Pastoral Daily Life

Like Xiaohua's Home Cooking Restaurant, Micro Gardening also has a holiday on New Year's Eve.Lu Lingxi hung a small wooden board outside the gate of Weiyuanyi to indicate that it will officially open on the eighth day of the first month of the new year.He didn't want to rest for such a long time, but Wang Shuxiu said that he had worked hard for half a year, so he had a good rest during the Chinese New Year.Lu Lingxi didn't want to take away Wang Shuxiu's intentions, so she agreed.

In the morning, after a rare sleepover, when Lu Lingxi woke up rubbing her eyes, Xiao Feng had already run around outside with Dahei.As an energetic dog, Da Hei likes to go out and exercise.It's a pity that Lu Lingxi's physical strength can't keep up, and Dahei insists on not hurting Lu Lingxi's "self-esteem". It is rare to have fun with Lu Lingxi, and only when Yan Yue and Xiao Feng take him out can Dahei run around happily .

"Dahei has good stamina and explosive power." Xiao Feng praised Dahei while opening the door.

Dahei squinted his eyes, calmly squatted at the door, raised his paw and waited for Xiao Feng to wipe it.

Xiao Feng blushed, imitating Lu Lingxi, wiped Dahei's four paws, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's time for Xiaoxi to get up, let's go and see Xiaoxi."

Dahei let out a low cry, and trotted into Lu Lingxi's room.Just as Lu Lingxi sat up, Dahei stood half upright with his front paws resting on the head of the bed, looking at Lu Lingxi gently.Lu Lingxi slept well, touched Dahei's head in a good mood, and said casually, "Go out with Dad?"

Dahei yelled a few times, Lu Lingxi laughed, and said helplessly: "Understood, I'll go out for a run when the weather gets warmer." After speaking, he smiled and flicked Dahei with his fingers, jokingly said: "Dahei, you really He looks more and more like Brother Yan."

Yan Yue always felt that Lu Lingxi was too thin and not particularly healthy.In addition to urging him to eat every day, he also encouraged Lu Lingxi to get up early and run.Lu Lingxi was forced to hold on for a while, and refused to go out because it was too cold.Yan Yue had nothing to do with him, and talked about exercising several times.I don't know when Dahei remembered that Bi Yanyue was more concerned about this matter.

After talking about Dahei, Lu Lingxi stretched out his hand and pulled Xiaohe out from under the pillow.Xiao Hei was not fully awake yet, he stared blankly at Lu Lingxi, and after a while he slowly wrapped himself around Lu Lingxi's hand.Lu Lingxi pulled it off by the tail and stuffed it into the pajamas pocket. "Don't make trouble." He patted Xiao Hei's protruding head, got up and went to the bathroom.

While Lu Lingxi was washing up, Xiao Hong's family of "three" came to the community.Xiao Hong also brought a few boxes of firecrackers along the way, smiled and said to Lu Lingxi, "I bought these for you, Xiaoxi." Lu Lingxi was a little curious, he had seen this kind of firecrackers on TV, and Xiao Feng also hugged them a few days ago Several boxes came back, but he never played with it himself.

Xiao Feng took it from Xiao Hong's hand, and said casually: "The family has already bought a lot."

Xiao Hong didn't take it seriously, "There are still so many of these things, and they will be gone after a while. It's only once a year, let Xiaoxi have a good time." He turned to Lu Lingxi, "Uncle will accompany you to set off firecrackers later, uncle This is the best."

"Okay." Lu Lingxi nodded obediently.

Zhou Xiaoman listened to Xiao Hong's words, and whispered to Wang Shuxiu: "Our old Xiao has not had such a trouble in a few years. I think he is the happiest in the past few years during the Chinese New Year."

