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Chapter 27 Brumaire Bullpen (4)

Selected works of Chi Zijian 迟子建 1279Words 2018-03-20
"He can come back at night, but Hua'er doesn't know if he can come back." The woman couldn't help cursing the Brumian who had come up, until the corners of her mouth became numb and she was out of breath, before she settled down and thought about hunting for the treasure pendant.She had just put on her rubber shoes, when she suddenly remembered that her husband had been lying on the kang for half a month and was dying of illness, but he was suddenly able to walk miraculously. She felt very ominous in her heart, lest there would be an accident when she went out.Although cattle are more important than her husband for the future, she still chose her husband.

Baozhui's stepfather turned his gaze to the birch fence.The treasure pendant from eight years ago flashed in front of his eyes.He fell in love with the kid the first time he saw him.He was born with a tiger head and a tiger brain, and he loved to laugh. His biological father died because he was bitten by a poisonous snake while weeding.At that time, Baozhui's mother was not as scruffy as she is now. The quilts on the kang smelled of soap when they were removed and washed, and the pots and pans never left a trace of dirt.Although he was two years younger than her, he married her contentedly.At that time they had only one room, and Baozhui slept on the top of the kang.Since he was newly married, he had to be with women almost every night. If the moonlight was good, he could see Bao Zhui's sleeping face clearly.Every time Bao Chuan turned over or uttered a dream, he would tremble, feeling that the ghost of the deceased male master was still watching him in the corner.He once vowed to build a house as soon as possible and let the seven-year-old Baozhuo go to sleep alone.But before his house could be built, the Brumaire came.

The village where they live is surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on one side.Every June, the fog floats incessantly.From morning to night, the fog will only dissipate for a moment at noon.The crops grow slowly this month due to insufficient sunshine.People say that it is rare to see fog for three or four days, but the fog here can last for a month.Some meteorological experts have come here to investigate, but failed to give a reasonable explanation, but the folklore of the common people prevailed.It is said that three hundred years ago, a fairy wandered around and passed by here. He saw that the crops in the fields were growing gratifyingly, there were flocks of cattle and sheep, and every household was rich in warehouses.It's just that many men are scolding their wives, and they all scold their wives with one word: "ugly woman".The immortal was puzzled, and asked several women who were crying because of being scolded. They all said that in June, when the sun was shining and the farming was a little off, the men thought they were ugly and complained endlessly.The immortal smiled, and turned the June point of this place into a misty moon, beheading the pungent sunshine.The women in the mist are like fairies, and the men have lost their tempers, and they feel like they have become immortals, and the tenderness that has disappeared is revived lightly.

Bao Chuan's stepfather was particularly eager for his woman in that foggy moon.One night, when they were having fun surrounded by thick fog, Baozhua woke up at some point, sat up and watched their jumping shadows, and then let out a giggle.Baozhui's laughter completely destroyed his passion, and he timidly got off the woman trembling, feeling that he had been greatly humiliated. The next morning, Baoshang went to the cow house, and he followed.There was fog in the cow house, and he asked the treasure pendant cautiously: "What did you see last night?" "I saw uncle and mother stacked together." Baozhui said seriously.

Bao Zhui jumped onto the cow trough and untied the rope tied to the cow pen. At this moment, he suddenly asked, "Uncle, how come the noise you make is the same as the sound of a cow chewing cud?" It was at this moment that he jumped onto the cow trough and knocked the treasure pendant onto the cow pen with one punch.Baozhui's head hit the cowpen heavily, let out an "uh", and then poured down into the cow trough like a spout of water.At that time, he thought he just knocked Baozhu unconscious, so he carried him back to the house and said to the woman who was busy in the kitchen: "Baozhu knocked his head on the cowshed."

"He's a smart child, how could he get there?" the woman called to try Bao Zhui's breath, she felt his breathing, and said with relief, "If you're knocked unconscious, you'll be fine after a night of sleep." Baozhui has been in a coma for a whole day in the fog.It was another foggy morning when he got up.He felt strange looking at everything, his eyes were dull, and he didn't know how to agree when his mother called him Baozhu. "Do you have a headache?" his stepfather asked him. Baozhui looked at the fog outside and said, "It doesn't hurt."

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