I was born in an ordinary rural family in the southwest, and my parents gave birth to two children, my younger brother and me.
When we were young, there was a brick factory near my house, and my father and mother both worked in the brick factory, so my family could barely make ends meet.
My parents loved me and my brother very much, and they never favored sons over daughters. They often said to us: "You two sisters and brothers must study hard, strive to get out of the peasant examination, and find an easy job in the city, and our hard work is worth it." ”
I listened to my father very much, and since I was a child, I didn't do much farm work, and I focused almost all my energy on studying.
In those days, electronics were not widely available, and there were only a handful of students in school who wore glasses. However, since junior high school, I have been nearsighted due to excessive use of my eyes, and I have to wear a pair of black-rimmed glasses, which really affects my appearance.
However, it wasn't a big deal, because I didn't like to dress up as a child, but more like a boy who liked to delve into math problems and had little interest in liberal arts.
Solving function problems and doing equations is my favorite, but when it comes to writing essays, I am helpless, and I often think about a 500-word essay for a long time, and I don't know how to write.
Due to my serious bias, despite my excellent math scores, I was only one point above the admission threshold and was admitted to the general high school in our town.
In high school, because of my good math grades, I was favored by my math teacher, and I was soon elected as the math representative of my class, and later became a member of the study committee.
And our squad leader is a boy named Zeng Yongqiang, who is also short-sighted and also wears a pair of big glasses.
Among the 54 students in the class, only two of us student leaders wore glasses, which naturally caused the jokes of our classmates, who gave us two nicknames, "glasses man" and "glasses woman", and gradually, our real names were rarely called.
Zeng Yongqiang doesn't like to talk much, he carries a book all day long, and he looks like a nerd.
One evening, I went to the cafeteria to eat a little late, but found that Zeng Yongqiang also happened to be eating there. He only ordered a vegetarian cabbage without meat, and the rice was also brought by himself, which he cooked at school. This should be the cheapest meal in school.
I ordered a 6-cent pot of pork that day, brought the plate to him, and said, "Let's eat together." ”
He smiled at me, but still quietly ate his cabbage and rice, and didn't give me a second look at the meat I brought back.
I was a little anxious, so I brought the cabbage to myself and poured all the meat into his lunch box.
He stopped his chopsticks and looked at me embarrassedly: "How can you say that?" ”
I smiled lightly: "Because I don't like to eat fatty meat very much." ”
He hesitated, "But why did you order the meat back to the pot?" ”
I replied mischievously, "I only eat the garlic sprouts inside, and the vegetables in the meat dishes are more to my liking." ”
Zeng Yongqiang had no choice but to eat all the meat in the lunch box, and I thought it was all interesting at that time.
But later, through the mouths of my classmates, I learned about Zeng Yongqiang's family background. He is also a student from a remote rural area.
He has two younger brothers in primary and junior high school, and his parents are both pragmatic farmers, so the family's life is relatively poor. Zeng Yongqiang is very frugal in life.
Usually, he brings his home-made pickles to school, and only occasionally eats vegetarian dishes after the pickles are eaten. Almost no one has ever seen him buy meat and vegetables to eat.
I sighed in my heart, I didn't expect Zeng Yongqiang's family background to be so poor, but his academic performance has always been among the best. This is really "suffering in the midst of hardship, in order to become a superior person".
Since then, I have often eaten with Zeng Yongqiang, making all kinds of excuses to have lunch with him.
And my little trick is to sandwich the meat and vegetables I bought into Zeng Yongqiang's bowl and let him eat them.
I enjoyed his pickles and kept laughing at my mother for not being able to cook pickles, so I had to eat other people's food.
But who knows, how hypocritical these words are. I never move the jar of food in my house. I'm tired of eating.
When my classmates saw that Zeng Yongqiang and I often ate together, it was rumored that our class president and the study committee member were secretly in love, and it seemed that they had joined forces.
This kind of rumor was naturally heard by our head teacher, how could he bear the delay in his studies by love for the top students of two subjects?
So, the head teacher immediately called us into the office and told us that we should not have any romantic relationships.
Zeng Yongqiang blushed and categorically denied that there was such a thing, saying that we were just a pure classmate relationship, just joking.
