My father-in-law was an ordinary farmer in the suburbs of Guangzhou, who had lived on that land all his life and lived a simple rural life. He used to smoke, but later quit because of a lung disease, he didn't have a "friendship" with alcohol, and as for the pleasures of his life, in my memory, except for watching TV shows, that is, he had a soft spot for newspapers. There is no scenery and legend in my father-in-law's life, and he paved his ordinary life with his honest and honest character of enduring humiliation, perhaps it is in this way that my father-in-law has become the most real and worshipable father in my wife's heart.
I live with my wife in the urban area of Guangzhou, every New Year's holiday, I will take my wife and daughter to visit my father-in-law, but unfortunately there is a language barrier between me and my father-in-law, he can't understand my Hunan Mandarin, and I can't figure out his local pronunciation, so it is difficult for me to play family with my father-in-law alone, so I have known my father-in-law for 18 years, but I feel that my father-in-law's heart is still very far away from me, I meet him, sometimes I ask about his life, after a few words, it is a large silence, But I could still perceive the satisfaction and happiness in his eyes for his family reunion.
In fact, his father-in-law is a person with great affection, and he himself will often visit his relatives in Guangzhou with gifts, chatting about family life, so that family affection can penetrate.
When my wife and I first got married, before the Spring Festival, my father-in-law arranged for his two sons to ride bicycles from the countryside forty miles away to Guangzhou to send us New Year's goods, such as fried dumplings, rice cakes, and oil horns that I love to eat.
Every time I go to see my father-in-law, he will cook himself, so that I have the opportunity to taste the delicacies under his old man's craft, I especially like the taro stewed duck he made, my father-in-law's taro stewed duck is fat but not greasy, the color and flavor are complete, it is said that it can also nourish the stomach and regulate qi, and enhance the body's immunity.
Because my father-in-law used his own heart and behavior to be the ears and eyes of our younger generations, the various powers that my father-in-law had accumulated throughout his life slowly penetrated into our lives, so that we could also be kind to our relatives with an intimate attitude.
When my brother-in-law was still in school, in order to reduce my father-in-law's financial burden, my wife and I took the initiative to bear all the expenses of my brother-in-law's schooling. "And as the eldest daughter and son-in-law, we should also set an example for our younger brothers and sisters to honor their parents! So, during the New Year's holidays, I will discuss with my wife in advance: What kind of gifts should I buy for my father-in-law and mother-in-law this time?
During the Spring Festival this year, our family of three went to my father-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings, and when my father-in-law put on the clothes and leather shoes we brought, my father-in-law's face was full of light. At lunch, my father-in-law made an exception and drank two small glasses of red wine with us, listening to his rare encouragement and happy laughter, I thought to myself: I must honor my father-in-law and mother-in-law in the future. Now that their children are married, they don't have to worry about their children's tuition fees for the next semester, they can sit in the sun and watch their grandchildren play naughtily, but my father-in-law, he's leaving, he's leaving with cancer all over his body.
After the Spring Festival this year, we suddenly found that my father-in-law was unwell, and went to the city cancer hospital for an examination, and was diagnosed with lung cancer, and the cancer cells had spread to the brain and lymph, and the doctor clearly told us that we could live for half a year at most. Usually** disease-free father-in-law cancer is so calm, without a little sign and pain, this is so sudden, suddenly even I have no psychological preparation, and my father-in-law is very affectionate my wife, thinking of my father's previous bits and pieces, can't help but burst into tears, usually, she often recalls in front of me when she was a child on her birthday when her father bought her a pack of biscuits, a few candies, she will also think of her pigtails she was taken by her father in the town with a black and white **...After his father-in-law became ill, he relied on "diapers" to urinate and returned to his infant age, but he did not have the vitality and hope of infants. In the face of our father-in-law, in the face of illness, we are all crying and sad, and in the face of the result that we can't save our lives after being cured, the only thing we can do is to be filial.
My wife's cousin, who is a doctor, also recommended a dose of Chinese medicine to us, which is said to have a good effect on lung cancer patients, but one of the medicines was not available. Later, when I went to Shaoguan on a business trip, I accidentally discovered this medicine. The next day, I gave up the opportunity to climb Danxia Mountain, and drove the medicine to my father-in-law's house, my father-in-law heard that the scarce Chinese medicine was found, and immediately walked over, he held the Chinese medicine with both hands, and his eyes spewed a light of surprise, as if he saw that God gave him another chance to survive, so that my heart was full of infinite joy standing aside. In the following days, we made fun of him, and when the weather was good, we also drove around the nearby airport and park, so that he could exercise appropriately, hoping to leave him more happiness and leave us a good memory.
That day, I went to visit my father-in-law, and as soon as I walked into the ward, my mother-in-law said to my father-in-law, "Jiuman is here, you can get up." The father-in-law's sick body shook and tried to sit up, but the father-in-law's cancer was so severe that he could not sit up.
Looking at my father-in-law on the hospital bed, I felt that he had really collapsed, his body was visibly emaciated, and the authority of the family he once had was gone. I said to him with concern, "Uncle, do you know your condition? The old man immediately said, "Yes." Lying on the old-fashioned wooden bed, a line of cloudy old tears overflowed from his slightly closed eyes. Thinking of my father-in-law's care for me in the past, a stream of heat surged in my chest, making me completely forget the emotional stubbornness, my nose was sore, and my eyes were blurred. Although I have difficulty communicating with my father-in-law, I am a person of filial piety, and I deeply understand what my father-in-law is thinking in his hospital bed. I continued, "Uncle, don't worry, I will do my best to save you!" The corners of my father-in-law's mouth twitched slightly, and I seemed to hear my father-in-law say, "Son, it's all up to you this time!" "Look at my mother-in-law again, she has cried into tears. When I got up to leave, I saw that my father-in-law's eyes were already full of tears. I can't know: that's what he expects from me? Or is he waiting for me? (Nine full).