The Life of a Ringing Horse (novel)

There is a ringing horse in Xiling Dashan, which has been passed down for two generations, with more than two hundred people. Half were over forty years old and the other half were under forty. The veteran Ding sits in the defense of the cottage, and the stunned Qingzi (young) soldiers stir up the water (perimeter patrol). In general, there are no too old cubs (soldiers) in the cottage, out of the village down the mountain, really fight, once dodged the knife and gun, which time was bitten by the gun, there is no chance to get old.

If XiangMa was killed by a shot, the cottage did not collect the body, carried a dollar in the pocket of the dead body, and the proprietary passers-by waited for the gunfire to stop, and touched it to bury the person. He was shot and did not die, but suffered a gunshot wound and could not enter the city to cure the red (knife and gun wounds). Back or dragged back to the cottage, there are Tulang Chinese herbs, life and death all depend on boiling. Generally, the wound can not be ulcerated and infected, and after eating a good meal, it will leave.

This year, there were eight or nine soldiers in the Great West Ridge who had reached seventy. According to the rules of the old cottage, the five tigers in the ringing horse will be the leader of the seat. Regardless of the injury, illness or old age, there are soldiers to take care of them, and the village treasury pays for it. However, there are no soldiers and miscellaneous servants in the seat, and they only have three pairs of medicines to get sick. If there is no improvement, drag it to a place where there is spring water, leave dry food for three days, a wolf whistle stick, and live on your own.

In xiangma's cottage, except for the big boss and the five tiger generals, almost no soldiers can live to be old. However, in the Xiling Mountains, there were eight or nine veterans who quietly lived to the age of seventy. It's not a trivial matter, and the whole cottage is staring at it. Xiangma is well aware that the cottage does not provide for the elderly. If you are too old to keep up with the people and horses, you can't move the gun, the rules of disposal are quite mysterious, and each cottage has its own means.

Xiling Dashan soldier shed big shop, the soldiers secretly discussed: old but not dead, maybe the cottage can give a few coils, back to the hometown pension, right? Someone grabbed the lice, shook his head, and said: You old goods (old man) think beautifully, old and not confused, go down the mountain and be arrested by the government, that is a living map. Liu San, a low-class soldier, whispered: I heard that after living for more than seventy years, they were all pulled to the Xiling Mountains and Lookout Heavenly Cave, ate and drank a thick meal that they had never seen in their lives, drank fine wine, confused and happy, and were killed with a platoon gun or smashed to death with a boulder.

Another inferior soldier pounced on him from behind and quickly covered Liu San's mouth: Silly third son, don't want to live, right? Let the big treasurer Xiling Wang hear it, and fry you in the frying pan. Liu San borrowed the wine and let go of his courage and said: I am more than sixty years old, anyway, in a few years, I will go to that Wangtian Cave to eat a gun, sooner or later I will be a dead, afraid of a grandmother. The soldiers gathered around the Chase Shop looked around and did not see the leader inspecting the night. He also sighed, whispered a few grumbling words, and felt the cold fluttering behind his neck.

The guest army division invited by Xiling Dashan (please go up to the mountain to teach the soldiers to read and write, and do not join the company) guarded the peasants on behalf of the peasants and served as the chief of the Xicheng Affairs Section of the Republic of China. He was well-informed, but he was framed and imprisoned, and after his release from prison, he was idle at home. He was invited to the Xiling Mountains for a year, where he taught soldiers to read, read topographic maps, repair guns, and also served as a training inspector.

Dai Shounong lived in the old house (cottage room) in Xiling, and before the daily teaching and training inspection, he went to the main hall of Xiling Dazhai to see the Xiling Wang Da Treasurer. Dai Shounong took out a shell gun, handed it to the tiger soldiers of the main hall (the relatives of the village lord), and entered the main hall. Dai Shounong hugged his fist and asked Yao Fu, the big treasurer of Xiling Cottage: Cao Decheng was one of those veteran soldiers, and his waist and legs were in pain at night, and he was moaning incessantly, making other brothers unable to sleep steadily. In the long run, I am afraid that it will not be possible, and there must be a way to settle down.

