Chapter 10 Chapter Ten Clear and Peaceful

When Dad first came to Taiwan, he was in a hurry. He had never been to Sun Moon Lake. Hearing that the scenery of Sun Moon Lake is wonderful, so he decided to take some time to go sightseeing in Sun Moon Lake. Mom has no interest in traveling in mountains and rivers.But it doesn't work if you don't do it differently, otherwise you will really get stuck. Dad means that it is best for the whole family to travel together, including even Tian Yidao. Tian Yidao is naturally happy, as long as she has something to play, let alone travel, she is also very happy when she walks out of the door of the house.

Ma Lisa was a little hesitant, and she said: "Since your father came, the smell of gunpowder is too strong. Traveling in the future will be the most enjoyable thing, but if the two old people quarrel, how bad it would be for us to be caught in the middle!" I said: "All the problems have already been quarreled with, so there should be no more quarrels!" "In the case of fear anytime and anywhere, such a trip is meaningless!" "Since it's Dad's intention, it doesn't seem too good for you to refuse alone!" We finally made the trip, bought a round-trip train ticket, and took the express train to Taichung.

Spent the night in Taichung and did some sightseeing. Naturally, the situation in Taichung City is far from Taipei City, and the market is much smaller. The so-called places of interest, such as Bagua Mountain and Taichung Park, seem very small.It's just a name. The next day, we hired a small car to go to Sun Moon Lake, and saw the green mountains, green waters and rural scenery along the way.Living in the city for a long time, the mood will be cheerful. Mom kept yawning in the car, as if she was very bored, maybe she thought it would be much more interesting to sit on the mahjong table.

It's good to go to Sun Moon Lake to enjoy everything, but the two-hour car road is very unbearable. Tian Yidao was originally in high spirits, and she also began to doze off while sitting in the car. After a while, she fell asleep soundly. When we arrived at Sun Moon Lake, the morning light was still early, and the lake and mountains were in sight. After being introduced by the driver, we walked into a newly opened hotel.He ordered the shop assistant to fetch a basin of wash water.After asking for a cold drink, the troubles began. Sellers of souvenirs, chewing gum, photos, all kinds, there are old and young hawkers, they pester to sell.

In any tourist area, there will inevitably be such hawkers, it is best not to mess with them, it will be like poking a nest of numbness. Dad asked for a landscape photo out of curiosity and took a look. Fortunately, those who come from a businessman background have the habit of asking extravagant prices and repaying money on the spot. His counter-offer was quite appropriate, and a third of the price was sold. But after buying this copy of the photo, all the vendors refused to leave and insisted on pestering them to sell it. At the beginning, everyone politely refused, but gradually they felt angry.Because those landscape photos will stick to your nose and refuse to be removed, as if they are forcing you to buy them.

The chewing gum will be stuffed straight into your pocket, and you can't take it out and return it. Anyway, you have to buy it. The bad style is unbelievable. It is said that these trends are caused by those wealthy overseas Chinese. They often appear in the attitude of "spending money", and they have a share in seeing them, so they have turned those peddlers into rogues. Marisa is the easiest to lose her temper.She warned a girl vendor: "If you stick the photo up to my nose again, I will tear it off!" "Buy one, buy one!" The girl refused to move her hand away.

"If you don't move it away, I'm going to tear it apart!" she said again. The girl is waiting for the perfect moment. Ma Lisa didn't know that tearing up photos was as difficult to mess with as breaking a beggar's begging bowl. I was about to persuade her to ignore these scoundrels, but it was too late. Just hearing a "chi", the stack of photos was divided into two halves. Good guy, the girl peddler wailed loudly, but she didn't have a single tear. "Bullying people, bullying children, I don't want my life! You will lose money..." She jumped on her feet, yelled strangely, and deliberately fell to the ground and rolled.

"I warned you not to stick the picture up my nose!" Marisa said. "How can you bully children and tear up other people's photos? People rely on these things for food!" Another peddler appeared with a fair attitude. "She will pay!" said another. "Fight!" The one standing outside the door cheered with momentum, on the one hand, it was also deliberately scaring people. "Ah! So you are all the way! This is a trap..." Ma Lisa said. "Fight!" Some guys standing outside the door feared that the world would not be chaotic, and they all responded with one shout and one beating.

"Hit! Hit! Hit..." Ma Lisa stood up, rolled up her sleeves, and said, "Whoever wants to fight, stand up first!" I waved my hand and said, "Stop making trouble, how much is the photo? Just lose money!" "Five hundred yuan!" The child quickly got up from the ground and stretched out five fingers. "Shit! Just now my dad bought a set for only ninety yuan!" I said. "Break a begging bowl!" said Mother. "I'll give you one hundred yuan, don't talk about it anymore, or I'll call the police!" I said. "At least one hundred and fifty yuan!" She was still bargaining.

I tossed a hundred dollars and said, "It's only one hundred dollars. If you still want to mess around, we have to go to the police station to solve it!" The waiter in the hotel helped to speak, saying good things and bad things, and finally let the little female vendor leave. The waiter said: "Those people are difficult to deal with, just don't mess with them!" "There are a lot of rascals in the great scenic area, wouldn't it kill the scenery?" I said. In order to avoid the entanglement of those hawkers, the waiter opened a room for us. This hotel is quite large and has three floors. There are two types of rooms. The common ones only have a bed, a wardrobe, a sofa chair and a small dressing table.

