约第七天,大概台风已快过,天气变好了一点,风势较小,雨时下时停。我们像前几天一样走在山脊林间的逃亡者之路-----蜿蜒曲折的小径上,我们已习惯了四顾无人,万籁俱寂,也不见任何飞禽走兽。忽见在我们身后远处闪出两条人影,走得很快,越来越走近我们。他们背著小包,是农夫打扮的中年人,一看便知与我们一样是逃亡者。我们与广州知青分手差不多已过一个星期,全都在杳无人迹的地方赶路,现在终于有人出现了。他们早就看到我们,不用说也知我们是逃亡者,故当他们追上我们并与我们擦肩而过时,大家都心照不宣,各自埋头赶路。他们应是熟知路径者,快步如飞,转眼间便见他们消失在丛林之间。他们的背包很小,显示只带很少干粮,也没带游水工具,我估计他们也如广州知青一样,朝着海拔944 米的梧桐山进发,去深圳 〝扑网〞。我心中很奇怪他们为何只带些少干粮,并没意识到我们己走近边区了-----以他们行走的速度,在当时不用一天便可到达边境,当然无需太多干粮。
第八天仍时有小阵雨,也吹着阵风,我们仍然在山脊草丛小径中迈步,两旁树林颇为浓密。阿芬吃了几次银翘片后,已精神充沛,与未病前一样,大家对能走到海边,都满怀信心。我们正在边走边闲谈间,忽听远处传来狗吠声-----一个多星期来在无边无际的山林间第一次听到动物的叫声。因被山峰斜坡及密林挡著,不知狗有多远,最初我们并不很留意,但渐渐狗吠声越来越近,越来越响,我这才警觉起来-----狗可能有人带著。我立即对阿优及阿芬说:〝快躲起来!〞这时风正从右边山坡吹过来,我想:不能让狗闻到我们身上的酸臭汗味,阿芬头痛发烧刚过,体味更重。我便带他们飞快跑下左边山坡,恰见有一小灌木丛,距小路几十公尺远,三个人便慌忙躲在灌木丛后面,动也不敢动,我面向山坡伏在地上,抬头望著上面 山脊的小路。
两三分钟后,在灌木丛枝叶及乱草的缝隙间我看见一个民兵揹著枪,带著一只大黑狗,沿著山脊小路巡逻而至。黑狗在小路边跑边大声吠叫,我被吓得心不停乱跳,暗暗想道:好险!差点就被民兵碰见。假如那民兵不带狗,或狗不狂呔的话,我们根本不知道刚才所走的山脊小路前面有人巡逻,再贸然前行不到两分钟,便会与巡逻民兵正面碰上,那将是逃无可逃,束手就擒-----那民兵身上有枪,大白天被他碰上根本无人敢逃跑。想起来真要感谢那黑狗狂吠大叫,令我们警觉而躲起来。阿优及阿芬有点受惊,背向头顶山脊小路,不敢向山上望,当我轻声对他们说:〝有人揹著枪!〞他们才转过身来向上看,大概只见到揹枪民兵的背影。
山峰上的阵风把我们身上的气味吹向山谷下面,故那大黑狗显然嗅不到丝毫气味,继续盲目地大声吠叫,跟著那武装民兵一步步走远。吠叫声越来越远,最后终于消失了-----感谢上苍,我们逃亡途程中最惊险的另一幕,就这样安然渡过。又过了许久,四周仍悄然无声,我们确定完全没其他人,十分安全了,才又爬上山脊小路,继续沿原来方向前行。事后回想,在该地区我们已很接近海边,才有武装民兵巡逻,但我们是第一次偷渡,很多情况都不懂,故仍懵然不知。不久天黑了,却天朗气清,星光灿烂,我辨明星座,认定向南方向,继续在树林中翻山越岭。
第九天,天未泛白,我们发觉渐渐走出了林区,树木越来越少,山势起起伏伏,慢慢走低。黎明时分我们登上一山丘,长满了山草,草很浓密,几乎接近一人高。站在山丘最高处,草长得刚好与肩一般高,我们向前一望,远处好像出现一个大湖,湖里有船在慢慢行驶,远远的地平线之前方水中,有比花生荚大之弯曲小岛。乍眼见到水时,我以为遇到水库,再定睛一看,在我们正前方偏右,距我们约一、两公里处的岸边一山丘上面有一哨站,约莫可见一个边防军士兵揹著枪在站岗--我们立即明白了,边境--大梅沙海滩到了,远处不是湖,不是水库,而是大海!我对阿优说:〝远处小岛应该就是'曲岛'。〞-----吉澳岛又名〝曲岛〞,逃亡前汕头知青都叫它〝曲岛〞,我们抵港后,才知香港人只用吉澳之名。阿优说 :〝对,听说' 曲岛'弯湾曲曲,像'之'字形,那个岛很像。〞我们终于认定,此行之目的地-----吉澳岛,就在我们远处正前方!虽然目的地在望,但我们并没太兴奋,因为前路仍极艰险-----要避过岗哨,还要游四、五公里,逃港才能成功。
正在我们谈话的时候,我忽然看见左边山下数百公尺远处有几个农夫肩挑担子,在小路疾行,从东南方向西走,似转入我们右前方,因被山脚较高山坡挡住视线,转眼便看不见了,但他们后面仍隐约可看见陆续有人挑著担子在赶路。他们显然是赶集的当地人,因埋头赶路,又头戴竹笠,故没发现我们。我立即轻声对阿优他们说:〝有人,快蹲下!〞三个人即刻都蹲坐地上,藏在草里动也不敢动。这一坐,便是一整天!
