Oxford, England. On the street of the shark house, the sun was shining, and the big shark tail on the shark roof was soaring into the blue sky, and suddenly, it was cloudy, and a few gray clouds drifted in, and it rained lightly. The whole street was washed by a light rain, but it was clean and clear, and the green wooden door of Harry's house was shiny with the rain.

As soon as the light rain stopped, a postman came up and stuffed a letter into the mailbox of Harry's postman's green wooden door, and then knocked on the door, reminding the people in the house to receive the letter, regardless of whether there was an answer in the house.

Harry heard the voice and slowly walked down the stairs, picked up the letter that had fallen on the rug in the doorway, opened it, and looked at it with a slight smile on his face.

For the next few years, Harry kept busy, making several trips back and forth between London and Oxford, either from Oxford Station, from London's Victoria Central Station, or from the Chinese Embassy...... It seems that something important is being handled.

My mother's colleague introduced Jing Hao to three blind dates in a row, and Jing Hao was very resistant, but she couldn't resist it, so she went on a blind date for three days in a row.

The first man is very weird, his main business is an administrator in a vocational high school, but as soon as they met, two mobile phones were placed on the table, ringing one after another, and he explained: "I've been very busy with business recently." After chatting for a few words, he began to brag, saying that he planned to open up the upper and lower industrial chains in the second half of the year, and the team's performance would strive to reach 130 million yuan...... It took Jing a long time to figure out that he seemed to be doing a *pyramid scheme......

The second man was old, only thirty-three years old, and his head was almost completely bald, with just a few hairs hanging on his head, and he didn't wear a baseball cap or anything to cover it......

The rest of the man was a literary young man, a doctor of Chinese language and literature, and after a few minutes of chatting after meeting, he talked about Huang Duanzi, and he grinned so much that he was full of spittle, and he looked very obscene......

Of course, these are all depicted by Jing Hao and his parents, and the result of the blind date can be imagined.

Oxford, the view from the streets is already approaching summer. Harry went to school with a large school bag on his back, walking briskly and humming along the way.

He went to the office and sent an e-mail, copied the contents of the e-mail, printed a letter, put it in a white envelope, sealed it, walked to an office door on the first floor, and put it in a basket at the door. He walked to the glass door on the first floor, and his colleague James opened the door to enter.

James asked, "Harry, are you really going to study?" Going away for a year? ”

Harry replied, "Well, I just sent the official application letter to the dean's mailbox. ”

James said, "I heard that it's in the field of your new book, and you have to do some on-the-ground research? ”

"Pretty much, of course, you can communicate online, but if you go there, you should get more out of it," Harry said. ”

James said, "I think so, good luck with that. ”

Several blind dates alone did not turn out to be ideal, Jinghao's mother was not discouraged, in addition to one-on-one, there were also bachelorette parties. In the evening of that day, Jing Hao was forced to participate in a "high-end singles meeting" again. The blind date area, a coffee shop opened in an old German-style building in the old city, is surrounded by ambiguously colored pink balloons, and in broad daylight, the curtains are deliberately closed, the wall lamps are lit, and soft music is floating......

Finally, when it was over, she came home in a huff, and as soon as she entered the door, she shouted: "Where did you get the tickets, why do you love to believe other people's words so much?" This ghost meeting, at all, is a café to deceive people to consume, a cup of rotten coffee that is not even as good as instant coffee, sells for 35, messy small doors, dirty cups, and is embarrassed to sell more expensive than Starbucks! ”

Dad came out of the study and asked, "Is it a lie?" ”

Jing Hao said while changing his slippers: "I think it's a lie, in addition to the unpleasant broken coffee I just said, it must also be paired with a piece of cheesecake or some rainbow cake, mango mousse or something, these two things are called 'love at first sight' package today, a total of 66 yuan, this is the basic consumption when you enter the door, otherwise people won't let you enter the blind date area." ”

Dad said, "Arranged a special area? After all, this is still a blind date, and people are quite serious. ”

Jing Hao said: "Dad, you should really take a look together, you have a long experience, and you deliberately close the curtains and turn on the lights in broad daylight, it's too funny......"

