By the time the sun moved due south, dozens of hammer-sized loach fish were already lying in the meadow by the stream.

He Xuanya raised her head to look at the sky, ran to the bank of the creek again, picked up the electronic watch placed on the stone, looked at it, and said, "It's almost twelve o'clock, we should go back." ”

"I don't know if the sailors have read the letter. I said as I looked in the direction of the big rock where the sailor was sitting.

The sailor sat motionless on a large rock like a sculpture, not reading a letter. The hand holding the letter paper hangs from the stone beside him.

I said, "What's wrong with the sailors." ”

He Xuanya also looked at the sailors and said, "Let's go, go over and have a look." ”

He Xuanya and I jumped ashore, and without caring about putting on shoes and socks, we ran barefoot on the grass to the big rock.

The sailor stared blankly into the distance, and as we passed, he did not react at all.

I shouted at him, "Hey, sailor, what are you doing?"

The sailor didn't look at me, his eyes still looking straight at the upper corner of the creek.

Holding on to the edge of the big stone, I jumped to the top of the stone and shook my hand in front of the sailor's eyes, and the sailor lowered his head and folded the letter to put it in his pocket.

I stopped him and said, "Have you finished reading it?"

The sailor nodded.

I said, "Daddy, oh, your father said that we will destroy these two letters after reading them, so give them to me." ”

Without thinking about it, the sailor mechanically reached over his hand and handed me the letter.

I jumped off the rock, ran to a pile of rubble by the stream, pulled matches out of my pocket, and prepared to burn the two letters.

He Xuanya shouted: "Xiao Yuan, I haven't read the letter yet, don't burn it yet." ”

I thought to myself, I shouldn't have told He Xuanya just now to let her read the letter, although she is not an ordinary Wa Huangren, and she will take over the position of Ximu in the future, and she doesn't have to be afraid of her knowing the things in the letter, but Daddy's letter only said that I should show it to the sailors, and if I showed it to her, wouldn't it be against Daddy's wishes.

I struck a match with a "poof", lit the letter, and shouted to He Xuanya: "You don't have time to read it today, and if you keep the letter for one more day, you will have one more day to reveal the danger of revealing secrets that cannot be known to the world." I'll tell you about the things in the letter. ”

By the time he spoke, the two letters had turned into ashes flying in the sky.

"I just asked you to speak, you said for a while that I would read the letter, and now you say you want to tell me. Gao Xiaoyuan, why are you like this? He Xuanya's complaint came from behind.

I patted the paper ashes that fell on my head and body, and walked towards He Xuanya with a smile, saying as I walked: "Sister Xiaoya, you can be considerate and considerate of me, these two letters are on me, like carrying two packs of bombs, I am afraid every day, and now that I burn them, I feel much more relaxed." ”

He Xuanya opened her round eyes and made an indignant expression and said, "You remember what you just said, and you will tell me the contents of the letter word for word in the future." ”

I smacked my tongue and joked, "You said earlier, I should have read the letter a few more times just now and memorized it." ”

He Xuanya did not respond to my words, and bowed her mouth at the sailor.

The sailor still sat motionless on top of the stone.

I said, "I guess I'm scared by what happened in the letter, let him calm down, let's go collect the fish first." ”

He Xuanya and I walked to the stream, tore a few stalks of dog's tail grass from the grass, and threaded the fish one by one on the stalks.

"Which of you two knows how to get to the Drylands?" suddenly shouted the sailor sitting on top of the rock.

He Xuanya and I both stopped what we were doing and looked at the sailors in surprise.

At this moment, the sailors jumped off the boulder and walked towards us.

He walked up to us, and also bent down to help pick up the fish, and said as he picked it up, "I have thought about it, I want to go to the Drought Tribes to see Grandma." I've been thinking about her every day for half a year. Sometimes I dream of her at night, and when I wake up the next day and think that she is no longer there, and I will never see her again, my heart hurts like a knife. You may never be able to experience that feeling of despair. ”

He handed over the four or five fish he picked up to He Xuanya one by one, and He Xuanya wore them one by one.

I looked at him, both in his expression and in the tone of his voice, which was completely different from the one he had just been in a daze.

The sailor continued: "I am really happy to know that my grandmother is still alive, and it is a great surprise for me. My biggest wish now is to see my grandmother right away. I can't wait any longer. ”

He turned his head to look at me and said, "Xiao Yuan, I know that in the past few months, my grandfather has been telling you about his experience every day, and in his story, he should have talked about how to go to the Drought Clan." ”

I was stunned by his question, and tried to recall the story my father had told me about how to get to the Drought Tribe, and then said to him: "I only know that over the mountain to the south, there is a road to the southwest, and if you follow the avenue, you can reach the Drought Tribe." That's right, but you don't need to go over the mountain, you can go south along the road in front of the east gate of the county, and you can also get to the road to the Dry Tribe. ”

When the sailor heard this, he jumped up with excitement, took my hand and said, "That's great." ”

The fish in my hand crackled and fell into the grass.

I cried out, "Sailor, how have you become astonished, and you have scattered my freshly worn fish all over the ground." ”

The sailor smiled and said, "You both go over there and sit and rest, and I'll collect the fish." ”

After saying that, he pushed He Xuanya and me aside, and began to put on fish alone.

He Xuanya and I looked at each other.

When the sailor saw that we were still standing, he said, "Go and sit over there, and put on your shoes and socks." Xiao Yuan, do you know how many days it takes to go to the place of the Drought Tribe?"

I said, "Maybe three or four days, maybe two or three days." ”

The sailor said, "In five days?"

