Chapter 3 The third taste of eucalyptus leaves

During the summer vacation after the twins, Big Dog and Puppy, graduated from elementary school, the countryside in Zhangshu Town was full of the smell of eucalyptus leaves.The smell of eucalyptus leaves permeated every pore of the juvenile dogs and puppies. They didn't expect the smell of eucalyptus leaves to remind them of this summer, and their hearts were filled with some kind of sentimentality and hatred for a person.Many things happened during this summer vacation, and many things they could never have imagined. The puppy gets up early every morning after the summer vacation, and he walks towards the food station by starlight.He went to see Zheng Wenjie.

After Zheng Wenjie saw him coming, he smiled and said to the puppy: "Puppy, do you really like to butcher pigs?" The puppy didn't want to answer: "Of course!" Read, what kind of pig to kill, go, don't let the pig's blood splash on you." Zheng Wenjie smiled and said: "Master, don't be so fierce to the puppy. If he likes to watch it, let him watch it, and he won't look at a piece of pork." Zheng Yansheng ignored Zheng Wenjie.He thought to himself, Zheng Wenjie, you are not a good person, you have to be capable, why are you here to butcher pigs!Zheng Wenjie asked the puppy to stand far away, otherwise, pig blood would splash on him.The puppy listened to Zheng Wenjie's words and took a few steps back.Zheng Wenjie and his master Zheng Yansheng held down the big pig.The pig howled, maybe it knew that the end was coming, and the sound of howling became sharp, which made the residents around the food station panic.The puppy likes to listen to the howling of the pig.The shrill howl of the pig made his blood boil and his heart was filled with passion.Although Zheng Yansheng is old, he still has great strength. He holds down the back half of the pig.Of course, Zheng Wenjie's strength is much stronger than that of his master Zheng Yansheng. He is in the front, half of his body is leaning on the pig's body, with one hand firmly pressing on the pig's head, and his other hand is holding the sharp and sharp knife. Pig knife.I saw Zheng Wenjie let out a low growl, the butcher's knife stabbed into the pig's throat, the knife went in quickly, the whole knife was inserted into the pig's flesh, his hand turned around immediately, and then he pulled out With the butcher's knife, blood splashed from the pig's throat.The sound of the pig's final struggle and final wail was muted.The pig's blood ran out, and they threw the pig to the ground. The pig stretched its hind legs and stopped moving.

The puppy clicked his tongue, and Zheng Wenjie's skill of killing a pig was so beautiful that the puppy would never forget it.Xiaogou thought at the time, how good it would be if he had Zheng Wenjie's skills in killing pigs. He gestured like Zheng Wenjie, with a stern and confident expression on his face. When Zheng Wenjie stabbed the knife into the pig's throat, his expression was also stern and confident. Zheng Wenjie saw the gesture of the puppy. He smiled and said to the puppy: "Little dog, you are not strong enough now, so I can't teach you how to kill pigs. After two years, when you have enough strength, I will teach you how to kill pigs!"

The puppy nodded. Then, he watched Zheng Wenjie and Zheng Yansheng dismantle the pig's hair.By the time they cleaned up and put pieces of pork on the chopping board, it was already daylight.Zheng Yansheng asked Zheng Wenjie to guard the pork until someone came to buy it, while he went inside to cook porridge and eat pork blood.The puppy will also be given a bowl of hot pig's blood to eat, and his nose will flow down like an earthworm after eating.After eating the pig's blood, Zheng Wenjie quietly stuffed him with a piece of pig intestine, and he happily went home with the pig intestine tied with wet straw.

He goes home. The elder sister Li Yiye got up early, Li Yiye is always the most diligent person in their family, she is cleaning the yard, she always keeps this poor house clean inside and out.What puzzled the little dog was that his sister Li Yiye also had a pot of orchids, which was exactly the same as the one in Liu Yongshou's room.Could it be that Liu Yongshou gave the orchid to his sister Li Yi'e?This is not the season for orchids to bloom, the puppy can't smell the fragrance of orchids, he only sees a charming color of orchid leaves. The puppy's father, Li Wenhua, and his elder brother, Dagou, are still sleeping.

Seeing the puppy come back with a pig intestine, Li Yi'e frowned again. Li Yihe pulled his face and said, "Are you going to see Zheng Wenjie butcher a pig?" The little dog hummed and said, "So what?" Li Yi'e said unhappily, "Why do you keep watching Zheng Wenjie kill pigs? Do you really want to kill pigs like Zheng Wenjie for a living? Do I smell like pig feces?" The little dog gave his sister Li Yi'e a look, but he ignored Li Yi'e.What's wrong with the smell of pig feces?The puppy also hopes that he smells like Zheng Wenjie. The puppy put the pig's intestines on the wooden basin, added some salt to the wooden basin, and began to clean his pig's large intestines.He washed the pig intestines very patiently, with a very focused expression, as if he was doing something very important.

Li Yi'e said angrily, "Don't take these rotten intestines back from now on. If you have the ability, you can save money and cut pork back to eat in a dignified way." The puppy turned a deaf ear to his sister Li Yihe's nagging, and he still washed his pig's large intestine seriously.He washed the pig's large intestine, put it under his nose and smelled it, and saw that there was no smell of pig feces, so he put the pig's large intestine aside. Li Yihe couldn't understand the puppy's behavior: "It's useless to smell it, the smell of pig feces in the pig's large intestine, you can never wash it off, do you understand, stinky puppy, I think you are worse than the pig's large intestine." It also stinks, it's strange that you can smell the smell of pig intestines!"

The little dog grinned at his elder sister Li Yihe: "I don't want to tell you so much. Anyway, as long as my father and brother like to eat pig intestines, I will bring them back. It doesn't cost money anyway. If one day, my father and brother If I don’t want to eat any more, I won’t bring pig intestines back.” Li Yi'e had nothing to do with him.She doesn't eat pig intestines. During the most difficult period, she never ate a bite of pig intestines.Every time they finished eating pig intestines, the room would be filled with that weird smell, and the breath exhaled from the mouths of the three of them was also full of that weird smell.Li Yihe went to work in the production team every day, and when she came back, she always brought back a large bundle of eucalyptus branches and leaves and put them in the yard. She believed that the eucalyptus leaves could eliminate the weird smell of pig excrement.The little dog knew that it was all caused by the private teacher named Liu Yongshou. If there was no one named Liu Yongshou, maybe my sister would like the taste of pig intestines as much as they do, and the smell of Zheng Wenjie's body is the same as that of pig intestines.

