[This content is an adaptation of a long fictional short story, please watch it rationally, do not sit in the opposite seat]
My name is Zhao Fei, I used to be a soldier, for me, the unforgettable year in this life is always the year I was discharged!
In the spring of 1985, when I had completed the formalities and chose to transfer from the army to my hometown, I was 30 years old and wanted to start a family of my own.
After learning the news that I had changed jobs and returned to my hometown, my brothers before enlisting in the army held a grand welcome ceremony for me at home, and the rare reunion also made me completely relax my heartstrings, and I drank with my good brothers without getting drunk and never returning home.
When I woke up, I was thinking about the next life, and I didn't want to trouble the country anymore after I was discharged from the army, but I wanted to fight with my own hands and find a daughter-in-law who knew how cold and hot to marry.
On the afternoon of the third day of changing jobs, something unexpected happened.
I was sitting bored at home when I heard a commotion outside the door, and it turned out to be a little curly hair from the village who had come to carry me a letter.
As soon as I saw the payment, I instantly had mixed feelings in my heart, this was clearly written by my first girlfriend Liu Fang when I was sixteen or seventeen years old!
"Why did Xiaofang, who was already married, write to me?" I quickly opened the envelope with mixed thoughts.
I looked at the words carefully, as if I saw the solemn eyes of the shy little girl back then.
Xiaofang said in the letter that she was forced to divorce me because of the family's compulsion and married into a wealthy family in the city, but the person died young last year, and now she is a widow with an 8-year-old orphan, and everyone looks down on her.
Xiaofang wrote: "Although I was forced to give up our marriage back then, you have always been the most difficult relationship in my heart to give up. ”
Seeing this, I almost burst into tears, Xiaofang, Xiaofang, how much suffering have you suffered outside in the past few years...
I rubbed the placket of my shirt on my chest and stared out the window at the twilight, my heart full of mixed feelings that were indescribable.
Xiao Fang's letter made me panic for a while, but when I calmed down, I still felt that this matter had to be carefully considered!
To be honest, when I saw Liu Fang's letter, my heart was pounding.
Speaking of Xiaofang, it was the most lingering love in my heart when I was a teenager, at that time I was still a hairy boy, running around all day long, only Xiaofang, a good girl, could always hold my heart firmly.
The time I remember most clearly is that once I had a quarrel with my father because of family matters, and I ran to the old locust tree at the entrance of the village to cry as if I was angry.
Xiaofang gently patted me on the back and comforted me, "Don't cry, just tell me what is on your mind." ”
I looked up at her warm eyes, and suddenly I cried even more fiercely, Xiao Fang blushed and said, "You, if you are really sad, just lean on me......"
You can imagine how scared I was at the time.
I wiped the tears from my face, stared at Xiao Fang with teary eyes, and suddenly hugged her into my arms, tears stained her clothes, but Xiao Fang did not refuse in the slightest, but leaned closer to me, as if she wanted to share all her warmth with me.
We hugged each other for a long time, and we never felt that it was an overstepping intimacy.
We were both 16 years old that year, at a good age when love was beginning to bloom, but unfortunately we were unfortunately separated by our families in the end.
Time flies, more than 10 years have passed, and now Xiaofang is a widow with children, and I am no longer immature, but seeing her letter, I can't help but start to recall our childhood innocence.
Is God trying to give me a chance to rebuild the old good? I secretly made up my mind in my heart to regain my love with Xiaofang and cherish the fate of this life!
However, good things often require hard work.
For Liu Fang in the same village, the people in the village always spread some ugly words, saying that Liu Fang is a broom star, and she just married her husband to death in the city, and if she marries into my door, I am afraid that it will bring shame to the Zhao family.
Although rumors spread in the village, I still went to the door to have a showdown with the elders in the family and told my heart.
Unexpectedly, my parents not only counted me down fiercely, but also said that if they really married Xiaofang, they would cut off the parent-child relationship!
My parents' attitude made me confused, and it seems that I have to fight a tough battle to embark on this road!
In order to rebuild the old relationship with Xiaofang, I almost exhausted all the solutions of my body.
The elders of the family are very stubborn, and the uncle who is the master of the house directly puts on a posture of "no imagination", he said that Xiaofang is a "widow" and her reputation has become even more stinky, and if she marries into our family, it will be too embarrassing for her ancestors.
I wanted to throw something to vent several times, but my mother stopped me, she looked at me with complicated eyes, and said in a pleading tone: "Son, don't be confused with those suspicious women, you must know that Xiaofang is already a widow, who knows what dirty things she experienced back then." ”
I angrily denied: "Mother, you all listen to me!" Xiaofang is the love of my life, how can I insult her with those foul words! You don't know that it was her family who resolutely disagreed with our marriage back then, and forced her to find another home...... Now that we are widows, fate has pulled us together again, which is clearly the last gift from God! ”
Uncle sneered: "What gift? She's 30 years old and has an eight- or nine-year-old child! The ex-husband doesn't know if he was killed by her, and if he can marry her, our Zhao family will have to be laughed at by the whole village in the future! ”
As soon as I heard this, I was immediately enraged, and with a wave of my hand, I swept all the porcelain on the coffee table, and the remnants of porcelain lying on the ground were written "Longevity without borders", and I almost collapsed.
