我敢说,母亲的脚是我见过的最丑陋的。脚底板厚厚一层老茧,坚硬无比;足肤的裂痕犹如干枯的河床纵横龟裂,脚后跟的皲裂处往外流血,不得不一年四季贴着胶布;脚背上道道青筋凸起,脚趾弯曲变形,发黑的指甲突起,像卧着十只僵死的甲壳虫。记忆之中,母亲从来没有穿过凉鞋,天再热,仍是一双棉袜套在布鞋里。母亲爱用热水泡脚,待到脚泡软了,便弯腰低头抱起一只脚拿单面刀片一点一点削死皮 I dare say that my mother’s feet are the ugliest I’ve ever seen. Foot layer thick layer of calluses, extremely hard; foot skin cracks like criss-cross the river bed cracks, hemorrhoids hemorrhoids bleed out, had to paste tape throughout the year; instep on the road blue veins bulge, toe bending deformation, Black nails protruding, like lying ten dead Beatles. Among the memories, the mother never crossed sandals, hot days, still a pair of cotton socks in cloth shoes. My mother loved to use hot water soaked feet, to be soft soled feet, then bowed down and picked up one foot to take a single blade to cut the dead skin