Wen | Song Yongsheng Editor| Swallow The picture | the protagonist himself
Returning from my hometown, I couldn't help but open the circle of friends: the enthusiasm of the New Year has not been reduced, the heat of Valentine's Day has suddenly appeared, "love" brushes the screen, happiness is full... I have some feelings: Valentine's Day is to let us be a sentient person, have a sense of reverence for heaven and earth, have compassion for the heavens, have a sense of filial piety for the elders, have compassion for the young, in this materialistic world, the important thing is not whether we have lovers, but whether you and I are sentient people!
Suddenly, a shocking news came into my eyes: "In the New Year's Day, I was shocked to hear that the 'third brother' left us forever..." This "third brother" is the "stupid three" in the public's mouth. "Silly Three" (allow me to call it in the tone of the public), although the name is unknown, it is a small city "star" that no one knows, young and old, and everyone knows, and can even be said to be the "mark" of our times, carrying many small town "stories".
Since the 1990s, I have changed from a young man who is not deeply involved in the world to a middle-aged uncle with gray hair, and the "silly three" has frequently appeared in the streets and alleys of the city and cross streets, and when I first met him: he was in his forties, unkempt, dragging a pair of tattered "big shoes", wearing "clothes" made of woven bags, rain or shine, shuttling through the town. Where he came from and where he was going, I had no way of knowing, but I felt that he was constantly walking and stopping, as if it were a flowing "landscape". In the middle of winter, he is heavily armed and wrapped in an old blanket to protect himself from the cold; in the summer, he accompanies the heat of the summer with his naked upper body.
"Silly Three" walks on the street and encounters rare things on the street, such as disputes, quarrels, etc. will also stop to watch. Sometimes he would judge with his otherworldly eyes: "Oh, how big a fart, what a noise, a hundred years later, is not it all a piece of yellow soil?" What a fight, wren nest forest, but a branch; rats drink the river, but full of belly - really boring! ”
It can be seen that he is not the fool we are accustomed to talking about, or that he is different from the average fool. Maybe it's a transcendent mentality, wandering the streets, self-exile; maybe it's a chivalrous man who walks in the rivers and lakes.
However, the name "Silly Three" has influenced generations. "'Silly Three' is coming!" "Don't cry, cry again and I'll hand you over to 'Silly Three'!" ...... Many crying children will always burst into tears when they hear such words, and immediately become obedient.
When my children are young, I also lose no time in educating them. When a child tries to deliver instant noodles, ham sausages, bread, etc. to the "Silly Three", he will become unfriendly and angrily throw instant noodles, ham sausages, and bread far away. The child was too frightened to get close, and he ran away from the old man. The "third brother" did not eat "the food that came from the mouth", but the child received education about the "food that came to the mouth".
Sack flute sound, cautious and good deeds. "Silly Three" has no wife and children, does not eat and drink, and likes to smoke. Someone joked: "Three, I heard that you adopted a girlfriend, is it true?" "Where is it?" "Silly Three" laughed and asked rhetorically. Although he does not eat food, he will gladly accept cigarettes handed over by others, perhaps he understands that this is a kind of respect for people.
The stubborn temper and personality of "Silly Three" are gradually becoming well known to everyone. In the cold winter, the government issued him new clothes several times or simply put them on his body, and he took them off to "give away" or throw them away. Still replaced by his own "line head": Hun hun was wrapped tightly in a plastic woven bag, and his feet were tightly bandaged, like wearing a huge "cotton boot". The dark and dense hair rusted together, as if wearing a big hat, covering the face that was black and red, red and black, tepid and cold like a warrior who fought with a sword.
He got up early every day to hike from the township and returned on foot at night, and so on. In the face of wind and rain, he wrapped himself in plastic sheeting, never worried about his body, as if he would not get sick. However, if you don't see the "stupid three" for a few days, the residents of the small town will inevitably speculate and talk about it. "'Silly Three' is a man who has a great fortune and a great destiny... 'Silly Three' is good!" Sure enough, within a few days, his majestic and familiar figure reappeared in the streets and alleys, still faltering and not hurrying. Naturally, his fans breathed a sigh of relief, celebrated each other, and rejoiced.
"Silly Three" is a person with a lot of filial piety. Whenever he picked up "delicacies" from the trash can, he would carefully put them in plastic bags, firmly wrap them around his belt and take them back for his parents. It seems like an open secret.
Duyun "silly three" idiots, who understands the taste? Go your own way and let others say go! In the blink of an eye, more than 20 years have passed, no matter what others say, "Silly Three" still goes his own way, and his body is as tough as ever. I was also used to the scene of him waddling on the street, not seeing him every once in a while, and my heart seemed a little "incredible".
A while ago, I still met him unexpectedly: the body leaned forward, swaying from side to side, as if relying on the swing of the upper body to drive the heavy footboard off the ground, giving people the feeling of walking very difficult. The mouth is chattering, a look of "righteous indignation", and there is a great tendency to "do something". It is said that he has practiced martial arts, but after all, he is old and can no longer jump up.
Unexpectedly: the big New Year's Day, the "third brother" left us forever... A thin coffin, several white cloths, and a dozen people ended his legendary life.
Life is like this, "Three Brothers" has become the eternal legend of the town.
About author:Song Yongsheng, teacher of Dongming County Middle School, part-time teacher and researcher of Heze City, member of poetry society, columnist of YushanJiayuan (Henan Station), certified writer of Chinese vernacular. Some poems have appeared in newspapers and networks such as Teaching and Research Weekly, China Economic and Social Forum (Academic Edition), Contemporary Writers' Literature, and City Headlines.
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