Zhang Xiaolin: Wild magpies

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There were suddenly more magpies in the city, barking at any hour, a little noisy, especially in the afternoon. You can't see any nests, you don't know where they live, the garbage dumps are their feeding points, and when someone throws garbage, they can always startle a black mess of chirping.

More and more croppers are moving to the city. When they first arrived, they had not yet fully adapted to the indifference of the city, and they all gathered in the square of the community to chat in their spare time, which originally belonged to the paradise of the old lady and the children, which was occupied by them. They went into the city, but still retained the habit of shouting in the countryside for a long time, and as long as a man was in his line of sight, no matter how far away, he would use a roar to call him, and the women would gather in the square, and the chatter and noise would be fried.

There are more tractors on the parking space, there is inevitably some sporadic grain on the car, magpies are always coiled in front of these cars, the children in the city are also curious in the face of such a behemoth, always want to catch the empty climb to have fun, adults are worried about dirty clothes, but also worried about falling, more worried about the owner of the car blackmail. Rural people do not blackmail people, but they are worried about being blackmailed, and if they really bump into each other, they can't say it clearly, so it is another clamor.

Men play poker, drink some peanuts and rice in their pockets, turn around and defecate on their backs, and even whistle at strange girls, the community soaks in restlessness all day, and the peels and fruit crumbs are also flying all over the sky. After a number of complaints, the property thought of a good way, found a dancing old resident to teach these new people to dance square dance, this old resident just retired, his wife died a few years ago, but also interested in teaching everyone, do not want to teach two days on the dance floor was beaten by fat, the reason is that those rural men are not used to their wives being hugged and hugged, ballroom dance which can not be physically touched, an activity ends.

It is too idle, always looking for something to do, so the county has organized skills training many times, and they have returned to take the teacher on the podium away, even if the teacher does not go, he is teaching with his eyes closed, and he cannot learn anything at all. Some women go to work, low education can only do some hotel dishwashing, supermarket tally work, but in the countryside free habits of people who are willing to be bound by those rules and regulations, so they are fired again and again, the employer sees these rural people are also headaches to death, said a good week probation period, probation period but no wages, they are very unreasonable, I did you have to pay me a salary, no, I will make trouble, with the whole village to fight a war, in their eyes even the probation period is not understood, but also full of grievances, I obviously just work for you, why don't you want me to, I definitely don't want to pay the salary, back to the community is a twitter.

Some of the beautiful daughters-in-law began to visit the mall every day, beautiful women are not many, the twittering in the square has developed into a fight at the window, everyone is listening with their ears down, and the sound of wives and daughters is getting stronger and stronger. Women are always very righteous in the face of feelings, the head does not return to run to love, who knows that men have the most headaches such women, in their eyes the fun is just a game, the home or the family, after a toss, the little children have no father.

I have heard one of the most disgusting stories, saying that it is a man who is lazy and lazy, driving his own second-hand car often in the gate of each community to open a wild rental, his purpose is not the car money of the three melons and two dates, specially pulling young daughters-in-law who want to travel, as long as they get on the car WeChat signal, they will arrive, and then send it here today, send it there tomorrow, all kinds of wind and snow promises, but also can make people sweet to death. He knows the weight very well, as long as the fish are hooked, they will start to borrow money like these women, or mention breaking up, just woken up to the second spring, few people are not obsessed. These women are actually jealous, in order to prove that they love each other more, the transfer has become a competition. Today this to buy clothes, that to buy cigarettes, life is good and comfortable.

Rural men do not have such boldness, the family expenses are large, they can only tie their pants belt tightly, just like magpies should belong to the field, crawling in the city to beg for a living, rather let the darling of this annunciation become an annoying wild road goods, but the countryside is also unable to go back, can only fade in this cement made of metal city to fade full of innocence.