flirting without breaking the law

On New Year's Eve, 80.00% of the shops in the county are closed in the afternoon.

At night, when the snow begins to fall, strings of red lanterns are lit up on the streets at the right time, and the whole city is inexplicably quiet.

Seven to nine o'clock is the time for New Year's Eve dinner, and most of the residents of the county have agreed.During this period, apart from temporary vendors selling fireworks, even stray dogs also found a shelter.

The colder the street is, the more lively the house will be.

It was agreed with Wen Qiongfang a long time ago that the brothers from the Qi family would come over for the New Year's Eve dinner.Of course, Grandma Wen couldn't wish more. After many years of deserted and lonely Spring Festival, how could she refuse this "goose down quilt".

The New Year's Eve dinner was well prepared, so there were many procedures. On the afternoon of the New Year's Eve, Di Chu took Qi Ling and Qi Chi back to grandma's house.The ingredients had already been prepared. When Di Chu opened the door and walked in, Grandma Wen was cooking preserved vegetables and braised pork in the kitchen.

Qi Ling expressed that he wanted to help, but Di Chubai gave him a look, but did not agree.

Qi Chi is no different from an idiot who can't read people's eyes. When he heard that his brother wanted help, he hurried forward.

Di Chu blocked the two of them at the kitchen door, and was about to call Wen Rushui over to deal with Qi Chi's evil, when he found his sister was not at home.

"Grandma, where did Rushui go?" Di Chu turned to look at Wen Qiongfang, and had to be careful not to let the plague god of the Qi family get in.

Wen Qiongfang put the lid on the pot, and took out potatoes and lotus root festivals: "Xiao Shui, I'm going to deliver New Year's goods to a few close grandparents."

"Is there a lot of things? Why don't you wait for me to go with you?"

"Not many, she was the one who went there in previous years. Grandma is old and can't walk anymore. Those are the people who used to take care of Rushui, but now their children rarely come back. It's good for Rushui to go, and talk to them."

Hearing these words was not pleasant, and Di Chu thought about it for a while, if he and Rushui left in the future, what would be the difference between Wen Qiongfang and these empty nesters.

But she also promised Wen Qiongfang before, not to restrain herself because of these reasons.

Di Chu sighed from the bottom of his heart, let's talk about it after the college entrance examination, what's the big New Year's entanglement.

Qi Ling grabbed the right moment and screamed, "Grandma—"

It was a touching call.

Wen Qiongfang groaned, but had no time to answer.Di Chu hurriedly kicked one person, and brought out Wen Qiongfang's washed potatoes and lotus root joints from the kitchen, and gave them to the two brothers of the Qi family.

"Take it, plan it clean." Di Chu turned and closed the kitchen door, "Go and play."

Qi Ling and Qi Chi had never done this kind of work before, so they proposed to help in the kitchen just to impress Grandma Wen.

But some people are born without this tendon. When Di Chu came out to inspect the work of the two of them for the third time, he almost picked up the grater next to them and chopped them off.

Qi Ling was quite straightforward: "Chi'er, stay away from me, your fucking skin is flying in my face!"

Qi Chi argued hard, and the two courts confronted each other: "It's just such a trash can, I go to the toilet and dig it out? You eat after digging it out?"

Before Qi Ling recovered from his younger brother's series of sarcasms, Di Chu stepped into the battle zone: "Get out of here, what the hell are you cutting?"

I picked up the potatoes and lotus root joints in the hands of the two of them, and looked at them for a long time. Either they were peeled too hard, and the belt meat changed from "oval" to "strip", or they were too light, and there was no difference between peeling and not peeling. difference.

Di Chu held it in his hands and weighed it a few times: "Why are you so capable?"

Qi Ling saw that sacrificing labor power was not enough, so he had to change his posture to show courtesy.Turning to the kitchen and howling: "Grandma, do you drink tea?"

Wen Qiongfang smiled without losing face: "Drink."

Before Qi Chi got up, Qi Ling sprinkled tea leaves into the water and went to the kitchen to offer treasures.

Sitting at the side digging potatoes, Di Chu looked at Qi Ling's expression of "I'm so overwhelmed, let's get on my hips for a while", and didn't have the nerve to open his mouth to hit him.

Wen Qiongfang always only likes to drink boiled water, and the elderly can't sleep at night drinking tea.

When Wen Rushui came home, dinner was almost ready.Qi Chi hurriedly changed clients, hanging clothes and serving cups around Wen Rushui, the dirty thoughts in his heart were beyond words.

Wen Rushui didn't pierce it, and handed him the coat he took off kindly, then changed his shoes and ran into the kitchen to help.

