父亲近几年做起了零售茶叶的生意,邻近集市时时闪现着他的身影。一天,他和一位朋友来城里进货,中午到家中吃饭,我和妻热情招待。刚刚放下筷子,就到了上班的时间了。父亲和他的朋友急着要走,说要去批发店看看,下午还要回去。我将他们送到楼梯口,挥手作别。看着两个人渐去渐远的背影,一时间,我怔了。我的父亲,我的淳朴、正直、要强的父亲,真的老了,几十年坚硬的时光,在他的脸上刻出了道道细密的 In recent years, his father started a retail tea business, and his presence in the nearby markets shone with him. One day, he and a friend came to the city to purchase, eat at home at noon, my wife and I hospitality. Just put down chopsticks, it is time to work. My father and his friends are in a hurry to go and say they want to go to the wholesale shop to see and go back in the afternoon. I will send them to the stairs, waving goodbye. Looking at the two people gradually fading back, for a time, I startled. My father, my honest, upright, strong father, really old, hard years of decades, carved in his face a thorough