腊月二十九下午,父母去菜市场买鸡。市场距家也就一根纸烟的路程,但下午2点去,6点还不见回来。妻子有些急,说你去看看,两位老人该不会出什么事吧。我刚要出门,他们回来了,都空着手,且都是一副若有所失的表情。父亲抱怨母亲:家里有那么多菜和肉,非得买只鸡;买就买了,又非得去约 On the twelfth lunar month, parents went to the vegetable market to buy chicken. The market is also a cigarette away from the home, but at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, 6 o’clock not seen back. Wife hurry, say you go and see, the two elderly should not be what happened. I just want to go out, they are back, are empty hands, and are all a lost face. My father complained about my mother: There are so many dishes and meat in my family that I have to buy chickens.