Chapter 6 What is Love?
When I returned to my homeland where I was born and raised, it was already seven o'clock in the evening. Hometown, these two words are always full of nostalgia.
I dragged my suitcase and walked down the road, looking at the familiar houses, streets, neighbors, and seven aunts and eight aunts. As I walked, I heard greetings from them.
"Ninety thousand, you're back. ”
"In the future, you can't shout 90,000, you have to call Dr. Jiang. ”
"Yes, yes, how did I forget. Ninety thousand graduated, is a doctor. It's not the kid in open crotch pants in our eyes anymore. ”
Listening to the neighbors and the greetings from the seven aunts and eight aunts, this feeling is always full of cordiality, and at the same time, it is also a little embarrassing. In particular, they told me about the troubles of my childhood, which made me feel ashamed.
Aunt Ma said: "Ninety thousand, do you have a girlfriend?"
I was ashamed and said, "Not yet." ”
Aunt Ma laughed even more happily when she heard that I didn't have a girlfriend, "It's good if you don't have it, it's good if you don't have it." ”
All of a sudden, the crows flew in front of me, I don't have a girlfriend, and you are so happy! Are you hoping for me to be good, or are you hoping that I am not good? I smiled embarrassedly as I hurried home.
Aunt Ma said again: "Tomorrow, I will help you arrange a blind date." Ninety thousand, what standard do you have. ”
As soon as I heard about the blind date, I panicked, plopped, fell down, and said in my heart: "I'm so embarrassed, I don't have the face to see people." ”
When the neighbors saw it, they immediately smiled.
In the midst of their joy, I got up from the ground and was embarrassed. One said: "Sister Ma, look at you." What did he say, he was scared of 90,000, and he came to the ground in five suits. ”
Aunt Ma knocked on the melon seeds and said, "Ninety thousand! You have grown up, what are you shy?" ”
No, stay here for a minute longer, and I'll be the one to be pleased. I dragged my suitcase, quickened my pace, and left the place full of laughter. There is a saying that the happiness of others is based on the pain of others. Why, I don't feel happiness or pain.
I dragged my suitcase and came to the elevator, but I saw two big words written on the elevator entrance... Fault. I suppressed my little universe, smiled, carried all my belongings, climbed five floors, and was so tired that I was panting and sweating.
With great effort, I stood at the door of my house and knocked on the door. Soon, I heard hurried footsteps in the house. In less than ten seconds, my mother appeared in my sight.
When my mother saw me, not to mention how happy she was, she smiled from ear to ear, "Son, you're finally back." ”
I saluted, entered the door, and returned to my long-lost home. Seeing that I was sweating, my mother asked, "Are you tired?"
When I saw home, my tired look was swept away.
When my mother saw me, she twisted a salute and asked, "Four years of college, just..."
I pointed to the box and replied, "All the guys who eat are here." ”
My dad walked out of the kitchen and looked at me, "We'll be ready to eat later." ”
I put down my salute and asked, "Dad, do you want me to help?"
Dad threw a disgusted look, shook his head and said, "You help me?"
I said, "Why, I look down on your son's kung fu." ”
Dad sighed, "Forget it." Where are you still cool, stay and go. Don't mess with me. ”
I saw that my father had a deep prejudice against me, and I was ready to fight back: "This..."
Dad sighed again, "With your mother here, what's the mess." ”
Mom smiled, "What about me?"
I glanced at my father, and then at my mother, the smile on my mother's face, gave me a thumbs up, and said in my heart, "It's worthy of my father." ”
Dad turned around and went into the kitchen, proudly throwing out three words, "Learn something." ”
I sat on the couch, picked up an orange, peeled it, put it in my mouth, and ate it leisurely. I heard the voices of my mother and dad in the kitchen, and my heart suddenly felt a little warmer.
I quietly moved to the kitchen and saw my father and mother busy. Mom is in charge of the cooking, and Dad is in charge of the work. Mom's words are so disgusted with my father, but my father is happy.
It turns out that this is what home feels like.
For some reason, looking at my father and mother, eight words poured out of my heart... Hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son.
I quietly looked at my father and mother, and said in my heart, "What is happiness, this is happiness." Having someone by your side to cook with you is a great blessing. ”
What was the love of my father and mother like in that era, I don't know. At that time, neither transportation nor communication was as developed as it is now. At that time, the road was very far away, but the love was very real. Although they can't understand love, they use their words and deeds and their manners to interpret what love is.
The love of the father's generation is simple and great.
Maybe it's because of the influence of my mother and father on me, I have a different understanding of love.
When my father saw me leaning against the kitchen door, disturbing the two of them, he shouted, "Go, go, go away." ”
My mother looked back at me, too, and said, "I'm hungry! The smoke is too heavy, so you still go to read a book. ”
I left the kitchen with a pout, sat down on the couch again, picked up a book and looked at it quietly. After ten minutes, my father brought out the dishes one after another and shouted at me, "Your mother called you, wash your hands, and get ready to eat." ”
I answered and went to the bathroom. When I washed my hands and came out, I saw my father walking out with soup and my mother unbuttoning her apron.
I saw that there were a lot of dishes on the table, and I liked them, and I complimented, "It's so hearty!"
