Another day, the May Day holiday is coming to an end, and office workers are reluctant to start a working life.
May Day Labor Day is the longest holiday in addition to the Spring Festival and National Day, with five days, so at this time in previous years, many people will choose to leave their place of work, or travel out, or go home to accompany their relatives.
Just like me, at this time in previous years, either I went to my parents for the holiday, or my parents came to me, although it takes eight hours to take an eight-hour ride from Hefei to Ningbo, and when I get to Ningbo, I have to take a bus for nearly two hours to meet my parents, but this is also a rare opportunity for us to reunite. However, this year's situation is special, and for the sake of each other's safety, we have to go our separate ways.
Companionship is the longest confession of affection, but also the warmest feeling, whether it is the elders, or the other half and children, are eager to get our company.
Often go home to see, it is the basic requirement of filial piety, as Lin Zexu said: "If you have a bad heart, feng shui is useless; your parents are disrespectful, and it is useless to worship God." ”
However, the reason why some children are willing to go back is not because they want to accompany their parents, but because they want to enjoy their success and do things that are old in the name of filial piety to their parents.
Aunt Yang went out to buy vegetables, passed by my house, poured bitter water with my mother, and complained about her children.
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Originally, the two families of 6 children returned to May Day, which made the 61-year-old Aunt Yang feel extremely happy. After all, for mothers, it is satisfying to see their children, even for a few days.
Aunt Yang's daughter, 37 years old, got married 12 years ago and came back this time with her 9-year-old child. Aunt Yang's son, 35 years old, married 9 years ago, has a son and a daughter, and his wife and children have returned.
Knowing that they were coming back, Aunt Yang had long been busy, first cleaned up the house, the bed was made, so that they could rest directly when they got home, and then, specially called to inquire about the taste of the daughter-in-law, went to the market to buy a lot of vegetables, and went to the mall to buy a lot of snacks and fruits that the children liked to eat.
"It doesn't matter if you can't finish eating, you all drive back, and if you can't finish eating, you will pack and take it away." They were under a lot of financial pressure and were reluctant to buy it, so I bought it and brought them more. ”
Originally, Aunt Yang was also required to work on May Day, in order to spend more time with the child, Aunt Yang and the boss broke their lips, and only then did they successfully transfer to the rest and get these five days of vacation.
However, the performance of the children soon disappointed Aunt Yang: "If you don't work, you still have to eat well, this is called filial piety?" This is clearly making me angry! ”
02.
First of all, it is the son's performance that makes Aunt Yang feel speechless to the extreme, the son from the morning of April 30 to home, either playing mobile phones, or using the computer to play games, when eating, Aunt Yang needs three urging four please, shouting impatiently: "I heard, don't shout, I finished this round on the down, annoyed ah! ”
When he came down, the meal was already cold, aunt Yang had to give him a heavy heat, at this time, the daughter-in-law would complain to aunt Yang on the side: "Mom, you see it!" You can now imagine how lazy he is at home! Rice does not do, the ground does not drag, children do not tutor homework, all day long in addition to work, I know to play mobile phones and computers, I said I can not move. When you come back, you should talk about him and take care of him. ”
However, Aunt Yang, who protects the calf, listened to the complaints of her daughter-in-law, not only reluctant to talk about her son, but also talked about her daughter-in-law: "He was busy all day, often working overtime, hard work, it was not easy to take a vacation, relaxed, very normal, and the wife also had to be considerate of men." ”
"I understand him, who understands me?" Mom, you can't be eccentric because he is your own child, I am not you! Don't I need to go to work? Am I not tired? Why can he play games and I have to do housework? ”
"Just because you are a woman, doing housework is a woman's obligation, my mother came here like this, why can't you?" The son's words offended both the daughter-in-law and the sister, so the daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law went on strike, leaving only Aunt Yang to work alone.
"It's a rare good weather, and it's almost summer again, and I'm counting on them to help me do some work and make me easier, hey!"
02.
Originally, Aunt Yang had bought a lot of snacks and fruits, including melon seeds, raisins, apples, bananas and so on. However, when the daughter-in-law and daughter saw it, they both complained that Aunt Yang was out of date.
"Who eats melon seeds?" I stumbled for most of the day, didn't eat any meat, and my mouth was worn out. Mom, you go buy some pistachios, pecans, that is, nuts, I really don't understand, take your granddaughter, let her choose, you pay for it. ”
"Yeah, Mom, and, apples and bananas are so common, who eats them?" I want to eat lychees, and the bitch's clamor for watermelon, you go buy some and come back. ”
"Is this season the time to eat these?" We were a small place here and not necessarily available for purchase. In desperation, Aunt Yang had to take her granddaughter and granddaughter, ran several places, spent nearly 1,000 yuan, and bought back the fruit snacks they wanted to eat.
Aunt Yang's waist is not good, not suitable for work, so the son and daughter-in-law proposed to go out to eat hot pot, seeing that 8 people ate nearly 1,000 yuan, Aunt Yang was in pain.
"They order food, all of them are 8 people, I want to say that I don't want this, I can save it, they are not happy, count me down, say there is no shortage of this little money." I know the money isn't nothing, but I don't want to waste it, okay? ”
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Listening to Aunt Yang's complaints, Aunt Zhou, who came to nag together, gave her own opinion, she has two sons, every New Year's Festival will bring the family back to see her, she and the daughters-in-law get along very well, the daughters-in-law only praise her, never complain about her.
"You ask your daughter-in-law to work, but you are not willing to call your son, and you make excuses for your son's laziness. Your son is your heart treasure, and your daughter-in-law is also the treasure of your parents, so why should you be wronged by this? ”
Aunt Zhou only asked her son to work, so that the daughter-in-law only needed to look at the child, and as a result, the two daughters-in-law were very sensible, stole the work in her hand, and let her play with her grandchildren. They came back so many times that they never quarreled over anything they didn't do.
"It's not strange that the children come back once and want to eat something good, anyway, they can't stay for a few days, and we can't help much, isn't it normal to be considerate of one or two?"
Aunt Zhou can remember the tastes of her two daughters-in-law and grandchildren, buy snacks and fruits according to their tastes, what they want to eat, as long as it is not difficult, Aunt Zhou will try to satisfy them as much as possible.
"Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, look at the opening point, live happily, there are not so many things." 」
Aunt Yang sighed and decided to look at the opening point, after all, they would soon be leaving.
04.
Bi Shumin said in the article "Filial Piety is Priceless": "I believe that every child who is sincere and loyal has made a 'filial piety' wish to his parents in his heart, believes that the coming day is long, believes that the water will come to fruition, and believes that he will be able to fulfill his filial piety on the day when he returns to his hometown with success and fame." It is a pity that people have forgotten, forgotten the cruelty of time, forgotten the brevity of life, and forgotten that life itself has a fragile vulnerability. ”
Children want to raise and not wait, is a major regret in life, rather than waiting until the parents are gone to miss it incomparably, feeling regret that they have not fulfilled their filial piety in time, it is better to seize the opportunity to fulfill filial piety now and honor their parents well.
Filial piety to parents, not only companionship is OK, but also from the heart of filial piety to parents, from the practical action to provide parents with the best possible help, for example, since you go back, help your parents to do more housework, more time to accompany your parents, rather than under the banner of filial piety to your parents, to do the old things.
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