My green plums are very sour

Some things don't really need to be said too clearly.Just like that box of pastries that I have never seen before, even if my mother said two or three general sentences, it didn't prevent me from immediately believing that it was something Ning Ran wanted to give me.

This has nothing to do with narcissism, it's just a thought, an intuition.

Although for a while I stubbornly thought that I had never known Ning Ran, but in fact I knew her.

Ning Ran has always been very popular with her elders, but she is not good at deliberately flattering her.It's just a box of special products, you can ask her mother to come forward to help deliver it, just say it's her kindness.It not only gave a gift, but also showed that she has a heart, which is more in line with her well-behaved and humble appearance in front of her elders.Originally, Ning Ran would not ask for credit in front of his elders, let alone his mother said that she "specially" brought it back.

After I suddenly realized it, I couldn't help but find it funny, and I was still a little angry.She probably called it clever but was mistaken by cleverness.If you have the time to do this kind of temptation, why can't you just come to me directly?Why bother?

"Would you like to change your clothes? I'll turn on the air conditioner in the living room, dinner is ready, and it will be served right away." My mother was busy putting clips on the melon seeds pocket, and told me, "Your dad is in the kitchen. Here, go say hello first."

"Oh, good." I dug out my water cup from the disinfection cabinet of the water dispenser, touched it into the kitchen, said hello to my dad, washed the cup and filled it with a half cup of hot water, then slipped back to my room, took out Get out your phone to keep Ning Ran safe.

-I'm home now.Getting ready for dinner.

She was probably busy there, so she didn't reply for a while.

After dinner, I sat on the sofa with my parents and watched TV, and Ning Ran sent me a message again.

- Just cleaned up the kitchen after dinner.

-My dad told me to go to bed early at night, and go buy Spring Festival couplets and lanterns with him tomorrow morning.

I stared at the screen and thought for a while, then raised my head and asked my dad, "Dad, do you still have more lanterns from the family bought two days ago?"

"It seems that there is another pair, I put it in the drawer of the bookcase." Dad's attention was still on the TV, and he just glanced over at me, "What are you doing?"

"It's useful." I lowered my head and pressed my phone, coping casually.

Although recently I have gotten used to sleeping without the air conditioner, but I don’t know why I always feel that the temperature at home is lower than that of the provincial capital, and it doesn’t help if I cover it with a quilt and a blanket.

When the sky was bright, it was almost ice below my knees, and the bed was like a night of wind, and the more I slept, the colder it became.

After waking up, there was no one at home, so my parents probably went shopping.I quickly finished washing, found the extra pair of lanterns in the drawer under the bookcase, hid them behind my back and went upstairs secretly.

The pair at the door of Ning Ran's house didn't know what year it was hung up, it was already covered with dust and looked dark.

I held my breath and put my little finger on my feet to take it off. I threw the old ones on the ground, and unpacked the new ones I brought. I tore off the double-sided tape and stuck them together. After a little effort, I hung them up again.

There are two groups of festive red on the left and right of the door, which looks a bit like the Chinese New Year.

I looked up and was very satisfied. I patted the ashes on my hands, took out my phone, took a photo and sent it to Ning Ran.

Originally, I planned to say something, but after thinking about it for a while, I felt that it was unnecessary.

Before my parents came back, I went downstairs with the two old lanterns I had replaced and threw them to the garbage station in the community.

On the way home, I happened to meet A Rui and her mother coming back with breakfast.

"Happy New Year, Auntie!" As soon as I greeted Auntie, A Rui leaned over with a malicious expression on her face, put one arm on my shoulder, stomped one foot on my shoe on purpose.

"..." The winter boots are very thick, and there is no pain, but the shoe prints on them are very annoying.I took a deep breath, bared my teeth at A Rui in a low voice, "Are you asking for a beating?"

Auntie's sight was blocked and she couldn't see our movements clearly, she just thought we were whispering.

A Rui leaned closer and smiled "hehe", with a particularly gossiping tone, "Did you come back yesterday? With Ran Ran?"

"Ah."

"how is everything?"

"How about what?" I pretended not to understand.

A Rui rolled her eyes, "It's boring. I'd better ask Ran Ran tonight."

"Today's New Year's Eve, aren't you staying at your home late at night?"

A Rui stared at me like an idiot, "Didn't they agree to burn incense together at night? Have you forgotten?"

"Auntie didn't tell you? The three of us have made an appointment to go to the temple to burn incense tonight."

I scratched my eyebrows, really can't think of such a thing.

"Didn't you never go to New Year's Eve before? What are you doing this year?"

A Rui shrugged, "Maybe it's rare to get people together this year."

"Look at your memory, you don't know what to take to heart." A Rui pointed her finger on my forehead, "Come on, see you tonight."

