Chapter 55: The Little Duck Incident

  Everyone guess what person or thing will appear in the classroom? Students? Teachers? Desks? Chairs? Wrong, there will also be little ducks.

  Our class math representative, Song Ran, really likes small animals. Whenever anyone mentions anything about small animals, he always chimes in to say a few words. His fondness for small animals is well-known, and even students from other classes know about it.

  When we were popularly raising silkworms, he raised many silkworms. When we were popularly raising small goldfish, he bought all kinds of small goldfish. Later, it developed into raising small cats, dogs and rabbits. For this reason, his mother had a long talk with him but to no avail.

  I remember when we had an elementary school reunion, everyone was teasing Song Ranjing about something that made us laugh so hard. It turned out that in college, he raised a little rabbit and took it for walks every day, tying a rope to its leg. He heard that others walked their dogs, so he walked his rabbit, which was quite high-end. One time when they were out for a walk, halfway through, he wanted to use the restroom, looked around left and right, saw no one familiar, tied the rope from the rabbit's foot to a tree trunk, tying it multiple times, afraid it wouldn't be secure enough. But after he finished using the restroom and came back, the rope was still there on the tree, but the little rabbit was nowhere to be found! He looked for it for a long time but couldn't find it. This almost became one of Song Ranjing's classic stories.

  This afternoon when I went to school, my cousin and I just entered the classroom and saw a lot of people gathered around Song Ran's seat. I went over to take a look and found out that Song Ran had brought a little duck to school. Everyone was curious and teasing the little duck, even someone was using bread crumbs and spicy strips to tease the little duck. The little duck didn't care at all, just saw a yellowish-brown duck with brown wings on Song Ran's desk walking back and forth, so cute! It seemed like I wanted to touch it, but my height is not enough, I could only see it through the gap, touching it was probably not my turn, forget it.

  All I heard was Xiao Xiao saying beside Song Ran: "Song Ran, why did you bring the little duck to school? Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the teacher? What if it suddenly quacks during class? It will definitely scare the teacher. Today is the day of the fierce teacher's class, you'd better be careful."

  Song Ran's voice was hoarse as he said, "I didn't want to bring it to school either, but my mom was too much. I saw this little duck on the old street yesterday, look how cute it is! My mom wouldn't let me keep it. At noon, while I wasn't home, she sent my little duck to the trash heap. I had a fight with her and didn't even eat lunch, then went to find my little duck. When I got to the trash heap, I couldn't find it anywhere, I was so anxious... Forget it, never mind. Anyway, later on, I finally found the little duck, thanks to Li Nainai telling me there was a little duck over there. I was still angry and didn't go home, just brought it straight to school with me. I want to rebel against my mom." As he spoke, Song Ran's stomach growled loudly.

  Xiao Xiao laughed and said: "Song Ran, you're so anxious that you've cried, aren't you?" "How did you know?" "Just look at your eyes, they're a bit swollen. Last time we raised silkworms, everyone failed except for you. Your silkworm turned into a cocoon and then flew away as a moth. Didn't you cry for a long time?"

  Song Ran rubbed the back of his head, chuckling and said: "What's there to remember? It's all in the past, let's not mention it again." "Alright, alright, I won't say anything. You haven't eaten lunch yet, are you hungry? I brought some Da Wang crackers, chocolate flavor, just for you, I'll go get them from my seat." "No need, no need, I'll go to your seat and eat the crackers instead, there are too many people here. But I didn't expect everyone to like the little duck I raised so much, it's really great!"

  After Song Ran came over to Xiao Xiao's seat, I also came out. Looking at Xiao Xiao's fondness for the little duck earlier, it's really hard to imagine that Xiao Xiao was a mischievous and playful kid when she was young. I remember my mother-in-law mentioning Xiao Xiao's naughty history before. When Xiao Xiao was three years old, she lived with her grandparents in the countryside. Her grandparents went out to work in the fields and left her alone at home. When they came back, her grandmother found a dead duck, and although she was very angry, there was nothing she could do about it since Xiao Xiao was still young and couldn't be scolded. She asked Xiao Xiao if she had killed the duck, but Xiao Xiao thought that if she didn't admit to it, she wouldn't get in trouble. She shook her head vigorously and looked at her grandmother with a very sincere and innocent expression, leaving her grandmother speechless.

  The next day, Wang's father and mother returned from the city to see Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao's grandmother told them about what had happened. Wang's father laughed and said: "Mom, it's just two little ducks, my daughter Wang Guofu is indeed smart, she knows how to deny it even if she dies, she has my style back then."

  Wang's father is a doting father, every time Wang's mother says that Wang's father doesn't care about Xiaoxiao when she does something wrong, Wang's father will say "my daughter is the best, she didn't do anything wrong". Wang's mother often has no choice but to sigh and say "they have two treasures at home, big and small". And as soon as Wang's mother heard this, she walked in front of Xiaoxiao and said: "Daughter, isn't the little duck lovely? Isn't it fun to play with? Tell mom how the little duck died?"

  Xiao Xiao's eyes lit up, and she said with great joy: "Yes, yes, Mom, it's so much fun. Just hold it like this, and then squeeze your hand." Indeed, children are easy to deceive. From then on, Xiao Xiao was self-conscious about it. Every time her mother mentioned this funny incident, Xiao Xiao would beg for forgiveness.

  Song Ran was eating with relish, when he suddenly saw the people around him quickly disperse. Logically speaking, there were still 20 minutes before class started, but everyone had left, and just now they were all so enthusiastic. Song Ran saw his little duck lying on his desk, rushed over to take a look, and found that his little duck was actually dead. He shouted loudly: "Who? Who killed my little duck?"

  No one paid attention to him, and he suddenly burst into tears. Only then did someone say: "Song Ran, it's just a little duck, don't cry. Actually, we were also intentional, it was just Lin Lilili who accidentally came over earlier. We really didn't do it on purpose..."

  Song Ran just cried and muttered unclearly: "You are too heartless, you actually killed my little duck, I don't want to care about you anymore."

  Lin Lilili couldn't help but say: "Song Ran, you're still a boy, and you're crying over such a small thing, isn't that embarrassing?"

  "If you can bring my little duck back to life, I won't cry."

  Lin Lilili rolled her eyes and said: "I'm afraid of you, I'll accompany you to buy a small duck at the old street."

  "I don't want it, I don't want it, I just want the one I had originally."

  "Song Ran, let's talk reason, okay? It's already dead, how can I change it into a living one that's exactly the same for you?"

  Song Ran stared at Lin Lilili, wanting to know that Song Ran was a stubborn person who would not give up once he had made up his mind. This time, Lin Lilili was like a scholar meeting a soldier - even if she had reason on her side, she couldn't make herself clear, let alone when she didn't have any reason.

  In the end, this matter ended up with the head teacher, who gave each of them 50 big slaps. The head teacher said that Song Ran shouldn't have brought the duckling to school and Lin Lilili shouldn't have killed it. They were told to go back and write an 800-word self-criticism. When Xiao heard about this result, she clapped her hands in delight, saying "bad people get no good reward". Eh, actually Lin Lilili can't be considered a bad person, she's just been spoiled a bit, having the temperament of a little princess.

  It's estimated that from now on, they will be inseparable, with Song Ran having Lin Lilili and Lin Lilili having Song Ran.

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