know the enemy

After hanging up the phone, Mu Wenran went back to the room and returned the phone to Mu Xian.

You must know that Mu Wenran's brows have been frowning for the past two days after returning to the old house, and the adults seldom talk to him, at most they ask about his grades, praise him for being smart, and give him a red envelope.It was rare for Mu Xian to see his brows loosened today, with a peaceful look on his face, and he couldn't help asking, "You and Lu Jia don't exchange phone numbers or something?"

Mu Wenran paused, "Forgot, I'll ask next time." He regretted a little, if he had asked just now, he might have called the group after midnight, but Lu Jia might have fallen asleep by then.

Luke did not survive twelve o'clock.

He was so sleepy that he kowtowed at eleven o'clock, hugging the pillow and trying to widen his eyes, staring at the TV screen lazily.The whole family laughed at him, grandpa drove him to bed and called him at twelve o'clock, but Bai Yi was full of energy.

It was past twelve o'clock when Lu Jia fell asleep, and it was Bai Yi making noises that woke him up.

Bai Yi: "You just woke up, I've already eaten dumplings."

When my aunt entered the room, she saw Lu Jia sitting on the bed in a daze, "Why are you awake? Did your brother disturb you? Bai Yi, don't bluster here, go out and play."

Bai Yi was very upset, so he walked out.

Lu Jia sat on the bed and watched happily, rubbed his eyes and asked, "Auntie, what time is it?"

"It's 12:30, are you hungry? If you're hungry, get up and eat some dumplings, made by your grandma, with pork and fennel."

Lu Jia put on his shoes to eat dumplings, all his relatives had left, the floor of the living room was in a mess, grandma and aunt were cleaning up in the back kitchen, grandpa was still sitting at the dining table watching TV, when he saw him coming, he pulled the chair towards him: "Come, sit here."

Lu Jia sat down obediently, and grandpa happily teased him: "Come on, let's have a drink."

Lu Jia hadn't fully woken up yet, so he smiled softly, waved his hands and said, "I don't drink."

Grandpa teased him: "Hey, it's okay, we two secretly drink it, so your aunt won't see it."

Lu Jia shook his head: "Don't drink it, grandpa, don't drink it either, it's not good to drink, neither of us will drink it."

Grandpa said "Oops", looked at Lu Jia, and suddenly let out a long sigh.He drank too much, and when he saw Lu Jia think of his dead daughter, at the age of 25, she was still a little girl in his eyes, and she left as soon as she said it, leaving only such a grandson, who is sensible and distressing.

"No more." He pushed away the half glass of wine, and pushed the fruit plate with candy to Lu Jia, "Where's your brother, didn't you keep arguing for candy just now? It's Chinese New Year, it's okay to eat more."

Lu Jia turned his head and called Bai Yi, and Bai Yi called back from the room: "What are you doing?"

Luke: "Do you eat candy?"

"eat!"

After his grandfather passed away, Lu Jia could always recall that New Year's Eve, the sigh he couldn't understand, and the deep meaning hidden in his grandfather's eyes.

After many years, he also gradually realized that the liveliness of New Year's Eve seemed to be only the sound of firecrackers, and the coldest part of the first month was the walk home after the reunion.

On Mu Wenran's side, there was another scene. Mu Zhangcheng came back to have dinner, and left in a hurry.

Old Man Mu was not very happy. After dinner and the family watched the Spring Festival Gala, the old man suddenly said to Mu Wenran: "Don't be like your father in the future. You only know that you are busy with work and forget your family."

No one dared to say anything. The old man seemed to be venting his anger. Mu Xian originally wanted to smooth things over, but Mu Wenran said, "Got it."

Mu Wenran is only 14 years old, there is no need for such forbearance, he should be more self-willed, but Mu Xian couldn't say anything, he just patted Mu Wenran on the shoulder.

There are many rooms in the old house, but there are more people. After the Spring Festival Gala, many people drove away on the excuse that they had no place to live.

The old man didn't mean to keep him, but Mu Xian naturally wanted to stay with the old man.Mu Zhangcheng never came to pick up Mu Wenran. It was already past twelve o'clock. This place is too far from the city. The old man said, "You should live here today."

Mu Wenran nodded, and was about to get up and go back to bed to rest, but the old man said, "Hey, you said your father is a man."

He sat back on the sofa again.

"How is your mother recently? With Wen Cheng, it's not easy for her alone."

Mu Wenran lowered his head, his expression indifferent: "We haven't contacted for a long time."

To be precise, Chu Yue hadn't contacted Mu Wenran for a long time. She always called when she thought of it, and cried on the other end of the phone, saying how much she missed him. It seemed that after crying, all her thoughts could be let go. Much better.For three years, they did not meet each other.

The old man was taken aback, and sighed: "Hey, it's your mother after all... Forget it, I don't have much to say."

That said enough.

Mu Wenran got up and went back to the room, the old man couldn't help but said again: "You...you should contact them more, after all, it's your mother and your brother."

Mu Wenran knew why the old man said that. Compared with him who was taciturn, the old man preferred the eloquent Mu Wencheng.

It's a pity that Chu Yue took Mu Wencheng away and left him behind.

