Every morning, whether you are sitting on the bus from south to north, or on the bus from east to west, or driving by yourself, or walking slowly, morning exercise on this fast track to the county seat, you will always see a tall man about 1.7 meters tall in the distance, holding a dragon head cane in his hand, wearing a medium-gray Zhongshan suit, gray-haired, but very energetic old man, standing silently in front of a grave full of flowers at the foot of a hill full of green pine forests, motionless. There is also a grave without words next to it. Every morning from beginning to end, they are waiting for each other in front of this tomb, in this tomb with very fresh flower plates every day, you can see that these flowers are often taken care of, otherwise it would not be so fresh.

From the body of the grave, the head of the grave, and the grave around the grave, there was not even a single small weed except for the flower pots, and she didn't want any weeds to disturb her innocent life. This unusual tomb is far away from the big mountain village Lotus Food Co., Ltd. behind it, like a guard, waiting day and night, sticking to its post here.

I heard that this was the last wish of the owner of the tomb on his deathbed, and she wanted to watch the development and prosperity of Dashan Village; I want to see how Dashan Village has changed from "the land has no three miles of flat, and the sky has no three sunshines" to solve the problem of food and clothing, and how to change from food and clothing to a well-off struggle; I want to see how the villagers in Dashan Village have gone from poverty to high income now; Finally, I also want to see how Lotus Food Co., Ltd. has gone from a mountain village to the world; I want to see how the follow-up people make the company invincible; And I also want to see the rapid development of the motherland, the continuous development and continuous updating of science and technology.

Let us see a new era that is changing with each passing day, and a dazzling new era appears in front of everyone. This big mountain village has her hard work and hardships, and once it goes bankrupt, she is unwilling. People respect her choice and hide her here, so that she can watch the development of Lotus Food Co., Ltd. day and night, and now Lotus Food Co., Ltd. has more than 30 billion yuan in fixed assets, ranking first among the world's top 500 companies. There are more than 300 large and small products, and Lotus Food Co., Ltd. is now the only listed company in the county.

In addition to the world-famous snacks of various specialties; There is also the backbone of this big mountain village with its unique "nine bays and eighteen turns, nine ditches and nine forks, nine doors and nine dams"; There are also world-famous and wonderful underground caves; The glass press road bridge in Dashan Village, as well as the belt road suspended in the middle of the mountain, etc.

Nowadays, as soon as you step into the land of Dashan Village, you will see from a long distance that there is a very young girl about 17 years tall at the intersection of Dashan Village, standing on a stone statue on a square cornerstone, which is the owner of this tomb, Lotus. This stone statue is the wish of all the people in Dashan Village, who will come here every year during the Spring Festival, Qingming and every holiday to talk to the owner and report to work; Now there are those young men and women who come and go, every time they walk here, they have to come here to make a wish, hoping that they can find the prince charming and beautiful women who are satisfied, and there are also those middle-aged men who are frustrated in their own life journey, and they are not willing to lag behind and come here, hoping that the lotus can show them the way forward, guide them to success and so on. When she learned that Dashan Village had undergone earth-shaking changes, and that she was no longer in Dashan Village, the owner of the tomb was also very happy and relieved, which was her lifelong pursuit and longing.

Today's Dashan Village has a world-famous international industrial park; The tourist landscape of Dashan Village, especially the underground karst cave, ranks first in the world; There are criss-crossed, layered transportation lines; There are north-south high-speed railways, east-west highways and the Dashan corridor, and so on. The wordless grave next to it, I heard that this is the old man's own belonging, the old man is about seventy years old: his eyes will never leave this tombstone in front of him. As if silently praying for something? His body was constantly trembling, his lips were closed, he was muttering to himself, and his eyes were a little moist. I just couldn't hear what he was saying. It doesn't matter if it's raining or snowing; It's still a hot summer, or a stormy spring. Every morning, you will always see this tall figure appear in front of this tomb, and you will stand for two or three hours at a time. On the tombstone in front of him, there are inscriptions such as "Lotus Flower for Beloved Wife" and "Husband Never Forget".

Curious people always like to ask about this very strange, very strange and persistent old man...... What a legendary life he has experienced, what an unforgettable story he has experienced, this old man's original name is not not forgotten, his name is Wang Zhongyu, and he does not forget that he changed it later, which means that he will never forget the lotus.

Before his retirement, he was the director of the office of the AB County Party Committee, and graduated from the Department of Economics of DG Provincial University of Economics in 1980. When he graduated from university, the school wanted to keep him working in school, and he returned to his hometown because he was concerned about the lotus. He has been working in this county, and has served as the secretary of the Xinzhou District Party Committee, the head of Anchang District, the county agricultural bureau, the director of the forestry bureau, the county magistrate, the secretary of the county party committee, etc., and has not gone anywhere, in order to cultivate the lotus, accompany the tomb in front of him, it seems that he feels that the lotus is too lonely, and he wants to accompany her all the time, and stay with each other in the black soil of this small mountain village.

