Mom, let me turn around and look at your high school essay again

My mother said that when I grew up, some things must be experienced; My dad said that I grew up and had to take care of some things myself; The teacher said that I have grown up, and there are some things that I have to face bravely; My sister said that I grew up and some things ......

Have I really grown up?

Looking at the slightly childish self between my eyebrows in the mirror, I couldn't help but have a trace of doubt and confusion in my heart. However, every time I think of it, there is always a firm voice echoing in my head, and it refuses to disperse for a long time.

The days of late spring and early summer are always intoxicating. The warm and humid air soaks this quaint little town, allowing everything to brew and sublimate in this comfortable warmth.

Alone, I wandered along the mossy stone path, enjoying the breeze and greedily sucking in the pure air mixed with the smell of grass, and contemplating deeply. Why did my father never praise me when I showed my excellent report card, and his eyes were mixed with something I didn't understand, which seemed to be comforting, but also seemed to be ...... sigh and helplessnessThe appearance of my parents made me very disappointed.

I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't come up with a reason, so I lifted my somewhat heavy foot and continued to go on to the end of the road.

Inadvertently, a thin but powerful figure came into view. As soon as I looked at her back, I knew that this mute mother-in-law was going to work in Tasakari again. She was about 70 years old, and her life was very pitiful, her husband was electrocuted to death, and her son died of a work injury in an accident, leaving her alone.

But she didn't lose hope in life because of these things, she just silently cultivated the land left by her ancestors and guarded the pitifully small earthen house. said that she was dumb, but she was not dumb, but she said very little words, and people used to call her "dumb mother-in-law".

She carried a rusty iron hoe and walked tremblingly on the stone path, and from time to time she made a crisp crashing sound, which was strung together into a music that was not in tune at all but had a special style.

As if enchanted, I quietly followed her on the stone path.

She seemed to sense my presence, and looked back, her eyes flashing with surprise, but then she regained her composure, and then slowly turned around, as if she did not see my presence, and continued to drag her steady pace and walk forward unhurriedly. It's just that the corners of her eyes, which are already full of wrinkles, have already hung a smile that no one notices.

She and I, one old and one young, one strong and one weak, just walked quietly side by side on the stone road, and the music played by the stone slab added a special feeling to the quietness.

This road, as if it is incomplete, seems to be walking in people's hearts. Walking, walking, looking at my mother-in-law beside me, my heart seems to understand, understand her, and understand, the true meaning of life ......