reborn star

On the second day, when Li Mingrui opened his eyes, the sky was already bright. The winter morning in the bungalow is very cold, only the bed is warm. Li Mingrui squinted his eyes and prepared to sleep for a while before getting up again. When he turned his head, he saw that Xiao Yan had already got up and was sitting on the kang. Staring at him blazingly.

So, he got up silently and put on his coat under his fiery eyes.

"The hot water is ready, let's wash your face!" Xiao Yan said to him.

After Li Mingrui washed his face with the water in the washbasin, Xiao Yan took a handkerchief, exactly the same handkerchief that Li Mingrui had seen before, and wiped off the water stains on his face with it. Yan took it out of his hand and put it back in his pocket.

Li Mingrui was speechless, how much did he love this handkerchief?

The family of four has already woken up, Feng Cuiyun and his wife are cooking, Yang Chen is busy lighting the stove and adding coal to the stove, seeing Li Mingrui looking over, he said: "It's a bit cold in the morning, and it will be warm when the fire wall heats up later." gone."

Li Mingrui was very interested in the work Yang Chen was doing, imitating his movements and stabbing it in with the stove hook a few times, Xiao Yan stood by the kitchen, watching Li Mingrui's every move with doting eyes smile.

Feng Cuiyun smiled and said, "Xiao Rui, wait for a while, Auntie will finish cooking later."

Li Mingrui came to Feng Cuiyun's side and saw that the other party had prepared a few more dishes. One of the fish hadn't been cooked yet, so he volunteered: "Auntie, I'll cook this fish! I guarantee you won't be disappointed."

"You know how to cook?" She didn't quite believe it when she heard this young man offer to cook last night.

"Yes, just wait and eat!" Li Mingrui said confidently.

Li Mingrui washed the fish first, cut off the backbone of the fish with a knife, spread lard and white wine on both sides of the fish, sprinkled the seasoning into the belly of the fish, and let hot water boil in the pot at the same time. Put it into the pot and steam it. On the other side, mix the soy sauce, vinegar, and clear oil in a small bowl. Put it into the pot and steam it with the fish. After the fish is cooked, steam it for a few minutes, and pour the seasoning on the fish from the beginning to the end. .

A fresh and delicious steamed crucian carp was placed on the plate, Xiao Yan looked at it in a daze.

Yang Chen praised: "I don't see it, he's a professional!" He grew up in the countryside and knew how to cook since he was a child, but he was limited to simple stir-fry dishes. What an appetite!

Feng Cuiyun said in surprise: "Xiaorui is good at cooking, even my family Chenchen can't compare to you. She looks so handsome and can do homework. It's really good. Whose girl will marry you?" Have a good time, oh yes, have you married a wife yet!"

Li Mingrui twitched the corner of his mouth, "No, it's not urgent."

"Hey, Auntie will introduce..." Feng Cuiyun was interrupted by Yang Chen before she could finish speaking, "Okay, mom, don't act like a matchmaker on someone else, don't you worry about finding a wife with Brother Rui's appearance? Which of those girls in the movie can catch Brother Rui's eyes."

Feng Cuiyun's excitement faltered immediately, and she looked at Li Mingrui unwillingly, "If only my Chenchen was a girl."

Yang Chen's face darkened, Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes and glanced at Yang Chen.

Li Mingrui blushed, "Auntie, it's time for dinner!"

A group of people worked hard for a long time in the early morning, and finally everything was done. It stands to reason that a part of the food should be set aside for the old man first, and Li Mingrui took the initiative to take over this job. Crouching on the kang and rolling a cigarette, he called out, "Grandpa, it's time to eat."

The old man was still rolling his cigarette, as if he didn't hear it.

Seeing this scene, Yang Chen laughed and said, "Grandpa's ears have been reciting a few years ago, it's because of his age."

"Hard ears?" Li Mingrui asked.

"Yeah, you have to shout loudly when you talk to grandpa, otherwise you won't be able to hear him."

Li Mingrui looked at the old man opposite, turned his eyes, and said in a low voice, "I'll tell you a secret, I'm your daughter's nephew, um... a nephew from a previous life, I'll tell you because you're kind-hearted." You, keep it a secret!"

The old man looked at him, blinked, then bowed his head to eat.

Li Mingrui smiled contentedly.

The fish made by Li Mingrui was divided among several people. After the meal, there were only bones left in the fish. After the meal, Feng Cuiyun suggested that Yang Chen take Li Mingrui and Xiao Yan to the town to watch Yangko twisting. Li Mingrui felt that this was Feng Cuiyun's. I agreed with kindness.

"Auntie, then we won't come back at night." Li Mingrui said.

"Why don't you go back? It will be noon when you finish watching Yangko dance. Didn't you say that it takes nine hours to drive to Songjiang City? It gets dark early in winter, and it gets dark when you drive halfway. You go home when it's dark. Well, how scary, just listen to auntie, go home with Chenchen tonight, it happens that tomorrow Chenchen is going to school in the county, you go back together."

Yang Chen also said on the side: "It's just right, you can send me to school tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Li Mingrui naturally would not choose to drive a long-distance car at night, and originally planned to live in the town tonight.

When they came, there were almost no pedestrians on the streets of the town, but this time, a lot of people had gathered to watch the excitement, unlike the bustling cities where the avenues are wide and crowded with traffic, there are fewer cars in the town and the roads are very narrow. Every house is very close to each other, when Xiao Yan parked the car on the side of the road, the shiny body attracted many people's attention.