Sister Li Yi'e went to work.As soon as Li Yihe left, Pu Weihong came back. Pu Weihong stood at the door of Big Dog and Little Dog.He yelled inside: "Big dog, little dog..." The big dog said loudly from inside: "Pu Weihong, come in." Pu Weihong got into the house of the big dog and the little dog. Pu Weihong smelled a mixture of stir-fried pig intestines and eucalyptus leaves.To be honest, Pu Weihong dislikes the taste of pig intestines just like Li Yihe, the older sister of Big Dog and Little Dog. His family never eats pig intestines.Seeing them eating stir-fried pig intestines with relish, Pu Weihong felt uncomfortable.Pu Weihong knew that they only started making pig intestines after Li Yihe left for work.

The puppy said to Pu Weihong, "Eat something." Pu Weihong waved his hand: "Don't eat." The puppy chewed the pig's large intestine with gusto and said: "Pu Weihong, you are so stupid, don't regret it if you don't eat the delicacy in the world." Pu Weihong thought to herself, I would not eat pig intestines even if I was killed. Pu Weihong took a low wooden stool and sat beside the pile of eucalyptus leaves in the yard, smelling the smell of eucalyptus leaves.Eucalyptus leaves have a charming fragrance.He felt the smell of eucalyptus leaves in the air, fighting against the smell of pig intestines.

After the big dog and the little dog ate the pig intestines, they wandered around with Pu Weihong.When they went out, Li Wenhua confessed: "Don't go swimming in Baizhang Lake." The big dog and the little dog said: "Understood." When passing by Huang Chunxiu's house, Pu Weihong asked: "Is Huang Chunxiu at home?" Big Dog said: "She and her younger brother Huang Chunhong have gone to the county seat. Whenever there is a holiday, Huang Chunxiu will take her younger brother Huang Chunhong to his father's place in the county seat." "That's great." Pu Weihong said with a smile. The big dog and the little dog swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "That's great." They also wanted to go to the city to see the difference between the city and Zhangshu Town. Big Dog thought, what should the city look like?His limited imagination of the city is vague, he is like a puppy, he has never been to the county town when he grows up.Sometimes, they would have a kind of longing, and the idea of ​​going to the county town would sprout in their hearts. As for what to do and what to see in the county town, they were also vague.If it was made clear, then they might not have that yearning. Before leaving, Huang Chunxiu said to Big Dog and Little Dog: "You can go to the city to play, big dog and little dog, and stay with my father." They wanted to play, but they couldn't make up their minds. They didn't even have the money to buy a ticket from Zhangshu Town to the county seat. At that time, the ticket from Zhangshu Town to the county seat was only 50 cents. That summer, Big Dog always had the urge to visit the city.He didn't know what was attracting him in that unknown world.Perhaps it was because Huang Chunxiu was in the city, it was Huang Chunxiu who attracted him to have the urge to go to the city. Dagou sometimes thought that as long as he followed the road leading to the county, he would be able to reach the county. He asked Pu Weihong if that was right.Pu Weihong has been to the county seat. He used to live in the county seat. Pu Weihong has never heard from his father the specific reason why his father moved his family to the tea fruit field in Zhangshu Town.Pu Weihong said to Big Dog, "That's right, you can walk north along the road to the city." Big Dog thought about it for a long time and proposed: "Then let's walk to the county together." Pu Weihong shook her head: "No, no, that will break your leg." "Coward!" said the Big Dog, his eyes wandering over the mountain road. The big dog said to the little dog, "Let's go together." The little dog didn't say a word, his wish this summer was to learn how to kill pigs with Zheng Wenjie, the attraction of the county town to him was zero, he didn't want to go to the county town to hunt for novelties like the big dog, or had any other purpose.The little dog's speechlessness frustrated the big dog.If the little dog responds to the big dog, the big dog will feel comforted.But the puppy had no sense of his opinion. So on a summer night with a sky full of stars, Big Dog put on a patched coat and dragged a pair of plastic foam slippers with polished soles, and walked alone to the road leading to the county. Big Dog walked north along the road alone. He felt that he was always going uphill, one by one, and he walked very vigorously at first, almost feeling the wind under his feet.The yearning for the county seat and a trace of inexplicable fear stimulated him.He was very worried that his slippers would be worn out before he arrived in the county. He heard that people in the city also wear shoes and socks on hot days. If he walked barefoot on the streets of the county, the people in the city would definitely laugh at him and call him a mountain monkey. , Mountain monkey is a very mean word used by city people to scold country people, which means country bumpkin.People in Zhangshu Town also call people in the mountains and