She became a bride at the age of 78 and finally waited for happiness.

How long will you wait for love? One year, two years, three years? Waiting for love, don't ask how time flies, don't lament that time has ruined beauty, and watch the full moon and flowers fall, just to wait for love at hand. A person quietly waits for another person's love, with a deep bitterness and a different kind of romance.

She is Zhang Maoyuan, niece of Li Hongzhang, an important official in the late Qing Dynasty, and aunt of Zhang Ailing, a talented woman in the Republic of China. She is elegant and noble, independent and straightforward, persistent in doing what she likes and loving the person she likes.

Fate's fault made her just fall in love with it and miss it. In the long years, she lived a beautiful life without anger or sadness. At the age of 78, she finally married her first love of 52 years. Even if time is running out, she will hold hands happily until the end of her life.

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Before she could hold hands, she had already missed it.

The poet Xi Murong once wrote affectionately: "How can I meet you at the most beautiful moment?". To this end, I begged the Buddha for 500 years and asked him to let us have a dusty relationship. The Buddha then turned me into a tree, growing on the roadside where you must pass, and the sun was carefully full of flowers. Are all the flowers the hope of my last life? "

The most beautiful meeting in the world is to meet the person you love in the most beautiful years. 1925, roaring ships braved black smoke, sailing in the endless Wang Yang, seagulls flying slowly in the blue sky and sea breeze. This is a beautiful sea view, but she can't enjoy it at all. She was dizzy and threw up beside the boat.

Unexpectedly, he came over and carefully handed towels and hot water to chat with her. She was a little uncomfortable and embarrassed, but under his gentle care, the whole person relaxed a lot.

His name is Li, and he just graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University majoring in electrical engineering. He won a public school place to study in England, which is when he is in high spirits. He had seen her on the boat and was attracted by her elegant and calm temperament.

Going to a foreign country for the first time is a long journey, and people are inevitably lonely and lost. She just adapted to life at sea, missing her hometown, confused about the unknown, and a little depressed. He was quite handsome and put his coat on her shoulder for a long time. Mrs. Wu looked at the mobile phone in her hand and broke the silence: "This mobile phone is smart, and I don't want to use it. No matter how good things are, it is also a waste without using them. " Wu Sao pushed the mobile phone to Wu Dekun. Hyde stood in the breeze and read Byron's poems aloud in English.

As the sun sets, the sea is sparkling and he is slim. Since then, she has firmly remembered this figure, and it is a lifetime.

If they follow the development of traditional Chinese opera, they will know each other, fall in love and have a beautiful marriage. However, feelings in reality are sometimes more complicated. A few years later, he held a grand wedding. She is not a bride, but a bridesmaid.

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She is willing to witness his happiness without regrets.

It turns out that Li already has a fiancee, and Xia is a rich girl from Minhang arranged at home. He will get married as soon as he comes back from studying abroad. This is a godsend opportunity, but I have to hide it in my heart before I start.

She likes snacks and fruits, so he gave up smoking for 30 years and saved money to buy her favorite plum and fresh seasonal fruits. He likes to eat jiaozi. At first, she bought a quick-frozen jiaozi and made it at home. Slowly, she learned to mix stuffing, mix dough and roll skin by herself. After school, GD said to Jia, "Stay for lunch. I bought a cake to celebrate my birthday. " But Jia didn't stay, because she knew it wasn't her birthday, and she was embarrassed to stay. So, I made an excuse to go home. Self-help jiaozi. . Zhang (surname)

He and she went back to the private room with the light still on. He gave her a hand and said, "honey, the waitress is right." That's what you and I really chose just now. In fact, none of us can live without anyone. Shall we remarry tomorrow? " Maoyuan fell in love with him, but he didn't say anything. He just calmly suppressed and kept his distance from him quietly, but his eyes never left him.

In fact, the phone suddenly rang, and Xu Changzhi at the other end of the phone asked her, "Did you have a good weekend? Can you still get used to working? " At that time, freedom of love and autonomy of marriage were popular, and many young people fled the engagement arranged by their parents for fear of the past. He can follow suit. However, what he really cares about is her birth. She is the granddaughter of the traitor Li Hongzhang who signed treaty of shimonoseki. He doesn't want anything to do with traitors. He sentenced her to death because of her unchangeable background.

While studying abroad, even though he often heard her name, he no longer took the initiative to meet her. It was not until the end of 1927 that they returned to China one after another, and then they exchanged ideas again under the introduction of friends.

