Chapter 11 Part Two Eight Sons

Among my childhood partners, Hachiko is the one I will never forget the most. For decades, more than once, I walked through that narrow alley in my dream to find Hachiko.The alley is so narrow that two people cannot walk side by side, with high walls on both sides, and only one family in the alley.After passing that house, and exiting the east entrance of the alley, it suddenly became clear that there was a half-dead old pagoda tree in a wide open space, a public running water, and a mountain-like pile of coal.Hachiko's house is there.In my dream, I saw Bazi still running wildly in that open space, leading a group of children shouting and charging towards the mountain-like coal pile, and then climbing from the coal pile to the courtyard wall and the roof, stealing mulberries from the neighbor's yard.Hachiko was still wearing the same pair of floral trousers that his sister wore.

There are ten brothers and sisters in total.In general, new clothes are always worn one, three, five, seven, and nine first, and if they are worn out, the even-numbered ones will inherit.The seventh child is a sister, so the succession often troubles the eighth son.Fortunately, at that time, no matter men or women, the clothes were mostly gray and blue, so Ba Zi could still feel calm.Only the pair of floral trousers made him feel humiliated.The pants are purple and white, the seventh son has always cherished them and was a little bit reluctant to give them to them, the eighth son said thankfully, it's best for you to keep them for yourself.But the mother refused, and shouted at the seventh son: "You are wearing too small clothes, who will wear it if you don't wear it?" Seventh and eighth sighed in unison.Bazi wore the trousers to school, and his classmates laughed at him, laughing that they were worn by women, girls, and "only for stinky girls!" Bazi was so ashamed that he squatted on the ground and used his fat pants The skirt of the clothes covered his legs, he didn't dare to get up for a long time, he just smiled.Bazi's smile is without any impurity, it is an expression of acknowledgment, an attitude of acceptance, which means: yes, I would laugh at him if it were someone else, but unfortunately it is me this time.

Everyone laughed once and it was over, but there was only one frightening child who refused to let go. (Let’s call this boy K; as I wrote in , he was short and thin but all children were afraid of him. He had a natural ability to accurately distinguish the strengths and weaknesses of children’s characters, and often gave them Rows of seats—who am I best with first, who am I best with second...and whom I am not good with—thus, the children all succumb to his power.) K is usually the most afraid of eight children, eight children There are four wolves and tigers behind him; K therefore often ranks the eight brothers in the position of "I am the first to be with you".However, Bazi walks alone, never caring about K's power, nor appreciative of K's wooing.Thinking about it now, k must have held a grudge against Bazi, but he was suffering from nothing to do.This time the opportunity came - because of the patterned pants, K Min felt that the time had come to subdue Bazi. He is the most talented in this area, seeing someone's weakness and knowing how to use it immediately.If you can't win, you have to fight, K was born to understand.For example, in physical education class, the teacher said: "Boys stand on the left row, girls stand on the right row." K called: "Bazi also stand on the right row?"Another example is when a group of children are having fun with Bazi, K walks on the sidelines, stares at the cowardly one among them and says, "Why don't you wear floral trousers too?" step aside. K turned to the cowardly one again: "Hey, you have long wanted to play with the stinky girl, didn't you?" The cowardly one also left Bazi hesitantly.I said that I am cowardly by nature, I am either the most, or the time.I left Bazi in panic and approached K, and a humble hope jumped out in my heart: Maybe, because of this, K could move the position of "Follow me" to the front row.

This is how K isolates his opponents, wins or strikes, his natural ability, no matter how many brothers are behind Bazi, it is useless.You can't even tell if you're right or wrong, and you've already been defeated by K's hands.The reason why Bazi never asked his brothers to help, I think, may not be because he didn't have the idea, but because K's methods are so superb that you don't even know how to appeal.You have to admire k.You have to admit that is also a kind of genius.That short and skinny K was only eleven or twelve years old at the time!Where is he now?Where is this fear of my childhood, this confusion of my life?I still don't quite understand to this day, where did his malevolent ability come from?Now that I am over half a hundred years old, I can still often see K's shadow wherever I go, so I said in the book: that terrible child has grown up, and he is everywhere when he grows up.

I took refuge in K's side, but my heart followed Bazi.All the children were the same, moving closer to K, but looking enviously at Bazi——Bazi was still happily climbing the tree, jumping freely on the roof, and galloping like the wind in the open space, Play alone and get involved.I remember that at this time, K's face was full of jealousy and turned to anger.Finally he yelled again: "Fancy trousers! Smelly girl!" The timid children (I am one too) then shouted: "Fancy pants! Smelly girl! Fancy pants! Smelly girl!" Bazi stood on the high coal pile , the shame on his face is no longer so pure, it seems that there is fear, doubt, or sorrow.

Because of the patterned trousers, I remember that Hachiko was also almost knocked down by that scary child. Bazi asked his mother to dye the trousers blue.The mother said: "What dye to dye? If I wear it for another season, I will use it as the sole of the shoes." Bazi said: "Let my sister wear these pants." The mother said: "What about you, Guangyanzi?" Bazi said Said: "I wear the black one of my sixth brother." The mother said: "What about your sixth brother?" The eighth son said: "You make him a new one." Are you getting dressed? Go away!"

