Chapter 5 wedding with the astronauts

Only the two of them know how many love letters Wanruo and Baohe wrote in the hospital expressing their love for each other.But Li Wanruo told me a secret: she kept all the love letters they wrote at that time intact.If this is the case, I think this is the most precious wealth that both of them have in their life. And all the most precious wealth in the world is always hard to come by. Baohe was finally admitted to this famous private hospital under the guarantee of a good classmate.The aggregate doctor there is very kind, and he revealed a piece of news to Wanruo that shocked her: your boyfriend's injury is extremely serious, and if he doesn't receive good and timely treatment, he may eventually cause cerebral palsy.

What is the concept of cerebral palsy? They are idiots who have lost their normal thinking functions. Oh my god!Wan Ruo trembled all over and begged the doctor: You must think of all ways to cure him, huh? I will try my best.The doctor told her that at this critical juncture, the care of relatives and the psychology of the wounded are also very important. Wanruo expressed understanding. Baohe started a new regimen of treatment.The doctor first re-sewed the wounds all over his body, and then straightened the neck. This is particularly important, so that the squeezed bones have room to recover and avoid nerve damage in sensitive parts.This is the first step.Immediately afterwards, the doctor made two holes in his left and right temples, and then locked an iron rod with iron nails, and then put nearly 50 pounds of plaster on his chest and neck along the spine to make his whole body straight It was erected carefully, waiting for the internal bones and wounds to heal slowly.This was the best treatment at the time.And this method makes the patient neither sit nor sleep on his back, and even his neck and arms cannot move.The tall and lively Baohe was wrapped in plaster, like a living sculpture. At that time, the whole United States was making a big propaganda to compete with the Soviet Union for spaceships, and ordinary citizens were full of mythical yearning for the space world. .When this yellow-skinned, dark-eyed oriental man locked in white plaster in the Seattle Hospital appeared in the eyes of the Americans, everyone was amazed and secretly laughed that the astronauts were coming.

Lily, am I particularly ugly now?Tianbaohe asked Wanruo sadly. Wan Ruo quickly comforted her and said: It's too fashionable to be an astronaut, there's nothing wrong with it.Having said that, her heart was crying.Wanruo is definitely not because of her own misfortune, but feels sorry for Baohe and worries about his body. In those days, Wan Ruo, who was born as a lady, was a completely different person.She cooks and feeds Gu He like a nanny every day, changes clothes and pants, and even takes care of Baohe's toilet.This is really difficult for an unmarried girl, but Wanruo doesn't seem to care about anything, and spends all her energy on caring about Baohe every day except for her own recovery, for fear that she will be careless and affect Baohe's life. curative effect.One day Wanruo remembered that Baohe had a high fever when she was in San Francisco, so she made a fish soup, and Baohe recovered quickly.So Wanruo went to the street to buy fish, but she didn't know the place where she was born, so she ran for three or four hours to buy something. What arrived was Bao He, who never shed tears, with tears of infinite gratitude in his eyes...

In a foreign country with no one to rely on, this pair of afflicted lovers spent the most difficult days of their lives in the hospital.Only those who have experienced such a day can appreciate its hardships and unbearableness. After several months, Baohe was finally out of the danger of brain damage, and the cracked bones began to heal, and the following days will be a long recovery stage.One day the doctor from the hospital came to Wan Ruo and said that your boyfriend can go home to recuperate now. Wan Ruo was overjoyed and told Baohe the news. Home?Where do we have a home?Bao He, who is extremely intelligent but has an unusually simple and honest personality, was not only not happy at all, but was dumbfounded when he heard this. He stared blankly at Wan Ruo who was exhausted from working for him, not knowing what to do.

Yes, how can we have a home?The two of us are just a pair of overseas students, a pair of lovers.Home?Why did the concept of a home suddenly appear? Baohe, don't worry, let's get married, we will have a family after we get married. Wanruo, don't be so stupid, whether it is love or humanity, I have accepted everything you have done for me, but, Li Wanruo, I can't, I can't let you marry me.Bao He, whose whole body was tied up with tens of catties of plaster so that he could only move his mouth but not his body, spit out in a hurry. He really couldn't bear to delay his beloved one because of his own carelessness and uncertain future.

Wanruo held Baohe's hand tightly and said: Baohe, I love you, and I want to give you a home, a forever home.Baohe wanted to say something, but Li Wanruo didn't let him say it, and just pressed his hot lips to his mouth. Coincidentally, when Wan Ruo was arranging to rent a house, she received a call from an old classmate in Taipei No. 1 Girls' High School.When she learned that Wanruo was going to get married, she blurted out: Li Liuruo, this is a major event in your life, don't be confused!Why can't you find a man based on your conditions?But you want to marry a pauper!Blank may be permanently disabled.

