No.10天价座石 （程赛男译）

程赛男

天价座石　（２０１６年中国闪小说年度亚军）
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　　三爷坐在门口的座石上，低头呼噜呼噜吃饭。过来一个人：大爷，吃饭呀。三爷没抬头：哦。那人说：大爷，我看看你这块座石行吗？三爷说：这石头有啥看头？那人说：我就是看看。三爷起身，那人围着石头左右地看，点着头，最后给三爷打声招呼走了。走老远还回头瞅那块石头。
        三爷不吃饭了，端着碗仔细地围着石头转了三圈，没看出啥。这块石头他天天坐，都坐了几十年了。
        那还是年青时他跟人学活，回家找来一块大青石，先打成方型，又在上面刻了一条龙。说是龙，怎么看都像一条虫。后来就放在门前当座石了。三爷不看了：啥人都有，闲得蛋疼。说着呼噜呼噜又往嘴里扒饭。
         过了一天那人又来了。他给三爷打声招呼，就拿出相机啪啪地给石头照相。这两天三娘病又复发了，三爷正发愁，就没好气地说：有啥好照的？那人手指竖在嘴上，做了一个“小声点”的手式：大爷，这是古物，可能值不少钱呢。三爷心里有底：去去去，别忽悠我。
       第二天那人又带来一个人。那人说：恭喜大爷，我们已经鉴定完，你这石头值二十万，卖不？三爷愣了：真的假的？那人把钱递给三爷……三娘的病整整花了二十万。
       几年后，在外打工的儿子突然打来电话：爹，我在一幢别墅门前见到了咱那块座石，主人叫赵阔。三爷这些天就不安：你再问一下他小名叫狗娃不？儿子说打听了，叫狗娃。三爷突然泪流满面：这孩子……
        狗娃小时在冰上玩不小心掉进了冰窟窿，三爷把他救了上来……几年前，狗娃曾几次给三爷钱物，都被三爷拒绝了。

The Pricey Zocle　
By: Wu Jian

       Sanye sat on the zocle in front of his house, lowered his head and had a meal. A man came up , “Uncle. Are you eating ?” Sanye didn’t raise his head, “Yes.” The man said, “Uncle, May I have a look at your zocle? ” Sanye said, “Is the zocle worth looking at?” The man said, “I just want to have a look at it.” Sanye stood up. The man looked at it carefully, nodding his head. Finally, he said goodbye to Sanye and left. When he walked far away, he turned his head to look at the zocle.
　　Sanye didn’t eat any longer. He turned three circles and stared at the zocle carefully, carrying the bowl. He didn’t find anything valuable. Every day he sits on the zocle, and it is a zocle for him to sit on for several decades.
　　  It was when he was an apprentice in youth that he brought a big blue stone. At first he sanded it into a square type. Then he carved a dragon on it. In fact, it was a worm rather than a dragon. It was so ugly that Sanye put it outside. He didn’t look at it any longer. There were all kinds of people in the world. Many of people were idling around the whole day long. With these words, Sanye went on with his meal.
         The next day the man came again. He said hello to Sanye and took out a camera to take some photos of the zocle. His wife was ill again those days. Sanye was worried about it, so he said angrily, “Is it worth taking photos?” The man put his finger on the lips, making a gesture---keep silent. “Uncle, it is an antique. And it is pricey.” Sanye was sure that it was useless. “Go away. Don’t cheat me.”
　　
        The third day the man brought a  stranger. The stranger said, Congratulations, Uncle. We have authenticated that the zocle is worth 200 thousand yuan. Would you like to sell it?  Sanye was puzzled, “Is it really？”　The stranger gave  him 200 thousand yuan …It took him 200 thousand yuan to cure his wife's disease.
　    　Several years layer, his son who wad working outside telephoned Sanye. Dad, I saw the zocle in front of a villa, whose owner was called Zhaokuo.Hearing that, Sanye wad upset. "Is his nickname Dog Kid?"　＂Yes, Dog Kid."Sanye cried out ,his covered with tears.＂Such kid…＂　　　　　
           Once Dog Kid fell onto the icehole when he was playing on the ice as a child. It was Sanye who saved him…Several years ago, Dog Kid sent Sanye some money many times, but all was refused by Sanye.

Note: The Pricey Zocle wan the second in　China　Annual　Competition of Flash -fictions in 2016.

Translated by: Cheng Sainan

程思良

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程思良 发表于 2017-1-13 13:08

感谢程老师！

雪狼

赛男老师辛苦了！感谢老师！

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