"Wow, today's dinner is so delicious. Thank you mom for your hard work."
“Yes, I have worked so hard. It was I who cooked it, not your God."
Under the aggressive look of her mother, Cai Ye silently prayed and gave thanks for meals as usual. Her mother said loudly to her brother, “Xing, eat up all the drumsticks. Your sister will be full to have God for food.”
For three years, at every dinner, as long as Cai Ye had dinner at home, such a play would be performed at the dinner table.
Cai Ye has a sister and a brother. Her mother preferred boys to girls. Her mother wanted her to drop out of school and go out to work early. However, Cai's father was firmly against it. He was a sales manager who often traveled on business. He said to his wife, "People would laugh at me if my daughter went out to work without studying at a young age. Can’t I afford to raise them or pay for fees for them to study? Unless they don't have the ability to study by themselves, I'll even support them to study abroad for a doctor’s degree.”
Cai Qin, Cai's sister, studied well all the way and even skipped the grade. She took the college entrance examination with Cai
and went to a key national university in the capital. Before graduation, she was admitted to study for a master's degree. As for a doctor’s degree, she went to study across the Pacific Ocean.
Cai also wanted to be concentrated on studying like her sister, but she couldn’t since the clothes were not washed and the floor was not cleaned. Although scolded by her mother, she did all the chores.
In the college entrance examination, she went to a college and her major was transferred to tourism.
After graduation, her father said, “Ye, please come back. Your sister is unreliable. As long as she doesn't marry a foreign devil, I'll be thankful. “
Cai returned to work in the only travel company in her hometown town. What came back with her was the faith she got in the year of graduation.
In the year of graduation, during her internship, she took a tour with a senior female schoolmate. The tourists wore a group uniform with a small cross printed on the left chest, a row of rotating staff and notes printed on the back, and the sentence "the most beautiful blessing of this life" printed below. The dress was beautifully designed.
When they got on the bus, they began to sing songs one after another. Cai had seen one on TV, which seemed to be a Christian song and a world-famous piece.
The most impressive thing was that when they ate, they prayed seriously for every meal. An old woman saw Cai watching them pray. She told her why she prayed before eating.
Cai realized that there was such faith in life. She went to church to buy a Bible, attended a sermon and was baptized.
After returning to her hometown, she bowed her head to give thanks before meals for the first time. Her mother made a conclusion that she must be crazy after stimulation and she needed to see a doctor. After hearing about Cai's belief, she went out to inquire what Christianity was. Others said that it was a religion for the old, where a group of retired elderly people were. Her mother was extremely responsible and secretly followed Cai to the gathering place.
When Cai opened her eyes after praying for dinner that day, the bowl in front of her disappeared. Her mother said, "God has eaten up your meal." Cai smiled bitterly.
“How could you thank God while I have worked hard to raise you and cook meals for you?"
There was such a fiasco during dinner again in the following few days. The little brother said, “It was my sister who cooked the meals, wasn’t it?" As soon as his mother heard it, she was as fierce as a female tiger, "Shut up, don't you want to eat?" The younger brother made a smiling face, "I’ll eat. My sister is too bad. Mom is the best."
There were snacks in Cai’s room and it was also fine for her to eat after her mother went to bed, but she felt uncomfortable.
Although her mother behaved like this, Cai would bring gifts to her mother after taking a tour. When she came home, she also tried her best to do housework. She even took part of her monthly salary to her mother to make ends meet. Cai believed that although her mother was not the best mother, she had risked her death to give birth to her. Therefore, her mother must get the most beautiful blessing in her life.
Cai also asked for help from her father, because she believed that as long as her father who did business in Europe and America spoke a word, her mother would not oppose her believing in Jesus or toss her around at the dinner table. But unexpectedly, her father said that faith was her own business, and she must convince her mother by herself. What was more, her father said that he also needed her action.
When Cai opened her eyes again, she found that the drumsticks were still on the plate. Her little brother blinked at her. Her mother gave her a cold look and said fiercely, "Why don’t you eat? Shall I feed you?"
Her tears flowed out.
She went over and put her arms around her mother. "Mom, I love you."
"Hypocritical!" her mother replied.
