only in this mountain

Once it's the twelfth lunar month, time is unpredictable, and most of it slips away from the palm of my hand.

Halfway through the painting, I couldn't bear the attraction of the aroma in the kitchen, so I put down my brush and wandered to the kitchen.

"What are you doing? You've been busy early in the morning. It's not yet three o'clock in the afternoon. Isn't it too early for dinner? Are there any guests?"

"No, they are all prepared for the New Year."

"Isn't there still half a month left for the Chinese New Year? Are you afraid of finishing eating so many days in advance?"

While talking, he secretly took a small dried fish, and when he finished eating, he saw that the second fool was almost drooling, sat down and stood up again, wagging his tail like a rattle, and ate another one for him.

"More, more, more, more!" The second idiot didn't even chew twice, and returned to his previous state in the blink of an eye.

"No, you will lose your hair if you eat too much." Jiang He ruthlessly rejected the second fool, but he kept stealing food one after another.

"The bowl over there is for the second idiot, don't you think it's tasteless?" Zhang Huai found out as soon as he entered the kitchen that it was originally prepared for him, and he didn't worry if it was finished, watching him cautiously He seemed to find it interesting so he didn't remind him.

Jiang He stuck out his tongue, and began to inspect the ready-made food on the table. Besides dried fish, there were also egg rolls and sesame crisps. What Zhang Huai made now seemed to be pumpkin or sweet potato balls. Filled with chopped colorful vegetables and meat, I don't know what to do later.

"You're going home for the New Year, if you don't want to take it with you when you leave, you can eat it first."

After listening to his words, I feel that the dried fish in my mouth suddenly becomes dull. Every year at this time, Zhang Huai will prepare the things for the New Year, saying that he will celebrate the New Year with him in advance, then pack his luggage, send him to the station, and He was separated for half a month or a month.

Compared to Jiang He and his parents who can only get together during the Chinese New Year, in fact, the two of them have been together for a long time, but they just can't bear it.

Lying on the bed at night, someone's cell phone has not been put away, the body is hugged tightly, the warm lips are pressed against the back of the neck and slowly come to the front, and when they are about to kiss the lips, Jiang He stretches out his hand to block between the two, Half shy and half embarrassed: "Not tonight, I've eaten too much, and I'm still a little full."

Zhang Huai said, "I'll just kiss you."

After he said that, how could Jiang He refuse to let him go? Besides, his eyes were full of loss and sadness, as if he was about to be abandoned.It's just that once he started kissing, he kept kissing every inch of the skin on his neck, Jiang He felt itchy and numb, and pushed him away again.

A bit impatient: "It's been five or six years, why are you still so tired..."

Zhang Huai didn't speak, just hugged him and continued to kiss.

"Then you must be tired. You haven't stopped your hands and feet all day. It's time to sleep!"

This time Zhang Huai finally had some other reactions, and sighed very sadly: "At least I won't see you for another half a month."

He suddenly acted like a child, Jiang He thought it was funny but tried not to show it.Pretending to be a little sad, frowning, biting her thumbnail, and buried her head in Zhang Huai's chest.

After a while, his voice came out muffled: "Actually, I bought a ticket for you too..."

Zhang Huai fished him out and was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Then Jiang He changed the subject: "But I think you must also miss your father, so..."

"Don't back down, my dad will understand."

Such an urgent tone surprised Jiang He. It was the first time he knew that Zhang Huai was so unfilial. Anyway, it was Zhang Yunyuan who took the initiative to tell him about letting Zhang Huai go home with him for the New Year. Always more selfless than children?

"Won't your conscience hurt?" He poked Zhang Huai's heart twice with his finger, and the corners of his mouth slowly turned up.It's not without guilt, but he also asked Zhang Yunyuan, and he said that he couldn't stand the back and forth, and asked them to leave after the young year, and come back when they could come back after the fifteenth.

Even normal couples of the opposite sex would face this kind of choice. Just saying who is selfish and who is not filial doesn't seem to be comprehensive. Besides, Jiang He is here all year, and he only goes back for half a month during the New Year. His conscience should be even more painful.

But he couldn't stay there much longer.

Unable to make a serious expression again, he smiled and explained to Zhang Huai the matter of buying the ticket. Zhang Huai's original face of disappointment, shock and fear that the ticket had been refunded was wiped away. Pressed under him, bit his ear and said: "Little liar!"

