Double Life: My whole world is you

After they left, Cheng's mother was still standing outside the house in a daze. Cheng Qiao took her arm and came in. She smiled gently at Cheng Qiao and said, "Let's go, after setting off the firecrackers, we'll sit on the bed and stay up until the New Year."

"Pah pah pah..." After a few firecrackers were set off in the living room, Cheng's mother took out all the snacks, two round plates, one with fried snacks, and the other with melon seeds, broad beans and little White Rabbit milk candy, as well as small tangerines and a box of sesame Thousand Layer Cake. Cheng's mother said, "You must eat cakes when you stay up all night to see the New Year in. It means more cakes in the coming year. My two babies will be promoted step by step next year." The tangerines were brought by the eldest cousin, and in addition to the tangerines, there were also four apples and a bag of Want Want gift pack.

Cheng's mother also opened the Wangwang gift package and said, "Mom will stay with you for a while tonight."

"Mom, the party will start in more than an hour. Please play cards with us." Cheng Zhu took out two decks of playing cards from his schoolbag.

"Okay." The three of them, wearing cotton jackets, sat in three directions.

"The three of us are just playing Landlord." Chengzhu counted the Little White Rabbit candies, "There are 22 in total, 7 for each of us, and the remaining one is for mom."

The three of them played poker for more than an hour. Cheng's mother had good luck and won the most. In the end, Cheng Qiao only had one candy left, while Cheng Zhu owed two. At this time, the Spring Festival Gala began. Cheng's mother handed the candy to Cheng Zhu and said, "Share it with your sister. Mom doesn't like these."

Hearing her words, Cheng Qiao smiled and shook his head, peeled a candy and put it in her mouth. 2008 was the year of the Olympics, and the Spring Festival Gala was very lively. There were "Chinese" by SHE, "Above the Moon" by Phoenix Legend, "Thousands of Miles Away" by Fei Yuqing, "Blue and White Porcelain" by Jay Chou, "Waiting" by Yang Guang, etc. There were also many good skits, "Unlocking" by Huang Hong and Lin Yongjian, "Bus Concerto" by Feng Gong and Wang Baoqiang, "Dream Home" by Guo Da and Cai Ming, and classic lines: Why? Cheng Qiao fell asleep after watching "Torchbearer" by Zhao Benshan and Song Dandan. It was true that she did not sleep well last night. Today was another tense and tiring half a day. It was her limit to hold on for so long. In her dream, she returned to school and looked up to see Zhang Yan Di. The boy was sitting upright and writing something. Cheng Qiao asked curiously, "Yan Di, it's New Year's Day, what are you writing if you don't watch the Spring Festival Gala?"

He turned around and smiled at her gently, "Writing a reflection, have you finished it?"

Cheng Qiao patted her head and said, "I forgot. Not only do I have to reflect on the 500 words, I also have to write two essays."

As soon as she finished speaking, Teacher Wu appeared behind her, and the little white rabbit candy she was holding tightly in her hand fell to the ground. She quickly bent down to pick it up. When she finished picking it up and looked back, Teacher Wu turned into a big tiger and roared at her. She shouted, "Brother, save me."

But this time Chengzhu didn't hear her shouting. She ran out of the classroom with the little white rabbit candy in her arms. She ran tirelessly. She didn't dare to look back, let alone stop. She knew there was a "tiger" behind her...

She didn't know how long she ran like this until she felt very tired and her consciousness was blurred. When she slowly opened her eyes again, it was already daybreak and Cheng Zhu and Cheng's mother had already gotten up. She rubbed her eyes, stretched, got dressed and came to the living room. Cheng's mother had already cooked dumplings. Cheng Qiao smiled at Cheng's mother and said, "Mom, Happy New Year, all the best! Happy New Year to you."

"Happy New Year! I wish my baby good health and academic success in the new year." Cheng's mother smiled and took out a red envelope from her pocket, "This is a New Year's red envelope for you."

