Introduction to Chapter 2 1 of Camel Xiangzi

When chrysanthemums were on the market, Mrs. Xia bought four pots of flowers, and Yang Ma, the maid, dropped one, so she quarreled with Yang Ma. Yang Ma comes from the countryside and simply thinks that flowers and plants are nothing important. But since I bumped into someone else's things, it doesn't matter anyway. I am always careless, so I dare not say anything. As soon as Mrs. Xia had an accident, the village kept shouting and cursing, and Yang Ma couldn't hold her breath any longer, so she had to talk back. The countryman was in a hurry and didn't talk to her. She shook her ass and called the rudest person. Mrs. Xia jumped around and scolded for a while, telling Yang Ma to pack up and get out at once.

Xiangzi never came to persuade, and his mouth would not persuade two women to fight. When he heard Yang Ma scold Mrs. Xia as a secret door, and thousands of people rode thousands of people to touch her, he knew that Yang Ma's business must have blown up. At the same time, I can see that if Yang Ma blows, he will follow suit. Mrs. Xia probably won't leave a servant who knows her history. Yang Ma left, waiting to be resigned; I think maybe he should pack when the new maid comes. However, he is not worried about this. Experience made him quit his job calmly, and there was no need to feel anything.

However, after Yang Ma left, Mrs. Xia was still very polite to Xiangzi. Without a maid, she had to cook in the kitchen by herself. She gave Xiangzi money and taught him to go out to buy food. When buying, she told him what to peel and what to wash. He peeled and washed vegetables, and she cut meat and cooked, while doing things, looking for something to talk to him. She is wearing a pink sanitary gown with a pair of blue trousers and white satin embroidered slippers on her feet. Xiangzi hung his head and was in a hurry. He didn't dare to look at her, but he wanted to see her again. The smell of her perfume was very strong in his nose when he was a child, as if to tell him that he had to see her and tease bees and butterflies like fragrant flowers.

Xiangzi knew the power and benefits of women. A tigress is enough to make anyone afraid of women and reluctant to part with them. Besides, Mrs. Xia is far from Tigress. Xiangzi couldn't help looking at her. If she is as terrible as Tigress, she is many times more admirable than Tigress.

This was two years ago, and Xiangzi never dared to look at her like this. Now, he doesn't care much about these: on the one hand, he has been seduced by women and can't control himself anymore. Secondly, he also gradually entered the "coachman": the general coachman thinks it is right, and he also looks at it now; Since his own efforts and self-denial have failed, everyone's behavior must be reasonable. He must be a "driver", whether he likes it or not; It can't be different. In that case, picking up a bargain is considered legal by ordinary people. Why did Xiangzi see the bargain? He glanced at the bitch. Yes, she's just a bitch! What if she wants to? Xiangzi could not refuse. He can't believe she is so cheap, but what if? She didn't move, of course Xiangzi didn't move; He didn't know whether she showed some meaning first. Did she show any interest? Otherwise, why don't you fire Yang Ma, hire someone right away, and just teach Xiangzi to help with cooking? Why do you wear so much perfume when you go to the kitchen? Xiangzi didn't dare to decide anything, and he didn't dare to hope anything. He just made up his mind to decide and hope something. He seems to be dreaming an unrealistic dream, knowing that it is a dream, and he is willing to continue doing it. There is a heat in life, forcing him to admit that he is worthless, and in this worthless thing, there is the greatest happiness-perhaps the greatest distress, who cares!

A little hope and courage; Some courage can arouse great enthusiasm; A fire was burning in his heart. There is no meanness here, neither he nor she is mean, and their desires are equal!

A little fear awakens reason; A little reason doused the heart; He almost wanted to escape at once. There is only distress here, and people who go this way will make jokes!

Sudden hope, sudden fear, his heart is like malaria. This is even sadder than when I met Tigress. At that time, he knew nothing, like a bee that landed on a spider web for the first time; Now, he knows how to be careful and how to be bold. He walked down inexplicably, obviously afraid of falling!

He doesn't look down on this concubine, this prostitute, this beauty. She is nothing. If he has anything to explain to himself, he thinks that Mr. Xia, a man like an old pencil necked, is hateful and deserves bad luck. With a husband like him, she did nothing wrong. With a master like him, it doesn't matter what he-Xiangzi-does. He became bolder.

