雪,扫雪

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我是北方人,雪不是什么新鲜物件。每年每场雪,特别是稍大一点的,都会有各样的争论,“这是近年来最大的雪”呀,“去年的比这次大”呀,不一而足。很多时候大家还会引用很多细节来当证据,比如“去年的一场雪,我家后院积了足有两尺厚的雪”,“我穿上高靴子出去,结果还是灌满了雪”什么的。好在,到底哪一场雪更大,大家并不真的关心,所以不同场次降雪的比较,作为大雪交通不便时的谈资,倒真是个好的话题,它引发了许许多多的回忆,增进了不同程度的感情。

扫雪,就不仅仅是个话题了,那要身体力行才是。“个人自扫门前雪,莫管它人瓦上霜”既是处事格言,又是个人主义,自私自利的写照,批也批了有年,却从没有什么深切的体会。首先住在城里,它人瓦上的霜是什么样,真没留过心;而扫雪又绝对没有个人自扫的时候,不一定每次都是万人上街,但一定是集体活动。在学校,第一节一定是“扫雪课”,在单位,也一定是在工会组织下,大家齐扫雪。总之,下雪,带来不便;扫雪,却是个热闹事。这格言就是一个很上口的句子而已,全不如什么“祸从口出”之类来的那样真切。

上面说到身体力行,那是扫雪。而在北美,扫雪又恰恰是极精确的“个人自扫门前雪”。一场雪过后,有个很有意思景象,各家“自扫”的结果很不一样。有的机械化程度高,路扫的干净,雪墙堆的整齐,那叫一个清爽;有的虽是手工,也能看出是勤快人家,不论便道还是车道,都清的干干静静;当然也有的人家积雪处理的很是马虎,你看那路不象路,雪墙不象雪墙,不知是扫的呢,还是行人走多了踩出来的结果。这些不同之所以能展现在雪后的街市上,则全拜“个人自扫”,“莫管它人”的原则所赐。不然,大家齐动手,能不整齐划一吗?

一个冬天,每个冬天,都有一次次的落雪,一次次的扫雪。在扫雪活动筋骨的体力劳动之余,总任不住地胡思乱想:是一起动手的整齐划一好呢,还是“个人自扫”所带来的多样性更亲切呢?

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