When I found out the truth, I, a strong man who hardly cries when I'm sad, hugged my wife and cried my eyes out.
How could she be so good to me? She always thought of me and cared about me no matter what she did, which greatly satisfied my self-esteem as a man.
I actively cooperated with the treatment, getting acupuncture when necessary and taking medicine when necessary. The bitter medicine tasted sweeter than candied fruit in my mouth.
Although I have been very active and cooperative, the doctor still asked me to do less heavy work in the future. He said that problems with the waist can be big or small, and that I still have some old injuries. If I get hurt again, the old injury will relapse and new injuries will be added. The most serious consequence may lead to paralysis in bed and inability to take care of myself.
It still has an impact.
During that time, my wife was very cautious, afraid that she would say something to make me unhappy. After all, it was about my waist, and I was a man, so she was afraid of hurting my self-esteem.
I am a grown man, what can't I accept? At this time, I was really open-minded and didn't mean to force a smile at all.
You already have such a good wife. If you are still depressed every day, wouldn’t that be a waste of life?
During the process, the fourth brother also extended an olive branch to me. He said that I was hard-working and had a strong desire to learn, and if I worked under him, he would definitely cultivate me.
When I think about the third brother’s achievements, I feel that what the fourth brother said is true. Not only the third brother, but also the third brother’s son He Hui, wasn’t he trained very well?
But I feel that in my entire life, I no longer want to achieve anything, but to be with my wife and provide my children with a stable and harmonious family environment to grow up in. This is probably my last hope in this life.
After all, the country has already started to reform and open up, and I have considered many industries, but none of them were satisfactory.
Either I can't be with my wife often, or I need to do some physical work, which is not suitable for me.
I feel like I'm a little too arrogant. I'm obviously not good at anything and my back is injured. What right do I have to be picky about my work?
But my wife said, "I spent so much time and effort to ask my fourth brother's wife to introduce the best Chinese medicine doctor, not for you to ruin yourself after being cured. Isn't the money I earn enough? The family doesn't need you to make much money. As long as you are here, we can live a peaceful life."
My wife's words enlightened me. My family is already in this state and doesn't need my financial support. So what can I do?
Of course, it is to give them emotional support!
I started to follow my wife around and was responsible for the factory logistics.
After a while, my fourth brother's wife found out about it, and she insisted on signing an employment contract with me.
"Brother and sister-in-law, I won't tell you how much you have helped me since I started my business. I just need to remember those things. But if I ask you to work for me for free, that's definitely not going to work."
In the end, I couldn't persuade her.
I had already rejected the fourth brother once, and it was not easy to reject his wife again, so I simply signed the labor contract and started getting paid.
After I started working, I followed my wife around everywhere. Although it was quite tiring sometimes, we would go to some special tourist spots together to soak in hot springs, get massages, and relax ourselves.
This kind of life makes me feel more comfortable than when I was in the village.
I began to regret not letting my wife go out and explore the world.
In the end, it was because my vision was too narrow. After seeing the world, I began to encourage my children to travel frequently to broaden their horizons and expand their horizons. I hope their lives can be more wonderful.
Instead of being like me, stuck in a small mountain village, and only coming out to see a different world when I’m so old.
My wife and I also enjoy life in the studio very much. Although we have not saved much money for our children in our old age, we feel that we have given them the best wealth.
We give them the opportunity to learn knowledge, the channels to broaden their horizons, the courage and a little capital to step out.
I always feel that my life slowly got on track after I was over 40.
Occasionally, I would think of my past life in the countryside, my adoptive father, and my biological mother, and would often sigh: “If my parents were still alive, seeing our current achievements, they would feel very happy, right?”
"I don't know." My wife raised her eyebrows. "I don't spend much time with my father-in-law. When he was still around, didn't I have to avoid suspicion? I always heard from others that he was a good person. As for my mother-in-law, I feel that no one in our family would like her except you."
Speaking of this, I feel very uncomfortable.
Just because my biological father was her true love, she only loved me among all her children. She even did her best to abuse the second and third children who were born under my care.
I couldn't understand her feelings, but I couldn't criticize her like others did because everything she did was for my own good.
"Hey, Dalang, tell me, what did my father-in-law say to you when he left?" My wife suddenly came over with a curious look on her face.
At that time, my father asked everyone to go out and left me alone in the room talking.
Seeing that I didn’t say anything, my wife said, “Do you know that when you were left alone by your father-in-law, my mother-in-law’s face turned green, and she looked like she wanted to rush in but didn’t dare to.”
I roughly understand that at that time my mother was probably afraid that my father would tell me my background.
She greatly underestimated my father's kindness. Instead of exposing her, my father just told me a small request, asking me to take care of my younger brothers to the best of my ability.
He didn't even make any demands on me. He knew that I always regarded myself as the eldest brother. If he asked me to take good care of my younger brothers, I would definitely do it.
Seeing my wife's curious look, I could only tell her: "My mother is afraid that my father will tell my life story. She is afraid that she will be too ashamed to stay in that family after I know it. My father just asked me to take care of my brothers to the best of my ability."
Her expression was full of sorrow for a moment. "You are a family of four brothers. People can't even write about you in a picture book. If it weren't for the fourth brother holding you back, this family would have broken up long ago. We still have to rely on the fourth brother at critical moments."
"Wife, do you regret not letting me join the army?"
"What are you thinking? Why should I regret? Fortunately, it was Lao Si who went. He was capable and came back safely. If it was you who went, you might not be able to come back."
It is late at night, and our leisurely life in old age has just arrived.
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