我幼年居住的乡里,没有电视,没有收音机,没有冷气,没有电扇,一到夏天夜晚,就没有人留在屋内,一家人全跑到三合院中间的庭院里纳凉。大人坐在藤椅上聊天,或谈着农事,或谈着东邻西里的闲话,小孩子就围坐在地板上倾听,或到处追逐萤火虫。小时候,家里有一位帮忙农事的老长工,他的脑子里装 In my young hometown, there was no television, no radio, no air-conditioning, no electric fans. By summer nights no one was staying in the house, and the whole family ran to the courtyard in the middle of the courtyard to enjoy the cool air. Adults sitting in wicker chairs to chat, or talk about farming, or chatting with gossip in the east, children sitting on the floor listening, or chasing fireflies everywhere. When I was a child, there was a long-term worker in his family who helped farming and put his mind in his head