母亲突然变得胆小了。比方说,天一黑,她就不敢到屋外去。哪怕是在自家门口,也只是从这间屋子走到另一间屋子去。而从前,她常常是独自顶着星星,在地里拾棉花,有时能拾上大半夜,浑身落满清凉的露珠。比方说,睡觉时她不敢面朝着窗户。窗帘挡得再严实,她也不敢。而从前,破房子里,处处漏风,她挡在外面,像棵大树似的,替我们抵御风寒。比方说,在她住了一辈子的村庄里,她也会迷路,再不敢擅自外出。而从前,弟弟远在南京上学,从未出过远门的她,挎着一大包自家做的糯 Mother suddenly became timid. For example, when it was dark, she would not dare to go outside. Even in their own door, just walked from this room to another room. In the past, she was often alone in the stars, in the ground to pick up cotton, and sometimes can pick up most of the night, covered with cool dew. For example, she could not face the window while sleeping. Curtains to block too firm, she did not dare. In the past, breaking the house, everywhere air leakage, she blocked the outside, like a tree-like, for us to withstand the cold. For example, in the village she lived for a lifetime, she would get lost and would not dare to go out without permission. In the past, my brother far in Nanjing to go to school, never go out far from her, leaving a large bag made of waxy