Marriage and love have been the most talked about topics throughout the ages. The Irish poet Yeats once wrote a famous poem called "When You Are Old". In the poem, he said to his lover: "How many people love you for your joyful and beautiful times, love your beauty, use either true or Fake love; but there is someone who loves your pilgrim soul and the sadness on your aging face.”

This kind of emotion described by Yeats makes countless men and women who are about to enter the marriage hall yearn for it. In recent days, with the conclusion of the two sessions, the Civil Code has officially been implemented. The reform of marriage-related provisions, especially the "divorce cooling-off period" and "subrogation", has caused an uproar on the Internet.

However, the law is dead and people are alive. The reason why marriage is evaluated as "sacred" by people is precisely because, in addition to the cold legal terms and distribution of interests, between couples who truly love each other, there is an emotional connection that is not blood relatives, life and death blood relatives. However, it is not easy to meet such a person who can support each other in the wind and rain.

Hu Juan, a girl born in the 1980s, is both unfortunate and lucky. Unfortunately, her prime life, which had just started, was interrupted by a sudden and strange disease; fortunately, even after 17 years, she was seriously ill and her appearance was no longer good, and her lover and children also lost their appearance. Still staying by her side.

An Ordinary and Happy Marriage

Before 2003, Hu Juan’s life could be said to be ordinary and happy. Not tall, she has a beautiful face and fair skin. When she smiles, two sweet dimples appear on her lips. At this time, she is the object of pursuit of the boys around her. Soon, her husband stood out from the many suitors. Hu Juan later said that the reason why she chose her husband from many suitors, who was not very outstanding in terms of condition or appearance, was precisely because of his upright character and firm love for her. What happened later also proved that Hu Juan Juan did not misjudge the person.

In 2003, Hu Juan, who was in her twenties, put on her wedding dress and went from a virgin girl to a wife who was grabbed by everyone inside and outside the house. Also in that year, God gave this happy couple an even bigger surprise: they were about to have their first child.

At that time, everything seemed so happy and prosperous.

The "terminal disease" that makes people age

Unfortunately, the fairy tale of the prince and princess was interrupted by an unexpected disaster.

Pregnancy is a gift from God to women, but it is also a hardship to women. After giving birth to the child, Hu Juan's body began to deteriorate day by day. At first, the inexperienced Hu Juan didn't pay much attention. All her thoughts were on the new born life, and she didn't have time to think about herself. As for the abnormality in her body, she only thought it was a natural reaction caused by pregnancy and childbirth.

But gradually, the skin all over her body, including her cheeks, neck, and even her chest and thighs, began to experience serious sagging. The shriveled skin is covered with tiny wrinkles and hangs down listlessly, making Hu Juan, who is only in her 20s and should be like a blooming flower, look like someone over 60 at her best age. elder.

Hu Juan was horrified by what she saw in the mirror. As the situation became increasingly serious, she no longer dared to hide it from her husband and told him everything about the situation.

Facing his wife's tears, the husband felt very distressed and immediately took her to the hospital for all relevant examinations. However, a diagnostic report threw the couple's hopes into the abyss.

It turns out that according to the examination, Hu Juan is suffering from a disease that is very rare in the world. One of its most obvious symptoms is that the skin all over the patient's body will begin to rapidly and irreversibly Flaxness and aging. The doctor told Hu Juan that with the current medical methods, this disease is a "terminal disease" and cannot be cured.

After the diagnosis, Hu Juan and her husband could not accept the result for a while. They took the report to many authoritative hospitals across the country, but all they got were sighs from the doctors. The four words "cannot be treated" are like a heavy mountain, pressing down on this still immature marriage.

Hu Juan has always been a woman who loves beauty. However, after getting sick, she didn't even dare to look in the mirror again. She was also reluctant to face her husband and children. After all, how many young men can persevere every day facing a wife who is only in their 20s but looks like she is in her 60s? And when your child becomes sensible and grows up, will this child be able to accept that his mother looks as old as his grandmother?

At that time, Hu Juan would think a lot every day, wondering whether she would still be accepted by society and whether she would still be happy.

17 years of companionship

When Hu Juan was at her most desperate, her husband proved with practical actions that his love for Hu Juan was not because of her appearance. Transferred by aging and physical weakness. When Hu Juan almost collapsed, and even had thoughts of death several times, her husband always stayed by her side, as if as long as the two of them were together, they could still have a promising future.

After learning that Hu Juan’s disease was incurable, her husband took her to many places across the country. The itinerary he arranged was not only for seeking medical treatment, but also for Hu Juan to relax and unwind. After seeing a lot of various people and scenery, and with her husband's careful care, Hu Juan finally opened up her heart, cheered up again, gave up those pessimistic thoughts, and gradually tried to find a new life. Return to your old self. Her appearance is already getting old, and she must not let her heart start to grow old too early. Thinking like this, Hu Juan took care of things at home again, taking care of her husband and raising her children.

After noticing her changes, her husband was also very happy. He told Hu Juan that as long as the two of them are still together, one day, with the development of medical technology, they will be able to wait until the day when their hardships are over. This hope led Hu Juan out of the darkest days, and her husband's decades of companionship made her heart flow with hope of life again.

Now, in the blink of an eye, 17 years have passed. Hu Juan’s illness has never been completely cured, but now she is able to smile and hold up her arms under her husband’s tender eyes. While holding his grown-up child by the hand, he walked calmly under the sunshine. Although Hu Juan is no longer as young and beautiful as before, she still lives the happiest life.

Translator Zhu Shenghao said: "Don't worry about old age. You will be very cute when you are old. Moreover, if you are ten years older, of course I will also be ten years older, and the world will also be ten years older. "Years old, God has aged ten years, everything is the same."

Hu Juan's life was overdrawn by God for decades because of illness. However, the sincere friendship between her and her husband kept her best moments in their hearts forever.