The two elderly people have no children and have a meager income that is enough to make ends meet; their family is very poor.
However, Liang Chengyu and Mi Youyou noticed that there were some fresh fruits and dairy products next to the old man's table.
As soon as the two arrived, the two elderly people warmly pulled them into the house, took out fresh fruit, and insisted that the two try it before leaving.
Unable to refuse, the two decided to stay a little longer.
"Grandpa, how old are you this year?" Liang Chengyu chatted with the old man.
The old man chuckled and held up an eight: "Eighty-six years old..."
"Oh my, that's a very old age! You seem to be in quite good health!"
The old man waved his hand: "These days I can't walk well anymore, my legs aren't good, I can't walk very far. Sometimes, my wife has to help me! Even she complains about me!"
Immediately from the kitchen came the old woman's voice:
"You old devil, you're talking nonsense! When have I ever complained about you? Isn't it you who complains that I'm old and ugly?"
The old man shrank back: "When did I say such a thing? How could I dare! You're the prettiest, okay?"
The old woman chuckled twice but ignored him.
The old man smiled and shook his head helplessly.
Looking at the old man's barely concealed happiness, Liang Chengyu suddenly felt a pang of unease.
In the kitchen, Mi Youyou was helping her mother-in-law wash fruit.
Looking at the old woman with her white hair but clean and tidy clothes and vigorous spirit, Mi Youyou felt a pang of envy:
"Grandma, you and Grandpa are so loving!"
The old woman was a little embarrassed: "What lovey-dovey stuff? We're all getting on in years, we just make do with what we have!"
She said this, but couldn't hide the smile on her face.
Mi Youyou asked curiously, "Grandma, how did you and Grandpa get together back then? Who pursued whom?"
The old woman laughed and said:
"What kind of ambition did we have? We were just introduced by someone, and we felt that things were alright, so we got together!"
"How many years have you two been together?"
"Oh dear, I can't remember, it must have been... forty, no, more than fifty years ago."
"The old man is eight or nine years older than me. He was already in his thirties when I married him!"
The old woman looked at her kindly as she spoke:
"How long have you been married, girl? Your husband seems quite a bit older than you!"
Mi Youyou blurted out, "We've been married for nine years and eight months..."
Indeed, Liang Chengyu was eleven years older than her.
At the age of 23, at the height of her fame, she married Liang Chengyu, a renowned figure in the music industry.
Before they knew it, they had been together for over ten years since they started dating.
She was able to remember the time so clearly thanks to Liang Chengyu.
Liang Chengyu was older, and there were advantages to that. When she was still young and inexperienced, Liang Chengyu was able to handle all the details properly. She had to admit that Liang Chengyu had spoiled her rotten.
At the same time, Liang Chengyu is a person who values rituals. He would bring her a gift on their wedding anniversary, birthday, and various important holidays.
This has been the case for ten years.
That's why she remembers the dates so clearly.
but……
Mi Youyou was momentarily dazed:
When did the gifts he personally gave become things his agent casually carried around?
When did their love become a scripted cliché?
The old woman didn't notice anything unusual about her expression and continued speaking to herself:
"It's been many years, we've been an old married couple. I feel that an old married couple is family, the closest family even without blood ties!"
At first, my husband and I were like strangers; we got together without dating. But as we spent more time together, I gradually discovered that he was a really good person. He never let me lift a finger when there was heavy work to do around the house, and he always consulted me on important matters.
Even back then, when I said I wanted to help those poor kids in town because their families were poor, my husband still supported me. Don't think I didn't know; he secretly went to work extra jobs to earn money to give me!
These fruits and vegetables were all brought to us by those kids who have grown up!
Looking back now, it seems like I didn't really manage it very carefully, but in the blink of an eye, fifty years have passed...
Fifty years?
A sense of sadness and fear welled up in Mi Youyou's heart for no apparent reason.
Can her marriage with Yu Ge last this long?
The old man spoke of his wife with a hint of disdain on his face, but his tone was undeniably full of joy:
"Don't let her wrinkles fool you, she was incredibly beautiful when she was young!"
Everyone in town knows she's beautiful, and countless men want to pursue her!
They all say I'm an old man who's marrying a young woman, but hey, I'm the one who got married, let them say what they want!
"Hey, Chengyu, your wife doesn't look that old, does she?"
Liang Chengyu was a little embarrassed, but then he suddenly paused in surprise.
Why did he feel embarrassed?
When he got married, wasn't he overjoyed and cried tears of happiness because he was marrying such a young and beautiful girl?
Why would he feel embarrassed about marrying a wife so much younger than him?
It seems that, somehow, he turned this awkwardness into resentment and vented it on Youyou.
How did they end up like this?
The old man noticed his embarrassment and adopted a wise, experienced demeanor:
"You're not still feeling embarrassed, are you? What's there to be embarrassed about? You're just being dramatic!"
"As long as you two are doing well, that's all that matters. Why care what others say? They're not living with you anyway, are they?"
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