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ancient furnace 贾平凹 5158Words 2018-03-19
It was getting colder and colder, and the dripping water turned into ice.The row of urinals on the north side of Gulu Village are all built on the slope, but the toilet sheds are high above. People defecate in the cracks between the wooden boards in the sheds. Once the excrement falls, it will fall into the frozen urinals. A block of ice forms in the pool, and the more it falls, the higher the block of ice becomes, forming icicles of dung.The man who carried the dung brought and smashed the icicles, and every now and then someone would scold them in the village road.However, the first snow was so thick that it disappeared slowly. I don’t know if it was blown away by the wind or evaporated a little bit. Anyway, there was no melting water. The only thing was that there were ice cones hanging from the roof tiles.

My mother-in-law didn't have paper-cut flowers for many days, and she lost a lot of weight due to ear disease, until she became deaf, and all the sounds in the world were silent, and she didn't need to talk to these sounds anymore.Now, there are fewer and fewer papers for the big-character posters blown by the wind in the village, and all the leaves of the trees have fallen. She didn’t use the pair of scissors anymore, and she just sat there, picking up sticks or tiles, and put them on the ground or stones. , on the walls, and even draw on the legs with your fingers.This noon, the sun came out on a cloudy day, and she drew many trees in the yard on the steps, but she was not satisfied with the paintings, so she stopped painting.Leaning on crutches, she went to the cowshed, because Mian Yu'er had sent a few messages to tell her to go there to chatter when she was free, saying that she was worried about her illness and stayed at home deserted.Why is she deserted? She is used to being deserted for many years, but Mian Yuer is a lively person. Gulu Village has become lifeless now, and they no longer go to work. No one goes to the husband's house to record work points at night. The sheds come together, and the noodle fishes need to talk to people.However, Po really wanted to see those cows. Since the day of the fighting, the cows ran out and injured a few more. She never went there again. The night before, she somehow dreamed of the cow that gave birth to bezoar and was killed. The lost bull, woke up inexplicably thinking that the cow was not dead, and scattered on everyone in Gulu Village.She asked the dog pee moss: Are you going to the cowshed?Dog pee moss, cowbells and mud flakes were thrown in the yard with mud cannons, and the pots made of mud flakes slammed on the ground. She couldn't hear the sound, but she could see the mud pots burst open.Goupiati answered loudly that he would not go to the cowshed, saying that it was boring to talk to Mian Yuer, and Mian Yuer scolded him for not moving.She went out alone, leaning on a cane, her body began to have flesh and wood, and the cane and feet sounded rhythmically on the hard village road.The icicles on the eaves of the houses on both sides kept falling here and there. She stood there several times and thought: These icicles were pierced from the sky, and they were hanging on the roof tiles of the walls of each house.Like the iron rods on the shed doors when she passed the prison in the county town, the iron rods were all pointed like spears. The sky turned a prison upside down to cover Gulu Village, but now that the ice cones have fallen off, they will no longer cover it. ?In the cowshed, Mian Yuer enthusiastically hugged a bundle of straw for her to sit on the steps of her husband's house to bask in the sun, while all the cows were tied out to bask in the yard.But what can she say to Mian Yuer, Mian Yuer is talking to her non-stop, she can't hear it, but just responds, guessing the meaning of the words from the shape of Mian Yuer's mouth, replying, Or, her answer is that the question is not the answer, and the bull's head is wrong.Mian Yu'er doesn't care about these things, and still talks to her with his mouth, it seems that Mian Yu'er doesn't expect her to respond, he just asks her to be by his side, and he wants to say what he has to say.She looked at the fish's mouth and the moving flesh on its face for a while, and then her eyes moved to the cattle in the yard. These steers and cows had been warmed in the sun, and they were also fainted from the sun. Standing motionless, let the figure move around, some lie there, occasionally wagging their tails, a few gadflies fly away, then lie down again, wagging their tails again, and then they don't bother to wag their tails, The gadfly lay on the ground for a long time, and blood flowed from the cowhide.At this time, she was drawing on the steps with her hands. She was drawing the appearance of each cow. Suddenly, a cow came towards her. The rein tied to the stake was straightened, and the cow was still three or four feet away from her. far, the cow will lie down.She realized that this cow was lying on the back of another cow, and she missed this cow after drawing so many cows. It was this cow who wanted to enter her painting.