Wan Ruo put down the phone, she didn't want to hear her talk any more.She loves him, it is impossible to leave him, and it is even more impossible to leave him at this time, when he needs love and care the most.Wanruo found old schoolmates Wang Hongen and his wife in Seattle, borrowed 100 dollars from them, and rented a basement with the cheapest monthly rent of only 55 dollars.After renting the house, Wan Ruo said loudly with a bright face: "Tomorrow we will go to register for marriage." tomorrow?Just go to register for marriage? Yes, tomorrow! Baohe couldn't help being silly.Yes, tomorrow we will go to register for marriage.He, Chen Baohe, knew Wanruo about this, she was a person who could make decisions in a few seconds when encountering big matters.When he was still in San Francisco, one of Baohe’s doctoral students once quietly warned him: Li Wanruo is a very famous girl in Taiwan, and she must be a public figure in the future. You are a nerd, you should find a housekeeper His virtuous wife is right.Li Wanruo is not suitable for you!At that time, Baohe said to his classmates very rudely: You don't know her at all, I just love her.

At this moment, Baohe feels that his eyesight is not wrong, but he just feels that he is like this now, and his future fate is even more unknown. Wanruo is really wronged in such a situation. My dear astronaut, what are you worrying about?Tomorrow is the most sacred and happiest moment for both of us, let us greet it with laughter!If Wanruo is a person full of romance and passion, she will always adjust the atmosphere to the best state. For a young man, marriage may be the most important and cumbersome thing, but it may also be the easiest and smoothest thing.Because this is completely something that the two of them can talk about.This is the case for Wanruo and Baohe who are in a foreign country now.If this matter was in China, wouldn't a family with status like Wanruo have been preparing and raising money for a year or so?But now in the United States, they don't need any worldly thinking.Only two things are required for marriage registration in the United States: one is the identity certificate that you have reached the age of eighteen, and the other is the blood test certificate that you have no infectious diseases.Other than that, you two are alive.

tomorrow?Getting married tomorrow!But today Wan Ruo is very busy.She doesn't have time to prepare the wedding dress that the woman needs, and she doesn't have time to send invitations to relatives and friends, and she doesn't have time and actually doesn't need to book the wedding banquet.She is busy doing blood tests on Baohe and herself, and furnishing her new home. This is a bridal chamber in the true sense. Except for a glimmer of light from the window, it is completely dark and there is not even a wooden bed.Wan Ruo only took out a dozen yuan to move back a broken bed from the old furniture store, and bought a quilt along the way.

This is all the preparations for the marriage of the troubled foreign students. The next day, when Wanruo and Baohe appeared at a marriage notary office in the Seattle area, their attire amazed the American newlyweds present.Looking at Li Wanruo and Chen Baohe, it really makes people laugh. One is a charming oriental beauty in a colorful cheongsam, and the other is an astronaut with a straight neck and dozens of pounds of plaster cast on his whole body. What's the matter?Are they crazy in love? But no, getting married is a big deal, the young man has been injured so badly, it won't be too late to get married after he recovers.

