Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Chinese 370 HW Date: 3/23/2004
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The first time I saw a lepers was on a day in a fall. The alley was in To the west of my home was an alley, where . Tthere was a stone mill in the alley. There was aA family lived behind the stone mill. Zhang LaoSi was the master head of his the family and his wife was a leper. But she had been was hiding at home, so very a few people saw had seen her. Her son was Zhang DaLi. At that time, there was no grinding machine grinder in the countryside. The food, such as: corns , dried melon and fruits, all of them must be grinded on at the stone mill. My second elder brother was Zhang DaLi’s pawnfriend, so he always noticed Zhang DaLi when we needed grinded food, he always asked and let him to book hold the mill. I went to Zhang DaLi;’s home once with my second elder brother. I wished that I could hold my breath when I walked into his yard. His family had three thatched cottages and it they were all was very dark inside the house. DaLi lived alone in the west house. His mother lived in the east house. DaLi’s father lived on the a brick-bed in raise-the room where he kept the livestock. and hHe never go went home to sleep. In On the middle of the tie beam of the main cottage, there were several dens of swallows. We were afraid to venture into the east house when we heard a woman who was making some strange coughing noisein an unpleasant falsetto. It The house was very dark in the house. A suffocating musty smell of mildew assailed us. It looked likethe nostrils as there had were ghosts. At that time, I watched Zhang DaLi show off his shooting skill performed guns with my second elder brother at that time. He made a gun by himself, with wooden handle, bullet shell to be tubeas the barrel, rubber handsbands, and steel wire as s to do the triggering device. The tube cartridge was filled with explosive of powers which were peeling from the firecrackers. The powers explosive was were mixed with grain sorghum. , iIt said it could shoot down sparrows. The tube barrel was stopped stuffed up with cotton. DaLi held that gun, standing in his yard. He let asked us to step back, began to posed, and aimed a the gun at a sparrow,. He pulled the triggerhug the gun. There was a loud sound,. tThe gun of the handle, the bullet shell exploded in pieces and the sparrows flied away. DaLi quickly stuffed plugged his bloody hand which was the skin ruptures and the flesh bursts into his pocket. He remained composed and said: The experiment failed.s, tThe powers are explosive was not good,. nNext time I would try to use the good powers better explosive and try again. At this moment, there was a very perverse voice yelled from in the house teasing: Go to hell. What a poor guy you are! This voice sounded hoarseiness and cold,. iIt gave me a very terrible impression. There was a time when I went to grind melons. It was hot, so I took oof the overcoat and put it on the stone next to the mill. The overcoat had forgotten wWhen I finished grinding, I left without the coat. I did not know I lost the overcoat after I went home, until the weather got turned cold then I knew the overcoat was lost. The people in the family were blaming teasing at me., They said don’t wear it if I lost it, I would have to and just got take the cold. We were Just too poor at that time, and that was the only overcoat. , have to got cold , bared the back I remained inadequately clothed until the snow were was everywhere, and the skin got turned pale. There was a day when I went to push use the mill again. The female leper came was out of the house. Of course she did not have a look good looking, but her hands was were holding my overcoat. That overcoat with thick cloth, I saw my overcoat recognized it at first glance. She said with to my mother: “Is this your third child’s overcoat? ” To be too late to listen Before my mother’s answered, I answeredsaid: “This is my overcoat.” She said: “ I picked it up from the side of the stone mill, washed it and kept it,. there was nNo people came to claim pick it up for a few months. ” I took the overcoat over and put it on. My body I felt warm and I felt happy. My Mmother said: “ It is fortunate thatYou should thank your aunt,; otherwise you bare your back andhave to endure the cold weather in this winter. ” Returned Back home, my sister asked me to take off the overcoat and watchwashed it again. My mother said: “ there is no need to wash it., iIt is the your destiny if you get the of what disease. Can you really wash it clean should get, couldn’t wash it off? ”
So I have no ill feeling toward ’m not loathe with DaLi’s mother even though she whom made people very afraid at the sight of her.
Later, I did not attend to school, and worked in the a production teamunit,. mowing I weeded and tended cattle to make a , children earned their living. DaLi was working as an adult,. I only saw him when I was waiting for the team unit leader to allocated works under the iron clock bell on in the morning and at noon.
Grain The harvesting season began., The adults harvested grain, and the children picked up the loose ears of gains on the field. I was very exciting when working with adults. There were a lot of birds at that time. In the gain field, there were a lot of bird nests,. Inside there had were featherless small bird chicks without further or and eggs in it. There were also a lot of wild rabbits,. EEvery day we could catch rabbits the size of a fist,. the hairy small wild rabbit. Hoelding them it in hands, it was the fluffy animals were very cute. It also had There were also foxes and monkeys. Zhang DaLi inherited the characteristic great sense of humor from his father. that he spoke comical, normal His ordinary speech through his speech could easily make the effect of people laughsplit their sides with laughter. Moreover, he had a lot of stories in his mind. He could tell the story of foxes when he saw the a fox; he could tell the story of monkeys when he saw the a monkey. He said there was a year that when he went to the north river to catch crabs at night. He lighted the lantern, and adorned with put on the coir raincoat. In the depth of At midnight, there was a woman with in plain white clothes carrying a child in and seeking asking for food.
