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Chapter 39 Sleeping Daguqigu (4)

Selected works of Chi Zijian 迟子建 1249Words 2018-03-20
It was completely dark.The big red scarf floating in the western sky was burned by the night.There is no moon in the sky, only the stars puffing their cheeks and singing songs that can never be finished and no one will ever understand.Nan Nan trotted, she didn't feel scared at all.In Shenxue Lane, there is an echo of the sound of crunching snow treading and rapid panting like a wind box.She felt that the stars were running with her, and the stars could never catch up with her, and she always had an absolute advantage in running ahead.She was proud and happy, and wanted to shout a few times to this secluded alley. She felt that her limbs were so alive and powerful, and her whole body felt relaxed, free and happy.She slammed open the door of Liu Shi's house and squeezed desperately to the front.Immediately, she was fascinated by this talking, electrified gadget the size of a chicken carton.

Gao Niang realized the quilt, and huddled under the dim yellow light bulb at 15 degrees, while picking beans, while thinking about the votive meat. She planned to slaughter the pig the next day, and every Sunday, she invited people to eat it together, and that was all that mattered.She felt that the sooner the better, because before she did it, the rat spirit mentioned by the interviewer could cause a disaster at any time.If she was skeptical at the beginning, then now she is absolutely sure.The more she thought about it, the more she felt that what the man said was true, and the more anxious and flustered she became. At this moment, a dingy mouse crawled out of the hole and she saw it.She immediately put a smile on her face and said:

"Don't be angry, don't be angry. I will send you food the day after tomorrow." Sure enough, the mouse jumped back into the hole.She was no longer in the mood to continue working, so she sat on the kang and started playing poker in fear. The TV is over.A dense crowd of people poured out of the room like a flood.Liu Hehe took Nannan's hand and walked her to the door of the house. Nan Nan bolted the door and tiptoed into the house, she thought grandma was already asleep. "Nan Nan, you're back." Gao Niang put down the playing cards and looked at her granddaughter: her face was flushed, her eyes were shining, and the uncontrollable excitement and joy hung on her curved eyebrows and the corners of her mouth with a smile.She grabbed Grandma's hand and said:

"Grandma, it's good, TV, everything. Some raise chickens, some fight, and some speak foreign languages!" "I don't like to listen, go to sleep." "Grandma, and, and... People hug each other's necks and kiss each other, that's it—" Saying that, Nan Nan threw herself into grandma's arms, hooked her neck with both hands, and kissed grandma tenderly. Gao Niang scolded with a smile: "Growing up is not a good thing!" "Then I'm a good guy now!" Nan Nan replied without showing any weakness. Facing this little ten-year-old granddaughter, Gao Niang laughed until she shed tears.

Nan Nan didn't feel sleepy at all today, she tossed and turned, pestering grandma to tell her a story. "I'll tell you a big and solid story, but it's short, you're willing to listen." It was a dry and weak voice. "Then hurry up and talk about it." The crisp childish voice replied. "Dagu Qigu, that is the name of our place in the past, that is..." "What was the name of this place in the past? Grandma?" "Yeah, your father probably doesn't even know." "Why is it called big belly (solid) and its belly (solid)? Is it as big as a big belly?"

"No. That's Oroqen, and it means a place with salmon." "Well, that sounds good. Go on, Grandma." "The giant maha fish scales are black and big. It grows in the Huma River, but it is rabid. Once it is born, it will die." "How do you know?" "I've heard people say that too. Your grandfather was discharging discharges in the Huma River. At the source, he saw many salmon die on the beach, and the scales under their stomachs were all worn away by sand and gravel." "Then why?" "You need to find a place with abundant water to give birth. If you don't swim there, you will die."

"Then it must have suffered a lot when it died. It didn't give birth." "Who knows. Well, Nan Nan, let's stop talking, I'm sleepy."
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