Runs into barber old Feng from the river bank, therefore opens the mouth saying that „blew to me”. 从河坡上遇到剃头匠老冯,因此开口道,“给我刮了吧”。 „Does not have the hot water, goes to your family”, old Feng is Zhuangzi household enjoying the five guarantees, carries the pouch worn at the girdle nearby areas to have a haircut to the person frequently, 50 -year-old hoodlums, naturally are also childless. So-called five guarantees, are mainly insurance eat, guarantee cloting, guarentee medical care, preserve and guarantee burial expenses. “没热水呢,去你家吧”,老冯是庄子里的五保户,经常背个褡裢十里八乡给人剃头,50来岁的老光棍,自然也就无儿无女。所谓五保,主要是保吃、保穿、保医、保住、保葬。 Li He sits on the slope said, „does not use the hot laundering, pushes with the clippers, shaves smoothly”. 李和坐在坡上道,“不用热水洗,用推子推,剃光溜溜的”。 old Feng said, „you are not sensitive to cold, if several days later will snow, will freeze to death a little darling”. 老冯道,“你不怕冷啊,过几天要是下雪,冻死个乖乖”。 „All right, pushes”. “没事,推吧”。 He sits smokes, old Feng stood is cutting hair to him, cannot bear ask several, „did shave clean really?”. 他就坐着抽烟,老冯就站着给他理发,忍不住问了几遍,“真的剃光？”。 Li He also back and forth confirmed several, „have shaved clean”. 李和也来回确认了几遍,“剃光了”。 A cold wind comes, he can feel that the scalp is cool whiz whiz. 一阵冷风过来,他能感觉到头皮是凉嗖嗖的。 However liked this extremely intelligent mood! 不过太喜欢这种聪明绝顶的情怀了！ Shaved has played, Li He found the clue make, the feeling of scalp heavy hand was good, was very satisfied. 剃玩了,李和摸摸头,头皮辣手的感觉还是不错的,挺是满意。 old Feng shut out Li He to ruin his signboard probably, looked is a little looking distressed actually. 老冯好像嫌弃李和砸了他的招牌,瞧着倒是有点愁眉苦脸。 Li He to him calculates money time, old Feng also turned the Li Zhaokun over year old debt, has shaved several years of beard in this, shaved several years, has not given a big child. 李和给他算钱的时候,老冯把李兆坤隔年旧账也翻了出来,在他这刮了几年胡子,剃了几年头,没给过一大子。 Li He awkward smiling, he knows that Li Zhaokun can do this matter, moreover matter that can treat as very has the face, is the pocket is rich, goes shopping also first asks can the buy on credit, can buy on credit was thinking the unique face, owes people depending on the skill money, matter that has the ability. 李和尴尬的笑笑,他知道李兆坤干得出来这种事,而且还能当做挺有脸面的事,就是口袋有钱,买东西也是先问能不能赊欠,能赊着了就觉得特有脸面,凭本事欠人钱,多有能耐的事啊。 This type of brain circuit is not average person can understand. 这种脑回路不是一般人能理解的了的。 He gave old Feng to tie a dollar, has not made old Feng look, old Feng looked for him, „one was one \; second, two, you were different from your father, your father that was the person who the dead frog can also pinch the water leakage”. 他给老冯结了一块钱,也没让老冯找,老冯还是找了他,“一是一,二是二,你跟你爹不一样,你爹那是死蛤蟆也能掐出水的人啊”。 old Feng these words make the Li He meaning impossible only to owe money of person two people to this Li Zhaokun, he must ask Chen Yongqiang they to ask. He asked that Li Long is useless, others spoke the Li Zhaokun fixing words, was impossible to become in front of the biological son to say. 老冯这句话让李和意思到这李兆坤不可能只欠一个人两个人的钱,他还是要去找陈永强他们去问问。他去问李隆都是白搭,人家说李兆坤的瘪子话,也不可能当着亲儿子面前说。 Got down some river bank people to laugh to his bright big light bulb, will also ask one, „was not cold”. 下了河坡有人对着他那亮光光的大灯泡发笑,还会问一句,“不冷啊”。 Li He returns saying that „cool”. 李和回道,“凉快”。 Some people said in secret actually, „this kid studied to read the pestle, has cut such”. 私下里倒是有人说,“这娃读书读碓了,剪了这么个头”。 ‚Pestle’ in the local dialect is the silly meaning, generally liked saying the pestle type, the pitiful look. ‘碓’在本地方言里就是傻的意思,一般都喜欢说碓样,熊样。 Chen Yongqiang is cleaning up the pigsty, saw Li He to come , his baldly was been shocking! 陈永强正在清理猪圈,见了李和来,也是被他那光头惊艳了！ Dry has smiled several, the dirty clothes that withdrew, threw the shovel, welcomed Li He to enter the room. 干巴巴的笑了几句,脱了身上的脏衣服,丢了铁锹,迎了李和进屋。 Li He said, „asked your matter”. 李和道,“问你个事”。 „You said”. “你说呗”。 „You said that in this year whose my father does have to be few money on Zhuangzi?”. “你说我爹这一年在庄子上有少谁钱没有？”。 Chen Yongqiang cannot think that Li He will ask this issue, suddenly makes excuses saying that „should not result in”. 陈永强想不到李和会问这个问题,一时间支支吾吾道,“应该没得吧”。 Li He was anxious, „what you spoke to me grumble, were you help me not know? Has been short of the money of which family/home, I have tied, otherwise my family two brothers are bewildered back infamy”. 李和急了,“你说话跟我还磨叽啥,你这是帮我知道不？少了谁家的钱,我都去结了,不然我家兄弟俩是莫名其妙的背骂名”。 Chen Yongqiang hehe said with a smile, „did that my truth say?”. 陈永强嘿嘿笑道,“那我就实话说了？”。 „Naturally the truth said”. “当然实话说了”。 „My this that a mere pittance did not only say that today pig liver, tomorrow's pig's feet. From Li Hui, Liu Laosi, is greatly strong, maternal home section thick Qamdo of your sister-in-law owes, this is I knows you, does not know must ask your father”, Chen Yongqiang thinks of the Li He father and son's relational situation, has not been concealing the truth, came undone simply plays. “光我这那三瓜两枣就不说了,今天一个猪肝,明天一猪蹄。从李辉,刘老四,大壮,还有你弟媳的娘家段厚昌都有欠,这还是我知道的,不知道的你得问你爹了”,陈永强想到李和父子俩的关系形势,也就没瞒着了,索性秃噜玩了。 The Li He headache, cannot think that even/including Duanmei Maternal home borrowed, was really loses to the grandmother family/home disgraced! Xiao Li copious grandmother family/home of! 李和头疼,想不到连段梅娘家都借上了,真是丢人丢到姥姥家了！还是小李沛的姥姥家！ „Buys the meat from your this, hasn't my mother paid up with you?”. “从你这买肉,我阿娘没跟你结账？”。 „Does not buy for your family, he usually fires off the sign to collect the member to open fire with king mouse that group of people, eats and drinks together”. “可不是买给你家里的,他平常跟王老鼠那帮人打完牌就凑份子开火,一起吃吃喝喝”。 Li He said, „you calculate how much money, I tie to you”. 李和道,“你算算多少钱,我结给你”。 „No, that several money, we relate do not use this”, Chen Yongqiang is very polite saying. “别,那才几个钱,咱俩关系不用这个”,陈永强很是客气的说道。 Li He is impatient, „when you can be refreshing, now was not the issue of money non- money”. 李和不耐烦了,“你这人什么时候才能爽气了,现在不是钱不钱的问题了”。 „Ok, I calculate to you”, Chen Yongqiang took the small book, turns to Li Zhaokun that page, the pen tip starts to delimit on the paper, one will report, „should be ten seven 50 cents two”. “行,我给你算”,陈永强拿了小本子,翻到李兆坤那一页,笔尖在纸上开始划拉,一会就报了出来,“应该是十七五毛二”。 Li He is very helpless, this Li Zhaokun has been the big fool! 李和很是无奈,这李兆坤是当了多大的冤大头啊！ Collects the member also to collect these much money with the person to come out! 跟人凑份子也能凑出这么多钱出来！ Li He several two ten hand over, „hurries to get money, is gawking anything”. 李和数出两张十块递过去,“赶紧找钱啊,愣着什么”。 Biological father's buttocks need him to scratch. 亲爹的屁股还是需要他来擦。 „That is embarrassed”, Chen Yongqiang depends on the word to get money. “那多不好意思”,陈永强还是依言找了钱。 „Later the 10 cents money does not use the buy on credit to him, other people also helped to say”. “以后一毛钱都不用赊欠给他,其他人也帮着说说”。 „Line”, Chen Yongqiang complies is very simple, they are willing the buy on credit not to look at the Li He face to Li Zhaokun. “行”,陈永强答应的很干脆,他们肯赊欠给李兆坤还不是看着李和的面子。 Li He then looked for Li Hui, Li Hui said, „is in the family/home the relative, did not matter, his opens the mouth always has no alternative but to borrow”. 李和又接着去找了李辉,李辉说,“都是家里亲戚,无所谓了,他张口了总不能不借吧”。 „Was good, money gives you, later do not borrow and that's the end”. “行了,钱给你,以后别借就是了”。 