"Yes, I don't have a boyfriend, but my mother is always worried that I have no one to take care of, so I lied to her, I have a boyfriend in the provincial capital, and the relationship is very stable, which is very good to me. Now, my mom asked me to bring my boyfriend back to see her, what do you say I should do?" asked me.

I don't have a good idea either.

You can't just tie up a random guy on the street and go back to the errand, right?

"Tell your mom that your boyfriend is busy and can't go. I said to Li Pingping.

"No, this reason has been used twice before, and my mother should be suspicious if I use it again. Li Pingping smiled bitterly.

"So you have broken up? Because did you break up about going to your mother's house for the New Year or your mother-in-law's house for the New Year?"

I used a paragraph I saw in a newspaper.

In addition, you can also use the excuse of disagreement about whether tofu brain is sweet or salty.

"Then when I go home, I have to be forced by my mother to go on a blind date. My mom always felt indebted to me, and I had given too much for this family, so she always wanted someone to take care of me. ”

Speaking of this, Li Pingping paused.

"But my situation is here, how can I go on a blind date? Isn't that harmful?"

I listened to Li Pingping's words and was a little silent.

There are indeed many women who do this kind of profession and will choose to find an honest man to marry after many years.

Tight-lipped about the past.

But obviously, this is not Li Pingping's choice.

Because honest people have done nothing wrong.

After a while, I asked, "Then do you really plan to do this for the rest of your life? Women must have a home after all, Niu Niu, and she also needs a father." ”

"yes, maybe you need it?" Li Pingping sighed leisurely.

"And what kind of man are you looking for?" I asked.

"You can have no money, you can not look good, but you have to be good to me and Niuniu, and the most important thing is that he wants to know my past, but he doesn't mind my past. Li Pingping said to me.

We glanced at each other.

We all know that.

It's a really hard requirement.

......

"Knock knock", there was a knock on the door outside.

The little girl who was reading a book climbed out of bed and opened the door with two short legs.

"Uncle Huazi. Niu Niu said hello kissingly.

"Hurry up and close the door, it's cold outside. Huazi hurriedly closed the door.

Blocked the cold wind howling outside.

Although the temperature in the house is not high, it is still very warm because there are friends.

Li Pingping and I walked out and saw Huazi holding a big red rock sugar gourd in his hand.

"Niu Niu, I bought it for you. ”

Huazi handed the rock sugar gourd to Niuniu.

"Thank you, Uncle Hanako. "Niu Niu is very polite.

"You're welcome, I bought it at the time-honored store in Nancheng, and I waited in line for an hour. Huazi said honestly.

"You, just spoil her. Li Pingping smiled softly.

Hanako smiled a little shyly and lowered his head.

"Why are you still wearing a hat when you enter the house?" I asked Huazi.

"Hehe, cold, a little cold. Huazi smiled a little unnaturally.

"Cold, are you hurt?" I coldly took off the hat from Huazi's head.

Sure enough, I saw a large bruise on Huazi's forehead.

"It's fine, a little bit of a wound. Huazi smiled awkwardly.

"What's going on? Eat or not? Eat a little more without eating, but it's all leftovers, don't dislike it." Li Pingping said as she went to get food for Huazi.

"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it, I'll just deal with it. Huazi looked at Li Pingping's dumb eyes, which made me want to laugh.

Niu Niu went back to reading again.

I looked at Huazi and asked, "What the hell is going on? Did you miss it? Shouldn't you?" ”

It really shouldn't.

With the current Huazi technology, it basically will not appear when you are working, and you will be caught on the spot.

So although many thieves have been beaten for three days, their noses and faces are swollen.

But Huazi has always been intact.

"Hey, blame me. ”

Huazi sighed.

It turned out that today, when Huazi went to buy rock sugar gourd for Niuniu, there were a lot of people in line.

So Huazi can only line up honestly.

I didn't want to do some work.

In Huazi's team, there is also a woman.

Also queuing up to buy things.

As soon as Huazi finished buying the rock sugar gourd, he saw that someone was stealing this woman's bag.

