Chapter 11 The fourth city light.3

The children in the garden in the middle of the street rode their bicycles backwards and circled in a counterclockwise direction, spinning the old people's playground on the spot.His father, Xiang Wu, had never been in those entertainment places for the elderly. He was lonely all his life, and he failed to hold the hands of his children when he died.But his son Qiang died young when he was less than ten years old.Pressing her face against the glass of the car window, feeling a rare kind of loneliness, Mei tortured herself from time to time, what was the reason for running around like this?The circular car gradually approached the suburbs, leaving the city behind bit by bit.Although she was walking in the darkness of the eclipse, Mei always felt that she was approaching the natural scenery. It seemed that her vision was gradually becoming brighter, and her mind was gradually clearing up.I don't know where the car has gone.But the smell seemed to be cooler from one nose to the next, and there was a feeling of stepping closer to the world of oneself, easily attached to Mei's body.However, the daily chores that often make me dizzy can never be forgotten for a moment. The feeling of living in a martial arts field all day long is an unforgettable memory.After the opening of the restaurant, Mei deeply felt that she had already put herself on the track of the relay race of life. If she took a slow step, it was not only herself who was delayed, but more people.Due to the initial stage of the restaurant and the expansion of customer demand, there are few customers.In the first month, although the income exceeded the expenditure, in order to fill the debt pit dug during the investment, the salary of the service staff was delayed for a few days. Unexpectedly, a girl named Cui found Mei's house.

"My family wrote to urge me to send money home." Cui was introduced by Tang Bao.The appearance of the person is not beautiful, compared to the popular standard, he is a little fatter, and his face is slightly red.But she grew up in a commercial family in the county seat, and she handled people and things very well.Following Tang Bao's mastery, coupled with the influence of urban folk culture, can attract customers for the store.Even if some guests have bad intentions, they will inevitably say some unserious words or even provocative words and deeds during the meal, Rucui is present, and they can deal with it in a few words, without losing the seriousness of the girl, and without annoying those wealthy customers and special restaurants. public servants of the state.Mei knew that Cui's family was well off, and she became a waitress in a restaurant just to get around the city, or to have some naive feelings with Tang Bao.Cui said that her family forced her to send money, but in fact it was purely an excuse.

"The wages will be paid to everyone two days later." Cui said, "It's not like I can't pay my salary this month, sister Mei." "It just opened and I used the money elsewhere," May said. Cui said: "I heard that other restaurants pay on time, and their wages are higher than ours." May said, "How tall is it?" Cui said, "Ten yuan." "We will go up next month," May said. While employing people, Cui's subordinates have many regular clients.Many units are celebrating holidays and the bosses are excited for a while. When the bosses of the unit come to check the work, Cui constantly invites them to the private room.Cui's words carry a lot of weight.For the newly opened restaurant, it is natural to need to stabilize people's hearts, and everyone in the restaurant will work together to revitalize themselves.But Mei didn't expect that Cui's few words would have a relationship with Tang.Wages have gone up.The monthly salary of the service staff in Asia Restaurant ranks first in the city.For this reason, Mei Zeng was criticized by some colleagues, saying that she messed up the psychological balance of the entire restaurant and restaurant service staff.But in the end, they still couldn't keep them.

82 Cui and Hong, who were taken away from the hotel by the public security officers, left the Asia Restaurant in winter.Cities in the north are completely different from those in the south, and the four seasons are as distinct as the difference between urban and rural areas.When the snow falls, the streets and alleys are frozen with a bluish-white chill, and the city is like a frozen snow palace.Logically, in such weather, the service industry should be somewhat depressed, but the Asia Restaurant has become even more prosperous.The reason for this was that Mei was acquainted with the manager of the plumbing company, and had long since taken the opportunity of Mid-Autumn Festival to send ten catties of mooncakes and a toy machine gun of his grandson.The mooncakes are not worth much, but the gun costs more than three hundred yuan. It is a multifunctional electric gun.Therefore, when the heating company sent the pipeline to Asia Street, the manager of the company first sent someone to install and connect the heating in Asia Restaurant.Who would have thought that the heavy snow this year would come ahead of schedule.Overnight, the city was covered with ice and snow.The company stopped construction.In such a huge city, there are hundreds of service industries, but in Du Dumei's restaurant, there is a warm and heart-piercing heat, and the business naturally improves.

