Heart fire

Before filing the application, Xi Yang calculated the date. If the 20-day family leave starts from January 27, it will happen to be Valentine's Day on February 20 after [-] days.Zhou Tong went to the school to report on February [-]th. Before that, they still had three days to stay together.

He thought about giving up this opportunity. He hasn’t been home for five Spring Festivals. It seems that this one is not bad, but he has experienced the threat of being threatened by Zheng Jiang, and he learned from the phone a few days ago that his father’s blood pressure is a bit high. , I was not feeling well, so I decided to go back and spend a good holiday with my parents, to make up for some of the filial piety that has not been fulfilled in the past few years.

Zhou Tong's reaction was as expected, and there was nothing that might embarrass Xi Yang or change his mind, but one morning when Xi Yang woke up in the hotel, Xi Yang found Zhou Tong wearing a towel in the bathroom while brushing his teeth and reading the introduction Then he walked over and hugged him from behind, sticking to his back, knowing that saying this might make Zhou Tong sensitive, but still couldn't help but whispered to him: "I will take you with me in the future." Go home for the New Year."

Ever since he read the suicide note, Zhou Tong has always had the idea of ​​looking for a chance to visit Yunling.What happened later was far beyond imagination. Although Xi Yang had said everything frankly and proved his feelings for Zhou Tong with practical actions, Zhou Tong always felt that he still had something to say to Xi Yang. There seems to be a lack of a consensus, or a commitment?

It seems to be and it seems not to be, the words seem to be on the lips but they can't figure them out, and they can't say them.Let's not talk about it for now, Zhou Tong put down the phone, rinsed his mouth, turned to face Xi Yang, kissed his forehead and gave a very sure "huh".

It was a Monday when Xi Yang went back. Zhou Tong had no choice but to wait for him to pass through the security check, check in his luggage, and video chat with him for a while while sitting at the boarding gate. Unable to hide anymore, the whole person was lost and turned his back on the light, his eyes were full of reluctance.

Xi Yang poked Zhou Tong's face on the screen with his finger: "Smile quickly, you're not handsome anymore."

There was no one in the stairwell, and Zhou Tong leaned against the window with a sad face and sighed: "If you are not handsome, you are not handsome. Anyway, no one is watching."

Xi Yang laughed at him: "Don't you want to be an elder brother? Why is my elder brother still playing petty temper?"

Zhou Tong didn't know what was going on with him, he couldn't control himself when facing Xi Yang, he wanted to please him for a while, seeing him pursing his lips and smiling, and then wanted to bully him, making him blush, seeing him shy and embarrassing look.He thought about it seriously for a while, then moved his face closer, lowered his voice and said solemnly: "I've changed my mind, and I will only be my brother in bed for the time being."

Obviously, the night before, he was still pestering Xi Yang, begging him one brother at a time for permission to cum inside, and forgot about it so quickly.How long is it temporarily?What a greedy and unreasonable kid.Xi Yang looked helpless with Zhou Tong's helplessness, but he didn't want to tease him any longer, he just wanted to pamper and dote on him as much as possible, and satisfy all his requirements: "Be good, it's up to you, I'll talk to you every day after I go back." You video, okay?"

Zhou Tong really looks like a simple and sensible big golden retriever. As long as Xi Yang coaxes him a little, the corners of his mouth will immediately rise, wagging his tail and pushing his nose on his face: "Say what you say, wake up in the morning, and sleep before going to bed at night." Yes, during the day..."

What he thinks is, no matter what you are doing during the day, tell me, call me, send me texts all the time, it is best to be detailed, nagging, endless, bombarding Kind, share with me everything you see and hear, and miss me every second, but when you finally say it, it becomes: "Accompany my uncle and aunt during the day, and come to me when I'm free."

"I'll be waiting anyway."

...

During the flight, one or two dialects popped up from time to time, which gradually turned the expectation of returning home into the anxiety of being close to home.Two and a half hours later, the plane landed smoothly, and Xi Yang immediately reported to Zhou Tong that it was safe, then left the cabin and went to the lobby to pick up the checked luggage.

Airports in small cities have long been monopolized by black cars soliciting passengers. Unexpectedly, after a few years, this situation has not improved at all.Xi Yang dragged his suitcase and waited in the waiting area for a while. Seeing that the sporadic taxis appeared before they had time to slow down, they were brutally expelled. In the end, he had to compromise and got into a LaVida that looked clean.