I said, "Pretty much." ”

The sailor said: "Half a month should be enough, then you may not see me for the next half a month." ”

He Xuanya and I had just sat on the stone and put on our shoes and socks, and we were so shocked by what he said that we stood up.

He Xuanya asked first: "Sailor, are you saying that you want to go to the Drought Clan alone?"

The sailor replied casually: "Yes." ”

He Xuanya rolled her eyes, smiled weirdly, and asked, "Then Xiao Yuan and I will follow you, will you take us." ”

After hearing this, the sailor dropped the fish in his hand, ran to us, and asked with surprise on his face: "What you said is true?"

I said, "Of course it's true." ”

The sailors danced excitedly, stared at us and said, "Let's leave early tomorrow morning." ”

I was infected by the sailor's emotions, and I promised: "Okay, tomorrow morning at seven o'clock, we will meet outside the village." ”

He Xuanya said: "No matter how you say that the wind is the rain, you must always plan and plan." When you go out for such a long time, what do you tell your family? What things should you bring with you on the road? Dry food should also be prepared slowly, and it is impossible to tell your family that it has been prepared at one time. There are a few other things to consider as well. This is not a spring outing organized by the school, we go in the morning and return in the evening, we have to go out for ten or twenty days, and we have to drive for several days in the uninhabited forest. Don't be hasty. ”

The sailor thought for a while and said, "Sister Xiaoya is right, then we have to prepare for a few days." ”

He Xuanya said, "How about we leave in five days?"

The sailors and I replied in unison, "No problem." ”

At this time, He Xuanya suddenly stood up and shouted, "Oh no, Master is coming back." ”

As he spoke, he stepped on a shoe that he had not yet put on, and ran towards the western slope. As he ran, he lifted his shoes and shouted, "Don't forget to bring the fish with you." ”

By the time the sailors and I put away the fish, He Xuanya had already run away and disappeared, and we walked slowly towards the back mountain.

When we were about to arrive at the fairy grandmother's hut, the sailor and I were nervous, and we were sweating for He Xuanya, for fear that we would see the scene of He Xuanya being reproached by the fairy grandmother after entering.

When we entered, we saw the two of them talking and laughing.

He Xuanya was telling the fairy grandmother about the process of chasing fish, and the fairy grandmother listened to it with relish, laughing from time to time.

Seeing that I was the first to walk in, the fairy grandmother said, "Bring it, and I'll see if the fish you caught is enough to cook a meal of fish soup." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the sailors also walking in.

The fairy grandmother stood up from her seat, greeted the door, took the sailor's hand and said, "My baby, why are you here, you just went to catch fish with Xiaoya and them?"

The sailor was stunned, then nodded and said, "Hmm!"

The fairy grandmother turned around and said to He Xuanya: "Why did I just hear you say how you and Xiao Yuan caught fish, but you didn't mention a word about the sailors." ”

He Xuanya said: "He watched the fish on the shore. ”

The fairy grandmother smiled and said, "Look at the fish? I'm afraid that the fish won't be able to run away with long legs." ”

After speaking, he looked at the sailor again, his eyes were full of love, and he couldn't hold it in his arms.

"Grandma Tai will make you something to eat today, you can sit here for a while. The fairy grandmother said to the sailors.

He Xuanya said, "Master, I'll do it." ”

The fairy grandmother shook her head and walked towards a small door next to the side room, outside the small door, was the fairy grandmother's stove room.

After a while, the hall was already full of a table of food, and a large pot of fish soup in the middle exuded an attractive fresh fragrance.

During the meal, He Xuanya suddenly said, "Master, in a few days, Xiao Yuan is going to his uncle's house to play, and his uncle lives in the strawberry ditch thirty miles west of the city. Two days ago, his cousin went to the city to get the admission notice of the secondary school, and told Xiao Yuan that the wild strawberries in Strawberry Ditch are now ripe season, and the mountains and slopes are like rolling out the red carpet, so he invited Xiao Yuan to play for a few days, and by the way, he picked some strawberries and came back to make strawberry jam. I really envy Xiao Yuan, I like to eat strawberry jam the most. ”

The more I listened, the more confused I became, my cousin went to the city two days ago to get the admission letter, and also stayed at my house for two days, I told He Xuanya about this, and said that I would also work hard to be admitted to the secondary school in the future, but his house was not in Strawberry Ditch, but in Huangyagou on the edge of Strawberry Ditch, and he did not invite me to his house to play.

At this time, He Xuanya glanced at me. I knew she had some intention in saying this, so I didn't correct it.

Fairy Grandma looked at He Xuanya and said with a serious face: "Xiaoya, I can see your thoughts at a glance." Do you want to follow Xiao Yuan to his uncle's house to play?"

He Xuanya deliberately remained silent.

Only then did I understand his intentions, and hurriedly accosted: "Sister Xiaoya, you are welcome to come with me, my aunt gave birth to three sons, and I think about a woman every day, and I like girls to go to her house the most, and their house is also spacious, and ten people can live there." Sailors, go with you. ”

The sailor also understood at this time, and said loudly: "Yes, yes, I like to eat wild strawberries." ”

The fairy grandmother said: "I will call the shots of the sailors, go back and tell your parents, just say what I said, and agree with you to go." Xiaoya, I have no opinion here, but you still have to make it clear to your family, and you can only go if they agree. ”

He Xuanya said happily: "Master, don't worry, I'll just convince my grandmother." That's easy. ”

The fairy grandmother looked at the three of us kindly, smiled and said, "A child is a child." When it comes to playing, I'm happy to be like this. ”

He Xuanya and I glanced at each other and smiled weirdly.