Larger rooms are called suites and have a complete set of sofa chairs and their own toilet. We booked two suites respectively, took a short rest, and then set out to swim in the lake. The price of the motorboat on the lake is publicly set, how much per hour, or it can be chartered to visit various places of interest on the lake. Here comes the trouble again, some guy with a camera came for a deal. They serve as valets and take pictures of people, and this occupation is outside the three hundred and sixty lines.They just had a camera and nothing else. Dad had his own camera, and he already had a hobby of photography, so those valet photographers didn't have much business to do. "You can't take a picture of yourself with a camera, someone has to take a picture for you!" said the businessman. "I just love taking pictures of people, not myself!" Dad said. When the steamboat was moving, a photo-taking auto was on board, and he seemed to follow. The steamboat first arrived at Guanghua Island, a place the size of dried tofu, which is also one of the scenic spots.Because it protrudes from the water, build a gazebo.It is also full of chic to use it to take pictures. Dad wanted to take pictures of the scenery, so the person who took the pictures gave instructions on his own: "This angle is not very good. It will be much better if you go around to the back. Opposite is the Huafan Club, and you can see the Yuanshan Hotel!" Dad said: "I have been holding a camera for twenty or thirty years. Could it be that I don't even know the angle?" "No! I'm just giving advice!" he said. When we landed on Guanghua Island, Tian Yidao was jumping around.She felt very fresh, and climbed up and down on the railing of the gazebo. The photographer said: "This little sister is very lively, let's take a picture!" With a "click", he took a picture, and then, as if it was a free service, "click" was the second one. "Come on! Take a picture of mother and daughter!" He asked Tian Yidao and Ma Lisa to stand together. "Crack" is another one. "Hey, how much does it cost to take a photo!" Ma Lisa asked. "Oh, it's very cheap, we are determined to serve!" He said "click" and another one. "How much?" "It won't be considered expensive for you! Just don't worry, do you still care about the money when you go out to play?" "Kacha" is another one, as if the film is free of money. "Guanghua Island" is only such a big place, and it is already clear at a glance. We boarded the steamer again and sailed straight to Huafanshe.The photographer followed by himself. "Huafanshe" has a narrow and long street with shops on both sides, most of which sell souvenirs or specimens of birds and animals. Generally speaking, most of the people who open shops are mountain people, but most of them have already turned into flat land. A few girls still wear mountain clothes to attract customers. They perm their hair, put on lipstick, and some even draw their eyebrows, which looks a little different.Not to mention men, there are all those with airplane heads, flowered shirts or suits. This is a rather commercialized street. If you plan to buy some souvenirs, the most important thing is to "pay back the money on the spot after bargaining all over the sky", otherwise you will be fooled! "Huafanshe" also has many photography agencies for people to take pictures, and there are mountain clothing rentals for tourists to take pictures as souvenirs. Curious people like to put on mountain clothes, hang colorful ornaments, and take pictures as souvenirs. Marisa was most interested in this sort of thing.She first dressed up Tian Yidao, and she also wore a fandao. This kid is quite pompous, and he puts on a show for people to take pictures with. "Crack, click, click!" The photographer following us snapped the button of his camera. The photographer in the photo studio has not set up the distance yet, he has already taken five or six pictures. Dad was also happy. He also put on a fan hat, a samurai jacket, and a fan sword. Look at him chubby, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, no matter how he dresses up, he won't look like a "Gaoshan tribe". "Crack, click!" He asked someone to take a picture. "Mom, let's have one too!" He joked to his mother. "Ah, I don't want it. What do I look like in a fanyi?" She giggled. "It's okay, it's fun, keep it as a souvenir!" Everyone chatted and dressed up for my mother. She really didn't look like a mountain.Is there a "Gaoshan tribe" wearing a pair of deep myopia glasses?Almost like a clown in a circus troupe. "Do you want to take a photo with the princess?" asked the photographer from the photography agency. "Where is the princess!" He said. "Princess of Huafanshe!" he said. "Where there is a princess, of course there is an emperor?" Dad became interested again. "Of course, it is Lord