Cross-generation fight over a job
- By Elaine Duan
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E-mail China.org.cn, March 21, 2012
"I'm really sorry that my efforts cannot reach my son," the mother sighed. "But do I deserve to be hated that much?"
"Look at me. Can you believe I'm only in my 50s?" Liu said pointing at the lines on her face. "I feel like I've aged 10 years over the past 3 years."
Liu also felt tired of the 3-year fight with her son. "In my hometown, people my age play with their grandchildren and enjoy family life," Liu said. "But I won't give up until I persuade my son to come back to the state-owned enterprise in our hometown."
"I can't give up," the mother added. "A job matters to the life-long happiness of my son and he is too young to realize its importance."
Liu's husband is headed for Chongqing from their hometown, hoping to persuade either his wife or his son to give up. "Three years of fighting have messed up the whole family's life," the father said.
Liu has been lodging at the tatty inn, which charges 40 yuan per night, for nearly one month without any messages from her son. She has called over 100 times, but nobody answered or the mobile phone was switched off.
"I tried my best to find him but I failed because he moved and quit the job," Liu said burying her face in hands. The son's refusal to meet her has changed her aim of the journey. "Now I wish we could have a heart to heart talk and get along as a normal mom and son," the mother added.
"What's wrong with our relationship?" Liu has thought about the question over and over again in the past month.
After bursting into tears again, Liu calmed down. She was going to send a text message to her son hoping he could meet her at the inn.
Liu bet that her son would look at the message if he refused to answer her calls. But several seconds later, she gave up. "He hates me so much that any words will be in vain."
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