This is to meet peers.

Although Huazi didn't know each other, he didn't say anything.

To speak out is to break the rules of the road.

The man stole the woman's purse, opened it, and hurriedly threw it into a trash can on the side of the road.

Huazi knew that he had already gotten all the cash in his wallet.

The rest of the wallet, whether it was documents or bank cards, was of no use to him.

So they will be thrown away quickly, so as not to leave evidence on their bodies.

As soon as Hanako was about to leave, the woman had already found out that she had lost her wallet.

Immediately there was a lot of commotion.

said that his ID card and ticket were in his wallet, so he couldn't go home for the New Year.

Huazi was moved by compassion, and he found the wallet from the trash can.

I found that there were ID cards and tickets inside.

So kindly returned it to the woman.

Huazi said that he picked it up on the road.

But not only did the woman not appreciate it, but she grabbed Huazi's arm and said that Huazi was a thief!

Ask Huazi to return the money in her wallet to her.

Although Huazi is indeed a thief, he did not steal the woman's money.

Huazi couldn't explain it clearly, so she wanted to get out.

As a result, the woman hit her forehead with the leather bag in her hand.

Huazi finally got rid of the woman's entanglement. Fortunately, I haven't lost the rock sugar gourd in my hand yet.

I couldn't laugh or cry when I heard it: "You are also tantamount to being beaten for others, how wronged." ”

Huazi smiled bitterly: "Wronged, not wronged, anyway, I am really a thief, I should be beaten." ”

Looking at the bitterness on Huazi's face, I knew that his heart was not comfortable.

Hanako is very kind and wants to be a good person.

But he's also a thief.

Bad guys in the eyes of others.

But it's not that he was born wanting to be a thief, Huazi is really forced by life.

He wanted to change careers, but he had no academic qualifications and no other skills except for this craft of stealing chickens and dogs.

It's hard to get a foothold in society.

So I can only be so embarrassed to be in a dilemma.

I can only persuade myself that when I work, I have my own principles, so that my heart can be better.

......

At this time, Li Pingping had already come over with a hot meal and beckoned Huazi to eat.

I glanced at Li Pingping and then at Huazi.

The more I looked, the stronger the smile on my face.

It was a little uncomfortable to look at both of them.

Huazi blushed.

Almost shoved the cabbage into his nose.

Even Li Pingping, who has always been spicy, is a little shy.

"Huanxi, what are you looking at?" Li Pingping said angrily.

"Sister Pingping, aren't you short of a man? ”

As I spoke, I pointed at Huazi.

Huazi didn't understand: "What man?"

I gave Huazi a blank look: "What man? What man are you talking about? Aren't you a man?"

Huazi blushed and had a thick neck: "Of course I'm a man!"

"It's a man, now it's time for you to behave, Sister Pingping is going home for the New Year and needs a boyfriend, are you willing to play this boyfriend? ”

Huazi looked very excited: "Yes! Of course I do......!

Because I was so excited to speak, I choked.

"Don't get excited too early, now that you have agreed, I haven't asked Pingping if she agrees?" I teased Huazi.

Then he looked at Li Pingping.

Li Pingping frowned: "Is this okay?"

I laughed: "There's nothing wrong with it, Huazi actually looks quite human-like, it's still okay to bluff Auntie." ”

Huazi frowned and protested: "Qiao Huanxi, are you so boastful?"

"Huazi, don't you have your own business for the New Year, won't it delay you?" asked Li Pingping.

"Haha, I am home all over the world, and I spend the New Year wherever I go. Huazi said indifferently.

Behind the chic, there is also an unspeakable desolation.

Huazi, like me, is a homeless person.

......

On the twenty-ninth day of the Lunar New Year, the four of us boarded the bus to Li Pingping's hometown together.

Hanako was excited.

Niu Niu is excited.

Li Pingping was a little distracted.

I......

I think it's good to come out for a trip.

Because it is said that every festive season is more than a family.

Although I don't have any relatives to miss on such a holiday, I have someone to worry about.

But I can't think about it.

