Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia have been working very hard to have their own baby before the arrival of the new millennium. However, the two of them worked hard for more than half a year, but there was still no result. At Li Hongxia's request, Ma Weiguo and her went to the hospital for examination.

Li Hongxia went to the women's toilet of the hospital to take a urine sample, Ma Weiguo leaned against the door and waited, and the women who came in and out looked at him with disgust. Ma Weiguo smiled honestly and patiently explained: "Wait for my wife!" "If you don't wait here, your wife can still run away?" Ma Weiguo didn't care, and hummed happily. He has always been optimistic about having children, and he looks forward to surprises every time he takes a pregnancy test. Regarding Li Hongxia's worries, Ma Weiguo feels that it is groundless, two normal men and women will be pregnant sooner or later, what is there to worry about?

Seeing that Li Hongxia didn't come out for a long time, Ma Weiguo shouted inside: "Is there it?" ”

"Nope."

"I usually say that there is. I can't pee when it's critical! ”

Ma Weiguo's straightforward words made Li Hongxia a little shy, and interrupted him: "Do you know how to whistle?" ”

"No, it won't."

"Then you sing a song!" Li Hongxia was a little helpless.

"Sing what?"

"Whatever. It's just that you are not allowed to sing "Goodbye Ideal", and you can't pee. ”

"Nothing else."

"Then you learn to be a cat or a dog."

Ma Weiguo scratched his head, imitated the cats and dogs holding their two paws, and tried to make the barking of cats and dogs, but he couldn't scream. He simply learned to hum a pig, squatting on the ground and spinning in circles, imitating various movements of pigs. The people passing by in the corridor couldn't help laughing when they saw Ma Weiguo's eccentric appearance, Ma Weiguo buried his head, ignoring other people's eyes at all, and learned to cry seriously, hoping to help his wife.

Li Hongxia came out of the toilet with urine, and when she saw Ma Weiguo spinning around on the ground, she couldn't stop making a pig humming sound in her mouth, and smiled movingly.

Walking out of the hospital, Li Hongxia was still uneasy, and asked Ma Weiguo with some concern: "We won't really have any problems, right?" What if you really can't get pregnant? ”

Ma Weiguo touched his wife's head and comforted: "We're not so unlucky!" If there is a real problem, we will adopt a child, and what are the options! If you give birth to yourself, you can be whatever it is, no matter what is wrong, whether it is smart or melon, beautiful or ugly, you have to keep it. Therefore, adoption is a little more secure. ”

Li Hongxia muttered: "It's still biological, okay, it's not born by yourself, it's not close to yourself!" ”

Ma Weiguo grabbed his wife's hand hard, "You just put your heart in your stomach!" The two of us have been suffering for so many years, and now we are finally living together, and the happy days are long. God will be beautiful as an adult. ”

Unfortunately, things are often not as good as people think. God always adds a little bit of blockage to you when you're happy, and gives you hope when you're disappointed. It is like a clever chef, carefully blending all kinds of tastes, neither too sweet nor too bitter, sweet with bitter, bitter with bitter, is the true taste of life.

A few days later, Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia came to the hospital to learn about the test results. In the doctor's office, Ma Weiguo's shout could be heard from afar, "How is this possible?" If you check it out again, what will be wrong with my daughter-in-law? How can a good living person be infertile? ”

The doctor looked at Ma Weiguo expressionlessly, as if he was looking at an alien, "How could the hospital be wrong?" The test results are here, and it's useless if you can't accept them. ”

Ma Weiguo blushed and said, "Check me again." ”

The doctor said to Ma Weiguo a little helplessly: "It's not that you have a problem, it's that your wife can't give birth at all, even if she takes any medicine, she can't give birth, can you understand?" ”

Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia were speechless in surprise. The doctor hesitated for a moment and decided to tell Ma Weiguo the truth, so that he would not continue to pestering in his office, "** lesions...... It should have something to do with many previous acts of unclean sex. ”

Ma Weiguo was stunned, Li Hongxia sat on the stool with a "poof", and looked at Ma Weiguo in despair. Ma Weiguo stomped his foot, took Li Hongxia's hand and said, "Let's go to another hospital for another examination." ”

The doctor looked at their departing backs, shook his head, and went about his business.