Wang Zhongyu and Lotus have not sworn between the mountains and the sea, nor have they made any promises, but their hearts are connected, and they are much stronger with each other than those beautiful lies that have been promised to the sea and the rocks, and in his heart he has always felt guilty that the lotus flower is too much, and this life will never be able to compensate, so he has never married, and now he is a lonely old man. People often don't feel sorry for him, and they can't help but feel very surprised why he didn't get married, because everyone knows that there was a job at that time.

But there are also a lot of cheers and admiration during this period, especially those old-fashioned women, who often use him as a model and ruler of love. They all want to find a life partner for their lives, which is why people now say that love is selfish! At that time, it was very easy to find a partner with his identity, not to mention finding a rural girl, and he could also find a very beautiful one. When he was studying in other places, he learned that Lotus used her whole body to save the three children who died in the 9.8 magnitude earthquake, she used her whole body to cover the three children, but she was directly pressed by the reinforced concrete block, and dozens of broken steel bars on the concrete block pierced through the entire body and left the world on the spot.

From that moment on, his fiery heart was suddenly cold, and from then on, the door of the king's loyalty to love was tightly closed and not open to anyone. Soon after the death of the lotus, there were a lot of kind-hearted people to introduce him to the object, at the beginning he politely declined, and later even ignored people, many people have also persuaded, have done his ideological work, he is insisting, everyone has no way to take him, so it is inevitable to offend some people, with the advancement of time, the age is getting older and older, and the number of people who introduce him to the object is gradually decreasing, of course, there are occasionally people who mention it. There are also some different opinions on his evaluation, but Wang Zhong doesn't care about this, his heart is also cold, and he will never be able to warm up. And why bother with these meaningless evaluations?

If you want to understand him, the story has to start from when he and Lotus were young, they were childhood sweethearts, the relationship between the two families is particularly good, the two often play together, you go to his house, she goes to your house, they are all a production team, and the two families are not far apart. In addition, there are contacts in all aspects, it is this invisible bond that ties them tightly together, and it is precisely because of the beginning of the childhood that the two different life boats have changed, and Wang Zhongyu has reached the age of studying, but Wang Zhongyu's family is very poor, and he can't afford to study, and it is with the help of lotus flowers that he has to study, and he has to complete his studies. In the heart of the small lotus, just to help Wang Zhongyu, the invisible innocence of the hour did not have any other thoughts, until the lotus slowly grew up, he did not know the innocence. Although the tuition fee was only two yuan and five jiao for half a semester at that time, it was more difficult for Wang Zhongyu's family than to ascend to the sky.

Because my mother has been sick in bed all the year round, she has never gotten up, and my father is also an honest and honest farmer, so he doesn't seem to know anything except farm work one day, and he has never done anything else. What's more, Wang Zhongyu also has a younger brother Wang Zhonggang and a younger sister Wang Zhongmei. Relying on Wang Zhongyu's father to earn centimeters to maintain the rations of a few people in the family is already very good, so what about having money for Wang Zhongyu to study? Wang Zhongyu is also very sensible, knowing that the family can't afford to let him go to school, he can only cry in his heart, it is nothing more than a very strong appearance, and his mother needs to be taken care of, and his younger siblings are young, so of course the matter of taking care of his mother falls on his young body, and he has to give up his desire to study!

But on the first day of school, what he didn't expect was that Lotus actually brought textbooks, schoolbags and a pencil and a few homework books to Wang Zhongyu to read together, Wang Zhongyu felt happy and sad, very surprised, very worried, uneasy and very hesitant. I'm glad I can read; It's sad why my family is so poor; I was surprised why the lotus flower helped herself in this way; The concern is that parents will lose the opportunity if they do not allow themselves to go to school; What is uneasy is what to pay back other people's money, and his own family is so poor; What hesitates is to repay the debt owed to others! Can I pay it back just on the basis of my family's conditions? What's more, my younger siblings are still young, and my mother needs someone to take care of them, and besides, I have money to pay back others! Although people have registered you and brought you books, you have to pay back the money! It's already good if people bring books to them, but you can't pay them back! When will we have money to pay back our family? Reading can only be regarded as a luxury. When Lotus took out the school things like a pen and a notebook, he said:

"Sister, do you want to go back? I'm not going to go, I can study like this, right? ”

This is the inherent characteristic of Chinese women, kindness and compassion, which are the bonds of their love, that is, they often say that they know themselves and their opponents. First it seems to be a kind of sympathy, and finally there is love, and this pattern of love has lasted for many years, and even now it occasionally exists.

