家里的老椅子

刘新走进家门，迎面就看见那张杉木老椅子，放在小方桌旁边。

记得上一次回家来时，椅子是靠着墙放着的，因为它有一条腿在岁月里腐朽了，听爷爷说，这条椅子腿是在没有任何外力的作用下，自己晃悠悠掉落下来的。虽然它不值什么钱，但陪伴了爷爷很多年，老人嘛，在暮年里容易感觉孤单，所以同样喜欢那些和自己一样上了年纪的东西，即便它是坏掉的——因此，老椅子没有被扔掉，也没有被放置到杂物间，仍然顽强地存在于这老房子的堂屋里。

因为它没有办法再任人落坐，所以就被爷爷放在墙边。“仔细呀，新儿，椅子不能再坐啦。”记得上一次回家来时，他正准备将疲惫的身子往椅子里一放时，爷爷颤巍巍赶过来，用混浊的声音提醒着他。

现在，不知道为什么，这把只剩下三条腿的椅子又被放到了方桌旁。刘新看了看桌上，一只茶壶和两只灰黄的玻璃水杯，不像以前，爷爷总是在他每个月回来的日子前一两天，在桌上放着他平常舍不得吃的水果饼干，尽管刘新已经成年了，其实并不喜欢吃这些东西。但爷爷总是固执地留给他，他说：“新儿呀，你父母在你很小的时候就相继去世了，你打小就可怜，别的孩子有好吃好穿的，你只能眼馋一会儿，爷爷没用啊……”

其实，现在爷爷买水果饼干给刘新的钱仍然是刘新在外面打工挣的，刘新每次托村里人带钱给爷爷或者自己回来时塞点钱给他，他基本都舍不得花，还把刘新当成是小时候羡慕别人零食的小孩子了。

“新儿，你回来了？”

就在刘新准备喊爷爷的时候，那熟悉的混浊的声音响起来了。刘新看到爷爷从大门走进来，此时夜幕正降临，堂屋里一只灯泡发出黄惨惨的光，爷爷黑灰的衣衫就在大门那一方昏暗的光中慢慢临近。

刘新有点儿诧异，爷爷的步子似乎变得敏捷而轻盈了。

然而刘新一时没有想太多，坐在老椅子旁边一张虽然半旧但还结实的椅子上，一边说：“爷爷，我有好多有趣的事要说给你听呢！”

“是吗？那可真是太好了，好久都没人陪我说话了，就盼着我的新儿能够早一点回来呢。”

刘新的笑容一时凝结在了脸上，继而变成了惊异。因为他看到爷爷正坐在他对面，而他坐的那张椅子，正是那张只剩下三条腿的老杉木椅子！但让他感觉不可思议的是，即使爷爷将枯瘦的双腿踏在椅子前面的横木上，但无论是他还是椅子本身，仍然是稳稳的，不仅没有倒下，甚至都没有摇晃一下。

刘新感觉到非常不对劲，“爷爷你坐的那椅子……”

刘新的话还没有说完，爷爷却突然打断了他的话头，声音仍然混浊，但万分悲伤，“新儿呀，你的头怎么了？”

爷爷的话音刚落，马上从椅子上下来，走向刘新，捏着脏兮兮的袖子去擦拭刘新的额头。但爷爷太苍老了，刘新已是成年小伙子，个头比他高出一大截，所以尽管爷爷努力地举高了手，还是没有触到刘新的额头。刘新心里思忖着可能是自己额头有什么污渍，就弓下身子迎合着爷爷高高努力举起的袖子。

而他的目光自然而然地落向了地面，就在这时，刘新发现了第二个他觉得不可思议的地方——昏黄的灯光下，爷爷身旁的地面也是一片昏黄颜色，没有一丝黑色。也就是说，爷爷站在灯光里并没有影子！

刘新倒吸了一口凉气，目光迅速移上来，怪不得他从一进门起就感觉家里不对劲，怪不得方才爷爷能够稳稳地坐在一把只有三条腿的椅子上，原来……

这时刘新才想到，自己正是接到村里人的电话，说是爷爷突然病了，所以急匆匆地赶回来的，没有想到，尽管自己开着那辆借来的破旧皮卡车没命赶路，却仍然没有及时回来。刘新的眼里噙满了泪花，他的嘴唇翕动了几下，“爷爷你是不是已经……”

