After lunch and resting for a while, Yoshikawa and his wife told their daughter a few words, greeted their daughter's companions, and then prepared to drive away.

As she sat in the passenger seat, Mrs. Yoshikawa tied her seat belt and said to her daughter who was coming to see her off: "Three days later, my dad and I will come to pick you up again."

"I see."

"Since Hongzi brought three friends over here, don't just stare at one of them and ignore the others."

Hongzi curled her lips and said the same thing: "I understand..."

Mrs. Yoshikawa stared at her daughter for a while, and suddenly sighed softly.

"I can see that Zong Gujun is also in a difficult situation - Mom!"

The voice suddenly lifted, and Yoshikawa and his daughter inside and outside the car were shocked. Then they saw her hurriedly untied her seat belt and get out of the car, and quickly faced her grandmother who was walking towards her carrying a pile of vegetables.

"Didn't I say I don't need it... It's true, I'm going to pick vegetables when it's so hot at noon..."

In the scorching sun, Hongzi was waiting by the car door, but the father in the car waved his hand and asked her to go back to the house.

"Mom said that, those words are still the same. If you can listen to it, just look at Hongzi himself - go in, don't be on the sun here."

She pursed her lips, nodded again, and ran back to the door.

Unlocked the seat belt, Yoshikawa's father got out of the car.

"mom……"

After a while, Yoshikawa and his wife put on vegetables, returned to the car, asked Hongko to take care of her grandmother, and then drove away.

The other three of them rested on the edge of the other side. They helped their grandmother back to the room and sat down. When Hongzi passed by, Akane Kirino was throwing up and down the popsicle that won the prize.

The old electric fan shook her head back and forth. She stuck it in front of the electric fan for a while, and Zong Gu quickly turned around and shouted hot.

Hongzi got up again, sat beside him, and soon lay down on the floor again.

"It's so hot now, let's go out later."

"It's not the hottest time of the day." Looking at her half-hanging calf, Zong Gu looked at the sky again. Just two days after the typhoon left, the scorching heat came back, and the momentum became even stronger.

"But it doesn't have any effect by the stream," said Akane Kirino. "There are many trees on both sides and they can't get sunbathing."

Zong Gu turned his head and looked at her, "It seems you really want to go out."

"Hehe, it's okay. Go and come back early."

She said this, and Hongzi had no objection. She went to the refrigerator in the kitchen to take a few bottles of water, greeted her grandmother and went out.

"Run!"

Akane Kirino was like a vampire who couldn't stand the sun. After going out, she ran away until she ran under the shade of the tree.

Zong Gu and the other two quickly followed, and she ran to the next shade again. This was repeated until they came to the stream with shade.

"It's cooler to walk from the water." Akane Kirino had a sudden whim.

"Then you don't want to find the source even if you go dark." Zong Gu had no objection. He came to the countryside to escape the summer heat and passed the time everywhere, but he was afraid that she would not give up until she found the source.

"That's right..." Akane Kirino had to give up this idea, "Let's talk about it when you come back."

The countryside is vast and sparsely populated, and there are not many people. It is hard to get the heat in the afternoon, and you can’t see half a trace. On the small road by the mottled stream, there are only four of them in front and behind.

Akane Kirino walked in front, holding a thin branch that "if the score is 10, you can give eight points" in his hand, and waved it casually, "After speaking, there seems to be no young people in the village, and I haven't seen a single child."

"Because there is nothing here," said Hongzi. "Everyone who can go out has gone out. Sometimes people will come back during the summer vacation, but it is basically concentrated during the Ullambana festival."

Akane Kirino nodded, expressed her understanding, and asked again: "Will Hongzi come here again during the Ullambana festival?"

"It depends on the situation. Whether or not you come back is all decided by your mother."

"That's how..."

The Ullamban Festival is a day to worship ancestors and is an important festival second only to New Year's Day. Many people will return to their hometown to visit relatives at this time. Zong Gu followed behind and listened, but he had no thoughts in his heart. His hometown was too far away.

“…”

A touch of chill squeezed into his palms, he turned his head and looked up at him.

"Do you want to go back and have a look?" she whispered.

“…”

Zong Gu opened his mouth, "Sentai?"

"Um."

He was a little hesitant, a little confused, and a little at a loss. He was stuck in his throat, making him speechless.

The two of them will have a long journey next, and Chao Wuling does not urge him to hold his hand until he is suddenly clenched at some point.

"Let's go back to the Children's Welfare Home." Soya swallowed the hesitation and hesitation, but it was not completely swallowed. "I'll talk about other places then."

"Um."

He nodded at Wuling and handed over the water bottle in his hand.

Unscrew the lid and gave it to her, and Zong Gu also opened the water bottle and took a sip.

"ah."

Akane Kirino suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong."

"Look ahead."

Zong Gu looked forward and found a tributary next to the river channel, only one or two meters wide, but the amount of water was equal to the main stream.

Akane Kirino waved her branches and announced to the team members: "We have arrived at the first save point."

"What did you say suddenly?"

"Ah, a bald NPC appeared in front of the tributary!"

The middle-aged man carrying a hoe next to the tributary may not be able to understand the meaning of "NPC", but he is extremely sensitive to "bald". He turned his head and looked over, and opened his mouth and shouted something he couldn't understand, with a bad tone.

"Run!"

Akane Kiriyo ran away when she got into trouble, but she didn't forget to pull Hongzi. Zong Gu didn't plan to run with her, but the bald middle-aged man refused to give in and shouted at him a few more words.

"What the hell are you talking about..."

Soya was a little confused, Kirino Akane turned around and shouted, "Run quickly!"

He had no choice but to pull Chao Wuling to follow him.

After running for a minute or two, leaving the intersection of the two streams, Akane Kirino stopped - Hongzi couldn't run anymore.

"Ha ha……"

She gasped and rested for a while before she could say a complete sentence, "What are you running..."

"Oh." Akane Kirino felt a little embarrassed, "I didn't expect him to hear it."

Hongzi shook her head, Zong Gu took the water bottle from her and opened it to her.

"Thanks……"

She took two sips and wiped her lips again.

"What was that person saying just now, was it in the local dialect?"

"Well. That's the dialect of my grandmother's house, and I can only understand a little bit."

"What do those few words mean just now?" Zong Gu asked again.

Hongzi was a little helpless, "The only thing I can understand is the stinky brat, bastard and so on."

Akane Kirino laughed.

Zong Gu shook his head, "Is he the one I know?"

"It's almost the same. There are not many people in the village, and I can always see them." Hongzi said, "but I haven't said much."

"He won't go to Hongzi's grandmother's house to wait for us, right?" Akane Kirino suddenly felt a little worried.

Zong Gu glanced at her, "You go back later."

“…”

She pouted, twisted her body, waved the branches in her hand, and looked elsewhere.

"It's okay." Hongzi smiled.

After a short rest, the four of them continued to explore along the stream.

Intimidated by Soya, Kirino Akane was honest for a while and even lost the eight-point branch. However, she returned to her original state before she walked too far, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Songgu's hair seems to be growing again. Do you want to try a bald head?"

"In no mood."

"I'll help you with my hair next time..."

"Next time I'll go to the store to cut it."
To be continued...