Trivial Skin of Rebirth

On the morning of the 27th, Xiang Qingyun also came to City H by car, and Ye Jiawen went to pick him up in person, and took a taxi back to Ye's house.They haven't seen each other for three or four days. For some reason, Ye Jiawen felt that he hadn't seen him for a long time. Sitting in the taxi, he touched his thigh irregularly. If the taxi driver looked back through the rearview mirror, they would Just pretending to look out at the scenery calmly, but in fact the two hands underneath are tightly twisted.

When they arrived at Ye's house, Ye Shiqing and Aunt Han heard that they were good friends of Ye Jiawen's college classmates, and they welcomed them very warmly.At noon, Ye Shiqing brought out another plate of sausages, and as soon as Xiang Qingyun saw the sausages, he went to see Ye Jiawen's reaction. To his surprise, Ye Jiawen ate the sausages naturally.Xiang Qingyun also ate it, the taste was bitter and astringent, he was confused when he ate it, but he still politely said it was delicious.

After dinner, Ye Jiawen urged Qingyun to discuss with his father the technique of stuffing sausages.Eating the sausage poured out by Ye Shiqing, it's fine if you feel bitter in your heart, but it's not good if your mouth is also bitter.Xiang Qingyun is skillful, he also made sausages in the countryside before, and he knows how to stuff them to make them delicious, so let him teach his father so that everyone will not suffer from it.

When Ye Shiqing used to make sausages, he added salt and sugar, pepper and monosodium glutamate in addition to pork.To make it to Qingyun, first go and buy a lot of condiments such as cloves, star anise, fennel, etc., and squeeze two pieces of ginger into juice.Ye Jiawen was also squatting in the kitchen studying, and the Ye family father and son just watched him add seasonings with the left and right spoons, and their eyes were dazzled. Afterwards, they just watched the excitement, and couldn't remember it anyway.After Xiang Qingyun mixed the meat, Ye Jiawen went up to help open the casing, added the meat ingredients little by little, filled two large sausages, and put them in the stove to roast.

It's getting dark before the sausages are baked. On New Year's Eve, it's time to eat New Year's Eve dinner.

The New Year’s Eve dinner is eaten at home. In the late 90s, the pace of life was not as fast as it was later, and there was nothing to do for the New Year’s Eve anyway. People still prefer to celebrate the New Year at home by themselves, and are not happy to order a big meal in a hotel outside for the New Year’s Eve. supper.Aunt Han was supposed to cook dinner, but Ye Jiawen urged Qingyun to go to the kitchen to help.He stayed at home for the past few days and ate meals cooked by Aunt Han and Ye Shiqing. It may be that they are of different ages. The dishes cooked by the two elders are always wet, and there is still water in the oil. Ye Jiawen is used to eating. The dishes cooked by Qingyun are spoiled in taste, and I really haven't eaten a meal to my heart's content in the past few days.

Xiang Qingyun was helping with cooking in the kitchen, Ye Jiawen ran to the balcony to smoke, just after taking two puffs, Gu Shangxue came over.Ye Jiawen took out a cigarette case from his pocket, and wanted to give Gu Shangxue the first cigarette. Gu Shangxue looked at his cigarette and shook his head: "Don't waste your money on it, this kind of low-quality cigarettes are too harmful to your health, buy better ones in the future Cigarette." Having said that, he still took a cigarette from Ye Jiawen and lit it.

In fact, Ye Jiawen is already reducing the amount of smoking. Smoking can cause cancer. He had cancer once, and he still has lingering fears.But addiction is not something that can be quit just once, and now there are a lot of worrying things, and the career has just started, and there are a lot of difficult things to deal with. There is no TV or computer at home, and the mobile phone has not yet been popularized. A cigarette to relieve fatigue, he felt that he would be suffocated.He is more addicted to cigarettes than Xiang Qingyun. Xiang Qingyun smokes a pack of cigarettes every three or four days. If he saves money, he can smoke a pack a week. I started to save money, and I picked cheap cigarettes, and I smoked less. Now, for the sake of my body, I am slowly reducing my cigarettes, a pack of cigarettes every five or six days. After a few years, everything will be on track, and I will quit smoking.Ye Jiawen felt that Gu Shang's theory made sense, but he had no money now, and it was unrealistic to smoke soft China.Therefore, it is not enough to have ideas and plans for anything, but to have the ability.

He said, "Well, I know."

After smoking half a cigarette with him, Gu Shangxue asked, "Xiang Qingyun, what's your relationship?"

Ye Jiawen was secretly surprised, and asked pretendingly in a daze, "Didn't I tell you that I was a classmate with him in college, and now I'm renting a room in S City."

Gu Shangxue still had a nonchalant expression: "Why don't your college classmates go home during the Chinese New Year?"

Ye Jiawen sweated secretly, and said, "His home is too far away, and there's not enough time to go back. I think it's pitiful for him to celebrate the New Year alone, so let him come to our house to spend it together."

"Oh." Gu Shangxue didn't ask any more questions.After smoking a cigarette, he took out the pack of cigarettes from Ye Jiawen's pocket, "Don't smoke this." He went into the house and threw it into the trash can, and walked back after a while, stuffing Bao Yuxi into Ye Jiawen's pocket.

