Stealing Pens: Travelers from the End of the World

Qin Yuchen returned to Beijing on the afternoon of New Year's Eve.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he found Xie Yuchen holding a couplet and instructing the black blind man to hang the lanterns.

Tan Yuchen was stunned for a moment.

Huo Xiuxiu came out of the kitchen carrying fruits and saw Tan Yuchen standing there stunned: "Teacher!"

This sound directly drew the attention of the three busy people in the courtyard, and they all turned to look at Qin Yuchen.

"Good afternoon everyone." Tan Yuchen smiled.

"Hey, the busy man is back?" The black blind man jumped off the ladder, came to Qin Yuchen, put his arms around his shoulders and led him into the house, "You smell like blood. The place you went to this time is so fierce?"

Tan Yuchen sat on the sofa and coughed lightly: "Fortunately, I just encountered a group of tomb robbers with mental problems."

Zhang Qiling checked Tan Yuchen's pulse, and his usually expressionless face now showed a hint of anger.

He dug out the medical kit from the cabinet on the side, took out the anti-inflammatory medicine and handed it to Qin Yuchen: "Take it."

Tan Yuchen honestly poured out one and drank it with the tea on the side.

Jie Yuchen's face was completely dark. He sat opposite Tan Yuchen and looked at Tan Yuchen without saying anything.

"Tell me what happened." Hei Xiazi poured someone a glass of hot water and sat down.

The four of them sat opposite Tan Yuchen, and they all looked like they would not let him go until he explained clearly.

Qin Yuchen thought about where to start with a dull face: "Well... I went in before the group of tomb robbers, and then they used explosives to blow up the robber hole outside, which alerted the spiders inside."

"The wound on my chest was caused by the shock when I used the detonator..."

"By the way, why are Xiaochen and Xiuxiu here?" Tan Yuchen tried to change the subject.

"The teacher's ability to change the subject is still so blunt." Huo Xiuxiu peeled the orange and handed it to Qin Yuchen, revealing it mercilessly, "Today is New Year's Eve."

"Ahem..." Tan Yuchen took the orange and moved his eyes outside the door.

The black blind man patted Jie Yuchen and Zhang Qiling on the shoulders and said with a smile: "Okay, you two, why are you looking at each other like prisoners?"

Zhang Qiling ignored the blind man, just put away the medical kit on the table, then sat in his seat and began to be in a daze.

Tan Yuchen took out the jade pendant and bracelet, handed them to Jie Yuchen and Huo Xiuxiu, and said, "I found them in the tomb and took them out because they looked good."

Jie Yuchen sighed, took the jade pendant and put it in his pocket without even looking at it: "Have you changed the dressing?"

"Yeah." Tan Yuchen nodded.

Huo Xiuxiu took the bracelet and looked at it carefully. It was a white jade bracelet with bright and pure color, delicate texture and smooth and beautiful shape. It was worth a lot at first sight.

"Thank you, teacher!" Huo Xiuxiu liked this bracelet very much. When she wore it on her hand, the white jade-lined wrist became even whiter.

The blind man was a little jealous, and his lips were aggrieved: "Where are the gifts for me and the mute?"

Zhang Qiling blinked when he heard this and raised his eyes to look at Qin Yuchen.

Qin Yuchen: "..."

To be honest, Tan Yuchen has lived with the two of them for so long, and he has no idea what they like. Needless to say, Zhang Qiling can tell from his face that this man has no desires and desires. As for the black blind man, he always Can't you give people money?

"next time……"

"Old Qin~ We have been friends for more than [-] years. You don't know what I like, blind man, do you?" The black blind man sat next to Qin Yuchen and stretched out his index finger and thumb to rub back and forth. The meaning was obvious. "I have been commanded by Mr. Hua'er for a long time today. Would you like me to pay this fee for your student?"

"..."

"Teacher, go take a shower and change clothes." Jie Yuchen pulled Qin Yuchen and pushed him out of the door, then turned back to the blind man and said, "I don't mind collecting the rent for the teacher."

"..."

The black blind man pretended not to hear. He took Zhang Qiling's wrist and walked out of the house. As he walked, he said, "Come on, mute, we haven't hung up the lanterns yet."

Zhang Qiling took out his hand in disgust, then passed the black blind man and continued to deal with the couplet.

Tan Yuchen smiled and went back to the room to clean himself up. The sounds of several people joking could be heard outside the room. Xie Yuchen had met Heixiazi and Zhang Qiling when he was a child, and they would sometimes accompany him when he went to Jie's house.

When Jie Yuchen grew up, he would come to the courtyard to celebrate the New Year with them every year. They had no relatives except each other, so they got together for the fun of it, and finally Huo Xiuxiu was added.

But the little girl only comes here sometimes. After all, she still has her own grandma, so it's not like they can't find meaning during the Chinese New Year.

After Qin Yuchen took a shower and changed his clothes, he posted couplets with them. The couplets were written by Jie Yuchen himself. Jie Yuchen's words are just like him, dignified and elegant.

Halfway through, Hei Xiazi dragged Tan Yuchen to the kitchen and started making food for the evening.

When Huo Xiuxiu was about to have dinner, Mrs. Huo called to urge her to go home, and Xie Yuchen sent Huo Xiuxiu away.

Zhang Qiling was the only one left in the yard holding the word "Fu" in a daze. He lowered his eyes and looked at the word "Fu" for a while, then finally put it on the stone table and followed it into the kitchen.

