An anecdote about Nakamura-my uncle.

? Xiagujiu is the name of aunt's child at the source of Weihe River, and uncle's child is called Shanggujiu. My aunt and I are from the same village, and I was taken to Shaanxi by my aunt during the three-year difficult period. Later, my aunt became a new home in Shaanxi, and my uncle's father had no son. With the help of my father, my aunt was brought back to our village from Shaanxi.

My uncle who just came back has a Shaanxi accent, so he is called "Shaanxi brother" by his fellow villagers. Its real name is gradually forgotten. Shan Ge was only six or seven years old when he just came back from Shaanxi. Because of the good life there, people are white and fat, wearing gabardine tops and blue pants, especially that white shirt, which has made our village partners greedy for a long time. But the good days in Shan Ge didn't last long.

Shan Ge's father married a remarried woman. That woman used to live in our neighboring village, with a girl one or two years younger than Shan Ge. Her ex-husband was caught by the backbone militia in the production team for stealing sheep, and his leg was disabled. After the injury, people don't know what to do. Later, someone said that he had seen him in Xinjiang, but this person never came back after all. Two or three years later, this woman married Shan Ge's father and became Shan Ge's stepmother.

Shan Ge's stepmother had a bad reputation when she was in the neighboring village. After giving birth to a daughter, she stopped having children. In order not to die, he adopted the fifth son of the fourth grandmother's family in our village as his son. Fourth grandma once went to see her son and found that her little son was covered in injuries, pinched and bitten, and his ass was burned black and blue by the kang. Seeing that her son was tortured to death, Fourth Grandma brought her son back with tears in her eyes. Since then, although the man still wants to adopt a boy, no one wants to send the child to the fire pit as soon as others hear that her family wants a child. That's why the man left. Listen to adults. Shan Ge has such a stepmother, and life can be imagined.

In the sixties and seventies of last century, our village was so poor that it could not even guarantee normal food and clothing. In such a family, Shan Ge often goes hungry, not to mention eating well and wearing warm clothes. The white shirt that Shan Ge wore when he first arrived, the new clothes have long since disappeared. I often wear a black cotton-padded jacket and black cotton trousers in winter. The thumb of a pair of striped cloth shoes is always poking around the outside of the shoes. Two nasal tips like onion roots often hang on the upper lip. I was scolded at home, and I didn't have enough to eat, so I cried and came to our house to find my uncle. At that time, our family had a large population, with five sisters, grandparents, parents and a family of nine. Fortunately, mom and dad were the strong laborers of the production team at that time, and the eldest sister and the second sister also took part in the labor, so the family could barely maintain food and clothing. Although I can eat enough, there is no extra food. At that time, I was most afraid of having guests at home. This is not to say that the family is stingy. The main reason is that after the guests come, my father and grandfather are always full and accompany them to eat, and my mother and our five children often eat only half full. I remember that one year my mother cooked a pot of "rice chess flowers" (a kind of soup rice with leaves inside), and our sisters counted the eldest sister to serve rice in the hall. When Third Sister counted the seventh bowl, she saw that there was only a little soup left in the pot, and she couldn't help shouting, "Finish seven bowls!" " . As a result, grandpa gave him a good beating after the guest left.

At that time, brother Shaanxi always couldn't eat after school at noon, so he often came to my house for dinner. Both the elder sister and the second sister know this habit, and let the third sister take a small piece of steamed bread outside the door before eating. Shan Ge has a lot of ways: wipe his eyes left and right with two glossy sleeves covered with snot, and then tears will come down. Brother Shaanxi cried and looked for his mother. At this time, grandpa will always be the first to hear it, always dragging a long voice and asking: Is the publication back? Come on, there's food! Publication is a nickname for Shan Ge. At this time, my mother will take out a spoonful of rice from everyone's rice bowls and give Shan Ge a bowl. After dinner, Shan Ge will wipe his mouth with bright sleeves, but in the eyes of his dissatisfied and even angry sisters, he still leaves quietly with a face of injustice.

The days passed unconsciously, and Shan Ge grew up day by day. Although he is like a grass growing on a ridge, there is always sunshine and rain, and Shan Ge is getting stronger every day. Although I graduated from junior high school, I am dark and strong, like a farmer. Shan Ge's book came to an end because he didn't get into high school. My father and grandfather have nothing to say to Shan Ge's father and stepmother.