Yao Fu pets two high-grade macaque monkeys, he does not look at Dai Shounong, but said to the monkeys: When you are old, I will knock on the brain shells of your two and eat the monkey brains. The monkey seemed to understand the meaning of the words, "squeaked", and ran up. Yao Fu pointed to the back of the monkey and said: Monkey rape, monkey rape, see things are not good, run fast thieves. These few old goods, all of which are rare in their old age, can no longer be used, and they should be sent away early.

Dai Shounong asked: Where do the old ones go to live? Which county are they from, how much money do they pay for the coiling, and return to their hometown for the elderly? Yao Fu narrowed his eyes and hummed a little song, just not answering the guest army division. Dai Shounong added: Cao Decheng did not have to say that he raised horses, and the marksmanship was good, and the three big guns in the village were all taken back by him. Hao Sangui ran fast, and now the old cold leg is always sick and can't walk. Qiu Yuanyuan is your servant, waiting for these years in the morning and evening, the hands do not leave the water, washing and brushing, and the two hands are deformed at the moment, and they can't hold the dishes and chopsticks.

Yao Fu slowly plucked out his ears, while saying: Take my waist card, go to the zhai warehouse to spend fifteen pieces of Guangyang, give Hao Sangui back to his hometown to do coiling, and a few other old goods will be said. Hao Sangui was originally a pick-and-sell vegetable seller, caught up with the melee, frightened and ran with the fleeing crowd, and mistakenly entered the Xiling Mountains. It is easy to enter the mountain and difficult to get out of the mountain. He ran fast on his legs, did not go home for more than ten years, and honestly survived until he was seventy years old.

Hao Sangui received the general order and went down the mountain to return to his hometown for the elderly. I thought I was going to look at the heavenly cave, and I inquired about it carefully, and I was so happy that I burst into tears. He cleaned up a few "rags", wrapped them up, and said goodbye to a few old buddies. Holding up the downhill token and shouting: Grandpa, open the mountain gate. The gatekeeper saw the token, opened the gate, and held the gun at the door. Hao Sangui smiled bitterly and took out three pieces of ocean and said: Buy a few chips to go and make a fortune. The doorman collected the silver dollar and let Hao Sangui out of the mountain gate.

A month later, Cao Decheng became a few veterans, and he had not yet paid the silver dollar to return to his hometown for the elderly. Dai Shounong wanted to ask the reason, weighing whether this would annoy the big treasurer. Unexpectedly, Yao Fu took the initiative to find the substitute military division, let him go to the zhaiku, and gave each old goods five pieces of Guangyang to return to his hometown. Dai Shounong felt that five yuan was too little to wrap around, but he could not always question the general order, so he had to sigh and arrange it.

A few old buddies, carrying five dollars, taking a little "rags", were sent out of the village by the rubber wheel truck. Dai Shounong saw that his heart was a little more solid, and then he hung up again. How many veterans went down the mountain to return to their hometowns, but were escorted by a short gun team? Don't see it with your own eyes, can't believe it. He quietly followed behind to see what would happen. The car reached the quiet place behind the west ditch, and the short gun team came down from the two large cars in front of them, and at the same time drew their guns and surrounded the veterans to shoot. At the end of the past to make up the gun, Cao Decheng did not die, shouted: I do not obey! Someone shoved the barrel of a big gun in his mouth, and a shot rang out, and Xiling was shocked! The man went up and took out the five pieces of light in Cao Decheng's arms.