On the street, Ma Weiguo walked slowly with heavy steps, his head bowed and his shoulders drooped, obviously suffering a heavy blow. Li Hongxia followed a few steps behind him, cautiously looking at Ma Weiguo's back, her heart was up and down, worried that Ma Weiguo would not be able to stand this blow, and even more worried that he would ask about his past. Those chaotic and unbearable pasts, now even she doesn't want to think of herself, whenever the past occasionally comes to her mind, she will habitually close her eyes, as if this small action can block those pictures. But in her sleep, memories will come like an unstoppable tide, waking her up from her dreams. Any husband who learns that his wife's past is so unbearable will be unbearable. She is glad to have found a husband who does not dislike her physical defects and loves her deeply, but she is not sure that Ma Weiguo will face her past calmly.

Inside the rental house, dim lights fill the room. At the head of the bed sat Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia who were speechless, and their shadows were reflected on the opposite wall, a little distorted and deformed, and the atmosphere was so solemn that people couldn't breathe. Ma Weiguo smoked cigarette after cigarette, he was trying to calm himself from this unexpected blow, and his expression and demeanor became more and more like Ma Jianjian. In his heart, Li Hongxia has always been an unfortunate woman who needs to be cared for and taken care of, and he has taken on this responsibility without hesitation. It wasn't until today that he realized that as a beautiful and gifted dancer, Ma Hongxia had once lived in a complex world that he knew nothing about, with countless suitors. What happened in that world was unimaginable to him. If it weren't for Li Hongxia accidentally falling off the stage and falling out of that circle, with his current situation, he would not have had the opportunity to get close to Li Hongxia at all, and the arrogant Li Hongxia would not look at him squarely. This kind of psychological gap, this shock of suddenly facing the truth, makes Ma Weiguo, who has experienced ups and downs in life, unable to calm down.

The pendulum clock "bells" to remind the two silent people that it was two o'clock in the morning. Li Hongxia couldn't bear this torturous silence anymore, she couldn't hold on any longer. Glancing at Ma Weiguo, who was motionless like a statue, Li Hongxia stood up and silently packed up her things. The lack of things is pitiful, and a simple suitcase is all filled. Li Hongxia packed up, looked around at the home that gave her a rare warmth in her life, glanced at her husband's back, and silently picked up the box and walked out. She really didn't want to go out of this door, this two-person world that had just been built not long ago, and it was a dark and cold night outside, just like her future life. But Ma Weiguo's silence was like a silent but resolute eviction order, leaving her faceless to stay in this place any longer. She has to pay for the indulgence she once had.

Passing by Ma Weiguo's side, Li Hongxia's footsteps paused slightly, and finally stepped out. A certain string in Ma Weiguo's heart was plucked, jumped up like an electric shock, and grabbed Li Hongxia's box. "Who the fuck hasn't clicked yet!" Ma Weiguo's eyes widened, and he yelled at Li Hongxia like a quarrel.

Li Hongxia looked at her husband in amazement, "I don't have time to participate in your past, I will accompany you to the end in your future!" Ma Weiguo roared as if venting. There was a "bang" on the wall with a shoe on the wall, and an angry scolding came from next door - "In the middle of the night, what is the wolf howling?" Still don't let people sleep? ”

Ma Weiguo just wanted to scold back, but Li Hongxia rushed up to cover his mouth and looked at her husband with teary eyes. "My past is messy, but the future belongs to you alone." After that, Li Hongxia couldn't cry.

Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia were lying on the bed, the sky was already white, but the two of them still couldn't sleep. Li Hongxia leaned on Ma Weiguo's chest and asked in a low voice, "Do we really want to adopt a child?" ”

Ma Weiguo said "um", "Didn't I say it, **** is multiple choices, you don't have to choose if you are born, there are many children in the orphanage waiting to be adopted, you can take what you like, and save yourself the sin of having children." ”

"Look at what you say, it's like having a pet! It's a kid! ”

Ma Weiguo sighed and said: "People don't like to hear the truth, in fact, raising children and raising pets are psychologically connected." Why do the elderly like to have pets, because the children are not around, they pour the feelings that belong to the children into the pets. ”

"Then let's just get a pet!" Li Hongxia said coquettishly.

