Zhong Nanshan: Guardian of Life

Chapter 4 Parents' Teachings

In Zhong Nanshan's mind, his mother, Liao Yueqin, was so beautiful.Her clothes are always so plain, and the white shirt with floral flowers she wears during the New Year is her most fancy dress.But no matter how simple the clothes are, they can't hide her beauty.She has the most beautiful and gentle eyes in the world.She always smiled and listened patiently to the children, not taking their opinions lightly because they were just children.She never reprimanded the children rudely or demanded obedience domineeringly. If she wanted to criticize the children, she always put forward it tactfully and reasoned with the children.She respects children as she respects adults.She is good to children and to outsiders, kind and compassionate. If someone asks her for help, she will always provide help selflessly.As long as the family has enough clothes to wear, Liao Yueqin will give the "excess" clothes to those who are very difficult and don't have enough clothes to help them.The mother's benevolence and kindness left a deep impression on Zhong Nanshan.

His mother told Zhong Nanshan many stories, one of which he remembered very firmly.There is a couple who are very poor.On Christmas Eve, the wife sold her beloved long hair to make her husband happy, and bought a gold watch chain as a gift for her husband.This is because she knows that the watch without a bracelet is her husband's favorite.But the husband sold his beloved watch and bought a beautiful comb for his wife.This story is "The Gift of the Magi" written by American writer O. Henry.Zhong Nanshan was still a child at the time. Although he could not fully comprehend the deep meaning of the story, the person in the story would rather give up what he loved in order to fulfill the other party, but it left traces in the depths of his memory.His mother's compassion, together with the kindness in this story, took root in his heart.This flower of goodwill has accompanied him in his growth until he himself became a benevolent doctor who gave selfless dedication to others and gave roses to others regardless of return.

Liao Yueqin is a loving mother, while Zhong Shifan is a strict father.Zhong Shifan is very serious, unsmiling, and dignified in front of the children.He is a dedicated father. After finishing his work in the hospital, he still does not forget to help Zhong Nanshan, who is in primary school, with his homework.But the mischievous Zhong Nanshan didn't appreciate it at all, sitting in a well-behaved manner was like being tortured to him.Zhong Shifan was tutoring attentively, but he was absent-mindedly looking forward to the end of his father's tutoring.After a while, before his father left, he couldn't sit still, so he ran away with the excuse of going to the bathroom.Zhong Shifan knew that this was Zhong Nanshan's plan to get rid of his shell, but he was helpless.

The Zhong family values ​​children's etiquette upbringing.When Zhong Nanshan grows up and understands a little bit, he wants to take care of himself like a child like before, stretching his chopsticks to the best dishes on the dinner table, but Zhong Shifan will not allow it.Zhong Nanshan remembers very clearly that once when he stretched out his chopsticks to pick dishes on the dining table for the third time, Zhong Shifan lowered his face, knocked off Zhong Nanshan's chopsticks with his own chopsticks, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Think about it, others will Do you still want to eat?" Zhong Nanshan suddenly felt ashamed.My father spoke very little, and sometimes he didn't say a word during a meal, but his words carried a lot of weight.The harsh words of his father's reprimand whipped Zhong Nanshan's heart like a whip. From then on, Zhong Nanshan never dared to stretch out his chopsticks to pick and choose at the dinner table.

Zhong Nanshan grew up in an open-minded, reasonable, warm and loving family environment. His innocent and sunny personality was not suppressed. He is lively, cheerful and full of confidence.When playing with children, he dares to speak and act.Once, he was playing with a group of older children.The older boy made a wooden gun, and everyone thought there was something wrong with it, but no one could tell why.The alert Zhong Nanshan suddenly realized that the handle of the wooden gun was too long, it would be better if the handle was shortened.Among the group of children, Zhong Nanshan was the youngest, but he still had the courage to put forward his own suggestions, and argued with the older children without shyness.As a result, those older children were really convinced by him.Zhong Nanshan became more and more confident and bold as he grew up as a kid.

(End of this chapter)