villages outside the town Mountain Monkeys, while people in the city call all country people Mountain Monkeys, regardless of townships and villages.The big dog walked like that, took off his slippers and held them in his hands.Walking with slippers in his hands was not so smooth. As he walked, he tucked the slippers into his trouser belt, with one slipper pinned to his left waist and one slipper pinned to his right waist. A pistol, that’s right, it feels great, and Dagou’s heart suddenly rises with pride, as if he is an old guerrilla who is marching at night, and his target is the county town when he is running at night.Thinking of this, he smiled alone. He thought, the guerrillas marched in the same way back then. He puffed up his chest and walked on the mountain road with arrogance. The forest beside the road is dark. After the wind blows, the sound of the pines sounds, as if there are thousands of troops passing through the forest on this starry night. Dagou has heard that there is a very steep mountain on the road leading to the county, called Yezhuyu. Before liberation, Yezhuyu was a place haunted by bandits. Many people died here. I heard that ghosts still appear. It will also appear during the day, causing cars passing by to overturn.Big Dog doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, but when he walks alone on this mountain road, he will be terrified when the night birds startle.As he walked, a sense of fear surged in his heart. At that time, he was no longer an old guerrilla, but a coward who ran away in the starry night. Every time he passed a slope, he thought in his heart that it was time for the wild boar to pass.He dared not look to either side, but kept looking straight ahead.The road on the sand surface glowed white under the starlight.He can tell the direction accurately.Because the road was sandy, he felt burning pain in the soles of his feet as he walked. He wanted to put on slippers, but held back. In order not to make the city people laugh, he still couldn't wear them. Big Dog said to himself that persistence is victory. He came to the wild boar burrow, but he didn't know it was the wild boar burrow. He only knew that the slope was very steep and long, and he couldn't walk over it no matter what.Halfway through the walk, he was out of breath. He stood there, looked at the road behind him, and looked forward again. His calf had already started to swell, and the soles of his feet were also burning.As soon as he stopped, he felt guilty, and he regretted that such a person came to this barren mountain, and he suddenly missed the puppy very much.The puppy is sleeping at the moment, a sweet sleep.The big dog really wanted to go back home, lie down on the big wooden bed at home and sleep soundly. Whether to go forward or back, the big dog is fighting inside, fighting fiercely.Two big dogs were fighting in his heart, one insisted on walking, after walking for so long, he would soon reach the county town; the other said, give up, go home and sleep, what are you doing in the city.He stood for a while, and a rush of blood rushed to his forehead: go, go to the end. He moved his feet again. This was the most difficult time of his night walk. He reached a limit. As long as he overturned the wild boar burrow, he would pass this limit, and he would keep walking along the roads of all sizes. Downhill, to where he wanted to be.In fact, there is no place that cannot be reached, as long as you keep walking. He came to the wild boar burrow. The mountain wind blew over, and there was a hint of coolness. He opened his mouth and breathed in the fresh mountain air. It was so comfortable. He was like a fish swimming in muddy water for a long time. When he suddenly encountered a clear stream, he felt refreshed. , as if writing down a heavy burden. There is a tea kiosk by the roadside of Wild Boar. The tea pavilion is a rest stop set up by the Hakka people for customers on the road. There is always a large tank of tea in it for the passers-by to drink.The big dog walked in, and through the starlight, he saw the big water tank, which was covered with a wooden cover to prevent snakes and insects from getting into the tea and dirtying the tea.He opened the wooden lid and found the scoop floating on the tea. He used the gourd scoop to scoop up a scoop of tea and drank it.After drinking herbal tea, he felt much more relaxed, and a stream of mountain spring flowed onto a piece of dry land.He finished his tea and walked out of the tea booth. He suddenly heard a scream. The cry was terrifying, his scalp went numb all of a sudden, and goosebumps popped up all over his body one by one. He was very nervous, wondering if something evil really appeared. He turned his head and saw the person in the tea pavilion. There is a person standing beside him.The man was very tall, and he seemed to be walking towards him ferociously in that dark place, and he also heard rustling sounds from the grass in the mountain forest. He yelled and ran away. He didn't know how fast he was rushing down the slope.He fell down and his hands were scratched. He didn't feel any pain at all, so he got up and continued to run wildly. After walking a long way, he looked back and saw that