On April 19, 2019, two beautiful-looking, tall young women slowly walked into the blind date corner of Longtan Park in Beijing with handbags.
Soon, many uncles and aunts came around to sell their sons to them, and some parents who were more anxious even took out photos of their sons directly and let the two girls choose.
The two girls politely refused the love of their uncle and aunt and told them that they were married and had children.
They took out of their handbags a prepared poster that read, "Find someone for mom," a photo of a middle-aged woman, and some basic information.
The people around them were very surprised to see their actions, because they had only seen a blind date for their son and daughter, and they had never seen a daughter kissing her mother.
What's going on here?
Married to her husband on the orders of her mother
On May 9, 1971, a girl named Dong Wenqin was born into a rural family in Linxi County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province.
Dong Wenqin's mother was his father's second wife, and the other older siblings were born to his father's original match.
In the third year after the death of his father, Dong Wenqin's parents got married and became a family.
However, the brothers and sisters felt that their father's behavior was a betrayal of their mother, so they rejected their father's current wife very much.
The children rejected her, and her husband was too busy with farm work to care for her, which made Dong Wenqin's mother have no sense of belonging to the new home.
After Dong Wenqin was born, her mother regarded her as her hope and sustenance and loved her in every way.
Dong Wenqin is the youngest child in the family, so her father is also very fond of her.
However, her father's love caused dissatisfaction among her brothers and sisters, who resented Dong Wenqin very much and once secretly bullied her in private.
Fortunately, Dong Wenqin's mother discovered the behavior of her stepsons and stepdaughters and stopped them in time.
After that, Dong Wenqin's mother would never let her daughter play with them again, and she would take her with her in everything she did.
Under the care of her mother, Dong Wenqin grew up day by day.
She has been with her mother since she was a child, and under her mother's ears, she will do all kinds of housework at a young age.
Dong Wenqin's cooking skills are exceptionally good, even surpassing her mother.
In September 1989, 18-year-old Dong Wenqin met her husband Lei Jianjun under the introduction of a matchmaker.
In fact, her mother did not want her child to get married so early, but she was seriously ill and did not have much time.
Dong Wenqin's mother was afraid that after she left, her daughter would be bullied by her brother and sister-in-law, so she could only arrange a marriage for her in advance.
Lei Jianjun is the only son in the family, and after graduating from junior high school, he returned home to work with his parents in farming.
Dong Wenqin's mother saw that he was honest and capable, and the family conditions were good, so she entrusted her daughter to him.
18-year-old Dong Wenqin is very famous for her cooking skills, so Dong Jianjun likes her very much.
He took Dong Wenqin's hand and knelt in front of her mother's hospital bed and swore to the heavens that he would be good to Dong Wenqin in this life.
Soon, the two were married and became a family under the witness of both parents.
Dong Wenqin's mother was relieved to see that her daughter had a home, and soon after her daughter got married, she died in her sleep.
After the death of her mother, Dong Wenqin was very sad, and under the comfort of her husband, she had a hard time cheering up and returned to her mother's house to attend her mother's funeral.
Divorced from her husband and brought her daughter to Beijing to work hard
At the beginning, Dong Wenqin and Lei Jianjun Qinser and Ming, the life was honey and oil, and her mother-in-law was also very fond of her because of her daughter-in-law's first-hand cooking skills.
But less than half a year after marriage, Dong Wenqin's in-laws began to give birth, and as soon as they saw Dong Wenqin, they read about the child to her.
These actions made Dong Wenqin very annoyed, but he did not dare to be angry, and could only echo their words with a smile.
Later, they saw that Dong Wenqin had not been pregnant, and their attitude towards her was getting worse and worse.
At this time, Dong Wenqin was also very anxious in her heart, and even went to the hospital with her husband to check her body, but all the doctors told her that there was nothing wrong with her body.
After three years of marriage, not only her in-laws urged her, but even Dong Wenqin's husband had an opinion on her.
The family's attitude towards her was getting worse and worse, but Dong Wenqin was bitter in her heart and did not know who to talk to.
Her mother has died, her father has left nothing to do, and her mother's affairs are now decided by her brother and sister-in-law.
