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As the Chinese New Year approaches, what would you do if you learned that your loved ones who were working outside the home could not return home and had to spend the Chinese New Year alone?
Not long ago, Li Qiushuang, who had not yet graduated from university, encountered such a problem. Her mother was worried about the long distance and wanted to earn more money, so she didn't plan to go home for the Chinese New Year. Li Qiushuang bought a ticket and went straight to her mother's place of work, "I want to pick up my mother and go home for a reunion!" ”
The moment the plane took off, I suddenly understood the meaning of growing up, although I couldn't give my parents a better life for the time being, but when my mother needed it, I could immediately fly to her. ”
[1] Set off and pick up my mother homeApproaching the Spring Festival, "going home for the New Year" is the biggest expectation of hundreds of millions of Chinese. After the winter vacation, 22-year-old Li Qiushuang has been looking forward to her mother, who works in Quanzhou, Fujian, going home early, but in a ** phone call, her mother told her that she was going to spend the New Year alone in other places.
Seeing her mother's somewhat lost expression, Li Qiushuang knew the difficulty behind this decision.
Mom has never been out alone, she doesn't know how to take a taxi, she can't look at the navigation, take the bus, even if she arrives at the train station or airport smoothly, she will inevitably be at a loss in the huge **, and she needs to ask around carefully. What's more, my mother is distressed about the expenses on the road, and she is not willing to miss the overtime pay during the holiday.
In previous years, my parents would go back to my hometown of Fengdu, Chongqing, together before the Chinese New Year, but because my grandmother was sick, my father returned to his hometown early this year to take care of the elderly, leaving only my mother to continue working in the factory.
As a daughter, how can I let her spend a lonely year in a foreign country alone? Li Qiushuang immediately booked a ticket with the money she earned from her part-time job, and set off from her hometown Chongqing early the next morning to take her mother home, ready to send a big surprise.
Along the way, she imagined the excitement of seeing her mother, but when she arrived at her mother's residence, her first reaction was to "hide". At that time, it was already dark, and she saw her mother, who had just finished work, going in and out of the public kitchen, preparing dinner for herself.
Mom was busy preparing dinner in the kitchen.
I went over and knocked on the door after she had cooked the meal, only to find that my hands were shaking. Perhaps looking forward to this moment too much, Li Qiushuang was extremely nervous. After opening the door, the mother was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, she hugged her daughter in surprise and joy, with a smile on her face, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she didn't say a few words, and tears couldn't stop flowing out of her eyes.
The noodles and a few green vegetables are boiled together, which looks very bland, but it is my mother's dinner every day. Li Qiushuang "blamed" her for not caring for her body with some distress, but her mother explained to her with a smile: "I like to eat noodles." After speaking, the mother got up and went to the kitchen to cook for Li Qiushuang, the difference was that she added a golden fried egg to her daughter's bowl of noodles.
Li Qiushuang gave the egg to her mother, but her mother refused to eat it, and finally sandwiched it into Li Qiushuang's bowl.
[2] Accompanying, working with my mother
Li Qiushuang is no stranger to her mother's work. She worked as an intern at her parents' factory during the summer vacation. At that time, she used the internship salary she saved to buy a razor for her father and a foot soaking bucket for her mother.
After arriving in Quanzhou this time, she walked into the factory again and spent a day on the assembly line with her mother.
At 5 o'clock in the morning, before dawn, my mother had already gotten up. She needs to make breakfast first, then go to the nearby vegetable market to prepare the ingredients for lunch, and then arrive at the factory by half past seven. Normally, my mother would be busy until seven or eight o'clock in the evening, during which time she would rush home to make a hurried lunch.
Li Qiushuang accompanies her mother to make breakfast.
Li Qiushuang said that her mother is not in good health and suffers from diabetes, so she has to check her blood sugar and take medicine on time every day, but she is never willing to take time off to rest. On the factory shoe-making assembly line, my mother does not do heavy physical work, but in the face of the boring work content day after day, she must always focus to keep up with the rhythm.
