Chapter 5 0005

"You motherfucker is short and short, with a crooked belly, what tricks are you playing!" "Hehe! My mother is going to win the jackpot!" Shi Er'ao raised his hand, picked up a fat, bald hare in vain, and teased: "Little boy, you are really changed by Cao Cao. When it comes to you , you came to the door, why did you jump into my jacket pocket with your eyes wide open?!" "Aren't we good brothers?!" The big bear behind didn't even have time to swallow his saliva this time, letting it drip onto the jacket: "We are very good brothers, second dwarf, let's make a deal If you want to tie the knot, I will keep the money for the wine, even if you drink eight catties, my mother only likes this kind of fat rabbit legs."

"I have to stop and tie it up," Shorty Shi Er was so happy that his voice changed, "It's back to the south, I have to buy more lottery tickets." "Hey, let me say, you two don't want to be happy about where a bear and rabbit are?!" Lei Yipao looked up at the sky and said, "How did this happen? It gets dark when it says dark?!" "Oh, you are new to this journey, it's not dark, it's the smog!" Xiang Lao San said calmly, "It's smog!" "Luo Haze?" Lei Yipao said, "It's fresh, I haven't heard of it."

"There are different ways of saying it everywhere," Xiang Laosan said, "Let's talk about falling smog, which is called falling sand in Sichuan and Hubei. There is a saying: "Haze is gray sand and fog is water." Can't meet hazy days." "I've heard of yellow sand falling in Sichuan and Hubei." Lei Yipao said, "It is said that all the falling sand occurs during the winter wind season. , the wind weakened, and the yellow sand came down, thicker than the fog. People were rushing in the falling sand, with sand all over their bodies, like radishes pulled out of the sand!

"It's just like this in hazy days," Xiang Laosan said, "it's just that the place where the haze occurs is not the desert outside the mouth, but the Yellow River beach in the north. The color of the wind and sand in hazy days depends on the weather. On a sunny day at dusk, when the sunset glows intensely, the haze turns into red mist. According to rural legend, the main soldier of the red mist is actually sand haze, not water mist.... On a cloudy day, the yellow sand is covered by gray clouds all over the sky. If it is dyed, it becomes gray-yellow with black. When the wind blows towards the low places, the sand grains will rustle, piercing the face like a swarm of winged locusts."

The hazy cloud rises under the gray cloud, and the smoke and dust roll down the northwest half-shaped sky. Following the swaying wind, the smoke and dust roll down and get lower and lower, and finally connect with the reed shoots in the distance. The sound of beating on the withered reed leaves was like countless whips waving, which made people's eardrums swell. "Just work harder on the soles of your legs, man," the big bear pulled down his felt hat in a hurry, "look at this kind of strength, the sand can hit a person's face numb. It's really not fun to go on the road in the haze!"

"What are you afraid of?!" Shorty Shi Er seized the opportunity: "You have a thick skin, and you can't pierce it with a hammer, so you don't need to be careful about candles? Right?!" "Fuck your mother's dwarf," the big dog scolded sourly, "Be careful I'll make X slap your stinky mouth!" The smog cloud drifted over, and the first burst of violent sand wipers hit the salt fleet hotly, and locked the mouths of those who love to chat. Without smog, the wind would not show madness, and without the strong wind, there would be no sand disease. For a while now, the wind and the sand have matched each other; outside the salt convoy, there is a twilight, and the sand and rain are thicker than the fog, covering the sky and covering the ground, making people feel that there is nothing else but gloom.

"How far is it from the seven willow trees? Ba Ye." Lei Yipao opened his mouth, and the rain of sand poured down his throat.The barley mule was snorting on the left side of the road. Guan Baye turned his back to the wind and replied with a muff, "Twenty miles, pushing the cart against the wind will take two full hours." "The wind is too strong!" Lei Yipao said. "It's okay," the wheat-colored mule flicked its tail, then jumped into the sand and smoke again, Guan Baye's voice floated over; "Outside the pass, there was a desert wind, forcing people to crawl on the ground!"

The sky is hard enough to be dark; it's not dark, but just dim; the wind and sand close the eyes so that only a slit remains, and when they come out from the shadow of the eyelashes, it is impossible to tell where is the earth and where is the sky? !The salt wagons walked close together, the rear one could only see the raised back of the front one, and the sand particles jumped on the coat surface like ghosts; the sand particles bit the anointed axle and made the axle sing. There is also the sound of rattling and sanding in the sound, and the salt truck seems to be not as slippery as it was before the haze.In this twilight, the sound of flapping wings of waterfowl, crows, and reeds snapping sounds from time to time, as if to boost the wind and sand pouring like a torrential rain, making people feel extremely restless.The salt cart ran over the broken reeds on the side road, and moved forward along the shadowy road; the time passed through some unspoken curses, the wind and sand did not stop, and it was really getting dark!

"Seven willows will be here soon?" Shorty Shi Er held back for a long while, and let out a sigh, with a bit of resentment and impatient hope in his voice: "My mouth is full of sand, like his mother just ate tamales It’s like that.” “Shouldn’t it be enough to keep your mouth open?” Asked the third child, losing face, and said, “You really can’t hold back your mouth, so you should do like me and turn your face away from the wind.” "Back in the wind?!" Shorty Shi Er said, "I'm talking to you, not a big bear, his face is cold and hard, like a donkey x stick, I'm too lazy to look at him!  … ..., spitting, unlucky sand, all the mother punched in through the nostrils, I said... Where are the seven willows, hey? Grandma's."