Ma Weiguo stroked his wife's back and said decisively: "I'll go through the adoption procedures tomorrow!" Be sure to adopt a smart and beautiful baby. ”

"Adopt a boy or a girl?" Li Hongxia asked a very crucial question.

Ma Weiguo thought for a while and said, "Let it be!" Everything depends on fate, and when the time comes, you will adopt whichever feels right, regardless of boys and girls. I now feel that everything has to be about fate, including our acquaintance and marriage, which is all fate. Fate can't be forced, but when fate comes, you must know how to cherish it. ”

Li Hongxia fiddled with Ma Weiguo's sleepy buttons and did not speak. If it weren't for the setbacks and ups and downs, Ma Weiguo's words would not have resonated strongly with her. Before she broke her leg, she was a lucky and proud princess who didn't know the ups and downs of life, freewheeling and uninhibited. Men, money, flowers, applause, everything comes and goes. If someone tells her to cherish what she has now, she may laugh disdainfully, it all comes too easily and there is no need to cherish it. But overnight, with that irreparable accident, all this disappeared, and the men who had been around her like flies yesterday—officials in important positions, wealthy businessmen with a lot of money, handsome guys—all scattered, and did not even answer the phone, and no one came to the hospital to visit her, for fear of being haunted by a cripple. It wasn't until that moment that Li Hongxia understood that the sweet words of the past, the spendthrift of money, and the hugs of the past were all just bullshit. In the eyes of those men, he is just a plaything, a prop to use for the scene. No one is sincere to themselves, all they care about is a gorgeous skin. Once the skin is broken, she is worthless, and these people will not spend a penny for her. When she was starving and penniless on the streets, she finally understood what it meant to be warm and cold, and her friends in the past were strangers and far away from her, although it was just a gesture to help her. But in their snobbish eyes, people who have no use value should not spend anything. In the hotel where she worked as a cleaner, she had met these people more than once, but in their eyes there was no surprise, no sympathy, only indifference, only contempt. The more he used to humbly bow his head in front of her and flatter her with all his might, the more he now despised her and trampled on her with a vengeance. The kind of eyes that flattened people, the kind of pointing that did not shy away from the face - "This woman used to be a very famous dancer, very popular, and now she is down-and-out, like a beggar", these words were like knives in her chest. After going through a lot, she learned to pretend to be deaf and dumb, because she understood that the more angry and embarrassed she was, the quicker these people would retaliate. With this experience of falling from the peak of infinite scenery to the bottom of her life, she finally understood the value of true love, and she was grateful for a little help from others, so she cherished Ma Weiguo and cherished everything she had now, not to mention that she no longer had the capital to squander endlessly.

One sunny afternoon, Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia walked into an orphanage. They made all the preparations and decided to adopt a child of their own here. The gray-haired and kind dean warmly received them and led them into the children's playroom.

There were a few children between the ages of four or five to eight or nine in the room, and when they saw the dean coming in with strangers, they looked at Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia curiously with innocent and clear eyes. There is no shy and scared expression on their faces, and such scenes have been played out more than once. The children know that one of them is going to have their own mom and dad, and that one of their friends is leaving.

"How cute the children are! How can these ruthless parents bear to leave these children behind? What a sin! The old dean looked at the children with extremely loving eyes, and whispered to Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia.

Li Hongxia's motherhood was stimulated, she walked among the children, touched this head, kissed that face, and was very happy. The shy children were embarrassed to hide back, and the generous children calmly accepted Li Hongxia's intimacy, and some even hugged Li Hongxia's neck and put their faces close to her. Li Hongxia was so happy that she was about to get drunk. Ma Weiguo stood at the door, smiling at Ma Hongxia's happy appearance. She wants a child so much that she should fulfill this wish, although from practical considerations, now is not the time to have a child.

