An old man herding sheep

There is no leisure for the shepherd boy to play the flute while driving the sheep, and there is no beautiful picture feeling for the shepherdess to herd the sheep. This is an old man herding sheep. ? He is an old man with a long head and glistening hair. He can make a crisp sound in the air with a big whip, just like a small firecracker during the New Year. Led a sheepdog and helped him get rid of the lamb.

? The old man likes flowers and birds, but he can't keep them. The flowerpot lay alone in the corner. Birds are hanging on jujube trees in the yard and keep bumping into cages. I look at the birds with pity.

? There are more and more flowerpots piled in the corner, and sometimes small flowers that are full of vitality are eaten by big sheep. The bird that hit the cage was freed and went to Elysium. The sheep are no longer the original sheep, and the grown sheep have changed money and raised new lambs.

The waist of the old man is more and more like the old pagoda tree bent at the entrance of the village. The sound of the whip became dull. In a winter, the old man's sheep were howling uneasily in the pen. Some sheep were bumping into the fence, and the big dog was lying in the sun in the yard. He looked up at the pen and bowed his head seemingly helplessly. Keep basking in the sun. These sheep have not been out for almost a week. The old man came three or four times and fed them the leaves stored for them in autumn ...

? The old man was ill, and there was no one around him, only a black and white photo of his wife on the cupboard. The old man can see it when he looks up. The old man is not alone. He has two sons and one daughter, but no one wants to be with him. In fact, they already know that the old man is ill. Because the eldest son's house is not far from the old man. Why don't they care about their family now and no one comes to the old man's side? When the old man mentions it, he sighs. When the eldest son says he is justified, the second son is helpless and the younger daughter is full of grievances.

? In fact, it seems that they are all reasonable. The eldest son said, "My father gave me to my grandmother, and I have nothing to do with him. He never cared about me. I built the house myself, and my daughter-in-law married myself. He has nothing to do with me." It is true that the daughter-in-law of the old sheep-raising man is the only daughter of his mother's family, so the eldest son was always taken by his grandmother until he was 18 and went to be a soldier. Five years later, when his grandmother was gone, she built a house not far from the old sheep-raising man with her demobilized money. Although the old man did his part in building the house, the eldest son was ungrateful. The younger daughter blames the old man because the old man who raised sheep betrothed her to an old man of forty in the next village for money when the younger daughter was in her prime. At first, the younger daughter swore to death and never married in tears until the end. The old man who raised sheep bought a daughter-in-law for his second son from the south with the bride price she got from marrying her daughter. This second son married a daughter-in-law, but this daughter-in-law was born wild, and since then she has become a family. The second son has no money and can't manage it if he wants to. I went to see my father, and when I came back, my daughter-in-law scolded and made trouble.

? Time is still walking at its constant pace. The old shepherd finally closes his eyes hopelessly, and the funeral is still ostentation and extravagance. Several children are crying sadly, but the old man can't hear them.