straight to heaven

I left two to hang on the bedside, as a test for Pei Yan first.

I don’t know if it’s because the sachet has played a role, or because I’m too tired during the day, and the second before I quickly fell into a dream, I was still thinking in a daze, it wasn’t false propaganda...

I couldn't find a chance to let go of it, so I held the things in my hands for another two days.

In a blink of an eye, it is New Year's Eve.It stands to reason that it is time for the family to reunite and have a New Year's Eve dinner together.I cooked a pot of dumplings, divided half into an insulated box, and kept it until the next day.

Suddenly, the mobile phone beeped urgently.

Well, it's my fault when I think about it.

Who made me flustered at that time, I connected the phone before I saw who it was, turned on the speaker, and even said hello first, "Hello, hello".

Then, in the lively and chaotic background sound, my mother's laughter filled the not-so-spacious kitchen.

"Xiaoshan, baby." She had to amplify her voice, "Are you listening? Have you had dinner yet?"

I gave the hand holding the lock and button lid a few seconds to react before saying, "Yeah."

She didn't care about my indifference, and continued: "I'm having a New Year's Eve dinner at your Uncle Gao's house." She suddenly lowered her voice: "There are many people in his family, and there are a few children who are the same age as you, would you like to come over... ..."

There was a lot of voices at the other end, and the cups were lighted up in disorder.It was so lively that there was no room for me to step in.

I closed the lid: "No."

In the silence on the other end, I took the dinner and put it on the coffee table.A plate of thirty, round and full, very good.

The family lived on a low floor, and the sound of children and adults downstairs setting off firecrackers came up, vivid and ear-piercing.

She seldom made demands on me, but unexpectedly, this time she insisted in a low voice.

"Baby, I just think that on New Year's Eve, Gao Kai's family is neat and tidy. I guess you might be bored staying at home alone, so I want to ask you to come over for a light meal." She paused, "Gao Kai My family also hopes to meet you, after all, it will be..."

Let's stop here.

What is it?

Is it a family?

I stuffed the dumplings into my mouth.

The radish and beef stuffing, the teeth break the skin, the inside is full of juice, and the meat is very fresh.The stuffing is twisted in the vegetable market, and the taste is adjusted by me according to the recipe. The aroma of oil is mixed with the aroma of meat, and the bite is mixed with a bit of carrot crispness.

I tasted one when it was just out of the pan, and it tasted very fresh, but now it feels dull.

I turned on the TV, and the beautiful or upright faces of the hosts of the Spring Festival Gala were projected on the screen. The announcement was loud enough to overwhelm the children's playfulness downstairs, and then it was transmitted into the earpiece.

"It's eight o'clock. I'm watching the Spring Festival Gala. I'm not bored." Although I inherited the skill of talking to death in one sentence from my mother, it is better than blue.

"..." She was choked by me, and after a while she said again: "That's fine, I won't force you if you don't want to. However, if you change your mind, please feel free to contact me, and I'll send you the address in a text message later."

"And, Hill," she said, "Happy New Year's Eve."

I didn't speak, and she quickly hung up in a self-defeating way.

Although I did intend to scare her off, I didn't say "Happy New Year's Eve" to her just now, not because I was emotional.

Just now, the camera of the Spring Festival Gala happened to cut to the audience in the front row.

——The woman is not young, she is wearing a white lady's suit, her long hair is tied high on the top of her hair, there are pearl earrings on her earlobes, and her lips are very red.

Sitting among a group of old men with pot bellies, she was so eye-catching, it would not be an exaggeration to say that she was astonishingly beautiful.

Importantly, I just met her in person some time ago.

It's right at the door of the classroom.

"I am grass."

I wondered what kind of background Pei Yanlai's mother came from, while thinking wildly, the person I have a crush on is really a gold bump, and I have to earn a few digits a year to be worthy of this master who flew out of the phoenix's nest.

The messy thoughts went around, and I suddenly thought of the gossip that Zhang Xiaomao had spread from his mouth.

The poor have the sick, the rich have the sick, couples who have no money don't get along with each other, and the wealthy families are often at odds.I heard that Pei Yanlai is no exception. His family relationship is not harmonious, his parents have been separated for a long time, and now he lives with his mother.

I can't sit still.

Tonight is New Year's Eve, and this lady is participating in the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala in the capital with her makeup on. Doesn't Pei Yan come to celebrate the New Year alone?

just like me.

But the unlucky one is enough for me.

I wanted to send Pei Yanlai a WeChat message, but I didn't fart for a long time.Throwing the phone away, I frantically ran through my hair.

The sound of the TV is too loud.I turned my voice down, opened the window and poked my head out.

Downstairs was more lively than before, men, women, young and old, in groups of three and four, fairy sticks and firecrackers of various colors did not flinch in the cold wind, showing a good look of getting rid of the old and welcoming the new.

Where is Pei Yan coming?

Did Pei Yan come to eat dumplings?Did Pei Yan light some firecrackers?Has Pei Yan come to play fairy stick?

It's a subconscious reaction to meddle in his own business, and I can't help but wonder if Pei Yanlai has no one to accompany him because Lingshi is so cold in winter.

When I came back to my senses, I was already wrapped in the black down jacket I bought a size up, and I was standing at the gate of Pei Yanlai Community like a homeless man.

But he didn't turn on the lights at home.

I rushed here excitedly, forgetting to ask Pei Yanlai in advance if he was at home.When I got there, I fumbled in my pocket in a hurry and found that I had forgotten my mobile phone.

Standing on the street at minus ten degrees, I was in a dilemma.

The security guard on duty was not the same one I saw last time.

Seeing me standing at the door, he poked his head out and yelled.

"Hey! That young man, what are you doing? It's freezing, why don't you go home for the New Year and make foreign paintings at the door?"

My face was frozen, and I didn't smile often. It took me a long time to pull out a half-crying expression: "I want to find someone, he lives here."

"Then you call and ask him to come out to pick you up."

I laughed dryly: "I don't have my cell phone with me."

"Well, I'll lend you."

I laughed dryly again: "Uncle, I don't have his phone number."

"...My boy, what else do you know?"

I tried my best to look more sincere, and squeezed out a few awkward teeth at him, probably not very decent.

"The person I'm looking for is named Pei and lives on the second floor of Unit [-], Building [-]."

It's also a stroke of luck, the security guard on duty today is warm-hearted and rough-natured.He beckoned me in.The air conditioner was turned on in the security room, and the temperature was quite high.

The security made a phone call on the inside line.

The phone rang five or six times before it got through.

As soon as the security guard said "Hello", my heart was about to jump into my throat, as fast as I had just finished running 2000 meters in a sports meeting, and my eardrum was vibrating.

Intuit worthless.

The security guard said a few words to the other side, looked at me sideways, and asked, "Young man, what's your name?"

"Lin Xiaoshan." I announced my family name.

The security guard negotiated a few more words with the opposite party, and then hung up the phone.

I silently swallowed my saliva, and wrapped my down jacket tighter: "Uncle, what do you say?"

To be honest, after seeing Pei Yanlai's vicious real face, I realized that the probability of him ignoring my mangy dog ​​is very high.

So at this moment, I'm afraid to hear such an answer from the security guard to drive me away.

Human love and longing are extreme, two-sided emotions.It can make me happy like a fool for a person, but also make me sad like a fool for a person.

Today is New Year's Eve, and it's rare for me to find a reason to be a happy kid.

"Oh, you can wait in the house first." The security guard replied: "He said he will come down immediately."