On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I came back from my third uncle's house, and my mother asked me to go around my aunt's house, but I didn't enter the house!
Chinese New Year's Eve is a cut-off point, which is already felt on the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year. Before Chinese New Year's Eve, the village hair or neighbor lady will ask when you will come back, if you are married, will also ask your wife and children have returned, how the goods are handled this year, the happiness at that moment is bursting, is uncontrollable. But as soon as Chinese New Year's Eve passed, everyone was busy greeting the New Year on New Year's Day, and it was time for the afternoonEveryone seems to be deflated, this year is over, and when they go to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the most heard is "When will you leave after the New Year!" ”
I didn't want to talk about it, and my mother didn't want to hear it.
A few years ago, my father left, and my mother was left alone in the family, and she lived alone for a few years, but just a few months ago, she suddenly had a serious illness and was admitted to the hospital for half a month. In previous years, my mother asked me and my eldest brother to go to my third uncle's house as a representative to pay New Year's greetings, but this year I don't know whyI really wanted to go, and on the way back in the afternoon, I insisted on bypassing my aunt's house, but she didn't go in.
Entering the twentieth month of the lunar month, my mother often urged us to come back, and asked us from time to time what our plans were, and kept urging us.
Since my mother fell ill, my sister-in-law has been taking care of my mother at home, but she only helps with cooking and washing clothes, and my mother still lives alone in my small home. My sister-in-law bought a TV for her mother and set it up for her, so that as long as she turns it on, she can hear the opera, but her mother always says that listening to the opera alone will be very annoying and boring.
Sometimes I go to bed after lunch, sometimes I nap at the door after dinner, and I feel like I'm sleeping all day and night, and nothing else.
Seeing that some people in the village had begun to come back, my mother was also anxious, and kept calling us, thinking that we should come back early and go to the New Year's goods as soon as possible.
My eldest brother and I have arrived home one after another, and we are still together for the New Year this year.
After all, there are not many people in the family, and the New Year is to have a lively time, otherwise there will be no meaning, and I will come back for so many years all year round, so I simply don't separate for the New Year.
When she got home, my mother was obviously much happier, and put on the new shoes and clothes we had bought for her, and sat in the yard every day, watching us kill chickens and fish, and watch us buy boiled meat or chop wood.
In fact, my mother is still very strong, don't look at my age, there are a lot of things planted in the yard, and now, there are green onions, spinach and garlic seedlings in the yard, which are planted by my mother and sister-in-law.
At the end of the year, my mother gave us tasks every day, what to do this year, what to do tomorrow, and commanded us every day.
My eldest brother and I set off early in the morning to buy New Year's goods, and we were also very happy.
This year, my mother suddenly said that she wanted to buy more fire paper and more meat, and she wanted to follow us to my third uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings, and said that she hadn't been there for many years, and she wanted to go a little.
In fact, a few years ago, my mother did not go to my grandmother's house, and now my three uncles are only the third uncle's family, and my mother is also sad after she goes, and there is nothing left in my mother's house, even my grandmother's dilapidated cottage was also brought down by a heavy rain a few years ago, and now it seems that there is only a little broken soil and a few burnt woods, and nothing else.
Moreover, as an elder, every time my mother goes to the third uncle's house, she takes a lot of New Year's money and gifts.
For many years, we went to my third uncle's house instead of my mother, and every time I came back from my third uncle's house, my mother would ask my third uncle how he was doing, if his legs were better, and if he had gone to his grandmother's grave.
It's like this every year, but this year I don't know why, my mother had to follow, and I discussed it with my eldest brother and agreed
On the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, my mother had already changed her clothes and combed her hair, and my sister-in-law was watching from the side, and teased my mother, "It's different to go back to my parents' house, I have to clean up, and I can't lose points." ”
The sister-in-law is straightforward and fast-talking, and no one cares what she says.
The mother checked over and over again to see if we had enough of what we were going to bring, and to see if there was anything missing.
The things that had just been put in the car, my mother checked again, for fear that she had not taken anything, for fear that she would take something less. The sister-in-law also smiled and said that if this relative doesn't leave, just check things at home, what are you going to do?
When my mother heard what my sister-in-law meant, she smiled and said nothing, and asked me to drive away.
Our house is about 12 kilometers away from my grandmother's house, and now it seems that 12 kilometers is not too far, and the car has not really moved up, and it has already arrived at the place. But if you go back a few decades, it was a long way away, and every time you set out early in the morning, you could barely reach your grandmother's house at noon.
When I was a child, my eldest brother and I followed my mother and walked to my grandmother's house step by step.
