



而立之年有了“小公主”
水亦詩出生于1993年10月。那之前,因為工作原因,水均益幾乎沒時間過多關注妻子腹中的水亦詩,所以,當那個粉嫩粉嫩的小肉團被護士放到水均益懷中時,30歲的水均益竟然當場落下了眼淚。是夜,他安頓好剛生產完的妻子,點燈翻遍經書典籍,為女兒尋覓一個能完美表達他情感的名字。一夜無眠后,終于,一個美麗而富有詩意的“亦詩”出爐了?!拔业呐畠?,我希望你能像名字一樣聰明、美麗、富有詩意?!笨粗唏僦械男∧樀?,水均益喃喃自語。
此時,水均益還在新華社國際部做編輯,收入不高,而他父母也幫不上忙,所以照料妻子女兒的重任就落到他頭上。為此,他向單位請了一個月的假,捋起袖子就做起“奶爸”。這一個月,他每天一睜眼就是跑市場,買豬蹄、鯽魚、老母雞……像深諳月子之道的婆婆媽媽們一樣,盡心竭力,悉心伺候。一個月之后,水亦詩從一個6斤的小不點長成了10斤重的胖丫頭,親戚朋友看見了,都大聲驚呼。水均益則一邊得意地笑,一邊愛憐地捏捏女兒的小鼻子:“壞丫頭,知道不,為了你,這一個月我把我一輩子的飯都做了。”
有了水亦詩之后,水均益的責任感瞬間增重。他要努力工作,給女兒一個良好環境,讓她更好地成長。也就在這時,他正式從新華社跳槽到央視《東方時空》欄目組。
一到央視,水均益就陷入忙碌中。波黑戰爭爆發了,央視決定派記者親臨戰場,而水均益,成了最佳人選。水均益請來保姆安頓好妻女,臨出門,看著睡夢中的水亦詩,他的眼圈一下紅了。他狠狠心扭過頭,帶上家門走了。
這一走就是半年。半年里,在遠處的炮聲和窗前的霧靄中,水均益一遍又一遍地回想那張香甜的小臉。實在挨不住思念時,他就撥通電話,靜靜地聽那端妻子逗女兒牙牙學語的聲音。
每通一次電話,水均益就在采訪本上畫“正”字,一邊畫,一邊在心里默默祝福這個上天賜與自己的小公主能夠早日長大成人,擁有一個幸福美好的未來。半年后,水均益出色完成報道任務平安歸來。到達北京的那天,他一把抱住已經長成小人兒的水亦詩,所有的緊張、恐懼和擔憂……在這一刻徹底釋放。
血脈相連和聚少離多,讓水均益對女兒心疼得無以復加??墒牵械男奶叟c愛憐,僅僅停留在他的內心里。只要陪在水亦詩身邊,他永遠是那個苛刻的嚴父。摔倒了,自己爬起來;哭了鬧了,別想哄到零食吃;自己能做的事,別指望爸爸動手。有次,水均益帶女兒到游樂場玩,水亦詩被一種攀爬的游戲吸引住了,可是,她個子實在太小,無力攀爬上去,小小的人兒便轉過身求助水均益,希望爸爸抱自己上去??墒牵嘣娧郯桶偷貞┣罅税胩?,水均益卻依然一動不動,只是鼓勵她去找服務人員幫忙。水亦詩最終無奈地向陌生的服務人員尋求協助,并成功地攀上了頂峰??粗畠涸诟咛幍靡獾貨_自己笑,水均益這才豎起大拇指,露出笑容:“真不愧是我的女兒,夠膽大,真棒!”