"Thank you, Mom." Cheng Qiao smiled brightly when she received the red envelope. When did she not receive a red envelope during the Chinese New Year? Yes, it started at that banquet in 2017...

"Come on, let's go pay New Year's greetings after eating dumplings." Cheng's mother filled a big bowl for each of them.

"Okay, after eating, I'll go to pay New Year's greetings to Auntie." Cheng Zhu picked up the bowl and started to eat. The custom here is that the younger generation of the clan pays New Year's greetings to the elders on the first day of the new year. In fact, their clan is not small in the bay, but they don't interact with them very much, so in previous years they also paid New Year's greetings to Auntie and the three families of uncles and uncles, and did not interact with others. It's just that they will go to these three families, and every year only Auntie will ask Kaiyang to return the gift. The other families will not pay attention to their family, but Cheng's mother will ask them to go every year. Although they moved to the city to live later, and they were in the town, separated by a distance, Cheng's mother would still ask them to go to pay New Year's greetings. She always hoped that those so-called relatives could treat these two poor children as relatives, but at that time she could only call Cheng Zhu, not Cheng Qiao...

Cheng's mother came out carrying a red plastic bag. Cheng Qiao saw three bags of tangerines in it. She took one and said, "Mom, one bag is enough for us to go to Auntie's house."

"You guys, take these two bags too." Cheng's mother said with difficulty, "And by the way, go to your uncle's house and wish him a happy new year."

"Mom, I'm not going." Cheng Zhu said angrily with puffed lips.

Cheng's mother held the things and looked at Cheng Qiao hopefully. Cheng Qiao took the things from her and put them aside. "Mom, believe me, we will be better off if we don't have any contact with them."

After she finished speaking, she took the things in her hand and followed Cheng Zhu out. The two of them came to the aunt's house. Cheng Zhu shouted from afar, "Auntie, Auntie..."

Hearing the voices, the old lady came out with a smile. The two of them wished him a happy new year. He welcomed them in and sat down. He poured each of them a cup of sugar water and took out a round plate with food for them to eat. Cheng Zhu took a biscuit and Cheng Qiao took a tangerine. At this time, the second cousin and his wife got up and went into the room again after seeing them. When they entered the room, the second cousin's wife's voice came, "Why did you let them in..."

Hearing her words, Cheng Qiao sneered. The second cousin's wife was less than 160 meters tall and weighed kilograms, but she couldn't stop her sarcastic and flattering mouth. The second cousin was meters tall and had a handsome appearance. It was probably because his uncle died early and he had no choice.

Cheng Qiao finished the last bite of the orange, pulled Cheng Zhu to stand up and prepared to say goodbye, "Auntie, we will go back first."

"Please sit for a while. I have some noodles in the pot. Have some." The old lady politely invited him to stay.

"No, Auntie, my mother cooked dumplings for us this morning." Cheng Qiao stood up again.

"Then you wait for Kaiyang." The aunt said, "I'll ask him to get up and eat noodles, and then go with you to your uncles."

"Thank you for your kindness, Auntie." Cheng Qiao held her hand. She was grateful to the only person who had brought warmth to their family. "But they are no longer our uncles, but you will always be our auntie."

The aunt had been kind to others all her life. When the uncle died, two of his cousins ​​were still unmarried. She worked hard to take care of several sons and her eldest grandson. She was less than 19 years old when she died in . Hearing that the aunt was seriously ill, Cheng Qiao followed Cheng Zhu back to the place she least wanted to return to. At that time, the aunt was lying in bed, but she was still conscious. When she saw the two of them, her eyes were wet. She asked softly, "Children, are you doing well?"

The two nodded to show that everything is fine now, and finally sighed softly, "Child, Auntie is fine, tell your mother not to worry, your mother has had a hard time, you must be more filial to her."

They found out that the old lady had just fallen down accidentally and her feet and hands were unable to move. Her three sons were all in the city, but no one wanted her to go to their house, so they sent her here. However, there was no filial son for a long-term sick bed, so the old lady did not survive that autumn...