(Disclaimer: This article is purely a fictional story, not my own experience, if there is any similarity, it is purely a coincidence)
In our eyes, if we can marry a foreign daughter-in-law, then the people around us will cast envious eyes, and they all feel that they can't find a daughter-in-law in their own country, and can they still find a foreign daughter-in-law?
However, at first, I never thought that I could marry a foreign wife, and it was by chance that I met my current Vietnamese wife, but after we got married for about a year, my wife and I went back to my mother's house, and my mother-in-law saw our virtue and said to my wife distressedly: "What kind of hard life are you living in China"!
01
I grew up in a rural area, and although I was the only child, I could not support the family in terms of income.
My parents were also a little ashamed of me, feeling that it was a wrong choice to give birth to me, and that I would suffer and suffer with this family.
But I have never thought like this, it is fate to be born in any family, not that you want to be born in a wealthy family, as long as your parents are willing to raise you with hard work, what else do you have to say, we have learned a word called "nurturing grace" since childhood?
As far back as I can remember, my parents never let me suffer from hunger and cold, and I would leave anything delicious to eat first, and naturally every Sunday, I would go to the fields to help my parents with some manual work.
So my childhood was not as happy as other children, and there was nothing to complain about.
After I went to high school, due to family financial reasons, I did not choose to continue to go to university, but went out to work as soon as possible to relieve the pressure on my family.
At that time, my mother also said to me: "Son, we two are sorry for you, we have no ability to let you continue to go to school like other children, it really makes you suffer."
When I said this, my mother's tears were about to flow out, and I felt very uncomfortable listening to it.
I comforted: "Mom, it's okay, as long as you are healthy and healthy, now that your son is grown up, he can help you earn money to support the family."
A few days later, an uncle of mine who has been working in Yunnan all the year round came home, and I was still in the house preparing to get up, when I vaguely heard my uncle say: "Big brother, otherwise you let Li Shuai follow me to Yunnan to work, although it is said that you can't earn a lot, but it is better than earning so much money at home."
When I heard this, I was ready to listen to my father's opinion, because when I was young, my uncle also called me father, and wanted him to go out to work with my uncle, but because I was still young at that time, it was too difficult for my mother to take care of the children at home alone, so I chose not to go.
After thinking about it, my father said: "I agree with this matter, you see whether Li Shuai wants to go out or not."
At this time, I hurriedly came out and said to my uncle, "I am willing to go out, as long as I can earn money, I will go".
After all, the hard life at home is too hard, so it is better to go out to work by yourself and send some money to the family every month.
I carefully asked my uncle when he was going to work, after all, he had to have a time to quit his current job, and it was a bit unreasonable to go directly.
Within two days, I packed my bags, said goodbye to my parents, and headed to the station to leave home.
Since my knowledge is very short-sighted, when I see something new along the way, I will ask my uncle what it is, and my uncle will see me so excited and say, "Look at your appearance that you have never seen the world, hurry up and sleep for a while, I haven't seen you close your eyes all the way."
Then I could only pout and say, "Got it, uncle, is Yunnan fun"?
However, my uncle didn't really want to talk to me, he just closed his eyes and didn't answer me, so I had to close my mouth and fall asleep.
When I arrived at my destination, it was already night, and I opened my eyes and asked my uncle, "Are we here?"
The uncle said, "Yes, if you are hungry or not, let's take you to eat first, and then take you to the place where you live after eating."
After eating, my uncle and I walked around the neighborhood for a while, and then went straight back to rest, the place where we lived was not very shabby, in a residential building, only two or three stories high.
I asked my uncle curiously, "Are you renting this house?"
Uncle said: "This house, I bought it with a sum of money at that time, after all, it has been developing here, and it is a little inappropriate to rent a house, so it is better to buy a small house to live in."
We talked a lot that night, telling me about the pit he had just stepped on when he first started working here, and something made me laugh.
The next day, we came to my uncle's place of work, where he opened a small studio, where he made ceramic crafts, and every day many people would come to the shop to sit there and make their own crafts.
And my job is to learn these things, and I can't just rely on others to make money by myself, but I also have to make some beautiful ones and sell them.
This learning process is very difficult, my uncle is very good during the study period, he is the same as my father, but this handicraft is not you can complete it in a hurry.
I'm a novice in this area, how can I compare to him?
After almost two months of studying, I was finally able to complete a work without the guidance of my uncle, and when I made it, I said, "You kid is quite talented, much better than your uncle and me."
My uncle went to study because he liked this thing at the time, but because of his own temperament, it took a long time to learn, and on the other hand, he probably wanted to sharpen his temper too.
After I learned it, I greeted customers in the store every day, and if I needed to teach them, I would try it again, and my uncle's task was to promote and sell.
