At the moment, sitting in front of me are the backs of four country people: one is wearing a black and white cloth, two faded blue cloths, and the other is bald. They squatted on their knees and rested on the low wall by the stream. Everyone has a simple thing in his hand: a white stick and a basket. I can't see those two clearly in the shadow. There is no doubt that they have walked a lot. After a while, after smoking a pipe of dry cigarettes, they still have a lot to walk. The smell of blue smoke comes to my official sleep frequently with the breeze, and there are some tunes of Shanxi Bangzi in the blur, although the place where they sit is outside the iron screen window of my porch.
Outside the iron screen window, the words are not here. Always outside the window, either iron screen window or glass window. In short, outside the window!
All the colors, sounds and tastes of life are there. It's not that I can't see them. It's just that they are always outside your window. How many hundred miles of plains, how many rolling mountains, reflected into your eyes from the window yesterday, where how many lives are moving day and night; Every green millet has a sweaty stream of people; Every yellow millet is eaten; There are still twists and turns, excitement and tension! But you may not see it, because all the twists and turns, excitement and tension are displayed outside your window.
At home, you sit in the study, and the scenery outside the window is limited. There are two ponytails and some lilacs; Eucommia ulmoides branches in the wind; Because of the lack of sunshine, begonia only blooms two or three flowers a year-the leaves are covered with scars bitten by insects and ants, and the edges are a little brown; The entrance is beautifully opened with fan-shaped and hexagonal lattice windows, through the sunshine and noise of the outer courtyard. What's the coal delivery man coming? By chance, you see a face with two faces dyed black by coal. When delivering food, a man walked slowly through the screen door with a big bag on his back. There are also tap water, electric lights and telephone companies to collect accounts, with leather pockets hanging obliquely on their chests and pushing a bicycle in their hands; Sometimes a cook comes to a friend and walks into the concierge with a smile on his face. What, Ma Zhao's husband came to get the money? Every month 1 is not bad at all. If you come early, you will hear two people arguing in whispers. Not that there is no color, no sound, no life, but they are always separated from you by a window-fan, hexagon, yarn, glass!
You are bored, put your pen aside and say, what is this life! You stand up and put on shoes and socks that are not too expensive, but the price of these shoes and socks is just-what do you want to do with them? Anyway, some people's monthly salary must be only half or even less than this price. You went out and hired a rickshaw, and the price you asked from the rickshaw driver was of course much higher than the proportional price. Don't you just say yes like a fool? No, no, 32, pull, don't pull, pull down! I know in my heart that if you really want to be an expert, you should say, twenty-six, pull and pull-but you have the face to argue!
The car starts rolling and the world is still outside your window. A long alley with closed gates. Even if it's open, it's just a corner, and you can vaguely see a pumpkin shed inside, where a woman is sitting on a small stool sewing; The other, holding a child who can't walk, stretched out his head and shouted at passers-by selling cabbage. As for the price of cabbage, you can't hear it. The car has long been pulled away, and you don't need to know. Food will certainly take up a part of your monthly expenses. Cabbage is a small amount in the total cost of food. Do you know how much a catty of cabbage is at the door? Will you really call your sad-faced cook to reprimand him and tell him to give you an extra penny per catty of cabbage?
The car is getting farther and farther away, and the front is touching the dung car. You immediately took out your handkerchief, frowned and covered your nose tightly. You don't know who to blame. Complaining that things are too weird; Good and beautiful rice and wheat need manure to water! Complaining that country people are too afraid of smelly and dirty, they invented those two baskets, put them on the trolley in front of their noses and push them slowly!
You blame the city administrators for not being serious, so you can't change the old dirty and unsanitary habits. Is it really impossible for this dung truck to be used for more than ten years? Because the strong smell is not far from your window, social hygiene can't be done well.
The road is getting better and better, and a big yamen rises in front of the wall. There is more than one window here. The high walls around here are not ventilated. You don't know how many employees there are and what they are doing. How many eyes are heavy, shouting, and swindling among farmers for business; How many poor women with yellow faces share half a bowl of rice with the whole family. Self-deception, what tricks do you play in it every day? But if there are really two or three people fighting for convenience and justice for many people, you don't know!
In the downtown area, I still like to watch a play in a special box. You won't and don't have to take part in that play. Leaning against the railing, you are enjoying aesthetics, and you have a lot of leisure. But if the coachman here asks you where to get off, you will be surprised and don't know how to answer. The most important thing in life is that you don't lack anything, and coming out is also an unnecessary activity.
