"Do you have to go?"
"Dad, if you don't agree, forget it!”
" Dad!" The old man was a little excited. Her usually stern face was now flushed red.
After being his father-in-law for more than ten years, he rarely heard me call him that.
"I heard that the central government is about to adjust the leadership team at the ministry level. You…wait another half a year, and the position of Deputy Minister will be vacant.”As he said this, he took out a cigarette from the box, held it in his hand, and gently turned it between his thumb and index finger.
If the position of deputy minister is vacant, will it be mine? I didn't say anything, but I secretly responded in my heart.
"I saw your minister a few days ago.”He probably guessed what I was thinking. He raised his face, indicating that I should pay attention to what he was about to say." Your minister said that your batch of business masters trained abroad are all talents. The Ministry had considered the issue of promotion.”
I remained silent.
Not saying anything was equivalent to saying that he was not interested in such topics.
There was an awkward atmosphere in the room. His father-in-law looked embarrassed. He held the cigarette in his hand and pondered for a long time, but there was still no sign of lighting it.
The difficulty of this conversation was probably beyond his expectations.
In order to break the deadlock, I quickly picked up the lighter on the table and lit it up. I respectfully handed it to the old man.
"Dad, this time, the department held a mobilization meeting and the minister called my name.”The flame was a little hot, so I subconsciously threw the lighter away." I think it's better for me to go.”
After hesitating for a long time, the words that I wanted to say but didn't dare to say were mustered up by my actions.
As the smoke rose, my father-in-law coughed gently and looked at me knowingly, but he didn't say the word "thank you".
In a foreign country, one would be thanked for doing such a thing to show filial piety to the elderly.
"If you leave, what will happen to Caiying?" Her mother-in-law, who had been silent for half a day, was a little angry. At this moment, for her daughter, she had no time to care about the old man's " fireworks control."
My wife, who had always been mentally retarded, was now snuggling in my mother's arms, staring at me with her eyes. Perhaps it was the first time he heard me and my father-in-law discussing such a serious topic, but the usually dull eyes of this mentally handicapped person actually sparkled with joy.
"Caiying is my wife, of course she's coming with me.”I said this without thinking, and it slipped out of my mouth as a matter of course."I hired a good nanny to take care of her.”
" Forget it, forget it. She'll be a burden to you if she's gone…" Xuxu's anger earlier had long disappeared. After hearing my words, a look of worry appeared on his face.
I knew that in this silence he was silently enduring the mental pain that was easily magnified by the sensitivity of old age.
However, at least there was an outcome.
In this family war, I had already obtained a temporary victory, and the tension in my heart had quietly eased a little.
The window was pushed open.
The room was filled with the suffocating atmosphere of the smog, and the smoke rushed out of the window.
Outside, the sky was blue. A wave of cheerful pigeon whistles came from the sky.
Looking out of the window, the autumn scenery of Beijing was beautiful. The buildings were tall and short, and the milky-white tiles on the walls shone brightly in the sunlight. Second Bad Road flew over from afar. Hidden in the tall buildings, it looked like a coiling dragon. The nearby Zuo 'anmen Viaduct stood tall, like a strong arm that propped up the weak embankment, and then watched her stretch into the distance with relief. In the nearby Temple of Heaven Park, there were red walls and green tiles, looking antique. On the flat green land, colorful tourists from different countries walked around. They were in high spirits, laughing and playing, trying their best to embellish the fun and atmosphere of the world. Under the autumn sun, the capital was even more imposing and prosperous.
Alas, Beijing, oh Beijing-
You are the ancient capital of the East, the holy land that gathers the spirit of hundreds of millions of Chinese children. You have triggered the dreams and pursuits of many people of insight at home and abroad! However, I, a native mortal, really have no fate to be with you. I can only be a passerby.
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