Chapter Twenty-Six: Help in a Dream
"Mom, can I not go to school tomorrow, I don't want to go." A seven-year-old little girl, lying on the bed, covering her face with a quilt, only revealing a pair of eyes, looked pitifully at her mother sitting on the edge of the bed and said.
"Why? Have a classmate bully you? Or did you not finish your homework? The mother asked her daughter gently.
"I didn't have any classmates bullying me, and I finished my homework, but I didn't want to go, I wanted to stay at home with my mother." The little girl said coquettishly.
"That's not good, mom has to work during the day, not at home, and if you don't go tomorrow, there will be more things to study the day after tomorrow, you have to study hard and get good grades to stay with mom." Mom tidied up the quilt and said.
"Oh, well, I'm going to listen to the story." The daughter looked at her mother and said in a calm tone.
"Okay, you wait a minute." Mom got up and went to her room to find a book to read to her daughter, all the things in her daughter's room have been read, so I have to go to my room to find some, I found a book from the box under the bed, I can't help but feel a little sad when I look at this book, this is the book that my husband bought, I didn't have a chance to gamble when I bought it, my husband left this world, my husband has been dead for a while, his belongings have always been reluctant to throw away, I was in a daze for a while and found a book suitable for reading to children, picked it up and walked to the child's room, Walked over and found that the child had slept, the mother saw the sleeping child, put the two books in her hand on the bedside table, tucked the quilt, kissed the daughter and went back to her room to sleep, one of the two books was sent on the street, and the other was bought by the child's father before his death, and the child's mother put it down and forgot to take the book back.
In her sleep at night, her daughter had a dream, dreaming that she was sitting in a dilapidated train station hall, and there was a little boy wearing a colored checked shirt next to her, the little boy was playing with the Rubik's Cube in his hand with his head down, and a shuttlecock was placed next to him, the two sat together and were out of place, the little boy looked like he was in the 80s, and the daughter was dressed very beautifully, the daughter looked at the Rubik's Cube in the little boy's hand, and said to the little boy: "What is your name?" My name is He Yu and I am 7 years old. ”
The little boy lowered his head and said, "My name is Xiao Hao, 9 years old. The boy put down the Rubik's Cube in his hand, picked up the shuttlecock and looked at He Yu and said, "Play?" He Yu nodded, and then the two got off the stool, went to the side of the open space and began to kick the shuttlecock, when kicking the shuttlecock, the two people faced each other, you and me, when kicking He Yu said: "Xiaohao, do you like to go to school?" Xiao Hao said while kicking the shuttlecock: "I like it, I didn't like it at first, but I liked it after going two more times, you can meet more classmates, and you can become friends with them, you can study together and hang out together, so I like it very much." He Yu took the shuttlecock and kicked it back and said, "I just started school, but I hate it, what should I do?" I want to be with my mom. ”
"No, I also liked to stick to my mother when I was a child, but my mother also has her own job, so sticking to my mother will make my mother worry, in order not to let my mother worry about me, I go to and from school on time every day, study hard, and go out with my mother when I usually rest." Xiao Hao replied while kicking.
"That's it, I haven't thought about it yet, thank you Xiaohao." He Yu laughed out and kicked the shuttlecock back, but this time the shuttlecock didn't kick it back again, because Xiao Hao was gone, He Yu looked around and shouted: "Xiao Hao!?" Then he opened his eyes and woke up, and when he opened his eyes, he found that it was already dawn, and his mother was already preparing breakfast for herself.
After brushing his teeth and washing his face, he came out and prepared his schoolbag, and prepared all the things he needed to go to school, and just about to go out, his mother opened the door and came in, and when he opened the door and came in, he said: "Baby, don't sleep, get up, go brush your teeth and wash.... Yes? ... Are you ready, baby? Baby is awesome. After saying that, she happily kissed her daughter, and her daughter smiled happily when she saw her mother so happy, and then went to eat, and then her mother sent herself to school, and when she came home from school, her mother asked He Yu why she got up so early this morning, and brushed her teeth and washed her face to prepare things to use? He Yu replied that it was because of Xiao Hao.
He Yu's mother thought that Xiao Hao was her classmate, class president or something, so she didn't ask much.