The snow also fell for a long time, and the old snow did not end, and the new snow came again.Lili Lala seems to be white all winter.Some regular customers from other nearby restaurants, as well as the public banquet of the unit fixed in that restaurant, all gathered in Asia Restaurant.In addition, Mei paid close attention to the quality of service. Not only the taste of the dishes is good, the style is not ordinary, but the attitude of the service staff is absolutely first-class.The business during that period was so prosperous that it was hard to resist.Once, Tang Bao led a few guests upstairs for dinner. Seeing this scene, he not only sighed with emotion, but he really didn't expect that Manager Li Yamei's management was much better than what I had known earlier.

Mei said that she has more heating than others. Tang said that alone would crowd out other businesses. Mei said that I didn't mean to crowd anyone. Tang smiled brightly, neither praising Mei very much nor mocking Mei.In the wine room, Mei deliberately asked Cui and Hong to serve wine and food back and forth, and she took good care of them. Even the meal in the private room of 850 yuan was only charged 200 yuan for the cost of wine and food.But shortly after this meeting, Zui Chu said it was three to five days later, Cui and Hong Leng Dinger followed Mei to Mei's room when they were closing the door to get off work, and said embarrassingly:

"Manager Mei, I'm really sorry, we want to change jobs." Mei didn't take it seriously at first, saying that she didn't want to entertain guests, but went to help in the kitchen, where it was dirtier and more tiring.Cui then said that we wanted to leave the restaurant and find a decent job.At this point, Mei realized that the matter was not an ordinary child's play.I asked again and again why, but I just answered that I was old, and when I was a boyfriend, when the other party heard that I was a waitress in a restaurant, the corner of his eye immediately hung high.Naturally, what the girls said was not a reason, but the business of the restaurant was at its peak in winter, and the sudden loss of two capable people was an influence, needless to say.In contrast, the rest of the service staff in the restaurant are not as thoughtful as they are, and they are sweet-talking and dexterous.Whatever the color of embarrassment, you can find an appropriate answer casually.More importantly, the restaurant has just opened for half a year, and a group of newly recruited service staff are not yet familiar with the business, and they still need ties in all aspects.

May said, "Honestly, where did you think?" Cui said, "Think of Starlight Mall." Mei said, "Did Tang Bao let you go?" Cui said: "Boss Tang told me to go shopping at his place and let her be the chief cashier." Mei said: "You go, you will regret it one day, I am still your eldest sister, I can come back anytime." Cui and Hong left.The day after Cui and Hong left, Tang Bao called and had some business talk. "It's outrageous. I made a joke casually, and they took it seriously." May said, "People go to higher places. Your place is better than this."

Tang said: "You do me a favor, I will let them go back immediately." May said, "What's the matter?" Tang said that the day before yesterday he sent someone to give a gift of 2,000 yuan to the manager of the plumbing company, and asked their company to work overtime to install the heating in the Starlight Mall. Unexpectedly, the manager sent the gift back.The manager bought an old and refurbished Japanese VCR somewhere, and insisted that he bought it from the Starlight Mall.It is not necessary to give away a new one for nothing now.It is said that it is freezing cold, if the heating in the Starlight Mall is not installed.He will lose at least five million in turnover by next spring.

Mei said, "Can you talk to the city leader? You are also from Tongtian." "You and I don't want to dig anyone else's stage." Tang Bao said solemnly.From the other end of the phone, Mei saw Tang Bao's icy face, and also saw Cui and Hong perhaps standing beside Tang.He said that he heard from the manager of the heating company that it was you who went to his house on August 15th, only to find out and tell them that the VCR was a repackaged old product. May thought about it.Confirm that you have said that. "I said so. But I didn't know it was yours."