In the past, Xiao Hong and Zhou Xiaoman didn't have any children, so adding Xiao Feng during Chinese New Year was just three people.Occasionally, Zhou Xiaoman's parents are also there. The old couple are getting old and don't like to be lively, so they go to bed early every year.Xiao Hong felt that the past year was boring, and he was not as happy as this year.Although it is said that there are two more people, it feels completely different.Especially looking at Lu Lingxi, Xiao Hong is simply more competent than Xiao Feng, eating, drinking, playing, and buying whatever he thinks of.He also whispered to Zhou Xiaoman in private that Xiaoxi is just too obedient, it would be better if he was a little more noisy and shouted like other kids wanting this one to like that one.

After Zhou Xiaoman finished speaking with a smile, Wang Shuxiu also laughed and said with emotion, "The family hasn't been this lively for several years."

After breakfast, Wang Shuxiu directed Xiao Feng to put up Spring Festival couplets at the door, Zhou Xiaoman was frying meatballs in the kitchen, Xiao Hong watched for a long time and had nothing to do, so he took Lu Lingxi to the open area of ​​the community to set off firecrackers.

"Come on, let's put a fire tree and silver flower first."

Xiao Hong excitedly ignited the firecrackers in his hand, and pulled Lu Lingxi back a few meters away.He said he bought these for Lu Lingxi to play with, but the fact is that he had a great time playing alone.Before Lu Lingxi approached, Xiao Hong stopped him and motioned for him to come.Lu Lingxi simply squatted aside with Dahei and Xiao Wanwan, watching Xiao Hong light one after another with a smile.This is much more interesting than watching it on TV.I don't know if it was because they took the lead, but the community soon heard firecrackers one after another.There were children watching from a distance, Xiao Hong lit one, and they raised their heads and collectively exclaimed.

Xiao Hong had more fun playing.

The day passed in such a noisy way, and at night, the whole community was filled with the sound of firecrackers.Looking from the balcony, half of the sky is full of light and fireworks are shining.Lu Lingxi lay on the balcony and looked up. Behind him, Wang Shuxiu and the others were busy preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.

"Where's the garlic you smashed, Xiaohua?"

"The dumplings should be out of the pan soon."

"The stewed meat is a bit bland, add more salt."

"Where's the bottle of wine I brought, Xiaoman, where did you put it, take it out later and let's all have a drink."

A messy conversation sounded, and because of the sound of firecrackers outside, everyone raised their voices, and Lu Lingxi laughed softly when he heard it.He never knew that Chinese New Year would be so fun. It was the first time for Lu Lingxi to post Spring Festival couplets, set off firecrackers, hang lanterns and make dumplings.He participated in every activity with great interest, and his only regret was that Yan Yue was not by his side.I wonder what Yan Yue is doing now?Will the Yan family be as lively as the family?Lu Lingxi patted Dahei's head, and whispered: "Dahei, I miss Brother Yan."

Dahei didn't yell, but gently licked Lu Lingxi's fingers, the corners of Lu Lingxi's mouth turned up slightly, and his eyes became warm.

When Lu Lingxi was thinking about Yan Yue, Yan Yue was also thinking about Lu Lingxi.At eight o'clock in the evening, the Yan family mansion was quiet.Except for the red lanterns lit up in the courtyard, there is no atmosphere of Chinese New Year in the whole mansion.

In the restaurant, Yan Shihui sat at the head, and Yan Yue and Yin Qinglan sat on his left and right sides.An Jie sat beside Yan Yue in embarrassment, he really couldn't stand the atmosphere here.No one spoke, and everyone just ate the food in front of them in silence. Although the food was prepared with great care, An Jie still felt like he couldn't eat it.He cast a vague glance at Yan Shihui, only seeing perfunctory and alienation on the other's face.Of course, Yan Shihui was not bad, but Yin Qinglan, who was facing Yan Yue, frowned slightly, with an unconcealable disgust on her face.

Although An Jie knew that both Yan Shihui and Yin Qinglan's emotions were aimed at each other, but looking at the expressionless Yan Yue, he finally had a deep understanding of why the boss had psychological problems.It is very difficult for normal people to appear in such an abnormal family environment. Should he be glad that the boss did not grow into an antisocial personality disorder?

