我的母亲

高原之上

<p class="ql-block"> <span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">我父亲结过三次婚。我的生母姓田。小时候,我一直不知道生母叫什么,家里人很少提起她。我是从一个与我们住在同一个老屋的大妈那里,偶然听到生母名字的。一个人怎么连自己生母的名字都不知道呢?因为生母离开时,我的年龄太小了。</span></p> <p class="ql-block"> <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51);">我三岁的时候,父母就离婚了,母亲带着出生不久的妹妹离开了。之后的二十年里,我没有见过生母。她没有来找过我,我也没有找过她。我周围的人很少提起父母离婚的事,我也有意回避着。在我八九岁时,有一次在村上一户人家玩时,发现他家有一个很旧的本子上,记录着我生母的名字,好像是生产队时用来计工分的,这是我知道的有关生母曾经在这个村子生活过的唯一痕迹。我对此印象很深。</span></p> <p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'><font face="宋体">我至今一共见过两次生母。一次是考上大学那年,我去了生母家一趟,当时具体细节已想不起来,只记得她说我是</font>“天上掉下来的一个儿子”;另一次是我参加工作以后,有一年春节,我带着媳妇和小孩到生母家去,但待了很短的时间便离开了。</span></p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">有一次我与父亲说话时,无意中听他说,他与我母亲结婚后不久,就招工进了邮电所,之后我和妹妹相继出生了。好像是说生母不太爱说话,两人性格不和便离婚了,妹妹随母亲改嫁。</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">  </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">我的第一个继母姓唐。她家离我们家七八里地,继母兄弟姐妹六个,有三个哥哥,两个姐姐,她为老小。听大人说继母离妈早,是外爷辛辛苦苦把他们拉扯大的。 </span></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block"> <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51);">继母到我家后,父亲这时正年轻,心劲大。从老家分出来之后,圈了新庄。他们用了近五年时间,将新庄建设得有模有样,所建房屋不论是样式设计还是建筑用材,都很新颖超前,引得周围许多人前来参观学习。</span></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block"> <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51);">父亲在邮电所上班,经常在外边跑邮路送报纸,母亲在家干农活做家务,相处得比较融洽。父亲跑邮路很辛苦,每天母亲就把饭菜做好,用一个四方形的盘子端着,到房间的桌子上吃,这在农村是比较讲究的。这一时期,我家的日子相对稳定,我的两个妹妹出生了。</span></p> <p class="ql-block"> <span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">母亲对外爷很有孝心,她经常会做一些可口的饭菜,让我提着给外爷送去。</span></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block"> <span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">我从小是和奶奶睡在一起的。也许是知道自己特殊的家庭情况,自小我就勤快懂事一些,经常到村前的沟里给生产队的牛割草挣工分,挖药材换零钱。</span></p> <p class="ql-block"> <span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">八岁时我开始上小学。上学时背的小书包,是母亲用邮电上的绿色帆布包裁剪缝制成的,很精致。我与母亲之间不像其他孩子与母亲那样,亲昵随便,想说啥就说啥。母亲做饭时,我常常拉风箱烧火,我们之间话语很少。</span></p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">有一次不知什么缘故,母亲生气地说我“翅膀硬了”的话,平时我是不会反驳的,但那次我说:“翅膀硬了难道就不是你儿了。”后来听二姨说,母亲是高兴地把这件事向她学说的。母亲生的是女儿,她担心白养了我这个儿子。我虽然反驳了她,但说到她心里去了,她不生气反倒有点高兴。其实,母亲虽然没有生我,但从小到大养育管教了我,我从心理上是亲近并依恋她的,“生母不如养母亲”就是这个道理。</span> </p> <p style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0000;"><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'><font face="宋体">还有一次,我与母亲在地里干活,累了坐在地边休息时,母亲说:</font>“看你什么时候把媳妇带回来呀?!”母亲这样说,是我印象中她跟我说得最亲昵的一句话,如今三十多年过去了,我也是人到中年,许多事情已经随着时间的流逝慢慢淡忘,唯有这句话让我记忆犹新。</span></p> <p class="ql-block"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51);">母亲是在我考上大学的前一年,在一次车祸中去世的。母亲去世后的几年里,我经常做梦梦见她,梦见她还活着,心里就有种说不出的高兴,醒来后,发现原来是一场梦。</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51);">    </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(51, 51, 51);">我的第二个继母姓何,她较父亲小了十多岁。我上大学之后,父亲与何氏母结婚了,之后他们便有了一个男孩。</span></p> <p style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0000;"><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'><font face="宋体">我参加工作以后,在省城上班,回家的次数也比较少,何</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><font face="宋体">氏</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'><font face="宋体">母</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><font face="宋体">对我</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'><font face="宋体">比较</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><font face="宋体">客气</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'><font face="宋体">。但她与父亲性格都比较要强,两人经常拌嘴,有时还挺激烈。</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0000;"><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0000;"><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><font face="宋体">我对</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'><font face="宋体">何</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><font face="宋体">氏</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'><font face="宋体">母</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><font face="宋体">很尊敬。</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'><font face="宋体">如今她与我父亲风风雨</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'><font face="宋体">雨、</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'><font face="宋体">磕磕绊绊走过了三十多个春秋。</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><font face="宋体">今年</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'><font face="宋体">她六</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><font face="宋体">十</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: 宋体; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255); mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;'><font face="宋体">五</font></span><span style='background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; mso-spacerun: "yes"; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0000pt; mso-shading: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><font face="宋体">岁。</font></span></p>