On New Year's Eve, her stepfather called. At that time, Lu Bingyue was having dinner with Zhao Shufeng. She made a gesture and went to the sofa to answer it.

She and her stepfather were always polite, and she would listen to what his stepfather said, but only out of respect for him.

After all, not everyone is willing to support children who are not their own flesh and blood.

The stepfather asked: "Yueyue, why can't you get through your phone all the time? Didn't you charge it?"

Of course, Lu Bingyue would not say that she turned off the phone on purpose, so she said: "The battery is dead, I didn't notice."

"Oh. Are you coming back for dinner tonight? Where are you now? Is there a place to go? Do you want me to pick you up." The stepfather's voice was a little more cautious.

He and Lu Bingyue are not as unconcerned as his biological father and daughter, and there is an additional layer of estrangement, which makes him unable to worry about it a lot of the time.

He could be strict with Liu Siqi, but he couldn't treat Lu Bingyue in this way, his tone couldn't be too harsh, even pointing out Lu Bingyue's mistakes seemed extraordinarily entangled.

When Lu Bingyue first came to his house in the early years, he was still a small doll. Liu Wanjin was prepared at that time, and wanted to treat his new wife and doll well. After all, they are poor people.

However, his wife's attitude towards Lu Bingyue was irritating, and he couldn't get in the way, because his wife also told him not to care so much, and Lu Bingyue would take care of her.

At first, Liu Wanjingang wanted to take care of Lu Bingyue as his own doll, but not long after, he had a second child.

After that, the negligence towards Lu Bingyue seemed to be destiny.

Liu Wanjin felt that he was in debt all these years, but his wife didn't think so, and even felt that Lu Bingyue's survival was mostly due to the Liu family's kindness.

Liu Wanjin's thoughts were destined not to be known to Lu Bingyue, she told her stepfather honestly: "I'm at a friend's house, you don't have to worry."

"Then tomorrow..."

Lu Bingyue smiled helplessly, "Dad, let's do it for now."

"Okay, do you have enough money? If not..."

"Dad, I have money, so you don't need to give it to me in the future. The pocket money I earn is enough for me to graduate from college."

Lu Bingyue said it all at once, and the honest man didn't offer any more advice.

However, Li Xiuqing didn't know what she heard again, and the receiver started swearing again.

After her stepfather said a few words, Li Xiuqing's voice was even clearer: "If you don't come back, don't come back for the rest of your life. She was born in vain."

The stepfather hung up the phone in a hurry, and Lu Bingyue was stunned for a while before putting away the phone.

She sat on the sofa for a long time, a pair of hands stretched out from behind her shoulders, Lu Bingyue leaned back and leaned on Zhao Shufeng's lap.

Lu Bingyue looked up at Zhao Shufeng, and let out a long breath. She held locks of hair in her hands, and counted them one by one.

Zhao Shufeng asked her, "Want to go out to play tonight?"

"What are you playing? It's a black light."

Lu Bingyue said: "Your city should have fireworks at night, right? How about we set off the fireworks ourselves?"

"It's so cold, why can't we watch the Spring Festival Gala at home?" Lu Bingyue said.

After finishing speaking, Lu Bingyue also realized something subconsciously. She sat up with her right hand propped on the sofa, but Zhao Shufeng lowered her head slightly.

The two of you covered your chin and I covered your forehead for a long time before Zhao Shufeng couldn't laugh or cry and said, "Would you remind me next time when I'm going to make a surprise attack?"

Lu Bingyue covered her forehead in embarrassment, "This is a sudden attack, why do you remind me?"

Zhao Shufeng kneaded for a while, then dragged someone back to eat.

Zhao Shufeng said: "It's getting cold, let's watch the Spring Festival Gala after eating."

The two of them ate early, and the TV started early. As soon as Lu Bingyue threw away the bowl, she tucked herself into the bed and wrapped herself in a quilt to watch.

The Chinese New Year in her memory is to watch the Spring Festival Gala and be with her family. At this time, she will not be told by her mother if she eats more snacks.

Of course, when Lu Bingyue grew up, she didn't have much need for snacks, and it was the same for Chinese New Year. On New Year's Eve last year, she was still playing games to earn gold coins.

She was also confused just now, she felt very at ease when there was Zhao Shufeng's place, although it was a hotel for a short stay, she regarded it as her home.

Zhao Shufeng asked someone to clear away the dinner plate, closed the door and came in.

Zhao Shufeng sprayed a little water mist on his face, saying that the room was too dry and needed more water, and then caught Lu Bingyue and sprayed it for a long time, hiding one by one.

