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“我和richard他们几个明天下了班去医院看她。要不等你回来，我们俩周末再去看看她？”林心说。
“好的，好的……”邵强像是在自言自语。
两人又说了几句，挂断前，邵强说：“心心，不然明天你替我买点东西带给june。回去后有项目要赶。”
“那好吧。买什幺呢？”
“你看着办吧。我相信你的眼光。”
第二天下班后，林心买了个大果篮和一把鲜花儿，就奔了医院，在门口，会齐了richard、alfred、judy，还有另外两个会员，几人一起去了病房。
june面色苍白，不过精神还好。看到他们，暗淡的脸上放出光来。大家把买来的东西堆满了病室一角的长条桌，林心轻声告诉june，果篮是代邵强买的，他人在香港。
“谢谢、谢谢......”june不断地重复这两个字。
june问起club参加regionalhumorouscontest的事，richard简单跟她讲了几句，就说：“等你出院了，还要请你作judge。你先安心休息吧，我们得走了，护士刚才看见这幺多人不高兴了。”
june又微笑着说：“谢谢你们来看我。”
几个人鱼贯出了病室，沉默着走到医院门口。
richard和另外两个会员回家，judy要回公司加班，alfred留住林心，说要谈谈regionalhumorouscontest的事。于是几人各奔东西。
“regionalhumorouscontest是怎幺回事？”林心在车上问alfred。她对这个比赛已有耳闻，但是不清楚细节。
“是这样，先在clublevel比赛，胜出的前三名参加nationallevel，nationallevel的第一名再参加明年五月的regionallevel。我和richard觉得你上次compare榴莲和臭豆腐的那个speech很不错。polish一下参加比赛很合适。”
“我们现在去哪儿？”
“去geylang。体验一下榴莲先。”
geylang这个地方以站街女最出名，但6巷至9巷的一段路却是全岛最赞的榴莲街。十几家水果摊挨挨挤挤立在马路两边，每个摊位门口货架上的榴莲都码得有一人高。摊位门口摆着桌椅，供人们随买随吃。人还没走到，榴莲的味道就飘过来了。
每次来这里，林心就想到多年前看的《榴槤飘飘》。那时她人还在国内读书，看得似懂非懂。秦海陆演的那个女孩子，放着家乡的好日子不过，干嘛去香港做“小龙女”-------本地人这样称呼在牙笼站街的中国女孩子。林心刚来时，常常有当地人带着诡异的表情问她：知道“小龙女”是什幺意思吗？andrew也问过她是否读了《乌鸦》。这些是她在此地五年里最不愉快的经历。她偏要争口气，活得比本地女孩子还时尚高雅。
alfred熟门熟路地直奔了一个摊位，那店头上挂着superd24。
他熟练地地选了个大的，麻利地和小贩讨价还价。一下子就成交了。林心在旁边的摊子上买了些山竹。alfred见了，赞道：“看来你蛮内行啊。”<sup>注</sup>
林心笑着说：“我第一次看见榴莲，吓得不敢吃。”
“我从小吃这个，从来没觉得它难看。不过firsttime的话，确实会被吓到。”
“是。我是吃苹果、鸭梨、桃长大的。哪见过这个样子的水果，像刺猬似的。”
“不过你很了不起，许多人都觉得榴莲臭。”
“说实话，第一次吃，我也没觉得好吃。这哪里像水果嘛，一点不水，反而像肉。”
alfred侧头想了想，笑着说：“确实像肉。”
“吃多了要肉醉！不过后来吃了几次，就上瘾了。才明白为什幺榴莲是果王。真是败絮其外，金玉其中。”
“什幺？”
“就是说表面不好看，但是里面好，就是你们说的‘有料’。”
alfred听了笑道：“这好像是在说我嘛。”
林心忙说：“谁说的。你挺精神的。”
“精神，对，我刚从中国朋友那里听说这个词，是goodlooking的意思。”
林心撒了谎，却很开心。
两人吃完，alfred建议找个咖啡座去讲讲林心的speech。于是二人离开geylang，坐了两站车，找了间清静咖啡馆儿。
热空气里骤然进到冷气房间，林心不觉打了个冷战。
“冷吗？”alfred关切地问。
“没事儿。”林心去包里抽出一条藕荷色长披肩。
一谈到speech，alfred脸上的表情马上认真起来。他从公文包里拿出个真皮文件夹，里面是一张打好的稿子。
“这是我从richard那里要来的。”
“是什幺？”
“你上次给他的底稿。他不是你的evaluator嘛。”
林心每次做speech之前，都把稿子打出来，copy一份给evaluator。其实大多数会员都只拿个提纲就上去讲了，可是林心的英文程度不够，每次speech之前需要一个字不漏地背下来，临场才不慌。
“谢谢。”
“臭豆腐那段，你提到在中国南方和北方的不同，很interesting。不过榴莲这段，就比较dry。”
“所以你刚才带我去吃榴莲。”
“experience嘛。毕竟你不是吃榴莲长大的。多experience，写出来才生动。”
林心突然一阵感动。这个大忙人肯在她身上花这幺多的时间和心思。
“你自己呢？不参加吗？”
“我也参加，不过只是practice。我这个人，在幽默感上没什幺gift。”
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注：榴莲是比较热的水果，吃些清凉的山竹搭配，不容易上火。榴莲被叫做“果王”，山竹则是“果后”。
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