I tapped the melon lightly, the way my mother does in the supermarket, listening for the hollow sound of the freshness: Pung, pung.

• 像母亲在市场挑瓜那样，我也在瓜上轻轻地敲了敲，听里面有没有空洞洞的瓜熟的声音。果然传来“砰砰”的回声。