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Chapter 59 Clean water and dust (4)

Selected works of Chi Zijian 迟子建 1835Words 2018-03-20
The snake widow said "thank you", then rolled up her sleeves and walked ahead.Tianzao's father could only follow closely behind. He looked back at his wife before closing the door, and what he got was a white eye and a mouthful of phlegm from her. The white eyes and phlegm formed a striking picture. The exclamation mark made Tianzao's father tremble after stepping out of the threshold. When he walked in the cold wind, he repeatedly reminded himself to go and return quickly. He must never drink the tea of ​​the snake widow or smoke her cigarettes. The breath of when he left the house is purely on the lips and fingers.

"Tianyun is really annoying." As soon as the snake widow left, the mother became upset. She took the basin to leaven the dough, but forgot to put the yeast in. "She brought the snake widow here." "Who told you to let Dad go." Tianzao deliberately provoked his mother, "Maybe she will cook two dishes and have a drink with Dad!" "He dares!" Mother said sharply, "I won't rub his back when he comes back!" "He can rub himself. He is such an old man, and you still help him rub his back every year." Tianzao let out a "huh", and his mother's face turned red. She snatched Tianzao's words: " Boil your water well, don't talk too much about adults."

The Tianzao is not talkative, but the fire in the stove pit is talkative. They greedily lick the black bottom of the pot with their small golden tongues, making the water in the pot noisy (mouth here)(mouth here) Straight call.The reflection of the fire and the fumigation of water vapor make Tianzao feel drowsy.He couldn't help squatting in front of the pot and taking a nap.However, after a while, Tian Yun woke him up with a wet hand.Tian Zao opened her eyes and saw that Tian Yun had finished taking a bath. Her face was flushed, her hair was wet and loose, and she put on new clothes and trousers. finished Wash!"

Tianzao rubbed his eyes, and said weakly: "It's over after washing, what's the air?" "Just wash with my water." Tian Yun said. "I don't." Tianzao said, "You are like a big stinky fish, the water you used has a bad smell!" Tianzao's mother just put the risen dough on the hot kang and turned around, Tianyun cried to her mother, "Mom, look at Tianzao, he said I'm a big stinky fish!" "If he dares to say it again, I will sew his mouth!" The mother said, making a demonstrative gesture of picking a needle. Tianzao knew that his parents would always favor Tianyun when he quarreled with Tianyun. He was used to it, so he was not annoyed. Instead, he carried two lanterns into the "bathroom" to remove ashes. At this time, he heard Tianyun in the kitchen room He exclaimed in surprise, "Is the silk on the water tank cover for me? It's so beautiful!"

The pair of lanterns were made of hard plastic, and the plastic had aged and shrunk due to years of use, making them look not round.Moreover, its red color looks old, and the place in the middle circle that is intensively irradiated by light has turned white, and there is no joy to be seen.Therefore, when lighting a lantern, two red light bulbs should be installed inside, otherwise they may emit a bluish-white light that captures the atmosphere of New Year's Eve.Tianzao was brushing the lanterns while thinking about the red tapes related to the Chinese New Year, so he couldn't help feeling a little annoyed. He couldn't help saying loudly to himself: "What's the meaning of the Chinese New Year!" What answered him was the damp smell that filled the room , so he added to his annoyance, and said loudly to himself: "I'm going to move the year to June, and everyone can go to the river to bathe!"

After the Tianzao finished brushing the lanterns, it dumped buckets of dirty water outside.There is no sign of Xiao Dawei in Binghu, I don't know if his "Bingga" has been found.The night was getting dark, and the stars were dying due to the intensification of the darkness, and the faint light was like the thin breath of a person when he was dying.Tianzao glanced at the sky, but didn't want to look any further.Because he felt that these stars were being bullied by the powerful darkness, and they were so desolate, and the boundless cold urged him to go back indoors as soon as possible.

Before the father came back, the expression on the mother's face was a little anxious.It was her turn to take a bath, Tianzao rinsed the bathtub for her, and then poured hot water into it.Mother looked at the slightly swirling heat on the tub dully, as if she was helplessly waiting for a mermaid to suddenly jump out of it. Tianzao reminded her: "Mom, the water is ready!" The mother said "oh", sighed and said, "Why isn't your father coming back? Why don't you go to the snake widow's house?" Tianzao pretended to be confused and said, "I won't go. Dad is an adult and he can't lose it. Besides, I have to boil water. I'm going to you."

"I'm not going," said the mother, "the snake widow is nothing special." After she finished speaking, she seemed to regain her confidence suddenly.He raised his voice and said: "When I was getting along with your father, a teacher chased me, but I didn't agree, so I just fell in love with your father. Isn't he just a bricklayer?" "Who told you not to talk to that teacher?" Tianzao provoked his mother, "In that case, I can go to school at home." "If I had followed that teacher, there would be no you!" Mother finally couldn't help laughing, "I have to take a bath, the water should be cold in a while."

Tianyun was playing with new clothes in his hut, and Tianzao heard her singing: "The little dog sticks out his little tongue, enough for the little picture book in my hand. There is also a little dog in the little picture book, it Lie down in the sun and sleep." Tianyun likes to make up nursery rhymes by himself. When he is happy, the content of the songs is warm and full of gunpowder when he is angry.For example, once she brushed off a vase with a feather duster and broke it, her mother told her, but she was not convinced, so she made up nursery rhymes when she returned to her room: "The feather duster is a big bad wolf, and the vase is a little lamb. I have been hungry for three days and three nights without food, how can I let you go!" The implication is that the little lamb in the vase should be eaten, who will keep it from running away with long legs.The family laughed when they heard this, and felt that a vase should not be used to make her feel wronged.So he said: "The vase should be broken too, it's so old, and no one will look at it!" Tian Yun laughed through his tears.

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