Should I buy cigarettes for my father?

When I was a child, my father often asked me such a question: "When you grow up and earn money, will you buy cigarettes for your father?"

Ever since I was a child, I feel that smoking is very bad, choking and harmful to my health. So I replied, "Of course not. Smoking is not good. I will buy nutrition such as honey for my father so that I can be healthy. "

In my opinion, this answer is completely out of concern for my father. But in my father's view, my answer was really heartless, so he flew into a rage. Even so, I still insist that my idea is right.

Later, one of my second grandfathers passed away, and his house was next door to mine. I went to his funeral. The old man had diabetes and other diseases before his death. The doctor told him not to smoke and eat meat, which might prolong his life.

The family did strictly follow the doctor's advice and closely observed the old man. It's okay for a short time, but after a long time, the old people especially want to eat. Many times, the family found the old man eating meat secretly and severely reprimanded him.

In the end, the old man didn't live long, and he was so thin. In fact, children also want the elderly to live a few more years, but their love has become selfish to some extent. The old man couldn't smoke or eat meat, but he was very depressed and finally died early.

At the funeral, the children cried bitterly. If they had known that they had controlled their diet and smoked for so many months, they might as well let the old people eat whatever they want and walk happily through the last mile of their lives.

This incident touched me a lot, and I suddenly felt that my so-called filial piety was really filial piety?

Dad started smoking at the age of 16 for decades. Although he was advised by the doctor for some time, he stopped smoking after he started smoking again. He has no other hobbies, not drinking, not playing mahjong, and occasionally playing poker, but only for entertainment and never playing money. Besides, he has nothing special to eat.

Only cigarettes are his favorite.

Interestingly, my brother and I both thought smoking was bad when we were young. Dad always said that we should smoke when we grow up, and now we are in our thirties, and we still hate smoking.

But I started buying cigarettes for my dad. I bought other things for his birthday before, but only when I gave him a cigarette would his face hold back.

Dad used to be thrifty all his life, and he couldn't bear to smoke good cigarettes. He only wants to buy a good cigarette on holidays, but it's just a cloud, at most it's a mid-range cigarette. I once bought him a hibiscus king, and he didn't like it. I also want to buy China's, but he won't let me.

Two days ago, my father was sixty years old. I want to take my family out for a good meal. But catch up with the epidemic situation is grim, so we have to give up.

But I bought him two soft clouds as usual. Dad is still the same, complaining that I spend money indiscriminately. But I can see that he is very happy.

The little boy who kept saying that he wouldn't buy him cigarettes has grown up.