Dai Shounong returned to the old house in Xiling, his face was pale, and he bowed his head and did not speak. Yao Fu, the big treasurer, stepped into the door and asked: You went to Xidagou with you, did you see the old goods delivered? Dai Shounong nodded. Yao Fu said: This is a cottage, not an ancestral hall. From the end of the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, Xiling Dazhai has been passed down for two generations, paying attention to iron is iron, wood is wood, soil is soil, and grain is grain. It is iron that is made into a knife, and I can't take the wood to beat the blade, and I can't say that the heavens are good. You are the grain I eat in my stomach, it is the soil to throw on the ground, can not put it in the mouth.

Yao Fu carried the monkey on his shoulder, and while feeding the monkeys, he continued: A few old goods are useless, they are the soil under their feet, and I can't put them in my mouth. There is no need to argue about this, and no matter how much you argue, the wood will not become iron. You don't have to worry about it anymore, such a small thing the short gun team will do. Dai Shounong trembled and said, "I see what they are doing!" The big gun hit Cao Decheng in the mouth, and the head opened. Yao Fu said with a light smile: Ci does not bring soldiers, do not bother with a few old goods. There are many cottages.

Dai Shounong could not restrain it, nor did he care about the number of seats in the lobby, and shouted loudly: Those few veterans Ding Saddle before and after all these years, in the end, give everyone a gun in their mouth! When the big treasurer invited me to go up the Xiling Mountains, he said that xiling dazhai was quite moralistic and upright. Where is decency now? I'm dumbfounded, I can't see it!

Yao Fu raised his face, threw down the monkey on his shoulder and said: Let go of a Hao Sangui, do you know how much Dazhai has lost? Enough to destroy the old village of Xiling. Dai Shounong asked: What happened to Hao Sangui? He's a man of his own. Hao Sangui went to Xicheng to inform the location of the cottage and received the bounty. Dai Shounong said in astonishment: Hao Sangui is honest and honest, he doesn't have that bad heart, and he is not such a villain. He betrayed the cottage, who saw it? Yao Fu said: I saw it with my own eyes, it was real, and it didn't kill me. Last night, I dreamed that the fourth one woke up and was so angry that Lao Tzu never slept again.

Dai Shounong said: It turned out to be just a dream made by the big treasurer, and it was nothing, so why did you take it seriously? Yao Fu said: Acting military master, you have fallen into the grass on the mountain (your name has not changed), and you have also passed through the four seasons, and you are still a bookish atmosphere. This dream reminded me that the people in the cottage could not let go of the mountain. Those few veterans, with their eyes closed, could touch the cottage. If you run to Xicheng for the bounty, the Xiling Mountains are in danger. I have sent the short gun team down the mountain to find Hao Sangui and do it early. Otherwise I'm going to have to dream and can't stop.

Dai Shounong said: According to the rules of Xiling Dazhai, if you are injured, you can't go back to the mountain, give a few silver dollars to live for yourself, and you haven't seen anyone run to Xicheng? Yao Fuyin laughed and said: This mountain rule, the substitute military division does not have to talk about it, it is just for the cubs to see. Each time, the people of the short gun team were left behind, and when the brigade went far, they used to replenish their guns and did not leave a living mouth. Dai Shounong listened to this, and his body was cold and weak, and he almost fainted!

A few days later, at night, someone woke up Yao Fu, the king of Xiling. Who are you? In the middle of the night. It's me. With the sound of speech, the barrel of the gun was on Yao Fu's head. Bai Feng, the lady of the press, had been tied up and nestled in the corner. Substitute Division, what are you doing? Yao Fu saw Dai Shounong holding a shell gun in one hand and a grenade in the other. There were several soldiers behind him, and in front of them was the machine gunner Liu Dache. Substitute Division, what is this for? Everything is discussed.

Dai Shounong said: Mutiny, otherwise none of us would be able to get down the Xiling Mountains. Yao Fu heard the word mutiny and fell off the bed in shock. He quickly got up and pleaded: The substitute military division can't, the old cottage has two generations of ringing horses, and no one has ever mutinied. I guarantee that you will go down the mountain smoothly, and each person will be coiled with twenty pieces of light.

