After graduating from university, I got a good job in Shanghai. The aging parents stayed in their hometown, the remote little county, and lived a plain life.
Because Shanghai is far from home, I can't go home often, and I can only greet my parents through my mobile phone.
"Mom, how are you?"
"Okay."
"What about Daddy?"
Every time I called home, my parents always said "good" and told me to take care of myself when I was away and not to worry about them.
The other day, I called my mother's mobile phone to talk to her, but I didn't expect it to be my father's call.
"Dad, what about Mom?"
"She went square dancing."
"What are you doing?" How out of breath? ”
"I'm walking in the park, there's a steep slope here, and I'm climbing it."
At noon yesterday, I dialed my mother's mobile phone again: "Dad, why are you answering the phone again, Mom?" ”
The father was silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice, "Your mother has gone to play mahjong." ”
I don't feel right, because my father usually does not like to carry a mobile phone, these days, why is my mother's mobile phone always in my father's hands? Why does my father always answer the phone? Suddenly, I faintly heard the noise of the hospital on my mobile phone. Suddenly, I understood the reason: my mother must be sick. Therefore, I immediately asked the unit for leave, and rushed to my hometown in the wind and dust.
When I got home, I learned that my mother had been in the hospital for a week and that my father had been in the hospital with her. What my father said on the phone about "walking in the park" was actually climbing a stairs to buy medicine for his mother.
Looking at her haggard mother on the hospital bed, endless bitterness surged into my heart. I turned my face and complained that my father should not hide the truth. My mother waved her hand and said to me kindly, "Don't blame your father, my illness doesn't matter, the reason why I don't tell you is that I don't want you to worry, I don't want to affect your work and life." You really are, so far away, how did you come back? ”
My mother's words made it difficult for me to calm down for a long time, and before I knew it, my eyes were moist, and then two lines of hot tears flowed out. The love of parents for their children is sometimes reflected in lies. In order not to worry the children, in order not to affect the normal work and life of the children. Parents often cover up the truth with white lies, thus giving their children a carefree sky. This white lie has made the greatest love in the world.
Parents grow older, and the love and thoughtfulness of their children is the strongest desire in their hearts. A simple greeting, a knowing smile, will make parents feel warm. As a child, you should go home to see more, accompany your parents to lala home, listen to your parents talk about the past, or cook yourself and cook a few good dishes for your parents. Even if you can't go home after a busy job, you have to make a few more phone calls, chat with your parents, understand your parents' living conditions, and resolve the boredom in your parents' hearts.