Dad laughed and said, "That's to create an atmosphere for you to see the beauties under the lamp." ”

Jing Hao said: "It also creates an atmosphere, I think it's for the black light, so that all the unsalable desserts can be sold to us, I don't know how many days it has been put away, it's dry, it's not fresh at all......"

Dad said: "People's cafes also have a cost, and it is also necessary to sell coffee and snacks." Otherwise, you will have to go to the street park to meet like those old people on a blind date, how unsightly it is. ”

Jing Hao said: "Yes, we are equal to 66 tickets, and we can watch people behind closed doors, so we are more elegant." ”

Dad asked, "What about the people who went?" How many people are there? ”

Jing Hao said: "There are forty or fifty men and women, men, and the most 'high-end' one is to open a fly restaurant in the downtown area of Taitung, a pie sweet foam shop!" It's just laughing. ”

Mom came out of the kitchen and asked, "What's the matter?" Running a small restaurant? Doesn't it mean that it is mainly finance, media, universities, and government personnel? ”

Dad asked, "How did you get that ticket?" ”

Mom said: "The admission ticket was given by my colleague Kobayashi, and she said that it was a membership benefit, and she was a member of a coffee bookstore." Originally, they only gave her a coupon, but this is still an extra one she wanted, didn't she go today? ”

Jing Hao lazily crooked on the sofa in the living room and said, "I don't know her, I've never seen what she looks like, who knows if she went or not." ”

The mother asked, "What happened to the woman?" ”

Jing Hao said: "The situation of women is diverse, the youngest is only 25 years old, the oldest is 46 years old, there are female directors and civil servants, and there are financial managers of banks. That person really didn't lie, I'm still from the media. It's a pity that the men are really not good, there are more than 20 men, and none of them look comfortable. ”

The mother said: "Look at it, this really shows that men are in short supply, a little bit of talent, and they have already started a family, so why do you need to go to the blind date, but the women are different, what's the matter with the female director of the civil servant you said, how old is it?" ”

Jing Hao said: "46, I have never been married. ”

Mother said: "I used to say, you still don't believe it, look at it, if this is a man, 46, director, single, then it is very easy to find, and it is just right for us Xiaolin, but now it is a woman, but it's another matter, where to find a single man in his fifties who can match her?" She definitely can't look down on the bad ones, who is still single and waiting for her in a good family? This woman, now she can find a widowed and adult child, she is lucky! ”

My father said, "This 46 is indeed a little too big, I'm afraid it's about to go through menopause." ”

The mother said: "People who are 26 years old have lived in a family life for 20 years, and their children are better to go to college!" ”

Jing Hao said: "You two really love to worry about others, in fact, I think it's good for her to live alone, rich and free, living in a big house, no worries, where do you want to travel, as long as the time is right, just go, why do you have to get married?" ”

The mother said, "What's the use of a big house? What's the use of having money? Lonely and lonely, there is no one to talk to, how can it be good every day? ”

The father said to Jing Hao: "So it's good to go and see, all kinds of situations, and you can also increase your sense of crisis." So you didn't exchange contact information with everyone or something? ”

Jing Hao said: "I chatted with several women for a while, including this 46-year-old sister, and several of us added WeChat to each other. ”

The mother said: "Oh, this is a blind date, are you going to see if there is a suitable man, how can you just chat with a woman, and then what are you doing with this 46-year-old difficult woman who is single and WeChat?" ”

Jing Hao said: "Why can't you add it, a few of us chatted very happily, so we added WeChat." ”

Jinghao's mother said: "She shouldn't preach celibacy all day long, you will be affected badly!" ”

Jing Hao said: "I don't think there's really anything wrong with being single, I really can't do it, and I will be single in the future." ”

