[This content is an adaptation of a long fictional short story, please watch it rationally, do not sit in the opposite seat]
I grew up in an ordinary peasant family, named Wang Xiaobao, who was 27 years old at the time, and had been farming in a small village with my parents since I was a child.
Although my family was very poor, my mother never treated me badly, and I grew up in a carefree environment, and the family atmosphere was very harmonious.
I remember one morning, my mother suddenly called me into the house with a solemn look and said that there was an important matter to talk to me, and I secretly beat a drum in my heart, for fear that something bad had happened.
Unexpectedly, what my mother said next, my heart sank, and I almost fainted, it turned out that my mother had set a family affair for me, but the bride was more than ten years older than me, and she was a widow!
I couldn't believe my ears when I heard the news, it was like I had been punched hard, and I wondered if my mother was deliberately targeting me.
I angrily asked my mother, why did you marry me such a very old widow? Do you look down on your son like this?
My mother explained again and again that it was not her intention to embarrass me, but for other reasons, but no matter how she explained, I could not understand and accept it, and I was so angry that I almost ran away from home.
Despite my protests, the marriage went ahead as scheduled, and on the day of the wedding, like a dead dog being led, I came to the bride's house in a daze and married the widow, who was more than ten years older than me.
On the first night of my wedding, I lay in bed looking at the unfamiliar faces around me, and I felt quite repulsed by the widow and bride in the first few days of my wedding.
Even though she tried her best to please me, I was always expressionless, ignoring her, and sometimes even ridiculing and laughing at her actions.
The widow bride is actually quite good, although her appearance is a little simple, her figure is well maintained, and the whole person gives people a kind feeling.
But she was obviously more than a decade older than me, and she was a widow, so I really couldn't accept it, but slowly, her meticulous care and patient explanation still made me release my old suspicions and make some changes.
She is very hard at housework, busy from morning to night every day, and even has very little time to sleep. The house is clean and hygienic every day.
Cooking is her forte, the dishes she makes are nutritious and taste very good, especially some tonic soups, she almost tirelessly boils up for me every day.
I'm a weak person, but since she started giving me these soups, I've felt more ruddy, and my whole body is full of energy.
She also had a very strange habit of insisting that we bask in the sun every morning and evening, and no matter how busy I was, she would pull us to take off our shirts in the yard and bask in the sun.
At first, I was reluctant, but slowly, this habit made my body healthier, and just like that, time passed quietly in her careful and thoughtful care.
After about a year or two, I feel that my resistance to her is completely gone, and although I haven't fallen in love with her yet, I can already accept her well.
At this time, a sudden bad news completely changed our life, one day, my mother suddenly fainted, and when she woke up, we rushed her to the hospital.
The results of the examination were shocking, and the mother turned out to be suffering from a terminal illness! The doctor said that I was afraid that my mother would not last long, and at that time, my heart was half cold.
My mother looked at me with a serious look and said that there was something very important that she had to tell me...
She squeezed my hand hard, and her expression was extremely solemn: "Xiaobao, I must tell you one thing, that is, the thing that made you marry a widow in the first place..."
Although I was very sad in my heart, I listened to my mother continue: "When I forced you to marry a widow, it was not because I looked down on you as you think, but for a reason you don't know..."
It turned out that before I was born, my grandfather had inherited a very rare disease from me, which had no cure and would quickly take my life when it attacked.
My mother said weakly that she saw that the widow was very good at taking care of people, so she decided to let me marry her at all costs.
Only her intimate care can delay my condition, for a while, my mind is a little confused, it turns out that my mother married me a widow, completely for my good!
My heart was suddenly touched by my mother's hard work and my daughter-in-law's kindness, and tears were about to flow out, I didn't know that my mother thought so much about me!
The mother said with great difficulty: "Xiaobao, so you must cherish your daughter-in-law, she has been taking care of you in her special way all these years, and the reason why you are in such good health is her credit..."
I quickly nodded, feeling that I was too short-sighted, and I had always had a grudge against my daughter-in-law, and even sometimes spoke coldly to her, but she was not angry at all.
In my mind, it slowly emerged that she insisted on boiling nourishing soup for me every day, and insisted that we take off our shirts and bask in the sun, it turned out to be to treat my illness!