The brothers of the Qi family can't do anything other than be courteous and helpful.Occasionally Wen Qiongfang said that there was a lack of seasoning, but the two were more diligent than the other.

Di Chu was busy back and forth, and had to take care of Qi Ling and the others, so that the two of them would not be idle.He also had to help Wen Qiongfang cook the New Year's Eve dinner, but after a few hours, he became the most tired one.

Now that Wen Rushui came, Di Chuteng took a rest, feeling a bit addicted to cigarettes, so he found an excuse to drag Qi Ling out.

"I haven't bought the firecrackers and fireworks tonight," Di Chu hinted to Qi Ling to bring cigarettes while putting on his coat, "you can eat when you buy them."

The two pretended to say hello and went downstairs, looking for a fireworks stand along the street.

In recent years, the "no-smoking order" has become more and more stringent. In previous years, there were still piles of fireworks and firecrackers sellers in the city, but now even in the county town, there are very few.

In the sporadic memories of my childhood, there are countless people who set off fireworks near the end of the year. Unexpectedly, it is only a few years ago, and those memories seem to be covered with a layer of dust for a long time.Shaking the dust to reminisce, it is inevitable to sigh.

Di Chu was smoking a cigarette, and Qi Ling was a few steps behind because he was tying his shoelaces.Di Chu dragged his feet and walked in front, still looking fearless.Qi Ling looked at this person, and slowly merged this figure with the back when they met for the first time.

Both seductive and ecstasy.

Qi Ling took three steps and two steps to catch up, and rushed towards Di Chu from behind.The latter was knocked so suddenly that he almost gnawed on the ground, and slapped his teeth back: "Are you looking for excitement during the Chinese New Year?"

"Hey, don't do it," Qi Ling said, "I just thought about it a while ago, and I feel that time is so fucking fast. We have known each other for half a year."

"Not yet, five months at most." Di Chu took a puff on his cigarette.

"Almost," Qi Ling secretly kissed next to his ear, "it's really fate."

As soon as this stubble was mentioned, the two couldn't help recalling it on the road.Di Chu accepted the joke with a smile, and his thoughts began to wander rapidly again.

Such days are so good that they seem to be stolen.When people reach a certain age, they will start to struggle with whether the status quo is what they want.It's not what I think, and occasionally complains about injustice.If it exceeds my expectations, I will feel that I am always carrying it and being afraid.

I am afraid that this kind of happiness will be unstable, and I will step on the air with one foot.

It took a lot of effort for Di Chu to accept the current life. If the first 17 years were a disaster, now it seems that it is a bit of a loss to know the blessings and misfortunes.

Qi Ling still whispered excitedly in his ear: "I need to buy four thousand firecrackers! Get rich in four seasons! Six thousand rings is fine, six or six are smooth. In fact, I prefer [-] rings. It will blow him up!"

"Scrap," Di Chu voted against, "My grandma's yard is full of old people. Are you responsible for scaring people into the hospital on New Year's Eve?"

In the end, I picked four thousand firecrackers, a box of fireworks, bought a few boxes of fairy sticks, and headed home.

Di Chu looked at the time, it was 06:30, the sky had already darkened.

After winter, the sky becomes extremely distant.The snow that had paused last night began to fall slowly again at this time, and the dusk became a little turbulent at that moment, as if something flashed across the horizon.

The pale moon rises quietly into the sky, and the silvery land of the world is like a desolate ancient time.

Di Chu tugged at Qi Ling's clothes: "Did you see that something seemed to flash past the horizon just now?"

"No." Qi Ling narrowed his eyes, then turned his head and squeezed Di Chu's chin to look at himself, "Here is your boyfriend, what are you looking at!"

"Fuck," Di Chu slapped the man's hand away, "You shameless thing."

As Di Chu thought, when they got home, dinner was already on the table, and they were just waiting for dinner.

Di Chu put the things at the door, and quickly asked Qi Ling to wash his hands and eat.

The family sat down around the dining table, and Wen Qiongfang smiled lovingly.

"How many years?" Wen Qiongfang's voice trembled, "the house has not been this lively for a long time."

Known as a good boy, Qi Chi immediately picked up a drink and respected his elders: "Grandma, if you don't dislike us, I will come to spend New Year's Eve with you every year from now on!"

"All right, all come! All come!"

After this back and forth, as soon as the conversation started, everyone looked at the delicious New Year's Eve dinner, moved their index fingers, and started to eat.

Wen Rushui briefly explained to grandma about the delivery of New Year's goods, saying that this year, which grandpa is alone again, and which grandma is in poor health, the situation is similar, and neither is very good.