He silently came to Heixiazi and watched the man handle the fish in his hands.

Tan Yuchen patted Zhang Qiling on the shoulder and handed him a chicken to kill.

Zhang Qiling took it, picked up the kitchen knife and went to the other side to start processing it.

Zhang Qiling likes this situation very much. Although his memory is incomplete, some details are still familiar to him. He has lived with these two people for a long time, and it is very comfortable for the three of them to stay like that even if they don't talk.

This gave Zhang Qiling a sense of belonging. Even if he lost his memory, he knew there was a place he could go back to, and there were two friends waiting for him to go home.

Heixiazi prepared the fish and put it in the pot to fry. Xie Yuchen couldn't eat too spicy food, so he planned to make sweet and sour fish, and then make his favorite fried meat with green pepper.

Zhang Qiling handed the prepared chicken to Tan Yuchen, took the hairy crabs from Tan Yuchen's hand and put them into the steamer.

Qin Yuchen chopped the chicken into pieces, added cooking wine and blanched it. He took out the hazel mushrooms that had been soaked in water beforehand, then changed the basin of water and washed them twice. Finally, he took out the chicken and started to heat the oil in the pot.

Heixiazi's sweet and sour fish was already ready. He asked Zhang Qiling to bring it to the table, then stir-fried a few more side dishes, and finally started stir-frying his own fried pork with green peppers.

After sending Huo Xiuxiu away, Jie Yuchen bought a few while passing by the fireworks store. At this time, he was shouting to the blind man outside the yard: "Blind man, come and help move the things."

"Go away dumb, Lao Tan and I can't spare any effort." Hei Xiazi glanced at Zhang Qiling, who was standing nearby staring at the steamer in a daze, and said casually.

Zhang Qiling came to his senses and left the kitchen.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Heixiazi turned on the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala. The other three people sat around the dining table. There were not many dishes. Except for sweet and sour fish, chicken stewed with mushrooms and steamed hairy crabs, the rest were some home-cooked dishes cooked by Heixiazi. Of course There are also Qin Yuchen’s favorite crayfish and boiled meat slices.

The black blind man raised his drink and said, "Come on, come on, cheers."

The three of them bumped into him.

"Really, why don't you drink?" The black blind man took a sip of the drink and complained, "You blind man has no one to brag about when I drink."

"Don't you come here every year?" Qin Yuchen peeled off a hairy crab and handed it to Jie Yuchen, asking, "Why do you talk about it every year?"

The blind man took out a piece of paper and pretended to wipe the corners of his eyes: "Blind man, don't I hope that you or the mute will have a drink with me?

I won’t go into details about Mr. Hua’er’s protection of his throat, but what about you two? Also protect your throat? "

Qin Yuchen smiled: "I'm injured, so I'm not allowed to drink."

As for Zhang Qiling? He laughed so hard that he didn't even listen to what the blind man was saying. He just ate the chicken stewed with mushrooms in front of him. Sometimes when he heard laughter coming from the TV, he would look up for a while, and then continue eating.

The blind man had no choice but to take out a bottle of white wine and sit down to drink it. He raised the wine and sang: "Poor blind man, no one loves him~"

Jie Yuchen smiled and said: "Blind man, you should drink less, you are so old."

"Hey? Mr. Hua'er, you care about me, why are you still attacking me with your life?" Hei Xiazi put down his cup and complained.

"That is to say, drink less alcohol when you are older." Tan Yuchen also said.

Zhang Qiling also looked at the blind man at this time, the meaning on his face was obvious, he agreed with what Jie Yuchen and Tan Yuchen said.

"..." The black blind man was dissatisfied, "You still have the nerve to look at me, the blind man, if I am not mute? Aren't you the same? And you, old Tan, are almost a hundred years old!"

"No, I'm still thirty years away from turning [-]." Tan Yuchen didn't fall for his trick, "And Zhang Qiling doesn't drink."

Zhang Qiling nodded at the blind man and said, "Yes."

Jie Yuchen was laughing so hard at the side that he could hardly stand up straight. Tan Yuchen patted his back to cheer him up. Jie Yuchen said, "Blind man, just accept your fate."

Black Blind Man: "..." I can't survive this year.

There was a countdown sound coming from the TV. Heixiazi put the fireworks outside the door and set them up. The four of them stood next to the fireworks with fires and lit them immediately when they heard the count to one.

The four of them ran into the yard and watched clusters of fireworks blooming in the sky, lighting up the place.

The sound of fireworks was heard everywhere. The colorful fireworks were particularly beautiful in the dark night. Those that went out and fell down were like shooting stars across the sky, fleeting.

The black blind man stood under the fireworks and shouted at the three people: "Happy New Year!"

Xie Yuchen and Qin Yuchen smiled and replied: "Happy New Year."

Zhang Qiling's eyes were also filled with smiles, and he also said: "Happy New Year."

Tan Yuchen took out three red envelopes from his pocket and handed them to them respectively, and then said to Zhang Qiling and Heixiazi: "Although you two are older than me, I still prepared it for you two."

The blind man took it with a happy face: "Thank you, Lao Tan~"

"Thank you, teacher." Jie Yuchen took the red envelope and gave Tan Yuchen a hug.

"Thank you." Zhang Qiling looked at Tan Yuchen and spoke softly.

Qin Yuchen waved his hand: "You're welcome, you're welcome."

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