Mao!" "It's funny!" "The eldest princess and the second princess are here!" Really, two girls in mountain costumes are called here. Don’t look at their weird clothes, their hair has been permed, and their facial makeup is completely modern. They have coffee-colored eyebrows, painted eye circles, and painted lipstick.The most unique thing is that they are wearing white sneakers on their feet. When the two of them walked into the venue, they put on a pose ready to be photographed, which was exactly like the scene of the event. After the photographer clicked the button for a while, the photoshoot was over. He began to calculate the price. His arithmetic was not good enough, but the calculation was very delicate. Rent a set of mountain clothes for five yuan per person, fifty-five twenty-five, which is twenty-five yuan.One photo of the princess is also five yuan, two princesses is ten yuan, and the two princesses count six photos in total, sixty yuan, the photos are four-inch negatives, one forty yuan, four six two hundred Forty yuan, and there are six more single photos, two hundred and forty yuan... He added the numbers one by one, without any ambiguity, in a completely childlike appearance. "A total of five hundred and sixty yuan!" He calculated the most correct figure. At this time, everyone was dumbfounded.Dad raised his finger to convert Hong Kong dollars. "It's almost a hundred Hong Kong dollars, and it costs a hundred Hong Kong dollars to take such a few photos?" He said with wide-eyed eyes. "It's been calculated fairly!" said the photographer. The photos have already been calculated, and the price has already been announced. It seems a little late to bargain at this time. Dad reluctantly took out the money, and the photographer asked about the hotel and room number, and declared that the photos would be delivered after lunch. "Just don't worry, we are the most trustworthy!" the photographer said again. "Why don't you send the pictures and get paid?" Dad asked. "There are a lot of customers who don't keep their promises, and they leave after taking pictures!" From what he said, he still doesn't trust the guests. When leaving the shooting site, Tian Yidao clamored for soda.On that street, there are quite a few simple cold drink shops, and the prices are slightly more expensive than those in the urban area, but they are still fair. Sun Moon Lake is only that big, and the so-called "eight sceneries" include the water outlet and the water inlet. The most special thing is the place where the water enters. It is said that in normal times, it will spray water like a fountain to a height of more than ten feet, but this day we only saw some spray foam on the water surface.That's because the pool was full of water, and we lost the chance to watch the wonders. On the way back, there was a newly built small temple. According to the tour guide, Tang Sanzang's Tianling bone was placed in this temple. The place close to the shore is a newly opened reinforced concrete pier, which can accommodate three or five boats. A road is also newly opened.Along the road, there are sporadic vendors. The situation of those street vendors is not as bad as in other areas. When they see customers, they just ignore them, and they probably don't have any business on weekdays. All the customers who want to buy souvenirs have already bought them in other places, and the situation of food stalls is even more neglected. Who would buy food in this place? Therefore, they seem to wait for the natural development, and never solicit business from customers, which is a waste of energy. Going up the mountain road, you can see the small temple, which is the place where Tang Seng's spiritual bone was placed. We heard a burst of women's laughter, are tourists playing there? Stepping into the temple gate, it turned out that several nuns were enjoying themselves there. What kind of thoughts do people have when they hear such laughter in front of the temple gate? After a tourist stepped into the temple, the laughter stopped. A nun hurriedly waited in front of the shrine with the words "giving lamp oil". "Crack, click!" Dad was taking pictures. I wanted to see where Tang Shengseng's spiritual bone was placed, but I couldn't see it at all. It was placed inside the shrine. "Ask for a lottery!" said the nun. "How much is it for a lottery?" Mom was more interested in this aspect, and she asked the nun the price. "Five yuan for a lottery!" the nun replied. "How about a stick of incense?" "It's also five yuan." In other words, it costs ten yuan to ask for a lottery, because it is not pious enough if the lottery is not offered, and asking the Bodhisattva for guidance requires "sincerity leads to spirit". So, we watched my mother perform. After offering the incense, she held the stick, murmured something in her