One Sunday, I avoided K, avoided all other children, and went to Bazi.I feel ashamed of Hachiko.Walking through the narrow alley, bypassing the mountain-like coal pile, standing in the open space, I shouted: "Bazi! Bazi——!" "Who is it?" I don't know where Bazi agreed. "It's me! Bazi, where are you?" "Look up, here!" Bazi sat leisurely on the roof, and then threw down a handful of mulberries: "Eat it, it's not sweet, the good ones are gone now .” I am secretly glad that it seems that he has long forgotten those unpleasant things. I said, "Come down."

Bazi said, "Why?" Yes, what are you doing?I had an idea and said, "Will you go to the movies?" Bazi replied simply: "Look at that, no money!" My heart suddenly brightened.I remembered that I had exactly one dime in my pocket. "I have, enough for both of us." Bazi immediately came down from the tree like a cat.I unfolded the dime to show him. "Just a dime?" Bazi was a little disappointed. I said, "Today's Sunday, maybe there will be a children's show, five cents a ticket." Bazi cheered up: "Then I have to find a newspaper."

I said, "Then what do you want to see?" "Me? Whatever." But he suddenly hesitated again: "Is this okay?" Meaning: spend your money? I said, "I saved the money myself, no one knows." When I walked into the gate of his house, Bazi grabbed me again: "Don't tell my mother, do you hear me?" "Then what if your mother asks?" Bazi thought for a while: "Just say that something is wrong with the school." "What's up?" "You made it up? You are the squadron leader, and my mother trusts you." Good thing he didn't ask anything.His mother, brother, and sister were all doing printing (that is, printing outlines of various flowers on blank sheets, tablecloths, or pillowcases, so that others would later fill in the flowers and foliage).I remember that, except for Bazi and his two younger brothers, Jiuer and Shitou, and of course his father, the whole family did this job, working day and night, and the oil paint stained everyone's fingers green, dyed green Plans, even walls and floors.

The newspaper was also found, and the show was selected, but something unexpected happened.Jiu'er was the first to see through our secret.Ba Zi shook his fist at him: "Get out!" But Shi Shi also understood: "What, you go to watch a movie? I will go too!" Ba Zi shook his fist at Shi Shi again, but his strength was gone.Shitou said: "I'll sue Mom!" Bazi said: "What are you suing?" "You spend other people's money!" Bazi was dejected.Shitou is not easy to mess with, Shitou is the heart of his parents, when Shitou cries, he is guilty from one to nine.

