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第三章 隨筆·家事瑣憶(1/5)

作者:王曉玉字數:62152更新時間:2023-09-28 10:23:45

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    我很喜歡回娘家。

    這大概是女兒家的通病,盡管有一句“嫁出女兒潑出水”的俗語,很讓人寒心的。

    我娘家在市中心很短很窄的一條小馬路的一條很小很淺的弄堂內。兩排低矮的三層磚木結構夾著一道寬不過四五步的空間,南北兩頭有兩個出口。出於不知什麽時候傳下來的規矩,南出口叫前弄堂,北出口叫後弄堂,老少子民竟沒一個會弄錯的。

    弄堂裏有許多未成章法卻代代相傳的規矩。比如中秋月餅要吃杏花樓的,婚嫁照相一定要去“王開”。比如有人生病住進了仁濟醫院,風聞此事的鄰居們會排了隊輪流領用那每次隻限兩人人內的探視牌,拎了水果點心之類去噓寒問暖。但各家門口的水龍頭卻很是神聖不可侵犯,即便剛登過便池的本弄居民,也總是僵了幾根手指頭走回自己家門去衝洗,從不肯就近開人家的龍頭涉了貪小之嫌。比如除夕夜家家都“守歲”,年初一戶戶都放鞭炮,任何禁令不起作用,任何教訓均不接受。比如弄內某翁姑享高壽無疾而終,其家人必得備大批碗碟以饗鄉鄰,很榮耀地充當一回賜福增壽於人的救世主;但人們別了逝者從火葬場回來,卻又務須在弄口跨躍一個熊熊燃燒著的花圈,無論男女老幼,據說不做這麽一次馬戲式的騰躍動作,便要染了晦氣的。

    這麽多源遠流長的規矩,哪些可稱優秀傳統,哪些要劃歸陳規陋俗,哪些算作民族特色,哪些當追溯為外來影響,哪些為國粹,哪些為洋場海派,我總覺得很難分得清楚。一地一處一村一弄堂的民俗民風人情世故,不是中藥鋪裏的梗梗葉葉,可以一一放進某個抽鬥裏去,也不是落到批評家手裏的某篇小說某首詩,大筆一揮便可納入某個主義掃向某個流派的。

    我從不敢小覷我娘家弄堂所擁有的那種市民文化。是非曲直一時難辨並不等於沒有是非曲直。小弄堂裏的小百姓一樣握有大氣而剛直的道德標尺。這杆標尺是弄堂文化的精髓內核。

    “文革”期間,娘家弄堂裏的許多人家都“窩藏”過從外地逃來的“牛鬼”或“走資派”。我曾見一位緊鄰家來了一對夫妻,一住就是半年,後來我去蘇州辦事,竟在街頭讀到了印有相片的“通緝令”,方知那一對男女竟是該市市一級“當權派”,很有資格的老幹部。據說十年動亂之後,他們又雙雙登上了很重要的崗位。而本弄那家人雖有掩護之功,也未生求報之心,照舊過著平庸俗氣緊巴巴的小市民日子。

    某一日我又回娘家,邂逅一位三十多年前的老鄉鄰。她已六十開外,富態得很有點臃腫,臨走時取出一小布包,囑我老母轉交給“他”。我明白“他”是誰。我依稀記得她年輕時的俏模樣,而且知道她曾是本弄的“他”的前妻。出於好奇,我追問老母。老母淡淡地回答道,布包裏是一雙布底鞋,因為她知道他有雞眼,兩隻腳還不一般大,合適的鞋是買不到的。除了鞋之外,大概還有兩條襯褲吧,那種褲腰做到三尺多的大褲襠寬鬆短褲,係帶子的,因為她知道他有痔瘡,而且對鬆緊帶過敏。我摸著那軟軟的布包,笑問老母您當了多少年的傳遞員了,老母很嚴肅地默了默神答日,自從他喪偶後她就每年送一包來,大約有二十年了吧。那麽她在本弄呆過多少年嫁給現在的丈夫多少年以及她現在的丈夫是否知道她還包幹了他的布鞋褲頭以及他拿到布鞋褲頭時作何表情呢?我又問。我老母狐疑地望著我且不滿地開口道,你在胡想胡說些什麽?一弄堂的人都知道都不嚕蘇怎麽就你這麽嚕蘇?人家都是正派人哪裏像你小說裏胡編出來的那些人物?你真要閑得沒事幹你幫我把這包東西送到他家去得了。

    我是從擁有如此豐富內容的小小弄堂裏走出來嫁出去的女兒。如果從三十年前我進入寄宿學校算起,我離開弄堂後的歲月已兩倍於置身於弄堂內的時間。但是,小小弄堂,至今令我夢縈魂係。我喜歡回娘家。雜事纏身久未如願我便在夢裏返回。我的夢境無論上天堂下地獄都是現實的變形,唯有回娘家如同非夢時一樣真實——前弄堂進,後弄堂出,兩排低矮的小樓夾著四步寬的狹小空間,我的鄉鄰們在一個個水龍頭前很辛苦又很自得地忙碌著。當我拿起筆來時,我的稿紙上,也便總免不了留下了我娘家弄堂的痕跡,彌漫了我深深的娘家情結。

    第二節 分享打架和甜果凍

    小時候我常跟人打架。倒不是我生來就有主動侵犯性。我隻是不太能夠容忍別人對我弟弟的侵犯。我在家裏是長女,下麵有三個弟弟。三個弟弟中有兩個身體很弱,在弄堂裏玩時,隻要跟別的男孩子發生了衝突,總會受欺侮。弟弟們的嘴巴雖硬,拳頭卻軟,眼看就要落花流水了,關鍵時刻就會放聲高喊:“阿姐呀——矮子(有時候是”長腳“或者是”夜壺“這種時候大都是喊綽號的)打我啦——”我於是就必須衝下樓去救駕。救駕的武功是沒有的,隻是有一種拚命精神:一頭向那個敵人撞去,撞得他跌跌撞撞後退幾步,然後就返身護住弟弟,由此背上頭上會挨幾拳。這幾拳忍得過去便罷,局部戰爭結束;要是實在太有點痛了,身先士卒的大姐就回手反擊了——到了這個階段,戰事趨於白熱化,一個姑娘家的跟個男孩子扭成一團,也就常常避免不了了。 本章尚未完結,請點擊下一頁繼續閱讀---->>>

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