward to pick it up.

"Thank you." Liu Nanfeng said.

The corners of the boy's mouth twitched, but in the end he didn't speak.

"Come and sit." Liu Nanfeng carried two fishes and walked to the bench next to him and greeted.

This was moved out of playing mahjong at night and was not taken back.

The little boy hesitated, then walked over, leaving wet footprints.

"Wait a minute, I'll put the fish in the kitchen." Liunan Wind Duct.

The little boy nodded.

The two fish were still alive, Liu Nanfeng put them in the pool, put some water in them, and then took a watermelon and walked out.

"Do you want to eat watermelon?" Liu Nanfeng asked with a smile.

The little boy looked at Liu Nanfeng with some surprise, and then asked in a low voice, "Aren't you afraid of me?" ”

"Will you hurt me?" Liu Nanfeng asked.

The little boy shook his head.

"Isn't that it? My name is Liu Nanfeng, what's your name? Liu Nanfeng asked.

Although he already knew what the little boy's name was.

"Ah Cai."

"Uh...... What's your name? ”

The little boy blinked his eyes, then shook his head and said, "Everyone calls me Ah Cai." ”

Looks like he's still a fool.

Well, in fact, in those days, there were not a few rural children who didn't know what their big names were.

"Can you eat watermelon?" Liu Nanfeng asked.

Ah Cai nodded.

So Liu Nanfeng cut open the watermelon and handed him a slice.

"Thank you."

Ah Cai took it, and it was quite polite.

He put his mouth on the watermelon and inhaled deeply, and all the water in the watermelon was sucked away, and it became dry and flattened quite quickly.

"There's a lot more here, eat slowly."

Liu Nanfeng pushed the cut watermelon in front of him, and then sat down next to him.

Then he asked, "Did you come to me in the middle of the night?" ”

Hearing Liu Nanfeng ask like this, he didn't eat the watermelon anymore, raised his head, and said with a happy face: "You are the first person who can see me." ”

Then his expression was gloomy, and he said sadly: "No one else can see me." ”

When Liu Nanfeng heard this, he looked at him carefully by the moonlight.

He was only about six or seven years old, with a shaved head, a blue vest that showed his dark skin, an army green shorts underneath, tied to his waist with a rope, no shoes on his feet, and sitting barefoot on a stool, dripping water incessantly.

"Really?"

"Well, of course it's true, in fact, there are two other people who saw me today, but they are not people, they ...... They...... It's scary. ”

Ah Cai said, turning his head to look at the room behind him.

Liu Nanfeng knew that he should be talking about Su Jinxiu and Zhan Zhongxiao.

The two of them, no matter which one is much stronger than Ah Cai, frightened him by his instinct to ward off evil spirits, if he hadn't waited for many years for someone to see him, he wouldn't have come tonight at all.

"You haven't told me yet, what are you looking for me?" Liu Nanfeng asked again

When Ah Cai heard this, he rubbed his hands a little uneasily, and the water flowed down from him, and it could be seen that he was very nervous.

There was also a lot of bright red liquid mixed in there, which looked a little scary, but it was actually the watermelon juice he had just eaten.

"It's okay, let's just say something."

"Can you, can you help me find Ngawang?"

"Awang?"

Liu Nanfeng was a little surprised when he heard this, is this another little boy?

Ah Cai nodded, and then said, "Ah Wang is my best friend. ”

"Well, do you have anything to do with him? As you said, I'm the first person to see you, so even if he finds him, he won't be able to see you. ”

"Don't see me, I want to tell him that I got his little wooden boat, I got it back......"

Ah Cai's voice became choked as he spoke.

He reached out and wiped the corners of his eyes, but more water flowed down.

"I will return the little wooden boat to him, and he will not ignore me and continue to be friends with me."

"Okay, don't be sad, I'll help you find him."

Liu Nanfeng stretched out his hand and wanted to pat him gently, but as soon as he touched him, the darkness of the night in front of him receded like a tide.

The light exploded, blurring his vision.

But there were cicadas, chickens, dogs, moo, and children.

His vision was slowly restored, and Liu Nanfeng knew that this was a memory regression, but he felt very strange.

Why did he go blind for a short time because of the sudden light in memory regression?

This makes no sense, huh? You know, he doesn't even have a body now, how can he be blind?

But before he could think about it, he saw two children running in front of him.

"Ngawang, Ngawang, play with me, play with me......"

It was Ah Cai who spoke.