So instead of sitting alone in the rental house and watching the sky, sighing for a long time, it is better to follow them out for a walk.

Change the environment, change the mood.

......

Li Pingping's hometown is beautiful.

It is a small town with beautiful scenery.

Compared to the poor mountains and rivers in my home, this place is more like a paradise.

The mountains and rivers are beautiful, and between the farmland, there are neat two-story buildings.

Li Pingping told me that you can't get rich quickly just by growing food.

Therefore, the farmers here in my hometown are keen to carry out various tertiary side businesses.

For example, breeding, such as transportation, such as planting cash crops, etc.

So the overall economy is still very good.

This is also the way Li Pingping's father made a fortune at the beginning.

It's a pity that a flood later not only washed away all the property of the Li family, but also indirectly took away the life of Li's father.

arrived at the door of Li's house.

Compared with the neat two-story buildings around them, the Li family's house is also a two-story building, but it looks much more dilapidated.

Li Pingping said that when their family was the richest, they had houses in the city.

But after the accident, the house in the city was taken away by the bank.

They can only go back to their hometowns and live in old houses.

The old house was also very good before, but later the valuable things in the house were moved away.

......

Mother Li's health was very bad before, and she was often sick in bed.

In the past few years, I have become much better, I have all the energy, and I can do some housework within my ability.

Seeing us go back, Mother Li was very happy.

She first welcomed me.

said that Li Pingping and I take care of each other in the city, just like relatives, and now when we come to our house for the New Year, don't be polite, just like our own home.

I'm very good at reading words.

I could see that Mother Li's welcome was from the heart.

So naturally I relaxed.

Of course, the protagonist of this homecoming is not me.

It's Huazi.

Mother Li smiled at Huazi, the future "son-in-law".

confirms that sentence, the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at it, the more satisfied she becomes.

Holding Huazi's hand, he asked for warmth.

How old is it?

Where is home?

What does it do?

Ask these questions that every mother-in-law is very concerned about.

It's like Mother Li doesn't know Li Pingping's real career in the city.

We also can't let Mother Li know Huazi's true occupation.

So we followed the script we had done before.

made up a plausible identity for Huazi.

Said that Huazi is a technician in a factory.

Obviously, Li's mother is very fond of the profession of technician, and said to Huazi: "Okay, the technician is good, he has a craft, and he can eat anywhere, but don't go into any business, the risk is too great." ”

Because of the fall of the Li family, Li's mother now has a psychological shadow on her business.

I wanted to laugh a little when I heard it.

Actually, we're not wrong.

Huazi is really a technician.

His craft is really to eat wherever he goes......

Dinner.

The Chinese New Year's Eve meal I ate at Li's house was really the best Chinese New Year's Eve meal I can remember.

It's not just that I started counting after I left home.

In fact, even when I was at home before, the annual Chinese New Year's Eve dinner did not have any deep memories for me.

The only thing that can be called profound is that I am always washing the dishes.

After eating, I started watching the Spring Festival Gala.

Although every program of the party seems to me to be lackluster, the songs are not good, the sketches are not good, and the dances are all people.

The host looked very excited, and he didn't know what was so exciting.

But in this way, the atmosphere of everyone watching TV together, eating melon seeds together, and grabbing red envelopes is really good.

That's what home feels like.

Of course, having such a good atmosphere has something to do with Li Rongrong not going home for the New Year.

After we went home, we heard from Li's mother that Li Rongrong called before and said that she would not come back if she had something to do during the Chinese New Year.

I could see that Li Pingping breathed a sigh of relief.

Because she must be very worried, if Li Rongrong also comes back, will her profession be exposed in front of Mother Li.

But I know that it won't.

......

Because in fact, a month ago, I met Li Rongrong once.

Li Rongrong saw me, her face was yin and yang, and she asked me if her sister did that kind of thing.

So I have such a good relationship with Li Pingping, am I also a peer?

The same cheap, the same cheap, the same people are as good as they can be.

I ignored Li Rongrong's provocation.

Instead, he asked her if she would tell Li Pingping about her family.

Li Rongrong said: "No." ”

I breathed a sigh of relief.

