After the reopening of the school, a new female doctor surnamed Lou came to the Chinese department.

At this time, the conditions for recruiting teachers in Fangzhou College have become doctors, and Mr. Lou has been married and had children many years ago, and he was a graduate student and doctor after having children, and was recruited to Fangzhou University after graduation.

Mr. Lou's home is in Fangzhou City, so he doesn't live in a dormitory.

At this time, Wu Dao was eating with Su Hongmin more often, and there were fewer and fewer opportunities to cook with Meng Yihong, and there were fewer opportunities to be alone.

One day in October, Wu Dao traveled to Hangzhou to attend an academic seminar. He didn't attach much importance to the seminar itself, and what he was looking forward to the most was his first meeting with Zhao Wu after graduating from his bachelor's degree. Before leaving, Wu Dao called Zhao Wu.

The seminar was held in a hotel with accommodation provided by the organizers. Wu Dao takes the high-speed train from Fangzhou to Hangzhou, which only takes four and a half hours on the way. At three o'clock in the afternoon, he arrived at the hotel where the seminar was held, registered his name, and after arranging accommodation, he called Zhao Wu.

Zhao Wu said that he still had some things to deal with in his unit, and he would invite Wu Dao to his home after work. Wu Dao was idle, so he went outside to walk around, take a look, and took a taxi to see the West Lake.

The scenery of West Lake is indeed very beautiful, but after all, it is not as magnificent as Pearl Lake, and Wu Dao prefers the latter compared to the two.

Thinking that Bai Juyi and Su Shi had lived in Hangzhou and left footprints in the West Lake, Wu Dao felt that Hangzhou was indeed a place where people were outstanding, no wonder Zhao Wu would stay here.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Wu called Wu Dao and asked where he was. Wu Dao didn't know where he was, so he asked Zhao Wu's family which road he lived in, and he took a taxi over.

Zhao Wu said the address of his home, and Wu Dao immediately took a taxi to go.

Wu Dao told the driver the address, and the driver said that it was not far away. But at this time, it was the rush hour after work, and the speed of the car was very slow, and after more than twenty minutes, Wu Dao arrived at his destination, and Zhao Wu was already standing at the gate of the community waiting for him.

Wu Dao saw that Zhao Wu's body was still so thin, but he was much fatter than before. As soon as the two of them met, they hugged each other, and Zhao Wu said:

"We must have not seen each other for seven or eight years, right?"

"It's been more than eight years, and when I graduated, I was twenty-three years old, and now I'm thirty-one." Wu Dao said.

"I'm a year older than you, and now I'm thirty-two, so time flies. I was going to take a leave of absence to pick you up at the train station, but there were too many things in the hall in the afternoon to get out of it. ”

"What is the relationship between us, you don't have to pick me up, I went around Hangzhou in the afternoon, and it's good."

"The first time you came to Hangzhou, I was supposed to take you out for a meal, but I couldn't leave the house, and the children were still too young. Tonight, let's have dinner at my house. ”

"You already have children? Why didn't you say a word to me when you got married? ”

"It's too far away, I didn't tell you, and I didn't tell Jing Like."

"If I knew that you were married and had children, I should buy some gifts and come back, so empty-handed, it's too ugly."

"What is our relationship? No need to buy anything! ”

"How did you and your sister-in-law meet?"

"She was my classmate when I was in graduate school, and after graduation, we both stayed in Hangzhou to work and got married soon after. At that time, we hadn't bought a house yet, and we wanted to live in a two-person world for a few years, so we didn't have children.

A child born in June of this year. Neither of our parents was here, and I had to go home and cook in the evening. When the maternity leave is over, I hire a babysitter. ”

"Your family is so busy, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten it."

"It's all at the doorstep, so I have to sit down for a while and have a meal. Zhang Chao, it's my wife, and she wants to meet you too. ”

"Okay then."

Zhao Wu walked into the community with Wu Dao, and as he walked, he said:

"The current housing prices in Hangzhou are not lower than those in Beijing and Shanghai, and this community was built with funds raised by the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the price is much lower than the market price, otherwise I can't afford to buy a house."

"I also bought the building built by Fangzhou College, which is much lower than the market price."

"That's right, you are too honest, in this society, honest people are going to suffer a big loss, if you want to live well, you must take advantage of it."

The two of them soon arrived at Zhao Wu's house. When he entered the door, Zhao Wu's wife Zhang Chao was breastfeeding the child, and when she heard the sound of the door opening, she went to the bedroom with the child in her arms.

Zhao Wu saw that there was no one in the living room, so he walked to the door of the bedroom and said softly:

"My good friend Wu Dao is here."

"I see." A young woman's voice came from the bedroom.

Zhao Wu beckoned Wu Dao to sit down on the sofa, and was about to pour water for him, Wu Dao hurriedly said:

"Zhao Wu, you're welcome, I'll do it myself. Your family is so busy, you don't have to worry about me. ”

"Then I really don't care about you?"

