Wu Yisheng and Hu Yifan lived in Fangzhou until the second day of the first lunar month, and returned to Beijing on the third day of the first lunar month.

After a few days, Wu Dao felt more and more that Hu Yifan was a good girl, Wu Yisheng was very lucky, he met the right person at the age of twenty-six, and both of them liked and accepted each other, unlike when he met He Hua, Si Baifang, and Meng Yihong, each of whom faced many difficulties.

Now that Wu Yisheng has brought his girlfriend back to recognize the door, it means that the two young people have already considered marriage, and as the only parent of the man, Wu Dao needs to make some preparations for Wu Yisheng's future.

Wu Dao looked at some properties relatively close to Wu Yisheng's company on the Internet, whether it is a new house or a second-hand house, the price is very expensive, even a smaller two-bedroom house, it takes several million, and the lower price is far away.

Wu Dao worked for more than 30 years, and Meng Yihong left another inheritance when he died, but all the savings combined were not enough to buy half the money for a small house.

The cruel reality made Wu Dao even clearer that he could not go to Beijing to live with Wu Yisheng, and the only thing he could do was to use his life savings as a down payment to buy a house in Beijing for his son and Hu Yifan as their wedding house.

In May, Wu Dao officially retired from Fangzhou University. Suddenly there was nothing to do, which made Wu Dao feel even more lonely. He thought of Meng Yihong again, if Meng Yihong was alive, the two of them could drive out to travel, but now he was the only one left, even if he wanted to go out, he couldn't be interested.

Relatives and friends persuaded Wu Dao to find another wife, but he still couldn't let go of Meng Yihong in his heart, and it was so difficult to find a partner who was in love. If you want to make do with it, of course, it is very easy, but Wu Dao doesn't want to do that, although he is already an old man.

Sixty years of life experience and two diametrically opposed marriages made Wu Dao understand that the person who married must be the right person before life can continue, otherwise he will be more lonely than being single.

Wu Yisheng wanted Wu Dao to find a nanny, but Wu Dao felt that he was far from being able to take care of himself, so he didn't look for it. If he is so old that he can't move, he will choose to go to a nursing home.

A month has passed, and in two days it will be the Dragon Boat Festival, Wu Yisheng called Wu Dao:

"Dad, Yifan and I are planning to get married. You should come to Beijing and meet with Yifan's mother to discuss specific matters. ”

"Getting married is a good thing. Xiaohu is a good girl, you get married, I approve of it with both hands. Have you ever thought about where you will live after you get married, and have you ever looked at the house? Wu Dao said.

"Dad, I have discussed with Yifan, the housing prices in Beijing are too high, we will rent a house to live in after we get married, and then buy a house in a few years."

"Yisheng, I've thought about it, I only have a child like you, Xiaohu is a rare good girl, I can't treat you badly, I can't wronged Xiaohu, I will buy you a two-bedroom house in Beijing with a down payment.

I've read it on the Internet, and although the housing prices in Beijing are very high, we can still get the down payment. I have been a teacher all my life, I saved some money, and when your mother Meng died, she also left some money, and she said when she was alive that her money was left for you to get married. Only when you have your own house can you get married and live. ”

"Dad, you gave us all the money, what are you going to do?"

"You don't have to worry about me, I have a pension every month, which is more than enough to live. Which day would Xiaohu's mother want to meet? ”

"Just the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. Yifan and I didn't go to work that day, so I can meet with you. ”

"Well, I'll go to Beijing the day before the Dragon Boat Festival. Does Hu's mom have any preferences? When meeting for the first time, you should buy a gift. ”

"Dad, you don't have to buy gifts. Yifan and I bought it in Beijing, and you can just take it when you come. ”

"It's okay to save me from buying something that doesn't fit."

"I'll pick you up when you come to Beijing."

"No, just keep yourself busy."

"Take half a day off, it's fine. Tell me when you come and I'll pick you up at the train station. ”

After receiving that call, Wu Dao had been very excited and a little apprehensive for the past two days. I was excited that my son was about to marry the girl he liked, and I was worried about meeting Hu Yifan's mother, and I didn't know what would happen.

At noon on the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, after lunch, Wu Dao put on a set of clean clothes, and brought a set of clothes that Meng Yihong bought for him before, and prepared to change them before meeting Hu Yifan's mother the next day.

