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Chapter 3 fish bone(3)

Selected works of Chi Zijian 迟子建 1063Words 2018-03-20
Silvery white fishing nets were lifted out of the dark river water.Once out of the water, they become a large printed cloth.Some places on the Internet are just illuminated by the fire, and they become a glow; some places are hidden in the night, and they become gray blue.Aunt Qiqi was silent, I was silent, and the cold wind was coldly silent, only the brazier was ringing enthusiastically, and those greedy tongues of fire were actively licking the night. The whole piece of net came out without a single fish.Aunt Qiqi sat down on the ice and smoked gloomily.Aunt Qiqi smokes a lot. "You lied to me!" Qiqi saw that the net had been pulled out, threw two branches on the river, and ran away crying.

"Qiqi, come back!" I got up and rushed. "Leave her alone and let her run away. This little cat will scare the fish away here." Aunt Qiqi stubbed out the cigarette, and then carried Wang Shau into the river again.I was worried about Qiqi, so I got up to look for it. Blossoming jacket with hunched back, was being driven by the flag to set up the net.When Qiqi saw me, she ignored me. The look on her face clearly meant that Aunt Qiqi and I partnered to cheat her. "Qiqi, if you don't catch the big ones, what do you have to see?" Huahuaao said to her. "It's okay to catch a small fish, or it's okay to not catch it!" Qiqi said stubbornly with a crying voice.

As a result, this net was luckier than Aunt Qiqi, and a pike as long as chopsticks hit the net.People in the small town of Mona joked that the pike wears flowery skirts, because its body is full of colorful patterns. "I have a fish in a floral dress!" Qiqi shouted as she ran across the river carrying the fish. Huahuaao is eighty years old this year and has been a gold digger since his youth.After liberation, he fed animals in the cooperative and went fishing in his spare time. He is well-known as an expert fisherman.People say he has enough gold to build another town of Mona.From the age of sixty, as soon as he heard that the childless old woman was no longer wanted, he would carry her home.In this way, a total of seven old women were carried, and he died for them, and then buried them in a cemetery and erected a wooden monument.I think the flower jacket is somewhat chivalrous.

When Hua Huayao saw me, she asked if all the women in the city were as thin as me.I shook my head, and he smiled and said: "Women in Mona Town are called women." "You mean they're fat, don't you?" "It's not just fat." Huahuaao smiled secretly.In the night, his laughter was very shrill, a bit like the hooting of an owl. "I heard that your gold is enough to build another town of Mona." "That's nonsense, what gold do I have." "But you died for seven old women." "As long as I have breath, I will still recite the old woman that no one wants."

"What's the use of carrying them on your back?" "A woman can't die alone." Hua Huayao sat on the river and poked the brazier.A bunch of bright sparks rose from the brazier, shining like fireworks. "It was women who brought me into this world, so I can't treat them badly." Qiqi exhibited enough of the pike and came back happily.Huahuaao told us that this river is not happy now, and Aunt Qiqi's judgment was wrong. "Auntie Qiqi is the smartest person, how could she say something wrong?" "I am as familiar with this river as I am with women. This is not a fishing season."

"But what about the pile of fish bones?" "The fish bones are fresh, but they are not from this river." "how do you know?" "Like I said, I'm as familiar with this river as I am with women," Huahuaao said. "Then why are you still here?" "Because this is the last time I will guard the river."
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