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The corridor is filled with the fragrance of vegetables.

Shining sniffed and sighed, "Ah, sweet and sour short ribs, garlic sprouts, no, there are braised fish pieces, dry, dry..."

The door of 401 opened unexpectedly, revealing Zhou's mother smiling, "You guys are here..."

“Stir-fried Chicken Wings…”

Zhou's mother burst into laughter: "The little guy has a good nose. Oh, what are you doing here to buy so many things? Come on, come in quickly..."

Xu Shanliang blushed immediately, and the image of a greedy cat was deeply rooted in people's hearts. Annoyance and remorse circled in his chest, and he stuttered and shouted: "Hello, Auntie." Zhou Heqing pushed him in from behind.

Because Zhou's mother was still stewing the soup, she asked him to do whatever she wanted and hurried into the kitchen again.Shining heaved a sigh of relief, and sat obediently on the sofa with a cup of hot tea in his hand. Zhou Heqing was smiling, so he got a claw on his thigh.

The house is not big, at least not as big as Haishi's apartment, and it even looks a bit small because of the piles of sundries, but it is very neat and clean.There are some trophies and certificates of Zhou Heqing's childhood in the TV cabinet, as well as a photo of mother and son. In the photo, little Zhou Heqing has a serious face, but he is smiling happily.Xu Shanliang looked at them one by one with great interest, his eyes touched the old photo back and forth, reluctant to take it back, Zhou Heqing reached out to adjust the album.

"Okay, okay, I won't watch." He swore to the sky with three fingers up, and couldn't help but take a peek, and said in a low voice, "You are so prudish at a young age...you are so cute."

Zhou Heqing: "Shut up."

Shan Liang picked up and wanted to help in the kitchen, but was soon pushed out by Zhou's mother, "It's fine for Heqing to help me, you are a guest, just sit and rest for a while." Only then did Shan Liang know that the dinner was served by Chef Zhou Heqing , although Aunt Zhou looks good, but her body does not allow her to be too tired, so she sits aside and guides most of the time, with Zhou Heqing as the main force.

Xu Shanliang, who had nothing to do, started to wander around.

The house faces north and south, with two bedrooms, Zhou's mother lives in the master bedroom, and Zhou Heqing lives in the second bedroom with only a gap in the door.Many times, when Xu Shanliang was restless and couldn't help but want to take a peek, he stuffed a handful of melon seeds into his mouth, but only once, he stood up and planned to follow his heart.

Sea-blue sheets and quilt covers, a stack of books neatly placed on the corner of the table, the room is tidy and tidy, and there is a "weather-beaten" basketball in the corner of the room.The desk is made of red lacquered wood, with a piece of glass on it, some phone numbers pressed under the glass, and a row of ID photos in the lower left corner.

It is Zhou Heqing's ID photo for each age group from childhood to adulthood.

From immature children to youthful teenagers to high-spirited youths, the traces of the years are lined up in the corner of this small table, making each of Xu Shanliang's fantasies have a specific appearance.He seems to have seen the young Zhou Heqing sitting on the desk, biting the end of a pencil and thinking hard, or Zhou Heqing in his youth, running in sweating profusely after school, drinking the water in the tea mug in one gulp, Throwing the schoolbag anywhere, picked up the basketball in the corner and went out in a hurry.

Or if you get good grades in the college entrance examination, when you graduate and get the admission letter, you must be elated and shy.He can even imagine his tone of voice and body movements.

He is greedy, he wants to know everything about Zhou Heqing.

He wanted to know about those days that he had never participated in, and about Zhou Heqing's growth.Almost trembling, he carefully lifted a corner of the glass, took away a photo of Zhou Heqing's ID in high school, rearranged the order, and left Zhou Heqing's bedroom with a guilty conscience, and sat down in the living room again.

He even stared at the opposite wall for a long time because of nervousness, so he had nowhere to place his eyes. On the snow-white wall was a large landscape cross-stitch.When Zhou Heqing came out of the kitchen, he saw Shan Liang staring at the cross-stitch in a daze.He took some candy for him and stuffed it into his hands, "My mother embroidered it when she was free at home. At that time, it was very popular in their circle of aunts. They said that after the embroidery was finished, they could be sold in the market for money, but it turned out that the embroidery was so big. No one bought it, so I hung it at home."

Zhou's mother just came out with fried chicken wings, and when she heard her son mercilessly tearing down her chair in front of the children, she immediately put on a face and said, "But it looks good hanging at home."

"Yeah, I also think it's very good-looking." Xu Shanliang doesn't know anything else, but his mouth is very sweet. "According to me, this is a priceless treasure. Those people who read Auntie's work feel that they must not be able to afford it, so they just buy it." No one bought it."

