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Growing up in an ordinary family, his parents are hardworking and simple people. What they want from me is to live an ordinary and stable life. When I reached marriageable age, my parents began to worry about blind dates for me. After many failures, he finally met his current wife, Xiao Li, on a blind date.
Xiao Li's family background is ordinary, her character is good, and she is a kind and virtuous girl. The two of us hit it off at first sight and quickly established a relationship. After more than a year together, we decided to get married. According to tradition, my parents need to go to Xiao Li's house to propose marriage and negotiate the amount of the bride price. I always thought it was just a formality, but I didn't expect to encounter such a situation.
One sunny day, my parents and I came to Xiao Li's house to prepare for the official proposal. Xiao Li's parents cooked and set up a table of sumptuous dishes to entertain us. After three rounds of drinking, the parents finally got down to business.
"200,000?" Xiao Li's father interrupted my father's words, "What are you kidding? Where is 200,000 yuan enough now? At least 500,000 yuan has to start!"
"500,000?" My mother was taken aback, "That's our life savings, you're asking too much, aren't you?"
"High?!" Xiao Li's mother looked at us incredulously, "Our daughter is a golden branch and jade leaf, where is 200,000 yuan enough? What do you think of our daughter?"
"Shut up! You don't take yourself seriously, we don't want you to lose anything!"
The atmosphere was tense for a time, and the two sides were at a stalemate. At this moment, my father suddenly spoke up and said, "Okay, let's give 30,000 for 30,000." "
"What?" Xiao Li's father almost jumped up from his chair, "30,000 yuan, what are you treating my daughter for?
"Dad!" Xiao Li finally couldn't hold it back, tears rolled in his eyes, "How can you say that?
I stepped forward and took Xiao Li into my arms and glared at her parents fiercely. "Xiao Li is right! You think too low of your daughter! What a wonderful girl she is, you should be proud of her. "
"Hmph, what qualifications do you kid have to talk about us?" Xiao Li's father glared angrily, "You can't even take out two or three hundred thousand, are you embarrassed to marry my daughter?"
"That's it, your family is too poor, and it will only drag down my daughter in the future!" Xiao Li's mother also followed suit.
At this moment, Xiao Li suddenly fell to the ground and fainted. The news of Xiao Li's coma was like a blow to the head, and everyone was frightened. I picked up Xiao Li and found her sweating profusely and her face pale. I quickly picked her up and yelled at both parents, "Call an ambulance!
The ambulance soon arrived and took Xiao Li to the hospital. I sat in the car, watching Xiao Li's painful sleeping face, tears rolling in my eyes. In the hallways of the hospital, I felt guilty as I thought about what had happened.
Fortunately, Xiao Li woke up quickly, but he was a little frightened. I sat in front of her hospital bed, took her hand, and said in a choked tone: "I'm sorry Xiao Li, it was we who made you suffer so many grievances." You can rest assured, no matter what the future holds, I will give you a happy and stable life. "
Xiao Li shook his head and said firmly: "It's okay, it's not your fault." It's my parents who have gone too far, and I've made up my mind to leave here with you and live the life I want. "
Xiao Li saw my concerns and said firmly, "Mr. Zhang, you can rest assured." As long as you are here, no matter how hard it will be in the future, I will share it with you. You and I are both young, it's time to live for yourself. "
I was deeply moved by Xiao Li's determination, and tears welled up in my eyes. Yes, Xiao Li is right. We are no longer young, it's time to live for ourselves. I held Xiao Li's hand tightly and nodded.
In this way, Xiao Li and I started our new life from the hospital. We rented a small rental house and lived on my meager salary. Although life is tight, at least it is far away from those rights and wrongs and harms. Xiao Li put all her thoughts on the family, she was careful in her calculations, cut down on food and clothing, and maintained our small family. Sometimes I feel guilty that I made Xiao Li bear so much. But whenever I think like this, Xiao Li will take my hand and say, "It's okay, we're very happy together." "
And just like that, year after year passed. One day, when I was tidying up the house, I stumbled upon a small notebook detailing our income and expenditure over the years. I opened the book and found out how carefully Xiao Li has been calculating all these years and how he has tried his best to save every penny. The book says that she eats less and wears less in order to save money, but she saves all the money she saves. My tears came out of my eyes again, Xiao Li is so kind and diligent, and I have given her such a poor life.
