Chapter 40 (Chapter 40 (Three in One)...)

I don’t know if it was because he heard Teacher Wu talk about the dam breach during the day that Song Yao dreamed of a flood at night.

He had never seen a flood, and the information about it was either told to him by adults or he learned it by reading the adults’ newspapers.

The child dreamed that he fell into the water. The water was so big that he was scared. He touched the life-saving necklace on his neck, but the necklace was gone.

In the dream, Song Yao vaguely knew that the necklace seemed to be given to his brother Xiaohu.

Then he turned his head and saw a big fish swimming towards him with its mouth open, as if it wanted to eat him. He wanted to run, but when he turned his head, he saw another big fish behind him...

"Wow!!!"

The child's cry was particularly loud in this quiet night.

In the middle of the night, the Song family was lit up.

Grandpa and Grandma Song rushed over with a kerosene lamp. When they opened the door, they found Song Yao sitting on the bed. He didn't fall off the bed or bump into anything. He was crying with his mouth open.

"What's wrong, little boy?"

Grandma Song put the lamp in Grandpa Song's hand, and went forward to hold her grandson in her arms: "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"

Song Yao cried with tears all over his face, huddled in his grandmother's arms, and gestured to her what he saw in his dream:

"Two really big fish, they want to eat me woo woo woo woo..."

Grandma Song was stunned: "Don't you like eating fish very much? Why are they eating you, not you eating them?"

Song Yao's crying was a pause.

Yes, fish is obviously delicious.

Of all the meats, he likes fish the most.

The child who woke up from the dream could not distinguish between dreams and reality very well. He cried and his eyes were red and swollen. After being coaxed to sleep by his grandmother, he continued to have that dream.

In the dream, he was not afraid of the two big fish. He happily went forward to grab their tails and dragged them all the way home.

Grandma put them in the pot (do you have such a big pot at home?), added seasoning, and mom and dad came with two brothers, and everyone sat in front of the pot happily.

Dad picked up a piece of fish for him and said:

"It was thanks to the youngest that we caught this big fish, so the first bite is for the youngest."

In the dream, Song Yao happily ate the first piece of fish, it was so fragrant, it turned out that fish would be more delicious.

Worried about her grandson, Grandma Song stayed in his little room to accompany him to sleep. She found that the child didn't know what he dreamed about again, and he smiled happily again, smacking his lips from time to time.

There were still traces of tears on his face.

Grandma Song smiled and fanned Song Yao, thinking, he is still a child.

When he woke up the next day, Song Yao had completely forgotten what he had dreamed about, and he was still happily running to school with his little schoolbag on his back.

For Song Yao in Dashu Village, this was just an ordinary day.

But for Liu Xiaohu who was far away in Suliu, it was an especially different day.

He was still a little dazed when he woke up.

Because he didn't wake up, the doctor moved him to the medical tent for observation. His comrades would come to see him first.

But his vital signs were normal in all aspects, but he didn't wake up. When asked, he was sleeping too soundly.

After the nurse found that he woke up, she happily went forward to check and found that he was normal except for a little weakness. She happily went out to find a doctor.

Weakness is actually normal. Before falling into the water, Liu Xiaohu had not slept or rested for many hours.

He himself didn't remember what happened at that time.

It wasn't until everyone took turns to see him (because they were busy saving people and could only take time to come when they took turns to rest) that Liu Xiaohu realized that he was swept into the water by the flood.

But if he recalled it, he couldn't even tell whether he was so sleepy that he fell asleep directly at the time, or fell asleep after being swept into the water.

The last person to visit him was the squad leader.

The squad leader was in a similar state to that day, but his mental state was good. With bright eyes, he handed over the thing in his hand:

"Xiaohu, where did you get this belt?"

Liu Xiaohu took it and hesitated: "... This is not a belt, it's a necklace."

The squad leader gestured with his big hand: "Necklace?"

Liu Xiaohu: "... It's a little thick, but it's indeed a necklace."

