In China, there is a saying: "A mother will be worried when her child travels far", but will the child also worry when the mother travels far? This can't help but make children reflect. - Not long ago, in CCTV's "Do You Want A Challenge" obstacle game show, the host asked the contestant: "Please say the last four digits of your mother's mobile phone number within five seconds." This seemingly simple question made the contestant scratch his head and unable to answer. At the time, many young viewers laughed, and I also laughed in front of the TV, but when I looked back, I saw a hint of bewilderment and disappointment flash through my mother's eyes who was sitting beside me, then she went to cook. Looking at my mother's shuffling back as she left, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the elder.
- I remember in my childhood, our family had five people. My brother was a congenital hemiplegic, and at the age of six, he got pulmonary edema. Due to the backwardness of medical care and the poverty of the family, we didn't have money to treat my brother, so my father saved the money for my sister and I to pay school fees. Later, because of no treatment, my brother started to not eat or drink water, and began to deteriorate. My careful mother cooked brown sugar water for him every day, fried an egg to maintain his life, and from then on, my mother began to believe in the Lord Jesus. Every night, my mother would pray sincerely to the statue of God. But still, my brother's young life could not be saved, and he eventually left us. Every festival, when the family sat together to eat, my mother always added another pair of chopsticks and reserved an empty seat for my brother. From then on, I started to think that parents are the best people in the world, and when I grow up, I must treat my parents well, and let them live a good life.
- In the blink of an eye, I grew up, and I studied very hard with outstanding results. During the days near the college entrance exam, I often stayed up late into the night. My mother also often accompanied me and made snacks for me. When I was tired from studying, my mother would bring me a bowl of steaming hot fried eggs, saying: "You're studying hard and using your brain, you need to supplement more nutrition." Many times when I was tired from studying, I saw my mother dozing off in a chair. I advised her to rest earlier, but she refused and insisted on staying with me.
- Hard work pays off, at the age of nineteen, I entered Northwestern Polytechnical University with the top score in the province. Upon hearing this good news, my mother was both happy and worried, worried about the huge tuition fee for our not-so-rich family. For this reason, my sister voluntarily gave up university and went to work in the south, while my father worked at a construction site and took a part-time job, building bricks on the roof during the day and grinding tiles at night. To raise money for my tuition, my father quit smoking and even wouldn't spend one yuan to eat the food on the construction site which was worse than pig feed. He usually brought dry pancakes made by my mother and drank plain boiled water. Because of working day and night, my father became ill from overwork. One day, while working on the construction site, my father suddenly felt dizzy and fell heavily from the fifth floor. Because he wasn't sent to the hospital in time, he passed away permanently.
- The bad news came, almost breaking our family apart, and our family lost its economic source. The loss of my father hit my mother hardest, she seemed to age overnight. My mother and I went to the construction site to ask the boss for money, but we were scolded and driven out. The reason was that my father hadn't signed a contract with the Labor Bureau, so the construction site wouldn't recognize it. My mother and I pleaded with the boss, and finally the boss agreed to give us three thousand yuan as burial expenses. On the day of my father's burial, my mother bought the worst thin coffin from the market, buried my father, and then stuffed all the remaining money into my pocket. With the money my sister earned from working, the tuition for this semester was finally enough.
- On the day of enrollment, just as the sky turned white, my mother woke me up. We walked dozens of miles of mountain roads, and she sent me to the village entrance. By the time we reached the village entrance, it was already bright. My mother only left after seeing me get on the car. Watching my mother's shuffling and thin figure gradually disappear, I couldn't help but feel a wave of sadness. The car slowly started, and when I looked back, I found my mother standing on the hilltop waving to me frequently, her eyes full of vicissitudes. At that moment, I clearly saw the deep sorrow in the depths of my mother's eyes, and I couldn't help but burst into tears.
- Since then, there was only my mother at home, I clearly remember that year, my mother was fifty-seven years old.
- After arriving at school, in order to reduce the burden on me, I worked and studied harder. With excellent grades and performance, I became the president of the student union, received scholarships every year, and obtained special hardship relief from the school, exempting all my college expenses. On weekends, I tutored students, and at least covered basic living expenses. My mother sold tofu at home, often entrusting someone to bring me some well-cooked tofu and some small living expenses. I told my mother that the school had exempted all my expenses, and my mother was moved to tears. Usually, I would save these funds and buy outdated clothes and dumpling fillings that my mother liked at the flea market. My mother was moved and extremely happy.
