(The storyline is fictitious, the official must not sit in the opposite seat, the similarity is purely a coincidence)

Just like Dad was worried about, Jinghao Mom did have a bit of a second menopause, a little mild anxiety and depression. She was restless, hot flashes and sweating, upset, restless, and insomnia at night...... The rat she said came three times from the professional rat trapping team, but it never caught it.

In the middle of the night, she suddenly got up, woke up Jinghao's father, and the two checked together to see if there were any mice under the mattress, tossed for half an hour, and did not find the mouse, and then lay down She tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, saying that she would go to the UK as soon as possible to see Jinghao, afraid that she was too simple and easy to be deceived......

Dad really had no choice, accompanied Jinghao mother to apply for an urgent visa, although summer is the peak season for British travel, but luckily, Jinghao found a cost-effective flight for her mother from Ctrip, and it didn't cost too much. In less than two weeks, Jinghao's mother rushed to the UK.

Jing Hao went to London Heathrow Airport to pick up his mother, and the two took the blue double-decker bus to Oxford, along the way my mother also sighed that the idyllic scenery outside the window was beautiful.

When she arrived at the residence, she was sure that her small room was too small to sleep two people, so she let her mother sleep in her room, and she carried the quilt and pillow to sleep on the sofa bed in the living room downstairs.

Mom kept nagging, "The room is not cleaned up, why are you so lazy!" While wiping everywhere and sweeping everywhere, I was covered with sweat for a while.

But my mother met Jing Hao's two Swedish roommates in the corridor, but she was so gentle and polite that she took out a lot of snacks brought by China for others to eat.

Jing Hao joked with his mother: "You are really good at disguise, why are you so polite to the two of them?" ”

My mother said, "It's the first time I've seen you, you're my own child, what's wrong with criticizing two sentences?" Besides, I'm not wrong about criticizing, you see you made this room, it's so messy! ”

Jinghao's mother happily took out a large handful of snacks and stuffed them into the two big Swedish boys.

Jing Hao thought of what Harry's mother had said about questioning Chinese food, so she poured cold water on her mother and said, "Mom, don't be too enthusiastic, it's Swedes, it's from Northern Europe!" It is known as the place with the highest level of civilization and material living standards in the world! Don't be too enthusiastic, there are so many additives in your Chinese snacks, and I don't know if people are willing to ask for them. ”

Mom's diplomatic work was in full swing and was on the rise, so she turned her head and glared at Jing Hao. The two Swedish boys didn't seem polite at all, and as soon as Jinghao's mother handed them to them, the two of them immediately opened them and ate them: dried apricots, dried peaches, banana chips, dried tofu, small twist flowers, and strange peanuts...... While eating, he said, "Thank you, great!" ”

After eating, both of them were so happy that they squeezed their eyes with Jinghao.

Jing Hao joked to her mother, "They're really two little kids!" Eat a snack and be happy like this! ”

Jinghao's mother said: "I have all these good things, and I have bought the best to bring them to you!" They are all time-honored Chinese brands! Look at it, the small dim sum in Daoxiang Village, the small twist on Eighteenth Street, what do they like? Where can they eat something so delicious? ”

Harry invites Jing Hao and his mother to eat at the strangely named Chinese restaurant "Yan Zhai" on George Street, the same restaurant where Harry and Jing Hao last heard Frey say that "Jing Hao probably dated Harry to get a British passport".

As soon as Jing Hao entered the door, she remembered the last time Frey and Jim talked nonsense about "bet, bet on a hearty Chinese meal", and she couldn't help but look left and right - there were still not many people eating in the store this time, and she was sure that there was no one she knew.

The three of them sat down at the table. After a closer look, Jinghao's mother realized that Harry seemed to be more than ten years older than Jinghao.

Jinghao's mother asked Jinghao loudly: "Tell me, is this really your classmate?" Why is it wrong at first glance? He's at least thirteen or fourteen years older than you, right? Jing is so good, you really don't talk to you, and you still lie to your mother! I'm glad I came, and your dad said I was suspicious, and I said I had a gut ......."