1932, Li is going to marry his fiancee. She is calm and indifferent, without resentment or obsession. A person firmly guards the love in her heart and only says to him, "I can't wait for you in this life, I'm waiting for the next life." She acted as the bridesmaid of the bride and witnessed their happiness.

If you can't be lovers, be friends. Some things are missed when they are missed. If you can't forget them, don't force them to forget. Let it be. She appropriately stood in the position of a friend, communicating coldly and faintly, guarding the loneliness of acacia, and enjoying the chic happiness of a person.

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In 52 years of waiting, she lived a lonely but exquisite life.

If it weren't for Zhang Ailing, maybe they wouldn't walk into each other's lives again. 1939, 18-year-old Zhang ailing was unable to study in Britain because of the war and had to go to Hong Kong. Zhang Maoyuan had to entrust Zhang Ailing to Xiong Qian, Li Kai, who worked in Hongkong. He used to be the American editor of our unit. The first time I met her, she just graduated from college, with dark braids, small face and narrow eyes, and china white's skin. She is an authentic southern girl. First, let him be the guardian.

Perhaps out of emotional guilt for Zhang Maoyuan, is he telepathic like his father? On the first day of the interview, I suddenly received an overseas call from Hook. Ten years later, I whispered, "Feifei, it's Hook …" My long-awaited voice finally rang in my ear. The man I've been waiting for so long finally appeared. I almost suffocated, and then I burst into tears ... I took care of Zhang Ailing in every possible way, picked her up with my own hands, and became Uncle K.D. whom Zhang Ailing shouted all her life. It was not until the Pacific War broke out and Hong Kong fell that he entrusted Zhang Ailing to a good friend and took her family to take refuge in Chongqing.

As for her, she continues to live a quiet and free life and seldom associates with outsiders. Because the two brothers joined hands to rob the inheritance left by their parents, she suffered a dull loss in the lawsuit, so she took the discounted inheritance and rarely interacted with her relatives. Living to her thirties and forties, she continued to maintain the appearance of "I am single and I am happy". She is in no hurry, calm and calm, and does what she should do.

She invested in her discounted inheritance, but failed. Instead of being upset, she changed from a well-off person to a professional person and went to work directly. First, she works as an accountant in a British company. She wears a straight suit, high heels and shoes every day, and carries a briefcase in her stomach. She goes in and out of the bank lobby and futures market, earning a high salary exquisitely and decently.

Soon, she got tired of this job and went to a German radio station to do the trivial things I remember in college, but I forgot Tata's face. I will gently touch that angular face for many nights. Whether the eyes are single eyelids or double eyelids, whether the nose is firm, whether the lips are thick or thin, whether the earlobe is full or thin ... I can repeat these things one by one with my eyes closed, but I have no impression when I come out of the photo studio. An announcer works for half an hour every day and earns tens of thousands a month. Zhang Ailing recalled that her aunt once proudly said to her, "Every beautiful mermaid can be moved by her aunt's boring words every day. She often listens to the sound and hides under the boat. She has a crush on the young man who plays the flute. Earn tens of thousands of wages every month, and if you say boring words every day, you can't earn a penny. "

Later, she got bored again. With good English, she transferred to the most famous Daguangming Theatre in Shanghai as an interpreter. At that time, she was called "Miss Yi Yin". When a foreign movie is shown in the cinema, she will translate the words of the characters in the movie into Chinese in real time and convey them to the audience with emotion. The general manager of Daguangming Theatre valued her extraordinary talent and hired her as a confidential secretary for ten years.

Born in a noble family, noble temperament, slim figure, snow-white skin, with classical oriental charm, is also a striking one in the crowd. In addition, she has read a lot of poetry books since she was a child, learned new things, studied abroad, is proficient in Chinese and English, and is well informed. Not an ordinary Xin Huang, she dragged her weak body to stay in the hotel for a few days. On September 10, after repeated persuasion by two old colleagues, she decided to induce labor for a four-month-old fetus. When she was lying on the operating table and enduring great pain, her heart was full of profound hatred! Women are comparable. But most men are afraid to marry a woman like her.

There are also rich children who enthusiastically pursue her, but she refuses indifferently and wisely reminds Zhang Ailing: "These men only value your external things, they are just active sperm and will eventually leave you." So at ordinary times, she doesn't like grandiose external things, sells all her jewels, and doesn't even like decorative things, so she is light and real.