The mother-in-law listened to Mian Yu'er's words while drawing her pictures. Finally, Mian Yu'er stopped talking. He lost his strength when he spoke. He started to eat the dry smoke pot and ate the smoke into his stomach, as if to replenish the deflated Go down the gas in the stomach.Mian Yuer tilted his head to look at the paintings on the front and back of the mother-in-law, and said: How can you catch a picture!The mother-in-law said: Ah, what are you talking about?My ears are useless.Mian Yuer amplified and said: His mother, I said you have the ability to catch a cow!The mother-in-law smiled.Does painting mean having the ability to catch shapes? She has this ability, as long as there are objects flashing in front of her eyes, she will catch their shapes at once.Mian Yu'er said loudly again: "My mother, you don't raise cattle, but you know more about cattle than I do?" !The mother-in-law said: You have to think about it, and you can draw what you think about in your heart.The mother-in-law raised her face. There were several chicken heads and a dog's head at the gate of the yard. The chicken and the dog squeezed their heads in through the crack of the gate to see her.The mother-in-law said: Come in, come in!A group of chickens and three dogs came in. They stood up and lay down so obediently that they asked my mother-in-law to draw.How happy my mother-in-law is now!But at this moment, there were a few strange bang bang bangs, the cows stood up all at once, and all the chickens and dogs flew to the top of the wall and ran out of the courtyard gate.

The mother-in-law didn't hear the sound, she lowered her head to draw on the ground, her habit of drawing is to stare at the place to be drawn, as if there is something that can be seen there, and then use sticks or tiles to draw from the ground. A dog was pulled out there, a chicken was pulled out.When she raised her head, the cows in front of her were all standing, the chickens were on the top of the courtyard wall, and the dogs squeezed out from the courtyard gate, with a bunch of dog hairs squeezed out. She looked at the fish suspiciously.Mian Yuer said: Where is the gunshot? How can there be gunshots?The Hammer Team and the Red Broadsword fought so fiercely, and they didn't use their guns. The guns are so strictly controlled by the state, how could there be gunshots?Mian Yuer also came out from the courtyard gate. Many people in the village heard the gunshots and ran wildly, yelling that the Lianzong is calling, and Tianbu Zaohuo is back!And the dog urine moss came running like the wind, asking: Where is my mother-in-law? My mother-in-law is in the cowshed?Mian Yuer said: Tianbu and Zaohuo came back with guns?The dog peeed moss without making a sound, and he didn't know how to make a sound. He entered the yard, carried his mother-in-law on his back and ran home.

The mother-in-law was completely confused, she didn't know what happened, but she guessed that the village was going to be in chaos again, so she was glad that the dog pee moss was sensible, and she didn't go where the excitement was.The dog pee moss said: Put your arms around my neck and give me your feet, mother-in-law!I have caught your feet, no one can pull you from behind.Po, po, why are you so light! Another five shots were fired in a row, and a group of people ran towards Gulu Village from the Beacon Tower Beam on the east side of the basin. The people standing at the entrance of the village saw so many people running towards the village, just like the last time The man with the red sword saw the same situation as the people running towards the golden cudgel, and immediately panicked. While yelling for bullying, he took the hammer to be ready for battle.But this time was very different from the last time. The people who came were not Tianbu and Zaohuo, nor Xiahewan Golden Cudgel and Zhenlianzhi. Bacao saw Minister Ma, and the two held their hands for a long time. It turned out that Minister Ma led the people from the county association to enter Gulu Village.

Bacao told the members of the Hammer team that just three days after the fighting in Gulu Village, the county's Lianzhi and Lianzong also had a fighting.After all, it was a fighting in the county. Both factions had guns, and fought with real guns for a day and a night.The situation in the county used to be that the Federation was powerful, and the Federation was no match for the Federation, but the Federation was highly mobile. The Federation Headquarters in the provincial capital sent many people and supported many guns. In this armed struggle, the county federation was defeated.In order to prevent the defeated county federation from fleeing to the provincial capital and regrouping for a counterattack, the county federation sent a group of people to block the road here in Gulu Village.It just so happened that Minister Ma was in charge of the political training class of the county federation. Some of the people in the political training class were capitalist roaders and four types of elements in the bullpen established by the federation, some were prisoners captured in the fighting, and some were from the county. Along the way, he caught people who were suspected to be people from the county league who were about to flee to the provincial capital. Minister Ma and the people who came to set up a trap to intercept them came to Gulu Village.Bacao introduced it to everyone, and he couldn't help dancing, and said to Baldy Jin: You go home tonight!Bald Jin said: I don't want to go back, I want to fight her when I see her.Tyrant said: If you fight, you will fight, if you fight until you get divorced, you will get divorced!You tell her that Tianbu never wants to come back, and he will never come back again!

