On the way home, dad was very quiet. It seemed that nothing had happened. Finally I broke the silence and asked him, "Daddy, did I do something wrong?" Dad paused for a while as he always did and said quietly, "Son, you did nothing wrong, except that it's too early for you to pursue girls." "Daddy, do you think I could marry a tall and beautiful girl with long hair when I grow up?" I asked. Dad gave me one of his rare laughs and said, "Of course you could. You are so handsome! Just like your handsome father." For the first time, I realized that dad had a sense of humor, although he was always quiet.

回家路上老爸非常沉默，好像什么事都沒發(fā)生。最后我打破了沉默，問道，“爸爸，我做錯什么了嗎？”和往常一樣，老爸沉默了一下，輕輕地說到，“兒子，你沒做錯什么，只是你這個年齡追女孩子有點早。”“爸爸，你覺得我長大能娶一個又高又漂亮，頭發(fā)很長的老婆嗎？”我又問道。老爸聽了很難得地大笑了一下，說道，“當(dāng)然能了！你那么帥，跟你老爸一樣帥！”我第一次感到，老爸雖然話不多，但還是有些幽默感的。

When I was in high school, dad retired and set up a food stand on the street near my school. Dad was very good at making fried noodles, and a lot of people liked his noodles. Every day when I finished school, my classmates and I would pass his food stand. But I really hated talking to dad in front of his food stand, because I did not want my classmates to know that my dad was selling noodles on the street!

等到我上高中的時候老爸退休了，在離我學(xué)校不遠(yuǎn)的街邊擺起了面攤兒。老爸很擅長做炒面，當(dāng)時很多人都很喜歡他做的面。每天放學(xué)回家，我和我的同學(xué)們都要路過爸的面攤。但那時候我真得很討厭站在他攤前和他說話，因為我實在不想讓我的同學(xué)知道我有一個在大街上擺攤的老爸。