Chapter 75 mountain stream listening to cicada

Calligrapher Xiao Kuan received calls from two elder sisters asking him for calligraphy.Let me talk about Sister Meng first, what she wants is the words "listening to the cicada in the mountain stream".Xiao Kuan knew that there were no rivers, canals or streams inside or outside the real estate where she lived. Although there were cicadas singing in summer, it might be difficult to hear them at her 15-story height.It is human nature to long for something because of lack.Besides, Sister Kuang, what she wants is the words "to fight for".At first glance, I really don't know what to think.The two widowed elder sisters have both retired for several years, and they have both moved into the spacious new house in the new building. They have successful children, and even though they live in separate lives, they can still drive their cars like the song says, "go back often" Take a look at home".Could it be that Sister Kuang wants to bloom a plum blossom for the second time?I'm also embarrassed to ask.Xiao Kuan waved his hair seriously at the two of them.

After writing, send them to your door respectively.The two elder sisters have different floor numbers.I went to Sister Meng’s house first, and when I opened the door, I saw two people. One was naturally Sister Meng, and the other was a rich and bald man. Sister Meng generously introduced: “My partner, let’s call him Mr. Xu.” Xiao Kuan unfolded the frame Good banner, the two retirees tilted their heads to appreciate it, and they both praised it and thanked them.Sitting down to drink tea, Xiao Kuan asked: "Dare you two want these four words together? Is it related to your love history? Do you want to keep it as a souvenir? Where did you hear the cicadas singing in the mountain stream? Cherry Valley Bailongtan?" Sister Meng laughed and said, "You can't guess again! You know, since I lived in this building, I am satisfied with everything else, except for one thing. The balcony windows of the living room and the bedroom all face the one downstairs. The elementary school and kindergarten next door, the young owners go to work in the city early in the morning to do business, and only drive back at night, and the school and kindergarten are also closed on weekends, so they don’t care, but we elderly people, not to mention the hustle and bustle of the elementary school, every day The exercise between classes at 10 o'clock, the sound of playing music, and the sound of passwords from the physical education teacher, I was really bored for a while. During that time, I had to close all the windows tightly, or use that time to go downstairs and go out. Going to the supermarket to buy things, but they still have physical education classes, and I can’t grasp their schedules well. I thought I could be quiet for a while. When the window opened, one, two, three, four...they were running and shouting! In the afternoon, all the students are often gathered on the playground for conferences and activities. Either the voice of the principal and teacher is transmitted through the microphone, or the students are reading some speeches, and sometimes there are singing competitions and poetry recitations. Yes, I can’t really hear it, I just feel that the eardrums are sawed! Finally, the elementary school students entered the classroom, but the kindergarten teacher took the children to the yard to play games with slides and swivel chairs, laughing and making a fuss! Even if I replaced all the window panes I have to open the window to breathe through the expensive high-grade sound-proof glass! You know that my heart and lungs are fine, but my oxygen demand is much higher than that of ordinary people. Take a car as an example, the more advanced a car is, the more I The more I feel bored, but the big van feels very comfortable..." Mr. Xu bent his eyes into pods and said, "Didn't I digress?" Sister Meng said, "Then you get to the point!" Mr. Xu said again Waving his hands: "I didn't intend to plant flowers, you want to bloom, I have to tell you." Xiao Kuan thought they were very interesting, but he still couldn't figure it out for a while.