Xiao Li interrupted me, she looked at me deeply, and her tone was firm: "Mr. Zhang, you have to remember that we are not poor, we are only temporarily short of money. As long as we are together, we will never be poor. You and I are still young, as long as we continue to work hard, our future life will definitely be better. "
Listening to Xiao Li's words, my heart was deeply moved. Yes, we're not poor, we're just short of money. As long as we are together, we will never be poor. I hugged Xiao Li tightly and was determined to create a better life for her.
Since then, I have worked harder, and Xiao Li has also taken care of the housework in three places at home. Slowly, our lives have finally improved. After a few years, we finally saved up enough for a down payment and bought a tiny house in town. Although it is only more than 60 square meters, this is already the biggest dream of our life.
Yes, with our own home, we don't have to worry about rent anymore. From then on, we have to start a new life and slowly lay the foundation for our future family. Looking at Xiao Li's happy smile, I also laughed heartily.
In this way, we started the world of two people in this small 60-square-meter house. Xiao Li decorates the home in an orderly manner, warm and full of life. Every day when I come home from work, I can smell the smell of rice, and Xiao Li is always waiting for me at home on time. We sat at the small dining table and ate our homely meals, talking and laughing, as if we were the only two of us in the whole world.
As the days passed, our lives became more and more stable. One day, Xiao Li suddenly said to me: "Honey, we have been married for so long, why don't we consider having a child?"
A child! I can't help but feel a warm current in my heart. Yes, we've been married for years, and it's time to add a new member to the family. Looking at Xiao Li's expectant eyes, I nodded without hesitation.
In this way, Xiao Li and I began the process of preparing for pregnancy. However, a month, two months, and three months have passed, and Xiao Li still shows no signs of pregnancy. I could see her anxiety and suggested that she go to the hospital for a check-up.
The result shocked both of us, the doctor said that Xiao Li had congenital fertility problems, and the chance of getting pregnant was very small. This was undoubtedly a blow in the face, and our once good hopes were suddenly dashed. Xiao Li sat directly on the ground, tears raining down. I hurriedly helped her up and comforted her softly: "It's okay Xiao Li, even if we can't have children, the relationship between us will not change." We are happy enough with each other. "
Xiao Li shook his head stubbornly, and said bitterly: "But, we can't live without children! You and I are so old, if we grow old like this, then it will be a pity for us in this life." "
Looking at Xiao Li's desperate expression, my heart seemed to be caught by something. I know how important it is for a woman to have children. However, fate often plays tricks on people. Just when I was in great pain, Xiao Li suddenly spoke: "Honey, why don't we go and adopt a child!"
I didn't expect Xiao Li to come up with this idea. But when you think about it, it's a good choice. Although we cannot have children, we can have children of our own through adoption. Seeing Xiao Li's expression of hope regained, I nodded vigorously.
And just like that, we began the process of adopting a child. Due to financial constraints, we had to adopt a child of four or five years old. But even so, we couldn't be more excited. After a lot of hard work, we finally fell in love with a five-year-old girl named Xiaohua in an orphanage.
In this way, Xiaohua officially became the daughter of me and Xiao Li. On the way home, Xiaohua kept holding our hands and jumping around happily. "Mom and Dad, we finally have a home! I'm so happy!" Xiaohua said innocently. Xiao Li and I looked at each other, tears rolling in our eyes. Yes, we finally have a home, and Xiaohua is our greatest happiness.
Sometimes Xiaohua would ask her about her origins, and we would tell her the truth about our experiences. At first, Xiaohua was a little confused and didn't quite understand why her parents were not her biological parents. But gradually, she became sensible and knew how much we loved her, and she learned to respond to our love in the purest way possible.
