母亲70周岁那年,我们姐妹为母亲准备了一份特别的生日礼物:一套三卷五本长达170余万字的《慕兰家书》。书的装帧素朴典雅,封面以信函笔迹衬为背景,印有母亲与我们儿时的合影,书名题字“慕兰家书”是父亲的墨宝。我是离家最早的女儿,始初与母亲通信是14岁参军去西北时。我也是离家最远的女儿,如今旅居北美已近三十年。在离家远行的四十多年岁月间,我和母亲书信不缀,这些信抚平了青春成长的焦虑,事业拼博的艰辛和海外飘零的 At the age of 70, my mother prepared a special birthday gift for her mother: a three-volume, five-volume Mulanjian with more than 1.7 million words. The book is simple and elegant, with a cover on the background of letters and hand-stitching. It is printed with a picture of her mother and her childhood. The inscription “Mulan Jia Shu” is the father’s ink. I was the earliest daughter away from home, first communication with his mother was 14 years old to join the army to the northwest. I am also the furthest daughter from home, now living in North America for nearly three decades. In my 40 years of traveling away from home, my mother and I wrote letters that defied the anxiety of youthful growth, the hardships of my career, and the overseas wandering