Living and working in peace and contentment through the past and the present

Eating New Year's Eve dinner and watching the Spring Festival Gala is something that many families like to do, but An Zhuo and Ruan Li don't. They finish their New Year's Eve dinner early and start making dumplings.

The stuffing is Chinese cabbage pork, which is chopped by myself. After repeated chopping, the meat is more fragrant. The skin is rolled by An Zhuo himself, and the roll is thin and round.

Of course, Ruan Li has never made dumplings. At first, when An Zhuo was rolling out the dumpling wrappers, he sat in front of the table and stared at An Zhuo's nimble kneading, kneading, cutting and rolling of the dough. From clumps of noodles to strips of noodles and then to small pieces of dough, and finally turned into thin and round dumpling skins under An Zhuo's hands.Looking at it, Ruan Li thought to herself, wondering if a flower would be rolled out from under An Zhuo's hands.

After staring for a long time, Ruan Li felt that An Zhuo's hands were flexible and beautiful, and she couldn't help reaching out to grab An Zhuo's flexible hands. An Zhuo stopped in doubt and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Ruan Li's eyes were soft, he held An Zhuo's hand and stroked it carefully, looked up into An Zhuo's eyes, and praised with a smile, "Your hands are so beautiful."

An Zhuo blushed and wanted to pull back his hand, but he couldn't, so he had to let Ruan Li, his eyes drifted away, not daring to look at Ruan Li, "Let go, I still have to roll the dumpling wrapper."

Ruan Li stood up and pulled An Zhuo into a hug, her voice was unusually gentle, "You're exhausted today, teach me how to make dumplings, two people can do it faster than you alone."

"En." An Zhuo nodded in front of Ruan Li's chest, Ruan Li bowed his head in satisfaction and pecked An Zhuo's cheek lightly, and then let go of An Zhuo.An Zhuo's face turned even redder. He touched the place Ruan Li kissed, and wanted to ask Ruan Li what it meant, but he didn't dare to ask. He found that Ruan Li liked kissing him more and more during this time.

Ruan Li let go of An Zhuo with a smile, rolled up her sleeves and picked up a dumpling wrapper, "What should I do first?"

With a blushing face, An Zhuo also picked up a dumpling wrapper and put it in the palm of his hand, then quickly put an appropriate amount of dumpling filling into the middle of the dumpling wrapper, and taught Ruan Li while wrapping it, "Look at me first, it's actually not Difficult, don’t put too much stuffing, or you won’t be able to pinch it, and you need to pinch it tightly, or the dumplings will break when they are put into the water.”

Ruan Li's own observation ability is very strong, and he will be able to read it once. He imitated An Zhuo's appearance, and after a while, a round and small dumpling was wrapped. It was the first time to make a dumpling. Very satisfied, it seems that he is very talented in a certain way.

"Is this okay?" Ruan Li handed the wrapped dumplings to An Zhuo, An Zhuo took it over and looked at it carefully, nodded, and said with a smile, "The dumplings are well wrapped."

After being praised by An Zhuo, Ruan Li worked even harder.Next, An Zhuo rolled the dumpling wrappers, and Ruan Li was in charge of wrapping them. An Zhuo was fast, and when the dumpling wrappers gathered a certain amount, he would stop to help Ruan Li wrap them.An Zhuo wanted to be auspicious, and stuffed two cleaned coins into the two dumplings.

It is indeed faster for two people to make dumplings than for one person. The dumplings have been made in less than an hour, and it is only after seven o'clock in the evening. After Li took a bath, he had already arranged the dumplings and covered them up, and then he also took a bath.

After the two of them were busy with everything, the gala had already started. Ruan Li went to bed first, and was leaning on the head of the bed watching the opening ceremony of the gala with relish. An Zhuo took off his coat, quickly burrowed into the bed and beat him With a tremor, Ruan Li hooked An Zhuo and helped An Zhuo cover his hands while watching TV.

"Is this show held every year?"

"Well, it happens at this time of year every year." An Zhuo was afraid of the cold, and his body temperature was extremely low in winter. The bed was covered by Ruan Li and it was quite hot, but it was still the hottest on Ruan Li's body. Inhale heat from Ruan Li's body.Ruan Li has long been used to An Zhuo's cold hands and feet, helping An Zhuo cover his hands and feet.

"This dance is really beautiful, and the song is also very special." Ruan Li praised sincerely.