This made Mu Wenran think of Lu Jia again. Mu Wencheng and Lu Jia are the same kind of people, and it is easy to please adults.

Mu Wenran turned on the bedside lamp and lay down on the bed.

But Lu Jia is much cuter than Mu Wencheng.

After the Spring Festival, the street stalls opened again one after another. When Lu Jia came back from his grandma's house, Bai Yi asked him how much lucky money he got, and even teased him that he received two thousand this year.

Lu Jia received much more than Bai Yi, but the money was for his aunt. His grandparents repeatedly urged him to give him a big red envelope when he grew up. Now all the lucky money should be handed over to his parents.

Lu Jia was supposed to be raised by his father's relatives, but every family has children, and no one is willing to bring a small oil bottle. Only uncles and aunts take the initiative to accept him, so grandparents try to stuff money for him during the holidays , and then he passed it on to his uncle.

Bai Yi was very upset when his New Year's money was confiscated.Every year, he hopes that those New Year's money will be his own, but every year his wish fails.

My aunt gave them a hundred each, and coaxed: "This money has to be saved for you two, and it will be given to you when you grow up."

Lu Jia had no objection at all, and Bai Yi was crying.

On the last day of the long Spring Festival holiday, when Lu Jia was sitting on a small bench knocking sunflower seeds, Mu Xian suddenly came to visit Bai's house.

Uncle and aunt welcomed the guests warmly, Bai Yi quietly tugged at Lu Jia's clothes: "Are you leaving again?"

Luke shook his head, "I don't know."

Bai Yi was not very happy, "You go out to play all the time, and school is about to start."

Lu Jia said "Oh" and turned his head: "I haven't done a lot of homework!"

Bai Yi smiled gloatingly: "Who told you to go out to play all the time? I've finished my homework, so I won't copy it for you."

Lu Jia counted the number of days, and thought about the piles of homework, he stopped knocking the melon seeds, and kept muttering: "What should I do, what should I do."

Mu Xian came over and pressed his palm on Lu Jia's head: "What are you talking about here?"

Lu Jia looked up, and Mu Xian asked, "Want to play with your brother Wen Ran?"

Luke: "Is he home alone?"

Mu Xian: "It seems that someone has come to the house, and there are a few children."

Lu Jia wanted to say that's fine, he still has homework to do, but Mu Xian said: "They don't play with your brother Wen Ran, he is in the cat house by himself now, and he doesn't come out."

"Why?" Lu Jia felt a little soft-hearted when he thought of Mu Wenran alone. He felt that the homework could be done at night, and he was not in a hurry. "Then I'll go find him."

Mu Xian came here mainly for work, saw the children in the living room, and thought of going to his elder brother's place this morning. Mu Wenran hadn't left the house, so he asked Lu Jia casually.

Seeing that Lu Jia was about to go out again, Bai Yi quietly leaned over and said, "Homework!"

Luke pushed his face away, pretending to be calm and said: "I can finish writing."

When Lu Jia arrived at the place, Mu Wenran had already left the house, and was called out by Mu Zhangcheng.

Hearing the doorbell, he opened the door, and behind Mu Xian was a yellow dumpling with a huge hat covering half of his face.

Mu Wenran called out uncertainly: "Lu Jia?"

Lu Jia took off his hat and let out a crisp "Hey".

Mu Wenran couldn't help laughing: "I changed my clothes."

"New clothes." Lu Jia unzipped the zipper and walked over step by step, looking around while walking.

Mu Wenran asked him what he was looking at, Lu Jia took Mu Wenran's hand, put his foot into his ear and asked in a low voice, "Uncle said that someone came from your house, and they all left?"

Mu Wenran: "Let's go."

Lu Jia said "Oh", knowing that his elder brother Wen Ran was left alone in the family.

Mu Wenran hung the coat he took off on the hanger.Mu Xian still had something to do, so he left after a short stay.

The nanny was on vacation, and there were only the two of them in the living room. Mu Wenran turned on the TV and tuned it to the children's channel.

The cartoon that Lu Jia likes to watch is playing on TV, Lu Jia glanced at it twice, forced himself not to watch it, then turned to Mu Wenran and asked, "I'm here to play with you, are you happy?"

Mu Wenran watched him focus on the TV, and wanted to distract himself talking to himself, thought it was amusing, and replied: "Happy."

"That's good, don't stay in the room all the time, you will be bored." Lu Jia finally added, looking like a little adult, "My aunt said so."

Mu Wenran nodded.

After a while Luke asked him again: "Do you want to play a game?"

Mu Wenran: "Don't you watch TV?"

"I don't care, the key is what you want to do." Lu Jia said, "You don't watch TV very much, so let's play games."

"playing what?"

Lu Jia pondered for a long time: "... Checkers, do you want to play?"

Mu Wenran was a little surprised: "I thought you wouldn't want to play checkers."

"why?"

"You cry."

Mu Wenran was so straightforward that Lu Jia blushed and said for a long time, "I will be one year older after the Chinese New Year, and I won't cry because of such trivial things anymore!"

Mu Wenran suppressed a smile: "Okay, let's play checkers."