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小治他們把這幾天來的遭遇,以及如何來到板橋的過程全都告訴了蔡家兄弟。197Please respect copyright.PENANA2jSWUOdLMQ
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「我們被就地解編,不再是國軍了!現在像孤兒一樣,無處可去!」小治愁容滿面的說。197Please respect copyright.PENANAf4X376lANY
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阿貴:「不要緊,你們可以暫時住在我們家!」大話剛說完,金富一臉懵逼的看著阿貴,半晌沒答腔。197Please respect copyright.PENANAvkZVBoPZPW
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查理看出金富面有難色,趕緊出面緩頰。說:「也不一定非要住在你們家,只希望能有一個暫時棲身、遮風避雨的地方就行;等日後找到其他去處,我們就會離開。」197Please respect copyright.PENANAmvZ8ndHBwB
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金富嘆了口氣,語重心長的說:「也不是不願收留你們。」說完起身,帶大夥離開廂房,往前院走去。197Please respect copyright.PENANAijqK1hMUuE
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金富讓劉伯打開前院一間置放農具的庫房,裡頭整齊疊放著好幾個用白布包裹的匣子;他們對這種白布匣子並不陌生,那正是骨灰盒!只是數量變多了,數一數,總共十五個!197Please respect copyright.PENANATL5t506S9Q
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蔡家兄弟得知兵營出事後,阿貴第一時間趕到馬場町,並沿著新店線鐵道,找到突破軍方封鎖線的缺口。197Please respect copyright.PENANAvlbtTJWtXS
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原本是想找回他拉去的那一車米糧和從鐵道部借來的工具,但沒找著,反倒找到遭人遺落的四盒骨灰,以及十一具沒人收殮的屍體!197Please respect copyright.PENANA5SkzYTYaqf
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阿貴見其穿著打扮和小治他們相似,於是托友人幫忙收殮,今早才剛迎回骨灰!197Please respect copyright.PENANAjTCGgZCPUj
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「你們就像約好的一樣,他們上午才回來,你們下午就到!」金富感慨完後,又無奈的接著說:「只不過家裡有人很忌諱這個……」只見他欲言又止。197Please respect copyright.PENANAHIcDJDJ5ej
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其實小治他們有自知之明,一群人突如其來的上門投靠,確實給人家增添不小麻煩!經過一番討論,大夥決定把剩餘現錢全都給蔡家兄弟,以示他們不會白住!197Please respect copyright.PENANAxOhmprlR0v
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「我們不缺這個!」金富趕緊把錢推了回去,並嚴正表示:「朋友有難,豈能袖手旁觀,出手相助,是江湖道義!」197Please respect copyright.PENANA4Elpq0fi1M
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「就是呀,在家靠父母,出外靠朋友!」阿貴在一旁跟著附和道:「我大姊和二姊嫁出去後,正好空出兩間房能借你們住,只要你們不嫌棄……」沒等阿貴把話說完,湊在後頭看熱鬧的乙妹趕緊竄了出來,拽著他一個轉身就往西廂房帶了回去!197Please respect copyright.PENANA5Koim7kdyE
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金富看到「弟媳」這般舉動,好似想起了什麼。他先乾笑兩聲後,再委婉地說:「空房是有,但還沒整理,怕是不方便借你們;但請放心,前院這裡還有兩間庫房,稍微整理過就能住,如果你們不嫌棄的話……」197Please respect copyright.PENANAPo7vl58yDV
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「不會不會,怎麼會嫌棄!」查理笑著臉,很識趣的說:「不管如何,這裡都比憲兵隊的地下室好太多太多!」語畢,小治等其他人,也同聲附和。197Please respect copyright.PENANA1auMsj6kAS
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傍晚,小治一行人與劉伯父子一同把前院庫房整理乾淨,今晚就暫時先在蔡家過夜。197Please respect copyright.PENANA5ScsB4FXrC
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劉伯父子就住隔壁門房,晚餐後閒來無事,便來找他們閒聊。劉伯說這兩間庫房原本是給牛住的,年初日本人把牛強行徵走後就一直空著。197Please respect copyright.PENANADAOk1Scaox
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聊著聊著,二進院傳來有人起爭執的對話聲!有男有女,此起彼落,似乎蔡家內部正在開家會。197Please respect copyright.PENANAcvVuwfA551
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大夥豎耳聆聽,發現講話最多、音量最大的聲線,是一名婦人!197Please respect copyright.PENANATNCKLeJWvL
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浩克:「聽這罵人的口氣,跟我媽好像!應該是『蔡媽媽』沒錯。」197Please respect copyright.PENANAHlwrkoF09I
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蔡母斥責兄弟倆,放著田地不去耕,成天就只知道寫文章、修鐵路。她用地道的閩南話怒斥:「恁讀冊攏讀到『胛脊骿』(後背)去,也毋去學人考一個官來做,只會三不五時去找做官的麻煩!197Please respect copyright.PENANAfQqdwA2Jus
