1999年夏天的尾巴，十三歲的晾影遇上與隔壁女人偷情的修車廠的小伙子螞蟻。在跟隨螞蟻瘋狂玩鬧的夏日裡，癱瘓在床的姥姥成了累贅，直到因為自己的疏忽讓姥姥尿了床的時候，晾影才發現姥姥那日漸萎縮的肌肉，和自己蓬勃生長著的身體是多么的不一樣。夏天即將過去，晾影漸漸喜歡上了螞蟻，在黃昏的海灘上，晾影希望他也能把自己當成一個“女人”看待，可螞蟻卻從不肯多看她一眼。晾影一氣之下用鑰匙將螞蟻和女人反鎖在家，致使螞蟻被女人的丈夫發現，無奈離開了小城。姥姥突然去世了，在太平間抱著她帶著餘溫的脖子，晾影悲哀地發現死亡和長大一樣，不是一瞬間，而是一個過程。螞蟻曾對她說，有人預言1999年是世界末日，2000年根本就不會有，可晾影卻在跨年夜裡，等來了騰空而升的煙火。生命在世紀的更迭中此消彼長，好似已經結束，好似剛剛開始。 The story began in the late summer of 1999. Liang Ying ,the thirteen year’s old girl met the young man Ma Yi, who had affairs with the woman next to her house.During the crazy summer days with Ma Yi，Liang Ying regarded her paralytic grandma as a burden. However, it began dawn on Liang Ying when her action leads to grandma’s bed-wetting. She was astonished by the great difference between these weaken muscles and her growing body.As summer passing by, Liang Ying is gradually falling in love with Ma Yi. In the seashore, Liang Ying hope Ma Yi could ever treat her as a woman however he is reluctant to see her even one more time.Liang Ying locked Ma Yi and his amour out of anger. As a consequence, they were uncovered by this woman’s husband and Ma had to leave the town.Grandma left her suddenly. Cuddling her grandma’s neck in her arms，she could still felt the temperature of the remaining. It occurs to her that death has no difference with growth, because they are process rather than a moment.Ma Yi once told her that someone has predicted that 1999 is the end of the world, namely there is no new era while Liang Ying watched the fireworks in the New Year’s Eve. The life cherished its waxing and waning. It seems that either everything has finished or just start.
