100 stories of long-awaited reunions meet you
"Can you tell me how you solved this physics problem?" A boy came up to my seat and asked me.
There was a burst of laughter, and everyone in the classroom turned their eyes to us.
I was unmoved, picked up a pen and drew pictures on the draft to explain to him; he ignored the roar of laughter and just listened to the questions.
I was in the third year of junior high school and he was also in the third year of junior high school.
is graduating soon. The beauty of mutual affection is quietly sprouting.
01
One month before graduating from the third year of junior high school, I transferred from the city to a township junior high school. At that time, there was a rule that students had to return to their place of residence for the high school entrance examination, and the school they borrowed from was not allowed to take the test.
The head teacher wanted me to go back one week before the exam. He was worried that the poor learning atmosphere in the township junior high school would affect my performance.
But my dad has to go out to discuss an important business and won't be back for a while. He discussed with me and said that he had inquired about it. There was a dormitory in a rural school, and he had asked someone to help me take care of everything. He told me not to think too much, not to make friends, and to prepare seriously for the exam. I would leave that place forever in a month.
I thought that children in the countryside did not study, but after taking two classes, I found that the results of this class were good, and some of them were able to pass the county high school examination.
During a physics exercise, I was the only one with a perfect score in that class, and the last big question was difficult. The teacher told it, but very few people responded, and everyone was confused.
Ni Ruiyang came over to ask me after class. I was in the first row and he was in the third row. The class monitor rarely asked girls questions, and the classmates all booed.
So the beginning scene appeared. He listened very seriously, his bright black eyes were deep and lively, and his black eyebrows were straightened, and finally stretched into a crescent moon.
A girl in the class said that Ni Ruiyang was really ugly and had strange facial features.
But I think his facial features and skin color are just darker and slightly three-dimensional. In my eyes, he is much better looking than that flat face, and he is more recognizable in the crowd.
02
After that, Ni Ruiyang also asked me about English, talked with me about mathematics, and asked me about some things about schools in the city.
He approached me intentionally, and I also approached him quietly. Our classmates often talk about us in private.
finally reached the ears of the head teacher, the fat female teacher. She called the two of us into the office, and just as she was about to speak, Ni Ruiyang waved her hand, "Teacher Zhang, don't worry, we won't affect my studies... I will also get into a good university in the future and catch up with Zhu Lixiang."
looked so confident back then. The appearance was his initial promise, and the quick blurtout should be the result of his long thoughts.
The sky in the rainy season is concerned about the erratic white clouds, and the colors of youth are instantly bright and colorful.
We responded to each other silently, and finally we both got admitted to the best high school in the city.
When I left that junior high school, the class held a farewell party for me. The organizer was Ni Ruiyang, who also recited a poem "Love Life".
’s determined eyes, brilliant smile, the little flames in her heart were trembling, and the dark eye contact condensed into a ray of light.
We were completely separated during the summer vacation, but we left each other a landline number and still kept in touch.
When school started, we went to the county to report together, but a week later, my dad helped me transfer to a better high school.
ended hastily before it even started.
It was the landline number that kept us in touch, but later my family moved, the house in the county was sold, and we moved completely to the place where I studied, and we lost contact from then on.
03
My college entrance examination scores are good. I want to study psychology . My dad is worried about employment issues.
But I still choose according to my own wishes. A major that seemed popular at the time may not be popular now.
Some things can only go further if you start from the heart!
During college, I was also secretly loved and pursued, but they never officially started. Those bright and deep eyes often flashed in my mind.
After graduating from my undergraduate degree, I went on to study for a master's degree in psychology. I graduated from a good university and had complete certificates, but the employment opportunities were indeed much narrower.
In the end, I was admitted as a counselor by an ordinary college in northern Jiangsu Province. My family advised me not to give up casually. I could get a job in a college, which is not much different.
That’s how I arrived in Northern Jiangsu.
Many times after that, I wandered in the sea of ​​ tulips flowers, bathed in the sunset glow of the tidal flats and wetlands, and felt peaceful and calm.
