Chapter 15 fifteen

Qin An's illness didn't get better in a day or two, but it became more and more serious. He handed in his resignation report to the township government and never went to Daqing Temple again.The township government did not approve it, but it also agreed to Junting's plan to build a farmers' market. Even the head of the township was so excited that he wrote the lettering on the stone archway with a brush: Qingfeng Street Dashi.In the next few days, Xia Yi's face turned black, and he stayed at home and was not allowed to come and transport it out.He said he wanted to play straw sandals!Xia Yi hadn't played straw sandals for more than ten years, so he took the shoe rake and asparagus grass from upstairs. The shoe rake was hooked on the threshold, and a rope was wrapped around his waist, making the grass rattle.He didn't make a sound when Second Aunt said anything to him.The craftsmanship is really rusty, the straw sandals he made were either too big or too small, he took them apart and beat them again, after a long day, he couldn't make a pair of shoes.During this period, the fourth aunt picked some pumpkin flowers and spread pancakes at home, Xia Zhi went to ask his second brother to eat, Xia Yi stopped after eating two, and sat in a daze.Xia Zhi said: "Second Brother, do you listen to Qin Opera?" After twisting and turning on the radio, he couldn't find the drama channel, Xia Yi said: "I can't find it, I don't like Qin Opera." After talking, take a look at the roses and peonies on the flower beds in the courtyard.Somehow, roses and peony gave birth to black mosquitoes, which densely covered the flower stems and leaves, and there were also a lot of ants.Xia Zhi said: "What's the matter with this flower?" Xia Yi said: "I'll show you." Xia Yi had something to do, and Xia Zhi didn't stop him, and sat on the table and drew a Qin opera face.Xia Yi used a shovel to shave the roots, and dug out a dead cat. This dead cat was buried by Xia Feng as fertilizer. The cat was half rotten and had maggots, which attracted black mosquitoes and ants.Xia Yi said: "Who buried this dead cat?!" But Xia Zhi didn't hear it.Xia Zhi became deaf as soon as he painted the face of Qin opera.Xia Yi dug out the dead cat and threw it into the toilet. Seeing Xia Zhi's face painting, he stood there for a while, then quietly returned to the tail of the scorpion.The fourth aunt went to Qingyu's house to talk for a while, but she didn't see Xia Yi when she came back, but Xia Zhi's mouth was colorful. He kept dipping the paintbrush in his mouth with spittle, making it as dirty as a doll's butt.The fourth aunt said: "Where is the second brother?" Xia Zhi said: "Serve Huali." Then he found that Xia Yiren was gone, and said: "This second brother!" Xia Zhi felt sorry for the second brother's lack of education and hobbies To vent my boredom, I went to find Shangshan.

Shangshan immediately went to Xieziwei, stood in front of Xiayi's courtyard, and saw Saihu circling around there.Saihu hadn't seen luck for many days, his tail was off the ground, and he urinated against the wall with his legs crossed. Only then did Shangshan realize that Saihu was a bright whip.He knocked on the door for a long time before it opened, and Xia Yi complained to Shang Shan for not sticking to principles.Shangshan had a good temper, wiped the saliva off his face, and said: "Qin An is not here, how much am I?" Xia Yi said: "Stop it, stop it!" sick.Shangshan said: "I've been busy these days, and I haven't had time to see him. I heard from Jinlian that his daughter went to Zhao Hongsheng's pharmacy to grab medicine several times." Shan said: "What are you afraid of? Aren't I just an accountant? I rely on my skills to make a living. If anyone has the ability to replace me, I will be at ease!" Xia Yi said: "Qin An is as good as you are. He is really worthless, playing mahjong is not the time, and he will not be hurt if he gets sick." Shangshan said: "Second uncle, once the emperor and the courtiers, the world has reached the level of the emperor's pavilion. Is it blind or let him get rid of it? , Right and wrong have their own justice, even if it is not fair for a while, time will test everything. You were silted up in the past, so many people opposed it, and it has only been a few years. Don’t everyone talk about your benefits again? People live like you For the sake of it, that's enough. Now that you've stepped back, don't be so idle, stand on the shore and watch the water go up and the waves go down, you'll be more respectful to the old man!" Xia Yi said: "Don't worry about it, don't worry about it, I can't control it It's gone." Shang Shan took Xia Yi to Liu Xinsheng's orchard, and asked Xin Xin to beat the gongs and drums for him.

