<p class="ql-block"><u style="font-size:20px;"> 鹿子霖站在祭桌前瞇著眼睛消磨著時間，孝文領(lǐng)讀的鄉(xiāng)約條文沒有一句能喚起他的興趣，世事都成了啥樣子了，還念這些老古董！好比人害絞腸痧①要閉氣了你可只記著喂紅糖水！但他又不能不參加”。正當(dāng)鹿子霖心不在焉站得難受的時候，一位民團團丁徑直走進(jìn)祠堂，從背后拍了拍他的肩膀：“田總鄉(xiāng)約請你。”</u></p><p class="ql-block">?</p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;">? Lu Zilin stood in front of the altar with his eyes squinted, killing time. None of the articles of the village agreement read by Xiaowen could arouse his interest. What has the world become? Why are you still reading these old antiques! It's like a person with colic and suffocating, but you only remember to feed him brown sugar water! But he couldn't not participate. Just when Lu Zilin was standing there absent-mindedly and feeling uncomfortable, a militiaman walked straight into the ancestral hall and patted him on the shoulder from behind: "General Tian invites you ."</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><u style="font-size:20px;"> 一個“請”字就使鹿子霖虛空已極的心突兀地猛跳起來。鹿子霖走進(jìn)白鹿倉那間小聚會室，田福賢從首席上站起來伸出胳膊和他握手，當(dāng)即重宣布：“鹿子霖同志繼續(xù)就任本倉第一保障所鄉(xiāng)約?！痹谔锔Ｙt帶頭拍響的掌聲中，鹿子霖深深地向田福賢鞠了一躬，又向另九位鄉(xiāng)約鞠了一躬。兩個黑漆方桌上擺滿了酒菜，鹿子霖有點局促地坐下來。</u></p><p class="ql-block">?</p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;">? The word "invite" made Lu Zilin's empty heart suddenly jump. Lu Zilin walked into the small gathering room of Bailu Warehouse. Tian Fuxian stood up from the chief seat and stretched out his arm to shake hands with him. He immediately announced: "Comrade Lu Zilin will continue to serve as the first village head of the warehouse." Amid the applause led by Tian Fuxian, Lu Zilin bowed deeply to Tian Fuxian and then to the other nine village heads. Two black lacquered square tables were filled with wine and food. Lu Zilin sat down a little awkwardly.</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><u style="font-size:20px;"> 田福賢說：“今日這席面是賀老先生請諸位的，我剛回到原上，賀老先生就要給卑職接風(fēng)洗塵，我說咱們國民黨遵奉黨規(guī)不能開這吃請風(fēng)之先例。今天大局初定全賴得諸位鄉(xiāng)約協(xié)力，又逢子霖兄弟復(fù)職喜事，我接受賀老先生的心意，借花獻(xiàn)佛謝承諸位?！辟R耀祖捋一捋雪白的胡須站起來：“我活到這歲數(shù)已經(jīng)夠了，足夠了。黑娃跟賀老大要鍘了我，我連眨眼都不眨。</u></p><p class="ql-block">?</p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;">? Tian Fuxian said: "Today's dinner is hosted by Mr. He. I just returned to the countryside and Mr. He wanted to welcome me. I said that the Kuomintang should abide by party rules and cannot set a precedent of entertaining guests. Today, the overall situation has been initially determined thanks to the cooperation of all of you villagers. It is also the happy occasion of Brother Zilin's reinstatement. I accept Mr. He's kindness and would like to thank you all." He Yaozu stroked his snow-white beard and stood up: "I have lived to this age, it is enough, it is enough. Heiwa and He Lao Da wanted to kill me, and I wouldn't even blink.</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><u style="font-size:20px;"> 我只有一件事攪在心里，讓黑娃賀老大這一桿子死狗賴娃在咱原上吆五喝六掐紅捏綠，我躺在地底下氣也不順，甭說活著的人了！福賢回來了原上而今安寧了，我當(dāng)下死了也閉上眼睛了！”鹿子霖站起來：“承蒙諸位關(guān)照，特別是田總鄉(xiāng)約寬宏大量，明天受我一請?！绷⒓从袔孜秽l(xiāng)約笑說：“即使天天吃請也輪不到你，一個月后許是輪上……”田福賢打斷說：“諸位好好吃好好喝聽我說，原上大局已定，但還是不能放松。各保障所要一個村子一個寨子齊過手，凡是參加農(nóng)協(xié)的不管窮漢富戶，男人女人，老的小的，都要叫他說個啥！</u></p><p class="ql-block">?