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山果

黄兴蓉

    我从北京出发到云南元谋县,进入川滇边界,车窗外目之所及都是荒山野岭。火车在沙窝站只停两分钟,窗外一群十二三岁破衣烂衫的男孩和女孩,都背着背篓拼命朝车上挤,身上那巨大的背篓妨碍着他们。

    我所在的车厢里挤上来一个女孩,很瘦,背篓里是满满一篓核桃。她好不容易把背篓放下来,然后满巴掌擦着脸上的汗水,把散乱的头发抹到后面,露出俊俏的脸蛋儿,却带着菜色。半袖的土布小褂前后都是补丁,破裤子裤脚一长一短,也满是补丁,显然是山里的一个穷苦女娃。

    车上人很多,女孩不好意思挤着我,一只手扶住椅背,努力支开自己的身子。我想让她坐下,但三个人的座位再挤上一个人是不可能的,我便使劲让让身子,想让她站得舒服些,帮她拉了拉背篓,以免影响人们过路。她向我表露出感激的笑容,打开背篓的盖,一把一把抓起核桃朝我的口袋里装。我使劲拒绝,可是没用,她很执拗。

    慢慢地小姑娘对我已不太拘谨了。从她那很难懂的话里,我终于听明白,小姑娘十四岁了,家离刚才的沙窝站还有几十里。家里的核桃树收了很多核桃,但是汽车进不了山,要卖就得背到很远的城里。现在妈妈病着,要钱治病,爸爸一天到晚辛苦劳作,她便央求爸爸叫她出来卖核桃以补贴家用。她是半夜起身,一直走到天黑才赶到这里的,在一个山洞里住了一夜,天不亮就背起篓子走,才赶上了这趟车。

    “出这么远门你不害怕吗?”我问。

    “我有伴儿,一上车都挤散了,下车就见到了。”她很有信心地说。

    “跑这么远卖一筐核桃能赚多少钱?”

    “刨掉来回车票钱,能剩下十五六块吧。”小姑娘微微一笑,显然这个数字给她以鼓舞。

    “还不够路上吃顿饭呢!”我身边一位男乘客插话说。

    小姑娘马上说:“我们带有干粮。”

    那位乘客真有点儿多话:“你带的什么干粮?”

    “红薯面饼子。”

    那位乘客不再说话,车厢里一时间很静。

    就在这时,车厢广播妥晚点半小时,火车停了。我赶忙利用这个机会,对车厢里的旅客说:“这个女孩儿的山核桃挺好吃的,希望大家都能买一点儿。”

    有人问:“多少钱一斤?”

    女孩儿说:“阿妈告诉我,十个核桃卖两角五分钱,不能再少了。”

    我跟着说:“真够便宜的,我们那里卖八决钱一斤呢。”

    旅客纷纷来买了。我帮着小姑娘数着核桃,她收钱。那种核桃是薄皮核桃,把两个攥在手里一挤就破了,吃起来很香。一会儿,那一篓核桃就卖去了多半篓。那女孩儿仔细地把收到的零碎钱打理好,一脸的欣喜。

    很快到了站,姑娘要下车了,我帮她把背篓背在肩上。然后取出一套红豆色的衣裤,放进她的背篓。对她说:“这是我买来送我侄女的衣服,送你一套,回家穿。”

    她高兴地侧身看那身衣服,笑着连连对我表示谢意。此时一直在旁边玩扑克的四个农民工也急忙站起来,一人捏着五元钱,把钱塞给小姑娘:“小妹妹,我们因为实在带不了,没法买你的核桃。这钱拿回去给你妈妈买点儿药。”姑娘哭了,她很着急自己不会表达心里的感谢,脸憋得通红。

    小姑娘在拥挤中下车了,却没有走,转回头站到高高的车窗跟前对那几位给她钱的农民工大声喊着:“大爷!谢谢你们!”感激的泪水挂在小脸上,不知道说什么好。那几位农民工都很年轻,大爷这称呼显然是不合适的。她又走到我的车窗前喊:“阿婆啊,你送我的衣服我先不穿,我要留着嫁人的时候穿。阿婆……”声音是哽咽的。“阿婆,我叫山果,山——果——”……

    灿烂阳光下的这个车站很快移出了我们的视线。我心里久久回荡着这个名字:山果!眼里也有泪水流出来。车上一阵混乱之后又平静了,车窗外那一簇簇漫山遍野的野百合,静静地从灌木丛中探出素白的倩影倏忽而过,连同那个瘦弱的面容姣好的山果姑娘,隐入了莽莽群山中……

(选自《小小说选刊》2017年第1期,略有改动)

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    More and more people in America are celebrating the Indian holiday Diwali. Diwali is Hindi for “row of lights.” It is the most important holiday in India.

    Many people around the world are beginning to celebrate it as well. The United States is one of the places where the festival is becoming more common. Diwali celebrations can now be found at American landmarks like Disney land in California and New York City's Times Square. They are also held in many parks and museums.

    Neeta Bhasin created the Times Square event. She said Indian immigrants (移民) have found great success in America. But, she said, many Americans still do not know much about India. So, she decided to act. "I felt it's about time that we should take India to mainstream America and show India's rich culture, heritage, arts and variety to the world, "she said, "And I couldn't find a better place than the center of the universe: Times Square."

    Bhasin came to the United States from India 40 years ago. She is president of ASB Communications, the marketing firm behind Diwali at Times Square. Tens of thousands of people attend the event, now in its fourth year.

    In India, Diwali is a five-day harvest festival held just before the Hindu New Year. The exact dates change from year to year but Diwali is always in the fall. Celebrations include lighting oil lamps or candles called diyas. The lights represent "a victory of knowledge over ignorance, light over darkness, good over evil."

    A Diwali celebration will light up Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim this year. Visitors can watch performances of traditional Indian dances and take part in a Bollywood dance party. The event is part of a Festival of Holidays program at the theme park to show cultural traditions from around the world.