Li Hongxia looked back at Ma Weiguo and asked, "Which one do you like?" ”

Ma Weiguo waved at her and motioned for her not to say this in front of the children. Li Hongxia realized that her mistake might hurt the children's immature minds, and closed her mouth nervously. Ma Weiguo's eyes roamed around the room, and a girl sitting by the window quietly watching everything in front of him caught his attention. She didn't run over like other children to join in the fun, but stayed alone in the corner, holding a doll in her arms, a chubby little face, delicate big eyes flickering, as if she was very sensible and well-behaved, looking quiet and full of aura. This unusual child attracted Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia. It was as if they were little angels arranged by God in the corner of the room, quietly waiting for their arrival.

"What's her name?"

"Toto."

"Huh?" Ma Weiguo didn't hear clearly, and confused Duoduo and Duoduo. Everything seems to be fate, and fate is incredible.

The dean repeated, "Duoduo." She was picked up at the gate of the courtyard, and there was a note left in her swaddling clothes, saying that she was superfluous when she came to this world, so we all called her Duoduo. ”

Ma Weiguo walked up to the little girl, gently stretched out his hand, and stroked the child's little face with pity, his heart was as gentle as water. The little girl didn't dodge, as if she was very familiar with Ma Weiguo, and looked at Ma Weiguo with a childish face. Facing the child's innocent eyes, Ma Weiguo felt that his heart was about to melt, as soft as a ball of snow-white cotton wool. He really wanted to take this child gently in his arms, let her lie on the ball of cotton wool, be comfortable and happy, taste the late love, erase the shadow of abandonment on her young heart, let her world henceforth have no shadows, no more wind and rain, no more fear, no more loneliness, let her grow up in the sun, give her all love and shelter.

Ma Weiguo looked at Li Hongxia, and Li Hongxia nodded. She and Ma Weiguo have a good heart, knowing what her husband thinks in his heart, a lot and a lot, the past cannot be completely erased, and settling down in this way is not as good as smoke, it is not a reasonable solution. She doesn't want to completely occupy her husband's heart, so she completely expel the "she" who has turned into an image, leaving a little space for the other party, and the relationship will flow for a long time.

Ma Weiguo turned to Duoduo, "You will not be superfluous in the future, call Dad."

Duoduo obediently called: "Uncle! ”

The laughter of Ma Weiguo, Li Hongxia and the dean rippled in the room, like flowers blooming.

Ma Weiguo pushed his bicycle, and in the basket was a small bag, which contained a few pieces of clothing; Li Hongxia held Duoduo's hand, and Duoduo was still holding the doll in her arms that would never leave her for a moment. A family of three walked into the courtyard. The neighbor's aunt saw Duoduo who came home for the first time, and she also liked it very much, holding Duoduo's little face and looking at it again and again, and praising it more than once. Li Hongxia taught Duoduo, "Call grandma!" ”

"Hello grandma!" Duoduo screamed angrily, making the aunt next door happy.

Entering the room, which was neatly cleaned up, it was still a little cramped and crowded, and Duoduo looked at it blankly for a while, and there seemed to be some disappointment in his eyes. Li Hongxia pointed to a small bed next to the big bed and said, "Duoduo, this is where you sleep." Duoduo pursed her lips, looking a little unhappy, Li Hongxia showed a look of embarrassment, and looked at Ma Weiguo as if asking for help.

Ma Weiguo squatted in front of Duoduo and asked kindly, "Duoduo, how is our home?" Duoduo shook his head. Ma Weiguo smiled, "Duoduo is very honest. Our family is relatively small, but Duoduo must understand that the most important thing is that Mom and Dad have three people together, and it doesn't matter if the house is smaller. Mom and Dad will work hard to get Duoduo a bigger house as soon as possible, okay? ”

Duoduo shows maturity and sensibility that does not match her age, "Okay, Duoduo obedient". Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia happily hugged Duoduo.

Li Hongxia specially made a sumptuous dinner to welcome Duoduo's arrival. Duoduo ate deliciously and looked very happy.

When night fell, Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia sat on the edge of the bed with each other, happily looking at the sleeping Duoduo. Because of the arrival of Duoduo, the family is complete.

