To this day, Yang Fan still regrets that he did not study hard enough when he was studying and could not reach the level of Master Meng who was famous throughout the world.
Master Meng is Mr. Meng Haoran, the first poet of the landscape and pastoral poetry school in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Confucius is famous throughout the world for his poem "Spring Dawn" and is a household name.
His "Visiting an Old Friend's Farm" is also very famous: An old friend prepared chicken and rice and invited me to his farm. Green trees clustered around the village, and green hills sloped outside the city. I opened the window facing the farm, drank wine and talked about mulberry and hemp. When the Double Ninth Festival comes, I will come back to enjoy the chrysanthemums.
The Immortal Poet Li Bai and the Sage Poet Du Fu both wrote poems to praise him, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they were flattering him.
Li Bai is eleven years younger than Meng Haoran. In the same age group, he may be more famous than Meng Haoran.
But in the same period, he was a junior and his accumulation was not as much as that of Meng Haoran, who was older than him.
When they parted at the Yellow Crane Tower, Li Bai wrote a poem for Meng Haoran: The old friend bids farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower, and goes to Yangzhou in the fireworks of March. The lone sail disappears into the blue sky, and only the Yangtze River is seen flowing across the horizon.
Although he did not have the literary reputation of Master Meng, Yang Fan had managed to become famous throughout the world in his previous life.
It’s not that he became the richest man in the world or something, but that he has film and television works and songs that are popular in the world.
Modern film and television works and music have replaced ancient poetry and are easier to spread.
Therefore, it is easy for artists with good works to become popular, but it is embarrassing for those who become popular but have no works, such as those young actors who have become famous by relying on traffic.
Even though they frequently appear on the most exposed variety shows, a little investigation will reveal that none of these people have any representative works.
It was built up by relying on the agency company behind it to pile up traffic, hire internet trolls, and spend money to set up a fan club.
Traditional artist training is time-consuming and laborious. Rich people want to make quick money, so they treat artists as cash cows and try to force their growth. Not to mention that they are actually successful and make huge sums of money.
Merchants in the past had a very good reputation.
In the old days, rice was measured in liters. When measuring rice, the seller would use a tool such as a mahogany ruler to flatten the bulge in the liter to ensure the exact amount.
After the transaction is completed, the merchant will add some more rice from the rice basket to the rice bucket, and the smoothed surface of the rice will bulge into a pointed shape. The merchant will try his best to give as much profit as possible.
Since ancient times, whenever doing business, merchants always give their customers a little extra.
This small addition is very helpful to customers, hence the saying "No business is without tips" and "No business is without tips".
“Every merchant is sharp” is also reflected in the saying “add three to the full measure” and “add three to the extra measure” when going to a cloth shop to buy cloth.
As for today’s businessmen, “no businessman is without fraud”. If you are not cunning, you cannot be a businessman and you cannot make money.
Yang Fan understood this deeply, so when he first came here, he chose his previous life's lifestyle without hesitation.
I have no choice now because I have too many girlfriends and not enough time.
"Wait until I come back from my field trip. It's too sudden tonight and I can't go." Finally, Yang Fan rejected Lao Zhao's invitation.
Not only did he reject Lao Zhao, he also rejected Wang Xiaoya's kindness and did not attend the dinner party she was hosting tonight.
Aunt Thirteen went to Guoguo's kindergarten today to handle the summer vacation procedures for her, and will be back a little later than usual tonight.
After get off work, Yang Fan was not in a hurry to go home.
Riding slowly, he came to a desolate place.
There are piles of unused sewer cylinders stacked here, surrounded by weeds.
The two kittens were lying at the mouth of a cylinder respectively. When they saw Yang Fan coming, they jumped out of the cylinders one after another.
But they did not rush towards Yang Fan, but looked around where they were.
After walking over, Yang Fan took out a paper bowl from his backpack and placed it at the door of the stray cat's house.
Then he took out a glass jar filled with cat food.
Seeing the cat food, the two kittens were no longer so afraid of Yang Fan and came over.
These two cats, one is a common gray tabby cat, and the other is a pure black cat.
The tabby cat is quite courageous. It puts its nose close to the jar and smells it, seeming impatient.
The little black cat is relatively young and timid. When Yang Fan comes close, it will be scared and run away if he makes a big move.
After running a few steps, it saw that there was no danger and its appetite forced it to move forward again.
Yang Fan filled the paper bowl with cat food, pushed it away, and then sat down on the ground.
The two kittens no longer cared about the danger and buried their heads in eating from the paper bowls.
The last time he passed by, Yang Fan saw two large aluminum bowls filled with cat food next to the water pipe, which were placed by someone unknown.
He knew at that time that the next time he came, these two bowls would definitely not be there.
Sure enough, it is gone now.
There are many scavengers, and aluminum bowls are treasures, so they are impossible to leave for stray cats.