mouth, and shook it violently. A bamboo stick fell out of the stick, and the number was woven on the stick. . After the nun checked the number, she tore off one of the booklets covered with yellow spiritual scrolls on the wall. "Would you like to release the lottery? Ten yuan for the lottery!" the female Nila said. "You don't need to untie the lottery, I will do it myself!" After taking the spiritual lottery, my mother took off the pair of thick glass myopia glasses, wiped it with a handkerchief, and read it against her nose. "The sign says: The sun is red when the wind is tight and the snow is urgent, the spring and snow and winter frost meet each other, if you ask for a man, you will get a unicorn, and you will have a clear and peaceful dragon... Ha, great, sign up!" I was deeply surprised, and said: "It's not like playing mahjong, how could all the dragons come out?" Mom said: "Today should be a good day for playing cards!" I took the spirit lottery and took a closer look. My mother only mispronounced two characters. poker friends. On the top of the spiritual lottery was printed: "The wind is tight and the clouds are in a hurry to see the sun is red, spring snow and winter frost meet each other, if you ask for a man, you will get a unicorn, and the green grass will flatten the lake and you will be a dragon!" This is of course signed, the first sentence means "turning danger into disaster", the second sentence is "good fortune and misfortune balance", the third sentence is "whatever you want", and the fourth sentence is "promoting success"!Whether it is seeking a job, getting married, breaking ground, filing a lawsuit, asking for money or a child, you will definitely be able to meet your needs. My mother's mind is full of playing mahjong. When she sees "green grass, flat lake and one dragon", she regards it as "all in one color". At lunch time, we took the steamboat back to the lakeside pier, ready to visit the Lalu Tower in the afternoon. To avoid the boring hawkers, we ordered meals to eat in the suite. The price of guest meals is very reasonable, divided into three types: ten yuan, twenty yuan and thirty yuan.If you add food, you will pay extra. We ordered meals for four guests, and added a steamed crucian carp. Dad brought a bottle of brandy with him. He is not a heavy drinker. Every meal is just a small glass of wine, enjoying himself That's all. We were having lunch, everyone was talking and laughing, and the family reunion was a joy. After dinner, Dad said: "Everyone go back to rest, take a nap, and then we will go to Hanbilou. I heard that the scenery on it is very good. We can take a few more photos!" Just when the word "photo" was mentioned, someone knocked on the door, and Tian Yidao rushed to answer it. The door of the room was opened, and a person stood outside the door, saluting and bowing, smiling and polite. After a closer look, we realized that it was the one who took the video for us just now. If he doesn't show up again, maybe we'll all forget about him. "The film has been developed, and I have printed a sample. I'm here to ask you to see which ones you want to enlarge?" He said with a smile on his face. Ma Lisa rushed over to take a look, and found that a total of two rolls of film were taken, and a few samples were developed. It is surprising why he took so many shots. One roll of film has fifty-two shots, and two rolls of film has one hundred and four shots. It turned out that he was holding the camera in his hand and kept taking pictures, including us on the road, on the boat, my mother asking for a lottery, Tian Yidao eating cold food, all kinds of dynamics, all kinds. Naturally, it is no wonder that there are more than a hundred of them. His photography skills are not very good, and many of the focal distances are not adjusted properly, which makes him look confused. Of the more than 100 photos, he can't pick out one-third that is worth zooming in on. "It doesn't matter, you just pick one of them!" He said. "How much?" Marisa asked. "You choose which ones to develop first, and it doesn't matter if you talk about the money slowly, we are dedicated to serving you!" Dad and mother all rushed over, and they helped them choose.Dad is very interested in the photos of him pretending to be a Gaoshan tribe. Mom also giggled at the photo of her signing. "How much?" Marisa asked again. "It doesn't matter money, it must be the cheapest and cheapest for you!" The man was very generous. After a while, the photos had been selected and marked in the book, and the man left in a hurry. Ma Lisa said: "If you don't negotiate the price first, you'll be talking about it later." Dad said: "No, I think that person's face is quite honest, he won't be as boring as those peddlers!" For lunch, we walked up the mountain collectively and visited the Lalu Tower. The