Inscription: Chu has experienced many ups and downs in his life. Young people went into politics, went into business in middle age, fell from the peak when they were nearing retirement and were jailed. At the age of 74, he once again farmed and started a new business, creating the legend of "Chu Orange".
He said that his epitaph only wrote five words: "Chu Shijian is a cow." In fact, Chu Lao's zodiac is not a cow, but his life is really a cow: diligent and stubborn, belonging to a cow; Ups and downs, cow.
So, how should we write our own epitaph?
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My father is 69 years old, his sideburns are like frost and snow, but his thick hair is like steel wire, and his roots are still distinct, tenacious, stubborn and indomitable.
I always thought my dad was a troublemaker just by looking at his hair.
At the age of 64, he heard that raising donkeys was very profitable, so he rolled up his arms and sleeves to prepare for a big fight. My sister and I didn't want him to be so hard after he was over 60, so we advised him not to keep it. If you don't give him money, just take a walk, play cards and enjoy your old age. But my father said, "Can I earn the same money as you gave me?" ! "
Mother also advised him not to mess around and his legs were not good. Dad immediately took a big hat and buckled it on his mother: "You just have no confidence in life! Don't do anything and stay honest, don't you die? ! "This makes us angry and laugh. From then on, this sentence "I can't die if I stay honest?" This became dad's famous saying.
Later, the donkey was raised. With such a stubborn father, who can pull back what he decided! Dad always gets up at 3 am to feed the donkeys all winter, and the rest of the work, such as rolling grass, buying materials, rolling, mixing materials, carrying water and washing rice, is done by himself.
Bitter father, bitter mother. Mom, in particular, said angrily that she was too old to suffer from this with her father, but when it came time to go into battle, she was reluctant to let her father have no helper. There is endless work in the yard, and both of them are restless people, and they can't stop standing every day.
That winter, my parents lost dozens of pounds, and all the donkeys they raised were fat and strong. Although people have lost weight, their resistance has obviously improved. They didn't catch a cold all winter and their mother's old cough was cured.
Looking at these parents, they are slightly thin, but they are extremely energetic. You have to sigh that life lies in exercise. That passion for life radiates from the inside out and cannot be stopped.
Not long after, the government issued a unified subsidy fund to let everyone replace the old windows with plastic steel windows. Next to money, the key is to have a job again. Mom still has that attitude, saying that we would rather not have that subsidy than toss it around. I'm so tired. Dad said ... do you all know what my dad is going to say? That is: if you have no confidence in life, you will not die if you remain honest? !
Building a house and changing windows is dad's old job. Dad is as picky about the accuracy of these jobs as he is about works of art, and what ordinary people do simply doesn't enter his eyes. So the old man went to the battlefield himself, and his mother helped him. My old house not only has bright windows, but also has been decorated from the inside out.
I called my dad and said I would buy them an apartment. It doesn't have to be too big. At least you don't have to warm yourself in winter. Dad didn't want to, and he said proudly, "My home improvement is very good. I don't believe you come back and have a look! "
So my parents have lived in the old house where I grew up for so many years. Planting all kinds of vegetables in the yard: cucumber, beans, eggplant, pepper, tomato, Chinese cabbage ... self-sufficiency is more than enough.
2
I have two children of my own. That year, my son was still young and still nursing.
During May Day, drag the children back to their hometown and go to their in-laws first. I got up early in the morning and went to the kitchen to boil water. Before long, my mother-in-law got up. I went back to the house to look after my son and gave her the kitchen.
After a while, my mother-in-law made breakfast and called everyone over for dinner. I was in a daze when I went to the table. What is breakfast? Each person has a third bowl of boiling water (apparently left over after the kettle is boiled), and a large plate of heated biscuits in the middle is soft and crisp. That's all, nothing else, not even kimchi.
First of all, our economic situation is not bad, and we are reluctant to leave money for the elderly. There are really all kinds of vegetables at home. Even boiling an egg and grinding a cup of soybean milk is a decent breakfast. I swallowed a mouthful of white water on the sesame seed cake, and felt that it was really raw for a nursing mother.
My mother-in-law was very capable when she was young. Aggressive, diligent, intelligent and original, Li Lisoso is very popular at home and outside. Kitchen work is not a problem at all. People who have eaten stew, braised chicken and cooked fish are full of praise. There are many kinds of pasta, including jiaozi, making pies, rolling noodles and making snacks, all of which are handy.
When her daughter was young, her mother-in-law often cooked food for everyone in different ways. It's only been a few years. Maybe she's old and her mother-in-law looks a different person. I don't like cleaning the room or cooking. Whether I eat or wear, I never pay attention to my energy. I sleep when I have time. She is used to getting up early and can sleep until 8-9 am.
My father-in-law was in poor health that year, and my mother-in-law didn't like cooking, so she often made do with it. My mother-in-law's niece and our cousin advised her mother-in-law: "Auntie, that's no good. Won't uncle's body collapse like this? Nothing is lacking at home, please make him something decent to eat. " My mother-in-law said that I was just too lazy to do it. Cousin primly said, "You said you didn't even bother to eat. Is this life too boring? "
There is nothing wrong with the old couple, and the children are older, so they are not at ease. It's time to enjoy their old age. Shouldn't we play the theme of "walking, keeping in good health, eating, drinking and having fun" for the rest of our lives? But my mother-in-law just turned off the music.
A breakfast doesn't mean anything, but it reflects her mother-in-law's life in her later years, at least not as active and energetic as when she was young.
That was almost four years ago, and now my mother-in-law has recovered her vitality. She can take care of my two children by herself. She doesn't like staying indoors. She likes going downstairs for a walk and chatting with people. The old ladies in half the community are her good friends. I brought back some small things like fungus, millet, mung beans and even flowers and plants, all of which were given by friends.
three
There are many people around me who live like frogs in warm water. The circle is getting narrower and narrower, life is calm, and there is no desire to learn, grow, progress and change. Seeing that the world is cold and the years are quiet, in fact, it just opens the mode of mixed eating and waiting for death, and gradually moves towards euthanasia unconsciously. As the saying goes, "The lazier you stay, the more you eat." It's hard to figure it out after entering this infinite loop.
But I also saw more people and refused to waste a minute. Strive for perfection at work, study hard outside work, settle down, find new breakthroughs in this rapidly changing world, and create new possibilities for unknown life. When you see them, you will be infected and ignited unconsciously. This is a good time, especially for our female friends. We are no longer the accessories of men, and we have the ability to become economically and spiritually independent individuals. As long as you work hard, there are plenty of opportunities outside to send you to Qingyun.
Since we are "alive", we must strive to "live". Try your best to struggle, try, toss, do what you want to do, sing your favorite songs, and chase those girls and boys, so that your life will be full of steam, vitality, dazzling and dazzling!
By the way, just like my dad, if you live, you will get older and less. If you live, you will be powerful and let you live in vain. Like Chu Lao, you can give yourself a "cow" conclusion by closing the coffin.
After all, you will die if you stay honest ~ ah ~ ah ~ ~