这段有关祖母的往事,是父亲告诉我的。一九四九年,我父亲刚从战场退役返乡。当时美国的公路上,到处可见许多身穿军服的退役军人,等着拦搭便车返乡。父亲平安回家团圆带给家里的喜悦,不久即因祖母重病住院而掩上一层阴影。 This is my grandmother's past, my father told me. In 1949, my father retired from the battlefield and returned home. At that time on the U.S. road, many veterans wearing military uniforms were seen everywhere waiting for the free ride to return home. The joy of having a happy family reunion home brought my father a shadow over the hospitalization of grandmother.