My friend got married. His mother carried two bags of cotton from the countryside by bus and train to his city. After arriving at the city, there was still a long way to his house without any bus passing by the house. His mother walked to his home breathlessly for 40 minutes without taking a taxi in order to save money.

朋友結(jié)婚。母親從鄉(xiāng)下背了兩床七斤重的棉絮,坐火車(chē)、汽車(chē),輾轉(zhuǎn)而來(lái)。到了家門(mén)口,還有一段很遠(yuǎn)的路,沒(méi)有公車(chē)直達(dá)。母親舍不得打車(chē),氣喘吁吁走了四十分鐘,才到家。

 

 

My friend felt bitter as well as funny as his mother’s deeds. He pointed to the cashmere and silk quilts and said, “So long as you have money, you can buy anything in the supermarket. There is no need for you to carry so much cotton here in such a long way.”But his mother insisted and said, “The cotton of this year is light and warmth-keeping. Have a try and you will know!”

朋友哭笑不得,指著滿(mǎn)床的羊絨被、蠶絲被說(shuō),只要有錢(qián),商場(chǎng)里什么樣的被子買(mǎi)不到,非要這樣折騰? 母親固執(zhí)地辯解,這是今年的新棉花,輕巧保暖,你試試吧,試試就知道了。

 

Maybe every parent is the same, caring for their children with relentless love without caring about whether they know or like it.

父母就是這樣了。用執(zhí)拗的心愛(ài)著子女,不管他們是否在意,是否領(lǐng)情。

 

This early spring, I went to visit my grandmother. We had dry beans stew, eggplant salad bar, sauce radish for our dinner, all of which were dried by my grandmother last autumn and tasted wonderful. I loved the dishes to my heart’s content and could not help praising them again and again. After a few days, my grandmother, who seldom visited us, came to my home and unpacked her bag, smilingly taking out bags of dried eggplants, dried beans and dried vegetable.

早春時(shí)節(jié),我去探望婆婆。晚飯,吃的干豆角燉肉,涼拌茄條,醬蘿卜條……都是婆婆頭年秋天曬的干菜。嚼來(lái)滋味悠長(zhǎng),有陽(yáng)光的味道。我吃得滿(mǎn)心歡喜,隨口贊了數(shù)聲。 隔了幾日,平時(shí)很少上門(mén)的婆婆突然來(lái)了,笑瞇瞇地解開(kāi)包袱,用塑料袋包得嚴(yán)嚴(yán)實(shí)實(shí)的是茄子干、干豇豆、花菜干。

 

She told me that I left so hastily last time that she forgot to give me some of these foods, so she took this chance to bring me what I liked. I was speechless at that time. Due to my casual compliment on her food, my grandmother , a nearly 70-year-old lady, by taking three buses from the west of the city to the east, came to my home with the food I liked. But she was bus-sick in life and even seldom went strolling in the street.