Tang Leng sneered.Mei saw the ice cubes falling from the roof, making a bang bang bang bang in front of her face, the sound was white and bright. "It's nothing else, please come forward." Tang Bao said, "It's a big batch, and I'm also a victim. I just ask you to send a 18,000 yuan unit to the manager of the heating company. No money for the camera. Then ask him not to reveal the matter. If it is convenient, connect the heating pipe to the Starlight Mall as soon as possible." Mei didn't speak, and a kind of contradiction between black mist and white mist appeared silently. Tang called: "You go, I'll let Cui and Hong go back to the restaurant right away." May said, "Aren't I going?" Tang said: "Now your business is booming, you can't do without them." Mei hung up the phone. He left the phone and sat in the air vent by the window for a while.The cool wind with the feeling of ice and snow caressed Mei's face very gently.Xiangcui and Hong's departure is because they didn't know that the trap in the city that opened the manhole cover was waiting for them in darkness on the road, and the impact on the people's hearts and business of Asia Restaurant naturally had a loss.For this reason, Mei hastily did two things: one is to personally go to the restaurants and private rooms to tie the service staff, and she can’t stop smiling tiredly to the customers, saying things she doesn’t want to say, or even serving the dishes herself. The second is to hurry up and make a set of red, brown, and dark green woolen service winter clothes for all employees, each with a face value of more than 400 yuan. Send it to everyone in name.When the tailor came to the restaurant to make clothes, the girls and boys were as happy as if some miracle had happened in their own lives. They talked and laughed over a trivial matter, and before the clothes were delivered to their hands, they all worked together for the Asia Restaurant. business up.But after all, there are still many regular customers missing. 83 The passengers on the car all got off at some point, and Mei was alone on the huge tram.When the car braked slowly and made a 360-degree turn on the road, I glanced out the window and suddenly realized that under a bright street lamp, there were crowds of people waiting to enter the city. . The terminus has arrived. Before she got out of the car, the people under the car frantically rushed to the car.The result was that the car was full, and she squeezed out of the car again.It seemed that the people under the car were restless waiting to enter the city and could not bear it any longer.It was still dark outside, like a black wind, and the humidity was like blowing from the lake.Not far away are several rows of houses, two shops, and a factory.This is the eastern suburbs.Mei stood still, and when the car drove away panting, leaving nothing behind, she suddenly saw a rusty stop sign on a branch of a tung tree at the place blocked by the car. Bishagang three words. It turned out that he had already arrived at Bishagang. I can't see the difference between the inside and outside of the city, they are all the same eclipse, the same black.The world is also swallowed by a solar eclipse, and the star light supported by the street lamp is just a wreck of the world after being swallowed.Under the bright light in her heart, the little boy rode the bicycle backwards, smoothly turning in a counterclockwise direction, turning on the old man's playground without stopping.Looking at the blackness of the suburban wilderness, Mei always had the bright idea of ​​a little boy riding a bicycle backwards.She stood under the street lamp, holding the tung tree with the stop sign with her hand, and the living movement of the tree flowed into her veins through her palm.Maybe the little tree is growing, growing out.Mei raised her head, and through the branches and leaves of this small tree, she suddenly saw a flash of sunlight, and the golden light disappeared in a flash, like a meteor gliding across the sky quickly.Maybe the eclipse is about to end and the world will light up again.He raised his head for a long time and was stunned for a long time, as if he was waiting for the second meteor to appear, but at the end, he had to look back in disappointment. Quiet and quiet.Cars are long gone.Under the lights not far away, there are few people walking around.You can clearly hear the small, still and chaotic clouds slowly covering your head, the sound is like the dim light shining on your ears in the dead of night.Like a windproof cotton thread, it is pulled past you intermittently.Mei was a little scared.Fear swirled around her like a feather blown by the wind.There is no more hustle and bustle and noise like urban garbage.Those high-rise buildings, highways, overpasses, restaurants, shopping malls, streams of people, traffic, and government officials, all these once aggressively pushed into her brain from all directions, where they took root in black, but now suddenly Wither and shrink.The idea of ​​gold, silver, and