Li Mingrui is not interested in activities such as twisting yangko, but just to join in the fun. There are also such shows in Songjiang City, but not many people watch them. Compared with cities with more entertainment programs, people in the town are more interested in twisting yangko. have a soft spot.

Those who participate in Yangko twisting activities are basically middle-aged people and children, accompanied by gongs, drums and suona, dressed as big-headed dolls and various strange animals, walking on stilts, playing waist drums, and throwing red silk around their waists. Many middle-aged aunts are holding fans and taking traditional Yangko steps, twisting back and forth, and it is very lively and lively.

These people perform Yangko dancing on the widest street in the town. While doing this, they pay New Year's greetings from house to house. Every time they come to a house, they will say a series of festive words such as congratulations and fortune, and they will give dozens or hundreds of dollars as red envelopes to the leader. There are also people who don't want to give a red envelope but are too embarrassed to refuse, so they quickly lock the door before the team arrives. This scene makes Li Mingrui feel very funny.

The most interesting thing is that there are a few old men hanging behind the long line. They are dressed in nondescript clothes, neither playing fans nor swinging their belts. They run and jump back and forth as if they have epilepsy, playing the role of clowns, which is quite joyful. .

"Interesting?" Xiao Yan asked close to his ear.

Li Mingrui moved aside to keep a distance from Xiao Yan, and said, "It feels pretty good."

"Stay here for a few more days if you like!"

"No, let's go tomorrow. I still have activities in the next year, and you, the chairman, are still in charge of the company. You will be busy in the next year." Last night Xiao Yan answered the calls from the two companies. Chinese New Year but a few days off is enough.

"Okay." Xiao Yan said.

They looked at it for a while, and then walked back and forth around the town. On the way, Yang Chen met a few classmates. When the classmates saw the two people next to Yang Chen, they couldn't help but look a little longer. , especially here, in the end Yang Chen proposed to go to the hot noodle restaurant in the town to eat hot noodles. In fact, the taste of hot noodles is quite ordinary, but every time you buy a bowl of hot noodles, the store will give you a plate of soy dishes, soy dishes are real tasty.

Yang Chen took the two of them to the game hall as a kindness to the landlord. Li Mingrui had been to the game hall in his previous life. At that time, he liked to play Street Fighter the most. He grabbed the joystick and shook it vigorously. Xiao Yan didn't even touch it, the two of them got off after playing the car for a while, and now they can't find the enthusiasm they used to play game consoles, as expected, this place is only suitable for those young children.

At night, they returned to Xingde Village again.

Everyone in the Yang family is asleep, but Li Mingrui and Xiao Yan are not sleepy. They are sitting on a small bench in the yard chatting, the moon is bright and clear, and the cool breeze is blowing. There is no brightly lit and bustling scene at night here, but the pure simplicity and deep attracted them deeply.

Xiao Yan looked at Li Mingrui, "Is it cold?"

Li Mingrui shook his head, "It's not cold. Actually, this place is pretty good. When you get older, it's good to spend your old age in a place where you don't smoke."

"You can come here often if you like." Xiao Yan added, "Let's come together."

Li Mingrui lowered his head and said softly, "Xiao Yan, thank you."

Thank you for accompanying him to Xingde Village. If there is no Xiao Yan, he may not have enough confidence to face Feng Cuiyun's family. If there is no Xiao Yan, he may have a lot of discomfort in Feng Cuiyun's house. Xiao Yan, who has never complained from the beginning to the end , gave him the greatest tolerance.

Xiao Yan's voice was low, "You know, thank you is not what I want."

Li Mingrui was silent.

"I did all this not in a delusion to impress you. I just followed my heart and did what I thought I should do. I know that feelings are worthless in your eyes. In fact, I never thought that I would be in love with someone in this life People have feelings, but some things are involuntary... I have thought that if I were given another chance, I would return to China a few years earlier, find you when you were young, and not let you be with anyone else , or simply don’t go back to China, and if I don’t meet you, I won’t worry about it every day.”

"But, there is no if." Xiao Yan finally said.

"This is really a special confession." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Li Mingrui's lips, and a thought suddenly appeared in his mind, if it was not Lin Yiran but Xiao Yan who met in the youthful years, then everything would still happen what...

However, no if.

"You said that a lifetime is long and many things will go bad, but is this lifetime really long? More than 20 years have passed like that, how many 20 years can a person have in this life?" Xiao Yan looked at him with deep eyes. Shen, "Li Mingrui, what are you afraid of? You still have a long future. Do you keep running away because you are afraid of facing your feelings? You don't trust me, right? I know that no matter what I say is futile, I say Time will tell everything, Li Mingrui, can you give me a chance to prove it? I just want one chance."

Xiao Yan stretched out his hand and took Li Mingrui's hand.

Li Mingrui flung it away.

Xiao Yan grabbed his hand again and held it tightly. Although the expression on his face remained the same, sweat was dripping from the palm of his hand.

Li Mingrui's hands were stiff, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but he couldn't break free in the end.

With Li Mingrui's acquiescence, Xiao Yan suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, he turned around suddenly and hugged Li Mingrui, at this moment he couldn't utter a single word, after a long while, he slowly backed away a little, She held Li Mingrui's face in her arms and kissed it.

Feeling the soft touch on his lips, Li Mingrui slowly closed his eyes.