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1983.4.3 Prologue The time was in the late 1960s, when A Yuan was in the third year of junior high school and A Yun was in the first year of junior high school. At Badu Station, the train at 5:35, people from the same village and classmates told A Yuan that A Yun would not be able to catch this train.So A Yuan sat down on the wooden chair as he usually waited for A Yun, and took out a book to read.Cars came and went, and at the station after a group of pedestrians were taken away, there was almost only A Yuan left.He wore a clumsy old watch on his hand. The watch was too big and his hand was too small. It was tied to his wrist with a straw rope. The old clock at the station was already six o'clock.

In the train, A Yuan and A Yun sitting side by side are two little ones.Because she had just finished the final exam and was flipping through the book to check the answers, Ayun suddenly cried, saying that she couldn't do math and she did very poorly in the exam. They got off at Houtong Station, at dusk in summer, the sky was still bright, someone was setting up a screen in front of the station to show a movie, Uncle Akun from the grocery store called them, it was a bag of rice from Ayun's family.Ayuan helped her carry the rice bag, and Ayun helped him carry the schoolbag, and walked up the path leading to the mountain.

A Yuan sent the rice bag to A Yun's house, and then went home.Their father was a miner.During these days, A Yuan's father was admitted to St. Mary's Hospital in Keelung because of a leg injury, and his mother was accompanying him in the hospital, so his grandfather was the head of the household.My grandfather is very capable. For example, knowing that my sister hates water spinach the most, and when the only meal is fried water spinach, my grandfather made a special plate of water spinach cake and brought it to my sister's table.In the middle of the aluminum plate, there is a pile of round castle-shaped rice that is turned upside down with a bowl. On the rice, there are water spinach scattered with leaves, like flowers and candles. My sister will be very happy to think that she is in To eat "Western food", finish the meal one iron spoonful at a time.

One afternoon at the beginning of the summer vacation, my father came back from the hospital, his legs still a little limp, and my mother brought back the remaining half box of sugar cubes. The younger brother who always squeezed out toothpaste to eat when he was hungry, was like a fly thinking about the box of sugar cubes at this time.What's more, the younger brother stole all the medicine money that the neighbors came to pay for the medicine in the medicine bag on the wall, so that when the western drug dealer came to collect the money and distribute the medicine once a month, the mother was very angry and chased the younger brother to beat and scold him.

A Yuan handed over the report card to his father. After graduating from junior high school, he told his father that he wanted to go to Taipei to do something.In fact, A Yuan's homework is very good, and there is no problem in entering high school, but how can the family afford it.As a father, he felt ashamed, but he shouted forcefully, "If you want to be a cow, you don't have to worry about not having a plow!" (Subtitles appear above) 1. Near noon at Taipei Hou Station Two years later, Ah Yuan was studying in the evening department of high school in Taipei and working in a printing factory during the day.Today he had to deliver lunch to the boss's son as usual, but he had to go to the train station to pick up Ayun first.Ah Yun has also graduated and is coming to Taipei to work.

On the chaotic and noisy back station platform, Ayun was carrying two big bags, waiting for an unknown amount of time, looking helpless on the verge of crying. A middle-aged man wearing a peaked cap came over to talk to Ah Yun. Maybe he claimed to be someone from an employment agency. Anyway, he helped Ah Yun with his luggage and walked towards the north gate. Ah Yun hurriedly followed the man away. . On the side of the flyover, A Yuan hurried down, looked around for a while, only to see A Yun, and chased after him.Seeing that it was him, Ayun burst into laughter, neither of them understood what that man was doing, and he looked domineering.Ah Yuan pulled Ah Yun and left, and was about to blame her for walking with other people, but Ah Yun found that the luggage was not in his hand, but was carried in the man's hand.

A Yuan hurriedly chased him back, begging for his luggage, but the man got angry and refused to give it.A Yuan snatched it hard, got it, was pushed by the man and fell to the ground, the bento box unexpectedly rolled out of the platform and fell onto the rails.A Yuan wanted to jump off the platform to pick it up, but was stopped by the station attendant's urgent metal whistles. In the midst of hesitation, a train heading south came and stopped at the station. 2. On the way to elementary school at noon Ah Yuan drove Ah Yun to the elementary school, saying that the bento box was crushed, and he had to take five yuan to buy food for the boss's son. Ah Yun was sad and speechless, and sat on the back of the bicycle like a kitten.

When they arrived at the gate of the school, it was already past the meal time, and everyone dispersed.Usually the boss's son always stands under the porch, waiting for him to bring the lunch to him, but now there is no one there, the campus is full of cicadas singing loudly, and the urchins playing, A Yuan can only stare bitterly at the white flowers on the ground The sun is so bright that people can't open their eyes.He would not know that the child who couldn't wait for the lunch box was hiding by the window of the classroom on the second floor at the moment, watching him coldly.

3. Afternoon in the dormitory The dormitory is an attic shared by A Yuan and his classmate Heng Chunzai.A Yuan temporarily placed A Yun in the house, and waited for A Qin to come here after get off work in the evening, and then took her to work.Ask Ayun to cook noodles by himself, and he has to rush to work in the printing factory.Ayun said that there was a bag of sweet potatoes, red sweet potatoes grown by his grandfather, and he asked her to bring them to him for the boss.A Yuan didn't know where the unknown fire came from, and said that the boss was such a person, why did he give them sweet potatoes, and he didn't know how to eat them, so he ran downstairs.After a while, he ran up again and asked Ayun where are the sweet potatoes? Ayun handed him a heavy sack.

