爽慨人(微小说)

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<h3><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;">爽慨人(微小说)</b></div><font color="#167efb"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="line-height: 1.8;">■文/老吴</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="line-height: 1.8;"><br></b></div></font></h3><h3><font color="#167efb">爽慨,鄂东方言,慷慨大方之意也。</font></h3><font color="#167efb"><br></font><h3></h3><h3><font color="#167efb">同行施君,中层校管。共事廿载。初,留人印象,豪气爽慨;久之,人言其悭吝无二。吾疑其吝,昔之同事喟然长叹而释疑曰:惑矣,表象忽悠人也。</font></h3><h3><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;"><br></span></h3><h3><font color="#167efb"></font><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;">施君为人老辣,深谙仕道。上讨校长欢心,下抚教师笑脸,故人送外号“笑面虎”。分管年级,油水颇丰;小金库充盈,教师赏罚分发,大权独揽。每有考后联系会,施君即开筵小聚。荤素齐全,觥筹交错,众心大悦。</span></h3><h3><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;"><br></span></h3><h3><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;">吾犹狐疑,惊劝曰:“勿背后妄言他人是非也。”同事一脸鄙夷:“汝知兄弟反目乎?”吾点头:当然。“然则汝知其兄弟异爨,为争半爿破瓦房,大打出手乎?”吾瞠目摇头。</span></h3><h3><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;"><br></span></h3><h3><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;">“施君即此类矣。且施君市有裕宅,施之弟一介农夫也!此尚不足道,施君老母,当年饮鼠药而殁,知何故否?”</span></h3><h3><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;"><br></span></h3><h3><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;">吾嗔目:“不知,愿详闻焉。”同事叹曰:“兄弟反目,致母老而无所养也!”吾默然无以应。</span></h3><h3><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;"><br></span></h3><h3><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;">近年,时势陡转,政通弊除。金库被取缔,油水无从剐。施君好附会,遇事常嗟叹:差难办,官难当。抬手露本色,出言见端倪。昔之爽慨,烟瘾甚大,日抽双包,皆上品;今之奢靡风敛,改抽下品。终,忍痛割爱,悄然戒之。每遇朝读后外出早餐,施君同往,退避三舍,皆同行买单。日久,同僚鄙之,避而远遁。</span></h3><h3><font color="#167efb" style="line-height: 1.8;"><br></font></h3><h3><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;"></span><font color="#167efb" style="line-height: 1.8;">某日,吾同与出差。晨起,出宾馆早食。一皓首妪赔笑趋前,兜售早报。吾见妪貌甚恭甚怜,付币购</font><span style="line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(22, 126, 251);">之。曰:“一份足矣。”妪却不去,又近施君。施默然佯装不应,见妪仍赔笑近侍,曰:“可也,然有发票否?”妪初懵懂未解。施君递币接报曰:“给张发票。”</span></h3><h3><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;"><br></span></h3><h3><span style="line-height: 1.8; color: rgb(22, 126, 251);"></span><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;">妪始悟,抢回报纸,扔币于案笑骂曰:“予卖报五年,头回遇这号人。真悭吝鬼也!”</span></h3><h3><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;"><br></span></h3><h3><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="color: rgb(22, 126, 251); line-height: 1.8;">众食客愕然侧目而视,对坐之吾几喷噎,亦愕然,亦赧颜……</span></h3>