Suddenly looking back, sixty-five years of time slipped between my fingers. Li Chunhong looked at the haggard face in the mirror, and her heart was mixed.
In 1994, when the opportunity to study abroad on public assignment came, she was ecstatic at the age of 36. Before leaving, Li Chunhong knelt in front of her parents and vowed to study hard and return to China as soon as possible to serve the motherland. Who knows, she indulged in life in a foreign country, and finally chose to stay in Israel and never return.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Li Chunhong has grown old. The erosion of brain cancer has made his life pass day by day, and the only hope is to see his daughter for the last time. But fate made people, and her daughter Noya was unfortunately kidnapped by Hamas, and her life and death were uncertain. This made Li Chunhong anxious.
Once upon a time, she was also a patriotic young woman who cared about the motherland. But the temptation of a foreign country has kept her away from China step by step. It wasn't until today, in the face of her daughter's danger and her twilight years, that she suddenly woke up to the wrong choice she made back then.
As a result, Li Chunhong took the initiative to contact the Chinese media and changed his words to say that he was Chinese. She sincerely said that no matter where she is in the world, she has Chinese elements in her blood. Daughter Noya also likes everything in China very much, and hopes that the Chinese can give help and care.
However, netizens are indifferent to this. They pointed out that Li Chunhong betrayed the motherland when he was young and has not repented sincerely. Now for the sake of his daughter, he has started to play the "China card" again, which is too hypocritical.
Indeed, Li Chunhong once lived up to the country's cultivation, and also made the people who recommended her go abroad suffer injustice. Over the years, she has almost cut off contact with her relatives in China, which shows her ruthlessness. If it weren't for her daughter being kidnapped, she might never mention the word "China" again in her life.
However, as ordinary people, we may be able to be a little more tolerant from a humanitarian point of view. Li Chunhong is a mother after all, and as a daughter, she is now in danger, and we can understand her anxiety and despair.
Although it is not easy to agree to her request, there is no need to be too harsh. Her change of words may have come from a little awakening in her heart. We don't have to judge too thoroughly and push a mother on the verge of despair into the abyss from which she will never recover.
The wheels of history roll forward, and the mistakes of the past cannot be recovered. But we still have to maintain the bottom line of humanity and the heart of tolerance. Li Chunhong used to be our compatriot, and although she took the wrong path, in the last moments of her life, we may be able to give her a little care, so that this Chinese mother is not so desperate.
This may be the last warmth that our generation can give her. Although it can't help much, it can also make your life less regretful. When we grow old, we may be glad that we have done more good deeds and less harsh words.
History and reality will not be played out perfectly according to the script we think. We can only find the warmth that belongs to ordinary people in it and get through the ending of this story. Perhaps, this is the last thing our generation can do.