"Little Yang, the secretary. Hurry up,dad. We mustn't keep them waiting." Shedragged him in the direction of their home.
"How have you been getting along, oldchap?" The center chief still had a bushy beardand was just as straightforward as ever.的佗子。”大胡子頗為感概地說著。“唉，想起來真對不住你老哥喲，把你往這兒一扔就是二十年！老夥計，是否現在趁我離開之前把你調出沙佗？”
“哦不不，我待在這兒挺好的，真的，我哪兒也不去。金窩銀窩不如自己的沙窩好，嗬嗬嗬··一”
“你這倔巴頭。好吧，那你有啥要求可以提，我最後幫你一把，滿足你一件要求。”
“這個……倒真是有一個不大的要求……”老沙頭的心動了一下，看一眼女兒，不知怎麼又猶豫起來，“哦不了，沒啥要求，真的沒有。”
這時女兒插言道：“爸，讓客人進屋吧，老站在外邊幹啥，我馬上燒火做飯！”她顯得很高興，用眼角縹一眼那位年輕的白臉秘書。
“是嗬是嗬，快進屋，我還有幾瓶陳年老白幹！”老沙頭這才醒過來，邀請客人。
“別，先別急，這一夭長著呐。”大胡子看看天，看看沙佗子，“我們先進佗子裏隨便轉轉，看看你的沙打旺，看看佗子。”
“哦……”老沙頭看一眼大胡子，琢磨著他
“5050．19So so.
"Only so so? With all the land you've con-tracted and all you've grown? Why, the seedsalone will fetch five yuan sixty a kilo. You'll berolling in money. " He spoke as if the land wouldyield gold and crops shoot up like bamboo afterrain. Beardy joked happily and slapped the oldman on the shoulder.
Sandy laughed. He was fond of the man,although aware that he had drawn twenty years'pay as the head of the forestry center for doingless in the way of sand prevention and afforesta-tion than in that of making himself a name fordrinking and hunting. "What brings you here,加賀？”
"Well, I'm off to be advisor to the countyforestry bureau. I've come to pay you and thedunes a visit before I go, " said Beardy with feel-ing. "I'm sorry to have left you here in the dunesfor all of twenty years. How about having youtransferred to the center before I leave forgood?"
"Oh, no, I like it here. I don't want toleave. This is home to me, ha, ha!"
"You're a stubborn old man. I want to do“隨便轉轉”的意味，心裏“格哈”一下，目光隨即落到老主任肩上背著的那杆老獵槍上。而且那位秘書也背著槍。“噢，隨便轉轉，好好，可帶著獵槍……”
“啊，這是防身的，在沱子裏萬一碰見個狼什麼的。”大胡子打著哈哈。
“唔。”老沙頭想了片刻，突然說：“老主任，你用不著費勁巴力轉佗子了，這麼著吧，幹脆，你就朝我養的雞群開槍吧，反正我不想養雞了。正愁著怎麼收拾它們……”