Wen | Lu Shan
Hello everyone, I'm Lu Shan, I'm here again!
Some of mom's fans and friends may say that I haven't interacted with you for a long time, but it's not. Sometimes when my mother and you are chatting in the group, I am next to you, working while supervising my mother (I am worried that my mother is always preaching to you because of occupational diseases). Ha ha!
I also often take advantage of my mother's inattention, holding my mother's mobile phone, and peeking at my mother's chat history with you (shhh).
Fast forward to 2021 and tomorrow is my birthday. I remember that last year, and the year before my birthday, I wrote a letter to everyone and posted it on my mother's public account. The other day, I asked my mother: Mom, do you want me to write a letter to your readers on this birthday?
Mom immediately smiled and said: "Great, they must be very happy!"
But in fact, I didn't think about what to write in this letter, so I just talked to everyone like friends!
I returned to Hong Kong from the UK at the end of 2019, before the global outbreak, and it has been two full years since today. These two years have also been the most difficult two years in the world since I was born. Many people have lost their jobs because of the epidemic, many people have lost their health because of the epidemic, and many people have lost their lives because of the epidemic.
Because of the epidemic, my mother and I did not see the last side of my grandmother, which left us with regrets that we could not make up for a lifetime.
Because of the pandemic, my graduation ceremony in the UK has been postponed again and again. Last week, the school sent me an email informing me that the graduation ceremony would take place in London next March. The graduation ceremony, which was supposed to be held in 2020, was postponed to 2022 because of the epidemic.
But even so, I believe that many students around the world, except for my classmates in the UK, including me, will not take such a big risk to go to London to attend this graduation ceremony, even though we have been waiting for it for a long time.
Can't be at the graduation site, can't personally receive the graduation certificate from the principal, can't draw a perfect end to their 18-year study career, can't help but say that this is a pity.
Mom said that this is life, and there will always be some regrets in life. Therefore, we must cherish what we have around us, cherish what we can grasp, and cherish what we already hold in our hands.
I think what my mother said makes a lot of sense, what do you think?
Next, I would like to share with you one thing that touched me a lot.
Because I am very busy at work, I often have to sit at my desk at night until late, and my eyes are very tired. In order to let me stop and rest for a short while after working for a certain amount of time, my mother thought of many ways. But to no avail, I always forget the time when I get to work.
There is a small aquarium in the market downstairs from our house, and every time my mother takes me to buy vegetables, when I pass the aquarium, I will be attracted by all kinds of small fish inside, and I will lie in front of the fish tank for a long time. Then, at the urging of his mother, he reluctantly left.
On that Saturday three weeks ago, early in the morning, my mother told me that she was going to take me downstairs to the aquarium to see the fish. I was so happy to hear that, I immediately followed my mother downstairs.
That day, after I had carefully looked at every fish tank in the aquarium, my mother asked me:
Baby, are you optimistic?
Look good, look good!
I knew that my mother had been waiting for a long time, so I quickly said to my mother as I walked over and prepared to pull my mother away.
Unexpectedly, my mother said:
Look good, baby choose a few favorites, let's take them home!
Hearing my mother's words, I jumped up with joy and couldn't believe my ears.
But after a second, I couldn't be happy. Because my mother and I are very fond of small fish, we have discussed more than once a long time ago that we want to buy a few small fish to come back, but every time we are afraid of killing them because we are afraid of not being able to raise them well, and finally we have to give up.
Before I could speak, my mother saw my thoughts and said to me:
Baby rest assured, mom believes we will be able to raise them well!
With my mother's words, I am relieved. So, my mother and I carefully selected 6 beautiful peacock fish, followed the advice of the boss, bought two small fish tanks, and all the supplies needed to raise small fish, and returned home happily.
The 6 little fish made their home on my desk. Every night, after working for a while, I would unconsciously stop and admire their beautiful posture before continuing to work.
Sure enough, my eyes weren't so tired. Mom really has a way!
Last Saturday, I took my mother to a pottery workshop in Mong Kok to do handicrafts. After finishing the work, I originally wanted to take my mother to Mong Kok for a while, but my mother said that she felt that she was a little inexplicably uneasy, worried that the family's small fish would not be short of oxygen, or the water temperature was not adjusted.
So, I hurried home with my mother, and it was already ten o'clock when I got home.
As soon as she entered the door, my mother rushed to the fish tank. While I was still changing my shoes, I heard my mother shouting in my room:
Baby take the net and the small cup, and give birth to the little fish!
I ran over to see that there were a few very small fish in the fish tank, running desperately, dodging the big fish...
That night, my mother sweated profusely and fished out 5 small fish from the big fish tank. It can be said that the lives of these 5 small fish are snatched by their mothers from the mouths of the 6 adult peacock fish in the fish tank (including their mothers). One step later, they will be eaten.
Of the 5 newborn fish, 4 were very healthy and lively, but one seemed to be very weak and small because of congenital deficiencies, and did not like to move. When we were about to go to sleep at night, we found that it was already on its side, floating on the surface of the water, almost motionless, only the small fish's gills were still faintly closed.
