清明时节回乡下扫墓。出了火车站,接站的亲戚领我穿过站前广场,直奔一条僻静的小街。“我们不能在那边叫车吗?”我指着那些在广场上待客的出租车问。“哦,我们的出租车在那边。”亲戚向小街的方向一指。我有点不解。“他们找的是熟人。”早到一天的哥哥插进来解释了一句。熟人?我更加不解了。“为什么要找熟人呢?”“咳,反正要用车,把活给熟人不比给外人强吗?”亲戚的回答马上让我想到“关系”这个词。 Tomb Sweeping Festival back home. Out of the train station, take the relatives of the station led me through the station square, straight to a secluded street. “Can not we call a car over there?” I pointed at the taxi waiting on the square. “Oh, our taxi is over there. ” Relatives to the direction of a small street. I am a little puzzled. “They are looking for an acquaintance. ” One day old brother inserted to explain the sentence. Acquaintance? I am more puzzled. “Why do you want to find an acquaintance?” “” “Cough, anyway, to use the car, to give an acquaintance alive than to give it to others? ” The relative’s reply promptly reminds me of “relationship ” the word.