刘作伟：回忆父亲点滴往事

I remember my father was a workaholic and at the same time he enjoyed all sports and loved to do the photo shots. He loved small drink and enjoyed good food. Sushi was one of his favors. He taught us how to set up table, how to wash our own clothes when I was in fourth grade. He did not talk to us a lot when we were small, and spent most of his time on the work, researches and had conversations with his friends in our apartment. We had four rooms. ( it was consider huge apartment at that time.)

在我的印象中我父亲是个工作狂。但在工作之余，他还疯狂地热爱着运动和摄影。除此之外，美食与美酒他也不能落下，寿司是他最喜爱的食物之一。在我四年级的时候，他教给我如何收拾碗筷和洗衣服。在我们还很小的时候，他把精力全都投入到在工作、研究和与朋友们的交流中，那时候的他并无暇管教我们。

We did not known his real background until after 1980. I was not so shocked. He was a real communist and he really believed.There are many small things about my father, we can talk all day long .I member very clear on 2 little things about my father.

直到1980年我才知道了他的背景。然而当时我并不是很惊讶。他是一个真正的共产党员，并且坚信共产主义。

During the Culture Revelation at 1969, I used my older brother’s monthly tickets to city to sell my father’s book to exchange the cash, because we only have limited income to support family of 6. Somehow, my father found out, he asked me to wrote a “Self criticize report” walked 5 kilometers one way to deliver RMB0.50 with the self criticize report to the bus office. He said to me “ I am not punishing you, I am teaching you not take advantage on something not belongs to you, you have to be honest.”

在1969年的文革期间，我们全家那时只有一点点微薄收入。于是我不得不用我哥的月票乘车去城里卖掉我父亲的书来支撑全家六口人的生活。当我父亲知道了这件事后，他让我写一封自我检讨；并且让我走路5公里，把这封自我检讨连同五角钱交还给公交车站。我至今还记得他当时对我说的话语，“我并不是惩罚你，我只是希望你成为一个诚实的人，不要去占有任何不属于你的东西。”

I was working in a cement factory in Henan when I was in my early 20’s. We only communicated in letters. Most of time my mother replied the letters to us. One day to my surprise, I received a letter from my father, He kindly asked me every about me and in the end. He wrote “ Please do not use factory letter head paper for personal use.”

在我二十岁的时候，我在河南的一个水泥厂工作。在那个时候，我与家里只能通过信件沟通。多数时候都是由我母亲给我回信。然而有一天，出乎我的意料，我收到了我父亲的回信。他在信中非常亲切的问候了我，但是在信的结尾处，他写道：以后请不要再使用工厂的纸张给家里写信作为私用。

To us, he was not a hero, he was a father to us. He set up an example to us. We had good time and bad time together for many years, it all become sweet memories.

在我们看来，他并不是一个英雄， 他只是我们的父亲，是我们的榜样。父亲与我们一起度过了许多年，有快乐幸福的日子，也有痛苦难过的日子，然而这些，都已经变成我最美好的回忆。