Zhao Xun didn't push open the door after washing, and he smelled the fragrance coming from outside the door.

"Wow! What does this smell like, it's so fragrant! ”

"Dad? Did you do all this? Zhao Xun was very surprised, and the mask on his face was about to fall off.

"yes, what do you think? Hurry up and finish the mask and come and eat, you can't leave it for too long. ”

"Why don't I know when you're doing so much? Besides, I just came out and didn't see these meals. ”

"You were tired yesterday, I slept a little deeper, I got up early in the morning, went out for a walk and saw the small vegetable stall downstairs, I bought a little, I was afraid of the cold, so I put it in the kitchen and buckled it with a basin."

When I walked in, sure enough, it was Zhao Xun's favorite food, and she also made her favorite braised pig's trotters.

"Dad, it's been really hard for you early in the morning, you must have been doing it for a long time."

"It's okay, isn't this just that you have nothing to do when you wake up, you cook your favorite dishes, you can taste them later, and see if my craftsmanship has regressed."

"Dad, I just think your body has just recovered, and I'm afraid I'll be tired for you again."

"It's okay, while I can still remember some things, I want to do more, after all, no one can say what will happen in the future."

Zhao Xun said that in fact, when his father said that, he burst into tears, but his father always avoided Zhao Xun's eyes, and said that the onion he cut was spicy to his eyes.

At that meal, Zhao Xun and his father basically didn't have any conversation.

And what Zhao Xun has always wanted to remember is the taste of home brought by his old father who has not yet recovered.

Later, Zhao searched for the north and south, wandering the world, she said that what she could no longer find was the taste of the small restaurant opened by her father that year, which was the taste of home.

I remember that a song that seemed to be particularly popular at that time was the poem "Whe" sung by Zhao Xun from the Irish poet Yeats

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"When You're Old" from e Old.

This song was actually covered by many famous singers, such as the famous poet and singer Li Jian, etc., but Zhao Xun said that the difference between her and this song is that people write about her mother, but what she wants to write is her father.

When you're old, your hair is gray

Drowsiness

When you're old, you can't walk anymore

Take a nap by the fire and reminisce about your youth

How many people have loved your youthful and joyful hours

Admire your beauty either falsely or sincerely

There is only one person who still loves your pious soul

……

In this shallow chanting and low singing, Zhao Xun seemed to see his father's life, but he didn't seem to see it.

Time shuttles, youth and old age, crushing his father's aging body again and again, leaving no room for anything, hard-hearted, as always.

Zhao Xun said that in fact, for a long time later, she could not hear this song again, perhaps in front of a bookstore that played on a loop on the street, or maybe it was a coffee shop with a lot of meaning.

And Zhao Zhao's instinctive reaction at that time was just to desperately flee and escape.

When he was 5 years old, Zhao wanted his mother.

When he was 10 years old, Zhao Xun wanted to grow up.

When he was 20 years old, Zhao Xun wanted to leave.

At the age of 25, Zhao Xun wanted to live.

And in that year, Zhao Xun only wanted his father Fukang.

Unexpectedly, just two months later, my younger brother said that he was going to come back with the girlfriend he talked about with Zhao last time.

"Sister, I'll take Ziyi back tomorrow, and then you go back and tell Dad, and I'll explain to Dad when I go home."

"Well, are you in such a hurry? Didn't you call the other day and say that you haven't decided on a relationship yet? ”

"Sister, I can't say a word or two on the phone, but I think I can now be sure that the person I want to marry in the future is her."

Listening to what his younger brother said was so sonorous, Zhao Xun couldn't say anything anymore, so he had to temporarily agree to him first.

Except for the last time when his brother suddenly brought Lisa back, Zhao Xun felt a little caught off guard, Zhao Xun felt that this time she should prepare with her father, if Ziyi and her younger brother really succeeded, it would not be left behind in the future.

When Zhao went to find his father, his father was listening to the radio alone.

"Welcome to Mr. Jiang Xun's "Dream of Red Mansions" private lecture hall! How to say it, Dream of Red Mansions can be said to be a relatively private topic that I read when I was a child, and I usually don't want to share it with others, and I hid in the quilt at that time......"

"Dad, why did you start listening to the radio again, didn't we buy a new mobile phone, have you forgotten the method of listening to the radio on your mobile phone that I taught you last time?"

My father basically didn't use a decent mobile phone before this, and in Zhao Xun's impression, it seems that in addition to the old man's machine, the most advanced one seems to be the 24-key Nokia mobile phone.

Since the family conditions were a little better, Zhao Xun used a month's salary and bonus to buy his father the latest Huawei mobile phone at that time.

I remember when my father just got the new mobile phone, it can be said that he talked about it when he met people.

"Ai, Lao Liu, Lao Wang, look, this is the new mobile phone that my girl bought for me, how is it, it looks good, right? That's a lot of money, hehe......"

