年近四十的小叔至今还是孑然一身。小叔的婚姻大事牵动着整个家族。能说会道的小叔竟然讨不到老婆,到底是什么原因呢?我也曾问过小叔。小叔说,村里的女孩初中毕业就跑广东或别的什么富饶地方打工去了,哪里还有姑娘呢?再说,现在谁又愿意嫁到我们这个边远的穷山沟里来呢?小叔一边说一边使劲地抽着烟,搞得满屋都是烟味。每隔一段时日,婆婆又是请人算命又是请道公回家念念有词,可终究都 Nearly forty young uncles are still solitary. Uncle’s marriage affects the whole family. What can I say to my uncle? Uncle said that the girls in the village graduated from junior high school to run in Guangdong or whatever rich local workers to go, where there is a girl then? Now, who are willing to marry us in this remote poor ravine? While smoking hard, make room full of smoke. Every once in a while, her mother-in-law is asking people to do the fortune-telling,