If Dong Wenqin went back to complain, not only would he not get their help, but he would let them see jokes in vain.
In desperation, Dong Wenqin could only live in her in-laws' home.
In 1995, the 24-year-old Dong Wenqin finally conceived a child under the eager expectations of everyone, and soon gave birth to a daughter, Lei Xiaoxuan.
The birth of her daughter made Dong Wenqin very happy, but it made her in-laws very dissatisfied.
Lei Jianjun's parents feel that girls are all married, and only boys can pass on the generations.
In order to let the daughter-in-law give birth to a boy as soon as possible, Dong Wenqin was forced to drink a series of folk remedies for giving birth to boys before she was born.
These operations of theirs made Dong Wenqin very angry, so she quietly dumped the home remedies prepared by her mother-in-law.
Her move was not concealed for long, and soon Dong Wenqin's mother-in-law discovered her daughter-in-law's approach.
She was very angry and directly slapped Dong Wenqin's face, and she confused Dong Wenqin on the spot.
Dong Wenqin ran out crying, but did not know where to run.
Her father died two years ago, and now she can't go back even if she has a mother's family.
Dong Wenqin sat alone by the river and cried loudly, after which she dried her tears and returned to her in-laws' house.
At that time, Dong Wenqin's husband and in-laws were eating dinner at the dinner table with laughter and laughter, while her newborn daughter was crying in the room but no one cared.
Dong Wenqin just entered the door when she heard her daughter's crying, she did not greet anyone, quickly ran into the room, holding her daughter patiently coaxed.
After that, Dong Wenqin's mother-in-law scolded her, while her husband watched coldly.
In 1993, Dong Wenqin became pregnant again and gave birth to her second daughter, Lei Xiaohui.
This once again aroused the dissatisfaction of the three members of the Lei family, who shouted that they wanted to throw away the child and give away the eldest granddaughter as well.
Dong Wenqin loves her two daughters very much and has no complaints or dislikes for them.
She saw that her in-laws really had such plans, and her husband agreed with her parents' decision, and she was very angry.
She would not let anyone have a chance to hurt her daughter, so she resolutely took her two daughters and divorced her husband.
After the divorce, Dong Wenqin had no place to go, and she did not want to stay in this small village for people to see jokes.
So she borrowed a little money from her grandmother's cousins and took her two daughters to Beijing.
Sell breakfast with box lunches to feed two daughters
After coming to Beijing, Dong Wenqin originally wanted to find a job to make money, but she had no culture, no technology, and many factories did not need her.
The jobs she can find are those with particularly long hours and low salaries.
Such a job not only makes it impossible for her to take care of her two young daughters, but also to support them.
After Dong Wenqin's deliberation, she decided to push a cart to the wet market every morning to sell breakfast.
Soon, her breakfast stall was set up.
Her craftsmanship is good, the ingredients are enough, others use clear soup to cook wontons, she cooks in chicken soup, and soon attracted a group of customers.
Dong Wenqin is beautiful and Sven," so many young lads like to patronize her breakfast shop.
She gets up every morning at one or two o'clock to make noodles and prepares various breakfast fillings.
At three or four o'clock, she began to wrap buns and wontons, and before the day was over, she pushed the cart out the door.
When breakfast was sold out, she came back to fry the box lunch, and at noon, she pushed the box lunch to the market again to sell.
In the afternoon, she still couldn't rest because she had to buy ingredients for the next morning.
Dong Wenqin is clean and neat, and she is hard-working, so she has an income of more than three thousand yuan per month.
The money was enough for her to live very well in Beijing alone, but it was a bit of a struggle to raise two daughters.
Not only does she have to pay the rent, but she also needs to prepare tuition, living expenses, and so on for her daughter.
Dong Wenqin feels that she has no culture and can only make money by physical strength, but she must cultivate her daughters well and make them better than herself.
Lei Xiaoxuan and Lei Xiaohui understand their mother's hardships very well, so they redouble their serious study, which makes Dong Wenqin feel very pleased.
As soon as they have time, they will go to Dong Wenqin's stall and help her, and the stall owners around them praise them as smart and sensible children.
