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The love of each other

A month after their marriage, he returned to the city to resume his work as a builder.

By pomfret wisePublished 2 years ago 5 min read
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She was adamant about coming. So he stood on the high scaffolding as a mason, and she cooked for him and his co-workers under the scaffolding.

She did her best to produce a delicious meal on a small budget. And every ten days, she will pack a purse wonton, she knows that is his favorite delicious.

Package WONTON THAT DAY, BEFORE DAWN SHE will GET UP FROM bed, rushed TO THE market to BUY BACK a CAR OF HILL LIKE FRESH SHEPHERD'S PURSE, and then wash CUT.

All day long, in the evening, when the men came back from their tired work, a large pot of water was boiling on the stove, next to thousands of wrapped and neatly arranged wontons.

He squatted down among the men and devoured the wontons she had served herself. Shepherd's purse ravioli really delicious ah, he had eaten ravioli satisfied, as if just to a feast.In the evening, he pulled her slender body to make out, but she cried out in pain. He saw that her wrist was swollen to the top. It turned out that during the day she had cut too much vegetables and rolled out too much dough.

He took her gently into his arms, and at that moment, he vowed to give her happiness in his life.

He worked his way up from a bricklayer to a group leader, and then he set up his own engineering team, and then the engineering team became a construction company. Now the construction company is famous in this city, and there are too many temptations around him.

And she is getting older and older, slender figure becomes strong, skin is no longer delicate, compared with the countless beauties around him, she is rustic and dull, her existence always reminds him of the humble past.

He thought it was time for the marriage to end.

He deposited 1 million yuan in her bank account and bought her a fine house in a busy downtown area. He is not a man without conscience, do not arrange the rest of her life, he felt uneasy...

He finally asked her for a divorce.

She sat opposite him, listening quietly to his reasons for divorce, her eyes as meek and quiet as pigeons. But more than 20 years of husband and wife, he is too familiar with her, know that sitting opposite her in the dovish meek face, her meek heart is dripping blood, is raising huge waves.

He was suddenly aware of his own cruelty.

The appointed day came when she left home. He told her to wait at home because his company was busy that day. He would return at noon to help her move -- to the house he had bought for her, and their marriage of more than 20 years would end.

Sitting in the office dealing with business all morning, he felt uneasy. At noon he hurried back. The house is clean. She's gone.

On the table lay the key of the house he had given her and the deposit book of one million yuan. There was also a letter she had written to him.

She was illiterate, and this was the first letter she had ever written to him:

I'm leaving. I'm going back to my hometown.

The bedding has been unpacked and washed, basked in the sun, and put in the cupboard on the left side of the storeroom. Don't forget to take it out when it's cold.

All the leather shoes were oiled, and if they were worn out, they could be taken to the shoe-mender at the corner a few meters away from home.

The shirt is hanging on the top of the closet, and the socks and belt are in the little drawer under the closet. Buy rice remember to buy the golden elephant brand of Thai fragrant rice, go to Parka supermarket to buy, there will not buy fake rice.

Hourly worker Xiao Sun comes to the house every week to clean, remember to pay her at the end of the month, and don't forget, wear old clothes to Xiao Sun, she sent to the countryside, where relatives will be very happy.

Don't forget to take the medicine after I leave. You have a bad stomach. I asked someone to buy some stomach medicine from Hong Kong.

Also, you always forget your house key when you go out. I left a key at the property. Next time I forget, I will go there to get it. Don't forget to close the doors and Windows when you go out in the morning, the rain will damage the floor.

I wrapped purse purse wonton, in the kitchen, after you come back, their own cooked to eat it...

Her handwriting is terribly crooked. But why were the words like whistling bullets, each with the truth through his chest?

He slowly walked into the kitchen, wrapped good shepherd's purse wontons neatly placed on the chopping board, each with her finger marks and body temperature.

He suddenly remembered that more than 20 years ago, he was standing on a high scaffolding as a bricklayer. From the shed not far from the scaffolding, she could hear her chopping wontons.

And remembered the happiness and joy it had brought him; He remembered eating wontons with satisfaction, as if he had just been to a feast; Remember the moment he vowed: I must give my woman happiness...

He turned downstairs and started the car quickly. Half an hour later, drenched in sweat, he finally found her on the train bound for the countryside.

He said to her angrily, "Where are you going? I'm tired from working for half a day. I can't even have a hot meal when I get home. Is that what you do as a wife? It's too much. Come home with me!"

He had a fierce, violent look. Her eyes wet, she got up meekly and walked obediently home after him. Slowly, her tears turned into flowers.

She did not know that he was in tears in front of her. All the way from home to the train station, he was really afraid, afraid of not finding her, afraid of losing her.

He scolded himself for being such a jerk and a fool to get rid of his own woman.

It turned out that losing her was like being ripped out of a rib or a liver -- their lives had been closely linked by more than 20 years of mutual care.

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