"There are still twelve miles," Xiang Laosan said sullenly, "It's okay if you don't close it, just work hard on the soles of your feet, and you will be there after a while of sweating." "Qi, it's farther than its mother's horizon." "A jug of wine has already been swayed," said the big bear behind him, "Short ghost, you hurt me, I don't even have the spirit to fight back. Just now you mentioned tamales, and I miss the rabbit in your arms Alright. Let’s rest on the seven willows, we’ll roast it and eat it with salt, if you fucking don’t give me a hind leg, I’ll see if I don’t smash your head in.” “Don’t joke around.” Lei Yipao, the leader, said: "This kind of haze reminds me of the four judges. Maybe we will collide head-on."

"If I were the fourth judge, my mother would take advantage of this twilight and get involved in Wanjialou." Said to the third child: "The fourth judge is a poisonous bone snake. I know his methods. Old Lei is right. Although Ba Ye told us not to meddle in our own business, but if Fourth Judge wants to shit on us, we have to kick his ass!" "If it were me, I wouldn't kick it." The big dog said solemnly, "I just think of him as an old man..." "You're such an evil bastard," Lei Yipao scolded, "I'll call you a rascal if you talk seriously, and no one will call you a bear." After walking for a while, the wind subsided a little, and the grains of sand no longer pierced my face like grasshoppers in summer night; the moon hadn't seen a shadow yet, and the stars could not be seen behind the clouds, and the night was like a ball of splashed ink. When the shroud came down, Shorty Shi Er was about to ask where the seven willows were again, when Guan Baye's livestock swept back and announced along the way: "Let's turn to the side of the road and lean on each other, the seven willows have already arrived. " Shorty Shi Er dug out a picnic hole in a pile of messy mounds, broke some dead branches and lit a fire, and the big bear really killed the hare, making the wet mud on the rabbit's body, Pierce the belly of the hare with a dead branch, hang it over the flames and grill it.When people are on the road, they don't feel the night cold, but sweat all over their bodies. When they sit still, the cold wind dries up the sweat, and they feel that the half-wet coat is icy sticking to the flesh, making their teeth chatter from the cold; When the fire was lit, a group of people gathered in clusters, some were eating pancakes rolled with scallions, some were drinking warm tea, the big dog was flipping the rabbit on the flame with relish, and the air was full of strong meat. fragrance. "Xiang Laosan rode Ba Ye's animal into the fair, why hasn't he returned for a long time?" Shorty Shi Er said, "If he doesn't come, we have to divide this rabbit first." , don't be too busy..." Although the big dog was drooling, he still hasn't forgotten anything: "Guan Baye and Lei Yipao are still controlling the wind, what are we having fun with?... You didn't listen to the third son I’ve said it—this is a sad place. Back then, there were 21 old men from the Liuhe Gang who resisted the seizure of the private sector, and all of them were planted here. Look at these graves without monuments, stones, and surnames. They all follow the same path as ours. Yes, now that we are squatting here, thinking about the situation at the beginning, most of our hearts will be cold. ... What fun?!" "Hey, I said big bear," Wang Dagui, who didn't speak often, actually started to speak, "It might be more appropriate to say this from other people's mouths, why are you getting serious tonight?" "When you go to a decent place, don't you behave decently?" Although the big bear was still turning the hare, his hands were a little trembling: "Let's not talk about this, really, we are rough people, our mouths are blunt, and we can't dig out the bottom of our hearts." I mean, even if my heart is flooded for a while." At the end of the sentence, my voice trembled a little... The group was all silent, and no one took any further scum. The big bear took the roasted hare aside, took out a short pipe, filled it with a pot of leaf tobacco, and smoked it silently. "Happiness and fun are all fake." He said to himself in the silence: "My mother is telling the truth, my mother is never really... happy... living... hanging on the handle of the salt wagon Son, tonight is yours, tomorrow morning is not yours, black dates hit the head, buttocks gnawing weeds, good luck, someone donated the thin leather, otherwise, I'm afraid even a bone will be stuffed into the dog's stomach... ...What's so fun about it? Back then, Shuangqiang Luo was so heroic, but now it's just a pile of loess!" "You're so uncertain," Shier Shorty said, "You don't need to talk about these frustrations. If you say so, everyone’s appetite is completely overwhelmed by you!” "I'm breaking the law by talking to myself?" The big bear rolled his eyes and said, "Don't be so narrow-minded, I don't really want to share with you. a rabbit leg. " The flickering flames stabilized slowly, the wind stopped, the sand became still, and the cold air fell downwards, onto people's backs, forcing those who were caught in the fire to squat as close as possible to the fire.But Guan Baye and Lei Yipao were far away from the fire, Guan Baye put his hands behind his back in the armholes of the sable fur robe, and walked squarely around the seven willow trees, Lei Yipao raised a With one sleeve and elbow resting on the low branch of the bent old willow, one foot hooked around the calf, and staring into the darkness in the distance. "The moon is out, Lord Ba." Lei Yipao said, "I think the weather is a bit abnormal these days. Normally, there is heavy frost the night before, and it should be sunny the next day. Why is it that frost falls every night, but it turns cloudy early in the morning?" of?" "The lake is sloping, the terrain is concave, and there is a lot of water vapor," Guan Baye said: "The climate here is not according to common sense. Brother, people here are the same. Back then, we relied on our legs here, thinking that there was no land. Far away, no one expected the anti-private association brigade to step down." "I understand what you mean, Ba Ye." Lei Yipao said.