The Complete Works of Lu Xun's Novels

Chapter 9

A few days later, he unexpectedly met little D in front of the screen wall of Qian's mansion. "Enemies are very discerning when they meet each other," Ah Q went up to meet him, and little D also stopped.

"Bastard!" Ah Q said with glaring eyes, spittle flying from the corner of his mouth.

"I'm an insect, okay?..." Little D said.

This humility made Ah Q even more angry, but he didn't have a steel whip in his hand, so he had to rush forward and stretch out his hand to pull out little D's braid.Little D protected his braid with one hand, and pulled out Ah Q's braid with the other, so Ah Q also protected his braid with his free hand.From the previous Ah Q's point of view, little D was originally short of teeth, but he had been hungry recently, and he was no less thin and tired than little D, so he was evenly matched, pulling out two heads with four hands, They all bent down, and a blue rainbow was reflected on the whitewashed wall of Qian's house, and it had been half an hour.

"Okay, okay!" said the people watching, probably to persuade them.

"Okay, okay!" said the people watching, not knowing whether to persuade, praise, or incite.

But none of them listened.Ah Q took three steps forward, little D took three steps back and all stood still; little D took three steps forward, Ah Q backed three steps, and all stood again.At about half an o'clock—there are few chime clocks in Weizhuang, so it's hard to say, or twenty minutes—their hair was smoking, their foreheads were sweating, Ah Q's hand relaxed, and at the same instant, Little D's hand was also relaxing, and at the same time straightened up and retreated at the same time, squeezing out of the crowd.

"Remember, mother's..." Ah Q turned around and said.

"Mom, just remember..." Little D also turned around and said.

There seemed to be no winner or loser in this "dragon-tiger fight", and they didn't know how satisfied the people watching were, so they didn't make any comments, but Ah Q still had no one to ask him to do part-time work.

One day was very mild and the breeze was blowing, which made it feel like summer, but Ah Q felt cold, but this was still tolerable, the first thing being that he was hungry.Quilts, felt hats, and cloth shirts are long gone, and the next thing is to sell cotton jackets; now there are trousers, but they must never be taken off;He had long wanted to find a note of money on the road, but he hadn't seen it yet; he wanted to find a note of money suddenly in his dilapidated house, and looked around in a panic, but the house was empty and clear.So he decided to go out and beg for food.

He was walking on the road to "beg for food", and he saw a familiar hotel and a familiar steamed bun, but he passed them all, not only didn't stop, but also didn't want it.It was not such things that he was after; what he was after he did not know.

Weizhuang was not a big village at first, so it was gone in a short time.There are mostly paddy fields outside the village, and the eyes are full of tender green of new seedlings, sandwiched by a few round and movable black spots, which are the farmers plowing the fields.Ah Q didn't appreciate this Tianjiale, but just left, because he intuitively knew that it was very far away from his way of "seeking food".But he finally made it outside the walls of the Jingshu Temple.

There are also paddy fields around the nunnery, the powder wall protrudes from the fresh green, and the low earth wall behind is a vegetable garden.Ah Q hesitated for a while, then looked around, but there was no one there.He climbed up the low wall and pulled the Polygonum multiflorum vines, but the soil was still falling off, and Ah Q's feet were trembling. Finally, he climbed onto the mulberry branches and jumped inside.The inside is really lush, but it seems that there are no rice wine steamed buns, and other edible things.Next to the west wall is a bamboo grove, and there are many bamboo shoots underneath, but unfortunately they are all uncooked, and the rapeseed has already set seeds, the mustard greens are about to bloom, and the Chinese cabbage is also very old.

Ah Q felt aggrieved as if Wen Tong had failed in the first place. He slowly approached the gate of the garden, and was suddenly very pleasantly surprised. This was clearly a bed of old radishes.He squatted down and pulled it out, but suddenly a very round head protruded from the door, and then retracted. It was clearly a little nun.Little nuns and the like were something that Ah Q originally regarded as insignificant, but the world needs to "step back and think", so he hastily pulled up four radishes, unscrewed the green leaves, and put them in his lapel.However, the old nun has come out.