4. Printing factory afternoon This is a very narrow and congested family-style factory building. The boss is like an old cow, buried in the lead plate, and only cares about picking up words. A Yuan rushed to the factory, took a bag of sweet potatoes, and gave it to the proprietress. The proprietress was not happy that he was late for work, but that's all.A Yuan still had a plastic bag in his hand, which contained a bunch of flattened lunch boxes. He didn't know how to explain it to the proprietress, and murmured for a while. About three o'clock, the child was suddenly brought home by the school teacher, who said he had fainted and was hungry because he hadn't eaten lunch.After the teacher left, things became noisy. A Yuan handed over the bag of lunch box, and got a slap in the face from the proprietress. eyes, calmly looking at the humiliated A Yuan, but A Yuan has no choice but to be bored and hate.

5. Dormitory evening When A Yuan and Heng Chunzai returned to the dormitory after get off work, A Yun curled up on a chair and fell asleep.Aqin also came after get off work, and the hut was very lively, and the four of them rushed to cook noodles. Aqin mentioned that Ah Xiong was also from Hou Tong, and because he was about to serve in the military, he wanted to introduce Hou Tong to work in the building material company. Aqin said that the salary of the building material company was higher than that of the printing factory, so he asked Ah Yuan if he would go go.In fact, A Yuan could bear to stay in the printing factory, but it was just to get more familiar with some characters, at least something related to characters. Ah Yun thought of something, found a new watch from the luggage bag, and handed it to A Yuan, which was entrusted by A Yuan's father.A Yuan ate the noodle soup, and suddenly burst into tears.Maybe because of the new watch, because of the humiliation he suffered all afternoon, in front of the new watch his father gave him, in front of his friend and Ayun, everything has been comforted and relieved. Ah Yuan and Heng Chunzai had to rush to the night department to take the exam, and Ah Yun told Ah Chin the shop where he would take him to work. 6. Evening School Evening A Yuan soon finished the exam, and waited for Heng Chunzi in the corridor, fondling the new watch on his wrist, cherishing it very much.Heng Chunzai draws billboards in an advertising company, but he is obviously not good at homework, and he looks very painful in the exam. 7. Dorm Night It was very late, and A Yuan was writing a letter to tell his family that he had received it.Heng Chunzai came out of the shower, drenched in moisture, complaining about the hot weather and the difficulty of the exam questions. He said that Zhan Tsai, who was the best at studying in their village, came first in the exam every time because his family was poor and did not participate in tutoring. His classmates couldn't pass him in the exam. The teacher felt very humiliated, saying that he didn't take part in tutoring and fined him to kneel.The first place in the test is also fined to kneel, there is such a thing! But Ah Yuan remembered that in the past, every time it was time for exams, his father would lend him his big watch. The watch was too big, and he had to tie it tightly with a rope.Often, after borrowing the watch for a week, his father would ask him for his report card.A Yuan was thinking like this, Heng Chun said that Zhan Zi was studying in Tamkang now. The night in the attic is really hot, autumn is here, the weather is steaming with sweet-scented osmanthus, A Yuan is sad about autumn. 8. Lunch at the buffet restaurant Ayun was working in the store, carrying things and washing dishes. Someone settled accounts and teased her, "How much is it, miss?" "Eighteen yuan." "Miss is so cute and so cheap..." She just smiled foolishly.When a guest came in, she just smiled and waited for someone to order something.The proprietress told her to "be more talkative, just like a dumb person!" She still laughed, but suddenly she stopped laughing as if she saw something. Across the street from the door, Ah Yuan was standing there.She doesn't dare to come out because there are many guests.Later, he seemed to muster up the courage to talk to the proprietress, and ran out in a hurry. When he saw A Yuan, he was very excited, but at the same time felt aggrieved. Ah Yuan came here, and made an appointment to meet Ah Xiong from the building materials store. Everyone rushed out to do business during lunch and break time. 9. Building materials at noon Ah Xiong introduced Ah Yuan to the owner of the building materials store.The boss asked him if he could ride a motorcycle, and he said he could learn.The boss wants him to come next month. 10. Printing factory during the day In the humming printing factory, the days go by so fast.A Yuan not only has to work in the factory, but also at home.He squatted on the ground to wash clothes, a lot of clothes from the boss's family, including schoolgirl uniforms embroidered with "Sisters in Retreat", and even dirty clothes and trousers. 