Toothpaste prose

That year, we didn't have a toothbrush because we didn't have the habit of brushing our teeth. It is rare for someone in the village to gargle with salt water, which always feels strange, even if it is a loud gargle.

Until someone comes back from working in the city or the south and can take several bags of aluminum toothpaste home, our children are always the first to surround them. Looking at the big sister foaming at the mouth, she kept shaking her head, thinking that this epilepsy is too crazy. After twitching for so long, why didn't she fall to the ground! Grandma kicked us out for fear that the children would speak ill of her daughter and make the villagers laugh. Far away, I heard her say to the girl who shook her head, "What are you washing your mouth?"! Go out for a few days and bring this foreign thing back to make the children laugh. "

Actually, we didn't laugh at her We just feel foaming at the mouth and twitching, which is very similar to aunt's epilepsy, except that every time she falls to the ground and twitches, she stands and shakes her head. If she falls to the ground, several of our friends will carry her to Uncle He's clinic for treatment. But I don't know why grandma kicked us out.

After being driven away, Xiao Wei sighed at the collapsed wall of the school, saying that he couldn't get the toothpaste tube. I'm surprised. What is a toothpaste tube? Why did you buy a toothpaste tube? He gave me a contemptuous look. Toothpaste skin is very useful and can make many interesting things.

After listening to Xiao Wei's words, I started sneaking around grandma's house, looking for toothpaste skins everywhere, hoping to find this rare thing in their garbage. Because I know that her sister has the habit of brushing her teeth, there must be used toothpaste tubes, but I wonder if they will throw them away.

Every morning, after watching my sister have a fit of epilepsy on the porch at the door, I am extremely satisfied. Shake your head rhythmically, as if intoxicated with the beat of music alone; The expression on her neck is even more connected with heaven and earth, as magical as clearing away clouds. She always feels enlightened and relieved. After gargling, I can breathe freely and slowly turn around and walk to the hall, feeling so relaxed and comfortable.

When I got home, I followed her example. I washed several bowls with clear water and didn't see any white bubbles coming out. I also tried to squeeze out saliva and round a few bubbles, but I never succeeded. I've always wondered, is toothpaste really that magical? There must be something similar in our family. Quietly hiding behind the door, I saw my mother washing clothes in the yard, and there were many bubbles floating in the big basin. I thought I would use this bubble to wash clothes. I can definitely use it to wash my teeth, just like my sister's toothpaste. It will have a magical effect. So, I decided to look for that refreshing feeling. When my mother went outside to pour dirty water, she rushed over with a small handful of washing powder in her hand.

I spilled the stolen washing powder in our drinking cup and kept stirring it with chopsticks. There is really white foam. Like my sister, I started shaking my head, shaking my little head and foaming at the mouth. My mother who spilled dirty water came back and saw me foaming at the mouth and twitching under the porch. I turned pale with fear, and the big basin in my hand fell to the ground with a bang. Hold me in my heart for three steps and make two steps, grab my manhole with my right thumb, so that I can't go up and down, can't talk, and finally break free.

I jumped out and angrily accused my mother. What are you doing? I'm brushing my teeth, can't you see? You're gonna kill me. You almost choked. Mom is even more frustrated, patting her thighs with both hands, and in turn accusing me of scolding and brushing my teeth. You have to be like that crazy girl! I fell ill after going out for a few days, and I am afraid I will never find my husband's family again.

Grandma walked into our yard with a basket on her arm and pointed at her mother and shouted loudly, Who are you talking to? Who can't find her in-laws' home? Who has epilepsy? Your boy goes to my door every day to squat and shit, regardless of his own children. Be careful of squatting on your stove and riding your neck to shit that day.

What with what? What are you arguing about? I shouted impatiently at the two elders. In fact, I don't know what's going on, and I'm going to persuade my mother and grandmother. However, I was pushed far by my mother and fell to the ground, and my knee just hit the big stone at the door. My mother, who just said "You don't know shit …", swallowed again and saw me squatting at the gate with my knees in my arms. I sobbed wronged, my nostrils bubbled, and the washing powder in my mouth kept bubbling. Now I'm really scaring grandma and mom. They rushed over and looked at the blood on my knee, foaming at the mouth. I am very distressed.

At that time, my mother was in a hurry and pulled a handful of Gleditsia sinensis leaves in the corner of the yard, wiped them and applied them to my wound. Salt water made me cry. In the countryside, the older generation thought that this kind of leaf could stop bleeding, but it was not, and the blood was still desperately flowing out. Grandma hugged me and kept wiping the saliva on my nose and mouth with her skirts. Trembling hands beat my back like chaff.

Seeing that the bleeding couldn't stop, the grandmother asked her mother to hold me and ran home quickly, and brought an aluminum soft skin ointment (actually toothpaste) for her mother to apply. The bleeding really stopped. She saw that my knee had stopped bleeding, took a long sigh of relief, handed the remaining half bottle of toothpaste to her mother, and said that she would take a bath at night and take it off and apply it. Mother accepted her gift with great embarrassment. I smell this smell and know that it is the smell of elder sister brushing her teeth every day.