Mom said, "I knew you were going to talk nonsense." ”

The father asked, "Of all the men who went today, there weren't one or two decent ones?" ”

Jing Hao said: "Those men, there really aren't any of them who look comfortable." There are a few people in suits and ties who seem to be coming to a meeting, a few who are wearing thick gold necklaces like seafood sellers, and a few who have a large set of keys pinned to their waists. There are also a few people who came to add me to WeChat, I said that the phone is out of battery, just go back and find me in the WeChat group to add it. ”

Mother said: "Don't judge people by their appearance, you can gradually understand each other by dating." ”

Jing Hao said: "It's not about judging people by their appearance at all, you can know what kind of person he is when you listen to the other party's words, these men today are really not of high basic quality." Mom, you're right, okay, it's long gone, and now the rest of the people who need to go to this kind of café on a blind date are basically defective products. ”

The father said, "The men of that family must think the same of you women." ”

Jing Hao said: "Love how to look at it, but today these women are generally higher in quality than those men, this is a fact!" ”

The mother said, "Don't be discouraged, this is the first time, we have no experience." The ticket said 'high-end people', I really thought that they were all high-level singles, so I urged you to go, and I will find opportunities to participate more in the future. I see that in the WeChat circle of friends, there are two blind date notices, one is tomorrow afternoon, or I will forward it to you now? ”

Jing Hao said: "I won't go to this kind of thing again, and it's not a cat, dog, pig and sheep pairing, and I still need to be locked up together, how can people who know each other like this have feelings?" How is it possible to communicate at the level of the heart? ”

Mother said: "Only when you are familiar with each other and familiar, can you slowly fall in love, you don't want to be childish anymore, you always say soulmate, you went around half the world to find 'Soumet', did you find it?" Time waits for no one, time flies, and you don't take action......"

Jing Hao was angry and didn't speak, got up and went back to his room, Jing Hao's father quickly signaled Jing Hao's mother to stop talking.

Early that morning, Harry packed himself up and went out with his suitcase. HE HOPS ON AN OXFORD TUBE BUS AND HEADS STRAIGHT TO LONDON HEATHROW. Outside the window, the English countryside is beautiful, and Harry's mood seems to be relaxed and happy.

Waiting for takeoff on the plane, Harry took out a small notebook, looked at the records on it, and practiced a few words repeatedly: "Hello, I'm called Harry, and my Chinese name is - I'm sorry, that, I, I haven't thought about it yet......"

His Chinese was close to the standard, just stupidly repeated over and over again, and several Chinese people next to him kept tilting their heads to look at him, and one of the women couldn't help but laugh. When Harry realized this, he also laughed......

On weekends, the summer sun is good, the leaves are swaying, and the light and shadow are alienated. It's still morning, and the cicadas are singing sparsely, and they haven't formed a disturbing formation yet.

Lie quietly in your room, lying on the bed as if you are riding a bicycle, and the blue nail polish on the toenail covers is already mottled.

In the kitchen, my parents had just finished breakfast, my father was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and my mother was washing the cups.

The mother asked, "She hasn't gotten up yet?" Two days on the weekend, she doesn't plan to go out again? Staying at home all day? I think you'd better ask her to go out for a walk with you later......"

The father smiled and said, "Didn't she go to that meeting yesterday?" After a while, you can say a few nice words to coax her, and take her out shopping......"

