The mother in the dream looked to be in her 20s at most, very young and beautiful, with a gentle look in her eyes. She was standing in a dreamy garden, as beautiful as a fairy.

The fairy-like mother did not recognize him. She looked at the man who suddenly broke in with surprise and asked, "Who are you?"

Could this be when my mother was young?

So she couldn't recognize her son at that time?

"I... I was just passing by. I saw the flowers in your yard were beautiful, so I came to take a look." Mr. T had no choice but to lie in a panic.

His mother looked at him with a frown, as if she didn't quite believe what he said.

Just then, the door opened and a young and handsome man walked out.

He was wearing casual clothes and a bib, and he shouted with a smile: "Xiao Rou, it's time to eat. I made your favorite fried prawns!"

The mother turned around with a smile: "Here I come!"

She suddenly remembered something and pointed at Mr. T and asked, "Honey, do you know this man? He said he was just passing by, but I think he looks like a sneaky person."

Mr. T originally thought that the man in front of him was his father Tao Zirong, but when he looked at his face, it was definitely not him.

Who is he? Why does my mother call him husband? Did my mother betray my father and have a lover outside?

Thinking of this, Mr. T's face darkened.

The man looked at Mr. T for a few times and suddenly remembered something: "Are you my aunt's cousin? My aunt called me yesterday and said that my cousin was coming to Beijing to find a job and asked me to take care of him. Why didn't you call me in advance when he arrived? Come on, come in! Let's have dinner together. I have done a lot."

Mr. T didn't expect that, by such a coincidence, he had a suitable identity that could allow him to get close to his mother legitimately, so he agreed to the offer.

When the mother saw her relatives, she put her concerns aside and warmly invited him in, acting like the hostess.

Mr. T was somewhat surprised: How could the mother be so calm? Where did she put the father?

However, he was even more shocked when he got inside and saw the wedding photos hanging on the wall.

He asked tentatively: "You got married? What year?"

Mother smiled and said, "Of course we are married, otherwise how can we live together? We got married last year, at the end of May 2000."

The man next to her added, "Originally I wanted to set the wedding date in March, but Xiaorou likes hydrangeas and she insisted on marrying me when the hydrangeas are in bloom. By the way, cousin, what's your nickname? It's more intimate if you call me by your nickname."

"My name is...Xiao T."

"Little T? Come on, sit down and eat with us."

The food in the dream was tasteless, and Mr. T was very worried while eating.

My mother got married in 2000, but she and my father got married in 2003.

That is to say, she had been married before marrying my father, and this man named "Jia Ming" occupied a very important position in her heart.

So, even after many years, her dreams were still about the scenes of her life with her first husband.

Jiaming enthusiastically picked up food for Mr. T and his wife with a simple smile.

Mr. T couldn't help comparing him to his father - there was absolutely no comparison.

Jiaming is just a silly country boy, although he looks good.

But his father, Tao Zirong, was born into a wealthy family and had a good appearance and figure.

Even later, when he was middle-aged, he was still very popular with young girls.

The most precious thing is that my father is very loyal and never pays attention to the playboys out there.

Could it be that my mother dumped her first husband because she met such an outstanding man like my father?

In the next few days, Mr. T stayed as Jiaming's relative and learned more about the past of his mother and first husband.

My mother, Xiaorou, was born in a remote and impoverished mountainous area. Her family was poor when she was a child and did not attach importance to education. She dropped out of school in the fourth grade and did farm work at home.

Jiaming's family was born and raised in Beijing. Although they were not wealthy, they were already ahead of many of their contemporaries.

When Jiaming was 10 years old, he met Xiaorou when he went to the mountains with his parents to collect folk songs.

At the same age, Jiaming could take pictures of the beautiful mountains and rivers of the motherland with a camera and accompanied by his parents.

At that time, Xiaorou was skinny and small, wearing gray clothes, squatting by the frozen river to wash clothes, with her hands red and swollen from the cold.

Seeing the child from the city, dressed cleanly and decently, the girl felt curious and envious, staring at him blankly with clear eyes.

It was the eye contact at that time that brought two children from different worlds together.

When Jiaming learned that Xiaorou had dropped out of school in the fourth grade to do farm work at home because her family was poor, he felt unexpectedly sympathetic and immediately decided to sponsor her schooling.

This funding lasted for more than ten years, and he used his own pocket money to change the fate of a mountain girl.

During this period, the two often corresponded, from the initial communication and learning to the later talking about everything, their friendship gradually sublimated into love as they grew older.

Xiaorou was also very hardworking and was admitted to a medical university in Beijing with excellent grades.

After that, one of them became a photographer and ran a photography studio, and the other became a doctor.

When Xiaorou mentioned these, her face was filled with happiness, and she smiled and said to Mr. T:

"When he came to our village, he talked to me about how tall the buildings in the city were and how fast the cars were. I couldn't believe it. And the black box hanging around his neck - I didn't know it was a camera at the time. When he suddenly took a picture of me, I was shocked."

Jiaming took out the photo album and flipped through the photos from that year: "This is it. I have loved photography since I was a child, and I only like to take pictures of natural scenery. But when I saw her for the first time, I thought this girl had a very pure look in her eyes, and I couldn't help but take a picture of her. This is the first portrait I took of a person, and I didn't expect that she would be my wife in the future, hahahaha!"

Mr. T sat opposite the two of them, watching them talking and laughing, with mixed feelings in his heart.

Jiaming changed Xiaorou's life. The two knew each other since childhood and got together as childhood sweethearts.

But what he didn't know at the moment was that Xiaorou would soon remarry someone else.

Xiaorou looked at Jiaming with eyes full of love, so why did she later marry into a wealthy family?

Is it just for money? Throwing away gratitude and love?

Time passed quickly in the dream, and several months went by in the blink of an eye.

That day, Jiaming received a photography order and went on a business trip. Before leaving, he asked Mr. T to help take care of the family.

In the middle of the night, there was thunder and lightning, and suddenly a strange noise was heard in the yard.

Mr. T was awakened by the noise outside. He looked out the window and saw a man covered in blood lying in the yard.

Just at this moment, a flash of lightning swept across the sky, instantly illuminating everything around, and also clearly illuminating the face of the uninvited guest who broke into the yard.

It turned out to be his father, Tao Zirong!

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