Yes, another pair of Chinese people that people don't understand.whee…… Many young Americans who came to register for marriage gathered in the notary office, they were whispering and laughing from time to time.But Li Wanruo and Chen Baohe held hands like no one else, especially Chen Baohe, who was already tall, but with the plaster cast all over his body, his straight neck and head that had to be raised made him look even more arrogant. , and there is no one in it.People can't help but laugh out loud after watching it. So they walked up to the judge. Are you willing to marry this gentleman and stay with him for the rest of your life?The majestic judge started to ask questions. He should have asked the husband first, but today's judges may also feel that this is too special for young Chinese people, so they changed the procedure specially.There was a hint of doubt in the judge's eyes, so he asked the Chinese beauty in front of him. willing.Said the Chinese beauty. So you are also willing to still love him when he is sick or suffering? Yes, I love him no matter what he becomes. The judge looked at Chen Baohe, couldn't help laughing out loud, then pretended to be stupid and said a few times, and asked Zun again: Then, sir, are you willing to marry this lady, and love and protect her for the rest of your life? ? Yes, I marry her and love and protect her all my life. Well then, I declare now: From today, you are legally married. This process didn't take long, but it caught everyone present like the highlight of a movie.When Li Wanruo and Chen Baohe took the marriage certificate from the judge, the audience burst into thunderous applause. Men and women of the same age in the United States warmly expressed respect and congratulations to the Chinese lovers, and have been watching them go far and far... On that day, Wan Ruo, whose heart was filled with infinite happiness, and romantically supported her space groom, specially visited the most beautiful park in Seattle for more than half a day, enjoying the sun and sea breeze on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean.At night, with a very solemn and sacred mood, they walked arm in arm into the basement they had just rented.As soon as she entered the door, Wan Ruo suddenly told Bao and Gu not to move, then sat on the broken wooden bed by herself, took out a piece of red cloth from her pocket and covered her head: Come here quickly... With her reminder, Baohe, who was standing there, suddenly understood.He quickly straightened his body, moved forward step by step with difficulty, and then gently lifted the red hijab on Wan Ruo's head. At that moment, the young man saw the most beautiful face of the person he loved the most. Wan Ruoshuang stood up slowly and affectionately, and then stood on the bed with both feet. At this moment, she felt that her height could be closer to her spaceman, so she brought her lips as hot as fire, Quickly and firmly stick to the other party's lips that are also hot as fire... Everything froze.Everything stops.Only two hearts are beating. For a long time, Wanruo affectionately called out the two words that had never changed in her life: husband. This name has been called for decades, and until now, Wanruo still calls Chen Baohe her husband no matter at home or in public. Once I asked her curiously why she used this identity noun as a permanent name for her husband all her life?Li Wanruo said very seriously: I married him in Seattle at that time, and it was done under very special circumstances.And I have regarded marriage as very important since I was a child. This is a turning point in a girl's life.When we were in love before, I called him the English name Paul, or called him dear, but since I got the marriage certificate, he is no longer my boyfriend, but my husband, and he has a northerner I am extremely proud of my manly figure, so I called out the title I had been looking forward to for a long time.After that, we can't change it anymore, because we love each other forever. According to Mr. Chen Baohe himself, the love between Wanruo and him was unexpected to him. After the car accident, the inseparable relationship between the two of them as if they were at home made him unforgettable forever, and the sweet marriage that came suddenly out of helplessness made him intoxicated. In dreamlike happiness.Therefore, the wife's "husband" made the tough man who had broken his neck and many muscles and bones in the car accident at that time burst into tears... Perhaps because of the power of love and the warmth of home, Baohe's injury healed much faster than expected, and he only needed to hold his neck while walking.At this time, Guiruo always had a long-cherished wish in her heart, so with her careful efforts, they soon moved to an apartment with a monthly rent of 65 US dollars.As soon as she settled down, Guiruo gritted her teeth and used the $65 she earned from part-time jobs to buy a set of tables and chairs, a semi-new bed, and four old chairs from the flea market.After some careful arrangements, she invited Bao and several classmates who worked in the Seattle area, as well as the pastor who rescued them on Route 98, to hold a simple but extremely lively wedding. Decades later, their wedding scene is still a good story among Chinese Americans. Because at the lively wedding, there was an unexpected earthquake—after receiving the invitation, Wanruo and Baohe's classmates asked the bride and groom what they lacked.Wanruo knew that everyone was a poor student studying abroad, so after thinking about it, she said that you must give us something, then buy us a coffee table.So several students joined forces and sent Wan Ruo a coffee table, which seemed to be new.After the wedding ceremony began, due to the crowded cabin, several students squeezed to sit on the tea table, but just as they sat down, there was a sudden creak, and the coffee table broke into two pieces, and the male and female students fell to the ground in unison, yelling and yelling.The bride Wanruo, who made such a good face, blushed even more.But the most interesting thing is not this. At the climax, the old classmates clamored to let the bride and groom have a drink together. Baohe was still petite because of the 40-jin large plaster cast on his neck. When Guiruo raised his glass and crossed his arms to drink with him, the tall and clumsy Baohe couldn't drink the sweet wine no matter what. It makes people feel ridiculous.It's not okay to hand over a glass of wine without drinking.Amidst the yells from her old classmates, the clever Wanruo gently motioned Baohe to bend her knees slightly, so she put the wine in her mouth into the groom's mouth with lips to lips... Wow - look at the greatest love in the world!It was such an emotional scene and everyone who attended the wedding cheered for the happy couple.At that time, in Wanruo's eyes, Baohe was indeed the most handsome and coolest man in the world. Facing the guests, she leaned her head on Baohe affectionately, and emotionally drank the song she had just learned. "What a Rong Li flower".The soft and affectionate singing, like a hymn to life, moved everyone present to tears.Because everyone knows in their hearts that it is the power of love that makes Li Wanruo, the daughter of the Taiwan Legislative Council and Yizhihua of Baodao, write and direct this touching love scene like a song and a somewhat tragic scene. wedding.