On the day of the opening of the university, Wu Dao and Meng Yihong were going to see off Wu Yisheng together. Wu Yisheng didn't want Wu Dao and Meng Yihong to send him off at first, because he felt that he had grown up and could take care of himself. Wu Dao said to Wu Yisheng:

"Your mother and I are not just worried about your safety on the road. We also want to see what the university you're going to be like, and we also want to go around Beijing. ”

"Your dad is right, the university you went to is a science and engineering university, we are not familiar with it, and we all want to go there to have a look, so we can rest assured that you can study there." Meng Yihong also said to Wu Yisheng.

After listening to Wu Dao and Meng Yihong's words, Wu Yisheng agreed to the two parents to send him.

Fangzhou to Beijing, the road is too far, Meng Yihong was worried that there would be problems on the road, so he didn't let Wu Dao drive, and the three of them took the high-speed rail.

After arriving in Beijing, Wu Dao and Meng Yihong sent Wu Yisheng to the university he was going to. In the process of accompanying Wu Yisheng to sign up, they visited the school. After Wu Yisheng moved into the dormitory, it was already noon, and Wu Dao, Meng Yihong and Wu Yisheng had lunch together before leaving.

Wu Dao and Meng Yihong did not return to Fangzhou immediately, because Wu Dao wanted to visit Jing Like. Since attending Si Baifang's wedding, Wu Dao and Jing Like have not met again, and have even cut off news in the past two decades.

But Wu Dao is not ignorant of Jing Like's affairs, Jing Like has been in Beijing, and at this time he is already a well-known calligrapher in the country, and there is a lot of news about him on the Internet.

For a long time, Wu Dao missed Jing Like and Zhao Wu very much and wanted to see them. However, because of his unhappy life and depressed heart, he didn't want his two friends to know about his living situation.

In addition, there is another reason, that is, Wu Dao feels that he has fallen and does not dare to face his two friends, and this reason is even more important than being unhappy in life. Therefore, Wu Dao has not added Jing Like and Zhao Wu on WeChat.

For the same reason, Jing Like, Zhao Wu, and Wu Dao did not add WeChat friends to each other, and they didn't want the other two to see themselves after they fell.

Now, because of Meng Yihong's return, everything is different. Wu Dao's life has changed from hopeless to happy, and not only that, but he feels that what he is doing every day is something meaningful, no longer sinking, no longer degenerating.

Wu Dao, who is full of sunshine in his heart, very much wants to see Jing Like and Zhao Wu again and tell them his happiness.

For so many years, Wu Dao and Jing Like's mobile phone numbers have not changed. Wu Dao called Jing Like:

"Wu Dao, is that you?" Jing Like said.

"It's me. Like, I've been to Beijing, I haven't seen you for so many years, and I want to go and see you. My wife, Yihong, also came, and she went with me. Wu Dao said.

"Where are you? I'll pick you up. ”

"No need, let's take a taxi."

"Come to my calligraphy studio. I'll send you the address and call me when I get there. ”

"Okay, see you later."

"See you later."

Jing Like sent a text message to Wu Dao.

Meng Yihong went to Jing Like's calligraphy studio to meet him. Although the two friends have not been in touch for many years, after meeting, Wu Dao and Jing Like both feel that the other party is still the confidant they were back then, except for age, nothing else has changed.

Wu Dao told Jing Like about himself and Meng Yihong, and Jing Like sent them sincere blessings.

In the evening, Jing Like entertained Wu Dao and Meng Yihong at home. Wu Dao met Jing Like's wife, who was a music teacher. Jing Like and his wife are very much in love, they have a son who is now studying abroad at a university.

After leaving Jing Like's house, Wu Dao and Meng Yihong stayed in Beijing for one night before returning to Fangzhou the next day.

After returning to Fangzhou, because Wu Yisheng was missing at home, Wu Dao and Meng Yihong suddenly felt that they had nothing to do. Wu Dao proposed that the two of them write a collection of essays together, and Meng Yihong also had the urge to create, so the two of them immediately began to write, the main content of which was the past experienced by the two people.

They wrote and changed as they went, and finally completed it a year later, when Wu Dao proposed that the title of the book be "The Road Under the Rainbow", and Meng Yihong readily agreed.

After the collection of essays was written, Wu Dao thought that he could ask Jing Like to help inscribe the title of the book, so he called him. When Jing Like heard that Wu Dao and Meng Yihong were going to publish a collection of essays, he was very happy, and immediately wrote it and mailed it to Wu Dao. Jing Like also told Wu Dao that he could go to Hangzhou to find Zhao Wu and ask him to help contact the publishing house to publish the book.

Wu Dao and Zhao Wu lost contact for a long time, and after listening to Jing Like's suggestion, he felt that it was very reasonable, and he also wanted to go to see Zhao Wu, so he called Zhao Wu:

"Zhao Wu, are you in Hangzhou?"

"Wu Dao, it's you, we haven't been in touch for many years. I'm still in Hangzhou. Zhao Wu said.

"It's been years since I got in touch. My wife and I will be going to Hangzhou in the next few days, and I would like to ask you for help with something. ”

"Whatever I can, I will definitely help."

"My wife and I have written a collection of essays and want you to put us in touch with a publishing house to publish it."

"It turned out that I was looking for a publishing house, and I was right for this matter. When will you come to Hangzhou? ”

"The day after tomorrow. I checked the train time on the Internet, and it should arrive in Hangzhou at three or four o'clock in the afternoon. I'll call you when I get there. ”

"Okay, Zhang Chao and I will invite you to dinner then."

