小小说：对门 Short story: Opposite the door

In eight years of living in this building, I've never seen the woman across the door.

The male owner of the opposite door, surnamed Zou, 46 years old, is a CNC machine tool operator in a state-owned enterprise. Do not like to talk, see people do not say hello, low head, hurry, alone, alone.

Every morning at 7:30, he almost went out with me at the same time, but he came home at night basically after I had gone to bed, he closed the security door hard "bang" always woke me up from my dream. It is said that he is after work at five o 'clock in the unit, and rode a motorcycle to 20 kilometers away to do five hours of part-time work, holidays are no exception, basically year-round.

His life is very frugal, all the year round wear a smudged ink blue overalls, black big head work shoes; Her hair was unkempt. She didn't cut it for months. Did not see him buy food to buy fruit, met in the corridor, had a brief exchange, I asked: how did not see you buy food? The answer: "I eat three meals a day in the work canteen, including vegetables and meat, and only five yuan a meal." I also want to ask how I have not seen your daughter-in-law, and think again, a little brusque, after all, not familiar to the degree of freely speak, then swallow back.

He removed a few floor tiles in the empty tree in the flower bed downstairs, surrounding the tree species with some vegetables such as peppers, scallions and tomatoes. Every time he went downstairs, he carried half a bucket of water in his hand, scooping it with 舀子, and carefully watering every vegetable.

This summer, the children of the community do not know whether intentionally or unintentionally, gave him a few scallions, he asked in the group, see no one, and then began to scold, scold very ugly. I was a little embarrassed, feeling that for such a small thing, it was really unnecessary to lose the level of an adult. After that, although I still meet and say hello, I have no good impression on this person.

The neighbors said behind his back that he was divorced. But he denied it. When someone asked, he was not good at words, he would be anxious to explain loudly: my wife's work is too busy to pay attention to me, I understand her.

He was a heavy smoker, and the garbage bag at the door was always full of cigarette boxes and butts.

在这栋楼住了八年了，一次都没见过对门女主人。

对门男主人姓邹，四十六七岁，是国企的一名数控机床操作工。不爱说话，见了人也不打招呼，低着头，行色匆匆，独来独往，身单影只。

每天早晨七点半，他几乎与我同一时间出门，可他晚上回家时间基本在我已上床睡觉以后，他用力关防盗门“砰”的一声总是将我从梦中惊醒。据说他是在单位五点下班以后，又骑着摩托车到二十公里外做五个小时兼职，节假日也不例外，基本全年无休。

他生活非常节俭，常年穿一套污迹斑斑的水墨蓝色工作服，黑乎乎的大头工作鞋；头发乱蓬蓬的，几个月也不剪一次。也没见他买菜买水果，在楼道相遇，曾有过简短交流，我问：咋没见你买菜？答曰：“我一天三顿在单位食堂吃，有菜有肉，一餐才五块钱。”我还想问咋没见过你媳妇，又一想，有些唐突，毕竟没熟络到那种畅所欲言的程度，便咽了回去。

他在楼下花坛的树空里移开几块地砖，围绕着树种了一些辣椒小葱西红柿之类的蔬菜，每次下楼手里都提着半桶水，用舀子舀着，猫着腰，仔细地浇透每一根蔬菜。

今年夏天的时候，小区的孩子不知是有意还是无意，给他折了几根葱，他便在群里质问，见没人吱声，继而开始破口大骂，骂得很难听。我有些汗颜，感觉为了这么点小事儿，真没必要，有失了一个成年人的水准。打那以后，再碰面虽然还是会打招呼，但心里对这个人已经没了好感。

邻居们背后都说他离婚了。但他矢口否认。当有人问及的时候，不善言辞的他会急头白脸地大声辩解：俺老婆工作太忙，顾不上我，我理解她。

他烟瘾很大，门口的垃圾袋里总是满满的烟盒和烟蒂。

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