A few years ago after Jiang He came out of the closet to his family and got seriously ill, his mother said that she was helping to persuade his father, but in fact she never got over that hurdle in her heart. Over the years, she did not explicitly object to him continuing to associate with Zhang Huai. He would still mention the future after he came home. Jiang He stood firm, and almost every time he went home, he would quarrel and make everyone very unhappy.

He will not mention Zhang Huai at home, and he will learn to be more sensible, considerate and caring for his parents, but his family must never touch his bottom line and force him to break up with Zhang Huai.

From the perspective of his parents, he was indeed sorry for them and failed their expectations, but from his perspective, he and Zhang Huai did not do anything wrong. The same as the three trials.

Last year during the Chinese New Year, Jiang He got angry and said that he would never go back again. He didn't take the initiative to contact his family for a whole year.

A few days before New Year's Day, Jiang Ruolin asked him, "Are you really not going home this year?"

If it was the elder sister or the second sister who asked, Jiang He might be tactful. It would be different if the person who asked him was Jiang Ruolin.

Jiang He replied with two words: "No."

Jiang Ruolin sarcastically said: "My parents are old, and you still compete with them every time? Do you feel a sense of accomplishment for letting them accommodate you?"

Jiang He was angry: "What do you mean I let them accommodate me? Did I force them to accept Zhang Huai?"

He said what was in his heart, and Jiang Ruolin immediately replied: "So his name is Zhang Huai. Over the years, have you mentioned his name at home? What is he, how old is he, how many people are in the family, you don't say a word , Mom and Dad don't know anything about him, and they don't send greetings during New Years and holidays, what do you think of Mom and Dad?"

Usually he is used to beating him up. When Jiang Ruolin questioned him, he just felt wronged and wanted to cry angrily: "Don't you all like me being with a man?"

"Jiang He, you should understand that your family only wants you to live well."

Jiang He wiped the corners of his eyes, and said, "No, they only think I'm ashamed and unfilial."

Jiang Ruolin said: "Let's go home for the Chinese New Year this year, and bring Zhang Huai back to show my parents."

Jiang He hesitated and did not dare to buy a ticket. After a few days, Jiang Ruoxue played a video with him. The background was the door of his kitchen. His mother was cooking in the kitchen. grimaced.

Jiang Ruoxue asked: "Xiaohe, what ticket number did you buy?"

Jiang He faltered and didn't answer, Jiang Ruoxue said again: "Buy something early, Yao Xixi's winter vacation is early, I'm going to be annoyed to death by him."

When Jiang He saw his mother glance at the camera, he didn't know what to do and didn't say anything.

Jiang Ruoxue asked again: "Let us see what Zhang Huai looks like first, your third sister said he is a handsome guy."

The third sister has never met before, who told her that he is a handsome guy?Although Zhang Huai is very handsome...

Just now Zhang Huai was sitting beside him sewing buttons for his clothes, but the moment the sound of the video sounded, he took the clothes and went to the yard. The family interaction that he could not participate in was left beside him, only to feel sad.

Jiang He called Zhang Huai in a low voice, if Zhang Huai didn't hear him, he wanted to forget it first, and send Zhang Huai's photo to the elder sister later, but a figure appeared at the door of the living room, Jiang He didn't even look at it and continued to whisper: "My sister I want to see you."

As he spoke, he turned his phone camera towards the door.

Then, the three of them were all stunned, the first to react was Zhang Yunyuan who walked in the door without knowing the reason, he smiled politely with the corners of his mouth, then turned and left.

Jiang He was still in embarrassment, and when he took the phone back, he heard his mother's voice: "So old? Must be more than 40..."

In fact, his mother didn't have the nerve to tell the truth, she was afraid of making her son angry.

But Jiang He was still angry, and puffed his cheeks and said, "That's his father!"

Jiang's mother suddenly realized: "How can I say that you would find such a..."

Jiang He loves Wu and Wu, and he doesn't like people saying that Zhang Yunyuan is not good, so he said: "He is very good, Zhang Huai and his father are very good people."

After hanging up the video, Jiang He went out to look for Zhang Huai. There was still only Zhang Yunyuan in the yard, and he was helping them put away the quilt. There were buttoned clothes on the small bench.

"Xiao Liu is going to go shopping in the town, and Zhang Huai went with him." The moment Zhang Yunyuan entered just now may be the time Zhang Huai left.

Jiang He nodded and told him what happened just now. Zhang Yunyuan thought about it and said, "If your family members don't object, let Zhang Huai go home with you. After all, it's been so many years, always I don’t know when it will be delayed.”

