Holding a southbound high-speed rail ticket that was slightly wet with sweat, Ji Manli carried a backpack on her back and dragged a small suitcase.After entering the car, put the suitcase on the shelf above the seat, take out the laptop from the bag, put it on the folding table next to the chair, put on the earphones and start watching the movie.There are still one day before New Year's Eve, but there are not many people on the high-speed rail, at least the one she took, but the number of passengers gathered at the train station is considerable, perhaps because the price of the high-speed rail ticket is twice that of the train .

It was almost noon, and Ji Manli had brought some food to the high-speed rail. The bento sold on the high-speed rail was too expensive, and she thought she couldn't afford it.So I bought a box of sushi and a bowl of miso soup at the station.During the two-hour drive, she spent three to ten minutes munching on all kinds of sushi while watching movies downloaded on the computer.After watching the movie for the remaining one and a half hours, I casually browsed my personal dynamics and photos on the Internet community.

A college classmate took a photo and marked "[-] o'clock at midnight" on it. The dynamic read: Delicious coffee and dessert shop, and the manager is a young beauty xd, and the stewed rice on the table next to it looks delicious Oh damn.It's a pity that all I have is pear pie stewed in red wine and a cup of Earl Gray coffee!

In the photo is her pear pie and coffee with streusel.

Seeing that Bo Sheng's store was praised, Ji Manli unconsciously raised the corners of her mouth, she was really glad that she had such a friend.

Having said that, I wonder if Bosheng will continue to operate during the New Year?It is impossible for her to go back to Bai's house for the New Year, Ji Manli's expression darkened, that's all, it was also a previous thing, Bai Sheng is now self-sufficient, and she no longer needs to have anything to do with them.Since discovering that Bo Sheng has returned to her life, the days of thinking about her have slowed down a lot, just like before, as if they are inseparable from her.

A waitress pushed a dining cart past her, bent down and asked softly if she needed to buy drinks or snacks, Ji Manli shook her head and said no.As soon as the waiter left, Ji Manli thought that when he went back to his hometown later, his cousins ​​and sisters were all back, so he would meet many children.Smiling wryly, I'll go to the store later to buy some biscuit gift boxes to take back.

When she was about to arrive at the station, Ji Manli put away her computer and took off her suitcase.At the convenience store in the station, I directly bought the New Year's Day gift box that was on sale, and suddenly I had three more paper bags in my hand.Inside the paper bag were three iron boxes, a small Western-style biscuit in a mouthless cat box, a box of comprehensive gift boxes for righteousness cards, and a box of seaweed from Yuanmou Mountain.Ji Manli didn't want to go back to her hometown with a lot of heavy burdens, so she hailed a taxi outside the station and exchanged money for time.

After an hour and a half, I returned to my hometown, which seemed very remote.As early as a hundred meters away, Ji Manli saw the old longan tree planted in the yard.When I go back to grandma's house during the Chinese New Year, the longan tree is the most conspicuous landmark.It is said to be the hometown, but in fact it is the old house of Ji's family. After Ji Manli worked, Ji Manli's parents sold the house in the south, and the house in the south was also bought for the convenience of Ji Manli's schooling.The hometown is Ji Manli's grandmother's house, which is inherited by the uncle. Ji Manli's father is the third son, who inherited some money from Grandpa Ji, but has no real estate.

After the taxi took Ji Manli to the fence outside his hometown, Ji Manli said he wanted to get off, took out a blue bill and handed it to the driver, and dragged the suitcase away.Before entering the front yard, he could smell the smell of chicken coop and manure. The hot sun baked the asphalt road into heat, like a flame spray gun. Ji Manli took out a tissue from his pocket and wiped the sweat from his forehead .

The closer you get to the house, you can hear the lines of local dramas played on TV, the screams and laughter of children, and the sound of several elders eating melon seeds, drinking tea and chatting.Ji Manli walked to the front of the house, knocked on the heavy iron door of grandma's house, and said, "Excuse me, can you open the door for me, thank you!!"

There was a commotion in the room immediately, Ji Manli heard someone get up and push the plastic chairs to rub against each other, then the traditional blue and white dragged on the stone-washed floor slap, slap, slap, someone was thinking oh, finally came back, Some people said that so and so hurried to open the door.

The last person who greeted Ji Manli was a somewhat unfamiliar face, a girl with short hair who wore a white shirt, green shorts, and dyed blue hair opened the door and looked at Ji Manli impatiently.Ji Manli was a little anxious, she couldn't recognize who the relative in front of her was, and felt embarrassed.

The girl didn't say a word, opened the door and left. Ji Manli blinked, thinking in her heart that this child is really rude.

Dragging the suitcase and walking in the door, I saw that the elders, peers and even younger generations all focused their attention on her, except for the children who were busy assembling Lego blocks.Ji Manli smiled, and obediently greeted the elders one by one.The Ji family has a lot of people. Ji Manli's father's brothers and sisters alone have five brothers and sisters. Apart from Ji Manli's family, most of them have two or three children.But because of the big age gap between the five, Ji Manli has a cousin who is ten years older than her, and a cousin who is 15 years younger than her.