So, some people are saving, some are destroying, and the cycle goes on like this.
Yang Fan didn’t know how long he could keep this paper bowl.
Because of the sanitation workers, as part of their job duties, they will most likely clean up the paper bowl.
But it doesn’t matter. The unit produces a lot of waste paper every day, and Yang Fan made a lot of paper bowls by hand.
"Lotus and Fugui have both been adopted, but no one wants you. How pitiful." Looking at the two kittens concentrating on eating food in big mouthfuls, Yang Fan, who was sitting next to them, talked to them.
Lotus is a little white kitten, very beautiful.
Fugui is an aristocratic cat with great temperament.
Although they are both stray cats, no one takes Xiaohui and Xiaohei away.
In the past, four kittens shared the same suffering and wandered around the area together.
One day, Yang Fan passed by and could no longer see Lotus and Fugui.
But Xiaohui and Xiaohei are still there.
"I can't come in the next few days, but it doesn't matter. There are a lot of kind people. Even if I don't come, someone will still come to feed you." Yang Fan continued talking to the two cats.
But they were obviously not that smart. They pretended not to hear and just focused on eating.
Although it was a mistake, Yang Fan didn't care and continued talking to them.
As he spoke, he took out a smaller paper bowl and a bottle of mineral water from his bag.
There was a layer of plastic in the small paper bowl. Yang Fan poured half a bowl of water and put it aside.
Xiao Hei ate first, licked some water, and then lay down on the side of the road to rest.
After Xiao Hui was full, Yang Fan filled the paper bowl with food and put it in the drain.
If you leave the paper bowl outside and it rains, it will be ruined.
After packing his backpack, Yang Fan stood up.
Xiao Hui and Xiao Hei, who were resting, saw Yang Fan stand up and immediately jumped back to the water pipe from the road, becoming fully alert.
When they first met, they were like this towards him, very wary.
Later, as they became more familiar with him, they were no longer so afraid of him and would even let him pet them.
But since Lianhua and Fugui were captured, they began to be afraid of Yang Fan again.
"Wait until I move to a new house. If no one has taken you away or caught you to be eaten, I will come and take you away." Riding on an electric bike and wearing a safety helmet, Yang Fan left after saying this.
When he returned home, Aunt Thirteen and Guoguo had not returned yet.
Yang Fan sighed, thinking that without Guoguo at home, his life would definitely be difficult.
The real battle begins in advance.
First of all, he had to give Liu Yueyue and Liu Qianqian a reason for him to continue living with Aunt Thirteen.
Secondly, he had to balance the relationship between Aunt Thirteen and the Liu sisters.
Thirteenth Aunt's possessiveness towards him became more and more obvious.
Yesterday, she made inappropriate remarks in the Guoguo group, showing her affection for him.
Not long after, Yang Fan, who was preparing dishes in the kitchen, heard the voices of mother and daughter coming from the living room door.
Guoguo didn’t know Yang Fan was back yet, so she didn’t call him. She put down her schoolbag and started playing with Monkey King and Gungun who were wagging their tails at her.
Thirteenth Aunt was observant and knew that Yang Fan had returned, but she was not in a hurry to find him.
After changing her clothes, she went into the kitchen to find Yang Fan.
When Guoguo heard Yang Fan's voice in the kitchen, he realized that his father had returned and he hurried to find him.
She didn't see any scenes that were inappropriate for children. Her father seemed to have some opinion about her mother and ignored her.
"Dad, I'm on vacation." Guoguo was very happy.
The holiday means that she will be able to go to her grandmother's house with her father soon.
"Well, you can sleep later at night." Yang Fan said to the cheering little girl.
"How late is late?" The little girl stayed in the kitchen and didn't want to go out.
"Half past ten, anything is fine as long as you're not asleep." Yang Fan squatted down.
He felt a little sad thinking that he would not be able to see the girl for a long time after getting up tomorrow morning to catch the plane.
If we meet again, there won't be such a warm scene as this one.
Many abducted children, even if their biological parents are found when they grow up, no longer have the blood-thicker-than-water feelings for their biological parents and choose to continue living with their adoptive parents.
Time and space have forcibly severed the family affection flowing in our blood.
If family love can be like this, then friendship and love go without saying.
So love grows over time, and companionship is the most long-lasting confession of love.
"Dad is the best!" The little girl held Yang Fan's face and smiled.
She didn't dare to kiss him, because Yang Fan had said many times that one should not kiss others casually, and he was no exception.
This time, Yang Fan didn't care. He moved closer and opened his mouth wide, almost covering half of her face.
With a "bo" sound, the little girl turned her face away and laughed.
I felt like half of my face was being sucked by a strong force. It was itchy, comfortable, and a little painful.
Thirteenth Aunt didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Aren't you disgusting? She may not have washed her face all day."
