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Chapter 62 Noon of youth like a song (1)

Selected works of Chi Zijian 迟子建 1770Words 2018-03-20
Chen Sheng was sitting on a wooden pier, with his squash-like flat head hanging down, working very hard on the sewing machine.Because the weaving was not smooth, he first scolded the flexible grass in his hand for being transformed by a poisonous snake, and then scolded the midday sun for making his head hurt like a steel needle.Later, a bee landed on his shoulder, and he tilted his head and looked at the bee and said: "You sting, you will die after you sting me. I am not a flower, and I am covered in salt air. When you die, you can't even taste the sweetness, if you think it's worthwhile, just sting it?"

The bee probably realized that it was not worthwhile, and despite Chen Sheng's deliberate provocation, it flew away wisely.At this time, Wang Laixi walked into Chen Sheng's yard in a panic, and said to him, "Chen Sheng, please kill my horse." Chen Sheng raised his head and asked, "What happened to the horse?" "It shed tears." Wang Laixi paused his hands and said, "It has been shedding tears for three days." "Does it eat grass?" Chen Sheng asked. "Eat." Wang Laixi said. Chen Sheng asked again: "Shit?" "pull."

"Then does it know how to sleep?" Chen Sheng asked again. Wang Laixi nodded. "It can eat, stretch and sleep, so why kill it?" Chen Sheng said firmly, "I won't do it." "It has been crying for three days." Wang Laixi said, "After killing the horse, I will give you a pair of big-toed shoes, which are half-new. I know that our feet are wearing Yiyi shoes, which are just right. You last year I also looked at the pair of shoes I wore in winter, and I opened my mouth, I should throw them away." "What's the point of it shedding tears?" Chen Sheng said in a flat tone, "Don't people shed tears too? It's not unusual for people to shed tears, and it's not uncommon for horses to shed tears. It might heal after a few days."

"We didn't mess with it, so why did it shed tears for no reason?" Wang Laixi said sadly, "Let the neighbors see how we abused it." "You must have used it too much." Chen The student continued to weave his sewing machine. He said to Wang Laixi, "You don't let it idle all year round, and sometimes you rent it out for outsiders to play with. It's no wonder it doesn't feel sad." Wang Laixi knew that if Chen Sheng didn't want to do something, even if you knelt down and begged him, it wouldn't help.What's more, he was making something, and at this time he only had Yang Xiu in his heart. Wang Laixi felt that he came at the wrong time, so he left with a sad face.

Since Chen Sheng came back from the city to file a lawsuit the winter before last, his whole person has changed.First of all, he became bold, no matter who he dared to contradict anyone; secondly, his killing ability was suddenly sublimated to a high level, and he was able to do such dreadful things as slaughtering plague pigs and strangling mad dogs with ease.Therefore, when there is a job of killing, everyone comes to ask Chen Sheng, and he responds immediately. He doesn't get paid. You can give him an old clothes, two bowls or a pair of socks.At noon in the summer of the past two years, Chen Sheng sat unmoved in the yard and weaved various things with grass.He edited it all for Yang Xiu.He made two suitcases, and in the suitcases were some scarves, rings, necklaces, handkerchiefs, etc., which he called "the bottom of the suitcase".Although the box is easy to weave, because of its large size and the use of a lot of grass, it took almost a summer just to weave it.His room always exudes an unusual fragrance because of these straw woven fabrics.Every time he finished weaving something, he would talk to Yang Xiu: "Don't you want a box? I have it! You can see how much it can hold things." Of course, sometimes he couldn't help talking to her when he weaved things with ease. Talk: "I know you are rare for this thing, don't worry, it will be finished soon."

Sometimes when it rained at noon, Chen Sheng hid in the shed to weave. As soon as the rain stopped, he came out again holding the grass.And if it was sunny, Chen Sheng would always sit under the noon sun, with his squash-like flat head drooping, meticulously creating a brand new world for Yang Xiu.The green grass shone like a lake in front of his eyes, and he seemed to have grabbed Yang Xiu's hand. At the beginning, people thought Chen Sheng was crazy, but later they found that he behaved normally and was accurate in speaking and doing things, so it was assumed that there was nothing wrong with his mind, but that he was ridiculed when he went to the city to file a complaint. It's just exciting.

Chen Sheng began to scold Yang Xiu: "Didn't you want a sewing machine for a long time? I made you a sewing machine, but you kept messing with me. Didn't you have lunch? If you were like this, I'll go to Wang Laixi's house first." Yes. You also saw that he came just now. His horse has been crying for three days and asked me to kill it. But I can’t kill the horse. What’s wrong with it crying? I have to go and see Look, is the grass fed to it by his family rotten? Or is the water for drinking it unclean.” Chen Sheng stood up from the wooden pier, went back to the house and drank a spoonful of cold water, and then went to Wang Laixi’s house with his hands .The way he arched his back and moved his hands seemed to hurt his stomach.Everyone he met, old or young, always called him "Chen Sheng", even children as young as four or five years old, but he was not annoyed, and always agreed with "um".

Before Chen Sheng's wife Yang Xiu died, Lao Ai copied his sleeves and went to the neighbor's house to look at the cards at night.He doesn't know how to play poker himself, but he just likes to watch it. He stands behind a person, and he stands for a whole night.Whenever he involuntarily let out a hey laugh, it must be the person he was staring at who caught the king or the king.Therefore, players who played cards were unwilling to be stared at by Chen Sheng. As long as Chen Sheng stood behind him, this person would lose the card.Afterwards, Chen Sheng always said: "I saw that you captured the king, why can't you win?" Others said angrily, "I castrated that king." Chen Sheng blushed and muttered softly. "The king also has that thing?" Card fans sometimes locked the door early in order to refuse Chen Sheng's visit, in order to have a good time playing.However, the indomitable Chen Sheng will climb over the wall and enter, still standing behind a person and watching unswervingly, and often makes that kind of targeted laughter.

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