Pain is the best teacher of youth

Chapter 18 Cherish the affection of parents and leave no regrets (1)
When we are ignorant and young, we tend to ignore the extremely important things in our lives, and take the love that is within our reach as a habit and a matter of course, but we never understand the true meaning in every sound of love and every look in our eyes.Parents gave us life, taught us the principles of life, and paid silently for us without asking for anything in return.Perhaps, their identities are not distinguished, but their image is always the tallest.Thank you parents, do it and cherish it!
Mom, I really shouldn't dislike you

There is a woman, she will always exist in the softest part of your heart, she is willing to devote her whole life to love you; this love, you can ask for and enjoy it, but you don't want anything in return - this person is "mother" , This love is called "maternal love".

The top student in the key high school in the city, the school committee member who is most valued by the teachers in the class, the handsome guy who is sunny and attractive to girls... These brilliant titles belong to Sun Kai alone.Many people envy him, but Sun Kai knows in his heart that his life is actually a world of ice and fire: the school is full of beauty, and the home is gloomy.

In an accident ten years ago, Sun Kai's father left him and his mother forever.Worried that the young Sun Kai would be wronged, his mother has never remarried, and she has been supporting the family by working as a cleaner all these years, pulling him alone.Sun Kai has a very strong self-esteem, and he has never mentioned his family situation to anyone.

That night, when Sun Kai came home from his study the next night, his mother was waiting for him to finish his meal at the table.During this period, his mother excitedly said to him: "Xiao Kai, my mother is going to work in your school tomorrow!"

Sun Kai was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What work?"

"Oh, it's New Year's Day. The school needs to be thoroughly cleaned. The teacher was worried that it would be unsafe for the students to wipe the windows of the teaching building, so they went to our company to hire cleaners. When I heard that it was your school, I also took the initiative to sign up. , I want to see how you go to class..."

Sun Kai put it on the bowl and chopsticks, and said unhappily: "Mom, can you not go? Let my classmates know, how embarrassing I am!" Sun Kai blushed when he said this.

The mother never expected that something she thought was worthy of joy would cause her son to lose her temper so much.She suddenly understood that her son disliked her job and was afraid that people would lose face if they saw her.

As a mother, she can naturally understand her son's thoughts, but she still can't help feeling sad.It's not that her son's words and deeds hurt her, she is blaming herself for being incompetent and not having the capital to do a decent job.After her son was admitted to a key high school, she worked even harder. She didn't even attend the rare parent meeting.Originally, this time the company was going to arrange for her to work in another place, but when she heard that her son's school had work, she offered to change it, and wanted to see what the place where her son went to class every day was like.Right now, my son is so disgusted, if I don't go to school tomorrow, how can I explain to the manager?

The mother said to Sun Kai with a little apology: "The company has been arranged, and I can't change it. Do you think this is good? I won't clean the windows of your classroom tomorrow, let someone else do it, okay?" He wanted to get Sun Kai's permission, but Sun Kai turned his head and went into his room without saying anything.

The next day, the biting cold wind blew passers-by on the road, and they couldn't help but wrap their cotton coats tightly.Facing the cold wind, Sun Kai walked into the school full of thoughts.He sat in the classroom, looking out of the window from time to time, thinking of his mother who was coming to clean the glass in the school, he felt distressed and afraid. He felt distressed that his mother had to work outside in such a cold weather, and he was worried that if his mother was really there Appeared outside the window, what should I do?
Just when he was worried, a person appeared outside the teacher's window, hung by a seat belt outside the window, wearing a big mask, a lock of hair still exposed outside the work cap, and was about to wipe the glass.He was too familiar with that dress, and his mother would go out in such a dress every day.

There is heating in the classroom, so you can just wear a sweater, but the branches outside the window are shaking violently, and the wind is not weak at all.The cleaner began to wipe the glass. Although she was wearing rubber gloves, the wet rag that was soaked in water still made her hands feel cold.She wiped the glass carefully, over and over again, and after a while, the glass in the classroom became much brighter.

All the eyes of the students were drawn to the window, but Sun Kai lowered his head.He didn't dare to look carefully, and just took a peek at the cleaner. Although he couldn't see it very clearly, the strand of hair on the cleaner's forehead was very similar to the bangs that his mother usually wore.Sun Kai blushed, for fear that someone would see through his mind, knowing that the cleaner cleaning the glass outside was his mother.

The teacher in charge of the class was talking about ancient history on the podium. Seeing that the students were distracted, she knocked on the podium and said: "Don't look out of the window anymore. In such a cold day, someone wiped the glass for us and created a good future." Everyone should cherish the learning environment. In this regard, I hope everyone can learn from Sun Kai, who has never looked out of the window..."

The whole class turned their attention to Sun Kai, his heartbeat speeded up immediately following the teacher's praise, his face also felt hot, and he lowered his head fiercely, as if everyone knew who the cleaner outside was. his mother.At that time, he wished he could get under the table to cover up his embarrassment.

