Although I haven't been home much since my father was discharged from the hospital for my wife's exams, there was one exception, and that was my father's birthday. My father's birthday was on the 24th day of the fourth lunar month, and unfortunately, it was not a weekend. If it were a weekend, we (including the two children) would have all gone back to our hometown to celebrate my father's birthday. Because, after all, this is my father's first birthday after being discharged from the hospital. Besides, no one can say whether it will relapse, but it is possible that this is the last birthday of my father's life. Even if we don't plan for the worst, we know that when everyone goes home to celebrate their father's birthday, it will definitely bring more joy to him. A happy mood is a good medicine to help my father recover better.

Unfortunately, it wasn't a weekend. We can't all go on strike, go on strike, go on strike, and go back. The most important thing is that we don't want our children to drop out of class. We were worried that the two children would not be able to keep up with the big army because of this. So, in the end, we agreed that the two children would definitely not go back. Since the two children are not going back, then someone must stay to take care of them. However, on the special occasion of my father's birthday, no one can go back. So, in the end, we decided to have my brother-in-law and I as plenipotentiaries and rush back to celebrate my father's birthday.

My brother-in-law and I shared a motorcycle. We rushed to our hometown early. On the way, I was a little apprehensive because I was afraid that my father would be disappointed, after all, we didn't all go back. Along the way, I was constantly thinking about how to explain it when I got home so that my father wouldn't be bothered by it (we didn't all come back).

When I returned to my hometown and met my father with a little trepidation, the expected expression of disappointment, dissatisfaction, and even blame did not appear on my father's face. The father showed a look of surprise and surprise.

"It's not the weekend, I thought none of you would come back!"

Listening to my father's overjoyed exclamations, I knew that my brother-in-law and I had come back to the right place.

"How can it? It's your birthday, and we'll be back anyway! "I don't know what kind of mentality my brother-in-law was at the time, but he reacted much faster than I did, and said to my father first.

When my father heard this, he didn't say anything more, but I could see that the joy on his face was even stronger. For a father, who has always been known for his calmness and mood, such a true expression of affection is a very rare thing. But it is precisely because my father can't help but reveal his true feelings that I am very familiar with my father, and I can feel the surging joy in my father's heart more deeply.

This operation was a deep trauma for my father, both mentally and physically. This kind of indelible scar needs to be soothed by family affection. My father's unexpected reaction made me realize how much my father longed for family affection at that time. My father, who has always been as strong as iron, seems to have become much more fragile in the long-term torture of illness. At this moment, only the selfless care and help of relatives can make my father strong again.

After returning to my hometown, my brother-in-law and I did almost nothing but quietly accompany my father. From my father's satisfied and happy smile, I could clearly sense that my father did not expect his children to do much for him. In fact, the father's wish is very simple, that is, as long as he can see his children from time to time. At that time, my father was so easy to satisfy. On my birthday, my brother-in-law and I were able to rush back to our hometown to accompany him, and my father was already very surprised and surprised.

In the afternoon, as my brother-in-law and I set out on our way back to the city, my father was still smiling and waving goodbye to us, but I could sense the disappointment hidden behind his stiff smile. In fact, how a father wants his children to be by his side all the time! But the father knows that the children have their own families and careers. Fathers don't want to make themselves a fetters to their children because of their health. For the sake of his children, the father can only hide his reluctance and faint disappointment deep in his heart. Perhaps, this is the general sorrow of the Chinese peasantry.

For a long time, China, as a large agricultural country, has always accounted for the vast majority of the population. Although the peasant life was not rich, his thoughts were absolutely simple. They are well aware of the hardships of life facing the loess and turning their backs to the sky, so they all hope that their children will be able to spread their wings and successfully break free from the shackles of the land that has fed countless generations. There is no doubt that the development of the market economy has provided these children with valuable opportunities for high planes, and many of the children of farmers have been very successful in freeing themselves from the shackles of the land. But flying is flying out, and it is very difficult to fly back again. In order not to affect the development of their children's careers, simple farmers often ask their children to run back and work well in other places against their will. As a result, there have been one tragedy after another of empty nesters in China who are "uncared for".

Although my sister and I live in the city and my parents live in the countryside, we live in the same place, so there are no so-called "empty nesters" in our family. However, for me, I had to face a difficult choice now. Is it desperate to go back to his hometown often to accompany his father, or vigorously cooperate with his wife to deal with the imminent exam? The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, and it is definitely a painful decision. But "the weight of the two benefits, the lesser of the two evils", in the end, I still chose to vigorously support my wife's review sprint first.

At that time, in my opinion, my father's recovery was in good shape, and there should not be much repetition and danger in the short term. And my wife's exam is only a little over twenty days, and if I don't have my own support, then my wife will definitely not be able to pass the exam. If you can't pass the exam, then it's hard to raise your salary. If it is difficult to raise the salary, then you have to be complained by your wife for a long time. On the other hand, if I fully cooperate with my wife, no matter what the final exam result is, then my wife will inevitably be moved. In this way, after the exam, my wife will inevitably work with me wholeheartedly for my father's affairs without complaint.

Perhaps, too, you will think that I made a wise choice at that time. But, I can tell you unabashedly, I regret it now. It was precisely because of my decision that I lost many precious opportunities to accompany my father, and delayed the precious time to find TCM for my father.

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