每年七八月,上海的气候总是燠热的,太阳像炉火,烤得人从里到外觉得难受。没有风的时候,更是闷热,沿马路或是石库门弄堂里的住户,每天等太阳下山,先用水泼泼地,铺上凉席,吃完晚饭,就将竹椅矮凳搬到门口,拿一把蒲扇,带一碗茶,同邻居乘凉聊天。内容不外是天南地北新闻、物价飞涨的 In July and August of each year, the climate in Shanghai is always hot. The sun is like a hearth and the grilled people feel uncomfortable from inside to outside. No wind, it is hot, along the road or Shikumen alley households, such as the sun goes down every day, first splashed with water, laying mat, eat dinner, will be bamboo chair stool moved to the door, Take a palm-leaf fan, with a bowl of tea, cool chat with his neighbors. The content is nothing but the news of the world, soaring prices