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Chapter 77 your old man (and others)

Maqiao Dictionary 韩少功 1843Words 2018-03-19
This word has no practical meaning, it is just a kind of humble word, which can be said to the elderly, young people and even children.If you talk too much, the meaning of politeness will gradually be lost, which is equivalent to the insertion of coughing or yawning between words, invisible between words and sentences, and people who are familiar with them will not take them to heart and will not feel their existence.For example, someone asked if the supply and marketing cooperative had killed pigs.The answerer said: "Kill your old man." Then asked: Did you buy meat?The answerer said: "I bought your old man."

Here, "Your old man" should be ignored by the listener and deleted at any time, otherwise it will be harsh no matter how you listen.Rob once met a female educated youth Twister on the road, and greeted him with a smile: "Twister, you old man?" : "Do you think that old guy's mouth is stinky? My skin is black spots, so I can't be an old man, right? Maybe he's older than him?" This is the result that outsiders are not used to lying, and it also shows that the educated youth did not understand the tradition of Maqiao people who are old and young; to praise you to the old is actually flattery.

A careful inventory will reveal that the distribution and growth of languages ​​is not uniform.There is nothing to say when there is something, and there is nothing to say when there is something to say, such a disordered and unbalanced situation has always existed.It's like in the same world, the drought dies, and the flood dies.The waterlogging was too severe, and the good words were swollen and fattened. Even if the flood receded, the waterlogging disease was still everywhere.When outsiders come to Japan, they must pay attention to some nonsense called "shici".If a Japanese person praises your product and praises your plan, but does not discuss the specific steps of cooperation with you, you must not take it seriously, and don’t wait for the other party’s order at home.Outsiders also need to be vigilant when they come to Paris, France. If someone invites you to his home as a guest, no matter how enthusiastic he is, no matter how he claps shoulders, shakes hands or even hugs you, as long as he does not give you his specific address If you don't agree on a specific time, you can just laugh it off and regard it as a void in communicative etiquette, as a kind of general standard friendship empty check, don't take it to heart.Don't even call and ask "When am I coming?"

It cannot be said that the Japanese and the French are particularly hypocritical, and the Chinese are also very good at talking and doing nothing.For a long time, Maqiao's language has been such as "revolutionary masses" / "The situation in the country is excellent and getting better and better" / "Under the wise leadership and personal care of the superiors" / "Speaking from our hearts" / "Going further and further I have improved my ideological realm" / "I will never withdraw my troops if I don't gain completeness", etc., and they should not be taken seriously.Rob, the old mayor, is dead.He is an old poor peasant who changed his roots from the old soil, or a somewhat vague old Red Army, of course he must have a decent funeral.Benyi said sadly on behalf of the party branch at the memorial meeting: "The golden monkey rose up and Yuyu clarified Wanliai. The four seas are soaring and the water is furious, and the five continents are shaking. In the upsurge of Mao Zedong's philosophical thoughts in Renmin University of the county, in the whole country Under the excellent situation of revolutionary production, under the wise leadership and cordial care of the higher-level party organization, when our brigade fully implemented a series of strategic deployments at the commune party congress, our Comrade Luo Yuxing was bitten by a mad dog—…" County citizen A young cadre from the Political Bureau frowned and poked Benyi, "What did you say? What does this have to do with the wise leadership of the superior?" Benyi blinked, looking very strange, "Did I mention leadership? I just said mad dog .” The Civil Affairs Bureau said, “What about you? What else was said earlier?” Benyi said, “I didn’t say anything, they were all good things, why can’t I say them?”

The cadres of the Civil Affairs Bureau disrupted the memorial service from the very beginning. Not only was Benyi a little angry, but the people present were also very disappointed.In my opinion, they don't understand that people's ears are not the same. The original meaning of the words before "mad dog" can be applied to anything like water conservancy repairs, manure accumulation, fallen trees, landlords, and school openings for a long time. In practice, it is used too much, it is deaf to people, it has become completely invisible-only outsiders will deaf to it.The outsider was still too young to understand the possibility of exaggeration, inconsistency, and separation of truth and truth.

As some kind of invisible warts and wreckage of language, untruthful words including many modest words and respectful words cannot always be cleared and buried in time.Under certain circumstances, they may suddenly multiply and expand in large numbers, as a kind of language amplification of human virtues, as a kind of language cosmetic surgery to cover up the harsh truth of human beings.Sophisticated people should be fully prepared for this. Sophistication is the ability to use bullshit, or rather, a bodily function cultivated by the abundance of moral and political bullshit in the world. A foreign writer once praised rough language, saying that it is the most powerful language and the most important treasure in language.This statement is of course a bit exaggerated.If I can sympathize with this writer from a certain angle, there is only one reason: this writer was born in the most elegant country.He is so shocking, it must be because he was held back for a long time by the extremely elegant, friendly, and grandiose nonsense in the socialization of the worldly crowd, and in a moment of haste, he gave birth to the malicious intention of cursing mothers.He must be suffocating under the heavy mask of language; he couldn't help but spit out filth, just like taking off everyone's pants and letting everyone see the anus of language.The anus is the same as the nose, ears, and hands. It doesn't matter whether it looks good or not, it doesn't matter whether it is good or bad at the beginning.Only in a world full of falsehoods does the anus become the last way out to the truth, the rebellious bay that gathers and retains the vitality of life.So it's not difficult for us to understand that after Benyi finished the memorial service in Tangtang Township, he couldn't help cursing as soon as he left in the dark:

"I'm tickling your old lady all the time—" He stumbled over a rock and seemed to scold the rock. After scolding, he felt that the blood in his body was much smoother.
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