"But it's only ten cents!" Bazi shouted at Shitou. "That doesn't matter, I'll go anyway if you go." Shitou hugged Bazi's waist. "Okay, then don't go!" Bazi pulled me away. But Jiuer and Shitou are inseparable. Bazi said: "Let's go to school!" Jiu'er and Shitou said, "We also go to school." Bazi laughed at Shitou: "You? Are you from our school?" Shitou said, "Yes! Mom said that next year I will also attend your school." Bazi took me to sit on the side of the road.Jiu'er pulled the stone and sat down with us facing each other. Bazi almost begged: "We really have something to do when we go to school!" Jiu'er said, "Who knows what's going on with you?" Shitou said, "What's wrong, can't you go to school?" Hachiko looked at the sun anxiously.Jiu'er and Shitou stared at Bazi patiently. Seeing that it was getting late, Bazi said, "Okay, let's go together!" I said, "But I really only have a dime!" "Let's talk about it there." Bazi winked at me, meaning: Isn't it easy to see the opportunity to dump them? There is an alley horizontally and an alley vertically. Bazi led us to walk along the winding road.Jiu'er said: "Don't fool us Bazi, where are we going?" Bazi said: "Will you go? If you don't go, you go home." Shitou asked me: "How much money do you have?" Stop talking nonsense, or you don't want to go." Qili turned, Qili turned, and I could see that we had almost come back after going around in a circle.Jiu'er stopped: "I don't see it right, we probably went wrong." Bazi kept walking forward while pulling the stone without saying a word.Shitou said: "Let's take a shortcut, isn't it Bazi?" Jiu'er said: "It's so close, maybe it's farther away." "Isn't this still Beixinqiao?" Bazi said, "Shitou, do you know how to get home from here?" Shitou said, "Isn't your school over there? I've been there several times." "Okay!" Bazi praised the stone and ruffled his hair.Jiu'er said: "Bazi, what do you want to do?" Bazi was taken aback, and quickly said: "Why not, I will test you." Now Bazi was relieved, and walked forward as if nothing had happened. Change is only in an instant.At a corner, Bazi dragged me into a courtyard gate by the side of the road.We hid behind the door, stuck close to the wall, and heard the footsteps of Jiu'er and Shitou walking past the door. We heard them linger there for a while, and then chased forward.Bazi poked his head out to have a look, and said "quick", we jumped out of the courtyard gate, turned around and ran towards the cinema. But it was still too late, the children's performance had already started for half a day.What about the next game?The next one is for adults, and the cheapest one will cost 20 cents.Bazi and I stood in a daze in front of the ticket gate, really wanting to turn the clock back, really want to change the dime on the price tag into five cents, really want to suddenly take out a few more cents from our pockets. "Or, just watch this one?" "That's thanks to you? It's halfway through." "Then, buy tomorrow's?" Bazi and I went to look up at the price tag: tomorrow, there is no children's playground in the morning, what about in the afternoon?still none. "Shouldn't we just watch this one?" "Okay, half-time will be half-time." But the old man who sold the tickets said, "You two are burning money? This conversation is over!" Hachiko fell down on the steps in front of the cinema in frustration, picked up a newspaper from nowhere, and covered his face. I said, "Hey Bazi, what's the matter with you?" Bazi said: "It's boring!" I said, "I'm sure I won't spend this dime. I'll keep it for the two of us to watch movies." Bazi said: "Jiu'er and Shitou must sue my mother now." "Sue what?" "Spend other people's money to watch movies." "Didn't we not watch it?" Bazi didn't speak, but his breath made the newspaper on his face rise and fall. I said: "In a few days, maybe I can save another ten cents, and let Jiu'er and Shitou see it too." For a moment, the newspaper on Bazi's face didn't move at all, not at all. I pushed him: "Hey, Bazi?" Bazi opened the newspaper and said, "How long can you hold your breath if you don't breathe?" I just lay down on the spot.Bazi said "start", and we held our breath together.After holding it for a while, Hachiko held it longer than me.He held it again, but it was still too long for Hachiko.I held it in several times, but once I held it longer than Hachiko.Bazi was happy and sat up. I said, "It's probably because your newspaper works." "Newspaper? That's fine, I don't need it either." Bazi threw the newspaper away. I said, "Forget it, I'm almost suffocating." Bazi looked at the sun and stood up: "Go, go home." I sat still. Bazi said, "Let's go?" I still don't move. Bazi said, "What's wrong with you?" I said, "Bazi, are you really afraid of K?" Bazi said, "Fuck, I still want to ask you." I said, "Are you afraid of him?" Bazi said, "What about you?" I don't know how to answer, or dare not. Bazi said: "I see that kid, he is not a fucking thing!" "That's right, Ya always said your pants." "If it's really a fight, am I afraid of him?" "Then why are you afraid of him?" "I don't know. What about you?" "I do not know either." Now that I think about it, Bazi and I were a bit like Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng that day. Finally, Bazi made it clear.Bazi said: "It's all up to you, everyone is afraid of him." I quickly said: "Actually, I don't want to be nice to him at all." Bazi said, "Fuck, what's so scary about that kid?" "However, so many people want to be nice to him." "What do you care about them?" "Anyway, anyway, if he talks about your pants again, I won't say anything." "Isn't he just not playing with us? Let's play by ourselves, do you dare?" "We two? OK!" "When the time comes, you won't dare." "Dare, I dare this time. But then, neither of us can't help each other." "of course." "Lagou, do you want to do it?" "Hang yourself on the hook, and you can't change it for a hundred years—! Hang yourself on the hook, and you can't change it for a hundred years—!" "If he wants to be with you, I will be with you." "Me too, I'm always with you." "If you hang yourself with a hook, you can't change it for a hundred years—! If you hang yourself with a hook, you can't change it for a hundred years—!" With a bang, the door of the movie theater opened, and a stream of people came out, adults yelling at children. Hachiko and I held hands and went home with the bustling crowd.Now that I think about it, was my behavior a bit cunning that day?Even ugly?Does that count as wooing, like K?However, it must be considered a conspiracy!But that day, that day and this incident suddenly made me no longer feel lonely, and when I think of tomorrow, I no longer feel panic and sadness, and when I think of the temple in the elementary school, I no longer feel so gloomy and desolate. Bazi and I held hands, crossed the street, walked down the alley, and arrived at Beixinqiao.Suddenly, a burst of fried enema aroma wafted over.I said: "Hey, it's really fragrant!" Bazi also said: "Well, it's delicious!" When I looked around, I saw a food stall just in front of me.We walked over involuntarily and stood in front of the booth to watch.On the big iron pan, there was "sizzling" smoke, and plates of pink sausages were served, and then poured with garlic juice, the crystal clear and attractive.The stall owner lost no time in yelling: "Hot enema! It's not expensive! You can get hot enema for 10 cents a plate!" I think my eyes must have been staring at that time, and my mouth was full of saliva, so I couldn't help touching the enema in my pocket. It's a dime. "Bazi, why don't we eat the enema first?" Bazi neither approves nor disapproves, meaning: the money is yours. A plate of enemas for the two of us, facing each other, noses almost touching noses.Bazi smiled shamelessly again, without impurities, meaning: When I have money, what can I say now? The enema is really delicious. It is rare for a person to have such a delicious food in his life.