After leaving Nanxing Village for a while, the two arrived at Jiang He's hometown. The bus in the village stopped at the door of the house. Before seeing anyone getting off the bus, Jiang He's parents came out of the house. His father had just carried some sundries. The clothes are all gray, the hair has not been washed for a few days, and the two eyeballs are white, very white, black, and very black. It looks unfriendly, and was slapped by his mother with the insole that has not been embroidered.

"Mom, I'm back!" I haven't seen her for nearly a year, and only received one video before going home. He also misses his mother very much.

Usually Jiang He didn't call him Dad when he came home, but this time Jiang He's father stood aside with his hands behind his back and was ignored by his son. For some reason, he felt uncomfortable all over his body, his hands couldn't be placed steadily, and he became inexplicably cautious.

"Hello, uncle and aunt."

In fact, Jiang's mother didn't look at Zhang Huai very seriously. Although she asked Jiang He to bring Zhang Huai back, she still felt uncomfortable with the real big man standing in front of her. She wanted to make things difficult for him, so Just pretended not to hear and did not respond to Zhang Huai.

When Father Jiang wanted to show his image of a loving father in front of his son, he took the initiative to help Zhang Huai carry the suitcase. Zhang Huai was never someone who troubled others, so naturally he politely refused, and the top of Father Jiang's head almost started to float Dark clouds with rain.

A few days ago, when he learned that his son was going to bring his boyfriend home, Father Jiang was the first to disagree, and even said that he would break Jiang He's legs and tell them to get out of his house. Zhang Huai threw an olive branch.Taking advantage of her husband's opportunity to eat soft-shelled turtles, Jiang's mother carefully looked at Zhang Huai several times. The first time was of course admiring his tallness, the second time she thought the child was really beautiful, and the third time she agreed with her son's choice. The trend of people's standards, some people don't need to get along with each other, and you can see the quality inside at first glance. Although Jiang's mother can't be 100% sure of everyone she has met, but this time she feels that she can't go wrong .

Seeing all the female members of Jiang He's family, Zhang Huai finally understood why Jiang He had this kind of personality, even his mother, his sisters were stronger than each other, and they spoke like firing a gun. Not knowing who to answer first, Jiang He said, "Keep your voice down", but was blocked by his third sister, "You still know how to lose face".

"Name, place of origin, age, natural liking for men or other reasons, whether there is a history of love, I can't guarantee that I will never marry for the rest of my life, because the secular world gave up my younger brother and left my house immediately." Jiang Ruolin responded to the questions raised by several sisters. The words are summarized.

"I fell in love with my brother for the first time when I was 30 years old. You are not ugly, and your condition does not look bad. Is it because my brother is a fool and easy to fool, or do you actually have some hidden disease?"

Zhang Huai is a few years older than Jiang He's third sister, and Jiang Ruolin looks very small because of her height and appearance, but he also had to bow his head and call out to third sister, and then said: "It's nothing, I met Xiaohe already I'm almost thirty, a few years earlier or a few years later, I will still only choose to be with him, I can't wait for him, I would rather be single in this life."

Jiang Ruolin said: "Of course you will only pick good things to say, and if it is true or not, how can others know the result."

"Eldest sister, second sister, third sister, what I say is what I want to say in my heart. I will not like anyone casually, let alone betray my body and mind because of deception. Xiaohe is the only person I have ever loved. He is not a fool."

"I said my brother is a fool, but I didn't really mean that he was a fool. What I meant was, don't look at my brother as innocent and easy to deceive."

"Xiaohe has his own ideas, and most of the time he just respects other people's decisions."

"Okay, you don't have to defend my brother. I know better than you what he is like. He has a big temper, stubborn, lazy, and he can't talk but has a brain. Who would want him as a child."

At the door, Mother Jiang heard that the front was okay, but when she heard this, she suddenly felt that something was wrong. If this continues, is there a family war going to break out?

Before Mother Jiang could do anything, she saw Jiang He pulling Zhang Huai up the stairs, her mouth still pouted, Jiang Ruolin called out in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Jiang He didn't even look back: "Pack up your things!"

Jiang's mother was in a hurry, grabbed her son, and said in a panic: "What is this? Where are you going to pack up for the Chinese New Year? The meal is almost ready, wash your hands and go eat!"

Jiang He said angrily: "What to eat, I told you that if you don't agree, I won't come back. When I come back, I will show Zhang Huai's face. You are just bullying him without the support of his mother and sister! Whose children are not precious, Are the children in your family born to your parents?"