Xia Yi didn't expect Shangshan to change so quickly. A ball that was originally bulging would still jump and jump, but when it was pierced by an awl, it deflated angrily.He opened his mouth and looked up to the sky with his black teeth. A bird flew by in the sky, its tail was a little bit, and a piece of dung fell into his mouth impartially.This is really bad luck, Xia Yi didn't say anything, and he didn't clean his mouth. He looked at the bird silently, and said in his heart: "I remember you!" It became a brick house, and two floors were added to the brick house last year.The first floor is for receiving guests, the second floor has a kang, and there is a pavilion on the top of the third floor for viewing. His house has been built as a blockhouse.It was a very hot day, and Xin Xin’s wife went to pick pepper leaves on the weir at the south end of the orchard. Xin Xin and his son were naked on the upper body and legs, only wearing big floral trousers, sleeping on the straw mat in front of the door, and gave back to the son while sleeping. Teach drums.The son couldn't remember, and the new student said: "You are so stupid as a pig!" He used his belly as a drum to set an example.As soon as Xia Yi and Shang Shan flashed past the earthen wall, a wolf dog stood up on its hind legs.As soon as the new student turned his head, he climbed up and shouted: "Master! Master! Why did the second uncle come here?!" He hurriedly called his son to make tea, and then called his wife with a long voice to come back quickly. Look who is here !

Shangshan said: "Second Uncle's prestige will shake the world!" Xia Yi said: "If I want to live so long that even the new students are ignored by me, then I will be bumped to death on the toilet wall a long time ago." Now!" Xinsheng said: "I am not very capable as a freshman, but I dare not confuse my conscience. The country is a big village, and the village is a small country. Since when has Second Uncle been Chairman Mao of Qingfeng Street!" Xia Yi said: "You What do you mean?" Xinsheng said: "When you were in office, I told you this? A few days ago, Tiedan's mother also said that he would clean up a room on the third floor, and if the second uncle wanted to come, he would respect him You come and live here, it’s quiet and wide-eyed. This is really what Tiedan’s mother said.” Then he shouted again: “Hey——where did you die?” The newborn wife has a hunchback and a hunchbacked head He couldn't even lift it up, as if he had been crushed by a grinding fan all year round, and immediately responded: "Come here!" Xia Yi's head rose again, his neck was straight, he lit a black cigarette and smoked it, facing him Shan said: "Shangshan, there are two kinds of people I can't deal with, one is drunk, and the other is to say good things to you, they say good things to you, you reject it, you don't accept it, you You have to listen, you have to listen carefully, and you have to laugh." Seeing that Xia Yi was happy, Shangshan said, "Second Uncle, do you know that I have explained this to the freshmen in advance!" Xia Xia Yi said: "Good confession, I'm not afraid of your confession, but I'm afraid you won't confess!" There was a sound of branches in the orchard, and the newborn wife came out, bent so much that her eyes could only look at her knees, holding a handful of peppercorns in her hand. Ye, said: "The second uncle is here! No one can leave at noon, I will eat pepper leaf buns!" Xinsheng said: "What kind of pepper leaf buns are you making? Second uncle likes to eat jelly, you pack pea noodles and make jelly!" Xia Yi said: "Eat jelly, eat jelly!" He sat down and drank tea.

