Chapter 10 Eight hometown scenery hometown people

Eight hometown scenery hometown people Leprosy Tomb Liubo was a farmer in Liuta Village, five or six miles away from Shimen Bay.This Liuta village is very small, there are only a dozen or so households in total, and Leopard Liubo is one of them.When I was a child, I saw him in his fifties, with a thin body and many skinny scars on his head.So people call him leper Liu Bo.The name of this person has never been passed on, and no one has asked him for advice.All he knew was that he was the only one in his family and had no family members.Since he is called "Sixth Uncle", he must have five brothers or sisters above him, but it has never been passed on.

All in all, Uncle Leprosy is alone. The leprosy Liubo is alone, farming and eating by himself, enjoying himself.Every morning, he took a basket and walked to the street, walked to the Muchang bridge, first went to my house to find grandma, that is, my mother. "Grandma, these eggs are fresh, and the two bamboo shoots were just dug up this morning, and they are also very fresh." My mother welcomed his things very much, because they were indeed very fresh. But he refused to bargain, always saying "give it to you".My mother was embarrassed and asked the people in the store to set the price for her.No matter what the people in the shop said, Uncle Toilei would agree with them all.But my mother always gave more and refused to bully this honest man.So Uncle Lei thanked him and left.He first went to the street to "do business", that is, to sell things.At about nine o'clock, he was sitting on the board table in front of the Tangyuhe Hotel across the river and eating wine.This Tang Yuhe is a soy sauce garden, but it also sells hot wine.There is a big pergola in front of the door, under the pergola, near the river mouth, there are several wooden tables.Tomb Liubo occupied one of the tables and ate his wine leisurely.Shijiu is a kind of white rice wine. It is not strong, only 20 degrees. It is far from comparable to shochu. The price is also very cheap, but it is quite intoxicating.Because when making wine, a "ten" is drawn with arsenic on the bottom of the wine tank, and the wine contains a very small amount of arsenic.A small amount of arsenic is harmless and beneficial. It can nourish the tendons and blood, and make the alcohol spread all over the body. Therefore, the wine is quite intoxicating at this time, but it also wakes up quickly. After one or two hours after drinking, the wine is completely sober .Most farmers like to drink seasonal wine, just because it is cheap, so they get very drunk and wake up quickly.Farmers have to work, and it is not advisable to get drunk.I also love this kind of wine. Later, when I lived in Hangzhou and Shanghai, I often bought seasonal wine from my hometown to drink.Because I want to write, I should drink this wine.Li Taibai "I hope that I will not wake up after being drunk", I don't want to.

Let's say that Uncle Tomb drank to the point of saturation, paid back the money for the drink, got up and went home with a basket.At this time, the mange sores on his head turned red, and he staggered a little when he walked.When they got to the bridge, they started cursing.He stood on the top of the bridge, gesticulating and cursing: "Long live the emperor, the villain is drunk every day!" "You are not afraid!" There is a rope in the trousers, and the emperor sees that it is three points!" The content of the scolding was roughly these, and the scolding was repeated for about ten minutes.

Others have been used to seeing it for a long time and don't take it seriously.It seems to be a natural phenomenon that the tomb Liubo scolded people on the bridge, like a rooster crowing or something.When my mother heard it, she said to Chen's mother: "It's time to cook. Uncle Tobacco scolded me." The time was around ten o'clock, which was very accurate. Once, I was a guest at a relative's house in Nanshenbang.I went for a walk in the afternoon, and when I walked across a small bridge, a dog rushed over aggressively.I was taken aback and wanted to pick up stones to resist, when suddenly a man came out from behind the house and drove the dog away.At first glance, this man is none other than Liubo, and this is Liuta Village.This house is the home of Uncle Lei Liu.He invited me to sit in and told me, "This dog is not afraid. Don't bite when barked, and don't bark when bitten." When I walked into his house, I saw a bed, a table, two benches, and a walker. Apart from the stove, there is nothing long.There is a shelf on the wall, and many things are piled up there, bowls, teapots, cans, and even clothes are piled there.He wanted to make tea for me on the stove, but I stopped him.He took out a handful of peanuts from the can on the shelf and invited me to eat: "There are no good things in the countryside. These peanuts are grown by ourselves, and they are even more dry." I saw a few pieces of floral paper on the wall, That is to say, the New Year pictures bought during the New Year, such as "Ma Roaming", "Havoc in Heaven", "Water No Golden Mountain", etc., are very beautiful.He opened the back door to show me his bamboo garden.There are many branches of bamboo, a flock of chickens, and some vegetables.Now that I think about it, Uncle Leprosy cultivates and feeds himself, enjoying himself, which is very enviable.But after all, he was alone and lonely, so he couldn't help but feel the sense of his life experience.His drinking and swearing is probably a way to vent his anger.

