肖远在公交车上,遇到张小兵。两人竟有二十多年没见面了。他们去了饭店,聊起童年的往事。当初他们住在二十公里外的小城,住处位于北门郊外,一座工厂家属区里。围墙的那边是一条护城河。夏天里,女孩子在杨树下跳房子,男孩子成群结队到附近乡村捉知了,或到河里游泳。张小兵水性很好,一个猛子能扎出好远。在念小学四年级时,张小兵随父母搬到了市里。从此肖远再也没有见过他。肖远一直在原地,像护城河边上的一棵树,直到1999年国营工厂倒闭才离开。 Xiao Yuan in the bus, met Zhang Xiaobing. The two have not met in more than two decades. They went to the hotel and talked about the childhood. When they lived in a small town twenty kilometers away, the residence was located on the outskirts of the north gate, a factory family area. The other side of the wall is a moat. In summer, the girls hops under the poplar, the boys flock to the nearby villages to catch up, or swim in the river. Zhang Xiaobing water is good, a Mengzi can tie a good far. In fourth grade, Zhang Xiaobing moved to the city with his parents. Xiao never see him ever since. Xiao Yuan has been in place, like a tree on the edge of the moat, until the state-owned factory closed down in 1999.