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The New Year's Eve is the eve of the eve, and the atmosphere of the New Year's Eve is less during the day.

Fang Qiong was nailed to the kitchen early in the morning, turning like a spinning top to noon.During this period, Yuan Mu and Yuan Cha did not have time to spare. Under Fang Qiong's instructions, they cleaned the table, mopped the floor, washed cups, cleaned shoes, pasted couplets, tied a broom with a rag to poke the cobwebs in the corners.Yuan Gaopeng followed them at first, but he disappeared when he didn't pay attention. When the meal was approaching, the task of carrying rice and oil downstairs fell to Yuan Mutou.

When I met Qiu Xi in the corridor, Yuan Mu was still hesitating how to speak, so she greeted cheerfully first: "Brother Yuan Mu, where are you going?"

"I need to store some rice oil at home. What are you doing here?"

Qiu Xi shook the fresh-keeping bag in her hand: "Go to your house! My mother killed a few chickens at Aunt Liu's place and gave you one. After cleaning up, my mother said that Aunt Fang can just put it in the pot and stew it. "

Yuan Mu thanked her and turned back, reaching out to help her carry her upstairs.Qiu Xi stomped a few steps up to dodge, and said: "It's okay, it's okay, Brother Yuan Mu, I'll do it, go buy what you want, you may meet my brother, my mother ordered me to run errands with my brother, he chose Supermarket, I choose small tea!"

Yuan Gaopeng slipped to the side of the road, sitting around playing poker with a few uncles on the street, two small firewood stoves were burning by his legs, and a circle of potatoes was roasting beside him.Yuan Mu saw it from afar and wanted to go around, but Qian Jin's father raised his eyes and caught him.

When Yuan Mu's name was shouted out on the street, Qiu Yu, who was standing in front of Lu Yiyun's shop, was looking together with everyone.Avoided the first time, but met here again, which showed that avoiding the high probability was not feasible, so he resigned himself to his fate and turned his head to look.

After that day, Qiu Yu no longer went to her balcony, but raised her head intentionally or unintentionally while walking on the road. The small window above her head was usually covered with a curtain, and the glass bottle used to hold the golden osmanthus on the window sill in autumn was also missing.

A second before Yuan Mu was about to look over, Qiu Yu's eyelashes trembled, and he glanced away.End the first sight of these days.

The cigarette pack in his hand was slapped to the table, Qiu Yu said to Lu Yiyun, "Let's replace one pack with one."

Lu Yiyun said: "Light, light, the ones made of glass can't withstand your damage." Without moving, he asked the serious one, "What's the matter? The price of one piece is the same as single purchase, and there is no discount for buying more."

"I know. I'm too lazy to run up and down all the time." The figure in Yu Guangli gradually approached, and the words were still talking, and the person was already standing beside him, "Otherwise, if I meet this one today and that one tomorrow, I will feel upset."

Yuan Mu listened silently, and waited for Qiu Yu to finish speaking before saying, "Brother Yun, one bag of rice is four barrels of oil. My mother said you know the brand."

Hearing the word "my mother" first, Qiu Yu wanted to sneer, but held back.Then when he handed over the money to him, he smelled the long-lost and familiar lime scent on his body, Qiu Yu didn't think about anything, but almost stared at the banknotes in front of her, and tried her best to keep her neck stiff. Face questioning: It's because you hate me to such an extent.

The light hit the light blue glass surface, vaguely reflecting Yuan Mu's face, his eyes were facing the shop, his expression was indifferent, neither sad nor worried nor pretending to be indifferent.Compared with him, he is more decisive and more decent.Qiu Yu next to him is no longer Qiu Yu, but a stranger passing by thousands on the street.

Qiu Yu frowned slightly, lowered her eyelids and stopped looking at the glass, and turned her head to the other side without Yuan Mu.

Lu Yiyun first packed the soy sauce, vinegar, tobacco and tea that Qiu Yu asked for, then gave change, took out two five-yuan pieces from the wad of money Yuan Mu handed over, and put the money and goods in front of Qiu Yu's eyes.

stranger?He is not as good as him.He can't do it.

Qiu Yu pushed the banknote back to its original position with two fingers: "Don't want this one. Change to another one."

"You—" Lu Yiyun sighed, and opened the drawer to make up for a ten-yuan sheet, "Why are you so picky today?"

Qiu Yu didn't answer, threw the money into a plastic bag, closed the mouth of the bag, hooked her fingers, turned and left.

Lu Yiyun started to prepare what Yuan Mu wanted, and asked in a low voice, "Did you two quarrel?"

Yuan Mu moved his eyes to look at his back after he left, and watched him walk into the corridor without knowing it.

"It's not a quarrel. A breakup."

Lu Yiyun laughed loudly when she heard the words: "I said, he is already naive enough, why are you - how old are you, and you still play the game of breaking up friends. Are you sure you need four barrels of oil? How many hands do you have?"

Yuan Mu turned his head and looked at Lu Yiyun squarely: "It's not a child's invention to cut off communication forever. It's just that children make up their minds to talk about it. Adults are secretive, not serious, and not thorough." He added, " I'll make two trips."