Two days later, Wu Dao and Meng Yihong took the high-speed train to Hangzhou. Wu Dao knew that Zhao Wu's wife, Zhang Chao, wrote very good prose, so he deliberately printed two manuscripts. When they arrived in Hangzhou, it was already afternoon, and Wu Dao and Meng Yihong contacted Zhao Wu after finding a hotel.

Wu Dao's sudden arrival was a big surprise for Zhao Wu, and he and Zhang Chao booked a very famous hotel in advance to entertain Wu Dao and his wife there.

At six o'clock in the evening, Wu Dao and Meng Yihong took a taxi to the hotel and met Zhao Wu and Zhang Chao at the door. Zhao Wu was happy for his friends to reunite, while Meng Yihong and Zhang Chao also had an unexpected joy. As soon as the four of them met, Meng Yihong said to Zhang Chao:

"Zhang Chao, why are you?"

"Teacher Meng, I really didn't expect to meet you here." Zhang Chao said.

Only then did Wu Dao and Zhao Wu know that their wives had known each other for a long time. Wu Dao said to Meng Yihong:

"When did you meet?"

"I didn't even know you knew each other." Zhao Wu also said to Zhang Chao.

"I have lived in Zhejiang for so many years, and when I was idle, I participated in some literary activities and met Zhang Chao. Zhang Chao is a famous prose writer, I didn't expect her to be the wife of your friend Zhao Wu. Meng Yihong said to Wu Dao.

Zhang Chao said to Meng Yihong: "Teacher Meng, I didn't expect that you are the wife of Zhao Wu's friend Wu Dao. What a coincidence. He said to Zhao Wu, "When I met Teacher Meng for the first time, I felt that I was very close to each other, and she was a very good person. ”

The four of them came to the private room and sat down. After ordering, Wu Dao took out two manuscripts of "The Road Under the Rainbow" from his handbag, one for Zhao Wu and one for Zhang Chao. Wu Dao said to Zhao Wu and Zhang Chao:

"This is a collection of essays written by me and Yihong, and this time I came to Hangzhou to contact the publishing house."

"Wu Dao, it's all up to me to find a publishing house to publish a book." Zhao Wu said to Wu Dao.

"Teacher Meng, have you found someone to write a preface to your book?" Zhang Chao said to Meng Yihong.

"Not yet." Meng Yihong said.

"If you don't dislike it, I'll write a preface." Zhang Chao said.

"You write a preface, we can't ask for it, how can we dislike it?" Meng Yihong said.

"That's it, Zhang Chao wrote the preface to your writing, and I came to the publishing house." Zhao Wu said to Wu Dao and Meng Yihong.

While talking, the dishes were served one by one. The four of them chatted while eating, and they were all very pleasant.

The next day, Zhao Wu and Zhang Chao took Wu Dao and Meng Yihong to visit Hangzhou for a day, and on the third day, they returned to Fangzhou.

A few days later, Zhang Chao wrote a preface and sent it to Meng Yihong to read. Zhang Chao's writing is fresh and elegant, and Wu Dao and Meng Yihong are very satisfied. Zhao Wu found a good publishing house and recommended the books of Wu Dao and Meng Yihong.

With Zhao Wu's recommendation and Zhang Chao's preface, the publishing house accepted the manuscript. At the end of the year, "The Road Under the Rainbow" was finally published.

Time flies, another two and a half years have passed, Wu Yisheng graduated from university, stayed in Beijing to work, and entered a world-renowned Internet company. Wu Dao and Meng Yihong are both proud of this son.

Although life still seems to be so good, Wu Dao has hidden worries in his heart, because at the age of seventy-four, Meng Yihong's body suddenly deteriorated, and she is aging day by day, and the speed seems to be getting faster and faster.

Meng Yihong felt the changes in her body, and she knew that her days in the world were numbered. At this time, her biggest wish is to see her son Wu Yisheng get married. However, Wu Yisheng is still very young, she doesn't want to force Wu Yisheng to do anything, she hopes that Wu Yisheng can find her true love.

Meng Yihong still didn't wait for the day Wu Yisheng got married. In the spring of the year when she was seventy-five years old, she died in her sleep one night.

Hearing the news of Meng Yihong's death, Wu Yisheng immediately rushed back from Beijing. His grief was even stronger than when Shi Qingqing died.

Meng Yihong's tomb is next to Shi Qingqing's grave. After Meng Yihong was buried, Wu Yisheng stood there for a long time and refused to leave, he faced the photo on Shi Qingqing's tombstone and said:

"Mom, I haven't told you yet, I have two mothers, the other is Meng Yihong. After you left, I thought I would never have a mother again, but then Mother Meng came, she cared about me and took care of me, she even did more than you, even better.

Now that Mother Meng is going to accompany you, she has a very good personality, never quarrels, and will not lose her temper, I know that she will definitely get along well with you, and you should not bully Mother Meng. I'll come back to see you more often in the future. ”

Facing the photo on Meng Yihong's tombstone again, he said, "Mom, I'm leaving, I'll come to see you next time." ”

Meng Yihong died, and Wu Dao was even more sad than Wu Yisheng. However, he felt very lucky to be able to reunite with Meng Yihong, who had been gone for many years, in the vast sea of people at the age of fifty, and then spent nine years of good time together. For Wu Dao, God's gift to him was enough, could he expect more?

Wu Dao and Wu Yisheng left the tombs of Meng Yihong and Shi Qingqing, and walked outside with each other's arms.

Wu Yisheng returned to Beijing to work, and Wu Dao was the only one left at home. Wu Yisheng hoped that Wu Dao would find another wife, but he knew that it would be difficult to find someone as good as Meng Yihong. Wu Dao will retire in another year, and Wu Yisheng hopes that Wu Dao will go to Beijing after retirement and live with him.