I participated in the university-linked talent training program and prepared to study for a Ph.D.
The salary is not high, the communication is simple, and I have two good friends who have become besties.
04
April 18, 2015.
Light rain in late spring, blah blah blah, it keeps raining. Accompanied by the fragrance of pothos, I was immersed in the words of "Psychology and Life".
But bursts of cell phone ringtones broke the comfortable silence. I picked up the phone and the other party paused for a second before saying hurriedly, "It's Xiangxiang, I am your uncle. Your mother was transferred to XX Hospital. She is with you in the hospital." In the same city... I had a car accident and was seriously injured. Come and take a look! After saying that, he burst into tears.
I lost my calmness for more than 20 years, and the huge waves of reality swallowed me up.
sorted out his thoughts. I have to contact my dad first. What if he is a liar?
But my father told me that this is true. After my mother left home, she remarried to the countryside of Yancheng. She has a son who is 19 years old... He had a car accident on the way to work and is now in the ICU ward, but the man refused to pay the medical bills.
The two uncles searched for two days and found my father. It was impossible for my father to take care of me anymore, but he advised me to think carefully about whether I should take care of him or not.
I am very conflicted in my heart, but I am very eager to see my mother again.
A person who had been away for more than 20 years suddenly appeared again.
05
I held up the umbrella and immediately called my best friend to take me to the hospital. I wanted to drive by myself, but I was afraid that the fragmented memories would blur my consciousness.
I have a very vague impression of my mother. I only know that she is a foreigner. When I was young, my father was running a business outside the home, and my mother was working in Nantong. The two met and fell in love, and later got married and gave birth to me.
When I was six years old, my father’s business failed. He lost tens of thousands and borrowed foreign debt to make up the hole. My dad began to fall into depression, smoking and drinking, and was depressed for a long time.
One day, I came back from kindergarten, and my neighbor told me that my mother had taken away the last little money from the family and ran away...
My father and relatives searched for a month. The place where my mother should go and my grandmother's relatives' house were both there. Searched everywhere.
But the more places I searched, the more it proved that my mother had disappeared without a trace.
Later, grandma cut off my pigtails, put away my overalls , and replaced my small leather shoes with floral cloth shoes.
She often pointed at me and said, "Don't learn from my mother and don't do things that violate your conscience."
Actually, I spend a lot of time with my grandma. My mom often goes out to help my dad and only comes home during holidays. Grandma sent me to kindergarten and took care of my diet and daily life.
So I quickly adapted to the days without my mother, but during the holidays, I never looked forward to seeing my mother again. I only remember that the night before my mother left, her hair was wet, and she walked to my bed and asked me to sleep well.
When I was ten years old, my dad remarried. Aunt Chu is divorced but has no children. A year later, a younger brother was born.
Aunt Chu has a kind heart, is a good person, and treats me well.
My dad paid off his foreign debt and discussed with Aunt Chu to buy a store. Aunt Chu is looking after the store, and my dad is out doing sales.
When I was in fourth grade, I transferred to an urban primary school, and my grandma came to help take care of us.
Grandma and Aunt Chu never quarreled and got along well with each other. My brother and I were well taken care of.
My brother and I have a deep relationship. I like having him around me when he is young. My brother is particularly attached to me and is willing to give me toys and snacks.
The family has lived together happily for nearly twenty years.
06
I arrived outside the ICU ward, but I didn’t even have time to take a peek inside. My uncle came over and whispered.
He said that my mother collided with another battery car. Both cars were traveling very fast. After being hit, my mother was ejected several meters away and finally landed on the back of her head. Another person's leg was broken by a battery car and he had to lie down for several months.
What my uncle meant is that I only need money now. My mother’s current husband is not willing to take any money. He really has no choice but also doesn’t want to watch my mother go...
My uncle finally left the hospital and said he was going to work at home. There are still three children to raise. I never came to see it again after that.
I really don’t know what to do. I should be responsible for my mother, but I feel like I am facing the life of a stranger.
I stood outside the ward until dark. I asked my best friend to go back first and leaned against the wall alone.
