After the huge earthquake in my hometown, about 6days, I couldn’t contact my mom, because her cell phone didn’t work for awhile by the damage.
Last Sunday morning, I tried call her for 10times, finally, She picked up her cell phone, woohoo!!
“Mom”
“Oh! Little daughter! Don’t worry, we’re all fine! Ha..ha..ha..ha” Of course my mom was laughing like my dad.
“I called you 100 times this week, finally found you. Are you with grandmother? Is she OK too?”
“Yes, everything is fine now. Grandmother is great. Today is sunny in Chengdu, my phone just started to work few hours ago.”
“So what happened to you when the earthquake arrived, you weren’t with dad?”
“No, I went shopping, I was at a mall, my hands were full of groceries, and I saw some beautiful slippers, so I putted them on my feet, thinking I would buy few pairs of them for me, my sister and my nephew. Soundly, I felt so dizzy, I thought all my body problems came together to hurt me, but I didn’t care, because I have to get those nice slippers. Then I felt dizzier, a woman was running, and telling me ‘big sister, run now! stop shopping, it’s earthquake!’ Then I throw all my groceries and slippers, ran so fast to outside the mall.”
“Wow! When Rindy told me about it, I didn’t take it seriously, because Chengdu is flat lands, nothing big would happen.”
“That’s right, people in Chengdu city are all fine. Your dad was doing laundry by hands that time, our neighbor went to our door and asked him to run with them together, but your dad said ‘no rush, let me finish my laundry first, only few left, you guys go ahead’.
What?! He told me that he just got up from a nap!! So how soon did you meet up with him?”
“We didn’t meet till next day, because after he done his laundry, he called my cell phone, didn’t work. So he ran outside look for me, people were everywhere; it was demanding to find each other. We gathered together at the out door stadium next to our home, but we couldn’t find each other, after midnight, I didn’t want to go home alone, so I went to our neighbor Jiang’s apartment, slept on their couch. Your dad went home around 3am by himself, slept alone, he wasn’t afraid of the aftershock. Your dad is so brave! Ha..ha..ha..ha..ha..ha…” Mom laughed again, big ones.
My parents love laughing, that’s for sure!
“I already talked to my sister and nephew, they’re fine, and I’ll visit them tomorrow from grandmother house, your dad will live alone for few days, but our mayor told us everything in the city is ok, so I’m not worry about leave your dad alone.”
“Ok, but be careful! Run fast if anything happens!”
“I know, I know”
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It was a long, warm and funny conversation. Again, I’m happy they’re fine, wish I could hang out with them now.