太阳升起来了,晴天万里无云,阳光开始照到我们身上,我发现四周没有任何东西可遮挡渐渐毒热的太阳光。高而浓密的山草我认得是咸草-----市场小贩常用来绑青菜、鱼肉。咸草只有直立向上的茎,几乎看不到有横生的叶,故浓密的咸草只能阻挡前后左右之视线,但对天上照射下来之阳光,便毫无阻挡作用。我们又不敢回去找树林遮挡阳光,因为一来树林离这里太远了,起码要向后走回几个钟头的路程;二来我们知道,现在是最危险、最关键之时刻,无论如何不能起身出去被人发现而功亏一篑!三个人似有默契一样,坐在山上任由烈日炙晒,没有人提议要转移到荫凉的地方-----大家都怕一旦起身,随时会被赶集的农夫或岸边的哨兵发觉!近中午了,我们被晒得大汗淋漓,不时喝水,希望正在头顶的太阳快点转西落下 ,但毒热的太阳偏偏像跟我们作对,高挂天上,动也不动!在烈日曝晒下,于是每一分钟,对我我们来说,都比过一天还长,十几个钟头,好像比过十几年还久。我无法形容当时那种被炙晒之极度痛苦与无奈,那感觉太刻骨铭心,以致一辈子都忘不了-----一九七四年七月二十六日,我自己所过的最长、最毒热的一天!
忍啊忍啊,我们忍受像在蒸笼里、像干煎一般的酷热,被晒得昏头昏脑,简直有点虚脱,话都说不出来,大家微喘著气,无声坐著。好不容易才见太阳开始偏西,我肚子突然痛起来,不知是轻微中暑,还是路上饮过脏水闹肠胃炎,幸好不是剧痛,只是时强时弱的隐痛,但偷渡前我却忘了带胃肠消炎药及解痉剂,对腹痛毫无办法,只好竭力忍住,就这样内外交煎,真的是痛苦不堪,狼狈极了。被煎熬了一整天之后,我们终于等到那毒热无比的太阳慢慢西沉了,谢天谢地,无比漫长的一天终于熬过去了。没有了毒热的阳光,气温稍为降低了,阵阵海风吹来,大家开始舒畅了一点。
西边天空出现了灿烂的晚霞,由金色转为橙红色,极为壮观,像是预示我们将顺利逃抵彼岸。我们其实正在山顶上,美景一览无遗,但完全没有心 情欣赏,只在原地坐著、等著,直到晚霞消失,夜幕完全降临,估计远处那哨兵不可能发觉我们了,大家才起身下山。 走到山脚,我肚子太痛忍不住了,就对阿优他们说:〝等我方便一下。〞乃走开几十步,在稍平的地方的草丛中腹泻了一场,腹痛消失了大半,我便立即折回与他们一起走向海边。
回复iamhereforfun2的评论:
我對這首詩的理解恰恰和你相反。
---I can only say, Some 广东人 really damaged your 叶挺 老乡's reputation.
http://forum.china.com.cn/photoview.php?mod=view&fid=147&tid=373166&onid=2
and tell me : Is this the place you struggled to go to ??
我對這首詩的理解恰恰和你相反。
回复iamhereforfun2的评论:
你不理解的东西,最好不要多评论。博主写下这段经历,就是为了帮后人理解那段历史。你有不同看法,可以自己开博。
--- I do understand the author's thought and I have no problem with his choices. What I disagree is some people are NOT focusing on 那段历史, they deny the fact that China has changed. They use 那段历史 to 妖魔化 today's China. As a Chinese I disagree and I have the right to express my opinion.