The Spring Festival Gala started soon, and Lu Bingyue chatted with others while watching. For example, this host is very young, and he has never seen it before.

Zhao Shufeng listened carefully without interrupting.

When Lu Bingyue saw something boring, she took out her phone and complained to her friends.

Gao Xiaoxiao said in the group that her younger brother went to play games, but she and grandma were still watching TV in the living room, and everyone else went to play mahjong, which was very annoying.

On Dai Qingwen's side, the whole family got together. Her family was Ding Xingwang, her father was the eighth child, and the brothers and sisters in front of her each had their own families. The people in the hall are all watching the Spring Festival Gala projected on the wall.

After waiting for the host's transition, Lu Bingyue turned his attention back to the Spring Festival Gala.

The current Spring Festival Gala is less and less attractive to the younger generation. After all, there is nothing on the Internet. You must watch the Spring Festival Gala before it is called Chinese New Year?

But in Lu Bingyue's heart, it was indeed the case.

It is a kind of feeling called family reunion.

Lu Bingyue lay on Zhao Shufeng's lap for a while, and rolled over for a while. The temperature in the room was just right, and the bed was big enough for her to play.

The next day, the two went out for a stroll.

The city seems to be divided into two sides by craftsmen, one side is a new area, which has all the characteristics of a big city, but it is sparsely populated.

Because people gather in the old city, even though the houses in the 90s were gradually overturned and new houses were built year by year that fit the city, people are still used to setting foot in places they are familiar with.

Most people went to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year, but there were very few people in the mall.

The two of them got up almost at ten o'clock, and it was already noon when they walked outside.

Many small street shops in the old city are also open. Lu Bingyue followed Zhao Shufeng to buy and buy all the way, holding them in his hands, and his mouth never stopped.

"The three middle schools here are the best. The senior studied here before, and her mother came to accompany her." Lu Bingyue said, pointing in another direction.

Zhao Shufeng said, "Go to school?"

"If there's anything to see, I don't go to see it myself."

The current Lu Bingyue feels that she is very good, so she doesn't want to see her hard-working self at all.

Those memories were very important to her, but she felt a little embarrassed to show them to Zhao Shufeng.

In the end, Lu Bingyue took Zhao Shufeng to go.

Lu Bingyue introduced the school to others.

"I studied here for six years in middle school." Lu Bingyue stood under the steps of a high school, turned around, and walked up the stairs with Zhao Shufeng holding hands.

"In elementary school, my grades were not bad, so I was admitted." Lu Bingyue said, and signed at the duty office of the guard room.

After a man raided and stabbed a kindergarten, the entry and exit of the school became more strict.

Lu Bingyue trotted over, and felt a little emotional when the cool breeze blew.

The white mist spread layer by layer, Zhao Shufeng suddenly turned around and asked her, "How do you feel about going back to school?"

Lu Bingyue smiled.

"It was fine, I was young then."

"Aren't you young now?"

"That's different." Lu Bingyue said, "At that time, I had infinite power, and I felt that I could do whatever I wanted. I can achieve it."

"You can do it now."

Lu Bingyue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "No, if I want to maintain my grades now, I have to cry silently a few times. High math is too difficult."

As Lu Bingyue spoke, he changed the topic again and introduced to Zhao Shufeng: "There is a back door over there. I used to play cool with my little sisters. I often went through the back door. Sometimes I was stopped by the guard and forgot to bring my student ID card. Just say, run. Even the guards can’t catch us.”

"Ah, by the way, here, this tree-lined avenue, was my public land in the third year of junior high school." Lu Bingyue said, remembering something again, and suppressed a smile.

She thought of herself in the first and second grades of junior high school. For a long time, she didn't clean up.

Zhao Shufeng followed Lu Bingyue quietly, and Lu Bingyue said that she just watched her, like a dragon guarding the only treasure.

"Also here, I was admitted as No.1 in the freshman year of high school. At that time, outstanding students were required to give a speech..." Lu Bingyue pointed to the stage and covered her face: "I still had a little leg shaking at the time, but I did it beforehand. I was ready, but once I got up, it wasn't like that, and then...then I forgot what I was going to say, and just said a beginning and an end."

"The people below are still applauding hahaha. I also think it's very exciting."

Lu Bingyue couldn't help laughing, and secretly looked at Zhao Shufeng again.

Zhao Shufeng took Lu Bingyue's hand and wrapped Lu Bingyue's slightly cold hand.

The two walked around the school, and Lu Bingyue went out with someone again. It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon.

There should have been many restaurants and snacks outside the school, but they were not open because of the Chinese New Year.

