The Most Perfect Dad and Mom in the World

"Do you know the two sitting at the corner? They look like beggars." Mom asked me on my wedding day.

I turned to look at them and saw an old man staring right at me. There was an old woman by his side. Meeting my eyes, he hurried to lower their heads. Idid not know them but they did not look like beggars. Their clothes were so new I could tell the creases. Mymother insisted because they were bending, and she saw acrutch against the old lady.

"Tianchi was an orphan," She said. "He had no relativesto invite for the wedding. They should be driven away if you don't know them. Beggars nowadays are mean. They are always waiting at the gate of a hotel and sneakin as relatives for a free meal."

I told my mother that they were no beggars. I turned to ask Tianchi. He got nervous and clumsy, hitting the bouquet of flowers off my hand. He said in a faltering voice that they were his uncle and aunt.

"You almost drove out relatives." I gave mom a dirty look.

"Tianchi, didn't you tell me that you were homeless? Howcome you have relatives?" Mom was confused.

Tianchi was afraid of my mom. He bowed his head and said that they were his distant relatives who had not visited him a long time. But getting married is a bigevent, and if nobody came from his family he would think it quite a pity, so. . . .

Leaning against Tianchi's shoulder, I told him that heshould have told me earlier about his two relatives. They should have sat at a different table with other guests instead of being left unattended at the corner.

"Nope. Let them sit there. They would not be comfortable if they should sit with guests."

Until the banquet started, that table had only the uncleand aunt. Tianchi and I were toasting each table. Whenwe passed them, Tianchi paused a moment, and pulled meto move away. I turned and found that their heads were even lower. I dragged Tianchi back. "Uncle and aunt,let us toast you."

They looked at me, amazed. They both had grey hair,looking in their 70-80s. Aunt's eyes looked blank, her sight blinking though her face turning towards me. I waved my hand in front of her eyes. She gave no response.She was blind!

"Un…uncle, aunt, this is my wife Xiaojie, we are to asting you now." Tianchi said in his local dialect.

"Urgh, well." Uncle managed to stand on his feet,staggering, his left hand on the old lady's shoulder,his shivering right hand holding the cup. I saw thick,yellow calluses on the back of his hand, and black dirt underneath his chubby fingertips. Working too hard onthe farmland made their back bend too early. I was shocked to see uncle did not have his right leg.

Aunt is blind; uncle is lame. What a couple!

"Do not stand. Sit down, please." I went over to take their hand. Uncle staggered to sit down. For somereason, tears welled up in aunt's eyes. I found uncle patting her on the back, speechless.

I had wanted to comfort her, but Tianchi pulled me away.

I told Tianchi to give them money when they leave. They were too pitiful. Both disabled! I could never imagine how they had managed to make it through all the years.

Tianchi nodded. He threw his arms around me tightly,without saying a word.

On the eve of Spring Festival of the first year since our marriage, Tianchi said that he was not feeling good about his stomach and did not want to have dinner. He went into his room to rest. I asked mom to cook rice porridge for him. I went in to see him. Lying in bed,Tianchi's eyes were filled with tears.

I said, "Stop, Tianchi. How come you don't want to have dinner with my family, and come in here so sad. It looks as though my family is mean to you. You feel uncomfortable in the stomach upon festival. Don't you think it too strange? I know you lied. Tell me all about it."

Remaining silent for a considerable amount of time,Tianchi said sorry. He was sad because he thought of his uncle and aunt, as well as his parents who had passed away. He was afraid of bursting out sad on thedinner table to make my family upset, so he lied. I hugged him. "Come on. You look like a child. Afterthis festival celebration, we will go see your aunt anduncle. I want to see how they live their life."

"No." he said, "The mountain path was quite tough, youwould be exhausted. I'll take you there after the road is improved and until we have a baby."

I said to myself silently, "who knows if they still live when we have a baby." But I did not dare to utter thisword, and said instead, "then we send them some candies."

On the Mid-autumn Day the following year I happened to be on a business trip and could not go home. I missed Tianchi's parents very much. I chatted with Tianchi on the telephone for a long time. I asked him what if he was missing me so much that he could not go to sleep. He said that he would get online or watch TV, or just daydream if neither works." We talked and talked until my mobile phone got quite hot and the battery was out.

Lying in the hotel bed, looking at the round moon outthe window, I could not go to sleep however hard I tried.

