Fall in love, get married and have children after graduation. After falling in love, I spend Valentine's Day with my wife every year. After so many years, the most unforgettable thing is Valentine's Day in 2003.
My wife and I were in love at that time.
On the morning of Valentine's Day, she went to work. Get up early and send her to the bus stop, which is near our downtown square. I didn't say a word of blessing to her. At that time, I was unemployed for nearly half a year. At that time, we wouldn't ask for money from home easily, and our life depended on our wife's meager salary.
At that time, we rented an old-fashioned building, with an area of less than 50 square meters. This house belongs to two brothers. My brother's family of three lives in the outer room, and my brother's family of three lives in the inner room. Our landlord is a younger brother. He rented us a room and transformed the kitchen into another cabin. In the middle of our two rooms, there is a small kitchen, which can only put two gas tanks and cook one by one. We lived there for a whole year, a whole winter! This house has no heating.
In the north of Valentine's Day, the city we live in is still winter.
At that time, I sent my wife to the bus stop every day and bought a newspaper in the corner of the square when I walked back. One is to read the recruitment page, and the other is to read the news to kill time.
On Valentine's Day, as usual, I bought a newspaper when I came back. The newspaper seller specifically told me that a newspaper can get a rose for free. Even if I wear a thick down jacket and put my hat deep under my head every day, he should still know me very well. Every day, I see a young couple walking in front of him in a hurry and buy him a newspaper when they come back. On this day, I either want to sell more newspapers, or I know the hardships of the young couple's life and tell them kindly. I was so happy that I took off my hat even lower that I bought three newspapers at fifty cents each.
This is a marketing activity of a large jewelry chain. You can get roses for free when you take the newspaper page they advertised to the business place. There is a jewelry store near the square.
I didn't know until I went there that a shop could only accept one rose. I am not depressed, on the contrary, I am very happy, because it is true that I can receive roses for free. I carefully wrapped the rose I just got for free in a newspaper for fear that it would freeze. The service staff told me the locations of several other shops. I hurried to the next destination without saying anything, for fear that I would not get free roses if I was late!
I just walked back and forth for more than 4 thousand kilometers to get the other two free roses.
Roses on Valentine's Day are much more expensive than usual. At that time, the price of roses on Valentine's Day should be five yuan, and I got back three roses less than ten times!
I was really happy. Get up in the morning with a strong sense of guilt! For men and women in love, Valentine's Day is very important. However, it was impossible for me to spend "huge sums of money" on roses as a "luxury". Valentine's Day that year gave me a chance to express my love, even in difficult situations.