然而这时，刘新又觉得不对劲了，为什么自己在进门的时候，不记得此次回来的原因呢？

“新儿呀，你在外面究竟经历了什么，看你的头怎么变成这样了？”

带着沉重汗酸味的衣袖轻轻抚过他的额头，爷爷收回袖子时，刘新惊讶地看到那脏兮兮的袖子上，一大片殷红。

是的。就是鲜血，湿淋淋的鲜血。

怪不得他进门的时候，像是突然忘记了很多事情一样，原来他的脑袋受伤了。“爷爷，对不起……”

刘新把脸转向一旁，企图偷偷擦掉眼角的泪水，但当他的目光落在方桌上那把不锈钢茶壶时，眼神又是一震——虽然灯光昏暗，但茶壶上还是能够照得见他的上半截身子，而他映在壶身上的脸非常可怕，因为右边额头上，是一道刺目的鲜红。他将脸凑近些，那道鲜红是一条又长又阔的口子，而血水还在源源不断地流淌出来。

突然间，刘新想起来了，在进村的公路上，没有路灯又崎岖的路上，他开的破旧皮卡车不小心歪到了一旁的深沟里。

而他额头上那道赫目的口子，想必就是这次事故里受的伤了吧？

只是为什么他受这么重的伤，却没有感觉到疼呢？还能够轻松地走回家来呢？

刘新的目光从爷爷脚下移向了自己脚下，同样是一片灯光与地面的混合颜色，他同样也没有影子。

Introduce:Liu Xin walks into a door, see old chair of that piece of fir head on, put by small square table. Remember coming home last time when coming, recumbent wall is putting the chair, because it had a leg to degenerate in years, listen to a grandfather to say, this chair leg is to be below the action that does not have any outside force, oneself shake leisurely to drop fallen. Although it nots worth what money, but accompanied a grandfather a lot of years, old person, facile in old age sense is alone, like the thing that age got on like those and oneself likewise so, even if it is broken —— accordingly, old chair was not thrown away, also was not placed hovel, tenaciously consist in in this central room of old building. Because it does not have method reappoint person to fall,sit, be put to be by the side of the wall by the grandfather so. "Careful, new, the chair cannot sit again. " remember coming home last time when coming, he is preparing to go to tired out body when be being put in the chair, grandfather tottering outpace comes, reminding him with muddy sound. Now, do not know why, this is put the chair that remains 3 legs only to the square table again by. Liu Xin looks on the desk, a kettle and two vitreous water cups with yellow ash, before unlike, the grandfather always is in he every month before the day that come back 9 days, he is being put to hate to part with eating fruit cracker usually on the desk, although Liu Xin had grown up, do not like to have these things actually. But the grandfather always leaves him toughly, he says: "New ah, your parents died in succession when you are very small, you are hit small pitiful, other child has delicious good wear, you can be envious a little while, the grandfather is trashy ah …… " actually, the fund that the grandfather buys fruit cookies to give Liu Xin now remains Liu Xin to work outside earn, liu Xin holds village person in the palm to take money to give a grandfather every time bit of money perhaps fills in to give him when he comes back, he hates to part with a flower basically, returning a Liu Xin to regard as is the dot that envies others snacks in one's childhood. "New, did you come back? " prepare to call a grandfather in Liu Xin when, that familiar muddy sound sound rose. Liu Xin sees the grandfather goes from the gate, right now curtain of night is arriving, a bulb in central room is given out yellow miserable miserable light, the garment unlined upper garment of grandfather black ash is in the gate draws near slowly in the light with that dim one party. Liu Xin is surprised a little, the grandfather's pace becomes nimble and lightsome it seems that. However Liu Xin did not think temporarily too much, although,one piece sits by old chair half old but on strong still chair, say at the same time: "Grandfather, I have a lot of interesting thing to want to say to listen to you! " " be? That can be too good really, for ages nobody accompanies me to talk, what longing for me is new