Until my parents came back from shopping, there was no movement on my mobile phone.I actually expected this to be the case.Frankly speaking, if I were Ning Ran, I don't know how to reply.

Whether it is to say thank you, or something else, I feel that it is not meaningful.

The New Year's Eve is always very busy. Besides preparing the New Year's Eve dinner for parents, I also have to find time to reply to the New Year greetings from relatives and friends. Many people who have never been in touch with each other on weekdays suddenly popped up and sent messages. One is longer than the other.However, some people are not careful enough, and even forget to change the signature.

In the evening, I usually watch the Spring Festival Gala. Although it has become more and more boring these years, there is no way. Almost all the channels have the same content, so there is no choice at all.

I lay on the sofa staring at the TV, fell asleep without knowing it, and was woken up by my mother slapping my face at about ten o'clock.

"Go, go, wash your face and get ready to go out. Look at you sleeping like this, has it been a long time since you ate meat? How can you still drool after sleeping?" My mother dragged me off the sofa in disgust. , and then push it in the direction of the bathroom.

I subconsciously wiped the corner of my mouth, obviously there was nothing.However, after washing my face with cold water, I was much more awake, and the drowsiness from the Spring Festival Gala just now was also dispelled.

When I went downstairs, I found that I was the last one. A Rui and his family, as well as my parents, were already waiting beside the car.

The elders chose a well-known temple nearby, saying that it is very effective and the incense is very strong, but it is a little far from the city, and it takes nearly an hour to drive there.

One of the parents holds the steering wheel, and the other guides the way ahead.I was the only one in the back row, lying crookedly on the seat.Naturally, my mother yelled at me again, saying that I was sitting or not.

As far away as the foot of the mountain, the car stopped. The road up the mountain was blocked, and no one was allowed to drive up. It was said that there were too many people going to Gaoxiang on New Year's Eve, and they were afraid that the road would be blocked.

Uncle Ning and the others were the first to arrive, and they had already found a parking space, and sent the location of the two cars behind us, saving us the trouble of finding a place to park.

The temperature in the mountains is much lower than that in the urban area, and the hot air that spewed out while speaking condensed into white mist.The faint fire in the temple is hidden on the distant mountain peak, and Su Mu's chanting can be heard faintly after listening carefully.

After getting off the car, everyone met, and it was inevitable to exchange pleasantries.

Ning Ran has always been very well-behaved at times like this. When the elders began to discuss the matter of buying scented wax, she quietly moved two steps to be next to me, leaned her elbows lightly on me twice, and did not speak. , but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, which didn't disappear for a long time.

I read that A Rui was still standing next to me, and I didn't feel embarrassed to react, so I coughed and pretended to look around, pinching the cuffs of my clothes with my fingers and rubbing them non-stop.

A Rui was quite measured. After getting off the car, she didn't ask Ning Ran around in a big way. She just gave me a wink when people were not prepared, and pointed her two fingers at her eyes and mine respectively. Laughed quite meaningfully.

The elders quickly discussed the next step and prepared to walk up the mountain.

This is not a difficult thing for them.I know that they often go hiking and exercising together, and their bodies are much stronger than the three of us.

On the contrary, Ning Ran and I were in a state of exercise for no more than four or 10 minutes a day, and we started panting before we walked halfway, so we stopped on the side of the road to help each other to rest.

A Rui was originally in the same camp as us, because we were so slow that she couldn't bear it, so she simply left us to chase after some old men and women.

The closer it was to zero, the more pilgrims there would be on the mountain road, and people kept rushing past us.

When we hurriedly stepped into the gate of the temple, they had already lit the incense candles and were distributing them.

There are more people in the temple than on the mountain road, and they all look solemn, holding incense candles in their hands and chanting, extremely pious.

We didn't come here to grab the first prize, we just wanted to be safe and auspicious, so we didn't step on the time and had to wait for midnight.

After the incense was over, everyone wrote their names and lit a lotus lantern, and our parents led us into the Daxiong Hall, where we kowtowed next to the three Buddha statues enshrined in the hall.

No matter how much you believe in materialism on weekdays, it is inevitable that you will feel admiration in your heart on such an occasion, and you will feel some emotion spontaneously, and you will have some unspoken wishes in your heart to ask the Buddha to be fulfilled.

I guess, Ning Ran probably made the same wish.

Ning Ran knelt on the futon next to me, folded her hands and looked up at the majestic Buddha. She knelt for a long time before getting up together with me.

Under the light of the flickering candles in the main hall, her gaze was extremely soft, wrapping around me tightly.

I couldn't help but looked at her with a smile, silently thanked the Buddha from the bottom of my heart, and felt a little ashamed that I shouldn't be so presumptuous in front of the Buddha, and thought that I should donate more incense money later.