"Amitabha, Ah Q, why did you jump into the garden to steal carrots!... Ah, what a sin, O, Amitabha!..."

"When will I jump into your garden to steal radishes?" Ah Q said without looking.

"Now... isn't this?" The old nun pointed to his pocket.

"This is yours? Can you make him agree to you? You..."

Ah Q didn't finish his sentence, so he started to run; he was chased by a very fat black dog.This was originally at the front door, but somehow it came to the back garden.The black dog snorted and chased, and was about to bite Ah Q's leg, but luckily a carrot fell from his pocket. The dog was frightened, and stopped for a while. Ah Q had already climbed the mulberry tree and stepped over the earthen wall. Get out of the wall.Only the black dog was still howling at the mulberry tree, and the old nun was chanting Buddha.

Afraid that the nun would let the black dog out again, Ah Q picked up the carrots and set off, picking up a few small stones along the way, but the black dog did not reappear.Then Ah Q threw stones and ate them as he walked, thinking, since there is nothing to look for here, he might as well go into the city...

When the three radishes were eaten, he had already made up his mind to go to the city.

)Chapter 6 From ZTE to the End
When we saw Ah Q appear again in Weichuang, it was just after the Mid-Autumn Festival of that year.People were all surprised, saying that Ah Q had come back, so they went back and thought, where did he go before?The previous few times Ah Q went to the city, he would usually tell people about it in good spirits, but this time he didn't, so no one paid attention to it.He might have told the old man in charge of the Tugu Temple, but as usual in Weichuang, only Mr. Chao, Mr. Qian and Mr. Xiucai going to the city counted as one event.Fake foreign devils are not enough, let alone Ah Q: Therefore, the old man will not publicize for him, and the society in Weizhuang has no way of knowing.

But Ah Q's return this time was quite different from before, and it was indeed surprising.It was getting dark, and he appeared in front of the hotel door with sleepy eyes. He approached the counter, stretched out his hand from his waist, and threw a handful full of silver and copper on the counter, saying, "Cash! Get some wine! "Wearing a new jacket, it looks like there is still a big tie hanging on the waist, Shen Tiantian's trouser belt has been dropped into a very curved arc.As usual in Weizhuang, when you see someone who stands out a little bit, you would rather be respectful than slow-witted. Now, although you know it is Ah Q, but because it is a little different from Ah Q with a torn jacket, the ancients said, "Scholar farewell for three days." Treat each other with admiration", so waiters, shopkeepers, drinkers, and passers-by all naturally showed a suspicious and respectful attitude.The shopkeeper nodded first, and then talked:

"Hey, Ah Q, you're back!"

"came back."

"Get rich and get rich, you are——"

"Go to town!"

The news spread throughout Weizhuang the next day.Everyone wanted to know the history of Ah Q's resurgence in cash and a new jacket, so in hotels, teahouses, and under the eaves of temples, people gradually found out.As a result, Ah Q gained a new awe.

According to Ah Q, he was helping out at the house of Master Juren.In this section, everyone who listened was in awe.This old man's surname is Bai, but because he is the only Juren in Hecheng, so there is no need to use his surname again, it is him when it comes to Juren.This is not only true in Weizhuang, it is also true within a hundred li radius, people almost think that his name is Master Juren.It is of course respectable to help in this man's house.But according to Ah Q, he was not happy to help anymore, because the Juren master was too "mother's".At this verse, everyone who listened to it sighed and was pleased, because Ah Q was not worthy to help in the family of the Juren, and it would be a pity not to help.

According to Ah Q, he also came back because he was dissatisfied with the townspeople. This is because they called benches benches, and fried fish with shredded green onions, and the shortcoming he observed recently was that women's walking was also distorted. Not very well.However, there are occasionally admirable things, that is, the country folks in Weizhuang can only play 32 bamboo cards, and only fake foreign devils can fork "sesame sauce", but even the little turtles in the city are proficient at fork.What kind of fake foreign devils, as long as they are placed in the hands of teenage turtles in the city, they will immediately become "the little devil sees the king of Hades".In this section, everyone who listened was ashamed.