Father can also be regarded as half an intellectual, and he can still know some words, under the guidance of Zhao Zhao's patience, like the usual daily communication software or to obtain some new news and information, his father can also come and complete it alone.

But take WeChat as an example, although Zhao Xun set a nickname, avatar, and daily contact with friends for his father, if you don't send him a message, he will never think of sending you a message, let alone flipping through someone's circle of friends.

"People are old, sometimes you just finished teaching my dad a few operations, I may forget them all in one turn, hey, people are old, you can't serve the old!"

"Dad, how old are you, you are working hard towards the goal of 100 years old, it's okay Dad, you forgot that I will teach you again."

Zhao Xun had to continue to teach his father several times, and then he knew what his father's problem was.

"Dad, do you see this headphone jack? Every time you want to listen to the radio, when you click in, you must plug in this headphone before you can listen to it, otherwise, this will not be able to listen. ”

Whether in terms of signal or channel diversity, the radio on mobile phones is indeed many times better than radio.

Zhao Xun took the heavily dermabrasive radio that he was holding tightly in his father's hand and put it in the drawer.

"Dad, what is this?"

"This is a cover I made for the radio, how is it, does it look good?."

"Cover?"

"That's right, since the last time we moved, maybe because there were too many things, I didn't know where to drop its box, and I haven't found it, so I found old clothes and made a cover for it a few days ago."

"Dad, tell me anything in the future, you haven't done needlework, you must have been sewing for a long time, right?"

"That's fine, this radio has been around since you were a child, you were born in a good age, you were born with a mobile phone, you have a computer, what will we have? Nothing, it's nice to have a radio. ”

Zhao Xun knows that his father has always treasured his radio, not that he is irreplaceable, but that it really carries too many memories of his father.

"By the way, Dad, I have good news for you today, let's go to the street today and buy you new clothes to wear!"

"Good news? What's the good news, but also to buy clothes? The father looked at Zhao Xun with a puzzled expression.

"Dad, that's the case, my brother talked about a girlfriend some time ago, and he hasn't been here to tell you, they want to go home tomorrow to see you, and my brother asked me to tell you."

"Girlfriend? Is it a foreigner? ”

It seems that the last Lisa incident still had a great impact on his father, even now, Zhao said that his brother talked about his girlfriend, and his father's first reaction was to ask whether he was a Chinese or a foreigner.

"Oh, this old man, look at you, are you still thinking about the last time, this girl is from Tianjin, Tianjin, you can rest assured!"

"Hehe, Tianjin people, then I'll rest assured, find a child, our family is not a big family, Dad is diligent and honest in this life, and he doesn't want to be talked about when he is old, their living environment is different since he was a child, you can't ignore these most real things because of what the children like to say what they like to say you and I love, I love you."

Listening to his father say this, Zhao Xun felt that it was indeed quite reasonable, before Zhao Xun always thought that his father did not let his younger brother and Lisa be together, just for the sake of his own face, but he didn't expect his father to be so considerate of his younger brother.

It seems that she has misunderstood her father too deeply, and Zhao Xun thinks that she should find a time to tell her brother about this problem.

"Well, Dad, my brother and I both listen to you, let's go buy clothes, you haven't worn new clothes for a long time."

"Also, the first time a girl comes to the door, our family can't be too shabby, in the future, people will look down on their mothers, they should buy some decent clothes, and tomorrow Dad will cook and cook a few more good dishes."

"Okay, looks like we're going to have another good tomorrow, haha."

In my father's concept of love in that era, as long as it was a suitable couple, what to fall in love with, what to try to marry before marriage, all go to TM, then we will get married, and we will not engage in nature or pout.

This is the concept of love in that era, they have always taken feelings that can be cultivated slowly as the first concept, love to love, say good bye if you don't love, hello everyone, no one will delay anyone.

When Zhao Xun and his father went out shopping, no matter which piece of clothing Zhao Xun asked his father to try, the first action his father had to do was to turn over the tag behind him.

Not to mention what kind of clothes cost thousands of yuan, it's like a dress of about 500 yuan, and my father doesn't even look at it.

"Looking for it, just buy a similar thing, and it doesn't cost less to buy a house, plus I see a doctor, and your brother will marry a daughter-in-law in the future, and there are many places where the family needs money."

Watching his father flip through the tags again and again, Zhao Xun felt a trace of heartache.

Once upon a time, she also silently made a wish in her heart, she hoped that she could live well in this life, and her family could live well.

It's like a hair dryer that can only be turned on at 8 p.m. no matter how hot it is when I was a child living in an old house, like you have to wait until it's so dark that you can't even see each other's faces clearly before you can turn on the light, just like they make it in a bone tube and only the remaining bones can they take home to open meat......

But later Zhao Xun found out that everything didn't seem to develop according to the plot she longed for.

Zhao is looking for the love of his life, and in the end, it comes down to a vegetable and a meal, and the heroic dream of a tired life.