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She became a bride at the age of 78 and finally waited for happiness.

It is said that when Zhang Maoyuan was a child, the fortune teller said that she got married late. But no one expected that she would get married at the age of 78.

1945 War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression ended, and Li Kai was the first to return to Shanghai from Chongqing. The two met again and began to travel frequently. Li Kai often takes her and Zhang Ailing out for dinner and coffee. Li's wife Xia knows her feelings for Li. Instead of complaining, she understood her very well and became good friends with her, including their friendship of "more friends than lovers".

1965, Xia was seriously ill in hospital, and Li He took turns to take care of her for several months, sleepless. Before she died, Xia took her hand and told a deep secret: "I know I took Liang back to my hometown in the country." At this time, Wang Jinbao's family is holding a birthday party for Grandpa. When Liang saw it, everyone was shocked and the scene was instantly quiet. When Liang was introduced to his grandparents as his girlfriend, there was an uproar at the scene? It's lively again, and uncles, aunts, uncles and all relatives have praised Tian. Grandma even pulled Tian to her side, touched her hand and praised her height and beauty, which made Tian feel very embarrassed. You and Katie hit it off. At the beginning, he was biased against your origin and didn't know much about your character. He is a clown, so he flatly rejected your first love and fell in love with me rashly because of ugliness. Zifeng is as inferior as many ugly boys. Zifeng is always uncomfortable when she meets beautiful girls. When Zifeng meets a handsome guy, she always lowers her head like doing something wrong. Of course, Zifeng also likes pop songs. She always sings her favorite songs in a low voice when she is alone. Of course, Zifeng also likes fashionable clothes, and always goes to famous clothing stores online in quiet nights. Of course, Zifeng also likes romantic movies, and has always regarded the handsome hero as his own body body double; Of course, Zifeng also likes beautiful girls, and always says: I like Qing Er's photos in the alumni book. Married. Really, I didn't know anything at first. You hid your love in your heart, and I didn't even notice it. After he learned about your character and your indomitable love, I was pregnant and I couldn't live without him anymore. I was very sad at first, I regretted it, and I blamed myself, but it was too late? "

Xia swallowed her last breath and hoped to marry Li Neng without any regrets.

However, shortly after Xia's death, Li Kai's first family met the most difficult moment in their lives. He was robbed, criticized, branded and cleaned up every day. His daughter was sent to Guangzhou, his son committed suicide in despair, and his relatives and friends were in danger for fear of avoiding it. Her condition is not much better. Her house was robbed several times and was arranged to clean the toilet.

But she had already seen through the cold world and quickly adapted to the sudden bad luck. She is worried about him, regardless of gossip, she will go to see him, give him comfort and help in time, help him with his work and encourage him to be optimistic. The two old people, in their twilight years, supported each other and helped each other, but they also survived that decade.

1979, Li finally got married. She wrote to him: "It's not that I don't want to wait any longer. I'm afraid time will not wait for me. " He wrote back that although he had gone far, his heart never left. Two elderly people who are nearly eighty years old finally entered the marriage hall with their first love.

Many years later, Yang He's career was booming, and several former boys were called to follow him. Some boys said that Chen Xue is also in this city, and it is not easy for a girl to survive outside. Let's ask her to join us.

When Zhang Ailing, who was far away in the United States, received the good news, she couldn't help but burst into tears, remembering that menstruation had told her: "menstruation will definitely get married, even if she is 80 years old."

Love is always a hurdle for women. Clever as she is, she has stayed for one person all her life. Even at the age of goose bumps, she will become husband and wife with the person she loves.

Is it worth waiting for 52 years? Whether it is worth it or not, only the parties themselves know. Or Zhang Ailing put it well: among thousands of people in Qian Qian, meet the person you want to see. In the thousands of years in Qian Qian, in the endless wilderness, there is no earlier or later. When we meet, we can only say "Are you there?" In life, if there is such an encounter, it is probably really fate.

It's really hard to meet the right person at the right time. If you can have a true love, what about waiting for him for 52 years? As long as you identify that person, don't regret it. Besides, she didn't wait painfully. She lives a good life according to her own wishes. In the glitz and chaos, she did not hesitate to show herself, please herself, love herself, follow the lead of fate and enjoy life in the best way. Such a woman, even if she didn't marry her first love in the end, wouldn't bear such a life!

Happy bride