2008年8月8日，這是一個吉利的日子，是一個全世界矚目的日子，也是我和弗萊特最關(guān)注的日子。8月8日晚8時，第29屆夏季奧林匹克運動會在國家體育場——“鳥巢”隆重開幕，開幕式上有前所未有的節(jié)目，震撼世界的大型文藝表演——《美麗的奧林匹克》。

    早上，床頭的鬧鐘準(zhǔn)時叮鈴鈴地響起，我在半夢半醒中睜開惺忪的眼睛，懶懶地望向窗口，高高在上的綠色窗簾，像墜下來的綠色瀑布，從白色天花板的頂端傾瀉下來，豎著的波紋，滾滾的流線，生動搖曳，怎一首行云流水的抒情詩，如此的流暢而優(yōu)美。

    天花板上的銀色吸頂燈，好像一整夜憋著不發(fā)光和熱，繼續(xù)耐心地堅守在原地，等待今晚另一處光明陡起。我突然覺得在荷蘭觀看2008北京奧運開幕式的轉(zhuǎn)播，其氣氛遠(yuǎn)不如在國內(nèi)與親人坐在電視機(jī)前邊看邊聊邊喝彩來得酣暢淋漓的歡悅，那是一種根深蒂固的傳統(tǒng)文化所煥發(fā)的神奇光芒，照亮每個華夏子孫的心；是一條嵌入華人骨髓里的根，在任何一個國度生活的華人都能衍生出的思念長藤，無論天涯海角，無論你客居或移居抑或流浪，這條支撐你生命之花的中華根細(xì)，永遠(yuǎn)不會斷。這也是唐·高適旅途中的思鄉(xiāng)情結(jié)：“旅館寒燈獨不眠，客心何事轉(zhuǎn)凄然。故鄉(xiāng)今夜思千里，霜鬢明朝又一年�！焙Ｍ庥巫雍尾皇且粯有那椋�！我多么希望能生雙翅飛抵國內(nèi)親人的身邊，與他們一起舉杯慶祝，熱淚盈眶地觀看如此壯麗的慶典，那一定才盡興。想到這里，我不禁有些悲傷甚至無助中感到無奈與遺憾。

    我突然幻想，吊燈要是可以魔幻般地自動測定我的意愿該多好，它就可以準(zhǔn)確地測量我需要的亮度和溫度，用它的方式，飛鴿傳書，把我心里的光和熱發(fā)送給親人，溫暖他們的心。我這么胡思亂想時，晨鳥可不理會我這一套神經(jīng)質(zhì)的夢想，照樣我行我素地嘰嘰喳喳在枝頭上鬧個不停，有時像歌唱，清脆而嘹亮，仿佛邂逅了愛情。有時爭執(zhí)不休，互相視為情敵。我聽到撲打翅膀的聲音，仿佛為了愛情而勇敢地來一場決斗，這是宇宙萬物生靈間永無止境地爭斗，一如人類，為了愛可以不顧一切，甚至犧牲生命。比如普希金，這位19世紀(jì)俄國偉大的詩人，為了愛獻(xiàn)出了年輕的生命�？上攵�知，萬物生靈，情字是緣。而愛，是不可忘記的。之后，一切回歸平靜，鳥兒沒了半點聲音，鳥兒們該去覓食討生活了。                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

    弗萊特拉開了窗簾，強(qiáng)烈的陽光擠破了窗欞而洶涌噴進(jìn)，像一股洪流滾滾而來，直接沖毀視線。我把身上的薄毯順手拉上來，蒙著我惺忪的眼睛，聲音從毯子的黑暗中迸發(fā)出來，但他沒有聽清楚，再問一遍：“你說什么？”

    “今天風(fēng)和日麗，好兆頭�！蔽疫^了半晌說，“看來必須起床了�！�

    我洗完澡，用我最喜歡的顏色——藍(lán)色毛巾裹著濕漉漉的長發(fā)，沿著頭纏了兩圈，直到把自己捯飭成阿拉伯人才罷休。然后頂著重重的頭，像印度婦女頂著一個大水桶，脖子直直地往前看，拉了拉身上的藍(lán)色浴袍，趿著軟軟的藍(lán)色拖鞋，如同窗外的藍(lán)天竄進(jìn)了臥室，渾身上下一襲藍(lán)色，逛馬路似的一步一搖地朝臥室走去。