Soon, the classroom returned to normal, and the students all began to attend classes normally.At this moment, Sun Kai's mind was like a mess. He didn't listen to a word of what the teacher said. He only hoped that his mother could leave here quickly.After all, a class is only 45 minutes long, and he is worried that some classmates who have been to his home will recognize his mother during the break.He was anxious and angry, and even resented why his mother had to come to work at school, which embarrassed him.

"Ring, ring, ring..." The bell after class arrived as scheduled.The students stood at the window one after another to watch the cleaner wipe the glass.Maybe it was too exhausting, the cleaner felt a little suffocated, and took off the big mask on his face.At this time, a girl was heard screaming: "Mom...is it really you?!" It was Luna's voice, the most beautiful girl in the class, she pushed aside her classmates and ran to the window.

Sun Kai was stunned.It turned out that the cleaner was not his mother, but she was Luna's mother.The window was opened, and the cleaner untied the safety rope and entered the warm classroom.Luna quickly helped her mother take off the rubber gloves and warmed her hands.

Everyone was stunned, including Sun Kai.Luna is so beautiful, fair and clean, with a gentle and generous personality.In the eyes of her classmates, she is simply a beautiful and proud princess.Everyone thought that her family background must be very good, and her parents must have decent jobs, but the scene in front of her was really jaw-dropping.

"Mom, is it really you? Why are you cleaning the glass for us?" Luna asked eagerly.

"Mom has long wanted to come, to see you in class and to serve you, but I have never had the opportunity. Today, I had other things to do, and it happened that a female worker asked the manager for leave, saying that she did not want to work at the school because her son was in this school. The school is going to school. The manager disagrees, saying that the staff has been booked. Besides, the colleague asked to come to the school yesterday, but now he has changed his mind. I saw that the colleague was very anxious, tears were coming down, so I offered to come to school for her. ' Mom explained.

The classmates around saw this scene and quickly moved a chair for Luna's mother to sit down.Luna leaned close to her mother, warmed her hands, and poured her a cup of hot water from the thermos. Luna said distressedly: "It's such a cold day..."

The mother looked at her daughter lovingly and said, "Silly girl, mother is not cold, she can serve you, no matter how hard it is, it is sweet. I also feel that it is a kind of enjoyment to watch your class from the outside!"

After hearing this, Luna held her mother's hand tightly, and said, "Mom, you are so kind!" The students around were also very touched when they heard this, and they all said, "Auntie, you are so kind!"

Sun Kai watched what happened in front of him not far away, blushing up to his neck.Fortunately, no one noticed this.He had mixed feelings in his seat, and he even had the urge to cry. He couldn't tell whether it was guilt or self-blame.

After returning home, my mother was cooking in the kitchen. Seeing Sun Kai's head slumped, she smiled and said, "Xiao Kai, mom is on leave today and didn't go to work at your school." Looking at her mother with calloused hands , what flashed into Sun Kai's mind was the figure cleaning the glass outside the window during the day, thinking of his mother often braving the cold and danger to earn money, he suddenly hated himself a little bit, hated his vanity, hated himself for being worthless, hated I am not sensible...

He walked into the kitchen silently and helped his mother choose dishes.However, he buried his head very low, and then secretly wiped away the uncontrollable tears while his mother was not paying attention.

Youth will die, love will wither, and the green leaves of friendship will wither, and a mother's inner hope will outlast them all. / Oliver Wendell Homer
From now on I won't make you cry again
In my impression, my mother has always been so strong.She carried the burden of a big family with her thin body, but she never sighed.I thought that I would never see my mother cry in this life.However, I was wrong.I saw my mother cry loudly once with my own eyes. The cry was like a bolt from the blue, which shocked my heart and I will never forget it for the rest of my life.

In August of that year, I received an admission letter from a key university.Overjoyed, I ran to the field and told the good news to my mother who was doing farm work.The mother smiled from ear to ear, and took the admission notice, looked and looked, touched and touched.

After the excitement passed, the mother suddenly calmed down and asked, "San'er, when do you go to school?"

"I'm going to report at the end of the month." I said with a relaxed face.

"Oh, so fast!" The mother simply responded, and then fell silent.

At that time, I didn't know that my mother saw the high tuition fee indicated in the notice, and that was a big stone pressing down on her heart.Both parents are farmers, and the annual harvest is not much. Suddenly they have to pay seven to eight thousand yuan for tuition, plus 500 yuan a month for living expenses, which undoubtedly pushes the poor family into an abyss.

In the week after receiving the notification, my mother took me around all the relatives’ homes, and listened to her talk about the situation at home over and over again, but after spending half a day, the tuition fee was still so short.Seeing that the day of the report was getting closer, my mother was anxious day and night, with many blisters on the corners of her mouth, and she looked a lot haggard.

