"oh? How can you say that? " I hesitated to admit it.
"Ha ha, I’m in my teens. A soldier can tell when he walks and talks." The old man said with a smile.
"You have a good eye." I kowtowed with a wry smile.
After the greeting, the words are not salty or light. What "Are you old and old?" "Is it hard to be a soldier?" Just when I wanted to lift my ass and leave, the old man suddenly said, "The young man is a soldier in here, Dongpo, go as little as possible."
"What?" I’m interested. Does this old man know something? He recalls his thrilling experience a few days ago. Now he won’t leave until he makes his words clear.
The old man didn’t bow his head to smoke, so I quickly took out one and handed it over to help him order it.
The old man smoked a cigarette and said slowly, "Do you know the name of this mountain? What’s the name of our village? What is the name of the river in front of Zhuangqian? "
"I don’t know the two behind the mountain called Qinglong Mountain." I shook my head and answered.
"The mountain is called Qinglong Mountain, my village is called Qinglong Village, and the river in front of it is called Qinglong Bay."
"Why do you bring the Dragon Grandpa? Do you really have a dragon?" I tried to ask.
"I’ve seen it before!" The old man gave me a definite answer.
"What’s it like?" I’m even more interested. I didn’t even see a movie, so I was scared and fled.
"It’s a long story. I was a little wife at that time. What year was our engagement?"
"In 2009, you were 13 years old and I was 12 years old. Your birthday was small. In fact, I was younger than you in March." The old lady answered the old man’s words in the outhouse.
"That’s right. That wall hasn’t been built yet at that time of that year. It’s just such a time. I remember I was wearing a jacket. At that time, there were a few sheep at home. Don’t underestimate these sheep. At that time, there were a few grazing and milking sheep in the village. It’s not difficult to pass that day. When I was engaged to the old woman, I just asked his father to go for two times. Oh, my father was distressed and didn’t fall asleep for several days …"
"What’s the matter? Do you regret it?" The old lady wiped her hands and brought half a dustpan to fry peanuts. She grabbed one for me on the kang.
"What do you regret? At that time, I secretly ran to your village to see you. You were washing clothes with your sister by the river. I’m not sure which one was you. I looked at it carefully. It’s really handsome …" How can this dead old man digress from the topic than me? Look at this momentum and the signs of romance when I was young. I quickly pulled out a cigarette and handed it another one.
The old man may also feel that he has gone too far and quickly went on to say, "Our sheep are all treasures …"
Oh, my God, why do you still say you’re a sheep? I can’t smile bitterly. Fortunately, the old man didn’t get far away from this topic at the moment.
"Every afternoon, I hurried to the mountain to eat grass and then come back for a drink. I dare not leave people to be driven away. That’s all. I have to look at that afternoon. I rushed my sheep to the mountain again. Let me think about it. There are six in Harley. Let his father give me two to go, and then I got another one …"
Oh, my God, I’m getting old. Please don’t do this.
I quickly interrupted him, "What happened next, Grandpa?"
"I drove the sheep to the south slope to eat grass and met the old woman who cut wood and burned pillars. Do you remember pillars?"
"Why don’t you remember that you pulled out the limp when we were on our bed when we were consummated?" The old woman seems to have blushed a little.
Chapter 1 is unbearable
"Yeah, but he wasn’t lame before. We met the other day. He told me that there was a big nest in that big crooked neck tree in Dongshan. There must be eggs for me to dig with him. I said that my dad said Dongshan was a mass grave and wouldn’t let me go. He said that it’s okay to dig out and then we’ll go. Isn’t it enough to give you two more eggs?"
"Ah," the old man sighed. "You don’t know, young man. Now, no matter what, the white-flour bun is in charge of eating chickens at home. I didn’t eat less eggs. It’s different before. Then who will feed one hen or two? If it’s an egg, it’s all reluctant to eat it. Besides, the chickens, who still have something to feed, are all released. Half of them are now thinking about it. The chickens are really suffering .."
When will this old man be either a chicken or a sheep? But this time, I didn’t have the nerve to interrupt his patience and listen to his nagging. "Later, I blamed myself for being greedy, so I drove the sheep with him. At that time, Dongshan was a mass grave, and when someone died, I threw it there. There were many dogs waiting to eat dead human flesh, and their eyes were red. Don’t say those dogs were pitiful. At that time, people didn’t have enough to eat. Who still had something to feed the dogs? Walking around with nothing to eat, a dog was hungry. It couldn’t
This time, I feel sad. I don’t know how to comfort him. I can pass another cigarette.