Wen Qiongfang ate a few chopsticks and sighed.We have supported each other for so many years, whoever goes first today will go later tomorrow.In fact, there is a bottom line, but when the difference between yin and yang comes so quickly, it is still impossible to be calm in the end.

In Wen Qiongfang's own words, at this age, she has never seen anything.It should have been bearish.

Bearishness and acceptance are two different things.

He does not mean that.Di Chu was not very comfortable listening, and even Qi Ling could sense Wen Qiongfang's depression.He held Di Chu's hand under the table, and let go after a few seconds.Invisibly conveying his emotions: I am still with you.

Di Chu smiled, picked up the juice and said to Wen Qiongfang, "Grandma, please be happy during the Chinese New Year. May grandma have a longer life than Nanshan!"

Wen Qiongfang nodded, and didn't bring up the matter again, it was considered a revelation.

The atmosphere was subtle, and Qi Chi gave full play to his ability to make jokes and pretend to be crazy, and he managed to save the situation on the table that almost collapsed.

From life to study, from anecdotes to current affairs, there is nothing Chi Ye can't afford to talk about.

Wen Rushui is just right to help, Di Chu expresses his opinions from time to time, and Qi Ling only knows how to make the old man happy.Until the end of the New Year's Eve dinner, there was never a cold silence.

The Spring Festival Gala was on TV, but no one in the room was watching.In Di Chu's words: "Watching complaints on Weibo is definitely more exciting than the show."

Every year during the Spring Festival Gala, there are talents coming out in large numbers, and the jokes are full of jokes.

Wen Qiongfang has passed the age of keeping the year old, and goes to bed earlier every year.Seeing that it was almost ten o'clock, Qi Chi proposed to set off fireworks.

Wen Rushui stood by the window with Wen Qiongfang, and Di Chu brought Qi Ling and Qi Chi downstairs with the fireworks.

The old city is not strict about the setting off of fireworks. When they were eating just now, someone had set them off in the yard.

Di Chu walked into the yard in the dark, only a small light was on at the door.Qi Ling took out the lighter from his bag and told Di Chu and Qi Chi to stand aside.

It is customary to set off [-] red firecrackers first, in order to celebrate and ward off bad luck.

Before lighting the fire, Qi Ling yelled at the window: "It's time to light the fire! Be careful to cover your ears!"

Wen Rushui subconsciously helped grandma cover her ears, and then crackling firecrackers rang out in the yard.One after another, deafening.

"Me! Damn!" Qi Chi yelled and took a few steps back, "Damn it, my leg was blown!"

"Fuck," Di Chu scolded, "Me too!"

Qi Ling turned around and laughed at the two of them playing like pussies, Di Chu said: Do you believe that I tied you to a firework and blow it up to the sky for you?

"No, no, no," Qi Ling smiled and waved his hands, "I'm going to light the fireworks."

A box of dozens of fireworks is quite big, and the proprietress said it was beautiful when I bought it.Di Chu backed away, Qi Ling lit the fire and hurried back.

When the first shot was lifted into the air, Qi Chi shouted: "It's so beautiful!"

Then everyone's eyes were attracted by the fireworks.

Di Chu looked back at the window, Wen Qiongfang and Wen Rushui were standing there.The fireworks illuminated their smiling faces, and Di Chu's heart softened, remembering how he stepped into this yard and walked into that door a few months ago.Now how stable and steady the mood is.

These are given by relatives, so cherish them.

Di Chu was engrossed in his thoughts, suddenly his cheeks became hot, and Qi Ling turned his head to secretly kiss him on the cheek.Di Chu was flustered for a moment, and quickly pushed him away.

"Don't worry, grandma didn't see it." Qi Ling smiled.

Di Chu felt a little uncomfortable when he heard it, and he was not in the mood to appreciate the fireworks behind.After the fireworks went upstairs and sat with Wen Qiongfang for a while, the old man said that he was going to sleep, and the younger ones should also leave.

Wen Rushui is used to going to bed early and getting up early, so Di Chu, Qi Ling and the others got up and went home.

The Chinese New Year is as warm as imagined, but not as exciting as imagined.

When I get older, I don’t have all kinds of expectations about candy and lucky money when I was a child. Apart from reunion, there is not much meaning in the New Year.

Just as Qi Chi went out, Luo Zhi asked him to leave again.Di Chu and Qi Ling stood at the corner of the street, momentarily at a loss as to where to go.

It's boring to go home so early.If you stay outside, where should you go?

Qi Ling took out a cigarette from his bag: "What did you do on New Year's Eve before?"

