Birthday and Qingming Festival

2025年3月29日

I lay in bed this morning and thought about it. From now on, I will not celebrate birthdays, but only celebrate Tomb Sweeping Day.

However, I still have to eat the free cake from IKEA, because no matter how big or small, you have to do whatever you can to please yourself, there is nothing to be embarrassed about. Recently, the IKEA store in Xuhui was closed for renovation, so naturally I couldn’t go there. I checked and even the nearest IKEA store in Linkong Mall was quite far away, 9 kilometers away. No matter how far you go to eat, you must have the determination of the famous Han Dynasty general Wei Qing to conquer the Huns - no matter how far they are, they will be killed.

In addition, when you visit IKEA, you can see model houses with comfortable and beautiful designs, and you can feel how beautiful life can be.

I found that this IKEA was very close to Hongqiao Airport, and asked about Doubao, the best observation point for the takeoff and landing of large aircraft at Hongqiao Airport. I found that a sports park next to IKEA was on the list, so I made a plan. I would have lunch and cake at IKEA, and then walk to Hongqiao Sports Park to watch the large aircraft.

Get up, change the water of the bunch of white chrysanthemums, light a stick of incense, and go out.

IKEA is full today. It turns out that a full meal at IKEA costs about 70 yuan. No wonder IKEA didn’t give me enough money before.

I sat on a park bench and watched a few big planes. It felt a little cold, so I went to the nearby Xinjing Town Library, opened my tablet and started writing something.

Yesterday I went to my eldest grandma's house and told her about my father's ridiculous things. I didn't believe it at first. She said it was impossible and he was not that kind of person. So I asked, how many contacts have you had with my dad in the past twenty years, how many times have you met, and how much do you know about him. Later I started to believe it, and said angrily that my father was out of his mind, but slowly he began to transfer his anger to the 60-year-old woman, saying that she must have seduced her, and that she was not willing to hear me tell more of my father's ridiculous things. It seemed that I was trying to protect and favor myself. My brother, I can understand, and I won’t say more. You can favor him, but I won’t, but I won’t say it anymore. Forget it, human nature is likely to be like this, and I have no emotions about it. I also have my own affairs that I want to complete and the justice I want to get back. Everyone does what they should do.

The eldest lady also supports my idea this time, let’s see what she can do to help, but the most difficult step is for me and my brother to complete. My father’s sisters also have their own lives, so it is impossible to take care of him in all aspects and it is difficult to truly intervene. There's nothing wrong with it, it's good to be like this.

In the past few days, I have begun to find that my resentment towards my father has become much less. I can’t say that it is completely gone, but it is less. It does not mean forgiving him, and there is no point in forgiving. There is no turning back from things in the past. I understand that I cannot live in resentment. In fact, I have always understood it before, but I just can’t do it.

The most sad thing for the eldest grandma is that her son passed away at the age of 57. It was related to his marriage. The eldest grandma said that he was killed by her daughter-in-law. In recent years, her daughter-in-law still visits her. Obviously, the relationship between them is very complicated. On the chest of drawers are photos of his son's life. Eight years later, when he talks about his son, he still bursts into tears. She has kept the cat that her son loved until he was 15 years old.

Before leaving, I chatted about the life of my grandfather and grandmother, and learned some things about them. These prehistoric stories were difficult to hear from my father.