外公在世时,常叹:“猫一口儿,狗一口儿。”言下之意,家里若是养了猫儿狗儿,便须视其如一口儿人,不可也不忍抛弃。外公所叹息的背后,藏着一个故事。那时,外公尚年幼,他的父母务农兼做篾匠,编些箩啊筐啊的卖,养着一群自家孩子,又收了两名常年管吃管住的学徒。家里还喂着一条大黄狗,就跟多了一口儿人似的,其看家护院也颇为得力。旧时生计艰难,人尚且吃不饱,更不必说狗了,但大黄狗养得还算壮实。 When my grandpa was alive, I often sighed: “Cats, dogs,” implies that if a cat or a dog is kept in the house, it must be regarded as a son and can not be discarded. Behind the grandfather’s office, there is a story behind it. At that time, my grandfather was still young. His parents worked as a farmer and as a stalker. They compiled and sold a few children ’s baskets and kept a group of their own children. They also received two apprentices who managed to live and manage. Home is also fed a rhubarb, just like a sip of children, and its home care hospital is quite effective. Old-time livelihoods difficult, people are still not enough to eat, not to mention the dog, but the big yellow dog keep fairly strong.