Jing Hao forgot to tell her mother that Harry really understands Chinese. Jinghao's mother thought that he would only say the words he said when he first met with a handshake, "Hello, it's a pleasure to see you." ”

Jing Hao hurriedly lowered his voice and said quickly, "Mom, let's go back and talk about it." I haven't had a chance to talk to you about it. Let's go back after dinner. I'll tell you the ins and outs. ”

Mom didn't care, and continued: "It's not that I have to interfere, if you really want to have a relationship, you have to think carefully first, foreigners are different from us in many places, from physical to psychological, you see the golden hair on his arm, the same as a wild man." There is also one thing for the Lord to keep in mind, you are dating for the purpose of getting married, not for the purpose of messing with the relationship between men and women, so if you really want to get married, the age gap between you is not small......"

"Mom! What are you talking nonsense...... "- Jing Hao gave her mother a look and told her to stop talking.

Mom didn't realize it, and continued: "What about you, you have no experience, yes, you broke up with Chen Dongliang, but we Chinese men have it, why are you looking for such a foreign devil, or an old guy?" Besides, there's no need to be in such a hurry, can't you go back and find it slowly? ”

Jing Hao whispered, "Mom, don't say it anymore." ”

Mom didn't care, and continued: "You know what? There are many aspects to a harmonious marriage, he will enter old age at least ten years earlier than you, are you mentally prepared? When you're in your forties, he's almost sixty, and I'm talking about the normal situation, if he gets sick......"

Jing Hao said again: "Mom! Let's talk about it later! ”

Mom still didn't care, and still said, "What else do you tell me about soul mate, this is the soul mate you want?" I'll do the math for you, if he dies in his seventies, and you're only in your fifties, what if you can't go up or down? You're left alone! If he dies at the age of eighty or ninety, then you will be even more finished, from your forties to your sixties, you are simply a nanny and an old mother! When he dies, you will have to live alone for more than ten years or even longer! Even if your father and I are physically tough, can we both live with you for the rest of our lives? You have to think about it, life is a real thing, it's not just two people walking around, talking about Shakespeare, drinking coffee, watching movies......"

Jing Hao had no choice, stretched out her leg from under the table and stepped on her mother's foot, but her mother still didn't react, "Oops", and whispered: "Eat, you don't put your foot honestly, step on me." ”

Jing Hao whispered: "Mom, you are still a university teacher, what did you say just now!" Let's eat first, let's not talk about it yet! ”

Mom said, "I'm not telling the truth! ”

Harry had been smiling calmly beside him. Jinghao's mother spoke quickly and in a small voice, but he understood the main part, and when Jinghao's mother stopped talking, he suddenly spoke: "Nei, hello, I am the teacher of Yu, and I am sixteen and a half years older than Yu, isn't it thirteen or fourteen?" Then Harry counted them on his fingers and finally said, "Yes, sixteen and a half years old!" ”

Jinghao's mother was startled, and after five or six seconds, she forgot to chew a mouthful of food in her mouth, and she was embarrassed and anxious.

After a short while, the three of them sat like that, with only the sound of chopsticks touching the dishes.

Jing Hao suddenly spoke: "Harry, that, my mother used to teach Chinese public courses in the university, and later changed her career to administrative work, that is, campus service officer, but my mother's basic Chinese knowledge level is definitely better than mine, you like to learn Chinese so much, if you have any questions, you can ask her, she must speak more accurately and standardized than me." ”

Harry said, "Uh——, thank you, okay, I'll ask you a lot, please, please 'Berlin'." Is that what you say? ”

Jing Hao said: "It's 'don't hesitate to teach', not 'Berlin's friendship'." ”

Harry learned over and over again: "Glass teaches, ignores teaches, and does not teach ...... forest"

Jinghao's mother smiled, and the smile was unnatural.

The next day, Jing Hao accompanied his mother to travel around England, went to Bath to see Stonehenge and Jane Austen's house, went to Cambridge to experience Cambridge and Cam River Roubo, went to London to go around, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the Tower of London, the River Thames, the London Eye, the Sherlock Holmes House, Madame Tussauds, the British Museum, the British National Art Gallery, the West End theater and cinema, my mother was very happy.

