I’d bring him lunch sometimes and find him looking for a pack of cigarettes on the shelves, a customer waiting on the other side of the oil-stained counter, Baba’s face drawn and pale under the bright fluorescent lights. The electronic bell over the door would ding-dong when I walked in, and Baba would look over his shoulder, wave, and smile, his eyes watering from fatigue.??

有時(shí)我給他帶午餐去，會(huì)看到他在貨架上找一包香煙，客人在帶有油漬的柜臺(tái)另一頭等著，爸爸的臉在熒光燈下憔悴又蒼白。當(dāng)我進(jìn)屋的時(shí)候，門上的電子鈴鐺會(huì)發(fā)出叮咚聲，爸爸則會(huì)回頭看我，招招手，然后微笑。他的眼睛因?yàn)槠v而流淚。