(This book has been overhauled. Chapters 5 to 10 have now been transferred to the works. Dear friends, please continue the character relationships and background introduction in the early stages of the book from this chapter. They are all in the works of the book. Welcome everyone)
Time: January 17, 1981, 5 pm.
Location: 41st Floor, Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong
Character: Cao Yong
In an independent office in Hanyu International Law Firm, Cao Yong put down the thick document in his hand and signed his name on the last page.
Cao Yong put down his pen and leaned back on the large and soft boss chair. After resting for a while, he rubbed his swollen eyes with his hand and pressed the pager.
"Vivian (Note 1), please come in."
Secretary Vivian Chen knocked on the door and walked in.
"Lawyer Cao, what do you want?"
"Please file all the information on this case. The case is finally closed." Lawyer Cao gently patted the file on the table.
"Okay, sir." Vivian stepped forward to sort out the documents. "By the way, sir. Half an hour ago, Ms. Huang from the People's Immigration Department called and said that she has private matters to see you. In accordance with your instructions, I told
The other party, I will call you back as soon as possible after you have finished handling the official business."
"Well, the People's Immigration Department? Oh, I know, thank you, Vivian."
After Vivian left, Cao Yong picked up the phone and called the number copied by Vivian.
"Hello, I'm Cao Yong. Is this Samantha?"
"Yes. Senior brother, I have inquired clearly about your consultation. Now you can apply for it. I have prepared the relevant information and forms. When do you think you will need it?"
"Thank you so much, Samantha. I'll contact Lisa now to see if she's available tonight and we can have dinner together."
After hanging up the phone, Cao Yong quickly contacted Lisa: "Hi, dear, is it convenient to talk?"
"Well, it's almost time to get off work. All the work at hand is done." Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Lisa began to coquettishly: "Husband, you are such a busy person, how long has it been since you called my work?"
"Baby, it's my fault. You listen to me first, Samantha? Huang just called. There is no problem with the matter. If you have no other arrangements for the evening, let's treat her to dinner."
"Great, I'm going to make a reservation now and wait for my call."
Cao Yong walked around the office excitedly. Years of lingering dreams were always lingering in his heart. The outpouring of longing was like a fire burning in his chest.
…
Cao Yong is not a native of Xiangjiang, he was born in the capital.
Three generations of the Cao family are neighbors with the Sun Dahai family. Their relationship is so good that it can no longer be described as harmonious or close.
The friendship accumulated over decades and generations makes their relationship more like family than family.
At that time, there was also a teacher Liu's family in the small courtyard where they lived, and they had lived together for more than 20 years.
The three of them all rented in a courtyard in Xihuangchenggen. The landlord, Lao Jintou, was a lonely old man, and he was also a man of great background. (For their stories, please see the related works in this book.)
Lao Jintou and the three families were as close as one family. During the ups and downs of the war, they helped and supported each other until the dawn of victory emerged.
However, nine out of ten things go wrong in life.
On the night when Japan announced its surrender, Lao Jintou, who had suffered a bloody feud, died peacefully with a smile on his face.
Just a few years later, on the eve of the peaceful liberation of the capital, something happened to Teacher Liu's family.
Mr. Liu and his wife were both professors at the university. As highly regarded talents, Mr. Liu and his family were taken hostage to Wanwan by the government at that time, which was facing failure.
From then on, Teacher Liu could only communicate with the Sun and Cao families through letters through relatives of the Cao family in Xiangjiang.
Ten years before the Special Period, Cao Yong's grandfather encountered financial difficulties in his business and became ill.
He missed his daughter, son-in-law and grandson who were far away in the capital, so he asked his relatives in Guangzhou to go north to the capital and tell them.
When the Sun family, who received Lao Jintou's inheritance, learned of the difficulties faced by the Cao family, they resolutely lent most of their property to Cao Yong.
With the help of relatives, Cao Yong sneaked to Xiangjiang and used the Sun family's money to solve the economic crisis of Cao Yong's grandfather's factory and achieved rapid development.
Cao Yong has been studying and living in Xiangjiang since then, and received a doctorate in law from Cambridge University with excellent results.
Now Cao Yong has a successful career and a happy marriage. But in his heart, the longing for his parents who are far away in the capital and the gratitude to the Sun family are always filled in his heart, which often makes him unable to control himself.
…
The home in the capital that Cao Yong misses has also undergone many changes.
During the ten-year special period, the family was affected to a certain extent. The house was expropriated. The Sun and Cao families had no choice but to move to a temporary residence.
In the end, nothing serious happened to anyone, it was just normal birth, old age, illness and death, some people came, some people went...
The ten-year special period has finally passed, and Cao Yong's mind has become alive again.
With the help of his relatives in Guangzhou, he learned about the reform and opening up carried out in the mainland in recent years, as well as the policies for his situation. Cao Yong finally decided to return to the capital.
…
After school, in the team on the way home, Zhang Yujie, who was following Sun Dahai, was still chattering: "Haizi, you didn't see just now that I beat Su Jia in several games when playing sandbags. She and
Jiang Peng's cooperation is far inferior to that of Huanhuan and I..."
Sun Dahai had no expression on his face and walked in the queue without squinting.
"That's right, Haizi. What did you mean by that gesture when you took the exam in the afternoon? Didn't you say you would tell me after school?"
"Oh, that's a gesture of swearing."
"Then why do you have to show two fingers?" Zhang Yujie made a fist and stretched out her index and middle fingers.
"It's three fingers." Sun Dahai gestured with his hand, as if to tell her that this was the standard gesture.
"Ah, there are three fingers! Why do you have to hold out three fingers?"
"Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit."
"Haizi, you know so much! Then what does it mean when I extend two fingers?" Zhang Yujie, the curious baby, refused to stop talking.
"When you spread your fingers apart, it means 'oh yeah'."
"Oh yeah? What does that mean?" Zhang Yujie asked while waving her two-finger Zen magic skill.
"It means I was choked after eating too much food." Sun Dahai remained expressionless and continued to be a teacher.
"Oh. Dahai, I will go to your house to play with you tomorrow, okay?"
"Whatever, it doesn't matter if I say yes or no, you came anyway if you wanted to."
"Smelly Haizi, it seems like you don't welcome me very much? Huh, I'm going tomorrow, let's see if you still welcome me!"
"you're home."
"I'm leaving, Haizi. Don't forget to wait for me tomorrow."
Sun Dahai continued to walk forward with the team. He did not look back, but just stretched out his hand and waved it backwards a few times.
"By the way, Haizi, you promised to treat me to delicious food. I want to eat tomorrow." Zhang Yujie shouted loudly to someone in the group who was walking further and further away.
Sun Dahai's swinging hand paused for a moment, and then continued swinging, except that his hand was clenched into a fist, leaving a middle finger raised high.
