Chapter 24 Chapter One

I remember that it hasn't been long since the ladies put away their spring coats. In the blink of an eye, it's time for modern girls to take off their socks and run around the street with bare feet. A season suitable for swimming has arrived again. Mention swimming, which makes people naturally think of the sea and sea bathing.Maybe you don't deny my words: in books, in pictures, and in your memory, there are really many ideal water paradises there, which are too much to look forward to.If you are a lover of foreign goods, you will think of "Rio" in the United States, you will think of "Normandy" in France; or you will think of the "Waikikj" channel in the tropics.As for domestic bathing beaches, you will also think of Putuo, Qingdao, Beidaihe, and many other places of interest.Of course, the sea bathing beaches in various places also have various routes and styles; the sea bathing places in various places also have various sentiments and excitements.To sum it up: every seascape can make you sweep away the dust in your eyes; every sharp sea breeze can make you get rid of the troubles in your heart; and every vast sea wave can also make you wash your body God created the world, knowing that after human beings have entered the world, there will be too much trouble and dirt, so he created more seas than lands.

The poorer ones are the Shanghainese.Although Shanghai is a seaside metropolis, in fact the people in this metropolis are not close to the sea.Not only are Shanghainese not close to the sea, but they are also not close to the water.In addition to the turbid current in the Huangpu River and the waves in the bathroom, the water that Shanghainese see, even the fountain is also a miracle. Because Shanghainese are not close to water, most of them live a too boring life, and some people who like to swim People, whenever swimming is in season, they can only step into the swimming pool to soak their boring bodies.

People in other places regard the sea as a swimming pool, while Shanghainese regard the swimming pool as the sea. The following story with a bit of "Shanghainess" happened in a "sea of ​​Shanghainese". It was about two o'clock on a midsummer afternoon, and the sun was shining on a swimming pool, which seemed about to try to penetrate the bottom of the water with a strong light.But in the end, the rippling water surface was blown into pieces of moving broken glass.In this greenish-blue piece of broken glass, there are many people swimming lively in various postures, much like a huge fish box; many huge colorful tropical fish are kept there.

The swimming pool is surrounded by wooden houses on three sides, forming a horseshoe shape. The two sides of the horseshoe are arranged on the left and right sides of the pool, resembling two ships.These two long and narrow houses are actually two stands.The indoor layout is slightly like a small-scale tea room, where refreshments and drinks are prepared for visitors and swimmers to sit.Looking out from the window here by leaning on the railing, you can absorb the vast pool surface into your sight and enjoy the tropical fish. At this time, on the left stand, there were two young people, a man and a woman, sitting in a seat by the window, watching the swimming and talking quietly at the same time.

The male one seems to be very thin and timid, his hair is combed quite brightly, even in the midsummer season, the sweat does not let his cleanliness be spoiled, his face is not uncommonly handsome in China; but his eyes look tired and dull , especially between the eye sockets, there are two faint circles of black halos, which means that his usual private life may not be a very serious one. The age of this man is about twenty-five years old.Wear a shirt with a lapel.His white serge jacket was temporarily hung on the back of the chair.Another paper bag was brought, which contained a piece of clothing and I didn't know what it was, and put it on the side of the seat.

The age of that female partner seems to be a little younger than him.The figure is petite, but the lines are quite toned.She doesn't apply any makeup or powder on her face, but the red and white are distinct, and she doesn't let those three-flower brand cosmetics threaten her in any way.The woman's eyes are very charming, in the water-like crystal clearness, from time to time she reveals a look of contemplation.She was wearing a white sharkskin lapel top.An extremely thin gold chain was exposed from her soft white neck; her girly attire fully displayed a kind of pure beauty. This two young men, a man and a woman, may be regarded as a very happy couple at a rough glance.It's just that between the two, one is very healthy, while the other is a little sick. This is an obvious difference.

At this time, the woman, leaning against the window rail, was staring at the pool of water with almost melancholy eyes.She seemed to be very interested in swimming, but the man said to her: "I really didn't expect to meet you today." "I never thought that I would meet you today." The woman sounded like a child. "Especially unexpected, it is at the entrance of the cinema." The man tried his best to show excitement in his tone. "That's not right." The woman smiled and said, "I can tell you that you will never meet me except at the gate of Dahua."

