In 1975, I had been in the army for five years as a platoon commander. This year, I finally had the opportunity to go home and visit my parents. Dressed in a neat military uniform, I returned to my hometown, much to the delight of my parents.
The family conditions are not rich, and our family of four depends on farming for a living. Before I enlisted in the army, life at home was quite difficult. When I went home to visit relatives this time, my mother told me that Wang Ruijuan, an educated youth, had not returned to the city yet, and hoped that I would find time to visit her.
Wang Ruijuan came to our village from Beijing to join the queue, and first came to our village in 1968. My first encounter with her was at my house, when she was arranged to stay at my house because the village dormitory for educated youth had not yet been built. Wang Ruijuan seemed a little shy at that time, and I wanted to help her with her luggage, but she refused. In the days that followed, there was little communication between us until she left my house to go to the dormitory.
My family is not well-off, but my mother always feels sorry for Wang Ruijuan and prepares delicious meals for her alone every day. Wang Ruijuan stayed at my house for seven days, and when she left, she wanted to pay for my food, but I declined, and she gave me a fountain pen, which I gladly accepted this time.
During her hospitalization, Song Liping and I took turns taking care of her. Wang Ruijuan's every move made me have a good impression of her. Her body is gradually **, and the relationship between me and her is gradually warming.
Song Liping and Wang Ruijuan are high school classmates, and the two have a very good relationship. A day later, Wang Ruijuan woke up. She was a little surprised to see me there. Song Liping told her that thanks to my care these days, otherwise she would not be busy alone. Wang Ruijuan was very touched to learn that I had been waiting by her side and expressed her gratitude to me.
However, since I was about to enlist in the army, I offered to break up. Although Wang Ruijuan said that she was willing to wait for me, I didn't take it too seriously. After I joined the army, I trained hard until 1975, when I returned to my hometown to visit my family.
When I went home, I was both moved and ashamed to learn that Wang Ruijuan was still waiting for me. I decided to cherish this feeling. On August 25, 1976, we got married. After marriage, due to taking care of her children and parents, Wang Ruijuan gave up the college entrance examination.
In 1986, I ended my 16-year military career and returned to my hometown to work. It wasn't until 2010, after I retired, that my son bought a house for us in Beijing, and we returned to live in Beijing.
In 1975, when I returned to the army from a visit to my family, I wrote a marriage application. On August 25, 1976, on Wang Ruijuan's birthday, we got married. After getting married, Wang Ruijuan gave up the college entrance examination in order to take care of her children and parents.
In 1986, I ended my 16-year military career and returned to my hometown to work. It wasn't until 2010, after I retired, that my son bought us a house in Beijing, and we returned to live in Beijing.
In the blink of an eye, we have been married for more than forty years. We've been through a lot in those years. I sometimes ask my wife if she regrets marrying me. She always said she wouldn't regret it because she waited so long for me.
Life is short and full of choices. It is not easy to meet a confidant, and we should cherish the person in front of us.
In more than 40 years of married life, we have gone through a lot along the way, but my wife has never regretted marrying me. This relationship is fate and the arrangement of fate. Life is short, facing many choices, cherishing the people in front of us has always been our creed.