shanghuaijinmeiyuweizhou，kanxiangyipangdebaobiao。
xielingyijiubeitamenjiqiangxingdailechuqu。
tabuzhidaoshizenmehuidexiejia，zhanzaiketingmenkou，haimeijinqu，jiutingjianlimianchuanlaiyizhenshuohuasheng：
“youning，dengnijiadaoshangjiadeshihou，bajiubaxieshijinidangpeijia。”
“xiexiebaba，niduiwozhenhao。buguo，xieshijilewo，jiejiezenmeban？”
xieqingyanzheiyibeizizhiyoulianggenver，meiyouerzi。
bierendouyiweixieqingyanhuiweishenweizhangnvdexielingyizhaogeruzhuixieshidenvxu。
kexieqingyantingdaoxieyouningdehua，queweicunlepianke：“tacongxiaogenzheshangdong，hewobuqin，wojiletayitiaoming，buqiantade。”
xielingyitingdaoxieqingyanshuodezheihua，zuiliquanshikuse。
babacongxiaojiubuxihuanta，tayizhidouzhidao。
keshitingdaozheixiehua，tahaishirenbuzhunanguo。
dengliangrendouzouhou，tacaituikaimen，huilezijidefangjian。
limianluomanlehuichen，yikanjiuzhidao，tabeiguanhou，jialidebaomubingmeiyoudasaoguotadefangjian。
一夜失眠。
第二天一早。
baomuguolaijiaoxielingyi：“daxiaojie，xianshengshuorangnixianzaiqubieshuzongci！”
xiejiashangxiadeyongrendoutingxieyouningdehua，tamenjianxielingyibushouzhongshi，yuqidousuanbushanghao。
祠堂里面。
xieqingyanbeishouerli，tingdaotalai，zhuanguoshen，jiangshoujidiudaoletademianqian。
“nihaohaokankan，zheishishenme？”
xielingyiyihuodejianqishouji，wangxiahuayikan，shiyipianyulebaoliaodetuiwen。
shangmianxiezheshi，xiejiaqianjindagaoguke，xihuanshanglejingquandalaoshangdong，bingqiesichanlandadegushi。
nvzhudemingzijiujiaolingyi！
xielingyinaozhonghonghongzuoxiang，lianshangshunjianshiqulexuese。
tazenmeyexiangbudao，zijiheshanghuaijindeshijingranhuibeirennaqubaoliao！
“wozhenshixiaokanleni？xiaoxiaonianji，jingrangouyinshangdong，takeshinidexiaoshu！”xieqingyanzhizhetadebizima。
xielingyizuanzheshoujideshou，weiweidezhandou。
“xianzaishangdongzhidaolezheijianshi，laiguaixieshibugouanfen，batareshengqileshenmehouguonibuzhidaoma？nixianzailikehuishangyuan，quqiuqiutagaotaiguishou，fangguowomenyijia。”
xielingyitingdaozheihua，buganzhixin。
“xiaoshubushihexieyouningzaiyiqima？zenhuilianleiwomenxieshi？”
xieqingyanyandihuaguoyimoyiyang。
“zheijiuyaowenwennile？weishenmeyaoqiangnimeimeidenanren？”
xielingyiyaxiaxindifangundekuse：“wohexiaoshuliangnianqianjiuzaiyiqile，shixieyouningqianglewoxihuanderen。”
xieqingyantingdaocihua，zaiyekezhibuzhuziji。
“nizhenshibuyaolian！xianzaihainengshuochuzheizhongdiandaoheibaidehualai！nimeimeishishenmeren，niyoushishenmeren？nipeihetaxiangtibinglunma？”
xielingyidaizhu，kanzhemianqianxieqingyanniuqudelian，yanzhongdoushinanguo。
“ba，womashiyeshiqianjin，woshinimendeqinshengnver，zenmejiubupeiheyigexiaosanshengdenverxiangtibinglun？”
xieqingyanshenqingyizheng，huidabuchulai。
xielingyikandaozheiyangdefuqin，xindiwuweizachen。
tayibubuhoutui，shuodao：“ninfangxin，yirenzuoshiyirendang，wojuebuhuilianleixiejia。”
……
xielingyiwanshangliudianjiudaoleshangyuanmenkou。
kezhidaoyedengdoudakai，tacaijiandaoshanghuaijin。
nanrencongheisedelinkenjiazhangshangmianxialai，kandaotadeshihou，motongzhizhongdoushilengmo。
“nizenmeyouzaizheier？”
xielingyizhijieguizailetademianqian：“xiaoshu，qiunifangguoxiejia。”
tingdaozheihua，shanghuaijinmianchenrushui：“fangguoxiejia？nizhidaonibafandeshishenmezuima？”
xielingyiyileng，suijijieshi：“baoliaodeshi，yuxiejiameiyouguanxi。”
shanghuaijinlenglengdekanzheta：
“nidaoshihuigaokanziji！tanwugongkuanhaichadiannaochurenming！xianzaishangbianyaochajingquanshanghui，niyijuqiuqing，jiuxiangrangwofangguota？”