After finally finding a private cake shop, the two of them bought two cakes. Lu Bingyue was very embarrassed: "The price has also increased now. It used to be one yuan and five for one. I bought two and had one for dinner. I was hungry for evening study. eat slowly."

"Eat in class?"

"Then why not..." Lu Bingyue explained as if taking it for granted, "After the first year of high school, I was in the experimental class. The teacher was more tolerant, saying that as long as you don't eat anything too tasty in class, it's fine. I'm afraid we will be hungry. I can't keep up with my brain."

"Then your teacher is pretty good."

"Aren't you?"

Zhao Shufeng thought about it, but couldn't think of anything.

It's not like Lu Bingyue's school that focuses on grades.The school she went to was a so-called international school, and the children she sent were either rich or expensive, and the teachers were of high quality. Not only in terms of knowledge, but also in the face of some exceptional students, they always seemed extraordinarily neutral.

"Forgot." Zhao Shufeng said.

Lu Bingyue also felt that this answer was a little perfunctory, but in the end she didn't say anything.

They took a taxi back again, and Lu Bingyue kept explaining that they would cook and eat at home during the Chinese New Year.

"Is there something you really want to eat?" Zhao Shufeng looked at her sideways, looking calm.

"I originally wanted to make crispy pork for you. I don't know if you have such a habit there. You start making crispy pork a few days before New Year's Eve. You chop the meat, coat it with flour, and put it in boiling vegetable oil." Lu Bingyue said. He said, with some regrets: "There are also fried lotus root clips and fried sweet potatoes. I feel that such things should be eaten during the New Year."

Zhao Shufeng stretched out his hand and held Lu Bingyue's face: "Why don't you teach me, I'll make it for you next year."

Lu Bingyue said shyly, "Let's do it together."

After returning home, Zhao Shufeng let Lu Bingyue order food. Lu Bingyue stared at the menu for a long time, but couldn't order anything, and always felt that spending money was useless.

After the two finished their meal, they turned on the TV as the background sound again.

Zhao Shufeng asked her, "Where else do you want to go?"

"There's no place I want to go." Lu Bingyue said.

"zoo?"

"How about the zoo?" Lu Bingyue sighed: "I didn't go before, and I don't really want to go now. In fact, it feels like that."

"Do you want to go abroad?" Zhao Shufeng said, and then said to himself: "You don't have a passport, right? Forget it, go travel abroad?"

"To see the crowds?"

"Aren't you a bit too shady?"

Lu Bingyue nodded: "Is this the first time you know me?"

Zhao Shufeng is really not.

"Then go back tomorrow." After Zhao Shufeng finished speaking, Lu Bingyue nodded again.

Lu Bingyue really didn't want to waste time with Zhao Shufeng in the hotel.

Zhao Shufeng asked again hesitantly: "Tomorrow shall we visit your grandparents first before going back?"

Lu Bingyue was dumbfounded, then nodded again.

Lu Bingyue's household registration is still with her grandparents, and it is also written on her ID card. Although she can't remember the location clearly, it is always right to ask for the way.

Lu Bingyue got her ID card when she was 13 years old. One year during Chinese New Year, Li Xiuqing suddenly told her to get her ID card, so she went there with her household registration.

Lu Bingyue didn't know that Li Xiuqing was still in contact with the family over there. When she saw the household registration book, it was the first time that she really understood the gap between herself and this family.

After that, she never saw that account book again.

But in the second year of junior high school, Lu Bingyue lay on the bed again and didn't want to get up.

Zhao Shufeng had already tidied up, his slightly long hair was tied up in a bun, and there were some broken hair falling down, looking particularly energetic.

She put on makeup, and unceremoniously squeezed the people on the bed.

Lu Bingyue had already woken up when Zhao Shufeng got up, and yelled a few times, but she couldn't get up with her eyes closed.

Zhao Shufeng couldn't bear it anymore, put on his lipstick, and reached into Lu Bingyue's bed again, leaving his own marks on Lu Bingyue's warm skin.

Half an hour later, Lu Bingyue packed up.

Turning to look at Zhao Shufeng who was matching clothes again, Lu Bingyue was a little speechless.

It was already eleven o'clock when the two went out.

Standing at the door, Lu Bingyue said, "I can't get my legs out."

Zhao Shufeng stood in front of Lu Bingyue, squatting slightly, "I'll carry you on my back."

Lu Bingyue thought it was a joke, so she got on her stomach and said, "Then you can memorize it, it must be several hundred catties of meat."

Lu Bingyue's feet were still on the ground, and the next moment her body flew into the air, her legs were clamped unconsciously, and the opponent's hands were placed on the net.

