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The clumsy bow tie confetti of the “idiot” uncle

“Superhero” wears banana leaves

That summer I was only 5 years old. The whole family of 4 lives in a small house like a “duck hut”. There are parents, me and Uncle Duong.

It wouldn’t be worth mentioning if my uncle then 32 years old still couldn’t get a wife. The children in the neighborhood kept making fun of him when they saw him, my friend Coo even dared to call him Duong “stupid”. Because my uncle is a disabled person.

He was not born sick when he was born. Grandma said that when he was a child, he had a high fever, convulsions and thought he would die. Then a strange miracle happened, he revived but lost his wisdom. He grew up extremely healthy, but always smiling and talking innocently. Likes to eat mangoes, likes to bathe in the rain, likes to watch television. And he loves me more than anything in the world.

When I was born, my father told me that he was afraid of me. “What little wrinkled, red thing!”. The mon men tried to hold me, but before he could touch me, he opened his mouth and cried loudly! He was so scared that he ran to the sim hill, his grandmother called until he could find him.

My mother said that I was difficult to raise in the past, and my whistle sounded like a toothpick because I was lazy to eat. My father’s monthly salary as a worker is 200 dong, my mother takes it all to buy crabs and cook porridge for me. But I criticized not eating, in the end Uncle Duong ate it all. For the first time in his life, he ate delicious food, so he was very happy. For years, I only asked to eat crab porridge.

When I was a little older, my family situation got better. My mother opened a small grocery store so that she could stay at home to look after me and Uncle Duong. Uncle used to “pick up” candy and cake to share with me. Then he kept wondering why I was born ugly but turned into a white as a dough.

That afternoon the sun was very hot. The sound of cicadas was so loud that my mother did not notice me sneaking out. Uncle Duong slept in a hammock in the yard, I picked up some ants under the tamarind tree and dropped them on his head and then ran away. My father just bought me a plastic ball, I took it with me to play alone in the open field. While playing, the ball fell into the pond, so I struggled to find a stick. The edge of the pond was full of slippery mud, so with a thud I slipped and fell.

Water filled the nose, bitter taste in the mouth. The more I cried for help, the more duckweed went down my throat, I struggled and beat my hands and feet in despair. As my consciousness gradually became hazy, an arm grabbed me and pulled me out of the swamp.

When I opened my eyes, I saw my mother crying, her eyes red, her hair messy. Neighbors gathered around the crowded pond, urging each other to take me to the clinic. After I finished the bucket of water, I still found it difficult to breathe, then a trembling hand clutched my head.

– Sun, don’t die. So, come back to eat sticky rice with beans, you break banana leaves for Cuc’s mother.

Looking up, I saw Uncle Duong with tears in his eyes, his whole body was wet. On his head is a green banana leaf boat with a hemp rope tied like a hat, tattered, loofah, stuck with a snail in the pond. So I laughed, then fainted.

“I don’t remember anything, I only remember Sun!”

That missed drowning trip caused me to have a fear of water to this day. When I was 30 years old, I still didn’t dare to go swimming, I never went to a lake or lake. Going to the sea, I just sat on the shore because smelling the fishy smell brought up scary old memories.

My “stupid” uncle Duong is more than 50 years old. The children in the neighborhood still crawled and laughed when they saw him pass by, slurred speech and were bullied and bullied all the time. I never get angry with anyone, everyone laughs at everything. I went to school to work away from home for a year, only returning a few times, Uncle Duong always took my father’s phone to secretly call my niece and nephew. Many times I hid things about playing unannounced, but somehow he always knew and waited for me at the gate.

He greeted me with a silly smile and a confetti tied with a bow. The reason for the birth of that action is quite funny. That was a time when I was watching a romance movie, seeing the scene where the male lead gave flowers to his girlfriend, so I was touched and sniffled. The uncle immediately ran to ask who made his granddaughter cry. I waved my hand and said that because I didn’t have a lover, no one gave me flowers, so I just prayed. The uncle’s face grimaced for a long time, scratched his scalp, then got up and ran away. Five minutes later, the cross was at the door of the room, holding a clump of five-colored confetti in his hand, tying a clumsy-looking rope bow. Maybe he just broke into the neighbor’s house, imitating the flower bouquet in my favorite movie.

I held the flower branch and smiled. My silly uncle is so cute, always loves his granddaughter the most. Moments later, the mother’s voice suddenly shouted: “The bad guy stole my confetti, how did it break the fence!”. The two grandchildren hurriedly hid the flower branch, looked at each other and giggled.

Yesterday there was an anniversary at home, so I took 2 days off work, took the bus from the city to my hometown a bit late. It was raining heavily without an umbrella, so I had to wear the rain to run from the street to the alley. So this morning, suddenly, with a fever, the uncle sat beside the bed because he was worried. In my trance, I heard him whimper: “Sun is sick again, wake up and play with me! I’m looking for a lover for this Sun”.

My mother stewed chicken with wormwood for me to eat, Uncle Duong took the part. Although he was very clumsy and broke something, but since he was a child, he has taken good care of me. I didn’t finish the bowl of chicken, looking at the uncle with a tight mouth, I gave him up. When I woke up, I saw my father next to me, handing me a cup of fragrant orange juice.

– Uncle Duong’s birthday is coming up, son. After a week, it’s my birthday. What gift do you like for dad to buy?

– I just like to eat the rice my parents cook, I don’t need anything.

– It’s so fast, but you’re this big. Don’t want to get married, keep playing all the time. Are you going to not let these old grandparents hold you?

– Wow, Dad, I don’t have a boyfriend. Don’t you remember that every person standing at the gate asking for a favor was Uncle Duong carrying a stick and chasing him.

– Yes, I love you the most. His whole life like that, he had no one to keep him company. Do you remember the time when you fell in the pond? Uncle Duong doesn’t know how to swim, but he still jumps in to pick up the baby. Mom told my father that he heard the sound of water splashing, so he looked out and saw that I was crying for help, so he was very scared. Fortunately, the pond is shallow or else I don’t know what will happen. Then a few times when I stood waiting for my son to come back, the sun did not come into the house. My father asked me why I always forget what I tell him, but when I come back, I remember it. Then he said he doesn’t remember anything, always only remembers Sun.

Suddenly tears welled up. I never knew he was so brave all these years. Bouquet of bougainvillea has been stuck in a jar with water. I just hope in the future I also meet a guy who is so kind to me, it’s okay to be naive, it’s okay not to be rich, as long as I care about each other for the rest of my life…

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