"This is a narrative song, which is what we often call a song that sings a story. The only difference is that this time it is about my father and his life.
It can be seen that the paragraph in front of this song starting in 1984 is actually the content of the diary written by my father.
Starting from the first section, the family background in this story is explained, as well as the time node when the story takes place, the summer of 1984!
At this time point, I believe it will resonate more with many people born in the 1970s and 1980s.
Because anyone who has been through that era knows that in 1984, it was still in the early stages of reform. In that era, even for working-class families in the city, the monthly salary for one person was only thirty or fifty yuan.
What's more, a rural family whose crops have not yet been harvested is almost bound to be in financial difficulty.
In other words, in those days, this situation was actually common among rural families. At that time, cultural life was still very poor, there were few movie theaters, and televisions were even more luxury goods. So open-air movies can be said to be a rare and important entertainment. project.
I believe that those born in the 1970s and 1980s have memories of watching outdoor movies when they were young. It is worth mentioning that you must reserve a seat early to watch an outdoor movie. Otherwise, you will have to watch the "mirror" movie on the opposite side of the screen. However, the father has no time to spare after a busy day, and there is still life at home!
What kind of work? Repair the sewing machine pedal. In that era, sewing machines, radios, bicycles, and watches were the four most important items for weddings at that time, also known as three turns and one ring. Why do you do it yourself? Firstly, because the service industry is underdeveloped, but also because you save money by doing it yourself. If you don’t watch the movie, just tinker with the sewing machine pedal.
Therefore, this first short paragraph is full of the atmosphere of life. The traditional Chinese rural family where men farm and women weave, trivial matters, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea may have occupied all of life.
There is a vague image in my mind. The father is sitting there holding his sleeping daughter. The mother is doing needlework and chatting with the father. The pedal of the sewing machine is broken and she has time to repair it.
The child mentioned in the lyrics is crying for biscuits. Many people who have not experienced that era will not understand it.
In that era of material poverty, biscuits were a "luxury" for many children. How much did biscuits cost at that time? In my impression, it was 7 cents per tael, and there were twelve or three.
But for rural families who can only work in the soil, it is difficult to earn even one cent, not to mention seven cents!
So I lost my temper and decided to borrow some more money. A "again" shows that borrowing money is not an accident, but a regular behavior.
It is said that girls should be rich and well-off, but the father is so helpless and self-blaming, squatting by the pond, feeling the pain in his heart, and punching himself twice. I hate myself for being so incompetent that I don’t even have the money to buy a few snacks for my children.
The embarrassment of a father wanting to fulfill his child's little wish but being unable to do so, and the deep fatherly love under the pressure of making a living, are spoken out like this, pulling a soft string in people's hearts, and they can't help but feel sorry for their parents at that time.
My father gradually grew old in his trivial life. Ten years passed in the blink of an eye. In 1994, several years had passed since the reform. However, my father was still harvesting crops on this land. He did not go to the city to work, and there was no change. Life.
My father's old mother passed away.
Through the tear-stained page in the lens, those are the tears of a son who has lost his mother.
The old one is gone and the young one has grown up.
When my daughter went to school, she wore a ponytail, which was a relatively popular hairstyle at the time. It was easy to take care of. She could just comb it out with her hands and tie it up quickly with a rubber band. If the family conditions are good, girls who love beauty can also use fancy headbands or bows.
It's hard to guess what a girl wants, and dad is no exception.
I see that my daughter is a little lonely. Did something happen at school? I’ve also lost a lot of weight. Are you losing weight? Falling in love? Will it affect learning? I can’t stop worrying!
Well, the daughter is the father's greatest pride. Of course, he doesn't have to worry about getting married because she is so stunningly beautiful that she will definitely find a man who loves her. Even then, the father is already old and is as dull, boring and useless as old paper money.
In fact, which father can be willing to let his daughter get married? The caring little cotton-padded jacket that I once loved the most, the daughter who once rode on her father’s neck and laughed loudly. From now on, she no longer belongs to her father, but has a more important partner in life. Every parent hopes to accompany their children. A lifetime, but time is ruthless. When a daughter gets married, it means that the parents are old.
When the age comes, he not only hopes that his daughter can find a good home, but at the same time he does not want his daughter to get married too early. This conflicting psychology fills the heart of every father.
When a son gets married or a daughter gets married, they are both great events, the moment that parents long to see. But when that day comes, whether it is a son or a daughter, they are no longer just their son or daughter, but also someone else's husband. Wife.
They have their own small family and people they care about more. The once majestic figure suddenly becomes rugged the moment you turn around.
No matter how strong the father is, at that moment, it was as if the energy had been drained out of him. It’s just that the father is always the father. No matter how much pain and discomfort there is in his heart, he doesn’t want his daughter to see it. Maybe this is the only thing the father can do. What you can do is leave your daughter with a stalwart figure forever.
My father's life was like this, ordinary and ordinary, just like all living beings, working hard to manage the family and toiling all their lives.
In the short film, the father fell ill. Perhaps at that time, the daughter suddenly discovered that the great father, the omnipotent father in the daughter's heart, the superhuman father, was old!
Father, he is old, old, as old as old newspapers, full of yellowing and brittle staleness.
The father who could carry dozens of kilograms of weight on his shoulders and ride a big horse, now can't even walk easily, can't even speak clearly, and his hair has changed since I don't know when. Bai, the wrinkles on his face are getting deeper and deeper.
Finally, the father, who had always been unwilling to show his weak side in front of his daughter, showed his most helpless side in front of her.
However, even though it is old, it is still full of ink, silently recording my father's past.
Those simple and unpretentious words are the father's life, and the emotions sealed between the lines are the father's deep love for his daughter.
Father's love is always an afterthought. When that kind of belated love comes, it will overwhelmingly impact our hearts. We will burst into tears, we will burst into tears, we will fall into silence, we will recall the past, we will Torturing ourselves, we will face our old father who can never say I'm sorry, but has already said it countless times in our hearts.
While you still have the chance, take a good look at your father and spend some time with him! "
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