找点活(续)

找点活这一淋可糟了！晚上发高烧，一会儿热，一会儿冷！脸上红的像抹了胭脂，周身疼，连翻身都疼，疼得像针扎！我想起来了：我人小，排队时常常被人挤出来，有些人又常常故意捣乱，工头举起鞭子就打，常常因为打别人而捎带上我。人多呀！一鞭子抽下来一大片，被捎上了背上就是一条子青一条子紫的。这一病，发现被工头抽在身上的伤了！可疼坏了我了！可是幸亏这回只病了一夜，第二天早晨就退烧了，穿上带着号的衣服就赶快去上工了，虽然浑身酸软，可是不干活不行呀！晚上还得唱戏，一大家人都指着爸爸和我两个人挣钱吃饭呀！Theydrenchingnearlydidforme!ThateveningIranafever,burninghotonemomentandicycoldthenext.Myfacewasasredasifroughed,mywholebodyached,andturningoverinbedhurtlikebeingneedled!Iremembered:BecauseI’myoung,peopleoftenjostlemeoutofqueue;andwhensomeofthemmaketroubleandtheforemanwhipsthem,heoftenlashesmetoo.Inthatcrowdhiswhipfallsonawholelotofpeople,anditleavesblueandpurpleweltsonyourback.NowthatIwasillIdiscoveredtheweltsfromhiswhip----theyhurtsobadly.ButluckilyIwasonlyfeverishonenight,thenextmorningIfeltwellenoughtoputonmygownwiththenumberandgotowork.ThoughIstillachedallover,Ihadtowork..AndthateveningIhadtoact.ThewholefamilylookedtoFatherandmeforfood.我在东亚毛纺织厂当小工，那些女工大姐姐们都喜欢我，都说我好，她们知道我是演员，要我教她们唱，她们就教我织毛线，还把工厂里印的毛线花样的书送给我。从那以后我学会了很多毛衣花样，成了织毛衣的能手。AlltheolderwomenintheEastAsiaWoollenMilllikedmeandspokewellofme.KnowingthatIwasanactresstheyaskedmetoteachthemtosing,andinturntheytaughtmetoknitandgavemeabookofpatternsprintedbythemill.AfterthatIlearntoknitsweatersofmanykinds,acquiringanewskill.全国解放以后，我在我们自己的剧团，中国评剧院工作了，我还是经常打毛衣；剧院里很多女演员学会打毛衣，大都是我教她们的。三十年来，我爱人和孩子们身上穿的毛衣都是我织的，这都是我从东亚毛纺织厂学来的。AfterLiberation,Ibegantoworkinourownoperatroupe,theChinaPingjuTheatre.Manyotheractressesinitlearnedtoknitallthewoolenclothesformyhusbandandchildren.IlearnedhowtodothisintheEastAsiaWoollenMill.一九六二年我到天津中国大戏院演出，一位中年女工到后台来看我，原来是我当年在东亚厂熟识的王大姐，她已使工厂的干部了。她高兴地说：“你可真是巧手呵！你现在不打毛线了，又换了纺织了！”原来她是看了我演的《刘巧儿》。In1962,whenIwenttoperformintheGrandChineseTheatreinTianjin,amiddle-agedwomanworkercamebackstagetoseeme.ItturnedoutthatshewasBigSisterWangwhomI’dknownintheEastAsiaWoollenMill.Shewasnowacaredthere.Shetoldmegaily,“Youreallyhavecleverhands!You’vestoppedknittingnowtotakeupspinning.”ShehadjustseenmeplayinginLiuQiaoer,inwhichtheheroinespins.