"The following show is still exciting." Leaning on Ruan Li, An Zhuo watched with relish.

Various programs were performed on the TV, which were wonderful and interesting. The two of them leaned together on the bed and watched them together. It was warm and sweet. They watched it for two hours without knowing it. The host came out to introduce a special program, which immediately aroused the interest of An Zhuo and Ruan Li.

The two sat up straight and watched Liu Qian performing close-up magic on TV without blinking his eyes. When the show was over, An Zhuo asked Ruan Li, "Have you seen any tricks?"

Ruan Li shook his head, "I didn't see it at all." Ruan Li was surprised, this was much better than the juggling he had seen, he couldn't figure out why the coin passed through the glass at all.Ruan Li smiled, he didn't know what it was like in his heart, the modern society was too unbelievable, and he couldn't treat it indifferently until now, so he gave up all his pride and temperament, leaving only the calmness and peace in his heart An unrecognizable fear... He clearly understands that in this society, he has no ability to be as proud and conceited as before...

"I didn't see it either."

"There are still many things in this world that we don't understand."

"Yes, there are many more." An Zhuo murmured, and then he turned his head to look at Ruan Li with calm eyes, "Ruan Li, the outside world is much more complicated than Fenglin Village, and some of them are more complicated than those shown on TV. It’s even more complicated, here is too different from your dynasty, after going out, are you afraid?”

"Scared." Ruan Li narrowed her eyes and showed a faint smile, "However, with you here, I believe life will be very good. So, An Zhuo, are you afraid?"

"It's a lie to say I'm not afraid. After all, I haven't been to such a big city, and I still can't imagine what it's like to be in City B." An Zhuo lowered his eyes. Even after making the decision for so long, he was still worried.In such a huge city, there are no relatives, no matter how many people there are, there is no one you know...

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Ruan Li hugged An Zhuo and pressed a shallow kiss on An Zhuo's head. He raised An Zhuo's chin and looked into An Zhuo's eyes. His eyes were as gentle as water. He asked An Zhuo , "An Zhuo, trust me, I will let you live a good life."

"Huh?" An Zhuo's heart was pounding when he saw Ruan Li's expression, his beautiful eyes flicked left and right, his thoughts were flying wild, and he didn't know what Ruan Li would say again.

"Say you trust me." Ruan Li really wanted to kiss An Zhuo who was occasionally confused, but he didn't want the relationship between the two of them to be too awkward.

"Well, I believe you."

"So cute." Ruan Li smiled, the voice came through his chest, An Zhuo felt the chest rise and fall of the person below him, his face burned involuntarily, he was a little shy in his heart, he used his hands and feet to break away from Ruan Li's body embraced, blushing and shouted angrily, "What are you talking about!"

"It's nothing." Ruan Li laughed even louder, he hugged An Zhuo again, and said with a smile, "Don't move, you are the one who gets cold, watch TV, huh?"

An Zhuo had no choice but to obediently lean on Ruan Li and watch TV, and didn't talk anymore until the countdown to the new year.

Ten, nine, eight... two, one.

"Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year."

The two said the most sincere blessings to each other. After this moment, both of them are one year older. Ruan Li will be more mature from 22 to 23, while An Zhuo, from nineteen to twenty, has grown up .

Just after zero o'clock, the sound of firecrackers celebrating the New Year rang out one after another outside, suddenly far away and near, and the sound of thunderbolt was extremely crisp. The two of them leaned quietly on the bed and listened to the sound of firecrackers. They felt that this moment was really beautiful. Well, the new year of the two may not be lively, but the whole village is lively, making them feel that they are not two people.

"Let's set off firecrackers too."

"Well, where are the firecrackers? I'll set them off, you stay under the covers."

"Let's go together, you can help me cover it when you come back." An Zhuo smiled and lifted the quilt and got out of bed quickly. "I want to watch it."

Ruan Li had no choice but to take a thin quilt and wrap An Zhuo tightly.An Zhuo grabbed the quilt and followed Ruan Li. He stood at the gate and watched Ruan Li light firecrackers in the yard.After ordering, Ruan Li rushed to the door of the main room. He smiled at An Zhuo, then put his arms around An Zhuo and watched the firecrackers jumping on the ground.

The sky is full of stars, the ground is full of sparks, the two embrace each other, look at each other and smile, this moment is frozen in the most beautiful and warm moment, forming a never-fading picture.