    “我的T-恤衫呢？”弗萊特看我進(jìn)來，一臉茫然地撇了一眼，繼續(xù)弓著腰翻箱倒柜地找他的那件紅色T-恤，胸前印有他最感興趣的中國字：奧運——北京2008。

     “什么T-恤？不都是在你自己的柜子里嗎？”我漫不經(jīng)心地一個字一個字吐出來，故意顯得漠不關(guān)心，一副事不關(guān)己高高掛起的漠然態(tài)度。

    他的表情從茫然變成愕然，之后是迷茫再一次掩蓋了他的眼睛。愣了愣，取下鼻梁上的金絲眼鏡，嘴角動了動，好像有詞溜到嗓子眼，卻又不忍滑向嘴唇，更不能通過舌頭滴落下來，只好咕嚕咕嚕咽了下去，轉(zhuǎn)而苦笑了一下，繼而搖搖頭，無可奈何花落去的悲哀。好像在說：“面對這樣不理家務(wù)的中國老婆，我能說什么？”我忍住笑，不敢正視他的眼睛，跟著他聳聳肩，雖然并不像他那樣發(fā)自內(nèi)心。

    當(dāng)然，他繼續(xù)尋找他的衣服，我繼續(xù)慢悠悠地解開毛巾，長發(fā)像一股水流，順勢而下，我用藍(lán)色毛巾擦干它，然后一縷一縷地梳理，像小女孩梳理她最喜歡的洋娃娃的金色長發(fā)而樂此不疲，滿腦子都是編織的圖畫，忘了周遭的一切。

    “柜子里沒有啊？上下幾格都找了�！彼�自言自語地說著，是說給他自己聽還是說給我聽？我全充耳不聞。仍然無動于衷地在鏡子前將長發(fā)一股一股的往順溜里梳理。鏡子看不下去我的殘忍，幫我關(guān)注他的一舉一動，許我的思緒飛得遙遠(yuǎn)……

    2006年9月的一個星期二，弗萊特興致勃勃地拉著我在北京國際機(jī)場工藝品商店里閑逛，至少還有2個小時才登機(jī)。這讓我倆有足夠的空余時間逛遍機(jī)場所有誘惑乘客的林立的商店。對頭腦冷靜的弗萊特來說，這里不過是消遣候機(jī)無聊時間的去處，順便飽飽眼福。而對我這樣頭腦經(jīng)常發(fā)熱的女人來說，是商家最歡迎的人。而我也挺享受這種榮耀與特殊的被接待，根本不在乎囊中羞澀后被笑為傻瓜。但這次不同，弗萊特的興致出奇地高昂而熱情，那里鋪天蓋地2008年奧運吉祥物紀(jì)念品和各式各樣的紀(jì)念T-恤吸引了他的眼球，也勾起了他久違的購買欲。

    “這是今年最流行而且是最具特色的奧運吉祥物�！币晃幻赖孟駨漠嬌献呦聛淼哪贻p姑娘操著流利的英語跟弗萊特邊說邊擺弄她手里的熊貓寶寶，一個黑白分明的茸毛毛的玩偶。我繼續(xù)陶醉在琳瑯滿目、色彩鮮艷的各色各樣T-恤衫里，左一件右一件翻看，在心里分析哪一件適合我和弗萊特。特別是他，身高一米八八，又人到中年，中部崛起的肚子對衣服現(xiàn)在有了特殊的要求，衣服必須寬大且夠長。因為常常在商店里鬧笑話，店員說這個是最大的尺碼，一定合適。還說很多比他個子大和高的男士都穿這個尺碼，等等云云。結(jié)果，他滿懷希望地一試穿，不是袖子短了，就是長度不夠，總之，還是不合適。

    “您要什么碼？”那位漂亮店員走過來問我，她滿臉笑容，像窗外燦爛的太陽。她有一對迷人的眼睛，亮晶晶地閃爍著捕捉顧客購買的深淺欲望。顯然，這是一位訓(xùn)練有素且能將職業(yè)操守靈活運用的機(jī)場商店服務(wù)員。

