Men's dormitory

Yi Xi arrived at home on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, which is two days before the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Today's New Year flavor may only be found in some rural areas.Yi Xi returned to his hometown and helped his family chop wood and make a fire, fried fish and stewed meat, croquettes, steamed buns, cleaned the yard, and delivered New Year's goods to relatives.Yi Xi's timidity towards his hometown was diluted in the busy years ago.

While busy, Yi Xi was still thinking hard about what kind of special New Year gift he should prepare for Zihao.He ordered a bowl of hot dumplings for Zihao online, one of which contained a crystal pendant with pictures of two people printed on it.When New Year's Eve was approaching midnight, Yi Xi waited with great anticipation for Zihao's New Year greeting call, but 10 minutes passed, and Yi Xi's cell phone didn't ring.

Yi Xi picked up the phone and was about to call Zihao when a strange call came.Yi Xi hesitated to connect, "Hello, who is it?"

"Hello, Mr. Yixi, this is Yixin's New Year's Eve dinner. The dumplings you gave to Mr. Zihao have been delivered to the designated address by our courier, but Mr. Zihao himself is not here, so we delivered them to his family."

On New Year's Eve, Zihao didn't spend time with his parents at home, where did he go?After Yi Xi hung up the phone, he felt suspicious.In addition, Zi Hao didn't prepare a New Year's gift for himself, and he didn't call himself a blessing call, which made Yi Xi feel very uncomfortable.

He anxiously dialed Zihao's phone.

"Hello, dear." Zihao's gentle voice came from the other end.

"Where are you now? Why didn't you call me to send me New Year's greetings? Why didn't you even have a New Year's gift?" Yi Xi said angrily.

"Hehe—" Zihao didn't speak, but just laughed twice.

"Are you still laughing?! Are you not at home? Then where have you been?" Hearing Zihao's laughter, Yi Xi added a bit of resentment.

Zihao on the other end of the phone didn't know who he was talking to, and he didn't seem to listen carefully to Yi Xi's complaints.

Zihao's casualness almost made Yi Xi explode. He asked Zihao loudly: "Shen Zihao, what do you mean? Where are you? What are you doing?!"

Zihao on the other end cleared his throat, "Stand by the window."

"Why? What the hell are you doing?" Yi Xi asked puzzledly as he walked towards the window, "I'm here, what's the matter?"

"Honey, Happy New Year!" As soon as the man on the phone called Hao, Yi Xi saw fireworks blooming one after another in the dark sky outside the window. The fireworks drew the words 'ILOVEYOU' in the night sky, turning the sky The embellishments shine brightly, and the light seems to illuminate the entire small village.

Yi Xi was stunned, but there was something he didn't expect.

"The side where you came to set off the fireworks is the open space at the head of your village. I'll wait for you here!"

Yi Xi ran over with surprise and red eyes.

From a distance, Yi Xi saw Zihao standing in the embarrassing yellow earth. It was so cold that he rubbed his hands back and forth, and breathed into them from time to time to keep warm.He paced back and forth, as if he was a little anxious to wait for Yi Xi.

From Wuhan to Jinan, and from Jinan to Yi Xi's hometown.Zihao's surprise visit at this past twelve o'clock in the morning is definitely the best New Year's gift Yi Xi has received in the past 20 years.

Yi Xi trotted all the way to Zihao, and threw himself into Zihao's arms.Zihao gently stroked Yi Xi's head back and forth with both hands, feeling Yi Xi's hot tears.

"Honey, happy new year!"

Yi Xi raised her head in Zihao's warm embrace, choked up and said, "Do you want to do this? I don't even know how to reward you."

Zihao reached out and wiped away the tears from the corners of Yi Xi's eyes, "Stupid or not, what are you crying for during Chinese New Year?!"

Yi Xi smiled sweetly, "Why are you crying? When you find out that you are good or bad, you always give me big surprises from time to time." After speaking, Yi Xi pouted.

Zihao held Yi Xi's hand tightly, and suddenly he found Yi Xi's bare index finger, "Where's our ring?"

"Oh, um... um, I've been doing rough work at home these past two days, so I took off the ring for fear of getting it dirty."

"Oh, that's it." Zihao didn't ask too much, and then he asked with concern: "How are you doing at home these days?"

"Oh, don't mention it! I'm at home all day helping my parents prepare the New Year's goods. I'm exhausted."

"Is there nothing else?"

"Other? What do you mean?" Yi Xi stared blankly at Zihao.

"For example, miss me, such as miss me, such as miss me, such as miss me and so on." Zihao couldn't help laughing twice.

Yi Xi was left speechless by Zihao. He gave Zihao a blank look, "Mr. Shen, please don't be too narcissistic."

After the two chatted for a while, Yi Xi felt troubled. He should have asked Zihao to sit at home, but he was afraid that Zihao's arrival would cause others to gossip.Zihao saw Yi Xi's thoughts, "It's almost the same, I'm going back."

"Where are you going back?"

"Wuhan. I want to go back and accompany my parents to visit relatives and friends."

Arriving from a long distance, the busy night is only for the splendor of that moment, only for the smile of that person.

Yi Xi felt even more uncomfortable, no matter how reluctant he was, he couldn't leave Zihao behind.He could only say "Slow down on the road!" Then he watched the taillights of the car getting darker and darker until they disappeared from sight.

After returning home, Yi Xi kept thinking wildly in his mind. It was enough for him to meet Zihao who was infinitely kind to him in his life. No matter what, he couldn't let Zihao down.

Yi Xi was sleepless all night, tossing and turning, his mind was full of Zihao.

Before dawn, Yi Xi got busy again, helping his parents cook dumplings, set off firecrackers, and pay tribute.After eating the dumplings, Yi Xi's whole family, led by the uncle, began to visit the homes of the elders to pay New Year's greetings.Many clansmen can only meet once a year at this time.People who knew Yi Xi would run over from afar to exchange greetings with Yi Xi.Yi Xi is no longer the person who would be overwhelmed when walking in the crowd, he has become the pride of the whole family.People who are close to Yi Xi will also gossip, "Do you have a date now?" "What work have you been busy with lately?" "What's the situation with you and Zihao?" Not answering.

After the New Year's greetings, Yi Xi returned home with sore legs. As soon as he was lying on the bed, Zihao called, "I have arrived in Wuhan now. I ate the dumplings you prepared for me. They are so delicious." But why didn’t you tell me that one of them was covered with crystals? My teeth almost broke out! But I still like the photo of us in Harbin on the crystals very much…” the man on the phone spoke eloquently Talk, Yi Xi on the other end of the phone smiled and cried.

Yi Xi originally planned to go to various relatives' houses to pay New Year's greetings before returning to Wuhan, but every time he went to a relative's house, he had to face psychological suffering.Words such as girlfriend, getting married, having a grandson, etc. were spoken out of their mouths, like a knife piercing Yi Xi's heart.

So Yi Xi hurriedly left his hometown and returned to Wuhan on the morning of the fourth day of junior high school.

(End of this chapter)