NO．40 墙不如篱,竹篱又不如木篱。木槿为篱的土院子,初秋便结满了紫色的冷花,晨色每天从木槿冷花的疏篱间散开来炊烟,寒鸡蓬松着毛羽哑哑地啼。槿叶用清水泡,水便成蛋清似粘液,从前的女人用来洗头,一年只有七月初七用一次。这其中是必有深意的,但可惜岁月久远而使原意遗失,至我幼时,只徒留下满含木槿叶气味的形式,而如今这形式也失去, 只有在电视里广告“百年首乌”这样木叶青青的画面时,从周润发很旧的笑意里,才会令人记起这同样很旧的往事。槿在乡同作篱笆,是家家户户的事,于是有了篱笆与篱笆之同的夹道,这夹道往往羊肠而是泥地,成了木槿的树弄,花依然是紫色的。树要落叶, NO. 40 walls do not like hedges, bamboo hedges and not as good as wood. Hibiscus for the fence of the yard, the early autumn will be filled with purple cold flowers, morning hibiscus bloom from the cold hedgerows to smoke, chickens fluffy hairy dumb cry. Hibiscus leaves with water blisters, water into egg white like mucus, the former woman used to shampoo, only once a year in July seventh day. This is a must-have, but it is a pity that the years are long and the original intention is lost. When I was young, only the form of hibiscus leaf smell was left behind. Now, this form is also lost. Only on television is the advertisement “ ”Such a leafy green picture, from Chow Yun Fat very old smile, it will be remembered this same very old past. Hibiscus in the same town as the fence, is every household thing, so with the fences and fences with the same channel, which often goose but mud, became the tree hibiscus, the flower is still purple. Tree to deciduous,