Chapter 2 Primer two

In the long river of memory, some things were once hidden.It's just because the memory is too deep, but I can't help but forget it. The same goes for the golden doll thing. I was only five years old at that time, and my family was very poor. In order to avoid debts, my parents took me to a small village in Sichuan Province and lived there. I remember that there is a big river near my home, called Yangma River.The river is more than ten meters wide, the current is fast, and there is a lot of brown sand in the river, which makes people feel weird at first glance. It is said that many people drowned in this river for no apparent reason.

So I often heard the old people in the village sing: "Yangmahe, Yangmahe, how many lives do you have to swallow before you can be calm?" Although the adults were not afraid, they secretly told the children not to go to the river to play.And at night, they will deliberately walk around the river bank.But how many children are obedient and obedient? People in my family are very busy and don't have much time for me, so I often hang out with some restless friends. But one day at the end of summer, something happened. At that time, it was busy farming season, and my friends were carrying small pockets to pick up wheat grains behind the parents who were cutting the ears of rice. I couldn't find anyone to play with me, so I went to the river alone.

There was no one there. The breeze caresses the green grass on the river bank continuously, creating a peaceful scene.I lay on the grass basking in the sun, and looked at a large group of ants next to my face, struggling to move a few flies into the hole. At this time, a soft voice began to evoke my name.Immediately captivated by it, I stood up and looked around for the source of the sound. "Xiao Ye, come here. Xiao Ye, come here quickly..." This faint voice seemed to be calling from her mother, but it came from the river. It may be that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Instead of feeling scared, I walked towards the river step by step with great interest.Suddenly, a pair of hands clapped on my shoulder.

"Hey, slug, how dare you come alone today!" Looking back, it was Xiaohang. Xiaohang is my neighbor's child, two years older than me, and he is a very domineering guy. Yesterday we had a fight over the right to use the river bank. I admit that I used an unfair tactic of teaching the majority to the minority.However, the participants are all weak children who are usually bullied by him terribly—we should let them vent their anger once in a while! As a result of that battle, Xiaohang cried under the slight corporal punishment of a group of angry children.He ran home, shouting for revenge.

Just now, maybe he saw me go to the river alone, so he followed me maliciously. When I was slapped by him, I suddenly became sober.But subconsciously, I first thought, oops, my pants are all wet, I will be spanked by my mother this time, because my family doesn’t allow me to play by the river, so I didn’t even think about why I walked into the river for a while. "You had the guts to hit me yesterday, but today you fell into my hands. See how I will deal with you, you little brat!" Seeing that I ignored him, he glared at me and said threateningly, "Push you into the river." Swimming is quite interesting, hey, would you like it?" "Who wants to!" I just noticed his existence, thinking that this time it was a disaster.But still calm, his little head full of ghostly ideas turned around in an instant, and suddenly he had a plan, and said, "Don't bother me, I'm looking for something. Do you see a golden bright spot there? ? Maybe it’s a treasure!” Hehe, this kind of trick can only be used to deal with children.

All boys, no matter what their character is, have a kind of hero complex. They always like to fantasize about their own adventures, but most of them are looking for treasures. Sure enough, he took the bait, leaned over and asked me curiously: "Where is it!" I pointed not far away and said, "It's there, can't you see it?!" "Ah! I saw it! It's a golden doll, and it's still alive .God! It's beckoning to me!" he cried. I was taken aback, followed his gaze, there was nothing there, I couldn't help laughing secretly, he said it was wind or rain, his imagination was too rich.

But he didn't seem to be lying, as if he really saw it. Xiaohang grabbed a branch beside him and stretched it into the water, saying to himself: "I want to fish it up." What a lunatic!As I thought about it, I prepared to slip away when he wasn't looking. He yelled again: "Ha, it's biting! Good guy, it's really strong!" At this moment, a strange thing appeared, the branch kept shaking, it seemed that there was really something struggling at the other end, which brought the Xiaohang also shook. I rubbed my eyes, but there was still nothing on the branch that plunged into the water.

"I can't hold it anymore, slug, come and help me!" He was pulled into the river step by step, and one foot had already stepped into the water. I hesitated for a moment, then hugged his body and pushed back hard.Good guy, even with all my strength, I can't pull him back a bit. A minute passed, and the situation remained the same, the only difference was that I was one more person who was gradually pulled into the river. Seeing that the legs of my trousers were getting wet again, I said anxiously: "Quick! Throw away the stick!" "I...I can't let go!" He shouted in a crying voice.

"How is this possible, if you don't throw it away, I will let you go!" I wondered if this was another new method he used to mess with me. But he yelled in fear: "No! Don't!" At this moment, the other end of the branch thrust down vigorously, and we both yelled and fell into the river. I fainted, feeling as if I was sinking continuously. Suddenly my body lightened, and a ray of light appeared in the endless darkness, and I struggled to swim towards that ray of light.And then... I woke up. There are concerned faces in front of my eyes, my father keeps walking in the room, and my mother is crying secretly.Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that I woke up.

"Where is Ergouzi? My Ergouzi is not with you?" Before anyone could speak, a middle-aged woman asked eagerly. This is Xiaohang's mother. "He said there was a golden baby, so he took a branch to fish for it. I couldn't pull him up, so I fell into the river with him..." I timidly said that I didn't know what to say, but I also roughly described a fact. Xiaohang's mother screamed and fainted on the ground. On the afternoon of the third day, Xiaohang's body was found in the lower reaches of the Yangma River. At the same time, I also knew that I was accidentally caught with a fishing net by a villager who caught fish in the middle reaches.That night, my parents had a meeting just the two of them and decided to move back to the city for me.

Once I left, I never went back. Maybe it's the fear hidden in my heart that stops me!I often think, why did he die that day and not me? The golden baby he said was called my name, maybe I should have been the one who died that day, but he was my scapegoat...