盛夏的午后，村子外的小河安靜地流淌著，陽光像一層金粉灑在水面，波光粼粼，輕輕晃動。河岸兩邊是茂密的柳樹，枝條在風里垂落下來，幾乎要拂到水面，像是為這條清涼的小河掛上的綠色簾幕。

我踩著河邊濕潤的草地，一步步走近河水，腳下的青草帶著陽光炙烤后的香味，混著河水特有的清涼氣息，一下子把夏日午后的悶熱沖淡了許多。偶爾有一陣風拂過，帶起柳枝輕輕擺動，也吹起我鬢邊幾縷濕漉漉的發絲。

河水清澈見底，淺灘處能看見鵝卵石和水草在水下搖曳，偶爾一尾小魚閃過，蕩起一圈圈細碎的漣漪。岸邊的孩子們脫了鞋子，踩在淺淺的水里，歡笑聲摻著水花聲，一聲聲打碎了夏日的沉悶。

遠處，幾個老人坐在河岸的大青石上，手里搖著蒲扇，說著家長里短的話題，笑聲不時傳來，和樹葉的沙沙聲混在一起。有人在旁邊擺了一個簡易的攤子，賣冰涼的西瓜，切開的瓜瓤紅得像火，一口咬下去，甜得讓人瞇起眼睛。

我索性脫了鞋，把腳泡進淺淺的河水里，清涼立刻從腳底漫上來，連帶著白天積攢的煩躁都被帶走了。水草在腳邊輕輕擦過，偶爾有一只小蝦悄悄溜走，水面上映出頭頂一大片潔白的云，一動一靜，像是給這河水織上了一層會流動的畫。

不遠處，有農人在河邊洗菜，剛從地里拔回來的青菜還帶著泥土味，泡在水里清洗，發出簌簌的聲響。一只黃狗臥在河岸的草叢里，懶洋洋地吐著舌頭，偶爾被小孩子逗一逗，也只是抖抖耳朵，又繼續瞇著眼享受午后的陽光。

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太陽漸漸偏西，光線透過柳葉灑下來，斑駁地落在水面，也落在河岸邊的大石頭上。孩子們還在水里嬉鬧，濺起的水珠在陽光下閃成一顆顆透明的珍珠，劃過這一條靜靜的小河，也劃過所有人的夏天。

我起身，拎起鞋子，踩著還帶著水汽的草地慢慢往回走。腳下的泥土松軟而溫暖，河水拍打岸邊的聲音還在耳邊回蕩，像是一首不著急的夏日小曲，唱著這鄉間最簡單、最平凡，卻最讓人心安的午后。

有風，有水，有樹，有人聲，有笑聲——這樣一條小河，安安靜靜躺在夏天里，也躺進了記憶里。或許很多年以后，每當想起這段時光，都會想起那一片泛著波光的水面和頭頂那朵慢悠悠漂過的白云。