"Are you a family member of the patient inside?" came a deep male voice. I raised my head and met his gaze, feeling familiar.
"Zhu Lixiang, are you Zhu Lixiang!" He exclaimed and immediately took off his protective mask, and an enlarged and enhanced version of Ni Ruiyang clearly appeared.
Yes, it must be him. Partly because of his thinness, his facial features are more protruding, his nose is high, and his eye sockets are deep.
He helped me into the office and briefly told him about my mother's injury...
I didn't want to listen to this, so I just told him a brief summary of our family's affairs.
"Come and have some of this, you must not have eaten yet." He took out a glass lunch box and opened it to reveal a bowl of egg fried rice with a few green vegetable leaves, golden carrot sticks, and A few peanuts really whetted my appetite.
After a bowl of rice, I feel energetic. Ni Ruiyang talked to me about some of his things. His experience was simple. He studied medicine in the North when he was in college. After graduation, he came to this hospital for almost three years.
At about ten o'clock in the evening, he hired a car to take me home. He also had to work the night shift. We exchanged contact information and he said not to miss it again this time.
07
Whether I want to help my mother continue treatment should not be a questionable matter. But I struggled with it painfully.
Finally, after I handed over all my savings to the hospital, I told Ni Ruiyang that I had decided to let my mother continue treatment.
"I'm just waiting for your decision. No matter what it is, I will support you. Don't be afraid that I'm here." Ni Ruiyang's voice on the phone was gentle yet firm.
My mother actually has nothing to do with me in the ICU. My best effort is to cooperate with the doctor and pay the money.
Ni Ruiyang doesn’t contact me often. I think he is also busy. I was holding the book, but I had no intention of reading it. Although I had the desire to continue treating my mother, I was afraid I didn’t have the strength. In just one week, my little savings were almost gone.
The doctor said that once the congestion in my mother’s brain disappears, she will be fine and she will just wait until she wakes up, but the subsequent rehabilitation medical treatment will cost a lot of money.
I don’t want to ask my dad for money. He knows about it but never mentioned it. I understand his approach.
But how can my mother’s current husband really ignore her? I decided to find him.
I told Ni Ruiyang this idea, but to my surprise he immediately agreed to take me with him to find it.
08
We followed the address they left at the hospital and found the house in the afternoon. It was a simple two-story building.
The neighbor said that the male owner took his son to a nearby construction site and would come back in the evening. Baby, who are you looking for? The female owner is in the hospital and she doesn’t know whether she is alive or not. It’s really miserable. After saying that, the neighbor's old lady started crying.
It was past four o'clock in the afternoon. Seeing that we hadn't left yet, the old lady came over and gave us two pears. She politely asked us to quench our thirst, and then went on to say that Cuilan (my mother's name) had suffered a lot when she got married. Her mother-in-law didn't like her and often spoke ill of her in front of her son, causing the couple to quarrel.
The man was also inconsiderate and often beat and scolded Cuilan. Once, he pressed Cuilan's head into the stove fire. Fortunately, he was pulled away by several neighbors... The reason for the car accident was because he thought Cuilan earned too little. Cuilan was told to switch to another factory and have to walk through an extra intersection. She didn't expect that she would be injured so seriously.
The old lady was wiping tears again after she finished speaking, and how could I not feel distressed? Although she didn't take care of me, the mother-daughter love that blood is thicker than water cannot be mistaken.
How is my mother’s life? I knew the result without meeting that man. He would definitely leave my mother alone.
When Ni Ruiyang and I were preparing to leave, a young man got off the battery car. When he saw us standing in the yard, he picked up his cell phone and shouted, Dad, there are two people at our door.
The young man opened the door, took out a small bench and sat down, playing with his mobile phone.
Looking at this half-brother, I don’t know how to go up and say hello, but I don’t want to leave.
The man is finally back. He is tall and thin, with a long face and raised wrinkles on his forehead.
Seeing us, he seemed to have guessed, "You must be Cuilan's daughter. You look like a rich man. We just earn some hard-earned money and can't afford to treat your mother."