"Have you ever seen decapitation?" Ah Q said, "Well, it's beautiful. Killing the revolutionaries. Oh, it's beautiful..." He shook his head, spit on the face of Zhao Sichen who was directly opposite him.In this section, everyone who listened was awe-inspiring.But Ah Q looked around again, suddenly raised his right hand, and slashed straight down on the back of the neck of Wang Hu, who stretched his neck, and said:
"Crack!"

Wang Hu was startled, and at the same time quickly shrank his head like a flash, and the listeners were all terrified and pleased.From then on, Wang Huwen suffered from headaches for many days, and he never dared to go near Ah Q's side again; so did the others.

Ah Q's status in the eyes of the Weichuang people at this time, although I dare not say that he surpassed Mr. Zhao, but it was about the same, and there was probably no typo.

However, it didn't take long for Ah Q's name to spread throughout Weizhuang's boudoirs.Although only the Qian and Zhao surnames in Weichuang are big houses, and nine out of ten of the others are low-level boudoirs, but boudoirs are boudoirs after all, so it is considered a miracle.When women met each other, they would say that Mrs. Zou Qi bought a blue silk dress from Ah Q. It was old, but it only cost ninety cents.And Zhao Baiyan's mother—one said it was Zhao Sichen's mother, to be tested—also bought a scarlet foreign gauze shirt for the child, which was [-]% new, and only cost three hundred dollars and ninety-two strings.So the Yimen eagerly wanted to see Ah Q, those who were short of silk skirts wanted to buy silk skirts from him, and those who wanted foreign yarn shirts wanted to buy foreign yarn shirts from him. Want to catch up with him and stop him, and ask:

"Ah Q, do you still have silk skirts? No? I want a gauze shirt too, do you have any?"

Later, this finally passed from the shallow boudoir to the deep boudoir.Because Mrs. Zou Qi was proud of her, she asked Mrs. Zhao to appreciate Yi's silk dress, and Mrs. Zhao told Mr. Zhao about it and really complimented her.At the dinner table, Mr. Chao discussed with Mr. Scholar, thinking that Ah Q was really weird and we should be more careful with our doors and windows; but I don't know if there is anything else to buy from him, maybe there are some good things.In addition, Mrs. Zhao is also looking to buy a cheap and fine leather vest.So the family decided to entrust Mrs. Zou Qisao to look for Ah Q immediately, and made a third exception for this purpose: to light oil lamps at night.

The oil lamp had dried quite a bit, but Ah Q hadn't arrived yet.The entire family of Zhao's family was very anxious, yawning, or hating Ah Q for being too erratic, or complaining that Mrs. Zou Qisao didn't keep up.Mrs. Zhao was also afraid that he would not dare to come because of the conditions in spring, but Mrs. Zhao thought it was nothing to worry about: because it was "I" who called him.Sure enough, after all Mr. Zhao was wise, Ah Q finally came in with Mrs. Zou Qisao.

"He just said no, I said you can tell it in person, and he still wants to say it, I said..." Mrs. Zou Qi said as she walked out of breath.

"Master!" Ah Q called out with a half-smile, and stopped under the eaves.

"Ah Q, I heard that you are making a fortune outside," Mr. Chao said as he walked away, surveying his whole body with his eyes. "That's good, that's good. Well,... I heard that you have some old things,... you can take a look at them all,... This is nothing else, because I want to..."

"I told Mrs. Zou Qi. It's all over."

"It's over?" Mr. Zhao said unconsciously, "Where can it be over so quickly?"

"It belonged to a friend. It wasn't much. They bought some. . . . "

"There should be a little more."

"Now, there is only one door curtain left."

"Just take a look at the door screen." Mrs. Zhao said hastily.

"Then, bring it tomorrow," Mr. Zhao was not very enthusiastic. "Ah Q, when you have something in the future, please send it to us first,..."