I kept my eyes wide open. I was missing Tianchi, myfather and mother, tears welling up in my eyes. I guess Tianchi might still be up, or he might be roaming on the Internet. I got up, switched on the computer, got another QQ ID and named myself "Reading you". I wanted to trick him. I searched for his QQ number. Bingo, he was indeed online. I sent him a request to become hisQQ pal, he approved.

I asked him, "Why are you online alone on such a day when every family gets together?"He said, "My wife is travelling. I miss her so much that I have to pass time online."

Quite happy at his confession, I kept pressing on. "Hmm…your wife is not home, why don't you find a lover to replace her, like one from online?"

I waited a long time before seeing his reply "If you arelooking for a lover, I am sorry, I am not the one for you.

Good-bye."

"Oops, I beg your pardon. I did not mean that. Please do not be so angry." I sent it over as fast as I could.

After a while, he asked me why I was also online.

"I am working away from home. I miss my father and mother now. I just called my boy friend but I cannot go to sleep, so here I am."

"Yes, I miss my parents, too. But I am away from home. I want to take a good care of them, but they are too far to reach."

"But I am away from home. I want to take a good care of them, but they are too far to reach. But why?" Icopied these two lines and sent them back to him. I was bewildered. How come he said that!

"You named yourself 'reading you'. Well, I'll let you read me just for now. Some secrets would make one fall sick if they are not told for a long time. Now that Ido not know you, you do not know me, you may just aswell listen to a little story. Ok?"

Then, quite unexpectedly, I learned a secret, whichTianchi had been hiding deep in his heart.

"Thirty years ago, my dad was not married even at the age of 50. He had lost his leg and his family was too poor. No girl would marry him. Then, an old man and ablind woman came begging in his village. The old beggar was seriously sick. My father took great sympathy on them and let them stay at his house. Unfortunately, hedid not rise once he lay in bed. In the end, the blindwoman, the old beggar's daughter, married my dad."

"I was born the next year."

"My family was extremely poor, but I was always fed enough. Dad and mom could not work on the farmland. They earned a living by shelling pellets from corn on the cobs for neighboring households. One day's workwould make their fingers badly blistered. The next day they would continue to work with their fingers wrapped in cloth. To pay my schooling, they raised three chicken layers. Eggs from two were sold for cash, and the remaining one lay eggs for me. 'City boys have eggsat school. I learned it when I begged in the city. Myboy should also have eggs at school. He will grow smarter than a city boy.' Mom would say."

"But mom and dad never ate any eggs. One day I saw momfrying eggs for me and licking the inner side of the eggshell. I threw my arms around her and burst out wailing.

I refused to eat eggs however hard she tried to persuade.

When dad learned all about this he was so angry that heal most beat her with a stick. At last I compromised withthe condition that we three eat together. They agreed,but each time they only touched the egg with their teeth."

"The whole village did not call me my real name. They gave me a nickname of "lame blind boy." Dad and mom would always be fighting with whoever called that. Mom could not see, so she picked up bricks to throw at them.

While she tried to hit them, she would curse, 'You fool bastards. We are lame and blind, but our boy is nice and smart. I hate you calling him that way. None of you will be better than my child in any way.'"

"That year I attended the high school entrance examination. The 'lame blind boy' got the highest scores in the county. Dad and mom were indeed happy and proud for quite some time. The Township government paid all my schooling. Dad went out of the poor mountainous village for the first time in his life, to send me toschool. When I got into the bus, I could not hold back tears flooding in my eyes. One hand on the crutch, dad wiped them off with the other hand. 'Study hard in school,son. Get a good wife at the city. If you are asked about dad and mom, tell them that you are an orphan. Your parents have both died. If you don't say so,people will look down on you. Most important or all, no girl will marry you. I would not dare to face my dead ancestors if you get no wife because of me and your mom.'"

"'Dad!' I stopped him from saying more. What was he talking about? I was then not of any use how could I do that? But mom insisted that dad was right, and that I must listen. 'Don't you remember? When you were at junior high school, once you told the truth, others looked at you in a humiliating way. At the beginning,even teachers did not like you. When you take your wife home, you tell her that we are your uncle and aunt.' With these words, mom wiped off her tears. Dad said,"Don't take your wife home. If you do, your mom will one day carelessly let out the secret." He thrust ten eggs into my pocket, and walked away with mom."