"At home, or go out to play with Xu Lu." Di Chu buttoned up the double row, and re-tied the scarf, "New Year's Eve in the city, bars and dance halls are the craziest."

"It's not in the county," Qi Ling smiled, "I'm really sorry that you can't make waves this year."

"What a waste, I don't like going to bars."

"I'm a vegetarian." Qi Ling took Di Chu's hand and stuffed it into his bag, "Then I'll go with my brother tonight, and I promise to show you a different world."

Di Chu thought of a thousand possibilities, but he never thought that Qi Ling would take him to burn incense and worship Buddha.

This kind of activity, it stands to reason, rarely exists in the world of young people.In other words, apart from being with parents and elders, it is rare to have the idea of ​​burning incense and worshiping Buddha on your own initiative.

What he didn't expect was that there were huge crowds of people going to burn incense and worship Buddha at this point in the county town.

The farther you go in the southwest direction, the stronger the smell of gunpowder smoke from fireworks and firecrackers, so that people's nostrils are filled with this smell, and the sense of smell is about to fail.

Then Di Chu discovered that the reason why the other streets were so quiet was that the "missing persons" were all moving towards the Great Buddha Temple that Qi Ling mentioned.When they walked to the square of People's Park, it was a different scene.

Crowds crowded shoulder to shoulder, and vendors selling toys, fireworks, and snacks pushed mobile vehicles to sell.Adults lead children, couples hug each other, and students of the same age gather in groups.

The general direction of the flow of people all point to the Great Buddha Temple.

"To be honest, it's the first time I've seen people come out to burn incense without staying at home on New Year's Eve."

The crowd was too crowded, so Di Chu had to whisper in Qi Ling's ear.

Protecting Di Chu, Qi Ling raised his eyebrows: "There aren't too many people at this time. By twelve o'clock, we might not even be able to go up the mountain."

"Going to climb the mountain?" Di Chu couldn't believe it, did all the New Year's Eve come looking for abuse?

"The mountain is not high, and the focus is on worshiping Buddha. What kind of God of Wealth, Avalokitesvara, Wenquxing, etc."

"Hey, stop," Di Chu said, "You seem to understand it?"

Qi Ling's face was full of "you only know", and the old god said, "I come every year."

Di Chu went through all the gods in his mind: "You don't worship the God of Wealth every year, do you?"

"Oh, how do you know?" Qi Ling said.

"As far as your sexual orientation is concerned, it is really embarrassing for the Bodhisattva to worship Guanyin." Di Chu paused, "You stand in front of Wenquxing with your grades, and before you worship, I guess Wenquxing will kneel down for you first. "

Qi Ling shamelessly continued: "So I can only harass the God of Wealth every year. In the past few years, I have no love, and I have a 'career'. I just want to get rich."

Hearing this sincere explanation, Di Chu was so happy that he even forgot which god he wanted to worship.

Qi Ling's description was not exaggerated at all, the closer it was to the Great Buddha Temple, the more crowded it would be.At this time, even if Di Chu and Qi Ling held hands openly, no one cared.

Di Chu was trampled on his heels for the fifth time, and couldn't help sighing: "My fucking shoehorn will be trampled off."

Qi Ling shrugged with a smile: "Baby, then you are even more unsuitable to go to Tibet."

"What does this have to do with going to Tibet?"

"A friend of mine went to Tibet on the National Day last year. He pretended to be a young man to wash his soul. I don't know if he washed it or not. The only advice he gave us after he came back was to bring a few more pairs of shoes."

"Ok?"

"Like you, the shoehorn is gone."

After all, Di Chu laughed out loud, thought for a while and then shook his head. At this time, the situation between himself and others is a crow and a black pig, and they are not the same. He has no nerve to laugh at others.

When we got up the mountain, it was nearly twelve o'clock, and there were more people.The back of the head was pitch-black, and Qi Ling dragged Di Chu with difficulty to pay homage to various gods.

Walking up the mountain, the snow in many places was melted by the high temperature incense.The snow water flows through the branches, and the surrounding temples are resplendent, and the leaves are also shining with golden light.

The nose changes from gunpowder smoke to incense, and there is also the smell of incense money turning to ashes in the incense pool.

Qi Ling paid homage to the God of Wealth as usual, and led Di Chu all the way down the east stairs.After passing Wenqu Xingdian, countless lotus lanterns are placed on the open space at the entrance.Large and small candles lit up a sea of ​​flames, and the snowflakes in the sky melted before they could fall.

Under the lotus lantern, there is a lotus sign, which expresses the wishes of many students for academic improvement in the coming year.

Seeing that Di Chu was engrossed, Qi Ling pushed him into the Wenqu Xing Palace.

