Time is not old, go home more

Evert 2022-03-24 09:02:25

While listening to the radio, the anchor told two recent stories.
The father called his daughter for help because he lost the keys to the house. My daughter made an appointment with a lock-picking company and hurried home. After arriving home, the father asked the child to sit down, saying that his daughter was too tired from work, and he planned to cook for his daughter himself. The father was in the kitchen, and the daughter accidentally saw the home key hanging on the belt around the father's waist. The daughter asked why, the key was still there. The father had no choice but to admit that he missed his daughter so much and knew that she was busy with work, but he really wanted to see his daughter. There is no way but to make up this story to get my daughter to come over.
Another mother paid 20 yuan to take the bus and followed the master several times. The master asked the old lady at which stop to get off the bus, but the old lady did not speak. Go to the police station. When the police asked, the old man said sadly that he was really lonely without the child. I was fine, so I could only pass the time by taking the bus.

My sister, who was once admitted to the intensive care unit because of a persistent high fever, is a clinical old lady in her 80s. The old lady could barely move with only her hands and head. She had to rely on the nurse to sit up from the bed or eat. The old lady's monthly pension is almost spent on hiring workers and paying medical bills.
One day my sister asked her, grandma, do you have no children?
The old lady said, yes, they are all abroad.
The sister asked again, are they coming back?
Come back, come back every New Year. I also have a grandson who will come back together during Chinese New Year. Then he started talking about his grandson. My sister said that when the old lady said anything, she would always mention her grandson. Open your eyes every day, lie on the bed (you can't move your body), and use one hand to dish yourself a diaper for the day. "I have to wait for my grandson to visit me..."

Because my mother had been seriously ill and could not continue to take care of my grandparents, the second elder moved out and rented a house on the first floor. The family hired a nanny for the two old people. Later, when my grandmother died, my grandfather became a person. Within half a year, my grandfather quickly aged. As a last resort, the family had to change the nanny, and invited a distant relative from his hometown to help take care of his grandfather. After all, they are relatives, and they are relatively attentive. Food, clothing and daily care are very good, the only bad thing is that he doesn't talk to his grandfather. He is deaf, very deaf, one ear is almost completely deaf, and the other is barely supported by hearing aids for a few years. Now he needs to put one hand next to his ear to listen to business. The eyes can only see light and shadow, and the human face cannot be clearly distinguished. Grandpa said one day when he was eating, I don't know if he despised me for being old or deaf, and he didn't talk to me. He was lonely and lonely in his heart.
Grandpa's three children, the aunt just had a grandson, the uncle has not yet retired, the father is on business all day, everyone is real, can't spare too much time to accompany the old man.

I don't know since when, I found out that the so-called longevity is a blessing, all of which are self-deception. Especially the elderly who gradually lose their ability to take care of themselves, their longevity has become a burden on their relatives and a sentence for themselves. When chatting with the sisters, everyone agreed with the phrase "Actually, the one who left first is fine."

The protagonist of the story is an old gentleman whose wife died not long ago without his children. He's got kitchen utensils and groceries ready and waits for a few kids to come to the house for the weekend -- just like when his wife is there. After arranging the things that need to be used, it was Sitong's father who responded to him. Sorry, I couldn't get to the phone. The old man tossed and turned on the bed because he couldn't see the child. The attending doctor told him that you should wait until Christmas and they will come again. You have a bad heart, don't go out. When the old man left, the doctor asked him, how are you after your wife died?
The old man was stunned for a moment, then came back, how do you say this?
The doctor said, my wife passed away two years ago. After she passed away, I kept talking to myself and felt like she was still by my side. But it's much better now.
The old man said with certainty, no, I'm fine.

When he got home, the old man started to pack his bags, and he made up his mind to visit the four children separately. When the box was packed, he said, I will see the boss first, then the second, the third, and the fourth. I wrote a letter to each of them, and I won't be going for a long time. I will come back after reading them. , I will take care of myself.
Apparently it was a conversation.

