Tales on the Green Train

Chapter 16 New Years

Hu Bing stayed with Zhang Yan until three o'clock in the morning in high spirits, and almost walked back with him in high spirits, but was quickly stopped by Zhang Yan.

The Acropolis at three o'clock in the morning is not quiet and deserted.The street lights are on all night, the sanitation workers are still busy, the food stalls and the night market have just closed, and the stall owners have already started to unload the cooking utensils from the tricycles, and a few small trucks run by on the road from time to time. Seasonal vegetables are delivered to restaurants and hotels.

Hu Bing was so complacent that he even forgot about the great goal of "kissing" temporarily.His usually wandering eyes are only focused on watching the night scene, and the salty pig's hand is honestly in his pocket at this time, and the slightest movement of the people next to him can make him excited and nervous for a long time, and then he looks over with two balls of warm sun .

Even the cold wind blowing over the bridge felt a lot warmer.

Obviously, Zhang Yan felt the same as him.His frightened quilt slowly rolled over, and he stepped into another world with a unique world.

Yeyue's curtain of dreams, tenderness in the spring breeze.

It was already 03:30 in the morning when we got home, and the two were lying on the bed with four dark circles under their eyes in good spirits.In the past, Hu Bing would hug her from behind meanly, but today the taste of the hug suddenly changed.Before, he only wanted to take advantage, and was possessive. Every second, he wanted to chew Zhang Yan's bones into dregs and swallow them all.

But today I suddenly received a green card, indicating that this road is feasible.On the contrary, his heart was beating violently, and just feeling the presence of the people around him, the blood rushed straight to his face.Hu Bing suddenly felt that he could sit still, so he could really be called a gentleman, and Liu Xiahui was so awesome!

Zhang Yan turned his back to him, his eyes were unusually bright in the darkness.His light brown pupils were filled with warm water vapor, and there was a smile on the corners of his mouth and eyebrows. He was as quiet as a sleeping cat, and he couldn't even hear his breathing.

Hu Bing moved forward quietly, "Are you asleep?"

Zhang Yan's smile deepened, but he remained motionless.

Hu Bing glanced at him with his arms propped up, then sneered and lay down again, "Let's talk if we can't sleep."

"...Well, what did you say?"

"Well, for example, do you want to buy the same clothes for Chinese New Year?"

Zhang Yan snickered a few times and said, "Couple outfit? Unless you want to wear white like me."

According to Hu Bingsi, this difficulty is really quite big, unlike Zhang Yan who has the habit of opening his screen everywhere.But at this time, the beauty is on the side, so let's put the country and other things aside first.

So Hu Bing agreed.

Zhang Yan moved his stiff body a few times, put his forearm behind his head, and said, "That's great, this saves me from doing laundry, and when I get dirty, I will change it with you quietly, and you can wash it clean." I'll secretly change it back."

Between the two of them, Hu Bing had already reacted to his movement, but now the desire to smile no matter how big it was, was gone.Really dumbfounding.

Hu Bing reluctantly began to plan for the New Year: "Get enough sleep tomorrow, go to the clothes shop the day after tomorrow, go to the Nandamen Fireworks Market to buy fireworks for Xiaonian, make dumplings and eat dinner on New Year's Eve, and go to People's Square at ten o'clock to watch Fireworks show, and then I have to go to the Milong Night Market. I don’t know what the Chinese New Year is like there...Where can I buy clothes? Century Square or Milong Night Market? look……"

After closing his eyes and squinting for a while, he added: "I don't seem to know how to make dumplings, can you?" Before Zhang Yan opened his mouth, he said, "My cooking skills are also average. How about some dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner? How about going to the restaurant to order some?" A dish?...I'd better go to the library tomorrow to pick up a cookbook. Anyway, I'm bored when you go to work. Is the city library on holiday?..."

Zhang Yan was very energetic at first, but now all the sleepy people who were nagged by someone's magic tricks came back, and fell asleep in a while.

Because I was too energetic the night before, I accidentally overslept the next day.Zhang Yan usually wakes up at ten o'clock, but today he slept until two o'clock in the afternoon.After the two of them had dinner, Zhang Yan took Hu Bing to Zhao's small carving shop to get back his "pocket money", and walked around Biyuan by the way.

Biyuan already has a new year flavor, and a stage is set up in the small square in the center. The grandpas and aunts sit on tricycles and bring folding benches to listen to the opera, and there are quite a few people.

Red lanterns were hung on street lamps, and neon lights and star decorations were wrapped around trees. Not far away, there were workers driving buses and climbing elevators to continue hanging decorations and national flags.

But the bus is still full of commuters, and they can only look forward to the approaching New Year and holidays.

Zhang Yan was very picky when he bought clothes, and he couldn't find anything after looking around for a few days. Besides, there were very few white clothes.Hu Bing couldn't help feeling that buying clothes is more rigorous than choosing a husband.

Of course, he only dared to think about it in his heart, and then continued to try on clothes with someone with a smile on his face.

