Narrator: Lily Zhou
On May Day, my cousin's family of three came to visit their parents with gifts. During the dinner, my cousin talked about the silent support of his father and mother when he was in college, and he choked up and cried several times......
The mother has four brothers and sisters, the mother is the third, the uncle and aunt above, and the uncle below. It stands to reason that the two sisters in the family should be relatively close and intimate. But the relationship between my mother and my aunt came to the point where I hated each other for various reasons, and I simply didn't see anyone.
It makes no sense to say that the old man is eccentric. Obviously, the aunt and the mother cut as much pigweed, but the mother always had to be reprimanded by the grandmother. Obviously, the aunt is as good as the mother's manual work, but the grandmother still reprimands the mother.
Actually, my aunt originally played well with her mother in private. The aunt also knows how to take care of her mother. Mother once said that if my aunt has 4 hawthorns in her hand, she will give 3 to her mother, and she only needs one herself.
Grandma's partiality doesn't stop there, in the parents' time, the cost of studying was very small. At that time, my mother wanted to read, but my grandmother only let my aunt read it, not my mother.
Slowly, my mother was not only angry with my grandmother, but also had a lot of opinions about my aunt. The relationship between the two sisters became estranged.
Later, my aunt got married and married to a town more than ten miles away from home. Grandma made a new futon and bought a new good top. also gave his aunt a pair of earrings.
's mother married her father the next year, but my grandmother's approach was really chilling. Don't talk about earrings, don't talk about new bedding, it's clothes, my mother wears old clothes that she wears on weekdays.
After my mother and aunt got married, they didn't have many opportunities to meet, and they were busy with their own lives. My father read a lot, but the family was in poor condition at that time. Because, my grandfather's health is not very good, and he always has to take medicine and injections.
The life of the eldest aunt's family is not bad, and the eldest uncle's family is more solid. I have a lot of money on hand. Later, the aunt gave birth to two children, a cousin and a cousin. My cousin is a year older than me. My cousin is the same age as my sister.
My mother gave birth to three of our sisters and brothers, and my mother is very capable, and of course, in my mother's heart, she is also working hard with my aunt to live.
My aunt's house was built earlier, and my house was several years late.
That year, my parents decided to build a house, and when they were preparing the materials, my grandmother broke her leg and rushed to treat my grandmother's leg, so that the money for buying bricks was used.
Later, my mother discussed with my father that life would be better at all relatives' houses and my aunt's house. I asked my father to go to my aunt's house to borrow money.
My father took me to my aunt's house. The mother also caught two local chickens for the aunt. When my father took me to my aunt's house, my aunt was not at home, only my aunt was alone, and my cousin took my cousin out to play.
When the father explained his intentions, the aunt rubbed her hands and said to the father: Brother-in-law, this is really unfortunate, I just caught up with the money in my hand. If I had come a month earlier, there would have been.
My father said it didn't matter. When we left, my aunt brought a lot of biscuits for my brother and sister.
When I went home with my father, my father told my mother that the money had not been borrowed, and that they had not had it when I caught up with my aunt. But my mother felt that my aunt looked down on us, so she refused to borrow it.
In fact, we later learned that at that time, my uncle's younger brother's child was sick and hospitalized, and I borrowed money from my aunt.
But at that time, my mother thought that my aunt looked down on her, so she didn't borrow it. This took root in my mother's heart. In the next few small things, the two sisters did not have a good face when they met, and the needle tip quarreled with Mai Mang, and later, they stopped arguing. If anyone has something to do, the other party won't see each other.
My father often told me that when we were very young, my aunt thought about us a lot and bought milk powder for our sisters and brothers. It was a rarity at the time.
The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye we all grew up. My cousin studies well. Relatives said that my cousin would definitely be able to get into a good university.
However, there are unforeseen circumstances, and a year before my cousin's college entrance examination, my eldest uncle had an accident when he was working outside. At that time, although there was no fear for his life, he was seriously injured. This time, I almost emptied my family's savings. My father secretly went to the hospital to see my eldest uncle and left money.
In the second year, my cousin took the college entrance examination and was admitted to a good undergraduate college. At that time, my father kept asking about my cousin's school expenses.
One day, my father called me anxiously and asked me to go to my aunt's house and give me 3,000 yuan. My father repeatedly told me to take the money and not lose it, to go and return quickly, and not to let my mother find out.
I went to my aunt's house and gave the money to my aunt. My aunt grabbed my hand tightly and said that the whole family was worried about my cousin's tuition. Asked me if my mother asked me to send it? I shook my head at first, then nodded vigorously.
I told my aunt: My mother originally wanted to come, but she couldn't leave because she had other things to do, so she asked me to come. After saying that, I told my aunt that there was something wrong and I had to hurry home. My aunt told me to go see my mother another day.
When I got home, it was good that my mother wasn't there, or I was afraid to show my stuff, because I would have blushed if I lied, and my mother knew about me. My father told me that he hoped that the two sisters could reconcile this time, and I understood my father's intention of secretly sending money.
The next day, my aunt came to my house with my cousin, and my mother was still confused and didn't know why my aunt came.
Until my aunt said: Thank you for letting Lijun (my name) send me 3,000 yuan, so that the child's tuition is enough. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to school. My good sister, for so many years, is my sister is not good, and my sister does not speak well.
Then her mother understood, and she looked at her father, who smiled at her. Mother was moved now, maybe she was moved by what her aunt said, and her father's actions moved her even more.
There were tears in my mother's eyes, and she held her aunt's hand and said: I don't blame you completely, it's my careful eye as a sister.
After that, the two sisters chatted, and my cousin and I helped my father cook. Let my aunt and cousin eat before going back.
In the years when my cousin was in college, my aunt's family was still having a hard time. My father and mother helped me with the tuition every year. Only then did my cousin graduate successfully. My cousin stayed in the field to work after graduation, and then got married and had children.
For so many years, as long as my cousin went back to his hometown, he had to buy gifts every time to see his father and mother, and he never fell behind. Even if you don't come back during the New Year's holidays, you will ask your aunt to buy things and send them over.
In fact, this is how relatives go back and forth, helping each other and supporting each other. However, my mother still misses my father's wisdom that time, and she and my aunt obviously thought about each other, but they just refused to take a step.
In this life, it is only a few decades. It is a great fate to know and become a relative. After all, you may not be able to meet again in the next life!