Although he also thought that this thing was a belt.

But admitting that he wore a necklace around his neck is better than saying that he wore a belt.

After taking the belt... no, the necklace, he remembered to ask:

"Squad leader, how did you pull me out? Wasn't it very dangerous at the time? The water was so muddy, how did you find me?"

After so many days on the front line of flood control, Liu Xiaohu knew very well that 80% of the people swept away by the flood could not come back, and those who couldn't swim could not come back directly.

He was asleep at the time, how did everyone pull him out?

Most of the comrades who came to visit him were very tired. They came to see that he was still alive, and then went to rest with peace of mind.

As for chatting... they were too tired to chat at all.

And they didn't know much about the situation at that time. They only knew that Liu Xiaohu was caught in the water and escaped.

Those who knew went to rescue people and had no time to gossip about this.

The squad leader remembered this matter in his heart. He came with Liu Xiaohu and knew very well that he had been wearing this thing around his neck:

"I still want to ask you, where did you get this belt, not the necklace?"

"Song Yao gave it to me."

Liu Xiaohu was confused, not knowing why the squad leader asked this:

"Have you forgotten? I asked you how it looked when I wore it before, and you said it was ugly, although it was indeed ugly."

Squad leader: "Shut up! Don't insult it!"

Liu Xiaohu: "... Squad leader, are you too tired? Is there water in your eyes? Why don't you take a rest?"

The squad leader looked at the necklace as if he was looking at a big treasure:

"Do you know that it saved your life?"

Because he was the one who witnessed the scene, he remembered it very clearly:

"When you fell into the water, it was still so thin, but it fell After it went in, it swelled up, like a circle around your neck. "

"Although you were asleep at that time, the circle was more bulging in the front and slightly lower in the back, so your whole face was tilted up."

The squad leader said while making a tilted-up action:

"Just like this, when the flood came over again and again, your face was always above the water."

Liu Xiaohu: "... Squad leader, I understand, you don't need to demonstrate."

The squad leader sat back again, serious:

"After we fished you out, it was also strange. As soon as you lay down, the circle slowly deflated by itself, and now it has become a belt...necklace again."

Liu Xiaohu was confused.

He touched the necklace in his hand and was stunned:

"So what Xiaoer said was true?"

There is actually such a thing as a life-saving necklace in this world???

The squad leader did not miss his words and immediately pricked up his ears:

"What? Who said it was true? ?"

Liu Xiaohu told him about the function of the life-saving necklace that Song Yao introduced to him.

After he finished speaking, he was still a little ashamed:

"I haven't seen much of the world, and I thought it was just a joke from a kid, but I didn't expect it to be real."

At this moment, he was very glad that he didn't refuse to wear it because he thought it was ugly.

This life-saving necklace saved his life.

When he thought that he almost missed Song Yao's kindness, Liu Xiaohu felt very regretful:

"When the youngest told me, I didn't take it seriously, and I fooled him a few words, hey, where did he buy this thing from, it should be very expensive, when I go back, I must thank him."

Then he asked about the price of the life-saving necklace, he couldn't take advantage of a child.

The squad leader had seen the world, unlike Liu Xiaohu, who first reacted that he didn't know about the life-saving necklace because he was ignorant.

He said, "Can this thing be bought? If it could be bought, the country would have equipped us long ago."

"It's easy to wear. If you fall into the water, it will turn into a circle and carry you up without drowning. When you get on the shore, it will start to change back to its original shape.

If Su Liu had this, how many lives could he save?"

Liu Xiaohu was stunned: "What do you mean? This is not sold outside?"

Then he remembered: "Oh, the youngest said he made this."

At that time, he thought it was okay, after all, the necklace was so ugly and rough, if it was sold, he would think the child was cheated.

Now it was the squad leader's turn to be stunned: "Youngest? The kid from Dashu Village?"

Eight years old is a child in their eyes, not to mention that Song Yao looked younger than his peers.