My mother carried the basket, the eldest brother walked in front, and I followed behind, sometimes I would be very tired, so I would sit on the side of the road and rest for a while, and every time my mother advised me to hurry up, otherwise I would not be able to catch up with the meal.
At that time, I was thinking, when I have a bicycle at home, I will take my mother to my grandmother's house, and it will not have to be so hard.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, everyone came out to visit relatives, and when the sun came out, the snow slowly melted, and then the road began to become wet, and if you walked a little more, the soles of your shoes would be muddy, and even difficult to walk.
On the street, there are people who go to relatives, and there are some shops selling things, we usually buy things in this market town, while waiting for my aunt, and we go to my grandmother's house to pay New Year's greetings together.
My aunt loved us and gave us New Year's money when she saw us, but my mother didn't let us accept it, saying that my aunt's family was in difficulty and couldn't ask for her money.
The eldest brother is already sensible, and he never accepts the New Year's money from his aunt, but I always ask for it. My aunt also loves me, and every time she not only gives money, but also gives a lot of delicious food. Later, my eldest brother took me aside and taught me again, "Our aunt has no money at home, you don't want to charge her New Year's money, you can't ask for it, and you can't ask for food." ”
The eldest brother is educated, and I don't dare to accept it anymore.
We always go to my grandmother's house together, come back together, talk and laugh on the road, and feel how far the road is, and I don't feel how tired, with a few old watches, you chase me, walk and walk to the place, and this way is to go to relatives, it is also lively.
It's just that my aunt left early, and her three sons are now out of town, and their hometown basically doesn't come back, especially after the third anniversary, and there is no one in their hometown at all.
Now go to the third uncle's house, and it's our own family.
Similarly, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, we still bought gifts in the market town, but now, we can't wait for the people from my aunt's family to follow us.
The third uncle is a lot older, the third aunt and aunt were not good in the legs a few years ago, and now it is even more serious, when they saw that their mother also came over, the third aunt was excited, and wanted to hurry up to help, but there was no way, she was now walking is very difficult.
The third aunt also felt sorry for her mother, and said that she had heard that she was sick and hospitalized for half a month, and she was so scared that she didn't eat well for a few days.
She said that at this age, after suffering such a big crime, it is a blessing to be able to be discharged from the hospital smoothly and be in such good health.
The mother said, "Let it all be fate, and don't care about anything."
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, there were still a lot of people, and the third uncle's house set up several tables, and we were eating lively.
There were a lot of people I hadn't seen in years, I couldn't remember the names of any people, and the same was true of my mother, who only reacted when they opened their mouths first.
In previous years, it was the third uncle who took us to the grave of my grandmother, but this time, my mother also wanted to follow, she wanted to go to the grave of my grandmother.
But then he was stopped by the third uncle.
The field was wet, and the ground was soft, and the grass had already come out of the field, so it would be a big trouble if you stumble.
It's just that my mother came to pay New Year's greetings, just to go to the grave of my grandmother, and you don't let her go, which is not good.
So, my mother watched from a distance on the road with a cane, and when she saw that we and my third uncle went to the grave of my grandmother, she folded her hands together, which was regarded as a New Year's greeting.
Returning home from the cemetery, it happened to run through the whole village.
When I walked to the door of my uncle's house, my mother stopped, looked at the door, and looked at the Spring Festival couplets pasted on it, and my mother asked if my uncle's child had gone home for the New Year.
The third uncle said no, since the eldest and the second left, the houses of the two families were empty, and the children had the ability, and they all bought houses in other places, and they settled down in other places.
This Spring Festival couplet was instructed by the children.
The third uncle said, if the children don't remind me, I have to paste Spring Festival couplets for them, after all, it is the New Year, who doesn't post Spring Festival couplets?
The third uncle not only pasted the Spring Festival couplets, but also disposed of the garbage and branches in front of their door, and the front of the door was clean.
At this time, the third uncle asked his mother if she wanted to go and see it, and her mother waved her hand and said that she didn't need to go to see it, there was no one at home, and it was not interesting to see it.
At this time, an old grandmother greeted her mother, and kept calling her mother's nickname.
The mother turned her face to the sound and saw an old man also on crutches, surrounded by several children. At this moment, the mother was excited, and hurriedly went up to shake hands excitedly, and tears were about to come out. Her mother called her aunt, and her voice began to tremble.
The old man was very old, his teeth had fallen out, and he was in a wheelchair.
My mother later told me that this old man used to be a neighbor diagonally across from my grandmother's hometown, and he should call out his aunt according to his seniority, because the two families are close to each other, and the relationship is relatively good.