Since Meng Yihong died, Wu Dao has never bought any clothes, and the set he brought was the last set of summer clothes that Meng Yihong bought for him. After bringing his things, Wu Dao took the high-speed train to Beijing.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Dao arrived at Beijing South Railway Station. To his surprise, Wu Yisheng and Hu Yifan both came to the station to pick him up. Looking at these two young people, Wu Dao remembered how he and Si Baifang looked when they were young, and when he and Si Baifang met, the two of them were also at this age.

Wu Yisheng and Hu Yifan had already discussed, and the parents of both sides would meet in a café the next morning. Before Wu Dao arrived, they had already booked a room in a hotel next to that café and put the gifts they had bought for Hu Yifan's mother there.

After receiving Wu Dao, the three of them went directly to the hotel.

After arriving at the room, Wu Yisheng took out the gift he gave to Hu Yifan's mother the next day and handed it to Wu Dao. Wu Dao took it and found that it was a set of women's clothes and a hardcover "Anthology of Chinese Classical Poetry". Wu Dao asked Wu Yisheng and Hu Yifan: "Tomorrow, won't Xiaohu's father come to meet?" ”

"Uncle, my mother is meeting you alone, and my father is not coming. Both of these gifts were for my mom. Hu Yifan said.

"Well, I've got it in my mind." Wu Dao said.

That night, Wu Yisheng and Hu Yifan invited Wu Dao to eat Peking duck.

The next morning, Wu Dao had breakfast in the hotel. At eight o'clock, Wu Yisheng came to the hotel again and told Wu Dao to go to the café at ten o'clock to meet Hu Yifan's mother.

At 9:50, Wu Dao and Wu Yisheng came to the café and chose a place. Five or six minutes later, Hu Yifan and his mother came to the café. Wu Dao stood up to greet Hu Yifan's mother, and he was surprised to find that the other party turned out to be Si Baifang.

Although she is no longer in her prime, no matter how her appearance changes, Wu Dao can see what she looked like when she was young. At this time, Wu Dao knew that Hu Yifan was really Si Baifang's daughter.

Wu Dao and Si Baifang shouted each other's names. Wu Yisheng and Hu Yifan also understood, it turned out that their parents had known each other for a long time, and the relationship seemed to be extraordinary.

Wu Yisheng and Hu Yifan wanted to know what the relationship between the two parents was, but Wu Dao and Si Baifang still sent them out, let them go shopping, and come back at twelve o'clock at noon. There were only two people left, and Wu Dao said to Si Baifang:

"Baifang, we haven't seen each other in thirty years, right?"

"yes, it's been thirty years." Si Baifang said.

"How are you doing after all these years?"

"I've had two failed marriages over the years. After I married Xu Jinfeng, because I was born poor, their family looked down on me, and our marriage only lasted more than two years before it ended. ”

"Why didn't you tell me back then?"

"Because I don't want to disturb your life anymore, that's so unfair to you. Really, Wu Dao, you are the last person I want to hurt in this world. After the divorce, I left the bank where I worked and went to another bank.

A few years later, I got married again and gave birth to Hu Yifan. I thought that marriage would last long. Unexpectedly, he later had an extramarital affair. At that time, I was very sick and had surgery. After I recovered from my illness, I divorced and lived with Hu Yifan until now. ”

"Have you been working in a bank?"

"A few years ago in the bank. After two failed marriages and that surgery, I thought about my life, returned to literature, and found a spiritual home. I spent a lot of time studying ancient Chinese poetry, and I also wrote a lot of poems in the old style, and I also gave myself a pen name called Sining. Then I joined the Writers' Association and retired a few years ago. ”

"I once read a collection of poems in the old style called "Selected Poems of Sining". Baifang, is that the book you wrote? ”

"You've read it, it's an anthology of poetry from me."

"When I read that anthology of poetry, I thought the poems in it were very good, and some of them were similar to the new style poems you wrote back then. I also guessed what kind of person the author was, it turned out to be Baifang you. ”

"Wu Dao, don't talk about me, what about you, how have you been doing all these years?"

"I've also been through two marriages. Wu Yisheng is the son of his first wife, but he is not actually my own. When I was thirty-three years old, I met my first wife, who was deceived by bad people and conceived a child, and didn't know what to do.

My grandfather was seriously ill, he was in his eighties at the time, and his only wish was to see me get married and have children. In order to fulfill my grandfather's wishes, I married Wu Yisheng's mother. Later, she died in a car accident.

The second wife, who was sixteen years older than me, was a colleague of mine, she was very kind, like a virgin, always thinking about others, but her life was very tortuous. She had infertility and had a marriage, but because she couldn't have children, she divorced on her own initiative.

