Memories of an eleven-year-old

Matilde 2022-07-09 14:23:27

A few 10-year-old children walked along a muddy road. They raised their hands above their heads, and their bodies were black with muddy water. Although it was raining heavily, it seemed that they could not wash the mud off their bodies. Behind them was a group of government soldiers with guns, who apparently captured these little captives who were less than half their height. One of the prisoners was very special. He didn't use the mechanical portraits of the other prisoners to walk forward. This little boy named Qihua raised his head with a solemn expression, as if he was trying his best to think about something, and it seemed like he was remembering something.

He remembered that it was also raining so heavily that day. His father left home and said he was going to the United States, and he never came back. On that day, his mother told him that you were the head of the family. Of course, he didn't know what the head of the family was at the time.

In the blink of an eye, at the age of 11, he really has the appearance of the head of the family. He is no longer afraid to move when he sees the government troops that appear around him from time to time. The entrustment of guarding the nursing home when leaving. However, his sister is very opinionated about her mother's frequent praise of her title as the head of the family, and every time she hears this sentence next to her, she will almost mock and sarcastically say: "Yeah, I don't even know how to wipe my buttocks. Lord!"

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Innocent Voices quotes

  • [repeated line]

    Chava: I'm the man of the house.

  • Uncle Beto: Do you have a girlfriend?

    Chava: Just one.

    Uncle Beto: [laughing] Just one.