- Translated by Tracy Ye
“哇，今天晚餐好丰盛，老妈辛苦了。”
“对，我好辛苦。是我煮的，不是你的上帝煮的。”
蔡叶在母亲咄咄逼人的眼光之下，如同往常一样，默默的祷告谢饭。
她的母亲，就大大声的对她弟弟说，“阿星快吃，把鸡腿都吃了，你姐有上帝吃就行。”
三年了，每一次的晚餐，只要蔡叶在家吃晚饭，餐桌旁就会上演这样的一场戏。
蔡叶有姐弟三人，她老妈比较重男轻女。蔡叶母亲想让她退学早点出去打工。不过蔡叶的父亲坚决反对，他是一个经常出差的销售经理，他对老婆说，“我老蔡的女儿，小小年纪不读书就出去打工，被别人笑死去。我老蔡养不起她们还是给不起她们读书？除非，她们自己没本事读，否则读博士出国留学我都供。”
蔡叶的妹妹蔡芹，读书一路高歌，居然还跳级，和蔡叶一起高考，到京城的985去了，还没有毕业，就被报送读硕士，至于博士，人家跑太平洋那一头去读了。
蔡叶也想像妹妹一样心无旁骛的读书，可是不行啊，衣服还没有洗地板还没有拖饭还没有做，虽然刚刚被老妈骂过，她还是去把这一些给做了。
高考，蔡叶上了一个专科，而且被调剂到旅游专业。
毕业了，老爸说，阿叶你回来吧，你妹是不靠谱的，只要她不嫁个洋鬼子，我就谢天谢地了。
蔡叶回到家乡小城唯二的旅游公司上班，同她一起回来的，还有她在毕业那年得到的信仰。
毕业那年，蔡叶实习期，跟着学姐带了一个团，穿的团服左胸前印了一个小十字架，后面印了一排旋转的五线谱和音符，下面印着“这一生最美的祝福”，衣服设计很美。
他们上了车，就开始唱歌，一首接一首，有一首蔡叶在电视上看过，好像是一首基督教的歌，也是世界名曲来的。
印象最深的是，他们吃饭的时候，是每餐饭哦，都认认真真的祈祷。一位阿婆看见蔡叶看着他们祷告，就和她讲起为什么吃饭之前要祷告。
蔡叶认识到了原来还有这样的人生这样的信仰。她去了教堂，买了圣经，参加了慕道班受了洗礼。
回到了家乡，蔡叶的第一顿晚餐，低头祷告的时候，母亲断定她受了刺激才变得神神叨叨的，要去看医生。听说了蔡叶的信仰之后，出去打听这个基督教信仰是什么东东，别人说，那就是白头教，一班退休的老人家在那里。蔡叶的母亲极端的负责任，在聚会点聚会的时候跟踪蔡叶去了。
当天晚饭，蔡叶祷告完，睁开眼睛的时候，面前的饭碗不见了。母亲说：“上帝吃掉你的饭了。”蔡叶苦笑。
“我辛辛苦苦养你大，辛辛苦苦做你饭，你却感谢上帝？”
过几天晚饭，又是这样的戏目，小弟旁边说：“明明饭是姐姐做的好不好？”老妈一听，母老虎威风全出，“闭嘴，你也不想吃了？”小弟做了个笑脸，“我吃我吃，大姐太坏了，老妈最好。”
蔡叶房间里有零食，或者老妈睡觉之后再吃都没有问题，可是心里难受啊。
虽然母亲这样，每次带团出外，蔡叶都会给母亲带礼物，回到家也尽忠尽职做家务，每个月发工资也会拿一部分给母亲做家用。蔡叶相信，她的母亲，虽然不是最好的母亲，却是冒着死亡危险生下她的母亲，一定要让得到这一生最美的祝福。
蔡叶也曾求救父亲，因为相信把业务做到欧洲美洲的父亲，只要开口，母亲一定不会再反对她信耶稣，也不会这样饭桌上折腾她。
但她父亲居然说，信仰是自己的事，必须要她自己去让她母亲心服口服。而且，她父亲还说，我也需要你的行动哦。
再次睁开眼睛，发现盘子里的鸡腿一个没有少，小弟对着她眨巴眨巴眼睛，母亲送了她一白眼球，凶巴巴的说，“还不吃？等着喂你啊？”
蔡叶的眼泪哗啦啦的流出来了。
她走过去，搂住母亲，“妈，我爱你。”
“矫情！”
爱是恒久忍耐
"Wow, today's dinner is so delicious. Thank you mom for your hard work."
