Chapter 437: Love that is not blessed or favored by others
Meng Chuyuan looked up at Lu Qingye's deep eyes and found that his expression and tone were both firm, as if for a moment Meng Chuyuan felt dazed.
She felt like she had found a soul mate with Lu Qingye.
Meng Chuyuan withdrew from his arms and lay back on her pillow, so that her eyes could be at the same level as Lu Qingye's. "Do you want to hear a bedtime story?"
Lu Qingye asked curiously, "What story?"
"A love story that is not blessed or favored by others."
Lu Qingye subconsciously turned sideways to face her. He seemed to see a hint of desire to express himself in Meng Chuyuan's eyes. He spoke patiently and gently: "Tell me about it."
"Then let me tell you about my parents' love." Meng Chuyuan's calm tone was slightly sad.
"When I was little, I often heard villagers say, 'My mom is a primary school teacher, and my dad is a vegetable seller. He's very hardworking, getting up early and going to bed late every day to sell vegetables.' But he's also very honest. Even if he gets there early and gets a good seat, he'll always give up his seat to a fellow trader who approaches him."
Even though Meng Chuyuan had never participated in this past event, her emotions were transferred to this special group and were very contagious, allowing her to imagine the helplessness and inferiority her father felt at the time.
"Not only did his peers bully him, but even customers who bought vegetables, seeing that he couldn't speak or hear, wanted to take advantage of a small advantage and deliberately picked trouble at his stall... Then suddenly one day my mother went to town to buy vegetables, and she met my father."
The vegetable vendors would shout when they saw people passing by, using their enthusiasm to attract people. Only Meng Chuyuan's father sat quietly in front of the stall, not saying a word. Others laughed at him for not being able to sell his vegetables.
Maybe that day Meng's mother felt that other people's vegetables were not fresh, or she couldn't find the vegetables she wanted to buy, so she ran to Meng's father to buy them, which made those who were also selling vegetables very unhappy.
"My mother bought groceries there once, and when she was paying, she realized the man couldn't speak, so she checked the scale herself and paid according to the handwritten price list. She knew my father was deaf and mute, and probably out of kindness and concern, she would always buy groceries from my father every time she went to buy groceries there."
After the two of them got to know each other a few times, Meng's mother would often introduce some colleagues and friends to come and buy. Occasionally, when she had no classes on weekends, she would also help sell vegetables and communicate with customers smoothly, which made the business gradually improve.
Originally, the small business did not make much money. Everyone worked hard every day to set up the stall and chat with customers for a long time before they could sell the vegetables. However, Father Meng did not say a word, but just sat there and customers came to him on their own initiative. Naturally, it was easy to make people jealous.
"One time, my mom went to buy groceries and saw my dad being bullied. She must have heard something unpleasant and started arguing with them..."
"My mom learned sign language to make it easier for me to communicate with my dad. Later, they got together. I heard that when they were planning to get married, my family didn't agree with my mom marrying a deaf-mute person. But my mom insisted on getting married. My family felt that they couldn't afford to lose her and wanted to cut off all ties with her..."
"People in our village were also surprised to learn they were getting married. They couldn't understand why my mother would choose to marry a hearing-impaired man."
"Until my dad had an accident that year, she went crazy looking for someone all over the mountain. In the end, she really became mentally ill. They started saying that my mom was really sick. Only a fool would look for a deaf person."
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