Ni Rui Yangben I wanted to step forward and say something, but I stopped me. I tried my best to calm myself down and asked my mother if she had any insurance.
The man said that he had nothing and had never bought anything.
There is no need to talk about it any more.
As long as the car drove, my tears flowed.
09
Later, two of my best friends lent me 40,000 yuan, and they both advised me not to pay it back in a hurry.
When I went to pay the money, I found that there was an extra 80,000 yuan on the account. It must belong to Ni Ruiyang.
I found him and he immediately admitted it and said he just didn’t want to see me working hard.
I, who usually think clearly and actively, was suddenly speechless.
"I have a very good memory. I not only engraved the medical knowledge firmly in my mind, but also deeply imprinted you on my heart." He approached me and said, "Don't be burdened, I just want you to understand what I mean." I won't bother you with this, unless you are willing."
He winked at me mischievously, and finally said that he couldn't say more, he was going to work.
Ni Ruiyang did not contact me more because of this, but as long as he knew about my matter, he came to help.
My mother stayed in the ICU for less than a month and was transferred to the intensive care unit. The doctor said that all vital signs were within normal limits, but the mother showed no sign of waking up.
The doctor asked me to talk more at my mother's bedside. Not only did I do that, but I also scrubbed my mother's body myself with the help of the nurse.
When I am away, Ni Ruiyang will take care of her and play some light music for her mother.
Ni Ruiyang likes to cook some simple meals, put them in a thermos box, and bring them to me. He said it was simple and nutritious, and he would feel relieved if I ate it.
10
While taking care of my mother, I am also following the progress of her car accident case.
That family member was also reasonable, and was finally willing to take out 100,000, and negotiated that future matters would have nothing to do with them.
I thought the loss would be heavy if I came to their house, and if I could give money so readily, let’s just let this matter come to an end!
But some bad people just want to mess with it. My mother’s current husband came to the hospital to make trouble, saying that the money should be given to him.Of course,
was kicked out of the hospital, but he still kept chattering at the entrance of the hospital, confusing right and wrong, and saying that I was evil-minded and greedy for money.
My mother has been working hard for them. If something happens, they won’t even come to see her. They will even squeeze out the final compensation that my mother received.
I wanted to tolerate it and let it go, but the man refused to let me go and even went to my place of work to cause trouble.
My best friend said don’t bear it, I will contact a lawyer for you and file a lawsuit with him.
I didn’t want to do this at first, but my best friend said that if we do it in a big way, maybe the person will be scared. If these scoundrels really encounter trouble, it’s too late to hide.
was guessed by my best friend, and the court has already dealt with the matter seriously. The man was so cowarded that he said he wanted nothing more, but he also said cruelly: Don't want my mother to enter his ancestral grave.
11
Half a year later, my mother was still in a coma, her face became calmer and calmer, but she never opened her eyes.
The director talked to me at that time and spoke very tactfully. He told me that the hospital had really tried its best and asked me to make other plans.
"I really hope my mother can wake up and let her know that someone cares about her and loves her." I leaned against Ni Ruiyang and cried for a while, and his shoulders were wet with tears.
Ni Ruiyang thought of many ways, and finally placed his mother in a hospital in the suburbs. The ward was specially treated and looked after by specialized nurses.
We chose a sunny day to send my mother there. After everything was settled, Ni Ruiyang took me back to the house he rented. He said he would cook a delicious meal for me.
He let me rest in the small living room while he worked in the kitchen.
The roses on the balcony were in full bloom, and the clouds were floating freely in the blue sky.
Ni Ruiyang looks as serious in the kitchen as he does at work.
After a while, two dishes and one soup will be ready. He brought out the food, rubbed his hands, and invited me to eat.
He is very confident in his cooking skills. I also think it is very delicious and my taste buds are completely satisfied.
Ni Ruiyang smiled and said that his life in the past thirty years can be divided into before meeting me, briefly meeting me, losing contact with me, and now meeting again...