Lalu is also a hotel, but its scale is quite good. There are Chinese and Western restaurants. The garden covers a large area and is full of flowers and trees. It looks like a big garden. It is an ideal place for taking pictures. The afternoon passed, and when it was time for dinner, we still ordered a meal to eat in the room. "After dinner, what else is there for fun?" Mom asked the question. Dad said: "You better play mahjong?" "Yes, are there mahjong tiles for rent in this hotel?" I said: "This place is not Hong Kong, mahjong tiles can be rented anywhere!" "How boring it is not to play cards!" she said. "Besides playing cards, don't you have other programs for entertainment?" "I also once thought, what program is more interesting than playing cards? Just think about it, with thirteen cards in your hand, you can almost call the wind and rain when the wind is good. You can get what you want, and you don't want it. Pingping, Shuanglong Hug... Hey! You will never experience that kind of happiness in your life!" Mom was really happy when she thought of such a deck of cards. "Didn't you see it? Even when I went to the nun's temple to ask for a lottery, the Bodhisattva also suggested that I rub the cards, 'all colors are peaceful and one dragon'..." "Qingcaopinghu one-stop!" I corrected her and said. "To ask for a lottery is to unravel the lottery. The meaning of 'Green Grass and Pinghu Lake' is all peaceful. Otherwise, how can it be called a dragon?" Mom's brilliant explanation made us giggle. "Oh, the scenery of the lake and the mountains. It must be very beautiful to swim in the lake at night, very poetic and picturesque!" Dad said. "Swimming in the lake during the day and at night, how can there be so much poetry and painting?" Mom objected. "We came to Sun Moon Lake, didn't we just come to see the scenery?" Dad said. "It's good to see it! The lake water will not change, isn't it all water?" "Talking about scenery with you is like playing the piano with a cow!" "Dad!" I smoothed things over, "Everyone has their own preferences, so Mom has to..." The guy who took the photo came and interrupted the conversation. He was quite efficient and had really developed the photos. There were more than forty copies printed in total. "Excellent, please take a look!" he said. It is really a pleasure to look at the photos of life, especially when traveling in mountains and rivers and coming to a fresh place, where there are all kinds of weird shapes. Tian Yidao is very photogenic, she looks very playful and natural when taking photos. Everyone rushed to watch it for a while. It can be seen from the photos that everyone is very satisfied. Naturally, they are waiting to ask for money at this time. "How much?" Marisa asked again. The man chuckled and stretched out five fingers. Without doubting him, Ma Lisa opened her handbag, took out 500 yuan, and handed it to the man.If it is calculated at 10 yuan per photo, it is not too expensive. The man didn't accept it, he only showed a smiling face, and said with a smile: "Miss, you should be promoted!" Ma Lisa was startled, and said, "Isn't five hundred yuan enough?" "Ten yuan for a photo is more than that!" "If you stretch out five fingers yourself, isn't that worth five hundred yuan?" "I mean five thousand!" "Five thousand?" Our hairs stood on end. "How can there be such an expensive photo? Is it washed with gold?" Ma Lisa was annoyed again. "This is our public price. One roll of film is 2,500 yuan, and two rolls is 5,000, including processing. To be fair, we are purely for service, which is half-selling and half-giving. !” he said with a smile on his face. "Who sets the public price?" I asked. “We ordered it!” "How can there be such a price? Taking these few photos, eight or nine hundred Hong Kong dollars, isn't it a joke?" Dad was also a little annoyed. "How much does a roll of film cost? I bought it at the sales department of the tourist hotel for only 20 yuan a roll, and it cost less than 5 yuan to develop and wash it... Isn't this equivalent to extortion?" "Old man, don't speak harshly! We are serving tourists. Since you are here to play, what does it matter if you spend more money?" "Nonsense, we came out to play, not to be taken advantage of!" Dad said. "Not much to say!" Ma Lisa waved her hands and said seriously: "How much does it cost? Seriously, don't take us for fools!" "Well, let's get a 10% discount, and everyone will 'fall through the threshold'! 