Dai Shounong said: I can't believe a word of your words. Wave a grenade and smash it on the head. Yao Fu shouted and woke up from the dream. He grabbed the pistol pressed under his pillow and fired a shot out of the house.

The tiger soldiers ran in and waited for the general's order. Bai Feng, the lady of the press, muttered: In the middle of the night, why shoot guns, what is the demon? Turn around and go to sleep. Yao Fu wiped a sweaty head and said to the tiger soldier: Hurry up and call the captain of the short gun, there must be no mistakes. The Tiger Soldier ran out, and came back after a while to report that there was no one in the Short Gun Brigade Chase Shop, and all of them were missing. What the! What about military masters guarding the peasants? Yao Fu's voice changed, like someone had choked his neck. Tiger Bing said timidly: Behind the big boss, isn't it?

Yao Fu looked back in the direction pointed by the tiger soldiers, only to see the Dai Shou Nong duan shell gun standing at the window, and a light machine gun next to it reached in. Liu Dache held a gun in one hand and the head of the captain of the short gun in the other. The five tiger generals of the cottage, the seventh chair, only one head remained in front of him, his eyes were not closed, and his mouth was open. Yao Fu shouted and fell to the ground on his back, but did not get up!

Dai Shounong took charge of xiling dazhai, and opened the gate of the village to welcome haojie in the world. Yao Fu and Bai Feng were locked up in the old house, eating and drinking well, tied with large ropes, and not allowed to come out. Yao Fu did not dare to have extravagant hopes, and it was a blessing to guard the peasants and not kill themselves. He just thought that it would be better not to be killed, and in the face of life and death, other troubles disappeared at the same time.

Xiling Dazhai soon expanded to more than 500 people, and eating and accommodation became a problem. Dai Shounong thought to himself: Expanding the shanzhai people and horses, but he did not think that logistics and supplies were fundamental. I was sullen when gunshots rang out outside the cottage. The tiger soldiers ran in to report that the two counties had attacked the cottage by the combined forces of the two counties. How can it be? Thick doors and high walls, how they break it. Tiger Bing said: Sir opened the door of the cottage and led the eight talents. The combined forces of the two counties had long been mixed in the crowd and entered the cottage, and now the inside should be combined with the outside, and the cottage was lost.

Dai Shounong quickly ran to the old house and loosened Yao Fu and Bai Feng. Yao Fu said breathlessly: You are a scholar who has not done things in ten years, and this is true. You monkey burn your ass, hurry to open the mountain gate, half of the people who come in may be spies. Dai Shounong said: I lost the cottage, two generations to keep sixty years, I only kept sixty days. It seems that I am useless, and I can't become a big treasurer. You two mothers-in-law go, I can't throw away the cottage and lose people again.

Yao Fu scolded and grinned at Dai Shounong, and was pulled out of the old house by Bai Feng. Dai Shounong gritted his teeth, raised his gun, and aimed at the back of Yao Fu's heart, but the gun did not fire. He paused to think and put away the shell gun. Suddenly, he raised his gun again. However, Yao Fu and Bai Feng trotted all the way and were already out of the range of the shell gun!

Dai Shounong released the bandits and was imprisoned in Xicheng Prison. Xicheng Prison is simple, with only one repeat offender cell and a double wall with a thick roof. Dai Shounong lived in this felon room, the south wall was damp and black, and full of rats. He always leaned against the north wall, telling the fate of the rats on the south wall, which one could get out, which one was on death row!

Fifteen years later, daishou farmers turned seventy years old, and the prison did not keep old goods over seventy years old. Dai Shounong was released, and he staggered out of the small corner gate of xicheng prison. He took out an old dragon clock mouse from his pocket and put it on the ground and whispered: "You don't bite me, only you are a rat, you can get out of prison." Go ahead, starve to death outside, and take a breath of fresh air!

Author/Dong Lin

(Kobayashi novel, copyright, offenders must be investigated, the article is an artistic creation, do not imitate)