When he really started to recite it, Lu Bingyue felt a little panicked again, "I'm heavy, put me down."

"Yeah, I carry my whole world on my back." Zhao Shufeng cooperated.

The world on his back stopped moving, "I've heard this saying before, don't keep teasing me."

"I won't tease you, who else do you want to tease? Huh?"

"Are you annoying? Are you annoying? Are you annoying!!"

"Not bothering."

Zhao Shufeng carried the man back out the door, closed the door with a bang, and ran into someone patrolling the building at the door.

The waiter asked eagerly, "What's the matter?"

Seeing that Lu Bingyue was being carried on his back, he thought he was injured and wanted to arrange service immediately.

"It's okay, just kidding around." Zhao Shufeng said.

Lu Bingyue wanted to get down, but flipped twice.

Zhao Shufeng put the man down and pulled him into the elevator.

The speed of the car is not slow. Zhao Shufeng navigated to drive there, but some areas are too bad to get in.

It rained lightly last night and the ground was muddy.

Zhao Shufeng parked the car on the side of the road, asked another family, and then walked over with his things.

"I got it." Zhao Shufeng said, "It's almost there after passing the bamboo forest over there, and we can recognize it at a glance."

Lu Bingyue nodded: "I know."

Lu Bingyue's memory is very good, so good that she can remember things when she was two or three years old.

The two of them stepped on the mud all the way, and it was lucky to encounter a stone occasionally, and they told each other to step on the stone.

But when they arrived at the destination, some of their trouser legs were inevitably stained.

Dogs barked, scrambling to threaten strangers, from one side of the dam to the other.

It is indeed recognizable at a glance.

Along the way, the houses in the whole village have been renovated, and this place is the most special.

When Lu Bingyue looked up, he could see houses in Banpo, tile-roofed houses, earthen walls, and vines climbing up the roofs. If it wasn't for the clothes drying under the eaves, people would believe that no one lived there.

Looking at the somewhat old building, Lu Bingyue didn't even dare to go up.

Zhao Shufeng was also carrying something in his hands, and it was not easy to hold hands, so he touched Lu Bingyue's hand.

"Let's go, why are you still confronting the dog?"

"I didn't."

Zhao Shufeng called the dog twice more, and the dog barked even harder.

The two went up the slope, and there was a path for pedestrians on the slope, paved with stone slabs.

When the two of them arrived at the side of the house, someone came out to call the dog. The dog was afraid of its master, but at the same time it was aggressive.

Only then did the two see clearly that the owner who called the dog was an old woman. She seemed to be carrying something invisible, her body parallel to the ground.Despite his short body, he was wearing thick clothes, as if he couldn't keep warm no matter what.

Seeing two well-dressed new faces, the old woman greeted them.

"What do you do?" The old lady spoke in dialect and smiled with great enthusiasm.

Lu Bingyue hid behind Zhao Shufeng, not daring to go out.

Zhao Shufeng smiled and said, "Hi, I'm from the municipal government. Because it's Chinese New Year, I go to the countryside to give gifts. Happy New Year, old man."

The old man in the room also came out, just overheard, and said that the current policy is good.

"It's such a cold day, how can we let two girls come here?" said the old woman.

The two were welcomed into the house, and the small space was filled with gifts.

The old man took melon seeds and peanuts and poured hot water.

"Don't bother." Zhao Shufeng said.

Lu Bingyue was pulled in by her and sat on a low stool. During the period, her eyes dodged and she kept staring at the dog pacing around outside. It seemed that the dog was more interesting.

There was a stove in front of them, and the fire inside was burning vigorously. The old man threw peanuts on it and took them out again. The aroma of peanuts spread throughout the room.

The old woman said: "It's been raining for the past two days, so it's very troublesome for you to come here."

"It's a bit troublesome." Zhao Shufeng said with ease: "The road here is too bad. I'll write a report to the higher-ups when I get back. The road has to be repaired."

"Girl, do you really want to write?"

The grandfather tested a few peanuts and put them in the Shau Kei for two people to eat.

Zhao Shufeng grabbed the small handle, and her hand turned black instantly. She didn't care, and handed it to Lu Bingyue: "Thank you, we are the ones who bothered you, so don't bother."

The old lady was very enthusiastic: "It's already noon, why don't you stay and have a meal."

"Don't worry about it, we're just here to send you some condolences. Your family is considered a poor household, so just give a little more. Don't tell others." Zhao Shufeng said with a bit of playfulness in his tone.

Grandma was already strapped for money, so she hurriedly put away her things.