I also insisted: "Teacher, can't male and female classmates eat together and ask for ** lessons?" ”
Seeing that we kept insisting and seeing our aggrieved expressions, the teacher didn't want to deliberately stir up trouble, but just instructed:
You are all class committee members, now is a critical period for further study, or concentrate on studying, don't think cranky. Even if you have any ideas, I'll wait until you get admitted to university. ”
I defended myself again: "We don't have any ideas in the first place, white people have their own white appearance!" ”
After walking out of the office, I quietly asked Zeng Yongqiang: "You really haven't had any thoughts about me?" ”
He looked at me quizzically and asked, "What exactly are you trying to express?" ”
I replied, "There is no concern for no reason, Zeng Yongqiang, do you understand?" ”
Zeng Yongqiang stopped and looked at me dumbfounded. I felt my cheeks burn and immediately turned and ran forward.
The little rabbit inside is jumping "dong dong", am I showing love to him?
As a girl, I'm not shy!
Although the teacher became more and more involved, I became more and more stubborn in approaching Zeng Yongqiang, longing for him to read my mind.
However, I also understand that people are terrible, and I dare not be so flamboyant anymore, so I can only appear by his side secretly.
But many times, I will pull my girlfriends and friends to approach Zeng Yongqiang and help him as much as I can.
When I was in high school, I stayed at school on weekends because I was far away from home, and my father used to personally deliver living expenses or buy me warm clothes.
Interestingly, when my father was shopping for clothes, he would often buy two identical clothes for me to wear.
I said to my father, "Dad, give me the money to buy clothes, I'll pick them myself, I always wear the same clothes, people will think that I haven't changed my clothes." ”
My father followed my advice and gave me the money to buy clothes.
Because I noticed that Zeng Yongqiang always only had two sets of clothes, I felt sorry for his situation.
So I used my weekend to go to the market and buy him two new sportswear, wait at the school gate, and stuff the clothes for him.
Zeng Yongqiang seemed a little overwhelmed and asked, "What is this?" ”
I whispered, "I saved up to buy you new clothes, your clothes are too old, they should be replaced with new ones, you can change these two sets." ”
Zeng Yongqiang hurriedly shook his head: "It's too expensive, I can't ask for it." ”
I said, "It doesn't matter, wear it if you like it, and lose it if you don't like it, I've already bought it anyway." ”
With that, I turned to leave, and he stood there alone, dazed.
In the days that followed, I kept an eye on Zeng Yongqiang until one day I saw him wearing the new clothes I bought, and I was secretly happy that he finally accepted my heart.
In the third year of high school, I had a heavy academic load and spent every day preparing for exams, so I had almost no time to think about it.
But in the Chinese class that I don't like, I still peek at Zeng Yongqiang, who is sitting in the first row, only to find that he has been looking at the blackboard intently, never glancing at me.
I was in a low mood, with the textbook in front of me, my eyes wandering, and I was at a loss when I was called by the teacher.
At the end of class, I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a small note in the book, encouraging us to concentrate on preparing for the exam, hoping that we could all enter the university smoothly. At the end of the note, there was a cursive word for "strong", and I knew who wrote it, and my heart welled up with joy.
I secretly looked at Zeng Yongqiang, who was also looking at me, his eyes full of warmth. Our eyes meet, and then we each retract.
Zeng Yongqiang also had the same emotion, but he hid his feelings for the sake of academic pressure. Every time I was depressed due to the pressure of studying, I received his encouragement to keep me going.
However, in the college entrance examination, the difference of one-third made me miss out on the university. I regret it, why don't you work harder to realize your dream and enter the university with Zeng Yongqiang?
Zeng Yongqiang undoubtedly became the first in his class and was admitted to a college to study architecture. I was standing alone outside the campus, feeling lost about the future.
Zeng Yongqiang walked up to me and suggested that I repeat the senior year of high school and take the exam. I angrily said he would look down on me, but he said he would wait for me.
In order to be with Zeng Yongqiang forever, and for my father's expectations, I decided to fight again and go to the county high school to repeat.
During the repetition period, Zeng Yongqiang kept writing to me, and his encouragement became the driving force for me to move forward. I studied hard day and night, hoping for good results.
However, fate played a joke, although after a year of hard work, the college entrance examination score was still two points worse.
Extremely disappointed, he had to return to his hometown and spend some time in depression.
My father comforted me and said that although I was not admitted to university, there was still a way out. But he didn't understand that what I had lost was not only the future, but also the opportunity to meet Zeng Yongqiang at university.
But what choice do I have? The reality is like this, I am destined to only live the life of a farmer, and even if I work hard, I can only work hard in the countryside.