At this point my eyes kept dropping from my eyes. Being disabled is not their fault. It is their bad fate. But they gave me such a perfect Tianchi. This silly Tianchi!

Such a perfect dad and mom! Where can I find two more perfect ones? I was very angry. Why on earth did he look down on me?

I continued to ask him questions, "What happened next? Did you tell your wife that they are your uncle and aunt?"

"I did not want to do that at the beginning, nor did I believe I had to. My wife is married to me, not to my parents. Why can't I call them dad and mom? But duringthe ten years when I was at school, my parents had never come to see me. When I started to work for the first year, I wanted to take them to stay in the city, they declined. They were afraid of affecting my image among people who knew me, and especially of making me fail toget a wife. They wanted to live in the mountainous village for the rest of their life. Nowhere would they want to go. Mom said that city life was nothing because he had been there."

"Then I had my first girl friend. When I thought it was the right time, I took her home. But she soon walked away without not even having dinner. I ran after her and asked her why. 'I cannot stay with such a poor family even for one day.' She said. 'Your family must have wrong genes, and your children would not be healthy.' I was so angry that I shouted at her, 'Get lost,as far away as you can!'

When I walked back, mom was weeping. Dad scolded me. He blamed me for not having listened to him. He worried that I might ruin his hope of having a grandson.

Then I met my second girl friend, my wife now. I loveher very much, and I dread losing her even in my dream. Her family is quite wealthy and all their relatives arehigh-class people. I was very afraid, having made one mistake with the first girl friend, so I had to followmy dad's suggestion. Whenever it is a festival or theend of the year, however, I will miss my parents. I am very upset from deep within."

"You never told your wife this secret," I was verycurious, "Perhaps she would not mind".

"Nope. I have never told her. I am so afraid. Even though she does not mind, my mother-in-law will not. I live with them. My father-in-law is quite somebody outside. If my dad and mom come to stay with us, he would feel disgraced. I can only sneak back to see them on my business trips. Thank you for listening to mystory for so long. I feel much better now."

I got offline, but still could not sleep. They say ason should not look down on his mother even though sheis ugly, and a dog never minds if his host is poor. Look,what have we done? I understand why Tianchi had to lie,and I also understand why his parents kept that secret. But they do not know that what they did had already mademe a heartless woman.

When the day broke, I knocked at the door of my departmental manager. I told him that he had to proceed with the rest of things because I had something urgent to deal with. I packed quickly and ran for the railway station. Fortunately, I caught the first train.

That mountainous path was indeed rough. First I wasable to walk fast easily, but soon my feet were blistered.I could not move an inch. It was right at noon, with the sun scorching the land. I was out of breath for all the trudge. Water I carried was almost running out. Idid not know how much longer I had to walk. I took off my shoes and squeezed the blisters. I hurt so much that I cried out. How I wished to call Tianchi to take mehome. But I did not. I picked up some reed flowers fromthe roadside and put them in the shoes. I felt much more comfortable walking now. At the thought that Tianchi's parents were still working hard at home, I felt an erupting strength on my legs. I made to my feet and pulled along.

When the old village head led me to where Tianchi'shouse stood, a burning-red sunset just glittered through an old jujube. There sat uncle, oh, no, Tianchi's dad. Dad looked much older than I first met him on my wedding.

He was shelling corn on the cobs, his crutch leaning against his legless side. Mom was kneeing on the ground,collecting corn pellets which had been put out to dry. Her hands were moving corn pellets on the ground towards her.

This scene looked just like a painting, in which I saw the most perfect dad and mom in the world.

I walked step for step towards them. Dad saw me, shocked,his cobs dropping to the ground. "Why, why did you come?" He asked.

"Who has come?" Mom was feeling around with her hand.

"Tian, Tianchi's family."

"Ah, where is it? Where?" Mom frantically felt around with her hands.

I bent down to put my luggage on the ground, grabbed her hand, faced them, and knelt down, down, with heavy,heart-broken sorrow. I heard my own knees hitting the ground.

"Dad, mom, I've come to take you home."

Dad coughed and wanted to say something, but nothing I heard. Tears came rolling down his wrinkled face.

"I've said my boy is good. I've not wasted on him." Mom cried. She scratched her hands on her clothes backand forth very carefully, and then hugged me into her arms. Tears ran out of her hollow eye holes, down herface, down my neck. I felt they were so warm.

When I left the poor village with my dad and mom, people played fire crackers. I was proud for my dad and mom once again.