The two also went to Coventry, Reading, Warringford, Shakespeare's Startford and other surrounding places, and also went to Windsor Castle to experience the love story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, who "don't love the country and love beauty", and of course, they also went to Bicester Village, one of the four major shopping villages in Europe, to sweep the goods......

After returning from the trip, it is not far from the time for my mother to leave the UK and return home. Jing Hao's mother and daughter and Harry made an appointment to eat at the Chinese restaurant "Yan Village" on George Street again.

After sitting down, exchange a few pleasantries.

Harry said, "Well——, you still like the British landscape, right?" ”

Jinghao's mother said, "It's good. It's a pity that I don't have that much time to come this time, and I'll have to go back soon, otherwise, Jing Hao said that he would take me on a trip to Scotland, to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, the Highlands, the Lake District, and those places, where she said that there is a beauty of mountains and rivers, which is not quite the same as the elegance and sophistication of England. ”

Jinghao's mother never knew what to call Harry, Xiaobu? Hah? She couldn't open her mouth just by calling him "Harry", and she always felt that someone who was very familiar with him could call him that, after all, he was also a university professor. But Mr. Brown and Professor Brown seem to be a bit raw, abrupt, and weird.

And Harry didn't know how to call Jinghao's mother, so Jinghao's mother and Harry talked to each other, and they didn't have any titles, just smiled at each other, and then knew that the other party was going to start talking to him.

Harry said: "Well, yes, I also think Scotland has great mountains and rivers. If you have the opportunity to come back next time, I invite you to the place where Wales and England meet, my hometown, the idyllic scenery and life, the sheep more than the people, the green hillsides and the blue lakes everywhere, and the people in some places probably still live as if they were in the ......time of Hardy's novels."

Jinghao's mother said, "Oh, I like Hardy's novels very, very much, so I must find a chance to read them in your hometown." ”

Harry said, "So, when do you plan to come back next time?" ”

Jing Hao said: "When I wait for my graduation ceremony, it will be May next year, it is also a good season, and my mother will definitely come." ”

Harry said, "Okay, welcome back." ”

AT NIGHT, JINGHAO'S MOTHER LAY DOWN FOR A LONG TIME IN JINGHAO'S SMALL ROOM, COULDN'T SLEEP, TOSSED AND TURNED, WENT DOWNSTAIRS, WENT TO THE LIVING ROOM WHERE JINGHAO SLEPT, PUSHED THE DOOR IN, AND SAW THAT JINGHAO DIDN'T SLEEP, AND WAS LYING ON THE SOFA BED USING IPAD TO WATCH THE BRITISH TV SERIES "A HUNDRED YEARS OF NOSTALGIA".

Mom said, "Quiet, why don't you sleep?" ”

Jing Hao asked rhetorically, "Then didn't you sleep either?" I watched an episode of "A Hundred Years of Nostalgia" and fell asleep. ”

My mother said, "I'll go back tomorrow, but there's one thing I don't worry about, that, I'll tell you, I'll say it if you bother, that, you, you and this Englishman should be cautious......

Jing Hao didn't raise his head, and said, "Okay, I must be cautious, Mom, you go back to sleep quickly!" ”

Mom said, "You have to be serious about this!"

Jing Hao hurriedly looked up at her mother and nodded: "I know!" ”

My mother said, "I told you several times, the first time we met, I said those words, I didn't know if he could understand, I was always embarrassed, but none of what my mother said at that time was not the truth, so he could understand it, and it was good." ”

Jing Hao said: "Okay Mom, I know, you go back to rest quickly, you will go to London Heathrow Airport tomorrow afternoon, and it is more than ten o'clock now!" ”

Mom said: "I'm serious about talking to you about this matter, don't look at me I haven't mentioned it for the past few days, but I think over and over again, including when we travel, I have been pondering, the age gap between the two of you is too big, and he is a foreigner, my personal opinion is: not suitable!" ”

Jing Hao deliberately said: "Oh, Mom, we are ordinary friends now, friends can be, so what's suitable or inappropriate!" ”

Mom was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked, "Ordinary friends? Are you honest, really just ordinary friends? How far have you two gotten now? ”

