短篇小说 》 波 Wave 》
波 Wave
郭沫若 Guo MoRuo
Wave
一
1938年10月23日，武汉准备撤退前的第二天，有好几艘疏散市民的轮船，都在这天的清早，先后离开了码头向上游驶去。
这一只在平时充作轮渡使用的老船拖着满身的难民和行李，喘息着在江面上匍匐，匍匐，好半天了，但离武汉还不很远。
二
尽管是怎样的没有秩序，船一离了岸，上船时那种不可名状的骚乱镇定了下来，人们在逼窄的隙地中找到了各自的定位。
爱说话的人把话匣于打开了。
本来是有相熟的同路人自不用说，便是陌生的人只要座位邻近便自然构成出一个个的社交环境。
话题是复杂多样的，抗战建国的前途，武汉三镇的命运，日寇的暴行，我军的勇敢，国际的同情，乃至油盐柴米，离合悲欢之类，就给水里的波澜一样，这边平了，那边起来，一个接上一个，一个掩盖一个，为那轮船底机音，那单调的独唱，构成着一片复杂混茫的伴奏。
谈倦了，斜倚在行李上或靠着船壁上便打起盹来，谈饿了，船上是没有饮食的配备的，用意周到的人便把随身带着的干粮和水瓶取出来吃喝。这些是间歇音符的一部分。轮船的机音始终没有停止，其它的伴奏也始终没有停止。
时而有小儿的尖锐哭声，这金属性的洋喷呐，正从船尾甲板上的一角又高举起来了。
三
一对年轻的夫妇，坐在后甲板的一只角落上，那儿有一面小方格形的木阵，要比甲板高过一尺光景。
男的穿着一件日本式的学生装，是钳青哔叽的，连铜制的钮扣都还没有换掉，一眼看去便可以知道是才从日本回来的留学生。年纪不过二十五六，身材细长而脸色苍白。
女的要年轻些，人也矮小，没有化妆的素脸，小巧而带着暮黄色，两边的颊上隐隐呈着褐色的晕斑。剪得短短的头发，高齐领缘，也毫未加以修饰。
两人都很寡默而带着焦躁，和年龄不相应地。
女的抱着一个六八个月的男孩，有一个营养不良的小猴儿一样的面孔，时时发出神经性的哭声。
两人太没经验了，也怕因为走得太仓猝吧，干粮和饮料丝毫也没有带。船已经走了大半天，两人都在为着饥渴而煎熬着。
更加不好的是婴儿要吃奶。
本是不足的母奶，因为饥渴，又加上心焦，很快地便被吸空了。一对橡皮嘴子一般的奶头，换来换去地把给婴儿咂，自无补于刻刻增进着的婴儿的饥饿。
婴儿不断地号哭。
年轻的父母只好换来换去地抱，抱也无济于事。哭得令人不耐烦了，便开始在心里互相埋怨，继而竟发出了声来，带着北边的口音。
——“早知道这样，留在汉口好了，反正是该饿死的！”男的埋怨着，这时候哭着的孩子是在他的手里。
女的埋着头没有理会。
——“明知道船上是不会开火的，干粮一点也没有带。买得听罐头牛奶也好啦。”男的在自言自语中，多少还含得有一些商量的口气。
——“你真有先见之明！”女的抬起了头来，愤愤地抗议着，又把哭着的孩子夺过手去，一面把奶头塞进他的嘴里，一面又继续着说：“你这小东西，你把我磨死就算事。”
——“谁个要磨死你啦！”男的也愤然起来了。
——“你天天在外边跑，怎么不买一点呢？”
——“钱是在你手里的，你要惜着用啦！”
——“不知道你究竟有多少钱哟！”
男的经这一反诘也就忍耐着沉默了。
——“我们那一千块钱呢？”停一下他故意用日本话来说了这一句。
——“缝在孩子的这斗篷里面了。”她很勉强的也用日本话来回答，并指着孩子身上穿的一件红色的小棉斗篷。
含着空奶头的婴儿，大约以为是受了欺骗吧，哭得可是更加火烈。
四
突然有飞机的拍音，隐隐从空中传来。
全船的人就象感了电一样，说话的也把话停了。
这时小儿的哭声便成为了众矢之的。坐在近旁的一位老婆婆念起佛号来，一面念着，一面也在戟指怒目地禁止小儿不要哭。
拍音愈来愈近，船上的空气愈见紧张，而啼饥的小儿的哭声也愈见火烈。
这可犯了众怒了，有好些激躁的人便向那对年轻的夫妇唬吓了起来。
