Me and Boss Bear

I don’t know how many springs, summers, autumns and winters I’ve been away, and I look at it again, but how long will it be the New Year again.This year's autumn in Xiamen is extremely short, and winter came in a blink of an eye.However, the winter in Xiamen is not dry. Compared with the winter in my hometown, it has the illusion of a refreshing autumn.Perhaps due to the humid maritime climate, it has brought a lot of moisture to the city.

After a meeting ended, I yawned and drove home with Lao Liu.I didn't sleep well last night, so I didn't have energy all day today. When no one was around, my eyes would be in a daze.Lao Liu suddenly smiled and hugged me tightly in his arms, and asked mockingly, "What? Lack of energy? I'm all yawning."

I was so frightened that I pushed him away, turned around and looked around, no one cared about our side, so I breathed a sigh of relief, squinted my eyes and reprimanded in a low voice, "You are crazy, there are so many people in the parking lot, how dare you Recklessly?!"

"What are you afraid of? Isn't it that no one cares?" As he said, Lao Liu opened the car door with a smile and sat in.

I also complained a few words and got in the car.Lao Liu lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and drove the car out of the parking lot.

"I told you earlier not to smoke while driving, it's not safe, and the car smells too."

"It's okay! Would you like one too?" Lao Liu said with a cigarette in his mouth, and threw the cigarette to me.

Looking at the cigarette case flying over, the figure of my father appeared in my mind again. I still remember the slap on my back by him.I smiled and put the pack of cigarettes thrown by Lao Liu into the box on the car.

"Hey!" Old Liu exclaimed.

I turned my head and saw that the ashes had fallen on my clothes, which made me laugh sarcastically.

Looking at the front of the shops on the street, there are banners with "Clearance Sale" posted, which made me feel the first taste of the New Year.

"It's New Year's Eve again..." I silently looked out the window and said softly.

"Yeah! This year passed quickly!?"

"Quick, too fast... so fast that I don't have time to remember every day..."

"Stupid boy, let's see what you can do. Want to write down every day of the year? Then you are really amazing!" Old Liu laughed.

I took out the pack of cigarettes in the box, pulled out one and lit it.Seeing Lao Liu, he grinned, but I ignored him.

"Do you know what was the wish I made on my 20th birthday?" I said silently.

Lao Liu suddenly became interested. "Oh? What is it?"

"I wish I could remember every happy day in my life."

Lao Liu looked at me and smiled in surprise, very sweet and warm.

"But I found that I couldn't..." I said again, and opened the car window wide to let the smell of smoke go away.

"Why do you say that?"

I threw away the cigarette butt, turned my head to look at Lao Liu with a smile and said, "Because the happiness and happiness with you is already so much, so much that I can't remember how many happy days I have."

Lao Liu was driving the car, holding the steering wheel with his left hand, and holding my left hand tightly with his right hand. His broad palm was strong and warm, and he still had a slight smile on his mouth.

When the car was halfway, Lao Liu's phone rang. Through the loud voice, I knew it was his son, and he looked exactly like his father.

After answering the phone, Lao Liu turned to look at me.Before he could speak, I spoke first. "Let me get off at the intersection ahead, I'll just go back by car."

"It's okay! My son came here to buy some clothes for the New Year. He said that he can only buy what he likes if he buys it in advance. I'll pick him up at the station first, and then... I'll take you back to the rental house, okay?"

"Farewell, don't always let him see us together."

"It's all right!"

After finishing speaking, after turning left at the red light, Lao Liu stepped on the gas and sped towards the station.His son was standing on the side of the road looking around with a cup of hot coffee, waiting for his father's car.Taking a closer look, I found that I was drinking Starbucks. I couldn't help but smile, he is a young master who can enjoy himself.

"Huh? It's that uncle from last time..."

This was the first sentence that kid said to Lao Liu after the last time.I was depressed at the time, why are you so obedient, your father told you to call me uncle, you still can't change your words to this day, no matter how you look at it, I'm not ten years older than you, right? ...

But it also made a string in my heart, and his son's tone made me feel a little uneasy.I think it's better not to let him see me with Lao Liu as much as possible. Young people nowadays are very open-minded and smart.I'm with Lao Liu, if I show his son a few more times, it's inevitable that his son will have no idea.

After his son got in the car, I sat in the back seat and looked up at the relaxed old Liu. I don't know where in the corner of my heart, as if something strange was brewing.

The next day, the company still went to work normally, but I was late for more than half an hour.I'm used to two people living together, and I'm used to Lao Liu pressing the alarm on my phone for me, and even more used to Lao Liu pulling me up after staying in bed.

During lunch, Lao Liu asked me with a smile. "Why are you late this morning? Overslept? Traffic jam?"

"It's all right. I've been sleeping really well lately. I woke up late, but it was the rush hour and the bus couldn't be squeezed. I managed to get on the bus, and it's the time of the traffic jam again..."