After the car drove into the urban area along the Huancheng Road, Zhou Tong replied to the message.

Puppy: Turn on the speakerphone.

Then a phone call came in.

Xi Yang didn't know what Zhou Tong was going to do, but he did as he said.After pressing the speakerphone, he heard Zhou Tong nervous on the phone, and asked very loudly on purpose: "Captain Xi, do you have your police officer ID with you? Send me the license plate number, and I will arrange for a soldier from the squadron to go to the door Pick you up!"

The daytime temperature in Yunling in January is only about six or seven degrees, and the sky outside the car window is cloudy, and it looks like it is about to rain. A few drops have already fallen on the glass, and it will slide back quickly when the wind blows , dragging out several cold and lonely water trails.

The driver glanced at Xi Yang from the rearview mirror, and quickly looked away in the next second.Xi Yang looked out the window, and suppressed a smile to answer Zhou Tong: "Okay, I'll send it after I hang up the phone later, thank you Team Zhou for your care."

There was a brief silence on the phone for a few seconds, and then someone cleared his throat unnaturally: "Well, it's okay, it should be, that, return to the team as soon as possible after the Chinese New Year, there are still very important tasks to be given here You execute."

"Received." Xi Yang gently tapped the trembling raindrops with his fingertips. "Captain Zhou, can I ask what the mission is? It's better to be mentally prepared and explain it to the family before going back."

I don't know what the person on the other side did, so he stopped talking.As if eavesdropping on the top secret of our army, the driver was a little anxious when he heard half of it being cut off suddenly. He couldn't help but boldly glanced at the rearview mirror again. At this moment, there was finally a response on the phone: "Hmm. ...It’s nothing, that is, a water gun is also a gun, if you don’t practice it often, it will rust easily after a long time.”

"Impossible." Xi Yang reacted quickly and looked very serious. "If there is rust, it means that the quality of the product is not up to standard, and the supplier should be held accountable."

Hearing what he said, the person on the phone was obviously anxious: "The quality is absolutely fine! Anyone who has used it knows it!"

"Really? Who else has used it?"

"...No, whoever uses it will know!"

"Then I'm not here, Team Zhou can practice by himself."

"..."

"Team Zhou is already a mature firefighter, and he must learn to put out fires by himself at critical moments."

"..."

"Is there anything else to worry about? Do you want to ask? Team Zhou?" Xi Yang looked at his smiling face reflected on the car window, at the familiar streets and stretches of houses gradually appearing in his field of vision, as well as the area under his feet. Walking alone, leaving and returning, I suddenly feel that the darkened sky and misty rain are extraordinarily gentle.

"Thank you, I'm home."

...

Because Xi Yang came back, on New Year's Eve, the family ordered a New Year's Eve dinner at Meiling Garden next to the East Lake, bringing all relatives together.

When I went out at noon, I met my neighbor’s aunt who went upstairs carrying a large handful of water celery, and greeted Xi Yang’s parents, followed by back and forth, looked Xi Yang from head to toe, and asked with wide eyes in surprise: “What is this?” Is it your Yang Yang? I’m so obedient, I can’t recognize him! Are you still dancing? Are you friends?”

Ever since I was young, the neighbors in the neighborhood didn’t know that Director Xi’s family has a dancer who is very good at dancing and has won many awards. In the future, he will go to the art troupe to become a big star and the son of a dancer. The couple are willing to stay in this small city with a population of less than 400 million. They no longer care about the unfair treatment. They are down-to-earth and focus on raising their children, treating him as the only hope and pride for the rest of their lives.

It's true not to regret my choice, and it's true that I can't bear to see my parents disappointed and their embarrassing expressions when faced with these problems.Xi Yang was planning to say something casually for his parents, but before he could speak, he heard his father say to the aunt: "It's not easy for a boy to dance all the time. He's a soldier, and now he's an officer of the fire brigade."

Xi Yang was stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, he looked at his father gratefully in surprise, but his father quickly turned his head away.Auntie was even more surprised: "Firefighter? Eat hard, right? I haven't been back for a long time. Oh, you look better than when you were a child."

Mom hurriedly said a few polite words: "It's okay, it's okay, Sister Liu will come to have tea at home when she is free." Then she said goodbye to her aunt on the grounds that she was in a hurry.