11. Buffet restaurant with loft at night On Sunday night, A Yuan rode a bicycle to find A Yun to attend A Xiong's farewell banquet. The restaurant has passed the upsurge of eating, there are a few customers sporadically, but Ayun is not seen.A Yuan hesitated for a while, went in to buy two braised eggs for an excuse, and then dared to ask the girl who is usually here. The male clerk pointed to the upstairs, saying that she was burned by oil. A Yuan walked through the narrow attic before arriving at the place where A Yun slept. In a messy space, the surroundings of her bed were very clean.Ah Yun had heard his voice, stood at the window and watched him come in with a smile, against the light, she hid her hands behind her back, and before he could ask, she opened her mouth and said, "I didn't know it was so heavy...I have no strength... " A Yuan asked her if she had applied the medicine. She nodded.A Yuan wanted to see, but she refused. She stretched out her hand only after A Yuan's expression changed, and she saw that from the palm of her right hand to her arm, there were a lot of blisters and broken skin, which were black. I asked her what kind of medicine she was rubbing. She said that the proprietress told her that soy sauce was the best.A Yuan was in pain and angry, and wanted to take her to apply the medicine, but she was afraid of the cost, because she had to take money back home. "I'll do it for you!" A Yuan said. She knew that A Yuan was angry, so she had no choice but to follow.Only then did Ah Yuan realize that her right foot was also splashed, a large black area, even the sole of her foot, she dragged her slippers and walked on the ground.A Yuan's heart ached, but A Yun just smiled foolishly. 12. Night in the emergency room of Zhongxing Hospital Ayun's arms and feet were all covered with gauze.A Yuan paid at the counter, A Yun watched from the side, saw that the payment was more than two hundred, asked how much A Yuan didn't answer.After finding the money, Ayun said in surprise, "Why is it so expensive!" 13. Street night Ah Yuan rode his bicycle to Ayun to go to Axiong's farewell banquet, but it was already a long time late.Ah Yun, who was behind the car seat, lamented that he had been in Taipei for so long, and today he was the farthest away. Unfortunately, it was night and he couldn't see anything.Suddenly he said, why is it so expensive to rub a little medicine and get two injections? 14. Restaurant night Ah Xiong is going to serve in the army, and he will go back to Houtong tomorrow. Everyone has made an appointment to drink and eat here. Some people have money or items and ask Ah Xiong to bring them home.Drinking to the fullest, there are exclamations, complaints, and rhetoric.Their family is all engaged in mining. The only way out for the next generation is to catch a train at Houtong Station and come to Taipei to work.In a big city with fierce competition, a group of them naturally gather together and love each other. Only Ayun is a girl, sitting quietly beside A Yuan, people often forget her existence, when they think of it, she is sitting there again, just like A Yuan's wife. 15. Dorm Night When they came back to the dormitory very late, they packed leftovers and brought them to Heng Chunzi. Heng Chun knelt down on the ground, not knowing what to draw, and ate the dried bean curd. It was really time to send Ah Yun back, but the two of them just sat there with care, their faces still flushed after drinking and eating.Ayun suddenly said inexplicably, "Why is it so expensive?" A Yuan asked her if her hands hurt, she shook her head and said that she didn't dare to go back in such a state, and asked A Yuan to help her bring the money back and buy some things for her younger siblings, because she wrote to ask for them.Asked how much she took back, she said 1450.A Yuan told her to take one thousand and keep the four hundred and five for medicine.She didn't like it, so A Yuan said that he originally planned to give 1,500 to the family. If this is the case now, then add up the money of the two and divide it by two, and it will be counted as her contribution to the family. Ayun cried and said, but he helped her pay for the medicine, it was so expensive! Ayuan asked her, she would get 1,500 yuan a month, and 1,450 yuan, only 50 yuan. Ayun carefully calculated, 5 What was the ten yuan used for, buying soap, toothpaste... Suddenly he laughed.A Yuan asked her what, she said no, and when she asked again, she just smiled and said it was something for their girls. Hengchun's drawing came to an end. Seeing that the two of them couldn't finish their conversation, they said that the shirt Ayun was wearing was too plain, and it would be nice if he could draw two strokes on it.Unexpectedly, Ah Yun took off the shirt from his head and gave it to him to draw. Both boys are stupid.Ayun is wearing a vest-style underwear, and his thin and clear body can only be Si Wuxie.They were deeply moved by Ayun's simple, completely undefended youthful willfulness, yet so clean.They were young boys themselves. 