When Tianchi opened the door and found mom and dad each standing on both sides of me, he was astonished. He froze there, not saying a word.

"Tianchi, I am the one who read you. I took our mom and dad home. Such perfect dad and mom. How come you left them in the mountain?"

"Thank you, thank you." Tianchi was weeping. He cuddled me so tightly, and poured his tears onto my neck, just like his mom.

原文：

(請(qǐng)每一個(gè)孝順的子女耐心的看下去!)

結(jié)婚那天，媽問(wèn)我：坐在角落里象兩個(gè)要飯模樣的人是誰(shuí)?

我看過(guò)去的時(shí)候，有個(gè)老頭正盯著我，旁邊還有個(gè)老太太，發(fā)現(xiàn)我看著他們時(shí)趕忙低下頭。我不認(rèn)識(shí)他們但也不象要飯的，衣服是新的連折印都看得出來(lái)。媽說(shuō)象要飯的是他們佝僂著身子，老太的身邊倚了根拐杖的緣故。

媽說(shuō)天池是孤兒，那邊沒(méi)親戚來(lái)，如果不認(rèn)識(shí)就轟他們走吧。現(xiàn)在要飯的壞著呢，喜歡等在酒店門(mén)口，見(jiàn)哪家辦喜事就裝作親戚來(lái)吃黑酒。

我說(shuō)不會(huì)，叫來(lái)天池問(wèn)一下吧?天池慌里慌張把我的手捧花都掉地上了，最后吱吱唔唔地說(shuō)是他們家堂叔和堂嬸。我瞪了媽媽一眼：差點(diǎn)把親戚趕走。

媽說(shuō)天池你不是孤兒?jiǎn)?哪來(lái)的親戚呢?天池怕媽?zhuān)皖^說(shuō)是他家遠(yuǎn)房的親戚，好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間不來(lái)往了。但結(jié)婚是大事，家里一個(gè)親戚沒(méi)來(lái)心里覺(jué)著是個(gè)憾事，所以……

我靠著天池的肩埋怨他有親戚來(lái)也不早說(shuō)，應(yīng)該把他們調(diào)一桌，既然是親戚就不能坐在備用桌上。天池?cái)r著說(shuō)就讓他們坐那吧，坐別桌他們吃著也不自在。

直到開(kāi)席那桌上也就坐了堂叔和堂嬸。敬謝席酒經(jīng)過(guò)那桌，天池猶豫了一下拉著我從他們身邊擦了過(guò)去。回頭看到他們的頭埋的很低，想了想我把天池給拽了回去：堂叔、堂嬸，我們給你倆敬酒了!

兩人抬起頭有點(diǎn)不相信的盯著我。二老的頭發(fā)都是花白的，看上去很老應(yīng)該有七八十歲的樣子，堂嬸的眼睛很空洞，臉雖對(duì)著我但眼神閃忽不定。我拿手不確定的在她眼前晃了晃，沒(méi)反應(yīng)。原來(lái)堂嬸是個(gè)瞎子。堂、堂叔、堂嬸，這是俺媳婦小潔，俺們現(xiàn)在給你們敬酒呢!天池在用鄉(xiāng)音提醒他們。

哦、哦。堂叔歪歪斜斜地站了起來(lái)，左手扶著堂嬸的肩右手顫微微地端起酒杯，手指背上都是黃黃的繭，厚厚的指夾逢里留著黑黑的泥。面朝黃土背朝天的日子讓他們過(guò)早地累彎了腰。我驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，堂叔的右腿是空的。堂嬸是瞎子，堂叔是瘸子，怎樣的一對(duì)夫妻啊?別站了，你們坐下吧。我走過(guò)去扶住他們。堂叔又搖晃著坐下了，無(wú)緣由的堂嬸眼里忽然就叭嗒叭嗒直掉淚，看到堂叔無(wú)言地拍著她的背。本想勸他們兩句，但天池拉著我離開(kāi)了。

我跟天池說(shuō)，等他們回家的時(shí)候給他們一點(diǎn)錢(qián)吧，太可憐了。兩人都是殘疾，這日子根本想不通怎么過(guò)。天池點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭沒(méi)說(shuō)話，緊緊擁著我。

第一年的除夕，天池說(shuō)胃疼沒(méi)吃下晚飯回房睡覺(jué)去了。我讓媽媽熬點(diǎn)大米粥也跟著進(jìn)了房。天池躺在床上，眼里還憋著淚。

我說(shuō)天池不帶這樣的，第一年的除夕就不跟我們一塊吃晚飯，還跑房里這樣。好象我們家虧待你似的，一過(guò)節(jié)你就胃疼，哪有這樣的事情?其實(shí)我知道你不是胃疼，說(shuō)吧什么事?

