When he came to the Pohu Hotel, Niu Tiangou took out his ID and registered it, Zhang Meijuan rushed to pay him, and then took the key to the room from the waiter.

"Let's go to the restaurant next door for a bite to eat." Zhang Meijuan suggested while handing him the key.

When she came to the restaurant, Zhang Meijuan asked Niu Tiangou to order food, added a few more dishes by herself, and then went to the hotel bar to make a call.

After a while, the dish was served, there were 8 plates, and there was a fish head hot pot.

"Ordering so many dishes, can't we eat them all and waste them?" Niu Tiangou looked at Zhang Meijuan who was sitting opposite in surprise.

Zhang Meijuan smiled at Niu Tiangou: "It won't be wasted, my brother and sister-in-law will come later." ”

While he was talking, a man and a woman came in at the door, the man was tall and handsome, and the woman was plump.

Zhang Meijuan hurriedly stood up and introduced to Niu Tiangou: "These are my brother and sister-in-law. Then she said to her brother and sister-in-law, "This is Teacher Niu." ”

Niu Tiangou also hurriedly stood up and nodded at her brother and sister-in-law.

Her brother nodded, and her sister-in-law smiled kindly at Niu Tiangou.

After the four of them were seated, her brother hurriedly beckoned the waiter to bring a bottle of wine and two glasses.

Niu Tiangou said that he didn't know how to drink, and her brother insisted on pouring Niu Tiangou full of wine, and said boldly: "How can there be a teacher who can't drink?" My child was in elementary school, and I had a few banquets with the teachers, and all of them were able to drink. Besides, you have come all the way here, and I can't let you go back and say that we Pohu people don't have hospitality gifts, right? ”

In the end, he is the boss of a business, well-informed, bold and atmospheric, and a few words have narrowed the distance with Niu Tiangou.

While drinking, her brother said, "Hmm...... Meijuan briefly told me and her sister-in-law about you...... I was going to entertain you at home...... It's up to you to decide, and we don't want to go against my sister's wishes...... Your business is done, and we fully support it; No, my sister will not leave any regrets in her heart in the future. ”

Niu Tiangou understands his brother's affection for his sister.

Her sister-in-law asked Niu Tiangou to eat vegetables, and at the same time put a piece of fish into Niu Tiangou's bowl, and said with a smile: "We don't have anything else here, but there are many fish." ”

After speaking, the sister-in-law glanced at Zhang Meijuan, who was eating with her head down, and said to Niu Tiangou: "Meijuan's affairs, her brother and I also worry a lot...... We bought all the houses for her and introduced her to a few people, who were either too old or too poorly educated...... We had to leave her alone. ”

Of course, Niu Tiangou understands that this is the heartfelt words of being a sister-in-law.

Her brother and Niu Tiangou drank a glass of wine, filled the cup again, and said, "If your business is done, I will solve the matter of mobilization...... I am very familiar with the director of the county education bureau here, and I asked him about the problem of transfer that can be solved as a priority for people like yours. As for the school, I'll put you in touch with a good ......."

Niu Tiangou believes it, because he knows that some cities and counties now have policies to give priority to solving the problem of separation between husband and wife if one or both of them have disabilities. With her brother's status as a business owner, he has some connections with the heads of various units in the county, and it will not be difficult to contact a better school in the county.

……

In the end, Niu Tiangou accompanied Zhang Meijuan's brother to drink a little dizzy and barely ate a small bowl of rice.

After the meal, Zhang Meijuan's brother and sister-in-law greeted Niu Tiangou, instructed Zhang Meijuan a few words, and then went to settle the account and left.

Zhang Meijuan led Niu Tiangou to the hotel room, poured him a cup of tea, told him to rest early, and finally said, "I'll see you off tomorrow morning." ”

……

Early the next morning, Zhang Meijuan accompanied Niu Tiangou to the station.

Before getting into the car, Zhang Meijuan asked wistfully: "...... you Are you still coming? ”

Niu Tiangou was stunned for a moment and said, "I'll go back and discuss with my family, and then ...... Write back to you. ”

got into the car, through the window, Niu Tiangou saw Zhang Meijuan standing there, looking very moving, and her sentimental eyes seemed to be dripping......

……

On the afternoon of the second day after returning to school, Niu Tiangou took leave to go home after class.

He wanted to tell his parents about himself and Zhang Meijuan. Zhang Meijuan's beauty and temperament made him excited, but her leg disease made him hesitate, and he wanted to hear his parents' opinions.

After pretending to clean the room at home for a while, he didn't know how to speak to his parents.

After dinner, my mother naturally asked about his marriage again. Niu Tiangou hesitated, plucked up the courage to hand her a photo of Zhang Meijuan.

Mom looked at the photo and said happily: "Well, this girl is good, she has to look good, she has to have a figure." I looked at it again, and then happily handed the photo to my father: "Look at it, look at it!" ”

"Where is she from?" Mom smiled and turned her head and asked.

"Pohu County, Jiangchang Province." Niu Tiangou responded.

"Oh, it's too far. Have you met? ”

"Yes."

"What does she do?"

"Working in a garment factory."

"Tailor?" There was a hint of surprise in my mother's eyes. Because she was under the impression that most of the people who worked as tailors in the countryside had leg problems.

"Count...... Sort of. Niu Tiangou was a little nervous in his heart, and muttered, "She...... Her legs ...... A little bit of a glitch. ”

"Lame...... Lame person? Mom's mouth suddenly opened wide and she looked surprised.

“…… Well. Niu Tiangou replied cautiously.