16. Miscellaneous scenes during the day A Yuan resigned from his job in the printing factory, and the proprietress counted his salary to him, every penny counted. On a rainy day, A Yuan, wearing a raincoat, rode a bicycle with several large bundles of wallpaper. Around the construction site, the roads were muddy, and several wallpaper tubes rolled into the gutter.He helped the car, went down the gutter to pick up the paper tube, put it on the shelf, and went down the gutter again, the car fell over again, and the paper tube he had just picked up rolled down again.The car was honking, so he had to get up and get the car aside before picking up the wallpaper and putting it on the frame.When he went to carry another bundle of wallpaper, the car fell down again, and in the rain, Ah Yuan stood still. He started to learn motorcycles, and often practiced on the gravel ground by the river embankment, turning on and off, and galloping around a large arc. 17. During the day on the Tamsui Line train Once, he took Ayun to Tamsui to play, but it was Ayun who lied to the boss that something happened in his hometown and asked for a day off before he could come out. When they passed Guanyin Mountain by train, they were lying on the window, and Ayuan taught her to identify Guanyin's scarf crown, forehead, nose to chin outline.At that time, he was thinking in his heart that the last time he brought money home, his mother asked him why the money was short, and he lied that the school would pay a little money. His mother looked at him and said, "You are destined to go to college." He also lied Ayun's mother said that Ayun had become white and fat, 2,000 yuan a month, 500 yuan is enough, don't worry.Ayun's mother seems to believe it, saying that urbanites eat well and don't need to bask in the sun, of course they will become white and fat. Ayuan should take care of her more and don't let her learn badly in the city. Like other girls, she will dress up when she comes back. It has to be the same as "Black Cat".Ayun's mother smiled and said: "She has changed from good to bad, and she will be yours from now on." 18. Student dormitory during the day This is a typical dormitory for Tamkang architecture students. The room is full of anxious, rebellious, and decadent atmosphere.Zhan Zai and his college friends sat or lay scattered in the house, arguing severely about philosophical propositions such as existentialism. A Yuan brought back several copies of the Xinchao library and the last issue of the university magazine to Zhan Zi.He and Ayun sat among them, reverently wanting to understand their conversation, but Ayun seemed restless, bewildered and humbled. 19. Evening at the Ferry Port of Tamsui Town Later, when they were eating fish balls and noodle noodles at the ferry port, Ayun said that she wanted to go to supplementary school next year.A Yuan asked her why. She said he wanted to go to college, she didn't want him to graduate from college, and she just graduated from junior high school.A Yuan said forget it, how could he be admitted to university, even if he was admitted, he would not have the money to study, unless he came back from the army and took the night department.Ayun said: "I can make money." Ayun said this unintentionally, but Ayuan remembered it for a lifetime. 20. Buffet shop during the day Another year has passed and it is early summer. A Yuan was waiting for A Yun in front of the store on a motorcycle, and there were piles of building materials on the shelves.Ayun was talking to the proprietress, smiling, his hair had grown a lot and hung on his shoulders, his clothes were still plain, nothing had changed.Then Ayun came out with the small leather bag. A Yuan asked her if their store made a lot of zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival, and the proprietress was willing to let her come out. A Yun said that she was going to go shopping and go home, anyway, let them deduct the money. 21. Daytime outside a department store Ayun came out with some things, and Ayuan urged her frequently, because he took her out during the delivery time.As soon as the two went out to the parking space, they found that the car was missing even the building materials. 22. Miscellaneous scenes during the day The two looked for a car everywhere like fools.Parking lot, street, Zhonghua shopping mall, private toll parking lot at the back, alley, shuttle around.Ayun carried those things and followed Ayuan, and in the end both of them were desperate. When they calculated the motorcycle and building materials, and they had to pay nearly more than 10,000 yuan, A Yuan might have gone crazy. Seeing a motorcycle that looked like it, he even said that he wanted to steal it.He said that as long as the wire of the switch is connected, it can be started, and he asked Ah Yun to watch out.When he was looking for wires, Ayun cried, so he had to give up.In the alley, there are two helpless children on the edge of the city. 23. Miscellaneous scenes during the day A piece of red paper was posted at the entrance of the buffet restaurant, "Dragon Festival will be closed for the second day, and we will be open tomorrow as usual." At the North Gate Post Office, A Yuan and A Yun were writing letters, and then A Yun sent back the things he had bought in a package. They foolishly sat on the waiting chairs at the West Railway Station of the Highway Bureau, watching many people returning to their hometowns carrying big and small bags and getting on the bus. 24. Afternoon outside the cinema This afternoon, the two of them only went to see a movie, and they watched it without emotion.After walking out of the theater, Ah Yun seemed to be in a particularly depressed mood and kept silent.A Yuan wanted to make her happy, but instead provoked her, he twisted up and said he wanted to go home.A Yuan scolded her for being crazy, and the two quarreled, a completely boring fight. When he was frozen, there was a bus pulling up, and someone got off, and Ayun jumped on the bus just as it was about to close, regardless of which bus it was. 25. From evening to late night by the sea A Yuan was very discouraged.I want to go far, far away, away