Tuna eye is also considered an “exclusive” dish of Phu Yen that every visitor is looking forward to once. Phu Yen fishermen often catch tuna in January every year, of which April is the highest season. This time, the fishermen’s offshore fishing boats return to return carrying the freshest tuna series. Being a type of seafood with high nutritional value, tuna has become a nutritious food source and processed into a variety of dishes. In addition to the exported meat, the local people created the Chinese medicine stewed tuna eye. And gradually tuna eyes become familiar dishes and one of the famous specialties of Phu Yen land. In 2014, this dish was also voted by the Association of Records to be in the top 10 most famous seafood specialties of Vietnam. Despite its popularity, this specialty still makes many people “dreadful” and let go of the chopsticks before they can taste them with the taste. However, if you can afford to overcome the “fear”, this dish will become extremely attractive, interesting and easily “addictive”. In addition, the relatively high nutritional values ​​in the eyes of tuna fish, DHA and Omega 3, are considered extremely good for human brain development. A tuna has a size up to 40-60 kg / fish, that’s why the tuna’s eyes are very large, the size of a rice bowl or more. The eyes of the tuna are very bright and can be seen from a distance, so it is also likened to the “headlight” of the sea. After preliminary processing, the fisheye is stewed in a small earthen jar with some traditional herbs such as jujube, goji berries, etc., bringing a sweet and easy taste. Depending on the big or small tuna eyes, a jar can hold 1 or 2 eyes to serve diners. In addition, the tuna eyes are also put in a bowl with herbs, spices, garlic onion, chili … to heat up, make the dish more delicious and increase the flavor and taste less. It is known that each serving of tuna eyes with Chinese medicine costs about 40,000 VND. Coming to Phu Yen, it is not too difficult to find a unique tuna eye dish. Diners can enjoy it at luxury restaurants or in small street vendors. (According to GiadinhNet)

I have a physical appearance, and is judged by my colleagues to be younger than my real age. Besides, I also have a stable job, the salary is enough for me to live comfortably. Reading here, many people will wonder: Why is the condition so good, am I getting married late? That’s because in the past, I used to fall in love with one person. But in the end he betrayed me, stole all my money to run away with another woman. That shocked me very badly. It took me a long time to stabilize. And since then I’ve always had a bad feeling about love. I have no intention of getting married. Because I feel that my life right now is fine. Sometimes going to weddings sees people being happy together, or seeing lovers on the street … I feel a little off. But I think it is better to stay like that than being betrayed and deceived. But I can’t overcome family pressure. I can’t bear to go back to my hometown, my mother cries out loud, saying that my family is blessed, and has a lovely daughter, not so bad that no one will be surprised. As for my father, my grandmother, and my relatives, I just urged me to get married for everyone who had grandchildren to hold them … In the end, I gave up, in peace to let my mother match up a husband. Through a professional matchmaker, my mother found me a man who turned fifty (50 years old). However, he has never been married. In contrast, he has a house, a car, and a decent job. In the early days of my dating, I was captivated by his politeness and profound understanding. Then, I quickly forgot my guilt, nodded in agreement to marry. The wedding took place just 2 months after the first meeting. Illustration. On my wedding day, everyone was happy, me too. I eagerly think about my new future. But things are completely contrary to my thinking. On the wedding night, her husband approached me with a lewd face that was completely different from his usual politeness. He touches me impulsively. I’m not used to it, put his hand away, say slowly, because we have never been so close. Finished he laughed, telling me: “The boat is built now, and the high bar is set up?”. I’m shocked! But not in time to regain his spirit, he pulled my hand sideways to another room. It had all sorts of sex toys out there – something I’ve only seen on the internet that I’ve never seen with my own eyes. “ My job is to be my wife well. If you know how to serve, I won’t let you down. Know it yet? Whatever you want ” – When he finished, he pushed me in and tortured me all night in there. In the morning, I frown on my face, my whole body aches and I can’t shuffle back to my room. But my husband considered not. He threw me a to-do list for me and said: “Now I have to go out. You clean the house, then cook. At 12 o’clock you have to have rice, everything should be decent. Especially the first floor, clean it up, the wedding day is crowded. You can walk, you can die. Well, you should quit your job, you have more money for you to live happily. And so from that day until now, I have been like an umbrella in the house. This board is cleaning, taking care of the rice. The evening serves his bizarre hobby. I take 10 days off, everyone thinks I’m happy, happy on my honeymoon. In fact, I’m so tired I can’t even crawl … Now I suddenly understand why my husband is never married at age 50. Perhaps no one girl meets his bizarre hobby and paternalism. I am a fool, deceived by your elegant cover. I regret it now. I want to give up everything about my mother, is that okay?