The mother said, "How old is she, I still coax her, take her out to buy things, and you still treat her as a child!" I'm 31 years old, I'm worried, but you always don't take it seriously! ”

The father said, "It's not that I'm not taking it seriously, it's just that it's already like this, is it okay if you worry?" This kind of thing, in my opinion, can only relax and wait for fate. ”

Mother said, "Fate? She doesn't take the initiative to interact with people at all, where does fate come from? went on a blind date alone, and when I came back, I said that people were so unbearable and so unbearable. went to a blind date, more than 20 men, she didn't leave a contact information, and came back complaining. You see that in the Song and Yuan Dynasty novels, all the compilations are men who pick up a handkerchief, pick up a hairpin, and a woman who opens a window from the upper floor and accidentally looks at a scholar or something, the era when men and women are not kissed, they still need a reason, and now they are completely free to socialize, she is so closed to herself, and fate fell from the sky for no reason? ”

The father said, "Don't worry, wait, maybe this fate will come to your door." ”

The mother said, "Don't think about something unrealistic, if you wait any longer, it will be more and more troublesome!" Do you see if Chen Dongliang has children? If you hadn't encouraged her to go to England to study, the two of them would have gotten married a long time ago, and the things that happened later wouldn't have happened......"

The father said, "Don't mention this, everyone has a family with someone else." Besides, those things happened to him, and it wasn't caused by us, he still has his own problems after all, it's a mess, and it's a good thing that Jing Hao didn't succeed with him, otherwise he will cheat after getting married, and you will help them divorce? ”

The mother said: "If they had married early and had children soon, and both of them would have been busy, they would not have given others a chance to take advantage of them, and those things that happened later would not have happened." ”

The father said, "Oh, the problem is that there is no regret medicine, and there is no if, you can't think about it now, it's all in the past." Always thinking that if you want, you just can't get along with yourself, and you forgot that you had an anxiety attack last time? Don't be so cranky......"

Mother: "I'm really anxious, it's been almost a year since she came back, and her age is unforgiving!" Regardless of men and women, she is too old and single, and she is prone to psychological problems, you look at her, her temper is getting worse and worse, and last night because I inadvertently read a small book of hers, and I had a big quarrel! It had never been like this before. ”

Father: "Then what do you do with other people's books?" If you peek without saying hello, of course people won't be happy! ”

Mother: "I haven't seen a word yet, just picked it up, opened it, and saw how a few pages were torn in half, I was just about to take a closer look at what was written, she just pushed the door in, her face immediately changed, everyone jumped up, and shouted at me, let me put down the book immediately." You say, if it's really something very important, you lock it up! I just threw it in a drawer, and I looked for the calculator in her drawer, and I saw it all at once......"

Father: "People put it in a drawer, they don't want you to see it!" If you rummage through other people's things, of course they will be unhappy. ”

Mother: "What's wrong with me as a mother?" It's all you're used to! Accustomed to so many stinky problems, she can't listen to anything now, what kind of lazy person has become, what time does it take to get up, and she never knows how to take the initiative to do the work at home, how many times has she cooked? How many times have you washed the dishes? I opened my mouth and stretched out my hand, thinking I was only three years old......"

The father said, "Isn't she in a bad mood, you just talk about everything, don't mix everything together." ”

The mother said, "She is in a bad mood, am I in a good mood?" ”

The father said, "Don't bother, don't worry about it." In the future, you remember not to mention Xiao Chen again, people now have their own lives, and they have nothing to do with us. ”

Jinghao's mother sighed: "Alas, I won't mention him in the future." ”

The father continued: "At that time, it was our daughter who didn't like others, and you found out that people still had corruption and style problems, and our whole family was suspicious." But everything in the world is a thing descending from a thing, people are living very happily now, the family is beautiful, but you have a bad girl, who has become a female bachelor, a woman is in great trouble, 31 doesn't even have a boyfriend, and she is in a hurry, but the more times like this, the more you have to correct your mentality, don't blush......"

The expression on Jinghao's mother's face changed, and she glared and choked: "Who is red?" What am I doing with my eyes? Lao Guo, I'm talking to you well, but what are you talking nonsense? I'm telling you, she's still alone, and at least half of the blame lies with you! ”

The father laughed and said, "Half blames me, and the other half blames whom?" ”

The mother said, "The other half blames herself!" ”

The father said, "Do you have no responsibility at all?" ”

Mother said: "It's a loss to me, she didn't marry someone like Chen Dongliang!" ”

The father said, "Okay, you person, what did you say just now?" It's not even a bit logical, I can't say you ......."