A total of 62 people came, 18 were from the political training class, and 44 were intercepted by cards.Forty-four people lived in the kiln. The hammer team cleaned all the caves in the kiln, installed firewood gates, and hung straw curtains. , and set up pots and stoves in a cave dwelling.Everyone eats at the kiln.And on the road, an elm tree that Zaohuo's family placed under the eaves of the house was brought up. This elm tree was cut down by Zaohuo three years ago to prepare to build a house as a burden. On the highway, a car came and stopped for inspection. After the inspection, one end of the tree was pushed, and the tree and the millstone turned away together, let the car go, and then pushed across the road.The cabin is just for the people on the card station to live.The people in the kiln are rotated to the card station, with seven people in a group, changing every day and night.The 18 people in the political training class, plus the party secretary and the three backbone members of the Red Broadsword, made a total of 21 people. They were concentrated in the Yaoshen Temple and supervised by special personnel.After such an arrangement, Tie Shuan and Follower would handle the rest, so Ba Cao went to Chang Kuan's house to borrow a set of bedding, and led Minister Ma to his old house.

Based on Bacao's idea, Minister Ma lived in the upper room of his old house, and he moved to the lower house by himself.He asked Minister Ma for his opinion, should he find a woman to accompany her when he lives here?Minister Ma said: No need, when I was in school, I never played with my female colleagues.Bacao put a kerosene lamp in the lamp socket on the wall at the top of the kang, put on the matches, brought the urine bucket back and put it in the corner of the room, and leaned a mirror with only half a piece on it. on the windowsill.Minister Ma said: No need!He picked up the mirror and threw it out the window.Bacao said: Yes, yes, I don't like red makeup and I like armed forces!He took out the key to the upper door and gave it to Minister Ma.

Minister Ma said: Are there any thieves in Gulu Village? Bacao said: "There are no thieves, but I am afraid that it will be inconvenient for you." Minister Ma said: Isn’t it convenient if the door is not locked or closed? Bacao said: Well, I will live in the mansion and be your guard. Minister Ma said: Ah good!You are the first guard, this is the second guard.She took off the gun she was carrying and leaned against the kang.Ba Cao found a wooden peg and nailed it to the wall. The wooden peg was thick and big. He hung the gun on it, and also hung a scarf that Minister Ma had untied on it.

Minister Ma said: Will you shoot? Bacao said: The machine gun was never let go. Minister Ma said: Hey, let me see if you shoot me! Minister Ma loaded the bullet and asked Bacao to stick the tip of the gun out of the window pane to shoot the bird on the tree at the root of the courtyard wall.The tree was originally dry and dead, but dozens of birds fell, and it seemed that many leaves had grown.Bacao fired a shot, the bird flew away, and the tree became a dry branch again. Bacao was a little embarrassed, but a bird fell vertically, like a stone, and then another one. A bird is also like a rock.

