这篇小说就像一张镭射卡,从不同的角度看,会呈现不一样的阅读效果。或许读过鲁迅《孔乙己》的小读者会觉得这个倔老头和孔乙己有点像哥俩:一个迂腐,一个抠门;一个爱吃茴香豆,一个爱喝糊粮酒。作家轻轻巧巧地给倔老头的腰上挂了一只小小的葫芦,这样一来,如果远远走来一群人,我们一定能通过这只葫芦就辨认出倔老头。所以,我最先从这张镭射卡上看到的是鲜活的人物形象。再换一个角度,作家所表现的倔老头和主人公一家之间的人物关系,很是令我激赏。这种人物关系不是一眼看得到底的纯情,而是复杂微妙的。 This novel is like a laser card, from a different perspective, will show a different reading effect. Perhaps read a small reader of Lu Xun “Kong Yiji” think this stubborn old man and Kong Yiji a bit like two brothers: a pedantic, a stingy; a love to eat fennel beans, a love to drink paste wine. Writer gently cleverly to the stubborn old man’s waist hung a small gourd, so that if a group of people come far, we will be able to recognize this stubborn old man through the gourd. So, the first thing I saw on this laser card was a vivid character image. To put it another way, it is my appreciation that the writer’s performance of the relationship between the stubborn old man and the protagonist. This character relationship is not a pure innocent look at the end, but rather complex and subtle.