4,500 yuan!" said the man. "Shit, I'll give you a thousand yuan..." Ma Lisa said. "Hey, one thousand yuan is not even enough for the cost. Miss, I followed you all over the place. I took pictures for you one by one, and the leather shoes were all torn. I have to wash and wash for you... " "Who told you to take pictures? Since this is the case, I don't want a single picture, you take them all back!" Ma Lisa said angrily. "Why don't you take the photos you've taken?" The man began to slander. "Who told you to take the picture?" Marisa asked. "Of course you asked me to take it. Aren't these all your photos? I didn't just take pictures with people when I was full and had nothing to do!" "Do you dare to say such a thing?" "Why don't you dare to say it? These are all your photos, isn't it evidence? Did you dare to take pictures without telling me?" "Bastard..." Ma Lisa hurriedly uttered obscenities. "Why are you cursing?" "People like you deserve to be beaten!" "Beating? Who dares to touch a single hair of my hair. My surname Chen has been in Sun Moon Lake for a long time. I should take the money from others for taking pictures!" "Don't forget that you were the one who took pictures of the children first..." "I'm not shameless, it's shameless if you don't pay for taking pictures!" "Bah!" Ma Lisa made a move and hit his face with a palm. The man staggered and fell out the door with a bump on his nose. "Huh? I beat someone..." He still wanted to yell and scare people. "Are you bullying people because of your money?" "Do you think you dare not hit you?" Ma Lisa jumped out with her clothes on. She grabbed the man by the waist, tripped her leg, and did it neatly. With a sound of "da", the man fell to the ground. Dad's eyes widened, surprised. "Good job!" Mom said. Ma Lisa was still catching up, grabbing the man's arm with both hands and pulling back suddenly. The man grinned in pain, but he still refused to ask for mercy.Tian Yidao staggered forward, helped her mother fight, and kicked the man in the head. "Bastard!" She even scolded! Tian Yidao may have Naimu's nature, he just likes to fight, and he doesn't care about anything when he is angry. "Tian Yidao go away!" her mother yelled. I quickly pulled Tian Yidao away. "Do you still dare to curse?" Ma Lisa asked the guy who was beaten. "You beat people without paying for taking pictures..." That guy was quite stubborn, as if he could stand being beaten. "Break your arm!" Ma Lisa snapped her hands together again. "Ah yo, ah yo..." He started to cry out in pain, bursting out tears and snot. "Do you still dare to curse?" Ma Lisa said again. "Don't dare..." "Don't think that tourists are easy to bully, you only ask for trouble!" Ma Lisa was as fierce as a hag. "What are you going to do?..." "How much? Tell the truth!" "Give it whatever you want!" "No! Let's talk about a fair price! How do you usually charge?" Marisa pulled his arm again. "Ah yo... you say a thousand is a thousand!" He endured the pain and said a word. Satisfied, Ma Lisa let go of her hands and said, "This kind of person is a bitch, and his bones will itch if they don't get beaten." The man grinned and got up from the ground. He stroked his arm, still complaining incessantly. "Ah, ah, I have met unreasonable customers! If you don't give money, you will beat them!" He also murmured. Ma Lisa pointed to his nose and said, "If you keep talking nonsense, I will call again!" She walked into the room, took out the one thousand yuan bill that was thrown on the coffee table, and was about to take it out of the room. Unexpectedly, that person ran out of the corridor and down the stairs in a flash. "I'm going to call the police, I'm going to call the police..." Marisa rushed to the side of the stairs, and the man had already rushed out of the hotel door. "What if we call the police?" Dad never liked to stir up trouble.When he saw Ma Lisa beating someone just now, he was already dumbfounded. "The police can't be unreasonable. What are we afraid of?" Ma Lisa wished she hadn't beaten the man up again. "Hey, what kind of mountains are you going out to swim? What kind of water are you playing in? It's really discouraged!" Mom said to herself, "If there is another time, I'd rather sit at home!" "Maybe the police are in collusion with them!" Dad said. "Impossible. In this way, is there still national law?" I said. "Otherwise, why is he so fierce?" Dad was still worried. "He's just playing a rascal!" I said. "Well, I think it's better to go back to Taipei earlier. I've seen the mountains and rivers, so what's the point of messing around with rascals?" Mom suggested. "Since he went to call the police, we have to settle the matter before leaving!" I said. "I really came here in high spirits and came back disappointed!" Dad sighed and said, "Why do some scoundrels destroy such a beautiful scenic area? It really kills the scenery! Will tourists dare to come in the future?" "It's terrible!" "Ah! I remembered something!" Papa suddenly patted his head and pointed at Marisa. "What did you remember?" she asked. "Before you were married!" Dad pointed his finger at me again, and said, "I went to Taipei for the first time and walked into your