However, she didn't pay attention to whether he looked at her. After cooking, she eats alone in the kitchen; After eating, she called Xiangzi, "You eat. You have to brush that guy out after dinner. You can buy food in the evening when you pick up your husband in the second half of the day, so as not to go out again. Tomorrow is a week. Mr. Wang is at home. I'm going out to find the old lady. Do you know anyone? Can you recommend one? Mom is hard to find! Ok, eat first, don't get cold! "

She speaks very generously and naturally. Suddenly-in Xiangzi's eyes-the pink sanitary gown looked much simpler. On the contrary, he is a little disappointed, and he is ashamed of disappointment. He knows that he is not a strong person, not only a weak person, but also a bad person! He grabbed two bowls of rice at random and felt bored. I bathed the guy and sat in my room. I don't know how many "yellow lions" I smoked!

When I went to see Mr. Xia in the afternoon, for some reason, he hated the old skinny monkey. He really wanted to have fun, and when he gave up, he threw the old guy half to death. He doesn't understand this. I used to pull a rickshaw in front of a house, but my third concubine and husband were not very clear about it. After he found out, how did the gentleman almost poison him? He thinks this gentleman is too young to understand, but now he understands that this gentleman deserves to die. However, he didn't want to kill anyone. He just thinks that Mr. Xia is very annoying and hateful, and there is no way to punish him. He deliberately rocked the handlebar up and down, shaking the old monkey a few times. The old monkey said nothing, and Xiangzi was a little unhappy. He has never done such a thing, and occasionally he can't forgive himself for doing such a thing for a reason. Regret has made him a little indifferent to everything. Why do you feel uncomfortable on purpose? Anyway, I am a coachman. I just do something for others. What's the use of thinking about something else?

He calmed down and forgot this fruitless thing; He feels a little ridiculous when he thinks about it occasionally.

The next day, Mrs. Xia went out to look for the girl. Go out for a while and bring a test worker back. Xiangzi's heart is dead, but what he thinks is not delicious.

After lunch on Monday, Mrs. Xia sent away the old maid who tried to work, thinking that she was too dirty. Then she asked Xiangzi to buy a catty of chestnuts.

Bought a catty of ripe chestnuts, and Xiangzi called outside.

"Bring it in," she said in the room.

Xiangzi went in. She powdered in front of the mirror. She is still wearing a pink sanitary gown, but she changed into a light green undershirt. Seeing Xiangzi come in from the mirror, she quickly turned and smiled at him. Xiangzi suddenly saw Tigress, a beautiful young Tigress, in this smile. He's trapped there. His courage, hope, fear and caution are all gone, leaving only a big or small hot air to support everything. This tone made him advance and retreat, without any claim.

The next night, he pulled up his bedding and returned to the factory.

What I am most afraid of is the most shameful thing on weekdays, and now he has leaked it to everyone as soon as he laughs-he can't pee!

Everyone is scrambling to tell him what medicine to buy or which doctor to see. No one thinks this is shameful, but they all give him sympathetic advice and tell their experiences with a red face. Several young people bought the disease with money, several middle-aged people picked up the symptom for nothing, and several people who paid the monthly fee had some experiences with different weights and the same nature. A few people who pay for a monthly subscription have not experienced this personally, while others have stories about their owners that are worth telling. Xiangzi's illness made them all open up and say something to him. He forgot his shame himself, but he was not proud of it. So he endured the disease calmly, which is not much different from a cold or some heat in summer. Speaking of pain, he has a little regret; Comfortable for a while, and then think about that sweetness. Anyway, he is in no hurry; The experience of life taught him to look down on life. What's the use of worrying?

Such a little medicine, such a folk prescription, beat him out for more than ten dollars; The disease has not been eradicated. So-so, he felt better and stopped taking the medicine. When it was cloudy or when the solar terms were changed, my joints ached, so I took some medicine temporarily or got through it, which was nothing. Life is bitter to the end, how is your health? Come on, even a fly can be happy in a cesspit, let alone such a big living person.