Running in front was Ngawang, a young boy about the same age as Acai.

He was shirtless, wearing dark blue shorts, with dark skin, and he, like Ah Cai, was barefoot.

He held a small wooden boat in his hand, and the pattern was very rough, as if it had been hollowed out in the middle of a log.

But this made Ah Cai behind him envious.

"Ah Cai, shall we go boating in the river together?"

"Okay."

Ah Cai happily agreed.

So on this hot afternoon, two little boys stepped on the hot ground and ran to the river.

"Because of this drowning?"

Liu Nanfeng followed behind them very curiously.

Soon they came to the polder of the Donghui River.

The view on the polder was quite different from what he had seen during the day.

At this time, the Donghui River was not only much narrower, but also there were not many trees on both banks, and it was full of weeds and thorns.

In the midst of these thorns, a loess road trampled out of a man winds its way to the river.

The two little boys followed the path to the river.

As they passed by the roadside, they dragged some wildflowers and put them in the boat, and got two thorny strips in their hands, whistling and throwing the wildflowers and weeds on the roadside as they went, causing the grass clippings to fly.

Looking at the posture, you know that they are two naughty little guys.

When they came to the shore, Liu Nanfeng found that there were some stones and wooden planks on the edge of the river, which were used by the villagers to wash rice and wash clothes on weekdays.

The two little ones put the wooden boat into the water, and used the thorn strips in their hands to catch up the waves, so that the small wooden boat rippled in the water.

"It's so hot, Ah Cai, let's go into the water and take a shower, shall we?" Ngawang looked up at the sun in the sky, and then said to Acai.

For some reason, seeing Ngawang's appearance, Liu Nanfeng faintly felt a sense of familiarity.

"Isn't the water going to be deep here?" Ah Cai said with some hesitation.

"Not deep, I tried it last time."

As he spoke, Ngawang took off his pants directly, jumped into the water with his bare buttocks, and splashed a ripple, causing the small wooden boat to float towards the middle of the river.

"Boat." Ah Cai exclaimed.

Ngawang hurriedly swam forward and grabbed the small wooden boat.

At this time, Ah Cai also went into the water bare-bottomed.

But neither of them dared to swim in the middle of the river, they just stayed on the shore and patted the boat with the water face to face......

It's a simple game, but it's always fun for the two.

"Ah Cai, Ah Cai......"

A woman's shout came from the shore.

"Ah Cai, where did you die, I don't look down on your cow, it eats my crops."

"It's broken." Ah Cai woke up, hurriedly climbed ashore, picked up his clothes, and ran to the polder with his bare buttocks.

When Ngawang saw that Acai had gone up, he also climbed ashore.

Because it is Ah Cai's memory backtracking, his perspective can only follow Ah Cai's back.

It turned out that Ah Cai was herding cattle, forgot to play with Ah Wang, ate Aunt Mei's crops, and was caught by Aunt Mei for a burst of criticism, and said that he would tell his mother.

Ah Cai led the cow, his face full of emptiness.

"I'm sorry, Aunt Mei, don't tell my parents, they'll beat me to death."

"Now you know you're scared? What did you do just now? ”

"Went to play with Ngawang."

"I think it's playing in the water, right? You two little ones are so daring, be careful to drown in the river. ”

"Don't be afraid, I'll swim." Ah Cai is full of pride.

"Those who drown know how to water, you stinky boy, forget it this time, don't tell your parents, take care of your cows."

"Thank you, Aunt Mei."

"It's hot, go home early."

"Got it, Aunt Mei." Ah Cai said, turning over on the back of the cow.

"Ah Cai, are you going home?"

"Well, I'll send the cow back." When Ah Cai said this, he looked at the small wooden boat in Ngawang's hand.

"Do you want to play?"

"Well, you're going to pick me up?" Ah Cai asked in surprise.

When Ngawang heard this, he thought about it and handed it over with some reluctance.

"I'll lend you first, but don't break it."

"Okay, Ngawang, you're so nice." Ah Cai happily took it.

"Of course, we're best friends." Ngawang straightened his chest and said proudly.

Then he turned and ran towards the road in the distance, "I'll go home first, and I'll play with you tomorrow." ”

"Okay."

Ah Cai clutched the small wooden boat in his hand and happily responded.

Then the scenery reversed, and when Liu Nanfeng came back to his senses, Ah Cai came to the river alone.

