My father and I were so excited that we cried. Men don’t shed tears easily, but they can cry more easily than girls when their emotions are in place. Seeing my father's happy and excited look touched my heart a lot.
"Dad, I'm back. Look at me. I've grown up now. I'm thirty-two this year. Although I'm not famous now, I can take care of myself."
My father's excitement was beyond words. Seeing the way he smiled at me, I felt like I was back when I was a child, back to the beautiful moments when my father held my hand to go out to eat and led me across the street...
"Dad, is my mother okay?"
"Okay, okay, everything is fine. Your mother has been watching TV and scrolling through Douyin at home since she retired. Unfortunately, she has no children around her."
I patted my father on the shoulder and said, "There's nothing to regret. I'm not coming back now? Dad, please take me home and have a look. Let me recognize your home and see how my mother is doing."
"Okay, let's go home!"
Dad quickly took off his white apron, limped out of the door, and locked the door. I paid special attention to his left leg and found that the knee of his left leg was obviously thicker than his right leg and could not be opened. straight.
I helped him back to the community little by little, and asked distressedly: "Dad, what happened to your left leg?"
Dad let out a long sigh, "Hey, you didn't pay attention to me at work and got my leg stuck in the ladder. Then, my center of gravity was unstable and I hung upside down. Then my meniscus was damaged and I became lame. .”
"Oh, that's right. So, you later learned how to barber and shave your face from others and opened your own shop, right?"
Dad nodded and said: "Yes, what you are saying is that your mother's pension is small, and I can only do a small business to support the family. Our country is good everywhere, but this is the aspect of pension for the elderly. There are loopholes, so your father and I have to come out to make a living again."
After listening to the words of my father, an old man in his sixties, I felt mixed emotions and kept sighing in my heart, "Dad is so old and still has to struggle for life. He should be living a life of old age, but he still treats himself as a human being." Young people are in charge. The main force of struggle in this era should be us young adults between the ages of 20 and 50. At my father’s age, he still has to drag his injured left leg to make a living. I deeply blame myself, My parents didn’t live a good life because I, as a son, didn’t do a good job!”
In the midst of self-blame, we walked to the elevator. After entering, Dad pressed the elevator button for the thirteenth floor...
I helped my father to room 1302. After my father took out the key and opened the door, we both entered the room.
"You came back so early, what happened?"
This is my mother's voice, the current voice I haven't heard for a long time.
"Honey, we're not doing business today. I brought an important person home. Who do you think is here?"
I walked through the restaurant and saw an elderly woman in plain clothes, with yellowish hair, and also wearing a pair of deep reading glasses, sitting on the sofa, holding a mobile phone in her hand, watching the live broadcast.
She looked up at me and dropped her cell phone on the sofa. Her mother's eyes were full of surprise. She looked at me for a while and then said slowly: "You are..." ...Ruoxu?”
"Yeah, mom, look at me, you see I've grown up now. I...I'm home, I'm here to see you. Mom, are you okay after all these years?"
As I spoke, my tears rolled down again, and my mother also looked at me with tearful eyes, unwilling to move her eyes away. After all, twenty-five years have passed, and I have been away for twenty-five years. When I see my parents again, they are already so old that I don’t recognize them anymore. When I left them, they were still in their prime, my father was in very good health, and my mother was in good condition. Now looking at the two sixty-year-olds in front of me, I really can’t describe the feeling in my heart...
I took my father's hand and sat next to my mother. I wanted to say something, but I didn't know where to start.
My mother kept asking me how I came to be here for the past 20 years, what I am doing now, whether I am married, etc. I thought my parents had forgotten me long ago, but it turned out that they were still thinking about me as their son. .
"Mom, I'm doing well. Although I left home when I was seven years old, I still remember my father and mother. However, I suffered a lot of bullying at school. My classmates always said that I was a child without a father and a mother. I couldn't help but fight with them. But I just couldn't beat them. The master still loved me and taught me everything he had to offer, so I tried my best and learned all his skills. Moreover, I am a god now. I’m the head of the master’s gym, and I’m making a lot of money.”
The mother smiled, very happily, "Okay, my good son has a future!"
The father also said happily: "You two, let's chat first, and I'll go cook some vegetables. It's not easy for my son to come back. He must eat and drink well."
As he said that, my father rolled up his sleeves, and I quickly interrupted, "Mom and Dad, don't worry about cooking now. I think we have some free time. We should watch a foreign movie, the movie "Charlie" starring Johnny Depp. "Chocolate Factory". This film seems to be about a big entrepreneur looking for a successor to his chocolate factory. After watching the end, you will understand the moral of the film, which is to tell us that family is the most important thing."
The mother smiled and said: "My dear son, you are right, nothing is more important than family. If you ask me, you should sing "Come Home Often" more often, and as the lyrics say, come back more often. Look at me and your dad. When the time comes, just don’t think your mom is nagging you."
Dad said: "Yes, son, come home often and check if everything is fine! By the way, do you have a partner?"
I smiled and nodded, and said, "Not only do I have a partner, I also got a certificate. Oh, yes, I'll call her right now and let's reunite as a family!"
After saying that, I took out my mobile phone and dialed Deng Wanwan's number. I told her the address on the phone and urged her to come over as soon as possible.
The old couple smiled when I finished the phone call and praised me for being sensible with satisfaction. Dad said again: "You and your mother are chatting first. I have to cook quickly. In a short while, my daughter-in-law is here and I won't be able to eat."
After saying that, my father went to work in the kitchen, while my mother was still chatting briefly with my parents.
When Deng Wanwan came over, her father had just finished cooking. Five dishes and a pot of soup. It had been a long time since I had eaten the food cooked by my father. This is the taste of home.
The more her mother looked at Deng Wanwan, the more she liked it. She added a piece of hairtail to her and said, "Daughter-in-law, eat quickly. The braised hairtail made by your father-in-law is delicious."
Deng Wanwan chewed the food slowly and shyly, and her mother also gave me a piece of hairtail and said, "Ruoxu, you eat too! When you were a child, you always pestered your father to make hairtail for you."
It feels really good to sit and eat together as a family, and now that I have a daughter-in-law, my parents are not to mention how happy they are.
Especially my mother, she was full of praise for Deng Wanwan, "Girl, you are so lucky. Our family Ruoxu feels so sorry for you. Our family Ruoxu is even more blessed to have such a good daughter-in-law like you. We both are so lucky." I am all happy for you."
Deng Wanwan blushed at her praise and said coyly: "Mom, as you said, from now on, Yang Sheng and I will honor you together."
Dad took a sip of beer and asked, "You two have received your certificates. Is the ceremony ready yet?"
I said: "Not yet. The main reason is that I am too busy. The supernatural events are happening one after another and I can't cope with them. Besides, my parents are still alive. I have a wedding ceremony. Don't I have to communicate with you and my elders?"
"Good son, be sensible. Dad's love for you has not been in vain! I think the 8th of next month will be a good day. Otherwise, let's take care of your affairs!" Dad was consulting Deng Wanwan and I for our opinions.
I turned my gaze to Deng Wanwan and said, "Wan'er, Dad is asking us a question. Do you think it's okay on the 8th of next month?"
"I listen to my father-in-law."
Deng Wanwan gave the answer, and I said I had no objection.
Dad smiled so brightly, and mom smiled equally happily, and urged us to eat quickly.
I think the greatest happiness in life is to get together with your family, eat together, work together, talk together, and live a happy life together.