Jiang Ruolin shouted from behind: "Why are you so angry, what are you talking about? If your parents continue to oppose you, do you think you can enter the house?"

Jiang He was about to cry, Jiang Ruoxue quickly stopped Jiang Ruolin from continuing, "Okay, okay, we are just a little worried, and there is no malice. You and Xiaolin have been quarreling since we were young. It's not like you don't know that your three Sister’s character, in the past even if you were in a hurry and wanted to hit you, you were flirtatious, Xiaolin, you too, knowing that Xiaohe can’t help being teased, you always like to provoke him, when you were young, whenever you two got into a fight, your parents would beat you together It's over, how old are you, do you still want to eat stick noodles for Chinese New Year like when you were a child?"

Jiang Ruolin rolled her eyes: "Hehe."

Jiang He: "Hmph!"

Jiang's mother: "Why do I suddenly feel like I didn't have a son at all..."

After the farce, the family had a peaceful dinner. At night, when Jiang Ruolin went to the room to pick up a change of clothes, she accidentally caught a glimpse of Jiang He sitting on Zhang Huai's lap in her room, flipping through the photo album for him as if he had no bones. The tone of voice gave her goosebumps, and she, who had no experience in love so far, was out of balance and knocked on the door and shouted inside: "Do you know how to be ashamed?"

Jiang He: "Are you a girl?"

Mother Jiang: "What crime did I do..."

On the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve, Jiang He woke up at 10:30. A group of relatives had already gathered at home. After washing up, they set off firecrackers to worship their ancestors for dinner. There were inevitably a lot of problems. Fortunately, Jiang's mother had reminded him beforehand. The relatives didn't make things difficult for him and Zhang Huai, but the unhappiness on Jiang He's face continued until the afternoon when all the chores at home were done and he began to put up Spring Festival couplets.

Usually, Jiang He and his father would post together, sometimes the third sister would help out, but this year they all watched Zhang Huai's post.Mother Jiang twisted her son's ear and scolded, "You just let others do everything. How did I give birth to you, such a delicious and lazy thing?"

Jiang's mother had no room for strength, Jiang He's ears were red, and when they all went in, Jiang He squatted at the door to be angry with himself.

After a while, an aunt from a few neighbors came over, and asked him mysteriously: "Your third sister-in-law's family has agreed? Is it her boyfriend who just posted the pair? Your mother's tone is terrible." It’s really tight, no matter how I asked her at the beginning of the month, she still said she didn’t know, so someone asked me to be a matchmaker for her nephew, but she didn’t even look at your third sister’s conditions, she must find it by herself .”

It's not my third sister's boyfriend, it's mine!Jiang He's face was covered with cloud, and his heart was even more turbulent. Probably because his expression was too scary, the aunt left by herself muttering.In less than 5 minutes, another aunt came over and asked him, "Your third sister's boyfriend is here? I heard from your mother that your second sister is going to get married in the first month. Why haven't you seen your second sister's boyfriend?"

Jiang He was complaining to his mother, and said angrily, "Just ask my mother, I don't know anything."

The aunt really went to find his mother, and before leaving, she left a sentence: "You child, why do you speak so full of resentment?"

Jiang He felt that he shouldn't come back to live this year. He was disgusted by this person and blamed by that person. People said that three or four-year-old children hated cats and dogs, but his eldest sister's children were regarded as treasures by this and that. .

Just as he was thinking about it, Yao Xixi, who looked like a brat to him, ran over erratically, with his whole little body lying on Jiang He's back, and yelled childishly, "Uncle! Everyone says to buy cannons and let them go! "

Yao Xixi, like his elder brother Yao Xuanxuan, was a chubby little man, spoiled by Jiang He's mother, and grabbed Jiang He's ear and continued, "Everyone says you'll pull the ear if you don't agree!"

Jiang He didn't like children. If it wasn't because it was his sister's child, he wouldn't let him climb on his back. He couldn't get rid of this brat for a while, so he could only agree.

Yao Xixi wanted Jiang He to carry him again, but Jiang He put his hands in his trouser pockets and said, "Either go by yourself, or don't."

Yao Xixi played around for a long time, but when he saw that Jiang He really didn't cooperate, he pouted and said angrily, "I'll go find Uncle Zhang! I have to tell everyone!"

A child less than five years old, ghostly and ghostly, is too hated. Jiang He dragged him back by the little dinosaur hat on his back, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, let's go!"

Just as he was about to go out, Zhang Huai came out after washing his hands. Yao Xixi's eyes lit up when he saw him, he stretched his arms and shouted, "Uncle Zhang, ride a big horse!"