For a long time, the two became acquainted. However, , after that, Truong Phuong’s father still could not conquer sickness. His death made his daughter very sad. Truong Phuong at that time was a child, also considered Van Truong Lam as a family, so he relied on him for a long time. Thanks to the familiar doctor by his side, Truong Phuong gradually forgot the pain of losing his father and became happy again. She was very grateful to the doctor and formed a deep friendship between them. After spending time together, they fell in love and eventually became married. When they got married, Truong Phuong was 28 years old, and Van Truong Lam was 73 years old. At that time, Truong Phuong’s mother wanted her to marry a young man from a nearby village, even accepting their home ceremony. However, Truong Phuong’s “stubborn temperament” at that time made everyone unable to convince her. More importantly, she not only refused her mother’s request, but also decided to marry Van Truong Lam immediately. The incident caused a stir in public opinion in the village. Everyone thought that the girl was over-dressed and would have to regret it later. In the end, Truong Phuong and Van Truong Lam also achieved their goal. After getting married, they still gave birth to a baby boy. The couple also participated in the show “Happiness to knock on the door” on television, which surprised the audience with their post-marriage life, extremely simple, despite their normal living conditions. But the breath of a happy life filled the house like many other families. Truong Phuong stays at home to take care of his children and do chores in his spare time. Van Truong Lam is still the main source of income and the breadwinner of the family, he often visits home to visit for patients. Van Truong Lam loves Truong Phuong very much, because every time he comes home, he considers whether to bring something such as household appliances or clothes to Truong Phuong. When the couple looked at each other, their eyes filled with love and hope. In the past, villagers who used to see this as a joke always asked Truong Phuong if she would regret it. But no matter how many people ask, Truong Phuong always insists that he has no regrets. Now, people in the village that used to not take this relationship seriously also begin to send their blessings to them. Today, more and more people are pessimistic about their marriage, feeling that the marriage is not as good as they thought. But for this couple, on the contrary, they are even happier and more peaceful than normal couples. Looking at Truong Phuong and Van Truong Lam so happy, many people will wake up and realize that love is always so warm. However, many questions are raised around the age gap so much, whether they have any difficulty in raising children. Most people believe that the large gap between the two sides easily causes a generation gap. When faced with anything, a wife may have a more flexible resolution or attitude, while an older husband may be more stubborn and rigid. If neither side gives in, the relationship will turn into a game of tit-for-tat and will inevitably deteriorate. The large age gap means that older people will leave the world sooner, and those who stay will endure loneliness while alone. Conversely, if couples are the same age, they may spend more time together. This way, the longer they are together, the longer they will be with the children. In addition, in terms of children’s education, the pairs of “deviated chopsticks” are also often faced with conflicting opinions more often. Today, education is increasingly developing, because the young and the old receive different educational environments, so they will definitely give their own opinions in the process of educating children. Parents’ educational differences will not only affect their relationship but also their children. So in a family with such a large age gap, how can children have a correct view of the two words “family”? First of all, the relationship between parents must be harmonious. Parents should not lose their temper because of disagreement, because it will affect the family atmosphere. Children are very sensitive and can easily feel their parents’ feelings, and at the same time, they also develop a mentality quickly. In order for children to have a correct view of marriage and love, first of all, the love between parents must be harmonious, children must feel the love of their parents and the warmth of the family. For example, Truong Phuong might tell the child that she loves her husband very much, and the couple loves you very much, even though the father may leave later, but his love for the child is always something to be cherished to cherish. . At that time, the child will mature and will know how to cherish himself and others.

