Aunt Zhao agreed, watching Li Yaotang change his shoes and go out.

Soon, the car drove out of the courtyard gate.

Li Yaotang picked up the phone and dialed the number: "I want to see you." ”

When the person on the other side received Li Yaotang's call, he was not surprised.

She told Li Yaotang the address on the phone. Then she called her secretary and canceled all of today's trips.

According to the plan, she was going to return to the company in the morning to preside over the meeting, and then return to Hong Kong.

But now, these can be put aside, because none of these are as important as the daughter's affairs.

Sixi, the old maid of the house, stood behind her and asked softly, "Miss, what is the little lady used to drinking?" I'll prepare. ”

Bai Zhiyun thought for a while and said, "I heard He Yu say that he doesn't drink coffee. Wait until you get back to ask her......" Thinking of this, she smiled. He Yu is still quite useful. "By the way, Fourth Sister, there is stewed bird's nest, isn't it?"

The fourth sister nodded.

"Wait, give Tang Tang a bowl of bird's nest. I heard He Yu say that she is not in good health. ”

Bai Zhiyun frowned, "Her mother-in-law just talks about feeling sorry for her daughter-in-law...... Hum...... Fourth sister, do you think I can wear it like this? ”

The fourth sister looked at Bai Zhiyun, dressed in homely clothes, without special decoration, and nodded. This young lady of hers, looking calm on weekdays, when she meets the little lady, it is like an ant on a hot pot, she is in a mess, and she has no confidence at all.

Bai Zhiyun seemed to be relieved, and suddenly clapped her hands again, and said, "Hey, I should have called the driver to pick her up just now, what if she can't find here?" ”

The fourth sister was amused and said, "No." ”

"Yes, Tang Tang is so smart." Bai Zhiyun also smiled, and she urged the fourth sister again, "Go and prepare, people should arrive in a while." ”

The fourth sister agreed.

Bai Zhiyun stood in the living room, looking around, to make sure that there was anything unsafe that would not fall into Li Yaotang's eyes.

On the wall, there is an oil painting of a majestic old man, sitting on a mahogany high-backed chair, his eyes blazing, as if looking at her.

"Father, wait for Tang Tang to come. Your only granddaughter, Yao Tang. Bai Zhiyun stretched out her hand and stroked the frame, "You should have seen her earlier...... She has the demeanor of her mother. ”

Bai Zhiyun's eyes moistened.

I think of my mother......

Bai Zhiyun's mother, Jiang Jiashu, was born in a scholarly family, the only daughter in the family, and studied in a church school in middle school, learning both Chinese and Western. When she was sixteen years old, Jiang's father promised her to Bai Shouqi, the eldest son of the Bai family in the Jiangnan family.

Before the consummation of marriage, it was already 1949. Father Jiang and Father Bai had clear barriers on the issue of going and staying, and finally parted ways. Before leaving, the Bai family said that they wanted to take Shufen away, otherwise they would dissolve the marriage; Shufen was reluctant to give up her elderly parents, and endured the pain and parted with Bai Shouqi. Bai Qi swore that he would come back to pick up Shufen in the future.

Three years later, Jiang Jiashu's parents died one after another. Bai Shouqi, who is in Taiwan, tried his best to go north through Hong Kong. Jiang Jiashu went to Hong Kong with Bai Shouqi. She thought that she would be able to stay with her lover from now on, but soon after registering her marriage in Hong Kong, she learned that Bai Shouqi had already married another person in Taiwan under pressure from her parents. Jiang Jiashu was furious and resolutely returned to China. The following year, a pair of twin daughters were born, the eldest daughter died at birth, and the emaciated second daughter survived, and Jiang Jiashu named her Bai Zhiyun.

In that era, a single woman with a fatherless child, Jiang Jiashu suffered a lot. By chance, she was recommended to go to Li's house as a "domestic attendant", and after only a few days, she was politically interrogated and found out her complicated background.

