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"What's wrong?" Jiang Chiyu looked in the direction of Yu Duo's gaze with a puzzled expression.

Not far away is a western restaurant that has just opened, and its decoration is different from all the restaurants on the market.The red sofa, the dark wooden floor, the flannel curtains hanging on the wide floor-to-ceiling windows, and the complicated plaster decoration on the ceiling are dazzling. It is hard to tell which country's aristocratic style it is.

A well-dressed little girl walked into the glass door holding her parents' hands. Yu Duo saw this scene, turned around and asked Jiang Chiyu: "Why don't we go home to cook tonight, and we will meet you too?" world?"

Yu Duo heard from Simao that it is fashionable for young people nowadays to come to this western restaurant for birthday banquets during festivals and festivals.Jiang Chiyu did well in the final exam this time, but he hasn't expressed anything yet.

Jiang Chiyu looked up at the gate, and the signboard spelled out the words "Red Velvet Cafe" with colorful lights.The name of this restaurant, Jiang Chiyu, has been heard by classmates, and the most frequently mentioned keywords are "expensive" and "foreign style".

"I finally got some money back, so don't waste it." Eating a meal here is not cheap, Jiang Chiyu looked away, and said to Yu Duo: "And I don't know how to use a knife and fork, can you?"

Yu Duo shook his head sincerely. After Jiang Chiyu reminded him, he noticed that everyone in the restaurant was holding exquisite knives and forks, and there was an exaggeratedly large white plate in front of him. Put a small piece of something he can't name.

Seeing Yu Duo's incomprehensible expression, Jiang Chiyu couldn't help laughing and said, "Let's go home for dinner tonight, and come back later."

The bosses in the vegetable market are also going home for the New Year, and they start to close their stalls early, and there are no good vegetables left in the market at [-] o'clock in the evening.Jiang Chiyu bought a few vegetables before the proprietress got off work, and went home with Yu Duo.

As soon as the two arrived home, Jiang Chiyu plunged into the kitchen and got busy. When living with Jiang Xiaoqing in the past, it was impossible to count on her for these things. Jiang Chiyu knew how to support himself since he was a child.

Jiang Chiyu was busy up and down in front of the stove, and Yu Duo couldn't spread out on the sofa to watch TV and wait for dinner, so he also sneaked into the kitchen to help him.

Yu Duo is good at engineering, but he is really not very good at cooking, so he didn't help much, which caused a lot of chaos, but no matter what, a decent New Year's Eve dinner was finally served.

The last plate of pork ribs with scallions was placed on the dining table, and the opening of the Spring Festival Gala sounded on the TV. Yu Duo took a bottle of orange juice from the refrigerator and placed it in front of Jiang Chiyu.

Today, the two of them bought beer at the canteen downstairs. Jiang Chiyu saw that Yu Duo was fooling himself again with this trick of coaxing children, and said dissatisfiedly, "I'm already full, I'm not a child anymore."

"So what?" Yu Duo unscrewed the bottle cap, poured a full glass into Jiang Chiyu's glass, and gave him a warning look: "Do you still want to drink?"

During the party, there was an advertisement for a car. Yu Duo asked Jiang Chiyu, how about we buy such a car next year?

The car logo with blue sky and white clouds that appeared on TV, even if Yu Duo and Jiang Chiyu were packaged and sold together, they would not be able to afford it.But Jiang Chiyu acted as if he could pick up the car tomorrow, and said with great anticipation that after buying the car, he must take him for a ride as soon as possible.

Although people are always complaining that the taste of the new year is getting weaker and the party is getting uglier every year, they are still very much looking forward to the arrival of the Spring Festival.It seems that as long as this Spring Festival is well spent, everything will gradually get better in the coming year.

This is what ordinary people expect from life.

The two people who usually don't have much time to rest, it is even more impossible to stay up late tonight to watch the New Year's Eve. Before the countdown to the Spring Festival Gala started, Yu Duo stretched himself and turned off the TV.