- Time flies, four years of university life passed in the blink of an eye, and my mother sighed with relief. Four years had already made my mother physically and mentally exhausted, looking like an old woman.
- After graduation, I was assigned to Guangdong, to conveniently take care of my mother without being too far from home, I chose to stay in Xi'an. Later, I was hired as the vice general manager of a technology company. With strong business qualities and good character, I was soon promoted to general manager and became a favorite in the company, receiving housing from the company and having my own private car. I drove home to visit my mother every few days. My sister also got married, and Toshiba TV repair, there was only my elderly mother left at home. Every time I went home, my mother, dragging her increasingly thin figure, busied herself cooking delicious food for me. My mother usually didn't eat, she liked watching me eat, then asked beside me: "How does it taste? Is it salty?" Actually, my mother was already confused, often putting salt three times while cooking, each time I quietly swallowed the bitterness without showing any sign.
- Later, I suggested bringing my mother to live in the city, but she refused. I knew my mother was afraid of troubling me.
- My mother never spent money to ride a vehicle in her whole life, the first time riding a car she inevitably got carsick. Several times on the road, my mother wanted to throw up, but fearing dirtying the car, she forced it down. I handed her a plastic bag, and my mother finally couldn't hold it and threw up. To avoid making my mother uncomfortable, I tried to drive very slowly, stopping by the roadside four times. When we arrived in the city, it was almost noon. I parked the car in front of a four-star hotel, my mother looked at the luxurious facilities, and no matter how I persuaded her, she refused to go in, saying how much a meal here would cost, insisting on finding a secluded restaurant. Unable to persuade my mother, I took her to eat three-yuan-a-bowl noodles.
- My mother was used to living in the countryside and was not accustomed to the noise of the city, after two days of staying, she asked me to send her back to the countryside. I forcibly kept her for one more day, on the third day, she packed her luggage and said if I didn't send her, she would go back herself, I could only send her back to the countryside with tears streaming down my face. When the car arrived in the village, many people surrounded my car and touched it with their hands, at this time my mother quickly stopped them and said: "Be careful not to break it!" I saw a rare smile flashing in my mother's eyes. Before leaving, I secretly put two thousand yuan in my mother's pocket and said: "Mom, I'll come home for the New Year this year." My mother gently responded, her eyes full of satisfaction.
- In the blink of an eye, the New Year was approaching, at this time I secretly dated the chairman's daughter Mo. The chairman noticed and tacitly approved. Near the New Year, the director asked me to spend the New Year at his house. Thinking of the promise I made to my mother, I hesitated but faced with career and promises, I chose the former. I made various excuses to my mother and said: "Mom, I can't spend the New Year with you this year." My mother reluctantly replied "Oh", then reminded me to take care of myself.
- On New Year's Day, the director called me to play mahjong, resulting in not finishing until four in the morning. Suddenly, I remembered I forgot to call my mother. It was already 4:30 in the morning, I nervously dialed the number. It rang once and connected, the other side transmitted my mother's urgent voice. I suddenly realized my mother waited for my call all night, a surge of pain rushed to my heart, and I couldn't help but shed bitter tears.
- The next morning, my sister came from the countryside, carrying a basket of local eggs. I drowsily asked my sister to come in, but she stood outside the door and said: "No, Mom is waiting for me at home, these are the eggs Mom sent for you, she said the eggs from chickens raised in the city don't taste good."
- I took the eggs, but felt uneasy inside. I gently touched the warm shell, and suddenly realized that this was actually a warm home. Accidentally touching the soft cloth bag at the bottom of the basket, it was sewn very tightly, I struggled to open the pocket, surprisingly inside were the two thousand yuan I gave her, neatly folded. Again, I couldn't help but burst into tears.
- I simply packed my luggage, drove towards home, far away I saw my mother's thin figure standing at the village entrance, sadly gazing...
- In fact, what parents hope for is not how much we can give them, they have worked hard all their lives, what they hope most is that their children can often come home to visit.
- People are drifting boats, home is the eternal shore.
- Only people pay attention to whether you fly high, Changhong TV repair, but rarely care whether you are tired;
- Only people care how far you fly, but rarely care whether you are doing well.
- However, maternal love always embraces us around, when we feel tired and wronged, go home and take a break, a pair of expectant eyes silently miss you. When it gets dark, don't let your parents wait too long!