Soon, the fifth uncle from a relative's family came to see me.Tomb Liubo grabbed another handful of peanuts and stuffed them into my bag.I thanked him and said goodbye, and Uncle Toilei sent me across the bridge and called the dog away.He watched me go back to Nanchenbang.I went very far, but he was still shouting: "Little Guan! Come play again tomorrow! " Tangqi In Natsume Soseki's novel "Lodge" (Japanese name "Grass Pillow"), there is such an article: "I am afraid that there is no such thing as a train that can represent the civilization of the twentieth century. Put hundreds of people in the same box. Abruptly pulled away, mercilessly. Many people packed into the box must run to the same station at the same speed, and enjoy the same benefits of steam. Others say take the train, but I say put it in the train Others say they left by train, I say they were carried by train. There is no such thing as a train that defies individuality.  …"

When I was translating this novel, I laughed at Mr. Natsume's stubbornness and sympathized with him.In the twentieth century, I am afraid that there will be no one who values ​​individuality so much and loathes material civilization so much.After all, there is another me, and I myself have the same feelings as him.From Shimenwan, my hometown, to Hangzhou, it only takes one hour by ship and one hour by train.But I often take a passenger boat, take the canal, spend the night in Tangqi, walk it for two or three days, go ashore at the Henghe Bridge, and then take a rickshaw to Tianjiayuan's apartment.This apartment is like my "palace", and there is a servant who always takes care of it.At that time, I was not engaged in a regular job, and I relied entirely on my writing at home. Although I was not rich, I could afford it.

Passenger boats are a unique kind of boats in our water towns.In water towns, rivers extend in all directions.This environment is pampered, and people have to take a boat for three or five miles, and they refuse to walk.Passenger ships are the most exquisite, and the interior equipment is excellent.It is divided into three parts: stern, cabin and bow, all of which are separated by board walls.The stern is the place where the boatman works, and the cooking is also here.The cabin is where the guests sit, and the bow is placed with other objects.There is a couch and a small table in the cabin, glass windows are opened on both sides, and there are seating boards under the windows.The small table is usually placed in the corner of the cabin, with three short legs on the seat and one long leg on the ground.If there are four people drinking together, the three short legs can be extended, and the four legs will fall to the ground and be placed in the middle of the cabin.This table is about two feet square, and sparrows are also fine.The next door in the cabin is inlaid with painting and calligraphy frames, which looks like a small living room.This kind of boat can really be called a painting boat.This kind of painting boat hires about one yuan a day. (At that time, the price of rice was about two and a half yuan per stone.) My family had relatives in various nearby ports, and they often traveled by passenger boat.So the boatman treats us as old masters.But usually they only hire one day, and don't spend the night in the boat.Only when I arrived in Hangzhou did I pack it for a few days.

After breakfast, we put the bedding into the boat and set sail calmly.Enjoy the scenery on both sides of the strait by the window.At noon, the boatman brought out wine and food.When I arrived at Tangqi in the evening, I went ashore to have a drink.Tangqi is a town, which is characterized by the pergola built in front of every house, so it is not afraid of the rain.There is a saying, "When it rains in Tangqi Town, don't get drenched in it". "Dream" and "wheel" are similar in pronunciation, so if you don't know what to do, you can say "it rains in Tangqi Town".Let's talk about the hotel in Tangqi, which has a special feature, that is, there are many kinds of wine and vegetables, but the portions are small.Dozens of small pots are listed, there are meat and vegetables, dry and wet, sweet and salty, according to the customer's choice.Only those who really drink wine can appreciate this kind of restaurant.Those who are strong men and reckless men, like Fan Kuai and Lu Zhishen, are not suitable to go to this kind of restaurant.They gobbled it up, a plate of food and wine was not enough for a mouthful.You must be a so-called alcoholic before you can come in.Drunkards eat wine not because there are many dishes, but because they want delicious food.Take a sip of Huadiao and chew a piece of tender bamboo shoots, the taste is endless.This kind of person has acquired the samadhi in wine, so they are called "disciples".Those who are addicted to gambling are called gamblers, and those who are addicted to drinking are called drunkards.But love of wine is different from love of money, so alcoholics should not be listed with gamblers.Monks are called monks, and they can be listed with alcoholics.I made all these comments, just to show that I am a drunkard, so I can know the restaurants in Tangqi.I ate a catty of flower carvings, and I asked the restaurant to make a bowl of plain noodles, and I was drunk and full.After repaying the wine bill, he went out and went for a walk on the wet Tangqi Street.Tangqi loquat is famous.I bought some Baisha loquats, went back to the boat, gave some to the boat mother, and ate it myself.

