My mother's strength is much greater than mine, thanks to the hard work and exercise of her generation. She and her father liked apples for a while, so they ate one together and planed it with a stainless steel spoon, listening to the rustling sound when my mother planed apples. It's fantastic. I think this is a very artistic job. Taking the apples from my mother and planing them is simply a hassle, so that they can only dig them up one by one without teeth. When I want to eat apples, I need to cut the apples in half with a knife for my parents to eat. However, my mother broke the apple in half with her weak-looking hands, and I was often dumbfounded.
Every morning at four o'clock, my mother will urge my father to get up. After getting up, she will sit on the bed and start her first health lesson. She rubbed her hands first, then her face, from bottom to top, for a hundred times. Then, press the small earlobe, the temple and the back of the ear one hundred times each. Then, grab your head back with your hands and grab it again a hundred times. After her mother scratched her head, half a hand cut her shoulder one hundred times sideways like a knife, slapped her ribs one hundred times on both sides, hit her back one hundred times with both hands and rubbed her stomach one hundred times. After doing this, go down to the ground again, pat the inside and outside of the thigh one hundred times, then pat Zusanli, then pat the ankle one hundred times, and then press Yongquan point one hundred times. When these things are successfully completed, mother will go to the toilet. She goes to the toilet surprisingly fast, no more than two minutes a day, which is more accurate than the clock.
After washing, my mother will recite the Buddha's name for more than ten minutes, which is her habit for many years. She said it was reassuring.
Then, at first light, mom took dad out. She said she was going out for some fresh air. My mother accompanied my father, starting from home, went to Jianshe East Road, Autumn Harvest Uprising Square, Yanhe Road and Jinling Market, and made a big turn. It takes one and a half to two hours to get home for breakfast at eight o'clock after this big circle.
After breakfast, my mother began to watch the law lecture hall on TV, watching it with relish. My father was not interested in anything and dozed off. Mom took out the mat and roller and asked dad to roll the wheels on the mat. Father is ninety-five years old, too old, always unwilling to roll, only willing to sit and doze off. At this time, my mother picked up the roller and rolled it for one hundred and fifty for 60 times. Then she said to her father, "Hum, I think you can get out so much?" So my father was not convinced and squatted down and rolled hard. He had to roll his mother more times before he stopped. Because of mom's method, dad also exercised a lot.
When my mother finished watching the lecture hall of law, it was almost time to cook Chinese food. My mother will help me choose dishes, set dishes, serve rice and so on. And my dad sat in his seat at the dining table, staring at my mother: "Bring my rice."
Mother is very picky about eating vegetables. Through decades of practice, she summed up a set of experiences. Mother doesn't eat loach, cricket, beef, dog meat and the like. Mom loves to eat braised pork, and there must be a special method to make braised pork. Buy back the meat, cut into large pieces, blanch it with water, pour out the dirty water, crush it with a pressure cooker, pour out the broth, and add some sugar sauce spices. The braised pork made in this way is sweet and fragrant. Mother never eats a piece or two, but scrimps. When dad is fighting for more food, mom will rudely put dad's meat back in the bowl. Mother likes to eat fish, but not all fish. She only eats grass carp, and she eats it in a unique way. She doesn't eat braised or steamed grass carp. Instead, she bought it, washed it, dyed it with salt, rolled it in the egg liquid and fried it in the oil pan until it was golden. Don't think that you can eat it like this. Not yet. You have to let the fried fish cool down and put it in the refrigerator for a few days, then take it out and steam it with seasoning. After steaming, both mom and dad like to eat this kind of fish. Besides fish and meat, both mom and dad like to eat eggs. Poached eggs and minced meat with fresh vegetables and boiled rice noodles every morning are the favorite of mom and dad, and they are never tired of eating them. Mother doesn't like to eat anything except meat, fish, eggs, chickens and ducks. Mother has her own theory that cows and dogs are spiritual animals and cannot be eaten. "When you kill it, it has tears in its eyes. How can you be willing to eat? " Mother always speaks eloquently. There are many vegetables that my mother doesn't eat. Don't eat spinach. Filipino food is said to be too popular. Don't eat beans, which are difficult to digest and taste. Don't eat out-of-season vegetables. It is said that your stomach is upset. Therefore, my mother's favorite vegetables are only pumpkin, melon, sweet potato seedlings and black fungus. I eat them every day, and I'm too lazy to eat them anyway.
Father slept soundly all day. Mothers are just the opposite. Mother didn't sleep much a day except for six hours at night. After lunch, we all have to take a nap, and mother, at this time, is sitting in front of the TV watching a series, unable to move.
By four o'clock in the afternoon, after watching the series, mom and dad went to take a shower. My father takes a bath for an hour and a half, and my mother should be his full-time guard during this time, get dressed, put water on, and prepare bath towels. At this time, dad has to scratch his skin from head to toe before stopping, so as long as dad takes a bath, we have to wait patiently for dad to finish washing for an hour before cooking, so that he can have dinner after washing. My parents' dinner is very simple. They often eat leftovers from Chinese food. After dinner, they watched the news broadcast. They had gone to bed before eight o'clock. Every day.
My father is 95 years old, and he is almost the only one among my brothers and sisters. Few people talk. If it weren't for my mother, my father's life would be miserable. My mother always said: as long as you live, you will be healthy. It doesn't matter whether you live long or not. I don't want to live that long. Finally, I was the only one who walked with me. It was really lonely. It is enough that I am alive and not sick.
Mom and dad are really blessed people. After 60 years of marriage, they can still live together, and their regular, indifferent and healthy lifestyle is an important pillar of happiness.