Later, whenever He Yu had a problem, when he was unhappy, he would dream of Xiao Hao, he would dream of it once every three years, and every time he dreamed of kicking the shuttlecock, Xiao Hao would always be two years older than himself, and he grew up with himself, Xiao Hao was very reliable every time to help He Yu solve the problem of annoying himself, but Xiao Hao would say goodbye every time, and Xiao Hao's clothes were still so dirty.
7 years old, 10 years old, 13 years old, 16 years old, 19 years old, 22 years old, every three years will dream of Xiao Hao, every time Xiao Hao will solve his troubles, when he was 10 years old, Xiao Hao solved the problem that he did not have the courage to run for class president, when he was 13 years old, he solved the problem of being afraid of dogs, when he was 16 years old, he solved the problem of meeting his puppy love classmates, when he was 19 years old, he solved the problem of whether he wanted to find a job and experience life part-time, and when he was 22 years old, He Yu remembered very clearly, At that time, He Yu was about to graduate from college, but He Yu dreamed that he was going to take the college entrance examination, and he ran to the examination room in a traffic jam on the road, and when he arrived at the door, he found that he didn't get the admission ticket, and he was crying on the side, at this time Xiao Hao came over, holding a shuttlecock in his hand, He Yu cried and said to Xiao Hao: "I didn't bring the admission ticket, I can't go in to take the college entrance examination, Xiao Hao, what should I do?" Xiao Hao picked up the shuttlecock and kicked it to her, He Yu kicked it back while crying, and after playing for a while, Xiao Hao said: "Are you stupid, you are already in college!" He Yu suddenly reacted back, smiled stupidly and kicked the shuttlecock back and said yes! Then I found that Xiao Hao was gone again, every time it was like this, Xiao Hao gave his opinion, and he laughed happily and kicked the shuttlecock back and disappeared.
25 years old He Yu has new troubles, she doesn't know whether to go abroad for further study or stay in the company assigned by the school to work, in the dream she came to the place where she met Xiao Hao for the first time, Xiao Hao seemed to know that she would come, already had the shuttlecock in his hand, saw her come over, smiled and let go of the shuttlecock kicked at her, she also kicked back happily, and said to Xiao Hao: "Xiao Hao, are you working now?" Xiao Hao replied while kicking the shuttlecock: "Well, I came out to work after high school, and I have been working for several years now." ”
"In this way, didn't Xiao Hao go to college?"
"Yes, the family has no money, so it's good to go to high school."
"No, every family can afford to go to college now, right?"
"That's now, and the conditions weren't as good as they are now."
That's now? He Yu kicked the shuttlecock while thinking about what this sentence meant? The two of them kicked the shuttlecock, and then He Yu asked Xiao Hao: "Do you think it's better for me to go to Germany to study and work at the same time, or stay and work?" Xiao Hao snorted and said, "Don't go abroad, you can study and work at home, but don't go abroad, it's not good abroad." He Yu's dream is to study abroad, and when he heard Xiao Hao say this, he was a little unhappy and said, "Why? You obviously haven't even gone to college, how do you know that a foreign country is not good? Xiao Hao said: "You just listen to me." He Yu said nonchalantly: "Listen to you? You didn't even go to college, so what qualifications do you have for me to listen to you? The shuttlecock kicked back, but Xiao Hao didn't kick it back, Xiao Hao looked sad expression, Xiao Hao lowered his head and picked up the shuttlecock, turned around and walked to the ticket gate, and then got on a train, He Yu ran over but no ticket was not allowed to enter, He Yu ran to buy a ticket, but didn't know where to go, at this time the train started, He Yu ran over to apologize to Xiao Hao, she rushed through the ticket office, forced to find Xiao Hao, but after all, the train had started, she could only see Xiao Hao sitting sadly in the train, with a shuttlecock in front of him, With his head down and a sad look, He Yu ran up with the train and cried loudly: "Xiao Hao, I'm sorry!" Xiao Hao, I'm sorry! I'll listen to you!! You don't go!! Xiao Hao!!! ”
He Yu cried Xiao Hao's name and woke up in the company's bedroom, his face was full of tears, his roommate was startled, came over and asked a few words of concern, and asked who Xiao Hao was? Boyfriend? He Yu shook his head and said, "It's my best friend, but I broke his heart." After saying that, she cried again, and her roommate didn't know how to comfort her, because she didn't know who this Xiao Hao was.
