1在我二叔跳水自杀以前,我奶奶没有养过鹅。我记得很清楚,那时我还和父母生活在城里的筒子楼里。那年春天的一个中午,我母亲正张罗着给我过六岁的生日。她一大早从菜市场买回来一只鸡,准备给我做一顿粉皮炖鸡。窗外的天气很好,薄薄的阳光落在我家的饭桌上,显出 1 My grandmother did not raise geese until my uncle committed suicide. I remember very well when I was living with my parents in the townhouse. One noon that spring, my mother was offering me a six year old birthday. She bought a chicken from the vegetable market early in the morning and prepared to give me a vermicelli stew. The weather outside the window is very good, thin sunshine fell on my family’s table, show