At that time, he only thought that the child was really smart and cute, but they were all adults and busy, and they didn't get along with Song Yao much.

Only Liu Xiaohu was young and did the lightest work, so he always saw the two little brats looking for him to whisper.

Was this life-saving necklace made by Song Yao?

I had heard that he made the fan before, but fans can be said to have been made by people in the past, but this kind of life-saving necklace seems to have never appeared before?

The squad leader looked at the necklace in Liu Xiaohu's hand, scratched his head, and decided not to think about it.

"Well, I'll take the necklace and ask the higher-ups."

Liu Xiaohu was a little timid: "Will it affect the youngest? He gave me the necklace out of kindness."

"Don't worry, if it was really made by him, then he did a great thing, and it's too late for the higher-ups to praise him."

The squad leader was also afraid that he had not seen enough of the world and didn't know that there was such a thing as a life-saving necklace in the world, so he took the necklace to find his superior.

The superior didn't know either. He had never heard that a necklace could be used as an underwater life-saving item since he was a child, but it was obvious that this necklace was a good thing, so he also went to find his superior.

After searching layer by layer, this life-saving necklace was finally delivered to the second-largest leader.

After personally testing it, it was confirmed that this necklace could really help people float up in the water, at least to ensure that they would not drown.

He immediately handed the necklace to the research institute for research, and sent people to Dashu Village, Xinghe County, to look for the little comrade who was said to be only eight years old this year.

If this kind of necklace can be mass-produced quickly, how many people can avoid dying in the flood.

Song Yao is quite famous in Xinghe County, so even if he is a child, it is quite easy to find out his information in this era of missing information.

Of course, the biggest reason is that the county magistrate of Xinghe County is Song Yao's friend regardless of age.

The county government still has a telephone, although it is basically not used. When the phone comes from above, the county magistrate will know.

At first, he thought that the fan made by Song Yao was valued by the higher-ups, but when he heard that it was a life-saving necklace, he was stunned.

That kid never mentioned it.

If he made such a great thing, why didn't he mention it?

The county magistrate knew Song Yao very well.

Song Yao was not a very modest person, especially since he was a normal child. Every time he made something good, he would publicize it everywhere as if he had a trumpet on his mouth.

Then he would proudly accept everyone's praise, and finally happily let it go and run to play with other things.

Even the county magistrate had seen the above process several times.

He naturally didn't know that the reason why Song Yao didn't shout about the life-saving necklace this time was... everyone was too pragmatic.

Xinghe County doesn't rely on water for a living. Who would go into the water for no reason? Those who dared to go in were all good swimmers, so the life-saving necklace was naturally useless.

Song Yao's promotion in the surrounding areas failed, but the children who felt that it was unpopular would not mention it.

Although he was confused by the sudden appearance of the life-saving necklace, the county magistrate still spoke for Song Yao:

"Yes, he is a child who likes to make things. The fan was made by him. Because of the fan, the number of people suffering from heat stroke in our county has been greatly reduced."

After talking to the other party, he hung up the phone and went to change his shoes.

The secretary saw that he had changed into shoes specially used for going to the countryside (there is a lot of mud on the country roads, so you have to change into shoes that are not easy to sink into and are easy to brush), and asked:

"Why did the leaders above ask about classmate Song Yao? Are you going to Dashu Village?"

"It is said that he made a life-saving necklace, which is very useful in flood control."

The county magistrate changed his shoes, stepped on them twice and felt that there was no problem, then continued:

"Get ready, it is said that a researcher comrade has also come with us and wants to meet Song Yao. Since they got the news, they have been heading to our side, and now they are almost in the county."

The county has a child who can help fight the flood, and this child is also his friend.

For both public and private reasons, he must go with him.

The county magistrate was still lightly dressed as usual, and he brought no one except his secretary. When the military vehicle entered the county, he immediately went forward to greet it.

As soon as he saw the old man getting off the car, he tensed up.

This old man was obviously the researcher comrade mentioned on the phone.

