散文佳作108篇 第41期:維護團結的人 A Man Upholding Unity

A Man Upholding Unity

王蒙

Wang Meng

艾團結悄沒聲息的走進老王的家，他壓低了聲音，對老王說：“老王，不要理他。宰相肚里撐大船，不跟他一般見識。”

Ai Tuanjie stole into Lao Wang’s home quietly and whispered surrepti-t tiously to him, “LaoWang, just ignore him. As the saying goes, a Prime Minister's heart is big enough for a boat tosail. So you needn’t bother to reason with him.”

老王莫名其妙，眨了眨眼睛，由于他正忙著打家具，顧不上回答老艾的話。

Lao Wang blinked his eyes in bewilderment. He was busy making fiirniture and so he didn’t havethe time to make any response.

“其實我也早知道了，你不會計較的，你的水平不一樣嘛。”

“In fact，you must have heard about it,” he continued. “But you didn't pay any heed to it, I amsure. You are above all gossip.”

老王低下頭，拾起刨刀。

Lao Wang stooped to fix the plane.

艾團結彎下腰，湊過身去說：“你知道，老朱說你的鼻子是假的。”

Ai Tuanjie bent closer and went on, “You know, Lao Zhou said your nose is artificial.

老王鼻子哼一下，沒言語。

Lao Wang let out a snort through his nose but kept silent.

艾團結把臉湊的更近一些，哈出來的熱氣沖到老王的耳朵上，“老朱說你的鼻子是從他家的垃圾堆里找出來的，用豬皮膠粘在臉上的。”

Ai Tuanjie moved still closer, breathing hot air into Lao Wang’s ear, “Lao Zhou said your nosewas picked up from among the rubbish heap in front of his house and stuck on to your face bythe adhesive made of pig skin "

老王抬起了頭。

This remark finally made Lao Wang look up at him.

“老朱還說，你把你原來的鼻子賣給走私商了，沒有交納負稅。”

He then added, "Lao Zhou also said that you have sold your own nose to a profiteer withoutpaying tax."

老王皺起了眉。

Lao Wang knit his brows.

艾團結：“不必生氣，我們都知道嗎，你的鼻子是一等品是真品，是原作他那樣說只能證明他的無知。你是不會計較的，你是不會計較的……”

“Don't get upset. Don’t, please! Ai Tuanjie hastened to console him. “We all know that yournose is first-rate. It is a rarity, an original one. What Lao said only proves his utterignorance. You wouldn't mind, would you?

老王又低下了頭，同時開始琢磨：“老朱背后講我的壞話，究竟是什么意思呢?”

Lao Wang lowered his head again and began to wonder, “What on earth prompted Lao Zhou totalk behind my back like that?”

艾團結零走的時候強調說：“一定要以團結為重，一定要以團結為重!”

Ai tuanjie emphasized, “We must first of all uphold unity. Unity comes anything else.”

艾團結離開了老王，又去找老朱維護“團結”去了。

With these remarks, Ai Tuanjie left Lao Wang and went to “uphold unity” at Lao Zhou’s.