60s Splendid Life

The sun was very hot during the day, so Yu Wenchang sat in the dormitory and read the newspapers. The newspapers were because his son saw him bored in the dormitory alone. The newspapers in the past month have all talked about practical facts and politics.

When Yu Wenchang was young, he was taught by his grandfather. His grandfather was an old scholar who was full of literature. It was a pity that he failed to learn all the culture of his grandfather. His grandfather had passed away.He later studied in a private school and went to university. A professor who gave them a class returned from overseas. At that time, he learned a lot about the West from the professor's class.

He was born in troubled times, and the next few decades were the most turbulent times in the country. When he was young, he also had many revenges. When he was studying, he met several friends, and he also took action when those friends were in trouble. helped them.But it was also because of the few friends he helped at the beginning, which later brought disaster to their Yu family.

If you want to ask yourself whether you regret helping those friends in the first place, Yu Wenchang has thought about this question for more than ten years in the labor camp. When a disaster happened at home, he felt hatred and regret in his heart.But after thinking about it for more than ten years, he knew that even if he didn't help those friends, others would always find a way to pin the crime on their family members, and their family could not escape that. disaster.

Now when I think of all the things when I was young, it seems to be vivid, but the fact has passed for several decades. He suffered family changes and the death of his parents and wife.

After being picked up by his son from the labor camp, he was still a little happy at first, but then gradually became a little uneasy and uneasy. He was worried that his son's career would be affected by his experience in the labor camp, so he went to the labor camp. After his son came here, he didn't dare to contact outsiders. He was afraid that if others asked him, he wouldn't know how to answer, so he stayed in his son's dormitory, reading and reading newspapers, and learned about the outside world through the words in the newspapers.When they were in the labor camp, they didn't have a chance to read the newspapers outside. Now that they came out, they realized that the outside world had changed drastically.

In the past two days, his son said to look for his elder sister, but he didn't know if he found it. Thinking of this, Yu Wenchang felt anxious for a while, and couldn't even read the newspaper in his hand.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he looked up and saw that his son had come back from outside, still holding something in his hand.Yu Wenchang hurriedly folded the half-read newspaper in his hand and put it on the table, got up and stood at the door, looked at his son who came back and asked, "Ah Jun, you are back, where did you get so many things?" ?”

"Did you go to your elder sister's place? Why did you bring so many things back?" Yu Wenchang saw that the jar in his son's hand looked familiar, and Yu Wenchang recognized it. Isn't it the pickles that his grandson brought him? jar?

It seemed that the son had gone to the home of his daughter and son-in-law. This realization made Yu Wenchang feel very happy. He wanted to reach out to help him get things, but his son didn't give it to him.

"Father, don't worry, I'll talk to you after I put away the things." Yu Jun took Zhang Dahe, followed by two people to help him move things in, and he told them to let them come back to eat at night .

Zhang Dahe agreed repeatedly, and left with the other two people.

After the person left, Yu Jun closed the door of the room with his backhand, and sat inside the room with his father, "Dad, please sit down first, I have something to tell you."

"What do you want to say to Dad, just say it. You went to your sister's place today, did you see your sister, your brother-in-law, and Xiaojin?" Yu Wenchang sat down on the chair and looked Seeing his son looking at him with a silent and serious look, this made him feel very uneasy, and his buttocks moved on the chair several times.

Looking at his father with gray hair and an old face in front of him, Yu Jun suddenly didn't know how to talk about this matter. After a pause in his heart, he said, "I went to Lujia Village today and met Xiaojin and the others. .” Later, he told his father about the death of his elder sister and brother-in-law, and about a few nephews living in the country.

After hearing this, Yu Wenchang didn't realize that he was already in tears. He looked at his son with a little hope and said, "Ah Jun, tell Dad that this is not true? You My sister and your brother-in-law are still working in the factory, and they are still alive and well."

But when he looked at his son just looking at him quietly without saying anything, Yu Wenchang knew that what his son told him was true, and he couldn't hold back all of a sudden, covering his face and crying bitterly.

"My sister Hui, I knew they didn't want to see me..." Yu Wenchang thought of his daughter. He and his wife had only one son and one daughter in his life. Their expectations grew up under their love, and after their son was born, they did not lessen their love for their daughter.

Yu Wenchang remembered that the daughter he had loved for so many years had left long before his father, and that filial son-in-law had also left with his wife. His heart ached as if someone had been stabbed by a knife, and he couldn't help crying. He said loudly, "Son, why did you leave first, Dad, I, an old man, haven't left yet, why are you willing to leave?"