Because of age and infertility, at first, she didn't agree to be with me and left for many years. Ten years ago, she and I had a chance reunion and we got together. She passed away last year. ”

"I can't imagine that our life experiences are so bumpy. Does Wu Yisheng know that you are not his biological father? ”

"He knows. Ten years ago, when I got married for the second time, Wu Yisheng didn't agree at first. Later, I told him about me and his biological mother, and he agreed.

You know, Baifang, I used to think that I would never see you again in my life. When I first met Hu Yifan, I thought she was a little similar to you when you were young, but I never thought that she would be your daughter. ”

"I didn't expect that Hu Yifan's boyfriend would be your son. If it weren't for our children, we might never see each other again in our lifetime. ”

"Baifang, do you remember our forty-year-old agreement?"

"Of course I do. At that time, I committed suicide by taking sleeping pills, and you saved me, and if it weren't for you, I would have been dead a long time ago. ”

"Baifang, I want to tell you that in fact, I have never forgotten you in the past few decades. The cotton shoes and Buddhist beads you gave me back then, I kept them intact. ”

"Wu Dao, in fact, I have always remembered you, and the jade bracelet you gave me is still there. I was afraid of breaking it, so I didn't wear it on my hand. ”

"Now that we're all alone, is that forty-year-old agreement still valid?"

"Wu Dao, after so many years, I have long understood that you are the only friend I can trust. At the beginning, I shouldn't have said that the forty-year-old agreement hurt you and myself. Wu Dao, don't you blame me? ”

"Baifang, of course I don't blame you. Whatever you do, I don't blame you. We're friends of the heart, aren't we? ”

Si Baifang shook Wu Dao's hand and said:

"It's all my fault that we met in the best of years and weren't together. We have missed thirty years and cannot be separated in the future. We are not only friends in the heart, but also partners in life. ”

"It's a life partner."

Wu Dao and Si Baifang's eyes were moist. After a while, Si Baifang said to Wu Dao:

"What do you think about the two children?"

"Before, I was only thinking about children's affairs, but now that we have decided to be together, we have to consider the affairs of the four of us together."

"It's a matter of thinking about it together. Wu Dao, Wu Yisheng and Hu Yifan want to live in Beijing, so you should come to Beijing too. We bought a new house for our two children to live in, and the two of us live in my current house. ”

"That's good. Before coming to Beijing, I thought about buying a two-bedroom house in Beijing for Wu Yisheng with a down payment as his and Hu Yifan's wedding house. Now the situation is different, I also came to live in Beijing, the house in Fangzhou is useless, I will sell that house and buy a three-bedroom apartment for my two children. ”

"Wu Dao, I also have some savings, and the two of us together contributed money to buy a house for our two children. This way, they will also be less stressed. ”

"Good. So when is the right time to get married? ”

"It's the end of the year."

"Yes."

"Baifang, since we are going to get married with our two children, why don't we have a wedding with our children."

"Wu Dao, if the child's wedding is going to be held, let's not do it. After going through so many things, I have already figured out that being with someone I truly love is the most important thing, and nothing else matters. ”

"You're right, Baifang, the most important thing is for two people to be together, so we won't have a wedding."

Everything is discussed. After Wu Yisheng and Hu Yifan came back, Wu Dao and Si Baifang told them that the four of them were going to get married. Wu Yisheng and Hu Yifan were overjoyed, both for themselves and for their parents.

Wu Dao stayed in Beijing for another night and returned to Fangzhou the next day. After selling the house, he came to Beijing again with a small amount of luggage and lived with Si Baifang. They looked at the real estate together, and then bought a three-bedroom apartment as the wedding house of Wu Yisheng and Hu Yifan.

After buying the house, Wu Dao, Si Baifang and their children received a marriage certificate together.

In January of the following year, Wu Yisheng and Hu Yifan held a wedding together. Although Wu Dao and Si Baifang did not have a wedding, they invited their most important friends to have a meal, and Jing Like and Zhao Wu both came to drink their wedding wine.

After getting married, Wu Dao and Si Baifang came to the Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall again. Si Baifang said to Wu Dao:

"I thought of two lines of poetry, and I will see if you can make up four lines."

"Okay, let's hear it." Wu Dao said.

"There is no need to mention the wind and rain in the third year, and the plants and trees in the dream are the same as before."

Wu Dao thought for a moment and said:

"Mo Dao's heart has been separated for a long time, and it is you who is also a poet when you return."