果巷是个烟火气十足的巷子。巷子一边是一排灰暗斑驳的老旧居民楼,另一边是桥镇最大的贫民区,残存着解放前后甚至更早的民居民宅。整条巷子前后虽不到一百米的长度,却热热闹闹镶嵌着许多商铺门店,各样服务一应俱全。旧虽旧,生活却是极方便的。在这一带开商铺的,以男爷们居多,也许因为街面浑浊的缘故,男人们都显得不大清爽,蓬头垢面者不乏其人。时常地,就可以看得见一棵老榆树下,七八个男人围着一盘油腻破烂的象棋弯腰撅臀、聚精会神,像一群围着料盘啄米的鸡。 Fruit Lane is a smokey alley. Alley side is a row of gray and mottled old residential buildings, on the other side is the town’s largest slum, remnants of even before or after the liberation of residential houses. Although the length of the entire alley is less than a hundred meters, it is crowded with many shops and shops, offering a wide range of services. Although the old, life is extremely convenient. Opened in this area with the majority of men, perhaps because of the muddy street, the men seem not very refreshing, unshaven people no shortage of people. From time to time, under the old elm tree, seventy-eight men bent over greasy and tatty chess and bent over their cheeks, concentrating on a group of chickens pecking at rice.