Before going to bed, he found that the oil he bought back at the flea market for 50 yuan had burned out.Yu Duo called Jiang Chiyu, and the two squatted in front of the electric oil tin for a while, and finally announced that the old antique was completely scrapped.

Without this only oil heater, there is no way to keep warm tonight.Jiang Chiyu said that Yu Duo was greedy for cheap, and Yu Duo blamed Jiang Chiyu for never remembering to turn off the machine after using it. The two spent several minutes shirking each other's responsibilities, and finally decided to let it go for a few days.

No matter how harsh the environment is, they have both experienced it. Even at this time last year, they did not dare to imagine that they could have a decent Spring Festival.

When Jiang Chiyu came out of the shower, the temperature in the room had dropped significantly.Yu Duo was lying on his bed wrapped in a quilt, as if he had fallen asleep.

Jiang Chiyu was worried that it would be too cold in the middle of the night, so he first boiled a pot of hot water to warm it in a thermos, then closed all the windows of the house tightly, then turned off the lights and lay down on the bed.

A cold snap is coming these days and the weather forecast says today will be the coldest day of the year.When Jiang Chiyu was a child, he always looked forward to seeing the white snow scene on the first day of the New Year, but he realized that it does not snow in H City after he grew up.

Even so, this southward cold current should not be underestimated. Although the heater was up and down, it was completely gone now, and even the bed was wet and cold.

Jiang Chiyu moved his hands and feet, and turned over again.

However, at this moment, a black shadow suddenly flew over his head, and before Jiang Chiyu could see what it was, the quilt just fell down.

Jiang Chiyu pulled the quilt off his head, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Yu Duo lifted the quilt on the other side and lay down under his quilt.

"Lie down inside. Hiss—it's so cold, so cold." Yu Duo didn't think there was anything wrong with getting into someone else's bed without permission. He folded the two quilts together and covered himself and Jiang Chiyu: "Let's just make do." Make do with it, lie down a little more."

Suddenly there was such a person beside him, Jiang Chiyu's mind was blank for a few seconds, but his body still reacted instinctively, and leaned inward.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Chiyu wasn't sure if he really asked this question, or just thinking about it in his mind.

Yu Duo did not answer Jiang Chiyu, but proudly patted the quilts on the two of them, and asked, "Is it much better now?"

Jiang Chiyu nodded numbly.

"That's fine."

After speaking, Yu Duo buried himself in the thick quilt, turned his back to Jiang Chiyu, and closed his eyes contentedly.Leaving Jiang Chiyu alone in the dark, counting his heartbeat like a drum.

For those who have been walking alone in the wind and snow for a long time, such a cold night is not unbearable.If you see flames in the ice and snow, you can't help but get closer.

Thousands of lights are lit outside the window, and the festive atmosphere continues, and the sound of countdown comes from a distant place.

When the New Year's bell rang, there were deafening firecrackers from all directions, and all kinds of fireworks and fireworks rose into the night sky.

The central square of the city is holding a New Year's event celebration, and the scene has been surrounded by enthusiastic citizens, and on the terrace of their home, it happens to be able to see the gorgeous fireworks show.

After twelve o'clock, the sound of firecrackers gradually weakened, and the new year came.

Jiang Chiyu looked at the back and tried to call out to Yu Duo: "Brother."

"What's the matter?" Yu Duo was just woken up by the noise outside, and turned to face Jiang Chiyu, maybe because he just woke up, his voice sounded very gentle.

Looking back on the first year they spent together, Jiang Chiyu wanted to say something to Yu Duo. The word "thank you" is too light, but the more important promise, at Jiang Chiyu's age of nothing, there is no way to make it easy.

Finally, Jiang Chiyu said to Yu Duo, "Happy New Year, brother."

He integrated all the secret, contradictory, hazy, and strong emotions in his heart into this ordinary New Year greeting.

Yu Duo opened his eyes slightly, and the constantly blooming fireworks fell into his eyes, turning into the appearance that Jiang Chiyu had appeared many times in his dreams.

"Happy New Year." Yu Duo stretched out his hand from under the quilt, rubbed Jiang Chiyu's forehead, and laughed.