The arrival of Xiaohua has brought endless happiness to our lives, but at the same time, it has also added a lot of trouble. After all, the expenses of one person are completely different from those of three people, and my meager salary is simply not enough to support our whole family. Fortunately, Xiao Li is very diligent, and she often earns some pocket money at home, but even so, our life is still quite poor.
Once, Xiaohua was bullied by some bad kids at school, and they ridiculed Xiaohua as "a child without a father and no mother". Xiaohua cried at the time, and when she got home, she told me and Xiao Li about it. I was so angry that I almost wanted to go to school to find the parents of those bad children, but Xiao Li grabbed me, just hugged Xiaohua gently and said, "Huahua is good, no matter what others say, Mom and Dad will always love you." "
Since then, Xiaohua has never mentioned the incident again. But I know that she must still have some pimples in her heart. A child, no matter how much love he gets, will inevitably have confusion and low self-esteem about his origin. Looking at Xiaohua's sometimes sad little face, my heart is very sad.
I started working hard to make money, just to give Xiaohua a better living environment. But wages are limited after all, and no amount of money is a drop in the bucket for a person. Sometimes I regret why I didn't give Xiao Li a more decent bride price in the first place? If our family had been better, Xiaohua would not have suffered these grievances.
Just when I was saddened, an unexpected turn of events occurred. One day, I received a strange call, the other party claimed to be Xiao Li's cousin, saying that he had accidentally seen some news about Xiao Li recently and wanted to meet her.
At first, I refused, fearing that I would be criticized and hurt by my relatives and friends again. But Xiao Li readily agreed, saying that he should let relatives and friends meet our good daughter Xiaohua. So, we made an appointment to meet.
On the day of the meeting, we went together as a family. Xiao Li's cousin seemed to be a nice person, and he hugged Xiao Li warmly and greeted Xiao Hua cordially. In the restaurant, he asked us in detail about our lives. After learning about our situation, he sighed for a while, and then said earnestly: "Xiao Li, it's too hard for you to live like this. Otherwise, you can move in with us, and I have a good job here, so you can just take care of Xiaohua at home. "
Xiao Li and I glanced at each other, and we were both a little moved. Xiao Li's cousin is indeed a good person, and his kindness is obvious to all. However, our family of three is so attached to others, which is inevitably too parasitistic. Just as we were hesitating, Xiaohua suddenly spoke: "Uncle Cousin, thank you for your kindness, but it's better for our family of three to live together." Mom and Dad are very hardworking, and we can live well on our own. "
Xiao Li's cousin obviously didn't expect such a little girl to say such childish words, and couldn't help laughing. Xiao Li and I were moved to tears. Yes, although our family lives in poverty, we have our own dignity and do not want to be pitied. Xiaohua's words undoubtedly gave us great encouragement.
In this way, we politely rejected our cousin's kindness and remade up our minds to create a better living environment for Xiaohua. When I got home, I sat down at my small desk and carefully calculated our bills and expenses. After some calculations, I found that rent and education expenses accounted for the largest proportion of our expenses.
I suddenly had an idea and called Xiao Li over. "My dear, can we consider living in a different place? Just rent a cheaper house, and the money saved can be used to enroll Xiaohua in more extracurricular tutoring classes. "
Xiao Li nodded thoughtfully: "This is a good idea, but the environment of the cheap house may not be very good, will it affect Xiaohua?"
"It doesn't matter," I said with a smile, "as long as the three of us are together, everywhere is home." Xiaohua is also very sensible, she will understand. "
That's how we started looking for a house with a cheap rent. Soon, we found an old house in a remote neighborhood that only cost 200 yuan in rent. Although the house is old and the environment is somewhat basic, it is already the greatest luxury for us.
Since then, our overhead has been greatly reduced. Xiao Li spent all the money saved on Xiaohua's education and enrolled her in a lot of cram schools. I worked harder, trying to earn money to contribute to my family.
And just like that, year after year. Xiaohua also gradually grew up, from an innocent little girl to a clever and lovely girl. Her results have always been among the best, thanks to the dedication of Xiao Li and me. Sometimes Xiaohua will say to me, "Mom and Dad, thank you for giving so much for me." When I grow up, I will definitely be filial to you. "