The county magistrate did not know this man, but he could see that the person accompanying the old man was a guard.

A comrade who can be equipped with a guard is not an ordinary comrade.

Zhongzhou is not very peaceful now. Every scientific researcher is a treasure of the country, especially this kind of important one. He must ensure that the other party's safety is foolproof.

The county magistrate glanced at the secretary beside him, and the secretary understood and nodded and went out.

When he came back, he brought back two strong police officers.

The two police officers were pushing a bicycle each.

That's right, it was the bicycles of the county magistrate and the secretary.

The county magistrate kept smiling: "Although our county is quite safe, bringing a few more people is also a guarantee."

The leaders sent from above and the old man had no objection.

The group got on the car. Because the road was quite uneasy, the car had to drive very slowly, almost the same speed as the bicycle behind.

The county magistrate was so shocked that he vomited blood in his heart. He secretly regretted that he would have ridden a bicycle earlier. It was better than being shaken in the car.

Turning his head, he saw that the old man was also pale. He forced a smile and tried to divert attention by chatting:

"Um, Comrade Wu, I wonder how you plan to commend Song Yao?"

Old Wu opened his eyes and smiled slightly:

"Commendation is Director Liu's job. I have to follow because I want to see the little student in person. He is so young, but he can make something like a life-saving necklace.

This student is extraordinary in both talent and hands-on ability. Although he is still young now, I believe his future is limitless, so I really want to see his living environment and how his family educates him."

Oh...

The county magistrate understands.

I just come to watch the genius.

In fact, he secretly thought that if Song Yao was not only eight years old this year, he could have been employed directly based on this merit.

But the reality is that Song Yao is only eight years old, still a first-grade child. The country must be crazy to let him work now.

The county magistrate estimated that this incident should be recorded in Song Yao's file, but he didn't know what other rewards he would get.

But he was able to contribute to flood control at such a young age. As long as this child doesn't grow up in the wrong way, his future will definitely be bright.

He was also very happy for him, and then he kept thinking about how to make the little genius Song Yao show his best side in front of the people sent from above.

When we reached the foot of the mountain, the car couldn't go up, so everyone walked up.

Along the way, the county chief racked his brains to think of words to praise Song Yao:

"This child is famous for his intelligence in our Xinghe County. When he was four or five years old, his uncle took him to the county to read books. Later, a teacher came to their village, and he learned even faster.

To be honest, we saw the style of the fan in a book together. I gave it to a carpenter to make, and Song Yao went home to study it himself. As a result, the carpenter couldn't make it, but he did.

This child seems to be born with this string, and he is very smart."

Mr. Wu nodded: "This kid is true. I also got a copy of the material and structure of the life-saving necklace. The material is not a good material, but this idea and this structure have never appeared before."

Song Yao's work was relatively rough to begin with, and the state's researchers were not vegetarians. After taking it apart and studying it carefully, they quickly understood the structure of this life-saving necklace.

This time, Director Liu and the others came here just to buy knowledge about this life-saving necklace from Song Yao, and at the same time, they also wanted to give medals on behalf of the country.

Mr. Wu came at his own request.

He sighed to the county magistrate: "Don't look at how we can easily decipher how this life-saving necklace is made, it is because we have the most sophisticated instruments in the country.

For example, the life-saving necklace that classmate Song Yao gave to the little soldier was made of the simplest and cheapest kind. How many resources can an eight-year-old child living in the mountains have at hand? "

"But classmate Song Yao, under such an environment and resources, made a life-saving necklace that can save people's lives. This kid is so smart."

Mr. Wu lamented that the most admirable thing about Song Yao was his young age, but the most regrettable thing was also his young age.

I heard from the county magistrate that although he is very smart in all aspects, he has just entered the first grade this year. Those who are interested can learn science very quickly, while those who are not interested can only be said to be at the third or fourth grade level.

Still a child.

Although he really wanted Song Yao to grow up and serve the country, when the county magistrate said this, Mr. Wu still said:

"Although this child is smart, don't put too much pressure on him to study."

