Chapter 62 act nine

The scene in the yard of my aunt's house is the same as before. Hao Dashou and Qin He are still holding the clay baby. Tadpole pinched a stack of manuscript paper, stood to one side, and recited aloud. Tadpole: ... If someone asks me what is the main color of Northeast Gaomi Township, I will answer without hesitation: green! Du Dashou: (Muttering dissatisfiedly) What about red? Red sorghum, carrots, red sun, red padded jacket, red peppers, red apples... Qin He: Loess, yellow dung, yellow teeth, weasels, but no gold... Tadpole: If someone asks me what is the main sound in Northeast Gaomi Township, I will proudly tell him: frogs!

Hao Dashou: What is there to be proud of? Zuo He: The baby's cry is something to be proud of. Tadpole: That frog cry like a dull calf cry, that frog cry like a sad lamb cry, that crisp frog cry like a hen crowing eggs, that loud and sad frog cry like a newborn baby ... Hao Dashou: So what about dogs barking? Cats barking? Donkeys barking? Tadpole: (Angrily) Are you talking to me! Qin He: When I watch this play, it's essentially arguing. Aunt: (coldly) Did I say the words you read just now? Tadpole: It was said by the character "aunt" in the play. Aunt: Is the character "Aunt" in the play me, or is it not me? Tadpole: It is both you and not you.

Auntie: How do you say that? Tadpole: This is a general law of artistic creation, just like the clay dolls they make, which are not only images taken from real life, but also their own imagination and creation. Aunt: This play is really going to be staged, are you not afraid of causing trouble? You use your real name and surname. Tadpole: This is a draft, aunt. When the draft is finalized, I will replace all the names with foreign names. Aunt will be replaced by Aunt Maria, and Hao Dashou will be replaced by Henry.Qin He was replaced by Allende, Chen Mei was replaced by Dong Niya, Chen Bi was replaced by Figaro... Even Northeast Gaomi Township had to be replaced by the town of Macondo.

Hao Dashou: Henry? That's an interesting name. Qin He: You'd better replace me with Rodin or Michelangelo, the nature of their work is similar to mine. Aunt: Tadpole, acting belongs to acting, and reality belongs to reality. I always feel that you—and of course me—we are ashamed of Chen Mei.Recently, I suffered from insomnia again. The debt collector brought a group of disabled frogs to quarrel with me every night. I could not only feel their cold bellies, but also smell their fishy and cold smell odor…… Hao Dashou: You are hallucinations caused by neurasthenia, all hallucinations.

Tadpole: Auntie, I understand how you feel. I also feel guilty for handling this matter in this way, but how can I deal with it otherwise? Anyway, Chen Mei is a lunatic, and a lunatic who is severely disfigured and hideous. , We are irresponsible to the child by entrusting her to her upbringing! And, although I don't want to, I am biologically the father of the child.When the child's mother is insane and unable to take care of her own life, it is only natural for the child to be raised by the father, even if it comes to the Supreme People's Court, it will judge like this.Do you think so? Auntie: Maybe if we return the baby to her, she will be fine? Between a mother and a child, there can be miracles...

Tadpole: We can't take children to do such risky experiments, mental patients can do anything. Aunt: Mental patients also love children. Tadpole: But her love is likely to bring harm to the child.Auntie, you must not feel guilty about this.We have done our best.We gave her double compensation and sent her to the hospital for treatment, including Chen Bi, and we didn't treat him badly. In the future, when her illness is completely cured and the child grows up, we will find an appropriate time to tell the child the truth—although telling him the truth will only bring him pain. Aunt: To tell you the truth, recently, I often think about death—— Tadpole: Aunt, don’t let your imagination run wild. You are just over seventy years old. To say that you are the sun at twelve o’clock at noon is an exaggeration. The sun at two or three o'clock in the afternoon is by no means a compliment. It's two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and it's still early before dark! Besides, the people of Northeast Gaomi Township can't do without you!

