Father is a farmer, the native born in long in the background. All the year round, he was busy on his 

love of the land. Spring and autumn season, he put to plough, two times, will be to turn over. Summer 

he braving scorching sunshine sun weeding in the field, and protect the crops. He said the sun at noon, 

easy death. Winter he cut the caocao seedlings seedlings of rand was very clean and will be cut the 

grass of the sun on the DeGeng, dried the bundle go home to burn. Year after year time, father in 

writing on the background of his effort and sweat. 

Earlier years, the car is not popular in rural areas, plough, break his clods, Jiang ground, cattle 

farming should be used. Cows will naturally become the necessities of rural households. My family 

always have a cow, so I can remember. Home is a house, the house that is the house. The house is big, 

and clear, with the manger, material cylinder, material barrel and stick with grass. The house the 

ground wet, smelly. Bull spread half is dry, slightly for the lie, the other half wet, bull shit urine 

in there. After the corner there is a pile of cow dung, stay a dunghill is larger, the dung pick out, 

the father do live. Father talk, patience, and do well. There are tall poplar trees in front of house, 

there are YangCi wankou so thick. On weekdays, if during the day, the cow is tied to there. Days long, 

poplar three feet from the ground where there is a special bright, bright chirp, is NiuSheng years 

grinding. Poplar in the west have a dunghill, when big ash, father with rack truck and CaoShan, pull 

over to the spring in the land of the field. Winter when idle was born, my father is a YuanZi a YuanZi 

will waste into the ground, spread on the ground, called spread dung. Plough in the spring, spring will 

be cow dung into soil, and therefore, fertile osteoporosis, the growing of crops is better. 

Remember my family has owned two cows, let father think of only one head. It is a sweat cow, have thick 

red brown hair, the hair to stand up on the back. Tauren on two cows diaphragmatic. The diaphragm is 

not long, but towards the eyebrows slightly bent. Cow is going round and round under the neck of the 

flesh of the chain, automatic lop, along with the tauren shaking followed shaking. The cow's tail is a 

bit long, but they can play on the Jia before, just can drive like summer. 

Father love cattle, is good for cattle. Spring day 草芽 just grow long forefinger, father will fools 

out to put, eat some grass. This is called the slope. Our cattle out slope at the earliest, some people 

said my father is too impatient. My father always said in a corner, they don't understand everything. 

He said, the cow eats a winter of hay, though it is, but, after all, nutrient deficiency, and like a 

man, would also like to eat green vegetables all the year round? The father said ZaiLiEr also. Every 

year in early spring, put the cow pull out, can obviously see the eyes of the cattle. It is always 

panic to chew the grass of the side of the road. Early spring 草芽 are long in previous years, on the 

stems of the mouth will be tie out little blood. Father love cattle, the mouth said, such a long time, 

the mouth is long out of the cocoon, after eating grass is not afraid. Suddenly I feel father's words 

in accumulate contain some about the truth of life. Father, of course, will also cow to bring winter 

burnt waste places, where the grass cloth with soft nap, grow and exuberant, cow rolled up grass, with 

the tongue in the mouth chewing on the moment, he gulped down a "loud splash". Father looked at the 

eating grass quietly, with a satisfied smile on his face. 

In the countryside, the general will have two big functions, one is under the cow NiuWa son to money, 

this is also an important source of income in rural areas. The other is used for cultivated land Jiang 

to. Our cows do not say to go up tall, but strong and fat. Father training cattle wisely, NiuLi up to 

that. Young, I often accompany father to plow their fields. Every time is I in front of holding cattle, 

father carrying plough, oxen, hand holding a firm whip, behind herded cattle. 

Came, father always can let the cow on DeGeng eat first while grass, and squat down on the head to suck 

on a tobacco. After the plough sub - check out, put the ox to set closely. Afterwards, my father let me 

take the lead in the past. Cows standing in the field, father a hand gently touched the cow back, on 

the other hand took oxen, for cattle after stand firm, father took oxen put it on the piece. The 

naturalness of retreat, father or touched the cows, the mouth say "whoa" "gee," said a few, cattle will 

no longer work. Father: and the bullock shall be set up, and then in the mouth with a cattle cage, so 

cow cannot again go to eat the grass of the rand. 

Plough, cattle ahead, sweaty the drag of the plough, plough land lifted, reveal fresh plough raft. 

Father behind with rickets, follow plough the son. Father one hand plow 把儿, one hand plow, hand to 

the plough son strain according to, so will be able to plough deeper. His father laughed with the 

mouth, sweat kept down from his deep ravines, at the moment as the father of simple and cattle. 