After all, it’s not like there have never been cases in the past when smart children studied desperately and ended up learning nothing before they grew up.

The county magistrate recalled Song Yao's daily life: "...He shouldn't be under a lot of pressure."

Mr. Wu shook his head.

He has also been smart since he was a child. Everyone envies smart people, but only he knows that sometimes his brain is too smart and it hurts himself.

Mr. Wu once studied abroad when he was young. It was at that time that he realized that a child's living environment is full of rejection and oppression, which will destroy his entire life.

If Mr. Wu was twenty years old now, he would feel that he could survive it and nothing would be a problem when he grew up.

But he is almost sixty this year. Seeing such a talented child, he will only be afraid that Song Yao will be exploited and promoted.

These are all young seedlings of the country.

It doesn’t matter if it grows slowly or it takes time. Aren’t there old guys like them still there to support us?

As long as children like Song Yao grow up slowly, they will eventually grow up.

Mr. Wu: "To be able to make these two useful things at such a young age, this kid is still a little bit stressed."

County Magistrate: ...Comrade Wu, why don’t you believe it?

If Song Yao is under great pressure, then everyone in the world will be under great pressure.

When they arrived in the village, they first went to the Song family. Grandpa Song was working in the fields. Grandma Song was the only one at home. She was initially wary when she found so many strangers coming to the house, but relaxed when she saw the county magistrate.

When he heard what he said again, everyone was shocked.

"The country, the country wants to reward our youngest son??"

Mother!

This is a country!

The county magistrate saw that she was so shocked that she couldn't stand still, so he quickly went up to give her a hand:

"This is a good thing. Where is Song Yao? Isn't school over at this time?"

It took Grandma Song a long time to regain her composure, and then she felt as if she had swallowed a ginseng raw, her face glowing red as she said:

"I went to play with Zhao Xiaodong. Hey, I'll get him back right away... Zhao Xiaodong also had a hand in making that necklace."

Grandma Song was filled with regret:

"Why didn't I think it could be used on floods? I thought it was useless. If I had known it, I would have asked Yao'er to do more!"

She thought regretfully, as expected, people still need more experience.

Looking at her, she didn't realize that the life-saving necklace her grandson made before could still be used in this way.

The county magistrate said: "You have never seen a flood. How could you have imagined this? Otherwise, Director Liu, Mr. Wu, I went out to look for Song Yao with Grandma Song Yao. You have been tired for the whole day. After they Have a break at home?”

Mr. Wu refused: "It's okay, let's go together. It just so happens that I also want to see the environment where Song Yao grew up."

Grandma Song glanced at him several times and murmured in her heart, "Whose growing environment is not full of mountains, trees, flowers, grass, etc. What's so good about this?"

But considering that this was sent by the state, she said nothing and only said:

"They said they should go to the end of the village, so we can just go to the end of the village."

I met Grandma Zhao on the road. When she heard that she was commended by superiors, she lost her balance and almost fell down.

The county magistrate quickly helped the person, wondering why the older people in Dashu Village were all the same.

After hearing Grandma Song’s happy science popularization, Grandma Zhao also became happy, and then quickly said:

"Dongdong just followed Yao'er, but later he found it boring and stopped making it. Yao'er made this necklace by himself."

This is a credit to the country, and Zhao Xiaodong really started off at the end this time and did not do much at all. Grandma Zhao was afraid that the Song family would share the credit with them, so she specifically clarified this point in front of the cadres sent by the state.

Then, they passed by the field and saw Grandpa Song walking up carrying farm tools.

The county magistrate hurried over and stood next to him and came with him. Then Grandpa Song heard the news from his wife and his legs went weak.

County Magistrate: I knew it would be like this.

He supported Grandpa Song with a familiar and skillful posture.

After Grandpa Song stood firm, he paused:

"Little one? It seems that they didn't go to the end of the village. They went to the threshing ground with their classmates. They said they would show them a new toy there."

