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During the Chinese New Year, Mi Yang took his younger sister back to Shanhai Town a few days in advance.

The old lady Cheng has been in good health for the past two years, even some chronic diseases cannot be cured for a while, and she is taking medicine one after another.The old man didn't expect that the Mi Yang brothers and sisters would come back early this year, so they were very happy, and they were busy preparing food for them, "There are no good dishes at home, I'll go buy some, Yangyang, Luochuan is Didn’t you come back together too? You asked him if he would come to eat, I’ll buy some more vegetables together, didn’t he say that the amber walnuts are delicious last time, and they’re all ready this time!”

Mi Yang put down his bag and replied: "He hasn't come back, it will be a few days, he's very busy at work."

Mrs. Cheng was very surprised: "Is it a winter internship, and you are going now?"

Mi Yang smiled and said: "That's right, grandma, give me a list of what you want to buy, and I will buy it for you, I know the way."

The old lady Cheng just stood and recited a few dishes, and after watching Mi Yang write them down, she comforted him: "Let's not be in a hurry, it's good to go to work a few days later, you stay in school for a while, and you will be ready when you come out." I'm tired, I have to think about saving money and about the house, there are so many things to think about!"

After listening to it for a while, Mi Yang realized that the old man was afraid that he would be anxious when he saw that Bai Luochuan already "had a job". He nodded with a smile and said, "I know, I'm going, grandma, and I'll be back in a while. Xiaoxue is with you."

The little girl is very well-behaved, holding the old lady's arm and calling out sweetly, and she is very close to the old lady Cheng.

When Mi Yang came back from buying vegetables and meat, he tied an apron on his own to prevent the old lady from working, and said to her: "Grandma, you are directing from the side, and I happen to learn some skills from you."

Mrs. Cheng thought for a while, and said, "That's fine. It will be useful in the future. Girls nowadays like to be considerate and considerate of their families. There is no harm in learning more."

Mi Yang didn't refute, just stood there and studied hard, making three dishes and one soup with his hands and feet deftly.

By the time Michelle came to serve the dishes, he had already sorted and cleaned everything in the kitchen, and it seemed that he often did these things.

Mrs. Cheng had dinner with them. In fact, she didn't really taste the salty taste, and her mouth was heavier when she was older, but the doctor told her to eat less oil and salt for high blood pressure. She couldn't eat it, so she asked Michelle specifically. Is it yummy.

The little girl is a die-hard fan of her brother, nodding and giving a thumbs up: "It's very delicious——!"

For such a compliment, Mi Yang accepted it frankly.

Bai Luochuan hurried back to Shanhai Town on the 29th of the year, and he didn't stay idle after he came back. Seeing that the old house was empty, even though there were Spring Festival couplets and blessings on it, it was still a bit deserted, so he went to the warehouse to find some red lanterns and the like hung up.Bai Lao gave the people who worked in the old house a yearly leave, and asked them to go home for a reunion. When Bai Luochuan came back, there was no one in the old house, so he rolled up his sleeves and hung it up for half the afternoon. In the evening, he even turned on the lights to try it out. All of a sudden, it was bright red, beaming and very beautiful.

Ever since Mr. Bai fell ill, he has done this every year.

At the beginning, I felt that the old man was sick, and it was bad luck. Later, I thought about living every year well and making everyone happy.

When Bai Luochuan was hanging the lantern in the garden, Mi Yang happened to deliver something to Bai Lao, so when he saw it, he went over and straightened the lantern for him from below, and helped him.

Bai Luochuan lightened his hand, and while fixing the copper hook, he stood on the ladder, glanced down and smiled, "Why are you here?"

Mi Yang said: "I'll bring some food to Grandpa Bai."

Bai Luochuan got down from the ladder, "What's there?"

Mi Yang: "Some jujube cakes, hair cakes, and some brown sugar blossom steamed buns just out of the pan."

Young Master Bai was quite interested, looking at his basket and still asking, "Is there any yellow rice cake?"

Mi Yang shook his head and said, "No, that one has to be steamed tonight and can be eaten tomorrow morning. I'll bring it to you then."

Bai Luochuan said: "No, I'll go over and eat it. I want fried rice cakes, the kind dipped in sugar."

Mi Yang agreed, and went to take the basket of food into the small building to put it down, and came out to help Bai Luochuan hang up the lanterns together.

The two of them work much faster, and they have cooperated tacitly in doing things for so many years. Bai Luochuan can give him whatever he wants without asking Mi Yang, and he has finished all the lanterns in a short while.

Before it was dark, Bai Luochuan couldn't help but turn on the lanterns. They were decorated with colorful lights, and the faces of the people against them seemed to be flushed.

Young master Bai likes such a lively atmosphere, and thinks it will have a new year flavor.

Mi Yang was also watching, and suddenly asked him: "I haven't seen these big lanterns at the door last year, did you buy them new?"