After the New Year's Eve dinner in the evening, the young people cleaned up the dishes, and then the whole family gathered in the living room to watch the Spring Festival Gala.Ye's house has two bedrooms and one living room. In the living room, a sofa can seat three people. Ye Jiawen and Xiang Qingyun moved two small benches, one on the left and one on the right, and sat on the edge of the sofa.People on the sofa watch TV, and people on the bench look at each other.

At this time, Ye Jiawen wanted to ask Xiaolong a little bit.

At ninety o'clock, Xiang Qingyun started calling his relatives for New Year's greetings. He first called Xiang Hairong, and the two siblings chatted happily; then he called Xiang Qingtian and dialed Said it was an empty number, Xiang Qingyun thought he had dialed the wrong number, and dialed it twice, but it was an empty number.He held the phone and lost his mind for a while, Ye Jiawen came over, saw that his expression was wrong, and asked him what's wrong, he let out a long breath, shook his head, and started to greet Xiang Haijuan.After asking Xiang Haijuan, I found out that Xiang Qingtian's parents were still taking care of the pregnant woman during confinement, and Xiang Qingyun asked her to help sing Happy New Year.The little girl over there asked him about his current situation, but he was not in the mood to answer, so he hung up after a few perfunctory sentences.

Ye Jiawen followed Ye Shiqing into the room, took out a red envelope that he had prepared a long time ago from his pocket, and stuffed it into Ye Shiqing's hand: "Dad, happy new year." Ye Shiqing opened the red envelope in front of him, roughly A rough count, 1000 yuan, took out all the wads of money, kept only one in the red envelope, and returned the rest to Ye Jiawen: "Thank you, son, happy new year."

Ye Jiawen agreed there, and stuffed it into Ye Shiqing's pocket. Ye Shiqing slapped him away: "Come on, you're young and just entered the society, and your salary is not as much as your Aunt Han's retirement salary. You keep the money." , to marry a daughter-in-law."

Ye Jiawen's face was ashamed, he opened his mouth, swallowed the words again, and only said, "Take it, take it."

Ye Shiqing said: "It's more important for you to come back and see me more than anything else, buy more things for yourself, and see how thin your face is."

Ye Shiqing refused to accept anything, but Ye Jiawen couldn't push him, so he had to take the money back, found another red package, and added another 1000 yuan, and found a free time to pull Aunt Han over and stuff the red package for her.Aunt Han touched the thickness of the red envelope, she knew it, and politely declined it. Ye Jiawen insisted, and she accepted it.

At eleven o'clock, Ye Shiqing and Aunt Han were going to bed.Ye Jiawen pulled Xiang Qingyun up and said that he was going out to set off firecrackers, but Gu Shangxue didn't follow, and the two of them went out.

Xiang Qingyun ordered a few promotions downstairs, Ye Jiawen asked him to go out to see the night view, and the two left the community, wandering slowly all the way outside.On New Year's Eve, there were no people on the road, and there were people setting off fireworks on the bustling road. If you take a small road, it will be deserted, and Ye Jiawen and Xiang Qingyun will hold hands when you walk.

Ye Jiawen said: "I gave my dad a 500 yuan red envelope, and I also sent 500 yuan to your parents."

Xiang Qingyun nodded: "Okay, 500 yuan is a bit small, but this year is more difficult for us, so I will pay more in two years."

If you go further, you will come to Nanhu Lake.Nanhu Lake is one of the famous scenic spots in H City. Many literati in the past dynasties have written poems to praise it.At night, there is no misty and rainy beauty during the day, but the ethereal and deep beauty is still there.Ye Jiawen and Xiang Qingyun sat down by the lake to watch the fireworks, Ye Jiawen's hands were cold, Xiang Qingyun took his hands out of his coat and covered his stomach.

There is a residential area by the South Lake. At first glance, only bureaucrats and rich people can live in it. The location is good and the scenery is good. Most people probably can't buy it if they have money.Ye Jiawen stared at the residential area in the light of the fireworks, and gritted his teeth: "I will also buy a house here in the future, and let my father and Aunt Han live in it."

There are also some people who will go shopping by the South Lake at night, mostly couples.The current postures of Ye Jiawen and Xiang Qingyun are very ambiguous. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that they have an unusual relationship. If they borrowed ten courage from them during the day, they would not dare to do so. Even if they know each other, they may not necessarily recognize it, so they are bold for a while.

While talking, two people walked over not far away, one tall and one short, in an intimate posture, they looked like lovers.Ye Jiawen glanced at him, then arched his head towards Qingyun's shoulder, and everyone did not interfere with each other.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Several huge fireworks rose into the sky in succession, bright purple and red, illuminating most of the sky, and the two couples met each other brightly, both of them were stunned.

"Ye Jiawen? Xiang Qingyun?" No matter how hard he thought, he would meet Lu Qing at this place and at this time.

Almost at the same time, Ye Jiawen let go of Xiang Qingyun, and the young man beside Lu Qing let go of Lu Qing's arm.The four men looked at each other silently, knowing everything in their hearts.Lu Qing turned his playful eyes around the two of them, and said with a smile: "So you are also from H City."

Neither Ye Jiawen nor Xiang Qingyun explained, they just smiled awkwardly.

"Happy New Year." Lu Qing said first.

"Happy New Year." Everyone greeted each other.

"Then, see you in a year." After a moment of embarrassment, Lu Qing said goodbye first.After saying goodbye, Lu Qing took the boy and left.