除了注重培養水亦詩的獨立性,在生活小事上水均益也要求嚴格。他要求女兒待人一定要熱情主動,禮貌得體,不得有半點以自我為中心的苗頭。一次,遠在蘭州的爺爺打電話給水亦詩,因為一時高興,水亦詩忘了爸爸教導的電話禮儀,大大咧咧嘻嘻哈哈就和爺爺說起來。電話掛斷后,水均益將水亦詩拉到一旁站立,黑著臉問:“爸爸告訴過你,打電話第一句應該怎么說?”水亦詩看著爸爸黑下來的臉,怯怯地申辯了一句:“我知道要先說‘你好,我是亦詩’,可是,今天是爺爺的電話,一接通我就知道是爺爺了?!彼嘣娫缴贽q,水均益越生氣,最終,水亦詩挨了一頓屁股。
老爸打造“平民女兒”
7歲那年,水亦詩上小學了,良好的學前教育讓她一進校就表現突出。同時,出身“名嘴”家庭的她事事處處表現出一種高高在上的優越感,驕傲得像個“小公主”,一學期上完了,還無法融入到小伙伴中。起初,因為工作太忙,相處時間不多,水均益并沒有太過注意。直到學期末,老師在評語后重重地加上了“驕傲”二字,這才讓他心中一驚,于是,他下決心把她改造成“平民女兒”。
為了打造水亦詩,水均益經常教育水亦詩“爸爸只是一個電視人,沒有什么了不起,你和其他小朋友相比,也沒有絲毫特別之處”,并直接將女兒帶到辦公室,以親身例子來證明。那時《東方時空》的工作量非常大,欄目組成員經常加班,餓了就叫份盒飯胡亂吃點,有時忙起來,甚至連盒飯也顧不上。于是,水均益就會冷不丁帶水亦詩去欄目組,讓她親自感受“電視民工”的生活。第一次去時,欄目組正在緊急籌備阿富汗戰爭的專題,大家一直忙到近兩點才想起午飯,一群人就地或蹲或站,三口兩口胡亂地扒著已經冷冰冰的盒飯??粗迨灏⒁虃冇行├仟N的吃相,水亦詩愣得張大了嘴,緊緊地盯著……
從阿富汗戰場歸來后,水均益作為多次身臨戰場的戰地記者,各種采訪蜂擁而來,其中一家名頭極響的雜志社找到水均益,想請他一家三口做封面人物。水亦詩得知后,高興得當場跳起來,可是水均益當場婉言謝絕了。
得知消息,水亦詩的眼淚一下蹦了出來:“爸爸,你為什么不讓我上封面呢?上封面是一件多光榮、多值得驕傲的事?!彼嫘钠綒夂停贿吿媾畠翰粮裳蹨I,一邊輕輕地問:“你發現有幾個小朋友和他們的爸爸媽媽上了雜志封面?你說說,你和別的小朋友有什么不同?你比他們強在哪里?他們沒有上封面,你上封面干什么?”女兒一下愣住了,最終水亦詩哽咽著應允:“我聽爸爸的,我不上封面?!?/p>
水均益從不給水亦詩買名牌衣服,每天的零花錢不超過一元。在家里,水亦詩和小阿姨同吃同住,小阿姨忙不完家務時,水亦詩必須幫忙打下手。水均益又下狠心,暑假將女兒送到農村老家,讓水亦詩和農村親戚一起生活。
農村的條件差,天氣炎熱似火,蚊蟲奇多無比。才一周,水亦詩身上就被蚊子咬出了大大小小的包,一張粉白的小臉也被曬得黝黑黝黑。她哽咽著給水均益打電話,水均益一邊安慰她,一邊轉移話題:“那兒的酸棗要熟了吧?爸爸小的時候嘴饞,天天赤溜著身子去摘,曬得一身油汗,一邊擦一邊往嘴里塞酸棗,那個味兒……回味無窮哇。還有你叔爺家后院那個池塘,現在滿池荷花香了吧?那里的蓮蓬是不是又嫩又甜?爸爸想著都要流口水了……”水均益的一番回味讓那端的水亦詩破涕為笑,掛完電話又高高興興地去玩了……
名父民女幸福樂陶陶
2003年春節,水均益要赴伊拉克戰場。臨行前,他專門抽出一天的時間陪水亦詩去游樂場玩??墒牵拕偝隹?,水亦詩卻搖了搖頭:“爸爸,你帶我去郵局好嗎?我想把我攢的零花錢給小敏寄過去,她爸爸一直生著病,肯定又要愁新年的文具了?!毙∶羰撬嘣娫谵r村老家的小伙伴,父親長年臥病,家境很貧困。水亦詩的話讓水均益瞬間驚住,他旋即牽上女兒的手,開心大笑:“走,也算上爸爸一個。”
經過水均益的不懈努力,水亦詩從穿著到言行都變成了“民女”,開朗活潑,聰明熱情,贏得了同學的好評,并被全票當選為班長?!吧先巍钡哪翘欤嘣婇_心地跑回家,一把抱住水均益,父女倆放聲大笑……
也許是潛移默化,女兒也繼承了水均益的口才。小學時,水亦詩就被選中,主持學校的文藝演出,是學校的明星小主持人。2006年,水亦詩所在的人大附中舉行主持人大賽,水亦詩想參加,可她又擔心爸爸不支持,就一直猶豫著。消息傳到水均益耳中,水均益當即刮著水亦詩的鼻子,笑了:“真是個傻丫頭,我不讓你拋頭露面,是不想你頭上有太多本不屬于你的光環,但這不代表我要扼殺你的愛好呀。我女兒有這能耐,我這當爸爸的驕傲還來不及呢。爸爸不僅挺你到底,還要當你的外援呢!”