I looked at the little fish that was dying, but I was helpless, and my heart was about to break.
Mom said:
Baby don't worry, let's take another look.
But after a while, the little fish was still not good. At this time, the other 4 small fish have begun to peck at it one after another, probably thinking that it is no longer possible.
Mom immediately decided, took out another small fish tank, and then used a heating rod to raise the water temperature in the fish tank to 28 degrees, and then added oxygen to the maximum, and then carefully fished out the small fish and put it into the small fish tank.
Mom, can the little fish come back to life?
Looking at that little life as big as a grain of rice and in danger, I was about to cry.
"The baby is assured to go to sleep, the mother looks at it, the mother will definitely find a way to save it."
Maybe I was too tired from working during the day and I fell asleep quickly as soon as I went to bed that night.
The next morning, before 7 a.m., I suddenly woke up, turned my head sideways, and saw my mother sitting at my desk.
Seeing that I was awake, my mother immediately said happily:
Baby come, the little fish is all right!
I jumped out of bed and pounced on the fish tank. I saw that the little cute tiger who escaped and came back to life was swimming happily with its brothers and sisters.
Although it is still so thin, it looks so lively and powerful.
Later, I learned that my mother had hardly slept that night, and had climbed up twice to take care of the little fish, adjusting the water temperature and oxygenation for it.
I was surprised and asked how my mother knew how to save the little fish in that way.
Mom said she didn't know what to do either, but she thought about how human babies might be in danger of being born because of congenital deficiencies or diseases. In that case, the doctor will put it in an incubator and give a lot of oxygen at the same time.
Mom said that no matter how small it is, it is also a life and deserves to be respected.
I have to sigh, Mom is so witty! What makes me feel even more is all the efforts my mother has made to save a small life as big as a small grain of rice.
I will be 25 years old tomorrow, I have received the best education from childhood to adulthood, I have won countless trophies, medals, I am an undergraduate at the University of Hong Kong, I am a master's degree at the University of London's world-ranked school of education, I have skied in the snowy mountains of Switzerland, I have walked in a small town at the foot of the Alps, I have heard the bells of Notre Dame cathedral... None of these moms have experienced it.
In the eyes of others, I am a very good child. But if someone asks me, who is my idol? I would proudly tell him that my only idol in this world is my mother. In the eyes of others, she is very ordinary, but without her efforts in the past 25 years, there would be no me today.
Tomorrow is my birthday and my mom asked me yesterday what I wanted as a birthday present.
I pointed to the fish tank and told my mother that I already had a birthday present—the little fish that my mother had taken back from death.
As I write this letter to you, it is happily playing with its siblings in the fish tank, shuttling between aquatic plants, and occasionally cocking its little tail to find a little food under the water.
It was the best birthday present my mom had ever given me.
At the end of the article, I will break a small piece of information for everyone:
Some time ago, the news of the divorce of Taiwanese artist Big S was particularly concerned. This reminds me of her "shrimp peeling theory" that once caused a hot discussion.
It was in a variety show, Fukuhara loved to see that Big S did not eat shrimp, so he asked her why she did not eat. Big S replied because she didn't like peeling shrimp. Fukuhara Ai listened and immediately said that she peeled it for Big S to eat. She also said that at home, she often peeled shrimp for her husband to eat.
After hearing this, Big S immediately showed a surprised expression on his face and asked: How can I make you peel?
Then, she taught Ai Fukuhara the "Theory of Peeling Shrimp". She said that when she was a child, her father peeled shrimp for her to eat, and after marrying Wang Xiaofei, her husband stripped her and ate her, and if she didn't peel, she wouldn't eat.
Whether what Big S said was true or not, I don't know. But there's one person in the world who, since the day I met her, when I ate shrimp, never saw her peel it herself—it's true.
Guess who she is?
Congratulations, you guessed it! She's my mom.
Not only that, but when eating, there will always be a person who will put my mother's favorite dish into her bowl.
Guess who this person is?
Haha, congratulations again, guessed right again! This man is Mom's husband, my dad.
The photo above is of my mom and I's breakfast yesterday.
The one on the left, mine, remains in its original state when it was retrieved from the counter. On the right, it was Mom's, whether it was Sidor or eggs or sausages or fish fillets, someone had already helped cut them into many small pieces, just waiting for Mom to use a small fork to take them into her mouth, chew them, and swallow them.
For more than 20 years, I have been accustomed to such scenes and taken for granted. But one thing I can be sure of is that I am indeed biological, not sent by phone bill.
As for who that person is? I won't say, let's guess.
About the Author: At the age of 15, he wrote novels, At the age of 38, he was admitted to the Graduate School of the University of Chinese, Hong Kong, and has 20 years of experience in Chinese education. She single-handedly trained her daughter to become a Bachelor of Honors from the University of Hong Kong. The World's Number One Master of Education from the University of London School of Education. Only one year after graduation, the little girl's annual salary has reached 500,000. Baby sister's parent-child education article, warm and powerful, Help you to be cheerful on the road to parenting and take fewer detours. WeChat public account: Meet Baby Sister (ID: gaobaobao-522).