"You still like watching movies as much as before." The man said. "It doesn't necessarily mean that you like to watch movies." The woman frowned, "To be honest, all the rights that are due have been deprived, and watching movies is one of the remaining pitiful rights, so this family 'Dahua' has become my paradise of seclusion." "Why did you only mention 'Da Hua' and not other cinemas?" "This is a habit I have developed recently. I am used to going to one movie theater, and I don't want to go to the second one. First, maybe because this movie theater is the one closest to my home. Second, it is because I like to watch movies the most. MGM's work." She looked out the window into the distance.Then she withdrew her gaze again: "Also, I have developed a strange habit: every time there is a new movie, I have to pick the first scene on the first day and watch it. If I can't catch up with this designated opportunity, No matter what kind of good film it is, I also gave it up. Look, isn't this temper a bit strange?"

"Stubborn and impatient, these are all your past temperaments. You have not changed your previous style at all." The man shook his head, criticizing his female companion like this. The woman cast her clear eyes on the water outside the window, and did not answer for a while.After a pause, she suddenly turned her head and said: "Hey! Didn't you tell me that there is a special program here today?" "A friend told me this." The man was stunned for a moment and then replied.He looked at his watch, and then looked around in circles, as if looking for someone."He made an appointment with me to meet here, but he hasn't come yet," he said.

When the man was talking, he kept looking at the paper bag he brought from time to time.He seemed to want to say something, but he hesitated and didn't say it.He had a look of disbelief, so he answered some of the questions asked by his female companion out of context. The woman didn't pay attention to his expression, she just looked at the active fish in the pond, like a child expressing great attachment to a toy in the window. "If someone knew at this time that Ms. Miao Ying, the most famous female swimmer five years ago, is sitting in the viewing seats of the mainland swimming pool today, silently showing no signs of performance, how surprised would they be?"

"Please don't mention those words again." The woman suddenly looked away.Her eyebrows were furrowed tightly.She seemed to be trying to find an irrelevant sentence to avoid the topic at hand.But in the end she said: "The fundamental principle of the universe is transaction. That weeping philosopher in Greece once said: Man cannot bathe twice in the same river.—Look at the water in this pool, let go of the old one , replaced with a new pool. Who is attached to the water that has been released? Isn't this a very stupid thing!" A sentimental silence fell over their seats.But let the laughter and clapping of the crowd outside the fence slip into their ears.At this time, in the deep part of the pool, there were two people competing for a short distance breaststroke; one of them was in the posture of a little frog.There was another woman, who was climbing her drenched body onto the edge of the pool, scooping up water from the pool and splashing it playfully. She was tired of swimming and was sitting on a wooden board for a temporary rest.Looking at the extremely shallow part of the pool, there is a beginner who is doing a kind of "candle swimming" in the attitude of an adventurer sailing. ——The so-called candle style, this is a novel term, and it needs a little explanation: the general swimming posture is either prone, supine, or sideways.But in the novice swimmer, he can only stand upright in the water like a candle, so some comics have given it a new name, called "candle" or "parade" swimming. ——The adventurer, standing at one end of the pool, looking at the vast sea, has already soaked several inches of water waves under his feet. His footsteps moved to the depths of the pool, his expression was like that of a toddler, walking from the top of the ladder to the downstairs.Some people were clapping at him, some were shouting at him, and the ambulanceman, sitting on a special high chair, was smiling at him from behind a curtain that shaded the sun. A "gently controlled" sound of water combined with a lot of laughter formed a symphony that cannot be heard elsewhere. ——This complex symphony contains the vitality of spring and the heat of summer. The lively scenes in the pool made the female swimmer in the stands longing for everything in the past. There is a wave of memories floating on her brain; this is a film from five years ago, although the film has been blurred and faded, but there are some moving scenes in it, and the companion sitting opposite him in front of her also It is one of the important characters in this old film.