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Not long after Li Daneng's funeral, the Spring Festival came. Although this year's Spring Festival was not the bleakest one Yu Duo and Jiang Chiyu had experienced together, it was deserted enough.

The workers went back to their hometowns one after another, and the company's employees followed suit within a few days.On New Year's Eve, only Yu Duo and Jiang Chiyu stayed in the office until after seven o'clock in the evening before sending away the last foreman who came to collect his salary.

Yu Duo left all the money that Li Daneng got back from the developer with his life to his mother and son.There is not much cash left in the company account, Yu Duo took out all his savings, Lin Shengnan's house sale money has also arrived in the account, and he received a small project payment from other units before the Spring Festival. Fan, finally settled the wages of most of the workers a year ago.

After the last worker left, Jiang Chiyu and Yu Duo waited in the office until almost eight o'clock, but the foremen who were supposed to come to pay the bill were still missing.

There was no way to wait any longer, so before leaving get off work, Yu Duo sat in the office and called them one by one.

Jiang Chiyu made a pot of tea from the pantry and went back to the office. Seeing that Yu Duo was already packing up his things and getting ready to leave work, he put down the tea pot and asked with a puzzled face, "Aren't they coming?"

"Yeah." Yu Duo stacked up the scattered documents on the table, raised his head and said with a smile, "They said it was too cold to be too lazy to go out, and the money matter will be discussed next year."

Jiang Chiyu smiled knowingly after hearing this, this is not a matter of being lazy to go out, in order to get money, even a knife from the sky can't stop them, it is clear that these old guys have chosen to help them when the company is most difficult.

After dealing with the company's affairs, Jiang Chiyu and Yu Duo will also go back to celebrate the New Year.But during the period before the year, they were so busy that they couldn't even sleep, so it was impossible for them to be distracted by the New Year's goods. The refrigerator at home was more empty than the company's bank account.

At this time, it is impossible to go shopping and cook again. The two discussed it and decided to find a random shop to deal with it.There is a Spring Festival every year, let’s make do with it this year, and it will definitely get better next year.

Coming out of the company, Jiang Chiyu drove along the main road.There were few vehicles on the main road, and most of the shops on the roadside were closed. The two walked around the road and only saw a Shaxian snack with the lights on.

There are no customers in the store, and the boss sits alone in front of the TV watching the party.He didn't expect that there would be people coming tonight. He was very happy to see Yu Duo and Jiang Chiyu coming in, and hurriedly asked them to sit down.

The boss originally didn't plan to open tonight, so he didn't prepare much ingredients. He didn't order anything on the menu.In the end, Yu Duo and Jiang Chiyu ordered a bowl of Piaoxiang noodles, and the past year was over like this.

After the boss finished serving, he went back to his original position and sat down.Although this New Year's Eve dinner was simple, there was no lack of necessary procedures. When the meal was halfway through, Yu Duo took out a red envelope as usual and placed it on the table.

"New Year's money." Yu Duo said to Jiang Chiyu.

Jiang Chiyu looked up at the red envelope, smiled and said to Yu Duo, "I'll be 22 after the new year."

"What's wrong with 22? Is 22 not a younger brother?" Speaking of this, Yu Duo remembered that this kid really didn't want to be his younger brother, so he picked up the chopsticks on the table and lowered his head to eat noodles: "It's the old rule. have."

Jiang Chiyu put the red envelope on the table into his arms, imitating the past, and said, "Thank you brother."

Hearing this "Brother" now, Yu Duo always felt that something was wrong everywhere, so he could only bury his head in eating noodles, thinking helplessly, this time he thought of calling him Brother again.

The two were talking, when the wechat ringtone suddenly rang in the empty store, the boss, who had been amused by the sketch just now, bounced like a power switch, and quickly answered the phone.

There was a crisp female voice on the other end of the phone, and as soon as the video was connected, she excitedly called Dad.It seems that this video should be sent back by the boss's daughter who is far away from abroad.

The boss is standing in front of the phone tonight, probably waiting for this call.

Yu Duo seemed to see his future self. He looked back and said with emotion: "By this time next year, you should be abroad. Hey, is the Spring Festival holiday in the United States?"

"It should not be a holiday." Jiang Chiyu said: "But I can ask for leave and come back to spend the New Year with you."

Most of the company's colleagues and friends are from other places. At this time next year, Yu Duo will be alone again.

"It's a good idea, the air ticket is free? You can't go to school anymore?" Yu Duo gave him a blank look.

"I've been thinking about one thing recently." Seeing that Yu Duo took the initiative to bring up this topic, Jiang Chiyu put down his chopsticks and tentatively said to Yu Duo, "I want to postpone the plan of studying abroad for a few years."

"Postponed for a few years" is just a euphemism, Jiang Chiyu's implication is that he will not go.In fact, his considerations are not unreasonable. In the current situation of the company, anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is a crisis. A few years ago, several employees proposed to resign, and they will be absent for a long time after the year. If Jiang Chiyu, the core, is missing characters, management will become very difficult.

What's more, studying and living overseas for three years will require a huge amount of expenses, which is difficult for Yu Duo and the others to bear with their current financial situation.

"Many opportunities in life are only once. There are many things you think you can do later, and you will miss them if you miss them." The expression on Yu Duo's face became serious. After so many changes, Yu Duo had nothing but hope Let Jiang Chiyu continue his studies smoothly, change the original background of life, and embark on a different path from them in the future.

Yu Duo did not tell Jiang Chiyu that he had already borrowed a sum of money from his close friends as Jiang Chiyu's first tuition fee.The amount of this money is not large, and it should arrive smoothly in the next year. Even if the company is really unsustainable in the future, he can always pay it back by doing some odd jobs on the construction site as before.

He picked up the chopped green onions in the bowl, lowered his eyebrows, and continued, "Don't worry about family matters. The amount of work next year will be much smaller. I can handle it, and there are still several project funds that will arrive in the account one after another. Not a problem."

Sometimes I have to admire Yu Duo's optimism. It is a bad thing to reduce the amount of work, but after he said it like this, it seems to be something to be thankful for.

Although the boat is naturally straight to the bridge, when things happen, there will always be a way to solve them.But after overcoming all difficulties, Jiang Chiyu still has something he can't let go of.

He stared at Yu Duo intently, and asked, "What about you?"

Yu Duo looked back at Jiang Chiyu, and heard the deep meaning in his words.But right now he didn't even clear his mind, let alone make any promises.

"Me." So there was an appropriate smile on his face, and he said heartlessly: "When you go abroad, I will eat enough for one person and the whole family will not be hungry, let alone worry about it."

On the way home, Yu Duo looked at the red lanterns on the side of the road and thought of last year's Spring Festival.

That year, Li Daneng didn't go back to his hometown, and brought his son who had just entered junior high school to H City for the winter vacation. It happened that Lin Shengnan was moving to a new house, so everyone celebrated the New Year together in Lin Shengnan's newly built duplex building. Simao also brought him to date. Girlfriend of two years.

Even though it was a picture that I didn't dare to appear in my dreams in the past, it was still an ordinary Spring Festival, and everything that happened that night was just considered ordinary at the time.

Looking back today, Yu Duo found that it was the last Spring Festival they had together. Those ordinary moments, with Li Daneng's departure, will never be there again.