Li Hongxia leaned on Ma Weiguo's shoulder and said to herself: "The girl has to be rich and raised, otherwise someone will coax away with a piece of cake." ”

Ma Weiguo nodded and said, "Smashing pots and selling iron should also change a better environment for Duoduo." The resolute look on his face made Li Hongxia feel a sense of reliance and security. In this family that has just been formed, Ma Weiguo is the pillar of support, holding up a protective umbrella for her and Duoduo.

Duoduo suddenly woke up, opened his throat and cried. Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia are stupid, they don't have the experience to coax children, and they don't know how to deal with this kind of emergency. In a hurry, Ma Weiguo hugged Duoduo and sang "Goodbye Ideal", but his hoarse voice with incomplete tones frightened Duoduo and cried even more. Ma Weiguo looked at Li Hongxia in disappointment, coaxing children is not the business of old men.

Li Hongxia glanced at Ma Weiguo with disgust, and took a lot of people from his arms. She hugged Duoduo in a circle in the room, singing softly in Duoduo's ear, the beautiful singing floated all over the cabin, Duoduo stopped crying, looked at Li Hongxia fixedly, smiled happily, and the smile overflowed with the little apple-like face. Li Hongxia's singing voice is softer and more magnetic, and her singing voice is soaked in motherhood, and even Ma Weiguo is infected by her singing voice and listens to it obsessively. He didn't expect his wife to be not only a professional dancer, but also a talent for singing. He couldn't understand why fate was so cruel to such a wonderful wife, depriving her of the stage of life. Duoduo slowly fell asleep sweetly in the midst of the song.

Ma Weiguo smiled, "A musical genius, you can hear it when you are young."

Li Hongxia also smiled. She hadn't sung in years, and tonight's lullaby was the most beautiful song she could remember.

Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia contacted the kindergarten for Duoduo, and every day after work, the two of them took turns to pick up Duoduo, and the person who went home first was responsible for buying vegetables and cooking. Life becomes intense, fulfilling, and regular. Although the income is meager, with Li Hongxia's reasonable planning and saving as much as possible, their savings are growing slowly and steadily. A few months later, the family of three moved into a one-bedroom apartment in a residential building, and the living environment improved a lot.

There is an elevator, a balcony, a separate bathroom and kitchen, and an open view, standing on the balcony can take in a large view of the city. Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia wanted to surprise Duoduo, they moved while Duoduo was in kindergarten, and then cleaned up the new home as quickly as possible, and the dirty and messy living room and bedroom took on a new look. In the living room, Ma Weiguo's favorite books and newspapers are neatly stacked, and there are many favorite cartoons and music CDs on the DVD player. Ma Weiguo, who was tired and sweating profusely, and Li Hongxia glanced at each other and smiled knowingly. They finally fulfilled their promise of "smashing pots and selling iron, but also changing a better environment for Duoduo".

Ma Weiguo didn't care about being tired, so he pedaled on his bicycle and went to the kindergarten to pick up Duoduo. On the way back, Duoduo asked strangely, "Dad, where are we going?" ”

Ma Weiguo pretended to tease Duoduo mysteriously, "I won't tell you first, you'll know when you arrive!" Duoduo pouted angrily.

When he walked into the house, Ma Weiguo covered Duoduo's eyes, and didn't let go of his hand until he put her down in the living room. Duoduo looked at the unfamiliar environment and was stunned for a while, then he noticed his toy and ran over with a jump. Li Hongxia took Duoduo into her arms, "Do you like our new home?" Duoduo nodded heavily.

Ma Weiguo smiled contentedly and hugged Duoduo, "In the future, our home will get bigger and more beautiful!" ”

After dinner, Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia took Duoduo downstairs to play. The golden afterglow of the setting sun penetrated through the cracks between the buildings, shining on the ground, leaving light and shadow. Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia pulled up the rubber band and accompanied Duoduo to jump the rubber band. Duoduo is jumping, and Li Hongxia is counting.

"Jumping bands, small leather balls, banana pears, Ma Lian blossoming twenty-one. Twenty-five-six, two-five-seven, two-eight-two-nine-thirty-one. Three-five-six, three-five-seven, three-eight-three-nine-forty-one......"

Li Hongxia counted, Ma Weiguo involuntarily followed, and then Duoduo, a family of three jumped out of a beautiful and warm picture in the sunset.