reshape life

On the first day of the new year, Wei Linxuan was awakened by bursts of lively firecrackers.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Lu Heng who was sleeping soundly next to him.The big star's sleeping position was not good at all, his head was stuffed under the pillow, his head was covered tightly by the soft goose down quilt, and his white and tender feet were all exposed.The pajama pants that originally reached the ankles were also rolled up to the knees, revealing a pair of well-proportioned, slender and smooth calves.One leg is still domineeringly pressing on Wei Linxuan's body...

Wei Linxuan smiled, stretched out his hand and carefully tugged at the velvet quilt that was covering Lu Heng's head, and moved the pillow that Lu Heng was pressing on his head aside, his face was flushed red, and his messy black hair stuck to his face. His cheeks were hot and sweaty.

Wei Linxuan stretched out two fingers to help Lu Heng brush his hair. Seeing that Lu Heng was in a deep sleep and had no intention of waking up at all, he had to cover him with the quilt, and crept up from the bed by himself, stepping on his slippers and lightly waking up. Open the door lightly and go out.

The new house of Lu Heng's family in Lujia Village is a two-story building that has just been built for less than two years. The first floor is a living room, dining room, bathroom and kitchen, and the second floor is four bedrooms and a bathroom.Last night, the villagers of Lujia Village collectively stayed at the Lujia for over [-] years, and they continued to make trouble until after three o'clock in the middle of the night.Afterwards, Lu's father and Lu's mother arranged for everyone to sleep. Originally, they wanted the two brothers Lu Heng and Lu Chi to live in one room, the husband and wife to live in one room, and Lu Miao to live in one room. this guest.

As a result, Wei Linxuan himself asked to live with Lu Heng, and said that the two of them used to live together often, and they could still chat when they couldn't sleep at night.

Lu's father and Lu's mother probably thought that Wei Linxuan had just suffered a family change, and followed them to the countryside alone to celebrate the New Year. If he was allowed to live alone, he would be unable to stop thinking wildly when he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. With Lu Heng by his side, at least the child won't feel too lonely.

Lu Heng thought so too, but he was not as quick as Wei Linxuan.However, his movements were very fast. When Wei Linxuan spoke, he had already taken out the pillow and quilt from the cabinet and started making the bed.

Seeing such an active younger brother, Brother Lu Chi was noncommittal. Anyway, even if the two of them slept in the same bed, they could only chat under the quilt.Besides, he did have some things to do at night, so he might not have gone to bed that early.If the younger brother sleeps with him, I'm afraid he won't sleep well either.It's better to follow that brat's wishes.

However, before letting some two share the same bed, Brother Lu still said lightly, "Don't play for too long and go to bed early, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep early tomorrow morning."

The two milk cats nodded obediently and agreed, but when they returned to the room and closed the door, they were dominated by the excitement of returning home and entering the room. They rolled on the bed with the quilt in their arms and chatted until the sky was dim I couldn't hold it any longer, so I fell asleep in a daze.

It turned out that Wei Linxuan, who had just closed his eyes and didn't sleep for a long time, was awakened by the continuous sound of firecrackers.Lu Daxing, who had a relatively good sleep quality, slept in a dark sleep and lost himself.

Wearing Lu Heng's new pajamas, Wei Linxuan was dizzy and went to the bathroom to wash his face and brush his teeth. Two or three hours of sleep is really insignificant for a growing teenager. Wei Linxuan still felt sleepy when brushing his teeth A little bit, the warm water splashed on the face, and the ears heard the sound of firecrackers, large and small, children playing in groups, and the replay of the Spring Festival Gala on the TV downstairs, Wei Lin Only then did Xuan understand what the big brother meant last night when he said, "It is very likely that I won't be able to sleep early."

How could he have forgotten that although Yanjing had promulgated a ban on setting off fireworks and firecrackers long ago, in the remote Lujia Village, firecrackers must still be set off during the Chinese New Year—in fact, they followed the children in the village last night Let's set off fireworks together.

Although it is very noisy, polluted and even has the danger of causing a fire, I have to admit that a New Year with flowers and firecrackers is a New Year with a taste of the year.

