Chapter 1,350 The pain of separation of flesh and blood, the ultimate innocence
After a fun weekend with his son, John was washing the car. When he looked down, he saw that his son was washing his own toy truck, too.
The father and son looked at each other and smiled in tacit understanding.
The warm and happy relationship between father and son was only short-lived, and John knew that his time was getting less and less.
He had basically given up on the first family, so he had to continue to meet the second family recommended by the adoption agency.
The second family is a postman couple who have adopted a daughter and a rabbit. The couple gave up their own children for adoption. They are a very good family and have a harmonious relationship.
But the husband kept chattering, and what he said was quite cynical, complaining about the neighbor and his terrible dog.
Apparently they hate dogs.
Although there was a polite smile on his face, John knew that maybe this was not a good choice.
However, he saw that Mike seemed to like their rabbits, so on the way back, in the car, he asked Mike: "Do you want to raise a rabbit?"
"I want to raise a puppy!" Mike still likes dogs.
Mike's answer made John completely give up on the family he just met. Even though they seemed very good and had a harmonious relationship, it was obvious that Mike preferred dogs to rabbits.
And the husband of that family kept talking about how scary dogs are and what would happen if they were bitten by dogs.
He couldn't imagine what it would be like if he had a dog after Mike was adopted by them.
Of course, in fact, it was John who respected his son's choice more than anything else. In fact, the same was true for the first family.
He is not so much helping Mike find a new home as he is letting Mike make his own choice.
After sending Mike to school, John went to the house of his regular customer, Mrs. MacDonald, to clean the windows.
Obviously, he trusted this regular customer, and she seemed to know John's situation.
When John brought up his conflicting ideas with the adoption agency, she said, "John, some people may be a little bit know-it-all, but they're professionals, they're experts, and if someone says you should..."
John interrupted her and said: "Then what should I say? When I go to heaven? Sitting next to God? Will it be the same God?"
The kind old lady said: "My mother believes that people have an afterlife. If you tell her that dust will return to dust, she will not believe it. She will say that we are air, not soil. She will say that we are all here.
there......"
She said that when she was young, she thought it was ridiculous, but now she feels that what her mother said is right, and she is in her heart, so she is by her side.
Afterwards, John went to pick up Mike at the house of a good friend whom he often played with, but he was late.
However, they found that Mike was hiding under the table. John didn't answer John's questions and just played with his toy cars.
Until he looked up at Papa John and said, "You're late!"
John looked at his son and felt a little touched in his heart. He knew that although his son was only three years old, he did not understand everything.
John took his son away and asked his son to apologize to the family.
Mike apologized politely.
The father and son came to the park. Mike saw a motionless beetle under the tree. He curiously asked his father: "Why is it motionless?"
He wanted the Beetle to move, but didn't know how.
John finally told him: "No, it's dead. When the beetle dies, its body can no longer move, eat, or play. Like all animals and plants, like all living things, it is born.
Then live a happy life, grow old, and die! Leave behind the body, its feet, its head, and its belly are all empty, but the beetle is no longer here, only the body remains!"
Mike asked worriedly: "Will it be sad?"
"No, Mike, it's not sad, it's just not here anymore..."
Obviously, he still hadn't thought clearly about how to explain the meaning of death to his son.
At this time, the sound of the ice cream truck sounded, which also diverted Mike's attention.
The long-term focus on his son also made John neglect himself. He still went to work as usual, but this time, when he climbed up the ladder again to prepare for work, he suddenly felt a splitting headache and had to close his eyes tightly and raise his head with his head.
He closed the window and wanted to take a breather.
But he didn't expect that this time, he encountered a mean employer, who immediately said: "I didn't pay you to come and sleep!"
John had to explain that he just hadn't started wiping yet.
But this mean employer looked at him with a mocking face.
After the work was over, he even mocked John as a window cleaner who couldn't even clean the windows. His tone and expression were full of contempt.
As a window cleaner, it was obvious that this was not the first time he encountered this kind of employer. Therefore, although John was dissatisfied, he still drove away.
He came to the hospital and after the examination, although the camera did not tell the audience the doctor's will, it was obvious that the result was not good.
John couldn't bear the news anymore.
So, he went to the mean employer's house, took out a box of eggs, and smashed them on the window and on the car.
In the past, maybe he had worked extremely hard to be able to do this job well. Even if he encountered such a mean employer and said all kinds of mean words, he would hold back. But this time, he wanted to be willful.
.
Because if he doesn't do it, he won't have a chance.
While working outside, he looked enviously at the happy and happy family of four inside the store.
When he got home, he cut and peeled the grapes for his son. He looked at his son who was playing and said, "When you grow up, you can do it by yourself. You won't cut your hands..."
Suddenly, a sharp pain hit him, making him unable to keep the expression on his face, and his face was twitching in pain.
Although Mike didn't know what happened, he knew that his father was not feeling well.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The next moment, he stood on the stool with his little feet to receive a glass of water, and tremblingly brought the water to his father.
Then, he leaned next to his father and put his little hand on his father's big hand.
After regaining his energy a little, John went to meet the third family.
This is a white father and a black mother who have adopted many children. They already have six children, some adopted and some biological. The education method is very tolerant, but the family is like a global village. Everything seems to be normal.
To be fair, one of the adopted children was very ill-bred, and the youngest, about five years old, was very hostile to Mike.
Therefore, even though this family had dogs and the conditions were middle-class, John still refused.