"Without me, do you still sleep so well?"

I understood what Lao Liu meant and gave him a blank look.Old Liu laughed suddenly, then shook his head helplessly, and said, "Look at you, I'll buy you a car tomorrow, so it's convenient for you to travel."

"Come on, don't! It's a waste, and I won't use it many times. Besides, I usually live with you, so I don't need it."

"Why don't you need it? When you go back to your rental house, it's so convenient to have your own car. When you live with me, we can also drive your car. Now the gas price is getting more and more expensive. I That BMW doesn’t dare to fill him with ordinary No. 93 gasoline..." Lao Liu murmured a lot of reasons, but I didn’t listen to them. Buying a car is not a joke, let alone let him buy it. I muttered silently in my heart .

"Okay, I get it, it's almost the Spring Festival, let's talk about it after the year..."

Lao Liu and his son came to stay for a week or two, and went back with Lao Liu when the Chinese New Year was about to come.I also lived leisurely in a rental house alone for nearly two weeks.After returning to the rental house, there was nothing to do, basically just fell asleep after eating.Unexpectedly, I went to bed too early. I received a call from my mother at nine o'clock in the evening and asked me when I would be home. I still "reported" the time like a report, and my mother hung up the phone in peace.

On January 25th, the company was on holiday. Everyone went home smiling with their year-end bonuses. Most of the employees were local, no matter how far away they were in Fujian. Only a small number of them were wage earners from outside the province. Ask me is one of them.

I booked a flight back on the 26th more than a week in advance.After returning to the residence at night, call home and report a letter.After casually eating dinner, I pulled out the suitcase and started to pack the clothes, but there was nothing to take back.

I haven't packed two pieces of clothes yet when Lao Liu called.

"Where is it? Kobayashi."

"Where else can it be, of course in a rental house."

"Oh, I'll go find you."

Ten minutes later, Lao Liu's car arrived downstairs. I was still waiting for him to knock on the door, and then I didn't open it. I asked him to stay outside the door for a while. I wanted to see his jokes, but I didn't want him to use the key by himself. The door is open.I just remembered that I gave him the key, but I didn't expect him to have this hand.

As soon as Lao Liu entered the room, he hugged me and didn't let go, smiling happily, silly and cute.

At nine o'clock the next day, I took my luggage and went to the airport to get my boarding pass. There were quite a lot of people. When I went through the security check, the queue was already very long, so I should hurry home to celebrate the New Year.

"Lin Feng!" A familiar voice called.

I looked for the reputation, and my heart suddenly warmed up, it was Lao Liu.I left the security line and walked over to Lao Liu.

"Didn't you go shopping with your son?" I asked suspiciously, but I still couldn't hide the joy and excitement in my heart when I saw him.

"He went to Wanda with his friends first."

"Oh, why are you still here? You're already on the plane now."

"I won't see you for another half a month, and I can't let it go." Lao Liu said coyly, showing a rare tenderness.

I was happy, "It's not that I won't come back, it's only been half a month, what's the rush."

"Well, that's fine, go to the security check, remember to call me if you miss me!" After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand and pinched my face, and smiled at me knowingly, I was suddenly moved.

Sitting on the plane, looking at the gradually shrinking Xiamen, I felt a burst of emotion.I didn't choose the wrong place, I didn't love the wrong person, all these years are worth it, I understand where my happiness is and who I belong to.After leaving this trip, I felt another mood in my heart, full of warmth, happiness, and anticipation.

At noon that day, I got off the plane in Huai'an.Walking out of the lobby with a suitcase, the crowd is surging and a bit crowded.Unexpectedly, there are so many people at the small airport in Huai'an, and it really is Chinese New Year.

"Lin Feng!" Another extremely familiar voice.

I turned my head and saw that my father was standing in the crowd, waving at me non-stop, and he came to pick me up.I hurriedly pulled the suitcase and walked over quickly, giving me a big hug.

In the car, my dad turned on the air conditioner and asked me with a smile, "How is it? Is it still cold at home?"

"Well, yes, it's much colder than Xiamen!" I said as I pulled the zipper on my collar. "Why are you here? I'll just get off the plane and take a taxi to go back. Why do you need to drive here by yourself? It's such a cold day..."

"Come on, the old man is happy when the son comes back, hehe!" Dad bared his teeth and laughed. "Besides, how can those taxis turn on the air conditioner for you? It's cold in that car."

Talking and laughing with Dad along the way, the feeling of family suddenly swept through the whole body.When I got home, my mother was already washing the vegetables and preparing to cook. Seeing that I was back, she was still as happy as last time.

After I settled my luggage in the room, I went downstairs to prepare lunch with my parents. This was the first "reunion dinner" when I came back at the end of the year. I didn't want to talk about how happy I was. I clinked glasses with my dad. After drinking four taels of white wine, my dad was taken aback.

