Dong Qiangqiang listened carefully, and sure enough, the sound of running water could be heard vaguely from behind a bush fifty meters ahead.
The three of them quickened their pace, filed around the bushes, and took a few steps forward. Suddenly, they saw a long river about fifteen meters wide lying in front of them.
A few hundred meters away behind Dong Qiangqiang, a bush shook violently. Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed from behind the bushes.
Although the turquoise river water cannot be said to be fast, the flow speed is not slow. From time to time, it hits the stones in the river channel, causing small splashes. Through the river water, you can vaguely see pebbles ranging from the basin to the size of your palm lying at the bottom of the river channel. The river water looks like Not very deep.
"Both of you, be careful when crossing the river. You can't tell from the surface, but the current under the water is actually very fast," Lei Lanting warned. "Be careful of the stones at the bottom of the river."
Dong Qiangqiang made two more tree sticks, handed one to Lei Lanting, and kept one for himself.
Holding on to the exposed poplar roots, the three of them carefully descended from the steep hillside to the river bank. The pitted mud on the shore is covered with brown and ocher stones, and some dead branches are scattered around the stones.
The three of them leaned on a big rock and each took off their shoes and socks. Lei Lanting conveniently put Tong Lele's shoes and socks into his bag, and then walked at the front.
He carefully put the tree stick in his hand into the water little by little. After confirming that it was inserted to the bottom, he pulled it out and showed the other two people the depth of the water.
Just as everyone was preparing to cross the river, Dong Qiangqiang suddenly turned his ear and said, "Listen, there seems to be some sound... over there?"
"Sound?" Lei Lanting inserted the tree stick into the water again, "What is the sound?"
"There seems to be something... running..." Dong Qiangqiang looked back at the direction of the hillside suspiciously, scanning the surroundings with concentration.
Lei Lanting said nonchalantly: "Are you hallucinating? There is no sound here. Let's go quickly."
The three of them stepped into the river with tree sticks. Although it was daytime, everyone felt a bone-chilling chill the moment their feet entered the river.
"I didn't expect the water to be quite cold." Tong Lele sighed as she moved forward cautiously and slowly. The water gradually submerged her knees and finally reached her thighs. "Hey, Dong Qiangqiang, Please support me." She turned sideways and reached out to grab Dong Qiangqiang's arm.
Before Dong Qiangqiang could answer, Lei Lanting grabbed her left arm and said, "Come on, I'll help you walk. Be careful of slippery rocks."
Dong Qiangqiang had already seen Lei Lanting's little plan, and slowly passed the two of them with a smile.
After walking a few more steps, Tong Lele suddenly shouted: "Ah?" As she shouted and was about to sit in the water, Lei Lanting immediately helped her up: "What's wrong?"
"Just now...something...touched my leg..." Tong Lele pointed to the location under her feet, shocked, with a cry in her voice.
"What is it?" Following her finger, Dong Qiangqiang and Lei Lanting looked down into the water at the same time, and saw a silver light flashing in the water.
"Fish!" Lei Lanting shouted first, "It looks quite fat." He shook his head regretfully, "It's a pity that we didn't bring a fishing net this time."
Tong Lele was a little embarrassed when she heard that a fish had touched her. She blushed and helped Lei Lanting to walk towards the other side.
Just when they were about to reach the other side of the river, Dong Qiangqiang suddenly saw something. He leaned on a tree stick and walked slowly towards a stone area in the river.
"Hey, why are you going?" Lei Lanting turned around and noticed Dong Qiangqiang's strange behavior and hurriedly shouted, "Be careful, the water is deep in some places."
Before he finished shouting the word "deep", Dong Qiangqiang's body swayed and his upper body plunged into the water.
Lei Lanting and Tong Lele exclaimed at the same time: "Dong Qiangqiang! What are you doing?!"
Dong Qiangqiang lay motionless face down in the water. Lei Lanting didn't know what he encountered, and hurriedly staggered towards him.
Just when he was about to get close to Dong Qiangqiang, Dong Qiangqiang suddenly stood up from the water, holding a one-foot-long whitebait in his hand.
The fish swung around in his hand, causing both of them to have water all over their bodies and faces. Dong Qiangqiang hurriedly grabbed it, and finally wrapped the fish in his coat.
"There are so many fish here," he pointed to a place in the distance and said to Lei Lanting. "I think there is a bigger puddle over there, and there may be fish in it. Since my clothes are all wet, I will go catch it again." Once a few come back, everyone can enjoy some meat in the evening."
Lei Lanting looked at the distance and then at Dong Qiangqiang: "Are you okay? Or forget it? We don't know the situation of this river either."
"Is this far from the villa?" Dong Qiangqiang wiped the water from his face.
"My impression is that it's not that far away." Lei Lanting looked very confident.
"That's it. You guys wait for me for a while and I'll put my things down first." The two of them said as they walked towards the shore.
Tong Lele had already sat on a big rock on the shore to bask in the sun. When she saw the two people approaching, she stretched out: "The sunshine here is so good. It's like a paradise. I have never known this in all my years here. There are still places like this in Hannover.”
Before she finished speaking, Dong Qiangqiang, who had just stepped ashore, suddenly shouted at her without warning: "Huh?"
Tong Lele and Lei Lanting were immediately startled.
"What's wrong with you?" Lei Lanting looked at him suspiciously, "Weren't you fine just now?"
Dong Qiangqiang said with a sad face: "Just now...an ant touched my foot just now."
Lei Lanting patted his head lightly, squatted down, and stroked Dong Qiangqiang's feet while saying, "Does the ant bite hurt? Let uncle take a look."
Tong Lele was startled at first, thinking that Dong Qiangqiang had seen something again. When she saw Lei Lanting singing with him, she immediately understood that the two of them were mocking her. She scolded: "Hey, I'm telling you two, this matter is The three of us know, if a fourth person knows, be careful with you two..." She pretended to hit two people, Dong Qiangqiang laughed, and suddenly threw the fish wrapped in his coat towards her, Tong Lele quickly dodged, and the fish fell to the ground, fiercely The ground swung its tail and jumped up. Seeing that it was about to jump back into the river, Lei Lanting rushed forward and hurriedly caught the fish.
Dong Qiangqiang put down his backpack, tidied his clothes, and went down to the river to fish. After a while, I found three or four more items.
Seeing how easily Dong Qiangqiang caught fish, Lei Lanting was both greedy and unwilling. He also rolled up his sleeves and went into the river. He fished out the fish in the same manner, and soon he also caught one. He excitedly held up the fish and shouted to Tong Lele: "Lele, Lele, look, I caught one too. How's it going?"
Just when Tong Lele was about to praise him, she saw the bushes on the hillside on the other side of the river swaying. She stood up from the boulder suspiciously, staring at the bushes. At this moment, she suddenly saw a dark face flashing out of the bushes. s face.
"Ah?!" Tong Lele felt her legs weaken and she sat back on the big rock.