It started to rain. John heard someone in a small shop complaining that he would not have gone out if he had known it would rain. When he saw a mother teaching her daughter, John thought of his wife, Mike's biological mother.
His relationship with his wife has always been problematic. He thought it would get better after having a child, but unexpectedly, his wife abandoned them and ran away when the child was only six months old.
Didn't even leave an address!
I listened to John.
Xiao Na comforted her: "No matter where she is, I don't know what she has missed. And this cute little boy is growing up!"
John shook his head: "It's not her fault. It's because I couldn't give her the life she wanted. Maybe the truth is, I'm not what she wants!"
"But when I know this (dying), maybe she can... one day she..."
John tried to give Mike to his biological mother to raise, but was quickly rejected by Xiao Na. On the one hand, it was too late, and on the other hand, because she had abandoned Mike, so the relevant
There is no way the department could even consider this.
At this time, the person in charge walked in.
She learned that John had once again given up on the family recommended by the agency.
"John, we understand that you want to find the best for your son, but your situation is too special, so we can only deal with it in a special way, but there are limited families that we can consider before making a decision. These families are all ours
Carefully selected, actually very good!”
John said that he could not judge whether they were suitable after only meeting once. He was afraid that he would make the wrong decision or look at the wrong thing...
But he really doesn't have much time.
He returned home and started vomiting, vomiting non-stop, knowing that he had less and less time left for himself.
This made him more and more urgent. He must find a new home for Mike before he left.
His birthday came, and he took Mike to the supermarket to buy a lot of things.
John was thirty-four years old. After filling thirty-four candles, Mike suddenly looked at his father and said: "You are old!"
John couldn't help laughing when he heard this and said: "I'm not that old yet!"
But soon he added: "That's right, Mike, dad is no longer young! One day..."
He was interrupted by Mike's movement, because Mike handed over a new candle.
This is his son's best wish. Maybe Mike doesn't understand it that well, but he has the most innocent idea. The red candle he handed to his father was in the hope of spending his next birthday with his father. John was also deeply moved.
I really feel Mike's attachment.
This scene made it impossible for John to say what he wanted to say.
He stood on the overpass, wanting to cry but without tears.
How much he wished he could stay with his son for even one more year, but he knew that was an extravagant wish and was unrealistic.
After calming down, he cheered up again and came to the fourth family. The fourth family was not even a family, because this was a single, infertile woman who lived a messy life, but she loved it from the bottom of her heart.
child.
The woman said that when she was sixteen years old, she had an unexpected pregnancy and insisted on giving birth to the child. However, because of the advice of her father and the adoption agency, she gave up the custody of the child. Now the doctor says that she has lost her fertility, but her husband
Unable to accept adoption, she chose divorce.
She still regrets her original decision. She really wants to adopt a child to make up for the mistakes she made.
John was very touched after hearing this, and also talked about his own experiences. Before he was four years old, John was raised by his father who drove a truck. He lived in the back of the truck cab. After he was four years old, he lived in various foster homes.
In the family, because he himself was adopted and grew up, but because he did not meet a suitable adoptive family, he lived a wandering life. Now he has achieved nothing, so he hopes to find a good adoptive family for his son.
family.
The woman also said that because she is single now and has past experiences, she applied for three years before getting a response.
She was talking as she played with Mike loading candies into the toy truck. She also asked what little Mike was like when he was younger.
I also asked little Mike what he likes to do most with his father.
At this moment, little Mike suddenly asked: "When will you die?"
John was stunned. He didn't know when he made his son remember this word.
Obviously, little Mike didn't understand anything as he imagined.
He may not understand the true meaning of death, but he remembers death, but he will ask when will he die?
On the way back, John felt mixed. When he was passing by the sidewalk, he saw a boy crossing the road by himself. He couldn't help but think of Mike.
Maybe soon, Mike will also need to learn to cross the road alone.
John came to visit his old customer Mrs. Macdonald again. The old lady shared her husband's attitude towards death. She recalled the time before her husband's death. She was extremely angry at the injustice of fate, but her husband cherished every minute together.
, everything around became more precious and wonderful, the sun was brighter, the flowers were brighter, and even the grass was extraordinarily green, even though the old lady knew clearly that it was her husband's excuse to make herself feel better when asked.
When she missed her lover, the old lady seemed a little arrogant and replied: "Yes, no, I talk to him every night. It wasn't until last Christmas that she threw away her husband's toothbrush!"
As his condition worsened, John couldn't even climb a ladder, so he immediately chose to give up.
Because he has more important things to accomplish.
When he got home, he became increasingly depressed. He leaned on the sofa and fell asleep unconsciously.
Little Mike saw it, went to get a blanket, and covered his father's body. John woke up and couldn't help but hug his son tightly.
Seeing his son's well-behaved and sensible appearance, he was heartbroken.
As his condition worsened, John had to speed up his pace and came to his fifth family.
This family is a wealthy couple. The wife is very strong and controlling, while the husband seems weak but also very selfish.
They are able to have children, but they do not want their lives to be affected by their children, but they hope that adoption will be a new journey in their lives.
In order to please Little Mike, the hostess saw that Little Mike liked the puppet very much, so she gave it to Little Mike.
My husband has similar interests to Mike. He likes trains, but he refuses to interact with Mike because his toys are very delicate.
But what is even more shocking is that when John and Mike left, they actually asked for the rabbit puppet back.
This scene also caused an uproar in the theater. Obviously, they did not expect that there would be such a person.