The first time I saw a lepers was on a day in a fall. The alley was in To the west of my home was an alley, where . Tthere was a stone mill in the alley. There was aA family lived behind the stone mill. Zhang LaoSi was the master head of his the family and his wife was a leper. But she had been was hiding at home, so very a few people saw had seen her. Her son was Zhang DaLi. At that time, there was no grinding machine grinder in the countryside. The food, such as: corns , dried melon and fruits, all of them must be grinded on at the stone mill. My second elder brother was Zhang DaLi’s pawnfriend, so he always noticed Zhang DaLi when we needed grinded food, he always asked and let him to book hold the mill. I went to Zhang DaLi;’s home once with my second elder brother. I wished that I could hold my breath when I walked into his yard. His family had three thatched cottages and it they were all was very dark inside the house. DaLi lived alone in the west house. His mother lived in the east house. DaLi’s father lived on the a brick-bed in raise-the room where he kept the livestock. and hHe never go went home to sleep. In On the middle of the tie beam of the main cottage, there were several dens of swallows. We were afraid to venture into the east house when we heard a woman who was making some strange coughing noisein an unpleasant falsetto. It The house was very dark in the house. A suffocating musty smell of mildew assailed us. It looked likethe nostrils as there had were ghosts. At that time, I watched Zhang DaLi show off his shooting skill performed guns with my second elder brother at that time. He made a gun by himself, with wooden handle, bullet shell to be tubeas the barrel, rubber handsbands, and steel wire as s to do the triggering device. The tube cartridge was filled with explosive of powers which were peeling from the firecrackers. The powers explosive was were mixed with grain sorghum. , iIt said it could shoot down sparrows. The tube barrel was stopped stuffed up with cotton. DaLi held that gun, standing in his yard. He let asked us to step back, began to posed, and aimed a the gun at a sparrow,. He pulled the triggerhug the gun. There was a loud sound,. tThe gun of the handle, the bullet shell exploded in pieces and the sparrows flied away. DaLi quickly stuffed plugged his bloody hand which was the skin ruptures and the flesh bursts into his pocket. He remained composed and said: The experiment failed.s, tThe powers are explosive was not good,. nNext time I would try to use the good powers better explosive and try again. At this moment, there was a very perverse voice yelled from in the house teasing: Go to hell. What a poor guy you are! This voice sounded hoarseiness and cold,. iIt gave me a very terrible impression. There was a time when I went to grind melons. It was hot, so I took oof the overcoat and put it on the stone next to the mill. The overcoat had forgotten wWhen I finished grinding, I left without the coat. I did not know I lost the overcoat after I went home, until the weather got turned cold then I knew the overcoat was lost. The people in the family were blaming teasing at me., They said don’t wear it if I lost it, I would have to and just got take the cold. We were Just too poor at that time, and that was the only overcoat. , have to got cold , bared the back I remained inadequately clothed until the snow were was everywhere, and the skin got turned pale. There was a day when I went to push use the mill again. The female leper came was out of the house. Of course she did not have a look good looking, but her hands was were holding my overcoat. That overcoat with thick cloth, I saw my overcoat recognized it at first glance. She said with to my mother: “Is this your third child’s overcoat? ” To be too late to listen Before my mother’s answered, I answeredsaid: “This is my overcoat.” She said: “ I picked it up from the side of the stone mill, washed it and kept it,. there was nNo people came to claim pick it up for a few months. ” I took the overcoat over and put it on. My body I felt warm and I felt happy. My Mmother said: “ It is fortunate thatYou should thank your aunt,; otherwise you bare your back andhave to endure the cold weather in this winter. ” Returned Back home, my sister asked me to take off the overcoat and watchwashed it again. My mother said: “ there is no need to wash it., iIt is the your destiny if you get the of what disease. Can you really wash it clean should get, couldn’t wash it off? ”
So I have no ill feeling toward ’m not loathe with DaLi’s mother even though she whom made people very afraid at the sight of her.
Later, I did not attend to school, and worked in the a production teamunit,. mowing I weeded and tended cattle to make a , children earned their living. DaLi was working as an adult,. I only saw him when I was waiting for the team unit leader to allocated works under the iron clock bell on in the morning and at noon.
Grain The harvesting season began., The adults harvested grain, and the children picked up the loose ears of gains on the field. I was very exciting when working with adults. There were a lot of birds at that time. In the gain field, there were a lot of bird nests,. Inside there had were featherless small bird chicks without further or and eggs in it. There were also a lot of wild rabbits,. EEvery day we could catch rabbits the size of a fist,. the hairy small wild rabbit. Hoelding them it in hands, it was the fluffy animals were very cute. It also had There were also foxes and monkeys. Zhang DaLi inherited the characteristic great sense of humor from his father. that he spoke comical, normal His ordinary speech through his speech could easily make the effect of people laughsplit their sides with laughter. Moreover, he had a lot of stories in his mind. He could tell the story of foxes when he saw the a fox; he could tell the story of monkeys when he saw the a monkey. He said there was a year that when he went to the north river to catch crabs at night. He lighted the lantern, and adorned with put on the coir raincoat. In the depth of At midnight, there was a woman with in plain white clothes carrying a child in and seeking asking for food.