After his illness passed, he almost became a different person. The height is still so high, but the righteousness is gone. My shoulders are deliberately loose forward, and I am pulling my mouth with a cigarette in my mouth. Sometimes I put half a cigarette in my ear, not for the convenience of that place, but for playing with the wind. He still doesn't like to talk much, but when he wants to speak, he is forced to be witty. Even if he can't speak neatly, he is so energetic. My heart is very relaxed, and my posture and air are hanging.

However, compared with the average driver, he is not so bad. When he sat down alone, he remembered his former self. He still wanted to be strong and didn't want to slip away like this. Although it is useless to be strong, it is unwise to destroy yourself. At this time, he thought of buying a car again. I spent more than ten dollars and more than thirty dollars on treating diseases, which is wrong! But with twenty pieces of primer, he is more promising than others' completely empty guns. At this thought, he really wanted to throw away half a box of unfinished "yellow lions". From then on, he didn't drink or smoke, gritted his teeth and scrimped. From saving money to buying a car, from buying a car to thinking about happiness. He felt a little sympathy for her. He hasn't seen her since he came out of the painting. Instead of getting along well, he got a dirty disease!

When he met his friend, he still smoked, drank some wine when he had the chance, and forgot all about the joy. With friends, he doesn't pick on the boss for anything, but he can't help but do something with others. A day's hard work and full of grievances can only be temporarily forgotten by chatting and playing with them. The comfort in front of him drove away the noble desire. He was willing to be happy for a while and then sleep in the dark. Who doesn't like this? Life is so boring, painful and hopeless! The poison of life can only be paralyzed for a while by the poison of women who smoke and drink, and fight poison with poison. The poison gas will return to the heart one day. Who doesn't know this, but who can have a better idea to replace this? !

The more you refuse to work hard, the more you feel sorry for yourself. He was not afraid of anything before, but now he will find leisure: he doesn't drive when it is windy and rainy; I feel a little sore. I want to rest for two or three days. Self-pity is selfish. He refused to lend the money to others, just to keep it for himself in rainy days. Alcohol and tobacco can make people, but money can't be lent out, which is more precious and pitiful than anyone else. The more idle, the lazier, bored and idle, and need some entertainment or a good meal from time to time. When he thinks he shouldn't waste time and money like this, there is always a ready-made sentence in his heart, a sentence forged for him with how much experience: "At the beginning, we were stronger. What good was it?" No one can refute this sentence, and no one can explain it; So, who can stop Xiangzi from going down? !

Laziness can make people angry. Xiangzi knows how to judge people now. For the car seat, for the policeman, for anyone, he decided not to be perfunctory. He tried, but he didn't get justice. Now, he knows how precious his sweat is, and he can drop a drop if he can; Someone wants to take advantage of him, no way. As soon as he put the car down, he was too lazy to move, no matter where it was. When the patrolman came to intervene, he kept his mouth shut and delayed for a while if he could. When I get there, I have to move the car and his mouth can't be idle. He will scold. If the patrolman refuses to be scolded, it's nothing to fight. Fortunately, Xiangzi knew his own strength, and he wouldn't lose if he beat the patrolman first and then went to jail. When fighting, he felt his strength and skill again, and threw all his strength on other people's meat. When he saw the light, the sun seemed particularly bright. Save your strength and prepare for a fight. He didn't even dare to think about it before, but now it has become a reality, which can make him happy for a while. Come to think of it, how funny!

Don't say that he is an unarmed policeman, and he is not afraid of cars running rampant all over the street. The oncoming car picked up all the dust on the ground. Xiangzi didn't hide, no matter how loud the car horn sounded, no matter how anxious the rider was. The car was helpless and had to slow down. It slowed down, Xiangzi dodged and ate less dust. If the car comes from behind, he also uses this trick. He figured it out, and the car wouldn't dare to hurt anyone anyway, so why did he avoid it early to teach it to bring up dust? Patrol is to clear the way for cars, lest they run fast and bring less dust. Xiangzi is not a policeman, so cars are not allowed to run wild. In the eyes of patrolmen, Xiangzi is a first-class "thorn in the side", but they dare not provoke "thorn in the side". The laziness of the bitter people is the natural result of hard work, and the thorns of the bitter people contain some axioms.