After drinking tea, Shangshan said to Xinsheng, "Did you see a doctor for my sister-in-law's illness?" Xinsheng said, "What are you looking for? How can you look after it? Yinsheng gave me an idea, saying that you should use two door leaves to clamp it together." The hunchback straightened, and I said that the hunchback straightened the person but died, and this dog leads to birth!" Shangshan said: "How can he say such a thing?!" Xinsheng said: "Is he talking for fun too?" Shangshan said Shan said: "Is this a matter of having fun?" Xin Xin said: "You have to have fun if you should have fun! I told his mother Tiedan: We have this trouble in our life, so we have to endure it with peace of mind. Sorrow, that makes people worry to death!" After Xinsheng finished speaking, he said to Xia Yi: "Second Uncle, do you think so?" Xia Yi grabbed Xin Xin's shoulder, pressed it, did not say anything, picked up the teacup and drank tea, The heat of the tea made the lenses of the glasses turn white, and I took off the glasses again.Shang Shan said: "Xin Xin is a happy person, so let's play the drums for the second uncle!" Xin Xin said: "Very good!"

The three of them went up to the third floor of the building.A hut was built on half of the third floor, and a pavilion was built on the other half. Standing on the pavilion, you can see the four sides of the orchard. The cowhide drum is hung in the pavilion.As soon as Xia Yi saw the drum, he remembered the absurd things when he was young, and goose bumps covered his body. He took the drumsticks, tapped the drum three times, spit and said, "You Old cow, I stripped you!" No one could understand these words.The freshman praised the cowhide as good, it hadn't broken after being hammered for decades, and asked Xia Yi and Shang Shan what score they wanted to listen to.Shangshan said: "Is there any other score, the Shehuo score?" Xinsheng said: "That's an old one, let's make a new one. There is a Qin Wang Eighteen Drum Music in Qingfeng Street. I modified it. Listen to it." But he called his son up and asked him to knock.

When the drum beats, I hear it.I heard it when I was chatting with dumb, Xia Feng, and Ding Bacao while enjoying the shade under the big locust tree next to the West Street archway.The rice fields were watered again and chemical fertilizers were sprinkled, so there was no more work to do, so we were shirtless and wandered around, sitting wherever it was cool.First, I drew squares with Ding Bacao on the ground to fight "wolves eat babies". Ding Bacao can calculate, and he can think of the next three steps after taking one step. locust tree.I can see that every branch of the big locust tree is not random, thick or thin, turning around, but has feelings.This branch is expressing affection for that branch, and that branch hates another branch. I can tell who is married to whom and who is talking to whom.I watched with relish, and suddenly heard the sound of drums.I said, "Where is the drum?" The dumb man listened and shook his hand.I said: "The dumb's ears should be fine, can't you hear?" The dumb still waved his hand.But I could clearly hear the sound of a drum, so I looked up into the sky, thinking that the wind was beating the sun.There was no sun in the sky, and it was overcast with thick clouds.I said: "What a drumbeat!" Ding Bacao scolded me for talking crazy, and said: "Come on, come on, I will fight with you again!" Ding Bacao and I fought again "wolf eating baby", The sound of the drum became more and more pleasant, and I knew that my soul was out of my body again. One of me was sitting and fighting "Wolf Eats Baby", and the other I ran to the sound of the drum. It turned out that I ran to the orchard. The top three floors of the home.Xia Yi, Shang Shan, and Xin Xin couldn't see me, but I could see them. They were a bunch of lunatics. They forgot their sorrow and their age. The drums were blaring, and Xia Yi was yelling "beautiful, beautiful".I saw that when the drum was playing, the drum turned into a cow, and Xia Yi was shouting, a rib was missing from his cavity.There was a plane flying in the sky, and the plane was like a mallet.A sheep tied by the orchard is scratching its hooves, and there is another sheep in its stomach.