"You are really good at talking." I laughed, from the corner of my eyes All shed tears.
"I'm not being pretentious... I think now that we have met again and experienced some things together, do you think we can be together?"
"But my mother, this matter may be a bottomless pit."
"I am willing. Face it with you. If it is just this concern, then let it go! I really want to be with you. When I saw you in the third grade of junior high school, I really wanted the person in the future to be you. "
For so long, All we need is a ceremony to express our feelings!
I liked it when I was young, but now I trust it.
Ni Ruiyang said that as long as he is here, he will be my support.
12
We were already 32 years old at that time and had met both parents. My dad was very satisfied and praised Ni Ruiyang behind his back more than once for being a reliable guy.
Both parents are urging us to get married, but I still hesitate. My dad woke me up. If my mom never wakes up, will the wedding be postponed indefinitely?
On February 18, 2018, Ni Ruiyang and I had a wedding in our hometown. The wedding ceremony was as simple as a gathering of two families.
After we got married, my father transferred the apartment he bought at my workplace to my name and gave me a sum of cash so that I could learn to manage money.
He said that business has declined a lot in recent years. My younger brother is still in graduate school. My father cannot be partial, but the focus from now on must be my younger brother. You and Xiao Ni are both reassuring children, so live well.
My father is over fifty years old, but he is very energetic. He advised me to let nature take its course when it comes to my mother.
Life after marriage is very simple. Ni Ruiyang is busy with work, and I have to visit my mother during my rest time.
Ni Ruiyang agreed that I can continue to study for a Ph.D. He said he would support me in completing my delayed dream.
Ni Ruiyang’s biggest hobbies are growing flowers and cooking. He often tells me that the house is fragrant, the food is fragrant, the conversation is fragrant, and life is fragrant.
13
The spring of that year was particularly nostalgic for the world. Several iris extended the flowering period, and the last petals were like purple butterflies struggling to spread their wings for the last time.
Summer finally came with a bang in a heavy rain with lightning and thunder.
Rolling dark clouds came from the sky, and the bright afternoon suddenly fell into chaos and darkness.
I was reading a book in the office, but I couldn’t read it at all. I was out of my mind.
felt at ease when Ni Ruiyang called. But he told me that there was a brief power outage in the small hospital due to thunderstorms, causing the machines in my mother's ward to stop functioning. My mother kept coughing up phlegm and had difficulty breathing. In the end, she couldn't get her breath back.
I was prepared for my mother to leave forever, but I didn't expect it to be so sudden and dramatic.
Ni Ruiyang accompanied me to send my mother back to my hometown, and she was buried next to my grandfather. The winter cypress trees were evergreen and the streams flowed eastward.
14
When I was 34 years old, it was a critical year for me to study for a PhD. I had to return to my alma mater in Nanjing to study for one year.
happened to be pregnant at that time.
It was a special period at that time, and the doctor's daily life was extremely busy. Ni Ruiyang would definitely not be able to take care of me.
He said that even contacting him every day could not alleviate his concerns and worries. In addition to comforting me, I really maintained a regular schedule, had a peaceful mind, and enjoyed every moment of learning. During the final thesis defense, even my supervisor was amazed by me. When
returned to Northern Jiangsu, the due date was approaching.
When Ni Ruiyang took me home, he, who has never been superstitious, put his hands together and said thank God several times.
When Ni Ruiyang sat beside my bed with his daughter in his arms, I noticed that there were several strands of white hair in his thick black hair. He gently called the baby and praised her as a little angel who knew how to help him take care of his mother even before she was born. His voice was clear and gentle.
I looked at him and the baby with fascination. Life can be salty or sweet. The most important thing is to be fearless and have something to care for.
The person who spends the rest of your life with you is actually the person you originally recognized. Such a life is really beautiful!
Read a story and taste a life. This story is based on reality, and the names in the article are pseudonyms. The author is like Mu Fanghua, a cultivator of words, dedicated to exploring the meaning of life through stories. Everything in the world is full of stories, and all five flavors of life are full of emotions. Welcome to pay attention to us.