02
I really like this kind of work, maybe it's still young, and I see all kinds of girls coming to the store every day, mostly Vietnamese girls, and they are very curious about this kind of thing.
Until one day, as soon as I was sitting next to me and resting, a Vietnamese girl came to the store, and I swear it was definitely the most beautiful girl I had ever seen, not one of them.
As soon as I saw her, I immediately lost my physical exhaustion, and hurriedly asked which one I wanted to make, and while talking to her, my little face turned red unconsciously.
The Vietnamese girl looked at me very shy and was very funny, so she asked, "Are you so embarrassed to talk to me, little blushing".
At this time, I didn't know how to answer, she saw my situation, so she picked a random style and made it, and I watched her quietly next to her.
At this time, my uncle came back: "Li Shuai, what are you staring at others, why don't you answer when people ask you how to do it"?
That's when I realized that I was so obsessed with watching that I didn't hear her talk to me, and then I quickly taught her, saying that she didn't understand what to do.
As soon as my brain was hot, I grabbed her hand and started to do it together, this reaction instantly startled her, I didn't expect that the little boy who was shy just now would start at this time.
But after all, I am a professional in making handicrafts, so I said, "I just explain to you that you don't know how to do it, and only by teaching you how to do it can you really know how to do it."
Of course, this is true, and there is no other idea.
After an hour or two, she said that she was leaving, and she would come back next time she had the opportunity, but the opportunities were reserved for those who were prepared, so I went directly to her and asked her for contact information, and my uncle saw this picture and was happy, and the result was that she did not refuse.
When the girl was gone, my uncle asked, "Are you interested in her, you couldn't hear it just now, and your courage is commendable."
After I had the contact information, I found out that her name was Su Qing, and she was a year older than me, and I thought that the opportunity was very high.
Under the slow contact, she came to the store as soon as she had time and asked me to teach her how to pinch ceramics.
Once, after eating, I proposed the idea of falling in love, and I was still quite nervous at the moment when I said it, afraid of rejection, and to my shock, she didn't refuse.
After we talked, I told my uncle about it, and he was shocked that he didn't expect me to catch up, and when I told my parents about it, they thought that as long as I was happy.
We talked for about two years, and then we discussed the matter of marriage, and it was certain that I would go to my mother-in-law's house to propose marriage, and I was very timid that day, and asked Su Qing carefully: "What do your parents like to eat?"
When I arrived at her house, I didn't dare to talk to them, for fear of saying the wrong thing, and finally broke up unhappily.
During the meal, I found out that her parents actually doted on their daughter, and they were also very distressed, and the most asked questions were about my family background, afraid of marrying and suffering.
In general, my parents-in-law were quite satisfied with my performance and agreed to our marriage.
After the date was set, we successfully got married, and I also proposed to Su Qing that I wanted to return home and develop close to my parents.
Su Qing didn't refuse, thinking that as long as she was with me, it didn't matter where she went.
After discussing with my uncle, I went back to my hometown and opened a similar ceramic handicraft shop, the business was quite good, and I thought about asking my parents not to farm at home, but they felt that it was more fulfilling to grow some land, and there was nothing to do.
At first, Su Qing stayed with me in the shop, but after the house in my hometown was built, Su Qing liked to follow my mother to work in the fields for some reason.
It was still summer, and a white girl was tanned like briquettes, and her hands were cocooned, and I tried to dissuade her, but she still didn't listen, and thought it was funny.
In the autumn, I said that I hadn't been to my mother-in-law's house for almost two years, and I wanted to go over and have a look, and Su Qing was very happy when she heard it.
03
When we arrived at the door of my mother-in-law's house, my mother-in-law was shocked, is this my daughter, why is it dark like this, and my hands are still so rough.
Directly began to lose his temper with me: "Li Shuai, I am blessed to marry my daughter and go to your house, and you raise my daughter to be like this?
He said to Su Qing again: "You girl, don't come to the house, don't go to China, divorce him, what kind of hard life is this?"
Then Su Qing laughed and explained: "It's not like this, our life is very good, but I want to experience the feeling of working in the field for a physical examination, but I didn't expect it to look like this, many people in Li Shuai's family are farming to make a living, and life is indeed a little hard."
This made the mother-in-law breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that I was like "cheating on marriage" and deceived her daughter away.
Su Qing's mother is also very worried about her daughter, after all, she is married so far away, and she doesn't know anyone except me, if she doesn't have a good life, shouldn't she feel distressed as a mother.
Since then, I haven't let my family go to the ground, just let them retire at home!
(Disclaimer: This article is purely a fictional story, not my own experience, if there is any similarity, it is purely a coincidence)