To put it bluntly, Xia Yi was also in the Qingfeng Street Drum Band when he was young, Zhao Jiayi's old man in Zhongjie, Zhao Hongsheng's third uncle was the head drummer, and Xia Yi played small gongs in the team.After Zhao Jiayi's death, Zhao Jiayi's apprentice became a new leader, and he started to manage the social fires in Qingfeng Street every new year and festival.The freshman said that he likes two things the most, one is playing mahjong, and the other is playing drum music. Once he plays mahjong, he forgets the drum music, and when he plays drum music, he forgets playing mahjong.People in the village said that it was his good mahjong and drum music that made his wife look like a shrimp. After guarding a shrimp wife, he could only be obsessed with mahjong and drum music.Now, the son of the new student knocked on the first paragraph, the second paragraph, and entered the third paragraph. The new student stood by and shouted from time to time: "Three flashes!" The double mallets flashed a beat of "Qua Kua" in the air, and another mallet hit the middle of the drum for a beat of "Gua Kua".The freshman shouted again: "Ten is not cold!" The son tapped "ten" on the right side of the drum with the right mallet, then tapped "no" with the left mallet on the left side of the drum, and then tapped "cold" with the right mallet on the right side of the drum. Then the left mallet strikes the "lamp" slightly on the left side of the drum, and finally uses the right mallet to strike the "color" in the middle of the drum.The freshman shouted again: "Eight beats and thirteen dangs!" The son tapped one side of the drum, and the two hammers divided the work, hitting each word with each word, and hit thirteen "dangs".The new student and his son were already soaked in water, their hair was sticking to their heads, their big underpants were soaked, and they were so sweaty that they couldn't keep their eyes open.As soon as the drum beat fell, Xia Yi was about to clap his hands again, and a loud voice shouted from a distance: "Well done!"

Xia Yi looked up, and there was a nunnery in the orchard at Dongtou, and a man and a woman in the nunnery shouted towards this side.Xia Yi said, "The nunnery belongs to Chen Xing?" The new student said yes, and beckoned for Chen Xing to come over, but neither did Chen Xing, nor did the woman.Xia Yi said, "Is that Cui Cui?!" Tie Dan said, "Why isn't it Cui Cui? She's always there!" Xin Xin glared at his son.Xia Yi was a little puzzled, and said, "Huh?" Shangshan said, "The new student has such skills, so he shouldn't be a farmer!" The hunchbacked wife climbed from the first floor to the third floor, and she was able to climb up, shouting The bean jelly was ready, so I went down to eat the bean jelly. After listening to Shangshan’s words, I said, “A farmer is a farmer. Can you eat and drink this drum? It’s because the drum is played, and the orchard’s management is not good, which caused a lot of trouble! The new student said: "You don't understand! The drum is finished, maybe it will go to the provincial capital!" The wife said: "To the provincial capital? Are you Xia Feng?!" I don't like to hear that anymore. What's wrong with Xia Feng, isn't he just able to write a few articles, cover up all his ugliness with nothing, can he show off, can he beat Hu Ji, if he is still in the countryside, he can't even marry a wife, just marry I'm afraid it is still occupied by others!Xia Yi said: "The drums must be beaten, and the orchard must be well managed. Now Chen Xing is in competition with you. If you are inferior to him, I will not follow him!" The freshmen nodded and bowed to Xia Yi, and they went downstairs to eat The jelly is gone.