there was no one there, only the sky full of stars blinking in the sky, watching a young man walking on the road leading to the county.Big Dog's heart was beating wildly. In this way, he walked the long road with anxiety and fear after being frightened. When it was daylight, he saw another shining star, which was the lights of the city, the lights that never sleep all night.He heard the singing of the birds, and in an instant all the birds woke up from the night and sang together. He was very pleasantly surprised. He walked forty kilometers all night.A stone in his heart fell to the ground. He pulled out the pair of slippers from his waist and put them on his feet. At this moment, he found that the soles of his feet were blistered, but he didn't feel any pain at all, because he saw the city.There was a smile on his face, like a victorious general, he straightened his shriveled chest, and walked into the county seat with arrogance. He felt himself a real hero. On the street of the county seat, he was lost again.Where can I find Huang Chunxiu?He asked an old man on the street: "Do you know where Huang Miaozi lives?" The old man asked, "Who is Huang Miaozi?" The big dog said seriously: "Huang Miaozi is Huang Chunxiu's father." The old man shook his head, he looked at the big dog blankly, he really couldn't answer this country boy, there are more than 200,000 people living in this county, how does he know who Huang Miaozi is, and how does he know who Huang Chunxiu is. Dagou was very disappointed, why was he so stupid, he asked Aunt Zheng Yangmei when he left, and this situation would not happen again.Why are you so stupid?Walking on the streets of the county seat, the big dog looked around in a daze. He didn't understand why there were so many people, so many cars, so loud and noisy in the county town.In Zhangshu Town, the sound of Zheng Wenjie slaughtering a pig can be heard by everyone in the town, but in the city, the sound you hear on the street is so loud and chaotic. The big dog looked at the colorful crowd on the street, he looked for the faces of Huang Chunxiu, Huang Miaozi, and Huang Chunhong in the crowd, as long as he found any of them, he would jump up in surprise. At this moment, someone hit him on the shoulder. He staggered and almost fell when he saw a boy about his age in a nice undershirt laughing at him. He knew that one of the chubby boys bumped into him on purpose. Zheng Wenge liked to use the same method to provoke the children who came to Zhangshu Town from the mountain villages outside Zhangshu Town in the same way when going to the market. Seeing them laughing so triumphantly, the big dog was so angry that he said loudly, "Why do you hit me?" A boy said, "Did you hear what he was saying?" The two boys shook their heads. The boy said to the big dog, "My buddy didn't hear what you said, can you speak louder? Let us all hear clearly, what are you farting." The big dog's face was livid, his neck straightened, his fists clenched, he really wanted to rush up and fight them to the death.But he didn't do that right away. He knew that he would suffer if he fought here. A strong dragon can't fight a bully. He knew this truth when he was very young. Besides, there were so many of them and they were about to fight. He was definitely not them. Again, he has walked all night, his legs are sore and swollen, he can barely move, how can he have the strength to fight them. The fat boy who hit him said, "Look, he looks so thin, what the hell does he look like?" A boy smiled: "Need to say, monkey!" Another boy also laughed: "The monkey in the mountain, look, how dirty he is. I don't know if he has lice. He hasn't bathed for three years." Big Dog was furious. He said angrily, "You bully people!" The fat boy walked up to him and pushed him hard: "So what if you bully you, do you want to fight, mountain monkey! Don't deny it, a mountain monkey is a mountain monkey!" The big dog couldn't take it anymore, he punched the fat boy, that punch contained huge power, and it hit the fat boy with stars in his eyes. Then, of course, there was a melee, and the loser was of course the big dog.He was knocked to the ground, and he hugged his head and face while they kicked and beat him.When they had had enough, they whistled and swaggered away. He lay there, very sad and angry. If only the puppy was here, he wouldn't suffer such a big loss.He wondered why there were no stones on the streets of the city. If he had stones in his hand, he would smash their skulls. At this time, a woman pulled her up. The woman was a middle-aged woman. The middle-aged woman patted the dust on his body and said, "Son, how did you mess with them? They are the little hooligans on this street, even us The kids in the city are afraid of them." The big dog said aggrievedly: "I didn't provoke them. Why did they beat me for no reason, and I have no hatred with them, why did they beat me?" The middle-aged woman was very sympathetic to him, and she said gently: "My child, I know you are innocent. There is no way to reason with them. If they were reasonable, they would not bully you, child. It's all right , child, where are you hurt?" The big dog looked at this middle-aged woman wearing an apron