Bai Luochuan put his arm on his shoulders, raised his eyebrows and said triumphantly: "Yes, it was secretly stuffed into the warehouse, isn't it beautiful?"

Mi Yang: "If you let Uncle Bai know about it, you'll say you wasted it."

Bai Luochuan said: "It doesn't matter him, he is willing to live his life, and I am happy to live mine. It's so boring to pay so much attention all my life. I didn't steal or snatch it, and I can't make money and hang a lantern by myself?" He said again Frowning slightly, he let go of the taunt and said, "And he's already back, he came quite early this year, and it's not yet the first month."

Mi Yang was stunned and said, "Ah? How do you know, did you see Uncle Bai?"

Bai Luochuan said lazily: "I hung the lantern here all afternoon, and I didn't have time to go anywhere, and I haven't seen him yet."

Mi Yang asked strangely: "Then how do you know that Uncle Bai is back?"

Bai Luochuan chuckled, and leaned into his ear and said, "It's usually hung up, and he's the only one in charge of all the lanterns." His voice was soft, and he didn't need to lower his voice, it was done on purpose With this appearance, he even blew a breath into Mi Yang's ear.

Mi Yang hid for a while and rubbed his ears to look at him, his face flushed a little: "Don't make trouble."

Bai Luochuan said: "What kind of 'trouble' is this, I'm just talking to you, why don't I 'make trouble' and you try?"

Mi Yang took two steps away from him, just as the phone rang. When he took it out of his pocket, Bai Luochuan saw the name and asked him, "Which Ms. Wu? When did you meet a Ms. Wu!"

Mi Yang said: "Senior brother Chen introduced me to help her find documents..."

Bai Luochuan heard him pick it up, but the voice on the other side was cold and clear. He reacted for a while and realized that this was Wu Shuang, the eldest lady from Wu Shuangan's family. They had met once when they were in Xinjiang, and this woman had been talking to her all the time. Mi Yang was talking.He listened to Mi Yang talking to her patiently, and his heart was full of sourness. After Mi Yang said "Go back to school and talk about it in detail", he said jealously: "What do you have to talk about with her?"

Mi Yang: "She is looking for some jade pendants, and some patterns are not sure, so I need to borrow materials for her from the archives."

Just as they were talking, another text message came, Bai Luochuan saw Wu Shuang's name again with his sharp eyes, and pretended to snatch the phone, picked it up and held it up high, not to give it to Mi Yang: "Where is there a New Year's work, it's phone calls and text messages, it's endless She, tell her to go to Chen Baiwei, and you return the money to her, this job is over!"

Mi Yang stretched out his hand to grab his arm, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "How is it possible, I promised him."

Young Master Bai also insisted: "I will pay the liquidated damages, and I will pay her double!"

"It's not about money, please show me the text message first..."

……

The two young men in the garden downstairs had a quarrel for a while, but it made the people upstairs see a joke.

Old man Bai was standing on the balcony smiling, his eyes full of kindness, seeing the two brats making a fuss, he felt that they had a good relationship and didn't feel disgusted at all.

Bai Jingrong was by the old man's side. For the first time in several years, he was able to take annual leave, and he came back to visit his old father immediately without delaying elsewhere.

Bai Jingrong stood there watching for a while, but he didn't look at Bai Luochuan, he just saw various shades of red in his eyes, frowned slightly and said, "Dad, isn't this a bit extravagant and wasteful?"

Bai Lao glanced at him, and said slowly: "These are things that have been used in the past two years, and they have been stored in the warehouse. Luo Chuan has a heart, and he comes back every year to show me, an old man."

Bai Jingrong said: "It's not that you can't hang lanterns, I mean, it's a bit too much, dozens of inside and outside..."

"I think this is pretty good. In a person's life, if you don't take it with you when you die, you can pay more attention to it." Bai Lao interrupted him, standing in front of the glass window with a cane and looking outside , smiled while looking at it, "It's so beautiful, I wonder if I can see it next year."

Bai Jingrong didn't dare to speak anymore, he couldn't help but get a little red eye circles just listening to a sentence, he found an excuse to do something, and went out first.

Bai Lao stood there without moving, looking at the young man under the warm light as the sky was getting dark outside.

Those two people are the same as when they were young, they love to get together in everything they do, and they hang up a string of small lanterns in a negotiated manner. They are too far away to hear what they say, but the little conflict just now has long since passed. , the two were smiling again.

Bai Lao sighed, shook his head and smiled, "I don't know, whether I can still see it."

His grandson is very competitive. He is proud of being better than anyone else in running all the way forward. It is his body that is failing. He has repeated it intermittently this year. He also feels a little tired after holding on to this breath for too long, but In short, I still want to stick to it for two more years.

I want to be with them again.

At least, watch them grow up and live the life they want.