Because of my mother's insistence, I had to send her back to my hometown again. Although the old house is taken care of by the second uncle, it has not been repaired for several years and is dilapidated. I wanted to tear down and build a new house, and my mother said, "The walls of the old house are thick and strong, and you can still live in it if you repair it." How long do you think I'll be able to stay? "I misunderstood, thinking that my mother was just staying temporarily, so I agreed. "That's right." In a few days, you will return to Shenzhen and live with us. The mother did not answer. In fact, she was distressed about the old house and was reluctant to tear it down.

At noon, the second uncle came to call for dinner, but the house had not been cleaned up and could not cook, so my mother agreed. Before leaving, my mother took the gift she bought in Shenzhen and gave it to my second uncle. The second uncle was very happy to see it and said, "In the end, it is a big city, and things are different from small places!" I explained: "Shenzhen was originally just a small fishing village near Hong Kong on the edge of the South China Sea, a small market town, not a city; The country implements reform and opening up, in order to introduce foreign capital, foreign enterprises are allowed to come in to open factories and set up companies, so many foreign enterprises such as Hong Kong and Taiwan, the United States, Japan, South Korea and so on have poured in and expanded rapidly. The second uncle felt very amazing when he heard it, and said, "Can it really be so fast?" In a few years, a small fishing village turned into a big city! I said, "Don't believe me, you ask my mother." According to what she saw in Shenzhen, my mother went on to introduce it; He also said that in the future, your children can also go to Shenzhen to work.

During the meal, the second uncle said that Mr. Wang, who used to teach in our village primary school, has now retired and returned to live in the village. The mother asked, "Has his son come back as well?" The second uncle said that Zicheng did not come back. He was admitted to a normal school that year, and after graduation, he was assigned to work as a teacher in the town's central primary school. He is already married, his wife is a salesman in a store, and his sons are in elementary school. Mr. Wang helped him buy a house in the town, and helped him take care of the children for a few years, but now that the children are older, he doesn't want him to take them, and he goes back to the village to live. Mother asked: Where does he live now? Is it still the original house? The second uncle said that it was still the same house, but it was repaired again and a few new pieces of furniture were bought. I sensed from my mother's questioning that my mother still cared about Teacher Wang, and suggested, "Let's go see Teacher Wang in the afternoon." He was the homeroom teacher and Chinese teacher in my primary school and took good care of me. I haven't seen him all these years, and I still miss him. The mother said, "I have to clean up the house in the afternoon, so go yourself." After all, he is your teacher, he has taught you, and he has tutored you in your homework, and he has also hurt you in those years, and he has been kind to you. When I saw my mother say this, I knew that she was too embarrassed to go, so I agreed to go myself.

After lunch, my mother and I went home, picked out a few gifts to bring with us, and went to visit Ms. Wang.

Following the familiar road, I soon came to Mr. Wang's house. It's still the yard and the house of the past, but it's been renovated. The trees around the yard have also grown taller and larger, and there is a shade of greenery. After a cursory look at me, he went up and knocked on the door. It was Mr. Wang who opened the door, although his top hair was much thinner and his hair was spotted, he was still healthy. Mr. Wang was very surprised when he saw me dressed in fashion, smiling, and holding a gift in his hand, and said, "Don't you go to Shenzhen?" I said, "If you go to Shenzhen, you can't come back?" This is my hometown, it's fundamental, and I'll come back after thinking about it. Just like you, aren't you back too? Teacher Wang said, "You are different from me, I am retiring and returning to my hometown." You work in Shenzhen, Shenzhen is a special economic zone, time is money, how can you have time to come back? "I had to tell him that I was sending my mother back. Teacher Wang was puzzled and said, "Isn't it good for her to follow you?" Why come back? I said, "A common problem of the elderly: homesickness." ”

Mr. Wang welcomed me into the room, sat down, and introduced themselves and their families over the years. I looked at Teacher Wang and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but the teacher is getting older, and her hair is thinning and white." Teacher Wang straightened his thinning hair and said, "People in their sixties have been retired for a few years, can they still not be old?" But now the living conditions are good, the body is still strong, and it is no problem to take care of your own life. "Teacher Wang asked about my mother's physical condition. I said, "My mom is also in good health, and she is still busy all day long, and she will be cleaning the house at home." Teacher Wang asked again: "When your mother comes back this time, is she coming to see her home and then returning to Shenzhen, or is she planning to stay for a long time?" I hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm asking her to come back and see back to Shenzhen." Looking at what my mother meant, she doesn't want to go back for the time being, and it seems that she has plans to live with her parents. Teacher Wang was puzzled and said, "She is only your daughter, and she has no relatives at home, why do you have to stay for a long time?" "After thinking about it for a while, I decided to tell Mr. Wang the real reason, hoping that he could help me do my job as a mother. I said, "Because my husband is Japanese, my mother thinks that we have different living habits and we don't get along, so I have to go back to my hometown." I persuaded her a few times, but she accepted it on the surface, but she couldn't turn the corner in her heart. Teacher Wang smiled and said, "She is still old-fashioned." Now that the country has realized reform and opening up, bringing in, going out, Chinese going to foreign countries, foreigners coming to China, this is a common thing, it is inevitable that there will be foreign marriages. As long as two people truly love each other, they can become a good couple, regardless of nationality. Later, I went to persuade her to explain the current national policy and situation, and she would just want to open it. I expressed my gratitude and said, "For the current situation and foreigners, it would be nice for my mother to understand and see as much as you do!" She always thinks that foreign countries are not good, but China is good. As a matter of fact, China has China's advantages, and foreign countries have foreign advantages, and it is only right that we should learn from each other and learn from each other's strong points to complement each other's weaknesses. Teacher Wang said, "Your mother is not a college student, where can you understand it so quickly?" Take your time, after a long time, she will understand and get used to it. ”

I talked to Mr. Wang for a while, and then I said goodbye and went home. Teacher Wang stood up and said, "I'll go with you to see your mother, talk, and help you with some work by the way." The house has not been cleaned for so many years, and it is very troublesome to tidy up. I'm home alone, and I'm bored when I'm idle. So he put on his coat, locked the door, and followed me to my house.