Eating loquats in a boat is a pleasant thing.To eat loquats, you have to peel the skin, remove the core, get your hands dirty, and dirty the table.After eating, you have to clear the table and wash your hands, which is really troublesome.There is no such trouble in eating loquat in the boat.Eat by the window of the boat, throw the skin and core into the river, and wash your hands in the river after eating.Taking a boat on a rainy day is unpleasant in other places, but it is very interesting in Tangqi.Because don't get wet on the shore, it will never prevent you from going ashore.Besides, there is a kind of poetic interest that reminds you of an ancient saying: "Everyone says that Jiangnan is good, but tourists only like Jiangnan. Flute rain Xiaoxiao." The ancients praised Jiangnan, not just talking about it, but saying it out of personal experience.Tangqi Water Town is one of the representatives of the beautiful places in the south of the Yangtze River.I rejected the train, a cultural product of the twentieth century, and spared no expense to take a passenger ship to Hangzhou, which is not stubborn.Natsume Soseki is the only one who knows me? Wang Nannan in 1972

Every time I read Runtu in Lu Xun's "Hometown", I think of my Wang Nannan.Wang Nannan is the little boss of my neighbor's tofu shop and my childhood fishing partner.His name is Fusheng, he is one or two years older than me, and I call him "Brother Fusheng".At that time, there was a grandmother in his family who was very capable and was the head of the family; a mother who cooked at home all the year round and stayed at home; and an "uncle" who was the old steward of their tofu shop. Zhong Siwu or Zhong Laoqi. The grandmother's husband's name was Wang Dianying, who was born in four sexes. People called this grandmother "Dianying Si Niangniang", and it became "Ding Si Niangniang" in a smooth way.The mother's name is Qingzhen, and everyone calls her "Miss Qingzhen".Her husband was Wang Sansan, who died of illness in his early years.Fourteen months after her husband's death, Miss Qingzhen gave birth to a posthumous son, Wang Nannan.Ask Mr. Shen Sixiang, a gentleman nearby, to name him, and he chose "Resurrection".Fusheng's appearance is very similar to that of Zhong Siwu.People say: "Wang Nannan is a Zhong Siwu with a mustache on her mouth."

Zhong Siwu's status in this tofu shop is on par with Ding Si Niangniang, sometimes even higher than it.Because he is the most familiar with things like buying goods, employing people, and doing business, and they are all under his control.So he holds the economic power.He dotes on Wang Nannan very much, and is afraid that he will die, so he wears a silver collar and hangs it around his neck.Whenever there are new toys and new clothes in the market, Wang Nannan must enjoy them first, and they are all bought for him by his uncle.My family runs a dye shop, which is next door to this tofu shop, and the business is slow; my father abolished the imperial examination after he was elected, so he sat in a private school at home.My family's economy is far from that of Wang Nannan's, so Wang Nannan often sends me new toys, and I thank him.Wang Nanxi wore a silver collar around her neck and held a spear in her hand. Young children, cats and dogs all ran away when they saw him.This look is like that of Runtu in his childhood. I learned all kinds of tricks from Wang Nannan.The first is fishing. He makes fishing rods and hooks for me.Put rice grains on the hook and fish in the small river in front of the door, and you can catch many small fish.Dig out the intestines alive, fry them in an oil pan, and serve them with rice. They are very delicious.The second is to set up the arena.Invited a few children to the nearby Yao family grave, Wang Nannan set up a ring high on the grave, and many children went up to fight, but they couldn't stop beating him.Once it was laid down, Wang Nannan invited everyone to eat peanuts, each with a pack.The second is to release paper kites.He is not good at making paper kites, so he wants to ask me for advice.He paid for the paper and rope, and I did my best to paste the paper kite, and after the paste was finished, I put it in Yao's grave.Next is the edge tree.There is a grave near the Yao family grave, on which there is a big tree with luxuriant branches and leaves, which looks like a parasol.Wang Nannan can climb to the top, but I can only climb on the lower branches.In short, Wang Nannan is very good at playing, and she is full of energy and joy all day long. One day, when we went to the countryside to play, a farmer picking up dung touched Wang Nannan's clothes with the dung bucket.Wang Nannan scolded him, and he even scolded "illegitimate child"!Wang Nannan's face turned crimson, and since then her interest has greatly diminished, and she often frowns.One day, Ding Si Niangniang asked a Guan Hun woman to take the soul of her dead son Wang Sansan. I go to watch.This Guan Hunpo is a middle-aged woman, carrying an umbrella on her shoulder, and hanging a signboard on the umbrella, which says "catch toothworms and tell fortune".She came in from the back door of Wang Nannan's house. All such people always walk in the alleys, never in the busy streets.Probably they know that their tricks are sneaky and shady, and