</p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;">? There is only one thing bothering me. If Heiwa and He Laoda, these dead dogs and Laiwa, were to boss around and make trouble in our prairie, I would be so upset even if I lay in the ground, let alone the living people! Now that Fuxian is back, the prairie is at peace. I would die right now and close my eyes!" Lu Zilin stood up and said, "Thank you all for your care, especially Mr. Tian, the township head, for your generosity. Please accept my invitation tomorrow." Immediately, several township heads laughed and said, "Even if we treat you every day, it won't be your turn. Maybe it will be your turn in a month..." Tian Fuxian interrupted and said, "Everyone, eat and drink well and listen to me. The overall situation in the prairie has been decided, but we still can't relax. Each security office must go through every village and every hamlet. All those who participate in the farmers' association, whether they are rich or poor, men or women, old or young, must be asked to speak to him!</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><u style="font-size:20px;"> 把弓上硬，把弦繃緊，把牙咬死，一個也不能松了饒了！要叫他一個個都嘗一回辣子辣。如若有哪個還暗中活動或是死不改口，你把他送到我這兒來，我的這些團丁會把他教乖。再，千萬留心那些跑了躲了的大小頭目的影蹤……”田福賢回過頭對坐在旁邊的鹿子霖說：“前一向你沒到任，第一保障所所轄各村動靜不大，你而今上任了就要迎頭趕上，這下就看你的了?！碧锔Ｙt說的是真心話。白鹿村在原上舉足輕重的位置使他輕易不敢更換第一保障所的鄉(xiāng)約，出于各方面的考慮，他仍然保全了鹿子霖，只有他可以對付白嘉軒。</u></p><p class="ql-block">?</p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;">? Make the bow harder, tighten the string, and clench your teeth. No one can be let off the hook! Let them all have a taste of the spiciness. If anyone is still secretly active or refuses to change his words, send him to me and my soldiers will teach him a lesson. Also, be sure to pay attention to the traces of those big and small leaders who have run away or hidden... "Tian Fuxian turned around and said to Lu Zilin who was sitting next to him, "Before you took office, the villages under the jurisdiction of the First Security Office were not very active. Now that you have taken office, you have to catch up. It all depends on you." Tian Fuxian spoke the truth. The important position of Bailu Village in the plain made him dare not easily change the village agreement of the First Security Office. For various considerations, he still saved Lu Zilin, because only he could deal with Bai Jiaxuan.</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><u style="font-size:20px;"> 鹿子霖經(jīng)過一天準(zhǔn)備，第二天就召開了白鹿村的集會，從白鹿倉借來八個團丁以壯聲威，田福賢親自參加以示督戰(zhàn)。白鹿村那些當(dāng)過農(nóng)協(xié)頭目的人被押到戲樓上，田福賢第一次在這兒開大會時栽下的十根桿子還未拔掉，正得著用場。白鹿村農(nóng)協(xié)分部的大小頭目甚至不算頭目的蹦達(dá)得歡的幾個人也都被押到臺上，正在準(zhǔn)備如法炮制升到桿頂上去。這些人早已見過賀老大被墩死的慘景，一看見那桿子就軟癱了，就跪倒在鹿于霖面前求饒。鹿子霖瞧也不瞧他們，只按照既定的程序進(jìn)行。五六個人已經(jīng)被推到木桿下，空中墜下帶鉤的皮繩，鉤住了背縛在肩后的手腕。</u></p><p class="ql-block">?</p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;">? After a day of preparation, Lu Zilin convened a meeting in Bailu Village the next day. He borrowed eight militiamen from Bailu Cang to boost his prestige, and Tian Fuxian personally attended to supervise the meeting. Those who had served as heads of the farmers' association in Bailu Village were taken to the theater. The ten poles that Tian Fuxian had planted when he held the first meeting here had not been pulled out yet and were in use. The heads of the Bailu Village Farmers' Association branch, and even a few people who were not heads but were jumping around happily, were also taken to the stage and were preparing to climb to the top of the pole in the same way. These people had already seen the tragic scene of He Lao Da being pounded to death. When they saw the pole, they collapsed and knelt down in front of Lu Yulin to beg for mercy. Lu Zilin didn't even look at them, but just followed the established procedures. Five or six people had been pushed under the wooden pole, and leather ropes with hooks fell from the air and hooked their wrists tied behind their shoulders.