每次到北京,总因各种杂事与徐小斌失之交臂。今年,在时隔七年后的北京又一次见到了徐小斌。那天我们约定在百盛商厦会面,我与女儿早早地从北大出发,一路上我都在想象着徐小斌。徐小斌七年前给我的感觉是沉静、内敛、很厚重的样子。她剪着短发,架着宽边眼镜,穿着白底咖啡花纹衬衣,眼睛是深邃的。那双深邃的眼睛,多年来一直留在我心里。我最早享受她的艺术成果不是小说,而是刻纸艺术。好像是1990年,那时候我是搞工艺美术的,到北京 Every time I go to Beijing, I always lose contact with Xu Xiaobin for all kinds of chores. This year, Beijing saw Xu Xiaobin again after seven years in a row. That day we agreed to meet in Parkson Commercial Building, my daughter and I set off from Peking University early, all the way I imagined Xu Xiaobin. Xu Xiaobin gave me the feeling seven years ago is quiet, restrained, very heavy look. She cut short hair, wide-brimmed glasses wearing a white coffee shirt pattern, the eyes are deep. That pair of deep eyes, has been in my heart over the years. My earliest enjoyment of her artistic achievement is not a novel, but the art of carving paper. Seems to be 1990, when I was engaged in arts and crafts, to Beijing