这是一个偏远的小镇,除了唯一一间酒吧还称得上热闹之外,整个小镇只能用一个词来描述:“宁静”。这间酒吧也不知道是不是因为是镇上唯一的酒吧,连名字也仿佛没有,残破的招牌上依稀可辨的只有一个词“Bar”,酒吧内虽然也很破落的感觉,但倒也整齐。现在是下午茶的时间,客人不多,大概五六个人,至于这“大概”一说,恐怕是把老板兼酒保也算了进去,因为光线昏暗也确实难得看清有多少人。
话说明明是下午茶时间,可吧内居然如同黄昏,最里面的一个黑暗小角落里,一个面容有些憔悴的年轻人正和一个一脸平静的中年男子对坐着,年轻人大概是外乡人,脚边放着他的背包,手上拿着一支笔和一个小册子,虽然憔悴但却丝毫没有疲惫的样子。中年人正要和一口啤酒,年轻人立刻止住了他,然后叫了一瓶红酒和一杯柳橙汁。
“I want to know the story, and I knew you know all.”
中年人默默看着年轻人,放下酒杯,轻轻得开口了:“This must be a long talk...”
“I don't mind, we could have supper here.”
“Well, if you do, I suggest not... Well, where shall I begin?”
“The start of all.”
“OK... Right, it occurred as an accident that...”
“Wait, wait. You said -- an...n... ac...cident?”年轻人似乎难以置信,手中的笔在纸上拉出一条长长的横线。
“True. All started with the accident, the whole story, oh-oh no, that maight say the Legend, starts at that point, nearly 8 decades ago. Of cause these all heard from my grandfather. And he heard this when he was as young as you. OH, as you know, my father migrated everywhere till he found this townlet, than I was born. Grandpa came to live with us, so I got the chance to hear the Glorious deeds. Hehr...”,男子停了一下,饮了一口酒——哦,是年轻人叫来的红酒——男子又继续诉说起这故事来,“He told me an amazing story which his father, my great-grandfather underwent. Great-grandfather uses another language at that time, and then he was caught in a journey, maybe called 'the Great Journey'. I don't know how many survived, but it's really a tragedy. He's not the hero, but he is a hero. All the individuals in that journey are real heroes, even most of them do not want, but the disaster just happended to them.......”
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(83年前)
“嘿,丹霖,这次考的怎么样?”
“哎——越来越差,我现在都没什么信心了。”被称为丹林的人——一个胖胖的带着眼镜的男生——愁眉苦脸地对着发问的人说到,“你考的怎么样啊?”
“感觉还不错。”
“真佩服你啊,伫哥就是牛逼啊。”少年的话里透露出一点酸酸的味道,虽然不浓。或许是刚转到班里的第一次考试全班第二名吧,心里的落差太大了,别的同学在高考前成绩越来越好,反观自己越来越落后,而且还毫无心思学习,距离高考只有89天了,教室后面的黑板上,每天一擦的粉笔字迹,仿佛是一条野狼,紧紧地追着。
“哟,伫哥,霖哥。好不容易考完了不要说这个啦,休息休息嘛。”“魔鬼,你还磨磨蹭蹭的高考有危险喽。”李伫立刻跟这外号“魔鬼”的兄弟扯起话来。明明都是一起玩的朋友,可是不知道为什么丹霖总是在这种时候觉得自己根本不在这个圈子里,一点也无法插入他们的对话里的无力感。“考完了,回家吧。”不待二人回答,丹霖背着包走了出去,今天是周五,正好回家。
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公交车挤了一路,终于下车,时间也不早了,回到家父母已经把饭菜张罗好了,其实在家,丹霖几乎没有做过家务,现在要高考了,更是加剧。
“今天才考完,我出去逛一逛,休息休息。”饭后的要求被通过了,丹霖便这样出门了。
其实丹霖内心是一个寂寞的孩子,难得的休息日,唯有的爱好,除了听歌,就只有在夜晚出门溜达。虽说是马上要高考的天了,这些天却反常的不那么炎热,晚上甚至挺是凉快,丹霖便上他常去的“散步区”了——家附近的一个小社区。
日复一日,有些纠结,而且很是难受的日子,就在这一天迎来了变化。