Comes out from Li Hui, he is angry Li Zhaokun at the same time, is angry Li Hui these people, before his family/home poor dingdong sound, how to be giving a thought to the favor on nobody, how to say does not matter? 从李辉家出来,他生气李兆坤的同时,也生气李辉这些人,以前他家穷的叮当响的时候,怎么就没人顾着人情,怎么不说无所谓？ Instead now starts to do a favor? 反而现在开始做人情了？ Arrived Liu Laosi family/home, Liu Laosi was curious, this was not just bid good-bye from the river bank, how to come. 到了刘老四家,刘老四还好奇,这不是刚刚才从河坡上分手吗,怎么又来了。 Li He sees her wife in the entrance, has drawn him, asked carefully, „how much money borrowed your?”. 李和见她媳妇在门口,就把他拉了出来,仔细的问了,“到底借了你多少钱？”。 Liu Laosi shakes the head saying that „many, has not had many, this money was considered as anything”. 刘老四摇摇头道,“没多少,没多少,这点钱算得了什么”。 „Many, my also you, I know that you are the good intention, but the good intention such does not do, you are not do not know his temper”. “到底多少,我还你,我知道你是好心,可是好心不是这么做的,你又不是不知道他的性子”。 Li He also knows, Liu Laosi thought owes him the favor, wants to make up on Li Zhaokun, therefore also grants every request to Li Zhaokun. 李和也知道,刘老四只是觉得欠他人情,想补在李兆坤身上,所以对李兆坤也是有求必应。 „More than 100”. “100多吧”。 „How these many?”, Li He frowns. “怎么这么多？”,李和皱着眉头。 „He always said that his luck at games of chance is not good, it is estimated that lost money”. “他老是说他手气不好,估计是输了钱了吧”。 Li He gives him money, asked creditor who Liu Laosi knows, then from house to house. 李和把钱给他,问刘老四知道的债主,然后又挨家挨户的去了。 Calculates carefully gets down, this meeting has given 200! 仔细一算一下来,这会已经给了200块了! For him is the change, may be at rural area, was really a good money! 对他来说是小钱,可在农村来说,真的是一笔大钱了！ In the evening comes greatly strongly time, Li He directly asked that even Li Long is a face ignorant compels, asked greatly strongly, „how this matter can you hide the truth from me?”. 晚上大壮来的时候,李和就直接问了,甚至李隆都是一脸懵逼,问大壮,“这事你怎么都能瞒着我呢？”。 Strong does the greatly embarrassed say/way, how much money „have? I have not said”. 大壮不好意思的道,“不是没多少钱吗？我就没说”。 He with Liu Laosi thoughts, is owing probably also this two brothers favors, wants to look to supply Li Zhaokun. 他大概也跟刘老四一个心思,欠着这兄弟俩人情,想找补给李兆坤。 The Li He ill-humored say/way, „that is, you said embarrassed, result all manor Liren knew, our two brothers with fool, know nothing”. 李和没好气的道,“那是,你不好意思说,结果全庄里人都知道了,就咱兄弟俩跟个傻子似的,一无所知”。 Blushes to say greatly strongly, „I pledged I no one have said that your father said”. 大壮红着脸道,“我发誓我谁都没说过,你爹自己说的”。 Li He can also guess that was Li Zhaokun said probably, drank the liquor to reveal the ability, feels where had the face, depending on opening the face who can borrow money. 李和也能猜出来大概是李兆坤自己说的,喝多了酒显能耐呗,觉着走哪里都有面子,凭张脸谁都能借到钱。 „Was good, money, later again have not borrowed”, Li He also asked Li Long, „your wife's father had not said our father did ask him to lend money?”. “行了,钱还你,以后别再借了”,李和又问李隆,“你老丈人就没说过咱爹找他借过钱？”。 Li Long shakes the head, „this he has not said, I ask plum”. 李隆摇摇头,“这他真没说过,我去问问梅子”。 „Do not ask, you will go to your wife's father that tomorrow money , the urging later left borrowed again”, a Li He afternoon said that has a parched mouth. “别问了吧,你明天去你老丈人那把钱还了,叮嘱以后别再借了”,李和一下午已经说得口干舌燥了。 He to Wang Yulan said the matter that Li Zhaokun lent money, but the amount exaggerated one time, original 230, turned into 500. 他把李兆坤借钱的事情给王玉兰说了一遍,不过金额夸大了一倍,原来的230块,变成了500块。 The Wang Yulan tears have streamed down at the scene, „my this works to a frazzle what for yo”. 王玉兰当场眼泪就啪啪下来了,“俺这累死累活的图个啥子呦”。 She took has put the long bamboo pole of goose, stopped up in main house gate. Li Zhaokun yes snort/hum the folk song is passing through the gate, Wang Yulan took the bamboo pole to fling right in the face, „I crossed anything with you”. 