they can only deceive fools and fools. Toothache is a common problem for the elderly. At that time, there were no dentists, so they took advantage of this situation and said they would "catch tooth bugs".I remember a relative of mine invited a woman to catch toothworms one day.The woman is about to pee, so she goes into the toilet.Others secretly looked at her plaster, and it turned out that there were already many bugs hidden in it.The old woman came out, put the plaster on the patient's face, and after a while, peeled it off to show the patient, "Here! Look: After catching so many worms, there will be no more pain. "This proves that her catching toothworms is completely a lie. Fortune-telling and Guanhun are even more deceitful. Don't gossip, and it is said that Si Niangniang will call Guan Hunpo to come in and sit on a rocking chair. She Ask first: "Who do you want to call? "Ding Si Niang Niang said: "I want to call my son Sansan. "Guan Hunpo yawned three times and said: "Here comes a spirit official with a long face..." Ding Si Niang Niang said "No". Guan Hunpo yawned again and said, "Here comes a spirit official..." Ding Si Niang Niang said: "That's right, it's me, Sansan. Sansan! You've made us suffer so much!" He cried with snot and tears.Later, she said to Miss Qingzhen, "here, you unbelievable mother-in-law, hurry up and kowtow!" On the ground, the child cried, Wang Nannan cried, and the donkey in the shed also started to bray.Guan Hunpo said a lot of things on behalf of Wang Sansan's ghost, but I couldn't understand most of them.Then she yawned again and woke up.Ding Si Niangniang gave her money, she begged for tea and ate, and went out. Wang Nannan grew up gradually, and became estranged from me gradually.Later I went to Hangzhou to go to school, so I said goodbye to him.When I went home during the annual vacation and summer vacation, I heard that Wang Nannan often beat his mother.After beating, I went to buy a ginseng the next day, made soup, and ordered my mother to eat it.After I graduated from the school in Hangzhou, I went to teach in Shanghai and traveled to Japan for study.One or two years before the War of Resistance Against Japan, when I returned to my hometown, Wang Nannan once came to my home and called me "Mr. Zikai", originally called "My Brother".The situation is really the same as that of Runtu. During the Anti-Japanese War, I fled to the rear, and returned to my hometown after 1989. I heard that Wang Nannan was dead, and his family members disappeared.And I, his childhood fishing partner, still living in this saha world at the age of over seventy, write this essay for him. The author said: In the feudal era, ethics and ethics killed countless people.Wang Nannan's common people's family was also poisoned by him.Miss Qingzhen can marry Zhong Laoqi again in a grand manner.However, due to the oppression of ethics, he had to endure taboos, which caused family misfortune, which is wrong. 1972 Crooked Bass Po Asan I don't know who the crooked bass woman Ah San is, and I don't know her surname.Just because his mouth is like the mouth of a perch, and it is a little crooked, so he thought it was a sign.He is the steward of Wang Nannan's tofu shop next door to my family.Wearing ragged clothes every day, sitting at the door of the shop to pack dried tofu.People called him "A San" for short.Ah San is single and homeless. At that time, lottery tickets, also known as white dove tickets, were popular.This is a big deception.For example: print 30,000 lottery tickets, each one yuan.Each sheet is divided into ten strips, each with a corner.Each card has a number, ranging from one to thirty thousand.Distribute the 30,000 lottery tickets to Dayi, the capital of the whole country.When sold out, you can get 30,000 yuan.So a day was chosen, and the lottery was drawn in public at a certain theater in Shanghai.The way to draw the lottery is to use a big ball and put it in the center of the stage. Three or four people wear tight shorts and tie the cuffs with a belt to indicate that no cheating is allowed.Then put ten dice into the hole of the big ball and shake the big ball around.After shaking for a while, a dice fell out of the big ball, and the number on the dice was announced.This is the first letter of the jackpot number.The audience in the audience quickly looked at the lottery tickets they bought. If the first number matches this, there is a chance of winning the jackpot.Laughter, sighs, and shouts filled the theater.Performed like this five times, the five numbers of the jackpot appeared completely.If five words are correct, it is the jackpot, and you will get 5,000 yuan; if you get four words right, you will get the second lottery, and you will get 4,000 yuan; , The 30,000 yuan collected by the lottery ticket is half of the net balance, which is 15,000 yuan.This is a very clever deception.Because there are only a few people who buy one, they usually only buy one, and it costs a dime, and there is a limit to the sacrifice.This dime is often gone like a white dove, so it is also called "white dove ticket". Only our crooked mother-in-law Ah San paid a dime for a lottery ticket and won the jackpot.Here's the thing: when lottery tickets are sold, there are many shops in our town that act as consignees.These