"How's that going to work!" Mom said categorically, her face suddenly became angry, "Look for it, find a cripple!" Find a disability! This is known to the people in the village, and it will not be laughed at to death! How can I have the face to see you Dandan sister-in-law! If Aunt Zhang knew, her mouth would not be as flat as a scoop! She would say, "Hmph, I think my niece is ugly, look, what are you looking for now?" Find a cripple! Tut-tut! ”

"What's wrong with the cripple? She has a job, is more educated than Dandan's sister-in-law's sister, and looks better than Aunt Zhang's niece! Niu Tiangou blushed and defended.

"What's wrong with having a job? What about being literate? What's wrong with being good-looking? A cripple is a cripple! Look at the lame cow who works as a tailor in the village, one leg is as thin as a hemp stalk, and the foot board is weirdly crooked, and it gives people goosebumps just looking at it! ”

The mother seemed to be annoyed: "Look at the blind cow in Hougang Village, when he is in his 40s, he is about to beat a bachelor, so he married a lame girl!" That leper and ugly cow leper dysentery, so helpless to marry a lame widow! Are you blind or leprosy? Well? A national teacher actually married a lame girl! I see that you have read more than ten years of books in vain! Stunned! Silly to read! Pronounced elm pimple! ”

Niu Tiangou never expected that his mother, who has always been good-tempered, would react so strongly.

Mother has always only promoted Niu Tiangou's marriage, not objected, no matter how tall or short, no matter whether it is beautiful or ugly, no matter black and white, it is a vegetable to be pulled into the basket, she can't wait for Niu Tiangou to get married in one day, and give her a big fat boy in two days.

I didn't expect her to have such a deep prejudice against disabled girls.

Dad put down the photo, and his face sank. It could be seen from his face that he did not approve of this family affair.

Seeing that Niu Tiangou didn't squeak, her mother's anger eased slightly, sat down, and said earnestly: "Tiangou Wow, this girl looks good, but after all, she is a disabled person." This man is like a tree. A beautiful face is the flower of a tree, and a sound limb is the branch of a tree. No matter how beautiful the flowers on the tree are, after all, they are short-term and will be thanked quickly, while the strong trunk is long-lasting. The vitality of a tree does not lie in the production of beautiful flowers, but in the presence of strong branches; A person's vitality does not lie in having a beautiful face, but in having strong limbs. ”

Speaking of this, the mother stared at Niu Tiangou, and then said: "Although this girl has a job and a beautiful face, she has a disabled leg, just like a tree with beautiful flowers and sick branches, and her ability to work is weak. After getting married and having children in the future, most of the burden of taking care of the children will fall on you, and the children will go to school completely dependent on you to pick them up, and you will feel very tired from taking care of the daily affairs of the family.

"Besides, when she is old in the future, she is old, her 'flowers' are gone, and her legs are sick, you have to spend time and energy to take care of her, just take care of her for a day and a month, a year or two, if you take care of her for ten, twenty or even thirty years, and take care of her endlessly, what will you think? Who do you blame then? You can only 'eat and walk'! ”

I didn't expect my mother to be able to tell such a truth, and think so long-term.

In the end, my mother dropped a few words: "You are the master of this matter, anyway, you have to listen to my opinion, there are only three words: disagree!" If you want me to live a few more years, you should dispel this idea as soon as possible, I don't want to see a disabled daughter-in-law swaying in front of me in the future, which will me off to death! ”

……

When he returned to school the next day, Niu Tiangou felt that his mind was wooden, and he didn't know how to reply to Zhang Meijuan.

My mother has lived at the bottom of the society all her life and experienced countless people and things, and her words definitely represent the thoughts of most people, but I didn't expect this world to be so discriminatory against people with disabilities.

I thought that only "short, poor, and ugly" people would suffer twists and turns and tribulations in marriage and love, but I didn't expect that disabled people are more "short, poor, and ugly" than "short, poor, and ugly" people in marriage and love!

Uncle Taurus's "erotic love conditions" don't seem to be "spiritual" anymore - Zhang Meijuan's appearance, material conditions, and spiritual conditions are superior, but because of her disability, she vetoed it with one vote!

Perhaps, the "erotic love condition formula" does not consider the disabled at all!

Alas, it is not easy for "short, poor, and ugly" people to find a favorite object, and it is even more difficult for people with disabilities.

You like others, and others are annoyed by you.

Poor disabled people, their marriage and love are unconditional, and they can't negotiate conditions - they don't have conditions, and they can't have their own choice - they don't have a choice!

The reasons are: first, the disabled have weak working ability, few employment opportunities, and generally low income; Second, the disabled have little housework, and some will have to be served in the future, dragging down their families; Third, people are good at "saving face", believing that the combination of able-bodied people and disabled people "drops prices", "is laughed at" and "looked down upon".

In the eyes of the world, the disabled and the able-bodied, that is, one is underground and the other is on the ground, and the conditions can never be "equal".

Only then did he deeply realize the resentful words Zhang Meijuan said in the letter: "short, poor, and ugly" people are at the bottom of happy marriage and love, and disabled people live in the cellar of helpless marriage and love!

This "cellar" is underground, and there is no sunlight; This "cellar" is dark and damp, cold to the bone.

This "cellar" comes from the worldly and deep-rooted prejudice and discrimination in this world!

I am afraid that he will not be able to help the unshakable prejudice and discrimination in this world for thousands of years, like a high mountain and a mountain.

He didn't want to make his mother sad, and he didn't want to make his mother angry or even angry.

After staying for a long time, Niu Tiangou had no choice but to write back to Zhang Meijuan, euphemistically saying that his mother did not agree with him staying away.

He didn't want to make this fairy-like beauty sad that he loved and pitied so much.

At the end of the letter, he wrote emotionally:

Although the moon is lacking,

High self-cleaning;

Although the chrysanthemum is remnant,

Auror Frost Snow.

Meijuan from afar,

It's always me

Chrysanthemum in the eyes,

The moon in the heart!

……