"I'll find you a stroller later. The relationship between young people is really serious now. The weather changes as soon as it happens. Why do you keep your heads down and don't look up? How can you cut off contact forever?"

Yuan Mu recalled what Qiu Yu did just now, and said, "It's not difficult."

Lu Yiyun thought about it for a while, and agreed with him: "Yes—yes. I came here because I broke up with someone. It's really not difficult, and time will pass. Breaking up friendship is good, breaking up friendship is happy, and after breaking up friendship, you don't have to worry about how time flies like an arrow and life is short. "

"Run here" means to build a small supermarket for commercial and residential use on this street, Yuan Mu said: "Oh, adults are also thorough."

Lu Yiyun said: "I was considered a child at the time." After speaking with a guilty conscience, he added "right", and then said firmly, "But I think you are very dangerous."

"what?"

Lu Yiyun turned the handle of the cart to Yuan Mu's hand, straightened her waist and said: "No matter what kind of relationship, separation, no love, and disappearance of intersection, these are the normal trends and common endings between people. But—hey, you just now The one that said—well, but you guys are taking it too seriously."

In the end Yuan Mu only moved once.The cart could only reach the stairs. He put a bag of rice on his left shoulder, squatted down steadily, grabbed two barrels of oil in each hand, and gritted his teeth and climbed up to the second floor.At first I didn’t feel it, I thought it was still within my ability, and it was fine to lean against the door to take a few breaths and get tired, but when I sat at the dinner table of the New Year’s Eve, I found that my arm muscles were weak. .

He just ate the plate in front of him.

Fang Qiong put the two meat dishes in front of Yuan Mu: "Don't just eat the shredded cold salad, put the meat in a bowl quickly. Are you having a bad appetite today?"

Yuan Mu shook his head: "No."

Fang Qiong reached out to stroke his hair and touch his forehead: "Why are you so lethargic for the New Year's Eve?"

Fang Qiong never treated Yuan Mu like this before, which made him realize today that he rejects this kind of intimate contact with his mother.Consanguineous blood relatives unexpectedly became obstacles unreasonably.He tilted his head and dodged it, then lowered his head and took a big bite: "It's okay."

At this time, someone on the sixth floor opposite spoke loudly, it was Qian Jin's voice: "Qiu Yu, how about buying cannons and setting off fireworks later! Eat early and wait for my notice!"

I can't swallow the rice.My head is always muddled, my throat is always nauseated, and I thought these lesions were inexplicable, but when I first heard Qiu Yu's name, I realized that maybe it was because I was always thinking about him, always thinking about him.The desire to retch was strong, and he endured so much that tears welled up in his eyes. After struggling a few times, Yuan Mu calmly got up and went to the bathroom before waiting for an answer from the window.

After vomiting, it was found that it had nothing to do with the stomach, it was purely caused by the sores in the throat, Yuan Mu simply rinsed his mouth and went out and only drank the soup.

The Yuan family ate dinner very early. It was just dark when the leftovers on the table were cleared up, the first program of the Spring Festival Gala had just started, and the whole street had just become lively.Every family lit firecrackers for New Year's Eve, and they exploded one after another, just listening to it with your ears like a twisted snake, biting here and spitting out its message there.

Fang Qiong and Yuan Gaopeng went out one after another, went to the mahjong table and the card booth to collect heads, and told the two brothers and sisters when they put on their shoes: "After cleaning up, you go out to play and clear your food. Just lock the door, and you don't need to turn off the lights."

After Yuan Cha accompanied Yuan Mu to wash the pots and bowls, he stared blankly at the Spring Festival Gala for a while, then couldn't sit still, and ran to the noisy street.The house was quite empty at once, Yuan Mu relaxed and slumped on the sofa in the living room, felt noisy after lying down for a long time, touched the TV remote control at hand and pressed the standby button.The house was silent for a moment, but the headlights were still on.The silence is rare and bright.

In the bright silence, Yuan Mu thought about the toothpaste foam mixed with blood in the morning, the dream of killing people during the Anti-Japanese War last night, the soft hands in the kitchen that broke two bowls just now, the cold weather, and he thought it would snow today but not.Thinking about these insignificant little things, if only he knew about them, it would become a taboo secret.Arriving here, Yuan Mu saw Qiu Yu lurking deep under them.

There was an exclamation from the top of the opposite building, and then a firework exploded.

It was identified that Qian Jin led a group of people to the rooftop.

He originally walked towards the open balcony, but then went to his room.

The closed curtains were partly opened, Yuan Mu looked up and saw Qiu Yu standing at the edge of the crowd, and Qiu Yu looked up at the blooming fireworks.Everyone was laughing and running, or holding a gun aiming at the sky as a gunner. He did nothing but watched intently.

If you touch me, I won't hide.

Greed is the root of the majority of people, Yuan Mu never thought that one day he would become the majority.Shameless thoughts flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help asking whether it's what he didn't hold in his hands that he wanted forever.