shops probably get a little reward, I don't know the details.There is a piece of red paper pasted on the door of these shops, with the words "Jackpot here" written on it.One day, Ah San, a crooked perch, walked to the door of a pastry shop, and the clerk said to him: "Ah San! The jackpot is here!Go buy one. "Xiao Mazi, who was in the salty shop across the street, said to Ah San: "Ah San, let me give you this one. I would rather buy cigarettes with my foreign money." Xiao Mazi took Ah San's foreign dime and stuffed a lottery ticket into his hand.Ah San put the lottery ticket in the ring of the broken felt hat and left. A few days before the New Year's Eve, when everyone was preparing to celebrate the New Year, news came from Shanghai that the white pigeon lottery had been drawn.One of the crooked perch, Ah San, hit the jackpot.He immediately got 500 yuan (the price of rice at that time was two and a half yuan per tan, and 500 yuan was equal to 200 tans of rice.) and became a rich man.The little pockmarked man in the salty shop heard the news, slapped his pockmarked face three times with his hand, and scolded a few times, "Poor!" Went to "recruit relatives".This is Yu Xiuying, a well-known private prostitute in the town.Yu Xiuying is about twenty years old, with a white and tender oval face, she often stands at the door to flirt, seducing those wandering bees and butterflies.The guests she received were all wealthy sons and daughters, and it was not the turn of the tofu manager, but at this moment, Ah San was suddenly favored.Yu Xiuying immediately hired four tailors at her home to make floral satin robes and mandarin jackets for Ah San.It is limited to wear on the first day of the new year.The four tailors work day and night, and their wages are doubled. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ah San, the crooked mother-in-law, wore a damask leather gown and jacket, with the sleeves rolled up, walking around the streets, eating and drinking, gambling and abusing.Several poor men followed him and asked him for money, but he always asked for two or three silver dollars.Some people call him "Third Brother", "Third Mister" and "Three Prime Minister", and his rewards are even richer.I also went to the street that day, and when I saw this situation, I came back and told my mother.It happened that Ding Si Niangniang, the housewife of the tofu shop, was chatting at my house.Mother said to Ding Si Niang Niang: "Keep the old clothes that Ah San took off, he will still have to wear them in a few days." Sure enough, at the end of the first month, Ah San, the crooked bass woman, was wearing her old clothes again, sitting at the door of the shop and making tofu.Just a brand new leather hat still on his head. The secretary Zhong Lao Qi held a pipe in his mouth and said to Ah San with a smile: "Five hundred yuan! Just open a small shop, ask for a wife, start a family and start a business. Where are you now? ①!" Ah Sanguan made his own bag of dried tofu, as if he didn't hear it.Now that I think about it, this man is really wise!Those who enter the goods will also come out; the way of origin is unknown, and the way of going is not clear.He understood this truth deeply.I am over seventy years old, and I have read a lot of people.Any money that is earned without effort must not be used.To give examples, I do not know how many.The Crooked Perch Po Asan is a prominent example.He can be used as a reference for people through the ages.Since ancient times, prosperity has been difficult to live in for a long time.The Grand View Garden is only ten years old, and the Golden Valley Garden is even shorter.Our Ah San condensed it to one month, which can be said to be a resounding wake-up call to the world, a vivid personal statement. ①No leftovers, Wu dialect, meaning no future. Four Xuanzhu My hometown, Shimen Bay, is the place where the canal bends, and it is also the place where the Yue Kingdom built Shimen in the Spring and Autumn Period, so it is named Shimen Bay.There is also a tributary in the canal, called Houhe.My house is next to the Houhe River.There are shops along the canal, which are noisy all day long, and only men are active; Houhe is relatively quiet, and women also appear. Among them are four old women, the most famous, called Sixuanzhu. Taking my house as the center, there are two Xuanzhu on the left and two Xuanzhu on the right.Start with the left.An old woman who lives under the arbor is called Empress Mo Wu.This Empress Mo Wu has three sons, the eldest son is named Mo Fuquan, who runs a grocery store in the city and lives well.The middle son is Mo Mingquan, a vagrant. Some people say that he is a thief secretly, but he has never solved a case.The youngest son is called Mu Ju Asan, he is a stupid guy, he can't work, he can only eat.Empress Mo Wu playing the wooden gun Ah San is a good show, everyone should watch it.Empress Mo Wu held a stick in her hand and wanted to hit Ah San with the wooden gun.Asan, the wooden gun, fled, but Empress Mo Wu chased after him.When he was about to catch up, Ah San suddenly turned around and ran behind Mo Wu Niangniang.Mo Wu Niangniang turned around and chased again, but the wooden gun Ah San suddenly turned back and ran behind Mo Wu Niangniang.After performing like this three or