I thought it was Li Rongrong who was worried that her mother was not in good health and didn't want to be stimulated like this.

She is cold to Li Pingping, but she is still a little filial to her mother.

But Li Rongrong's subsequent answer made me think that people can really be selfish and affectionate to this point.

Li Rongrong said to me with a smile.

"Am I stupid? If I tell my sister that my sister is doing that, my mother will definitely not let her do it again, so she won't be able to make money? She can't make money, how can I spend money? So although I look down on her, I really want her to make money and prosper every day. ”

Li Rongrong smiled innocently.

I laughed so much that I wanted to punch her in the face.

......

The Chinese New Year's Eve midnight time rings in the countdown.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, it's New Year!

At the same time, the sound of firecrackers outside rang out one after another.

It's very lively.

Now for the Chinese New Year, the countryside is far more lively than the city.

Because it is relatively affluent, it is very lively.

The fireworks lit up the sky.

In the midst of such a noise, my phone rang.

Come in a text message.

I don't have many friends, and I should have to pay New Year's greetings, and before 0:00, I have already sent a message.

So who sent this one?

The sender has no name, only a number.

But I'm very familiar with this number.

It's Wen Shaonian.

The content of the text message is very simple, it reads: "Joy, happy Chinese New Year, I hope you have all your wishes come true in the new year." ”

More than a dozen words, I read it many times back and forth.

I want how to reply.

If I say it in my heart, it's that all I think about is you.

But that can't be said.

So I edited and deleted, deleted and edited.

It took me a lot of time before I replied to the text.

"Wen Shaonian, I wish you happiness. ”

Yes, Wen Shaonian, I don't have any requirements for you.

I don't want you to be rich, even if you're already rich.

I don't want you to be more handsome, even if you're already handsome.

I just want you to be happy.

Because you are happy, I can be happy.

for your joy is greater than mine.

......

On the first day of junior high school, I woke up early.

found that Li Pingping got up earlier.

Already in the kitchen to start busy.

She is a hardworking person and is unwilling to let her mother work.

So I made my own breakfast.

"Did you sleep well last night?" Li Pingping greeted me.

"It's good. ”

I didn't say it, because a text message from Wen Shaonian made me toss and turn for half a night.

Then I began to say in a flirtatious tone, "Sister Pingping, how did you sleep last night?"

Li Pingping blushed: "What else can I do? Everyone sleeps separately, it's all good." ”

I make sense of teasing.

When I was about to go to bed last night, I stayed in Li Rongrong's previous room.

Niuniu was pulled over by Mother Li to sleep with her.

Where Huazi lives becomes a question.

Hanako said that she could live on the sofa in the living room.

But Mother Li is very open-minded.

said that since Li Pingping and Huazi have been together for a long time, there is no need to pay attention to anything.

Let Li Pingping and Huazi share a room.

Li Pingping and Huazi couldn't refuse, so I watched Huazi and Li Pingping enter the room together.

Everyone has a heart for gossip, so I can't help but wonder, what happened to the two of them last night?

I know very well that Huazi likes Li Pingping.

Li Pingping is so beautiful again.

Can't help it......

"We had a bed, a bunk underground, and nothing happened all night. ”

Li Pingping paused for a moment, and then said, "I didn't even say a few words." ”

I unexpectedly found that Li Pingping's eyes were a little sad?

"Sister Pingping, you can't be really interested in Huazi, right? Didn't you say you were not interesting to him before?" I asked.

Li Pingping was washing rice while thinking thoughtfully.

Then he spoke: "Huanxi, you know that I was hurt by a man before, I was let down by a mother's treasure man, and then I was bullied by that surnamed Jiang, so I embarked on this road." Because of my experience, I am actually very repulsive and annoying to men. I don't believe in men, I don't think any of them can be trusted. Although I am making men's money and smiling in front of them, in my heart, I call these people bastards. In fact, I scolded right, because I have seen too many such men, without the slightest shame, thinking completely with the lower half of the body, in order to rob women, jealous, ugly, and even learn to bark. ”