from Ayun, away from people, and away from this congested city. When he got to the beach, it started to rain lightly.The sky was very low, and at Lintou Shuye, someone was burning ghost paper.A mood of death.He didn't know how long he was in a daze, he didn't think of going back, and he didn't have a car to go back.Meet two full members of the coastal defense force and bring him back to the camp. He had dinner with a few soldiers, and sat on a small bench to watch TV. It was the program "Fragrant Treasure Island", which actually reported the life of the miners.The pictures shown through the fluorescent screen seemed to be covered with a layer of whitewash, which made him feel unfamiliar, and it was strange.He suddenly fell from the stool and fell ill with a fever. The sound of the sea tide and the sound of pines in the quiet night, A Yuan wakes up and sleeps in the barracks.In the darkness, it seemed to be the light of a cigarette butt, and the star suddenly disappeared, and there was a yellow light on the forehead of the guard outside the camp. I don’t know if it was his grandfather who told him this, or if it really existed in his memory. He seemed to hear many relatives gathered around him, saying that he would not be able to survive this night. What a pity for the eldest son... that was when he was one year old. I was so sick that I was about to die, and I didn’t know who told me about it. I ate a kind of herbal medicine, and I got a pile of black urine, and my stomach disappeared, and I was fine. My father was the adopted son of my grandfather. Grandfather's surname, I heard that after A Yuan was born, I felt a little bit remorseful, and I didn't keep my word, so A Yuan fell ill and was about to die.Ever since A Yuan took the surname of his adoptive grandfather, he has become healthier.In the dark night at this moment, he seems to have seen the baby with a distended belly, being held by his mother, and taken to teach the shaman to tell good or bad luck. 26. Upstairs Daytime at the Buffet Shop On this day, Ah Yun was drying clothes on the roof of the building, and there had been no news from Ah Yuan for two days.She asked the male clerk who was drying the clothes together, which direction is Wuxing Street? Looking at downtown Taipei from the roof of the building, the male clerk finally said that if you go further, you can’t see it, anyway, it’s just down the mountain. 27. Late night in the dormitory On Wuxing Street, in the rough attic, a window light was turned on, and then the landlady’s voice came, calling A Yuan, someone was looking for him, and it was already two o’clock at night. Heng Chunzai came out in his underwear, when he opened the door, Ah Yun was outside.Heng Chun was startled, half opened the door to cover his lower body, and hurriedly let her in.Ayun said, please ask Ayuan to come out and tell him—he burst into tears and said, "I've come a long way... No matter how angry he is at me... I should walk a few steps." Then Hengchun said: " He, if he could leave, he would have gone to you long ago." It turned out that Ah Yuan was sick, tired and caught a cold, and had bronchitis.Hengchun kept complaining, saying that Ah Yuan was afraid of spending money, so he didn't go to the doctor, and bought medicine for himself, which turned out to be more expensive. Later, he carried him to the doctor, and vomited on his back. A Yuan lay on the bed, staring at A Yun in a daze, but A Yun stood there, speechless.Heng Chun talked half a bunch of words, no one paid any attention, he went to sleep, and after a while, he started snoring everywhere. Ayun sat on the bedside, looking at him, and he looked at her, without avoiding eyes, feeling sweet to each other, but it was so deep and soft.He seemed to see them when they were young. On the train to school, he asked her about the English alphabet, and wrote on the glass window with chalk to test her. The serious and hesitant expression on her face was vividly in front of his eyes. 28. Dormitory morning In the early morning of the next day, the sunlight coming in through the window shone on the Ririchun tree on the empty milk jug.There were faint laughter and human speech, and when Ah Yuan's hearing gradually woke up, he heard that Heng Chunzai was talking to Ah Yun. Hengchunzi talked about their Hengchun story. They grow Qiongma at home. There was a Sino-US joint exercise. Qiongma Mountain was painted with a 5 and became the target of bombing. The villagers went to steal things from the US military. He also tried to steal it, but he got back two large cash boxes, but when he opened it, it turned out to be the corpse of the US military.Ah Yun said: "Your father must have been very pitiful at that time." Heng Chunzai said: "Hey, no wonder you are Ah Yuan's wife, you have temperament, those who have no conscience, they all laugh as soon as I finish talking." A Yuan felt that he had also joined their conversation, but in fact it was only his own consciousness.He said that when he was in the fifth grade of elementary school, his father often went to the home of the representatives of public opinion to play cards. His mother hated his father playing cards.He wrote this matter in his weekly diary, and the teacher read it and told him that he could report representatives of public opinion, and the whistleblower must write his real name.He really wrote it, sneaked to the police station, threw it in and slipped away.As a result, the