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This year has been very lively.

Our office was on holiday at 27, and I went home to accompany my dad to do hygiene. My dad grew up with his grandparents, so he respected these customs, making cobwebs, sending stoves to the Lord, and writing Spring Festival couplets. The two fathers and sons of the Li family were afraid that he would be tired, so they followed him to help like two door gods. But my dad has a good memory, and there are many routines that emerge endlessly. Seeing that Li Zhurong's face became more and more ugly, I hurriedly told my dad, I remember all these things, let me do it, and ask him to rest for a while.

My dad listened to me more, so he decided to rest for a while, and sent Li Xiu to listen to my instructions. Li Xiu didn't know whether he would like it or not, so he didn't say a word, and followed me to do things with a straight face.

He hasn't talked to me since I returned the alpaca to him.

Especially my dad criticized him when he heard about it, to the effect that he did not consider the other party when he gave the gift, and the alpaca needs to be taken care of continuously, which is his fault.

The Li family is like this. They seem to be extremely arrogant, but in fact they are easy to suffer from being dumb, because they refuse to explain at all, thinking that explaining is to shirk responsibility.So they are often misunderstood, and what I admire most about them is that even if they are misunderstood, they still refuse to explain, just like the eminent monks who have practiced closed-mouthed meditation for hundreds of years, it seems that if they open their mouths, disasters will come and life will be destroyed Same.

I apologized to him in private, but he ignored me, probably because he was really angry.

I said goodbye to the alpaca, who was busy grazing.

There are plenty of big things on the New Year's Eve, and four people sit around a table, which is not as lively as the table of the servants outside.But people like my dad are probably born with the ability to be warm and glowing. He gave each of us a red envelope, even Li Zhurong, made two dishes, and said a lot of auspicious words, like blessing children It's the same, but the two fathers and sons like this set very much. Although they are still stern, they look very happy.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, I didn't really want to go, but my dad stood in the corridor looking forward to watching it, so I went. Li Xiu gave me a share and set off a lot by himself.I asked him, "Do you like playing this?"

"My dad thought I would like to set this off, so I showed it to him." He was talking about my dad who was watching us from behind, and Li Xiu stuffed a large handful of fireworks into my hand: "He's looking at you! Let it go quickly. "

I had no choice but to start to set off fireworks too, with the smell of saltpetre in my hands, but my dad was very happy. He thought I also liked fireworks very much, and thought I had a lot of fun setting off fireworks.

I looked back, in the sky full of fireworks, he was standing in the corridor, half a head shorter than Li Zhurong.He has become thinner over the years, but he is still smiling, with stars in his eyes.

Time keeps moving forward, year after year.

They said that Lu Feixia's health was failing.

I am terrified that my father will grow old, that he will get sick, that he will die.

I really want time to freeze, just stop at this moment, without the growth of one year and one year old, without birth, old age, sickness and death, my dad will always stand behind me and treat me as a child under his wings.

This year is still the Li family father and son to keep the year old.

My dad was afraid that I would not be able to hold on, so he went to bed when I was sleepy. I was in the living room with an open fire in the fireplace, and the whole body was hot.

The crackling sound of fireworks is still heard outside, I don’t know which family’s children are playing, and there are adults stopping, the housekeeper and the chef are chatting about next year’s year in the porch, and the kitchen is chopping the minced meat for tomorrow morning, the chef and the housekeeper To say hello to Li Xiu, he should go outside at this time to call Lu Jiaming...

Love is really a strange thing, even a fierce person like Li Xiu can miss someone without a teacher.

I wonder what Zheng Ao is doing now.

There is no older man in the Zheng family, and he is the only pillar of the Zheng family.

Guan Ying hated him and refused to see him, but he had no other relatives.

Did he live alone this year?

He said that sometimes he felt cold and didn't want to say a word. He said that at that time he had to come to me because I was very warm here.

But he can't come to me now.

I thought of the child of his blood, the child of the girl named Hao Shi.I remember one time, Hao Shi’s friend, a girl named Ni Yunlan, called me and said that something serious had happened. I was in a bad state at the time and answered her rudely, but I had her phone's.