"The price will never be lower than other houses!" Xiucai said.The lady of the scholar hurriedly glanced at Ah Q's face to see if he was moved.

"I want a leather vest," Mrs. Zhao said.

Although Ah Q agreed, he left lazily, not knowing whether he took it to heart.This made Mr. Zhao very disappointed, angry and worried, so he stopped yawning.The scholar was also very dissatisfied with Ah Q, so he said that he should be on guard against this bastard, or he might as well order the local security guard not to allow him to live in Weizhuang.But Grandpa Zhao thought otherwise, and said that he was afraid of resentment, besides, the people in this business were probably "eagles don't eat their nests", so the village didn't have to worry about it; as long as we were more vigilant at night.After hearing this "court instruction", the scholar took it very seriously, and immediately withdrew his proposal to expel Ah Q, and told Mrs. Zou Qixi not to mention this passage to anyone.

But the next day, Mrs. Zou Qisan dyed the blue dress with soap, and spread the word about Ah Q's suspiciousness, but she did not mention that the scholar was going to expel him.However, this is already very unfavorable to Ah Q.First of all, the Dibao came to the door and took his door curtain. Ah Q said that Mrs. Zhao wanted to see it, but the Dibao refused to return it, and had to agree on a monthly tribute money.Secondly, the awe of the villagers towards him suddenly changed. Although they did not dare to act presumptuously, they had a look of avoidance, and this look was different from the previous time when they were guarding against him from "cracking", mixed with "respect and stay away". molecules.

Only a group of idlers still wanted to get to the bottom of Ah Q's background.Ah Q did not hide anything, and proudly shared his experience.From then on they realized that he was just a small character who not only couldn't climb the wall, but also couldn't enter the hole, and only stood outside the hole to pick up things.One night, he had just received a bag, and went in with his forehand. After a while, he heard a loud shout from inside, so he ran quickly, crawled out of the city overnight, and fled back to Weizhuang. He never dared to do it again.However, this story is even more unfavorable to Ah Q. The villagers who "respected and kept at a distance" from Ah Q were originally afraid of enmity. Who would have thought that he was just a thief who dared not steal anymore?This is really "there is nothing to be afraid of".

)Chapter 7 Revolution
On the fourteenth day of the ninth month in the third year of Xuantong—the day when Ah Q sold Talian to Zhao Baiyan—at three o'clock in the morning, a large black-covered boat arrived at Hebutou on Zhao's residence.The boat swam in from the darkness, and the country people were sound asleep, so they didn't know it; when it went out, it was almost dawn, but few saw it.According to the results of the probe and brain investigation, it is known that it is the boat of Master Juren!

The boat carried great uneasiness to Weizhuang, and before noon, the hearts of the whole village were shaken.The Zhao family kept the boat's mission a secret, but the teahouses and restaurants all said that the revolutionaries were going to enter the city, and the Juren master had fled to our countryside.Only Mrs. Zou Qisao didn't think so, saying that they were just a few broken suitcases, which Mr. Juren wanted to deposit, but Mr. Zhao had already replied and forwarded them.In fact, Master Juren and Zhao Xiucai have never been able to get along, and there is no reason to have a friendship of "sharing weal and woe". Besides, Mrs. Zou Qisao and the Zhao family are neighbors and have relatively close knowledge, so it is probably Yi's right.

However, rumors abounded, saying that although Master Juren did not seem to be in person, he had a long letter and made a "turning marriage" with the Zhao family.Mr. Zhao thought that there would be no harm to him, so he left the box and stuffed it under his wife's bed.As for the revolutionary party, some said that they entered the city that night, all wearing white helmets and white armor: wearing the clothes of the Chongzheng Emperor.

In Ah Q's ears, he had heard the words of the revolutionary party long ago, and this year he saw the killing of the revolutionary party with his own eyes.But he has an opinion that he doesn't know where he came from, thinking that the revolutionary party is a rebellion, and a rebellion is an embarrassment to him, so he has always "deeply hated and hated it".Unexpectedly, this frightened the well-known Master Juren in Baili, so he was unavoidably "fascinated". Moreover, the flustered expressions of a group of birds and men in Weichuang also made Ah Q even more pleased.

