Friday, August 31, 2007

郎心如鐵, 柔情似水

I read about heart breaking stories from blogs and remember one told by a dear friend of mine.

故事在解放後的上海開始. 這個小女孩的爸爸在她几個月大就去了香港發展. 從小爸爸的印象都是從照片及媽媽口中聽來. 她媽媽老是說爸爸怎樣聰明本事, 溫柔瀟灑. 又如果他見到女兒這樣漂亮可愛; 一定會痛她要緊. 小女孩從沒見過爸爸. 可是媽說的當然是真. 何況每年爸寄錢回家, 她就會有新衣服, 新玩具. 這不是最好的証明嗎?

一年又一年. 女孩快要十歲了. 她還記得媽朝朝暮暮想著遠遠的爸. 有時對著照片發呆, 有時一個人流淚. 但她知道媽是有勇氣的人. 終於她決定獨自帶女兒偷渡去香港千里尋夫.

對一個未到十歲的女孩, 屈蛇偷渡的經驗當然難忘. 但能見到愛慕的父親, 什麼都值得. 她終於見到她父親; 正如她想像中高大英俊. 他安排他們在洗衣街一間房住…可是他沒有跟他們一齊住. 日子更久, 她見父母吵, 父親就越來越少來. 最後失了蹤. 媽不懂廣東話, 無親無故, 生活艱苦得很. 小女孩不但要做家務, 也要做散工幫補家用. 她媽媽沒說, 她也沒問, 但她早知爸爸另有一頭家.

我在大學遇見那女孩; 她已亭亭玉立, 正在念博士. 她母親不幸早故, 沒有机會看到她女兒事業光芒.

3 Comments:

At September 16, 2007 at 9:45 PM , Blogger Haricot 微豆 said...

那是一段人為和歷史做成的恩怨.

Similar stories are told here in North America when the Number One Wife (大婆∕正室) made her way here, only to find the husband had already married to another woman (二奶). As we speak, history is repeating itself in the special economic zone of 深圳. I would submit there are social, economic, geo-political, and cultural factors to consider if one is to deal with this type of marriage problems.

 
At September 17, 2007 at 12:53 AM , Blogger Keith said...

There is a footnote of the story. The father of the story died and buried in NJ. My friend came to visit her father's grave and finally all were forgiven.

 
At September 18, 2007 at 6:48 PM , Blogger Haricot 微豆 said...

Time and death heal all, I guess.

 

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