"Hurry up! Give me a bow! I want to be named on the Wishing Gold List!"

Di Chu was amused by the scene that the emperor was not in a hurry and the eunuchs were in a hurry, but he still turned around seriously, facing Wen Quxing, and knelt down solemnly and solemnly.

Di Chu kowtowed three heads, one for Wen Rushui, the second for Qi Chi, and the third for himself.

That's not counting Qi Ling, he has already worshiped the God of Wealth for him just now.

The moment he knelt down, Di Chu was more devout than ever.He doesn't believe in religion, and the colorful world of science is always more exciting than the world of bliss.

He even remembered that in the 11th year of Shunzhi, the master abbot of Guangyuan Temple once said: The Lord Buddha died long ago.

Pretty shocking.

The Lord Buddha died long ago, and what he left behind was only a seed called sustenance, allowing this miraculous seed to take root, multiply, blossom and bear fruit in the centuries or thousands of years behind him.

Now Di Chu has also begun to entrust her various long-cherished wishes to the gods of all walks of life.

If you can, you are willing.If not, it is fate.

When Di Chu came out of Wenqu Xingdian, he was still in a daze.For the first time, he faced up to the fact that he had such a strong sense of family belonging and such a strong desire to protect.

If you want to protect everyone, it doesn't matter whether it's Wen Qiongfang, Qi Ling, or Wen Rushui.It was only when Di Chu made his wish that he realized that he had many things he wanted, the most important of which was his family.

Qi Ling accompanied Di Chu to the viewing platform opposite the Great Buddha Hall. Di Chu was a little silent, but Qi Ling understood.When he brought Qi Chi to burn incense and worship Buddha for the first time, he had the same feeling.

People don't have to believe in religion, but they must have faith in order to live.

The two followed the crowd to the viewing platform, and the big clock in People's Park rang at twelve o'clock.

For a full twelve strokes, the sound of the bell was powerful and long.Almost the entire county can hear it.

The crowd started to cheer, and Di Chu's mood also became agitated.The new year comes in such a lively atmosphere, and the experience is really fresh.

Qi Ling put his arms around his shoulders, and said mysteriously, "Wait a little longer, there will be even more spectacular scenery."

Di Chu raised his eyebrows, and after 10 minutes, he understood.

His eyes widened subconsciously, and an exclamation slipped out of his throat. In Di Chu's eyes, the grand occasion of New Year's Eve was imprinted.

Piece after piece of Kongming lanterns rose from every corner of the city, and they rose slowly in the snow wind.At first, there were a few sporadic ones, and finally they became a sea of ​​lights.

In a few minutes, thousands of Kongming lanterns will turn into stars in the sky.

They flicker in flickering orange light, which complements the whiteness of the eyes.

The whole city is shining brightly.

The swaying Kongming lanterns, the clean city, the incense-filled Great Buddha Temple, and the crowded and noisy crowd.

Obviously everything does not reveal the word romance and happiness.

But the combination of these scenes made Di Chu so shocked that he could no longer speak.

I just feel weak in my legs.

Anyone who sees Kongming Lantern Sea for the first time will be so moved.

This is one of the important projects still preserved in the county. Many Kongming lanterns are written with people's wishes for the New Year.

To love, to friends, to family, even to the world.

Di Chu held Qi Ling's hand tightly in the dark, Qi Ling turned his head to look at Di Chu, his eyes were full of bright lights.

The sweetness in Qi Ling's heart began to overflow from the cracks, it's so good.He thought, it's great to meet Di Chu in this life.

Qi Ling gripped back and squeezed hard.

Di Chu smiled, and suddenly felt that the Lord Buddha might really exist.

Otherwise, how could I send such a beautiful person to my side.

Di Chu thought, he knew what he had communicated with Lord Buddha, and a silent look at each other was better than a single word.

In fact, Lord Buddha has already helped him.

When that seed was planted 2000 years ago.

The author has something to say:

①It is actually a tradition in my hometown to burn incense and worship Buddha during the Chinese New Year.

When I was studying in the past, I would go there on New Year's Eve, not because I really believed it, but purely for celebration.

② "Sea of ​​Kongming Lanterns" is also a real scene, which is really beautiful.When Kongming lanterns are raised from all directions in the whole city, especially a large sea of ​​lights in the sky, and a sea of ​​fire in the incense pool on the ground.

The scenery of the sky and the earth reflecting each other is very unforgettable.

③Good night, sweet dream, sweetheart~~ They are also sweet today~

They should go to school tomorrow, the winter vacation is short, and studying hard is the last word!Ha ha ha ha--

(really a stepmother...