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In 1994, I was working as a manager in a construction and engineering company and my wife was a primary school teacher.
We are located in a small town in a county in the south, which belongs to an economically underdeveloped or even backward area.
But I was already a good salary at that time, some of my old classmates were self-employed, and some were in large units, but their salaries or incomes were not as high as mine.
I don't have any bad habits, except for smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, I don't drink alcohol or play mahjong, so I save my salary and put it in the bank account, but I take care of the money myself, and my wife also has her own private account, and our money is put separately.
But how much money she has, I know, how much money I have, whether I receive a salary or not, and I will report to her truthfully.
Since she and I are both locals, and our parents both have houses left by our ancestors, we don't have to worry about buying a house, and at that time, there was no commercial housing, we all built our own houses, demolished the old houses and rebuilt them.
I went to work in the unit, and I used to pedal bicycles, but then I saw that many people bought motorcycles, and I also saved up my salary for two or three years and bought a happiness brand men's motorcycle.
But although I finally have a motorcycle to commute to work, the route to work with my wife is not smooth.
She still had to ride her bike back to her elementary school, and of course she was used to waking up early and was almost never late.
However, whenever I watch her push her bicycle out of the house, I only feel that it has been really not easy for her as my wife over the years, and we husband and wife have worked together to earn money for this family and save our salaries, so as to save money.
Commuting so hard every day is for the salary at the end of the month, and saving up the salary is for a more secure life in the future.
Of course, the reason why we saved money was also for the sake of our son's future, although he was only 10 years old at the time, he was still in primary school, compulsory education, but my wife and I had a plan to provide for him to go to university in the future, and to save for his future prospects, this money must be ready.
His wife works as a primary school teacher, although the salary is not high, but her savings are already considerable, but she has been reluctant to buy a women's motorcycle for herself.
I've been thinking about how much my savings will be converted into by my salary, and I think that even if I quit smoking and don't spend any money at all, I will have to wait half a year before I can buy a women's motorcycle for my wife.
And I just feel that I have to buy her a good one to express my heart, after all, since she married me, I really feel that she has paid too much for this family, but I have not really let her get any material enjoyment except for celebrating her birthday and giving her some small gifts.
I actually felt a little guilty in my heart, so I wanted to buy her an imported women's motorcycle, even if I only drove a domestic motorcycle.
What surprised me a little was that the construction engineering company I worked for actually said that because of my excellent performance in the past, it was going to let me and several other managers go on a visit and go abroad.
As soon as I heard this, I told my supervisor that I didn't want to make such a trip, but I wanted to get some cash to offset such an opportunity to travel abroad, and the supervisor told me that I could get a sum of money and that I deserved it.
When I asked how much I could get, and he said that number, my eyes lit up, and I thought that I would finally have to wait half a year to buy a women's motorcycle for my wife, and I would be able to do that soon.
As a result, after receiving such a sum of money, the first thing I went to was the dealerships of various motorcycles, so as to see which motorcycle was suitable for my wife.
At that time, there were only two or three women's motorcycles.
After I tried it, I found that Yama's brand of women's motorcycle was the best performance.
When I asked about the price, I found that such a price was out of my budget.
But I thought to myself, this is for my wife, and it can be opened for many years, how can I save money on such a thing?
After all, this is the best form of my love for her that I have expressed to her.
Eventually, I gritted my teeth and went to the bank to withdraw some money, which, together with the money I had obtained by accident, was able to buy back this incomparably exquisite Yama women's motorcycle.
I drove the new car home and put it in the middle of the yard, thinking that my wife would be pleasantly surprised when she came back from work.
For the next half hour, I waited for my wife to come back, but I was a little anxious, wishing that she would immediately return home on her bicycle and appear before my eyes, so that I could see her delighted expression.
What I didn't expect was that my wife pushed her bicycle into the house, and she was quite surprised to see such a brand-new women's motorcycle, and looked at me expressionlessly.
I was a little disappointed that she had such an expression.
She just asked me lightly, what is this? It can't be that you bought it, right? Who did you buy it for?