After washing, Wei Linxuan went down to the second floor in slippers. Lu's father and Lu's mother were tidying up the house in the living room. Seeing Wei Linxuan who was still rubbing his eyes in a daze, Lu's mother smiled and said, "... Linxuan got up La! There is freshly made millet porridge in the kitchen, as well as dumplings fried with leftover dumplings from last night. If you don’t like to eat them, there are boiled eggs and sticky bean buns in the pot. The pickles are all on the table, if you want to eat them Whatever you do, let yourself flourish!"

Wei Linxuan nodded, and said hello to Lu's father and mother with a smile, looked around the living room and dining room, and asked, "Where are the elder brother and younger sister?"

I don't know when Wei Linxuan changed the name of Lu Chi's elder brother Lu Miao and younger sister directly into elder brother and younger sister. Lu's father and Lu's mother didn't think there was anything wrong. Hearing this, he immediately smiled and said: " Your elder brother went out for a run and said he wanted to keep exercising. Miao Miao hasn't woken up yet. That girl is just like Xiao Heng, she sleeps deeply, let alone set off firecrackers, even if you set off bombs, they won't be able to wake them up .”

After a pause, he smiled again: "Don't worry about them, you eat yours. Anyway, the food is hot on the stove, when they wake up, eat it."

Wei Linxuan nodded with a grin, and went into the kitchen to fill a bowl of porridge, picked up two boiled eggs, and ate a confinement meal with a snort. His stomach was warm and he felt comfortable.

Wei Linxuan had just finished eating, and Lu Heng also floated down the stairs in a daze.As a young man with a particularly punctual biological clock, Lu Heng was not woken up by the continuous sound of firecrackers outside the house, but by his own hunger.

The hungry young boy floated into the kitchen like a ghost, filled half a bowl of porridge for himself, took another plate of fried dumplings and two eggs, and returned to the dining room with these things to sit down and eat. He was full Wei Linxuan, who was hungry, looked at Lu Heng, who was eating deliciously, and suddenly felt his appetite increased. He swallowed his saliva secretly, got up and went to the kitchen to fill half a bowl of porridge, and continued to eat with Lu Heng.

Lu Heng, who used a basin to settle his breakfast, glanced at Wei Linxuan's half-bowl in distaste, and couldn't help saying, "You should eat more, you've lost weight recently."

"I'm done eating." Wei Linxuan looked at the little pot in front of Lu Heng, and couldn't help explaining, "I'm eating with you."

"Okay then!" Lu Heng licked his lips after drinking all the porridge, held up the small bowl and said, "I'm going to fill another bowl, do you want to serve it for you?"

Wei Linxuan: "..."

In the end, Lu Heng ate two bowls of millet porridge, two eggs, and a plate of fried dumplings, and then he patted his belly with satisfaction.Wei Linxuan, who was used to washing dishes, automatically and consciously packed up the dishes and went into the kitchen.

Seeing this, Mother Lu, who was sitting in the living room watching TV, immediately followed in, took the bowls and chopsticks from Wei Linxuan's hand, and said with a smile: "It's the New Year's Eve, where do you children work? Let's play."

Just as Wei Linxuan was about to speak, he was already pushed away by Lu's mother.Lu's father also scolded Lu Heng: "How can you let Linxuan do the dishes!"

Anyway, he is also a guest who came to visit, how could he ask the guest to work, this child is too careless.

Lu Heng chuckled, he couldn't say that the two of them just relaxed their vigilance because they were used to being in their own home.

Fortunately, Father Lu just said something and didn't think about anything else.Lu Heng heaved a sigh of relief, got up and said, "Then what... I'm a bit full of food, Wei Linxuan and I went shopping to eliminate food."

Father Lu waved his hand: "Go, go. Watch out for firecrackers, don't get blown up."

Lu Heng nodded, and pushed Wei Linxuan upstairs to change clothes.

The winter in Northeast China is extremely cold, even during the day it can reach minus 30 degrees.

There was another heavy snowfall last night, and it didn't clear up until this morning.Heavy snow covered the entire village all night. From a distance, the sky and ground were white, the roofs and walls were all white, and even the dead wood branches were covered with layers of silver.When the northwest wind blew, the remaining snow on the branches rustled down. Only the children running in the village were holding firecrackers wrapped in red paper and wearing colorful new clothes.

The cold wind is bitter, and the throat of the choking person is itchy.There is a cold and fresh smell in the air, and when you breathe, you can see the obvious white mist flying out of your mouth.

