The story of a cook

Chapter 112 Mother's Arrangement

There are many scenery on the road of life, if you like to look at the scenery, you will delay your journey.

In fact, you are the scenery in the eyes of others. Instead of looking at the scenery of others, it is better to walk your own path.

Whether the road is good or not depends not on whether there is a road, but on the people who walk.

In the past, every time I was laid off, I would look for a job immediately, because being laid off not only means that I have no job, but also means that I have no place to live, and I will live on the street.This time I was laid off and did not live on the street because I have a home. Although it is a rented house, it is also a home.

For the first time, I felt that it was good to have a home, and I also felt that I finally had a nest of my own in the provincial capital.

After coming down from the Rose Hotel, she was not in a hurry to find a job, but told Lin Yan that she wanted to go home and see her mother.

Lin Yan said: "If you go home, you can only go back by yourself. I have to go to work, so I can't ask for leave."

I said, "It's okay, I'll just go back by myself."

Lin Yan said quietly: "You have been home for a few days. If you are not at home, I will have no one to hug me when I sleep. I am used to sleeping with my arms around you. I can't sleep without my arms around you."

I said: "Look at how promising you are. Come on, it's only three days. Now when the family is busy farming, everyone is busy. I won't tell my elder sister and them when I go back this time, just stay at home with my mother for a few days." God, then come back."

Lin Yan said: "Then you can come back quickly, if you don't come back, I will feel that you don't want me."

I said, "Silly girl, how could I not want you? I want you alone for the rest of my life."

I didn't tell my sisters when I went home this time, I just wanted to stay at home quietly with my mother.

The three days I stayed at home with my mother were very comfortable. I helped my mother plant corn in the front garden, repaired some damaged courtyard walls, and replaced the submersible pump and water pipes at home with new ones. Check the wires and circuits in the house, replace all the wires that are not working, and replace all the light switches.She wanted to change it to an electric board, but my mother said that she couldn't press it when she got up at night, so she didn't change it.I turned over all the soil in the garden with a shovel, and waited for a few days before it became warmer, so that my mother could plant some vegetables, so my mother would not have to turn it over.

I haven't done physical work for a long time, and I'm quite tired after doing it. I eat very well every day and sleep very soundly.

My mother asked me about Lin Yan and me, and I told my mother about our current situation.When my mother heard that Lin Yan and I were renting a house, she said: "You two don't earn much now, so you don't need to give me any money. I still have a lot of money, which is enough to spend, plus you five My sister always comes back, and every time I come back, I buy everything I need. I don’t spend any money, just pay the electricity bill, which is less than ten yuan a month. You can spend the money you earn by yourself. In the city Life here is not like our countryside, you have to spend money on everything, even drinking water.”

I said: "It's okay, we both have enough money to spend, and what is given to you is still given to you."

My mother said: "I can't spend what was given to me. I'd better save it for you. You have a lot of places to use your money now. Lin Yan's family has more places to spend money. Let her come here first. I'm fine, even if I have something to do." Don't you have five girls in the house, they can control me, and I won't fall to the ground."

I said, "Don't you have a son, I have to take care of you."

Mother said: "I don't need you to take care of it, just take care of yourself."

I said, "Mom, I plan to get married and take you to live here."

My mother said: "I'm already 65. When you get married, you will be 66 or [-], and you won't be able to move at that time. Besides, I'm an old lady who has never lived in the city. Your houses are still buildings, and there is no kang." , How did I live in the past. I am used to living at home. This house is so nice, the place is big, and the house is spacious. I can do whatever I want. It's time to exercise."

I said, "You can also exercise at my place. There are many old men and women exercising in the park."

My mother said: "What kind of exercise are they doing? They go to the park to digest and digest their food after eating. Can it be the same as me? I don't care if I don't have any land at home. I plant a garden. Take care of the vegetables, feed the chickens, feed the ducks, and hang out with the two geese, and pick up a few eggs every day. I don’t want to eat the duck eggs, they are all pickled, and I will cook them for you when you leave. Take it back to Lin Yan and you two to eat, pickled at home, it’s better than buying ready-made ones.”

I said, "Yes, the pickled ones at home are delicious."

My mother said: "If I am still in my 50s, I will live with you in the city for two days, and see what the city looks like. I am already old, and I am not used to living in the city, and I am not used to eating. You Lin Yan and you both went to work, and I didn't even dare to go downstairs. When I went down, the buildings were all the same, and I couldn't find a home after walking around. Besides, I know how to use your rice cooker. Your Fifth Sister bought one, and these two days I have been using an electric rice cooker to cook rice, I won’t be able to use the gas after you, and I dare not use it, and I won’t even be able to eat if you leave, and I won’t starve to death.”

I laughed and said, "Then we won't live in a building, I'll rent a bungalow."

"I don't want to rent a bungalow either. Does your bungalow have a kang? Do you let it burn firewood? Besides, is there a garden? Can you plant land?" My mother continued: "Nowhere is as good as home. Don't look at it as a village at home. It’s better than your city, I’m used to it, if I can’t stay at home, I’ll go out and chat with those old ladies, and when I’m done chatting, I’ll go home and eat, and I’ll order whatever I like. Just eat, just eat If I can’t eat with you, I would like to eat rotten ones. Millet porridge is boiled to rotten ones. I don’t have many teeth. I can’t eat hard things, so I like to eat some rotten ones. Can I be the same as you? ?”

I said, "Then I'll make you shitty."

Mother said: "What time did you get off work, why don't you make it for me?"

I said: "Lin Yan gets off work early, she will do it for you."

