When someone you love is far from you, it’s hard. It’s almost like you hunger for them.
This is precisely what happened to Saroo Brierley. He was separated from his mother as a young child in India and was eventually adopted by a family in Australia. Yet he felt like a part of him was missing without his “mum” in his life, so he took a huge leap of faith and eventually found her.
Another person who felt lost without her other half was 26-year-old Zhao Mai, a teacher in China. Her husband, 27-year-old Yin Yunfeng, is a soldier in the Chinese army and is currently stationed in a remote outpost in Tibet. They only get to see each other once a year.
During Yin Yunfeng’s last visit, he learned that Zhao Mai was working such long hours that she didn’t have time to cook for herself. She barely had time for a lunch break, which made his blood boil. Driven by a voracious love for his wife, Yin Yunfeng baked up a plan…
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He spent a week in the kitchen, slaving away, making 1,000 dumplings.
But that wasn’t all. He also stocked their fridge with a ton of homemade stir-fried meals and 40 gallons of his wife’s favorite noodle soup.
Each meal was individually packaged and stored in their freezer and the freezers of nearby friends and family. All in all, he left his wife with a year’s worth of food so she wouldn't have to deal with the burden of cooking at all.
Although Zhao Mai is now considered the “luckiest wife” in China, Yin Yunfeng’s touching gesture didn’t end there.
The love-struck soldier also hid a number of sweet treats and snacks throughout the house.
Each snack is accompanied with a love note. He promised to reveal their locations to his wife during a series of phone calls and letters, to help cheer her up if she was feeling down or lonely.
"Today you have been studying very hard and I have a reward for you. Behind the sofa on the right there is a gap and I have left you a packet of raisins," reads one of the messages.
"Every time I think of this my heart is warm," said Zhao Mai.
"I have to admit his food packages help keep me going and it’s great to know that he loves me. In some way every time I have my meal I know he is with me."
Hopefully other men will take a cue from his chivalry!
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