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Chapter 79 snuggle

mental gymnastics 刘心武 2380Words 2018-03-18
Xiao Qin is two rounds younger than me, and because he once liked literature, he was once regarded as a friend of mine.In the past ten years, he has become more and more alienated from literature, and his relationship with me has become more and more indifferent, but we are inseparable after all. Sometimes he will call suddenly, obviously through "Global Communication", and obviously because of With frequent use, the battery is always in a state where the energy is about to run out. It creaked and didn't say a few words. Before I could ask him where he was roaming, he stopped abruptly.I would occasionally think of him and say to myself: "Is Xiao Qin taking a nap on the plane again now?"

A few days ago, Xiaoqin came floating in the air. I was surprised but not happy, and asked: "Which gust of wind brought you here?" I’m here again.” I asked him about his status over the years, and he said it was nothing more than flying around, talking about business, eating seafood, saunas, massages… he was so bored.He said that he came to me suddenly because he wanted me to talk about literature for him, and now there are some cutting-edge characters and trendy works.I said: "Fuck you! Am I your clearer? I don't have the obligation to chat with you!" After thinking about it, I said: "Is your car parked downstairs? Is it still the Daewoo? Exactly, I've long wanted to see that sea world, I'm so full of miscellaneous things that I can't find a chance, now that you're here, I can't do anything else anyway, well, take me there and watch with me!" He said: "Ah, why are you looking at that? It's for coaxing children! Or, I'll take you to the sauna, have a massage, and then go to the nightclub to drink Remy Martin..." I said: "Stop talking nonsense, do you want to go to Sea World? If you don’t go, I’ll go by myself.” He stood up, stomped his feet, and raised his neck as if he was about to go to the guillotine with me: “Let’s go!”

When we arrived at Fuguo Ocean World at the south gate of the Workers' Stadium, we were the only two spectators during that afternoon.We stood on the automatic sliding rail in the man-made undersea tunnel, which is known as the longest in Asia, and watched many real fish in the man-made ocean.The underwater world is well designed, and the depth of field is quite wide when viewed from many angles.The coral reefs and shipwreck skeletons arranged inside are just right. You can see big breams swimming in groups, skates with big discs passing overhead, and giant eels crouching in the reef holes... and the equipment with surround sound effect , the sound of sea waves, gulls and faint music were gently transmitted to our ears, and I was soon intoxicated.Suddenly, Xiao Qin exclaimed "Ah, ah" in my ears. I turned my head and saw that he was staring intently... I followed his gaze and searched for the "seabed". Ah, it was a big shark inside. It made his face and gaze more or less restore some of the old "literary taste".I asked: "Why, shark's sharp teeth, do you think of the strong eating the strong?" He said: "You man! Don't choke me at this time, okay?" He pointed there and said: "Look, look, Beside the big shark, there are several small sharks." I looked carefully, and the big shark was swimming gracefully. There were seven small sharks nestling under its belly, beside its side, and on its back, as if they were glued to it. , carried lovingly by it, enjoying the joy of life together...

We went on the automatic orbiting rail for three full laps before exiting to the lounge for a cold drink.Xiao Qin repeatedly sighed: "Snuggle, snuggle together...hey, hey, I want to write poetry again..." I said: "What a strange sight is that? Go to the Beijing Zoo, and you will see scenes of snuggling everywhere , especially mammals, between young and old, between spouses, and even between the same sex, cuddling with each other is really the most common life phenomenon..." He just meditated and ignored me, and I said again: "You Is there such a lack of cuddling in your life? Your house, although it may not be called a mansion, is decorated on par with a five-star hotel. Doesn’t the beauty hidden in your golden house cuddle with you? Besides, you The sauna, massage, karaoke, and the sound, light, color and electricity in the nightclub, sipping Remy Martin, X·O and so on, do you think I don't know, what are you all doing? When you don't talk to Mommy Talking nonsense, don't you want to talk to the lady? Don't talk about snuggling, just hugging, and even further skin-to-skin contact... What can't you do?..." Xiaoqin raised his drooping eyelids and turned his eyes to me , I immediately shut my mouth, and was secretly surprised in my heart—the pair of exposed pupils revealed the long-lost, dreamlike, yearning, and innocent light that once enabled us to establish a long-awaited friendship.

Xiao Qin only regarded the iced tea as wine, and poured out to me as if slightly drunk.He said that on the surface, he seemed to be the kind of standard "successful person" advocated in TV commercials, and he possessed all the things that ordinary people pursue.However, in front of the scene of the big and small sharks snuggling up today, he seemed to be struck by lightning—he found that he actually had nothing to cuddle up to now, and nothing to cuddle up to himself... He said, yes, he often I can enjoy "skin promiscuity", but every time the "thing" is over, it will be dull immediately. It is not a kind of life that trusts, protects and nourishes each other... He beats the table, suffering And said in frustration: "The most terrible thing is, I don't know where and how to find that I can cuddle him, or he can cuddle me, we cuddle each other, and we don't necessarily get anything from it." In reality, utilitarianism, but, I can really enjoy love, friendship, family affection... such an object!" He asked me: "What do you think I should do?"

What a problem!After hearing this, I answered him without thinking: "It's easy to do, easy to do - go back to literature, yes, if you turn your head back, it's right, and that's literature!" This was obviously not the answer he was expecting, and he looked at me in a daze.I went further and told him that the literature I was talking about was the kind of literature we had discussed together many times in those years, and we had chosen in a pluralistic situation.It is not a literature that rejects material affluence, curses successful people, and prohibits worldly ideas, but it is a literature that clears the soul, sympathizes with the poor, and yearns for nobleness and generosity.Isn't that a literature full of long-lasting vitality that embodies the beauty of human closeness and affinity by transcending the barriers of time, region, nation, and language?No matter how busy you are now, take some time to return to our beloved literature, wander and sing like you are in this ocean world today, and you will not only gain a part in spirit but also in actual interpersonal communication. The sweetness of snuggling...

I thought I was amazing. I talked to Xiao Qin, who was lost in the sea of ​​suffering, and thought that I had really recovered my friendship with him. It seemed that he would often come to discuss "our literature" with me from then on... When "Daewoo" was running towards my house, Xiao Qin who was driving gave me a slap in the head: "Ha, now that I think about the big shark and the little shark, I think it might not be cuddling, but bang... Don’t all those who want to get rich these days fall in love? Young ladies have money in their hands, big money in corrupt officials, and corrupt officials also have one...the so-called writers. Don’t there also be entrepreneurs, booksellers, and the media? ?...Everyone work together to find a big guy!..." He tilted his head and grinned at me, and I looked into his pupils, ah, it's full of "successful people" again!

Xiao Qin left me at the door of the house.I'll just throw him to the "Java Kingdom" and never have any contact with him again.It's just that I can't forget the scene of big and small sharks swimming back and forth in the sea world.In loneliness, when will I go to worship again?
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