I suddenly burst into tears and whispered to my mother, "Mom, I finally understand, you and your daughter-in-law are so good and wonderful... I'm sorry to worry you so much..."
In the end, my mother just gave up, and before she died, she used her last strength to urge me: "Xiaobao, you have to stay by your daughter-in-law's side, don't live up to my kindness to her..."
The news of my mother's death undoubtedly heartbroken me, but the teachings she left behind are still fresh in my memory, and even come back to my mind over and over again.
Yes, how could I have failed my mother and daughter-in-law for so many years of dedication and sincerity? From now on, I will definitely take good care of my daughter-in-law and compensate them with actions!
In this way, the last words my mother said in my ear, my daughter-in-law took my mother's entrustment as the whole meaning of life, and took care of me more carefully and considerately.
For a few years after my mother's death, my life seemed to be shrouded in a haze, and I often remembered her deathbed admonition and couldn't stop crying.
She took care of all my daily life more considerately, and once accidentally caught a cold, she even sacrificed her life to stay at my hospital bed 24 hours a day.
Although we are a little different in age, I have completely regarded her as my most important relative, and her dedication and sacrifice to me are all out of pure love.
Gradually, my affection for widows has gone beyond ordinary respect to incomparably deep love, and in this way, we live inseparably together, snuggling up to each other and keeping each other warm.
She taught me how to face life correctly, how to overcome all difficulties with a positive attitude and patience, and we talked to each other and supported each other.
The wisdom and kindness of my daughter-in-law have long been imprinted on my heart, thanks to the careful care of my mother and daughter-in-law, I can grow up healthy and experience the joy of life.
In the dead of night, the two of us would snuggle up and lie together, listening to her tell some of the past and feel her life experience.
In fact, she said, she also felt very difficult to marry into our family back then, after all, there was a huge age difference between us, and she was worried that it would be difficult to fulfill the responsibilities of a wife.
But when my mother told her that I was suffering from a rare terminal illness and hoped that she could save me, she was also very entangled.
After all, the grade gap between the two people is so big, and I am still a widow, but my mother doesn't mind at all, after all, my body is what she cares about the most.
At that time, she directly rejected my mother, but my mother knelt down for her, hoping that she would agree to marry me, and seeing her mother's attitude, she finally chose to agree.
My daughter-in-law said that in order to cure my condition, she also worked hard, insisted on making tonic soup for me every day, and let us bask in the sun, all of which were to increase my own immunity.
Seeing me recover little by little, her heart was extremely relieved, and after finishing speaking, two lines of tears hung on the corners of my daughter-in-law's eyes.
And I gently hugged her body and wiped her tears with my hands, but this also made her years of grievances begin to explode, which also made me really fall in love with her.
Half a year later, my wife and I welcomed our first child, and my daughter-in-law happily asked for an auspicious nickname for this new life with tears in her eyes.
It can be said that a family of three is happy, but after the daughter-in-law gave birth, her body began to deteriorate day by day.
Until one day, she suddenly found me, took my hand and said: "Xiaobao, my greatest wish in this life is to let you live safely, and now your health has been very good, even if my mission is completed..."
My tears were rolling, I could only nod vigorously, and my daughter-in-law continued: "You must love our children well, even if I am gone, I will protect you in heaven!" ”
After my daughter-in-law said this, she closed her eyes and left peacefully, and my heart was also painful, regretting that I had not taken good care of her.
But after thinking about it, she left, just as she said, in order to fulfill her greatest wish in life and live up to her mother's expectations for her.
Her passing has deprived me of the two most important people in my life, but their attitude towards life will always encourage me and make me have the courage to live in the future.
In this way, I followed my daughter-in-law's instructions, fulfilled my duties as a father, worked diligently and diligently, and managed this small family happily little by little.
It wasn't until when our child grew up and asked what kind of person her mother was that I told my child, "She is a good mother who loves her family!" ”
My son would hug me and laugh, although he lost his mother, but the love I gave him was enough to make up for the lost love, and all this I learned came from my daughter-in-law.
[This content is an adaptation of a long fictional short story, please watch it rationally, do not sit in the opposite seat]