"This is?" Father took out two hundred-dollar bills from his pocket and put them in front of me. "lucky money." "..." I remember, because it's New Year! Picking up the money in a hurry, there is a faint smell of paper money floating in the nose, and my father's body temperature remains on the paper money.
Seeing that I have received money, my parents will inevitably ramble. In normal times, I would definitely quarrel with my parents, but perhaps I didn't want to ruin the New Year's Eve. I just promised to keep the atmosphere as easy as possible.
"We count on you to study hard and be productive. We miss your sister when she was in high school ... ""If you were in better health, we wouldn't have to work so hard ... ""Now that all the money you owe has been paid off, you can save more money for your family ... ""Your father is 50 years old. According to the present situation, he will probably work until he is 60 years old! At that time, you were 25 ... ""See for yourself, you can't even cook now ... "
Looking at my parents' constant words, I can't help but look away from my parents' mouths and meet their eyes. "Mom and dad's eyes are cloudy! There seem to be more wrinkles in the corners of the eyes! " I thought to myself. "bang!" The explosion suddenly sounded in my ear. It's the neighbor's house that sets off firecrackers! "Bang bang!" "nonsense!" Then the small firecrackers rang. It seems that after a while, the voice suddenly stopped. Suddenly, my parents stopped, leaving only the slightly heavy crisp sound produced by the collision between chopsticks and bowls, and the air flow between us seemed to be much slower.
Why? I've heard this many times, but this time it makes me so sad. I am so sore that my muscles can't stop tightening, causing my body to tremble, my teeth to clench subconsciously, and even I want to cry. Looking down at the dazzling red paper money, the' slight heat' on it has already dissipated, replaced by the lonely cold. Sooner or later, parents will be like the temperature on this paper money! Thought of here, eyebrows tightened tightly, facial muscles trembled slightly, which is probably a ugly and useless picture.
It's like breaking a water pump and pouring water out of the ground, and memories begin to emerge desperately:
"Dad!" "Mom!" This childish voice turned out to be me.
"Son!" Speaking of which, my parents were still very young at that time.
"Mom and Dad, you see I got full marks!" I remember that I got a hundred points in the math exam at that time, which made me excited for a long time!
"Son, eat chicken legs!" I remember eating this when I was a child.
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The scene before us seems vague. I naturally told my parents "I want to wash my hands", put the money in my pocket and went into the bathroom with my head down. I quickly turned on the tap, dipped some water in my hand and wiped it on my face. I pulled off my towel and wiped the water hard, especially around my eyes. He went out in high spirits.
Then, after a few jokes, the atmosphere between us seems to warm up again, but I know, a little more, a little less. After dinner, when my family was busy, I stood outside and put my hands in my pockets. The hand holding the money was clenched for a long time. ...
"Sometimes, when we are pregnant with something, if we can't choose to let go, let's hold on tighter." Speaking of which, it snowed lightly. ...