「吃饭了吗」

类别：成长

从母亲日常的问候中，读懂东方含蓄内敛却深沉的爱意表达。

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Every time I call home, my mother answers the same way. 每次我往家里打电话，我妈开口都是那一套。

Not "Hello." 不是“喂”。

Not "How are you?" 也不是“最近怎么样？”

She says, "Have you eaten?" 她总是问：“吃了吗？”

It doesn't matter what time it is. 不管是什么时候。

Morning, midnight. 早上也好，半夜也罢。

"Have you eaten?" “吃了吗？”

When I was a teenager, it drove me crazy. 十几岁那会儿，我真觉得烦透了。

Yes, Mom. “吃啦，妈。”

I ate. “我吃过了。”

I know how to eat. “吃个饭我还能不知道吗。”

Then I moved abroad, 后来我出了国，

and one evening I heard my roommate 有天晚上我听到室友

on the phone with her mother. 在跟她妈妈通电话。

"I love you," she said. 她说：“我爱你。”

"Miss you." “想你了。”

I tried to remember my mother ever saying those words. 我努力回想我妈有没有对我说过这些话。

I couldn't. 但我完全想不起来。

And then I understood. 然后我突然就懂了。

She says them every single call. 其实每次打电话，她都说了。

She just says them her own way. 只是她用了自己的方式。

"Have you eaten" means: Are you okay? “吃了吗”的意思是：你过得好不好？

Is someone taking care of you? 有人照顾你吗？

I wish I could cook for you tonight. 今晚我真想亲自给你做顿饭啊。

Last week, she called. 上周，她打来电话。

I answered first. 我先开了口。

"Mom. “妈。”

Have you eaten?" “您吃了吗？”