Youth Rebellion

Chapter 36
The mother is a hardworking, brave, and kind rural woman, and she is the most ordinary mother among the tens of millions in China.To others, she is ordinary, but to me and my brother, she is irreplaceable.

Although my mother only went to elementary school, she understood the general situation and took the overall situation into consideration, and taught us, my siblings, a lot of principles of life. My mother is kind, kind, and considerate of others. The neighbors all praise my mother for her hard work and kindness.Many classmates of my brother and I often come to my house, and my mother treats our classmates like us.When I heard my classmates praise my mother, I felt very proud at that time.

My mother often told us that to help the poor, especially the poor, if you give the poor one yuan, he will be very grateful, because they need it urgently. If you give the rich 100 yuan, maybe they will ignore it, because They don't need it!So, in the future, if you meet poor and poor people, not only don’t look down on them, but try to help them as much as possible.Even if the family of the person who bullied us before fell into ruin, my mother still helped the child of the so-called enemy family who stayed at home and was about the same age as us.My mother often said that to be kind to others is to be kind to yourself.Later, the man who bullied my family saw that my mother helped their family regardless of the past, and made a special trip to the Chinese New Year banquet, and solemnly said to his mother: "Sister-in-law, I used to be a fool, I'm so sorry!" The mother smiled and said: "It's all over, don't mention it."

I am very fortunate that I have an optimistic, kind, tolerant mother who knows how to respect her children at the same time.My mother and I talked about everything, even in the rebellious period of studying, I would tell her about my studies, my school life, and even my crush in youth and the boy I was crushed on, she would listen carefully, Then give me advice sincerely, like a friend of mine.The truths she speaks are often convincing and beneficial.How to help others, how to get along with classmates, whether you are a boy or a girl, you must be generous, sincere, not squeamish, etc.Therefore, although my mother is very loose with my brother and me, my brother and I did not deviate from the growth track. On the contrary, we are children who know how to learn, are enthusiastic, polite and kind.Although my brother and I are not very good now, at least we have been working hard to make ourselves better.Therefore, I want to say that a person's healthy growth is not controlled by parents who strictly control their children's every move, how many skills they are forced to learn, and how many cram schools they attend. Only the love and respect of parents can make them To develop my potential, I didn't know what the generation gap with my parents was before, I only knew that understanding and respect are mutual.This is not only needed between parents and children, but also between friends, wives, and lovers if they want to live in harmony.

The first half of my mother's life was very hard, and she was beaten and scolded by the old-fashioned daughter-in-law, but the mother was not too submissive, so often my grandfather would use my father's force until the mother completely obeyed my grandfather's wishes, but the stubbornness in the mother's temper was not He is very soft-spoken, so my mother and grandpa have been at odds all their lives, but my grandpa still feeds and drinks for him in his later years. My mother said that people are doing what they do, and God is watching. Do it with a clear conscience!My mother endured a lot of hardships and suffered a lot of grievances so that our siblings could read good books and go out one day, but she never complained or regretted it.

My father is a primary school teacher, and he usually spends most of his time teaching at school, and men at that time did not do housework and rarely took care of their children, so housework at home and crop work in the field, as well as our siblings, had to be done. It is no exaggeration to rely on my mother to wear the stars and wear the moon to take care of it. When my brother and I were young, my mother would often push my brother and me to the crop field with a flatbed cart when the sky was full of stars, and let us both lie on the ground. Sleeping in the shack, she picked peanuts alone under the starry sky. By dawn, she no longer knew how much work her mother had done.