I replied, this is what I bought, of course it was for her, she usually pedals a broken bicycle when she commutes to and from work, doesn't she want to have a women's motorcycle, can she arrive at the unit every day?
What I didn't expect was that my wife told me very clearly that she felt that the distance to work was not far at all, so it was the most suitable to pedal a bicycle, and if she bought a motorcycle, she had to go to gas often, and there were other expenses.
"This money really shouldn't be used to buy me a car, I'd rather let you buy your mother some health care products, buy some delicious food, and make her happy, I don't want you to spend it like this." ”
My wife's voice was soft, but quite resolute, and she thought I just shouldn't have bought this motorcycle.
Even though the bike was pretty beautiful, she liked it too, and I could tell from it.
I know that my wife has always gotten along well with my mother, and that my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have a very strong relationship.
My mother treated her like her own daughter, she never let her be wronged, and she also took good care of my mother, and accompanied my mother to go out for morning sports when she was free, when she didn't have to go back to school to work.
But I only think that many ordinary families now have motorcycles, and there are two or three of them, and most of the working women also drive motorcycles to work.
My wife is still riding a bicycle to work, which seems to be undignified, after all, she has always been a teacher, and I don't know if she will be laughed at by students or students' parents.
I spoke my mind and told her that over the years, I had really never bought her anything valuable, anything gold, or anything like that, never, and therefore she didn't want me to spend such money.
And now, I bought such a motorcycle, it is indeed convenient for her to go to work, can let her get up a little later, and drive outside, is quite a face-saving thing, I want to express my apology to her wife for many years in this way, to make up for her has been paying, not getting due returns.
What I didn't expect was that my wife, who was really a model of reasonableness and understanding, put her arm around my shoulder, then pinched my nose, and then made a gentle and sincere voice:
"You're so stupid! What is your heart, how much you love me, don't I know in my heart? There's no need to buy something like this to show your love for me, as long as I know it in my heart. ”
Immediately after that, she made a very firm request to me to go with me to the dealership that sold motorcycles, so that she could negotiate with the people in that shop and return the goods to them.
I can't help but think, this thing is really difficult to do, after all, motorcycles are a commodity, sold, and if you want to return it and get the money back, it is unwilling for any store, and it is estimated that this product will definitely not be returned.
But my wife still insisted on doing such an effort, and I had no choice but to rush to the dealership with her, and found that the staff there had not yet left work.
When my wife and I offered to return the motorcycle, which had only been taken back for a few hours, to the shop, the staff reluctantly replied that this would not be possible, and that they would not accept such returns, even if we were willing to reduce the money.
Eventually, I had to tell my wife that if she really felt sorry for the money, then I would go back and talk to everyone I knew about it, and see if anyone wanted the motorcycle and sell it as a second-hand one.
Wife and children agreed.
When my wife and I drove this motorcycle home, my mother, who had just come back from the hospital, learned that I had bought my wife such a beautiful women's motorcycle, and she just thought, this is really right, she thinks that her daughter-in-law deserves such a valuable gift.
My wife said to her, "Mom, I really don't want it, because I don't really need it, I still hope that my husband can keep the money by his side, and if you are sick, you can also have money to treat the disease." ”
But my mother said to her: "Sister-in-law, don't use money because of my illness, and the need for money for the family, this motorcycle was given to you by my son, you can accept it, you husband and wife, you should be so affectionate, and you will always be affectionate." ”
In the end, under my mother's repeated persuasion, my wife couldn't say anything more, so she had to agree, willing to let me use her ID card to get a license, and she would drive this motorcycle to commute to work in the future.
She drove this women's motorcycle for fifteen years, until the car has become popular and has entered thousands of households, and she has become the vice principal of the school, and the Yamaha women's motorcycle also has a breakdown problem, and she replaced it with a second-hand Shenlong Fukang car.
Now, this women's motorcycle, which can no longer be driven, is still treasured in my family, and it is a testimony to the relationship between our husband and wife for many years.
I am also grateful to God for allowing me to meet this good wife who is diligent and thrifty.
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