I think what she said has something to do with that child.

Maybe after the Chinese New Year I should go find her.

If it is true that Hao Shi is not good to the child, or does not want to bear the burden of the child, I think the Zheng family should find the child back.

Everyone deserves a warmer childhood.

On the first day of the new year, everyone returned to the old house.

Many people came in the second day of junior high school.

Xia Zhifei was senior, so he went to his house first, but his family had a patient this year, so he didn't entertain him for long, and came back after a while.

Then they came to Li's house.

Xia Chen still looks like a modest gentleman in my impression. The Xia family has the most upright appearance. The Li family is too cold and has always been of mixed blood. The Zheng family is a bit neutral.But if they are all dressed up, it doesn't make much difference.

Zheng Ao paid New Year's greetings to Li Zhurong very politely, and took the red envelopes. Li Xiu and him have always shown brotherhood in different ways, so they didn't even say hello. Glancing at Li Xiu, Li Xiu snorted twice as a greeting.

Zheng Ao walked up to me.

I saw his neat stand-up collar, his sharp chin, and the habitual hook on his lips.

"Xu Lang, happy new year, good health and good luck."

He looked me in the eyes and said.

"Happy New Year, everything goes well, happiness and well-being."

As usual, the host family will serve tea during New Year's greetings.Moreover, these families with good relations often get together during the Spring Festival.

Because Lu Jiaming was here, Li Xiu didn't bother to talk to Zheng Ao, and took Lu Jiaming to see something.The rest of the elders took good care of Zheng Ao, sitting in the main hall and talking to him.

My dad came over suddenly and handed me a red envelope.

"Give this to Zheng Ao later." He whispered to me.

"What is this?" I kind of want to take it apart.

"Don't tear it down, it's money." My dad whispered, "There are two more life mottos."

"Any tricks up your sleeve?" I asked him.

My dad glanced around.

"The Guan family is about to have an accident after the new year. Zheng Ao's uncle and grandpa may go to jail. Zheng Ao must be feeling bad." He had no idea that he caught the wrong point: "Xiaoyao told me this."

Lu Jiaming's father, Mr. Lu Zhixu, was a colleague of my father at the beginning and had a good relationship. He often came to play with my father. Li Zhurong didn't like him very much.However, Xia Chen treated him very well and spoiled him very much.So Li Zhurong had nothing to do.

It’s not that my dad doesn’t understand the twists and turns of human nature, but that he always has an almost naive optimism about human nature, so he will never understand——Zheng Ao will have a sad life in the future, not because he will sympathize with the Guan family.It's because Guan Ying will definitely hate him after the Guan family collapses.Moreover, the Zheng family had already lost a Zheng Yehu, and a powerful in-law fell down again. Someone would definitely take the opportunity to do something wrong.

I glanced at Zheng Ao in the main hall.

He was sitting in the seat that originally belonged to Zheng Yehu, he was chatting with Xia Chen, his expression was very calm, wondering if he noticed that I was looking at him, he turned his face to this side, I quickly turned my eyes away.

If there are guests, it is customary to reserve a meal.

In the past two years, Lu Feixia was in poor health, and without a major promoter, Mr. Lu couldn't make any big waves by himself. He could only play for an hour or two at most, and Lu Feixia wasn't around, so he could only win. My dad died, but I may not win, so I lost badly.After losing for two years, his enthusiasm is not high.

It was a lively meal at night.

My dad and Li Zhurong were sitting on top, I was sitting next to my dad, next to Teacher Lu, Li Xiu was sitting on the left of Li Zhurong, next to Lu Jiaming, the dishes were almost ready, Xia Chen and Zheng Ao came out of the study one after another .

"Xia Chen has something to do with Zheng Ao this time?" My dad asked.

Li Zhurong spoke first.

"Xia Chen is doing aviation, Zheng Ao has several lines in Europe and America, it is very convenient to buy old planes." He explained to my dad: "Zheng Ao works hard."