When he was angry, a familiar voice came from the courtyard: "Brother Fei...... Brother Zhao Fei, are you at home? ”
I struggled to get up from the mess, and finally saw the person clearly, it was Xiao Fang! She was holding a seven or eight-year-old child in one hand, and her dress was thin and mottled, and she looked pitiful.
"Xiaofang, you...... What are you doing here? I settled down and hurriedly stepped forward to help.
"Brother......" She burst into tears, struggling with her hands on my chest, crying, "I really have nowhere to go!" Can you remember the old relationship that took in our mother and son? ”
Seeing Xiaofang's miserable appearance, I only felt distressed.
What is the reason for this injustice that makes Xiaofang suffer such a tribulation?
It dawned on me that I had to sacrifice myself to prevent this poor woman and her children from being left in such a way!
At this time, I think back to my impulse back then, and I still remember it!
At that time, Xiaofang took the seven or eight-year-old child and stumbled into my yard, the scene was really a bit embarrassing, Xiaofang dragged the child tightly with both hands, crying pear blossoms and rain, it seemed that he had gone through quite a hardship to find me.
Despite the objections of the elders, I led their mother and son into my bedroom, made them a pot of hot tea, and covered them with a thick blanket.
Xiao Fang held the hot teacup with trembling hands, her eyes were dilated, as if she had not recovered from the fright just now.
I gently patted Xiaofang's thin shoulder, and comforted her repeatedly: "It's okay, it's okay, you all came to me safely, and with me Zhao Fei in the future, no one wants to bully your mother and son again!" ”
When Xiao Fang heard this, she finally couldn't help crying bitterly, buried her face deep in her palm, and the child also followed the tears, holding Xiao Fang's robe, pitiful.
"Brother...... I really don't have any other relatives to run to! Xiaofang sobbed and said something that I will never forget in my life: "Since the death of my husband, my mother and son have been kicked out of the house by my in-laws...... Even my sister's house closed the door to prevent my mother and son from entering! ”
"I wandered around with my children, and I was terrified all day long, and I suffered from the white eyes of others." Xiao Fang pounded the floor in pain, tears rolling down her cheeks, and said, "I'm not afraid of suffering myself, but I don't want my children to suffer like this." So...... That's why I came to you desperately, anyway, I have nothing to turn to in this life except you! ”
Looking at Xiaofang's resolute appearance, I was once again impressed by her bravery, in order to give the child a place to live, she didn't even care about herself!
At that moment, I grabbed her wrist and said to her categorically: "From now on, you and I will be a family!" Even if the whole village wants to stop it, I will never put your mother and son on the streets again! ”
Xiao Fang was completely moved by my resolute words, she slowly closed her eyes and snuggled into my arms, and the child in her arms also fell asleep like a treasure.
I looked at the mother and son sleeping so peacefully, and secretly resolved that I would shelter them from the wind and rain no matter what, and do my best as a man to support a stable world for them!
Since that day, I have been firmly with Xiaofang and her child through the second half of my life.
To be honest, I also experienced a lot of doubts and criticism at that time, and people in and out of the village, even my own relatives, seemed to regard us as "sinners" who were rebellious.
What I know best is that once when I was walking on the street with Xiaofang and her son, someone spit directly at us, and the other party pointed at Xiaofang with raised eyebrows and said: "Do you know that a person of this age is going to trample on the innocent family style of a veteran, and he is not afraid of being punished by God!" ”
I was furious, and I was about to start teaching the unobtrusive guy a lesson, but I was stopped by Xiaofang.
Xiao Fang whispered to me: "Forget it, brother, I'm used to hearing those people's foul language, but as long as you are by my side, I am already satisfied." ”
I looked at Xiao Fang's resolute and gentle eyes, and was once again impressed by her virtue.
Yes, in the face of all kinds of criticism from the world, the only thing we have to do is to support each other and prove everything with our actions.
In this way, in the midst of our hardships along the way, Xiaofang gradually transformed from a widow with no life to a gentle and courteous wife and mother, she took care of everything in the family, helped me share the burden of life, and her child, also regarded by me as my own, and since then I have a kind father.
Before you know it, more than a decade has passed.
In the blink of an eye, the glorious veteran has become the elder of the children, and the widow with thin clothes has long been radiant, and the white hair on her temples has been braided into ordinary and charming braids.
Looking back now, the reason why we have come to this point is that sincere love and perseverance to each other, Xiaofang is right, as long as we are still together, what is there to worry about any worldly slander and criticism?
From now on, I will take this mother and son to live the life we deserve, healthy and peaceful, this is the last gift from God, I must cherish it!
[This content is an adaptation of a long fictional short story, please watch it rationally, do not sit in the opposite seat]