Maybe most people have finished this life and look back on the way they came, and they will feel that this life has mixed joys and sorrows. They will not deny that there are too many hardships in life, and also admit that those shining moments of happiness dispel most of the haze. And we are lucky enough that these hardships have neither burned our homes nor let us experience the parting of life or death. But among our previous generation, there are still scars burned by the war. They are the survivors of that black age, and they live with misery and happiness. Many helpless things in life may start from understanding your responsibilities, and many things can no longer be done as you please. Even though Dexiu wanted to go to school, he still had to go to work every day to earn money to save for college tuition for his younger brother. Even if Dexiu didn't want to leave home, he still went to work in Germany, just to provide a better life for his family. He can lift a heavy burden over his head, he can work in a coal mine until he can't see his original skin color, maybe everyone sees him as a fearless man, but only he knows that at some point, he also just a kid. At the moment when the coal mine collapsed in an accident, Dexiu softly shouted: Dad. At that moment, no matter what kind of hardships or pressures he has endured, he is still the boy who will be afraid and miss his father.
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