with a benevolent face, and he suddenly thought of the mother he and the little dog had never met.His tears flowed out with a touch of touch, warmth and sadness.If only his mother was still alive and talked to him like this, he would feel that he was the happiest person in the world, and he would forget the pain after being beaten. "Son, don't cry, go, go to my shop." The middle-aged woman wiped the tears from the big dog's face with an apron, and took him to a restaurant. It turned out that the middle-aged woman was a staff member of the restaurant. As soon as he arrived at the restaurant and saw the food, the big dog's stomach growled. He was tired and hungry. The middle-aged woman brought him a bowl of noodles and said to him tenderly, "Son, eat, you must be hungry." The big dog looked at the middle-aged woman in bewilderment. The middle-aged woman said with a smile: "Son, don't be afraid, eat, I won't charge you, I will give you food for free. You can eat with confidence." The big dog was really hungry, he hesitated and then devoured the noodles in big mouthfuls.He quickly ate up the bowl of hot noodle soup, including soup and water.The middle-aged woman watched him eat, always with a beautiful and warm smile on her face.Seeing that the big dog had finished eating, she went to bring another bowl.She could tell that the big dog must not be full. The big dog looked at her and shook his head, he was embarrassed to eat any more. The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Child, eat, you must not be full yet. It doesn't matter, you eat well until you are full, you always have to eat enough." The big dog let go of his poor self-esteem in front of the sincere middle-aged woman, and quickly cleaned up the bowl of noodles. The middle-aged woman saw that he had finished eating, and asked with a smile: "Son, do you want more? If you are not full, just say it, it really doesn't matter." The big dog shook his head and said, "I'm full." The middle-aged woman asked again: "Son, are you from Zhangshu Town?" The big dog felt strange and said, "How do you know?" The middle-aged woman said: "As soon as I hear your accent, I can tell it." Big Dog asked back: "Are you from Zhangshu Town too?" The middle-aged woman smiled but did not answer.She then asked the big dog: "How did you get here?" The big dog blurted out: "He came on foot." The middle-aged woman was taken aback, her eyes widened: "Come here, this..." The big dog looked at the surprised middle-aged woman quietly, and said firmly: "I have come step by step." The face of the middle-aged woman calmed down: "What are you doing in the city?" The big dog shook his head and said, "I don't know either." Originally, he wanted to say that he was looking for Huang Chunxiu, but he changed his mind and didn't say it.The middle-aged woman seemed to understand something, and she didn't ask Dagou any more questions.The big dog suddenly had an idea that he no longer wanted to look for Huang Chunxiu. At this moment, his greatest wish was to go back to the village of Zhangshu Town. He seemed to be attracted by a kind of breath in Zhangshu Town. He felt that at this moment Zhangshu Town is very close to him yet very far away.He didn't know if he could walk back to the village of Zhangshu Town, but no matter what, he wanted to go back.And, without delay, go now! He stood up. He somehow thanked the middle-aged woman, he had already remembered her in his heart.She is like the mother in his heart, and the image of his mother in the future will be exactly the same as this middle-aged woman. "Going?" The middle-aged woman's smile made Dagou feel sad. Big Dog nodded. The middle-aged woman asked, "Where are you going?" "Go home!" said the big dog firmly. "Walk back?" The middle-aged woman asked again. The big dog said firmly, "Yes, let's go home on foot." The middle-aged woman pushed him back on the stool: "Wait a minute, I'll think of a way for you later." The big dog was in a state of agitation, so if he wanted to leave, he had to leave quickly, otherwise at night, he would think of the scream of the wild boar and the man standing in the shade.He found that the middle-aged woman was always looking at the street outside the store, and the big dog didn't know what the middle-aged woman would do to help him. At noon, the middle-aged woman suddenly ran out of the store with joy and stopped a walking tractor.The middle-aged woman was talking to the young tractor driver.The young tractor driver said: "Let him come up, hurry up, I'm in a hurry!" The middle-aged woman hurried in, and she excitedly said to the big dog: "Child, you don't have to walk back. It happens that a tractor from a nearby town is delivering goods to Zhangshu Town, so you can take his tractor back. Hurry up! Don't delay others." time." The big dog was very pleasantly surprised. At that time, it was very enviable to be able to sit on a tractor in Zhangshu Town.The big dog sat next to the young tractor driver, left the county town, and left the middle-aged woman.The tractor chugs away for a while, and when the big dog looked back, he found a middle-aged woman still standing at the door of the store looking at the big dog.Many years later, Dagou found out that