In the northern part of the Jinchaji Border Region, there was a return river with a lot of reeds growing in it. There was a small village near the river. When the reeds were in bloom, from a distance, the yellow-green reeds seemed to be covered with a thick layer of white snow. When the wind blew, the goose feather-like reeds fluttered up, covering the dozens of small houses in the soft reeds. So the village is called Reed Village, and the 12-year-old Yu Lai is from this village.
Yu Lai's favorite thing is the river which is close to the village. Every summer, Yu Lai and Tie Tou, the three diamonds, and many children, as if a group of fish, in the river drill up and down, hide cat, dog planing, standing float, back to float. Rain to float the highest skills, can face the sky in the water lying, not only do not sink to the bottom, but also to the small belly on the surface
Mom did not let rain to play water, for fear of danger. One day, my mom saw Yu Lai come in from the outside, naked and tanned by the sun. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to do it, and I'm sure I'm going to be able to do it. The first time I saw this, I was so happy to see you, and I'm so happy to see you.
Mom followed closely and chased out. The first time I saw this, I saw the first time I saw the second time.
This is the first time I've ever seen the world's most important website! I'm going to catch up with you. I'm not sure where to run. Iron head is driving cattle back from the river, far away from Yu Lai shouted: "Run to the river! Run to the river!" Yu Lai heard the meaning of the words, turned around and ran toward the river. Mom still desperately chasing not to let go, in the end caught up, but the rain came naked like a small loach, how can not catch. Only heard a fluttering sound, the rain into the river disappeared. Mom stood on the edge of the river, looking at the gradually expanding water circle froze.
Suddenly, a small head appeared on the water far away. Rain like a duckling shaking the water on the head, with a hand to wipe the eyes and nose, mouth blowing air, looking at the mother smile
Second night school study
Autumn.
Dad came back from selling reeds on the market, and discussed with mom: "I saw the comrades working in the district, and said that children do not go to school to study, at least they should go to night school. Tell Rain to go to night school. If not, they will be blind in the future."
The night school is in the three driller's house in the bean curd house. The house is very shabby. Teaching night class is the female teacher in Dongzhuang school, wearing green cloth pants and coats, fat, cut short hair. The female teacher walked to the front of the blackboard, the house buzzing buzzing talking sound immediately stopped, only hear the sound of clattering clattering turning textbooks. Yu Lai took out the textbook from his pocket, which is printed on soil paper, soft and bulging. Yu Lai afraid of rubbing bad, asked his mother for a piece of red cloth, wrapped a book cover, on which the word "Yu Lai" was written crookedly in pencil. The book was put on his lap and opened.
The female teacher leaned over, pointed her finger at the words on the blackboard, and read:
We-are-Chinese,
We-love-our-motherland!"
Everyone then followed the female teacher's finger and read softly in unison
"We-are-Chinese,
we-love-our-own-motherland."
III Papa Returns Home at Night
One day, Yulai came home from night school, lay down on his bed, and memorized the text he had learned that night. But he fell asleep before he was halfway through memorizing it.
At some point, the door creaked. Yu Lai opened his eyes and saw a dark shadow flashing in. Mom struck a match, lit the lamp, and saw that it was Dad who came back from selling mats. He was wearing a bullet pouch on his shoulder, a grenade in his waist, and a long rifle on his back. The first thing I want to do is to get a good look at my father's face, and I want to know what he's doing.
Dad said to mom: "The ghosts are 'sweeping' again, the militia are to the district on the collection, it will take a month or two to come back." Yu Lai asked his dad, "Dad, is it far?" Dad put his hand under the blanket, touched Yu Lai's bare back, and said, "How can this be accurate? It's as far as you say it is, and as close as you say it is." Dad turned his face to mom and said, "Tomorrow you go to his grandma's house in Dongzhuang, tell his uncle, say the district said, tell him to quickly bring the village militia to the district to gather." Mom asked, "Where is the district?" Dad loaded a bag of cigarettes, barred and smoked, said, "Tell them to inquire in the villages along the north of the river."
Yu Lai still want to say something, but the door clanged, and then heard the footsteps of Dad walked out. Not long afterward, nothing could be heard but one or two dogs barking from the street.
Four wise to save the transportation
The next day, after breakfast, mom went to Dongzhuang, before leaving to say that the evening can only come back. After noon, Yu Lai ate some leftovers, because the watchman, can not go outside, lying on the bed reading his red cloth wrapped literacy textbook.
Suddenly, I heard someone running on the street, shaking the house as if it was going to shake, and the windowpane rattled.
Yu Lai got out of the bed, stuffed the book in his arms and ran out of the house, and just before he stepped over the threshold, a man came in, and Yu Lai crashed into the man's arms. He looked up and saw that it was Uncle Li. Uncle Li is the district's transportation officer, often in the Yu Lai home landing.
Then he heard the Japs screaming. The first time I saw this was when I was a kid, and it was the first time I'd ever seen a kid in my life. The first time I saw this, I was so impressed with the way it looked and the way it looked! When was this hole dug?" Uncle Li jumped into the hole and said, "Move the tank back to its original place. You then quickly go to the other yard, to no one to say."
Twelve-year-old Yu Lai did his best to move the tank back to its original place.
Yu Lai had just arrived at the hall, when he saw a dozen snowy bayonets coming in through the front door. He ran to the backyard with his legs spread out, and behind him, a gun bolt sounded, and someone shouted, "Stop!" Yu Lai ignored him, his feet like stepping on the wind, and kept running towards the backyard. He only heard bullets whizzing towards his head. But there was no door to the backyard, which made Yu Lai break out in a cold sweat. There is a peach tree against the wall, Yu Lai hugged and climbed up. The ghosts had already chased him to the bottom of the tree, reached out and grabbed Yu Lai's feet, pulled him down and he fell to the ground.
