She was very grateful to the person who sent her the money, so she took the initiative to contact and thank the person from the bottom of her heart. After she contacted the person, she found out that this man was almost the same age as her. H e had an outstanding appearance, was gentle, and elegant. The remarkable thing was that this man also did not have much savings. He was a man who had to provide for his parents. Also, he was even supporting his late brother’s children, a boy and a girl, who were both in college. The man was carrying such heavy burdens, but he still gave that young mother a thousand dollars.
"Don't you have your own children? You have to take care of the parents and also your brother’s children. What about yourself?" she cried.
She originally only asked that out of concern.
"My...my brother died a long time ago.
When he died, his daughter was only one year old. His wife left with another man one month after my brother died, and she left their five-year-old son and their daughter, who was a little over one, behind. At that time, my father was paralyzed and my mother had a bad back. All of them needed my care. Well... You'll never be able t o imagine how an eighteen-year-old young man like me changed my one-year-old niece's diapers every day. Sometimes at night, when my niece was hungry and wanted some milk, I just..."
Speaking of that, the man smiled awkwardly. "I just tied the bottle onto myself and comforted my niece. At that time, which young lady of the appropriate age would be willing to marry someone like me, who needed to take care of both the elderly and also the young ones in the family? I do have good looks, but I don't even have a wife at this point in my life. However, it’s alright. My nephew is now a postgraduate student, and my niece has just become a college freshman. I think in another few years, everything will be alright for me once my nephew and niece start to work. I don't want anything in this life. I just want to care for my nephew and niece."
"But you’re only about thirty-eight," the woman immediately said while feeling sorry.
"That's true. I'm only about thirty-eight, but I...don’t even know what it's like being with a woman in this life." The man's tone was incomparably sorrowful.
After saying that, he forced himself to smile. "Enough about me. I am a man. What am I getting emotional for? No matter how bad it is, I still have two children. They were not my own children, but they are my brother's children. They are no different from being my own, especially my niece, who is very close to my heart. Oh, yes, do you know why I donated these one thousand dollars to your daughter? It’s because your daughter is almost the same age as my niece. She is a pretty young lady as well.
"I was reminded of how I started taking care of my nephew and niece, especially m y niece, by myself when I was eighteen. My niece was still a toddler back then, so I carried her on my back while I worked odd jobs. After she has fallen asleep at night, I would then work the night shift at the construction site nearby. That was how I brought up my niece after going through so many hardships. You don't know this, but my niece is very close to my heart. I have always liked to have daughters, to begin with. My nephew had been very naughty since childhood and I often gave him a beating. My niece, however, I've never been able to even bear to give her a beating at all since she was a child. Girls needed to be doted on. They can't be beaten. Little girls are so delicate. Therefore, once I've seen your crowdfunding information, I was immediately reminded of my niece. I am very poor and these one thousand dollars i s all my savings, but I have to send it to you as well. Mm-hmm. Your daughter will certainly recover. When I get paid next month, I will give my nephew and niece less money, and I'll squeeze out a little bit for you again."
What the man said made the woman feel s o moved that she immediately broke out in tears. Perhaps she had been lonely for too long and had been taking care of the child b y herself, or perhaps it was because her daughter was still sick, so the woman was already on the brink of having a meltdown. At that moment, she finally found someone she could pour her heart and soul to.
Acting on an impulse, she rushed into the man's arms. "Sir, after my daughter recovers, I'll marry you. I will do your laundry and cook for you. I will work together with you and raise our three children. Would you be willing to have me? "
The man hugged the woman and sneered silently. "I will help you to crowd-fund together and fight to gather the money earlier."
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