My mother-in-law, Wang Lao Taijun, was born on May 5, 1933 in an ordinary family in Changshou, Chongqing. Due to his advanced age and illness, he died on September 28 of the lunar calendar of the Year of the Pig at the age of 86.
In the prosperous times, the country and the people are safe. Mother-in-law passed away, the bad news came, our family was immersed in infinite grief, a family of 4 hurriedly packed their luggage, booked a plane ticket, and went to Chongqing for the funeral.
A son-in-law and a half-son, I always call my mother-in-law "Mom". My mother-in-law has been a guest at my home in Qingdao from Chongqing three times, and our whole family is good at wine and food, and we are filial to our children.
Throughout her mother-in-law's life, she was hardworking and thrifty, loyal, and neighborly, and happy to help others, and had a good reputation.
I often hear my wife say that my father-in-law died, leaving 8 children, only the eldest 3 of the children started a family, and the youngest of the remaining 5 was less than 6 years old. The wife said that her mother had not eaten, and the mother-in-law said that she had eaten a bowl of pots. Just imagine, before the rice is moved, where will the pot come from? She endured hunger and hardship by herself before pulling the child to adulthood. Once, one of the brothers was sick and his breath was drenched, and his mother-in-law was so anxious that his wife and brother had no one to take care of him, so he had to carry two people to a hospital closer to home for treatment, and his mother-in-law took care of them and was hospitalized for a week before he recovered and was discharged.
Mother-in-law is a charitable old man, she was sincere, kind-hearted, kind-hearted, amiable, all who come to the house as a guest, regardless of men and women, old and young, rich and poor, mother-in-law always a cup of tea, smiling face, take out melon seeds, snacks to entertain guests.
The mother-in-law is generous, virtuous, kind and hardworking, and integrates the traditional female virtues of the Chinese nation. Treat people warmly and sincerely, neighbors, full of praise.
When the mother-in-law escorted the mother-in-law into the streets of the town, hundreds of people from the town heard the news and sent out to greet her, and the scene was moving.
On the way to send my mother-in-law up the mountain, firecrackers rang out all the way, and there was an endless stream of people who sent their mother-in-law, and many relatives from afar came spontaneously......
The mother-in-law's life is indeed admirable. Like a white lotus, noble, clear, transparent, spotless.
Although her mother-in-law was illiterate, she was intelligent and tenacious, and although she did not leave much material wealth to her children, she brought to the family the qualities and spirit of simplicity, kindness, integrity, and hard work. These noble qualities are always inspiring us, the younger generations, to be upright, to do things in a down-to-earth manner, and to live happily.
The death of her mother-in-law and her departure from us, although it is a journey to the west and happiness for her old man, but for his wife, the death of his mother-in-law seems to have forcibly demolished her spiritual edifice and emotional hut, and the impact on her is huge, and it is the kind of pain that makes people unbearable to see and tear their hearts and lungs.
Whenever this happens, I try my best to persuade her, give her a Freudian dream analysis, soothe her feelings of longing for her mother, missing her mother, and pulling her back from that emotion and emotion again and again. The mother-daughter relationship is deep, and the sun and the moon can be seen!
Life is like a dream, and the world is full of vicissitudes. The mother-in-law has been like a day for decades, keeping her will to raise children, starting a family, and her spirit will live forever, admired by future generations and praised by her peers.
I don't know why, during the time of farewell to my mother-in-law, the family was not grief-stricken and cried, but secretly sad and quietly wept, because everyone knows that birth, old age, sickness and death are the laws of life that no one can resist, and there is no panacea in the world that can save the life of the mother-in-law, and the mother-in-law is 86 years old, although it is only a short moment in the long river of time.
It should be said that the mother-in-law is a very blessed person, although the father-in-law died early, but the bitterness is sweet, the children and grandchildren are full, a total of more than 50 children and grandchildren sent her old people into the earth for peace. Most of the children and grandchildren have run their own businesses and made a fortune, and many of them are officials.
My mother-in-law is really gone, but she never left us for a moment!
Rest in peace, my mother-in-law, and we will always miss you!
☆ About author:Wu Gang, formerly known as Wu Xucheng, is a native of Jianli, Hubei Province, with a master's degree and a freelance writer. He has served as deputy director and deputy chief of the Propaganda Department (Section) of the Political Department of the army and division, acting political commissar of an antiaircraft artillery regiment of the Navy, and director of the Political Department of the Military Logistics Department (administrative regimental level). In the past 10 years, more than 3,000 works have been scattered in newspapers and magazines, radio stations and WeChat public accounts inside and outside the military, and more than 100 of them have won the news award and the excellent essay award inside and outside the army.
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