Auntie: Of course I don’t want to die. If people are free from disease and disaster, and can eat and sleep, who wants to die? But I can’t sleep! In the middle of the night, everyone is asleep, only me and the owl on the tree are awake.The owl is awake to catch mice. What am I doing awake? Tadpole: You can take sleeping pills. Many big people have insomnia problems, and they all take sleeping pills. Aunt: Sleeping pills don't work for me anymore. Tadpole: Take some Chinese medicine... Aunt: I'm a doctor! Let me tell you, this is not a disease, it's the time for retribution. Those debt collectors, it's time for them to settle accounts with me.They came when the owl was hooting in the tree in the dead of night.They were covered in blood, howled and mingled with the frogs with missing legs and claws.Their cries and the cries of the frogs were also mixed together, and they could not be distinguished from each other.They chased me all over the yard and ran away.I'm not afraid of them biting me.I'm just afraid of their cold belly and the cold smell on their bodies.Tell me, what has my aunt been afraid of in her life? Tigers, leopards, wolves, and foxes, my aunt is not afraid of these things that ordinary people are afraid of, but my aunt is frightened by these frog ghosts.

Tadpole: (to Hao Dashou) Do you want to invite a Taoist priest to explain it? Hao Dashou: She also spoke lines. Aunt: When I can’t fall asleep, I just think about my life.From delivering the first child to delivering the last child, scene after scene is like acting in a movie.Ordinarily, I have never done any evil in my life... Are those things... counted as evil? Tadpole: Auntie, it is still difficult to determine whether those things are "evil" or not, even if they are "evil" ", and it cannot be your responsibility.Aunt, don't blame yourself, don't feel guilty, you are a hero, not a sinner.

Aunt: I'm really not a sinner? Tadpole: Let the people of Dongbei Township vote for a good person, and you must be the one who gets the most votes. Aunt: My hands are clean? Tadpole: Not only are they clean, they are also holy. Aunt: When I can't sleep, I think about the death of Zhang Quan's wife, Wang Renmei, and Wang Dan... Tadpole: I can't blame you! Absolutely not. Aunt: Do you know what Zhang Quan’s wife said when she was dying? Tadpole: I don’t know. Aunt: She said, "Wan Xin, you will die!" Tadpole: This bitch is really outrageous. Aunt: Do you know what Wang Renmei said before she died? Tadpole: What did she say? Aunt: She said, "Auntie, I'm so cold..."

Tadpole: (painfully) Hitomi, I feel cold too... Aunt: Do you know what Wang Dan said to me when he was dying? Tadpole: I don't know. Aunt: Do you want to know? Tadpole: Of course...but... Aunt: (with high spirits) She said, "Auntie, thank you for saving my child." Do you think I saved her child? Tadpole: Of course you saved her child. Aunt: Then, I can die in peace. Tadpole: Auntie, you are wrong. You should say that you can sleep peacefully and live a good life. Auntie: A sinful person cannot and has no right to die, she must live, endure torture, torment, toss over and over again like frying fish, gurgling like boiling medicine, in this way to atone for her sins, sin Only after the redemption is completed can he die easily.

A huge black rope noose hung from the stage, and my aunt stepped forward to put her neck in it and kicked over the stool under her feet. Hao Dashou and Qin He only cared about pinching their clay dolls. The tadpole picked up a knife, picked up a stool, jumped on it, and cut the rope.Aunt fell to the ground. Tadpole: (holds up aunt) Auntie! Auntie! Aunt: Have I ever died? Tadpole: It can be understood in this way, but people like you are immortal. Aunt: So I'm born again. Tadpole: Yes, so to speak. Aunt: How are you all? Tadpole: All is well! Aunt: How is the golden baby? Tadpole: Very good. Aunt: Has the cub secreted milk? Tadpole: Yes. Aunt: Is there a lot of milk? Tadpole: Very strong. Auntie: What does it look like? Tadpole: It's like a fountain. - the curtain falls (End)