The next day, I didn't see my elder sister shaking her head and shaking off the foam under the eaves. I just rinsed my mouth with salt water like the educated people in the village.

After a few days, my knee got a cocoon and itched under the hard shell. I boasted about this wound carefully, and the cracked mouth of toothpaste made me feel a little scared, but when I smelled the delicious smell, the whole person began to soften again, thinking about my sister's expression, and I enjoyed it.

Xiao Wei knew I had toothpaste skin and tried to apply "ointment" for me many times. Obviously, he is eager to squeeze out all the content. But my mother took it from me, you little bastard. Is this the way to use such an expensive thing? I don't know. Save it. Xiao Wei had to stumble back a few steps, turned and ran away, and never dared to enter the door of our yard again.

Looking at Xiao Wei's expression, I guessed his mind and roughly knew what he wanted to do. Because the toothpaste skin is made of aluminum, it is extremely soft and can be shaped at will, and the mouth of the toothpaste is made of hard aluminum, which can also be used to make more dexterous things. Knowing this, I also began to yearn for it to be used up quickly. The leftover toothpaste can be used to make fun toys for me, which will make my friends interested in my toys, especially Xiao Wei.

My knee is getting better, so I don't need to apply toothpaste, but I'm in a hurry to get the toothpaste skin, because the bottle of toothpaste has not been completely used up! Mom won't throw it away or take it out for me to play with. I began to think about how to spend it, so I stood up and limped to the outside of the hospital. I happened to meet my mother coming back from the mountains with a load of firewood. The bundle of firewood in front blocked her view and she couldn't see me at all. When my legs and feet were clumsy, I fell down and rubbed against the wall of the courtyard door. A large piece of skin on the elbow was scratched and began to ooze blood slowly. My mother saw that my legs and feet were not flexible, so she touched me again and scratched a big scar. She immediately took off the burden on her shoulders, lovingly picked me up, and kept blaming herself: Little darling, my legs and feet are still not well, and I hurt my elbow again. It's all my mother's fault! Wash it quickly and apply some ointment (toothpaste).

Under the careful care of my mother, I secretly smiled and thought to myself, that's great, the toothpaste can finally be used up. Looking back now, I really feel guilty. But at that time, I was preoccupied with how to get the materials to make my favorite toys, and I forgot everything else.

Under my continuous tossing intentionally or unintentionally, the toothpaste was finally used up, and the rest of my body was of course at my disposal. Mother looked at the scar that was getting better gradually, and finally felt a little comfort in her heart. She doesn't blame herself anymore, and she doesn't care what I did. She always wanted me to grow up happily and healthily.

I quietly put the harvested toothpaste skin into my trouser pocket and found a flat umbrella bone in an unknown corner. I hid under the porch behind the house, forged it straight with my father's hammer, and then took down the front mouth of the toothpaste bottle very carefully, put it on the prepared flat umbrella rib, hammered it flat and stuck it on one-third of the iron bars. Then, at the full moon, wrap the handle with a red thread from someone else's baby and leave a part as a tassel. Turning the handle requires some strength and skill. If it's too loose, it's easy to disperse, and it looks rough and sloppy, with no sense of accomplishment. If the winding is too tight, people will feel stiff. Moreover, the thread is not spiritual, dull and ugly, and it is easy to break and get dirty. Finally, the scabbard is of course made of aluminum toothpaste. After doing all the previous work, I polished my father's grindstone with a small dagger and polished it into a sharp sword-shaped tip. This is the finished product.

I feel very happy when I look at his elaborate small sword. At least I can show it off in front of Xiao Wei. Sure enough, my friends saw my little sword and followed me. Especially Xiao Wei saw me holding this beautiful and delicate little sword and chasing it to play with me. He studied the sword carefully and touched it carefully, but he couldn't let it go and regretted it.

So he secretly found his elder sister and pestered her to ask if there were any extra toothpaste tubes or used toothpaste boxes. He is willing to exchange all his toys with her. But elder sister doesn't have this toothpaste, let alone toothpaste skin. Even she has been talking with salt water recently, and she has not seen the western style in the past, just like a village girl. Repeatedly, grandma saw Xiao Wei once and scolded him once, which made him afraid to go to grandma's house again.

As time goes by, we grow up little by little. I didn't notice when it started. The whole village began to brush their teeth, and even we used toothpaste ourselves. We all use this kind of "Zhonghua" or "Lengsuanling" brand aluminum toothpaste, but when we grow up, we no longer make that kind of small sword, and we no longer envy competing for fun.

And this small sword I bought from my childhood has been lying in the corner of the box for several years. Every time I see it, I take it out and study it. I can always smell the smell of toothpaste and the bloody smell in the scar. I don't know if my mother still remembers my sly eyes that cheated her, and the weak figure that is not sensible and naughty.