替身每次回老家,我都要到江边走一圈,不是去散步,也不是去赏景,而是去寻找一具下落不明的尸体——那是我的替身。多年前,母亲扎了一个稻草人,穿上了我的旧衣服,然后流放到江里。母亲嘴里叨念着,乞求江神不要再惦记我,我的替身已经为我还债,为我挡去一切灾难。母亲说完这番话时,泪眼涔涔,仿佛江里的水全是从她眼中流出来的。这条江叫富江,是从富川县流下来的,横跨钟山,汇入贺州的贺江;贺江贯穿梧州,再 Every time I go back home, I have to walk around the river, not to go for a walk, nor to the scenery, but to find a missing body - that’s my stand-in. Years ago, the mother took a scarecrow, put on my old clothes, and then exiled to the river. My mother kept reading and begging for God to stop memorizing me. My stand-in had repayed my debt and blocked all the disasters for me. When the mother said these words, tears in my eyes, as if the water in the river all flowed out of her eyes. This river is called Fujiang River, which flows down from Bucheon County, crosses Zhongshan Mountain and flows into Hejiang River in Hezhou. Hejiang runs through Wuzhou and then