My mother said: "There are no filial sons in front of the bed for a long time. I don't mean that you are not filial. You can do it every day or two. After a long time, no one can do it. Even if you don't talk about it, you feel annoyed in your heart. I can't help you. Okay, there is nothing wrong with it, I can help you guys. I am fine at home, I am used to being alone, and no one bothers me, no one makes me angry. I can live for ten years at home. I know each other, I don’t know what to do, I don’t even have anyone to talk to. As soon as you go to work, you throw me, an old lady, at home. It’s like being in prison. You can live for ten years, but you can only live for five years. It's called filial piety."

What my mother said is reasonable, but as a son, I still want to take my mother by my side to serve her.

I said, "I don't miss you when you are alone at home. If you are with me, if you have a headache, I can take care of you, so you don't have to worry."

My mother said: "You have been out here for several years. I have a headache, brain fever, cold and fever. You came back? Isn't it your fifth sister who cares about me? It's not that you can't do it. It's that I am too old to live in the city." Habit, I still want to live a few more years. In this good society, if you live a few more years, you will earn money. If you live a few more years, I still want to see you have a child and hug your grandson. If I listen to you, go to the city and see What’s the use if you’re not used to it now that you’re living in the city? If you get sick again, it’s a shame to die.”

I said, "Look at what you said, people are so easy to die."

The mother said: "I also saw those old people who went to live with their sons and daughters in the city. They lived for a year or two, and they all came back. They were younger than me. They were not used to living in their fifties, and they all came back. Take your sister-in-law in the upper house as an example. She is only fifty years old, and she is in good shape. She has only been back from my son's house for a few days. I ran into her while walking in the first two days, and she told me, saying Auntie, don’t go to the city, that’s a name, why don’t you catch us in the countryside, I’ve lived at my son’s house for five months, I can’t live anymore, I’ve had two serious illnesses, tell me, let’s not talk about my son The daughter-in-law is not filial, and she is also kind. We don't have that blessing. The couple leave for work every day, and I am left at home by myself. Go out. I don't know anyone. If you don't go out, you have to stay in the house, that hut, how many times Shiping is not as big as our outhouse, so it didn’t suffocate me. It’s better than our countryside, with a big kang, a big courtyard, and a yard, where you can raise chickens and ducks. Once I hear her say it, I won’t go to your city anymore.”

I said to my mother: "Mom, aren't you getting old now, don't we worry about being alone at home?"

The mother said: "Don't worry, I won't die. If I dare not say this in your city, I may die of aggrieved."

I said, "Hey, see what you said."

My mother said: "Now I am in good health. I can eat and drink. There is nothing wrong with me. I feel better than the first two years. It seems that I won't die for a while, so I just stay at home and don't go anywhere. , I won’t go to your older sister’s house, I won’t cause them trouble. I’m good alone, but it’s annoying when there are too many people. After two years, you and Lin Yan will get married and have a child. If I can do it, I will help you take it for two days. If you are not fit enough, you can take a look at it. After all, you have to look at the grandson. In this life——"

I said, "I promise you will have a grandson in your arms."

Mother said: Don't worry about me, you and Lin Yan live with you two outside, you two live a good life is better than anything else, if you are more relaxed, give me some money, so as not to say that you are not filial .If you go to you, then you won’t go. Besides, don’t look at me as an old lady. I’m still a home here. Your eldest sister and the others can come back and have a look. If I’m gone, you won’t even have a home.

What my mother said was that my mother is at home, and if my mother is not at home, she will be gone.

The mother went on to say: "Besides, your five older sisters are not willing to let me go with you. I am here and they still have a way to go. If I leave, if they want to see me, they are not allowed to look at me for a year." Come back, don't you miss me?"

I said: "I will send you back when the time comes, and you will stay for eight months."

"You'd better let me live a few more years. I'm so old that I can't stand tormenting." My mother said, "As for me, I've been fine for the past two years. I'll cook and eat at home first. No one will bother you. Don’t think about it in your city. If you want me to live a few more years, let me stay in this rural area and not go anywhere. When I can’t move, I will go to the house of these five girls. I didn’t say no now If I can't live by myself, I won't go to your place. The five of them can grab it, especially your second sister and your fifth sister. They have long wanted me to go to their house. To make this yard Lock me up and take me away, but I didn’t let it go, I’m fine, I’m fine by myself, why go to them.”

I said, "Mom, don't you still have a son?"

Mother said: "Now girls and boys are all the same. It's not that you are not filial. It's that I am too old to go to your place. You and Lin Yan can live well outside. Don't worry about me. Come back and see me when you have time. If you don’t have time, you don’t need to come back. When you get married, let me see. If you are in good shape, you can live by yourself for another two years. I can stay still. Besides, it’s all in the countryside, and I’m used to it. The air is good. I haven’t watched TV. It’s always said that if the elderly have the conditions, it’s best to live in the countryside. The air is good, the water is good, and the food they eat is good. , it is suitable for the elderly. You don’t have to worry about me, if you don’t go to your place, I will retire in the countryside, and my five girls can take care of me.”

I thought about it, and didn't say anything else. My mother was right, and it was actually the best arrangement. But as a son, I still felt uncomfortable. They all said raising a child to prevent old age. My mother has a son like me, but my mother is old. But I can't take care of the elderly by my side, I am ashamed of my mother.I also blame myself for my lack of ability. If I had the ability, I would not have to go out to work. I would marry a wife and have children at home, so I could stay by my mother's side and provide for my mother's old age.

This may be fate.

The three days I lived at home were very warm. This was the warmest, warmest, and most comfortable three days I spent alone with my mother since I went out to work. I still remember many scenes vividly, even what my mother said Every sentence is still clearly remembered.

(End of this chapter)