police handed the report letter to the public opinion representative, and the public opinion representative handed it to his father, who hung him up and beat him up. Ah Yun woke him up and got up to eat porridge. Heng Chunzai had already gone to work, and Ah Yun washed his clothes to dry on the bamboo poles. He was sick and weak, so he could only lean against the door and send Ayun back to the store to get busy.He held her arm to express his gratitude, and watched her walk out of the alley, feeling that the water is far away and mountains are long. 29. Hou Tong during the day The train stopped at Houtong Station, and everyone got off the train bustlingly. It was their hometown, so they made an appointment and came back together. They wear the best clothes on their bodies, most of which come from the auction items in the Zhonghua Mall.There is a guy named Tudou Zai who is still wearing a long-sleeved shirt on a hot day, and everyone makes fun of him.Ayun bought two boxes of monosodium glutamate and carried them in her hand, happily, talking about how Ayuan used to help her carry rice bags up the mountain. When Ah Yuan was about to go to the house in the mountain mine, his younger sister saw them all the way, and waved and shouted "Da, da!" Always said "Ana" when we parted last time, and see who will say "Da!" when we meet next time 30. Daytime at home A Yuan still sends A Yun home first, and then returns home. The atmosphere at home was a bit weird, because my father didn't go to work, and he was sloppy in the house.It turned out that the mining area was on strike. The reason was that the TV program made false reports, saying that the miners’ daily salary was 400 yuan, and their living conditions were not bad. Do it for 30 days, do it for 20 days, and rest for 10 days, that is the best condition. 31. The night before the Earth Temple Movies are played in front of the temple for the gods to watch, and the villagers watch them together. There are a bunch of fathers and elders over there, talking about the strike.They were just complaining to the mine, but the owner of the mine spoke so harshly as soon as he appeared on the stage, which made everyone angry. Let's see who is stubborn.Now send a representative to negotiate, saying that it is the son-in-law of the mine owner, it is useless for the son-in-law to come out! There are a bunch of A Yuan's younger generation.Potato boy rolled up his long-sleeved shirt to show them his arms. It was bruised and purple, and it was miserable. No wonder potato boy had to wear long sleeves to cover it up.He said he was calling the boss, and he laughed at himself and didn't care about it, but when everyone's righteous anger calmed down, he casually said, "It hurts so much", which made everyone very sad. Suddenly there was a power outage and the movie stopped. 32. Home frontcourt There was a power outage, and there were all kinds of laughing and talking, all kinds of voices.I was looking for a candle, and I felt it for my grandfather. When I touched it, it exploded with a bang. It was a firecracker. The family laughed so hard that my grandfather cursed: "Fuck you third sister!" Laughter, noise, and the inexplicable excitement caused by the power outage gradually subsided, when I heard the sound of opening the door, squeak-ah, heard the sound of the electric switch, click-da, the light was on, and it was the young father who entered the room Mother.They went to the city to buy uniforms and came back. They were afraid of waking up the children, so they quietly brought a uniform to their sleeping sister. They measured the size of their bodies. They always bought much larger ones. You don’t need to buy it in the new year. Ah Yuan, who was in junior high school, slept with his head on this side, and his sleep was fuzzy. He saw this scene. Someone outside the door called A Yuan.The him sitting by the bed, the current him, got up and went out, and everyone asked him to come out and kick the cans.At this age, he still plays kicking cans. It's rare because of his goodbyes. The partners go home a lot, so they want to make a fuss.The tall friends kicked and flew far away. There was a miserable clang, someone's window was broken, and there was a sound of shouting and cursing.This is their small village, and there is music in the moonlight. 33. Mines during the day In the early morning of the next day, the workers who came to the mine gathered from all over the place scattered in front of the mine pit and did not enter the pit. At noon, A Yuan and A Yun came to the mine together, carrying a small pot, wrapped it in a floral cloth towel, and gave the meat dumpling to his father, and everyone shared the meal. Someone in the office was negotiating, saying that it was a different person to talk about. , promised to apologize to them and the like.My father and the others said that if it is four hundred yuan, it is not necessary to increase the height of four hundred yuan, but those women who are knocking coal cinders outside the pit have too little money, so they should increase some. 34. Dormitory night Heng Chunzai broke a finger and was hospitalized. Ah Yuan and Ah Yun are going to visit the hospital, and they are about to cook a pot of porridge. A Yuan read the letter from home and told A Yun that the family had received a military order in the mail.Ayun was washing his hands, and he was in a daze when he heard it, even if the faucet was turned