To be able to get Li Zhurong to say "work hard" shows that he has worked hard.

A servant came over to add a seat, Xia Chen sat next to Teacher Lu, usually a butler would entertain him on such occasions, I was peeling pine nuts, the butler said behind me: "Mr. Xu, please step aside."

I quickly moved the chair away.

The housekeeper added two chairs between Teacher Lu and me. Zheng Ao nodded to me and sat next to me.

I quickly put away the pine nuts.

"Okay, everyone is here, let's serve dinner." My dad greeted the guests as the host: "Housekeeper, don't pour wine for Xiao Lang and Xiao An, children can't drink."

I heard Zheng Ao chuckled, probably sitting too close, the sound seemed to be right next to my ears, and my ears were a little feverish.

Lu Zhixu took Lu Jiaming's cup: "My Jiaming can drink, Jiaming is a man."

He has always been disgusted with Li Xiu's bullying Lu Jiaming, so he has been thinking of ways to stimulate Lu Jiaming's masculinity. Unfortunately, Lu Jiaming's personality is a bit soft by nature. Holding a cup, he whispered: "I can only drink half of it. cup."

"It's okay, I'll help you drink." Li Xiu patted him on the shoulder: "Dad, I'm helping a friend, right?"

My dad is still a little worried, but it's completely unnecessary.When I used to play with Zheng Ao, I often met Li Xiu. He could drink very well, and he was almost never drunk. Of course, it may be because no one dared to drink him.

The dishes are all served, and the table is full of steaming heat. The large yellow croaker made in the kitchen is stewed until it melts in the soup. There is a bowl of milky white fish soup in a blue and white porcelain bowl. I don’t know how many precious medicinal materials are put in it.The rest of the meat, vegetables, and all kinds of seafood are all well-cooked, and the fireworks are set off outside, making it lively like New Year's Eve.

In fact, such an occasion is suitable for eating hot pot. Unfortunately, there were two elders surnamed Lu on the table before. They were not in good health, but they never refused to eat clear soup pots. They are very agile and leave no trace, so as long as the two of them are there, there will be no hot pot. This year, Lu Feixia is not here, because of Mr. Lu's relationship, there is still no hot pot.

Probably because I drank the hot soup, and the crystal skin jelly I ate was a bit spicy, so I was so hot that my face was almost red, and Li Xiu had already taken off his coat on the opposite side, and he was wearing a good white shirt. Lu Jiaming was picking and picking from the dishes in front of him, and Lu Jiaming was picking up the dishes for him in a good voice.My dad couldn't eat much by himself, so he told Li Zhurong when he tasted good food, Teacher Lu was staring at Li Xiu.

My mood is like a hot air balloon, countless hot air is rushing upwards, I am a little dizzy, but I am still in a happy mood.

Because Zheng Ao was sitting next to me.

He didn't talk to me, but sometimes whispered to Xia Chen beside him. Although Xia Chen is a gentleman, he can concentrate on two things. While talking to Zheng Ao, Teacher Lu couldn't help but throw chopsticks at Li Xiu's. At that time, he pressed his hand down and patted the back of his hand twice.

Teacher Lu kicked him under the table, Xia Chen didn't hide, his face remained normal.

There is a sea urchin steamed egg that tastes very good. When it was turned in front of me, I stretched out my hand to hold it, and touched Zheng Ao's hand holding the cup.

"Sorry." I whispered.

He smiled at me.

He seemed to have let go, and the smile didn't reach his eyes.His smile now is no different from that of Xia Chen and Li Xiu.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zheng Ao stood up with a cup in his hand.

"Uncle Li, let me toast you, thank you for your care."

After Zheng Yehu left, what Li Zhurong did was a model for his elders. Externally, he tied the Li family and the Zheng family together to prevent everyone's coveting. Internally, he trusted Zheng Ao unconditionally and let him do it.Among all the people of the same age, Zheng Ao is the only one who has taken on such a huge responsibility at this age. At this age, Li Xiu is considered capable, and others like Wang Lang and He Lianshan are eating, drinking, drinking and playing with women.The reason why the Zheng family is like this is because there is really no one available, but the Li family follows the adventure without hesitation.