在水均益的支持和鼓勵下,水亦詩投入到緊張的備賽中。半月后,憑借過硬的主持功底,水亦詩一舉拿下了冠軍。上臺領獎的那一天,水均益特意請了假去助戰,父女倆臺上臺下擠眉弄眼,笑成一團。
2010年6月,水亦詩受央視少兒頻道邀請和鞠萍姐姐聯袂主持2010“魅力校園”六一晚會,晚會舉辦之前,一心支持環保的水亦詩一直想自己改造一套“禮服”來上舞臺,回家就將衣柜翻了個底朝天??伤榱艘鹿瘢紱]能找出適合“上身”的衣服。正在泄氣間,水均益連忙從相冊里翻出一張老照片,指著照片上的自己對水亦詩說:“詩詩,你看看這個,爸爸身上的褲子可是自己弄的,那會爸爸迷上了喇叭褲,就自己買了塊布,七剪八剪地做了一條,穿上了,后來老師們看到了,都哈哈大笑。你現在的水平肯定比爸爸高,是吧,所以不要泄氣,大膽剪,剪出一條新裙子來?!闭f完,又壓低聲音,丟出句:“要是實在剪壞了,爸爸用私房錢補貼你?!彼娴脑捊o了水亦詩勇氣,最終,她還真成功用舊裙子剪出了一件“禮服”,穿到了晚會上。
“一切隨她好了,作為父親,我只希望她健康、快樂就好。當然,最好一直是平民,別當驕傲的小公主?!彼嫘刭u了個關子。不過,笑聲背后,那顆拳拳愛女之心,躍然而出。
TV Journalist and His Daughter
By Zheng Yanyuan
When his daughter was born in October, 1993, Shui Junyi was an editor at the international department of Xinhua News Agency. He spent a night going through dictionaries before he decided his daughter would be called Shui Yishi. As his parents were unable to help him, the young journalist applied for a father’s
leave for a month so that he could take care of his wife and daughter.
Shortly after the birth of the daughter, the young father came to work for Oriental Time, a morning news program at CCTV, China’s largest television network, marking a turning point of his journalist career.
By the time the daughter turned 7 and was about to go to school, Shui Junyi had already achieved national fame due to his outstanding coverage on various international events. Among the galaxy of famous program hosts and news presenters at CCTV, he is known as a gentleman of intellect, competence and knowledge. But in the eyes of the daughter, he used to be a vicious wizard that refused to treat her as a princess with privileges.
As a loving father, Shui Junyi formulated strict rules for the baby daughter: if she fell, she must pick herself up because it would be useless to look for help; crying and making mischief was no way to get snacks; the father would not help her do things within her capability. In short, the daughter had a total code to live by. Her father saw to it that she abided by these rules. The loving father had these rules because he did not want the daughter to be a spoiled girl.
At the end of the first year at primary school, Shui Junyi was astonished to learn that his daughter was considered conceited by many of her classmates. She knew about her father’s fame and she was a brilliant pupil. With a sense of superiority, she had difficulty getting along with her classmates. The father decided to do something about this issue. On various occasions he let the daughter understand that he was just a television journalist and her sense of superiority was totally groundless. Now and then, Shui Junyi brought his daughter to his workplace to see what really happened there. During these years, Oriental Time was the most popular news program at CCTV and the people working there worked very hard. Sometimes they simply did not have time for lunch until in the afternoon. The daughter was astonished by the hectic life at the backstage of the news program.
Shui Junyi has deliberately kept a low profile and refused to turn his family life public. He has declined publicity offers and interviews from various sources. One day the father turned down a request for a family photograph for the cover of a well known news magazine. After learning the father’s decision, the daughter wept. She pouted saying why the father deprived her of the glory that could have made her feel proud. The father and the daughter had a talk about the cover photograph. Shui Junyi asked why she thought she deserved appearing on a magazine cover whereas her classmates did not have the same opportunity. The question really touched the core of the issue. She was convinced of the necessity of keeping a low profile.
The father was not contented with what he could say and show his daughter at home in Beijing. He sent her back to his home village in Gansu Province during the daughter’s summer vacation. The first week was hard. She was totally frustrated with ruthless mosquito bites. She called her father from the village and complained. But with the father’s encouragement, she gradually adapted herself to the rural life. She made a lot of friends in the village. For years, she kept coming back to the village for summer vacation. The village life there has opened her eyes to social realities that she probably can’t have come to know in Beijing.
Shui Junyi has done everything possible to protect his daughter so that she can live a life undisturbed by publicity. The daughter grew up to be talented in language. In primary school she showed her talent in organizing and emceeing programs. When she came to the affiliated middle school to the Renmin University, her showbiz aptitude bloomed. However, she wondered whether she should participate in a presenters’ competition organized by the school. The father learned about the upcoming event and asked why the daughter hesitated. He explained he had insisted on no publicity but that did not mean that he wanted to kill her passion for what she really wanted to do. He said he was very proud that she had the aptitude and he would support her. She set down to work. Half a month later she came out number one in the competition.
Shui Yishi now has already made her debut into national programs through CCTV. Before she was about to appear at a party in celebration Children’s Day on June 1, 2010 at a CCTV program, she wanted to make a dress by herself. Her idea was to make it from used materials. She went through all the old skirts at home but nothing satisfied her fancy. Shui Junyi showed her a picture of him in early years. He had made a pair of bell trousers all by himself when the style was in. He advised her to cut boldly and make herself a new skirt. He said in case she ruined the material he would pay for it. She successfully made something out of a used skirt.
Shui Yishi is preparing herself for the national college entrance examination in 2011. She is frequently asked if she wants to be a news broadcaster or showbiz presenter in the future. She stalks by joking that her father has the final say in the issue. Shui Junyi says it is up to her. As father, he stalks too, saying he wants her to be healthy and happy. He certainly does not want her to be a spoiled princess, knowing only such a daughter will have an opportunity to lead an enriched life.