In the end, He Yu chose to stay in China for part-time work and study, and in the first year of part-time work and study in China, when he came home from winter vacation, his mother asked He Yu: "Isn't it your dream to go abroad for further study?" How did you end up staying? Are you worried that you don't have enough money? He Yu said: "No, I just feel that it is right to do this, and I also promised Xiaohao." Mom said, "Who is this Xiaohao?" Boyfriend? He Yu said: "Of course not, he is a good friend who dresses very dirty, but we don't see each other often, but every time he will help me solve my troubles." Mom asked, "So mysterious?" Don't invite someone to your house for a meal? He Yu felt a little sad and said a little sadly: "I don't know if we will meet again in the future, I said something excessive and made him angry." Mother persuaded a few words, comforted her a few words to let her have a good rest, and told her to go to grandma's house in a few days, grandma's new house came down, invited us to be guests, He Yu agreed and went to sleep.
A few days later, the two came to grandma's house, the two helped to take out some of the things in the box, wiped them and wiped them, He Yu found a photo album, wiped the surface and sat on the bed to look at it, looked through it, and found that there was a photo of Xiao Hao on it when he saw half of it!!??? And it was the first time I saw Xiao Hao, it was when Xiao Hao was young, He Yu felt a sadness in his heart, and quickly covered his mouth with his hand, but he still cried sadly, tears flowed down, and he stabilized his emotions, but the tears were still there, and he turned another page, this is Xiao Hao 9 years old, 12 years old, 15 years old, 18 years old, 21 years old, 24 years old, 27 years old, He Yu's whole body is shaking, she is trembling not because she is afraid, but a sad feeling that she can't say, so she can't help it, In the end, only tears kept flowing.
He Yu's grandmother came to the room and saw He Yu crying, came over and sat down and hugged He Yu and said, "What's the matter?" What are you crying about? What's wrong? Grandma can't speak Mandarin, she can only speak dialects to comfort He Yu, He Yu's mother heard Grandma's voice and ran in, saw He Yu crying, sat down to comfort a few words, and asked her why she was crying? He Yu flipped through the photos, pointed to Xiaohao's 9-year-old photo and said, "Grandma, who is this?" ”
Grandma couldn't see it clearly at all, but with the feeling of memory and photos, she said a name without a trace of hesitation: "Artemisia, this is when your father was a child, when the family was poor, and he was still wearing the leftover clothes worn by his sister." There was a smile in Grandma's words, but He Yu's tears came up instantly, and she cried out loud, Grandma spoke in dialect, and the words spoken in Mandarin were Haohao, He Yu's mother saw that the child was so sad and her eyes were red, and she touched her daughter's shoulder and said, "Why did you suddenly see a photo of your father when he was a child and cry like this?" ”
He Yu wanted to tell her mother why, but the tears kept flowing, crying like a child, unable to speak, crying very much, He Yu's mother didn't know what was wrong with the child? Grandma got up and walked out, went to the kitchen to prepare food for the child, the old man's mind is always like this, let the child eat more, no matter what, let the child eat first, let the child eat first.
After a while, He Yu's mood gradually stabilized, and He Yu's mother looked at He Yu and said, "What's wrong?" Crying like this? He Yu opened his mouth and said: "The friend who has been helping me, Xiao Hao, turned out to be my father." After finishing speaking, she couldn't help crying, He Yu's mother was confused, she didn't know what her daughter meant, and in the evening, after dinner, the grandmother asked the child's mother again, so she made it clear, He Yu's mother asked He Yu what was wrong? Crying like that in the afternoon?