In fact, after Dong Wenqin came to Beijing, there were also many neighbors and stall owners who introduced her to her.
The two daughters saw that their mother was living so hard, and they also wanted her to have someone to rely on.
However, Dong Wenqin is afraid that after she finds a partner, her two daughters will be left out in the cold, and may even be bullied like when she was a child.
Therefore, she resolutely refused all blind dates, saying that she did not want to get married, but only wanted to live with her two daughters.
Lei Xiaohui and Lei Xiaoxuan inherited their mother's excellent genes and grew up very beautiful.
After the two went to college, in order to reduce their mother's burden, they both became flat models one after another.
They have a good image and good temperament, and many advertising agencies are willing to cooperate with them.
The two earned money while studying, and later, they used their own efforts to make up the tuition and living expenses for four years of college.
When they saw that their mother had been working hard for more than ten years, they wanted to persuade her not to work so hard.
Dong Wenqin considered that the two children were still studying, although they could make money, but in the end they did not have their own careers to support, so she continued to sell early, and instructed her two daughters to study well.
After knowing their mother's worries, Lei Xiaohui and Lei Xiaoxuan worked harder, they wanted to make money quickly and have their own careers quickly, so that their mother could enjoy her old age in peace.
After graduating from college, they continued to work as graphic models and used their savings to open a skin management center.
Later, the sisters married and had children one after another and formed a happy little family.
Until the two daughters had children, Dong Wenqin did not continue to sell breakfast, but concentrated on bringing children to the two daughters.
She lives close to her two daughters, and every morning, before her son-in-law goes to work, she will take care of the children, and after work in the evening, they will take their children home.
Looking at the happy appearance of her daughters, Dong Wenqin felt that this life was worth it, but what she didn't know was that her two daughters were worrying about her life events.
Buy a house for your mother and ask her for marriage
In fact, after the two daughters were able to operate stably in the skin management center, they bought a three-bedroom house for Dong Wenqin in their hometown in Hebei.
Dong Wenqin occasionally went back to live and visit former relatives, but she spent most of her time in Beijing watching over her daughters.
Lei Xiaohui and Lei Xiaoxuan can't often accompany their mother because they are busy with their careers, and many times, they feel that their mother is too lonely. So, the sisters moved their minds to find a wife for their mother.
Dong Wenqin originally did not plan to find a wife, because she felt that she was used to being alone, and her daughters had also established a family, and there was nothing to worry about.
In the future, she only needs to take good care of her daughter's children, help her daughters well, and not burden them.
However, Dong Wenqin's daughters feel that their mothers need the company of others, and for them, the happiness of their mothers is the most important.
Finally, under the persuasion of the two sisters, Dong Wenqin agreed to the blind date.
After that, they often went to various blind dates in Beijing to introduce their mothers, and once appeared on Shandong Satellite TV's women's talent and emotional reality show "Mamma Mia" to solicit marriage for their mother.
On December 15, 2021, the "Mamma Mia" program team of Shandong Satellite TV visited Dong Wenqin's family.
At that time, Dong Wenqin was at home with her two grandsons to paint, and after seeing the column group, she was very surprised and thanked the column group for its concern for them.
She told the host Cheng Lei that after the broadcast of "Mamma Mia", many single men came to ask her what she wanted from her partner.
Dong Wenqin is a very casual woman, she feels that it is good to follow fate, and there is no need to force it.
Later, a 56-year-old chef added her WeChat, and the two chatted very closely online.
The chef is a native of Beijing, his wife has been dead for many years, and he raised a pair of children alone.
Now, his children have also become a family and have children, so he wants to find someone to spend his old age with.
Later, Dong Wenqin met with him offline, and as soon as they met, Dong Wenqin knew that this was the person she was looking for.
This man was very kind to Dong Wenqin, he often prepared various delicacies for her, and sometimes came to her house to prepare large meals and entertain her daughters and sons-in-law.
Dong Wenqin's two daughters liked this stepfather very much, felt that he was a very reliable man, and also supported his relationship with his mother.
Dong Wenqin also told the host Cheng Lei that they are already discussing marriage and expect to hold a wedding in the second half of next year.
I wish this strong and hard-working mother a happy marriage and a happy family.
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