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Chapter 20 The Northland is a vast expanse (3)

Selected works of Chi Zijian 迟子建 1467Words 2018-03-20
The kang is hot every night.Dad lit a bear oil lamp and drank, and told her to go to bed quickly.She obediently took off her clothes and lay down on the bed.As soon as Dad drank the wine, the muscles on his face relaxed, and the small pit seemed to be much smaller.When I talked to my mother, my tone was much gentler, as gentle as the spring breeze licking the land where the remaining snow has melted.The mother came close to her and patted her gently.She squinted her eyes, but she never fell asleep.She felt the dim yellow flame of the bear oil lamp quivering and stirring.The smell of alcohol on Dad's body was like a silver needle, which made her uncomfortable.After a while, Dad finished drinking, cleared his nose and throat "uh-huh", went out to relieve his hands, came back, blew on the bear oil lamp, and groped on the kang.Cotton curtains were placed on the windows at night, and the room was deathly dark, and nothing could be seen.Lu Hua was terrified. She felt that she had turned into a little black fly, small and ugly, but no one cared about her.Dad pulled Mother over, and she heard Dad yelling, and Mother responded slowly, and she felt that Dad and Mother were integrated at this moment.She wanted them to be like this forever, despite her fears.

Crackling, crackling, firecrackers went off.The smell of cooking meat in the concierge was replaced by a strong smell of gunpowder.There was an extra bear oil lamp in the room, and the two flames burned vigorously.She put on new clothes and tied a red headband, and watched her father and mother serve the New Year's dinner on the pine table. She walks out of the house.The cold wind is like a donkey braying, each sound more urgent, and the boundless forest echoes the sharp and piercing cry.There is no moon in the sky, only a few weak little stars, swinging on the dark sky.Mum leaned against her side, quietly, as if looking for something, looking up at the sky like her.

She couldn't see a way out of the mountain, and every time her father went down the mountain, he didn't know anyone.Every time I came back, it was quietly again.She once climbed to the very high hill behind her home, hoping to find a way.However, the other side of the mountain is still the mountain, and the other side of the mountain is still the mountain.She was desperate and lonely, even though she was only seven years old.She knelt on the top of the mountain, crying until her face was as white as snow.She was used to shedding a tear, and silently wiped away the tear.In the end, it was Dad who carried her back.Dad didn't pick her up, but his face was extremely hideous.She no longer dared to find the way out of the mountain.

"Lu Hua, what are you looking at? It's time for New Year's Eve dinner." Mother came over and called her.She felt her mother's hand scald her cold face, and her heart twitched. "Mom, why do you celebrate the New Year in winter?" "It's quiet and clean in winter." "It's cold in winter!" She retorted to Mother, squatted down, hugged Mum's neck tightly, and hissed her teeth. "It's not cold when my mother celebrates the New Year at home." "Where is my mother's house?" "Mother doesn't have a home. Lu Hua, come in quickly and kowtow to your father for the new year."

She was dragged into the house by her mother.Dad was already waiting impatiently, and his whole body was shaking uneasily.Mother shared a few pieces of roe deer meat with Mum, and let him go to the corner to enjoy it.Lu Hua kowtowed to her father and mother, wishing the New Year.But she didn't eat the New Year's Eve dinner.She said toothache, stomach ache.Dad was obviously not happy about this, and stared at Mother, as if Mother had encouraged Lu Hua to pretend to be sick.At the end, he touched Luhua's forehead, shook his head and smiled, then suddenly tore off the belt from his waist, and pulled it across his head and face towards his mother.Mother didn't dodge, she didn't cry, both lights were extinguished by Dad, and the house instantly became a dry well.Luhua didn't dare to cry or scream, she opened her mouth, groped to the ground, groped to Mum, and then led by Mum to the door, and went out.Starlight leaked into the room, and Dad stopped.

Mum shows its toughness, bravery and sharpness.This is a tall and strong dog.Its fur is mainly orange, but its mouth, forehead and neck are snow white.Its ears are fat and wide, not standing up, but lying on both sides of the head.In this way, its dark blue eyes are more prominent.Dad always took it with him when he went hunting, and it took him back from death several times.But Dad didn't like it very much. Once he was drunk, he pissed on its head while humming some songs.Mum rushed towards Dad frantically, roaring, showing a row of sharp and white teeth.She wished it would bite into his crotch.Dad pulled up his pants in a hurry, and most of the wine woke up from the fright.That time, Luhua felt extremely happy.She led Mum to the mountain spring, pressed his head in the clear water, and washed it clean.Then he made a garland of wild flowers, put it around his neck, and let him run on his back.Mum was running fast, she lay on its back, grabbed its ears with both hands, and called it "Mum, Mum" affectionately while laughing.Just as he was having fun, Dad bumped into him. He sternly stopped Mum, and scolded Luhua:

"Riding a dog's crotch is rotten, look at your crotch! Is it rotten, puppy thing!"
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