Chapter 2 second quarter

Zhui'er didn't have an official name until she was eight years old. That official name was given by an elementary school teacher who had been a private school teacher. He was first called Li Jindou, and then changed to Li Jinkui. The whole family had a serious discussion about this official title. The sun was shining brightly, and he sat on the threshold and squinted his eyes.While catching lice, he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's too expensive? I'm afraid you can't hold back the grass and trees." The rope is standing, and the rope said: "People confiscate the money."

Bundle said: "Donkey nature! Did I say money? I mean this name is expensive." Sheng said: "Then, how about a stone roller?" Angry, he said: "...you go to the field! Go to the field!..." Then, he glanced at his daughter-in-law and said, "I think it's better to be called a dog, a bitch is not a bitch." The woman was picking up the soles of her shoes, and the woman said: "When the baby is old, it doesn't sound good, so don't call it a dog." Bie said, "Let's call it a dog." The woman was very firm and he said, "Don't call me a dog."

Women have always had the final say in this house.Then Jie said, "Go, Sheng, run one more time, and go to learn and learn." So, the rope bumped to find the teacher again, and then came back with a piece of paper, saying: "The teacher said, just add a ghost!" A little puzzled, he said, "Add a ghost." Sheng urn said angrily, "The teacher said, add a ghost." Bundle said, "Let me take a look." Then, he took the piece of paper, held it in his hand, read it upside down several times, and said, "The 'Dou' is still there. Adding a ghost will calm it down." .”

Sheng said, "People say it can be calmed down." So he called Li Jinkui.What follows is the big deal.Bundle said: "I think, let Jin Kui and his uncle learn carpentry, it's a craft." The woman said: "Is it the size?" Jie said: "The science of rooting is a trick of the door, and it will lose its vitality when it grows up." Bundle said: "It takes ten years to make a tile knife." Bundle said again: "If you make a piece of tile knife, you can sit at the banquet and eat good food." The woman didn't say anything more.The woman only said: "Although it is his uncle, he must seal the saber ceremony."

Bundle said: "That's right, you can't lack rituals, at least you have to seal the flesh." The woman said: "It costs five yuan for a bloody neck, let alone the hind legs..." The family has no money, and they can't even get five yuan.Then he said, "I'll do it, I'll do it." Then he twisted the tobacco in his hand and walked out with a half-bowed waist. At that time, Li Jinkui, who had just obtained his official title, was catching grasshoppers in the field.If you catch a grasshopper, you can burn it and eat it, which is very fragrant.Li Jinkui threw grasshoppers all over the ground, caught one, and strung it up with hairy grass. He had already strung two strings... Only then did he hear someone call him: "Braid, braid." He raised his head and saw Grandpa. Walked over joltingly, and said to him, "Boy, you have a tuba, remember, your name is Li Jinkui."

Li Jinkui said, "Master, am I famous?" Bundle said: "You're famous, you got two eggs for it. Isn't that a bad name? Remember it well, your name is Li Jinkui." Hearing this, for some reason, his waist straightened a bit, and a small man stood stiffly and said, "Got it, my name is Li Jinkui." So, She said, "Come on, follow me into the city." Li Jinkui had never been in the city before, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Master, are you really taking me there?" She said, "I'll take you there." Li Jinkui said, "I'm going to my cousin's house."

Bundle said: "People in the city have good rules, don't touch other people's things when you go there." Li Jinkui said, "I won't move." When he got to the edge of the city, Li Jinkui suddenly pointed out his hand. He was very surprised and said, "Master, Master, what do you think is that?"What's that? ! ... There was a loud "woo", and on the two bright rails, there were small green houses swimming. In the blink of an eye, the small green houses swam away with twists and turns. She said, "Train, that's a train." Li Jinkui said in a daze, "I can still bark..."

When we got to the city, the road was wide, very wide, and the master said that it was an asphalt road.There are also tall poles standing on both sides of the oil road, the poles are connected by wires, and a straw hat-like thing protrudes from each pole, which looks very smooth.My father said, it’s called an electric light, it doesn’t drink oil, it drinks electricity, and the electricity is wrapped in wires... There are many buildings in the city, and they are also very high. Most of them have two floors, and there are also three and five floors. The store was full of tubes and tubes, and the grandfather said proudly that it was toothpaste, which is used by city people to brush their teeth, so the city people's teeth are white.There are also sweets and snacks, which seem to sell everything; everyone in the store wears blue sleeves, and all the women are self-conscious... The master said, don't look at it, don't look at it, it's attractive.Li Jinkui's eyes were not enough, and he walked away slowly, as if he was stupid, as if he was looking for eyeballs all over the place...