"No, you don't."

"Then I'll go to the kitchen to prepare dinner, you can watch the TV first, but quietly."

"I don't watch TV, do you need me to cook?"

"No need, the kitchen is too small, I can do it alone, and two people can't stand up."

Wu Dao saw two photo albums and a book on the table under the TV, so he said:

"Then I'll take a look at your photo album and books."

"Just look."

Zhao Wu put the photo album and books on the coffee table in front of Wu Dao. Wu Dao opened the first photo album, which was the wedding photo of Zhao Wu and his wife.

Zhao Wu is 1.7 meters tall, his wife's height is only a little shorter than him, and she should be about 1.6 meters tall. She and Zhao Wu stand together, they really complement each other, and they are a very good match.

After Wu Dao finished reading the first album, he opened the second one, which contained life photos, including a group photo of Zhao Wu and his wife when they went out together, a photo of his wife alone, and a photo of two people with their children in the back.

Wu Dao found that these photos of Zhao Wu's wife were more moving than her wedding photos, her reading, admiring flowers, and feeding small animals showed that she was an intellectual woman, and Zhao Wu's children looked very cute.

Wu Dao suddenly felt very envious of Zhao Wu, if he could be with Si Baifang, they might have their own children now, and they would also have two photo albums full of love.

After reading the album, Wu Dao picked up the book again, it was a collection of essays, the book was called "Hello Time", and the author was Zhang Chao.

Seeing the author's name, Wu Dao suddenly remembered that Zhao Wu's wife's name was Zhang Chao, and he couldn't help but think, are they the same person?

He opened the cover, and sure enough, he saw a photo of Zhao Wu's wife on the title page. He turned to the text again and read the first prose, which was fresh and elegant, which amazed him.

When Wu Daozheng was reading a book, the bedroom door opened, and he subconsciously turned his head to look, only to see a woman with glasses, fair skin, and long hair walking out of it, although she was slightly tired, but with a sweet smile on her face.

The woman walked up to Wu Dao, lowered her voice and said:

"Wu Dao, hello, I am Zhao Wu's wife, and my name is Zhang Chao."

Zhang Chao stretched out his right hand, Wu Dao stood up, also stretched out his right hand and shook hands with her, and then said:

"Hello."

"Zhao Wu often mentions you to me, saying that you are a very talented person, and I have always wanted to meet you."

"I'm not as good as he says, if you want to say talented, in fact, Zhao Wu is the most talented of our friends. When I first started college, I almost thought he was from an alien planet and knew almost everything. ”

"How can he be so powerful? Sit down first, and I'll take a look in the kitchen. ”

Zhang Chao walked into the kitchen and said to Zhao Wu:

"The child is asleep, or I will cook, you go and talk to Wu Dao."

"You've been watching the child for a day, and you're tired, so I'll do it. You can go and talk to Wu Dao for a while, or go back to the house to rest for a while. ”

"Let's do it for me, it's rare for Wu Dao to come once, you go to accompany him, I'm not suitable."

"Then it's hard for you."

Wu Dao listened to the conversation between Zhao Wu and Zhang Chao, and felt even more envious of this good friend, although his wife took a common name for men, she was a rare good woman.

Zhao Wu came out of the kitchen and sat next to Wu Dao. Wu Dao said:

"I envy you."

"What do you envy me?" Zhao Wu said.

"I envy you for having a happy little family."

"I forgot to ask you just now, aren't you married yet?"

"Nope."

"I heard Jing Like say about you and Si Baifang, love is really a thing that is hard to come by. I'm sorry for you, too. Do you have a girlfriend now? ”

"I have a girlfriend, ten years younger than me, who is a student at Fangzhou College. It's also an incredible thing to say, it's her chasing me. ”

"Do you like her?"

"At first, I thought she was just an ignorant little girl, but after contact, I found that she was indeed a person who understood me, and I slowly developed a good impression of her."

"That's good. How is your work now, are you still happy? ”

"It's the same with universities in China, but it's still much more comfortable than working in the government."

"Actually, if you don't say it, I understand it. I am now working in the government, and Zhang Chao is working at the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. ”

"How is your job now?"

"That's it, you've been in the government, you should know that it's difficult to do anything in the government, you can only live day by day."

"If you want to do something, you have to be an official first, and the higher the official position, the more things you can do."

"My initial idea was not to enter the tiger's den, but after I really entered the tiger's den, I realized that the tiger is not so easy to get. Haven't you noticed that my personality has changed a lot now? ”

"It's not just you, why haven't I changed? Whether it's in an institution or a university, it's hard to do things. ”

"In the past, I hated businessmen as much as you did, but now I admire them very much, they at least support a lot of workers, what have we done?"

"We didn't accomplish anything."

"I forgot, I didn't really do anything, I'll show you this book."