Guoguo wiped the saliva off his face with his hand, very happy, and moved his other cheek closer: "Dad, here, here, another one."
Yang Fan fulfilled the little girl's wish.
The little girl giggled, wiped the saliva from her face, and wanted to continue playing.
But Yang Fan couldn't play anymore.
He understood the mood and feelings of a father who cried in the car when his daughter reached kindergarten age and went to kindergarten on the first day.
"Go out and play. Dad will cook." Seeing that Yang Fan was in a bad mood, Aunt Thirteen drove Guoguo out of the kitchen.
The little girl didn't dare to disobey her mother and jumped out.
Yang Fan turned his back and wiped the corners of his eyes.
Aunt Thirteen hugged him from behind.
Yang Fan shook his body, broke away Aunt Thirteen's hand, and walked aside.
Aunt Thirteen continued to move forward and hugged Yang Fan.
Yang Fan struggled for a while, then stopped, and the more he wiped away his tears it seemed that more and more tears came.
"How about we not send her back?" Aunt Thirteen said.
Yang Fan's voice was slightly hoarse: "I... am not as cold-blooded as you. I am reluctant to part with Guoguo, but that doesn't mean I am unreasonable. If my daughter is sent back by the adoptive parents, I am willing to work like a slave for them."
"What if Guoguo's biological parents aren't as good to her as we are?" Aunt Thirteen asked.
Yang Fan was stunned for a moment, then said, "We'll talk about it later. Maybe they treat Guoguo better than we treat her, or at least better than you."
"Why are you so dissatisfied with me?" Aunt Thirteen was a little unhappy.
Yang Fan was filled with mixed feelings: "I really hope Guoguo is your biological daughter."
Aunt Thirteen showed a satisfied smile on her face: "Will you still love me as before?"
"I don't want to talk about love right now." Yang Fan broke away Aunt Thirteen's hand: "I love cooking, cooking makes me happy, high-end ingredients often only need... woo woo..."
Thirteenth Aunt covered her mouth and laughed, then quietly went out.
Yang Fan stayed with Guoguo the whole night and didn't want to go out for a walk.
If the little girl didn't want to go out, he would definitely not go downstairs.
Even when going out to play, Yang Fan always kept an eye on Guoguo who was playing with other children.
Seeing Yang Fan like this, Thirteenth Aunt found it more and more amusing, and her girlish heart came out again: "Don't look at her, she can't get lost, Jinmao and Gungun are watching her."
"No one is reliable, only I am the most reliable." Yang Fan looked straight ahead.
"Am I unreliable too?" asked Aunt Thirteen.
"Yeah." Yang Fan nodded without hesitation.
Aunt Thirteen whispered, "Why don't we have another child?"
After looking at Aunt Thirteen, Yang Fan turned his head away and said, "No, I don't want to have any more children. I only want Guoguo."
"Really not going to have a baby?" asked Aunt Thirteen.
Yang Fan was a little annoyed with her and said, "Can we not talk about this at this time? I'm not in the mood."
Aunt Thirteen was very generous. She was not angry at all, but looked very satisfied.
After returning home at night, Guoguo fell asleep, and Yang Fan wanted to call her to wake up and continue playing.
Seeing him holding his daughter's hand tightly, squeezing and kissing it, Aunt Thirteen turned off the light in the room.
"It's open, don't close it yet." Yang Fan said quickly.
"No!" Aunt Thirteen lay down.
Yang Fan had no choice but to crawl over and turn on the light himself.
After driving on, he climbed back and continued to lie on his side, looking at the little girl.
Aunt Thirteen reached out and turned off the light again.
Yang Fan had no choice but to beg: "Open it for a little while longer, just a little while longer, it's not even half past ten yet."
"No more!" Aunt Thirteen said in the darkness, "Go to sleep."
During this period, once Guoguo fell asleep later, Yang Fan would either immediately get into her nightgown or hurriedly carry her away to his room.
Tonight, he seemed not interested at all.
"I'm going out tomorrow morning and I won't be able to see her for a long time. Next time I see her, my feelings for her won't be the same as they are now. Please let me look at her a few more times." Yang Fan pleaded.
"Look how anxious you are. She will return to Beijing with me, and will come back with us to live with us. She has no parents, only a mother. She is twelve years old. Do you understand?" Aunt Thirteen said.
Yang Fan didn't care about the detail of "no parents, only mother". He just heard that Guoguo would come back to live with him. He was stunned for a moment: "You are not lying to me?"
"I lied to you before that she was going back to live with her parents. Now I'm not lying to you. She is the daughter of the missing Twelve. She is our daughter. Do you understand?" Aunt Thirteen said.
There was silence in the room for a long time.
"Hey, don't even think about sleeping before 2 o'clock tonight." Yang Fan got up, picked up Thirteen and jumped off the bed.