silver, which is inflated from time to time in business, is also eclipsed at this moment.The damp breath spread and grew under her nose like moss.Timidity may be some discomfort with breaking away suddenly.It will be fine right away.I used to be a woman in the countryside, walking alone on a trail in wind and rain, day and night.Mei thought, there is nothing to be afraid of.It really didn't seem to be scary anymore.Please see you at Bishagang on Sunday.Obviously, this is not the real Bishagang.This is just a terminal for cars.It's just that the stop sign borrowed the name of Bishagang.Just like her restaurant and Asia Avenue borrowed the name of Asia Mall. There are several figures shaking in front of the factory.I vaguely remember that people in the city and outside the city once built a barrier-like levee in front of Bishagang to prevent the wind and sand from the old course of the Yellow River from rushing into the city, completely separating the sandhill from the city.May started walking towards the lights of the factory.Once you find the embankment, you will find Bishagang.Naturally, the embankment can only be at the end of the road extension. When I was young, I read in the textbook that geese are flying south when autumn is coming, and the students were pulled under the embankment by a car from a factory. Before they could open the door, everyone flew out of the car and landed on the sand.The diversion of the Yellow River has left this natural wonderland.Thin-stemmed thatch, tugging and tearing again and again, if it doesn't grow, there will be none, and when it grows, it will intertwine into one piece.The heat of the sun is stored in the leaves of thatch grass, and it is like touching firewood just pulled from the fire.The roots of thatch grass are white and bright, pulled out from the sand, chewed one by one, and the cool sweet smell flows into the human body.With a little force, the whitish pigskin grass broke off from the sand surface, revealing the white part like a plucked hair, exuding the smell of green trees like algae and fish scales.Dogtail grass always tilts its head in poverty.The hair needles are stuck in other grass, and when you pass by it, there will be countless black needles stuck on your trouser legs.There are four tiny hair tips separated from the head of the needle.A kind of unknown grass crawls on the sand and never raises its head.After autumn, it produces many yellow and hard hairs, which are round and hard like beans everywhere.You wear shoes with cloth uppers, and when you walk past, the hair will roll on the upper and refuse to come off.A sandy land without grass is a barren place.From where you run, you leave a happy footwell, and when you look back to find your own footprints, they are gone, just an invisible pit.It seems that the fine sand is always flowing endlessly.Walking slowly towards the front, she could smell the smell of the old road of yellow sand when she arrived under the courtyard wall of the factory.Several boys and girls once called her behind a sand dune and told her to give her a bag of melon seeds, but when she opened it, there was a small green snake inside.I was so busy that I lost my son and was about to cry out, but I saw that the snake was a wild melon vine, spreading green air.When she picked it up, she could smell the smell like a green grass altar, strong and pure, until today, thirty years later, it still spreads lightly under her nose. Do you want to meet me at Bishagang on Sunday, or please meet me at Bishagang on Sunday?This sentence alone is too familiar, but I can't remember the original text.One road diverged southward into the factory yard, and the other went straight into the darkness.As she was about to pass the factory yard, Mei's footsteps shrank a little, and there was a sound of thunder in her heart.Who is the one?See you at Bishagang, but where is Bishagang?No people, no objects, just a dark world.Presumably the solar eclipse should have passed, counting from 9:45, it is now 11:15, and the solar eclipse has lasted for nearly two hours.Who is waiting for me at Bishagang?Is he really here every Sunday?It must not be Tang Bao. 84 Of course it wouldn't be Tang Bao.Tang Bao is busy with his lottery draw.The last number of the first prize has already been drawn out suddenly, but the solar eclipse.Seems like he started the lottery for Eclipse.It seems that the eclipse was shaken out by him and the sun was lost for him.In this city, he holds the sun in one hand and the moon in the other, and the light depends on his gift to the people.isn't it?True.The dispute with the manager of the heating company had been raging, so many bosses and managers on Asia Street knew that the only people who were kept in the dark were the customers who continued to enter and leave the Star Mall with enthusiasm.The manager of the heating company is also a well-known figure, determined to publicize the scandal of Starlight Mall selling a large number of counterfeit goods through the press.The reason why he