Suddenly the phone rang.It was Sister Kuang who called. Although her words were polite, she was actually urging Xiao Kuan to go to her place as soon as possible.Sister Meng said: "Go quickly. We are really retired, and we like to take a step back in everything. Now I feel that life has been busy for half of my life. It is rare to be able to rest and recuperate now." Mr. Xu nodded. Xiao Kuan left the Meng family and rushed to the Kuang family.As soon as I entered, I was surprised. It didn't look like a retired old man's residence, but the living room was simply an office.There are computers, telephones, and fax machines on the long table, and even on the coffee table and even the sofa are some files, newspapers, publications, and printed paper.Sister Kuang is not wearing loose casual clothes like Sister Meng, but a suit of a well-regulated white-collar woman. Her hair is tied in a bunch at the back of her head and coiled up, as if she is at work.Xiao Kuan unfolded the written words and asked her to check and accept, and couldn't help asking: "What are you trying to fight for?" Sister Kuang opened a window, and the sounds of kindergarten children playing outside floated in.Sister Kuang pointed to the downstairs and said: "This is still a small matter. Wait for the elementary school to hold a meeting in the playground, it will be enough to make people's muscles hurt!" Xiao Kuan cautiously persuaded: "It's a building area, there is a kindergarten 1. Isn’t it a good thing to have a primary school? If your child is still young, isn’t it very convenient for you?” Sister Kuang said: “First, as far as the fait accompli is concerned, such supporting facilities should not be so far away from the residential building. Second, after investigation, it was found that on the land of our buildings, a clubhouse and a garden with a pond were originally planned to be built, but the developer made a fool of himself, and the clubhouse and garden were not built, but an apartment building was built. Takeaway; thirdly, we owners were all fooled by the advertisement when we bought the house. According to the proportion drawn in the advertisement, there is an 80-meter green space between these buildings and the school and kindergarten, and the school playground is Over there, the school and the kindergarten were built a year after we moved in. Now you can see how far it is from the advertisements..." Ms. Kwong probably wants to list the fourth and fifth Even more reasonable, but the phone rang, and from the sidelines, it seemed like an official call. Ms. Kuang answered with a serious "No", "No", and then responded solemnly: "That's not okay. If that's the case, don't be afraid, we will accompany you In the end!" He also instructed: "Send an email, and I want detailed information." Xiao Kuan finally understood that in the past few years, Sister Kwong joined forces with some owners, first to directly confront the developers, and after a deadlock, went to the relevant departments Complaining and reporting to the media, the TV station came to record a few times, and recently developed to the court, she devoted herself wholeheartedly and never tired of it.But according to that request, at first they asked the school and kindergarten to be relocated, and later they proposed to rebuild the school and move the playground to the back of the teaching building. Then, considering the overall interests of the owners, it was proposed that all the windows of the owners’ houses disturbed by the noise should be provided by the developer. Invest in the modification of high-grade soundproof glass, and give these owners a certain amount of housing price compensation and spiritual compensation.It was only then that Xiao Kuan understood the weight of the words "in striving for".Sister Kuang heard that the four words that Sister Meng wanted were "listen to cicadas in mountains and streams", she sneered and said, "Escapism is an old tradition in our China. You should understand your civil rights, you can't wait for gifts, you must act Rise up and fight according to reason! I beg you for these four words, just to hang on this wall, to inspire myself and the owners who jointly sued, to stand up and be a real citizen!"

Not long after returning to his study, Xiao Kuan received a call from Sister Meng, thanking him again for his words, and telling him that it was not because of the sound of running water and the sound of cicadas in some mountain stream with Mr. Xu, it was the first appointment When Mr. Xu came home, the doorbell did not ring after the appointed time. He couldn't help but look downstairs, and saw him sitting on the bench outside the fence of the kindergarten, not leaning on the back of the chair, with his hands on his knees, lost in thought. Watching those fuzzy dolls play!Later, he probably suddenly remembered, looked at his watch, and then hurried into the building. When he came, he asked about him. They are the most immature and freshest voices of life!" Sister Meng said to him, "You can't describe it that way when you hear the noise in the elementary school, sometimes it's as noisy as a waterfall!" There was a physical education class on the playground, and the sound of running horns came in bursts. Mr. Xu was not bothered. He went to the balcony window and leaned over to watch and listen. , why bother them?" He asked Sister Meng to listen carefully with him, and she could vaguely hear the sound of the organ in the music classroom and the children's chorus. Under the inspiration of Mr. Xu, Sister Meng gradually stopped feeling The sounds were all noise, and I even grew to like many of them. "Yes, sometimes when I listen to it, I feel as if I have returned to my school days, and I think of the scene of holding parent-teacher meetings for children at school... It is in the process of mutual tolerance and mutual adaptation that people condense the dewdrops called life Yes..." Xiao Kuan asked Sister Meng whether she participated in the lawsuit for rights and interests led by Sister Kuang, and the answer was that she admired Sister Kuang very much and hoped that they would win the lawsuit, but he did not participate in the joint name, so Xiao Kuan questioned it in his own capacity. "Are you escapism?" Sister Meng said, "It's not escaping, but resolving. There are generally two ways to relieve anxiety, one is outward and the other is inward. Mr. Xu and I are more suitable for Take the second one." Xiao Kuan was silent.

Xiao Kuan was in front of the desk, recalling the expressions and conversations of the two elder sisters Meng and Kuang, and unconsciously picked up a pen and wrote those two groups of characters on the rice paper. He moved straight or vertically, or moved from left to right, and he didn't know how long he pondered for so long. When he came back to his senses, he suddenly saw that the eight characters were connected together in one place on the paper, "Take the cicada on the mountain at the bottom of the mountain." Listening to the creek", he was so excited that he fell down on the sofa, as if a light was lit in his heart, which was a kind of Zen enlightenment that could not be expressed in words.