——“你们老是干涉，小孩子哭有什么办法呢？其实飞机上哪里听得见！”留学生含着敌对的意思这样说。
——“造孽的！”旁边的那位念佛的婆婆发言了，“鬼子的飞机上是有听话筒的，下面的什么声音都听得见啦。南无观世音菩萨！南无观世音菩萨！”
另外有一位猛凶凶的男子闯上前去。“一定要那小杂种哭吗？我要给你丢下水去！”
说着，他出其不意的便从那女子手中夺了过去，那对年轻的父母连抢也抢不及，一个活生生的孩子便被那凶汉投进江里去了。
母亲惨叫了一声，立地想越过船栏跳下江去，却被她的丈夫死死地抱着。
——“不要抱着我，快打救孩子！快打救孩子！”
——“南无观世音菩萨，南无观世音菩萨……”
红斗篷在波面上浮起了一下，很快的又被卷下去了。
——“呵，孩子，孩子！我的孩子！”母亲发狂般地大呼而挣扎，可是她的丈夫仍死死地把她抱着。
——“嘘！”大部分的人都在嘘。——“嘘！”
——“率性把这两个家伙一道掼下水去！”又有暴躁的声音这样说。
——“你们这些造孽的，没作声呀！”念佛的婆婆也在生气“南无观世音菩萨，南无观世音菩萨，南无观世音菩萨……”
——“你为什么老是死死抱着我呢！”不断的挣扎着的母亲也渐渐衰弱下来了。
丈夫呈着一个极其悲惨的面容，始终没有作声。
五
紧张了好一会，飞机的拍音渐渐低了，远了，卒至听不见了。
大约是敌人的侦察机飞来侦察了之后又飞转去了，再不，便是转换了方向。
大家都抽了一口气。
念佛的婆婆又雄辩起来了：“还是观音大士有灵有验，我们的菩萨供得高。观音大士只要把眼睛一抬，敌机就要飞转去的。你们还不晓得哟，前一回日本鬼子炸长春观，下一个蛋来正对着观音菩萨的头，我亲眼看见观音菩萨伸出手去把炸弹接着，又扔回去，便把日本鬼于的飞机打下来了。”
年轻的母亲还在抽咽着。
——“这位女太太，”念佛的婆婆转向着她，“你不要伤心了，你的孩子虽然丢了，但他搭救了一船的人，搭救了你两口子，观音菩萨会保佑他的啦，一定要收他去做金山童子。你们还年轻，明年他就会转胎来的啦。”
年轻的母亲依然抽咽着。一两刻钟前还在发嘘的利己鬼们，现在好象都为孩子的母亲悯然起来了，连那位凶手大约是天良发现，或许也怕是害怕那父亲报复，在未经注意之间，也不知道躲到什么地方去了。
母亲抽咽了一会，突然又号陶痛哭。
拥抱着她的丈夫结局是打破了沉默：“不要哭了吧。我们也不怨恨谁，只怨恨日本鬼子残暴，只怨恨我们中国人没有教育。成千成万的儿童都被日本鬼子炸死了，我们的孩子也等于被日本鬼子炸死了的。不要紧，我们还年轻，我们要报仇！……”
——“你们不用说也是有钱的人啦。”念佛的婆婆插了一句。
经这一句的插入，母亲的痛哭突然止住了。
——“你说什么？”她漠然的发问。
——“你们是出过东洋的人啦，有的是钱，到了四川重庆总是有办法的。”
——“哈哈，有趣！哈哈，有趣！”年轻的母亲突然大笑了起来。“我们有的是钱，给娃娃一道带走了！给娃娃一道带走了！哈哈，有趣！有趣！给娃娃一道带走了！……”
差不多就和那念佛婆婆念“南无观世音菩萨”一样，这年轻的母亲从此便老是念着这几句：“哈哈，有趣！有趣！给娃娃一道带走了！”
六
这一对年轻的夫妇到了沙市便登了岸。
女的老是笑，老是念那两句单调的话。
男的呢？也老是扶着他的夫人，一直是沉默着，沉默着。
没有人知道他们的姓名，也没有人知道他们后来怎样了。
1942年7月14日
A
October 23, 1938, Wuhan, prepared the day before the retreat, the public good while several evacuation ships, are in the early morning that day, has left the terminal to the upper sea.