It was not until the 21st of the twelfth lunar month that the clothes were finally finalized.

Maybe because of Hu Bing’s feelings, this dress looks more “serious” than the previous ones. It’s a simple slim-fit and fleece casual sweater with a cotton waistcoat. There are no extra ribbons or decorative pockets. It’s normal. go out.

It's just that Zhang Yan bought the beige one, and with the kindness of his wife, Hu Bing bought the navy blue one.

Hu Bing said: "It's okay, I will wash your clothes as usual, and you don't need to change them back and forth secretly."

The two of them put on their clothes and squeezed in front of the fitting mirror. Obviously, the dark color looked very capable, while the white looked more soft and clean.

Although Zhang Yan has nothing to do with the word "soft"...

Looking at the two people in the mirror, Zhang Yan suddenly stretched out a leg and said, "I feel like my legs are longer than yours."

Hu Bing also stretched out a leg: "Obviously I am two centimeters taller than you, logically speaking, my legs should be longer than yours."

Zhang Yan: "I'm not reasonable."

Hu Bing: "..."

Well, you cow.

The waitress couldn't help looking at them, and interrupted: "Your legs are the same length, if you like this one, I'll wrap it up for you."

So the two retracted their long legs one after another, and went back to the fitting room to change.As soon as Hu Bing entered this kind of private space, he always wanted to do something bad. He quickly hugged Zhang Yan from behind, and then carefully looked back at the door, "You have the longest legs, let me kiss you."

Zhang Yan tilted his head to avoid it, "No, wait until I kiss you first."

Hu Bing raised his eyebrows and let go: "It's fine, anyway, when you fall asleep, I can secretly kiss you enough."

Zhang Yan: "..."

Who is this.

After the two changed their clothes, Zhang Yan graciously went to the cashier to pay. Hu Bing suddenly felt that the clothes were worth a lot. Isn't this equivalent to a gift from Zhang Yan?

He cheerfully took the wrapped clothes from the waiter, turned around and asked the person who came back: "Where should we go shopping next?"

"Strolling around, it's very lively everywhere anyway."

As the Chinese New Year approaches, there are suddenly more vendors setting up stalls. Wherever you go, there are groups of hawkers who set up stalls and gather in groups. Before the urban management comes to arrest people, they quickly pack up their things and run wildly. "100 meters per second" is staged on the street every day.

Hu Bing and the others happened to see this scene when they came out of Century Square, and Hu Bing said with regret: "I wanted to buy a candied haws to fill my mouth, but I have already flown away after I left."

Zhang Yan squeezed his chin and squinted and said, "I suddenly thought of a business opportunity."

Seeing the man's expression, Hu Bing had an intuition that nothing good would happen, so he asked, "What do you want to do?"

Zhang Yan: "Make candied haws and sell them."

"..."

Hu Bing thought to himself, are you selling something or your face?Of course, if he said that, it would be like adding fuel to the flames. With Zhang Yan's personality, he might become more and more enthusiastic - how many little girls would he have to attract, and this white peacock would not be too happy!

So he thought about it for a moment and changed his words: "It's such a cold day, what should I do if I get frozen?"

Zhang Yan thought it made sense, and looked at him suddenly, "Yes."

"Well," Hu Bing nodded sincerely, "I'll study tonight, and I promise you can eat candied haws when you come back from get off work."

Zhang Yan asked with a smile: "How much is your guarantee worth?"

Hu Bing: "A lot of money."

As a result, when Zhang Yan came back from get off work, there were indeed several strings of candied haws on the coffee table, but there was an extra pot of canned hawthorn in the pot, and he didn't know how long he would have to eat it.

Hu Bing slept soundly. Before Zhang Yan closed his eyes, he kissed him lightly on the forehead, and then fell asleep with peace of mind.Not long after closing his eyes, he felt uncomfortable, as if something was missing, so he simply put one leg and one arm on him.

In a blink of an eye, the New Year's Eve is here.

On the day of New Year's Eve, the two of them woke up very early. The early Zhang Yan didn't have time to tidy up his hair, so he took out the hat Hu Bing gave him and put it on his head.

The two rushed to the earliest morning market to buy five catties of pork ribs, which was reminded by Zhang Yan.Zhang Yan said that there is no one who doesn't eat meat during the New Year?So the two sacrificed their sleep in order to eat meat.

I walked around and bought some miscellaneous vegetables and snacks.Thinking that I should post couplets on New Year's Eve, I was only focused on buying clothes and food a few days ago, so I bought a few more window grilles and couplets, plus a roll of tape.I have to make dumplings and bought another rolling pin.

Hu Bing had never been a housekeeper, Zhang Yan had been living carelessly, and the two of them were in a hurry for a while, let alone paying attention to rules and customs.

There were a lot of people in the morning market, of course, most of them were old men and old ladies. Hu Bing suddenly felt that the life of getting up early in the morning to visit the morning market was quite homely.He suddenly had a little longing for life after graduation, thinking that he would come to the morning market every day, and then go to the evening market together after get off work in the evening.

