In 2014, Jiangxi Nancheng.
A 92-year-old man, looking around on a strange street.
After watching it for a long time, he accepted the fact that the familiar bridge had been demolished a long time ago, to be precise, everything he was familiar with had been demolished.
There is nothing old to remember, and he can only stand on this land where he once lived.
Suddenly, he saw a grapefruit tree, and his expression changed instantly.
Excited, delighted, unbelievable......
He staggered closer to the tree, trying to go faster, but trying to walk slower.
Whether fast or slow, he eventually walked under the tree.
He reached out and stroked the tree, his eyes reddening.
Eventually, he leaned against the tree and wept like a child who had lost something beloved.
This tree once grew in the yard of his wife's house, and that year, when he was still a girl's wife, she took a ** photo under this tree.
But now, the grapefruit tree is still there, but his wife has long since stopped ......
His name is Rao Pingru, and his wife's name is Mao Meitang.
Bai Juyi said that lovesickness began to feel that the sea is not deep; Rao Pingru said that missing a person is deeper than the sea.
Rao Pingru was born in a scholarly family.
His grandfather was Hanlin and his father was a lawyer.
When he was a child, he lived the life of a young master with servants to serve him.
But they will also go to school with morning dew when the sky is bright; He will also naughtily destroy the grass and trees in the garden, and go to the street with other children to play wildly.
Back then, time was carefree.
It's a pity that he was born at the wrong time, and it didn't take long for the situation to be turbulent, and in this peaceful land, wailing was everywhere.
Rao Pingru, as an intellectual, looked at the broken mountains and rivers, and the blood in his chest was also stirring back and forth, he decided to enter the Whampoa Military Academy and pick up a gun to defend his homeland.
In this way, the twenty-six-year-old boy became a soldier who defended his family and country.
The battlefield is tragic, and if you are not careful, you will lose your life, but Rao Ping is not afraid, even if the comrades around him are hit by bullets in the abdomen and their intestines flow out, he does not flinch for half a minute.
He looked at the green mountains and the blue sky and white clouds around him, and felt that this was the place to be buried, and it was also good.
But he wouldn't have expected that in the near future,He will become "greedy for life and afraid of death".
That year, his father sent him a letter saying that his younger brother was getting married, and asked him to take leave to go home to attend the wedding, and at the same time talk about his marriage.
Rao Pingru asked for leave to go home, and the next day, he was taken on a blind date by his father.
The family was a good friend of the father, and in fact, the two fathers had already negotiated the marriage of the young man. This time, it's just a matter of meeting the two young people.
As soon as Rao Pingru walked into this house, he saw itA girl wears lipstick in front of the window in front of the mirror, she is Mao Meitang.
Since then, this picture has been deeply imprinted in Rao Pingru's heart, and he has never forgotten it for the rest of his life.
Rao Pingru's father gave a ring to Mao Meitang's father, and Mao's father gave the ring to Mao Meitang and put it on her.
It's an engagement.
Then, Mao Meitang took Rao Pingru to his room to sit, while watching his sisters play around the bed, and at the same time showed some of his ** to Rao Pingru.
In this way, the two slowly opened up the conversation.
When parting, Rao Pingru took away a few of Mao Meitang's **.
After that, he felt that his life could no longer be taken lightly, because there was one more person in his life.
He began to get tired of the war and constantly wondered what to do with the rest of his life.
Two years later, the couple entered the marriage hall.
The wedding was a grand affair with more than 200 guests, and they also took wedding photos.
But the days after marriage are not so sweet.
Because of the turbulent situation, Rao Pingru had to take Mao Meitang to go around begging for a living.
First, he went to Guizhou as an employee, then returned to Nanchang to open a store, but business was not good, and he went to work as an accountant in a hospital in Shanghai, and at the same time worked part-time as an editor in a publishing house.
After arriving in Shanghai, the two lived a happy life, when Rao Pingru could earn 240 yuan a month, which was a high salary.
The money earned, Rao Pingru handed it all over to Mao Meitang, what he lacked, and then asked her to buy it.
Occasionally, the couple would go to the movies and dance.
The good things in the world are not strong, and the colored clouds are easy to scatter and the glass is brittle. Good days are always short-lived, and within a few years of peaceful life, the couple was forced to part.
In the 10th year of marriage, that is, in 1958,Rao Pingru was sent to Anhui for re-education through labor.