Mom has been working on the assembly line for fifteen years, and how hard it is for more than ten hours a day, perhaps only those who have experienced it can understand. Li Qiushuang sat next to her mother and began to help together.
In the busy interval, Li Qiushuang noticed that the back of her mother's rough hand was full of wrinkles, and it was obvious that her hair had been dyed for a short time, but she could still see obvious gray. She was sad and distressed: "I haven't seen my mother seriously for a long time, and she really doesn't seem to be young anymore." ”
During the years of working outside, my parents were diligent and diligent, supporting a family with countless hard days and nights. Despite all her efforts, when it comes to her daughter's growth, her mother always feels indebted: "In the past, other people's children were well fed and dressed......”
Li Qiushuang interrupted her mother's words: "You obviously raised my sister and me well!" ”
In Li Qiushuang's view, the smiling mother has given the best gift to her growth: in the past, her grades were not good and she only entered a vocational high school, but her mother never criticized her; Later, when she was admitted to university, her mother may not know much about the new things she was exposed to in school, but she smiled and told her to try actively every time. From childhood to adulthood, her mother's unconditional support often makes Li Qiushuang feel lucky.
[3] Go home and have a reunion year
On the evening of January 27, Li Qiushuang took her mother on the way home, they first arrived in Chongqing by plane, and then changed to a high-speed train to Fengdu. The next day, the two finally arrived at the destination of their trip - home.
Compared to the nervousness when I came, the return journey was extremely brisk. Along the way, my mother's happiness can't be hidden, and I will take a short ** every once in a while, recording the bits and pieces of my daughter on the road, whenever relatives and friends call ** to ask, my mother will happily "show off": "This year my daughter made a special trip to pick me up!" ”
Li Qiushuang said that taking her mother home is "the coolest thing to do in 2024 and even when she grows so big." The round-trip travel expenses added up to nearly 3,000 yuan, which she saved up little by little by working part-time during the holidays, doing self-** and scholarships, and grants.
On the day she returned home, Li Qiushuang and her family went to a relative's house to "hug the table".
Li Qiushuang, who usually likes to record her life with a short **, posted this experience on social **, which made many netizens wet their eyes:
Lost 62: After three years of being a soldier and leaving home, I went home to see my parents for the first time, and I felt the same way.
Big Fish: My mom is like that, too, with her short stature to support a family.
Big Spicy Little Spicy: My father has been working outside since I was a child, and I came to work in my father's city after graduation, and now I can eat with my parents every week, and I can talk about everything when I have nothing to do. I want to be closer to them, even if I don't go out and see the world.
Pink and light makeup ( I also ran to my mother, 1800 kilometers away from her. My parents were planting greenhouses and stayed up until two o'clock at night, so I bought a plane ticket and rushed over to help. I will always remember how happy my parents were, and they kept so many chickens for us for the New Year, and the neighbors came to visit the door, and they proudly told the neighbors that their daughters felt sorry for them and flew over to help them work. Looking at the appearance of my parents, I wanted to cry.
Heart-to-heart copywriting: My mother takes a long-distance bus every time she travels, and I said that the time to take the high-speed rail is short, but she said that she doesn't know how to sit, and she is afraid that it will be wrong. At that time, I felt that I was too unfilial, my mother was old and had to go out to work, and she was reluctant to spend an extra yuan on herself, but she was willing to give us hundreds, thousands, or even everything.
Cold salad folded ear root: In the future, if you meet someone who needs help outside, you will definitely be able to help. Hopefully, when my mom and dad need help outside, someone will lend a hand.
At present, Li Qiushuang and her family are busy cleaning, buying New Year's goods, and planning to take their parents out on a trip with her sister after the New Year, so that her parents can relax and enjoy life after a hard year.
I don't have much capacity at the moment, I just want to spend more time with them. Li Qiushuang looks forward to being able to take on the responsibility of the family as soon as possible after graduation, so that her parents will not work so hard. "Mom and Dad used to be my big trees, but now that I'm older, it's time for me to shelter them. ”
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