This started three years ago, that is, the first year of Shui Yinnian's junior high school. It was the first semester, around November. Several heavy snowfalls in succession have draped the entire Hailing Town with a silver veil. The temperature plummeted by more than 20 degrees, which is a very rare thing in Hailing Town.

Despite the bad weather, the poor still have to work, unlike the rich conglomerates, who hide within the fireplace barrier of their homes, reading books and enjoying the snow, which is very pleasant. Both of Shui Yin's parents came here from a very remote and unknown town to make a living, for the simple reason that there are no taxes here.

Although Shuiyin's family is not wealthy, they can still have enough food and clothing. Shui Yin's father is a construction worker, who goes out early and returns late rain or shine. He has a strong body and a very good temper, and is an excellent father. Shui Yin's mother is a cashier in a clothing store, and if you say that Shui Yin's cooking skills are high, most likely she is a genetic mother. When Shui Yin was very young, her mother began to teach her how to cook, in her mother's words: "If you cook well, you will be able to grasp your husband's stomach in the future." ”

When the sound of water came home that day with twilight, my mother was stewing chicken soup in the kitchen. The billowing heat melted the snow on the chimney. Every Friday, her mother would boil a pot of chicken soup to replenish Shui Yin and her husband. When Shui Yin got home, he would first help his mother serve hot soup and rice, and then the two of them sat at the table and waited for Shui Yin's father.

That night, the mother and mother did not wait for Shuiyin's father, but waited for an urgent phone call.

"Hey!? I'm from the construction site, and Hamayu has an accident......"

Outside the window, it was snowing again.

"That night, I ran all the way to my father's construction site with my mother in my arms, and the snowflakes were so dense that I couldn't see the road ahead. I still remember my mother's anxious state at that time. When we arrived at the construction site, the sky had darkened, and one ring after another of people gathered in front of the scaffolding on the construction site. My mother broke free of my hand and plunged into the crowd. ”

In front of the scaffolding is a "silver-white fortress" that has not yet been built, and the snowflakes melt into snow and soak in the bricks and tiles, sealing its original reddish-brown color. A faint yellow oil lamp hung in the middle of the scaffolding, but that little bit of light was swallowed up by the merciless blizzard. In the crowd, Shui Yin's father lay there quietly, his right leg was bitten in by a steel plate weighing hundreds of pounds. The blood that flowed from the wound scattered down the snow on the ground, as if it had left a mark on the frozen pavement.

The mother fell to her knees in front of her father, calling out his name in despair. The onlookers tried their best to move the steel plate away, and I sat down in the snow, unable to believe it. The mother took off her clothes and put them on her father, and took him in her arms. In those few minutes, I thought a lot, how I wish none of this had happened......"

The sound of the ambulance rushed in like a rising tide, the crowd moved out of the way, and Mizu's mother carefully carried his father onto the stretcher, who was already dying.

A few days later, Shuiyin's father was transferred to the First Affiliated Hospital of Huici for inpatient treatment, and the diagnosis was a comminuted fracture of his right leg and a mild concussion. According to eyewitnesses, Mizuyin's father fell from the scaffold when he stumbled and fell on a steel plate standing directly below the scaffolding. The right leg is the point of focus, and the leg pulls the steel plate, which is pressed against his leg when it falls to the ground. If it weren't for the steel plate buffering, the consequences would have been more serious. The construction site reimbursed the cost of hospitalization, but the successive medical expenses overwhelmed the Shuiyin family.

"My father woke up two days later and was transferred to the First Affiliated Hospital of Huici after a brief examination. My mother stayed with my father for two days, not eating or drinking. I learned the news of my father's awakening from my teacher. I went to visit him in the hospital on Monday after school, with a thick cast on his right leg and gauze wrapped around his head. His voice was weak, so weak that I couldn't hear what he was saying, even close to his lips. Colorful messy wires and droppers connected to my father......"

His eyes could only open a slit, and when he saw me coming, the corners of his mouth lifted up as best he could, and smiled at me. I covered my face uncontrollably, tears burst out of my eyes like a gate that I couldn't pull, and I rushed out of the ward......"

"When I saw my daughter rushing out of the ward, my first reaction was to chase her out, but I held back. But at this time, the duty department stiffly moved the hand full of needles to my hand, and gently tapped my wrist with his little thumb. I know he wants me to chase me out and see. Seeing that I didn't respond, he added his ring finger and tapped my wrist together, and every time he tapped it, it seemed to hit my heart, painful and itchy. I smiled in response, got up and left the room, and gently closed the door. The moment the door cut off the view between me and him, belated tears burst into the embankment. ”

Shui Yin squatted on the ground against the corner of the wall, hugging his head and crying. Shui Yin's mother moved to Shui Yin's side while crying, squatted on the ground and took her into her arms.

"My mother and I hugged each other and cried bitterly, and the fear, helplessness, and pain that had accumulated in our hearts for several days were vented together. My mother whispered in my ear: 'Don't cry in your father's presence. I nodded and agreed. ”

The pillars of the family have fallen, and the economy has become a great difficulty. Shui Yin's mother did not hesitate to sell all kinds of furniture and electrical appliances to raise money for his treatment. Shuiyin is very sensible and never talks about sadness in front of his father. Four months later, my father was discharged from the hospital and began to recuperate at home. His right leg was not healed because the family really couldn't afford a single dollar. He had to live with gypsum all year round to maintain the status quo. Shuiyin's father tried to persuade his wife to give up the treatment of his leg several times, but his wife rejected it without discussion.

"My daughter is very sensible, and every day after school, she will go to do some odd jobs to support the family. She took care of her father for me on Saturdays and Sundays. I don't think it's any different from my previous life, because both of them have always been by my side. ”

"My mother would cook a pot of chicken soup every Friday and rate the chicken legs and wings into two parts, one for me and one for the bedroom for my father to replenish his body. I secretly left these behind, refrigerated them, and waited until the next Saturday as my father's lunch. My mother also has to go to work on Saturdays and Sundays, just to earn an extra 500 yuan a month. ”

The white horse passed through the gap, and it was three years in a flash. Shui Yin was admitted to Xingyu High School with excellent results, but his family background is not as good as day by day. Misfortune is not a one-way street, just when the family was too poor to open the pot, Shui Yin's father's leg disease suddenly became serious, and his leg bones still did not improve after three years of recuperation. In February this year, Shuiyin's father was hospitalized again, and the high medical expenses fell down like a meteorite again.

In desperation, my mother sold the house where she had lived for nearly 20 years and moved to the hospital to take care of my father. My mother would send me 600 yuan a month, but I didn't need a penny. I feel like I'm able to survive on my own, just like my mother did when she first arrived in Hailing. ”

Childhood memories play a key role in everyone's development, they are warm and sad, but what matters is not how bright or monotonous they are, but how you perceive them. Only when you laugh at the memories will the memories become a thing of the past.

Under the influence of her parents' personalities, Shui Yin became strong, persistent, and optimistic. Even if great difficulties fall, she can face them strongly. "It's difficult, it's not too much to be afraid of you."

That's right, as his father used to say.

"Good things are grinding."