Brother Shaanxi, who dropped out of school, is getting more energetic every day. First, he dug a hole in his orchard. People stood inside and jumped out. Every day, they dig deeper to practice lightness skill. Then they pulled a wire between several fruit trees and hung many sandbags sewn with rags on it. Shan Ge is always beating around here and there, running around among sandbags, and sometimes his nose is swollen by sandbags. Then use a long stick, put a handful of acid mud on both ends of the stick every day to increase the weight, and lift it up to practice arm strength like a weightlifter now. Soon, Brother Shaanxi took Luo Tietou of Zhongzhuang as his teacher and formally practiced martial arts. At that time, Shan Ge had the same influence on his peers in Zhongzhuang as children worship Jackie Chan now. Whether the farm is busy or not, Shan Ge always practices boxing in his orchard after supper. No one is allowed to watch Brother Shan's boxing, only I am touched by my aunt's light. This is an exception. At that time, I went to junior high school and didn't have to study at night. I have enough time. As soon as I have time, I run to his orchard, help Shan Ge dig a hole and practice lightness skill, and paint some acid mud on the stick to practice his arm strength. Shan Ge was tired from practicing, so I took the opportunity to make a gesture in the garden. At this time, Shan Ge will give me directions seriously and often warn me not to show off in front of outsiders. Maybe I'll buy Shan Ge's slut. Later, I went to the county to go to high school, so I didn't have time to go home, and my martial arts training with Shan Ge went away. Shan Ge has been practicing for many years, and the wooden stick wrapped in mud weighs a hundred Jin. Shan Ge has strength, and has practiced fist and fist, so he has some prestige among children who are several years older and younger. Naturally, I became a follower of Shan Ge, and I am often proud of it.

Because of his great strength, Shan Ge's father is a sick man. Shan Ge is in charge of most farm work at home, and Shan Ge has a position at home. After Shan Ge practiced martial arts, his stepmother dared not show her face again, and he had the final say at home. Lord Zhongzhuang likes to call Brother Shan the shopkeeper. Shan Ge listened to very proud, swaggering. When Shan Ge was eighteen, my father and his father decided to marry the girl brought by Shan Ge's stepmother. Just a few days before the eighth day of the first month of that year, this woman ran away with a man who came to perform in Zhongzhuang Opera Troupe. At that time, Shan Ge was like a frost-washed eggplant. He is always depressed and always complains to me that his life is terrible. Later, my father told Shan Ge a post-Nanshan marriage. Sister-in-law Shan is an ordinary-looking woman who married Brother Shan the next year after her engagement. Although Shan Sao looks plain, she is kind and filial. After marriage, Shan Ge was very satisfied with his life, and often said things like "an ugly cow and a wife are the treasure of the family". Great changes have taken place in Shan Ge's family at this time. Shan Ge's stepmother felt ashamed to stay at home because her daughter ran away with someone, so she ran to a small town not far from Zhongzhuang, set up a stove by herself, bought oil cakes, never came back to Brother Shan's house, and died in a foreign land a few years later. After Shan Ge's stepmother died, Shan Ge asked the landlord to take her home, bought a coffin and became a dutiful son in Dai Xiao. This incident won Shan Ge a lot of fame. Later, when Shan Ge told me about it, he always showed pride.

After the rural household quota is fixed, everyone tries to make money to improve their family life. It was at this time that Shan Ge began to learn Maoshan. People in Zhongzhuang call Mr. Feng Shui a "master of Yin and Yang", while those who are distracted are called "master childe" and those who play tricks are called "Maoshan". ) Brother Shan worships "Er" near her husband's home in Nanshan first, and "Yang Er Er" is our famous teacher Yang in front of the mountain. It is said that Yang is very good at catching ghosts. He has many short skills (a kind of practical trick) and can "turn off the gun", "turn off the kiln" and "turn off the stove". It is said that turning off the gun can make the hunter's gun fail to pass the fire, and turning off the kiln can make him burn. If Shi Yang doesn't do a good job in the kitchen, the kitchen chimney will be stuffy for several days after he leaves, and people who have used Shi Yang will always spend money to treat him well. Shan Ge and Yang died of illness more than a year ago, and Shan Ge started his career. Shan Ge has a bad memory and always can't remember those mysterious spells. I remember once Shan Ge and I chased ghosts for a family in the village. Shan Ge was shouting in vain and suddenly stopped. He took a small notebook out of his pocket and began to read. Afterwards, I asked Shan Ge what was going on. Shan Ge was embarrassed to tell me that he had forgotten the spell, so he looked at the spell he had copied in his notebook and warned me never to tell anyone.

Over the past few years, Shan Ge's reputation in Zhongzhuang has been small, and few people are looking for him mysteriously. Can't, Shan Ge and worship Nanping "into the north" as a teacher. It is said that Cheng Beiguo is the best Maoshan in our area, and he is a good hand to startle the snake. The best thing is to know the sedan chair of the five ghosts. Every time he goes home to catch ghosts for others, if it is at night, he will recite a spell to attract five kids to carry him all the way home. It is said that once, when the five ghosts were carrying Cheng's back pot to go home, because it was too late, the chickens in the farmhouse suddenly cried, and the five little ghosts left Cheng's back pot and disappeared. As a result, Cheng's back pot was thrown to the ground and became the present Luo pot. I'm not good at judging this process. He is a little old man with a serious hunchback. He is less than 1.23 meters tall, thin and short, like a teenager, and his face almost touches his knees when he walks. But his eyes are gloomy, his face is as big as a deflated balloon, and his face is haunted. When he looks at you, he will stare at you for a long time, and the children are afraid of him. When they saw him coming, they all hid. I heard my dad say that Cheng's back pot was born like that, and there was a sedan chair. The statement of the Five Ghosts was completely false. But Shan Ge is convinced of this.

