Valentine's Day 2014, a romantic atmosphere was filled with a construction site in Africa.
23-year-old African girl Nabria, holding a bouquet of flowers in her hand, is confessing to a 41-year-old Chinese uncle.
"I like you."
When the uncle heard this, his face turned red.
He slowly took the flower and happierly depended on the girl.
Uncle is Xie Xiaowei, who comes from a village in Henan and is an driller on the construction site.
This transnational love is a turning point in Xie Xiaowei's life. He directly crossed from a poor peasant to a winner in getting rich.
So, how did Xie Xiaowei encounter the African girl Nabria?
How do they live?
1973, Xie Xiaowei was born in a village in Mengjin County, Luoyang, Henan Province.
Because my family has been farmers for generations, my life is basically penniless, and I was still a bachelor until I was 40 years old.
The villagers joked that he couldn't marry a wife, Xie Xiaowei was honest and stupid, and could only stare at him in the face of ridicule.
Xie Xiaowei didn't know that one day in the future, he would bring a foreign wife back with a proud look.
It was in 2013. China vigorously developed the "Belt and Road" policy. The Uganda Kampala to Entebbe Airport Expressway project, which was undertaken by China Transportation Construction Group, was officially launched in Uganda .
Xie Xiaowei saw the opportunity and joined the project as a driller.
Unexpectedly, it was this bold decision that changed Xie Xiaowei's life trajectory.
In the boring construction site, Xie Xiaowei's life is very simple every day. In addition to work, he only eats and sleeps.
He is honest and never takes the initiative to contact people or chat with people. Even when eating, others gather in groups, while he squats in the corner.
He is often alone in the eyes of others and inevitably seems a little withdrawn.
But there is someone who thinks that Xie Xiaowei is very charming like this.
She is Nabria, a 23-year-old African girl who works as a chef at the construction site.
Nabriya noticed Xie Xiaowei early in the morning. As she continued to observe, she felt more and more cute as this fair-skinned and serious Chinese man.
In order to get close to Xie Xiaowei, Nabriya launched a series of attacks.
She first treated Xie Xiaowei with preferential treatment during the meal. Every time she either added more dishes to Xie Xiaowei or served him a bowl of soup.
She also created an opportunity and met Xie Xiaowei by chance. When she saw Xie Xiaowei coming, she immediately showed a bright smile.
In order to talk to Xie Xiaowei, Nabriya took the initiative to learn Chinese.
"You... like... what...dish?"
Nabriya tried her best to say this, and then waited happily for Xie Xiaowei to answer.
Who knew that when Xie Xiaowei faced the sudden chat, his face turned red. He swallowed his throat suddenly and said dullly: "Your teeth are so white."
The first communication ended in failure. Xie Xiaowei, who had been bachelor for forty years, did not understand Nabriya's thoughts at all.
On the contrary, Nabriya felt more and more that this honest and honest man was a person who could be entrusted to life.
But, she was a little anxious, she couldn't let her confess her love at a girl's house.
Fortunately, this conversation made Xie Xiaowei deeply impressed the girl in front of him, and Nabriya did not give up on her pursuit of Xie Xiaowei.
In the following days, Xie Xiaowei truly felt the "care" from Nabriya.
This time, he finally got a clue in his heart.
Marriage has come to heaven, making Xie Xiaowei, who has never been married, very happy.
After that, Xie Xiaowei was like opening Ren Du meridians , and he looked at the girl in front of him and liked her more and more.
Slowly, he also started chatting with Nabriya, helping with food, and doing small things within his ability.
Although one of them does not understand foreign languages and the other does not understand Chinese, this does not prevent them from talking to each other at all.
As we have been together for a long time, the feelings of the two of us continue to grow, and we are only one step away from entering love.
But Xie Xiaowei was reluctant to break this thin layer of window paper.
Because, he still has concerns in his heart.
As a Chinese, Xie Xiaowei will return to China after the project is over. What if Nabriya was unwilling to return to China with him at that time?
Does he just want to stay in a foreign country?
If Nabriya is willing to return to China with him, they will definitely become the focus of the village. It is inevitable that point fingers and points. Can Nabriya adapt?
language barrier and regional differences, how should Nabriya get along with her family?
