我决定从今天开始,一个人去割芦苇。我捏了一下自己十七岁的胳膊,觉得很有力量,完全能够独立完成这项任务。问题是,我担心爷爷不会让我一个人去。我看了看爷爷,心想怎么让他同意我一个人去呢?我算了一下,距离开学还有十多天。每三天割一回芦苇,假期里还可以割四五回芦苇。我一个人去割芦苇,可以让爷爷多休息十几天。这个年纪的人,应该歇着了。开学以后,我就要去城里的学校上学了,只剩下爷爷干这些繁重的活儿了。想到这一点,我就心痛。我唯一能做的,就是我在家的时候,能让他少干些活就少干些吧。 I decided to cut the reed alone by today. I pinched my seventeen-year-old arm and felt very powerful and completely able to accomplish this task independently. The problem is, I’m worried grandpa will not let me go alone. I looked at my grandfather and thought how to let him agree with me alone? I figured it, there are more than ten days from school. Cut back a reed every three days, the holidays can cut four or five times reed. I alone to cut the reed, grandfather can rest more than ten days. People of this age, should rest. After school, I have to go to school in town, leaving only the grandfather to do these heavy work. I was sad at this thought. The only thing I can do is when I’m at home, let him do a little less work.