天池悶了半天說(shuō)對(duì)不起，他只是想起堂叔和堂嬸還有他死去的爹娘。他怕在桌上忍不住，惹爸媽不高興才推說(shuō)胃疼。

我摟著他說(shuō)：真是個(gè)傻孩子，想他們我們過(guò)完年看他們?nèi)ゾ统闪耍僬f(shuō)我也想知道他倆是怎么過(guò)日子的。

天池說(shuō)算了，那條山路特別難走。你會(huì)累著的，等以后路通了我們生了小孩再帶你去那看他們吧。

我心里想說(shuō)：等我們生小孩的時(shí)候他們還不一定在呢!但沒(méi)敢講出來(lái)，嘴上說(shuō)給他們?cè)偌男╁X(qián)物吧!

第二年的中秋期間我正巧在外出差，中秋節(jié)那天又回不了家。我特別想天池和爸媽?zhuān)揖透斐仂译娫捴唷?/p>

我問(wèn)天池想我想得睡不著怎么辦?天池說(shuō)就上網(wǎng)或者看電視，再不行就睡那睜著眼睛狠狠得想。

那晚，我們直到把手機(jī)聊得發(fā)燙沒(méi)電為止。躺在賓館的床上，看著窗外圓圓的月亮，我怎么也睡不著。睜著眼睛流著淚想天池、想爸爸、想媽媽。想到天池估計(jì)也沒(méi)睡著，說(shuō)不定正在網(wǎng)上神游。翻身我也打開(kāi)電腦，重新申請(qǐng)了一QQ號(hào)名叫“讀你”想捉弄一下天池。查了一下，天池果然在，我主動(dòng)加了他，他接受了。

我問(wèn)他：這樣一個(gè)萬(wàn)家團(tuán)圓的好日子，你為什么還在網(wǎng)上閑逛呢?他說(shuō)：因?yàn)槲依掀旁谕獬霾睿胨恢X(jué)所以就上網(wǎng)看看。我挺滿意這句話，接著又打出：老婆不在家，可以找個(gè)情人代替，比如說(shuō)網(wǎng)上，聊以****一下。半天他才敲出一行：如果你想找情人的話，對(duì)不起，我不是你找的人，再見(jiàn)。對(duì)不起，我不是那個(gè)意思，你別生氣。叭叭叭，我趕緊發(fā)過(guò)去。過(guò)了一會(huì)他問(wèn)我：你怎么也在網(wǎng)上閑逛呢?我說(shuō)：我在外打工，現(xiàn)在想爸爸和媽媽。剛剛和男朋友通完電話還是睡不著，就上網(wǎng)了。

我也想我爹和娘，只是，親在外，子欲養(yǎng)而不能。親在外，子欲養(yǎng)而不能。怎么講?我把這句話又重復(fù)敲了過(guò)去。我有點(diǎn)莫明其妙，天池怎么說(shuō)這樣的話?你叫“讀你”，我今天就讓你讀一次吧。有些事情放在心里很久會(huì)得病，拿出來(lái)曬曬會(huì)舒服些，反正你我也不認(rèn)識(shí)，你就當(dāng)作聽(tīng)一個(gè)故事吧!于是，我意外地知道了天池一直隱藏在內(nèi)心的事情。

