Chapter 2 Bizarre Photographs
Old Mrs. Bai Xue looked at the old photo in her hand and couldn't help but be surprised: This is too bizarre. She has been looking for this photo for decades, and she has searched through the photo albums at home, but she has never found it.
She has her own mental concerns: she doesn't want her descendants to see this photo again; is even more reluctant to be asked by future generations to reminisce about the past. However, she searched many times, but never found it. Today is the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, the day when the dragon raises its head. It's been a whole year since the incident, and it actually flew out on its own, which is also incredible.
The beautiful girl in the photo is the old lady herself. The handsome man in the photo is her college classmate at the same table, her first love, and the person she is determined to marry-Gao Yuan.
The two fell in love at first sight and fell in love for six years. College students are not allowed to fall in love, but she Bai Xue and Gao Yuan seem to be a special case. They are walking hand in hand to report to the campus, and they are often engaged in other activities side by side after class. It was as if the teachers and students had approved of their relationship, and the school leadership seemed to have turned a blind eye to acquiescence. However, in terms of academics, the two of them have always sat firmly in the first and second positions, but they have won enough glory for the class, the department, and the school. Four years in school, two years after graduation, is the happiest time in her life. Just when they were in full swing to prepare for the wedding, only one step away from the cave house, it was he, her snow-white father's words, broke up the loving mandarin ducks with a stick, broke up the life and death love alive, and staged the modern version of "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", and the Chinese version of "Romeo and Juliet".
A sixtieth year has passed. This is the biggest knot in her life, and it is also the biggest debt she owes in this life, and it is a love debt that is difficult to repay for life. Although the creditors did not come to her to ask for compensation or seek compensation from her in any way, she was always guilty of conscience. Not paying off debts is a kind of domineering banditry, which makes her suffer mentally. She couldn't break free from the emotional shackles on her body. Although she has found another partner, established a new family, had children, and has seen a fourth-generation heir, she has never escaped the shackles of that relationship. From the depths of her heart, she felt ashamed of her first love. She delayed the good times and youth of most of her life. People abandon fame and fortune and love themselves, but they end up parting ways with others, causing unspeakable harm to others.
"Bai Xue, Bai Xue, if Gao Yuan never marries and leaves no descendants, you are a great sin."
She held the black-and-white photo in her hand, staring at the handsome man and woman in the photo, and couldn't help but speak.
Bai Xue knew: It wasn't her fault. It's not that she doesn't want to marry Plateau. Takahara also understands. She, the only child, could not go against her father's will. Although her father was stubborn and misunderstood Gao Yuan, and was influenced by traditional thinking, she would rather sacrifice her own happiness than fight. Facts have proved that there is nothing wrong with the plateau.
Having said that, if it weren't for her, Gao Yuan would have been a famous son-in-law of Chenglong a long time ago, and would have married the daughter of a rich family. People waited intently for six whole years, consuming a lot of youth. However, in the end, it was his own side, and it was his father who put forward additional conditions and kicked people away. People have lost their money, and the bamboo basket is empty.
Mrs. Bai Xue held this black and white photo, and she couldn't tell how much emotion she felt in her heart. Can't say how much guilt there is. It is only natural to repay debts. And she owes a love debt that she will not be able to repay for the rest of her life.
Bai Xue stared at the photo in her hand, her eyes were firmly fixed on the handsome young man in the photo, and two lines of tears continued to flow from her eyes, as if it happened yesterday. In her brain, there was their first encounter in Pingshui.
There seems to be a natural barrier between strange men and women of the opposite sex. This is due to a variety of reasons such as traditional culture, ideology, and concepts. And the encounter between her Bai Xue and him on the plateau, everything is so accidental, all so natural, and so logical. She, an only child, has never been far from her parents. I just left home today to study, and I met a confidant of the opposite sex as soon as I took a step, and I met a backer in life. They are thousands of miles apart and have never met, but it is love at first sight. Since then, she doesn't have to worry about anything, she doesn't have to do anything, someone worries about selling coolies for her, she Xue really met the god of luck, and really became a Snow White who just enjoys.
At this moment, thousands of miles away in Nancheng, in an ordinary room, there is a big old man, also holding the same photo in his hand, who is silently contemplating. He is the plateau.
Gao Yuan stared at the photo, this beautiful girl was his first love. He thought of meeting her and of the pleasant life of college. For her, she gave up fame and fortune, abandoned a comfortable job, stayed away from her homeland, and was willing to be an ordinary people's teacher in a foreign land. For her, every Sunday, I am willing to travel 100 miles to meet. The preparations for the wedding and supplies were ready, but when he was about to step into the cave room, he was kicked away by the other party. Kind, he still endured the pain of parting with love and breaking up, and finally ended up empty-handed.
He Gao Yuan understands Bai Xue, and it is not her Bai Xue's fault. In order to forget this unforgettable hurt and pain, love and hate, he never fell in love again, and he was transferred back to his hometown when he was alone. His classmates and colleagues have all become local bureau-level cadres, and he is still an ordinary people's teacher, continuing to stand on the podium and work hard. Gao Yuan loves education, and he has no interest in becoming an official. However, when he graduated from university that year, if he had returned directly to his hometown, his position would definitely not be below the bureau level.
The children of the same age on the plateau are all in high school, and his eldest son has just landed. He left the best years of his youth in a foreign land and devoted himself to the party's educational cause.
This black-and-white photo once made my parents happy, and it also caused a sensation in the whole village, and also spread all over the surrounding ten miles and eight towns. It's a pity that the situation changed abruptly, and the father passed away without seeing his daughter-in-law. The mother did see her daughter-in-law, but not the woman in the photo.
Today is the second day of February, the auspicious day when the dragon raises its head. Gao Yuan also inadvertently turned over this photo. This is a relic that has been carefully preserved by the parents. Thinking of his deceased parents, his eyes filled with tears. Gao Yuan's first love brought great comfort to his parents, like a good medicine, so that the health of his parents who were not in good health improved. The failure of the first love also brought a fatal blow to the parents. Today, he is an old man in his eighties. I have become a grandfather and a grandfather. But he misses his parents so much that he can't forget those days. Scenes of the past unfold in front of the plateau.