on, he didn't feel it.The porridge on the stove overflowed with a burnt smell, and A Yuan said that it was burnt. What she was doing, she smelled it, and hurried to move the pot, and when it was hot, half of the pot was spilled, A Yuan rushed to help her clean it up, and she didn't blame her yet. She, she was already teary and about to cry. 35. Hospital night The two of them leaned beside Heng Chunzai's bed, serving him minced pork buns, Hengchunzai showed them his broken index finger, and said with a smile that it looked like a sausage that was eaten by a cat.The porridge had a strong burnt smell, and Heng Chunzai asked how it was burnt. Seeing that A Yun lowered his head and said nothing, A Yuan also seemed disconcerted, saying that he had received a military service order. Hengchun boy became depressed all of a sudden, complaining about breaking a finger, and even if he was healed, he didn't know if he could serve in the army, do it! Ah Yun listened to their talk, and suddenly said: "Why are you boys like this?" I like being a soldier." 36. Grocery store daytime A Yuan was in the grocery store, finished his work, and bid farewell to the boss.Since the motorcycle was lost, he lost money and changed jobs at this company.The boss was quite refreshed, and even though he didn't work for a full term, he still paid him full salary, from his military service to his heroic deeds as a soldier in Nanyang 40 years ago. 37. Buffet shop afternoon Ayun took advantage of the relatively free time in the afternoon to rush to write envelopes in her room.Outside the window, a bicycle creaked downstairs, and she ran to the window, and it turned out to be a postman. The postman yelled at her that she had bought it all, and asked her to go downstairs to get it.It turned out that she asked the postman to bring her a large stack of one-yuan stamps, even the postman was surprised.I asked her why she wanted so many stamps, and she didn't answer, she just gave the postage to the postman.The postman was a lively young man with a round, flattering face, and he was very attentive to Ah Yun. 38. Dormitory night Ayun came to Ayuan with a bulging medium-sized travel bag, and Hengchunzai went back to Nanfang to recuperate.A Yuan was packing up and the house was in a mess. Seeing A Yun dragging a travel bag, he asked what it was, the bulging bag, but A Yun didn't say anything. The two were talking about parting, but they were all about Hengchunzai. A Yuan could come to Hengchunzai if he wanted her to do anything or anything in the future.Ayun asked Ayuan to take the money home. The money was very little, and she spent more than 2,000 yuan. She asked her what she did for it. She still didn't say anything. She just opened the travel bag and took out a bunch of envelopes, all written on it. Her address and name are affixed with a one-dollar stamp.Only part of it was finished, she took out the ballpoint pen, leaned on the table and continued to work. A Yuan was also stunned, saying she was crazy, spending so much money! A Yun buried his head in writing, writing, but tears fell on the envelope. A Yuan asked how many envelopes she had, one thousand and ninety-six.A Yuan said: "There are only 1,095 days in three years." "Next year, when all four things are divided, it will be a leap year, and there will be one more day in February." A Yun said seriously. 39. Dormitory early morning In the early morning of the next day, the sky was shining brightly in front of the eaves.A Yuan woke up, there were stacks of stamped envelopes next to his bed, and there was still a stamp and envelope in his hand, before he dozed off, it would be dawn after he fell asleep. The lamp was still on on the table, and Ah Yun was lying in ambush among the piles of envelopes, also falling asleep.A Yuan moved over lightly and looked at the table full of envelopes, Juguanglou stamps, and Ayun's name, all of which filled his heart with tender regret, which he couldn't explain. He took a sheet and put it on A cloud covered. 40. Train station in the morning Ayun sent Ayuan to the train, and the two stood on the platform, speechless.At the parting station, there is nothing in a hurry, and everything is in a hurry.The loudspeaker loudly broadcasted the train schedule, waves of piercing noises reverberated in the air, and Ayun suddenly got up and ran away.A Yuan watched her run away and exited the ticket gate.Parting is so hard. 41. Afternoon at Hou Tong's house When A Yuan returned to the mountainous area, it was already afternoon, and the yellow sun in the west was slanting, and he was in a heavy state of mind, whether he was sad or not.Grandfather grows vegetables on the ridges, and his daily life is like this in the past, and it is still like this now. My younger brother came back from school with a pair of broken shoes. The uppers and soles of the shoes were about to be separated. As soon as the shoes were closed, the grandfather became angry again.Because my grandfather bought a pair of Wanli shoes for my younger brother, but my younger brother didn't wear them. In my grandfather's head, I could never understand the difference between the black sneakers that the school required to wear and the black Wanli shoes I bought for my grandson. Same, can't wear After A Yuan packed her luggage, she went to A Yun's house and handed over the money and the towel A Yuntuo had brought to her mother.His mother thanked him a lot and told him to rest assured that he could become a soldier, Mr. Ayun was all his people. 