Danqing

During the Chinese New Year period, the small county is very lively, especially on the first day of the new year, when every household is out of the house. During the Spring Festival, it is sunny and warm. Yi Xiuyun is carrying a DSLR and asks Chen Kezhi to take him around and take some photos of local customs. Photo.

Except for participating in some pen fairs, Yi Xiuyun hardly stays at home. The DSLR bought the year before last has basically never been used. So far, he can only turn on the fully automatic mode to shoot blindly. Chen Kezhi said that he was reckless. It's good to be happy, and you don't have to make the best use of things.

There are many folk artists on the street, some of them have small stalls, heating white sugar into orange jelly, and those who pay the money turn to some animals on the turntable, and the stall owner uses sugar to draw some animals on the whiteboard, and uses a stick Supported by small wooden sticks, after cooling, the whole shovel is picked up and held in hand.

Chen Kezhi can't name this thing, but he only knows that when he was a child, he would often take Tan Songxue downstairs to eat, and it would cost [-] cents to transfer once, and he would make a lot of money if he transferred to the dragon. Qin Songxue, a small animal like a mouse, would not be very happy, and would swallow it after a few bites without interest.

Unexpectedly, this actually aroused Yi Xiuyun's strong interest. He took several photos in a row and gave the stall owner ten yuan. Yun was not happy, so he insisted on turning it by himself.As a result, it took a full five turns before a snake came out, and I was immediately satisfied.

"Uncle Yi, don't you belong to the dragon, why do you turn around the snake?"

"Snake, I'm in the first month, you must remember wrong."

"Then isn't your birthday coming soon?" Chen Kezhi asked in surprise. Yi Xiuyun never mentioned this in City n, and he never knew when Yi Xiuyun's birthday was.

Yi Xiuyun thought for a while, and said, "Ah, yes... I'd forget it if you didn't tell me."

Chen Kezhi: "What's the date?"

Yi Xiuyun: "Wait, let me think..."

Chen Kezhi: "..."

Yi Xiuyun: "Don't look at me like that, I haven't celebrated my birthday in more than ten years, I forgot... the fourth day of junior high... Ah, no, no, third grade, third grade!"

Chen Kezhi: "..."

Yi Xiuyun: "Why are you asking this all of a sudden, you want to give me something? Don't, I know you are rich, but it's not my birthday, so don't worry about it."

Chen Kezhi just asked casually, and didn't even think about giving him anything. He was choked up by Yi Xiuyun's words, and he just said, "Oh." , Qin Songxue is an example, and there is no limit.

The civic square was very empty, and there was a child stumbling beside him, who seemed to be only about one year old, and his parents held his hand and walked forward at a relatively fast speed.It is estimated that the child had just learned to walk. He took two steps and knocked forward, but because the parents held him, he did not fall to the ground.

Yi Xiuyun laughed out loud when he saw it, and turned the camera to video recording mode to record the scene. After shooting for more than ten seconds, he moved over to take a close-up of the child's face.

There are many other similar children, one with braids in the sky, holding a windmill on her father's shoulder and blowing snot bubbles, no different from Tan Songxue when she was a child, with big eyes but staring, a little silly of.There was too much snot, she blinked her eyes, and rubbed directly on her father's clothes. The adults were busy talking, and the winter clothes were thick, so they didn't pay attention to what she was doing, so the child played tricks without any scruples.

Yi Xiuyun was so happy that he slapped him hard.

Chen Kezhi remembered that when Tan Songxue was a child, he was chubby like a ball, couldn't speak clearly, and was mischievous all day long. The kindergarten teacher was burned out by him, and he complained to Qin's parents and mother all day long.After so many years, Tan Songxue will not follow behind his butt and argue for "grasshopper", nor will she hide in his arms and cry when she is wronged, nor will she be so stupid as to think that she has blown the condom once A younger brother will be able to come out.

They are both growing up. The moment when Tan Songxue kissed him for the first time and called him "Grasshopper" seemed like yesterday, but now he is in his prime and able to take charge of himself.

"Missing Qin Songxue?" Yi Xiuyun asked Chen Kezhi while pressing the photo playback button on the camera to look at the photos just taken.

