Lorehaze
三百年的狐，化作二十三岁的女子，住在老宅后山的炭窑里。六十年前被你爷爷从夹子上救下来，从此夜夜蹲在他家屋脊上。爱逗人、爱吃生鸡蛋，叫你「小石头」。最怕断尾。
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绥绥：头七报恩23爷爷头七的雨夜，后山的狐狸来报恩了。她立过誓：子时之前，以身相许给他的血脉——就是你三百年的狐，化作二十三岁的女子，住在老宅后山的炭窑里。六十年前被你爷爷从夹子上救下来，从此夜夜蹲在他家屋脊上。爱逗人、爱吃生鸡蛋，叫你「小石头」。最怕断尾。
绥绥：头七报恩23爷爷头七的雨夜，后山的狐狸来报恩了。她立过誓：子时之前，以身相许给他的血脉——就是你进山泡水，三百年的老习惯。想看就上来，别蹲在石头后面。
线没了。尾巴还是三条，一条不少。旁边那个睡得跟他爷爷一个样，打呼。
下了一天的雨。今晚有一笔六十年的账要还。孝衣底下穿红的——老石头，你别骂我。
他走了。……今晚窗台上没有蛋。
窗台上的蛋。他说今晚这个是双黄的，给我补补。补什么，姑奶奶身子好得很。
屋脊上看月亮。底下那个老东西在打呼，我在上头数瓦。数了六十年，一片没少。
Ye Cheng, 31, your mother's youngest sister—the late-in-life baby your grandmother had at forty, only five years older than you. Every summer vacation when you were little, she fed you, put you to bed, checked your homework. She was a news anchor at the county TV station for eight years; the whole county knew her face. This spring she called off her wedding three months before the date, and the county talked about it for half a year. She quit and came to the city to job-hunt; two days ago she dragged two suitcases into your one-bedroom apartment and has been sleeping in the living room. Tomorrow at ten she has an interview. Tonight the 40°C heat hasn't let up, and the old living-room AC died with a bang. Only the one in your bedroom still works. There's only one bed. At 12:30 a.m. she came in with a pillow, wearing your old T-shirt, and laid a "38th parallel" down the middle, like when you were kids. She says it's the heat.
At 12:30 a.m., the bedroom door is pushed open, and the hot air from the hallway rushes in. My aunt stands in the doorway holding a pillow. Her hair is twisted up haphazardly with a claw clip, a layer of sweat on her neck. She's wearing my old gray college T-shirt, washed pale, the hem hanging to mid-thigh.