</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><u style="font-size:20px;"> 這當(dāng)兒白嘉軒走上臺子來。鹿子霖忙給白嘉軒讓坐位，他早晨曾請他和自己一起主持這個集會，白嘉軒辭謝了，又是那句“權(quán)當(dāng)狗咬了”的話。白嘉軒端直走到田福賢的前頭鞠了一躬，然后轉(zhuǎn)過身面向臺下跪下來：“我代他們向田總鄉(xiāng)約和鹿鄉(xiāng)約賠情受過。他們作亂是我的過失，我身為族長沒有管教好族人理應(yīng)受過。請把他們放下來，把我吊到桿上去！”亂紛紛的臺下頓時鴉雀無聲。田福賢坐在臺上的桌子后邊一時沒了主意，白嘉軒出奇的舉動把他搞得不知所措。</u></p><p class="ql-block">?</p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;">? At this moment, Bai Jiaxuan came up to the stage. Lu Zilin hurriedly offered Bai Jiaxuan a seat. He had asked him to host the meeting with him in the morning, but Bai Jiaxuan declined, saying "Just treat it as a dog bite". Bai Jiaxuan walked straight to the front of Tian Fuxian and bowed, then turned around and knelt down facing the audience: "I will apologize to Tian Zongxiangyue and Lu Xiangyue on their behalf. It is my fault that they made trouble. As the head of the tribe, I did not discipline the tribe members well and I should be punished. Please put them down and hang me on the pole!" The noisy audience suddenly fell silent. Tian Fuxian, who was sitting behind the table on the stage, was at a loss for a moment. Bai Jiaxuan's surprising move made him at a loss.</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><u style="font-size:20px;"> 鹿子霖呆愣了片刻就走到白嘉軒跟前，一邊拉他的胳膊一邊說：“嘉軒，你這算做啥？人家斗你游你，你反來為他們下跪？”白嘉軒端端正正跪著凜然不可動搖：“你不松口我不起來！”鹿子霖放開拉扯的手又奔到田福賢跟前,倆人低聲商議了一陣，田福賢就不失紳士風(fēng)度地走到臺沿：“嘉軒炔起來?！碧锔Ｙt又對臺下說，“看在嘉軒面子上，把他們饒了?！卑准诬幷酒饋?，又向田福賢打躬作揖。田福賢說：“白興兒和黑娃婆娘不能放。這倆人你也不容他們進(jìn)祠堂。”白嘉軒沒有說話就退下臺去，從人群里走出去了。</u></p><p class="ql-block">?</p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;">? Lu Zilin was stunned for a moment and then walked up to Bai Jiaxuan, pulling his arm and saying, "Jiaxuan, what are you doing? People are fighting you, and you kneel down for them?" Bai Jiaxuan knelt upright and unshakable: "I won't get up unless you let go!" Lu Zilin let go of his hand and ran to Tian Fuxian. The two of them discussed in a low voice for a while, and Tian Fuxian walked to the edge of the stage with a gentlemanly demeanor: "Jiaxuan, get up." Tian Fuxian said to the audience, "For Jiaxuan's sake, spare them." Bai Jiaxuan stood up and bowed to Tian Fuxian again. Tian Fuxian said, "Bai Xing'er and Heiwa's wife cannot be released. You can't let these two people enter the ancestral hall." Bai Jiaxuan stepped down from the stage without saying a word and walked out of the crowd.</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><u style="font-size:20px;"> 鹿子霖已經(jīng)不耐煩地?fù)]一揮手，白興兒和田小娥就升上空中，許多人吼叫起來：“蹾死他！”“蹾死那個婊子！”田小娥慘叫一聲就再叫”不出，披頭散發(fā)吊在空中，一只小巧的尖頭上繡著一朵小花的鞋子掉下未……對白興兒沒有施用墩刑，只輕輕兒從桿頂放下來，兩只手高舉著被綁捆到頭頂?shù)哪緱U上。田福賢說：“鄉(xiāng)黨們大家看看他那兩只手！”人們一齊擁到白興兒跟前，那兩只鴨蹼一樣連在一起的手指和手掌丑陋不堪，怪物似的被好奇的人們仔細(xì)觀賞。白興兒平時把手包藏得很嚴(yán)，莊場上又不準(zhǔn)人圍觀，能看到他的連指手的機會幾乎沒有。田福賢嘲笑說：“長著這種手的人還想在原上成事？！”白興兒滿面羞辱地緊閉著雙眼，蠟黃的瘦長條臉上虛汗如注。</u></p><p class="ql-block">?</p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;">? Lu Zilin waved his hand impatiently, and Bai Xing'er and Tian Xiao'e rose into the air. Many people shouted, "Kick him to death!" "Kick that bitch to death!" Tian Xiao'e screamed and could not scream anymore. Her hair was disheveled and hanging in the air. A shoe with a small flower embroidered on the tip fell down... Bai Xing'er was not subjected to the punishment of the stick. He was just gently let down from the top of the pole, with his hands raised high and tied to the wooden pole above his head. Tian Fuxian said, "Look at his hands, fellow villagers!" People crowded in front of Bai Xing'er. The two fingers and palms connected like duck webs were ugly, and were carefully observed by curious people like a monster. Bai Xing'er usually covered his hands tightly, and people were not allowed to watch in the farm, so there was almost no chance to see his connected hands. Tian Fuxian laughed and said, "A person with such hands still wants to succeed in the prairie? ! "Bai Xinger closed his eyes tightly in shame, sweat pouring down his sallow and thin face.