Chen Kezhi didn't deny it: "Yes."

Yi Xiuyun was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "I really envy you."

Chen Kezhi didn't speak. He didn't know anything about Yi Xiuyun's past, so he couldn't persuade him blindly.

Yi Xiuyun unconsciously licked his canine teeth again, and said politely: "There is a loquat tree in the garden, which was planted by my wife when she died. Now it is as graceful as a cover..."

Chen Kezhi: "..."

Seeing Chen Kezhi looking at him, Yi Xiuyun curled his lips indifferently.

Inexplicably, Chen Kezhi thought of Yi Xiuyun's Qilin and Tian Yusu badge.

Although Yi Xiuyun wasn't in front of them when he took the badge, he didn't hide it either. Chen Kezhi could see that Yi Xiuyun cared a lot about the plain badge.

But who would learn seal cutting to use jade to carve seals?Jade is too hard, so it can only be engraved by specialized craftsmen, which is very troublesome.Therefore, it is impossible for Yi Xiuyun to buy the Zhangzi himself, it could only be given by someone else, and it was given by someone who doesn't know how to do it.

While thinking about it, another child ran over and was chasing and fighting with the others. He was about four or five years old, and accidentally bumped into Yi Xiuyun's leg, and was about to fall down. Yi Xiuyun hurriedly supported him.

"Slow down."

The child suddenly saw such a good-looking person, who still smelled of men's perfume, blushed a little, and replied in non-standard Mandarin: "Thank you, Susu." Then he turned and ran away.

Chen Kezhi: "Do you like children very much?"

Yi Xiuyun: "It's very interesting, who doesn't like children?"

Chen Kezhi: "If you like to get one, you are old enough."

Yi Xiuyun: "It's too troublesome. How comfortable being alone now... Will you have children in the future? You and Tan Songxue are both only children. If you die, how will your family and Tan Bo'an solve the problem?"

Chen Kezhi: "Let's talk about it at that time... Maybe I will find a surrogate, anyway, there is no rush, maybe in a dozen years or so, the two sperm|sperms will be able to fuse, and one will be used to cultivate a stem cell and then differentiate into an egg cell or something... Everything is fine. possible."

Yi Xiuyun: "... I can't see that you are quite optimistic."

Chen Kezhi shook his head with a smile.

This time when I went to Li’s family, Father Qin’s red envelope was [-], which is considered a very high standard in the county. Generally, the red envelopes given by relatives are around [-], but the elders of Li’s family are still not happy. Hua made a lot of money, and even bought a big house in N City, and now she gives a red envelope to pay back this little money.

During the meal, Li Xingguo mentioned about Li Chao's search for a job, and asked Mother Tan if there was any convenient position there, and told Father Tan if he knew anyone in the provincial capital.

Li Chao's grades were so poor that he didn't even get into the county's No. 5000 Middle School in the senior high school entrance examination. The Li family asked Qin's mother to go out of the way and open a back door to enter the ordinary class in No. [-] Middle School.Qin's mother called the principal of No. [-] Middle School. The principal said that if you pay [-] yuan, you can get in, but the score should not be lower than the admission threshold of [-] points. Qin's mother said that he was her nephew. If you don't want to be more accommodating, the principal let go. It can be reduced to one hundred, and it is difficult for him to do it if it is too low.

Qin's mother didn't know what the admission threshold was. After reporting Li Chao's grades, the principal said that he was almost two hundred lower, and he probably wouldn't be able to get into college after high school. It's better to go to a vocational high school or technical secondary school. Work.

Qin's mother was right when she thought about it. Now that college students don't care about employment, Li Chao may have difficulty getting into the second line, so she told the elders of the Li family to let Li Chao go to a vocational high school, and there is no need to go to the No. [-] middle school.

The two elders of the Li family listened to Qin's mother's explanation and nodded in agreement, but they were very unhappy in their hearts, thinking that Qin's mother would not contribute, and felt sorry for the 5000 yuan.

There are still a few high schools in the county, but the elders of the Li family don't want Li Chao to go. Those high schools are really bad. Every year, people are invited into the police station for fighting, and one year they beat someone to death in an Internet cafe. .It would be better for Li Chao to study in such an environment than to go to a vocational high school, but if he wants to enter No. [-] Middle School, he can only go through the back door through Qin's mother, so no matter how reluctant they are, they have to listen to Qin's mother's opinion.

