四五岁开始,早上就睡不了懒觉,得跟大人同时起床,爷爷定的规矩,我是小胳膊扭不过大腿。他们下地出工时,我跟四爷和增娃、狗娃大大、瓜子哥上坡去放牛羊。祖父或是父亲帮我把大黄牛从圈里牵出来,缰绳盘到犄角上,个头像我的小黑牛没有缰绳,与高大壮实的大黄牛和三头小白羊就蹶起尾巴,撒着欢儿汇入杨家大院的牛羊群。二十多头牛羊在晨光清风里,浩浩荡荡地腾起一片烟尘,前拥后挤地沿着那条山道往牧场奔去。我们几个年老弱小,跟在牛羊的屁股后头,手里各拎一根细长 Four or five years old, can not sleep in the morning lazy sleep, get up at the same time with adults, grandfather set the rules, I was a small arm twisted but thighs. When they go out to work, I talked to Si Ye and Zeng Wa. Grandfather or father helped me pull out the big bull from the ring, the bridle plate to the temples, like a little black cow without my reins, and tall and sturdy big yellow cows and three small white sheep to raise their tails, sprinkled with joy Yang imported into the courtyard of the herd. More than twenty cattle and sheep in the morning breeze, a mighty to a smoke, the former crowded along the Hill Road ran pastures ran. We are a few young and old, followed by the buttocks of cattle and sheep, each carrying a slender hand