They were eating jelly downstairs, and I left.I have already lost to Ding Bacao in four games in a row. Ding Bacao was very proud and insisted that I treat him to sour noodle soup.We were eating the sour noodle soup at Shuzheng’s wife’s restaurant. While eating, a group of children chased and beat Laiyun with sticks, but Laiyun was connected to Saihu. Laiyun was running in front, and Saihu was walking backward .The mute shooed away the child and made Laiyun and Saihu quiet for a while before they separated, and I kicked Saihu away. We were still eating the sour noodle soup, but Xia Yi got drunk from eating jelly at Xinsheng's house.Wine can be intoxicating, but eating jelly can also be intoxicating?But Xia Yi was indeed drunk.He ate a bowl first and said, "Sweet!"Huhululu send it to the stomach.I ate another bowl and still didn't bite.After eating another bowl, the complexion on his face was not right, his legs trembled, his forehead was sweating, and he said, "You have mixed the mustard oil with this jelly?" Xinsheng said, "The mustard is a bit heavy. "Xia Yi still wanted to eat, Xin Xin filled another bowl, but couldn't adjust the chili vinegar and mustard, Xia Yi picked it up with chopsticks, a piece of jelly fell on the pot, he picked it up and stuffed it in his mouth.Xia Yi had never eaten like this before, Xin Xin was happy and said, "Second Uncle loves it, which proves that this jelly is ready!" Shangshan came over and grabbed the bowl, and said, "Don't dare to eat, Second Uncle is drunk! "Xinsheng said: "How can jelly be intoxicating?" Shangshan said: "Food can often make people drunk. He listened to the drum music and ate so much. He must be drunk." Xinsheng said: "Second uncle can eat jelly." Shangshan said: "Can I eat it or not? I still want to eat after three bowls? He looks like this when he is drunk. Don't cry when he is drunk." Xia Yi said: "Nonsense, when will I eat it? Have you ever cried?" As he spoke, tears began to flow.Xia Yi's tears were yellow, and they flowed sideways along the wrinkles one by one when they came out from the eyes.Shangshan said: "You still say you're not drunk. See if you're crying?" Xia Yi said: "I'm happy. I haven't been this happy for a long time! People shed tears when they are happy. Do you know, Shangshan? Thirty-five years ago, there were bandits in our Qingfeng Street, and the bandits would lose their votes in the village." Xin Xin said, "Why are you talking about bandits, what is a lost ticket?" Xia Yi said, "The name of the head of the household is written on the ticket. I wrote down the amount of property and the deadline, and said that if I want a ticket, I should go to the head of Ma Tuanzhang, who is Ma Dazhuang from Liujiapo. It's an old story!" Xia Yi continued: "Zhao Hongsheng's grandfather's family is rich, and he lost the ticket at his home. His grandfather sold the property, took two baskets of silver dollars, and a sack of opium to give to others. Since then, the family has been ruined. He is a doctor who only learned after he was born." Xia Yi took another bowl of jelly from the pot, Shangshan said: "You talk about ancient and modern times!" Trying to stop him from serving the bowl, Xia Yi still took a bite and said: "You are so fucking like your uncle! Let me tell you, my family lost the ticket too, and the asking price was too high. Once the seven-day deadline came, my family couldn’t get it out, so I hid in Yijia Ridge. I hid in the big tree behind the house. I searched the house with a torch, took valuables, and set fire to three rooms. I saw 20 or 30 bandits with guns. They were outsiders. I only recognized your uncle among them. As soon as the bandits left, my grandfather invited The Xia family wanted to find out about your uncle. Your uncle was smoking in the opium shop in Chafang Township, and he was tied up when he went in. You were going to light the sky lanterns, but your Li family begged for mercy, so they killed you. That year, Xia’s family drank grain wine. Guess how much they drank. Eighteen altars! I was young and drank three bowls. I just love jelly! I have been a village cadre for decades, and I have eaten more jelly than you have eaten!" Shangshan said: "Okay, my uncle is damned, but you can't eat it, You are really drunk." Xinsheng said: "Is your uncle an insider of the bandits?" Shangshan said: "My uncle has nothing to do with me!" Xia Yi said: "I have nothing to do with Shangshan, he is Yingmin. "Xin Xin said: "Yingmin is so honest, he is the insider of the bandits?" Xia Yi said: "Human lumps are hard to recognize! There is no Communist Party, and the world still doesn't know what it is like? I have been a Communist Party all my life. People, if the party asks me to stand, I will stand, if the party tells me to kick down, I will kick down. Today's cadres don't know how they got here, they are self-righteous, they want to go to heaven when they put on sheets, and cats pull carts. Get on the bed!" Shang Shan and Xin Xin choked for a moment, unable to say anything else, seeing Xia Yi's tears streaming down, they burst into tears.The freshman hurriedly persuaded him, and the more he persuaded, the more he cried, and he began to talk about his work as the village director, saying that he had been a village cadre for half his life, and he was not at fault. His greatest misfortune and humiliation were that the ground was not silted up It was a waste of everyone's fundraising, and the second is that he is young, so he shouldn't...but he didn't say it.The new student had never seen Xia Yi cry like this before, so he was frightened, and quickly cleaned up the jelly bowl.Shangshan said: "Let him eat, and he won't cry when he's completely drunk." He handed the jelly bowl to Xia Yi, and Xia Yi took a bite before falling asleep on the table.Shangshan said: "Now that I'm alive, how can I go home?" Xinsheng said: "You carry it back." Shangshan said: "If you go back like this, my second aunt will definitely scold me." Xinsheng wanted Xia Yi to stay at his house Sleeping, Shang Shan thought about it and went back with Xia Yi on his back.