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一牛車的米嘸去就『準拄煞』(算了),一透早閣呷我載一堆髒東西倒轉來!這馬又閣欲帶一群『生份人』(陌生人)住在厝內!恁倆兄弟仔嘛咔差不多咧,敢攏沒想過厝裡面也閣有查某人呷囝仔!」197Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6sZthLKng
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對話中,仍不時聽到兩位嫂子頻頻出面緩頰,勸蔡母別太過激動,身體要緊云云。但正在氣頭上的蔡母哪管得了那麼多,今晚不把話說清楚、講明白,絕不善罷甘休!197Please respect copyright.PENANA750Curb8Ud
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最後,蔡母罵到不知該說些什麼了,憤憤之餘,轉身點燃三柱清香,向仙逝的尪婿及蔡家先祖告慰一番,轉身再叫兄弟倆過來,跪拜、懺悔!197Please respect copyright.PENANA2oEMSV9DXr
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兄弟倆跪拜神祖牌位的同時,阿春沏了碗茶,端到蔡母跟前,請她先喝口茶,緩緩氣:還很委婉的說他們大老遠來江仔嘴,人才剛到,馬上又把他們趕走,要是傳出去,阿富、阿貴日後也不好做人!197Please respect copyright.PENANAwSELd6hDHq
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於是阿春提議道:「我看『尹』(他們)也嘸親像歹人,先暫時借人住兩暝,然後擱再請人離開,安呢也呷袂失禮。」197Please respect copyright.PENANA0MjsNwMsiu
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經阿春這一番好說歹說,最後蔡母對跪在地上的兄弟倆表明了她的底線。她說:「恁兩人莫愈來愈『毋識款』(不長眼),在外口愛安怎呷人『澎風』(吹牛)我不管,反正厝裡面絕對毋通給生份人住久,『明載朝起』(明天早上),想辦法呷尹請走!」197Please respect copyright.PENANAY9sM21Yj5b
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「江湖救急,阮『袂當』(不能)袖手旁觀,見死不救啊!」阿貴試圖反駁道。197Please respect copyright.PENANAxMO1VW9yCd
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「『歐多桑』(爸爸)送恁去日本讀冊,獨獨學到啥麼『江湖救急』倒轉來?」蔡母反問。197Please respect copyright.PENANAUPXao9xkaf
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兄弟倆知道再爭論下去,沒完沒了,只好先允諾會想辦法把他們「請」走,但且容他們在家裡借住幾晚;幾番討價還價,家會最後不了了之。197Please respect copyright.PENANAUUqJI0w5su
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兄弟兩人回到一進院,在這裡來回踱步良久,都為蔡母下逐客令這事感到一籌莫展。197Please respect copyright.PENANAjU09OHzWSc
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阿貴:「『逆桑』你先去睏吧,明載我去鐵道部問看麥,看敢有法度喬一間宿舍給尹住;因為日本人剛走,宿舍空出袂少間。」說完,兄弟倆各自回屋後,蔡家這才回復平常夜裡該有的寧靜。197Please respect copyright.PENANAHWKBU1BdSV
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後來從劉伯口中得知,其實蔡母並非金富、金貴的生母!她是蔡父的二房,是金賢、蔡秀的生母;而富貴兄弟倆的生母,已於今年初,與蔡父在「台北大空襲」中,不幸逝去!197Please respect copyright.PENANAN6EzTyNTDT
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知道自己給蔡家兄弟添大麻煩後,其實大夥心裡也不好受。197Please respect copyright.PENANAWH7BZSOqjr
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「一下子家裡多出六個人要長住,是過份了點!」小治語重心長的說:「我們總不能一直賴在蔡家,讓金富、金貴他們難為吧。」197Please respect copyright.PENANAkeQV271cPV
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娜娜突然興奮的提議,說:「要不然,我們回山上去,我相信部落的人一定會接納我們的!」她巴不得現在就動身回阿里山,去找塔斯庫!197Please respect copyright.PENANAlQI0zIYOri
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「咦,這主意不錯!」一旁的羅排也表示贊同。197Please respect copyright.PENANA4opG8G1Xz6
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去投靠部落確實要比留在蔡家更容易,但小治不放心滯留在憲兵隊的弘爺、小玲和阿偉;他擔心一行人都去了南部,距離太遠,彼此無法相互照應。197Please respect copyright.PENANAxQ4cuGxJFG
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查理沉思了一會兒後,提議道:「不然,明天再和金富、金貴商量看看,也許是我們人一下子來得太多,他們怕家裡吃不消!如果我們只留下一、兩人在這裡,並且保證不會給他們家增添經濟上的負擔,或許就能接納也說不定。」197Please respect copyright.PENANAoOcllRPG5U
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在沒有想到其他更好的辦法前,大夥都認為查理這個提議,似乎是目前最靠譜的。197Please respect copyright.PENANAAPhP2CcnST
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小治:「那就按曹大哥說的辦。」語畢,再勸大夥早點歇息,明天的事情等明天再說。
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