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    July 21

    西沙窝往事(七)

     
         我经常想起小时侯一段放羊的故事:那是在我十二岁那一年过中秋节。早晨,父亲请给生产队放羊的“四爷爷”吃饭。因为那时侯平时没有酒喝,赶上年节时每人供应半斤,还得凭票购买。“四爷爷”就多喝了几杯,醉成一摊泥。
    “四爷爷”姓徐,那时已经六十多岁了,还是个光棍。放了一辈子羊,小时候在“草地”(牧区)给牧主放羊,解放后就在村里给集体放羊,按他自己的话说:“戳了一辈子羊屁股”。他为人和善,平时少言寡语,每当几盅烧酒下肚,那被风雨雕刻了满是皱纹的紫铜色的脸上,便泛出奕奕的光来,眼球通红,只有这时,他才肯讲年轻时在“草地”放羊时,怎么调戏牧主的丫头......
      羊倌喝醉了,集体的羊没人放!这下可急坏了父亲,如果有人一“上纲上线”,那麻烦就大了。
      父亲让我和弟弟,拿起了“四爷爷”的鞭子和羊铲,替他去放羊。于是,我们揣上干粮,背上水壶,赶上二百多只羊上了山。
      俗话说“天有不测风云”,早晨还是晴空万里,转眼之间便黑云滚滚,雷声大作,随后大雨倾盆而下。羊群也根本无心吃草,顺着风,低着头,一溜小跑!任你怎样截,怎么喊。我们跟着羊群,跑得上气不接下气,身上淌的分不清是雨水或汗水。终于来到一个锅底形的沙坑子边上,我们费尽周折,把羊群赶进了沙坑了,那里边一棵草都没长。弟弟拿着鞭子站在坑南沿,我举着羊铲站在坑北沿,不许一个羊上来,任凭羊咩咩叫。
      雨下了一整天。傍晚,我们赶着羊群回了村。
      这时“四爷爷”的酒也早醒了,迎到村头,帮着圈羊。
      鞭子抽、棍子打,羊就是不肯进圈,还是咩咩的叫个不停......
      天渐渐地黑了,“四爷爷”从我手中夺过鞭子,“咳!咳!”地赶着羊群,又上了山。
      我站在那里,觉得浑身冷极了......   

     

     

     

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