The summer evening when the farm work is not busy is my happiest moment. At that time, there were no electrical appliances such as air conditioners and electric fans. My mother spread a straw mat on the cleaned ground in the yard, and my brother and I lay on her left and right sides. , she fanned us left and right with a cattail fan in her hand and told us stories.What impressed me the most was the story of Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Hua Mai Dad (Hui Long Zhuan), which mainly tells the story of Zhu Yuanzhang's strange pregnancy from his mother, how he escaped from a painful childhood and finally became the emperor.Of course, after reading the official history about Zhu Yuanzhang, I found that most of the stories about Zhu Yuanzhang she told were just unofficial stories, which she heard from the storytelling on the radio during the day and then told us. As for Zhu Yuanzhang is still an emperor I am more interested in now, I don’t know if he was influenced by the story at that time.Wang Hua Buying a Father mainly talks about a man named Wang Hua. By chance, he saw an old man in his eighties selling himself to be a father to others. Wang Hua felt that he was an orphan since he was a child, and the old man was pitiful, so he bought a father. , when I got home, I treated him like my own father, and even tried every means to satisfy this old man's request, but this bought father didn't appreciate it. It's not good to find faults every day, and it's not good, and it's not good at all. Throwing dishes and bowls, Wang Hua's bowls have been replaced one crop after another, and all that can be sold in the family are sold to serve this father, and finally almost to the point of selling his son. Treating him that way finally moved the old man. It turned out that this old man was not an ordinary person, but a famous eight thousand years old, and finally allowed Wang Hua's family to live a life without worrying about food and clothing.It’s probably just such a story. I don’t remember the details clearly for a long time, but through this story, my mother told us that evil will be rewarded with evil, and good will be rewarded with good. In your future life, no one should be underestimated. Try to be Be kind to others, even a beggar, don't look down on others, and never do things that harm others to benefit yourself.My brother and I have always adhered to this principle.

In order to make money for both of us to study, my mother has done all kinds of work, except saving food and clothing, working in the fields day and night, and went to Zhengzhou to work as a nanny when she had to, did a small business selling snacks, and went to the countryside to sell shoe uppers. For shoe soles, she went to a wood board factory to repair boards, went to Tangshan to collect waste products, and sometimes because she needed money urgently, how many times did she go to relatives and neighbors to borrow money, and how many times she was rejected, but she never gave up!
She once went to ask for wages for working in the board factory in order to provide living expenses for her younger brother, but the boss refused to give her money on the grounds that there were still two days before the wage payment date, no matter how much her mother begged.My mother cried in despair on the side of the road, and was introduced to another wood board factory by an aunt in the same village. The kind boss paid her 200 yuan in advance, so that the living expenses could be settled. My mother never mentioned this matter before. I accidentally mentioned it when I was talking to her after we graduated, and I cried after hearing it.Since then, I have been very grateful to the owner of this wood board factory, and wish his business prosperity.

And now, how much have the two siblings who have graduated and worked for their mother done?I remember that a few years ago, when my mother lived with me, I had the opportunity to take care of my mother. I cherish it very much. My mother’s health is not as good as before. She often worries that her sore arms will not be able to hold her grandson in the future. My daughter-in-law complains, and I often worry that I will not be able to work and earn money in the future, which will cause trouble to my children. I often advise her that her children and grandchildren should have their own blessings, and don’t worry too much.

Although the living conditions are much better now, my mother still cuts down on food and clothing. She never allows her to buy food and clothing that is not necessary. Sometimes I tell her that it is a supermarket sale or buy one get one free in order to let her eat more. , If you don’t buy it for nothing, you don’t buy it. The fruits and snacks bought for her are placed on the table in her house before she goes to work. The mother alienates herself in front of her children because she is afraid of causing trouble to her children and afraid that they will find them annoying.

My brother and I were all my mother's proud possessions in her life, and I hope we will not disappoint her too much now and in the future.For the rest of my mother's life, I must do my best to accompany her well.I remember my younger brother said this before, even if I am sorry to everyone in the world, I will never let my mother down.At that time, I was very moved when I saw this sentence, and felt that my filial piety was far inferior to that of my younger brother.No matter what happens, I hope our siblings will not forget this sentence.

I am very grateful to God for making me a mother's daughter!Mother, you have always been the driving force for me to move forward.

(End of this chapter)