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274 Insist on Serving Meals

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    After paying the bill with the family banquet, I came to the small shop.  When we were running errands, we took all the scattered things that were missing, such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, light bulbs, etc., from the small shop.  In addition, there is another big item that is a dozen cigarettes.  Of course, a dozen packs of cigarettes are far from enough, but the small shop is a small business, and there were only so many at that time.  Other cigarettes that are in short supply are bought from the city.  All these miscellaneous items add up to nearly two thousand yuan.

    Pay off all the money owed, and the next thing to do is to pay off everything else you borrowed.  Of course, according to the custom, every time we return something, no matter how much it is, we have to wrap a red envelope.

    When the finishing work is almost done, we have to go back to the city.  In any case, children's studies must not be delayed.  At this time, we are faced with a new problem, that is, the placement of mothers.

    According to our idea, the whole family, including the mother, should go to the city.  However, my mother firmly disagreed.  The mother said that she would insist on serving meals for her father every day at home.  "Serving rice" is also one of the customs here, that is, within a period of time after the death of a relative (usually from the time of death to the seventh day or until the family ancestral hall), steaming hot meals should be served every morning, noon and evening  Let the loved ones who have just passed away enjoy it before going to the tablet.  The meals prepared here must be things that the deceased loved during his lifetime.  For example, my father likes to drink when he is angry, so in addition to preparing his favorite meals for every meal, he has to drink a large glass of white wine for his father.

    We once persuaded our mother, saying that the times are different now, and the customs are also different. Many children have jobs, so it is impossible to have time to "serve meals" at home.  Now, most people provide the bagged food directly in front of the tablet.  In this way, there is no need to replace it until the "serving meal" is not used, which saves trouble and solves the substantive problem at the same time.

    At this time, the mother's stubbornness is reflected.  She said nothing to agree with such a perfunctory father.  This includes the mother's deep friendship with the father, and of course it is also related to the mother's stubborn feudal superstition.  According to feudal superstition, when offering sacrifices to ancestors, hot dishes and rice must be served.  Only the steaming heat can show that the ancestors were enjoying the food.  Conversely, if there is no heat, then the ancestors will not be able to taste the food offered by the descendants.

    Mother is an uneducated person, so she has very little access to outside information.  It is also because of this that once the mother accepts any concept, it is extremely difficult to change it.  For example, when offering sacrifices to ancestors, we have the idea of ??following the customs when we have time.  If you don't have time, it's okay to make do with it.  Because we don't think that the deceased ancestors can really enjoy what the later generations enshrined.  However, mother is different.  She firmly believed in these customs, so she dared not change the old rules anyway so that her father over there would suffer from hunger.  In fact, in our impression, my father really didn't like to have a late meal the least during his lifetime, let alone any meal that he didn't have to eat.

    Although the mother seems a little ignorant, we children can still understand her feelings.  Therefore, we did not force my mother to go to the city with us.  Of course, we want our mother to live with us in the urban area, and it is also out of consideration for my mother.  After all, my father must have just passed away, and my mother must be very upset.  Mom would definitely feel better if we were there to persuade or interrupt by talking about other things.  Furthermore, we were also afraid that my mother would feel lonely if she stayed alone in her hometown.  Alone at home, no one to talk to will inevitably be cranky.  If I think too much about my father's life, I will inevitably feel sad.  The more we think about it, the sadder it becomes, and the sadder it becomes, the more we think about it. This kind of vicious circle is the last thing we want to see.  Therefore, at the beginning, we tried every means to persuade our mother to accompany us.  In the end, at the insistence of our mother, we had to lose the battle.  But, in fact, we are still quite worried about mothers who are alone at home.

    After we agreed, my mother revealed intentionally or unintentionally that "I would be a little scared at night when I am alone at home".  We know that new problems have arisen.  Moreover, this issue must be properly dealt with before we return to the city.  Otherwise, as children, how can we leave with peace of mind?

    What should we do?  In fact, it would be best for everyone to stay home with mother.  But obviously, this is unrealistic.  Because, we all have to go to work, and at the same time, we have to take the children to school, cook for the children, and so on.  But how can we solve this problem if we are not at home with our mother?  This is definitely a nerve-wracking question.

    Anyway, mother must not be allowed to stay at home alone at night, otherwise, what should I do if I am frightened?  If the mother is not allowed to live alone, she must be accompanied by someone.??We don¡¯t have time to accompany, so we can only ask other people to help.  After calming down, I quickly found the right direction to solve the problem.

    When looking for help from others, the most important thing is who to ask.  Ordinary people, who would be willing to help you with this favor?  Even if he is willing, can we rest assured that he will live with his mother at night?  The so-called human heart is separated from the belly, unless the relationship is close to a certain level, it is difficult to fully trust.  Therefore, the key point of asking others for help is to find someone who is willing to help and completely trustworthy.  There are actually very few such candidates.

    Just when I was in a dilemma about who to choose, my mother reminded me.  The mother said that the third uncle will not go out to work these days and will stay at home all the time.  The third uncle is my mother's elder brother, and he is single, without the encumbrance of his children, so he can indeed come to my house to accompany my mother for a period of time without going out to work.  The third uncle and the mother are siblings, so we can rest assured that the third uncle will accompany the mother.  So, under my mother's reminder, I immediately targeted the third uncle.

    Although I knew that Uncle San could not refuse, but out of politeness, I made a symbolic call to ask Uncle San for his opinion.  As expected, the third uncle agreed immediately.  Finally, we all breathed a sigh of relief.

    After solving the problem of mother's fear of being alone at home, we just returned to the urban area without any worries.  Although I only stayed in my hometown for more than a week, I have experienced too much.  Since then, we have been completely separated from our father forever.  Although it was only less than ten days, for us, it seemed like a lifetime away.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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