Chapter 9 What is the concept of family?
Wang Lai and Zhang Mei are ordinary people, and it is normal to kneel, the key depends on who kneels. And now that the couple is kneeling on the bridge without saying anything, everyone can see that this thing is very evil.
As the saying goes, heroes and heroes still have three kneels, the upper can kneel to the sky, the lower can kneel to the ground, and the middle can kneel to the people.
Heaven and earth can be divided separately, and the three of them can be summed up in one simple word, that is, parents.
It is normal for children to bow down to their parents, and it is not uncommon for them to kneel only when they are bound by objective factors, and the couple Wang Lai and Zhang Mei are a good case.
It is not clear how long these two people will kneel, and no one knows why they are kneeling here. There are a lot of people coming and going, and there are not a few people who can recognize the two of them when they pass by. No matter who wants to step forward, anyone who hears the strange saying that the two of them kneeling down will stop this undesirable thought.
I don't dare to care, I don't dare to ask, and I can't call the police.
Not to mention who will be nosy and choose to call the police, the key is that it is a problem to call the police and say anything, is it difficult to say that there are two people kneeling here at the bridge to call the police?
It's not a big deal to watch the excitement, but there must be a limit to watching the excitement, and not everyone is idle and has nothing to do. After the group of people who knew how the two knelt here left, the crowd that continued to watch had lost interest in continuing to watch. The two of them are sick and want to kneel here, who will be nosy?
There will always be a solution to things, and there will always be someone who solves it.
At about 12 o'clock in the afternoon, the person who solved the problem appeared.
"Grandpa is not at home, how can my parents still kneel in this place?" The words in my heart are sometimes whispered inadvertently, and these words happen to be heard by someone.
"Leave him alone." Wang Gen didn't know when he appeared here again.
"Who is he?" Jiang Yang could also guess a rough idea from his face, "Your grandson?" A young man who was walking directly to this side in Jiangyang said to Wang Gen.
Without saying anything, Wang Gen just nodded.
Seeing Wang Gen turn around and leave, Jiang Yang had also lost interest in rectifying the two. Words and deeds and expressions, just by looking at a person's face, you can know what this person is going to say. Jiang Yang saw this feeling from the old man's face, so he followed the old man to the side, Jiang Yang knew that the old man must have something to say to him.
On the railing on the north side of the center of the bridge, there are old and young people who can't be seen.
"Would you like to hear me tell a story?"
One of my favorite things when I was a child was to listen to the stories told by the elderly, and the stories that the old people liked to tell most were almost all stories of war, and there were not many other stories. No matter which one it is, Jiang Yang likes to listen to it very much, and now that there is such an opportunity, Jiang Yang naturally does not want to miss it.
Seeing Jiang Yang nodding, Wang Gen said slowly; "I'm a very ordinary old man, and like many old people, you may think that my experience is very sympathetic, that is, you have not really touched the world of the elderly. I didn't understand what the concept of family was. ”
What Wang Gen said sounded very profound.
With Jiangyang's current age, he naturally doesn't understand some people's sophistication, let alone the concept of a family. You can't blame Jiang Yang for not understanding, after all, he is only a sixteen-year-old young man.
"Do you know where I've been during my absence?"
Where can this Jiang Yang know, he can only shake his head helplessly; "If you don't tell me, how can I know where you've been."
"Nursing home."
"A nursing home?" Jiang Yang didn't understand very well, "What are you going to do in that place?" ”
"Before I died, they told me many times that they would send me to a nursing home, but I didn't agree. I think it's better to stay at home than to go to a strange place. ”
"It's because you didn't say yes to this that they don't care about you?"
"When you're older, you're always going to have some physical inconveniences. In the beginning, it wasn't a big deal to make some meals or anything by yourself. As I get older, even normal activities become a big problem, not to mention tinkering with some meals.
There is some uncontrollable sluggishness in the body, hands and feet, teeth are falling out, and I can't eat the same meals I used to eat, so I can only eat thin food. You're too young to understand what I'm saying. I'm going to tell you that even then, I didn't think about ending my life.
It's a joy to be able to watch my son marry a daughter-in-law.
It is even more joyful to see the birth of a grandchild.
It is naturally a joy to be able to watch your grandson grow up day by day.
Everyone wants to have children and grandchildren and enjoy their old age in peace. It's a pity that I didn't see the day when my eldest grandson got married. There is a saying that it is better to die than to live, and until the moment of death, you may never understand what this sentence really means. ”
"What could it be?" Jiang Yang wanted to know.
"I'll ask you a question first, and you answer me first."
"Just ask." Jiang Yang nodded.
"If you don't die, the day you grow old. Sluggishness, shaking hands, shaking feet, tooth loss, and even more serious conditions such as incontinence, what would you do if all these things happened to you? ”
This is a question worth pondering, after all, Jiangyang has not reached that time. Thinking like this, an answer also appeared when he thought about it, Jiang Yang nodded at Wang Gen in response; "If there is a day, I choose to die."
Hearing Jiang Yang say this, Wang Gen smiled.
There are many things that people can see through after death. There is a saying that even if someone's life is full of sin, the hidden good thoughts in his heart will burst out at the moment before he dies.
Jiang Yang's words can also represent the current thoughts of the people of Daben, and the thoughts of the current people are very different from the ideas of the previous people. There are not a few people who think this way, and there are two explanations for choosing death. The former doesn't want to drag down their children and grandchildren, and the latter doesn't want to live like that. Most of the reasons for this idea are the latter, and I don't want to live like that. Less than one in 100 people can think of the former!
(As an aside, I have that idea too.) When I get old, if I have limited mobility, I will also choose to die! I also asked a few friends, and the answers of all of them were basically the same. )
"It's normal for you to choose this, even if you ask a random person in their teens or twenties, it's your answer. Your answer is correct, at least for now. Say you're right because you're not at that time, you're not at that age, you haven't really understood what family is like. ”
What is the concept of family?