After the death of his ex-wife Xu Yunxue four years ago, according to the wishes of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, the ashes were buried in a cemetery on the outskirts of the provincial capital. Xu Haodong has to come once or twice a year, because he is busy with work, the time is uncertain, his father-in-law and mother-in-law are not waiting to see him, and he is afraid of encountering embarrassment on Qingming and the festival day, so Xu Haodong comes alone.

The father-in-law and mother-in-law knew the feelings of Xu Haodong and his son, and they were afraid that he would be sad, so they persuaded Xu Haodong not to go under the pretext that the Qingming Festival had passed.

It was useless to persuade him, and the next day, Xu Haodong went to the cemetery alone early.

The father-in-law and mother-in-law saw Xu Haodong go out early and knew that he had gone to the cemetery. Thinking of not recognizing Xu Haodong as a son-in-law all these years, the second elder felt guilty, and hurriedly called Xu Yunjie and asked her to call Xiaoxue Xiaodong to ask for leave, and the whole family hurried to the cemetery.

In the cemetery, Xu Haodong sat alone in front of the grave of his deceased wife.

There were no flowers, no other sacrificial items.

This is Xu Haodong's agreement with his deceased wife. When I came to visit in the morning, I didn't bring any items, let alone flowers, because Xu Yunxue was allergic to flowers.

Just talking, "reporting" the sweets and sorrows and joys since the last "meeting".

The father-in-law and mother-in-law did not dare to get close to Xu Yunjie and Xiaoxue Xiaodong, and they were far away, because Xu Haodong was still "reporting".

Suddenly, Xu Haodong looked up to the sky and howled sadly......

Then, Xu Haodong hugged the tombstone of his deceased wife and cried......

Men don't flick when they have tears, only yin and yang are separated.

The whole family cried.

However, a man is a man, and after leaving the cemetery, Xu Haodong has returned to normal. Life has to go on, grief can't be excessive, and the thoughts of the deceased wife can exist somewhere in the heart.

Sending his daughter and son back to school and sending his father-in-law and mother-in-law home, Xu Haodong took Xu Yunjie and took a taxi to the seaside lake in the center of the city.

The provincial capital is called Haizhou City, and the seaside lake in the center of the city is a famous scenic spot in the world, with lakes, islands and mountains. Today's weather is sunny, the sun is shining, and tourists are weaving, Xu Haodong took Xu Yunjie's little hand and walked along the lake embankment.

Xu Yunjie suddenly said, "Brother-in-law, I want to die in front of you." ”

Xu Haodong was taken aback, "This, what does this mean?" ”

Xu Yunjie said: "I want you to cry me like my sister." ”

Xu Haodong smiled, "Hey, I said Xiaojie, you won't eat your sister's vinegar, right?" ”

Xu Yunjie said: "No, I was moved by your love for my sister. ”

"Silly girl, I cried for your sister because of my poor face and because God was unfair to your sister. Everyone is unique, you are you, you can't replace your sister, you have to live your unique and wonderful, this is also my expectation for you. ”

"Brother-in-law, you still have to answer this question, if I am gone, will you still cry in mourning four years later?"

"No, it won't."

"Why?"

"Because I've learned to be strong. With the death of your sister, and the fact that I have been investigated twice for no reason, and two life and death experiences, your brother-in-law has become extremely powerful. So, I won't cry anymore, including not crying for your sister. ”

"Oh, speaking of which, I'm still not as good as my sister."

"Xiaojie, you have your advantages, you are young, I must have died before you, so it should be you crying for me."

"That's right, then tell me, what advantage do I have over my sister?"

"Speaking of advantages, you're older than your sister."

"Brother-in-law, what advantage do I have?"

"Health, the most precious thing for people is life, and the most important thing in life is health. Your sister was born with a terminal illness, and in her short life, death has always accompanied her, and she is the most tenacious and only lives for thirty-two years. But you are different, you are healthy, you are sunny, you are full of energy. You are only twenty-three and a half years old this year, and with your health, you can live to be ninety-four, which means that you have only passed a quarter of your life. Xiaojie, do you calculate how big your advantage is, how much more can you do than your sister? ”

"Hehe, brother-in-law, hearing you say this, my sister is not as good as me."

"Okay, you smiled, it means that the pimple in your heart is gone, and we can go home."

"Hey, you said you would accompany me to the seaside lake."

"Don't forget, the husband sings with the wife."

"No, it's to marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog, hee hee ......"

When I got home, my father-in-law and mother-in-law were unpacking a large box that had just been delivered by a courier company.

It turned out that all of Xu Haodong's papers had been published, and the box contained magazines sent from abroad, which were specially sent to the authors by the magazine. This internationally renowned economics journal has published a special issue for Xu Haodong's paper, and the 620,000-word paper has been published at one time, which is the first time in the 79 years since the journal was founded.

Twenty books in English, ten books in French, ten books in German, ten books in Japanese, and fifty books in Chinese, a total of 100 books.

Xu Yunjie ignored the box of magazines, she was concerned about the manuscript fee, "Dad, Mom, what about the money?" What about money? ”

The father-in-law and mother-in-law were happy, and the mother-in-law laughed and reprimanded, "Stinky girl, you know money." ”

There was also a mail that arrived in the box, which contained a letter written in English, informing the author that the total manuscript fee was 297,900 pounds, deducting the income of 34,200 pounds, which was actually 263,700 pounds, and would be credited to the author's pre-designated bank account within a week.

Xu Yunjie shouted, "Wow, so much money." "I hurriedly went to get the computer, I wanted to check the exchange rate, and calculate how many yuan could be exchanged for 263,700 pounds.

Xu Haodong said: "Xiaojie, you don't need to check the computer, last week's foreign exchange rate was 8.9 yuan per pound sterling, 263700 pounds, or 2,346,930 yuan. ”

Xu Yunjie giggled, "Brother-in-law, you are rich, I will never call you poor again." ”

The mother-in-law said: "Haodong, it can be seen from the manuscript fee that your paper has been greatly affirmed. ”

Xu Haodong said: "This is the first time that a big girl has been on a sedan chair, and I didn't know that there would be so much manuscript fee." ”

My father-in-law said: "The articles published in newspapers and magazines in Europe and the United States are calculated in words, and your articles are translated into English by me and your mother, a total of 730,000 words, how much do you calculate for each word?" ”

Xu Haodong said: "Twenty-nine thousand pounds sterling divided by seven hundred and thirty thousand...... Zero .408 pounds per word, which is about 0.55 dollars. ”

My father-in-law said: "A word is 0.55 US dollars, which is the highest manuscript fee standard in Europe and the United States, and your mother and I have also published articles in foreign magazines before, and the highest manuscript fee is only 0.21 US dollars per word." Haodong, for this alone, your position in the economics community has been recognized. ”

My mother-in-law said, "I estimate that in the future, domestic and foreign publishing houses will come to you and ask to publish one of your papers." ”

Xu Yunjie said again, "Get rich, get rich." ”

The father-in-law said: "Silly girl, don't forget to pay taxes, Haodong, you calculate carefully, whether the money you send over still pays taxes." ”