Chapter Thirty-Four

  Suddenly, a voice came from the water. An old man rowed his boat to the shore and beckoned Xiaolong and Nibba to get on board. Nibba carried Longmao onto the boat, and Firefly followed them to the bow of the boat. The old man laughed and said, "Hey, you're dating and brought a light bulb along! And it's wireless too!"

  "Little Dragon asked: Old man, what are you doing in this river?"

  The old man said: I'm fishing inside, but all the fish I caught today are too big.

  I want to catch fish of normal size.

  Bruce Lee said: The bigger the fish, the more it can be eaten.

  The old man said: "How can it be reasonable for a land to change overnight? I don't dare eat."

  Little Dragon turned around and said to Niuba: "Niuba, everything here that has grown bigger, you can't touch."

  Neeba is only concerned about Bruce Lee. He asked: What if you become bigger?

  Left Little Dragon said: I won't change. The old man hummed a nursery rhyme and said to the mud: Ah, little girl, your dog is so cute.

  Ní bā shuō: Yéye, tā shì lǎo shǔ. Lǎo rén yáo tóu dào: Wǒmen yào chóng xīn rèn yi xiē yuè qián de dōng xī yo. Dōu bù rèn shi le, qián miàn jiù chū diāo sù yuán le. Hé zài zhè lǐ zhuǎn le. Guò le zhuǎn jiǎo, nǐ jiù kàn dào hǎo duō dēng le. Nà li jiù shì zhèn de dōng biān le. Nǐmen cóng nǎ lǐ xià.

  Left Little Dragon said: We got off at the side of the highway. You put me in a place closer to leaving town. A brighter place, we can walk by ourselves.

  Fireflies perched on muddy hands, slowly extinguished, mud said: Look. It's asleep.

  They were really sleeping together. Bruce Lee poked the dragon cat a little. The dragon cat turned over, its butt facing Bruce Lee, and burrowed into the muddy ground. Muddy laughed: Who told you to step on it?

  The old man rowing the boat said: After passing this bend, we will be out of the sculpture garden. Along with the water flow, the boat slowly turned its head. The prosperous lights in the distance were long and bright, and colorful lights appeared in front of Niuba's eyes. Niuba said: Finally arrived at a bright place.

  Fireflies suddenly rose into the air, emitting a dazzling light, and confronted the distant earth. The dragon cat also poked its head out and stood up straight. This was Xiao Long's first time seeing this.

  The animal was oval in shape. A few seconds later, the firefly fell again and landed on Longma's body. Lost its luster. Niuba hurriedly asked: What's wrong with it? The firefly no longer emitted white light. Flew around Longma and Niuba for a while. Faintly flew towards the sculpture garden, Longma ran to the stern of the boat, gazing at the firefly flying back. Shrunk into a circle again, Niuba suddenly burst out crying loudly.

  Bruce Lee said: You're even more pitiful than a dragon cat.

  Niuba cried and couldn't speak, stuttering and telling the old man who was rowing the boat: Grandpa, capsize.

  The old man said: Your affairs, I don't care. I won't go forward or backward. I'll just stop here, and then you can go if you like, or return if you like.

  After that, the old man docked the boat at the shore. Left Xiaolong and Nibba got off the boat. Longmao was clinging to Nibba, trembling nonstop. Nibba put Longmao on the ground, facing the direction of the sculpture garden, saying: "Miao Miao, go ahead." Longmao still leaned against Nibba's feet.

  Zuǒ Xiǎo Lóng Dào: It doesn't want to go back. Ní Bā said: How sad the firefly will be then.

  Bruce Lee said: Don't worry about it. After a few days of sadness, the sun will shine again.

  Mud said: Really?

  Zuǒ Xiǎo Lóng lit a cigarette and said: "It will find another mouse hole, you this mouse will also find another mouse hole, don't be sad. Come on, let me see your mouse."

  Zuǒ Xiǎo Lóng took over the Dragon Cat from Ní Bā's hands. Flipped it over. Pried open its fur, borrowing...

  The street lamp looked at it for half a day and said: Look, it's a mother.