But the son did not just for that matter but only got heatstroke out there. He realized the sun had changed color, in spite of the dark dome year after year. In his mind one after another appeared images of pink silk strings, honey of wet waves, thin glass, the hair of a worm on the leaves, the edge of a stream of woman’s hair as she bent down to kiss.

“Now is September, probably”, he dreamed, “you know from the calendar”. The old man was furious, what about September, whatever color change in the sunlight it was, it was still the sun killing it, and he was almost burned down by it.

“Beautiful is poisonous, that sunlight is like your cheeks,” said the old man. Perhaps he wanted to mention the woman who left him behind. It was also a long time ago, when the son was only nine years old, the old man had also married several more wives, but still regretted his hatred not ceasing. A person’s first love, he said, determines his / her life. Although the son felt that he lost his campaign for mayor, or the loss of his investment in the artificial rain factory, the loss of wealth after a few divorces, it had nothing to do with his first love. But the old man still dragged the mother he could no longer remember, to blame for every risk he had in his life. The past is like the tail getting longer and longer, and I don’t know when it swings back to avoid the damage.

“It’s all in the sun to go fishing in the lake,” said the dreamy son, ignoring his father’s burning attitude, and his father’s helplessness, as if the old man was standing in front of the dying sick child. The old man can hardly stop the memories of a man who used to bathe in the September sun, the one sun that has met once in his life is unforgettable. But the son grew deeper, because it had been seventeen September, before the sun began to melt everything it shone on, and man retreated to the earth, creating the Underworld.

In Underground there is also sunshine, and sun. All are recreated vividly, just like the real thing. Everything is delicately simulated, the sun is tilted early and tomorrow afternoon, the days of artificially cloudy sky, and widespread showers or thunderstorms. Rain and shine are preprogrammed from the beginning of the year, before submitting to the Underground committee, and so that no year is like any other year. People no longer remember the real light, the real atmosphere in the world they left behind when they fled. Even plants and trees are deceived by artificial light, they branch, flower, bear fruit. Sunflowers regardless of the sun, still welcoming flowers. Only rosemary, probably overly sensitive to the environment, was doomed.

But they cannot reproduce the September sun. They couldn’t coat the air mirror, a thin, sweet layer. They do not know how to make the golden color of the sun that makes the leaves of the tree drink well before they do the sowing. So every September, in Underground, there will be a bunch of people who miss the old sun so much, don’t really need to do anything, climb up the dome and look back at the old sky. The children born in Underground don’t know why there is such an absurd nostalgia, they rummaged through thousands of books, searching for pages describing the autumn sun that made them crazy, but they didn’t feel it. OK. The clever word does not fully describe the intensity of the September sun, for it was not born to be described, but let people bathe, drink, numb, or hang from a tree or sink to the bottom; so that people remember the sadness.

Like that guy, lying on the dome forever, not needing anything, looking out there. Relieved of the scene where my husband / father quit his job, lethargic as he died, every September his wife and son would travel with suitcases. Staying Underground does not mean that people give up their passion for moving, nearly plane-speed trains across the oceans, they are always happy to keep their doors waiting for customers. He went upstairs with dome, lying forever Fewer and fewer people were going up there, they forgot the September sun, or had been able to endure it, went to see it. The last news about the sunburn was decades ago, he remembers that the column next to it had written about the summit meeting about patching ozone layer. I don’t know if the sun out there has cooled down yet. Someone must open the Underground door to try it out.

“That day, sitting fishing, seeing the mist evaporating on the lotus leaf,” he said to the old man. And the father was so desperate he didn’t want to say anything, as he saw the prospect of a son opening the door on Underground 86 and walking out.

Imagine someone else remembers the real sun out there, not that people are used to rain and sun and fake sun, like a bird used to cage. Someone else came out, burned down, was better than hiding in a deep pit. Who knows, when the sun has cooled, they won’t say it because everyone living in the cage looks after each other easily.

Text: Nguyen Ngoc Tu – Illustration: Kim Duan