刷卡/刘玉行(赵金基译）

程思良

刷卡/刘玉行
　　
　　赵大牙拎着大包小包的年货，随着熙熙攘攘的人流，潮水般向收银台涌去。
　　时间已经把日历翻到了腊月二十三，来超市购物的人真多呀！
　　“先生，您刷卡还是付现？”收银小姐扫描完毕，递上一个职业的微笑。
　　“刷卡！”赵大牙从上衣兜里掏出一张购物卡，很潇洒地甩过去。
　　一只手从背后伸过来，准确无误地落在赵大牙的右肩上：“老赵也用上卡了，谁送的呀？”
　　赵大牙回头一瞧，原来是对门邻居钱大嘴。赵大牙脸上的自豪快要掉到脚面上了：“咱一平头百姓，谁会给咱送啊？自个儿买的。”
　　“老赵，甭诓人啦。脱了裤子放屁的事儿只有三岁的小娃娃才会干！自个儿掏腰包买卡，你有病哇？”钱大嘴的眼里透着一百个不相信。
　　“信不信由你。”赵大牙撂下一句话，健步跨出了超市的大门。
　　忽然，兜里的小灵通叫了起来，赵大牙一瞧是老婆打来的。老婆在电话里问：“年货置办得咋样了？”
　　“还差两样没办齐呢。”赵大牙迈着轻快的步伐，一边走一边说：“哦，对了，这张购物卡上的钱不多了，你别忘了再往卡上续缴200元钱！”
　　
　　Credit Card
　　
　　By Liu Yuxing
　　
　　Carrying large or small packages of goods for New Year, Zhao Daya followed the flood of people to the Cashier’s Counter.
　　It was already December 23 on lunar calendar. What a large number of customers in the supermarket!
　　“Credit card or cash, sir?” Scanning all goods, Miss Cashier offered a professional smile.
　　“Credit card!” Fishing out of his breast pocket a shopping card, Zhao handed it over handsomely.
　　A hand thrusting from behind alighted accurately on Zhao’s right shoulder. “Shopping card! Is it a red packet or something?”
　　Turning his head, Zhao recognized it was his next-door neighbor, by the name of Qian Dazui. “A plain folk like me, who’d have delivered a red packet? I bought it for myself.” Zhao’s pride was dropping almost to his feet.
　　“Lao Zhao, don’t play a trick on me. Only a three-year-old could have done such a thing! You bought the card for yourself? Are you out of your mind?” Qian’s eyes filled with one hundred percent distrust.
　　“Believe it or not!” With this, Zhao strode out of the supermarket.
　　All of a sudden, the mobile phone rang in his pocket. It was his wife who called inquiring on the phone, “Got ready all goods for New Year?”
　　“All but two.” With light steps forward, he said, “Oh! I almost forgot to tell you. Remember to deposit another 200yuan into the card.”
　　

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