five times, Empress Mo Wu couldn't take it anymore, she sat on the ground and cried loudly.Those who watched laughed.At this time, Asan, the wooden gun, had fled without a trace. This trick is always performed once or twice a month.One day, I met the tofu shop king ① Stupid, in Wu dialect, meaning dull. The girls sat on the bamboo couch at the door and chatted.Wang Nannan said: "Miss Mo Wu hasn't hit the wooden gun for a long time, it's easy to fight." Before she finished speaking, she saw the wooden gun as San escaped from the house, and Mo Wu took the stick and chased him out.Seeing us laughing, Ah San of the wooden gun had a plan, and quickly escaped and hugged Wang Nannan.I took advantage of the momentum to escape. Empress Mo Wu raised her stick to hit Ah San, half of which hit Wang Nannan.Wang Nannan cried out in pain.His grandmother ordered Si Niangniang to come out and scolded Mo Wu Niangniang: "This strange old woman! My grandson wants you to hit me?" He reached out to snatch the stick from her hand.Mo Wu Niang Niang has a fat body and can't turn around well. She was pushed by the vigorous and flexible Ding Si Niang Niang and fell into the river.After all, Ah San of the wooden gun had a sense of filial piety, so he rushed into the water to rescue her, and carried his mother up like a drowned rat. Fortunately, it was summer, and she was dressed in thin clothes, so she didn't suffer from the cold, but was a little frightened.Empress Mo Wu didn't go out for a long time. The second Xuan Zhu is Ding Si Niangniang.Since she knocked Mo Wu Niang into the water, her reputation has increased, and everyone is afraid of her.She is the best at selling business.In the morning, when the ships coming from the country were docked, Fourth Lady Ding would sell her goods loudly.She is familiar with people's heads, and when she sees most of the farmers, she can shout: "Uncle Zhang! Today's thousand sheets are extra thick, buy more. Uncle Li, the dried tofu is fresh, take ten yuan!" and stuffed the goods in their baskets. inside.There is another tofu shop nearby, opened by Chen Laowu, whose business is not as good as Wang Nannan's tofu shop because of the lack of a salesman like Ding Si Niangniang.Ding Si Niangniang was familiar with the people in the neighborhood, and often entered the house through the door, going in and chatting.My family is her close neighbor, and she comes more frequently.Except for my mother, everyone in my family doesn't like meat, and there are vegetarian dishes on the table.And when Ding Si Niangniang came, it was mostly at meal time.Fortunately, like Sister Feng in the movie, she heard the voice before anyone came in.My mother heard her voice, and immediately went to the cupboard and took out a bowl of meat, and put it on the table, lest she say that we "have little to eat."While watching us eat, she chatted with my mother and reported all kinds of news: where a person was hanged; There are four, two, five in the Wang family; the girl of which family married the son of which family, and the tea dates distributed are very particular, and they are all packed in tin cans; the girl of which family has raised an illegitimate child, and so on.My mother loved hearing her kind of news, so she was very welcome. The third Xuanzhu is the third empress of the basin.She is the grandmother of Yonglin Asi in Bao Tavern.His dead grandfather was called the third father of the basin, because his temperament was very frank, like a basin; so his wife was also called the third wife of the basin.In fact, San Niangniang's temperament is not frank, she is very talkative.And well-informed, far better than Ding Si Niangniang.Ding Si Niangniang added less oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar to report news; while Panzi San Niangniang added a lot of oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar to make it taste and lose its shape.That's why some people said: "The third lady of the pot can only listen to half of what she is talking about when she is sitting; she can't hear a word when she is standing up." When she went out, she saw someone, and as long as she knew him, she would talk to him.She went out from home to buy things in the street, which was less than one or two hundred steps, and it took her two or three hours to walk back and forth.Because they linger everywhere, and every linger lasts for tens of minutes.She pointed and said, "The thatched hut at the head of Tongjia bridge caught fire, and three people were killed!" After some inquiries, it turned out that no one was burned to death, but an old man had his beard burned off. "A steamer boat in the Tang River hit and sank a rice boat, and dozens of tans of rice sank in the river!" In fact, the rice boat bumped into a stone port in order to avoid the steamer boat, and the bow leaked. After soaking in the water, we wet a few bags of rice and took them to the shore to dry.When she went out to buy things, she talked like this along the way, and sometimes she even forgot to buy things and went home empty-handed.Pozi San Niangniang is indeed a well-known figure in Houhe area.But since her family had a lawsuit, her reputation has grown even bigger. The thing is this: she has a grandson, a doctor in his twenties, named Lu Liwang.Because when he