她拿了放鹅的长竹竿,堵在家门口。李兆坤是哼着小调进门的,王玉兰拿着竹竿劈头盖脸的甩了过去,“俺跟你过什么过啊”。 „You went crazy”, Li Zhaokun did not have understands any situation noisily. “你发疯了啊”,李兆坤还没闹明白什么情况。 „600!”. “600块啊！”。 „Your this woman said anything”, on Li Zhaokun was hit a bamboo pole, the instinct wants outside the room to run. “你这娘们到底说什么”,李兆坤头上被打了一竹竿,本能的就要屋外跑。 The fourth child is smart, already front door inserting. 老四机灵,早就把大门给插上了。 Li Zhaokun was just about to tear off the door bolt, the bamboo pole came, hurried to turn head toward the courtyard to run. 李兆坤正要拔下门闩,竹竿又过来了,赶紧掉回头往院子里跑。 Wang Yulan turns around to follow close on to the courtyard , the space is small, the bamboo pole is long, 2-3 flung, „this year's pig white support, your sinned!”. 王玉兰转身紧跟到院子里,空间小,竹竿长,三两下就甩上去了,“今年的猪又白养了,你个造孽啊！”。 more thinks of the pig, she is more sad, the live pig price 60 cents, this is 600, will not need to break off the finger she also to calculate! 越想到猪,她越伤心,生猪价才6毛,这可是600块,不用掰手指头她也会算啊！ Li Zhaokun suffered a loss, by scurrying about that the bamboo pole flings, the head had two blood beams, flew into a rage, held the bamboo pole, „you did!”. 李兆坤吃了大亏,被竹竿甩的上蹿下跳,头上有两个血杠子了,急了眼,一把抓住竹竿,“你作死了啊！”。 Li He looks at the pleasure, sees Li Zhaokun to hold the bamboo pole to compete with Wang Yulan, feared the old lady to suffer a loss, hurries to mediate a quarrel, seized the bamboo pole, „calmed down, calms down”. 李和看完乐子,见李兆坤抓住竹竿要跟王玉兰较劲,怕老娘吃亏,赶紧过去劝架了,把竹竿夺了,“消消气,消消气”。 If puts together the strength completely, his old lady definitely is not the Li Zhaokun match, if the Li Zhaokun important criminal fools, troubled. 要是完全拼力气,他老娘肯定不是李兆坤的对手,万一李兆坤要犯唬,就麻烦了。 Li Zhaokun when Wang Yulan cried saying that fiercely stamped the feet saying that „which Kameji child conveyed a message randomly, I owed 300 not to arrive”. 李兆坤待王玉兰哭着说完,才猛跺脚道,“哪个龟儿子乱传话的,我才欠了300不到”。 Li He coughed, „that was I have remembered incorrectly, money I gave you, who did you also owe money?”. 李和咳了一声,“那就是我记错了,钱我给你还了,你还欠谁钱没有？”。 Li Zhaokun has a look at Wang Yulan, definitely said very much did not have. 李兆坤看看王玉兰,很是肯定的说没有了。 He does not know why starts to fear now this old ladies were unruly. 他不知道为什么现在开始怕这老娘们撒泼了。 Li He washes foot in the kitchen, Li Zhaokun taking advantage of time of pouring tea suspicious, said in a low voice, „you did give me really also?”. 李和在厨房洗脚,李兆坤借着倒茶的功夫又偷偷摸摸的跟着进来了,低声道,“你真的给我还了？”。 „Also”. “还了”。 „, The dot sound, you again borrow me to select, I also miss others money”. “嘘,小点声,那你再借我点吧,我还差人家钱呢”。 Li He frowns to ask, „how many? Difference whose?”. 李和皱着眉头问,“多少？差谁的？”。 Li Zhaokun sighed, „were not many, 200, the luck at games of chance was not good recently, was mainly few king mice”. 李兆坤叹口气,“不多,才200块,最近手气不好,主要是少王老鼠的”。 Li He said, „that your last year money did lose to him?”. 李和道,“那你去年的钱都输给他了？”。 „It is not his money, several other friends”, Li Zhaokun subsequently also reported the name, then sees the son eagerly, he already talked big, at the end of the year also person money. “不是他一个人的钱,还有其他几个朋友”,李兆坤继而又一个个报了名字,然后眼巴巴的看着儿子,他可是早就说了大话,年底还人钱的。 „Ok, you will shout them to come tomorrow, we meet to the river bank on, I give them money”, several person Li He are familiar, has the common name with Li Zhaokun, is calls „current”, bum, three currents or two people with favus of the scalp, Li Zhaokun mentioned also pitifully, where can have the friend, was sold must perhaps help the population money. “行,你明天喊他们过来,咱到河坡上见面,我把钱给他们”,几个人李和都是熟悉的,跟李兆坤都有共同的名字,都是叫“流子”,二流子、三流子或者二癞子,李兆坤说来也可怜,哪里能有朋友呢,被人卖了恐怕要帮人数钱呢。 ( To be continued.) (未完待续。)