Not only did he fill the small wooden boat with flowers and plants, but he also put a few small pebbles, probably to see how much the small wooden boat could bear.

He drove the small wooden boat with thorns, making ripples in circles on the water.

The sun is setting in the west, and the entire surface of the river seems to be dyed golden.

The village behind him seemed to wake up from a deep sleep, and the curling green smoke in the chimney slowly rose and dispersed into the air.

"Ahh......h

"Goo-goo-goo-goo......"

The sound of calling chickens and ducks is endless.

Ah Cai glanced back, probably about to go home, so he stretched out the thorn strip and wanted to hook the small wooden boat in front of him, but there were probably too many stones in it before, and the small wooden boat was too heavy, not only did not hook in front of him, but floated towards the middle of the river.

Seeing this, Ah Cai was even more anxious, and hurriedly tried a few more times, and the small wooden boat floated farther.

Seeing that the small wooden boat was about to float to the middle of the river, Ah Cai was also in a hurry, and he didn't have time to take off his clothes, so he jumped directly into the river.

But because he moved too much, he splashed a large number of waves, and the small wooden boat swayed a few times, top-heavy, and sank directly to the bottom of the water.

"My little wooden boat ......," Ah Cai shouted in panic, and then tried to swim into the middle of the river.

"Be careful, come back quickly."

Knowing that Ah Cai couldn't hear him, Liu Nanfeng couldn't help but remind.

Obviously, Ah Cai was not stupid, and he knew that the water in the middle of the river was very deep, so he didn't continue to move forward, but just stared blankly at the surface of the "sunken ship", his face full of loss and panic.

After a while, he climbed ashore in a daze, and walked up the ridge, but he still held on to the thorn in his hand.

As he walked, Ah Cai suddenly burst into tears.

While wiping his tears, he walked home.

Liu Nanfeng is not surprised that he would cry over such a trivial matter, although the so-called small wooden boat is just a piece of broken wood.

But it carries Ngawang's trust in him, and carries Ngawang and his friendship.

He had lost the boat, and he didn't know how to explain it to Ngawang tomorrow.

Children's friendship is simple, clear, and without the slightest impurity, so Ah Cai will be sad.

With Ah Cai's cry, the sky seemed to darken, the air became much more oppressive, and everything was sad with him.

But soon, the scenery receded like the tide again, and it was the next day.

"Ah Cai, Ah Cai......"

Early in the morning, Ngawang came to Ah Cai's house with a blue-edged sea bowl.

He was eating breakfast, a big bowl of porridge with a layer of capers.

"Ah Cai, after breakfast, let's pick mulberries, okay?"

"Good...... Good. Ah Cai said a little weakly.

"The mulberries below have all been picked, only the top of the tree is still there, let's find a long bamboo pole."

"Good...... Good. Ah Cai lowered his head and agreed.

"Ah Cai, have breakfast."

Ah Cai's mother shouted in the house, and Ah Cai hurriedly ran back to the house.

Ah Wang didn't notice Ah Cai's strange appearance, holding a rice bowl, squatting in front of Ah Cai's house and eating breakfast.

At this time, Ah Cai stood in the house and hesitated for a while, and finally walked out with a rice bowl and squatted with Ah Wang.

"Ah Cai, let me tell you, my father said that my second uncle will come back from the city in a few days."

"Really?"

Ah Cai, who was originally in a nervous mood, immediately came to his senses when he heard this.

Because coming back from the city means bringing good food.

"Yes, my second uncle hurts me, and when he comes back this time, he doesn't know what he brought me." Ngawang was also very happy to authenticate.

"There must be something good to eat, maybe a toy." Ah Cai said excitedly.

"It may be a stationery box, last time the second uncle said that I had gone to school and couldn't still play with toys, what was wrong with toys, toys were fun."

"yes, toys are fun, I want a toy too." Ah Cai's face was full of longing.

"If my second uncle brings me a toy, I'll borrow it from you to play."

"Ngawang, you're so nice."

"Of course, right, what about my little wooden boat? Give it back to me. ”

Ah Cai was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't dare to speak for a while.

"You lost my little wooden boat?" Seeing him like this, Ngawang still didn't guess something.

"Ngawang, I'm sorry." Ah Cai is sad and authentic.

"I'm sorry, huh? I...... When I lent it to you, how did you promise me, I won't play with you anymore. Ngawang left with his rice bowl in his hand.

"Ngawang ......"

Seeing Ngawang leaving, Awang wanted to catch up, but finally stopped.