I lost a job that I finally got again, but Li Xuemao's wife Qinqin found that she was not only literate and hyphenated, but also able to speak fluent English. Thanks to Qinqin's efforts, Jiang Jiashu became her English secretary. In this way, Jiang Jiashu and her daughter have a stable environment. In the following ten years, no matter how Li Xuemao and his wife rose and fell in the sea, Jiang Jiashu always accompanied him and never gave up. In 1967, Jiang Jiashu ended an extremely miserable life in prison.

That year, Bai Zhiyun was not yet fourteen years old.

Bai Zhiyun, an orphan girl, holding her mother's urn and the only relic - a letter to Bai Zhiyun and Bai Shouqi - found Qinqin, her mother Li. At that time, the people of the Li family didn't even know where Jing Xuemao was being held, whether he was dead or alive, his eyes were black, he didn't have the last meal, and he had to deal with endless criticism. But they still accepted her.

Since then, Bai Zhiyun has vowed that as long as she can live, she must repay the Li family. What's more, the Li family has her favorite brother Ji Li......

Later, Qinqin took Bai Zhiyun and her family back to her hometown of Jiangxi for labor reform. In the labor reform, waiting for news from Li Xuemao.

It was a difficult time. But in Bai Zhiyun's memory, it is not all sadness.

Bai Zhiyun followed the adults to work in the fields during the day, and secretly studied with Li's mother at night. In this way, she grew up slowly, from a delicate and thin girl to a beautiful girl. Pretty can make people shine - in fact, she doesn't care if she is really beautiful, but as long as the person in her heart can think that she is good-looking, it is enough.

Later, she returned to Beijing with Li's mother. Later, it was the first time Li Jili came back to visit his relatives after joining the army. She knew that Li's mother would mention their marriage to Li Jili...... And so it was settled. Her heart was full of joy. Huanxi didn't even notice that her brother Ji Li didn't rejoice with her......

Bai Zhiyun's legs are a little soft.

These memories made her work too hard.

Every time she recalled, she felt like she was ten years old.

She looked at the time, and it was already ten o'clock.

Why hasn't Tang Tang arrived yet?

She sighed.

Tang Tang is coming, looking for an answer.

She didn't know if she was doing it right or not. She just understands too well the feeling of being overwhelmed by the past. And if you don't let go of the past, no matter what, there is no way to face the future easily......

She remembered going to the army to see Li Jili before marriage. As a fiancée, to his fleet, the pride and joy are indescribable. Knowing that he was busy, she didn't dare to disturb him. So she settled down in the guest house, and for three days she did not see anyone. It was so stuffy that she went out for a walk. Before you know it, you've stepped out into the street. The weather was hot, and the humidity characteristic of this seaside city made her uncomfortable. Just as she was about to go back to the guest house, it was so coincidental that she saw two people.

She would sigh until many years later. How could it be so coincidental. And Li Jili, how can he be so handsome, wearing casual clothes, on the street, in such an embarrassing moment, he is still so outstanding - maybe it is not that he is outstanding, but that he is the apple in his eyes.

It was the first time she had seen him have a look like that. Pain, reluctance, remorse, helplessness, love, pity...... How can one person have so many feelings at the same time?

She couldn't understand it. I really can't understand it. It's just that at that moment, she was about to be paralyzed in distress.

She wanted to shout loudly, call his name, tell him that she was here, and let him turn his head and take a look...... But she couldn't. What was left of her sanity reminded herself, go fast, go farther, the farther the better.

She knew how harsh the army was. A fiancée from a bad background has made the political trial particularly troublesome; The two women who appeared at the same time would completely ruin his future...... The future is just brightening. She can't be so ignorant, she can't be a stumbling block to him.

She kept returning to the guest house, packed her things as fast as she could, and when she arrived at the train station, she told the conductor that if she wanted the fastest train, as long as the fastest one, no matter where she went, she had to leave here first. She couldn't stay for a second...... It wasn't until the train left that she cried.

