When I looked back, it turned out to be Wang Liang from the fat man's village, who was also our childhood partner. By this time it was dark, and he was still soaking in the water, with only his head and half of his shoulders exposed.

He said: Xiaomin, fat man, come and play in the water for a while, the water is cool!

At that time, it was summer vacation, and the hottest days of the weather were estimated to be about 30 degrees Celsius. On a hot day, we kids like to go swimming in the river, catch fish, and pick crabs.

But it's all dark, and I don't want to go into the water again, otherwise my grandfather will still be scolded when I go back.

I said to Wang Liang: I have to go home for dinner, you can play by yourself, remember to give me one when you catch a big grass carp.

At this time, Wang Liang said to me: What kind of fish are you catching, look at it, there are wild ducks over there, come down quickly, let's catch wild ducks.

I turned around and saw that there were indeed a few ducks swimming in the river, and two large ducks followed by a few smaller ones. The ducks stick their heads into the water one moment and come out again, which is very cute.

There are no animals in this river that have been poisoned by our children, not to mention the king of fish and shrimp, and even the hares by the river.

But I really haven't caught this wild duck, let alone the fat man, he won't stop if he doesn't hesitate to make a chicken, fly and dog jump.

We couldn't resist the temptation at that time, so we pulled up our pants and got into the water.

I had one foot in the water, and suddenly I saw a person walking out of the crowd singing. I know this person, the old Zhao Tou who looks at the orchard in our village. He is an old bachelor, with no children, no daughters, no wife, and usually has an odd temper. So the relationship with the people in the village is not very good.

But he still likes me very much since I was a child, as I said before, I am relatively white and pure, like a doll in a New Year's painting when I was a child. It's especially pleasing to older people. Not to mention the fat man, who has a fat head and big ears since he was a child, he is also very pleasing.

I also stole half a bottle of my grandfather's old white gan to this old Zhao Tou who was watching the orchard, and the old Zhao Tou was very happy at that time, and picked a big bag of golden handsome apples from the tree for the two of us to eat, and if I couldn't eat it, I could take it home.

At this time, I saw Lao Zhao walking towards us, grabbed me who was about to go into the water, and said: Xiao Minzi, don't play and go home quickly, it's not early, your grandma is waiting for you with dumplings.

I saw Lao Zhao Tou looking at me with a smile, and he didn't look like he usually had a straight face. Of course, I'm also afraid that he will tell my grandparents about my playing in the water at night, and I will inevitably be beaten up at that time. I sighed and put my foot back on.

At this time, Wang Liang, who was swimming in the river, stopped doing it, and said with a very angry look: Old Zhaotou, what are you doing to stop me! Xiaomin Xiaopang, don't listen to him, come down!

I remember that Wang Liang usually played with us very well, and his temper was not as hot as a fat man, why was he so angry at this time.

Lao Zhao Tou still said with a smile: Let's go, go home, Xiaomin, your grandmother also made dumplings for you, the beef filling is fragrant, Xiaopang, you also go to eat, let's go, go back.

It's strange to say, Lao Zhaotou's words seem to have magic power, I am hungry when I say it, at this time I eat a plate of beef dumplings, bite it down, the gravy overflows, and then drink a bowl of hot dumpling soup, I can't be hungry when I think about it.

At this time, the fat man was also hungry, and when he heard that there were dumplings, he didn't care about the ducks, so he greeted me and said: Xiaomin, don't say I'm really hungry, I'll go to your house to eat beef dumplings.

The relationship between the two of us has been like a person since childhood, it is not uncommon for him to go to my house for dinner, and for me to go to his house for dinner. Sometimes my family can't find me, and the first thing is to call the fat man's house.

I heard that the fat man went to my house for dinner, so that the two of us could play together for a while at night, so I didn't want to go into the water again. The two of us said hello to Lao Zhaotou and said let's go, but Lao Zhaotou didn't answer, just stood motionless and looked at us and smiled.

At this time, Wang Li in the water suddenly cried: Don't go! Come play with me! Why are you leaving? Old Zhao, you are bad for me....

I heard Wang Li's voice a little weird, why was he so stubborn and had to play in the water. I also turned back to Wang Liang and shouted: Come up quickly, or you will come to my house to eat dumplings, and I will ask my grandmother to make a few more.

The two of us walked far away before we could still hear Wang Liang's crying until we reached the mouth of the alley of my grandfather's house. Grandma stood there anxiously, and when I saw her, I shouted, "Grandma, Xiaopang is coming to our house for dinner tonight."

My grandmother was anxious and said why she came home so late.

My grandmother made beef dumplings. I'm still a little puzzled by how Old Zhao Tou of the orchard knows, after all, he has never eaten at our house.

I devoured two large plates with the fat man. After eating, we turned on the game console to play Snowman Brothers, and after a few levels, the fat man and his father ran to my house in a hurry.

As soon as the fat man's father entered the door, he was about to beat the fat man. Grandparents were busy persuading.

The fat man's father looked like he hated iron and steel, and said: If you still play, you will know how to play all day long! A child just drowned in our village, but the family couldn't control it, so they had to go to the river to play in the water, and they drowned this morning.

My grandmother also said at this time: Yes, Wang Liang from their village drowned this morning, and he fished for several hours, and he was out of gas when he was brought up and sent to the hospital, I am worried about you two, don't go to the water to play again...

I was ignorant, I said Wang Liang, isn't it the Wang Liang we know who we often play, right? He's not dead, we saw him just now.

So the two of us watched the play just now, and Wang Liang was still in the water and called us to go down and play. Old Zhao Tou told the adults about not letting us go into the water.

As soon as I finished speaking, the fat man's father opened his mouth wide and suddenly stopped talking. My grandmother also paused, and immediately hugged me, holding me in her arms and crying all the time.

The fat man's father didn't say anything more, but was very kind to the two of us. The fat man said that he wanted to stay at my house at night, and his father agreed and gave us ten yuan to buy snacks.

Later, when the goddess came, I learned that Wang Liang had drowned on the morning of that day. And Lao Zhao Tou also died a few days ago in the small thatched hut watching the orchard. Since no one cared for him, it is said that his body was a little stinky when he died.