apartment. Suddenly a figure flashed in front of me, and I fell headlong..." "Is there such a thing?" I had to play dumb on purpose. All of a sudden, Marisa blushed, and she smiled embarrassingly. "Well, I remembered, it was a woman who deliberately threw me downstairs!" Dad's eyes widened, and he said to Ma Lisa, "Is it you?" Ma Lisa really wanted to dig a hole in the ground and hide in it. She put on a silly face and was stunned. "Why is that?" Dad asked again. "Wrong person!" she admitted frankly. "Ha, do you throw strangers down the stairs if you make a mistake? What if there is a murder case?" "Oh, have you been beaten too?" Mom laughed. "I misread it as the tenant downstairs!" "Where did you learn your fighting skills?" the old man asked again, but he was not angry. "I have practiced judo and karate since I was a child!" "Doesn't Lingtang teach you? What kind of karate and judo do girls learn?" "Mom is seventh in judo and fifth in karate!" Ma Lisa said. "The old lady is also good at fighting?" "She's teaching students and opening a judo school!" "Oh, it turns out that you are a 'fighting family', no wonder, I just got the answer to my suspense over the years!" Dad said. "Actually, you like to visit mountains and rivers, so you should also learn some kung fu, so as not to be bullied all the time, how can you be as soft as tofu?" Mom teased. "If I learn how to fight, I will 'clean up' you first!" Dad said. "Hmph, don't dream!" At this time, the guy who took the picture really brought a policeman. "Who beat you and why, you just say it!" the policeman said to the caretaker who took the picture as he climbed the stairs. "How can anyone be so unreasonable in the world? I took two large rolls of film, developed, washed and printed them, and even beat people up if I didn't pay..." He seemed quite reasonable: "I didn't want to take the photos myself. , here and there, posing in various poses, and wearing Gaoshan costumes..." They were already upstairs. "Who beat you?" asked the policeman. "Her!" He pointed at Marisa. "Hmph, I want to be beaten again!" Marisa said. "Why did you beat someone?" the policeman asked. "This scoundrel is so boring!" I chimed in. "Don't talk until I ask you!" the policeman said to me in an official tone. Ma Lisa took out all the film rolls that had been scattered all over the table in the room, and accused him: "Look, just a few photos like this were taken by him himself 'sincerely', and he insisted on knocking us. Five thousand dollars! When we live in a 'black shop'!" The person who took the photo immediately denied it, saying: "There are not so many, I just bargained at random..." "Take out your ID cards!" The policeman really seemed to have a cover. "I don't have an ID card!" Dad said. "How did you come to Sun Moon Lake without an ID card?" the policeman asked. "I have a passport!" "Oh, it turns out they are overseas Chinese!" "I'm also from Hong Kong!" I also took out my passport. The policeman began to deal with it impartially, pointing to the photographer and said, "You can't take advantage of tourists! How much should the photos be taken, and behave properly!" "It doesn't matter how much it is, and it doesn't matter if you don't give it! But beating people is not allowed. I will sue them for harm!" "You should be beaten for being a scoundrel and speaking rudely!" Ma Lisa said. "Who do you say beat you?" the policeman asked again. "Her!" The photographer pointed at Ma Lisa. "Are you saying it was a woman who beat you?" the policeman continued. "Yes, I'm too embarrassed to fight back. Look, I still have scars on my face!" "Tell me clearly, where did the scars on your face come from!" I resisted. "Her!" He pointed at Tian Yidao again. The policeman laughed and said, "A woman and a child hit you?" "Yes, this woman is more fierce than the 'Tigress'. She pushed me to the ground and raised her hands behind her back. I had no choice but to be beaten..." "Ah, ah..." The policeman seemed to have thought of something else. He looked at Ma Lisa for a while and said, "I remembered a piece of news. It was published in a big newspaper. A lady beat up more than a dozen people. Evil young rascal! There are photos on it!" Ma Lisa loves to hear these words, and said: "Yes, I am not afraid of everyone's hooligans, but am I afraid of a hooligan who takes pictures?" "It really is you, no wonder I feel so kind!" said the policeman. "Really? Did you recognize it from the newspaper photograph?" "No! At that time, I was in that branch!" "So that's how it is. How long have you been transferred to Sun Moon Lake?" "Almost six or seven months!" The two of them started discussing daily routines, put aside the business, and everyone waited foolishly. "Working in Sun Moon Lake is probably much easier than in Taipei, after all, there are so many troublesome things in Taipei!" Ma Lisa said. "No! They're all about the same!" he said. “嗨，你们聊得起劲，我的问题该如何解决？”