父亲是西北大山里的一位地地道道的农民。父亲跟土疙瘩打了一辈子交道,跟大山打了一辈子交道,也跟牛结下了不解之缘。父亲已经七十多岁了,辛劳了一辈子,身体不好,现在已经不能下地干活了。对他来说,没有退休一说。他与土地、牛都结下了深厚的情缘。在父亲的一生中,总与牛难舍难分,经常因牛为自己生出一些麻烦事来。眼下的这一段日子里,父亲已经失去了劳动的能力,而他对劳动的惟一的寄托就是那牛了。人、土地、牛,在中国几千年的农村,似乎有一种亘古未变的关系。尽管现代农业对这种关系进行了不懈的改善和更新,但这个基本未变的现实还依然根深蒂固,至少在西北的大山中还据守 My father is an authentic farmer in the northwest mountain. Father with the lump struck a lifetime deal with the mountains hit a lifetime deal, but also with the cow formed a bond. My father is seventy years old, worked hard for a lifetime, was in poor health, and can no longer work now. For him, there is no retirement. He and land, cattle have formed a deep love. In his father’s life, always with the cow dilemma, often because the cow gave birth to some troubles. At this moment of time, my father has lost the ability to work, and his only commitment to labor is that cow. People, land, cattle, in rural China for thousands of years, seem to have an everlasting relationship. Although modern agriculture has made unrelenting efforts to improve and renew such relations, this basic and unvarying reality is still deeply rooted, at least in the mountains of the northwest