我与妻子陈文秀是1951年结婚的，至今共同生活了46年。我们基本上是由父母之命、媒妁之言结合的。婚后，我一直在外读书和工作，她带着两个孩子在农村生产劳动、操持家务，整整30年才结束两地分居的日子。妻子由于劳累过度，陆续患上了高血压、肾炎、脊椎骨弯曲等多种疾病。198 My wife Chen Wenxiu was married in 1951 and has lived together for 46 years. We are basically combined by the parents’ orders and by the media. After the marriage, I have been studying and working outside. She took two children to work in rural areas and took up housework. It took 30 years for the two places to separate from each other. Due to overworked wife, one after another suffering from high blood pressure, nephritis, spinal curvature and other diseases. 198