This is only used in peacetime, the period from the old ferry boat refugees and baggage dragging covered, panting at the surface of the river crawl, crawl, waiting for ages, but not very far away from Wuhan.
II
Although not what the order of boats from the shore, when on board the kind of indescribable calm down the riots, people in the unoccupied Bizhai found its own role.
Talkative person in the dialogue box opens.
Could have been familiar with fellow travelers from Needless to say, is stranger who would naturally constitute a seat near one of the social environment.
Topic is complex and diverse, the future of the founding of war, the fate of Wuhan cities, the Japanese atrocities, the brave army, international sympathy, and even oil, salt and leading a poor, clutch joys and sorrows of the class, give the water, like waves, which side flat, side up, one connected to a, a covered one, for that ship at the end machine sounds, that monotonous solo, poses a complex mixing vast accompaniment.
On the tired, leaning on or against the ship in the luggage they dozed off the wall, talk about hungry, there is no food on board with the intention of good people who put the dry food and carry water bottles taken out to eat and drink. These are the intermittent part of the notes. Vessel tone has not stopped the machine, the other to the accompaniment has never stopped.
Children sometimes have sharp cry, this metallic ocean spray Na, is from the stern deck and holding up the corner.
C
A young couple, sitting in a corner after the deck, where there is a hand-shaped wooden box array, than a foot higher than the deck condition.
Man wearing a Japanese-style school uniforms, is the clamp blue serge, and even the brass buttons are not replaced, we can know at a glance before students returned from Japan. But twenty-five or six young, tall and slender and pale.
Woman should be younger, short people, no make-up of the prime face, small and yellow with twilight, on both sides of the cheek was the faint halo of brown spots. Cropped hair, high collar edge Qi, Hao Wei also be modified.
They are widowed and with silent anxiety, and age does not accordingly.
Woman holding a boy six months, there is a malnutrition face like a small monkey, and always sending nerve of crying.
They are too inexperienced, and are afraid to go too hastily because of it, dry food and drinks did not take. Most of the day the ship was gone, both for the hungry and suffering with.
More bad a baby to nurse.
This is insufficient breast milk, as hunger, coupled with the anxious, and soon will be sucked empty. A pair of rubber nipple mouth sub-general in return for going to put the baby to suck, since no help to enhance the baby Keke hunger.
Keep the baby wail.
In exchange for young parents had no choice but to go to hold, hold no help. Crying is impatient, they start blaming each other in their hearts, and then actually sent a voice, and with the north accent.
- "I had known this, to stay in Hankow Well, anyway, is the need to starve!" Men's kicks, this time the child is crying in his hands.
Woman did not bother to bow my head.
- "You know that the ship will not fire, and dry food that did not take. Buy canned milk okay to listen to." Man in himself, how many also have to have some discussions with the tone.
- "You had the foresight!" Woman raised his head angrily protested with, the child cried again snatched his hand, side of the nipple into his mouth, one side went on to say: "You small things, even if you die I wear something. "
- "Who were you die to wear it!" The men also stormed up.
- "You run outside every day, how not to buy that?"
- "The money is in your hand, you have to cherish the use of it!"
- "Do not know how much money yo!"
Men will endure through the rhetorical silence.
- "We do that a thousand dollars?" Stop what he has deliberately used the words of this sentence in Japan.
- "This cloak sewn inside the child." She was also forced to answer with Japanese words, and pointing to the child wearing a small red cotton cloak.
His mouth, baby empty nipple, some thought it was cheated by it, but more violent and crying.
IV
Beat the aircraft suddenly, faintly heard from the air.
Sense of the whole ship of people like the electric, as if to speak but also to stop.
At this time the cries of children has become the target of public criticism. They begin an old woman sitting nearby chanted, the side and remembered the one hand, prohibiting children are Jizhi angry not to cry.