Minister Ma said: Wow, two birds with one shot! Bacao became more modest, and said, "Touching blindly, touching blindly." As soon as the gunshot rang out, the heel who was about to enter the courtyard from the outside was frightened, and he sat down at the gate of the courtyard.Minister Ma and Bacao laughed loudly, and asked their heels to shoot a shot, but the heels dared not even touch the gun when they came over, saying: Bacao, Bacao.Minister Ma said: Why is it called bullying?Then he blushed and said, "Boss, I have something to ask you for instructions."Overlord said: Say!Then he said: "All the living arrangements have been made, how can I eat?"Bacao said: Arrange to have a pie.Minister Ma said: Let everyone eat this meal well!Then he said: It is to eat well!But he waved to Ba Cao, recruited Ba Cao to the yard, and said in a low voice: No matter how good the people who come are to us, we are also good to the people who come, but I dare not casually agree to the meal.If one or two people only eat one or two meals, that’s fine. But with so many people, do you know how long they will stay? If the problem of eating is not resolved, they won’t stay for long, and neither can we.Bacao said: Why did I arrange a place to stay? I left you and Tie Shuan to do other things, just to test you.Minister Ma has already explained the problem of eating. Let’s have a pie tonight. If you can eat thick ones, you will not eat thin ones. If you can eat steamed buns, you will not eat steamed sweet potatoes. Tomorrow they will ship white rice and white noodles. If you come, you have to make up for the food and drink tonight.Minister Ma came out of the house and said, "Tell the masses that we don't take a stitch from the masses!"Then he said: This is good, this is good!Arrange four people to go to my house tonight, and I still have some wheat noodles for comrades to eat steamed buns! All the dinner was distributed, and the heel and Tieshuan both conveyed Bacao's instructions.Ba Cao was still a little worried, and wanted to go to various houses to have a look, but when he left, he asked how many guns he had brought this time. Minister Ma said five guns, and Ba Cao said: Five guns!Minister Ma said: If you want it, just say so, do you want it?Overlord said: Yes!Minister Ma immediately put the gun on the back of the bully, and said: Just wear a red sweater?What about the padded jacket?Bacao was embarrassed, and said that he didn't have any cotton-padded jacket yet, and he would go to Luo Town to buy some cloth to make a cotton-padded jacket in a few days.Minister Ma called a person from the Political Training Department, took off his yellow army coat and gave it to Bacao.Bacao was armed and walked proudly on the village road. Bald Jin ran into him and said, "Who is this?"Ah bully, boss!Bacao said: How about this outfit?Bald Jin said: This outfit scares Hong Dao to death!Where did it come from?Bacao said: Minister Ma gave it.Bald Jin said: Minister Ma has taken a fancy to you?Bacao said: Don't dare to talk nonsense!Bald Jin said: What are you afraid of, if she gives you this outfit, you will fuck her!Bacao said: Are you a bastard? A bandit!Let bald Jin go to the highway to help set up the card station, and then leave with a smile.When he got under the eucommia tree, a man rode a broom out from the alley, stopped suddenly, gave up the broom, turned around and ran into the alley again.Bacao saw clearly that it was dog pee moss, so he walked over and stood by the alley wall without making a sound. As soon as Gou pee moss poked his head out to look again, he grabbed his ear.The dog pee moss looked up and said, "Brother Bacao, Brother Bacao!"Bacao said: Why did you run when you saw me?The dog urine moss said: I didn't recognize it was you!Ba Cao stopped scratching his ears and said, "Now you recognize it, don't you?"The dog pee moss said: Aren't you overbearing?Bacao said: I am not, what am I?The dog urine moss said: You have become Chairman Mao!Ba Cao didn't say anything, but took off the gun to let the dog pee moss carry it, but the dog pee moss didn't dare to carry it.Let the dog pee touch it, but the dog dare not touch it.Bacao blew his lips and said: Go!Gangzhi just walked forward, and Goupitai stood there watching his back for a long time. Half of the people serving the rice made a glutinous glutinous rice paste soup. The paste soup was very thick, and a chopstick would not fall over.Half of it was made of corn-bread noodles and sauerkraut, and boiled potatoes, which were not cut up, and served in a bowl, like a bowl of small stones.But there are still a few companies that don't believe that they can make up for the compensation after eating the food for the people who came. They haven't changed their dinner rules. Mix a bowl of fried noodles with rice husk, wheat bran, and sweet potato stalk powder. The person who eats the rice pie said: "Just this rice?"The master said: It's time to sleep!The person who ate the pie said: Is Gulu Village poorer than my hometown!As for the following family, He Guoguo really steamed the newly ground wheat noodles, and then made hot pepper boiled water with poached eggs.The daughter-in-law didn't like it at first, and said: We are reluctant to feed our children, so let outsiders enjoy it?Then he said: There will be compensation.He said to his daughter-in-law: "The overlord speaks the same thing as the sky and the earth, how can he make up for it?"Then he said: This is what Minister Ma said.Said to the daughter-in-law: Is that male or female?Then he said: Is the family well off?Said to the daughter-in-law: It's okay just like that, you like it?I tell you, don't mess with me!Then he said: It's just nonsense, and it's my turn? !During the meal, four people came. One of them brought poached eggs and hot water with one hand, and four steamed buns in the other. He looked behind him, feeling pain in his heart, and said: Can you eat this?The man squinted and said, "I'm trying it?" !Then he went into the kitchen, asked to hide the remaining buns, and told his daughter-in-law: If they want more buns, just say no more.
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