那照相的打断了他们的话题，以责备的语气说。 那警察一翻眼睛，抬手指着他的鼻子，叱责说：“警察局早有明令，禁止你们骚扰观光客，你又是故技重犯了！做买卖不从远处着眼，观光客全被你们吓跑了，那么你们还吃什么呢？” 那照相的还不肯认瘪，瞪眼说：“我并没有骚扰观光客，替人家拍了照讨钱，是不应该的吗？” “这几张蹩脚照片要讨多少钱？你倒说说看！”警察说。 “最低限度成本费和跑腿费要给我的嘛！”他还一脸孔自恃有理的。 “是谁让你跑腿的呢？是你自己死皮赖脸替我们乱拍的！”马莉莎还要继续讲道理。 “你们不让我拍，我吃饱了饭没事干吗……” 马莉莎一跺脚说：“这个人嫌刚才挨揍没够，假如说，揍无赖是不犯法的话，我将他抛到楼下去！” 拍照的还真怕揍，他赶忙躲到警察的身背后，呐呐说：“在警察的面前你也敢打人吗？” “你不受一点教训，以后受害者还不知道有多少？” “好了！”警察双手一举，拦阻他们吵闹下去，说：“刚才你答应给他多少钱？” “他开口五千，我们给他一千！”马莉莎说：“其实这一千元也不愿意给，我们并没有请他拍的！” 警察点了点头，向那人说：“其实给你一千元，你也应该满足了，至少有七八百元好赚，你别以为观光客对照相都是外行，人家也是玩照相机的，什么样的底牌，谁不知道呢！” “哪来的七八百元好赚呢！我们难得发市一次，旅客差不多都是自带照相机的……”他说了良心话。 “不管怎样，我的排解就是叫你收下一千元了事，要不然我就得将你带返派出所去，给你录案，予以骚扰观光客的罪名！” “唉！你——你——你怎么帮到外人去了？”拍照的露出了一副尴尬不堪的形色。 “我们身为人民保母，就是要说公道话的！”警察已经接过了那一千，交到那人的手中。 这家伙还死皮赖脸地没肯离去。这时却变语气了，转向我说：“不可以多赏两个吗？” 我冷嗤说：“像你这样的人，给你钞票，等于是鼓励你向观光客勒索，我宁可将钞票撕掉，扔到水里去，也不会再多给你一文钱！” “那么打伤了人，总应该赔我医药费？”他一副死要钱的脸孔令人恶心。 “谁打伤你了？”警察问。 “你看我脸上的伤痕！”他说。 “我只让你趴在地上叫饶！”马莉莎说。 “但是你的孩子朝我的脸孔踢了一脚，差点眼睛也踢瞎了！”他说。 “连孩子都踢你，就可见得你可恶的程度了！”警察说。 “好吧，我认倒霉！”他握着钞票，转身就开溜了。 “田太太，你的打架本领究竟从什么地方学来的？”那位警察对这一方面的兴趣特浓，还打算再聊下去呢。 “家传的！”马莉莎说。 “是练柔道吗？” “不，包括空手道，我们通称为空道，比如说，国术之中'赤手擒刃'就是其中的一种！” “到底柔道空手道是日本玩艺还是我们中国的玩艺？” “由中国流传到日本，日本人将它发扬，流传为国宝！” “我们警察学校也有柔道的课程，但是所学的不过是皮毛技术，经常连拿一个犯人都拿不住！” 马莉莎说：“柔道原是防身的技击，防卫的性能较之攻击性要强得多，要拿犯人时，最好是先将他摔得七荤八素，失去了抵抗能力！” “但是警察不能打人呀！” “所以就连犯人也拿不住！” 他俩哈哈一笑，结束了一场愉快的谈话，那位警察临离去时还向马莉莎说： “假如以后有机会，我愿意向你学两手！” “可以！绝不收学费！” 我将那位警察送到饭店的门首间。 他又说：“娶一个会柔道的太太很伤脑筋吧？” “也不一定，习惯就为常了！”我说。 “万一发脾气时岂不就'修理'惨了？”他的语气好像带着同情的意味。 “不！打架只是对外的，在家中还是满温柔的！” “难以令人相信！” “信不信就由你了！”
这一夜，我们既没有游湖，也没有其他的娱乐节目。 风景地区就是如此，它只是供人静静地欣赏，随着太阳下山，一切活动就停于休止状态。 我们闲聊了一阵，就各自回房安寝。 次晨，妈妈起得特别早，她爬起床就吵闹着要回台北了。 爸爸的意思，既然由远道而来，就不妨多停留一些时刻。 爸爸说：“再游一次湖，这一次再也不拍照，也不买什么土产，要好好地欣赏湖光山色！” 妈妈说：“该看的也看了，该玩的也玩了，还有什么值得停留的！” “日月潭是著名的风景区，凡是到过台湾的观光客无不赞美的，有些人，每到台湾来一次，就一定到日月潭一次，只有你才会吵着回市区的……” “除了山就是水，看来看去都是一样，这和一个大水池又有什么分别呢？” “你真是一点诗情画意都没有！” “我不要做诗也不要填词，我就是要回市区去！”妈妈坚持己见说。 “你自幼长大，在市区里住了几十年还未住够吗？” “哼！你天天吃白米饭，也没听说你吃腻了呢，人总归是一个习惯上的问题，我就是高兴在市区内待着！” “嗯，我知道了，你就是惦念着想搓麻将，所以急着要回台北去！” “我搓牌是我的本分，一点也不干预你的事情的！这和你喜欢拍照片，马莉莎喜欢打架是相同的道理，各人有各人的嗜好！” “你真是横不讲理！”爸爸已经是气急败坏了！ “你才不讲理呢！” “哼，假如我有马莉莎的那一套功夫，我一定摔你十个跟头！” “哟，凭你的那一块肥肉，也想学柔道吗？” “我回台北就开始和马莉莎学柔道，下一次我不摔你下楼梯才怪呢！” “真岂有此理！” “真莫名其妙！” 这可以说是一次很不愉快的旅行，其实钞票也没有少花，可以说是一直在做“冤大头”呢，然而大家都没有玩得痛快。 “出来游山玩水等于是花钱买罪受，到处是纰漏，不是吵架就是打架，真没有意思！”在回程的汽车中，妈妈还嘟嘟囔囔地嘀咕着。 “再有下次出来玩，绝不带你同行！”爸爸赌气说。 “你请我也不来！用八人大轿抬我也不来！”妈妈说。 “一天到晚就惦着搓牌！老是看着那几张筒条万，有什么意思呢？” “各人有各人的嗜好，你管不着！” “从来就没看见你替我办好一桩事情，买一幢房屋，淹水！买了家具被小偷偷光，都是坏在麻将桌子之上！”爸爸开始翻老帐了。 “哼，还有咧，娶个媳妇会把家翁摔到楼梯底下去！” 爸爸吹胡子瞪眼睛，气得直翻白眼，但是他又能如何呢？ 我和马莉莎没敢啃声，这是马莉莎早预料到的，随时随地两老都会翻老帐吵架，这样的旅行是很杀风景的。 “马莉莎，回到台北，我就和你学柔道！”爸爸说。 “我学空手道！”妈妈说。 “好的，我妈妈开设的柔道学校，可以多两名新生了！” 他们老两口完全是别扭上了呢。
我们婚后，爸爸是头一次来到台湾，按照规矩，亲家母又得尽地主之谊一番。 据我所知道，马老太太虽然开设了一间柔道学校，可是经济环境并不很好，妈妈到台北来的时候已经吃过她一顿了。 这时候又再要她请一顿，好像是有点说不过去的，同时也需要了解别人的经济环境才对。 马老太太又是极其爱面子的人，我考虑再三，便吩咐马莉莎给她老人家送一些钱过去。这也等于在父母的面前给自己的妻子装面子呢。 这一顿亲家之宴，还是设在柔道学校的敞厅内。 她还是老规矩，吃的是福州菜。食后，又还是她的得意学生的柔道表演。 在日月潭的归途时，我以为爸爸说他想学柔道，只是说笑话而已，说过算了事，岂料他童心未泯，还真打算学两手摔跤的把戏。 吃了几杯酒，他兴致勃勃地，说： “谁来教我？” 马老太太也乐了，吩咐她的得意门生，说：“王文娟、王文美两姊妹，今天你们两个担任教授！” 老头儿要学摔跤，大家的兴致都很高，王文娟、王文美两姊妹，还争先要做这个教授呢。 “待我先来！”王文娟以大姊的资格占了先。 爸爸还真换上了打柔道的运动衣了呢。看他一副肥团脸孔五短身材，哪会是运动家的材料呢！他更衣后很快就站上“榻榻米”的摔台上了。 王文娟说：“学柔道的第一步是要先练下盘功夫，国术说就是'扎马功'！” 爸爸说：“我的'扎马功'本来就是不错的！” “第二个要点，就是要禁得起挨摔！” “我曾经被一个跟头摔到楼梯下，身上连一点的伤痕也没有，可以说已经有了经验了。” “你体重有多少？” “七十公斤！” “我只有四十八公斤！”王文娟说。 “那么你能摔得动我吗？” “现在开始，我们试试看！” “好的！来吧！”爸爸说着，摆出了一个摔柔道的架子。 王文娟一闪上前，手脚并用，只见她用腰顶住爸爸的腰部一扯，好家伙，爸爸一个四脚朝天掼倒在地了。 他掼倒事小，竟不再爬起来了，只见他单手撑着腰，哼呵不已。 “亲家老爷，怎么回事？”马老太太着急起来。 “腰断了……”爸爸叫苦连天。 “我只轻轻拐了他一把，他就躺下了……”王文娟很觉不好意思，赶忙过去将爸爸扶起。 她不扶还好一点，一经搀扶，爸爸更是痛得大叫。 这一来，大家全乱了手脚，看情形还非得请教医生不可了。 好在柔道学校是聘有特约的跌打医生的，一经联络，来了救护车。 爸爸连站起来都不行，似乎伤势至为严重，在后是用担架将他抬出去的。 经医生诊断后，又照过了X光，证明是闪了腰，并无什么大碍。但是至少要休息一个星期以上，始能复元。 医生说：“年纪这样，骨头都硬化了，哪还适合玩柔道运动呢？不等于开自己的玩笑么？” 这倒好了，爸爸在台北的几天假期，就完全是躺在医院里了。 他无法怨天尤人，谁教他自己老天真呢，好在到台北是为休假而来的，躺在床上也好，他反而可以处理各种问题了。 妈妈也乐得清闲，她可以每天搓牌而不必到外面游山玩水了。 香港的工厂方面来了多封电报催促，有很多事情需要爸爸回去处理。 爸爸自是也急着要回香港去，但是他一定要可以坐起身来，腰背不再疼痛，甚至于可以举步行，才能谈到启程回港。 足足的一个星期过去，我们总算可以把他送上飞机了。
香港方面，总算执政当局施展了铁腕，将左派暴徒的骚乱镇压下来，渐渐平静，又回复了市面繁荣。 妈妈也回港去了。 我们有了一笔意外的收获，就是木栅的那幢花园洋房，在先时，它卖不出去，在后有房地产经纪登门，洽商收购。 原来是有某大建筑公司搜购了该处所有的地皮，准备建筑一个环境优美的公寓住宅区，他们所收买的地皮，就只剩下我们的那幢花园洋房了。 这原因是一直没寻着业主，他们很费煞了一番工夫呢。 他们为着要急切兴工的原因，所以价钱出得甚好。较之我们购进时的屋价还多出了十多万元，这样连损失了的家具钱也给拨回来了。 我和马莉莎商量了一番，决心将多出的十多万元隐瞒下来。因为雷三封欠了妈妈赌帐又另外借了钱。 用来替雷三封还赌债偿欠款，也等于是给马莉莎充面子呢。 这等于是皆大欢喜的事情了。 在年底时我们新购了一间公寓，有四十多建坪，四房一厅。 田一刀已经开始上小学，她当选为全校“最胡涂的小姐”！不管这是否荣衔，反正当选总归是好事，马莉莎感到非常高兴。 田二刀也可以由一数到十了，三岁半就送她上幼稚园。 考试时也闹了笑话，老师问她桌子有几条腿？她答：“三条腿！”问她你妈妈有几条腿？她答：“也是三条腿！”再问她爸爸有几条腿？“也是三条腿！” 为什么答案老是以“三”为数，就很难分析了。 据陈嫂解释说：“可能是大家经常提到了第三个孩子的原因！” 马莉莎怀孕又将近十月，我希望第三个孩子是男孩。 许多有经验的孕妇都认为马莉莎怀的是男孩，他们说什么肚子尖的就是男孩，圆的就是女孩…… 但这一定要等到孩子呱呱坠地之后始能证实。 马莉莎的头两个孩子，都是剖产，所以第三个孩子也得剖产不可。 这样就不必等到正确的产期了，只要在预产期任何一天都可以动手术。 年关岁尾，医院的医护人员都加以劝告，最好是提前开刀，否则碰巧了在过年的那几天，会弄得大家都手忙脚乱，同时，在那几天假日，谁愿意去动手术呢？ 马莉莎听从劝告，提前进医院动手术。 手术十分顺利，我们第三个孩子——田三刀诞生了是个男孩。和田一刀田二刀长得十分相似，身体壮健，声音宏亮。 我向护士长请求说：“什么事情都没关系，请替孩子验一验血型！” 验血型是最简单的手术了，十来分钟就得到报告了。 “AB！”她笑着说。 “这样说，我的性格会遭受淘化！”我说：“全被感染了！”