Beats closer and closer, the air board are becoming increasingly nervous, and sings the cry of hunger of the children have become more violent and.
This can be guilty of outrage, and there is better shock fiery, Karen and fool that threatened the young couple up.
- "You always interference, children crying, what do? In fact, where the plane could hear!" Students the meaning of his mouth to say hostile.
- "Commit a sin it!" Next to the Buddha's mother who spoke of the "devils of the aircraft is to listen to the microphone, following what sounds are heard friends. Namo Bodhisattva! Namo Bodhisattva!"
Meng Xiong Xiong another man a break on the go. "That little bastard must cry? I give you leave the water to go!"
So saying, he did give the woman the hands of surprise wins in the past, and that even the rush of young parents scrambling less than a living child that brute will be thrown into the river.
Mother screams a cry, site to ship across the river to jump bar, he was holding tightly to her husband.
- "Do not hold me, Street Fighter to rescue the baby! Fighter rescue the baby!"
- "Namo Guan Yin Bodhisattva, Namo Avalokiteshvara ... ..."
Float in the wave surface of the red cloak a little, then it is rolled quickly go.
- "Oh, boy, boy! My child!" Shouted the mother camel mad struggle, but she took her husband was still tightly.
- "Hush!" Most people are sorry. - "Hush!"
- "Whims of these two guys thrown together into the water to go!" Said the voice of another temper.
- "You commit a sin, and not for the sound of it!" Buddha's mother is also angry "Namo Guan Yin Bodhisattva, Namo Guan Yin Bodhisattva, Namo Avalokiteshvara ... ..."
- "Why do you always tightly holding me!" Constantly struggling down the mother has gradually weakened.
Her husband was a very sad face, always silent.
V
Tense for a while, the aircraft gradually beats low, and far away, Death to hear.
About the enemy reconnaissance aircraft flew reconnaissance and flew after the turn to go, do not, that is, the direction of conversion.
We have drawn breath.
Buddha's mother up and eloquently: "It is Guanyin who has experience has a soul, too high for our Buddha. Guanyin with disabilities as long as the lift of his eyes, turn to the enemy will fly. You still do not know yo, the former Changchun, a back view of the Japanese devils blow, the next egg to the head facing the Goddess of Mercy, I saw the Goddess of Mercy and then reach out to the bomb, and throw it back, he gave the Japanese ghost play down at the Aircraft. "
A young mother is still Chou Yan.
- "The Girl wife," Buddha's mother turned to her, "Do not grieve, your child is lost, but he rescued the boat people rescued you couple, Bodhisattva will bless his matter, we must accept him to do Jinshan Boy. you are young, birth next year he will turn to your friends. "
A young mother is still Chou Yan. Twelve quarter of an hour before the self-interest is also a ghost who made Hush, now seem to have pity for the child's mother ran up, and even discover who the murderer is about conscience, and perhaps afraid of the father is afraid of retaliation, without attention to the , the do not know where to go hide.
Mother Chouyan for a while, suddenly Haotao crying.
Hug her husband outcome is to break the silence: "Do not cry now. We do not hate who only hate Japs brutal, we Chinese people do not just hate education. Thousands and thousands of children killed by the Japanese devils, our devils children killed by the Japanese equivalent of the. Never mind, we are still young, we have to take revenge! ... ... "
- "You do not say that rich people are also friends." Buddha's mother put a sentence.
The _insert_ion of this sentence, the mother of the crying suddenly stopped.
- "What do you mean?" Her indifference to ask questions.
- "You are the friends who had Japan, have money, and to always have a way of Chongqing in Sichuan."
- "Haha, funny! Ha ha, funny!" Young mother suddenly laughed. "We have money, and give away a doll! Give away a doll! Ha ha, funny! Interesting! Give away a doll! ... ..."
And that almost Buddha-law to read "Namo Guan Yin Bodhisattva," just like this young mother will never be always remembered that a few words: "Ha ha, funny! Interesting! To the doll away together!"
Six
The young couple was to board the shore Shashi it.
Woman is always smiling, always read the words that two monotonous.
Man it? Has always held his wife, has been silent, silent.
No one knows their names, and no one knows what they later had.
July 14, 1942
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