"Is there something wrong with your body? Or are there some other symptoms?"
Niu Fangfang asked curiously.
Song Yongfu paused for a moment, and his gaze towards them was clearly somewhat embarrassed.
Niu Fangfang hadn't yet realized what was going on, but Lu Huaijiao had already guessed the reason.
It is likely that Song Yongfu's so-called illness refers to a physical ailment caused by psychological factors.
This is also the key reason why they haven't had children for so many years.
Have you seen a doctor?
Lu Huaijiao didn't press Song Yongfu about what illness he had, but instead asked him if he had seen a doctor.
Song Yongfu had, of course, seen a doctor.
No man could tolerate having such an illness. Song Yongfu was no exception.
Although he did experience fear of women for a long time, it doesn't mean he wanted to remain listless and unmanly.
He still wanted what he should have.
But he saw many doctors, and they all said they couldn't see anything abnormal; he might have been born castrated...
Lu Huaijiao: ...
"It's really embarrassing for me to talk about this with you two kids." Song Yongfu also felt that it was inappropriate to bring up this topic. The other party was a very young child, and it seemed a bit inappropriate for him, an elder, to say such things to them.
Lu Huaijiao didn't care.
She smiled and said, "Whether a topic is appropriate depends on the other person's intentions. If their intentions are pure, then it doesn't matter what you say."
Conversely, if one's mind is filthy, even the most eloquent and lofty pronouncements are immoral and extremely vulgar.
She was very composed.
Song Yongfu admired it more and more.
He usually seems quiet and reserved, but that's only because he's not in good health and doesn't dare to talk to people much.
Actually, he is also someone who needs to talk.
I want to talk to someone, instead of suppressing my thoughts deep inside for a long time.
His wife, Xu Xiuyun, whom he had been married to for over ten years, never had a proper conversation with him from the time they met until her death.
The two of them haven't spoken as much in a year as they have today with Lu Huaijiao and the others...
Song Yongfu snapped out of his thoughts and continued speaking.
Because of his poor health, he went to various hospitals and tried many folk remedies, but none of them worked, so he simply gave up on treatment.
Twenty years ago, he saw that the machine factory was recruiting workers, so he went into the machine factory and started as an apprentice, climbing up step by step.
"Back then, Xiuyun was a distant niece of the canteen lady at our machinery factory..."
Twelve years ago, when the factory leaders and colleagues saw that he was in his early thirties and still didn't have a girlfriend, they kindly tried to introduce him to potential partners.
He politely declined the leaders' offers, truthfully explaining that he had health problems and didn't want to burden the young woman.
He didn't know how Xu Xiuyun, who worked in the canteen, heard about this, but she came to him and said that she didn't mind and wanted to marry him.
It was very touching for Song Yongfu that someone insisted on marrying him even though she knew she had health problems.
However, he cannot ruin someone's life just because they don't mind.
He insisted that he did not want to get married.
Who knew that Xu Xiuyun was also a person with a strong will? Not only did she not give up after being rejected by Song Yongfu, but she also pursued him in a high-profile manner.
During that period, the most talked-about topic in their machinery factory was probably Xu Xiuyun's pursuit of Song Yongfu.
Back then, whether Song Yongfu was going to or from get off work, his colleagues would pat him on the shoulder with a smile and tease him, saying, "Xiao Xu has been pursuing you for so long, how can you bear to let a woman pursue you like this? I'm telling you, Lao Song, just give in to her."
Song Yongfu heard similar things many times.
Gradually, his resolve wavered.
He thought that perhaps there really were people in this world who could tolerate his other physical ailments simply because they liked him as a person.
He believed that Xu Xiuyun was that kind of person.
Finally, after Xu Xiuyun pursued him for a year and three months, he relented and went with her to get their marriage certificate.
At that time, the Down to the Countryside Movement was underway, and jobs and household registration in the city were extremely important to everyone.
As soon as Song Yongfu married Xu Xiuyun, he transferred Xu Xiuyun's household registration to the city, making her a city dweller with him.
Then, through his connections from working in the machinery factory for almost ten years, he found Xu Xiuyun a temporary job.
Although she was a temporary worker, the job was quite relaxed, and her monthly salary of ten yuan was enough to cover her expenses.
Song Yongfu had some money; his savings weren't huge, but it was enough to support their family.
In the first month of their marriage, their relationship was quite good. However, after Song Yongfu tried several times to have sex with Xu Xiuyun without success, Xu Xiuyun's attitude towards him visibly cooled down.
Song Yongfu's initial expectations gradually turned cold.
Watching Xu Xiuyun dress up every day and go out with a smile on her face, he thought to himself with self-deprecation, "So all that kindness she showed me before, and her unwavering devotion, was just for the sake of changing my household registration."
Once her household registration was transferred, she reverted to her true self, no longer bothering to pretend...
Realizing this, Song Yongfu was heartbroken, but he was able to comfort himself. He was already in poor health, so how could he dare to hope that someone would love him without disliking him?
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