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Chapter 63 Noon of youth like a song (2)

Selected works of Chi Zijian 迟子建 3397Words 2018-03-20
"Chen Sheng, why are you so happy when you see Wang?" People said to him. "Am I happy?" Chen Sheng was a little flustered, he said tongue-tiedly, "I don't feel happy." But he was really happy when he saw Wang. After Chen Sheng's wife died, he still rolled up his sleeves to watch cards at night, but instead of staring at one person, he swam around in circles, and finally stopped silently behind a person.Where he stopped, the man must have caught Wang, but he stopped laughing. The reason why Chen Sheng failed to check his cards was because of Yang Xiu.The skinny woman he had married for three thousand yuan was especially fond of messing around after dinner.The woman has a bad stomach, hiccups all day long, has a blue complexion, and likes to droop her eyelids, as if she will die anytime, anywhere.Chen Sheng was deeply frightened by her appearance of always dying, but he got used to it after a long time.Once the woman turned over the old things of Chen Sheng's house, her eyes would shine brightly, as if she had found gold, even though she had turned over some things many times.

After dinner, Yang Xiu went to toss the old things, and Chen Sheng went to the neighbor's house to look at the cards.When the game ended and he returned home, the woman had already slipped into bed.Chen Sheng muttered in dissatisfaction: "You always go to bed first, why do we have children?" So he couldn't help waking her up, and went straight to rape her.Yang Xiu groaned from beginning to end, unable to tell whether it was pain or happiness.However, Chen Sheng has used his best strength for more than three years, but it has been to no avail.Yang Xiu's stomach was still deflated, and she often made cooing noises due to indigestion. Chen Sheng suspected that she was pregnant with a nest of birds.

If Chen Sheng came home early, he would sometimes find Yang Xiuqing rummaging around in the barn with a candle, looking like a mouse.Old cotton wadding, scrap wire, glass bottles, and even rusted farm implements can cheer her up.She was covered in dust all over, coughing and runny nose.Chen Sheng often thought that Yang Xiu was twenty years younger than him, and still at the age of playing.He was thirty-eight when he married her.When the matchmaker brought this yellow and thin girl to him, his hands trembled involuntarily, because he always wanted a fat woman.Based on his only experience with a woman, he feels that such a woman can't make a fuss, and being held in his arms is full of warmth.The payment of three thousand yuan did not satisfy him, and it was the only reason for his trembling.Later, the matchmaker said that the fat women were taken away by those who paid more money, and the rest were naturally skinny, but Yang Xiu was twenty years younger than you, Chen Sheng, and she was a young girl, so she was not picked for nothing. Got a big deal?Besides, fat women may not be good, chicken fat doesn't lay eggs yet.Chen Sheng felt that this was fate, so he listened to the matchmaker and went to the market to buy a hanging whip, two red velvet flowers, a green and pink quilt, and brand new thermos bottles, washbasins, mirrors, etc. , marry Yang Xiu back home.Then, in the spring of the second year, he caught a piglet and a dozen chicks, and Yang Xiu raised them at home.

If Yang Xiu was fatter, she might look better, because her eyebrows and eyes are well-shaped.But she was thin, and she became thinner every day after marriage, as if she was saving money for Chen Sheng.She was always flustered when she was eating, she looked extremely tired, and her hand holding the chopsticks was weak, so Chen Sheng forced her to eat more, until tears welled up in her eyes and she kept hiccupping , Chen Sheng no longer forced her.Whenever Yang Xiu ate a little more, he was encouraged, as if he saw a pair of immature hands about to scratch his beard. The neighbors saw that Yang Xiu never came out to visit, so they asked Chen Sheng: "What is she doing at home all day?" "I miss her natal family." Chen Sheng said casually.In fact, he knew that Yang Xiu's biological mother died young, his father remarried, and his stepmother brought three children, so he was very mean to her.The older brother in the family would not allow her after marrying his sister-in-law, and she had no home to think about.

"Why haven't you seen her show her pregnancy yet?" The men were unscrupulous when they joked, "Did you sprinkle the seeds in the wrong place?" Chen Sheng smiled innocently and said, "That's right, she's just skinny and gained weight." There will be." Wang Laixi's woman sat under the eaves and wept.This woman is famous for her hard work, even if she is crying, she is wearing a bunch of hot peppers in her hand.When she saw Chen Sheng coming in, she blew her nose and said, "You can't kill the horse, I haven't agreed yet. After killing the horse, who will help with the work in the field?" "The horse is still crying? " Chen Sheng asked.

"It's not dripping anymore." Wang Laixi's woman sniffled and said, "It always drips when I get up early in the morning." Chen Sheng walked towards the stable, intending to see what happened. "Laixi went for a walk with the horse, let it relax." The woman wiped away her tears and said to Chen Sheng, "Find a place to sit." Chen Sheng didn't find a place to sit, so he went to the stable.He first inspected the grass in the trough, and felt it was relatively dry with his hands, and there was no musty smell when he put it under his nose, then he looked at the bag of bean cakes in the corner with confidence.The bean cakes were also fresh. Chen Sheng tasted a small piece and felt that he could eat it. It was fragrant and slightly sweet, and he would not be able to bear it.As for the water bucket for drinking horses, Chen Sheng licked the remaining water in it, but he didn't feel any peculiar smell, so Chen Sheng sighed and said, "You have a good life, how can you cry when you shed tears?" Chen Sheng thought that the horse might be old and had reached the end of the road, so he wept with emotion.Chen Sheng went out of the stable to ask Wang Laixi's woman, "How old is this horse?" "Nine years old." Wang Laixi's woman said, "It came in the year Xiaohui was born." "Nine years old is not too old. "After Chen Sheng finished speaking, he saw an empty chicken food bowl in front of him. He was worried that he had no place to sit, so he turned the chicken food bowl over and sat on it.