I looked up and saw those people in the center of the street and in front of the shop across the street. Under the limitation of time and money, they are all eager to buy what they need for life. Two women are scrambling to supervise the man called weighing scale in the shop. Two catties and four taels, two catties and four taels, whatever. Anyway, judging from the seriousness of those two women, they must be genuine goods. If you lose weight, these two women will feel very painful about it; You weigh it for a long time, and that guy knows that the loss is really not small as far as the owner is concerned these days. So the struggle between the two sides was warm and necessary, and everyone's voice was a little higher; The woman's face is red, her hair is covered with a wisp, and she is holding it with her hands; The man kept polite and shouted, yes, yes!
Warm and necessary, in the middle of the street with many cars and horses, two people suddenly rushed out of your car; Men and women run with their feet up. What do you think this is for? The tram is turning a big bend. The two men were chasing the tram, passing by the track, talking to the conductor on the tram while chasing it. Trams are not easy to catch, so you can't help worrying about catching the train by rickshaw on that street. But you know, if they can't make the trip, they can just sit on the street for half an hour. Those who would rather wear colchicine than hire rickshaws must care about and save the price difference between rickshaws and trams because of the pressure of life.
At the moment, foreign cars are running very fast, and your heart continues to question the purpose of your coming out and what necessities you are purchasing. When I saw men and women in the market, one door came out and another door went in, all wrapped in bags. Although that day won't be all they need, it will be a great pleasure in their lives if there is a box of slightly extravagant items in it! Didn't you hear that man? The straw hat inside 1.85 USD, which is a bit expensive, but "not bad"! He lifted the hat box and greeted his friend. He touched his shaved head and was all smiles. At that time, the sparkling pleasure of course belonged to him, there is no doubt about it, because God knows how many times he restrained himself and how much money he saved in this year, so that he earned this happy and bold luxury!
The joy that that extravagant idea brings to that person has completely lost its effect on you, and there is no hope of shining as a star anymore! You see, compared with the living standard around your window,
Strictly speaking, are they all expensive uses? Every luxury, your heart is just sad again, so those glass windows that cars pass by only make you more afraid, more empty, more suspicious and wander back and forth. And looked at all kinds of goods in the store, unless you are really a fool, don't you know that most of them are produced by factories in that country! Luxury can't give you pleasure, it will only increase your fear and worry. Every foot of beautiful yarn, every fresh handicraft!
You curse city life, unnatural city life! Pack your things and say, let's go, let's go. I can't stand this boring life. I want to live in a different way. A healthy trip can not only see the scenic spots of ancient temples, but also understand the simple customs of the mainland. After leaving, the weather is not too bad, and it is worthwhile to leave him for six weeks a month.
I didn't expect that no matter where you go, you will always sit in the window.
Yes, many fashionable scholars often wear scientific glasses with an air of "investigation" and occasionally go there to see a strange place, but the invisible window still exists. If you don't believe me, check their luggage. Anyone who doesn't have canned food, canvas beds and other odds and ends to prove that you are still in your window, touch their wallets again, and there will be some money there. When you get to a place, you have a small world to hold up the beam. No matter which direction your window looks, most of what you see is your window, laminated glass or iron net! Vaguely see some colors and hear some sounds. If you are satisfied in private, that's fine. Just not happy to talk about contact. You know something, and God knows it's a sin! Some foreign devils are very superficial, so you must never learn. You still sit in the window, not the window of the train, not the window of the car, not the window of the inn, not the window that you can't see and get used to, and put you in it. Contact and understanding are really impossible, and the unique leisure life will not let you get ahead. The same is true of travel. If you travel with a little money instead of a camera, you need to spend all your energy walking: you should pay attention to where to stay; Every time along the way, you have to count the money for eating sesame cakes and a few Shakespeare; Greet each other with trepidation, show sincerity to each other, take care of each other and help each other when encountering difficulties. When I arrived at a place, I really tried my luck everywhere. The tense situation does not allow you not to struggle and not to contact with other struggling flesh and blood until experience makes you understand.