The old lady smiled and said, "Come on, smoke less and watch you two smoke a room."
The old man smoked two cigarettes. "Before I got to the crooked neck tree, I met several dogs with red eyes. At first glance, I ate dead human flesh, and then I came to the dead column. When I saw it, it was not good. I left the tree. I can’t leave the tree. I’m still driving a sheep. If the dog ate it, my father would have to skin me! But I’m really afraid of these mad dogs and my legs are shaking. "
The old man’s eyes were a little hazy. "Suddenly I saw that the dog running in the front looked familiar, much like the old Bi family in the west of the village, Laifu. When Bi Chun died of illness, no one cared about it. I called it Laifu. It stopped and looked at me with a crooked head. It still remembered me."
"But the dogs behind me were going to bite my sheep no matter what they came. I hit them with a stick and came at me. Suddenly Laifu barked and turned around and rushed to those dogs. I knew it was protecting me. I was scared and watched the dogs bite Laifu, and then Laifu’s intestines were dragged out. I refused to run until I finally stopped. I still bit a dog’s neck and didn’t let go. That blood flowed all over the floor."
"Uncle, what should it protect you?" I asked.
"Well, I think it may be that it still remembers the half bowl of goat milk."
"What goat milk?" I asked
The old man stubbed out his cigarette butt with long nails. "When I was herding sheep that spring, I met Laifu lying on the haystack near the well. I couldn’t get up hungry. I secretly squeezed half a bowl of goat’s milk for him to drink, so I remembered half a bowl of goat’s milk. It still remembers what a good dog it was. It saved my life when I pressed the key. Sometimes this dog is more affectionate than people. You are kind to it, and it will never be forgotten."
"Then what happened to Laifu?" Up to now, I am no longer simply concerned about the "dragon", but I am happy that the fate of this righteous dog has come.
"How can I die? Those dogs killed Laifu, twisted their teeth and came at me, and then suddenly they all ran away with their tails between their legs. I was wondering. I felt a gust of wind around me, and a black shadow rushed at my sheep. When I looked at it, I saw the dragon with a sheep column in my mouth, and I was scared. Wow, I fell from the tree. My sheep were all stunned and knelt still."
"What does the dragon look like?" I asked.
"It’s about the same as a worm, but it’s really big. I didn’t know how long it would be so thick at that time." The old man’s hand was painted with "The thickness is thicker than a bucket, green and shiny, and I don’t know how old I am. My head is still red and crowned."
"Do you have claws?" I asked for details, "I didn’t see any claws, but they were half-baked." The old man made his own cigarette, and I took out a cigarette case and threw it away.
"What happened later? Did it bite you?"
"Without me, I just stared at it. It bit the sheep and didn’t look at my eyes. They were white and almost the same color as stone eggs. I don’t know how long it took before’ hoo’ left. Just look at the distant tree and divide it on both sides. It’s not as strong as usual."
"What happened later?" I felt still unfinished. "Later, when I came to my senses, he broke his leg and peed all over his pants. I also peed. I helped him hit those sheep and went back to the village. We said that when we met a dragon, adults didn’t believe me. My father told several adults in the village to look for sheep in the mountains together. I wouldn’t let them go. They also lied to us. I had to go. I had no choice but to ask them to bury the lucky one when they saw it. My father slapped me and said that he would bury me when he came back." Both the old lady and I laughed.
"What happened later?" I’m not satisfied yet
"Later, it was nothing. My dad didn’t come back until it was dark, and he didn’t find the sheep, but he found Laifu and buried it. He didn’t hit me when he came back. He was sullen and asked me not to go to Dongshan again."
"When is your dad’s face not gloomy?" The old lady jumped out from the side and estimated that the father-in-law and daughter-in-law were not very good when they were young.
"He was not gloomy when your father died" and the old man was not a good crop.
Seeing that the situation was not good, I had nothing to talk about and asked, "What else?"
The old man thought for a long time, "Nothing’s wrong. It’s just that he got sick from there and didn’t get better until she passed the door. It’s all scary."