The dumb and I took a spare rib and teased it to be transported to the pond in front of Xia Yi's house. Shangshan carried Xia Yi on his back and rested on the millstone by the pond. Shangshan called the dumb, and the dumb saw him as mud Collapsing on the grinding plate, he lashed out at Shang Shan.Shangshan said: "It's not my fault, it's your grandfather who got drunk." The mute hugged Xia Yijin's yard. I didn't go to Xia Yi's house, because at this time, I saw Bai Xue coming out of the vegetable field at the south end of the pond.The vegetables were green celery, the shirt was red, and Bai Xue stood up from the vegetable field, the color was so dazzling that I just poked there.Zhongxing's father told me that there are gods in the world, as well as ghosts and vixens, who often appear in the human form and mix among the crowd.So, Bai Xue suddenly stood up from the vegetable field, I thought it was not Bai Xue.But how could she not be Baixue, she didn't see me at first, she hugged three freshly picked pumpkins in her arms, and she was still singing "Peach Blossom Temple" softly: "Last year, today, in this gate, people's faces are red with peach blossoms; The human face does not know where to go, and the peach blossoms are still smiling at the spring breeze." Last time, I met Bai Xue, and she and her mother turned a corner to avoid the alley. Now, there is only one path from the vegetable field to the pond. I hope The path was narrower and narrower, so narrow that it was a log, and she, Bai Xue, couldn't avoid me.I saw Bai Xue walking over, she finally raised her head, I quickly laughed, she froze for a moment, but her face sank, and said: "Smiling or something, you still have the face to smile?!" I was on fire all of a sudden. , Burned like a steel ingot out of the furnace, the steel ingot was poured with water again, and condensed into a lump of iron.I didn't know what to say at that time, my lips were trembling, but I didn't make a sound. I didn't dare to stand in the road with my feet, and moved sideways to the side of the road to make way for her.She walked past me, there was a scent, a hot scent, three yellow moths and a ladybug with red background and black spots stuck to her trousers.Another dragonfly flew towards her, and I chased it away with my hands, but I fell into the pond with a plop.The water in the pond was not deep, so I stood up quickly, but Bai Xue stopped and stayed there frightened.I said: "I'm fine, I'm fine." Bai Xue said: "Come out, come out!" Seeing her anxious look, I was glad that I fell into the pond. In order to make her feel more pity for me, I fell into the water again .This time I did it on purpose, and I fell down and buried my head in the water, taking a sip of the dirty water.However, maybe it was my conspiracy that Bai Xue saw through. When I stood up from the water again, Bai Xue had already walked through the pond, and there was a pumpkin on the road.This pumpkin must be given to me by Baixue, I said: "Baixue, Baixue!" She went up the slope next to Xia Yi's house, and ran in small steps.Why is Bai Xue willing to give me a pumpkin?I just said that Baixue hated me to death. She wanted to scratch my face with her fingernails and spit on me, but she gave me a pumpkin!Standing in the pond, I suddenly thought of a lot of words. I regretted why my mouth was trembling and I didn't say these words when she gave me a face.I slapped my face, slap, slap, I slapped me there crying. My crying disturbed the mute who came out of Xia Yi's house. He stood at the gate of the courtyard and said to me: "Wow? Wow?!" I stopped crying. I felt happy when I was in front of him. I came out, hugged the pumpkin tightly, and ran to my house.My legs grew longer and longer, reaching a height of two and three meters, and my feet were like dustpans, running across the houses on Tsing Fung Street.I heard someone shouting: "Yinsheng is crazy again!" I didn't bother to ask, I ran home and put the pumpkin on the cabinet cover in the middle hall, and said to my father's portrait: "Father, I brought the pumpkin back !" I thought, what my father would hear was: "I brought my wife back!" The pumpkin was placed on the lid of the cabinet, and I sat in front of the cabinet and began to sing, what are you singing, Qin opera, Baixue is singing Qin opera I also sang Qin opera, and sang: "Oh, here we come—" But I can't remember the words after that.