Back in Beijing, Li Xuemao and Qinqin had already gone crazy. Li Xuemao, who had never said a heavy word to her, scolded her fiercely. She left without saying hello. Li Jili looked for her everywhere, but she didn't cancel her leave in time and was locked up. She listened numbly to all of this—was it really because of her?

She thought about the figure, her face was unclear, but the outline was clear, slender and tall, white short-sleeved shirt, black trousers, and two waist-length braids, dark and shiny...... It's beautiful, it's really beautiful.

Later, he fell seriously ill, and only a skeleton remained.

But nothing was heard about the dissolution of the marriage.

She started to lie to herself, it was really just a nightmare. She's headstrong, she's suspicious, she's wrong......

Li Jili took a vacation as scheduled and came back to get married. It was the winter of 1975.

She didn't ask why he walked for more than a week with only two days to go.

Because, the moment she saw him, she knew that even if she was given another 11,000 chances, she would still choose to hold him firmly. Even if there is only a glimmer of hope, she will not let it go.

Because, she loved him badly. Even if it's not her that he loves. But it doesn't matter, she can wait.

At that time, I didn't know where the courage came from, but I always believed that if I had time and enthusiasm, I could get it. But he was like a stone, and she tried her best, but in the end, she couldn't warm him up. Endless suspicion and mutual torment, exhausting them both. Even Li Yaotang's birth has not been able to bring the slightest change.

And when one day, Shen Peiyi stood in front of her, she didn't need to speak, she already felt that the fortress she had spent half her life building collapsed in that moment.

She works hard, but she can't match each other.

Invincible.

In 1982, her father finally found her. Later, after many twists and turns, he returned to China to see her. At that time, my father was already ill, and when I saw her, I had not yet spoken, and I was already in tears.

Bloodline is a very strange thing.

She had never seen her father, but at that moment, she clearly felt the warmth.

Perhaps, it is the reason why I have been lonely in the world for too long?

She forwarded to her father the letters she had written to her father on her deathbed. She kept the letter for many, many years. In fact, I don't know if she will have the opportunity to meet her father. But she knew that in fact, her mother had always had a father in her heart. All the time. Even if it is hate, it is because of the depth of love at the beginning. It was a relationship that only they could understand.

Two years later, her father became more ill and urgently summoned her to Hong Kong. The old man has no descendants but her. wives and nephews, like wolves and tigers; The family business, years of hard work, really can't be left behind.

Her hesitation and struggle, Li Jili saw. However, he did not open his mouth to keep her.

She finally despaired and offered to take her daughter away.

But he resolutely refused.

Not only did he refuse, but the second elder of the Li family also refused.

It's horrible. No one stood by her side. No one spoke for her. The in-laws, who used to be like parents, seem to have changed their hearts overnight. She deeply felt that she was weak.

The divorce battle is protracted, she can afford to wait, but her father can't afford to wait.

So, she reluctantly gave up the custody of her daughter, got a free body, and went to Hong Kong alone.

On the day she left, she hugged her little daughter, crying and crying, kissing and kissing...... Until her daughter was taken away from her arms by Li Jili, the heart-rending sound of her daughter crying "Mom" rang in her ears and kept ringing for 25 years.

For 25 years, she has worked more than 14 hours a day. It's not that she loves work, it's that she needs it too much. Only when I am working, my daughter's cry does not ring in my ears......

But Tang Tang, how can my mother explain all this to you clearly?

"Miss." The fourth sister called Bai Zhiyun softly, "The little lady has arrived." ”

Bai Zhiyun came back to her senses, "Where are you?" ”

"I'm downstairs, I've already passed, and now I must be taking the elevator." The fourth sister saw that the hostess's expression suddenly became nervous, and she couldn't help sighing - thinking that back then, when she came to Hong Kong alone, she entered this home alone, and was bullied by the old lady and a group of "cousins", she never showed half of her fear and nervousness, and now she ...... The fourth sister smiled encouragingly at Bai Zhiyun.

Bai Zhiyun took a deep breath, "Okay. ”

Anyway, this level has to be passed, doesn't it?