Jing Hao said to his mother: "Hehe, don't ask, there is really nothing!" Besides, this is personal privacy, protected by law, how can I tell you? ”

Mom was a little anxious and patted her: "You are serious!" ”

Jing Hao said: "Hehe, don't worry about it, we are really ordinary friends!" But it's really a better friend! ”

Mom whispered, "You and him, did anything deviant happen?" ”

Jing Hao said: "You have a lot of care! Don't worry! Not really! ”

Mom said with a straight face: "Don't be hippie and smiley!" Be sure to keep yourself clean! It can't be as casual as some people! That's not good, that's self-depravity, just like that Lei Xiaoming! ”

Jing Hao said: "You are here again, who is this surnamed Lei?" ”

Mom hurriedly said, "Anyway, it's not a good person, don't worry about it, don't ask." In short, you are not allowed to fall! You see, there are some people who are not ashamed of the mess, but proud! ”

Jing Hao said: "Don't worry, I'm very nervous about studying, where is the time to fall, it's just been a few days of relaxation, and besides, people are here in a country ruled by law!" Even if you don't get married and live together, there is a law that protects the rights and interests of both parties! Two gay people form a family, even if they don't get married, they can be protected! So you don't have to worry! ”

Mom said, "Look, you have said this yourself!" He lied to me that I stayed to apply for a PhD! Do you know that cohabitation here is protected by law? ”

Jing Hao said: "It's not that you asked me, I just said casually, I really have nothing to do with him." ”

Mom glared at Jing for a long time.

Jing Hao said again: "I promise, I didn't lie to you......"

My mother was angry, frowned, and said, "I said that you should clean yourself, you have to keep it in mind!" ”

Jing Hao was impatient and said, "Okay, good, I must clean myself and maintain my integrity!" ”

Mom stretched out her hand to calm her shoulder: "You don't take it seriously, it's you who will suffer the loss!" ”

Jing Hao said: "It's not that I don't take it seriously, it's that you are anxious and worried about something, anyway, there are still twenty days, I will go home, otherwise you will stay in this paragraph?" ”

Mom said, "Don't I have to go back to take care of your father?" Otherwise, I really want to stay and go back with you. ”

Jing Hao said: "Stay and watch me?" Then I really want to do something, you can't stand it. ”

Jinghao's mother reached out and slapped her on the shoulder, saying, "You talk nonsense again!" ”

Jing Hao said: "Okay, I promise, there won't be that kind of loss of integrity, okay?" ”

Jinghao's mother said, "Don't be poor! Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, which literary work do you look at, is not the bad luck of women? At dinner that day, I also talked about Hardy's novels, and the women in Hardy's novels are miserable because they are gullible with men......"

Jing Hao also said: "Mom, the things in Hardy's novels are the same as in ancient times, what era is it now, men and women are the same!" ”

The mother said, "How can it be the same? Women are women, men are men, and many things are different! Let's just say the same, if the man is unmarried in his thirties and forties, it is relatively easy to find a partner, but if a woman is not married in his thirties and forties, how difficult it is to find a partner! Again, the man can still have a child when he reaches 72, and the woman reaches 72, okay? ”

Jing Hao didn't like to listen to it, and retorted: "Mom! Your point of view is too backward! It's corny! The British writer Agatha is the one who wrote "Murder on the Orient Express", we went to visit her former home, when she was 40 years old, it was still 1930, and a boyfriend who was 14 years younger than him got married, and then lived happily together, and later under the nourishment of love, she wrote a lot of world-famous works! So, no matter what age it is, whether it's a man or a woman, age is not a problem......"

Mom interrupted her and said, "If you have the ability, go back to life in the UK in 1930, and if you have the ability, you can be Agatha, then you don't have to call me 'Mom'!" I'm also relieved! But the question is, is there only one Agatha in the world? After speaking, he glared at Jing for a good time.

Jing laughed and coaxed her mother to go upstairs to sleep, and her mother had to catch a plane back to China the next day.

The next day, near noon, Jinghao's mother finally pulled her suitcase out of the small house at 28 Highry Road, got into a taxi, and went straight to London Heathrow Airport. Jing Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.