"The revolution is fine," thought Ah Q, "it's too abominable to kill this group of mothers! It's too abominable!... Even I will surrender to the revolutionaries."

Ah Q has been spending a lot lately, so he's probably a little upset. In addition, he drank two bowls of wine on an empty stomach at noon, and he became even more drunk.For some reason, it suddenly seemed that the Revolutionary Party was him, but the Weizhuang people were all his captives.When he was proud, he couldn't help shouting loudly:
"Rebellion! Rebellion!"

The Weichuang people all looked at him with terrified eyes.Ah Q had never seen such a pitiful look, and the sight of it made him feel as comfortable as if he drank snow water in June.He walked more happily and cried:

"Okay,... I can do whatever I want, and I can be whoever I like.

Got it, clang clang!
Regret, I beheaded Zheng Xiandi by mistake when I was drunk,

I regret it, ah ah ah...

Gotta, clang, clang, clang!
I will beat you with a steel whip..."

The two men and the two true family members of the Zhao family were also standing at the gate discussing the revolution.Ah Q didn't see him, so he raised his head and sang.

"Okay,..."

"Old Q," Mr. Zhao called in a low voice timidly.

"Qiang Qiang," Ah Q didn't expect his name to be connected with the word "old", and thought it was something else, which had nothing to do with him, but just sang. "Okay, clang, clang clang clang clang!"

"Old Q."

"Should I regret..."

"Ah Q!" The scholar could only call him by his first name.

Then Ah Q stopped, tilted his head and asked, "What?"

"Old Q,...now..." Mr. Zhao said nothing, "Now...are you getting rich?"

"Get rich? Of course. Whatever you want..."

"Ah...Brother Q, it doesn't matter if we are poor friends..." Zhao Bai said anxiously, as if he wanted to sound out the tone of the revolutionary party.

"Poor friend? You are always richer than me." Ah Q said and left.

Everyone was dumbfounded and said nothing.Mr. Zhao and his son went home and discussed until lighting the lamps at night.When Zhao Bai came home, he tore off the straps from his waist and handed them to the woman to hide in the bottom of the box.

Ah Q flew for a while, and returned to the Tugu Temple, already sober from the wine.That evening, the old man in charge of the shrine was also surprisingly kind, and invited him to drink tea; Ah Q asked him for two cakes, and after eating, he asked for a lighted forty-two candle and a tree candlestick, and lit them. Lying alone in his hut.He was indescribably fresh and happy, the candle flames flickered like Yuan Ye, and his thoughts jumped up:

"Rebellion? Interesting... A group of revolutionaries with white helmets and white armor came, all armed with knives, steel whips, bombs, foreign cannons, three-pointed double-edged knives, hooked sickle guns, walked past the Tugu Temple, and shouted, "Ah Q! Let's go together!" So we went together. …

"At this time, a group of men and women in Weichuang was really funny. They knelt down and shouted, 'Ah Q, spare your life!' Who would listen to him! The first ones to be damned are Little D and Mr. Zhao, as well as scholars and fake foreign devils." ,...Do you want to keep a few? Wang Hu could have kept it, but he doesn't want it anymore....

"Things... go straight in and open the box: ingots, foreign coins, foreign gauze shirts... a Ning-style bed of a scholar lady was first moved to the Tugu Temple, and besides that, tables and chairs from the Qian family were placed,—or perhaps also Let’s just use Zhao’s. I don’t do it myself, I ask Xiao D to move it, and I have to move it quickly, and if I don’t move it quickly, I will slap my mouth.  …

"Zhao Sichen's sister is really ugly. Mrs. Zou Qisao's daughter will talk about it in a few years. The wife of a fake foreign devil will sleep with a man without braids. Scary, it's not a good thing! A scholar's wife has scars on her eyes.  … Wu Ma I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know where it is, but my feet are too big."

(End of this chapter)