Get up early for you

Until now, the small town of Virginia has still retained such a habit: every June 15 at 4 o 'clock in the morning, all the families in the town will ring a alarm bell.

Four o 'clock? That's a little early, isn't it? Is everyone in Virginia so hardworking?

It starts with a man named Marshall.

Mr. Marshall is a man who gets up early every day. As soon as the church bell struck four, he would get out of bed, make a customary bowl of chicken soup on the stove, and walk out of the house into the path near the church.

You know, Marshall was not such an early riser before, when he was lethargic, at nine in the morning still in bed, wrapped the quilt so tightly that it was difficult to pull. Marshall's change came from his wife.

At the age of 20, Mr. Marshall studied in China, where he met his wife. The couple became so close that his wife followed him to England and changed her name to Linda. Life after marriage is very sweet, a year later, Linda gave birth to a son for Marshall, and the family lived in harmony.

Five years later, Linda was paralyzed in a car accident, Marshall was heartbroken, sold all the family assets to maintain Linda's life, and pulled a minor child, life is very difficult.

The hard conditions did not change Marshall's love for Linda, because of incontinence, Linda would always make a mess of the sheets after four o 'clock in the morning, through long-term observation, Marshall found that this time is very punctual. In order to make Linda less suffering, Marshall always got up quickly when the church bell struck four every day, ready to change the mat for Linda, and then scrub the body, and then went to the kitchen, for Linda to stew a portion of her favorite chicken soup, and then, small spoonfuls to feed Linda to drink. When they had finished eating, it was about 6 o 'clock, at this time, Marshall put Linda in the wheelchair and pushed her to walk on the path near the church. This habit was evolved into a regular habit by Marshall, and it was the same every day. Gradually, Marshall and Linda gradually became the moving scenery near the church.

During Linda's illness, a friend once introduced an object for Marshall, a woman is a middle school teacher, who is also very virtuous, and willing to take care of Linda with Marshall, despite this, or Marshall gave a veto.

Time flows like a flash and 40 years have passed, in this year, Linda left safely in a wheelchair in the afternoon, at this time, the son has already married, 70 square meters of the house, only Marshall left a person.

Although Linda is gone, Marshall's habit of getting up at 4 a.m. and making soup has continued. But every six o 'clock, instead of going to church, Marshall went to the nearby hillside cemetery to talk with Linda for half an hour, and helped Linda change into a bouquet of the most delicious daisies, which was Linda's favorite.

Later, the church near Marshall's home was demolished, and many people thought that Marshall could not hear the bell would not return so early, in fact, they did not know that Marshall had already placed an alarm in the depths of his heart at the moment, and sounded on time at 4 o 'clock every morning.

Marshall's love story was later reported by a media, and many young couples flocked to the town, waiting in front of Marshall's house at 4 o 'clock every morning, just to catch a glimpse of Marshall's "infatuating Mr.".

Many years later, Mr. Marshall began to stumble, at this time, do not know who launched such an activity, they think: as long as you can help Marshall on a journey, you can live a happy love, family happiness. Later, the whole town launched such a campaign, that is, on June 15 at 4 o 'clock sharp, all the families in the town will ring an alarm bell. Because, it was Marshall's birthday, and on that day, all small-town couples agreed to do something meaningful for each other.

After Mr. Marshall died at the age of 109, he asked his son to write on his epitaph the following words: "Dear Linda, I would wake up 89 years earlier for you if I could!" Because no one can take your place in my life..."

(A man's courage, under the halo of a father, the mountain is high and the water is long!)