Of course, Lotus also knew his thoughts, she had already thought about it, first just tell him, and then tell his parents. However, when Lotus walked up to Wang Zhongyu's mother's bed, and was about to tell his mother, she did not wait for her to explain the situation. His mother grabbed the topic and said:

"He's going! Why don't you go, as for his father, I told him that is, you can rest assured. Faithfulness is wrapped up in me, flowers! It's just that the tuition fee doesn't know when it will be paid back to your family, you see! Ah aunt, I'll pay you back later! We'll have to pay back the money anyway. ”

Lotus said: "Ah aunt, you just don't care about these for now, let's be loyal to go to school with me first!" As for the money, let's talk about it later! It's important to go to school first. You can also recover from your illness with peace of mind. ”

At this time, Wang Zhongyu said: "Mom, how can our family have the money to study? When will I have the money to pay back my family? I won't read it, just let my younger siblings read it in the future. ”

His mother said, "Son, it's your mother who is dragging you down, and I don't know when this damn disease will be the end!" You blame me! You have to read the book, my illness will be delayed, the big deal is to reduce my medicine costs, save points in all aspects, and the difficulties will be slowly solved and eliminated. Kid, you need to know a few words! Otherwise, we will suffer losses in the future, we don't want to be officials and make a fortune, but only want to settle accounts in the future without asking for people, and spend everything for you to bring everything that should be used, and you will not waste the hard work of other people's flowers! ”。

Mothers are always great, and it is the mother who is willing to give and not reciprocate, but she can give her life for her children or not? The greatness of the mother lies in this, she would rather be sick than healed, so that the child has a book to read, a great opportunity, how can the mother let it go? I can't walk, I have already gone to get the books. Wang Zhongyu's mothers are also like millions of mothers, although they can't tell any profound truths, but they are full of love for their children in their bones, hoping that their children will have a good life and a good life, so they will suffer a little bit by themselves, but they can't let their children go their own old ways, let alone suffer their children, and once they have an opportunity, they will firmly grasp it. If you miss this village, you won't have a store. They all want to pave a smooth road for their children, and they all want to create a comfortable environment and very superior conditions for their children.

This is the normal psychology of parents, and it is the common wish of parents all over the world to hope that their son will become a dragon. Although maybe the expression of love is different, they are the same in their bones, Wang Zhongyu must still be young, how can he know so much, seeing that his mother has been insisting, he didn't say anything else. In this way, loyal to school, and loyal to all the expenses from the first grade to high school are supported by the lotus with personal ability, at that time a college student, but also a graduate student, how valuable, and a person like this in this small county ended the trajectory of life, ended the peak period of life, but Wang Zhongzhi left from the lotus, only hoped to go through his ordinary life, he could be promoted or ambitious. It is also possible to do a great job, and there are many opportunities to make yourself a person admired by others. However, he thinks that everything he has is given by the lotus, and it is not his own in the first place, and only with the existence of the lotus flower can everything he have be fulfilled and everything can be meaningful. Now that the lotus flower is gone, all of this will go with her, and it will also lose its value and meaning. There are only two women in Wang Zhongyu's life, and both of them are very important to him. Lotus is the only woman in Wang Zhong's life who has weight in his life except for his mother.

Mother gave herself a strong body, the beginning of life. Lotus tweed! I gave myself the motivation of life, the logo of life. The meaning of all life, although they did not swear and promise, but the hypocritical lies in his heart were not worth mentioning. He needs to be a genuine mutual understanding and integration, a heart-to-heart blending. Mutual support and mutual dedication. He asked himself to do it, and he kept doing it. So he has always been single, and also to fulfill the promise that he has not expressed in his heart! It's not superficial, it's tangible. It is the mutual call and communication of the hearts. Although society continues to progress and develop, and new ideas replace old ideas, everyone has their own standards of behavior and their own views on life, values and standards.

Some people may say that he is dead-eyed, old-fashioned, and old-fashioned; Others believe that they are the specimens of love. Although people have different evaluations of Wang Zhongyu. But in what he thinks he should do, it's a big and small pinnacle of his perfect life, and it's also a very perfect ending. Yes, he is creating a story, he is creating an era, and he is creating a world. He is a shadow, and from this shadow he sees the real her. That is, he created two different lives. When they knew that the people who really knew this old man, they were all impressed. That's it, Wang Zhongyu got a nickname of "old and ancient".

Maybe it's this old man who has changed everything in the mountains, that is, this old man who understands that people will know the story of the lotus? It is this old man who understands that people will understand the life experience behind him? Is it this old man who understands that people will get to know another woman? It was this old Gu who was the only college student in Dashan back then, and it was this old Gu who was the key person who caused a storm in Dashan! It is only when you get to know him, and only when you enter his world, that you truly realize your ignorance and insignificance. You may not dare to believe yourself when you know that there are such great people in the world? When you get to the bottom of it and really understand, maybe you will immediately doubt yourself?