Wei Linxuan and Lu Heng wore heavy down jackets and stepped on the thick snow, making creaking sounds.It was just over thirty, and no one cleared the snow in the village.Only the energetic children stamped out trails with their feet, and the snow on both sides of the trails had piled up to their ankles.

There were children screaming and shouting in groups, and they were divided into several teams to build snowmen and have snowball fights.The snow in the Northeast is very sticky. If you hit a ball of white snow on someone's body, it will leave a white mark, which will not fall off unless you beat it hard.

Wei Linxuan and Lu Heng, who were walking side by side in the village, were accidentally hit by a "stray bullet". The fluffy snow ball flew from nowhere and hit Wei Linxuan's arm, causing the snow ball to splash everywhere It opened, leaving a little residual snow on the arm, other than that, there was no pain at all.

Lu Heng smiled and stretched out his hand from his pocket to pat Wei Linxuan. The snowflakes melted in his hand, and when the northwest wind blew, his entire palm was icy cold.

Wei Linxuan subconsciously stretched out his hands to cover Lu Heng's hand in the palm of his hand, and let him breathe.There were so many people, Lu Heng pulled his hand out calmly.

Wei Linxuan was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood.It's just that I feel lost in my heart.

In the next second, he felt heavy in his pocket, and it was Lu Heng who put his hand into his pocket.

Wei Linxuan smiled knowingly, put his hand in his pocket and held Lu Heng's hand contentedly, and the two subconsciously walked towards a place where no one was around.

Located in a remote village, even if the living standard has improved in the past two years, there are not many traces of modern industry.Especially outside the villages where the crowds gather, the Yimapingchuan fields are covered with snow, the sky and the earth are full of pure white, and even the slightly undulating mountains and forests are full of the silence of midwinter.As far as the eye could see, there were only the two of them wandering aimlessly, with one deep foot and the other shallow, and two strings of footprints zigzag from the village to their feet.

Wei Linxuan had a whim, and pulled Lu Heng to paint in the snow.It is said to be a painting, but it is actually two people walking in an arc in the snow, stepping on a heart shape on the white snow without any trace.Then, Wei Linxuan pulled Lu Heng to lie down in the middle of the heart shape.

"I like it here." Feeling the wetness and coldness under his body, Wei Linxuan looked at the still silent sky above his head, and said slowly with a relaxed mind: "Because this place is very similar to you."

Lively, quiet, vast, inclusive, and most humane.

Lu Heng stretched out his hand and poked Mr. Wei, who was full of love, and said warmly, "This place belongs to you too."

Before he finished speaking, Wei Linxuan suddenly turned his head, opened his mouth to enclose Lu Heng's finger, and stared firmly at Lu Heng with his smiling eyes.

"Get up quickly. It's cold in the snow, don't catch a cold during Chinese New Year!"

Brother Lu Chi's voice came suddenly.

Wei Linxuan and Lu Heng turned their heads in fright, and they saw Big Brother Lu Chi standing three meters away with a calm face and a dog sledge.

Wei Linxuan and Lu Heng jumped three feet from the ground like cats whose tails were trampled on.

Lu Heng asked angrily, "Brother, how can you follow us!"

"And Rhubarb, as a dog, you actually learn to follow people, and you can't bark after being followed, won't your conscience hurt?"

The big yellow dog looked at Lu Heng innocently, tilted his head, and wagged his tail.Slowly stepped on a plum blossom on the snow and came over, rubbed Lu Heng's thigh flatteringly, then stuffed his head into Lu Heng's palm and rubbed it.

Brother Lu Chi acted more innocent than Rhubarb. He pointed to the dog sledge hanging behind Rhubarb and the two cleaned tires on the sledge, and said, "I see you two going to the village. Going out, I thought you two were boring, and now the sledge tires borrowed from my third uncle's house will take you up the mountain to release the sledge. It seems that you don't appreciate it."

"Let the sledge go up the mountain!" Lu Heng noticed Brother Lu Chi's words, and his eyes lit up: "Shall we go now?"

Riding on the sledge ski ring, this was Lu Heng's favorite game when he was a child-ahem, well, even when he grew up, he liked it a lot.

