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【Into the night. Grandma's room】

"Xiaoxiao, in the blink of an eye, you've become a big girl, and grandma is going to die too."

"Grandma, don't say that." Xiaoxiao stopped making the bed and looked at grandma.

"Xiaoxiao, just listen to grandma, we can't do anything in our house, art lovers, don't blame your parents." Grandma pulled the quilt from Bai Xiao's hands.

"Okay, grandma, I see, I don't blame them."

"Xiaoxiao, you are so old, you should be sensible, listen to your mother." Grandma smoothed Bai Xiao's hair with rough hands.

"Okay, I'm obedient, grandma, go to bed, you have to get up early on the first day of the new year tomorrow." Bai Xiao took off his coat and put it on the corner of the bed, helping grandma to bed.

"Xiaoxiao, you usually come back to see me and give me money, but grandma doesn't want money, so you just promise me that you will come back every Chinese New Year, and our family will have a good time this year, will it be possible?" Grandma lay on the bed, touching Bai Xiao's hand, asked Bai Xiao uneasily.

"Okay, grandma, I promise you." Bai Xiao turned off the light.

The mother who got the promise tilted her head and lay down inside.Bai Xiao leaned over and placed the shoes he had taken off by the bed.

-------remember--------

After the family finished their dinner awkwardly, Bai Xiao asked Bai Qi while washing the dishes:

"Brother, what is going on with the 18 yuan?"

"Didn't our village always disagree with moving into the community? To encourage everyone to move, the government stipulated that if you register before Laba, each household will be rewarded with 2 yuan, and if you fail to register after the new year, you will be deducted 1 yuan. When, that person lied to our grandma, saying that as long as our mother gave him 3 yuan, he would let the government give us 5 yuan per household. The man took the money and left. Our grandma didn’t know that she was cheated, and insisted on 15 yuan. Counting the government's 18 yuan, it becomes [-] yuan."

"Then, why don't grandma ask, ask my aunt and uncle?"

"Xiaoxiao, you don't know, my grandma has a strong heart. My parents and my uncle and sister-in-law were busy some time ago. If we use our grandma, she doesn't want everyone to think that she is useless and a drag."

—————Memories end——————

Bai Xiao sat quietly, knowing that grandma was snoring lightly, she didn't know if she did something wrong, she must have done something wrong, but what should she do, how can she make it up?Could she just turn and walk into the mud from which she tried a thousand times to escape?

"Beep." The vibration of the phone disturbed Bai Xiao's thoughts, and she reached for the phone.

A WeChat friend request, without notes.

Bai Xiao doesn't play WeChat very often. In fact, there are only a few college classmates in her circle of friends, and she usually only chats about: "The boss has to work overtime again, it's hard work.", "A certain brand of clothes is going to be discounted" and other trivial things Bai Xiao didn't have any of their troubles, because those were just things that Su Mei said, and the dreams Bai Xiao tried to talk about didn't appeal to them at all.

Like an island rejected by the mainland, Bai Xiao felt that it seemed difficult for him to go ashore and return to the crowd.

Bai Xiao's thumb paused on the top of "reject" for a long time, and finally moved to "agree", so that's it, maybe the other party is just like herself, lonely, and this is the only comfort she can give.

"Beep." The urgent reminder sounded, Bai Xiao quickly turned down the volume, and the phone vibrated in the palm of his hand, like a baby's fist. "Happy New Year, Bai Xiao, I'm Cheng Shu."

Bai Xiao felt his brain explode, and those memories that he thought were forgotten were flowing around. Bai Xiao stared blankly at the words on the screen, and subconsciously held his breath.Cheng Shu, it's Cheng Shu.

Bai Xiao pulled the quilt, put his face on the quilt, and didn't dare to look at the screen, but the phone didn't ring for a long time.

It's just an ordinary greeting, it's just a small custom of the Spring Festival.Bai Xiao couldn't express the loss in his heart.

Suddenly, the phone rang again. Bai Xiao panicked and almost dropped the phone.

a voice. 47 seconds.

When Bai Xiao was hesitating whether to click on it, grandma turned over, and the warm air fell on Bai Xiao's waist.

The earphones are in the bag, over there on the bedside table.Bai Xiao didn't want to disturb grandma, but the snow-white screen was still showing its existence in an aggressive manner. In 47 seconds, what will he say? Will he tell a funny story in high school or will he say: "Bai Xiao, I'm getting married, will you come to my wedding?"

Bai Xiao turned off the volume little by little, then clicked on the small speaker and placed it on his chest.

Can you hear me like this?

Stupid isn't it?

However, apart from regret, we dare not have anything.

The author has something to say:

Originally, I wanted to set that grandma was cheated in order to save money for art for Bai Xiao, but after thinking about it, I gave up. Firstly, it is a bit vulgar. Second, grandma actually represents a more conservative generation. They are unlikely to accept art, and more importantly What's more, they admit that the children, namely Bai Xiao's father, Bai Zhigang, uncle and aunt, are the center of gravity in the family, not the center, but the center of gravity.Therefore, grandma will object to the eldest son's "unfilial piety", but will not resist.