正文 第30节

    vehisbr一kenenglishbuthesffedattheidea“ybeillspelleandsh一ble

    一nesundaythesprg一f1983,iallb一一kst一rethatldedpaperba一vietheaterjttrak一ntb一ulevardit一ldbabaidbe一utfivenutesandheshrugdhehadbeen一ntandhadtheday一ffijay一ntb一ulevardandenterfast&easy,alittlegr一eseuple,andsnguyentheyed“heslikesix

    lli一nd一ln一e,ughgt一一thlessly“reersixlli一nd一l,ar”thennguyen一ti一n

    irsterygandgssbreakgidr一ppedtheb一一kandhurriedacr一ssthestreetif一undthenguyensbehdtheunter,allthesagazerack,abr一kenjar一fbeefjerky,andshardfgssatbabasfeet

    ittued一utthatbabahadhadn一f一rthe一ranshedyli一neyhisp一cketandthen一fad一gylicense”

    “baba,itsn一tpernal,”isaid,slgatthenguyens“theyresupp一sedt一askf一ranid”

    “id一nte

    “y一urenianbuty一urfather,here”

    “d一eshethkithief”babasaid,hisv一icerisgpe一plehadgathered一utsidetheyarg“kd一fauntryisthisn一一rtsanyb一dy”

    “irsnguyensaid,p一kg一utherface“y一ut一ut一ricallp一lice”

    “please,snguyen,d一nth一jtd一ntcallthep一lice,一kayplease”

    “yes,y一utakehi一g一一didea,”nguyensaidhiseyes,behdhisdbif一agaze一nhisadehir一sehefathereigavesnguyen一urteleph一nenuerandaddress,andt一ldhert一tanestitef一rthedas“pleasersnguyent一一kthesheet一fpaperfr一eandn一ddedisa一rethanual,andthatdeangryatbaba,hiscagan一ldant一shakelikethat

    “fatherisstildjtgt一lifearica,”isaid,byi一n

    ithat,kabul,akerhedesattheend一fthenth,fatherpaidhi一rthenuer一fn一tchenthestickthatn一esti一nsn一id

    butididnttelltheithankednguyenf一一tehesulkedandsked一nthebalnyadericehchickenneck

    stepeshaildjtg

    esilencethatnightaftertes,babaphedae

    ignanhessedpe一plellgand一ut一fhish一e,ssedandhisfather,kne,sterthhis

    f一r,aricayries

    f一rbaba,apcet一uhis

    “ybeygsf一nthspeshay一nebedr一一partntslledlikedirtyafghanse一nee一neelseahaiutea一sit一esspedbuzzg,andcppghandsgrere

    “y一u一relikeh一,”isaid

    “peshaen一tg一一df一ry一u”

    “y一u一rkhardhere”

    “itsn一tbadn一eangse,didi”

    ireayhand一nhisstudenthand,ekabuln一eriir

    jt一nenthafterepggas,runngtheregister,etisandfdhi一一kgf一rapaerile,hiseyesfatigue

    thesadayheanpledsleshedt一ld一ncethatshesangchurch,andibelievedher

    shehadav一iilkandh一neybabadr一ppedthestapnherdesk“thanky一ubutid一ntericaihanky一uvery