An Jie complained silently in his heart, and looked at Yan Yue with some sympathy.Obviously, the relationship between the parents is broken, and each has a family, but every year during the Chinese New Year, they get together to act as a family.They may not feel anything about it, but to Yan Yue, the new year's celebrations are just reminders of his embarrassing situation of being abandoned by his parents.

I'm done eating. "Yan Yue said and gently put down his chopsticks.

An Jie breathed a sigh of relief, and put down his chopsticks almost immediately, "I'm done eating too."

"Why do you only eat such a small amount?" Yan Shihui asked with concern.

Yan Yue said lightly: "I don't have much appetite."

"A Yue, this fish is not bad..." Before Yin Qinglan could finish her sentence, Yan Shihui interrupted her, "A Yue has no appetite, go back and rest early."

"Yan Shihui, you!" Yin Qinglan gave Yan Shihui a dissatisfied look.

Yan Yue was too lazy to listen to their quarrel, so he got up and left the restaurant.An Jie quickly followed, and behind them, Yan Shihui and Yin Qinglan had already quarreled.It seems to be like this every year, Yan Yue thought a little self-deprecatingly, starting from silence and ending in quarrel.

"Boss." An Jie was a little embarrassed, not knowing what to say to Yan Yue.

On the contrary, Yan Yue didn't take it seriously, and said directly: "I'll ask the butler to bring you something to eat." Apparently, Yan Yue saw that An Jie didn't eat anything at all, and thought so, few people could eat in that kind of atmosphere .

He looked indifferent, and An Jie breathed a sigh of relief, "Then you, boss?"

"I'll call Xiaoxi." At this moment, Yan Yue only wanted to hear Lu Lingxi's voice.

When the phone rang, Lu Lingxi bit into half of a dumpling and felt something was clenched inside. When she spat it out, she found it was a brand new dime.

"Xiaoxi is good, a good start." Xiao Feng said immediately.

Xiao Hong laughed and patted Lu Lingxi on the shoulder, took out a bulging red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Lu Lingxi. "Come on, Xiaoxi takes it, this is a reward for getting money."

Xiao Feng joked together: "Brother, have we eaten yet?"

"Yes, there are." Xiao Hong took out five red envelopes in one breath, and patted them on the table, "I'm ready, your sister-in-law has wrapped five money in total, and whoever gets the reward will get one."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Wanwan rushed over like an arrow, holding his small bowl in his mouth, inside was a dumpling with a broken skin, showing half a coin.

A group of people: "..."

"Puchi..." Zhou Xiaoman couldn't hold back his laughter at first, and everyone laughed along with him.Xiao Hong patted Xiao Wanwan's head, "Xiao Wanwan did a good job."

Xiao Wanwan cried out excitedly.

In the commotion, Lu Lingxi walked to the balcony with her mobile phone, and said softly, "Brother Yan."

Yan Yue's voice resounded, unusually clear in the noisy background. "eating?"

"Yeah." Lu Lingxi happily told about the money he got, along with Xiao Wanwan.

Yan Yue chuckled when he thought of Xiao Hong's bulging red envelope, and Lu Lingxi asked casually, "Brother Yan, have you eaten the dumplings yet?"

"have eaten."

"I didn't even know that dumplings could be filled with money. Brother Yan, is it the same with you?"

"No." Yan Yuerou said: "There is nothing in the dumplings here."

"Then I'll make it for you when you come back. I also learned how to make a few dumplings in the afternoon. It's very simple."

"it is good."

Lu Lingxi's voice was gentle and soft, and Yan Yue's depression caused by the meal just now was swept away.He imagined the smiling face of the young man at this time, and his heart suddenly softened.He was extremely fortunate at this time, in his desolate 27 years of life, he met Lu Lingxi.