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My mother does cleaning/我的母亲做保洁

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ISBN:
9787545219869
Transliterated Title:
Wo de mu qin zuo bao jie
Author:
Zhang xiao man /张小满
Publisher:
Guang qi shu ju /光启书局
Publish Date:
2023.11
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In 2020, my 52-year-old mother came to Shenzhen from the rural area of southern Shaanxi to work. After living independently for more than ten years, "I" reunited with my mother in Shenzhen and lived under the same roof again. We quarreled in the small room. My mother couldn't stand the way "I" spent money, and "I" couldn't stand my mother's living habits. We were deeply entangled, burdened and dependent on each other. However, we love each other, and "I" know that my mother's weakness is her unreserved love for me. So, "I" want to understand her. "My" mother shed her youthful sweat in the mines and construction sites, and now works as a cleaner in a few spaces in an urban office building. "I" want to record my mother's work history and try to shuttle through the life in her memory. My mother's life has established a "enclave" of life for "me" who works like a screw, allowing "me" to breathe, look back, and cherish where I came from.

2020年,52岁的母亲从陕南农村来到深圳务工。独立生活十几年后,“我”与母亲在深圳相聚,重新住在一个屋檐下。我们在狭小的房间中争吵,母亲看不惯“我”的花钱方式,“我”难以忍受母亲的生活习惯。我们深陷彼此纠缠、负担和依赖的关系。然而我们彼此相爱,“我”深知母亲的软肋便是对我毫无保留的爱。于是,“我”想理解她。“我”的母亲在矿场、在建筑工地挥洒了年轻的汗水,如今在城市写字楼的几格空间中做保洁员。“我”想记录下母亲的打工史,努力穿梭过她记忆中的生命。母亲的人生为做着螺丝钉般工作的“我”建立起一块生活的“飞地”,让“我”得以喘息、回顾,珍重自己的来处。