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The night was called "Mother."

The night was called "Mother."

By Charles LongPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

(A mother's love is a cup of holy AGAR, when we can enjoy her for a lifetime at the same time, don't forget to stay one night for the mother!)

Since the last century, in China's Fujian Longxi, there has been such a true and touching story.

There was a little boy who was so beloved by his mother that even when he was 10 years old, he still slept in her arms every day because he could only sleep peacefully by touching her breasts every night.

As time flows, with the boy's age growing day by day, he has gradually changed from "boy" to "man". In the meantime, he went to high school, college, and later, because of his excellent English, he also went to Tsinghua University to teach for three years. Mother saw his son has this achievement, although the black hair added a lot of white hair, but there is still a joy rippling in the heart. According to the traditional view, a successful man has to go through the four glorious steps of "self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world", so, in the eyes of his "family harmony" age, his mother carefully set up a marriage for him. Unexpectedly, he and his future bride fell in love at first sight. So, the parents of both sides quickly chose a auspicious day for them to get married.

Everything was in order, except for the bride the next day. But on this very night, he was crying.

The mother saw in the eyes, the pain in the heart, busy asked the son what happened, is not satisfied with the marriage. He kept shaking his head. After careful questioning by his mother, he found out that on the night before his marriage, he had urged his mother to sleep with him one more night, because he had realized that he might never sleep with his mother again!

Mother agreed to his request with tears in her eyes. That night, he lay in his mother's arms as a child, sleeping soundly and behaving like an obedient child. He was 25 years old that year.

The reason why this moving story is still widely circulated until today is not only because of the son's filial piety, but also related to his personal fame: he is China's famous writer - Lin Yutang!

A sociologist once said, "Whether a person's moral sentiments are noble or not can be demonstrated only by the way and attitude he or she treats his or her relatives." When the wings are hardened and the birds that are about to fly out of the nest make an affectionate farewell to their mother, there is no doubt that at that moment, the mother is lonely. After spending so many happy days and nights under the care of my mother's wings, why not spend one more night in my mother's arms?

The lamb still has the heart of kneeling milk, the bird magpie has the feeling of feeding back. It is with such a special gratitude that Lin Yutang reminds and inspires us at all times: no matter how high we fly and how far we go, never forget the mother who gave birth to us! No matter how fragrant the flowers bloom on the tree of our life and how attractive the fruits are, never neglect that our hearts are always rooted in the arms of our mothers! A mother's love is a kind of noble nutrition, a mother's love is a cup of holy AGAR, when we can enjoy her for a lifetime at the same time, don't forget to stay one night for the mother!

(Life is a journey, please take your "luggage" with you and put them in the most intimate place!)

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