The list of hard faces on the bus the day before yesterday, those conversations, life carries a lot of weight. The old man who came to Shaanxi to do business and the man sitting next to him were polite and had to do it; There are many reasons why the guests who got off at Jiaocheng insisted on giving the red packets to the vehicle management office. The old woman in a cotton vest silently grabbed a blue cloth bag and a wallet, and she used all her skills. Sure enough, when she arrived in Jicun, she missed her stop and owed another guest to ask the driver for her, so the car fell two miles. She still looked at the village station in disbelief, muttering that this place was different from last time. Complaining while driving, he climbed into the car to get the old woman's luggage. Experience has given him a kind of self-restraint. It is inevitable that some old ladies will not know the way during the journey. This truth is the same all over the world. The reason why the London police are particularly kind is also due to the lost old lady and children.
Even so, you are still sitting on the porch, and the sound of the stream comes from the window, and the smell of orchid smoke has long since disappeared. At this time, four country people have reached the front of the "Qinghe Yi" mill in the upper class. Yesterday, the guy in the mill there had a funny face full of wheat flour, showing you the structure of the mill. The wooden wheel under the workshop, the turning stone mill in the room, the high and low courtyards, and in the shadow of the sun, look back and forth at the farm tools you have never seen before. There is an old pagoda tree, clusters of colorful flowers and a winding diversion ditch in the yard. Those guys are chatting friendly. He told you with a Shanxi accent that there can be more than 5,000 packages of wheat flour a year, and the price of each package is about two yuan. He also said that in the past decade or so, because of the sudden lack of mountains and rivers in this area, many mills have been closed, and foreigners have rented those mills to them as summer homes. Shame on you, you said you just lived in the mill. With a smile on his face, let the wheat flour shine in the sun and say that you know him. It turns out that the miller you rented, a foreign priest, is very kind to this village, and the country people still have a good impression on him.
This is really rare, and the origin of goodwill is empirical. It was that morning that you accidentally went out to explore the ancient times and won. This province has beautiful mountains and rivers and ancient temples, which have always been the original objects of the Song and Liao Dynasties. When you walk to the Guandi Temple in a small village on the mountain, you see an iron crib engraved with the name of Wanli, which was originally given by Emperor Wanli to the descendants who became kings in this village. I don't know how to find it in the hands of antique dealers. Seven years ago, I asked the priest to buy it. I played at night. The loud bell was heard by the villagers, so I hurried to inquire and wanted to buy it back at the original price. Speaking of it, this is an ancestral treasure of their surname Lu, and it must not be allowed to leave the country, so the priest returned Tieduo to them and offered it to the God of Guandi Temple from then on.
In this way, a romantic picture unfolds in front of your window and touches your curiosity. Whether it's a one-story window or a two-story window, you can't help asking some detailed questions. How can the descendants who became kings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties be surnamed Lu! Now the article is long.
If your ancestors were the emperor's first brothers, you wouldn't, and you wouldn't. Forget it. It is said that King Qingcheng is Yongle's younger brother, and all the people in Zhaocun are his descendants. However, it is precisely because they remember it too clearly that other emperors are not at ease. During the Yongzheng period, they were ordered to change their surname from Zhu to Lu, but they still adopted the method of cross ranking to avoid being mistaken for their descendants.
In this way, your heart beats a little. The man you hired yesterday to fetch water and wash clothes is also from Zhaocun, surnamed Lu! Sure enough, that rustic boy with a round face and big eyes is a royal aristocrat, which is really disrespectful. Then the village must not be poor, but in fact it is not.
The fields are vast and the harvest is good every year. Every door has a special fence, like a small fortress-it was used to prevent bandits at that time. There is a big lacquer wardrobe suitcase in the room, and the white copper on the cabinet door is polished; The quilt on the kang is red, green and quite bright. However, it is said that Guandi Temple has not sung for four years, although the stage is still facing the main hall. The village has been poor in recent years, and a prince told you that singing opera is too expensive, especially the money on it. There is a window here. You don't understand, but there is a good harvest every year. Why is the village poor in recent years? I only vaguely heard that the army has been stationed for more than three years. What I don't understand is that after a year of hard work in the village, entertainment, singing and singing in Guandi Temple will all make money. Since you can't understand through the window, let us know, don't ask.
How much more do you want to know through a window? I hired Lu to pour water yesterday, and today I wander around like a foreign devil. I went to a family with chickens and sheep and a plaque on it, and asked them to greet you with food in a dialect you don't understand. After sitting on the kang for a long time, I went out to the door and exchanged a few words with the woman who saw Fujian. It dawned on me that she was the mother of Wang Sun who washed your clothes and delivered cakes to your home the night before, Lu!
You are confused here. Forget it, forget it! You can sit by the window honestly. It's no use looking out the window. Most of you don't understand, and you won't understand.