42. Evening at home After the dinner before enlisting in the army, only Ah Yuan and his father were left sitting and having a drink. Maybe it was because he was going to serve in the army, and his father treated him as if he was already an adult, the eldest son of their family.When he took out his cigarette, he also gave him one, and talked about the military service in Nanyang, which had nothing to do with his father's thoughts at the moment.In his father's heart, it seems that he owes him a kind of guilt. He failed to let him study hard, and he still needs money to go home every month.However, he would rather his father not feel so guilty.The father and son felt very jerky and unaccustomed. It was in such an atmosphere that someone outside came to ask his father to play cards, and his father simply ran out in embarrassment. 43. Morning at home Early in the morning, my father came back with a hangover. He was entangled with his neighbor Assombo outside, and indistinct yelling and cursing came into the house.It turned out that the half-awake father was struggling to move a large rock, which was used to prevent the typhoon and strengthen the foundation of the house. When the father was drunk, he would move it and move it to the door of the house to block it. A Yuan and his mother worked together to drag his father into the house, put him on the bed, fell down and fell asleep.Mother took out a gleaming silver lighter from father's trousers pocket, and handed it to A Yuan, saying that father bought it yesterday, and asked him to take it to the army, because soldiers like to smoke. When going out, my mother just said: "Take care of yourself." My father was snoring heavily on the bed, sleeping soundly.Grandpa wants to send him to the station, find out the Wanli shoes that he bought for his younger brother, and put them on, muttering to himself, "If you don't wear them, I will." 44. Mountain road to the station in the morning Grandpa sent him all the way to the train station, packed a bag of firecrackers, and had a cigarette in his mouth.Whenever there were houses along the road, they would take out a row of firecrackers, light them with smoke, and throw them in front of people’s houses. They would explode a burst of smoke, and everyone knew that Xie Jinmu’s grandson, Xie Wenyuan, was going to serve as a soldier. .This is how he embarked on the journey vigorously. The train station has a report office sent by the military service section of the township office, and there are many draftees. Everyone stands idle on the platform, chatting and waiting for the train. 45. Golden Gate Harbor Daytime 船来船往，阿远他们来到了金门，这时候已年底，中心练习结束，分发到金门。 士兵把所有行李摆出来接受检查。两个军官围着肃立的阿远，正在翻检那些信封。他们很希奇的望望阿远，不明所以，“你以为金门连邮票都买不到·” 46.金门某工地白天 在浓雾里工作的阿兵哥们，阿远亦是其中之一。听见飞机声，很遥远的空中。有人喊起来：“飞机来了!”有人向阿远开玩笑：“飞机六天没来，应该有六封信吧。” 47.连部餐厅白天 辅导长发信，只要叫到阿远，就有人合声数，然后叫一声“云仔!”果然有六封。没信的人就抱怨说是被阿远的信把机舱位子都占掉了。 48.太武山坡黄昏 阿远倚在一棵树上看信，树干上刻了一个字“云”，身旁是金门精神标语“不怕苦、不怕死、不怕难”。 阿云的信附来三张电影票根，及一个“黛安芬”内衣的标签，抱怨自己花太多钱，然后说电影是跟恒春仔跟邮差一起去看的。邮差以前也在金门当兵，会跟她讲金门的情形，她就可以想像他在金门的样子。最后说距他退伍回来的日子还有三百八十七天，她在台北还要孤单的过这三百八十七天，孤单好可怕，像上次，有八天没有接到他的信，她都快发疯了，后来邮差交给她八封信，说金门雾季，飞机有时不能来，孤单好可怕啊。 49.海岸坡地白天 嘈嘈杂杂的人声，拥着三名衣衫褴褛的渔民从岸坡的碉堡后面走出来。原来是大陆那边一艘渔船迷航，雾中开到金门来了。 50.中山室白天 他们招待三位渔民吃过中饭之后，又带到中山室来看彩色电视，聊聊天，渔民们有着浓重的福州腔。辅导长问渔民们想要带些什么东西回去，渔民说录音机，或录音带也好。辅导长便叫人把自己那架录音机拿来送他。 大家蛮热心的教渔民们如何操作录音机，放出来的音乐是段平剧反二黄，辅导长说这卷带子就送他吧。便有人笑说谁要听平剧呀，自愿贡献一卷邓丽君的温柔小调。另有人又拿了一卷文夏的台湾歌，还有凤飞飞的，江玲的，你一个，我一个，还有人送他打火机啦、原子笔啦、香烟啦，琳■一堆，把他们乐得笑孜孜的，大家也无来由的嬉闹欢乐着。 51.海边下午 雾散了一些，仍然很浓。他们在岸边送走了渔船，望着船影逐渐驶入雾中，就差不多快要消失的时候，忽然从船上播放出一条歌曲，是刘文正的录音带，唱着“誓言”。船已不见，雾的深处一声一声荡出歌来，渐行渐远，依然清楚…… 52.碉堡白天 阿远写信给阿云，告诉她这次的渔民迷航事件。然后嘱咐她有空回家时，帮他带一点钱给祖父，因为前次部队加发双饷，他汇回去当压岁钱，点名给谁给谁，没有点到祖父，后来弟弟写信来骂他，说祖父好难过。 53.饮食店连路上晚上 哥儿们在饮食店吃酒胡盖乱吹，曾宪讲到“7号”，说她竟然是他朋友的朋友的女朋友，从台湾来这里做，真想不到。阿远坐在那里，不吭不响，喝闷酒，有整整两个月没收到阿云的信了。曾宪看阿远那副死样子，故意用话激他，说阿云跟人家跑了吧! 阿远喝得酩酊大醉，由曾宪扶着，踉跄走回碉堡。忽然他跑到路边，蹲在地上呕吐。 54.碉堡黄昏 阿远瞪大着眼睛躺在床铺上，日子是这样无休无止无希望的。辅导长进来，递给他一大叠同式信封的退信，然后告诉他，已替他担心很久了，退信开始，就觉得有问题，今天收到的是一封他家乡弟弟的来信。“对不起，我拆开查验了……你懂得的，这是朋友的心情。”辅导长说。 信上说，阿云结婚了，对象是一名邮差。弟弟写道，他们是公证结婚的，隔了好久才通知家里，阿云的父亲不让她回来，反而是阿远的母亲劝的。阿云的母亲附笔告诉阿远说，现在只有阿远能问她，为什么这样就结婚了。 55.集合场夜晚 晚点名时没有阿远。 他立在碉堡顶上，那么高，也不知如何爬上去的，给人怪诞怖异的感觉。他把阿云的信，一叠一札都撕碎掉，扔到空中。后来有人发现他了，闹哄哄的引来伙伴们，要把他抓下来。 56.禁闭室夜晚 墙角的理光头的阿远蹲在那儿，流下眼泪。 57.军营白天 装备检查，众人在擦枪。因为说起要把枪膛擦干净，最好的工具就是玻璃丝袜，曾宪讲这不难，他知道哪里可以弄来一票，只要辅导长准他去。辅导长见阿远无精打采的样子，便令他跟曾宪一道去取玻璃丝袜。 58.八三一白天 吉普车开来这里，曾宪跳下来，领阿远进入八三一。到房间找到“7号”，很嘻笑热络的一位年轻女人。向她说明原委后，她遂去搜罗了许多穿坏的丝袜，包成一袋，交给曾宪。但曾宪也不离开，两人磨磨蹭蹭的似乎有私话要谈，阿远见状，就先告退了出来。 阿远坐在吉普车里，约莫等了一小时之久，曾宪才走出来，爬进车座里，曾宪说：“7号人真不错，她讲我来看她，她没什么好招待的，就招待跟我做一下。” 吉普车开回营区的路上，阿远苦楚的想着，这或者就是人生吗·那也未免太戏谑了。 59.碉堡白天 阿远在整理行装，因为辅导长跟营长商量过，替他争取到几天假期，放他回台湾一趟，至少让他知道为什么，阿远已整装就毕，他望着碉堡洞窗外面的海和天，有一晌，仿佛觉悟了什么。 60.餐厅白天 士兵们正在用餐时，阿远忽然走进来，辅导长诧异的看着他。他走到跟前，向辅导长说：“回去，就算知道了为什么，又能怎样，她也是别人的太太了。” 61.杂景白天 半年后，阿远服完兵役回来，舰艇在左营码头靠岸。 火车停在侯硐，阿远走上月台。对这个小小的故乡而言，阿远已经太大。 62.侯硐的家白天 火车站前的杂货店，阿坤叔都老了。没想到在这里碰到阿云的母亲。亲人还是亲人，阿云的母亲握住他手，握得紧紧的，垂泪无言。 他们走着那条小路上山。他帮阿云的母亲背米袋，如同昔年他和阿云在一起的时候。 到阿云家门前，阿云母亲请他进屋坐，他说不了，母亲要他仍常来玩，他说好。阿云的弟弟妹妹们，躲在门后窗边偷偷看着阿远。 他走回家，先听见是弟弟的声音，有节有奏像在说书。不一会儿，果然看见树底下散坐着一些妇孺们，妹妹也在，皆津津有味的听着弟弟口沫横飞，也没发现他回来。他不打搅他们，驻足听了一下，是在讲武侠故事。弟弟也长大很多了。 他走进屋子，只有母亲在，父亲还没放工。母亲非常兴奋，说他晒得这么黑，坚固了，打好一盆水叫他去洗脸。 祖父依然在屋后的田畦上种蕃薯，有如自古以来就一直在那里种。阿远洗完脸出来，走到祖父身边，感觉喜悦，话着家常，无非是收成好不好之类的事。祖孙无话时，望着矿山上的风云变化，一阵子淡，一阵子浓，风吹来，又稀散无踪影。 是的，人世风尘虽恶，究竟无法绝尘离去。最爱的，最忧烦的，最苦的，因为都在这里了。 序场 锣鼓声动，漆黑的银幕fadein，是歌仔戏野台上，灯火绰绰，樊梨花与薛丁山阵前相遇，厮斗起来。 在华丽的唱腔和身段里，他们互相把对方瞧了个仔细。仗阵，却像是男女偶舞…… 场记板伸入镜，板上写着大字“好男好女”，及若干小字，年月日，场次，镜头。听见戏中戏的导演喊一声“倒板!” 板子拍哒脆脆一响。出黑底红字片名、