the middle-aged woman was indeed from Zhangshu Town. She was the child bride of a family in Zhangshu Town. Pass Zhangshu Town.She hopes to go back to Zhangshu Town, but Zhangshu Town has her pain, and she can only feel the longing for Zhangshu Town and the remaining beauty in her heart from Zhangshu Town's local accent. When leaving the county seat, Dagou saw Liu Yongshou. His heart skipped a beat. Liu Yongshou walked side by side with a young woman on the street of the county town. The young woman was not his sister Li Yi'e, and he didn't know her. He only saw the young woman wearing a long bright red dress.His elder sister Li Yi'e didn't wear a bright red long dress, he didn't know how beautiful her sister Li Yi'e would be if she wore such a beautiful dress.But he never saw his elder sister Li Yiye wearing a long red dress, which was a regret in his life. He couldn't believe his eyes, he suddenly felt that something was going to happen this summer.The tractor wobbled along the mountain road towards Zhangshu Town like a snail.When passing by the Wild Boar Tea Pavilion, the big dog’s eyes lit up. It turned out that it was not a person standing in the shade beside the tea pavilion, but a dead, bald tree. in memory. It was also in this summer that Big Dog looked at his sister Li Yihe with a different perspective. He has been thinking about a question: what would his elder sister Li Yi'e look like if she wore that long red dress.This problem has not been solved until the big dog grows up. The elder sister Li Yi'e is a beautiful country girl. The beauty of the older sister Li Yi'e is reserved, and the watery eyes on her delicate face are always tinged with willow smoke.My sister doesn't like to be exposed, she never speaks loudly in front of strangers, and she lowers her head so that you can look at her black hair and imagine the fragrance of country flowers emanating from that hair.Zheng Wenxiu often shows disdain and contempt for her sister's beauty, and she always looks down upon Li Yihe.Facing Zheng Wenxiu, who pushed her breasts high, Li Yihe only smiled friendlyly. That smile was like wild chrysanthemums blooming silently in the field against the sun. The flowers were actually blooming naturally in the wild wind. As a singing singer, her singing voice is always simple and loud, flying freely in the mountains and fields. Big Dog found that his sister's eyes were full of melancholy at the beginning of this summer.He thought it was the smell of puppy pig intestines that caused her incomprehensible melancholy.But since Dagou saw Liu Yongshou walking side by side with a woman in a red dress on the street of the county that day, he seemed to understand the source of the melancholy in his sister Li Yiye's eyes. He wanted to tell his sister Li Yi'e about it, but he didn't, because he didn't know where to start.He didn't understand how his sister Li Yi'e would react after hearing that.He didn't want to see his sister Li Yihe look heartbroken, which may be the reason why Dagou didn't tell his sister Li Yiye about it. Big Dog knows that Liu Yongshou, a private teacher, became a full-time teacher in the spring of this year. Like Zheng Wenxiu, he is a dignified full-time teacher of Zhangshu Town Central Primary School.On the day he became a regular, he distributed wedding candies to his colleagues at school, and treated guests to restaurants in the town. Among the guests he invited, his sister Li Yihe was not present. That day, Liu Yongshou once again called the big and small dogs into his neat room with orchids.The big dog and the little dog still didn't dare to sit on the edge of his bed, they were afraid of staining Liu Yongshou's spotless white sheets, the big dog and the little dog didn't know if Liu Yongshou let their sister Li Yiye sit on his bed.The smile on Liu Yongshou's face was as bright as the sun, and he looked extremely happy.He grabbed a handful of fruit candies into the pockets of the big dog and the little dog.The fruit candy wrapped in cellophane looks like it was bought from the city, and this kind of fruit candy cannot be bought in small towns.The fruit candy reminds Big Dog and Little Dog of the Japanese devils in the movie. The pig-headed captain in the movie used fruit candy to lure the children behind the enemy lines. They always hoped to use fruit candy to pry open the hard mouths of the children in the anti-Japanese base areas in China, but It fails every time.The big dog and the little dog put the candy in their pockets and didn't eat it, even if it was broken, they didn't eat it.Somehow, they just don't like Liu Yongshou.That night, my sister Li Yi'e came home very late. When she got home, she found that the big dog and the little dog hadn't slept. They sat on the threshold and waited for her sister to come home. The big dog asked his sister Li Yihe: "I came back so late, where did you go, sister?" There was an unpredictable light in the puppy's eyes.He sat there calmly.He held a stone in his hand, as if he was about to throw the stone at any moment. Li Yi'e's face could not be seen clearly in the dark. Li Yi'e said softly: "Come on, let's talk in the room." Big Dog and Little Dog and Li Yi'e entered the house. Under the oil lamp, Li