Zong Lihua

作品原文 宗利华 《绿豆》 继高粱、荞麦之后，粮仓的第三个闺女，绿豆，在一个日光辉煌的午后不盼而至。 当时，粮仓正弓在地里，挥汗如雨。有人吆喝，粮仓，粮仓，你老婆生了！粮仓就握了一把绿豆气势磅礴往家奔。进门，便闻听惊天动地一声哭。接生婆二寡妇荡着两支小脚出来，说恭喜呀粮仓，又是千金。 粮仓就戳在当地，骂，操！ 就取个名儿，叫绿豆。 绿豆能哭，哭起来不住点。粮仓烦躁，将粘粥碗一掷，吼，哭，哭，能把你娘的腚沟里哭出个茶壶嘴儿来？ 当时，计划生育形势已经相当严峻。老婆目睹村人被罚得连炒菜锅也没有了之后，与粮仓商议，要不，咱去结扎？ 粮仓面冲门外，半截腚却在门框里。半天，笼起一团烟来，叹气，啥人啥命。 粮仓便有一个宏伟计划在脑壳里成型。 粮仓要把绿豆培养成个养老的孩子。也就是说，粮仓把养老女婿的指标分给了绿豆。 就常见这么一幕父女对话的动人情景。 绿豆是好孩子不？是。绿豆长大了干啥？伺候爹娘。招个养老女婿干啥？给爹打酒喝，粮仓的脸蹙成核桃状，写满惬意。绿豆格格地笑，一脸无邪。 绿豆在成长过程中淋漓尽致地体现出其抗恶劣气候的能力，尽管是粗衣粗饭，一株绿豆还是长得跟钻天杨似地。绿豆成了庄户地里一把好手，推车挑担，不压于男劳力。一帮混小子就暗地里捉摸。啧啧，不知道谁能放倒她。 放到绿豆的工作很快就由一个外村的小青年完成了。绿豆否决了粮仓给她安排的一系列婆家之后，自由恋爱了。 小青年是独苗，显然，不适合干养老女婿。让粮仓头疼的是，绿豆也不愿让青年做上门婿。 于是，粮仓和绿豆展开持久战。 先，粮仓挥起烧火棍，直击绿豆背部，嗵得一声响，被硬硬地弹起，粮仓登时泪满眼眶。骂，他娘的，你咋不躲，你咋不躲呢？ 粮仓在那一刻大悟，姑娘大了，岂能打得？ 于是，粮仓蒙被卧炕，绝食。绿豆不劝，顿顿调制香喷喷菜肴二三盘，置于炕头，再温一壶酒。首日，粮仓不动，绿豆当其面狼吞虎咽，消灭之。次日，又如此。三日，粮仓鱼跃而起，娘的，好人还能让尿憋死？ 绿豆与娘隔窗嘿嘿而笑。 绿豆终于出嫁，视公婆为亲父母，且小两口甩开膀子干，不几年功夫，一摆溜儿红砖红瓦房拔地而起。 一日，绿豆说，该把俺爹俺娘接来了。 男人问，那跟养老女婿有啥区别？ 绿豆一瞪眼，有啥区别你还不清楚？叫你去你就去，胡罗嗦个啥？ 男人一笑，跟你闹着玩呢。就把粮仓老两口接来了。顺便还打了一桶散装白酒。 男人知道，老丈人最喜的就是闲空儿抿点小酒。     作品译文 Mung Bean Zong Lihua On a sunny afternoon, joining her two elder sisters, Sorghum and Buckwheat, a girl was unexpectedly born into Granary's family. Bending close to the soil, the father, soaked with sweat, was busy working when somebody started shouting to him, "Granary, Granary, your wife is in labor now." A handful of mung beans in hand, Granary rushed home like a tornado. Hardly had he stepped through the front door when he heard an unearthly cry. The midwife Second Widow, who held a baby with too tiny feet dangling in the air, came out and said, "Congratulations! It's another girl, Granary." "F—k," Granary cursed, without moving his feet. He named her Mung bean. Mung Bean cried a lot, and she would cry non-stop. The annoyed Granary once flung his millet porridge bowl on the table, yelling, "Crying and crying! But can you cry a teapot spout out of your damned butts for me?" The situation facing people who had broken the family-planning rules was grave. Witnessing heavily…