is so straight and full of personality is also because his brother-in-law is the editor-in-chief of a newspaper and controls a piece of public opinion. If he wants to overturn the big ship of Starlight Mall, he has his own conditions to make waves .Otherwise.Tang Bao would not hold back three points for it, and asked someone to send the 18,000 yuan video camera to the manager as compensation.The manager is also an unreasonable character. He not only rejected Tang's actions, but also invited reporters, and even this action was included in the article.However, the manager of the heating company overly regarded Tang as incompetent.Just when the article was about to appear in the newspapers, his company suddenly received a telegram from Shandong, saying that the large batch of heating equipment they purchased could not be delivered temporarily, because the country wanted to transfer the equipment to an export company and ship it to Russia. , in exchange for much-needed foreign exchange.The manager panicked.It was snowing heavily outside the door, and it was freezing cold. If the goods could not be shipped back as planned, it would mean that one-third of the city's residents would not have access to heating throughout the winter.And the promise of the new mayor, that is, to ensure that the houses of the city's residents are heated before and after the arrival of severe winter, will become empty talk.If the mayor's promise fails and the investigation is carried out, the heating company will not be able to account to the millions of residents in this city.The manager clipped the telegram and rushed to the coast of Shandong by train overnight. Unexpectedly, the director of the heating equipment factory smiled sweetly: "Sending the goods to you will harm the interests of the country." The manager said: "Of course the Chinese should be considered first." The factory director said: "That's fine. You settle the dispute with the Starlight Mall by yourself. Isn't it just a few counterfeit products? Didn't you see that the economic reference often publishes foreign businessmen's protests against our country? They say that they sell defective products that have been repackaged." gave them." It turned out that the ship was bent on another channel.As a result of the matter, the heating company worked overtime to install the heating system for the Star Plaza, and invited Tang Bao to a four-star hotel for a meal.When clinking glasses, the manager of the heating company said sorry to Tang Bao, and it would be indispensable to take care of him in the future.It is conceivable that Tang Bao would also raise his glass and smile, say Chinese sayings that he did not know, and then drank it all down, saying that he cared for each other. Mei knew this in the spring of the second year.At that time, Hong had already been taken away, and she climbed on Mei's shoulder and said, Sister Mei, you can marry anyone, and you must not be fooled by Tang Baozi.Hong made a phone call from Tang Bao and guaranteed to say this.Right now, Hong is in charge of the waitress class of Asia Restaurant, and has returned to Mei's staff for two years. In the past two years, many unexpected things have happened.Hong has become a wife, and even her newborn child has begun to babble.Asia Restaurant is in a stable and prosperous situation, like a machine that is in good condition and rotates every day.The Starlight Emporium is still snowballing.Once, the city held an education fund meeting, and Tang donated 500,000 yuan in one mouthful.He therefore later became the chairman of the foundation.This shows the economy of the starlight shopping mall.The counters that were previously rented out due to insufficient funds were also taken back one by one.The old warehouse of the shoe factory has been demolished, and a luxurious shopping mall with elevators and spiral staircases has been built.The rockery, fountains, parasols, dance halls, cafes, tea seats and other auxiliary facilities in the mall are completely comparable to the government-run Asia Mall. Life is miserable, and the autumn of 1997 arrived in a blink of an eye.It has been five years since Mei returned to this city.I have turned a blind eye to the tall buildings, the noisy streets, the familiar and unfamiliar crowd, and the real and fake deeds, and I have become accustomed to it.And I can also put on a fake face and say insincere words to the point where they are false.Even when they met Tang Bao, they could politely say some lies to compliment each other, and they didn't even want to bring up the small conflicts and entanglements between you and me in the past.However, what was unexpected was that one night three months ago, Asia Street was covered with aqua moonlight, and Mei came back late after going to someone to collect her debts, walking on the street was like wading through a river.The moonlight crashed, was kicked to pieces by her and then healed up behind her.The French tung trees that are falling leaves are swaying in the wind.Yellow leaves flicked