Wang Laixi's woman hurriedly said: "Chen Sheng, this chicken food bowl has been used for seven or eight years, and the bottom is thin. You gave it to me and collapsed. What should I use to feed the chickens?" A pair of shoes, threw them to Chen Sheng, and said, "Sit on my shoes." Chen Sheng stood up in fright. He raised the empty chicken bowl, and pointed the bottom to the sun to see Is there any light leaking from behind, and seeing that it is still intact, I carefully put the end of the basin back in place. Chen Sheng put the pair of shoes side by side and sat on them slowly.The shoes are gray cloth shoes with laminated soles, and the cloth has been washed so that countless fibers are raised and fluffy.Because the shoes had just come off the woman's feet, and still held her body temperature, Chen Sheng felt a rush of heat rushing up from under his buttocks, making his ears warm, as if he was sitting on a pair of women's breasts. The premonition made him involuntarily bow his ass, lest he express milk.Due to his short sitting, Chen Sheng could only support his legs high. He shrunk his thick neck, squinted his eyes, and hung his hands loosely on the ground, looking like he was being tortured.Wang Laixi's woman couldn't help scolding: "You just sit on your buttocks, the leather of this shoe is firm, so you won't be afraid of being pressed." With her encouragement, Chen Sheng let himself sit down, and he immediately felt a surge of milk "8—— "The ground popped up, and I couldn't help but yelled "Huh".

"That shoe doesn't have any teeth, it's biting your butt?" Wang Laixi's woman said, "What are you 'huh'?" "I'm getting milk, can you not let me 'huh'?" Seriously. The woman sighed and said, "Chen Sheng, you can't come back to life after death. You can't keep thinking about Yang Xiu. She's better off than you when she's dead. She doesn't eat or drink. She just sleeps. You can't let her haunt you all the time." .” Chen Sheng raised his eyelids and let out a soft “huh”. "Don't make up those things for her, she can't lack what she should use there. You should think about yourself, you are over forty, and there is no warm quilt to cook at home, you Don’t want to find another one? We’re all inquiring for you, and if you find a suitable one, we’ll lead you in. You have to be active yourself, and when you go out to work, show some courtesy to the one you like.” Chen Sheng raised it again Eyelids, a slight "huh".

At this time, Wang Laixi's youngest son, Xiao Hui, came back with half a basket of beans.He wore a pair of open-toed shoes, and when he saw Chen Sheng, he made a face and said, "Chen Sheng, let me ask you, how did you go to the city to sue and lose that year? How did they drive you back? "Chen Sheng raised his head, and just as he was about to say something, Wang Laixi's woman stood up with bare feet, and she scolded Xiao Hui: "Why did you come back after picking half the basket? Go pick it up again, the more you learn, the better you will be." I'm lazy!" Xiao Hui bared his teeth and said, "I'm thirsty, can't I drink some water when I come back?" "Didn't you bring water?" "I drank it all, it's so hot today, that little water It's not enough for me to drink!" Xiao Hui went back to the house to scoop up water and drank it.

Chen Sheng said: "Look at your family, no one is idle. The children work in the fields every day, and you are not satisfied. Are you happy if they are exhausted one by one? The children are thirsty, come back Drinking water and you still say him, I really don’t want to enter your house again.” Wang Laixi’s woman was not annoyed, she said lightly: “Chen Sheng, children can’t get used to them. Can you have the strength to stand up and live?" Chen Sheng continued according to his train of thought: "Let's talk about your horse. In winter, it is put on a sledge and goes up the mountain to be played with. You say that I just don't understand. Why do people have to spend money to play! Those people are dressed in fancy clothes, they are not pleasing to the eye! Horses run on the snow for hours, sweating and covered with hoarfrost, but those The people who came to play laughed and sang while sitting on the sledge!" Chen Sheng became more and more angry as he spoke, his chest couldn't help heaving violently.

"Isn't it just to earn some money from tourists." Wang Laixi's woman sniffled and said, "It's winter, Laixi also runs around with the horse, he is also fifty years old, is it easy? "Is there a horse that doesn't shed tears?" After Chen Sheng finished speaking, he paused his head and let out another "huh". After Xiao Hui finished drinking the water, he went to the yard.His sweat jacket was soaked.When he saw Chen Sheng, he still winked and urged him to answer the question he just asked.Chen Sheng understood his intentions and couldn't bear to disappoint Xiao Hui, so he said: "I went to the city to file a lawsuit that year, was it because of the sports meeting? God has no eyes, there was no snow that winter, and those people were as anxious as monkeys." Jumping up and down. As a result, I spent money to buy snow and carried it up the mountain. I laid a thin layer and let the northwest wind blow away overnight. In the end, I went to get snow elsewhere and hired people to carry it up the mountain. It cost hundreds of thousands. Yuan. You said that you spend hundreds of thousands of dollars just to play, isn’t it outrageous in this world? How many sick people can be operated on with this money?! I’ll sue them!” Chen Sheng slapped Suddenly, he raised his voice and said.But he slapped the chicken feces in his palm, and he didn't care, so he rubbed his pants on his pants and said angrily: "If you don't play, you can't die. If you get sick and don't have the money to operate, you have to wait to die. They only value those things." People who are alive and kicking don’t care about people who are about to die, isn’t that plausible?!” Chen Sheng became more and more excited as he spoke, his body writhed and a pair of shoes slipped out from under his buttocks.
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