回复iamhereforfun2的评论:
你不理解的东西,最好不要多评论。博主写下这段经历,就是为了帮后人理解那段历史。你有不同看法,可以自己开博。
--- Please don't tell me what I should or should not do. This is a free speech country. Free speech is the No.1 this author and his supporters struggle for. If you don't understand this, you better not come to this forum.
回复iamhereforfun2的评论: 幫幫你:
《囚歌》 -- - --- - 叶挺
为人进出的门紧锁着,
为狗爬走的洞敞开着,
一个声音高叫着:
爬出来呵,给你自由!
我渴望着自由,
但也深知到——
人的躯体那能由狗的洞子爬出!
我只能期待着,
那一天——
地下的烈火冲腾,
把这『活棺材』和我一齐烧掉,
我应该在烈火和热血中得到永生!
--- Thank you. I think the last two sentences are exactly for you.
你不理解的东西,最好不要多评论。博主写下这段经历,就是为了帮后人理解那段历史。你有不同看法,可以自己开博。
《囚歌》 -- - --- - 叶挺
为人进出的门紧锁着,
为狗爬走的洞敞开着,
一个声音高叫着:
爬出来呵,给你自由!
我渴望着自由,
但也深知到——
人的躯体那能由狗的洞子爬出!
我只能期待着,
那一天——
地下的烈火冲腾,
把这『活棺材』和我一齐烧掉,
我应该在烈火和热血中得到永生!
回复工人的评论:
有点可能和你不一样。我藐视靠出卖灵魂,骗取政治庇护的那一帮。
--- Very good point. We all know there was such poem:
The door for human is locked tightly,
The hole for dog is wide open,
A loud voice roaming: Crawl out, I give you freedom.
...
The author was a man who broke the door and he got the freedom. But today we also have some Fujian people crawling out from the dog hole and they claim it is because they don't have freedom. We have to distinguish them.
They are still equal but I don't think the second one deserves my respect.
工人, could you please write something that we can understand ?
有点可能和你不一样。我藐视靠出卖灵魂,骗取政治庇护的那一帮。
I totally agree with your opinion that "All men are created equal." regarding to those who have landed in America no matter he/she is a refugee or he/she is a scientist,or a person who is claiming "I come here for graduate study".
I think I was kind enough to use the word of monkey after receiving some comments with words as mean as monkey's waste, right ?
I remembered that one very well. Here is my point -- If you dare to scratch a money, a group of them will attack you. Is that true ?
iamhereforfun2:
"Unbelievable. All of sudden it seems so many readers in this forum had the 逃港 experience. How suddenly we get so many Cantonese monkeys ?"
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You didn't remember your comment on the part 1 of story, did you?
I would like to ask these readers --- If you advocate the freedom spirit of this heaven country, then why did you act like an angry and mad animal that wants to bite ? Why can't you allow others to give their ideas ? They don't realize that they themselves have already absorded lot of the negative things from that era.
“iamhereforfun2”又要做婊子,又想立牌坊。
reader, so you think leaving China means "做婊子", Saying something good about China means "立牌坊". Now I can understand why you insist on being "做婊子".
It appears some people respond as if they never know such history, then I have to question such readers how much knowledge they have about the recent Chinese history.
It is good to remember history, but it is shame that some readers use other people's personal tragic experience to launch their own vicious attack on today's government. If you have hatred on the government speak out your facts and your experience. Don't use something happened 40 years ago as "evidence" to support your attack.
“iamhereforfun2”又要做婊子,又想立牌坊。
Dear Sir, Please be mindful when you use abusive language. Hatred and cursing will eventually all go back to yourself.
Easy, I will use the same way as how you deal with your pissed off life...
如果不是王力军狗急跳墙,在中国刚刚喘一口气有两个钱的人就会被薄熙来的黑打而再次堕入地狱。一旦薄熙来上了台,那些还在给中共唱赞歌的人就等着哭吧。
所以,为什么在中国赚了钱的人都用脚投票,纷纷移民,因为他们并不幼稚,也没有像一些人那样忘记历史。
回复医者意也的评论:
I told you I came here for graduate study. When I just came to this country I also imagined it is a true free and nice country. But the reality told me we, as minority, can never gain the truly equal opportunities and dignity as white men can. We can fight hard but we have to admit it is almost impossible. I have high education and decent income, if I feel this way I don't know how the average Chinese immigrants feel differently. I know some people keep claiming they are living in "heaven", but that's either bogus or they have a too low standard or expectation..
