山子不想读书了。为了读书,跟爹兄弟般的老水牛给卖了;娘心爱的两头母猪也成了单个儿。去年涝灾一过,家里几亩水稻结出的全是枯黄的谷壳。最让山子难受的是患了几年肺气肿整天咳嗽的娘,像是一架劳作了几十年依然没有停下来的老风箱。离高考只有几个月了,收费像连珠炮一样一项接一项。想想空荡荡的家,山子再也不忍开口,青黄不接的家就要揭不开锅了。 Shanzi does not want to read. In order to read a book, he sold the old buffalo-like broiler; the two sow’s beloved sow also became a single child. After the locust plague last year, a few acres of rice produced by the family were all brown husks. The most uncomfortable for Shanzi is the mother who has had a few years of emphysema and coughed all day, like an old bellows that has been working for decades. Only a few months away from the college entrance examination, fees and charges like one after another. If you think of an empty home, Yamako will no longer tolerate an open mouth.