守望，四光年外的爱 第十四章 （上）(4)

没人能跨过时间的河流。
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许琀走出防空洞，回到了昔日的家里，其实已经不能称作为家了，而是一堆的废墟，一个老妇人在废墟里面翻找着什么，一个小孩子站在高大的废墟上，一条突出的带有红色铁锈的钢筋上挂着一件残破的红衣服。
许琀和父亲相拥。这座城半数以上的建筑都被摧毁了。而红桥虽遭受了轰炸，但仍旧巍然屹立在那里。风中带着硝烟的味道，但已经没有那恐怖得令人作呕的味道了。
“To all the people of the world,I once more give expression to America’s prayerful and continuing aspiration:We pray that peoples of all faiths,all races，all nations,may have their great human needs satisfied;that those now denied opportunity shall come to enjoy it to the full ;that all who yearn for freedom may experience its few spiritual blessings.Those who have freedom will understand,also,its heavy responsibility;that all who are insensitive to the needs of others will learn charity;and that the source --scourges of poverty ,disease, and ignorance will be made to disappear from the earth ;and that in the goodness of time, all people will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect and love.
Now, on the Friday noon, I am to become a private citizen.I am proud to do so.I look forward to it.Thank you ,and good night.
--Eisenhower”
几个月后，地球收到了拉格朗日号飞船的讯息。这则讯息，以光速在宇宙间穿梭了四年，终于在人们都渐渐放弃的希望地时候，于一个寒夜，到达了贵州的fast望远镜，就像那天，十四年前的那天，布莱恩和伦纳德收到那张照片一样。