was young, in order to ensure his health and longevity, he was adopted by the Bodhisattva Taijun Empress in Hanshan Temple. The Taijun Empress was surnamed Lu.He adopted another person, surnamed Li.His own surname is Wang.Combine the three surnames and call him "King Lu Li".This King Lu Li was born with delicate features and fair skin.A woman fell in love with him and had an affair with him.But King Lu Li has already married a wife, and this affair is illegal.The woman's father went to sue the officer.The official wants to arrest King Lu Li.The third lady of the pot was in a hurry, and went to discuss with the famous Mr. Shen Sixiang nearby, and gave him some gifts.Shen Sixianggong testified for her, saying that they had no affair.But the woman has confessed.So the county magistrate arrested Mr. Shen Sixiang and put him in a three-compartment hall. (It's a prison where scholars sit, and it's more comfortable than ordinary prisons) The third lady of the pot became even more anxious, and pulled her out to hire Ah Er, the clerk in the tavern, and asked him to replace Mr. Shen Si.Allow him to "raise and kill you ①".Ah Er went to court, and was beaten three hundred times by the magistrate, and his leg was broken.The lawsuit is over.Ah Er was supported in this tavern. Because of his rotten leg, people called him "Bad Arm Ah Er".This incident caused a sensation in Shimen Bay.As a result, the reputation of the third empress of the basin increased.Some people compiled this into Pingtan, singing it everywhere and selling it for money.There is a beggar-looking man near my house, called "Poison Head ② Asan".He made the best arrangements, and people loved to hear him sing.I still remember a few lines in the libretto: "King Lu Li's face is white and attractive, the thick-soled shoes are half an inch long, and the Zhiluo ③ sweat towel turns his head three times..." Describing that the third lady of the basin went to ask Mr. Shen Sixiang, and sang : "Water Chicken ④ Roast meat with a bowl of head, pat your chest and nod...." All of them use the word "head", which is very natural and beautiful. ①It means supporting you for a lifetime. ②Toxic head means insanity or fool. ③Zhiluo refers to silk fabrics with straight and hidden strips. ④ Water chicken is soft-shelled turtle. The troubadour, minnesinger in Europe in the Middle Ages was nothing more than that.When the poisonous Ah San sang, he demanded to close the gate.Because Penzi San Niangniang saw him and wanted to beat him. The fourth Xuanzhu is Empress He San.Her family lives next door to our dyeing factory.Her husband is called He Laosan.Empress He San was short and sharp, with a sharp and loud voice, and she scolded people like a strange bird.She raised a few chickens and put them on the street at the door.Sometimes when the eggs were picked up, she would scold them for a long time.Once, a pair of her bow shoes disappeared on the doorstep.This time she scolded very vigorously: "If you wear these shoes, you will be trapped in a coffin!" "The person who stole my shoes will be a prostitute (that is, a prostitute) for generations!"Everyone got used to hearing it, so they didn't take it seriously, said "Miss He San is swearing again", and ignored it.Once, Mrs. He San was standing on the stone steps and yelling at her. The youngest He came back from the street drunk. Hold on to her and walk in the door.Empress He San's two little feet were shaking wildly, and she yelled, "Kill a thousand swords!" The others laughed. Empress He San often fell ill, and she always suffered from abdominal pain.At this time, He Laosan went to the street to buy a pig's head, carried it on his shoulder, and walked around the street.Seeing people, they said: "The old lady is sick. Thank you Bodhisattva today." Thanking Bodhisattva is also known as worshiping three animals, that is, buying a pig's head, a fish, killing a chicken, offering a Bodhisattva image, lighting incense candles, and inviting a Taoist priest to pray. .The master bowed down with the Taoist priest, and respectfully begged the Bodhisattva to leave as soon as possible after being drunk, and not to embarrass our Mistress He San again.After worshiping, you must invite neighbors, relatives and friends to have "Thank you Bodhisattva dinner".These neighbors, relatives and friends were all sent to the police.Members are money.For weddings and funerals, what is given is called "favor". Some give tens of yuan, some give several yuan, at least four cents.As for thanking the Bodhisattva, the gifts are called "members", and most of them are one dime or at most two dime.After the Bodhisattva thanked him, the master asked someone to invite the sender to have supper.However most don't come to eat.So thanking Bodhisattva is very beneficial.He Laosan took a pig's head and walked around the street, the purpose is to ask everyone to send members.The wind of thanking Bodhisattva was prevalent at that time.If someone is sick and the doctor doesn't like it, he will thank the Bodhisattva.There are quite a few people who are eating dinner to thank the Bodhisattva outside, and the patients inside have passed away.Furthermore, the pork head meat for Xie Bodhisattva's dinner was undercooked, and many people who ate it fell ill after returning home.My family also