off the moonlight from the branches, whispering to themselves; or they carried the moonlight, and when they fell, they put the moonlight on Mei's body and flew towards the dark place by themselves.Because the TV station broadcasts the fascinating 250-episode American soap opera, the streets are empty into a rare wilderness.The sound of her footsteps, in the moonlight, was like palms gently hitting the water.When I was about to reach the restaurant, I saw a figure shaking, my heart flickered for a moment, and I took my steps lightly, thinking it was the chef who was cooking. When I got upstairs, I found Tang Bao who had been waiting for a long time at the door. He is still in a suit and leather shoes, and his spirit is still shining.Under the intentionally modified hairstyle, there is still that seldom smiling face.Open the door, let the person into the room, said he was a rare visitor, poured instant coffee for him, and said that it was so late, you must have something to do with me. He warmed the coffee cup in his hand. "I have good news for you, my aunt is dead." Mei was stunned suddenly, thinking of the old woman who hadn't gotten out of the car when she met her. "It's rare to hear you talk about your aunt. Your aunt is dead, and you should be alone." Tang stood up from the stool, turning the cup in his hand. "No one can interfere with me anymore. I still want to marry you, and I will officially talk to you today." Mei was silent for a while, talking and laughing peacefully. "I never thought about marrying you and starting a family." Tang Bao stopped the spinning cup in his hand. "Now think about it." Mei suppressed the smile on her face. "You should make up other people's ideas as soon as possible." Don put the cup on the coffee table. "I tried, but no one can help me in business except you." May lifted her face upward. "You flattered me. If I could help you, I wouldn't marry you." Don smiled. "There is nothing in this city that I, Tang Bao, can't do." May snorted. "You can't do this." Tang turned half around. "Get ready, you and I will get married at the end of this year." May said: "Tang Bao, you are a bandit, and I won't let you have your way." Tang said: "It's midnight, I'm leaving. It's true, you plan to marry me at the end of the year, or you will regret it for the rest of your life." 85 The lights left behind from the factory were gradually exhausted by Mei.The road under my feet is suddenly soft and soft, and sometimes I step on it, as if stepping on cotton.It is no longer the smooth but hard asphalt and concrete roads that are flat but unfeeling to the soles of the feet in the city.It doesn't seem to be walking on the loess road, but walking on the sand that has been run over by cars.Mei's steps shrank a little.Maybe to the sand.Maybe Bishagang is at your feet.The endless blackness spread out in front of her eyes, and a damp and greasy wind with a green tree wildness rushed towards her.The dim light, following her stealthy footsteps, became like the last afterglow of the last sunset in the evening.She stopped her steps and finally stood on the edge of the light.The eclipse was still eclipsing hard above her head.No matter who saw her in Bishagang, it was impossible in the dark.She didn't want to go in the dark, and she didn't want to turn back.For a while, she stood hesitantly at the place where the distant color of the light and the blackness of the eclipse meet.There seems to be a tree behind it.She moved her foot over, and it turned out to be a tree.Standing under the tree, the autumn wind blowing from the dark place facing her, with its sharpness and purity, brushed happily across her face.She heard the hair lifted, the sound of touch in her ear.There seemed to be a warm smell of sunshine, which was purely caught in the wind, lingered under her nose for a while, and went to the depths of the solar eclipse.She took a deep breath, as if sniffing the wine from a hundred-year-old cellar, she immediately awakened the past from her heart. The long-awaited summer vacation, after lazily arriving at her elementary school, everyone rode their bicycles to the sandy land, and put the bicycles casually under the big boundary stone engraved with the three characters Bishagang on the side of the road, jumping for joy To that long sandy beach.Here is a desert containing clay, where the Yellow River once galloped through.Today, the river is gone and the desert is left. As long as there is a trickle of water, the desert will be full of life.If after a rain, everything in Bishagang will be verdant and green, and there will be piles of fragrant and strong grass.Bugs fly around, and sometimes they fly right into your eyes, nose, or ears.And a group of them, boys and girls, ran and screamed on the grass with the bugs.The shameless voice became emerald green at this time, full of the rhythm of spring water.Under the summer sun, everything on the sand made a snow-white sound of crackling.In order to bear fruit before being exposed to the scorching sun and