Wei Linxuan was also evoked by Brother Lu Chi's words, which brought back the memories of coming to Lujia Village to celebrate the New Year a few years ago, and he was immediately excited.

Brother Lu Chi heheed twice, waved his hand to call back the big yellow dog, and said, "I won't go. Anyway, you don't welcome me as a big brother."

Lu Heng's complexion changed, and he immediately ran forward to stop brother Lu Chi. He hugged the tall brother Xiong with his arms together, shook him slightly, and said with a flattering smile: "Who doesn't welcome brother, We like Big Brother the most. Big Brother is the best, Big Brother takes us to skate and fly, Big Brother, let’s go now.”

Wei Linxuan also stepped forward immediately, quickly took the dog leash from brother Lu Chi's hand, and asked consciously, "Should I still go to the village school?"

Brother Lu Chi hooked the corners of his mouth in a funny way, shook his head and said, "I won't go that far. Parents should be in a hurry later. Let's go to the small hill above."

"That's too short!" Both Wei Linxuan and Lu Heng were a little bit unsatisfied.

Brother Lu Chi had no choice but to say: "Go and play casually first. If you haven't played enough, after lunch, let's go up the mountain with Miao Miao."

The mountains outside Lujia Village are not as desolate as they were a few years ago.Especially after the formation of the ecological industry chain in Lujia Village, someone has already contracted the orchard for growing ginseng, wild vegetables and orchards in the mountains. I heard that there are folks who are wondering whether they can raise deer. Roads should be built on flat ground. In order to facilitate the passage of vehicles, guardrails were specially built on both sides. Brother Lu Chi stepped on the spot when he was jogging in the morning. .

Wei Linxuan and Lu Heng cheered and looked at each other with a smile, and couldn't wait to pull the sledge snow circle to turn to the small hill. Brother Lu Chi followed behind with a smile, and he knew that the two little kids must be happy.

This game lasted for more than two hours, and if it wasn't for the time for lunch soon, Wei Linxuan and Lu Heng would not leave.

Lu Chi stood beside him and urged him three or four times, until he couldn't bear it anymore, and then dragged them back to the village in the reluctance of the two little children to "play again".

Lu's father and Lu's mother, who had already prepared lunch, kept complaining: "I know I'm out in the wild, and I won't come back until lunch time. I won't let you go out to play again."

Lu Miaomiao was also very dissatisfied and said: "I just know to go out to play, and I don't want to take me with me. I won't give it to you."

"I'll take you there in the afternoon." After washing his hands, Lu Heng sat down at the dining table, bowed his head and kissed the little princess whose hair was dissatisfied, and coaxed with a smile, "I'll take you to the mountain to slide the sledge in the afternoon." Ski circle is more interesting than playing in the hills.”

Lu Miaomiao still glared at her second brother coldly.Lu Heng's heart flinched, so he could only bear the pain and said: "I'll give you all the dog sledge, and let the big dog pull you in the afternoon, okay?"

Before he finished speaking, Father Lu couldn't help but interjected: "Don't bring your third uncle's rhubarb this afternoon. There are so many dogs in the village, you should find a way to borrow another one, so as not to cause harm."

"No way! We treat rhubarb very well." Lu Heng said with a smile, picking up a few ribs and elbow meat with chopsticks, "All these are reserved for rhubarb, this is our reward for it."

Not to be outdone, Lu Miaomiao raised her hand and said, "Then I will ride on a sledge pulled by two dogs."

Lu Heng quickly patted his chest and agreed.Only then did the little princess turn her anger into joy.

However, in the afternoon, everyone failed to go up the mountain.

Seeing that the snow has been falling very heavily these days, and the road is about to be closed, the third uncle, who was the village head at the time, had a whim and wanted to take the young and old in the village to build a few big snowmen at the entrance of the village.Because this year is the Year of the Monkey, I originally wanted to make a monkey zodiac, but for some reason, everyone urged me to make a twelve zodiac.

The folks in the village were immediately aroused with enthusiasm for artistic creation.The whole village responded, and students Lu Heng, Wei Linxuan and Lu Miaoxiao also felt that making snowmen in the village seemed more lively than going up the mountain with sledges, so they temporarily canceled the scheduled afternoon trip.

Just after lunch, Lu's mother was washing dishes in the kitchen, when she heard the noise of people outside, calling for friends and family with loud voices everywhere.