He is absolutely rude to the car seat. Speaking of where to pull, don't take a step. There is no such thing as saying that the alley mouth is "up" and teaching him to pull it into the alley mouth. The seat stared, and Xiangzi's eyes widened. He knows how afraid those gentlemen who wear dresses are of getting their clothes dirty, and also knows how tough and stingy those gentlemen who wear dresses-most of them-are. Well, he's ready; After all, the past is numbered. Grab their clothes sleeves for 50 or 60 yuan and at least give them a big black handprint! You give them handprints like this, you have to give them the same money. They know how powerful that big hand is, and it hurts their thin arms.

He doesn't run slowly, but he can't speed up particularly in vain. As soon as he hurried to the seat, his big foot rubbed against the ground: "Come on, how much is it?" You're welcome. He sold his blood and sweat. He no longer wants to reward more people with their kindness. You get what you pay for. He has to think clearly before he works hard.

He no longer cares so much about cars. Since the heart of buying a car is cold, I don't care about other people's cars. Cars are just cars. If you pull it, you can earn chewing food and car parts, and that's it. If you don't pull, you don't have to pay for the car. As long as you have enough money to eat for one day, you don't have to pull. The relationship between people and cars is so much. He naturally refused to intentionally damage other people's cars, but it was inconvenient to take extra care to protect them. Sometimes he is injured by another driver. He never jumped up in a hurry to quarrel with others, but calmly took him back to the factory. If he should pay 50 cents, he took out 20 cents and finished. If the factory owner doesn't agree, it will be easy, and the final solution will never come out; What if the factory owner is willing to fight? Xiangzi accompanied him!

Experience is the fertilizer of life. What kind of experience makes you a person? You can't raise peony in the desert. Xiangzi found the right place completely. He is no different from other drivers, just like a driver. Then, he felt more comfortable than before, and others saw him pleasing to the eye; The old crow is black and doesn't want to be white-haired alone.

Winter is coming again, and the yellow wind blowing from the desert can freeze many people to death overnight. Hearing the wind, Xiangzi buried his head in the quilt and dared not get up again. He didn't get up until the wind stopped howling, and he couldn't decide whether to go out or take a day off. He was too lazy to get the cold handlebars for fear of choking wind. The wind was afraid of sunset, and it didn't completely stop until after four o'clock. Some reddish afterglow appeared in the yellow sky. He pulled himself together and drove the car out. Holding hands, holding the handlebar head on his chest, leisurely, with half a cigarette in his mouth. It was dark after a while, and he wanted to get the two businesses together quickly so as to collect the car early. He didn't bother to light the lamp until the patrolman along the road urged him four or five times.

In front of the Drum Tower, he grabbed a seat under the lamp and pulled it to the east. I didn't even take off my big cotton gown, and I trotted thinly. He knows it's not decent, but it's not decent; Decent. Who will give me a few more pennies? This is not pulling a cart, it is stirring; Seeing the sweat on his head, he refused to take off his long dress, so he made do with it. Into the alley, a dog probably saw through the long coat and pulled the cart and followed him to bite. He stopped the car and ran after the dog with a rag in his hand. He kept driving the dog out of sight and waited for a while to see if it dared to come back. Xiangzi was even happier when the dog dared not come back. "damn it! When I am afraid of you! " "What kind of driver are you? Listen to me ask you! " The people in the car didn't ask angrily.

Xiangzi's heart moved, and the voice sounded familiar. The alley was dark and the lights were on, but the lights were below, so he couldn't see who was in the car. Everyone in the car is wearing a big hood, and even the mouth and nose are surrounded by a big collar, showing only two eyes. Xiangzi is speculating. The man in the car said, "Aren't you Xiangzi?"

Xiangzi understood that it was Si Liu in the car! He exploded and burned all over. He didn't know what to do.

"Where is my daughter?"

"Dead!" Xiangzi stood there in a daze, wondering whether these two words were said by himself or by someone else.

"What? Dead? "

"Dead!"

"In your fucking hands, there is a dead? ! "

Xiangzi suddenly realized, "Come down! Come down! You are too old for me to beat you; Come down! "

Grandpa Si Liu's hand came down trembling. "Buried in where? Let me ask you! " "No matter!" Xiangzi pulled up his car and left.

He walked out of a distance and looked back. The old man-like a big shadow-is still standing there.