You are always this way, Ma, you always take the pain without a single whimper, he thought. You may have fallen ill yesterday or even the day before , but you did not tell us, did not even cry out at night.

• 你永远这样，妈，你永远都是默默地忍受一切，他想，也许昨天或者前天你就病了，但你不说出来，甚至夜里都不哼出声来。