Post Date December, 02 2023
That year, when she was ill, he took her to the town to see a doctor with a scooter. After saying a lot of good words and taking out all the coins in her pocket, the doctor finally gave her an injection, and then gave her two coats of Chinese medicine wrapped in bamboo paper.
He pulled the cart back and she still sat on it. Go through a small street, turn right, and then cross a street. The sweet smell wafts over and over.
He swallowed hard, hesitated for a few seconds, stopped and looked back: "Do you want to eat deep-fried dough sticks?"
She was also secretly swallowing saliva on the cart. Suddenly, she heard his question and was stunned. She shook her head: "Don't eat, don't want to eat."
She pressed the boiled sweet potatoes in the cloth bag and said, "There are sweet potatoes here. If I'm hungry, I will eat sweet potatoes." She knew that he didn't even have a penny in his pocket. How could he afford to buy deep-fried dough sticks.
He looked at her quietly, as if suddenly he saw her in the bottom of his heart. She was embarrassed and bowed her head. Damn it, the sweet smell came back, and she could not help swallowing saliva again.
Gently pull the cart to the side of the street, park it steadily, and he strode towards the deep-fried dough sticks stand at the corner of the street. Her eyes followed his broad-shouldered figure, watching him stand in front of the stall and poke. She blushed and closed her eyes in shame. God, we are not beggars. How dare he beg from others!
When she opened her eyes again, she saw him running towards her with a deep-fried dough sticks in his hand.
She was angry and turned her head: "I don't eat. I'm not a beggar. I don't eat what I beg for."
He said loudly, "Who said that the deep-fried dough sticks were from begging? I traded tobacco for them."
She was surprised, "What do you do when you want to smoke?"
He has been smoking for many years. People say that "people are iron and food is steel", but he says that "people are iron and smoke is steel". In his eyes, smoke is more important than rice. When he was tired, he lit a cigarette and smoked, and then he became energetic; Hungry, he lit a cigarette and smoked, then he was full. The cigarettes he smokes are home-grown dry tobacco. After drying, the tobacco leaves are cut into silk and put into small plastic bags and then tucked in his pocket. When he wants to smoke, he takes small pieces of paper and rolls them into "trumpet".
He laughed: "If you don't smoke for a day and a half, you can't die. If you can't help it, you can pick up a few dry leaves on the roadside and roll them into a trumpet. If you don't, you can still smoke in case of emergency..."
He handed deep-fried dough sticks to her: "Eat fast, while it's hot, fragrant and soft."
She said, "Let's share it, half for you and half for me."
He shook his head and said, "No, I don't like greasy food. Eat it quickly."
She took a bite and her eyes were foggy. She wanted to wipe them, but she didn't. He was still happy and asked, "Is it fragrant or sweet?"
She blurted out, "bitter, bitter."
He almost jumped up and said, "bitter? How can it be bitter? I want my master to fry the sweetest and sweetest one."
She raised her head and frowned: "Don't believe it, try it yourself." She pinched most of it hard and put it into his mouth. He chewed and chewed again. Eh, it's strange. It's not bitter. It's sweet and sweet. It's warm.
Seeing his puzzled face, she suddenly burst out laughing. He immediately understood what was going on. She just "tricked" him into sharing the deep-fried dough sticks, and tricked him into eating most of the deep-fried dough sticks
In this story, he is my father 30 years ago. She in this story is my mother 30 years ago. My father told me this story "9999" times, and my mother told me "9999" times.
There are some discrepancies in the "version" told by parents. Father always ignored the plot that he exchanged his beloved tobacco for deep-fried dough sticks, but repeated the details that his mother cheated him to eat deep-fried dough sticks. Mother always emphasized the details of her father's exchanging tobacco for deep-fried dough sticks, but she threw away the plot that she cheated her father to eat deep-fried dough sticks.
What is happiness?
Happiness is not about clothes, jade, food, wealth, wealth, driving a good car or living in a villa!
Happiness is to have someone hurt when crying, to have someone rely on when tired, to have every small wish realized for you, to have a person who loves himself and understands himself, no matter how many he has, always leave the best and most for you.