Jiang He pinched his little butt hard, warning him not to take himself too seriously, Yao Xixi pursed her mouth, and was about to cry in the rain, Zhang Huai immediately took Yao Xixi and put it on his shoulder .

Yao Xixi made a grimace at Jianghe, holding Zhang Huai's head with her two little paws, and said with arrogance, "Drive!"

"Zhang Huai, don't follow him in everything. This kid is just a white-eyed wolf. My mother treats him so well, so I prefer to go to his grandma."

"What about you, your mother told you again this morning?"

Speaking of which, after he got up in the morning, his f*cking scolding was repeated in his ears as if he had pressed the replay button: "Can't you get up earlier? I know that everyone will have dinner at home at thirty today, let everyone Do you look good looking at you brushing your teeth and washing your face? Yao Xixi is more sensible than you. He wakes up at eight o'clock and helps Uncle Zhang sweep the floor. Do you think you are embarrassed? After the new year is 31, even if you are not married, you You can't always be like this, I think Zhang Huai is too honest to rely on you in everything, so you must tell him well..."

"I just got up a little late, but it's not all because of Yao Xixi, who insisted on sleeping with us last night and kicked me several times in the middle of the night."

Yao Xixi shook her head and giggled non-stop, apparently not believing how dishonest she was in her sleep, and kept asking, "Uncle, am I going to squeeze you to the ground?"

"That's right, you're going to sleep with your parents tonight. It's best to squeeze your father out of bed, come to our house and do nothing, and take a cartful of things with you every time you leave."

"Don't sleep with Dad, Dad's feet stink!"

"I also have smelly feet. If I don't wash my feet tonight, I will kill you!"

Yao Xixi sat on Zhang Huai's shoulder and stretched out her feet in front of Jiang He, laughing loudly, "I'll kill you too!"

In the evening, the dumplings were made. Once the dumplings were made, Jiang’s mother went to a temple on a nearby mountain with her neighbors to burn incense and eat vegetarian food. The three older sisters went to their classmates and friends to chat and play cards, and Jiang He's brother-in-law was also called away by a phone call. Only Jiang He, Zhang Huai, and Yao Xixi, who was not wanted, were left at home.

"Uncle! Go out and set off cannons! Uncle, go out..."

Yao Xixi pestered Jiang He just like chanting scriptures, because Jiang He lied to him that he had hidden all the fireworks and firecrackers he bought and no one could find them, otherwise he would have dragged Zhang Huai out.

Jiang He was the same as Yao Xixi when he was young, even more exaggerated than him. He blew up his uncle's water tank with a fish frying cannon. He screamed so vigorously that he didn't even dare to light the fire himself.

He wasn't very interested in the Spring Festival Gala, so Jiang He reluctantly agreed.

Outside, under the brilliant lights of the fireworks, while Yao Xixi was yelling and dancing, Zhang Huai said to Jiang He, who was smiling very contentedly, "Actually, you really want to play, too."

This is not the first time he has done this kind of thing to seek happiness by himself in the name of Yao Xixi. He used to pull Yao Xuanxuan on his back. Once he almost took two-year-old Yao Xuanxuan to a haunted house. Yao Xixi didn't know anything and was still dancing He stepped on his feet and called, "Wow, Uncle is so amazing!"

Jiang He gave Zhang Huai a shy look, and said, "I don't want to play alone, because you are by my side." Then he lowered his head to light the fireworks, and while Yao Xixi was cheering because of the fire, he quickly kissed Zhang Huai's face.

"Uncle Zhang, I want to ride a horse too."

"I don't take Xixi to bed at night."

"I've always wanted to ask, did you have a problem with your comprehension at some point? I just looked at Yao Xixi for fun, and wondered if you could..."

"Would you like to try it on?"

"No, I'm afraid I'll break your neck."

The bell rang at midnight, and loud firecrackers began to be heard from all directions. Everyone in Jiang He's family gathered at the door to watch the fireworks.

After lighting the fire, Jiang He retreated to Zhang Huai's side, and said loudly in a deafening voice, "Happy New Year!"

Zhang Huai hugged him quietly, covering his ears with one hand.

The family looked at it for a while and went in to wash and prepare to go to bed. Yao Xixi ran out wearing slippers after washing her feet: "Uncle, go wash your feet and go to sleep. I will wait for you on the bed first!"

Jiang He: "Yao Xixi! Let me tell you! My feet don't stink, and I don't need you to warm my bed! You are not allowed to run on my bed..."