The mother said, "Don't pick on me now, you should hurry up and help her find a reliable person in your university." You guys who just came to the doctorate, postdoc or something, and those who are in their early thirties and haven't married, you know more about each college. ”

The father said, "I, I really helped her find one, and I plan to find a chance to meet her recently." ”

Mother said, "What are you doing lately?" It's okay today, you ask the other party, if you have time, come to our house for a meal at noon or evening, won't you have it? ”

My father said, "I, I can't get in touch with anyone right now." ”

The mother asked, "Why can't I get in touch with WeChat or call?" ”

The father said, "Don't worry, when the people are right, they will come, if they don't come, we can't do anything." ”

At this time, Jing Hao got up and went to the bathroom, she was wearing a cartoon T-shirt pajamas, wearing slippers barefoot - blue toenails that had been dyed for a long time and had faded, and two slippers were worn on the wrong left and right feet. If you really come to our house, you will talk and eat with them, but don't ask me to come out. When she returned to her room, she closed the door tightly.

Jinghao's mother frowned and said, "Look at her, do you have a little bit of understanding for your parents?" ”

The father smiled: "She doesn't want you to mind her business, how can she be considerate of you?" ”

The mother said: "When she saw the 46-year-old single, she didn't know that it was too bad, she thought she was still young." ”

My father said, "Compared to others, she is not small." ”

The mother said: "This is counterproductive, but she doesn't want to think about it, isn't the 46-year-old eldest sister also 31 years old?" ”

The father said: "We just said, don't be anxious, you analyze it like this, as if she is still single by 46." ”

Mother said: "Time is really fast, the female doctor Xiaolin in our department, when she first came, was 29, in a flash, she is four years old Chinese New Year's Eve today, and she didn't hurry up and delayed, and now she is introduced to her, guess what the situation is?" Either divorced with children, or widowed widowers, the oldest fifty-one. She wasn't happy, so she leaned on it. ”

The father sighed: "Alas, the matter of this older girl now is really a social phenomenon. ”

Mother said: "There are a lot of older men, let's not discuss social phenomena, let's find a way to persuade her first, stimulate her enthusiasm, and have the courage to interact with people. ”

The father smiled: "But she is not happy, and you can't help it." ”

The mother continued: "She is just thirty-one years old, and when she meets someone who is thirty-three-four, thirty-five or sixteen-year-old, even if she is about forty years old, as long as the person is good, the two people are generally suitable, and they can interact with each other, from unfamiliar to familiar, and their feelings are cultivated......

The father asked, "Then you say, if you were fifteen or sixteen years older than her, would you approve of their relationship?" ”

Mother said: "Theoretically, the age gap is a bit big, but the specific situation, let's discuss it specifically, if it is really a good person, the two people can get along in all aspects, my opinion is that if it is really big, it is nothing." ”

The father said, "Hehe, you are really emancipating your mind." ”

The mother said, "Otherwise, what do you say?" ”

Suddenly the mobile phone rang, Jinghao's father went back to the study to find the mobile phone, and for some reason he deliberately closed the door to answer, whispered in it for three or four minutes, finished the call, and came out to call Jinghao's mother to go out.

The father said, "Let's go buy some fruit." ”

Jinghao's mother said: "There are still some at home, and it is easy to break if you buy too much." Besides, she hasn't gotten up yet, and I haven't fried her eggs yet, so the ones are delicious. ”

The father said, "Oh, and said that I was used to him, so she didn't know how to get food when she got hungry?" Leave her alone. ”

After speaking, he pulled Jinghao's mother and walked out: "I asked you to go out together, and I have something to tell you......"

