The village chief parked the car under the tree on the edge of the slope, grabbed my hand with a big hand, and slowly walked down the slope.
Watch the lively villagers standing on the dirt slope and looking down. Seeing my presence whispered and discussed.
"You see, it's the fool's handmaiden." How did this girl come and be taken down by the village chief. ”
"I heard that this lady also fell into the water that night, and it was Wang Laohan who rescued them, and sent them home and walked to the pond." You say that this bitch's evil nature is not evil. ”
"Hey, what evil nonsense does a little kid say, these three people in our village are also poor people."
"Didn't Zhang Dafu just say that this girl could see something unclean?"
"I can't say for sure, who do you see who has no eyeballs?"
For a moment, the villagers discussed my words and filled my ears, and the village chief also heard them, and shook my hand vigorously, as if to comfort me. His eyes widened and he shouted at the villagers, "Go back all the time, the police can't shut your mouths here." Blindly look at something. ”
This remark finally made the villagers' voices much quieter.
I grabbed the village chief's hand in fear and walked with him to the pond, where the events of that night kept repeating in my mind like a projector. I was a little timid and didn't dare to come forward. Several cars with signs were parked on the shore. People in clothes I had never seen before kept looking through the scene and checking.
In the distance, there were two stretchers, both covered with white dazzling cloth, and it was thought that it was the corpse of Wang Laohan, but who was the other corpse? I didn't dare to look closely at the village chief hiding behind him with his head bowed. The body is still hot, and the head seems to be boiling in boiling water.
Suddenly a young man in uniform saw us and walked straight over, and I timidly took a few steps back. The village chief smiled and said to the young man, "This is the doll that drowned that night, and it was still feverish." Officer, you ask. The doll is very clever. ”
I lowered my head, but I heard his bright voice say, "Thank you village chief." Just call me Xiao Yang. I asked the child alone if it was okay. ”
"Yes, yes. So what's there. I, when I first left, I saw that there was one old man Wang, how could there be one more around me? The village chief asked uneasily.
"Oh, just after you left, our salvage team caught another one, but it was a child's, and I asked you to help identify and identify it to see whose child it was." In the back, the police officer who called himself Xiao Yang lowered his voice, as if he was afraid that I would hear it.
Upon hearing this, the village chief suddenly panicked. Ignoring me, he trotted all the way to where the body was parked.
Without the village chief around, I suddenly panicked, and I was more and more afraid to look up. Officer Yang seemed to see my embarrassment. In a very gentle voice, he said to me, "Little friend, what is your name?" Can I raise my head? ”
Xu was that his voice was indeed not aggressive, which made me let down my guard. It took me a long time to slowly raise my head and say in a voice so small that only I could hear it myself: "I... My name is Xu Nian'an. ”
I don't know if it was because of the discoloration of my eyes, or if my name wasn't as he thought. Although he had a smile on his face, I still saw a trace of surprise in his eyes, but only fleetingly.
I dared to look closely at the person in front of me. Like Teacher Yuan, he spoke with a city accent. Same gentle smile. But the skin is not as fair as Teacher Yuan, and it is a healthier wheat color. The eyes are round and look much more cordial.
Seeing that I had the courage to look at him, he smiled instead. Standing up straight, he shouted at a woman in a ponytail and wearing a white coat in the distance: "Sister Jiaqing, is there any small snack in the bag?" ”
The woman named JiaQingjie was stunned by the mask, and then saw me behind Officer Yang, and suddenly her eyebrows bent with a smile and nodded to him and shouted: "There is sugar in the bag, take it for the children." ”
Officer Yang smiled, raised his hand and patted me on the head affectionately, saying, "I'll be here soon." After saying that, he trotted to the side of the car, opened the car door and didn't know what he was flipping around. Quickly returned to me, half-crouched down and whispered with a smile on my face, "Put this in your pocket." ”
I cowardly did not dare to go forward but took a few steps back, and he was not annoyed to see me so careful. Carefully tucked the flowery candy in his hand into my pocket with the edge of the oil stain. I froze in fright, and the atmosphere did not dare to come out.
Seeing that I was extremely timid, he slowed down and said, "Don't be afraid. Xu Nian'an, what a nice name. You can call me Uncle Yang. ”
Say it and look at me with a look of anticipation. After a long time, I plucked up the courage to whisper, "Thank you Uncle Yang." ”
Seeing that I had a response, Uncle Yang grinned happily, and his white teeth looked very relaxed.
"Uncle asks you a few questions, can you tell your uncle truthfully and go home?" He said patiently to me.
I nodded and didn't hesitate any longer.
"Why do you fall into a pond on a big night?" Uncle Yang finally began to ask questions.
Thinking about what happened that night, I was still a little afraid. I remembered that my grandfather had repeatedly told me that the ghost could not be mentioned.
After much hesitation, I said, "My dad's tire is broken." Grandpa Wang was watching the melon nearby, so I went to look for him. kindness...... It was so dark that I couldn't see clearly. It just fell. ”
Although I was talking, Uncle Yang did not look into my eyes, but instead set his gaze on my bandaged fingers. I took my hand with my hand and looked at it and asked, "What's wrong with your hand?" ”
My heart stuck to my throat, but my mind quickly calmed down and said calmly: "When I stepped on the air and fell, my hand grabbed the grass stack on the shore, but I didn't have the strength to leave a wound." ”
There was no loophole in my explanation, and Officer Yang continued to ask, "Why don't you let your father accompany you?" ”
I lowered my head again, not knowing what to say. Sensing that I didn't look right, he said softly, "The village chief said that your father is not in good health, right?" ”
Hearing him say this, I nodded, my eyes full of sourness, afraid that one could not help but cry. Seeing my sad expression, Officer Yang's face was slightly remorseful. I paused for a long time before I continued to ask, "Did Grandpa Wang leave in the middle of the night?" Have you ever seen him since. ”
I shook my head and said to him, "I was so uncomfortable, I fainted, and I never saw Grandpa Wang again." ”
Probably I was still with a nasal voice, and hearing me say this, Officer Yang gently put his hand on my forehead to probe the temperature, and his brow frowned involuntarily and he sighed quietly: "Alas, I forgot that you are still feverish." Can you wait and have the doctor take a look at it for you?"
Although it was an inquiring tone, I could see his anxiety. So subconsciously I nodded.
Before she could finish talking to Officer Yang, she saw the widow Wei in the village wearing a somewhat faded green short-sleeved shirt and black pants with many earthen marks on it, with frizzy curly hair and tears in the corners of her eyes. Dragging a pair of cloth shoes with a rolling belt, he ran down the dirt slope.
Widow Wei did not have the delicacy that was different from the women in the village in the past, and ran like crazy to the place where the corpse was parked, and the cordon pulled up on the side did not stop her. The police officer next to her rushed forward to grab her, but she pushed and shoved others like crazy, and ran to the corpse.
I looked at everything in horror, and saw the scene of Wei Widow's madness, and the cow rolling her eyes and looking at me strangely came to my mind.
After a while, there was a heart-rending cry from the widow Of Wei. The moment the man in the white coat lifted the white cloth on the stretcher, the widow Wei collapsed to the ground and began to cry.
Another corpse, indeed, was a cow!
Looking at the frightened look on my face, Officer Yang hurriedly stood up, put one hand on my shoulder, and the other hand over my eyes, afraid that I would be afraid to see such a scene.
His hands, not as full of rough cracks and calluses as silly fathers and village chiefs, were warm and soft. Slightly with a hint of cool aroma. This faint aroma made me feel more secure than ever.