The ghosts twisted his arms behind his back and tied him up, pushing and shoving him back to the house.
V Steadfastness
The ghosts went through the front and back yards.
The house was also robbed, and even the pillows were pierced by bayonets. There was a ghost officer sitting on the edge of the bed, with red eyes, asking Yu Lai in Chinese, saying, "Kid, I'm asking you a question, don't lie!" He suddenly looked at Yu Lai's chest, his mouth open, his eyes open round.
Yu Lai looked down, the original just a moment ago a struggle, literacy textbooks from the arms exposed. Ghosts grabbed in the hand, turned to look at, asked him: "Who gave you?" Rain to say: "Picked up!"
The ghost revealed a mouth full of gold teeth, made a face, and mildly to rain to say: "Do not be afraid! Children, the Imperial Army is loved!" Said, called for people to untie him.
Yu Lai put his hand down, feel the arm numbness and pain, flat nose officer with a hand on Yu Lai's head, said: "Who gave you this book, it does not matter, I do not ask. Other words to tell me all! A man ran in just now, see?" Yu Lai wiped his nose with the back of his hand and muttered, "I was in the house and didn't see anything."
The flat-nosed officer threw the book on the ground and reached into his purse. Yu Lai thought to himself: "What are you pulling out? I'm not sure if you're looking for a knife, but I'm sure you're looking for a knife. Ghosts are angry to dig children's eyes!" Only to see him pull out a handful of snow-white sugar cubes.
The flat-nosed officer put the sugar into the hands of Yu Lai a plug, said: "Eat! You eat! You have to say it, where is he?" He held out that finger with the gold ring again and said, "This one, the gold one, is for you too!"
Yu Lai did not take his candy, nor did he answer him.
Next to a ghost swished out a knife, staring at the head of the rain to split. The flat-nosed officer shook his head. The two men muttered for a while. The ghost rolled his eyes at Yu Lai across the neck, and put his knife back into its sheath with all his might.
The flat-nosed officer suppressed the fire in his belly, gently patted Yu Lai's shoulder with his hand, and said, "I like children the most. That man, did you see him? Speak up!"
Yu Lai shook his head and said, "I was in the house and saw nothing."
The flat-nosed officer's gaze immediately became vicious and frightening, and he bowed forward and stretched out his two large hands. Ah! Those hands were like the talons of an eagle, twisting both of Yu Lai's ears and pulling them to the sides. Yu Lai grinned in pain. The ghost pulled out another hand and slapped Yu Lai's face twice, pulled up a piece of flesh on his face and twisted it with his teeth. Yu Lai's face immediately turned white, green, purple. The ghost punched him in the chest again. Yu Lai stumbled, back a few steps, the back of the head is touching the cabinet board, but immediately grabbed again, stomach hit the edge of the bed.
It took half a day for Yu Lai to catch his breath, and his head felt like a swarm of bees, buzzing. He had two eyes with gold flowers, and his nose was bleeding. Drop by drop, the blood dripped down and splashed on the lines of the textbook:
"We are Chinese,
we love our motherland."
The ghosts are tired of fighting, Yu Lai still gritted his teeth and said, "Did not see!"
The flat-nosed officer was furious and stormed up, wailing, "Shoot, shoot! Pull out, pull out!"
Six guns out of danger
The sun has gone down. The blue sky floating floating clouds like a piece of red silk, reflected in the return to the countryside on the river, like the opening of a large and large cockle flower. Reed ponds of reed flowers are blown up by the wind, fluttering above.
The people in the village of Reed Pond heard a few shots rang out along the river. With tears in their eyes, the old people said:
"Yulai was a good boy! It's a shame to die!"
"It's a shame to have a will."
The children of Luhua Village, Yu Lai's good friend Tie Tou and the three diamonds a few people, heard the sound of gunfire are whimpering.
Uncle Li, the traffic officer, waited in the hole in the ground for a long time, and when he did not see Yu Lai come to move the tank, he headed for another exit. He tried to push open the cave's slate, peeling back the reeds, the yard is empty, a shadow of a person is not, and there is no movement around. Suddenly, he heard someone on the street yelling, "Tofu! Sell tofu!" This is the secret signal of the village of Luhua, Uncle Li knows that the enemy has gone far away.
But why is Yu Lai still missing? He ran to the street and saw many people running along the river, and when he inquired, he realized that Yu Lai was killed by the ghosts in the river.
Uncle Li's head boomed, tears flowed down. He followed the people to the river with all his strength.
When we got to the river, we didn't see a single drop of blood, not to mention the bodies.
Everyone stood on the river in a daze. The river is still quiet, and the water is swirling and flowing downward. Bugs chirping in the grass nest. I don't know who said, "Maybe the ghosts threw Yurai in the river and washed it away!" Everyone then looked down the riverbank. Suddenly Tiehou called out, "Ah! Yulai! Yu Lai!"
In the reeds, the water revealed a small head. Yu Lai, still shaking the water on his head like a duckling, wiped his eyes and nose with his hand, picked his way through the reeds, and asked the man on the bank, "The devils are gone?"
"Ah!" Everyone shouted with joy, "Yu Lai is not dead! Yu Lai didn't die!"
It turns out that before the gunshot, Yu Lai took advantage of the ghosts are not on guard, head into the river. The ghosts panicked and shot into the water, but our little hero, Yu Lai, had already swum far away from the bottom of the water.