巷口的老槐樹不知在這里站了多少年，樹皮像爺爺手上的老繭，溝壑縱橫里藏著數(shù)不清的故事。春末夏初，細(xì)碎的白花簌簌落下，給青石板路鋪就一層薄薄的香雪，路過的人總要放慢腳步，深吸一口這帶著歲月溫度的芬芳。

王阿婆的藤椅總擺在樹蔭最濃的地方。她的藍(lán)布衫洗得發(fā)白，袖口磨出細(xì)細(xì)的毛邊，手里的蒲扇搖出慢悠悠的節(jié)奏。“這樹啊，比我家老頭子歲數(shù)都大。” 她瞇著眼睛看陽光透過葉隙篩下的光斑，“當(dāng)年我嫁過來的時(shí)候，它就這么粗了，現(xiàn)在腰圍怕得要兩個(gè)人合抱。”

樹下的石墩是孩子們的寶座。放學(xué)鈴一響，背著書包的身影就像歸巢的小鳥涌過來，把書包往地上一摔，圍著石墩玩 “官兵捉賊”。輸了的孩子要被刮鼻子，清脆的笑聲驚飛了枝頭打盹的麻雀。有次二柱子爬樹掏鳥窩，腳下一滑摔在厚厚的落葉上，沒哭，反倒舉著手里的野果子歡呼，結(jié)果被聞?dòng)嵹s來的家長(zhǎng)揪著耳朵回家，一路的哀嚎聲驚得滿巷的狗都跟著叫。

老槐樹也見過傷心事。那年冬天格外冷，巷尾的李叔突發(fā)急病去世，他的兒子跪在樹下燒紙，火苗舔著紙錢飛上天，像一群黑色的蝴蝶。王阿婆把凍得瑟瑟發(fā)抖的孩子拉進(jìn)懷里，蒲扇早就收起來了，手里攥著的是剛蒸好的紅糖饅頭。那天的北風(fēng)卷著雪粒子打在樹干上，發(fā)出嗚嗚的聲響，像是誰在低聲哭泣。

如今巷子里的年輕人大多搬去了新小區(qū)，只剩下老人守著老房子。王阿婆的藤椅還在，只是上面常常空著 —— 她的眼睛不大好使了，腿腳也不利索，多數(shù)時(shí)候坐在窗邊看樹。孩子們變成了周末才回來的客人，帶來包裝精美的點(diǎn)心，卻再也不會(huì)在石墩上瘋跑。

去年夏天臺(tái)風(fēng)過境，老槐樹的一根粗枝被刮斷，壓塌了張大爺家的雞窩。鄰居們七手八腳鋸斷殘枝，發(fā)現(xiàn)樹干中心已經(jīng)空了，蛀蟲在里面蛀出密密麻麻的隧道。有人說這樹怕是活不成了，不如趁早鋸掉，免得哪天倒下傷人。

提議被王阿婆否決了。她拄著拐杖走到樹前，用枯瘦的手撫摸著粗糙的樹皮：“它喘口氣呢，喘口氣就好了。” 大家拗不過她，找來木匠給樹干加固，又在根部埋了殺蟲藥。沒想到開春后，枯枝上竟冒出了新綠，細(xì)碎的嫩芽怯生生地探出來，像是在試探這世界是否還歡迎它。

如今我每次回家，總要在槐樹下站一會(huì)兒。看陽光穿過新葉，聽風(fēng)吹過枝頭的輕響，聞那熟悉的花香。王阿婆的藤椅上偶爾會(huì)坐著她的重孫女，小姑娘拿著平板電腦看動(dòng)畫片，手指在屏幕上飛快滑動(dòng)，對(duì)落在肩頭的槐花瓣渾然不覺。
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樹影搖晃間，仿佛看見多年前的自己，正和伙伴們圍著石墩歡笑，王阿婆的蒲扇搖啊搖，搖出一個(gè)慢悠悠的夏天。