“Yes, I have worked so hard. It was I who cooked it, not your God."
Under the aggressive look of her mother, Cai Ye silently prayed and gave thanks for meals as usual. Her mother said loudly to her brother, “Xing, eat up all the drumsticks. Your sister will be full to have God for food.”
For three years, at every dinner, as long as Cai Ye had dinner at home, such a play would be performed at the dinner table.
Cai Ye has a sister and a brother. Her mother preferred boys to girls. Her mother wanted her to drop out of school and go out to work early. However, Cai's father was firmly against it. He was a sales manager who often traveled on business. He said to his wife, "People would laugh at me if my daughter went out to work without studying at a young age. Can’t I afford to raise them or pay for fees for them to study? Unless they don't have the ability to study by themselves, I'll even support them to study abroad for a doctor’s degree.”
Cai Qin, Cai's sister, studied well all the way and even skipped the grade. She took the college entrance examination with Cai
and went to a key national university in the capital. Before graduation, she was admitted to study for a master's degree. As for a doctor’s degree, she went to study across the Pacific Ocean.
Cai also wanted to be concentrated on studying like her sister, but she couldn’t since the clothes were not washed and the floor was not cleaned. Although scolded by her mother, she did all the chores.
In the college entrance examination, she went to a college and her major was transferred to tourism.
After graduation, her father said, “Ye, please come back. Your sister is unreliable. As long as she doesn't marry a foreign devil, I'll be thankful. “
Cai returned to work in the only travel company in her hometown town. What came back with her was the faith she got in the year of graduation.
In the year of graduation, during her internship, she took a tour with a senior female schoolmate. The tourists wore a group uniform with a small cross printed on the left chest, a row of rotating staff and notes printed on the back, and the sentence "the most beautiful blessing of this life" printed below. The dress was beautifully designed.
When they got on the bus, they began to sing songs one after another. Cai had seen one on TV, which seemed to be a Christian song and a world-famous piece.
The most impressive thing was that when they ate, they prayed seriously for every meal. An old woman saw Cai watching them pray. She told her why she prayed before eating.
Cai realized that there was such faith in life. She went to church to buy a Bible, attended a sermon and was baptized.
After returning to her hometown, she bowed her head to give thanks before meals for the first time. Her mother made a conclusion that she must be crazy after stimulation and she needed to see a doctor. After hearing about Cai's belief, she went out to inquire what Christianity was. Others said that it was a religion for the old, where a group of retired elderly people were. Her mother was extremely responsible and secretly followed Cai to the gathering place.
When Cai opened her eyes after praying for dinner that day, the bowl in front of her disappeared. Her mother said, "God has eaten up your meal." Cai smiled bitterly.
“How could you thank God while I have worked hard to raise you and cook meals for you?"
There was such a fiasco during dinner again in the following few days. The little brother said, “It was my sister who cooked the meals, wasn’t it?" As soon as his mother heard it, she was as fierce as a female tiger, "Shut up, don't you want to eat?" The younger brother made a smiling face, "I’ll eat. My sister is too bad. Mom is the best."
There were snacks in Cai’s room and it was also fine for her to eat after her mother went to bed, but she felt uncomfortable.
Although her mother behaved like this, Cai would bring gifts to her mother after taking a tour. When she came home, she also tried her best to do housework. She even took part of her monthly salary to her mother to make ends meet. Cai believed that although her mother was not the best mother, she had risked her death to give birth to her. Therefore, her mother must get the most beautiful blessing in her life.
Cai also asked for help from her father, because she believed that as long as her father who did business in Europe and America spoke a word, her mother would not oppose her believing in Jesus or toss her around at the dinner table. But unexpectedly, her father said that faith was her own business, and she must convince her mother by herself. What was more, her father said that he also needed her action.
When Cai opened her eyes again, she found that the drumsticks were still on the plate. Her little brother blinked at her. Her mother gave her a cold look and said fiercely, "Why don’t you eat? Shall I feed you?"
Her tears flowed out.
She went over and put her arms around her mother. "Mom, I love you."
"Hypocritical!" her mother replied.
- Translated by Tracy Ye
Christian Daughter Shows Patience to 'Sarcastic' Mother