He said: "Just now I saw him and Zhao Xiaodong running over here with a happy smile."

The group changed their route and met Teacher He.

The county magistrate went over immediately, ready to help at any time.

Teacher He didn't weaken his legs. He looked at him inexplicably, moved a little further away from him, and said happily: "This is a great thing!"

Then he moved a little further away from the county magistrate.

The county magistrate: "..."

Hearing that Teacher He was Song Yao's teacher, Old Wu became excited and kept asking her how she usually educated her children.

Teacher He didn't know Old Wu's identity, nor could she tell that the person next to him was a guard, but she knew that he was sent by the country, so she naturally tried her best to speak well of her own students.

"Song Yao is a very good child, with a good personality, sensible, and motivated in study. I am not praising this child, he is really different from ordinary children."

Mr. Wu kept nodding his head and asked with concern:

"Does he get along well with his classmates? Do other children bully him because he is different?"

Teacher He was stunned and quickly answered: "No, no."

Song Yao has so many brothers, and Zhao Xiaodong is standing next to him. Who dares to mess with him?

And as far as he knows, because Song Yao has made a lot of wooden toys recently, the children in the village are very flattering to him, hoping that he can give them one.

I just don't know why, the people Song Yao gave gifts to were all those who had scared him before.

Based on Teacher He's understanding of her student, this child holds grudges very much, so his "repaying grievances with virtue" this time surprised her for several days.

As they were talking, they arrived at the threshing ground.

Teacher He heard the children playing in front of her, smiled and pointed over there and said to Mr. Wu:

"Look, Song Yao and the others are playing over there, look how happy they are."

Mr. Wu squinted his eyes and tried to find the genius child among these little kids:

"Which one of them is Song Yao?"

Teacher He also went to look: "Hey, why can't I see them?"

Grandpa Song, who was also stretching his neck to look: "I saw them running over here, and the youngest one was particularly happy."

Teacher He suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Wait, why is Song Yao so happy for no reason?

Based on her understanding of her student, he was so happy all of a sudden, and he was probably doing something bad...

The county magistrate hadn't noticed yet, and was still very enthusiastic to praise Song Yao to Director Liu and Mr. Wu:

"This child may have gone home to read books again. He has a really good personality, loves to study, is filial to his family, and is smart..."

As he spoke, the trees under the threshing ground in front were gradually filled with children.

All of this had scared Song Yao and Zhao Xiaodong before. They looked around:

"Strange, didn't Xiaoer and Zhao Xiaodong ask us to meet at this tree?"

"Where are they?"

"Didn't they say there were new toys?"

While the children were talking to each other, two huge spiders suddenly fell from the tree, shaking their bodies and moving around on them.

"Ah!!!!"

"Ahhh!!!!"

The children in the village were not afraid of spiders, but spiders this big were different.

They simply screamed and fled in all directions, and the two children on the tree holding the line to pull the big spider laughed triumphantly.

The rope in their hands moved again and again, and the two fake spiders on the ground seemed to bounce again and again.

"Hahahaha, I told you!! They must be scared!"

"Hahahahaha, look at how scared they are!"

The two children slid down from the tree and looked at their classmates in a mess with pride.

A child reacted and shouted angrily: "Song Yaoer!! Zhao Xiaodong!!!"

Song Yao and Zhao Xiaodong made faces at him proudly: "Lululu!"

They laughed at him again:

"Are you scared? You coward! You are afraid of fake things, hahahaha!"

The adults just happened to see this scene.

Old Wu smiled: "The one making faces is Song Yao? He looks very energetic."

The county magistrate was talking about "So this child is super good in all aspects and can definitely become a pillar of the country in the future": "..."

He tried to maintain the confidence on his face:

"In fact, Song Yao is really a good child. Everyone can see this. We can praise him when we mention him in our county. He is eight years old and is just the flower of the motherland."

No, he didn't believe it himself...

The county magistrate added guiltily:

"...It's just that this flower is a little naughty."