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What are you going to do about your discontent? Swim to Cuba from Florida?
說得對。一個青年寫出在絕望中求生的經歷,是為了不要忘記過去,讓歷史重演。不要說什麼“如果。。。。就怎樣”的廢話。
Sir,回顾历史是为了痛苦历史不再重复,understand?
让犹太人不要太恨希特勒,可能吗?
我不反对回顾历史,相反,我很想看到这段历史。只是建议楼主在回顾的时候超脱一些,不要被往日困住。
楼主的经历其实和我的岳父很相似,一样的有能力,一样的被歧视,被压迫。不同的是,为了不影响兄弟姐妹,我的岳父选择了留下。后来他办企业,也很成功。
他平和的向我讲述当年怎样全班第一却上不了大学,像是讲述别人的故事,倒是我觉得很气愤。
回顾历史是为了更好的未来,不是为了重复痛苦。
回复iamhereforfun2的评论: You certainly can be here for fun,too.
I fully agree. The world has changed. China has changed. Life is short, walk out of the pain and shadow of yesterday.
但是一个问题,你总背负着那仇恨,不累吗?
40年了,世界变了那么多,为什么仇恨不能有稍微的衰减呢?
40年前,在你的生活环境中,偷渡也许是最好的出路,你作了勇敢的抉择
但是,如果因为种种原因,你没有去,留了下来,人生真的会很糟糕吗?
看了经历,感觉以你的坚忍,聪明,很可能会成为第一批富起来的人,如果是那样,也许就不会有这么多仇恨了。
其实,你有没有想过,在你的内心世界里,你是不是一直就挣扎在这片偷渡的仇恨之海里,40年了也看不到岸边?
I told you I came here for graduate study. When I just came to this country I also imagined it is a true free and nice country. But the reality told me we, as minority, can never gain the truly equal opportunities and dignity as white men can. We can fight hard but we have to admit it is almost impossible. I have high education and decent income, if I feel this way I don't know how the average Chinese immigrants feel differently. I know some people keep claiming they are living in "heaven", but that's either bogus or they have a too low standard or expectation..
So why didn't you stay in China 20 years ago? You fled China because commie messed up China, the difference is you chose to a decent and legal way.
There is not a true free sky in this world. You just flight off one zoo and into another zoo. It appears to be much better in the beginning but when time goes by you will see the rain and thunderstorm...
Paying more attention to today's China and don't live in the shadow of yesterday.
期待下一篇。
It is true you have more free speech freedom in this country but don't think you get everything and you are the real "citizen" of this country. You can never get the real "citizen" dignity and you can never gain true "respect" from the white majority in this country. You can deny but you will NEVER get it.
So did your life really turn to be good after this ?
不知所谓
站着說話不腰疼, 飽漢不知餓漢飢。
I don't think your life would be misarable if you stayed in China. China has changed dramatically after 1976. Check out how their lives are in Canton and other places and you will see. Actually lot of people like you are moving back to China. The world is changing and china is changing.
苦难深重的中华民族,自相残杀。很惊讶,为什么自己人对手无寸铁的自己人这么残酷?况且那个年代受尽折磨的人大多都是无辜的,有文化,有贡献的人。而这个民族却对外国列强表现得无能为力。
不知以前的当政者是否也如此?
"有段时间,守边界的是广西军队,他们和广东部队不一样"
如果说中国在硬件建设上是世界这三十年最快的国家的话,从大梅沙海滩及龙岗平原到深圳西,蛇口一带就是中国这三十年硬件建设最快的地区。当年偷渡客下水的荒凉海滩已建成货运海港,居民点,度假村和高级酒店。海湾也填得七七八八了(本来就不深,偷渡客下水后可涉行约1公里后才开始游)。你若用现在的谷歌地图来复原当年偷渡路线,那就和坐波音747飞越珠穆朗玛峰一样奇妙。
我在深圳工作过几年。有次到大梅沙。我一个同事就是附近村子长大的。亲口告诉我,他小时候经常看到逃港失败死在海里尸体就飘在现在大梅沙浴场岸边。村里人就把这些尸体埋在沙滩里。
应该记录下来保存。。。
有多少人为追求基本人权和自由不惜生命,令人感慨。。。
这代人,要记录下当年的真情实况,这也是有生之年的重要一步。
太难了。静等下一篇。感谢让大家分享。
追求幸福乃天赋人权.当年我党关门把国人当狗打,何其毒也.