When Mr. Wang saw my mother, he was very happy and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello. He saw my mother cleaning the house with a cloak and apron, and he also took off his coat, picked up a broom, and helped my mother clean the house together. The two of them chatted while working, talking about new things and old things in the family and Zhuangzi. When I saw that they were so kind, I could not interject into the words, so I went to the kitchen and took out a bucket of water, and went to the well to fetch a bucket of water, and found a rag, and scrubbed the furniture, doors and windows. Before dark, the three of them had already cleaned the three halls and arranged all kinds of furniture neatly.

My mother took off her cloak and apron, helped Mr. Wang dust off his body, and asked me to bring a basin of clean water for Mr. Wang to wash his hands and face, and to leave him for dinner. Teacher Wang said: "You don't have the conditions here, I think, your mother and you two should come to my place to eat, I have everything there." The mother said, "We said that if we come to her second uncle's house for dinner, we won't bother you." Teacher Wang put on his coat and said, "Okay, let's just have two poops." Tomorrow, I'll help you tidy up your yard. Once the house and yard are in order, you will be able to start your normal life. ”

After sending Teacher Wang away, I went to my second uncle's house with my mother for dinner. The second uncle and aunt asked about the house, and the mother said that the hall had been cleaned and tidied up, and the kitchen and yard would be cleaned again tomorrow, and the fire would be used to cook the rice. The second uncle praised and said, "You two are really fast!" I said, "Where is the credit for our mothers?" It's someone who helps. "I told you about the situation that Mr. Wang helped to clean. The second uncle said: "Mr. Wang is a good person, no matter which family has something to do in Zhuangzi, he can always help and help money." The mother asked, "Lao Wang came to live in the village, and he often came back to see the two of them?" The second uncle said: "I sometimes come back during the winter and summer vacations. Zicheng is a teacher, he has no time except for holidays, his wife is a salesperson in a store, and she has no holidays for many years; There is only a holiday, and Zicheng takes the child back to see his father. Sometimes Mr. Wang goes to the street to buy groceries, and he will also go to see them. The mother sighed, but did not speak. I saw what my mother meant, and said to my second uncle behind my back: "I think my mother and Teacher Wang still have feelings. In the future, you will carefully observe and understand, if they are all interesting, you can match them, so that they can have a companion when they are old, and their lives will not be too lonely. The second uncle agreed, saying, "That's how it should be." At the beginning, it was all you children who made a fuss. ”

I'm going back to Shenzhen. Before leaving, I left a sum of money for my mother and said, "Now that I work and have money, you can go to the street and buy whatever you want to eat and wear." Nowadays, with the reform and opening up, materials are abundant, and no matter how big or small, as long as you have money, you can buy anything. You have worked hard for most of your life to train me to study and become a talent, and now that my wishes have come true, it is time to take a good rest, enjoy the blessings, and don't work myself in the future. If you can't do the work at home, hire someone to help you with the work, and have someone to talk to relieve your boredom. You live well at home, your health is good, and I feel at ease when I work outside. My mother nodded, agreeing with my advice and suggestions.

After I left, my mother began to live alone. A few days later, she had the roof of the hall and kitchen grass replaced, and the interior and exterior walls of the house and yard re-plastered, so that the family could be restored to its original appearance. She didn't buy new furniture, she only installed a phone, and called me every few days to ask about the situation in Shenzhen. I asked her when she would come back to Shenzhen, and her mother said, "I know you're all doing well, so I'm relieved." I have changed the grass in my house and the walls inside and outside the house have been smoothed out, and I still have to enjoy it. When you have a child and you need me, I'll go back. "My mother didn't hire anyone, so she still did her own daily chores, three meals a day, and asked her neighbors to help her with the heavy work that she couldn't do, and then bought them some small gifts. The villagers saw that she was old and had difficulty moving, no matter what she was, she was on call and never shirked. Teacher Wang often came to help, and sometimes he bought more than one for his mother when he went to the street to buy vegetables. So my mother's life in my hometown was not difficult.

However, there are times when mothers feel lonely. She told me on the phone that she often chatted with some old neighbors, from 60 to 90, from young to old, no matter how big or small, endlessly. But rural people are generally very busy, and rarely have a lot of time to chat with her, often less than half of the things are said to be gone, leaving her alone feels very embarrassed and lonely. It was really boring, so she went to the street to buy more incense, candles, and paper, and came back to my father and grandmother's graves to burn incense and paper, and told my father, grandfather, and grandmother about my work, marriage, her life, and her thoughts.

I listened to my mother's story and missed my mother even more, and urged her to go back to Shenzhen on the phone again and again. My mother always said that my body was okay and that I could take care of myself, and told me not to worry. Sometimes he said that when she couldn't take care of herself, she would go back, and told me to do my filial piety. I understand my mother's thoughts, so I can't force her too much.