Chapter 170: The Past
Women always advise men to do less work, but men always laugh and say.
"My baby is going out to study, and I, as a father, can't let him suffer. What other people's dolls have, our dolls must also have!"
It is such a simple wish, it took a man a full twenty years to realize, and maybe another twenty or thirty years in the future, who knows!
Although the young man occasionally beats his parents' back and chats, he no longer sticks to his mother to eat potstickers and his father to wooden toys like before.
At this time, the boy began to immerse himself in the dream of growing up, fantasizing about the outside world. The boy began to have many friends, and there were some good-looking girls who always liked to talk around him and say things that they didn't know what they were.
I looked at the picture in front of me and sighed slightly, with mixed feelings in my heart. It's like a siege, where the people in the city want to come out and those outside the city want to go in.
When I was a teenager, I always liked the outside world, and I always felt that the outside world was very exciting, and the parents around me were very nagging. When the years began to pass and left traces in the corners of his eyes, he began to look forward to the joy of childhood. People always look forward to more when they have it, and they want the past when they lose.
Standing in front of the picture, I shook my head slightly, and I could only wish the young man a smooth journey in my heart.
The young man doesn't know the taste of sorrow, and he is worried about the new words!
Time is the biggest enemy after all, no matter how a woman cries, how reluctant, how she stays, how a man sighs, how she advises, how she sends each other, the young man finally leaves the place that has fed him for 20 years without hesitation.
The night before the boy left, the man smoked a dry cigarette outside for half a night, while the woman cried inside the house and wet her pillow. But neither men nor women, nor did any of them say anything to keep the young man. Because they also fantasize that their son can get ahead, and they no longer have to nest in this ravine and rely on God to make a living.
But more than 20 years of getting along have already tied the fate of this family of three. No matter where the young man is, the father and mother in the mountains are always looking forward to his return.
It's a pity that the young man didn't know this, even on the morning of leaving, the woman was crying in the dark, and the man kept sighing, but the young man still walked resolutely and set out on his own path with a smile.
The outside world is naturally extremely exciting, and at first, the young man still looked at the night sky above his head every day, recalling the stories his mother told him. But as time went by, this longing seemed to fade a lot, because the young man was in love.
It was a city girl, and she liked the simplicity and diligence of the young man. She always likes to tease the young man, and the young man always shows a sincere smile when he is teased. Later, the two got together, and the young man decided to go back and tell his parents at home. The girl also followed the young man back to the mountains very sensibly, and met the future pair of in-laws.
For the sudden return of the young man and the sudden appearance of the girl, the old couple was very happy. From the thirtieth to the fifteenth of the Chinese New Year's Eve, every day I made all kinds of mountain delicacies for the girl. It's a pity that no matter how delicious the meal is, there are times when you get tired of eating crookedly, and there are times when you get together happily.
Years later, the young man suddenly told his mother that he was leaving, and he hoped that his parents could follow him, get out of this mountain, and see the bustling world outside.
It's just that the young man couldn't understand why his parents refused, and they refused so resolutely, and that night the young man felt that his parents were so unreasonable. Even when I was going to go out to study, my parents were not as resolute as they are today.
For this reason, the young man could only comfort himself by saying that "his homeland is hard to leave", and find a comfortable excuse for his departure.
The next day, the boy left the house with the girl, and as he was leaving, the woman stuffed some money in the boy's bag, which she had saved by doing needlework. Originally, I was going to buy some incense powder, but now it's all for the young man.
The men prepared a lot of meat from the mountains early, all kinds of pheasants and hares. These were originally going to be taken to the town but exchanged for rice oil, but now they are given to the young man.
"Bastard, be kind to your parents, see that their sideburns are already gray, don't cry when you lose them!"
I looked at the scene in front of me and unconsciously roared. It's a pity that my voice can't be heard by the young man, and my heart is a little sad at that moment.
The young man left after all, and he didn't leave too many words. It was also not said when the next return would be, leaving only a vague address.
The woman carefully hid the note with the young man's address, which was much more solemn than the family's money. Maybe in a woman's heart, with that note, there is news of her son.
This time, the man didn't send his son, not because he didn't want to send it, but because his son didn't want him to send it. Whatever the reason, the man stayed at home. Except for the first time when the girl left, the man said hello out of politeness, but he didn't show up again, even if the son left, he didn't send it off.
The woman sat on a low stool outside the door, with a look of loss on her face. Hearing that the man seemed to be moving in the room, he couldn't help but sigh and said.
"Hey... When my son grows up, he can't always live under our wings! I think that girl is good, and she is still a girl from a rich family. If other girls can take a fancy to your son, you should be content!"
When the man in the room heard the woman's words, he suddenly lost his temper and roared.
"What does it mean to be content? What happened to our son? Why should we be a son-in-law to someone else? A son who I raised for 20 years ended up being a son to someone else's family! Is there still such a truth in the world? Tell me, is there any?"
was yelled at by the man like this, and the woman seemed to have a temper, and shouted directly at the top of her voice.
"You have the ability to call your son back, what kind of man is he yelling here with me!"
Then there was a long silence, until it was getting late and the cool air in the mountains began to fill. The man had just walked out of the room, holding a garment sewn from animal skin and draping it over the woman's body, and said with a little flattery.
"It's getting late, let's go inside, don't catch a cold!"
"You have to take care of it!"
The woman muttered deliberately, but she did not refuse the man's kindness, and still let the man stand up with her support, and then walked into the room.