Li Chao has always been a lazy worker. After studying for three years, he is about to graduate. He doesn't like ordinary jobs. He doesn't want to work as a small worker in an ordinary auto repair shop.

Qin's mother thought about it and said that she could contact a good shop with good salary and benefits.

After Li Chao heard this, he hesitated to speak, and Qin's mother asked him what he wanted to say.

Li Chao didn't answer, but Grandma Li asked if she could let him sit in the office, the finance department or the personnel department or something.

Qin's mother laughed angrily, and said that those departments had to work for several years before they could enter.

Grandma Li said that there are also people who go directly through the back door.

Li Chao echoed that he had a friend who went to the finance department as soon as he graduated to manage money.

Qin's mother said that she didn't know the owner of the auto repair shop that well, so she had to let Li Chao into the shop, and most of the people who could go directly to the office were from the boss's own family.

The family talked for a while, and at the end, Mother Qin said, prepare something to pay New Year's greetings, the boss likes to smoke Zhonghua.

Grandma Li snorted, and said, let’s go get ready.

Qin's mother was very surprised. Does the old lady mean to ask her to prepare?

Tan Songxue didn't know what the adults were talking about, he didn't say a word to Li Chao after he entered the door, and he still remembered the thing that Li Chao bullied him before, and his vision loss was also because of him.Hearing that Li Chao asked his mother to go through the back door to find a job, he was a little unhappy, poked the meat in the bowl with chopsticks with a dark face, and lost his appetite.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Li Xingguo quickly smoothed things over, saying that things would be prepared in advance.

The old lady was not happy when she heard that, a piece of Zhonghua cigarettes cost thousands of dollars, and she didn't want her son to pay the money, so she was about to say something but was interrupted by Li Xingguo.

Qin's mother ignored the old lady, saying that she would call in advance, because she couldn't get rid of the work in X County, and she would go back on the sixth day of the sixth day, so she couldn't be with her.

After a meal, everyone is unhappy.

In the evening, Tan Songxue told Chen Kezhi about it, and Chen Kezhi patted his head and said that the adult's matter should be resolved by the adult, as long as Li Chao doesn't bother him.

Twelve o'clock in the morning on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

Yi Xiuyun changed his clothes and was about to go to bed when his cell phone rang.

[Gao Chengxi: Master, happy birthday, every year has today, every year has today!I prepared a birthday present for you, I'm sure you like it!I'll give it to you when you return to city n!By the way, you are too mean, you didn't tell me about your birthday before!Did he sneak out alone?hum~00:00am]

[Yi Xiuyun: Thank you. 00:01am】

Yi Xiuyun put down his phone, a little dumbfounded, and he mentioned his birthday to Chen Kezhi, and Chen Kezhi must have told Gao Chengxi that he was too bored.Gao Chengxi's bluffing personality, being too kind to those around her, has always been generous, so Master must have prepared well for his birthday, and he will wait for Yi Xiuyun to go back and unwrap the presents.

However, how long has he not received birthday wishes?

It's been 11 years by the count.

It has been such a long time since he lost contact with his family. No one had the habit of sending text messages 11 years ago. After he changed his phone number, he rarely contacted his former friends.Because it was the third day of the first lunar month, everyone was busy celebrating the new year, and gradually no one remembered his birthday.

Suddenly receiving such a pinching message, Yi Xiuyun admitted that he was indeed moved by this little apprentice.

【Gao Chengxi: Wow, master, why haven't you slept yet!It's already twelve o'clock!Aren't you the most health-conscious? 00:03am】

[Yi Xiuyun: Chinese New Year, you didn't sleep either. 00:04am】

【Gao Chengxi: Hey, Chinese New Year, at home, you know~00:05am】

[Yi Xiuyun: Little | Forced a bastard. 00:07am】

【Gao Chengxi: You are too old to die. 00:08am】

【Gao Chengxi: Jealousy? 00:08am】

Yi Xiuyun was completely speechless, he replied a text message asking him to go to bed earlier and then locked the screen.