avoid being dried up by the scorching sun, the grasses are in a hurry to bloom, sow fragrance and pollinate.The smell of vanilla flowers and green flowers is the smell of being fried and steamed by the sun under Mei's eyes.Playing and chasing after the scent, a sand dune suddenly appeared in front of him.The sand dunes are as smooth as freshly washed hair, white and shiny without a single grass.The fine sand, which is as uniform as rice grains, shines golden in the sunlight.The big guys took off their shoes and socks, the boys held the girls' little hands, and the men dragged them to the sand dunes one by one as if they were saving the world.Leng Ding'er saw that the sand spread to the horizon, and the waves were like quicksand after the ebb tide on the seashore.On top of this round sand dune, you can see another Carpenter Peak.There is a golden sun shining on the top of each hill, which is round and big, like a big red and yellow balloon about to take off from the ground.The deep grooves between the sand dunes flow hot white waves like toasted snow.Under the hill and ditch, there is no human world, no life, no cities, and no human barriers.Only the pulsation of the heat wave.The boys yelled in unison, and one of them suddenly pushed down a girl.The girls laughed and cursed, rolling towards the bottom of the sand dunes like colored balls.The raised dust fell into their hair, neck, and trousers.The boys stood on the dunes and laughed.The laughter is clearly visible in the eyes, drop by drop, balls, or strips, piece by piece, jumping in the sun, like water splashes turning up by the river, rising and falling, full of the warmth of the sun, flowing along the south direction According to the direction of the wind, it slid along the slope and bottom of the white gully, clanging towards another sandy ditch.Laughing enough, laughing until they couldn't breathe, the boys ran quickly down the sand dune to the girl who had rolled to the bottom of the ditch.With a jump, they flew over their heads, shoulders, waists or buttocks, and ran away with a happy smile.Maybe that's the conspiracy of their youth.They jumped over whoever they knocked down, and they never partnered up when they fled. Everyone chose a direction. There was either a sand dune in front of them, or a bend in a white sand ravine. The girl who got up from the sand was looking for joy. Swearing innocuously, one sentence after another will come out of his mouth, like cotton balls thrown on the back of his enemy one by one.Each of them chased the enemy who pushed them down and jumped over them, and ran frantically, brushing the hair that fell on their foreheads behind their ears from time to time.Stepping on the boy's feet, following the direction indicated by their plot, he approached the trap they set step by step.At that time, I was chasing a boy who was not tall, and his nickname was Fox.Speaking of which, he is not beautiful. Apart from his dark skin, he also has a straight nose. Looking at it suddenly, he looks like a Northeast dude.However, he is witty, funny, and even glib, and with a few words, he can make a crying girl smile.When he pushed Mei down, he stretched out his hand and tugged at her collar, so that she didn't fall heavily like the other girls.However, when he jumped over her, he intentionally kicked up a ball of yellow sand, all of which hit the back of her neck and flowed onto her back without any mistakes.Mei still feels that the fine sand flowing into her back is soft and delicate, like a trembling hand stroking the depths of her body, making her feel at that moment the strangeness that was timid and fearful at her age and that she always dreamed of.She ran after him, cursing the fox, the damned fox, the disturbed and kind fox.The fox was running ahead, turning around from time to time, saying, come on, you catch up with me, you catch up with me.The fox didn't intend to run fast, he always kept her within reach but one step away.Running to the end of the white ravine, the fox climbed up another sand dune.The sand dune climbed one step, slipped half a step, and they finally climbed up.On the top of the mound, the sun was so bright that it seemed easy to remove it.However, they do not feel very hot.The shining wind seemed to blow from a mountain pass.They were like standing at the mouth of a wind tunnel.The sweat fell off immediately, only the heat of youth swelled on the body.Can't wait to appreciate the new scenery.The other boys and girls didn't know where the trouble went.The fox was finally caught by her.Now that I think about it, the fox was caught by her on purpose.On the top of the dunes, the fine sand is as soft as velvet.The panting fox looked as weak as if he had been paralyzed.But when she took the opportunity to throw sand on him, he suddenly gained strength, lifted the clothes on her chest with his left hand, grabbed a handful of hot sand from her chest with his right hand, and threw it in.She scolded him hastily, like grabbing a flower bud that was about to bloom and hitting him in the face.He smiled, spreading the already blooming laughter all over her body.Their voices, like the sound of heavy rain and water, splashed all over the sand, and young men and women rushed from the sand dunes into the white ravine.They twisted into a ball, followed the sound, and rolled into another sand ditch half fighting and half hugging. The sand ditch was silent, except for the white sound of sunlight hitting the sand grains, which was their common red panting. 