No one told him why, and there were no formalities, so he was taken away from the unit, and he didn't even have time to part with his wife.
Later, the unit found Mao Meitang and asked her to draw a line with Rao Pingru.
Mao Meitang said:
"If he has any extramarital affairs, I'll divorce him right away.No one expected that Rao Pingru would be 22 years away.But I now see that he is not a traitor and a thief, the second is not corrupt, and the third is not stealing cards.
I know what kind of person this person is, how can I divorce him. ”
Every year, he can only go home once to be reunited with his wife and children.
He used a wheelbarrow to transport earth to build a dam in Anhui, and she endured gossip in Shanghai, and after work, she had to carry cement to earn money to subsidize her family.
When I missed it deeply, I wrote to the other party, and before I knew it, more than 1,000 letters were written.
Someone asked Rao Pingru: "The two have been in a different place for 22 years, aren't they afraid of emotional problems?" ”
Rao Pingru said:"I didn't even think about it. ”
The white stone is the evidence, the sun and the moon are the evidence, I take care of each other, and I wish to rely on each other for a long time in the future, and my love will never waver.
In 1979, Rao Pingru was revoked and returned to Shanghai.
The family was finally reunited, and the first thing they did was to take a family photo.
This couple of 22 years in a different place finally got together again, but they are no longer young and have become grandparents.
The two of them have been displaced for half their lives, and finally settled down and lived an ordinary life.
When Mao Meitang was shopping for vegetables, Rao Pingru always followed, afraid that she would carry heavy loads, and also learned how to buy vegetables from her.
She always said to him that he would not do anything.
The children felt that their mother was too harsh and wanted to help their father speak, and Rao Pingru hurriedly waved his hand to stop them, meaning"What does it have to do with you when people educate their husbands?"
This time, the peaceful days still didn't last long, because of the perennial hard work, the disease found Mao Meitang.
In 1992, Mao Meitang's kidney disease worsened, and Rao Pingru immediately stopped all work and devoted himself to taking care of his wife.
Wake up at five o'clock every day and give it to herComb your hair, wash your face, cook rice, do dialysis, take over, take over ascites, take insulin ......
He does everything himself, and he doesn't feel at ease when others do it.
Rao is he did his best to take care of it, but Meitang's body is still getting worse day by day, and even his consciousness is not so clear.
Even if she is not sober, as long as it is what Mao Meitang wants, Rao Pingru will find it for her one by one, even if every time he tried to find it, she didn't remember that she had asked for it.
The junior advised him not to take it seriously, but he felt that if he didn't do it, he would be uneasy.
He worked hard and wanted to take care of her for a few more years, but Mao Meitang finally left.
On the afternoon of March 19, 2008, Mao Meitang slept in a hospital bed and left this world forever.
When leaving, she saw Rao Pingru and left a tear.
He took her hand, feeling her body cold.
By this time, they had been together for 60 years.
After Mao Meitang died, Rao Pingru cut off a strand of her hair as a souvenir.
Her ashes were also kept at home, and he was afraid that she would be alone, so he planned to wait for his death before the two of them would be buried together.
In order to alleviate the pain of losing his beloved wife, he is already in his 80sPick up a paintbrush and draw the story of his wife's life one by one.
In four years, he painted nearly 400 paintings.
Unexpectedly, these paintings and their stories have touched countless people.
In his 90s, he became an Internet celebrity.
In 2013, he gave an interview and told his story publicly.
When talking about the paintings he painted for his beloved wife, he saidHe did these things just to give himself some peace of mind, because he was not a good husband.
He felt that a husband should let his wife at least live a stable and peaceful life, but he did not do it.
He brought her,There is only pain, difficulty, and even discrimination.
So he felt very guilty, in this life, he was sorry for her.
In 2020, Rao Pingru is also gone.
After 12 years of separation, they are reunited in another world.
I believe that this time, no one will be able to separate them.
Everyone thinks that the love between Rao Pingru and Mao Meitang is great.
But in their opinion, they just lived a dull life, keeping the vows they made at the wedding, and helping each other.
Perhaps, true love is never earth-shattering.
It is to help each other day after day, and it is to choose to be together again and again after conflicts.
May we all meet our loved ones and meet true love.
Author丨Mo Xiaowent.
Editor丨Mo Xiaowent.