Often plow their fields, father will take the whip. This firm whip way some years, is to use canvas 

twist, the wind and the sun, it won't be lousy. Firm whip generally and child's fingers. Firm whip and 

convulsions of the ring, hit the cattle are painful, can play a purple mark. The body pain, will drag 

the plough son tried to forward. My father often hit the cow, the mouth cape will a quiver, obviously 

is the heartache. The whip in cattle, cattle in pain, and pain in the heart of his father. 

Every time plough, father loved the scold. Wife scold malicious, day to mother scold. My neighbor in 

plough, people always think father unreasonable. But I know, my father just plow plow get tired, they 

took his favorite cows to gas. At this time, the cattle also afraid of his father, will wonder hooves 

rush forward, force of pulling the plough. Cows walk fast, to plough too fast, a morning can plough as 

mu of cultivated land. Morning came down, and the tired of the straight out, his father also tired 

sitting in the field, a few cigarette smoke. Father love cattle, plough on a few trips back and forth, 

let the stood a rest in the field, he will pick up the water bucket to cow drink. Get back on your leg, 

also he is sitting on the ground. Sitting on the ground, smelling the fragrance of fresh earth, 

although very tired, father's face. After rest for a while, his father said: "rest well, the output!" 

Don't know this say to yourself, or speak to a cow, or both. 

Summer morning, father will go to cattle. Every morning early in the morning, the day is bright, father 

will take cows out of the house. That moment of the day before dawn, round thin on hanging diagonally 

in heaven, and lightly grey. Piece on the bell ringing sound, as increased "a few minutes early in the 

morning. Once in the morning time is not long, because people will work to eat? Petunia came back, the 

father will give cattle shake a basket of grass. This is the first day afternoon father to cut the 

grass. Is all some grass, even if put the how, cattle also still love to eat. After finished eating, 

the father will be home e water to drink, sometimes add a gourd ladle gluten was inside, so the cattle 

can drink some oil and water. 

Heat of noon, the sun the most poison, so the ground of the puffs of heat waves, on the face, steamed 

face entire pain. Father love cattle, at noon in the sun change room for cows. At noon to the drinking 

water, father always add some nitrate in it. Nitrate pull cool, cattle is not easy to heat stroke if 

fed on a summer, cattle can't DiaoBiao. 

Late autumn, 草芽, cattle have to come back from the hillside. This is called to the slope. To slope 

has come in in spring, and the only eat some hay and a dearth. My home near the cow house north useful 

asbestos shingle play up the house. Around with adobe bricks, the wall also for years and become 

yellow. Home call it grass chao son, it was full of dearth and hay. Played a year of wheat, after a 

dearth is not willing to lose, they rise, such as early in the morning to pick. Father play of wheat in 

the stone more run on a few word, so run a dearth of cloth with soft nap, cattle will eat. Hay is straw 

with 铡 铡 into feet 把儿 long straw. My grass chao is larger, but only a cow and a came to eat not 

much. When the cows slope in the coming year, grass chao will also some son left in the grass. This is 

a legacy of the father. Every day is not bright, father is carrying two head to DaoChang pick on the 

grass. One morning to pick up more than ten pick, pick up just catch up for dinner. Indeed, these 

chores are tightened dry time, rest. 

Winter of a father can the ox glossy biaofei ma. Mixing materials when father will having a gourd ladle 

say, stir a few times in the material cylinder, if you have e water, also can to cattle with grass, 

cattle will be able to touch some animal. Cows to eat in the morning three slot grass, each slot is 

father hard with grass sieve sieve. Soft grass sieve sieve grass, grass, cattle are willing to eat, eat 

clean, too. Three cao ate eight at nine o 'clock in the morning, the father will the cow pull out, 

drink some water, tied to the front of the poplar. 

Day day after day, day, and the sunset. Insipid life, still worth but also the years old. 

A few years later, the old, no longer match came, the field of work is done. Head home many times want 

to sell the cow and buy young, but my father always said "again, and so on, and so on." Father is 

loathe to give up. Can be sold after all. One morning, the cow was eventually "the broker" and went 

away. Father to hold the cow gave far away just stood, Hawaii at the direction of the leave. The 

morning wind blowing, slightly cold. Father figure appears weak and lonely... 

Here, after the home and bought YiTou years, but the cattle do not cabin, how wear also it temper or 

tail of it. Later, home to buy the car, and the there is no use again. Later, build new house in the 

home, the house also is pick off. Father looked at a beach falling house, long standing, as in what the 

memories...