At that time, there were many children in the family, there was nothing to eat, and the mother and the third uncle were hungry and crying, and it was also the old man who took something from home to give his mother something to eat, including every time the mother went back to her mother's house, as long as the grandmother was not at home, the mother went directly to her house to sit for a while, and waited for the grandmother to come home at her house.
How many years have passed, who would have thought that they would be able to see their old neighbors.
Her mother talked to her for a while, and then left.
When leaving, the two of them have been reluctant, maybe they are also thinking, or, this may be the last chance in this life.
Walking further, I also met a few people on the road, both adults and children, but my mother didn't know me very much, even if the third uncle kept introducing me, my mother still couldn't remember who it was.
It seems that there is a little child, and when the third uncle directly said who his grandfather was, his mother was suddenly stunned, and said, "Isn't the third brother Wen paralyzed?" ”
Yes, it's paralyzed, this is his youngest grandson, who has always been by his side. ”
Mother sighed, and said that in the past, the third brother Wen was the best in their group, and he worked the hardest, and our cattle were lost, but he still asked him for help and gave another cow on credit.
Unexpectedly, people are already old, and they can't get out of bed.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, we went back, and when we left, the third uncle kept holding my mother and said that when I had time in the future, I would definitely go to see my mother.
Mother seemed to have seen through everything, so she said that she would take a look if she had time, forget it if she didn't have time, no need to toss, everyone was this age, and they couldn't see each other a few times.
The eldest brother always advises his mother not to talk nonsense, and he can't think about being unhappy at all during the New Year.
Our car drove away, and the third uncle and his house, in the rearview mirror, gradually disappeared.
On the way back, my mother didn't speak, just like my eldest brother and I back then, after coming back from my grandmother's house, I didn't have any energy at all, I was so tired that I didn't even want to walk.
When I was almost in the market town where my aunt's house was located, my mother stopped me and told me to buy some fire paper and go to my aunt's grave.
My eldest brother and I were stunned, after all, such a thing has never happened.
Mother said that my aunt used to be poor at home, but it was still very good for us juniors, and we kept everything to eat, she had been gone for so many years, and now her three sons are not going home for the New Year, and her grave should have been without fireworks for many years.
I understood what my mother meant, so I went to buy a lot of paper money and took my mother with me.
This time, my mother did not get out of the car, but watched from a distance, watching my eldest brother and I go to the grave of my aunt, kowtowing in front of the grave, until the fire was extinguished, and we came out of the grave.
I also told my mother that my aunt's grave had burned marks, and I don't know if it was a relative from my aunt's family.
The mother didn't speak, just sighed, and said lightly, "What's the use of raising a son, I haven't come back for several years, and I haven't enjoyed a day of happiness as a mother." ”
We were about to leave, and my mother asked me again, and she said let's go to the village, the village is easier to walk.
When we said this, we knew that it was not that the village was easier to walk, but that my mother wanted to see my aunt's house.
The house, still the same as it was decades ago, no, more dilapidated than it was a few decades ago.
The low doorway stood alone, and the walls on both sides had fallen. I don't know who pasted a Spring Festival couplet for her, maybe she didn't post it seriously, and now there is a pair that has been blown away by the wind.
Looking at the yard again, there was nothing, not even a rope to dry clothes, the kitchen in the West House, the wooden door was half overturned, and half was dying because of the problem of the deadbolt, but the window was already missing those few steel bars, and the mother said, probably let the scrap pick up be taken away.
Looking at the former house, looking at this familiar and unfamiliar yard, my mother was at the door of the house, and looked at it for a long time, but she didn't go in.
The neighbors around thought it was my aunt's children who had come home, so they came out to take a look, and my eldest brother and I hurriedly went up to smoke cigarettes, and they found out what was going on.
Some people also sighed, "This family hasn't come back for the New Year for a few years, and it is estimated that they have made a fortune abroad, and their hometown is not ready to come back." ”
Mother smiled, rich, what kind of wealth.
My hometown is gone, my mother is gone, and I can't see how much money I make, what's the use.
After watching it for a while, we went home.
In the evening, my mother didn't eat much, saying that she ate too much at noon, so she drank some porridge and went to bed.
Perhaps, the old people are like this.
How much I looked forward to it a year ago, how excited I was, and how panicked and lost I was after the year.
She wanted us all to stay at home, but she couldn't speak, and she couldn't even live if she didn't go out to work.
It's just that the lively home a year ago has passed a year, and it will be deserted in an instant, and this year-long look forward to the situation is just a flash in the pan, and it will end in just a few days.
Mothers, and old people like them, began to wait for the return of their children for another year.
It's just that some people waited for it to come, and some people left without waiting!
It's okay to go home and take a look, it's your hometown, and there are people in your family who care about you!