The Tenth Year of the End of the World"

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He stretched out his paws and jumped out of the small pool that was surrounded by paws. With a few strokes of his paws, he dug out the small pool a lot deeper. The excavated mud was piled on the opening to block it. Finally, he dug out a hole of about two square meters. of pool. In the process, he even pulled out a big loach from the mud.
　　The pond was surrounded, Qingshan happily continued to catch fish, and Jiang Yang also ran behind his elder brother. Compared with Qingshan, Jiang Yang is not that good at catching fish. I guess that may be because Jiang Yang doesn’t like catching fish very much. Every time he floats up, the thing he catches in his hand is not a fish, maybe it is something in the water. Take aquatic plants, maybe a shrimp, a crab, a clam shell, and stones picked up from the water.
　　Qingshan put fish into the small enclosed pond, and Jiang Yang imitated him and threw all the water plants, stones, shrimps, crabs and clam shells in his hands into the small pond. In the puddle that became turbid due to overturned mud, the fish that were suddenly caught swam in panic with their tails swung, squeezing around and making the water even more turbid.
　　I looked at the fish for a while and ignored it. I walked towards the field and continued to observe the growth of the scattered rice. These rice plants are still growing well, because they are all beside the ditch, and there is water flowing nearby, so there is no need to bring in special water for watering. The slender rice leaves were bright green. I reached out and touched the leaves and made a mark nearby.
　　The sun was getting hotter and scorching, so I marked all the rice I could find and had a rough estimate in my mind. Even if these have produced rice, there are still a few of them, so I have to look around again when I have time. I returned to the river and found that there were more fish in the small pool. Qingshan and Jiangyang were still swimming happily. Seeing them so happy, I also wanted to go into the water, but I was menstruating now. For my own sake, Considering my health, I have to be a little more careful and not be as hazy as before. So I just stood on the shore and watched without going into the water.

　　I can swim, and I learned it in the last few years. When I was a child, my parents took me to a swimming pool. I was frightened by the water and had a fever for a few days. Later, I refused to go swimming anymore. But later on, when he was about to die because he couldn't swim, he still showed his amazing learning ability. That was to avoid some people having to cross a river and then somehow learn it.
　　Since I couldn’t swim, I didn’t want to stand there and bask in the sun, so I walked along the river bank to the edge. There is a shady area at the foot of the mountain over there, and I haven't been there yet. I originally wanted to cover myself from the sun, chop some branches for firewood, and grill some fish later. But when I got to the foot of the mountain and wielded my hatchet to cut branches and miscanthus, I discovered that A road behind.
　　This road looks like it has not been traveled for a long time, and it is almost covered by branches growing sideways. I hesitated for a moment, then shouted to Qingshan and Jiangyang on the river. When they looked over, I pointed to the split road and told them that I wanted to go inside and take a look.
　　Then I held the hatchet and got into the road. Split the surrounding branches as you go.
　　You can still vaguely see the traces of people stepping on it under your feet. This is a very small path, only big enough for one person.
　　On one side of this road is a mountain wall, on the other side is lush vegetation, with many miscanthus and firewood trees growing there, and at the bottom is the river. This trail is almost at the foot of the mountain. From the river bank, it is completely covered by the lush grass, and the road is completely invisible.
　　I walked forward while clearing the way. After walking in for a while, the road finally opened up a little. The plants inside are not as diverse as those outside. The main reason is that tall plants cannot grow on the mountain wall on the other side. At most, some very small wild flowers and weeds grow in the cracks of the rocks.
　　On those gray, blue, black and white stone walls, there were green vines climbing and clumps of purple wild flowers. There were traces of water flowing on the stone walls. As I walked forward, I gradually heard The sound of water.
　　The sound of gurgling water got closer and closer. I turned around a large rock in the shape of a clam shell and saw a recessed mountain wall next to the trail in front of me. Water kept sliding down the mountain wall, like a small waterfall, falling into the small pool at the bottom. The bottom of this small pool is crystal clear, with some broken stones underneath. The sunlight falls from above and is reflected on the calm water. The quiet water of this small pool looks almost transparent.
　　There were some leaves and small purple flowers floating on the water. I looked up and found that there were many trees growing on the concave top of the stone wall. There is an unknown purple flower tree in bloom.
　　Suddenly there were rapid footsteps behind me. I turned around and saw that it was indeed Qingshan and Jiangyang. Qingshan held Jiang Yang in front of him. Both guys were only wearing underpants and still dripping water. As soon as they saw me, their tense expressions immediately relaxed, and Jiang Yang even stretched out his hand to me for a hug.
　　I grabbed Jiang Yang’s paw and put him directly into the clear pool. Then he waved to Qingshan, "You come and wash up too." He obediently went into the pool. 　　The two of them had just climbed out of the river. Their bodies smelled fishy, ​​their feet were covered in mud, and their underpants were discolored and stained with a lot of mud. I sat on the big rock and waited for them to wash it off. 　　There are also those kind of vines growing on the big rock I’m sitting on. The leaves are small and the stems and leaves are very tough, clinging tightly to the stone surface, as if growing together with the stone. I was bored and clasped the leaves clinging to the stone surface with my fingers. 　　A bug crawled over my feet. It was a very common black-shelled bug. I shook it and shook it aside. The insect was shaken away by me and slowly crawled under the big rock. There is a circle of orchids growing under this big rock, and they will bloom a kind of round-shaped flowers, all large and small, all decorated on a thin pole. 　　Jiang Yang got up from the bed first. He lay on my lap and spread his hands to show me the leaves he was holding. Those leaves had been soaked in the pool for a long time, and all the leaf mesophys fell off, leaving only the blood vessel-like veins still intact.