The days of summer always seem endlessly long.
After a hurried night, there's another long and scorching day. The blazing sun hangs high in the sky, remaining motionless for a long time.
The weather is unbearably hot.
The sun bakes the earth with its fierce rays, and there isn't a single breath of wind all day. Even the trees within the mountain peaks droop spiritlessly without any vitality.
On a sweltering afternoon, not a single breeze stirs, and the cicadas cry out desperately, "Hot... hot..." Even ants are hard to find on the ground.
In the living room, National Day restlessly walked to the yard, pacing to the doorway, waiting expectantly under the shade until Zhou Jiao returned.
"Mom, is it going to rain in the next couple of days?"
Zhou Jiao chuckled and shook her head, "That's something to ask the heavens. Why aren't you inside enjoying the fan? It's so hot outside."