Outside the window, the sun is getting high, the birds are chirping, the butterflies are flying, and the quiet is still sleeping with the head covered.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. She didn't know that her parents were out, thinking that someone would naturally open the door, but she ignored it, this person continued to knock endlessly, Jing Hao had to get up with a frown, pulled a big shirt and wrapped it in pajamas, walked to the door and asked, "Is it the courier?" ”

The other party's answer was a little strange: "I am." ”

Harry was standing outside the door as he pulled out a small bottle of whiskey and took a sip.

As soon as I opened the door, I was startled.

Harry spoke, "It's good that we're meeting again. ”

Jing Hao was like a dream, she didn't wear glasses, she thought she was wrong, she blinked her eyes several times in a row, and suddenly remembered that she hadn't washed her face yet, subconsciously raised her hand, straightened her unkempt hair, and asked, "Harry!" Are you really? Why did you come all of a sudden? ”

Harry took out an invitation letter from her father's university and handed it to Jing Hao: "Well, they invited me here, they were very enthusiastic, and I was in a hurry to come, but I had no choice but to rush over after I was busy with the matter at hand." I, that, came to see you by the way. ”

Jing Hao said, "But how do you know the address?" ”

Harry said: "I have the Chinese address when you registered at the school, and I also made the phone number recorded on it, but unfortunately the number does not exist, but fortunately you did not move, the address is correct." ”

Jing Hao said: "Then my father's school, why did he suddenly send you an invitation letter?" ”

"I emailed you and didn't reply, but luckily your registered student information had your father's contact information, so I tried to email him and tell him I wanted to come for a year," Harry said. He said that they were in need and that ...... were very welcome."

Harry looked at Jinghao, and Jinghao looked at Harry.

Shizuho lowered her head, and Harry slowly stretched out her arms and slowly hugged Shizuho, putting her cheek against hers. It was the first time they had been so intimate since they met.

Jing Haoqiang held back tears but still flowed out, she said: "I'm sorry, I didn't tell you the reason at the time, so I left, maybe I was too selfish, in fact, I have been wanting to contact you since I came back, but I don't know what to say." ”

Harry said: "I also want to say I'm sorry, I reflect on myself, I haven't had time to say a lot to you, maybe you have a deep misunderstanding. Actually, I originally planned very well, and in two weeks, I will discuss our future with you, who knows, it was postponed for a whole year......"

Jing Hao realized that, yes, she came back with a box on this day last year.

The clock ticks and ticks, walking counterclockwise; Quiet the city, from the bright lights of the night to the noon sun, and then back to the morning light; In Oxford's street markets, people walk backwards; In the large meadows and gardens of Oxford South Park, the lush green changes back to the dark green of winter and then to the rich green of autumn, the oil green of summer and the tender green of spring; One by one, planes at London Heathrow Airport retreated from the air to the ground......

Shizuyo and Harry also go back in time like a cartoon in their respective seasons: spring, winter, autumn, summer......

Back in the West End of Oxford, after watching the movie "Atonement", they were blocked by heavy rain and went to the Spanish restaurant across the street to sit, drink tea and eat. Harry tells embarrassing jokes, and the two discuss what makes a good movie and what is a bad movie......

The wall clock in Harry's living room was also moving backwards, and the time scene continued to rewind to their first encounter in the rain on the street outside the campus, across from a postman's green wooden door on Shark House Street......

Sheltering from the rain under the eaves, Harry came out of the postman's green wooden door to open a dark green and black checkered wooden handle umbrella, and when he looked up, he saw her......

Jing Hao wiped the rain from his face and said, "Do you live here?" I didn't know you lived here".

Harry said calmly, "Well——, I don't know, I didn't know you were right outside my door. ”

Harry hugged Jinghao tightly, and Jinghao hugged Harry tightly.

Jing Hao asked, "Is this a happy ending?" ”

Harry said, "Of course not? ”

Jing Hao was a little surprised, looked up and asked, "Why?" ”

"Happy beginning," Harry said.

The end