Chapter 124 my mother

I have written quite a bit about my mother.In the early 1920s, I wrote about her in "Send to a Little Reader" in the United States; in the early 1930s, after her death, I wrote about her in "South Return"; in the early 1940s, I wrote about her under the pseudonym "Men" She was written in this book; at the same time, in response to the appointment of "Ta Kung Pao", I wrote "Children's Newsletter", and wrote about her in "Newsletter 3".These articles can be found in "Bing Xin Collected Works", and it can also be seen from these articles what kind of mother she is.

I think there is no one in the world who does not think that his mother is the best mother (of course there are exceptions).But it has been fifty-seven years since my mother left me. During these half a century, not only have I become a mother myself, but my daughters have also become mothers.I always feel that not only ourselves, but also many modern mothers can be loved and loved by their children like my mother. I have written about many important things about my mother.Now that I recall it from the beginning, I still feel that there are many trivial things that are worth learning. I remember that in the early days of the Republic of China, when Yuan Shikai was the president, Uncle Li Yuanhong was the vice president and lived in Dongchang Hutong (Uncle Li and my father were classmates in the Beiyang Naval Academy. Uncle Li studied tube wheel, while my father studied driving.) .Father did not visit.When Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, he made Uncle Li the Prince of Wuyi while imprisoning him in Yingtai in Zhongnanhai.

At this time, his father went to Yingtai to play chess and talk with him.I always heard my mother remind my father, "You should go see Mr. Li again." She heard my father say that Yingtai was colder than our house, so she also reminded my father: "Don't forget to wear more clothes." My mother never opened the letters we received, and never questioned us about our correspondence with classmates and friends, because she expressed her trust and understanding in us.Instead, we took the trouble to show her every letter and tell her everything. She never accumulated anything rare and precious.The gifts she gets are accepted at any time, and given to others at any time.

She has never "sharp words", especially to the servants, she always orders and directs everything with a smile and a pleasant voice. She loves tidiness, and when others do not do it well, she quietly does it herself. I've seen her kneel on the newspaper-covered brick floor to sweep the dust from under the bed. My mother often taught us the truth that "diligence can make up for weakness, and frugality can support honesty".She herself is very industrious and frugal, and she sews the commoner clothes of our siblings with her own hands.When she was young, she even made the silk clothes that her family wore during the Chinese New Year.Grandfather liked mother's sewing very much, and specially gave her a pair of knives and rulers, which other daughter-in-laws did not have.She also makes clothes very quickly. My three younger brothers who are in middle school are all 1.67 meters tall. My mother can make a long gown for them in a day.Of course there were no sewing machines then!

She is the most "selfless" person!I have been trying to follow her as an example and learn some principles of life, but I have not been able to do it... The morning of December 23, 1987