    我抬起頭尋找弗萊特。這才發(fā)現(xiàn)，弗萊特并沒有接受她剛才推銷的熊貓，一個人又朝另一個貨架走去，那里都是民間工藝品，都是綢緞質(zhì)地，柔軟而光滑，細(xì)膩而華美。比如繡花枕頭呀，繡花鞋呀，繡花睡袍呀，繡花手帕呀，繡花兜兜呀，特別是繡花兜兜，他站在那里，有些墮入八卦陣一樣的迷糊，取下一個黑底色，紅梅梅枝上一對喜鵲的兜兜向我走過來。那神情仿佛哥倫布發(fā)現(xiàn)新大陸，一臉的驚喜與自豪。我直想笑，他什么時候開始對繡品產(chǎn)生了濃厚的興趣？

    “哦，我想為他買一件�！蔽也铧c忘了回答店員，朝走到身邊來的弗萊特努努嘴。

    “買一件可愛的背心？”弗萊特將兜兜高高的揚起，像揚起一桿小旗。

    我接過來仔細(xì)看看，的確漂亮，做工細(xì)致，繡花精到，但遺憾的是機(jī)繡不是手繡。我是學(xué)過繡花的，所以，很注意細(xì)節(jié)。因為我小的時候，看到外婆和母親，能用指甲在繡布上掐一幅惟妙惟肖的各樣畫，比如人物花鳥，山水風(fēng)景等等，她們用指尖掐出一幅幅壯觀而仿佛真實場景的畫面。只見白色的繡布上，深深淺淺的指印，彎彎曲曲的圖線，藍(lán)天白云，南燕成群；萍蕪遠(yuǎn)樹，山花遍野等等景象，她們無需用筆描，腦子里仿佛早有了想要的模具，只要她們動動手指，繡布上就出現(xiàn)了魔術(shù)。然后，她們坐在昏暗的燈下，或靠在窗口，陽光沐浴著她們恬靜的臉，靈巧的手托著繡布，微微翹起好看的小指頭，而掌握方向的大拇指和食指及中指輕輕地捏著一根小得驚心的繡花針，繡花針的鼻子早穿上了彩色絲線，然后她們巧妙的手在被繃子繃緊的繡布上開始飛躍、穿越、整合繡花的世界，一針一線，一線一針，上上下下，前前后后，左左右右，沒過幾天，像變魔術(shù)一樣，她們就會在你面前展現(xiàn)她們繡出的繡品，五彩繽紛，栩栩如生，精美絕倫，直讓你愛不釋手。所以，面對這被機(jī)器機(jī)械地繡出的綢緞兜兜，引不起我多大的興趣。我固執(zhí)地認(rèn)為，我對此有資格評論。但這些我不必透露，只默默地在心里評判。無奈，我只能向弗萊特解釋說：“這是舊時婦女穿的內(nèi)衣，等同現(xiàn)今的胸衣�！比缓笥指�他普及一點知識，“這上面繡的是喜鵲登梅。”

    “不喜歡？”弗萊特好像有些遺憾地問，言外之意分明是說，“買吧，我認(rèn)為很漂亮，你穿著一定好看，性感�！�

    我完全懂他的意思，可是，我覺得不必要，羞得我滿臉通紅。但又不好馬上拒絕丈夫而讓夫君感到難堪。正在猶豫，那位漂亮的店員又自作主張地為我挑了另一件繡花緞面兜兜，上面繡著鴛鴦戲水。我撲哧一聲笑了出來，笑得那姑娘的臉都紅了。我馬上意識到失禮了，正要解釋，弗萊特替我用行動解釋了。

    他接過姑娘手中的兩件緞面胸兜，非常紳士地點頭致意說謝謝，喜滋滋地朝我眨眨眼，故意兩手像投降一樣舉起來，站在我面前。意思是說，“我都投降了，你就依了我吧�！�

    那一刻的弗萊特，既溫存又滑稽，他左手鴛鴦戲水，右手喜鵲登梅，等待我給他一點尊嚴(yán)，顧及一下丈夫的顏面。我嗔怪地白他一眼，特別想笑，強(qiáng)忍住了。他鍥而不舍地用身體語言說服我，在我面前站成一管竹笛，聲音也像音樂一般動聽地說：“我看兩件都漂亮極了,都要了吧？OK？”他最后一個OK的問話其實是肯定或說命令。

    看來，天意不可違，夫令也不可違呀。我正面帶難色，不知如何是好。那女店員笑盈盈地倒先替我答應(yīng)下來了。還一臉羨慕地對我說，“您男朋友真好，蠻有眼力的。我們商店這次進(jìn)的貨特別好，質(zhì)量都是上等的繡品，有中國特色�！