He Yu looked at these photos with the album in his hand and said: "Mom, the person who has always helped me turned out to be Dad, when I was a child, I always thought that my father was not with me, and everyone else had me without, so I hated Dad in my heart, hated Dad, but I was wrong, Dad has been accompanying me to grow up, I didn't want to go to school when I didn't want to go to school, tell me what is right and what is wrong, when I wanted to run for class president but didn't have the courage to speak, Dad gave me courage and cheered me on, Let me go to school the next day to dare to stand up and participate in the campaign, I am afraid of dogs, so I always go far away and dare not go to the same school, my father took me to the pet store, so that not only am I not afraid, but I like the puppy, when I was in high school, there were classmates who pursued me, I didn't know what to do when my father told me how to deal with it, and then I wanted to go out to work part-time during the college holidays, but I didn't know where to go, when to start, my father told me what field to start with, how to communicate with people, And when I was stupid when I was 22 years old, I dreamed that I was going to take the college entrance examination but forgot to get the admission ticket, that time I cried very badly, my father half-jokingly called me stupid, told me that I was already a college student, and finally... Until the first two years, when I was hesitant to study abroad or stay in China, I refuted my father for the first time, did not listen to my father's words, but said in a very bad tone that my father was not qualified to let me listen to him, I think I must have broken my father's heart that time, my father got on the train in a dream and left, I couldn't catch up with him, I couldn't catch up, and I didn't know if he heard me say sorry to him. He Yu's words were full of apologies and sadness, and at the end, he couldn't help crying when he remembered what he had done, and his mother hugged He Yu next to her, comforting her and saying, "Dad will definitely forgive you." ”
The next day, my mother took my daughter to my father's grave, and my daughter said a lot to my father in front of the tomb, talking and laughing, and always inadvertently said the word Xiaohao, and at the end of the day, He Yu said to the tomb: "Dad, I listened to your words, I chose to stay in China, did not go abroad, I am leaving with my mother, and there is a little more!" Don't wear women's clothes again, goodbye, Dad. After saying that, He Yu's mother said in front of the grave: "Thank you, husband, for always accompanying our children." ”
When he went back, He Yu's mother drove the car, but did not go home directly, He Yu noticed this, and asked his mother: "Where are we going?" He Yu's mother smiled, but the smile was very sad, and her mother said, "Come with me to a place." Slowly the car drove to a slightly remote place, after arriving there my mother found a place to park the car, the car door got off, the two of them came down and looked here, a dilapidated railway station, He Yu's mind remembered a lot of things, my mother walked in, there were not a few people inside, this railway station was about to be abandoned.
He Yu followed up and looked at this place and said to his mother: "Mom, this is..." He Yu's mother laughed again, this time there was no sadness, as if recalling something worth being happy about, and said with a smile on her face: "This is the place where I met your father for the first time, at that time I was the conductor here, and your father was a guest who often traveled to buy tickets, but now there is no one else, now they all go to the city railway station, and there are no people at the railway station in this district." Speaking of this, my mother's face changed from a little more sad, and her smile turned into a wry smile, He Yu was also a little sad when she heard it, but then she noticed the seat behind her, and quietly walked over, her mother glanced at He Yu, but found that He Yu sat down in one position, and then lowered her head and touched the other seat, tears kept rolling in her eyes, and finally fell on the back of He Yu's hand, He Yu's mother went over and asked her what was wrong? He Yu raised his head, there were tears in his eyes, He Yu said in a weak voice: "This is where I met my father, when I was 7 years old, I told you that I didn't want to go to school that night. He Yu's mother paused for a moment, then walked to the ticket window and stood and looked at the seat, then came over again and said to He Yu: "When Mom first saw Dad, Dad was also sitting here. ”
When the two returned home, He Yu asked his mother if she would dream of her father, He Yu's mother shook her head and said that she didn't know, the two didn't talk much that night, and went back to their rooms early to rest.
This year's international news, there is an article about the terrorist attack in Germany, when He Yu saw this news, he was scared and moved, and at the same time he blamed himself, he was afraid because he chose to go to Germany at that time, moved because his father stopped him, and blamed himself because of his attitude towards his father.
In the second year in China, He Yu did not dream of his father, or Xiao Hao, who grew up with her and was two years older than her, "Xiao Hao" died at the age of 31, and this year, He Yu was 28 years old, Xiao Hao was 31 years old, I don't know if Xiao Hao was sad by his daughter, or because of his age, since then, He Yu has never dreamed of "Xiao Hao" who is always two years older than himself