暖气机 Heater

在听见暖气到来之前，先闻到暖气的气味。

在三月中的一个雪天之后回到公寓，按下暖气机开关。没有听到如期而来的收紧的水流声，没有听到扇叶启动时牵连机器的金属出风口震动的声响，没有闻到暖气的气味。在没有预料到还会下雪的夏令时的第一天，顺畅地工作了一个冬季的暖气机在预料之外地发生故障了。

我听着暖气机再次正常运转的呼呼声打下这些文字，意识到这种声音和这种气味已经成为了有安全感的习惯。十几分钟前，我在大楼的修理工检查暖气机时与他闲聊着。“我们都准备切断供暖了，没想到又下了一场雪。”冬季被拉伸地很长，但又好像只是几场雪的功夫就要离开了。季节的定义需要日历、树木、天气来共同完成。他们之间总有掉队的一个。日期翻过了春季，树木试探着生长，空中又飘下了雪花。测量和计数体系的叠加或许是我们稳固对事物的认知而一个个摞上的砝码。我又依次听到了短促而收紧的水流声，听到扇叶启动时不顺畅的转动、闻到了暖气的气味。修理工在听到暖气到来之后关上暖气机前盖离开，我没有告诉他当我闻到暖气的气味时已经知道暖气机又正常启动了。

今天的阳光很好，春天就要来了。

Before hearing the heating running, I smelled it.

Returning to my apartment after a snowy day in mid-March, I flicked the heater switch on. I did not hear the sound of tightening water flow as expected, nor the sound of vibration of the metal outlet when the fan blades are activated, nor smell the warm air of the heater. On the first day of daylight saving time, which was not expected to snow, the heater that had been working smoothly all winter broke down unexpectedly. 

I typed these words listening to the whirring sound of the heater running properly again, realizing that this sound and this smell had become a habit to ensure my sense of security. Ten minutes ago, I was chatting with the building's mechanic, as he checked the heater. "We were ready to cut off the heating, but we didn't expect another snowfall. " Winter is stretched long, but it seems like it is about to leave with just a few snowfalls. The definition of seasons requires the calendar, trees, and weather to function together, yet there is always a drop-out among them. The calendar flips over to spring, the trees try to grow, and snowflakes fall again. The superimposition of measurement and counting systems may be the weights that are stacked on top of each other to solidify our perception of things. I heard the short, tightening flow of water, the uneven rotation of the fan blades, and smelled the warm air of the heater in turn. The mechanic closed the front cover of the heater and left after hearing the heat coming in. I did not tell him that I already knew the heater was starting up properly again when I smelled it.

It is a beautiful sunny day and spring is coming.