"Oh, Xiaoman..." The 87-year-old grandma is holding a cane in both hands, sitting on the teacher's chair diagonally opposite to the TV, wearing presbyopic glasses, looking at Ji Manli and slowly speaking: "I haven't been back for a long time ...Hurry up and show Grandma...Grandma misses you so much..."

"Grandma, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I miss you very much." Ji Manli replied softly, her obedient appearance made grandma smile, revealing her missing teeth.

"Mom, didn't you see that Xiaoman still has so many things in her hands? Let her take them away first and put them in the back." Ji Manli's eldest aunt noticed the three gift boxes in Ji Manli's hands sharply, and she was talking Walking towards Ji Manli, took away her three paper bags, and said: "Oh, aunt will help you take them together, quickly put your luggage in the back."

Ji Manli smiled slightly, and said: "The gift box is for everyone to eat, just put it on the table, I will put the luggage in the back first."

She was dragging her luggage and was about to go back, but she was followed by three four- and five-year-old children, shouting: "Cousin Manman, did you bring toys for Mingming, Honghong, and books this year?" Book??"

It was the triplets of my sister-in-law's family. Ji Manli sighed in her heart, but replied: "My sister bought the biscuits and seaweed from the mouthless cat. Auntie just put all the biscuits on the table. Go get it and eat it first, okay?"

Hearing the mouthless cat and the biscuits, the children immediately laughed, their brows curled up and their mouths cracked, and they stopped asking for toys and went back to the living room.After Ji Manli put her luggage in their room, she let out a long sigh of relief, and sat on the two-person bed in the room to rest for a while.It used to be the room Ji Manli's parents lived in when they first got married, and now they only live here when they go back to their hometown during the Chinese New Year. However, as Ji Manli grows older, the bed for two is not enough, so Ji's father will bring an extra upholstered bed Lay the floor on the ground and let the two mothers and daughters sleep on the bed.

Ji Manli narrowed her eyes, thinking about what to do in the next few days.Just now, I didn't see the cousins ​​of my uncle and my second uncle, but my aunt who immigrated to England came back, and I haven't seen her for nearly seven or eight years. Maybe that girl just now is her cousin? ?It should be, after all, although she was still a baby when she saw the triplets a few years ago, she still saw them after all, but there was no news from her aunt.I don't know if my aunt is just such a child. She only vaguely knows that the relationship between my aunt and Ji's family is not good. reason for coming back.

Having said that, today is just the day before New Year's Eve, and the children of the uncle and the second uncle are married, and it is estimated that it will take two or three days before returning to the ancestral home.Ji Manli didn't want to go back to the living room, although she was already mentally prepared to have her relatives ask many questions.She sighed, why didn't her parents who asked her to go back to her hometown not come back by herself?The five elders in the living room almost gave her a migraine.But if she didn't go back to the living room, her relatives would definitely think she was rude, and besides, grandma also said that she missed her, so she had no choice.

After stretching, she stood up again and walked slowly back to the living room.On the square table in the living room were three boxes of gift boxes that had been opened, and the triplets were holding small western cakes in their hands, eating them with great joy.When Ji Manli's grandma saw someone, she immediately pointed to an empty plastic chair beside her, and said, "Hey, Xiao Man... Come and sit here... Grandma wants to talk to you..."

Ji Manli glanced at the living room. The uncle and Erbai were making tea, not intending to chat. The aunt and sister-in-law were concentrating on watching the local drama, and they were chatting about the plot.Although my sister-in-law is only about ten years older than Ji Manli, Ji Manli always thinks that the thinking of the two is two generations behind. At least my sister-in-law also believes that women should marry and have children.Therefore, she is almost an advanced maternal age, but she still gritted her teeth and gave birth to triplets.

She sat down on the empty chair next to grandma, and the old man's slightly trembling hands put her shoulders on her shoulders, and she heard her say again: "Our Xiaoman is really... getting more and more beautiful... already turning [-] It's over...Aren't you going to get married yet...Grandma really wants to see little Mansheng's great-grandson being hugged by grandma..."

Ji Manli resisted the corners of her mouth from twitching, forced a smile, and said, "Grandma, I'm only 24 years old this year, it's still very early, don't worry."

"Grandma gave birth to your uncle and second uncle when she was 24 years old... When she was 30 years old, she gave birth to your father... You are still...not married yet..."

Although the old man was missing a few teeth and spoke slowly, his articulation was quite clear.Ji Manli felt that she was about to have a migraine, took a deep breath, and said, "Grandma, none of my classmates are married yet, so you don't have to worry about me."

"You can't say that..." The old man narrowed his eyes: "Girls marry earlier, and it is easy to have children when they are old... Don't be like your sister-in-law... delaying giving birth until you are in your thirties... .”

The sister-in-law who was named didn't seem to care about her mother's ridicule, and replied: "Mom, don't blame me, I was born when you were almost 50 years old."

The old man turned to the woman, and murmured unhappily, "I'm talking to Xiaoman...don't interrupt..." As if trying to hide his embarrassment of being punctured, the old man changed the subject and asked : "I'm not getting married yet... Does Xiao Man have a boyfriend... When will I bring it back for Grandma to see?"

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