My father arranged for me to work as an accountant in a brick factory in the countryside because I did well in science and was sensitive to numbers. The job as an accountant was no challenge for me, and I slowly adapted to this life as time went on.
When I was working in a brick factory, I hadn't heard from Zeng Yongqiang for a long time. I guess the gap between us is getting bigger and bigger, and he may have lost interest in me, right?
Many nights I couldn't sleep, hugging my pillow and crying. As soon as I thought that Zeng Yongqiang and I would never have a chance again, I couldn't help but cry, my tears wet my pillow, and I kept wiping my ......
During the day, I pretended to be happy and didn't let others see my troubles. In the factory, I talked and laughed with my colleagues; When I got home, I played the role of a well-behaved daughter.
I'm 23 years old, and my parents are starting to worry about my life's events. A relative introduced me to a man who was a civil servant in the town and came from a good family.
The parents were very satisfied after reading each other's **, saying that the man was good-looking and had a stable job. They thought it was nice for me to marry into such a family.
However, I didn't have the heart to go on a blind date. My heart is still waiting for the dark prince who is waiting for me, even if he comes to pick me up on his bicycle, I will not hesitate to follow him away.
The last time Zeng Yongqiang contacted me, I had already failed the exam again and could only work as an accountant in the factory. He comforted me and said, "You can work there first, and when I come back from my internship, I will look for you." However, during that half a year, Zeng Yongqiang seemed to have disappeared without a trace, and there was no letter or personal search for me. To be honest, I don't dare expect much from him.
My parents didn't know the truth and urged me again and again to go to the civil servant. I couldn't refuse, I could only tell them: "I like a male classmate, he has graduated from college, I am waiting for him, I will not consider other men." ”
My parents were surprised when they heard this, but they tried to persuade me: "You know, you didn't promise, will he come back and marry you after college?" ”
In this world, there are very few men who can keep their promises with all their hearts. If he really liked you, he would have come back to you a long time ago, and still need you to wait for him at home? ”
I'm speechless, but I'm still unwilling to give up hope. At this time, Zeng Yongqiang was no longer in college and went to Shenzhen for an internship, and I didn't know his specific address.
Being forced on a blind date by my parents made me very distressed, so I had to try to inquire about Zeng Yongqiang's *** Eventually, from a friend of his, I learned about the company he worked for**.
I hit him **, but he was always busy with work. It wasn't until the evening that he picked up **.
Xiaohui, are you okay? I'm so busy that I haven't been able to contact you. ”
I said angrily, "Don't you even have a place to eat?" Still don't have a place to live? Looks like you've been enjoying the world of flowers out there and forgot about me, right? My parents forced me to go on a blind date every day, and I decided to listen to them, start over, find someone to rely on, and you won't have to worry about me. ”
After hanging up **, my mood fell into a heavy heart, and I was disappointed in Zeng Yongqiang's silence. I felt that no matter what he had been through outside, as long as he still had me in his heart, he should at least send me a letter to let me know that he was okay.
Just when I was about to follow my parents' advice and go on a blind date to meet a civil servant, I received a letter from Zeng Yongqiang:
Xiaohui, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. I've been chasing a better version of myself, and I want to be better before I dare to come back to you, but I don't take into account your feelings and circumstances.
Can you believe it? You've been the only person in my heart since we met in high school. Everything you've done for me, whether it's pouring back the pot meat in a bowl for me or buying me a new sportswear ......I remember it all in my heart. When I have the ability, I will come back and marry you immediately, and repay you with my life. ”
Can you wait a little longer? Please don't marry anyone else, and I'll come back to you as soon as my job is stable. ”
I held the letter and couldn't help but laugh. Then I loudly announced to my parents: "Mom and Dad, your daughter has an unexpected home, he will come back soon to marry me, and never let me go on a blind date again!" ”
It may have been two years of waiting, but Zeng Yongqiang kept my heart firmly in his heart with love letters, until he finally came back to me and welcomed me through the door of their house.
Now, Zeng Yongqiang and I have our own renovation company in Hong Kong, and my son is about to graduate from university and is ready to follow his father on the road of entrepreneurship.
Our dream is that in the near future, we will be free from all shackles and drive freely to travel by car and visit every corner of the motherland ......
While enjoying the scenery and enjoying life, we will reminisce about the youthful years together and reminisce about every time we have walked together.