Later, my grandfather took him to my cousin's house with all kinds of twists and turns. The cousin's house lived in red tile houses, row by row. The cousin's house lived in the third row. After entering the door, the cousin said Two sentences, one is: "Come here? Sit down." The grandfather smiled and said: "My son wants to go to the city to have a look, so I brought him here, and let him see if his aunt's house is rich... ..." After a pause, the cousin said again: "Whose child is this?" The master said, "It's from the Sheng family. I don't know how to say a word." Say nothing.After that, there was a long, long silence. The silence was like a lock, and it locked the grandfather's mouth at once.Grandpa just smiled dryly, but he couldn't stop laughing. Can't a person always laugh?He sat there with his hands as if he had no place to put them, sometimes he put them on his chest, sometimes he took his pipe pipe in his hand, while the tobacco pot kept digging in the tobacco bag, digging..., the people in the city My cousin just sat so high up, wearing nice clothes, with a dry persimmon face, not saying a word.For a long time, Li Jinkui looked at his grandfather, and he realized that his grandfather was about to cry. His face was very ugly, and the blood on his face swelled out one by one, as if it was suddenly covered with earthworms... until a long time later, Every time Li Jinkui thinks about the first time he went to his cousin's house, he deeply understands the meaning of two words, that is "embarrassment". The word "embarrassment" was something he had experienced before he knew it.It's a feeling that makes people feel like they can't die but can't live.Sitting for too long, people are a little numb, but the silence has not been broken.At this time, Li Jinkui stretched his little hand into the waistband of his trousers, he wanted to scratch it.But as soon as he put his hand into the waistband of his trousers, he felt something immediately. At that moment, his mind exploded. It may be the first epiphany in his life, and he immediately felt enlightened!Slowly, slowly, he took out his little hand from the waistband of his trousers, and held up the two bunches of grasshoppers... He held up the two bunches of grasshoppers, and said in a childish voice that was slightly stuttering because of nervousness: "Girl Auntie, I have nothing to take." Immediately, the high-raised head of my cousin's aunt drooped, and she looked at the little country boy in surprise, looking at those small black eyes; then, she Looking at the two strings of grasshoppers strung on the grass, he opened his mouth wide, unable to speak for a long time... At this time, he saw a girl about his age and the size of a butterfly running out of the back room. He jumped out with joy on his face, stomped his feet and said loudly: "I want! I want..." Immediately, my cousin laughed.The cousin's face bounced back a smile like an elastic band, and also a touch of kindness. She smiled and said, "This child, look at this child...Okay, okay. Take it." Grandpa's face also loosened. He came, he smiled mischievously, and said: "Look, there is nothing to take..." The cousin said lightly: "Here he is, what else do you want?" Then he said: "This kid is weird. Clever, what's your name?" My grandfather hurriedly said, "My nickname is Zhui'er, and my real name is Li Jinkui." My aunt glanced at him and said, "That's a good name." My grandfather said, "Hu Qi Yes, a man of grass and trees is just a whistle." My aunt waved her hand and said, "Son, come here." My grandfather hurriedly pushed him and said, "Go, meet your aunt." Li Jinkui slowly Going forward and standing in front of the old lady in the city, my cousin put her hand into her pocket, took out three yuan from her pocket, put it in his little hand and said, "Take it." Li Jinkui hung his head and stood there without saying a word.Grandpa hurriedly said again: "Thank you, Auntie..."

out the door.Li Jinkui silently shed two tears. On the way back, my father was silent, and he was silent, and no one spoke.It seemed that it wasn't people walking, but the streets of the city. The street was flashing in front of his eyes, but he couldn't see anything... The two strings of grasshoppers were dangling in front of his eyes all the time, and my grandfather often hung them on the ground. The "cousin in the city" on his lips fell down in front of his eyes, and the two bunches of grasshoppers became the "sacrifice" of "cousin in the city".Two small bunches of grasshoppers survived a thought, and the taste was only tasted after many days and nights.

When the father and two passed by a market, the father began to live.He stopped, and suddenly said cautiously: "Jin Kui, should I have a drink?" The little man stopped and looked at his grandfather in surprise, and he found that there was a hint of flattery on his face.The master said: "Why don't you just take one or two?"Li Jinkui took out the money from his pocket and silently handed it to the grandfather.Grandpa took the money, held it in front of his eyes, and said softly, "I only drink two liang." So, the two sat down at a street stall, and my grandfather ordered two liang of wine and a small plate of peanuts. "Squeak, squeak" as he drank, Grandpa's face blushed a little, the red was like a patch.The master said: "Wine is the guts of a person." Then he turned his head, glanced at him, and said, "I want a plate of fried buns. My grandson has never eaten fried buns." get up.He ordered two plates of fried buns, and placed one plate in front of him, and the other in front of Li Jinkui's eyes. He stretched out two fingers and pinched one, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and smacked it. After swallowing the oil, I said: "Eat it, it is delicious." The fried buns are too fragrant to eat, so I ate it all in threes and fives.The grandfather looked at him, he looked at the grandfather, and the grandfather said: "Forget it, if you don't stop doing it, eat it as soon as you eat it. My grandson has never had meat and spicy soup." After finishing speaking, he stood Standing up, another person filled a bowl of Hu spicy soup... still the grandfather took a sip first, and asked: "Try it, is it spicy?" He quickly took a sip and said: "Spicy." "Jin Kui, don't tell your mother when you go back." However, as soon as he got home, the master seemed to be a different person. When he entered the door, he yelled: "Where is his aunt, this time we Jin Kui can see the world!..." Mother asked, have you eaten?The father said: "How can you not eat? Don't let him go, his aunt is desperate, just don't let him go. Look, look, eat a mouthful of oil!" After entering the house, the father is like a small grinder As if, turned around and boasted: "Smell, smell it all. Tell our baby to tell it, let the baby tell it by himself, his aunt is kissing!..." Grandpa only drank two or two drinks, but once again he vividly narrated what he saw and heard in the city, and he talked about the "myth" of "his cousin"'s family... This can be said to be a repertoire of their family, Grandpa Never tire of talking.However, when the father said a mouthful of foam, he saw his grandson standing alone in the yard.The mother looked out and said, "What's the matter with this baby?" The master said: "I won't go back to the city easily, my aunt, I'm afraid I can't stand it... I even gave him two yuan before leaving. Come on!" Show it to your mother." However, Li Jinkui just refused to go in.He stood like a stake in the empty yard without saying a word.Later, the father came out, the father came out, and the mother also came out. The three asked him in circles, what happened to him?But Li Jinkui still stood in the yard without saying a word, staring at the sky blankly, as if he was stupid... The master touched his hand and said, "It's not burning." Finally, with a slow hiss, he spoke anyway.He said something that made the three adults baffled. He stood in the yard, looked at the hut in front of him, and said, "The window is too big."