30年前，我爹快五十了還沒(méi)娶親，因?yàn)樗热臣由霞依镉指F沒(méi)有姑娘愿意嫁他。后來(lái)，莊上來(lái)了個(gè)要飯的老頭還攙著個(gè)瞎眼的女人。老頭病得很重，爹看他們可憐就讓他們?cè)谧约倚ⅰ](méi)想到一住下那老頭就沒(méi)起來(lái)過(guò)，后來(lái)老頭的女兒就是那瞎眼的女人嫁給了我爹。第二年生下了我。我家的日子過(guò)得很清苦，可我從來(lái)沒(méi)餓過(guò)一頓。爹和娘種不了田，沒(méi)有收入就幫別人家剝玉米粒，一天剝下來(lái)十指全是血泡，第二天纏上布條再剝。為了我上學(xué)，家里養(yǎng)了三只雞，兩只雞生蛋賣(mài)錢(qián)，留下一只生蛋我吃。娘說(shuō)她在城里要飯時(shí)聽(tīng)說(shuō)城里的娃上學(xué)都吃雞蛋，咱家娃也吃，將來(lái)比城里的娃更聰明。但他們從來(lái)都不吃，有回我看見(jiàn)娘把蛋打進(jìn)鍋里后用嘴舔著蛋殼里剩下的蛋清，我摟著娘嚎啕大哭。說(shuō)什么也不肯吃雞蛋了，爹知道原委后氣得要用棍子打娘。最后我妥協(xié)，前提就是我們?nèi)艘粔K吃。雖然他們同意了，但每次也就象征性的用牙齒碰一下。

莊上的人從來(lái)不叫我名字，都叫我是瘸瞎子家的。爹娘一聽(tīng)到有人這樣叫我必定會(huì)跟那人拼命。娘看不見(jiàn)就會(huì)拿了磚塊亂砸，嘴上還罵著：你們這些殺千刀的，我們?nèi)诚梗彝藓煤玫模筒辉S你們這樣叫喚。將來(lái)你們一個(gè)都不如我娃。那年中考，瘸瞎子家的考了全縣第一的喜訊讓爹娘著實(shí)風(fēng)光了一把。鎮(zhèn)上替我們家出了所有的學(xué)雜費(fèi)，送我上學(xué)的那天爹第一次出了山。上車(chē)的那會(huì)，我眼淚撲剌剌的直掉，爹一手拄著拐一手替我擦淚：進(jìn)了城要好好學(xué)，以后就在城里找工作娶媳婦。別人問(wèn)起你爹娘你就說(shuō)你是孤兒，沒(méi)爹娘，不然別人會(huì)看不起你。特別是娶不上媳婦，人家會(huì)嫌棄你。誤了你娶媳婦，我都無(wú)臉去見(jiàn)老祖。

爹!我讓爹別在說(shuō)了，這是什么話，還沒(méi)有用呢咋就不認(rèn)爹娘呢?娘也說(shuō)這是真話，要聽(tīng)。你不記得在學(xué)校里嗎?只要說(shuō)你是瘸瞎子家的，別人就會(huì)拿白眼擠兌你。剛開(kāi)始連老師都不喜歡你。以后，你帶了城里媳婦回家就說(shuō)俺們是你的堂叔和堂嬸。娘說(shuō)完就在那抹淚。爹說(shuō)，不要把媳婦帶回家，一帶回來(lái)你娘忍不住就會(huì)露餡的。然后往我懷里揣了十個(gè)熟雞蛋就拖著娘走了。

我的眼淚也撲剌剌地往下掉，殘疾不是他們的錯(cuò)，那是老天對(duì)他們的不公。但他們卻生了一個(gè)完美的天池給我。這個(gè)傻天池，這樣的爹娘，無(wú)法再完美了。我很生氣，他怎么就這么小看我呢?

那后來(lái)，你就告訴你媳婦他們是你堂叔和堂嬸?我敲過(guò)去這句話。

本來(lái)我不信。媳婦找的是我又不是爹娘，為啥爹娘都不能認(rèn)呢?不過(guò)我在外十年，爹娘一次都沒(méi)去過(guò)我的學(xué)校。第一年工作，我想帶他們進(jìn)城玩玩，他們都不肯，說(shuō)讓人曉得我爹娘是殘疾人會(huì)在我臉上抹黑，影響我娶媳婦。一輩子都在山里了不想出去了。娘還說(shuō)她就是從城里來(lái)的，也沒(méi)啥意思。后來(lái)，我談了第一個(gè)女朋友，當(dāng)我認(rèn)為時(shí)機(jī)差不多的時(shí)候，就帶她回了趟家。誰(shuí)知到家后，她晚飯都沒(méi)留下吃一頓就走了，我追出去她說(shuō)，和這樣的人過(guò)日子她一天都過(guò)不下去。還說(shuō)我們家基因有問(wèn)題，以后的小孩肯定也不會(huì)健康。我氣得讓她有多遠(yuǎn)滾多遠(yuǎn)。回到家，娘在那哭，爹也罵我。說(shuō)我不聽(tīng)他們的話，非要斷了咱家的香火不可。

后來(lái)，我遇上了第二個(gè)女朋友，就是現(xiàn)在我的老婆。我很愛(ài)她，做夢(mèng)都怕失去她，她們家又很有錢(qián)，親戚都是些上等人家，有了前車(chē)之鑒我很害怕只能不孝了。但是一到逢年過(guò)節(jié)我就想他們，心里堵得慌，難受。

那你從來(lái)就沒(méi)有告訴過(guò)你老婆?也許她不計(jì)較這些呢?