On the way to the restaurant, my mother secretly said to Xi Yang behind her husband sitting in the front row: "Last winter, the electric blanket at Aunt Liu's house caught fire. At that time, there were only her and her little grandson in her house. It was your dad who helped to call 119." , After those boys came, he kept staring at them for a long time."

Xi Yang's nose was a little sore: "Try not to use it. It is dangerous to heat the heating wire for a long time. I will buy you a baseboard heater tomorrow."

"We don't need it. Floor heating is enough." The mother leaned against her son like a little girl. "Is the heating in Beilin winter hot? How is your house decorated? If you are too busy, ask your dad to look after it for you. Don't listen to his reluctance. If you didn't let me pick it up yesterday, I think he can't wait to go to the airport early in the morning."

Xi Yang said with a smile: "The decoration should be finished by the end of March. Then you and Dad will come and live for a while."

Mother happily agreed. After a while, she seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, and asked cautiously: "Son, have you not talked about friends? Is it difficult to find friends in the army?"

Dad, who didn't seem to pay attention to what they were saying, suddenly adjusted his sitting posture and leaned back a little.Xi Yang noticed it, and after thinking about it, he said honestly: "We talked, it hasn't been long, so I haven't told you yet."

Mom couldn't sit still excitedly: "Really? Great, how old are you? Where are you from? What do you do at home? Is it a female soldier in your army?"

"I was very young, just twenty, my father and elder brother were also firefighters, and they both died."

"Oh, that's so pitiful, you have to take good care of him." Mom took Xi Yang's hand and smoothed his collar and hair with the other hand. "My son has grown up."

"When will we meet?"

"Okay." Xi Yang held his mother's wrinkled and somewhat rough hands back. "There is a chance. He is very good and sensible. You will like him."

The New Year's Eve dinner is scheduled for four o'clock in the afternoon. After eating early, go back to watch the party, set off firecrackers, and cook glutinous rice balls.Xi Yang, who had not been home for several years, naturally became the object of siege and concern. After dealing with all the relatives, he slipped into the garden to breathe, stood on the small bridge and took a few pictures of wintersweet blooming against the white wall. There are also withered lotus leaves and groups of koi in the pond. Finally, I tried to take a selfie and sent all these photos to Zhou Tong.

After posting, he walked down the small bridge, sat on a big rock and waited for Zhou Tong's reply.

Xi Yang thought, at this time, Zhou Tong should have finished working for half a day and returned to Yao Hongwei's house.He waited for almost 10 minutes and felt a little cold. Remembering Zhou Tong's request to him, he took out his mobile phone and made a video call.

The reminder tone rang many times, and Zhou Tong only picked up when he was about to hang up automatically.Seeing that he was wearing an apron, Xi Yang thought he was helping to cook, so he first asked him, "Is it convenient now?"

Zhou Tong wiped his hands on the apron: "It's convenient and convenient, I'm almost ready here."

Xi Yang then sat on the stone with peace of mind, put his free hand to his mouth and took a deep breath. "It's so cold, brother Tong Tong, what special dish did you cook? I really want to try it too."

Zhou Tong first grinned, then changed the camera's angle of view, and introduced the food on the table to Xi Yang one by one.

"It's all made by me. This one is eight-treasure rice, this one is deep-fried shrimp, this one is braised pork, and this one, marinated Duxian. Have you tried it? It contains spring bamboo shoots, fresh meat, chicken, ribs... Is this soup white? Take a sip of it so fresh that your eyebrows will fall off!"

A man who can cook always has a special charm, even if he is wearing a silly apron.Xi Yang pursed his lips and listened carefully, but as he listened, his eyebrows gradually knit together, and his expression became a little complicated.

It's a pity that Zhou Tong couldn't see, and he was still introducing his cold dishes and fried squid with great interest.

"Zhou Tong." Xi Yang interrupted him. "Turn the camera over, I have something to ask you."

Zhou Tong was stunned for a moment, and quickly turned the camera to himself: "What's wrong?"

"Where's Deputy Yao? Why didn't you see him?" Xi Yang seemed to be angry, and asked bluntly: "Aren't you afraid that it will be hard to explain when you videotape me in front of their family like this?"

Zhou Tong was caught off guard by the question, and obviously hesitated: "Oh, they...they went out to buy something."

"Really?" Xi Yang asked again: "Why is there only one pair of bowls and chopsticks on the table?"

Zhou Tong is really not good at lying, especially when facing Xi Yang, he soon started rubbing his nose and scratching his head: "I am, taste the saltiness first when I'm done, I..."