Finely crushed warmth.
Text: Hu Meixia.
On November 7, 2023, my father-in-law completed his hard-working and ordinary life at the age of 88.
The day before, my father-in-law was in a particularly good state of mind. The fever subsided, the stool was cleared, the appetite was strong, the family's hanging hearts were relaxed, and it was optimistically estimated that it would not be a problem to live to be 90 years old.
The cold breeze outside the house is XiXi, and the inside of the house is as warm as spring. The mother-in-law was afraid that her father-in-law would be cold, so she added coal to the heating stove for a while. The eldest sister and husband made her father-in-law happy together. The father-in-law's face was peaceful, like a babbling baby, waving his bruised hands and his eldest sister's fists.
At 5:30 a.m., my aunt called** and said that my father-in-law was no longer good. Half a year ago, my father-in-law was weak and couldn't get off the kang, but his ears were not deaf and his eyes were not dazzling, and his brain was also very bright. I didn't expect ......The news came so suddenly, I felt like I was stuck in my throat and my whole body went limp. While packing his luggage, he burst into tears. The past is accompanied by tears of sadness, and scenes keep flashing in front of me.
The father-in-law is thin and tall, and the only thing that shows age is the bare top of his head. The first time we met, it was in the evening, maybe afraid that I would be embarrassed, he kept looking for all kinds of topics, chatting about his son's funny stories when he was a child, and talking about the kinship of the neighborhood. It is said that the ugly daughter-in-law will be nervous when she sees her in-laws, but because of his enthusiasm, I am very calm and relaxed, listening to him talk eloquently, while enjoying the melon seeds, peanuts, grapes, apples and favorite roasted potatoes he pushes in front of him. My father said, we don't have anything else, fruits, potatoes are enough.
My father-in-law took my preferences to heart. As soon as I go back, give me boiled potatoes. Every time he cooked, he first swept the ashes with a broom, knocked them soft on the stove, peeled off the skin, and then picked the softest glutinous and sweet one for me. I wasn't embarrassed at all, and I enjoyed it with peace of mind.
The warmth that his father didn't give is vividly reflected in his father-in-law.
When you get married, you want to rent a house and buy a home. The gentleman went home and asked the old father for money. The father-in-law sat on a chair and leaned on the small cabinet with his hands on his head. The little red cabinet was locked, and it probably contained most of his life's savings. The father-in-law took off his hat, pouted and thanked the bald head, and said embarrassedly, how can I have so much money. I snickered in my heart, whether you have money or not is your business.
Although my father-in-law was difficult, he never embarrassed me. Buy TV,I picked the heavyweight peony at the time,My father-in-law looked embarrassed,Pointing to the low price,The panda with a small screen said,The panda is very good,Your sister's family has watched it for several years and there is nothing wrong。 I laughed, said I liked that, and went to work.
I don't know what my father-in-law used to get me to get my wish. When I got home from work, I was amazed by the TV I chose.
At the wedding, my brother hurt my husband with his insulting remarks. The gentleman complained at me. The father-in-law scolded him, saying what are you doing as a woman, and she is not wrong. I laughed secretly, woman, good soil. But I was really warmed, and I felt that I didn't have to worry about being bullied in front of such a sensible old man for the rest of my life.
Sure enough, my father-in-law treated me well. Regardless of winter or summer, every time I go home and get out of the car, I can see him smiling and asking for warmth. It's not that my father-in-law can pinch and calculate, he is just obsessed, and he gave me a strong fatherly love with anticipation and waiting. Every time I left, the night before he spun around the ground like a spinning top, eager to load up all my belongings. I don't want it, let him keep it for himself to eat, he is not happy, saying that if there is no food at home, he will spend money to buy it, don't spend money blindly, save the money and wait for my grandson to study well. The next day, before dawn, he got up to boil water and boil the kang to make the house warm. Then, carrying large bags and small bags, I was sent to the car, no matter whether it was windy or rainy, without exception.
Father-in-law's warmth is not just about the details. He is still like a mountain for me to rely on. Mr. didn't have any money in the factory, so he asked someone to bring 100 yuan, and said that if he had food, we wouldn't be hungry. When the husband was sick, he walked 100 miles to deliver money in the drizzle, so that he could see a doctor, saying that the money was not enough, and he would find a way, as long as he did it again, there was nothing. He took his grandson away for three and a half years, for food and drink, and never asked me for a penny, and never said a word of no. He saved his grandson's New Year's money and said that he would go to college with me. He left his mother-in-law and came to the city to be a driver for me for a winter, and the place where he lived was very cold, and he hid it from me when he had a cold, and secretly bought medicine for him to eat, and I bought him a cotton coat, and everyone knew that he showed off, saying that I was so good and ......
I can no longer enjoy the warmth of someone to protect me. Kneeling in front of his coffin, my heart hurt very much with my thoughts, and I have been an adult since then ......