It was probably because he exaggerated too much, so that the air was quiet for a few seconds before Zhou Heqing burst into laughter. Xu Shanliang touched his nose and felt that he was a little exaggerated just now. Zhou's mother put the fried chicken wings on the dining table, She smiled and said, "I think what Xiao Xu said is right. Auntie is very happy to hear that. Come on, boys, dinner is ready."

Three people, six dishes and one soup.

Opposite Wanjia lights are on, and although the Spring Festival Gala has not yet started, the warm-up live broadcast is already going on, and the actors are huddling together lively and smiling at the camera.

Zhou's mother also prepared a red envelope for Xu Shanliang, but he blushed and refused to accept it. In the end, Zhou Heqing said, "Just take it." He accepted it coyly.This is the first lucky red envelope he has received in his tiny life.Even because he cherished it too much, he didn't allow this red envelope to wrinkle a corner.

Zhou Heqing raised his glass: "May everyone be better every year."

Xu Shanliang raised his glass: "I wish my aunt good health and a long life."

Zhou's mother concluded: "I wish the boys progress in their studies and success in their careers."

Because Zhou's mother was ill, she sat with them and watched TV after dinner and went to rest. There were only the two of them in the living room.During dinner, Xu Shanliang drank some wine, his cheeks were flushed, and he was sitting upright watching the Spring Festival Gala because of his nervousness.It seems that I am not watching any entertaining program, but highlighting the key points before listening to the exam.

Kind of funny and kind of cute.

Zhou Heqing touched him: "Do you want to go down and play?"

Xu Shanliang turned his face around, but his gaze remained in front of the TV, "What are you playing?"

Zhou Heqing grabbed his face and pulled him over. This action startled Shanliang, knocked Zhou Heqing's hand off, and went to Zhou's mother's room.Zhou Heqing grabbed the other half of his cheek again, "My mother is already fast asleep, let's go, I'll buy you some fireworks."

Xu Shanliang has played with fireworks before. When he played in the bar day and night, he especially liked fireworks. He had to light them almost every night, one after another, and he liked them in any color and style I bought it and played it all over again, and I also like to distribute it everywhere. Anyone who enters a bar will give a lot of it.But what made him particularly satisfied was Zhou Heqing's sentence: "I'll buy it for you." It felt like he was being pampered.

There are not many styles of fireworks sold in the canteen downstairs in the residential area. It can be said that they are a bit monotonous. A slightly thicker firework stick is tied to the red slender stick. It will burn out after a long time, and even the color is only ordinary. The bright yellow Mars, but Xu Shining is still playing with great interest.

In the park, several children gathered in twos and threes to play some cannons or sky cannons, yelling and running from one side to the other, whoever dared to light the fire would be the king.

Xu Shanliang dared, so he became the king of children.Even talking about fireworks, he can speak clearly and logically. These children have never seen so many strange things, and they were all attracted after a short time, and they kept shouting around him as "brother and brother".

Later, someone dragged a large firework, and those little brats left the new big brother they had just met and ran away in a swarm.

"Cut." Xu Shanliang kicked the pebbles at his feet, "You guys are really ungrateful." He didn't realize something was wrong until he sat down next to Zhou Heqing again - he actually left Zhou Heqing aside for so long: "I'm so sorry ... Am I getting carried away too much?"

Originally, Zhou Heqing, who just wanted to have a romantic game of fireworks, would never have imagined that Xu Shanliang could play so crazy, and these little brats who didn't know where they came from were so powerful in fighting.

Zhou Heqing took off his gloves and touched his head: "No, I haven't seen you smiling so happily for a long time."

Xu Shanliang showed a reserved smile: "Maybe I used to stay alone, eat alone, study alone, and read alone. Even the birds outside the window are freer and happier than me, and I gradually got bored. This kind of life. When I was young, I especially liked watching the birds outside the window, and I especially liked the tree outside the window. They always twittered and huddled together to sing and play. I sprinkled some bread crumbs on the window sill, and they were willing to jump over to accompany me. I played for a while. Later, Xu Mingyuan said that the bread crumbs on the windowsill would attract mice, so my mother asked someone to cut down the tree.”

He never talked about it with anyone, and those secret, sad and lonely memories were a chain around his heart.Speaking of this is like tearing a hole in his heart. He is afraid of showing his small and fragile side in front of others. He is afraid that those people will leave him when they see his helplessness and lack of strength.He is nothing but a hypocritical liar, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a clown.But it may be that the moonlight is too seductive tonight, or that alcohol has paralyzed his brain, and the desire to talk | has never been as strong as it is at this moment.

"So when I left home, I liked that everyone was huddled together, no matter what we were doing together, laughing and joking, I could forget many unhappy things, and I could feel that I was loved and needed."

Zhou Heqing touched his face, the tip of his nose and lips.

Huge fireworks bloomed in the sky in the distance. Amid the joy and encouragement of the people and the ringing of the New Year's bell, he gently gave a kiss.

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