After taking a nap in the afternoon, the feeling of home entered my dream, and there was warmth everywhere.When I woke up, it was past three o'clock, and my father had already gone to the store.Nothing to do, so I took the bus to my dad's shop.

It was only after I came out that I realized what crowding was. The city center said it was an exaggeration, it was a sea of ​​people.Normally at this time, the store will be very busy, I don't know if Dad can do it alone.Thinking about it, the car has already arrived in front of the mall. After getting off the car, I looked around and found that some stores had changed people.I went upstairs and went straight to my dad's store, and I saw my dad busy working from a long distance away.I smiled and quickened my pace.

The moment he walked past the store next to him, he seemed to realize something somewhere, subconsciously stopped, and looked sideways.It's Uncle Chen's store, and Chen Xiaozhen is also there. Their business is doing well, and the family of three is busy with work.Xiaozhen is still so capable, getting the goods, billing, packing the goods, everything is done so smoothly.

Out of the corner of her eye, Xiaozhen saw me, she immediately stopped all movements, and looked at me quietly.I just realized it, and immediately smiled and nodded at her, then turned and went to the store.

"Hey! Okay, you go slowly!..." Dad sent the customer away, turned around and picked up the teacup on the table, drank water, saw me in a blink of an eye, and said in surprise, "Hey? Why are you here? Are you here? sleeping?".

"Wake up! I know you are busy here at this time, so let's take a look."

"Hehe, you are also doing coolies here."

"I'm here because I'm ready for this! Look, how nice it is, free coolies for no money!"

My dad and I both laughed. As soon as the customers came, we immediately started to get busy again.

When I was about to close the stall, my dad noticed something, then turned around and said to me who was drinking water, "Aren't you going to talk to Xiaozhen when you come back?"

Only then did I notice that Xiaozhen was looking towards me, and when she saw me looking at her, she immediately looked away.

I looked at my dad, smiled, and continued to drink water.Dad didn't understand, and looked at me suspiciously. "Are you really indifferent?"

I didn't answer right away, and walked out of the door with the car keys, and drove to the parking lot.Dad immediately closed the door of the store and followed.

In the car, I said to my dad, "Since you don't plan to have anything to do with him, then don't have too much contact, otherwise it's not good to have too much involvement, it's better to be a normal friend and nod when you have nothing to do Say hello, chat if you meet, forget it if you don’t meet. No matter who takes the initiative to approach again, people will have other ideas, won’t they?”

Dad listened, smiled slightly, and nodded at me.

Although Huai'an is not big, the New Year is approaching, and the flavor of the year is very strong. People set up stalls selling Spring Festival couplets in the streets and alleys. I seem to have returned to my childhood, which makes me excited.All major supermarkets and shopping malls are crowded with people, and everyone is busy preparing new year's goods.

Shopping for vegetables on 25 and 26, making steamed buns on 27, going back to the countryside to worship ancestors on 28, making dumplings on 29 to make Lantern Festival, 31 families sat around in a circle on New Year’s Eve, enjoying themselves happily.It's just that the elder sister didn't come back for the New Year this year, and the atmosphere at home was not as lively as last year, so there was nothing I could do. She would spend the Spring Festival with her brother-in-law in Guangdong.According to my mother's words, there is nothing to be done about the water splashed by a married daughter.

On the eve of the New Year's Eve, the entire city of Huai'an is filled with radiant lights, bright lights, and fireworks.Each city is different. Compared with Huai'an, Xiamen is inferior to Huai'an because of its strong New Year's atmosphere and excitement.

I just remembered that I have been back for a few days, and I haven't called Lao Liu. I don't know what happened to him after he returned home.Standing on the balcony with his back against the wall, he dialed Lao Liu's phone.

"Hello, is this Mr. Liu?"

"Ah? Yes!"

"Here is a blessing voice from Huai'an, Jiangsu. Your lover wishes you good health, abundant wealth, happiness, and happiness every day in the new year!..."

"Come on, what are you kidding me with?"

"What is blindness!? I'm giving you New Year's greetings in advance! See, you're not happy anymore!"

"No, I'm so happy! You kid finally know how to call me? Did you miss me until today?"

"No, I think about it every day, but I just remembered to make a phone call today." I also said sarcastically.

"Hehehe, if you think about it, just say it straight! It's still beating around the bush." ​​Old Liu laughed.

I looked at the fireworks in the sky, how gorgeous and beautiful.A deep sense of happiness hit my heart.

"Old Liu, look, the fireworks all over the sky are so beautiful!"

"Ah! Really? I want to see it too, haha."

"Fat!"

"Huh? What?"

"Happy New Year! I love you!"

There was a few seconds of silence on the phone, followed by Lao Liu's warm voice.

"Honey! Happy New Year to you too, I love you too!"