Yi's face was flushed like a sunflower.Li Yiye's eyes glowed with brilliance, Dagou always felt that the light in Li Yiye's eyes was the same as that of Liu Yongshou, and seeing her look, it was the same as the look of Liu Yongshou giving them candy during the day.The big dog said: "Sister, did you go to Teacher Liu's place?" Li Yimo patted the big dog's head: "I'm guessing again, my sister has something about my sister, you are still young and grown up I will understand." The little dog suddenly said: "Sister, don't treat us like three-year-old children. We will go to junior high school in the second half of the year. Why do you still treat us like children? We know everything. You must be I went to Liu Yongshou, I guess you must have eaten Liu Yongshou's fruit candy, maybe you still have the fruit candy Liu Yongshou gave you in your trouser pocket!" Li Yihe was taken aback, she found that these two baby brothers had really grown up, they were not the two little dogs who used to kill each other all the time.Li Yiye's face became even redder: "Puppy, why are you talking like this, it's not big or small." The big dog walked up to Li Yi'e and touched Li Yi's trouser pocket. Li Yihe dodged: "Big dog, you are crazy, what are you touching?" The big dog smiled and said, "I'll check to see if the little dog is right." Li Yihe walked into the boudoir, she locked the door, and said to Big Dog and Little Dog, "You two scoundrels, go to sleep, you have to go to school tomorrow." Big Dog and Little Dog muttered in the hall: "Why does my sister like Liu Yongshou!" They hope that my sister likes Zheng Wenjie.At this time, they heard a long sigh from their father Li Wenhua, followed by his violent coughing.The big dog and the little dog knew that their father Li Wenhua would get angry if they continued to make trouble, so they got into their bedroom.Through the barrier, they heard the elder sister Li Yiye humming a mountain love song in the next room: Liu Yongshou's joy became the joy of his sister Li Yiye.That night, the big dog and the little dog couldn't sleep. They were thinking hard about the same question: what would happen if Liu Yongshou really became his brother-in-law?And what will happen to Zheng Wenjie?Will Zheng Wenjie stab Liu Yongshou with his butcher knife?Or, will Zheng Wenjie turn his back on big dogs and puppies, and vent his anger on them?They don't want their sister Li Yi'e to leave the family and marry Liu Yongshou. After that night, Li Yi'e often came home very late.Together, the big dog and the little dog came up with an idea, and they planned to unconditionally destroy the relationship between Li Yiye and Liu Yongshou.They began to follow Li Yiye even more, and then waited for an opportunity to sabotage.One night, the big dog and the little dog saw Li Yiye going out with a flashlight, and they followed behind stealthily.The big dogs and puppies who hide and hide don’t even need a flashlight, they are so familiar with Zhangshu Town, they can feel every corner clearly. Li Yi'e walked towards the elementary school. Big Dog imitated his father and sighed, "Sure enough, I'm looking for Liu Yongshou." 小狗像是早知道这事：“那还有假么。” 李一蛾进了刘永寿的房间，他们把门关上了。 大狗小狗在刘永寿的窗户外面探头探脑。他们看到姐姐李一蛾在帮刘永寿收拾房间，刘永寿则坐在书桌旁批改作业。那情景就好像是一对夫妻。大狗小狗心里都十分不舒服。 李一蛾的脸红扑扑地，像向日葵。 她帮刘永寿收拾好房间，就拿起一个口杯勺了一杯清水，给那盆兰花浇水。她浇水的样子专注而细心，水像一条闪亮的线，细细地流到兰花的叶片上，然后又从叶片流入盆底。李一蛾那一口杯水浇了好长时间，弄得大狗小狗都不耐烦了。李一蛾浇水就像绣花一样。 好不容易给兰花浇完水，李一蛾就坐在了刘永寿旁边的床沿上，看她的情郎批改作业，那大眼中跳跃着火花，迷醉的样子。她那眼神中充满了崇敬和爱恋。刘永寿身上有种让她着迷的东西，李一蛾痴痴地看他批改作业的样子让大狗小狗觉得不可思议，他们嫉妒极了，姐姐怎么没那样看过他们做作业呢？姐姐眼睛中的火苗炙烤着大狗小狗的心。 刘永寿伸了一个懒腰，呵了一口气，说：“唉，终于批改完了，现在的作业不好改。” 刘永寿愣愣地看了李一蛾一眼，伸手摸了李一蛾的脸一下，李一蛾一下闪开：“别这样，让人看到了多不好。！” 刘永寿灿烂一笑。 他站起来，把窗帘拉上了。 李一蛾娇笑了一声说：“永寿，别这样。。。。。。你太坏了，太坏了。。。。。不要，不要嘛。。。。。。”说完，她的声音就小了下来。 大狗小狗就看不到里面的情景了。他们的心一沉。大狗小声说：“刘永寿会不会干什么坏事？”小狗的眼睛里喷着火说：“有可能。”他们伸长耳朵，听里面的动静。里面没有什么声响，只能听到他们俩说话的声音，但又听不清他们在说什么。大狗小狗急坏了。他们真害怕会出什么事情，这个时间里，好像什么事情都会发生。 不一会儿，刘永寿的窗外传来了猫叫声。 猫叫声一声比一声大。 李一蛾和刘永寿听到隔壁的郑文秀推开窗门的声音，他们还听到郑文秀在骂：“去去去，哪来的野猫，在这里叫什么春！”郑文秀的声音有点沙哑，可以听出来她十分疲惫。 刘永寿和李一蛾笑了。 猫叫声停了一会儿，不久，又叫了起来，叫声比刚才大多了。刘永寿后来也烦了：“哪来的野猫，叫得那么难听！”李一蛾微笑着说：“永寿，由他们叫吧，不碍事的！” 刘永寿就不再骂猫了。 猫叫声反而让郑文秀受不了了，她干脆出了房间门，带着手电到窗外面去赶猫。大狗小狗躲在一颗桉树的后面，大气不敢出一声。郑文秀骂骂咧咧，她没有找到猫，就回屋去了。她回房间后使劲地关门，她关门的声音很响。 不一会儿，猫叫声又响了起来。 一声比一声大的猫叫声让李一蛾感觉到了异常。她突然说：“永寿，我先回去了。”刘永寿感到很奇怪，他不明白李一蛾今天为什么那么早回去。他温柔地说：“蛾，还早咧。不要那么着急回去。”李一蛾坚持道：“还是回去吧。”刘永寿没有办法，他知道李一蛾的脾气，她要走的话，他是阻拦不住的，别看李一蛾表面温柔可人，她的内心可是异常倔强。刘永寿只好对她说：“那好，我送你出校门。” 刘永寿和李一蛾出了校门。 他们一出门就看到了正准备出去找猫算账的郑文秀。他们从郑文秀身边走了过去。刘永寿没理郑文秀，李一蛾朝郑文秀微笑了一下：“郑老师。”郑文秀朝地下啐一口说：“我怎么那么笨，原来真的有猫在叫春呢！” 刘永寿听出了郑文秀话里的意思，她是在指桑骂槐，他说：“郑文秀是个泼妇。” 李一蛾说：“别这样说郑老师，她人也是蛮不错的。” 刘永寿说：“她在骂你，你还帮她说话，你也太善良了。” 走到校门口，李一蛾踩着夜色走了。 刘永寿叹了一口气，回学校里去了。 大狗小狗胜利了，他们看着姐姐的背影，两人阴险地笑了一下，他们就抄近路先回家中，然后两个人装模作样地做作业。李一蛾回到家里，皱起眉头。她冷冷地看着这两个宝贝弟弟。 小狗装模作样地说：“姐，今晚怎么不高兴呀？” 李一蛾没说话，她径直走进了自己的闺房里。 大狗小狗乐了，他们相互扮了个鬼脸，相互吐了吐舌头。 过了几天，李一蛾又在晚上出去了。大狗小狗也幽灵似的跟在李一蛾身后。他们发现李一蛾朝镇子外河滩的方向走去。他们追了上去。可一追到野外，就不见了姐姐李一蛾。 他们茫然极了。姐姐李一蛾难道就这样消失了，消失得无影无踪？ 大狗责备小狗：“你怎么走得那么慢，现在到哪里去找姐姐呀。” 小狗反驳道：“你怎么这样说我，我还没有怪你呢，你自己跑那么慢还说我。都是的问题！” 大狗气坏了，踹了他一脚。 眼看小狗正准备以牙还牙，以脚还脚，一束强烈的手电光朝他们照过来，他们吓了一跳，他们听到了姐姐李一蛾的声音：“你们跑出来干什么，快跟我回家。” 大狗小狗一下泄了气。 他们跟在李一蛾的后面，李一蛾没好气地说：“你们又想到哪里去学猫叫？说呀！我看你们真是两条狗，不知好歹的狗！” 大狗小狗心想，哎，完了。怎么被姐姐识破了呢？姐姐李一蛾怎么骂他们，他们也不敢还嘴，因为他们的确理亏。 李一蛾回到家里，很不高兴。大狗小狗心里也十分过意不去，怎么能让姐姐不高兴呢？从那以后，他们就停止了跟踪捣乱的行动。 大狗在这个夏天想起春天里的一些事情时，他感觉到这个夏天会有什么事情发生。