86 Please come to Bishagang on Sunday. Of course it wasn't the fox who wanted to come here to see it.The fox went to the countryside with him to Zhangjiayingzi in Funiu Mountain, where he left his life.He stayed at the splendid prison gate of Baiguoshu Mountain.He will never return to this bustling city, nor will he come to Bishagang again. 87 There was a dark thing pressing down on Mei's heart, like a long and turbid river flowing through her heart panting.The solar eclipse seems to have started from eternity, and it will end when the world is gone.Mei stood under the tree feeling a little heartbroken.Being in such a state is like falling into the abyss of darkness.She decided to back under the street lamp behind her, to wait for the end of the solar eclipse, but just as she was about to turn around, the fluorescent lights in Factory One went out at regular intervals.At the moment when the world was heading towards chaos, she was completely trapped in the thick darkness because the lights were off, but she unexpectedly saw the sky a hundred steps away in front of her, revealing the brightness of the morning sun. She walked quickly towards the bright light, and there was a rustling sound under her feet.She knew that she was walking on the sand, right on the edge of Bishagang.Please come to Bishagang on Sunday.Needless to say, as long as that person is sincere, he will wait for her on the Bisha hill.Or under the boundary tablet with three large stone characters carved in Bishagang.The years are long, and the time is flowing.The Bishagang in my memory, I am afraid that if it lives today, there should be towering trees, farmhouses and fields, and several rising buildings.The not-too-distant city grows, expands, spreads, and engulfs all around deformedly under the feeding of economic prosperity.Back then, the suburbs were already the main bustling areas of the city, and the countryside that was close to the suburbs back then has become a vegetable farmer that nourishes the city today.Bishagang here, of course, should have its changes.If it is made into a park, it may become the best place to enjoy the cool and rest in the city.As Mei walked, her head was full of idle thoughts.I want to wait until the city is too busy to be tired. If Bishagang is a park, I will definitely give it some praise.The vitality of the moon spring breeze.The sand under his feet became softer and softer, exactly like the feeling of chasing a fox back then.The light in front of her grew brighter; she seemed to be walking in the darkness before dawn.The bright sunshine, needless to say, is waiting for her not far away, as long as it takes a while, the sun will naturally rise.眼下，她已经模糊看清脚下一片地场。坑坑凹凹如什么刚在沙地厮打过一般。日蚀在慢慢消失。光明立马就会来到。她想，百年不遇的日蚀，降临到这个中原最大的都市，是都市的一个万幸。多少人可以在今后的日子里，叙说他们亲历过的日蚀奇观。你看，日蚀果真在一步步消退，就像在缓缓揭掉一块黑布。碧沙岗边上的防风沙大堤，已经蜿蜒地横在面前，宛如被风雨剥蚀过的一段长城。大堤上的槐树、榆树，果然有一副参天的长相。当年它们就像顺手插在堤上的小棍，今天也栋梁起来了。落尽叶儿的枝条，一律偏北倒着。风是从南吹响过来。树枝上挂着的日光，劈劈啪啪被南风吹落到大堤这边，照亮了大堤这边的一条儿半空，看上去如沿大堤舞动的一条极长的绸带，金光闪闪，起伏不止。 梅走着，为了赶上日蚀消失的景观，她把毛裙撩至半腿。快捷的步子，常使皮鞋陷入沙地一半，拔起脚，便带起一股跋涉的尘土。 大沙堤终于到了。 她捡一缓处，抓住堤下的藤草，爬将上去。上去时她的裙摆上扎满了碧沙岗特有的毛扎子。在堤上，选一没有杂草的高处站下来，回身一望，她走来的地方，依然是汪洋着漆黑，市内的高楼大厦，市内如昼的灯光、市内的过街天桥和立交桥，市内的车水马龙的人流车流，工厂和商场、政府和酒楼、机关和星级宾馆，一律深陷在黑暗里。城市不见了。而城市的周围，却明晃晃闪耀着白白的亮光。整个城市，仿佛是天空下的一个大墨团儿。 原来是日环蚀。 梅想，原来是日环蚀。月球挡住的一团日光，正是照亮都市的那一块。你看，西郊、南郊、北郊，和这东郊的碧沙岗，皆一片光明，唯都市淹没于黑暗之中。在这大堤上瞭望，太阳的灿烂与日蚀的暗黑相接之处，是淡黄浅红的混合，仿佛太阳喷薄欲出时的云霞，圈在城市上空的周围。亦如城市的光环。西郊的电视塔，南郊纺纱厂的烟囱都如柱子样插在光环里。北郊的邙山岭，巍峨地立在天底下，站在岭上观看日环食的人们，鸦黑黑正如满山遍野的黑乌鸦。请于星期日到碧沙岗一见、梅车转身子，碧沙岗茫茫苍苍横摆在眼下。深秋的气候，使碧沙岗绿色尽退，满堆着不毛的感觉。当年刻有碧沙岗的石碑，还依旧立在那儿，被干枯的秋草蓬蓬围定，如卸掉帽子的一个光头。沙丘似乎不见了，换之的是一个个的小土包。放眼望去，一片荒岭，不见一个影儿，但能听到一种叮叮当当敲击砖块的声音，如飞滑在水面的瓦片一样。从荒岭沙包的那面一蹦一跳传过来。梅怀着怦怦心跳的疑惑，顺着声音走去，穿过一片枯草野地，看见十余人在一个沙坑砌着偌大一间地下的房子。工程刚刚扎了地基，极像楼房的地下贮藏室或者仓库的基地。再仔细瞧去，有一二熟人，似乎是星光商场的工作人员。前去细问，果真是星光商场的柜台经理。于是乎，才明白碧沙岗这不毛之地，成了本市最昂贵的土地商品，凡不愿火葬的大款新贵，皆可以每平方米万元的巨价，购置一片坟地，建造另世的房舍。才知道唐用五十万元，买了五十平方米的沙地，差十余人众，在此正为自己构筑夫妻墓室天堂。 怀着梦境般的苍凉，回转身子，似找谁约自己在碧沙岗一见，看到的却是一个个圆鼓凸凸的坟丘，取暖似的一个挤挨着一个，秋草凄凄，如无边无际的发霉长毛的馍馍，有一股灰色的腐骨的气息，浅浅淡淡晒在明媚的日光下面。再扭头，进一步看见的，是每个坟丘头上，都在荒草里隐埋着一块或大或小的日蚀色墓碑。碑的正面，一色儿俨然肃静着柳体刻字。半旋了身子，看那大同小异、味道单一的一片柳刻，一并是： 市商茂大厦经理万德全之墓 市宏达酒家经理穆少波之墓 市万隆食品总公司董事长肖明之墓 市四星级白天鹅宾馆总经理郑敏女士之墓 市新潮新美容商店经理汪淋女士之墓 市英法美领带厂厂长朱海之墓 市第一商厦总经理杨立强之墓 市妇女用品商店老板陈情女士之墓 市永胜饭店老板高阳红之墓 市××区区委书记张鼎力之墓 市向阳旅社社长杨红光之墓 市世界文化联谊会会长钱明礼之墓 市著名歌唱家半天红蒋倩女士之墓 市希望工程基金会董事长孙宏之墓 市食品一条街总领事刘品德之墓 市毛纺十厂厂长翟白之之墓 市亚洲啤酒厂厂长方红军之墓 市四星级宾馆总经理祁浪之墓 市红明商场总经理郑森林之墓 市欧洲服装厂厂长韩克西之墓 市华夏美容医院院长林一木之墓 市江河集团公司总裁江长河之墓 市宇宙开发集团公司董事长洪刚之墓 市化妆品公司总经理范蓉女士之墓 市华艺商场经理彭超烈之墓 市东苑大酒店老板刘洛之墓 市红光服装集团总经理何天新之墓 市跑马场老板赵发之墓 扫过面前的碑刻，想到底是谁让我到此一见，再一次放眼远处，想找一人身影，却看见都市日蚀的暗黑，不仅没有退去，反而吱吱响着漫过了防风沙大堤，卷动的乌云般朝这边扑来，且已到了眼前脚下。