On the train, on the way to the first stop, the old man asked the passengers around him to guess his occupation. He pointed the poles to others and said, I am a wire worker, and I have to wrap hundreds of meters of wire every day.
When I arrived at the old family, there was no one at home and no one answered the phone. The old man saw his son's painting in a gallery next to his eldest son's house. Signed DAVID, the eldest son's name.
When she arrived at the house of her second eldest daughter, her daughter was surprised. The reason why the old man was rejected at the weekend party was because the child was sick, and when the old man chatted with his grandson, the grandson said that he had no fever at all. The eldest daughter said that she has an entertainment and must take the plane tomorrow to go abroad (actually, the eldest brother may be caught in prison and will go to bail her brother).
The old man had no choice but to leave a letter to the second child and set foot in the third city again. While riding the train, his wallet was robbed, and his heart medicine was thrown on the ground and trampled on by homeless people. The old man walked to the phone booth holding his chest and made a call. It was clearly the voice of the deceased wife. She said on the phone that she might not be at home, and that my husband might be in the garden outside. We will call you back when we get back.
The familiar voice made the old man's breathing gradually calm down. The rough gas disappeared, and slowly it was normal breathing.
His third son, I heard, is a conductor in the band. But the truth is not, the younger son is just a drummer. In the words, the younger son is secretive, the orchestra is going to perform in Europe tomorrow, and I really can't accompany you.
The old man had no choice but to go to the last destination. Behind the old man's back, there was the voice of the third child calling the fourth. The brother told his sister that he really couldn't accompany his father. If he asked about the boss, he didn't know how to speak. I really have nothing to do these two days, I want to spend two days with my father.
When she arrived at the youngest child's house, she should be the one who understands pain the most. She arranged a luxurious top-level dinner for her father and took her on a city tour. The old gentleman was in a good mood, but he could also see that the child was hiding something.
The next day, because there was no medicine for the heart, the old man had to go home. On the plane he handed his new daughter to his daughter. The daughter opened it, and it said, Christmas is for the whole family. love your father.

Unfortunately, the old man suffered a heart attack, and when he opened his eyes, he found that several children were around except the eldest. Father asked, what are you hiding from me? What happened to DAVID? Are you divorced? Third, why did you tell me you were the conductor? Fourth, what are you hiding from me?
In fact, DAVID has been confirmed dead, the second daughter is divorced, the third son is afraid to tell his father the truth because of his father's strict requirements (the mother knows it), and the youngest daughter finds out that she is gay.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the child finished telling the truth. The old man said, I don't want us to be together when I'm dying in the hospital bed. I want to be like when your mother was there, when the family can be together during the holidays. You have always been the mother who told you everything, even on the phone call, and I got it: Dad, where's mom? I may not be as good a listener as your mother, but, like your mother, I truly love you.

At Christmas, several children came to the house. The second daughter brought a new boyfriend, and the fourth daughter also brought her own girlfriend. Together as a family, as before.
The old man has a knot with the boss. He used to be extremely demanding on the eldest son, causing the child to lose his innocence and live desperately to be the kind of person his father wanted. Later, the eldest became an artist but was infected with drugs, and the old gentleman felt guilty. Going back to the gallery next to the old family, I want to buy the child's painting. The clerk told the old man that the painting had been bought. But there are other DAVID works. They go into the basement and the clerk pulls out a painting, nothing but telephone poles, endless. Just like a child's love and miss for his father.

Love cannot be seen, but felt. Don't let down the love of the old man, and don't wait until the love can't be fulfilled before you know how to regret it. Go home and take a look while those people are still around.

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Everybody's Fine quotes

  • Frank Goode: ...you lied to me. You didn't wanna be with me.

    Young Robert: The truth is, Dad, there are lots of things that we don't tell you. But that does not mean we want to hurt you. Mom didn't always tell you everything, and you know that.

  • Frank Goode: So what am I suppose to do?

    Young David: Act as if nothing's wrong. That's what Mom did. It's best for all of us.