When his father was crying, Yu Jun's eyes were also a little hot. He reached out and wiped the corners of his eyes, and went to get a towel to wipe his father's tears. He comforted his father and said, "Dad, don't be sad, be careful that you will break your body from crying. Little Jin and the others are afraid that you will be sad, so they dare not tell you, don't cry like this, sister... and brother-in-law and the others are alive in heaven, knowing that you are so sad will also be sad."

Seeing his father crying, Yu Jun didn't know how to comfort him. He knew that the old man would be very sad when he heard the news. time to digest.

In order to divert the sadness of the old man, Yu Jun mentioned a few nephews: "Father, I went to the countryside to see Xiaojin and Xiaobao today. The brothers and sisters are doing well in the countryside. I told them to pick you up. Yes, they are very happy, and Xiao Jin personally stewed a big pot of meat for you, I brought some back, just what was in the basket just now, do you want to have a taste?"

Seeing that his father looked at him silently, Yu Jun also knew that his father might not be able to eat at this time, so he had to wait until dinner time to eat, and said: "Xiao Jin also gave me a lot of food, saying that you like chili and pickles , I gave you several jars, two jars of wine, and one jar of glutinous rice wine, said to be for your health."

"They miss you very much and ask you when you are free to visit them. I said I will come back and ask you about this."

After crying for a while, he slowly stopped his tears. Yu Wenchang only felt his brain ache, and he didn't even know what to say.

Seeing this, Yu Jun helped his father to lie down on the bed, "Dad, you can lie down and rest for a while. Don't be so sad. You can't be resurrected after death. You have to think about Xiaojin and the others. If something happens to you, they will Wouldn't it be sad."

Yu Wenchang slowly lay down on the bed, the grief in his heart was hard to calm down for a while, he also knew what was going to happen to him, and his children and grandchildren must be very sad, "Let daddy lie down for a while, take it easy, daddy will pass It will be fine in a while."

"Daddy, drink some water, don't be sad anymore." Yu Jun also understood his father, went to pour a glass of water, helped him to take a sip, and took a stool to put the rest on In front of the bed, put the cup on the stool, "I'll put the water here for you, you can drink it if you want."

"I have to go to work again, and I may have to come back later. You are in the dormitory. If you have anything to do, go out and tell the guards outside." Yu Jun was not too relieved to let his father stay in the dormitory alone. It's just that he still has things to do in the afternoon, and he can't stay with his father in the dormitory all the time.

"Well, if you have something to do, go and do it. I have nothing to do here in the dormitory." Yu Wenchang waved his hand and asked his son to do his work.

Yu Jun stood in front of the bed for a while before going out. When he left, he greeted the guard at the door, asking the guard to help him pay attention to his father, and left with Zhang Dahe who was waiting outside.

After his son left, Yu Wenchang lay alone on the bed in the dormitory, remembering that his children were still around when his wife was still alive, remembering the scene of his daughter getting married, remembering his son-in-law's filial piety to him over the years, and thinking of his daughter and The son-in-law is gone now, he didn't even see his son-in-law and son-in-law for the last time, his heart was full of grief, he cried silently for a long time, until he fell asleep after crying tired.

Until his son came back from outside, he was still lying on the bed.

***

Yu Jun was thinking about his father in his heart. After finishing the job entry at the unit, he didn't bother to argue with the people above and went back to the dormitory.It's just that when he came back, he saw the door of the house was closed. When he opened the door, he saw someone lying on the bed. He thought something had happened. He walked forward with a few strides, suppressed the panic in his heart, and yelled softly. : "Daddy?"

"Well, Ah Jun, you're back." Hearing his son calling him, Yu Wenchang opened his eyes. His eyes, which had been crying for a long time, were swollen like two big lanterns. He supported the bed and sat up.Yu Jun hurriedly went forward to help his father get up, and asked, "Dad, have you been sleeping all afternoon?"

"Slept for a while, what time is it?" Yu Wenchang asked, feeling a little swollen when he got up.

"It's past six o'clock." Yu Jun glanced at the watch on his wrist. He came back from work at six o'clock and walked back to the dormitory for more than ten minutes. It was not yet 06:30.The water in the cup was already cold, so he took it and added a little hot water into it, and brought it over, "Dad, you get up and sit back and drink some water, I sent people to the cafeteria to cook, today I call Dahe Meng and the others Let's come here for dinner."