偷偷听你 第6期

新房装修完毕后，他把母亲从老家接了过来，可与此同时，他又不得不比以往更加努力。他白天在单位拼命地工作，晚上回家后，还兼职帮人写企划文稿。一吃过晚饭，他便把自己关在房间里，对着电脑敲字，一敲就是好几个小时，从不挪步。

为了让母亲能打发时间，他把电视的频道锁定在戏剧频道上。他知道，母亲就爱看戏剧，现在只能让电视暂且代替自己陪陪母亲吧！

刚开始，母亲很乐意，每晚坐在电视机前，看得很投入，偶尔还会跟着哼上几句。可慢慢地，母亲开始变得有些反常，总是不定时地敲开他的房门，问他要不要喝些开水什么的。他的思路也因此常常被打断，于是微怒道：“妈，你只管看电视就好，别管我！”母亲则高兴地回答道：“不碍事，现在播广告呢！”

更让他难受的是，母亲的记忆力还不好，每次从他房间里出去，总不记得关上房门。为此，他说了母亲很多次。再后来，母亲总算长记性了，出去的时候会关上门，可又总关不严实。他想母亲可能真的老了，于是不再对她作过多的要求。

有一次晚餐，母亲强迫他喝了好几碗滋补汤，这使得当天晚上坐在电脑前的他，工作了一段时间后就需要上卫生间。可当他打开房门后，却发现客厅里的电视机虽然开着，却没有声音。而母亲呢，居然不是在看电视，而是坐在他房门边的一个椅子上打盹。

他轻轻地拍醒母亲，问：“妈，你看电视怎么不放出声音来呀，还坐到这里来了？”母亲被他的突然出现和发问惊了一下，下意识地回答道：“不要开声音，我在听二娃打电脑呢！”突然，他的心猛烈颤了一下，二娃是他的乳名。原来，母亲是在偷偷听他的声响，哪怕是他敲键盘发出的声音。

After the decorating of his new apartment, he fetched his mother from the hometown. Meanwhile, he had to put more efforts into his work than ever before. He worked like hell for his salaries in the company during daytime. After returning home in the evening, he drafted planning documents for others as a part-time job. So soon after the supper, he had himself locked in his room and typed behind the computer, remaining sedentary for hours.

To help Mother kill time, he had the TV set tuned in to Drama Channel. He knew she enjoyed drama best. So he put TV in his stead in the company of his mother for the time being.

In the beginning, Mother was very gald to watch TV. She was wrapped up in the drama every night; now and then she would hum some lines with it. But gradually, Mother began to behave abnormally. She always knocked on and opened his door at irregular intervals, asking whether he would like boiled water and such to drink. So he often broke the thread, and got a little impatient, “Mom, all you need to do is watch TV. Leave me alone.” But Mother replied joyfully, “No sweat. Now is a commercial break.”

It’s a bigger headache that Mother had a mind like a sieve. Every time she left his room, she forgot to have the door closed. So he reminded her many times. Later she formed a habit of closing the door when going out but leaving the door ajar. He thought her mother was really old. So he no longer expected too much of her.

Once, while having supper, Mother urged him to drink several bowls of nourishing soup. As a result, that night the computer-bound writer had to go to the bathroom in the intervals of business. He opened the door, only to find that the TV set was on but soundless. And to his surprise, his mother wasn’t watching television but dozing in a chair beside the door of his room.

He tapped his mother and woke her up, asking, “Mom, how come you turned off the sound and took a seat here?” His sudden appearance and question took her by surprise. She replied subconsciously, “Don’t turn the TV up. I am listening to my Erwa typing the keyboard.” All of a sudden, his heart had a throbbing. Erwa is his petname. It turned out that she was listening on the sly to every sound he made, even if he was tapping at the computer.