Chapter 15: It's not a good sign
My mom was telling my dad behind my back all the way that I wasn't motivated and that I didn't get a job to earn face. Mom complained to my dad that I was an unobedient, unfilial, and unreliable person. Mom's sudden attitude made me feel like she was stirring up a father-daughter relationship.
I had to drag the suitcase and walk briskly, pretending not to hear, and as soon as the tears welled up, I secretly wiped them away. Fortunately, when I got home, everyone didn't seem to mention it again, and I had time to breathe.
Recently, the house has been cleaning a large area, all the tiles, doors and windows are being cleaned, and my mother has to clean it twice a year. The day after I got home, I also joined in the cleaning work, my father also helped at home, and my mother was responsible for cooking, and also prepared a few dishes that my father loved to eat, which was very rare.
The cleaning work was busy for three days, and there were basically only a few doors left in the living room. After being busy these days, Dad is starting to be a little overwhelmed. When my mother saw it, she suddenly couldn't control her temper again.
"If you want to do it, do it! Squatting in the corner of the balcony and smoking a cigarette wasting time, what are you pretending to do?! "Mom's Hedong lion's roar has started again.
"Oh, I've been busy for so long, take a break, do you have to take a break?" Dad heard Mom's reprimand, and while holding a cigarette, he raised his hand to hold a rag and flick the dust carelessly.
"I don't think you have the heart to do this! If you don't want this home, can you do it?! Mom was furious again. Always expand the little things.
"Mom, it's okay to take a break and slow down, there's not much left, I'll do the rest." I stopped my mom and pushed her into the living room.
Mom shook off my hand, glared at me and whispered, "It's all you!" Not because of you, I begged him? ”
Mom's words made me mutter.
Dad couldn't help but continue to accuse Mom for another hour or two, threw away the rag, and left angrily.
I was left to continue cleaning at home.
Mom sighed for a long time, and I began to tremble again, knowing that the storm was about to fall on my head again.
"Xiang Wan, you come over first, I'll tell you." Mom sat on the couch and pointed to the chair in the living room and asked me to sit down too.
I pursed my lips and sighed.
"I haven't said anything yet, what are you sighing about? Have a virtue with your dad! As soon as people began to speak, they had an expression of wanting to die! Mom jumped to her feet, "What?!" Is it that you can't communicate with your family? Can't communicate? I'm good with others, but I can't get along with your family! ”
"Oh, you say, what's the matter?" I tried to interrupt my mother's grown-louder yelling.
"Humph! People say so, women don't have any other skills. I don't think you can get into the civil service yourself, and I don't think there's any hope for it now! You are really stupid, you can't pass the exam on your own, and our family doesn't have any other skills, what about you, you said you have to rely on yourself, I'll give you an idea, I'm for your good. Mom said as she tapped the table in front of me.
She hadn't finished her sentence yet, and I guess it wasn't a good idea to follow.
"Aunt Shen's child found a leader of the unit, and after getting along with others, they arranged a job for them." Mom's voice suddenly lowered and came to me.
When my mother said this, she was so close, but I suddenly felt that she in front of me had become very unfamiliar, and her familiar face was magnified a little unrecognizable.
I was amazed that these were the words of a mother.
Seeing my surprised and frowning expression, my mother couldn't help but pinch my arm and continued: "Women are young for a few years! You can't pass the test yourself! Isn't it a joke? While you are young, you can still pick and choose, I heard that there is a school where the doctoral conditions are not bad, but the age is a little older, not so much, only about ten years old. But people have social experience, so when the time comes, arrange a meeting, and you can get a quota with an establishment! There is a compilation! Isn't it better than the unstable training school you're looking for right now? ”
"Mom! What are you talking about! Is this the same thing? Work is work! To fall in love is to fall in love! Work on my own! I think it's too early to fall in love and I don't want to think about it. "I know I have someone in my heart, but I can't explain it to my mother now, I know that in her eyes the powerful are the ones she likes. Once she got involved, everything went bad, and I didn't want to pull Mu Liang into this quagmire.
"You see you don't listen to persuasion! You go to be a contract worker yourself, a wage earner, are you ashamed?! Mom glared angrily, "Look at me, it's not because of cleaning, what do I cook for your dad?" I'm still clinging to him? ”
"Mom! How can you do that? We can ask someone to do what we can't do, so why use it like this? "Mom's concept is really getting more and more crooked, I really can't understand it.
"You don't understand! What should I do if someone falls down while working? Can't compensate others? Mom glared at me.
"How can there be so many things? Even if you are unlucky, you will pay for it, but aren't your family members? "I can't bear such dark thoughts.
"Mom! Did you learn it from Aunt Shen? She doesn't do good things! I said that our family is not peaceful, and she has bad ideas, why do you have to listen to others every time? Are they good people? "I'm angry.
"I'm not going to tell you this!" Mom interrupted me, "Let's talk about you first!" You don't have to worry about me and your dad. I don't quarrel with anyone! It's just a quarrel with your surname! There is not even room for negotiation! ”
"Are you negotiating? I think you're selling your daughter, right? I couldn't accept my mother's point of view, and I couldn't listen to it, so I got up and walked to the room.
"How did I sell my daughter? I'm raising you so big? You yourself are a wage earner, shouldn't you find a powerful person to earn face? Not for your own good? "My mother rushed forward and poked me in the back, her fingers like an iron bar, and it hurt me.
My mother suddenly reversed course and tried to oppress me on this matter, which suddenly made me feel that my future was even more uncertain, what should I do in the future? Mu Liang and I were just stable and tried to take a look together. I want to cherish this feeling, and I don't want everything to be purposeful.
Sitting on the bed in the bedroom, tears dripping down the floor, drop by drop.
"You're going to cry here? What are you crying for? I'm doing this for your good?! Think about it yourself? Others are looking for someone to arrange a job within the establishment while they are young, and this is the reality! Who are you just showing it to? "Mom's words are like knives, I don't know how such a concept can be embarrassed to say it so loudly and justifiably.
"Elm head! Wage earners! "The way my mother gritted her teeth really made me unrecognizable.
In this way, she counted from morning to afternoon, and during that time she drank a few sips of water and rested for a few minutes. That's until she took off her home clothes, changed into a suit for going out, and combed her hair straight. Slam the door shut, meet up with friends, and go shopping.
Looking at her glamorous and decent way out, I don't think anyone has ever seen her roar at home for hours.