More importantly, Xie Xiaowei is nearly 20 years older than Nabria.
various factors troubled me, Xie Xiaowei was extremely entangled. He dared not express his feelings, nor did he know what would happen in the future.
This made Nabria very anxious. Time flies and happiness depends on herself to fight for, so she decided to take the initiative.
On Valentine's Day, February 14, 2014, Nabriya asked Xie Xiaowei to beside a quiet road. She held a bouquet of roses in her hand, and confessed to Xie Xiaowei: "I like you."
Xie Xiaowei has never encountered this scene. His face turned red from his cheeks to his ears. His excited heart and trembling hands hugged Nabria in his arms.
The next day, after communicating with each other, Xie Xiaowei decided to stand up and go to propose marriage.
He found the translator and ran to Nabriya's house with the gift.
However, before the people arrived, the phoenix came first. As soon as the news of foreign love spread, a whirlwind immediately blew in Uganda.
"Your daughter is fine with a Chinese man!"
Hearing the neighbors talking, Nabriya's mother was particularly calm.
In her eyes, there is nothing wrong with having foreign love. As long as you are good to my daughter, what if you like a foreign man?
Mother's enlightenment cleared the way for Xie Xiaowei and successfully made him a Uganda son-in-law.
Under the witness of Nabriya's family and friends on the construction site, Xie Xiaowei and Nabriya held a wedding.
Since then, Xie Xiaowei still works every day, and Nabriya continues to be busy in the kitchen. The two live peacefully every day and live a happy life.
However, time has passed, and with the end of the project, Xie Xiaowei and Nabriya have also ushered in a major choice in life.
At the end of 2014, Xie Xiaowei and Nabriya's first son was born.
After spending a year of sweet time, they named their son Xie Buwei, which contains full love for each other.
Xie Buwei also has a nickname called Niannian, which means missing Uganda, this place where they met and fell in love.
Because soon, they will leave.
In 2015, the highway project of Entebbe Airport is about to be completed. Everyone is very happy about the journey home, but Xie Xiaowei is the only one who is very upset.
What should come is coming? Xie Xiaowei's former concerns are now crossing his frontal again, and he is a little worried.
Leaving the familiar environment and going to strange places, different lives and different languages, Xie Xiaowei is worried that Nabriya will not be able to survive in China.
Just as Xie Xiaowei was immersed in anxiety, Nabriya saw his thoughts, and one sentence broke his sad face.
"I can learn Chinese."
Xie Xiaowei looked at his wife in surprise. Seeing her so cheerful and confident, he suddenly felt that everything was because he thought too much. As long as the family lived together, nothing else mattered.
At the end of 2015, after the project was successfully completed, Xie Xiaowei and his family happily took a plane back to Luoyang, China.
Although, unexpectedly, as soon as I stepped into the entrance of the village, I heard one after another talking.
"Come on, Xie Xiaowei brings back a black wife."
But Xie Xiaowei didn't care at all. He nodded generously to people and then walked straight to the house with his wife.
On the other side, a 70-year-old mother was waiting anxiously at home.
I had heard my son say he wanted to take his African wife home, and Li Xueyun's heart was so excited that she thumped.
"Mom".
Two simple words, Li Xueyun's heart was immediately captured by the dark-skinned and short-haired foreign daughter-in-law in front of her.
I was also happy when I saw my grandson Xie Buwei with black curly hair.
She warmly greeted Nabriya and Xie Xiaowei back to the house, make a fire and cook, and welcome them.
The contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is a common problem in every family. This is true for two people who share the same language, let alone a combination of foreign daughter-in-law and Chinese mother-in-law.
In the eyes of others, Xie Xiaowei's family must be in a state of turmoil.
But in fact, Nabriya and Li Xueyun get along without any obstacles, and they are even as close as mother and daughter.
In order to relieve Nabriya's homesickness, her mother-in-law Li Xueyun specially bought a world map and asked Xie Xiaowei to take her to see the map and recall her homesickness in her spare time.
Fearing that Nabriya is not adapted to the cold weather in China, Li Xueyun bought an air conditioner and put it into their room, and made cotton coats for her daughter-in-law.