Dad complained, "Your mom heard that you were coming back, and she worked all afternoon. My treatment is not as high as that of your son. ”
Mom said, "You have an opinion." ”
"There are opinions, I reserve. Dad changed the subject and said, "Have a drink." ”
I said, "Okay!"
"What to drink? My son is still young. After saying that, Mom was ready to snatch the wine bottle from Dad's hand.
Dad took the wine bottle, ducked, and looked at me, "He's not small." ”
My dad's hobbies are not extensive, except for playing chess, reading, fishing, and just like to drink a little wine. Looking at my father's expression, it was obvious that he was controlled to drink alcohol. I looked at my father's eyes, suddenly felt pitiful, and said, "Mom, I'm not young anymore." Drink some wine, it's fine. ”
When my dad saw that I understood in seconds, he instantly smiled.
Mom didn't stop it, looked at Dad, and agreed, "Then drink some." ”
"Is that right?" said the father, smiling, "and father and son will have a drink to deepen their relationship." ”
My mother said in disgust: "Look at you like that." ”
I took the bottle from my father's hand and poured it for him. When my mother saw it, she hurriedly said, "Okay." ”
Dad also cooperated with Mom, "That's enough." ”
I understood what my dad meant and continued to pour the wine. Dad was happy, but he said, "Your son wants me to get drunk!"
I smiled and said, "Dad is not drunk with a thousand cups." ”
Mom said, "Don't brag about him." Look at your dad, happy that way. ”
I poured myself a good wine, held up my glass and said, "Dad, Mom, it's been a hard work." ”
Dad said, "I'm not hard, your mother is hard." ”
My mother said: "Family, what do you say is hard." ”
I said, "I respect my father and mother." ”
I took a sip and asked, "What kind of wine is this?" ”
Dad said, "This is your mother's brewed rice wine, it's delicious!"
I nodded, "Well, it's delicious." ”
Dad said, "You kid has a good mouth." ”
I understood the meaning of my father's words, and said, "Dad and Mom respect one more." ”
Dad glanced at Mom and said, "This..."
The mother said: "Son toast, drink!"
Dad said a little reluctantly, "I drank it." ”
I looked at my father's actions and said to myself, "Dad, what an idol!"
"Eat more vegetables, eat more vegetables. Mom said as she added food for me. The dishes in my bowl quickly formed a small knoll.
Dad said, "Try your mother's handiwork." ”
"Delicious. "I ate it haphazardly.
When my mother heard this, she smiled and said, "Slow down, be careful of choking." ”
After eating, my mother was responsible for cleaning up the mess, and my father and I were separated. Dad took out his chess pieces and challenged, "Let's have a game." ”
I said, "Come on!"
After setting up the Chu River Han Realm, I said: "You are Dad, I'll let you go first." ”
Dad took the first step unceremoniously, "Yes, I grew up and knew that the elderly came first." I remember when I first taught you chess, you not only had to give priority, but I also asked me to give you a rook, a horse, and a cannon. ”
I also took the first move, "Who called you my omnipotent dad." ”
Dad moved the second step and said, "You kid, you can talk." ”
I said, "Did I inherit my father's genes?"
My father ate one of my soldiers with a horse and said with a smile: "It is worthy of my son." ”
"That's it. "I also used a cannon to eat the other party's pawn," Dad, how did you deceive Mommy?" ”
Dad tapped me on the forehead, "How can you use this word to describe your father." ”
I hurriedly said, "I'm not good at Chinese, and my dad doesn't know it." ”
Dad replied as he moved the chess pieces, "Your mother and I are classmates." There were a lot of people chasing your mother. ”
This is the first time I have heard the story of my father and my mother, and I am busy saying, "How did my father chase my mother?" ”
"Because of love. ”
"Love?"
"Don't look at me like that. Dad was also young. Your mother has good grades and a beautiful person, and there are a lot of people chasing her. Your dad has confessed three times, but he has been rejected. ”
"Dad is too inferior. I took this to heart and asked, "How did Mom end up with Dad?" ”
"Perseverance, plus emotion. Dad said about the past, with a smile on the corner of his lips, "I wrote a love letter for your mother, with 3,000 words." ”
"Love letters?"
"Boy, you haven't written a love letter to anyone?"
"You and my mother control me to death, how dare I write love letters!"
"Don't pretend in front of me. Dad said meaningfully: "I have read the love letter you wrote." Love, it's so easy. Write a love letter, and don't care. ”
I smiled and asked, "Dad, what is love?" ”
Dad smiled and asked rhetorically, "Love, how to write." ”
I gestured with my hand, "That's a very good word." ”
"Your generation, love is simple, don't say it. The word love will also be simplified. As he spoke, Dad wrote the traditional Chinese word for love, "This character is composed of four parts: "claw", "bald treasure cover", "heart" and "friend". He meant to capture the heart. In your time, the word love is put on the lips, without a heart. ”
I said, "We're keeping up with the times." ”
"Love without heart, no matter how much you keep pace with the times, it is difficult to understand the true meaning of love!" Dad stared at the chessboard, thought for a while, and said: "Boy, when you learn how to write love, when you learn this word, you can feel what love is." When you understand these two words, you will understand what love is, what love is, and what love is. ”