自从他从城里回来之后，他就一直在观察着姐姐李一蛾的一举一动。 小狗不像哥哥大狗。 他在这个夏天里也有所变化，除了老是从郑文杰那里拿猪大肠回来之外，他还和一个叫做铁蛋的少年玩在了一起。 铁蛋是个常常口水情不自禁地流下来的弱智少年。他是个怪异的人，有人在深夜起来一开门就踩在一团软乎乎的肉上，那人吓坏了，以为是死人，回家掌了灯出来一看，原来是农具店铁匠的儿子铁蛋在那里呼呼沉睡。 铁蛋没有读书。他怎么可能去读书呢，如果让他去读书，说不一定他会把书全都一页一页的撕下来，一口一口的吞食下去。 他总是一个人在樟树镇乡村里魂魄一样游荡。说他傻吧，他又不傻，说他笨呢，也是笨透了。铁蛋没事的时候就乖乖的在铁匠铺子里帮铁匠拖风箱。他力气很大，长得高大，头也大，像一个大谷斗。他拖风箱的时候极卖力气。铁匠看着呼呼冒着青色火苗的炭火，打起铁来特别卖力。 小狗注意铁蛋已经很久了。 小狗有时站在农具店门口看着卖力地拖着风箱的铁蛋，心里就在认认真真地琢磨着一个什么重要的问题。铁蛋看到小狗，他会朝小狗笑。奇怪的是，铁蛋的牙出奇的白，这让小狗心里颤动了一下。铁蛋会对小狗说：“小狗，咱们到哪里去玩？”开始时，小狗会对铁蛋说：“谁和你玩，想得美！”铁蛋不笑了，脸拉下来，他风箱也不拖了，他在生气呢。铁匠操着那把打铁的锤子，朝小狗吼：“你给我滚！”小狗就走了。他脑海里抹不去铁蛋拖风箱时的样子，就像他脑海里抹不去郑文杰杀猪的样子一样。 后来，铁蛋就和小狗玩在一起。 大狗和蒲卫红也挺纳闷，小狗怎么会和这样一个傻蛋玩在一起呢。大狗对小狗说：“小狗，你最好不要和铁蛋在一起玩，哪天，他的神经病犯了，他会把你的头用铁锤子敲碎的！” 小狗“哼”了一声：“不可能吧。” 大狗拿小狗没有办法。 樟树镇的人在这个夏天，经常看见小狗和铁蛋形影不离地走在小镇的街上，小狗的脸上毫无表情，铁蛋的脸上挂着笑容淌着口水，铁蛋跟在瘦高的小狗后面，像是小狗带着的贴身保镖。 他们还会一块到河里去游泳。 铁蛋游水的样子特别笨拙，可他的水性特别好。他会在水深的地方装死。大家看着他挣扎着沉下了河底，一下子就不见了。在河里游泳的胆小的孩子全都光着屁股爬上岸，他们大声说：“铁蛋淹死了！” 开始时，小狗也以为铁蛋完了。 他对一个孩子说：“你赶快去叫铁匠来，就说铁蛋淹死了。”那小孩儿边走边穿衣服朝镇子里飞奔而去，他边走边大声叫喊：“不好了，铁蛋淹死了！” 小狗潜入水中，他想去救铁蛋，可刚才铁蛋沉下去的地方根本就找不到铁蛋，小狗一次一次地往水里扎猛子，他急坏了，他认定铁蛋是死定了。 小狗有些恐惧，铁蛋是他带出来玩的，要是淹死了，铁匠非用铁锤子像打铁一样把他的脑浆给打出来。想到这里，他就赶紧爬上了岸，穿好衣服，准备一走了之。 就在这时，他看见铁蛋从下游浮出了水面，还拼命地朝他招手！这个傻蛋！小狗骂一声，然后又脱掉衣服，扑入水中，朝铁蛋游去，他游到铁蛋面前，狠狠地拍了铁蛋的头一下：“我叫你装死！我叫你装死！”铁蛋在水中笑着，扑腾着。他们又一起游上来。 他们俩快乐的玩着水。 在他们快乐的玩水时，铁匠气急败坏神情戚然地朝河边奔来，后面跟着报信的那个孩子和一群平常和铁匠合得来的人。他们的神情都十分的焦虑，他们或者以为铁蛋真的淹死了。 他们一到河边，发现铁蛋没死，和小狗在那里玩得痛快咧。 铁匠朝河里玩得高兴的铁蛋大吼：“我干你娘的，你淹死好了！你死了倒干净了，免得我操这份闲心！” 他吼完，理也不理水中的铁蛋，带着那伙准备来打捞尸体的人匆匆而去，马上就要割稻子了，需要大量的镰刀，他要回去赶活。 铁蛋傻傻大问小狗：“我爸来干什么？” 小狗白了他眼说：“我怎么知道。” 铁蛋傻傻地说：“这是太阳从西边出来了。” 小狗大声问铁蛋；“你再说一遍。” 铁蛋嘟哝着：“这是太阳从西边出来了。” 铁蛋一个晚上不回家，他的铁匠父亲都不会管他的，他在游水父亲还来找他，他能不奇怪么？ 他说出这样的话来，反而让小狗觉得不可思议。 晚上，十分的闷热。李文化在院子里乘凉。他觉得院子里桉树叶子的味道很浓郁。他知道女儿李一蛾不喜欢吃猪大肠，他有些于心不忍，猪大肠的味道一定让李一蛾很不舒服。他知道自己死去的妻子也不喜欢吃猪大肠，就是饿死也不吃，在这一点上，李一蛾和她母亲是很像的。让李文化觉得不一样的是，李一蛾的身体要比她母亲好，她母亲要不是成天病殃殃的样子，也不会那么早就抛下他们撒手归西。李文化也担心自己的身体，他认为自己是活不长的，但是他不想死，大狗小狗还没有长大成人，他要是死了，那么他就把负担全部的压到了李一蛾的身上，他更不忍心。如果这样，他下到地狱里孩子们的母亲也会骂他的。 大狗在屋里做作业，李文化看到大狗认真做作业的样子，就叹了口气，他想，小狗要是像大狗那样就好了，他的不用那么担心了。他最担心的就是小狗，他和郑文杰在一起，会不会有什么不妥？他拿不准，但是他又没有理由反对小狗和郑文杰在一起。小狗现在还没有回家，他一定又和郑文杰在一起了，晚饭都没有回来吃。他问过李一蛾和大狗，小狗到哪里去了？李一蛾说：“他不会丢的，放心吧！”大狗说：“他一定和郑文杰在一起的。” 李一蛾在房间里没有出来，这么热的天她在房间里干什么李文化不得而知。 李文化看着小狗从门外摇摇晃晃地进了院子。 李文化闻到了酒味。 他大声地问小狗：“你死到哪里去了？” 小狗看了父亲一眼，什么也没有说，他进了家里。 李文化气坏了，小狗不理他让他愤怒，这小东西越来越不像话了！ 小狗进屋后，看大狗在做作业，他对大狗说：“猪脚比猪大肠好吃！” 大狗抬起头看了看他，知道他和郑文杰去吃猪脚了，还喝了酒，大沟和父亲李文化一样闻到了浓郁的酒味道。大狗瞪着眼睛问小狗：“你喝酒了？”小狗笑了笑：“喝了又怎么样？”大狗气呼呼地说：“我看你是要把爹气死，他不让我们喝酒你又不是不知道。” 小狗斜着眼睛看大狗，看来他今天是喝多了：“我没有干坏事，喝点酒算什么！” 大狗还是气呼呼地说：“你做错了事情还嘴硬！” 小狗不想和他说什么了，他突然走进了李一蛾的房间里。 李一蛾把那盆兰花放在了桌子上。 她在煤油灯下缝补衣服，那是小狗的背心。李一蛾的神态认真而又安祥，她边缝补衣服边哼着那支山歌，小狗十分熟悉的山歌，小狗知道，那是一支山地情歌。李一蛾哼歌时，还不时的抬起头看那盆兰花。 小狗楞楞地看着姐姐李一蛾。 李一蛾发现了他。她停止了手中的活计，他朝小狗笑了笑：“你回来了，跑那里疯去了？”她这时也闻到酒味了，她脸上的笑容消失了，她又问：“你喝酒了？” 小狗楞楞地看着李一蛾，他的脸上什么表情也没有。 突然，小狗走进了李一蛾的房间，他的口中吐出了一口污七八糟的东西，那东西正好落在了那盆兰花的上面。李一蛾大叫了一声。紧接着，大狗和李文化也进来了，李文化在小狗的脸上狠狠地打了一巴掌，小狗一点反应都没有。大狗对父亲说：“你打他也没有用，他喝醉了，不会痛的！”李文化边咳嗽边骂着：“这个没有用的东西！” 李文化和大狗把小狗弄出了李一蛾的房间。 李一蛾眼睛里含着泪水，她抱起了那盆被小狗吐脏了的兰花，默默地来到了院子里，她打了一木盆的清水，默默地清洗着兰花，一片一片叶子慢慢地洗着，她的泪水无声地掉落在兰花的叶片上。这个情景小狗当然是看不到的。大狗却看到了，他没有去惊扰她。李文化也看到了，他也没有去惊扰她，让李一蛾默默地洗着兰花。 李一蛾觉得有种不祥的东西出现了。 她不知道那是什么。 稻子成熟了。 只要是能参加劳动的少年们都会在这个时候去生产队参加劳动挣工分。大狗小狗也不例外。大狗小狗每天早上吃完早饭，就和姐姐李一蛾一起去割稻子。 和生产队的社员们一起劳动，大狗小狗不太习惯。姐姐李一蛾是生产队的强劳力，一天拿8个工分，大狗小狗只能算半劳力，他们每人一天才拿4个工分，但两个人加起来就算是一个强劳力了。社员们都拿大狗小狗开玩笑。大狗小狗不喜欢社员们拿他们开玩笑，姐姐李一蛾也是不爱开玩笑的人，她带着两个弟弟总是在一旁割稻子，不在人多的地方磨洋工。他们三人割掉一大片稻子了，那群社员才割一点点。生产队长坐在田头抽着烟，他抽完烟，就走到人多的地方，对那群磨洋工的社员呵斥道：“你们这样也叫干活，你们看看一蛾和她两个弟弟，割得多快！”社员们没人吭声了，他们默默地割着，等生产队长又回到田头坐在那里抽烟了，他们的速度又缓慢下来，谈一些咸咸淡淡的笑话，但他们心里已经记恨上大狗小狗和他们的姐姐李一蛾了。 大狗小狗在割稻子时，蒲卫红来了，他是吃商品粮的，不必要下田劳动。他就在大狗小狗的旁边，看着大狗小狗他们割稻子。蒲卫后总是穿得干干净净的，让人看上去十分舒服。 蒲卫红看着看着，手就痒了，他对大狗说道：“大狗，让我也试一试吧。我也来割割。” 大狗拖长了声说：“算了吧，你不会割的，万一把手割伤了怎么办？” 蒲卫红哀求道：“大狗，就让我割吧。” 大狗声音坚硬起来：“不行！” 蒲卫红跃跃欲试的样子：“大狗，就让我割一下，好么？” 大狗见他死缠不放，只好把镰刀递给了蒲卫红。 蒲卫红就学着大狗他们的样子割了起来。 蒲卫红没割两下，就听到他“哎哟”了一声，镰刀割伤了蒲卫红的手指。蒲卫红扔掉了镰刀，他看见血从他小指的那道口子流了出来，血一滴滴地淌到水稻田里，大狗小狗闻到了一股甜腥的味道，那是蒲卫红血的味道，那甜腥的味道在充满稻香的田野上扩散着。 李一蛾把蒲卫红的手指放进了嘴里，把吮吸出的血吐掉，她知道，如果不把血吸掉，就很容易感染，她吐掉一口血问：“卫红，痛吗？” 蒲卫红本来感觉到了疼痛，但他被李一蛾柔软而又温存的嘴巴一吸，那种疼痛感就消失了。 蒲卫红没有姐姐。 他把李一蛾也当成自己的姐姐了。 小狗和大狗看着李一蛾把擦汗的干毛巾撕出一小块布条，帮他包上了伤口。 大狗关切地问：“卫红，痛不？” 蒲卫红笑了：“不痛。” 大狗检讨说：“都怪我，我不让你割就好了，你就不会受伤了。” 蒲卫红还是笑着说：“怎么能怪你呢，怪我自己才对的。” 李一蛾轻柔地说：“卫红，你回家去吧，日头这么晒，把你的皮肤都晒黑了。” 蒲卫红轻声说：“姐，没事的，我喜欢和你们在一起，回家里太寂寞了。我不想一个人呆在家里，会闷死的。” 这时，其他社员们都超过了他们。有人起哄：“喂，快干活呀，别在那里演戏了。” 李一蛾没吭气，她埋头干起活来。 大狗小狗也干起活来。 蒲卫红就坐在田头，看着他们在烈日下挥汗劳作。他们劳动的样子让蒲卫红感动。他想起了父亲叫他背诵过的一首唐诗：“锄禾日当午，汗滴禾下土，谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。” 他们三人又远远地把其他社员扔到了后面。就在这时，李一蛾蹲在稻丛中吐了起来。她吐得很厉害，吐出的全是清水。生产队长走过来，他对李一蛾说：“一蛾，是不是中暑了，快回家去吧，准你一天假，算你一天工。”李一蛾忍住了呕吐，她抬起头，她脸色苍白地对生产队长说：“没事，没事。” 大狗小狗弄不清姐姐李一蛾为什么会呕吐，蒲卫红一直固执地认为，李一蛾的呕吐，是因为他吮吸了他小手指上的血，那血被镰刀染上了什么毒气。如果李一蛾不吮吸他的手指，她一定不会吐的，蒲卫会的心里很是过意不去。 郑文杰心里苦恋李一蛾。 郑文杰老是问小狗：“你姐吃了猪大肠没有？” 小狗兴奋地说：“怎么会不吃呢，那么好的东西。” 郑文杰看着小狗，像是要从他的眼睛里挖出什么可靠的情报：“她吃得香吗？” 小狗说得带劲极了：“香，香极了。她边吃边说：'呦，这猪大肠味道好哇，又脆又香。怎么吃也吃不腻，要是顿顿都吃猪大肠，那日子就赶上过大年了。'我姐姐就是喜欢吃猪大肠，喜欢你给我们的猪大肠。” 郑文杰就乐，他摸着小狗的头，脸上漾起了快活的笑意。他有一个十分简单的想法，只要李一蛾肯吃他的猪大肠，就好办，因为李一蛾只要吃一次猪大肠，就会想到他郑文杰一次，久而久之，李一蛾心里就会有他，就会把小学校里的小白脸刘永寿忘得一干二净，他刘永寿有什么能耐让李一蛾天天吃猪大肠。郑文杰虽然性格急躁，但是他对李一蛾十分有信心，他在等待着那一天的到来，他相信那一天一定会到来，就像他小时候相信自己一定会长大一样。 小狗对郑文杰撒了一个大谎，这个谎撒得美好而又残酷。这对郑文杰不公平，但他也由此看到了某种希望，他看到李一蛾一步一步微笑地朝他走来，总有一天要和他进入红烛映照的洞房。郑文杰有时傻傻地想，如果李一蛾肯嫁给他，那么他就请全镇子的人喝酒，喝他三天三夜。 郑文革在这个夏天里显得极不重要，他整天地在乡村里游荡，一会去田野里的阴沟里摸鲫鱼，一会儿又到池塘边的草丛里钓田鸡，一会儿去河里玩玩水游游泳，一会儿又会跳到河堤上去捉知了。他在这个夏天里快乐而又孤独地过着，显得一点都不重要。 他已经不关心姐姐郑文秀的事了。 也不关心哥哥郑文杰的事了。 无论怎样，人总是要长大的。但是，每一个人长大是不一样的。郑文革的成长和大狗小狗就十分的不同。