Father Lu also put on his military overcoat, took a shovel in his hand, and took out the tools used to do carpentry from the warehouse, and promised in front of his children that "when the twelve zodiac signs in the village are piled up... Dad will Make a snow sculpture for you. Just carve our family of six, and stand at the door of our house hand in hand, it is absolutely beautiful."

After hearing Papa Lu's words, others didn't care, only Wei Linxuan was overjoyed...

A family of six, hey hey!

Lu's mother, who finished washing the dishes in the kitchen, also hurried back to her room and changed her clothes. Seeing that brother Lu Chi was wearing too little, she ordered Lu Chi to go back and change into a warm down jacket.The family of six hurried to the entrance of the village.

Everyone has been catching up in full swing.

Although old but unconvinced, the third uncle, the village head, stood in front of the crowd and commanded everyone to pile up twelve piles of snow.According to the shape of the Chinese zodiac, the volume of each pile of snow is different.

Seeing Father Lu come out with a carpentry toolbox, the third uncle asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

Father Lu spoke out his ambition to make snow sculptures with great pride, and some folks in the village who had actually done the craft of snow sculptures suddenly laughed: "The snow sculptures cannot be made with carpenter's tools. It bears No way. You can’t do it too finely. Unless you have professional tools to shoot the snow.”

Father Lu smiled nonchalantly and said, "It's up to man. I can make it whatever I think it can be. Anyway, it's our own game."

This sentence has aroused everyone's approval.There are quite a few carpenters in the village, and after hearing what Papa Lu said, they all went home to get their tools.

The third uncle also felt that Lu's father's attitude was very good.However, he felt that the most important thing to do in making snowmen was to participate—after all, his original purpose was to lead the whole village to clear the snow in the village, and making snowmen for the big party was just incidental.

So the third uncle especially emphasized that "if it can be refined, it is exquisite, and if it cannot be refined and rough, it is also a kind of beauty. Just have fun."

It's a pity that the old and young men in the village are more competitive. Under Lu's father's instigation, they were divided into twelve groups for a PK match. The grandparents and grandma who couldn't play were the judges.

And because the craftsmanship of snow sculpture is much more delicate than that of making a snowman, everyone has to find their way slowly.So there was not enough time in the afternoon of the first day of the new year, and everyone created an overtime game to take up the second day of the new year, and then barely made the snow sculptures of the twelve zodiac signs.

In the end, it was Papa Lu's group that won No. 1—because Papa Lu had shamelessly dragged the only man in the village who had carved snow sculptures into his group.

When the last twelve snow sculptures were formed, the whole village cheered and rushed forward.

Under the reflection of the warm winter sun, the snow-capped Lujia Village reflects dazzling light. Twelve snow sculptures of the zodiac, which are relatively rough in shape, stand quietly at the entrance of Lujia Village. Because everyone’s craftsmanship is limited, this The twelve snow sculptures looked as if they were full-bodied versions.But the villagers don't look ugly at all, and they are all rare.

Especially the children from various families, holding hands and circling around the snow sculpture, some even eager to take pictures of it.He was caught by the quick-sighted parents.

Wei Linxuan dragged Lu Heng back to the house and took out the SLR that he brought, and took pictures for everyone, and was going to find a photo studio to print the photos for everyone when all the stores in the city opened on the seventh day of the new year. come out.

The whole village immediately felt that Wei Linxuan was a really nice young man.When each family had dinner that night, they all sent chicken legs, ribs, elbows, pig feet and other final dishes to the old Lu's house.

Father Lu, who won the laurel crown, said with a red face at the dinner table that he would carve a snow sculpture of the family of six at the door of his house the next day.At that time, Wei Linxuan will also ask Wei Linxuan to take pictures for everyone. After the photos are developed, he will enlarge them and make them the largest ones to hang on the wall of the living room.

Wei Linxuan nodded in agreement while holding the sweet and sour pork ribs.

However, in the early morning of the next day, the old Lu family ushered in new guests as soon as they opened the door.

Wei Zhanjie and his wife, who came from Yanjing, drove a car, and stood at the gate of Lu's house with large and small bags. Under the surprised eyes of the whole village, they smiled and said: "Happy New Year, big brother and sister-in-law."