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I was very happy to receive the wedding invitation from Brother Jia. This day, as a brother, has been waiting for a long time.
In the early hours of the morning, Ryoko and I got on the train and headed in the direction of Brother Jia. Although the car ride is tiring, it is related to the purpose of this trip, and I feel less tired.
The overnight drive made us arrive at the administrative center of Brother Jia's hometown early the next morning, and after a transfer, we arrived at Brother Jia's home at nine o'clock.
When we arrived, the wedding ceremony was over. When he saw Brother Jia, he was busy and dizzy, saying that there was still a salute ceremony that had not yet begun.
After a while, the master of ceremonies announced the official start of the salute ceremony in their native dialect. The first group of elders came to the stage, it seemed to be Brother Jia's dozen uncles and other uncles, Brother Jia and his bride saluted the uncles. The uncles deliberately let Brother Jia salute again, Brother Jia was made by this etiquette like a robot, several uncles were remote control in the air, and Brother Jia took the bride's hand and bowed vigorously.
Brother Jia's family is very large, and the master of ceremonies took a piece of red paper and invited Brother Jia's seven aunts, eight aunts, and more than a dozen fathers one by one. In short, all I hear is some huge amount of data.
I was still feeling unwell, and in the middle of the ceremony, I was already dizzy and couldn't stand up. So I walked outside for a while, and then went inside to see the ceremony. After a few hours, the salute ceremony finally ended, and it could be seen that Brother Jia and the bride were tired and paralyzed, and Brother Jia only had a reluctant smile on his face.
Subsequently, someone arranged for me and Ryoko to sit at the table. After a while, the dishes were on the table, and we picked up our chopsticks and started to eat.
Brother Jia's father came to toast us, and I was going to drink without a drop of alcohol, but under the persuasion of everyone, I picked up the wine glass and clinked glasses with Brother Jia's father, and then drank three cups in a row. As a father, Brother Jia's father makes me have different emotions, this is an elderly father, his face is not so stretched, and the wrinkles and red and black skin reflect the greatness of a father. On this day of great joy, only full of blessings were sent to them, and the day that their parents had been waiting for finally came, and after this day, the word father became much thicker again.
After the banquet was dispersed, Brother Jia brought liquor and beer to greet us, and put them on the table. Under the wheel tactics of Brother Jia, I was stared at by him when I was sitting on the side and was not ready to drink, and under their persuasion, I had to pick up the wine glass and send wine to my mouth. As they say, it is very rare to have such an opportunity to drink together, and how many times have you had such an opportunity to drink together! These words were very contagious, and I was persuaded many times, and I took a glass of wine and drank it all several times.
After eating and drinking, at my suggestion, we walked out of Brother Jia's house and came to the side of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty not far from his house, facing the scorching sun, facing the breeze, and stepping on stones. We talked as we walked, talked about the good times in the past, and talked about the beautiful vision for the future.
Looking at this lucky section of the Great Wall ruins, I excitedly picked up my mobile phone and took a picture, aimed at the Great Wall ruins, pressed the shutter, and it became an artistic picture. Brother Jia told us about the past and present life of the Great Wall, and after listening, we sighed at the tenacity and uprightness of the Great Wall.
In the scorching sun, I felt a pain in my tanned skin, but what was the skin? We were completely immersed in the ancient culture of the Great Wall.
On the way back, I came across a canal with clear groundwater. I squatted down, scooped up the cold water and slapped it on my face, the cells on my face were instantly extinguished, and I felt a burst of coldness.
The three of us returned to Brother Jia's doorstep and met several of his elders, as well as a young beauty, who should be the best friend of Brother Jia's wife. An elder came to me and told me the story of the Great Wall again in the simple language of a peasant, and he was very excited. The Northeast girl also seemed to be interested in the Great Wall not far away. The enthusiastic Jia brother offered to accompany her to see the Great Wall. The girl was a little hesitant at first, but was later persuaded by Brother Jia, and we accompanied the girl to another section of the Great Wall.
With the girl as a companion, the interest of the three of us men suddenly increased a lot. The girl asked something, and we scrambled to answer something for the girl. Passing through the green wheat fields, we came to the Great Wall. We simply climbed up and walked in the direction of the Great Wall. With a girl by our side, who was the opposite of our upbringing, we had a lot to talk about, and the more we talked, the more interested we became.
Just as we stopped to look into the distance, an old man walked from the city wall in the distance, and his steps seemed very light, and he came to us in a few minutes. When we looked, it turned out to be Brother Jia's father, who was carrying a bag in his hand. It turned out that he was worried that we were thirsty and came to bring us drinks and beer. He took out something seriously, I looked at his body, and was instantly moved by this kindness and selflessness, at this moment, Brother Jia's father's body gathered the commonality of all fathers in the world.
The old man hurriedly put down our thirst-quenching stuff and turned away.
I looked at this back, and instantly thought of my father. Aren't all fathers in the world like this?
This back is the most beautiful shadow in the world. I hurriedly said to Brother Jia, "Little Jia, you should take a picture of your father's back!"
Brother Jia suddenly understood my intentions, chased after his father's back, picked up his mobile phone and took pictures. The back of the old father went farther and farther, and my emotion did not subside for a long time.
I couldn't help but exclaim to a few of them: It's so beautiful! There's nothing more beautiful than this back.
An ordinary gesture of the old father touched us all. And all this he did was out of love and reluctance for his son. Brother Jia will embark on a journey of struggle in a few days, and his old father can't go away with his son's footsteps, leaving them with endless worries and thoughts.
When I used to study Mr. Zhu Ziqing's "Back", I didn't feel too much. And when I saw that back, I had a deep understanding of my father's back.
When Mr. Zhu Ziqing saw his father's back, his heart must be the same as mine, with awe and guilt for his father. The father gave the best love to his children, but kept the most distressing pain to himself, which is the deep connotation of the father.