Li Zhurong raised his cup and raised it to him.Li's family members are all overwhelmed, which is already a very high regard for Zheng Ao's performance.

When Li Xiu saw it, he snorted very unhappily. I guess the snort probably meant "you are just lucky." As for what "good luck" refers to, if Li Zhurong knew, he would probably beat him up. Suddenly.

"Uncle Xia, thank you too."

Xia Chen was young but senior, and he deserved his name, so he also sat down and drank this glass of wine.

Zheng Ao's third glass of wine turned towards my dad.

"Uncle Xu, I respect you for this cup. I am young and ignorant. Thank you Teacher Xu for your understanding."

The whole table couldn't figure out the meaning of the glass, and my dad was also very confused. He stood up holding the wine glass and glanced at me.

We convey a myriad of messages in our fleeting eye contact.

My dad's eyes mean: How could Zheng Ao respect me?Is it because of the red envelope?

What I mean is: Impossible, I haven't given him the red envelope yet.

But my dad still accepted Zheng Ao's toast, but Li Zhurong drank the wine instead.

When Zheng Ao sat down, I glanced at him.

He smiled politely at me.

I couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

After dinner, the guests will go back.

My father is not in good health and cannot be sent too far. Li Xiu and I sent them outside the garden.

Li Xiu sent to Xia's family, and I sent to Zheng Ao.It was snowing heavily outside, and the housekeeper held an umbrella for us. I asked him to send Xia's family off, and walked through the garden with Zheng Ao under an umbrella.

The Li family grows a lot of roses, and the roses on the roadside are covered with snow. It is said that plum blossoms have a strong character, but I like roses very much. The thorns are hard, and the flowers are bright. Out of the arbor's soaring momentum.After snowing, the branches and rhizomes are as cold as iron. In the next spring, the flower branches will be full again, and the flowers will bloom like blood red.

The butler gave us two black cloth umbrellas. The path was very narrow. We walked to the door one after the other. I followed behind him, looking at the hem of his coat and the heels of his boots covered with snow.I don't know when, he also had such a resolute and silent back.

I sent him to the door, and the car was waiting outside.

He held an umbrella and turned to look at me.

"Let's send it here." His expression was calm, and he didn't see the previous embarrassment at all. His coat was black, and the neat neckline showed a face that was more beautiful than the sculpture, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"Okay." I lowered my head, and suddenly remembered one more thing, and quickly took out the red envelope my dad gave me from my pocket: "This is for you, it's from my dad."

He took it, he was wearing gloves, and he touched my fingers.

The red envelope was opened.

"...Don't believe that the frost bullies the snow today, and wait for the flowers to fill the building in the tomorrow." He read the motto written by my father and laughed: "It's a good omen."

"Yeah." I followed him.

All the words that should be said have been said, the greetings, greetings, and auspicious words of New Year greetings have all been said cleanly, and even the farewell words have been said. I am his friend, and friends can only be sent here.

Earlier he asked me what love is like.At that time, I was full of desire to be a glacier, and did not answer him.

Thinking about it now, love is probably deep despair and longing, because you stand in front of him, knowing that this person will not belong to you, his future, his life, cannot allow you to participate, the position next to him, in the car The passenger seat of your car, the chair next to you during the Chinese New Year, and the places he goes to when he feels cold, have nothing to do with you.

However, just watching him leave like this, knowing that he will go to a farther place, have a better life, and be as complete and happy as the protagonists in all stories, I feel at ease in my heart.

We have experienced a long, long story, very complicated and complicated grievances, and finally came to the present, without sadness or joy.

I stood there with an umbrella and watched him go forward.

When he came, there were only two cars. Zheng Yan waited outside the car with an umbrella and opened the door for him.

"Xu Lang, they will come to my house to pay New Year's greetings the day after tomorrow, will you come?"

"Will do."