我沒(méi)說(shuō)過(guò)，也不敢說(shuō)。如果她同意了我想我岳母也不會(huì)同意的。我和她們住在一起，岳父在外是有臉面的人。如果爹娘來(lái)了不是在他們臉上抹黑嗎?我也只能在出差學(xué)習(xí)的時(shí)候偷偷回去看上兩眼。謝謝你聽(tīng)我說(shuō)了這么多，現(xiàn)在我的心里舒服多了。

下了網(wǎng)，我依舊沒(méi)有覺(jué)意。都說(shuō)兒不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家貧，看看我們都做了什么?我理解天池的無(wú)奈，也了解他爹娘的苦衷。但他們不知道卻將無(wú)辜的我陷入了無(wú)情無(wú)義的逆境之中。

天將放亮?xí)r，我敲開(kāi)了部門(mén)經(jīng)理的門(mén)，告訴他下面的事情請(qǐng)他全權(quán)處理，我有點(diǎn)非常重要的事情盡快要辦，一切就拜托他了。然后簡(jiǎn)單收拾一下行李我就直奔火車(chē)站。還好，趕得上頭班列車(chē)。

那條山路確實(shí)很難走。剛開(kāi)始腿上還有點(diǎn)勁，后來(lái)腳上磨起了泡我就再也走不動(dòng)了。正是中午時(shí)分，太陽(yáng)又曬得厲害，我只有喘氣的份。背來(lái)的水差不多快喝完了，我也不知道下面還有多少路程要走。脫下鞋子擠了水泡，那一會(huì)疼得我都哭出聲來(lái)，真想打個(gè)電話讓天池來(lái)接我回家，最后還是忍住了。從路邊揪一把蘆葦花墊在腳底，感覺(jué)腳上舒服多了。想到天池的爹娘此時(shí)還在家勞作著腿上忽的一下就來(lái)了勁，站起來(lái)繼續(xù)往前走。

當(dāng)老村長(zhǎng)把我領(lǐng)到天池家門(mén)口的時(shí)候，那一片燒得紅紅的晚霞正照在他們家門(mén)口的老棗樹(shù)上。棗樹(shù)下坐著堂叔，哦不、是天池的爹，爹比結(jié)婚時(shí)看到的老多了，手上剝著玉米，拐杖安靜地倚在他那條殘缺的腿上。娘跪在地上準(zhǔn)備收曬好的玉米，手正一把一把地往里擼。這，宛如一幅畫(huà)，而畫(huà)中便是這世上最完美的爹娘。

我一步一步地往他們跟前走著，爹看到了我，手中的玉米掉在了地上，嘴巴張得老大，吃驚地問(wèn)：你、你咋過(guò)來(lái)了?

娘在一旁摸索著問(wèn)：他爹，誰(shuí)來(lái)啦?天、天池家的。啊!在、在哪?娘驚慌失措地找著我的方向。我彎腰放下行李，然后一把抓著她的手，對(duì)著他們，帶著深深地痛、重重地跪了下去：爹!娘!我來(lái)接你們回家了!爹干咳了兩下，淚無(wú)聲地從爬滿皺紋的臉上流出。俺就說(shuō)，俺的娃沒(méi)白養(yǎng)阿!娘把雙手在自個(gè)身上來(lái)回的搓，然后把抱住我，一行行的淚水從她空洞的眼里熱熱地流進(jìn)我的脖子里。

我?guī)У镒叩臅r(shí)候村里是放了鞭炮的。我又為爹娘風(fēng)光了一次。當(dāng)天池打開(kāi)門(mén)，看到一左一右站在我身邊的爹和娘時(shí)吃驚不小，怔怔地愣在那，一語(yǔ)未發(fā)。

我說(shuō)：天池，我是讀你的人。我把咱爹娘接回來(lái)了。這么完美的爹娘，你怎么舍得把他們丟在山里?

謝謝!