It has been raining in Xia City for thirty-seven consecutive days.
The water overflowed the steps and the street turned into a river. Ten-year-old Xia Cheng looked at the rain outside the window in a daze. He had not seen Xia Yu in almost a month.
This morning, Xia Cheng received a drift bottle, with Xia Yu's crooked words inside: "Xia Cheng, do you still have food at home?"
Xia Yu's family is in the north of the city. All vegetable markets are closed these days. Her family has no vegetable field, so she probably hasn't had fresh vegetables for several days.
So, Xia Cheng volunteered to deliver food. He put the potatoes, cabbage, and a plastic bag of rice at home into the big bathtub, stuffed the family's orange cat named Meow Duoli into his arms, made a simple paddle with a clothes drying rod, and set off.
Xia Cheng felt like a hero, even though the hero's ship was a bathtub, the hero's teammate was a cat, and the hero's only supplies were cabbage and potatoes.
But when he finally drifted to the north of the city and found Xia Yu's home, Xia Yu's eyes lit up.
"Are you really here?"
Xia Cheng raised the potato in his hand, "Needless to say? Heroes are never absent."
Purpose: Use a child's perspective to tell the story of a small adventure and a big responsibility.