One night, I overheard my parents talking about tuition fees.

"Why don't you sell the big black cow at home!" My father said.

"No, the big black cow will be used for farming next year, so it's better to sell the wild and difficult little black cow!" Mother replied.

My father sighed, and said, "Xiao Hei is too young to sell for a price. Otherwise, I will go to the brick kiln in the east of the village to do some work. Do you like it?"

"You are already old, can people want you? Besides, the job is dirty and tiring. I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it. If you really get tired, what can you do..."

The next morning, after I got up, I found porridge and vegetables on the table, but my mother was not at home.I asked my father, "Did mother go to the fields?" My father said, "She went to the market with your aunt to sell eggs."

The market usually ends at noon, but my mother didn't come back until nine o'clock in the evening.As soon as I entered the door, I saw that her hair was messy and her eyes were red and swollen.My mother probably saw my doubts, and hurriedly explained: "For some reason, I got trachoma today, look at me rubbing my eyes..."

My mother's voice was not right, it was hoarse, and I asked, "Mom, is your voice hoarse?"

"Hey, I'm not just selling eggs. But today's business is pretty good, and the two baskets of eggs I brought are all sold out." Then, the mother took out a lot of money from her pocket and counted it vigorously, while While counting, he said, "Sell two more baskets another day, and San'er's tuition will not have to worry."

Sure enough, my mother got up early and went out the next day.My father explained: "Zhang Bo's house in the neighboring village is holding a banquet, and your mother has gone to make arrangements. He asked you to rest at home these few days, so that you will not be tired on the train."

I was packing my luggage at home and wanted to prepare the things I needed to bring in advance. When I was folding the clothes, a few classmates came to me. "Taozi, have you heard? Teacher Zhang was hit by a car yesterday. We want to go and see him. Are you going?"

My father was silent, and I knew he didn't want me to go.But Mr. Zhang is my mentor, if I don't go when something like this happens, I will feel sorry psychologically.My father couldn't resist me, so he said he would take us to take a shortcut.Teacher Zhang’s home is far away from our village. If you take the main road, it will take at least twenty miles. If you take the small road, it will be much closer, but you need to climb over two uninhabited mountains.I, who was not familiar with the road, had no choice but to agree.

When we climbed the second mountain, we vaguely heard the sound of gongs, drums and trumpets, and the sound was getting closer.Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of wailing. The voice changed from weak to strong, and then from strong to weak. It sounded a little familiar at first glance, but it sounded a little strange in detail.

At this time, my father took my arm and motioned to go to an opposite mountain road, his expression looked a little nervous.I argued with my father: "Father, that road is far away, let's not detour." As I was talking, I saw a group of people wearing white scarves and white clothes walking towards the mountain.I suddenly understood that it was a funeral. Although it was a bit unlucky, birth, old age, sickness and death are also the laws of nature. I think my father made a big fuss.

The mourning voice became clearer and clearer. It was a woman's voice. It sounded desolate, mournful, and piercing.I've never heard that cry before, but it seems familiar.When I was in a daze, Ah Hai next to me pushed me and said, "Taozi, isn't that your aunt?"

"My mother?" I took a look, and saw a woman in a white cloth beating her chest and feet, her hair disheveled, crying hysterically. The hoarse cry sometimes rose vigorously, and sometimes was tragic.I took a closer look, and it was really my mother.My father took my arm and wanted me to leave quickly. I broke free from my father's hand and ran towards the mourning team.At this time, the crying stopped suddenly, and the person who looked very much like my mother immediately turned around and covered his face with the white cloth on his back shoulders.

Immediately, I saw a man with a fierce face yelling at her: "Why did you stop? Cry quickly! I gave you so much money for nothing!" His saliva almost sprayed on her face.

I stopped, walked back to my classmates and my father, and said, "Ah Hai, you're mistaken, that's not my mother." When I said this, there was a surge of heat in my chest, fierce rushed down the throat.Mother is a strong person, even if a tooth is knocked out, she will swallow it, how can she cry in full view!
I didn't have the courage to look any further at the mourning procession.The moment I turned around to pass her, I saw a tear flow from the corner of her eye, it was a real tear from the heart, slipping from her old face and dripping on my heart superior.

When we followed my father through that corner, the miserable crying came again, and every sound shook my heart.It wasn't until later that I found out that in order to help me raise tuition fees, my mother, who was strong and stubborn, who would never bow her head to tears, volunteered to cry for a wealthy family in a neighboring village.

On the way to school, clutching the tuition my mother earned with tears, my eye circles were as red as peaches.I whispered to my mother in my heart: "Mother, from now on, I will never let you cry again."

Between the child and the mother, the mother is always an overloaded ship, despite the wind and waves, she is willing to go through untold hardships. /mortal motto
When I grow up, I understand your difficulty
I have thought many times that if one day I leave home and my parents, then I will never come back.

(End of this chapter)