After studying with Cheng for more than two years, Shan Ge gradually became famous. At that time, I had been working as a middle school teacher in other places, and the opportunity to meet Shan Ge became less and less. Every time I go home, Shan Ge always invites me to his house, so that Sister Shan can fry some dishes, get a drink or two and have a good time. What I say most is his intrigue. Shan Ge always tells me the truth. Once, he told me that he was ashamed of catching ghosts. Shan Ge said that on his way home from catching ghosts for his family in a neighboring village, the moon was numb and the west wind was blowing, and he was walking. Suddenly, he saw a black shadow shaking in the middle of the road. Shan Ge a surprised, first pinched the tactic, read the spell, read it several times, or hanging shadows on the road. There is no way. Shan Ge broke out in a cold sweat and had to make a dash for home. The next day, Brother Shan wondered if the evil spirit was too powerful to defeat the enemy without fighting, and used the teachings of Master Cheng and Teacher Yang to make Brother Shan lose his mind. However, the magic pestle that Shi Cheng passed on to him could not be lost, so he went back to find it. As a result, he found a magic pestle inserted in a pile of grass in the place where he haunted at night. Shan Ge realized that the "evil spirits" that night were just a pile of hay. In the dim moonlight, the grass was blown about by the wind, leaving Shan Ge half dead. So in the future, I often tease Shan Ge that fake ghosts scare off the real Maoshan Mountain, and Shan Ge will smile and say don't tell anyone.

Every time I drink more wine, Shan Ge will talk more and more. So I asked Shan Ge if he forgot the spell when he was catching ghosts. Shan Ge said no. Even if he forgets, who can say that he made a mistake and he won't make a fool of himself? I asked Shan Ge that he often catches ghosts, but whether there are ghosts. Shan Ge laughed. Who has seen them? It's just that people who believe in ghosts have ghosts in their hearts Shan Ge's words made me speechless.

In recent years, Shan Ge has become richer and more famous, and the place where he started his career is getting farther and farther. People in Zhongzhuang and nearby call him Master Chen, and the business of spooking him is booming, so most people still don't touch him. He has a mobile phone and a motorcycle now. Every time before I go out, I always dress up, comb my big back neatly, put on a half-new and not-old lamb coat, and finally put on a pair of dark brown round-rimmed crystal glasses, carrying a black leather bag with a pestle handed down from Cheng Beiguo, getting on a motorcycle and heading for the destination. Whenever there is an opportunity, he will ask me to have a drink at his house, and the grade of wine is getting higher and higher. Some of them are even good wines that I have seen but never drunk when I was a teacher in the county. Shan Ge's prestige in Zhongzhuang is getting higher and higher. Shan Ge was asked to be the "Prime Minister" for the wedding between Zhuang and Zhuang. At this time, Shan Ge always wears clothes to go out and sits at the door of his master's main room. Whether it's a wedding ceremony or a funeral ceremony, Shan Ge always opens his mouth and drags a long lingering voice, shouting such words as "watching guests", "please", "kowtowing" and "finished". Afterwards, Shan Ge would sit cross-legged on the kang, accept the host's toast, and then punch loudly. Shan Ge's boxing also has its own characteristics: single-mindedness, two good families, three plums, four seasons of wealth, five sons and one scholar, seven clever eight immortals, nine years of wealth, ten years of wealth, always singing and shouting in one go. Shan Ge is a heavy drinker and likes to go through customs. Shan Ge, full and red-faced, would take out a toothpick from his coat pocket, pick his teeth, squint at others, tell a few jokes from time to time and make a circus. People present always listen to Shan Ge's adjustment with a smile of approval.

Back in the country, I told my mother about Brother Shaanxi. My mother said that Brother Shaanxi is full of tricks now, and a car will come to the village to pick him up from time to time. Shan Ge is also very satisfied with his life. My daughter is married, and my son dropped out of school before graduating from junior high school. I asked Shan Ge why he didn't let his children finish reading the book. Shan Ge said that his son didn't want to study. Besides, he went to college, didn't work for others, and didn't earn much money. Through connections, Shan Ge made his son a material manager in a private construction team, and earned tens of thousands of yuan every year. Shan Ge told me that he would marry his son in two years, and he would be old as soon as he got married. A face of satisfaction and a face of pride.

In Zhongzhuang, a land closely related to me, there are always so many things that make me unhappy. My grandfather and father have both passed away, and Shi Cheng and Shi Yang, who are their same age, have also passed away for many years. Shan Ge is over half a year old now. The Shaanxi brother, who has dealt with him for half his life, had a runny nose and always cried when he was a child. The image is still so vivid in my memory, but now he is neatly dressed and happy, but inexplicably strange.

Two days ago, Shan Ge called me and said that he had saved a bottle of good wine for my aunt. I promised him happily, because I still wanted to hear his endless stories, to integrate myself into the twilight of Zhongzhuang again, to dream a long dream, and to return to my childhood with Shan Ge.