Tsk, don't mention how beautiful it is!

In summer, I wear flip-flops with big underpants and go shopping in the morning market...

However, Hu Bing glanced at the people around him, and felt that this guy would not go out in flip-flops and wearing big underpants, even his pajamas were more fancy than others: he wanted pure cotton instead of polyester, and he wanted pullovers Instead of buttoning, the trousers should not be too fat, or they will always slip up, and there must be pockets, or there will be no place to put your hands.Most importantly, the style must look good!

He also walks around the morning market with flip flops, he can use the morning market as a catwalk.

Hu Bing forcibly suppressed his fantasy of "walking around the morning market with flip-flops", and asked, "What else should we buy?"

Zhang Yan thought for a while, and said, "Then go back and catch up on sleep, and stay up late to celebrate the New Year."

Hu Bing changed his hand to hold the things, "Let's go home."

So the two of them crowded the morning bus with a group of uncles and aunts.

People are very busy on New Year's Eve, busy preparing sacrifices, preparing meals, and going door to door to give gifts to relatives and friends. Hu Bing and Zhang Yan only called their parents, and then lay in bed to catch up on sleep.

They just need to prepare their energy and meet the clock of 12 o'clock in the evening.

It wasn't until noon that I got up to put up window grilles and couplets, and then looked at the recipe to stew the ribs.While stewing, I remembered that the Chinese New Year seems to have to be cleaned.Finally, I found something to do for myself, and wiped everything with a rag for each person.It is said to be cleaning, but there are more elements of playfulness.

It wasn't until four or five o'clock in the afternoon that I started to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner in a hurry. The pots and pans in the kitchen were rattling, and I was almost "broken and safe" several times.

Zhang Yan glanced in admiration at the results of the two people on the coffee table overnight: scrambled eggs with tomatoes, scrambled eggs with cucumber, scrambled eggs with zucchini, seaweed egg drop soup, cold preserved egg sausage...

Even the dumplings made with great difficulty are filled with chives and eggs.

Zhang Yan felt that if he ate like this, his cholesterol would definitely soar, so he scratched his head and asked the people in the kitchen, "Can you cook anything other than scrambled eggs?"

Hu Bing said while cleaning the pot, "Yes, steam the sausage bought yesterday in the pot and cut it directly."

Zhang Yan: "..."

Hu Bing put the pots and pans away, turned around and wiped his hands, leaned closer and asked, "What else do you want to eat? I can also make fried cabbage with chili, bean sprouts with chili, and fried meat with chili—but we didn't buy meat. There are also chili scrambled eggs. I didn’t fry them mainly because I was afraid that you would hurt your throat.”

Zhang Yan: "..."

"Just fry the chili and you'll get it."

Hu Bing rushed over, "Come here, I'll give you something to eat, and you can eat whatever you want."

"Don't make trouble." Zhang Yan smiled and cursed and pushed him, "Didn't you say you're going to watch the fireworks show later?"

"Ah."

"Come back and give you a gift."

"What gift? It's mysterious."

"You'll know then."

The meaning of "New Year's Eve dinner" can be roughly disassembled as: a meal cooked overnight can be eaten for a year.The two of them cooked a table full of dishes and rushed to the People's Square to set off fireworks without eating a few mouthfuls.There is no way, the voice of the children downstairs is too cheerful, the fireworks in the sky are too gorgeous, and the host on the TV is too boring.

Zhang Yan changed into the peacock white with "waist showing", so he didn't have to worry about not being able to find him at night, and he didn't have to worry about scaring others.Fortunately, the street lights in the Acropolis are good, and it is easy to tell whether it is a human or a ghost.

There were many people in People's Square, and many communities in the Acropolis explicitly prohibited setting off fireworks.So young couples with children, teenagers and girls wandering around with lucky money, and these young people who have been busy for a year, all gathered here.Strangers who have never met will instantly become talking partners here, and will be classified as strangers again after 12 o'clock.

Hu Bing came here with a bag of fireworks and Zhang Yan, and said in his mouth: "Don't run around, don't flirt."

Zhang Yan scolded, "Am I such a dishonest person?"

As soon as he finished speaking, three thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls ran over: "You two handsome guys, please leave a call!"

Zhang Yan copied his pocket and said politely, "I'm sorry, have you heard about the Law on the Protection of Minors? We are at different levels, and I am at a disadvantage."

Hu Bing: "..."

I don't know if the little girl understood it, but he did anyway.

After passing the little girl, Hu Bing said angrily, "Oh, underage, what a pity."

Zhang Yan: "Even if I am an adult, I still have a way to send them away, regardless of gender."

Hu Bing almost said: I believe you are a ghost.But when he thought about it, Zhang Yan really only talked about his skills, and he never really messed around.Not only has he never messed around, he is so cautious about his feelings that he even sighs, otherwise he wouldn't have bothered chasing him.

Thinking of it this way, Hu Bing felt much more comforted, at least he only knew about the unknown side of this person.

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