Therefore, Nabriya wore the first flowery cotton jacket in her life.
When eating, I asked Nabriya about her taste, and listened to Nabriya's gestures patiently during communication. Under Li Xueyun's care, Nabriya also grew a fat body with her weight soaring 30 kilograms.
Unexpectedly, Nabriya's life in China was not only not uncomfortable, but was very happy.
Not only does the mother-in-law give her the warmth of her family, but her husband Xie Xiaowei also takes care of her in every way.
In order to allow her to better integrate into rural life, Xie Xiaowei bought the "English-Chinese Dictionary" and took her to study with her every day.
They read Chinese by themselves, English by themselves, one taught patiently, and the other studied seriously, and it was like a different scenery in the quiet courtyard.
Nabriya likes to visit supermarkets, so Xie Xiaowei accompanied her to teach on-site.
"This is the market", "Buy things in the market", Xie Xiaowei teaches whatever he sees.
Although the road to language learning is boring and long, it is a reflection of a better life in them.
Soon, with the help of Xie Xiaowei, Nabriya went out on the street alone, to visit temple fairs , and bought vegetables. Sometimes she could even hear her bargaining with people in fluent Henan dialect.
When she first returned to China, Xie Xiaowei was worried that Nabriya would not speak Chinese and was so bored in the village.
Now, from neighbors to the convenience store in the neighboring village, Nabriya has good friends.
Her optimistic smile and talkative personality have long captured the hearts of the villagers.
is easy to move around in life, and Nabriya is also easy to do in housework.
Xie Xiaowei went out to pick up his son after school, Nabriya had already washed her clothes and done the housework.
Even the chicks in the yard were fed by Nabria to be fat and fat.
The work at home is neat and good at doing farm work.
In 2017, Xie Xiaowei decided not to go out to work, but wanted to guard his wife and children and do a career at home.
After thinking about it, he stopped his eyes on planting cash crops.
Xie Xiaowei immediately discussed with Nabriya to contract 20 acres of land to plant peppercorns in the village.
Nabriya is also very supportive of her husband. She not only gets up early every day to accompany Xie Xiaowei to reclaim wasteland, but also learns farming techniques such as digging pits, scattering and filling soil in a very good way.
Just like that, under their careful care day after day, the harvest of the peppercorns planted is much greater than that of the dealer, and unexpectedly embarked on the road to getting rich.
What’s more joyful is that with better living conditions, Nabriya and Xie Xiaowei also welcomed their youngest son, Xie Yafei.
Now, the family is harmonious and lively together, so happy.
Mother-in-law Li Xueyun was even more happy and praised her daughter-in-law for being capable, diligent and filial to everyone.
's praise also made it into the ears of a CCTV program.
In 2018, CCTV program " Township " selected the top ten love stories in China. Xie Xiaowei and Nabriya's cross-border love story was successfully selected.
In the show, Xie Xiaowei faced tens of millions of viewers and generously confessed: "No matter what others say, in my heart, I think she is the best." Nabriya next to
was not willing to be outdone and said, "I am very happy now, husband, I love you."
The laughter under the stage was immediately accompanied by thunderous applause, and the audience was moved by their stories and happier for them.
Indeed, before meeting Nabria, Xie Xiaowei was still an older left-handed man, with no money, no career, and no wife.
He is honest and honest and doesn't like to talk, and his life is mediocre.
It was Nabria who changed him.
After being with Nabriya, Xie Xiaowei's life has undergone earth-shaking changes.
The wife and children have a warm kang, not only have a career, but also become a famous figure in the village.
These are, as he said, he married the right wife.
Now, Xie Xiaowei and Nabriya have been together for eight years. Every day, watching the children's fights, the sound of mother-in-law Li Xueyun cooking in the kitchen, and the laughter of Xie Xiaowei chasing her son, Nabriya is happy and satisfied.
In order to continue this happiness, she also gave herself a Chinese name called "Yingmei".
means that life is always happy and beautiful.
Love is in no way different from the country, I wish them better and better.
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Author: Liu Xiaoyou
Editor: Liu Ye Taotao
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