thanked the Bodhisattva several times. I can't remember who was sick.In short, I was asked to kneel down with the Taoist priest.Fortunately, no one in my family died to thank Bodhisattva.In this environment, I was lucky not to die early, and I was able to live to be more than seventy years old. It is also a miracle to write this essay here. ①Troubadour refers to the bards in southern France and northern Italy from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries. Minnesinger refers specifically to German bards from the 12th to the 14th centuries. Ah Qing Although my hometown, Shimenwan, is a small town with a population of less than 10,000, there are many villages nearby. Every morning, farmers go out to do business in the street, which is very lively. The two streets are crowded with each other, pushing each other step by step. A market where merchants converge.My family lives in Houhe, which is one of the avenues for farmers to come and go.Most of the farmers came by boat, only firewood sellers, who could not take a boat, went to the market on foot with a load of firewood. To sell firewood, you have to weigh the catty and find a buyer.Farmers don't bring their own scales, and they don't know where to buy firewood.So there must be a "firewood master".Carrying a large scale on his shoulder, he weighed each load of firewood, and then introduced him to which family to sell it to.The owner of the firewood is familiar with the situation, knows which family wants hard firewood and which family wants soft firewood, and each one gets what he deserves. Ninety-five percent of the money from the sale is deducted by the farmer, and the remaining five percent is the commission of the firewood owner. Farmers prefer to get 90% of the buckle, because it is much more convenient. When he gets the money, he can go to the market with an empty pole to buy things or drink. The owner of the firewood in my area is named Aqing.What is this person's surname has never been passed on, and everyone calls him Aqing.Ah Qing is a single man who lives in a hut in Dajingtou. He is busy weighing firewood in the morning, and the commission he earns is enough for one person's food and clothing. In the afternoon, he plays the huqin when he is free.He doesn't drink or smoke, and his only hobby is playing the huqin.He is proficient in playing the huqin, and he can play all kinds of Beijing operas.At that time, phonographs were not yet popular, and there was a kind of people who carried a phonograph with a horn on their backs to sell singing, listen to a play, and charge a few dollars.People in the store are free in the afternoon, and they don't hesitate to pay a few dollars for some spiritual enjoyment.This cannot be enjoyed exclusively, and many people listen to it, and the person who paid the money has no loss.Ah Qing is one of the observers.But his listening is not only for pleasure, but also for learning.After he listens to it a few times, he will play it on the huqin.It shows that he has a unique talent in music. In summer night, many people sit on the riverside to enjoy the cool.The bright moon is in the sky, and everything is silent.Ah Qing showed his skills at this time.The sound of the piano is melodious and fascinating.The pipa at the head of the Xunyang River may not be as good as Ah Qing's huqin.Because the pipa is a stringed instrument, and the huqin is a frictional stringed instrument.Friction stringed instruments are close to the sound of flesh and are easy to move.The piano is not as good as the violin, that's why.The structure of the Chinese Huqin is much simpler than that of the violin.But when Ah Qing plays the violin, the effect is no less than that of the violin, which is entirely due to his ingenuity.A young man admired Ah Qing's performance and asked him to teach him.阿庆只能把内外两弦上的字眼--上尺工凡六五乙?--教给他。此人按字眼拉奏乐曲，生硬乖异，不成腔调。他怪怨胡琴不好，拿阿庆的胡琴来拉奏，依旧不成腔调，只得废然而罢。记得西洋音乐史上有一段插话：有一个非常高明的小提琴家，在一只皮鞋底上装四根弦线，照样会奏出美妙的音乐。 阿庆的胡琴并非特制，他的心手是特制的。 笔者曰：阿庆孑然一身，无家庭之乐。他的生活乐趣完全寄托在胡琴上。可见音乐感人之深，又可见精神生活有时可以代替物质生活。感悟佛法而出家为僧者，亦犹是也。 元帅菩萨 石门湾南市梢有一座庙，叫做元帅庙。香火很盛。正月初一日烧头香的人，半夜里拿了香烛，站在庙门口等开门。据说烧得到头香，菩萨会保佑的。每年五月十四日，元帅菩萨迎会。排场非常盛大！长长的行列，开头是夜叉队，七八个人脸上涂青色，身穿青衣，手持钢叉，锵锵振响。随后是一盆炭火，由两人扛着，不时地浇上烧酒，发出青色的光，好似鬼火。随后是臂香队和肉身灯队。臂香者，一只锋利的铁钩挂在左臂的皮肉上，底下挂一只廿几斤重的锡香炉，皮肉居然不断。肉身灯者，一个赤膊的人，腰间前后左右插七八根竹子，每根竹子上挂一盏油灯，竹子的一端用钩子钉在人的身体上。据说这样做，是为了"报娘恩"。随后是犯人队。 许多人穿着犯人衣服，背上插一白旗，上写"斩犯一名×××"①。再后面是拈香队，许多穿长衫的人士，捧着长香，踱着方步。然后是元帅菩萨的轿子，八人扛着，慢慢地走。后面是细乐队，香亭。众人望见菩萨轿子，大家合掌作揖。我五六岁时，看见菩萨，不懂得作揖，却喊道："元帅菩萨的眼睛会动的！"大人们连忙掩住我的口，教我作揖。第二天，我生病了，眼睛转动。大家说这是昨天喊了那句话的原故。我的母亲连忙到元帅庙里去上香叩头，并且许愿。父亲请医生来看病，医生说我是发惊风。吃了一颗丸药就好了。但店里的人大家说不是丸药之功，是母亲去许愿，菩萨原谅了之故。 ①作者故乡的风习，认为生病是自身的罪孽所致，病人常在神前许愿：如果病愈，就在元帅菩萨会上扮作犯人以示赎罪。 后来办了猪头三牲，去请菩萨。 为此，这元帅庙里香火极盛，每年收入甚丰。庙里有两个庙祝，贪得无厌，想出一个奸计来扩大做生意。某年迎会前一天，照例祭神。庙祝预先买嘱一流氓，教他在祭时大骂"菩萨无灵，泥塑木雕"，同时取食神前的酒肉，然后假装肚痛，伏地求饶。如此，每月来领银洋若干元。流氓同意了，一切照办。岂知酒一下肚，立刻七孔流血，死在神前。原来庙祝已在酒中放入砒霜，有意毒死这流氓来大做广告。远近闻讯，都来看视，大家宣传菩萨的威灵。于是元帅庙的香火大盛，两个庙祝大发其财。后来为了分赃不均，两人争执起来，泄露了这阴谋，被官警捉去法办，两人都杀头。我后来在某笔记小说中看到一个故事，与此相似。有一农民入市归来，在一古墓前石凳上小坐休息。他把手中的两个馒头放在一个石翁仲的头上，以免蚂蚁侵食。临走时，忘记了这两个馒头。附近有两个老婆子，发见了这馒头，便大肆宣传，说石菩萨有灵，头上会生出馒头来，就在当地搭一草棚，摆设神案香烛，叩头礼拜。远近闻讯，都来拜祷。老婆子将香灰当作仙方，卖给病人。偶然病愈了，求仙方的人越来越多，老婆子大发其财。有一流氓看了垂涎，向老婆子敲竹杠。老婆子教他明日当众人来求仙方时，大骂石菩萨无灵，取食酒肉，然后假装肚痛，倒在神前。如此，每月分送银洋若干。流氓照办。岂知酒中有毒，流氓当场死在神前。此讯传出，石菩萨威名大震，仙方生意兴隆，老婆子大发其财。后来为了分赃不均，两个老婆子闹翻了，泄露阴谋，被官警捉去正法。元帅庙的事件，与此事完全相似，也可谓"智者所见皆同"。 １９７２年