Zhao Shufeng looked at the house: "Have you lived here for many years? I think the life of this house is not short."

The grandfather said: "It's been decades, but the legs and feet have not been very good in the past two years. I haven't picked tiles or replaced beams."

"Then didn't you apply for house repair?"

"I don't have that money even after I applied. You need to pay for the rebuilding of dilapidated houses. You pay half, and the country pays half." Grandma's face was wrinkled, like unstretched corrugated paper, and she looked at Zhao Shufeng in embarrassment.

"The old man was diagnosed with lung cancer a few years ago. You know, half of the lung is missing, but God took care of it. Our old man picked it up for so many years." As she said, grandma smiled again.

"Our couple is so old, and no one will live in this house in the future, so it's better to keep the money." The old man stopped talking, glanced at grandma, and said very bluntly that the money was used to repair the house. It is better to keep the house for my wife. He is not in good health and may leave earlier than his wife.

Zhao Shufeng suddenly asked: "Where are your children?"

"My son is brave, and my daughter-in-law has remarried, and the number of visits has decreased over the years, so let her not come." The old man said calmly after eating a peanut.

Zhao Shufeng said comforting words, and persuaded people to take it easy. After she returned, she would help them apply for money and so on.

The old man has been thanking her, thinking that she or the background behind her is a bodhisattva.

Before lunch time, Zhao Shufeng took Lu Bingyue away, saying that he would come back in the future.

Lu Bingyue was restrained here, not daring to look at people's faces.

Her only memory of her grandparents is the sentence "I'm dead dad". She still has some memories. For a while, her mother was working outside and she lived with her grandparents.After my mother remarried, she didn't seem to be used to the new place, and she was always looking for someone, so her mother told her, 'Your grandma said you killed your father, so I don't want you anymore'.

Once she was not good, her mother said so, and she didn't pay attention to it when she grew up.

Later, they didn't see each other very often, and they haven't seen each other for more than ten years now.

She didn't look back until she walked out of the house, when the barking of the dog stopped and she was sure she couldn't see the house.

The old man peeled peanuts in his hand, teased the dog, and looked into the distance: "That little girl looks a bit like Yueyue."

The old woman was still thinking about those beautiful gifts, and felt that the boxes were very exquisite, and she wanted to hide them away. Thinking of this, she said to the old man again: "If you want to see her, go and see her, she will be like anyone else. "

The old man didn't care about the old woman's words, and said very seriously: "If I go to see it, my wife's family will say it again, and my wife will be embarrassed. My illness..."

The conversation between the two dissipated in the wind, and as the so-called sympathy representative drifted away, the two returned to the house silently, preparing the lunch at noon.

Lu Bingyue and Zhao Shufeng walked for more than ten minutes before getting into the car, and wiped the grass next to it a few times. Inevitably, the mud still stained the car.

Lu Bingyue was a little embarrassed: "This dirty car can't enter the city, right?"

Not only was the mud brought in inside, but the outside was also dirty.

"Look at you, I let you get in the car."

Zhao Shufeng said with a smile in his eyes.

Lu Bingyue looked at her feet, they were not clean, and then at her hands, they were dark.

Lu Bingyue hadn't finished eating the peanuts in his hand, the roasted peanuts were very fragrant, and they were still warm at the moment, but they just felt uncomfortable.

Family affection is always a strange thing, obviously I don't care about it long ago, but now I feel guilty.

Zhao Shufeng didn't look like he was going to drive, so he suddenly asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

Lu Bingyue sniffed, trying to restrain her emotions, and after a while she said, "Yes, there are many..."

Zhao Shufeng interrupted, "Well, let me talk first."

Lu Bingyue's sentimental and sad emotions hadn't subsided, and she was panicked by Zhao Shufeng, and even the sudden surge of emotions just now eased a lot.

Zhao Shufeng smiled, stretched out his black hand, and touched Lu Bingyue's face again, drawing it like a little cat.

"First, Ming Ji is a good person, and let me know you."

Lu Bingyue's breathing was stagnant and he didn't react.

"Second, thank you for being so kind. I caught it and it's mine."

Lu Bingyue exhaled, feeling a little relieved.

Zhao Shufeng pulled people over, closed his eyes and pressed his forehead against it, "Third, leave all tears to me from now on."

Lu Bingyue was silent, her nose was sour, and her eyes were filled with moisture again.

Zhao Shufeng really understands, she understands.

The light rain outside the car was pattering again, slowly washing away the mud on the car. A house in the mountains in the distance was filled with smog, blending with the ink and sky, hiding the green hills in the mist and rain.

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