</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><u style="font-size:20px;"> 一個團丁提著一把彎鐮似的長刀站在木桿下，像是表演拿手絕技一樣洋洋得意地?fù)P起手臂，用刀尖一劃一挑，把白興兒食指和中指間的鴨蹼一樣的薄皮割斷了。白興兒一聲慘叫連著一聲慘叫，像被劁豬匠壓在地上割破包皮擠出兩顆粉紅色睪丸的伢豬的叫聲。一些膽小心軟的人紛紛退后，一些膽大心硬的人擠上去繼續(xù)觀賞。團丁的刀刃和刀把都已被血漿染紅，鮮血從他攥著刀把的后掌里滴落到地上，他仍然不慌不忙地?fù)P起刀，小心翼翼地用刀尖對準(zhǔn)兩個指頭之間的薄皮一劃一挑，直到把兩只手掌做完了事。白興兒已經(jīng)喊啞了嗓子，只見他頻頻張嘴卻聽不到一絲聲音。</u></p><p class="ql-block">?</p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;">? A militiaman stood under the wooden pole holding a long sickle-like knife. He raised his arm triumphantly as if he was performing a special skill, and used the tip of the knife to cut the thin skin between Bai Xinger's index and middle fingers. Bai Xinger screamed in agony, like a pig being pressed to the ground by a butcher, whose foreskin was cut and two pink testicles were squeezed out. Some timid and soft-hearted people stepped back, while some bold and hard-hearted people squeezed forward to continue watching. The blade and handle of the militiaman's knife were stained red with blood, and blood dripped from his back palm holding the handle to the ground. He still raised the knife calmly, carefully pointed the tip of the knife at the thin skin between the two fingers, and scratched it again and again until he finished the job on both palms. Bai Xinger had shouted until his voice was hoarse, and he opened his mouth frequently but no sound could be heard.</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><u style="font-size:20px;"> “行啊行?。∧阈邪∽恿?！你今日耍猴耍得最絕！”田福賢說，“就這樣往下耍。就這么一個村子一個寨子齊擺擺兒往過耍。皇上他舅來了跪下求情也不松饒！”鹿于霖說：“白鹿原上怕是再也尋不出第二個白嘉軒了。你今日親眼看見了，嘉軒這人就是個這?！碧锔Ｙt說：“嘉軒愛修祠堂由他修去，愛念鄉(xiāng)約由他念去，下跪為人求情也就這一回了。你干你的事甭管他。你可甭忘了黑娃，他跑了不是死了！黑娃在你保障所轄區(qū)又在你的村里，你該時刻留心他的影蹤！”鹿子霖說：“怕是他有十個膽，也不敢回原上來了?！碧锔Ｙt說：“只要我在這原上，諒他也不敢回來。不是他回來不回來的事，咱得下功夫摸著他的蹤影，把這猴兒耍了才算耍得好！”</u></p> <p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> "Okay, okay! You are good, Zilin! You performed monkey tricks the best today!" Tian Fuxian said, "Keep performing tricks like this. Just go from village to village and from stronghold to stronghold and perform tricks. Even if the emperor's uncle comes and kneels down to beg for mercy, he won't let you go!" Lu Yulin said, "I'm afraid there will never be another Bai Jiaxuan on Bailu Plain. You saw it with your own eyes today, Jiaxuan is such a person." Tian Fuxian said, "If Jiaxuan wants to repair the ancestral hall, let him do it, if he wants to read the village covenant, let him read it. This is the only time he kneels down to beg for mercy. Just do your thing and ignore him. Don't forget Heiwa, he ran away but he is not dead! Heiwa is in the area under your protection and in your village, you should always keep an eye on him!" Lu Zilin said, "I'm afraid he wouldn't dare to come back to the plain even if he has ten guts." Tian Fuxian said, "As long as I'm on the plain, I don't think he will dare to come back. It's not a matter of whether he comes back or not. We have to work hard to find his whereabouts. Only when we can trick this monkey well can we say we did a good job!"</b></p>