Amin's matter came to an end, and Liu Hao sent the students to the bus one by one at the station, and then took the last train home this year.

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, the road is jammed, and the smell of the car is still so unacceptable for Liu Hao.

This year's Chinese New Year's Eve is colder than in previous years, and it is close to returning home, although the start of school this year is not too early, Liu Hao can only stay at home for a few days because he is busy with the affairs of the clearing bar and the takeaway platform.

"Are you home?" Lin Kewen sent a message to Liu Hao.

"It arrived yesterday and was stuffed for a long time"

"Don't say hello when you get home"

"I said it in the group yesterday"

"Oooh"

About half an hour later.

"By the way, Happy New Year"

"Haha, have fun"

"It's fun to celebrate the New Year in Chaoshan, right?

"When I was a child, it was fun, but when I grew up, the flavor of the year was particularly weak"

"Yes, my mother doesn't give me red envelopes anymore"

"Brother Sheng, I'll give you a red envelope"

“...”

"I won't tell you yet, I'll have a reunion dinner."

"Go ahead" Lin Kewen habitually felt lost.

At the reunion banquet, Liu Hao's mother prepared a table of good dishes, and the whole family sat together, so lively, Liu Hao's father and mother handed a red envelope to the children at the reunion banquet.

"In the new year, academic progress, good health" Liu Hao's mother is a devout Buddhist believer, kind and wise, and a person with a very correct outlook.

"Thank you, Mom, I wish Mom a new year, good health, and getting younger and younger" Liu Hao excitedly accepted the red envelope.

For Liu Hao, after the Chinese New Year's Eve, after drinking and eating, visiting relatives and friends is a must-have lesson. Sit down with friends and talk about the trivialities of the year, and talk to your family about your family's shortcomings, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

Liu Hao's family is considered to have a head and face in the village, and the relationship between neighbors and neighbors is very good.

Every time before going out, Liu Hao's mother would always hand Liu Hao a bag of oranges, and Liu Hao counted it to exactly eight as before. Liu Hao's mother said with a smile: "It's not good to go out empty-handed as a guest, and the purpose of bringing oranges is to ask for good luck, so that the host family is also happy." ”

Liu Hao felt that this was redundant, because every time he went to a relative's house, the relatives would change to four of their own oranges, and whenever Liu Hao finished a few relatives and was ready to return, the oranges were still eight intact. Of course, sometimes there are exceptions, some hosts don't know that Liu Hao brought gifts, so they don't return the gift in person, but after discovering it afterwards, they will personally visit and return the gift.

"Mom, every time I take it, it's a whole thing to get back, how boring"

"This is a courtesy, you can't just take it casually, take it quickly" Liu Hao's mother insisted repeatedly, and Liu Hao reached out and took the bag.

Liu Hao thought to himself that this may be the only remaining bit of New Year's flavor, if it is repeatedly reduced, maybe it will really disappear one day in the future.

The New Year in Chaoshan area is nothing more than worshipping ancestors and worshipping gods, firecrackers are a necessary skill for adult men, men and women cooperate in the division of labor, men set off firecrackers, women worship ancestors and worship gods.

Liu Hao is timid, every time he sets off firecrackers, he needs to take a slender incense stick (sandalwood) before he dares to step forward to light the line of fire, and he half-squats down just to be able to start quickly, Liu Hao's cousin will make some noises to scare Liu Hao every time he sets off firecrackers, so that Liu Hao often needs to try several times to light the line of fire.

Liu Hao's father has always been unaccustomed to his timidity, and said sternly: "Be bold as a man, it is difficult to achieve great things if you are timid!"

After leaving his relatives, Liu Hao walked alone to the village's "door bag" (the name of the surrounding village planned for handling red and white ceremonies), which is the most densely populated place in the village, surrounded by barbecue stalls and several stores, one of which is Liu Hao's grandmother.

This store has been open for more than 20 years and was built by Liu Hao's grandfather. At first, he sold porridge, did supper, and even gambled, and later turned into a store after Liu Hao's grandfather passed away. Every festive season, Liu Hao's cousins would come to his grandmother's store to cheer and buy some New Year's goods. Every time grandma was reluctant to accept money, Liu Hao had to take advantage of the moment when grandma was not paying attention, put the money on the table and left in a hurry.

Came to the barbecue stall, which was opened by a relative of Liu Hao, who would come out to set up a stall every time he arrived for the New Year, and heard that this year's business was not as good as in previous years, so he cried with Liu Hao. He also asked Liu Hao what way he made money.

Liu Hao, who is full of business experience, said casually: "Deliver takeaways, deliver them to your door, so that you will be competitive." didn't think about Liu Hao's casual remarks, he really did it, and the business was hotter than he imagined. From then on, Liu Hao came to his house to eat barbecue, and he no longer had to pay out of his own pocket.

The children were running and playing, holding a box of "red spider" firecrackers for five cents, surprised and delighted, and quickly threw them away after lighting them, and the sound was very exciting.

Liu Hao stepped forward and borrowed a few small firecrackers from the juniors to feel the taste of childhood.

Good days are always short-lived. While everyone was enjoying their family at home, Liu Hao was ready to go out the door with his bag on his back. Liu Hao's least favorite thing is parting, he said that he would leave at nine o'clock, but Liu Hao agreed with his father in advance and planned to leave secretly.

Liu Hao's home was about 200 meters away from the parking place, and Liu Hao's father went to drive in advance.

At half past eight, Liu Hao secretly walked to the door of the house, and Liu Hao's mother was busy in the kitchen, preparing breakfast for Liu Hao.

In an instant, he seemed to see a figure, hurriedly put down what he was doing, and hurried to the door.

At this time, Liu Hao had already walked a short distance, and when Liu Hao wanted to look back at his hometown again, he saw his mother. Liu Hao's mother walked out of the house, staggered towards Liu Hao, and stopped. Liu Hao's mother tripped over the threshold with her foot and her shoes fell off because she was in a hurry. Liu Hao was startled, but fortunately he didn't fall. At this time, Liu Hao's mother did not turn around to pick up the shoes for the first time, but said to Liu Hao's sister behind her: "Help me pick it up, your brother is going out."

In this way, Liu Hao's mother continued to walk towards Liu Hao with one bare foot, for fear that she would not be able to say goodbye to her child in time. Suddenly, Liu Hao's eyes turned red, and he lowered his head, for fear of being seen by his mother.

"Go ahead, eat more, don't eat messy stuff to save money." If you want to eat fatter, my mother will be happy, go quickly!" In one sentence, he repeated "go" twice, Liu Hao knew that he only saw it twice a year, and the most unaccustomed thing was his mother.

Liu Hao was so choked up that he couldn't speak, so he could only nod and get into his father's car.

After getting in the car, Liu Hao didn't look back, probably because he didn't want his mother to see him crying. When Liu Hao was about to turn the corner, he looked back and saw that his mother in the distance had not left because she had already gotten into the car. While putting on her shoes, she looked at Liu Hao in the distance.

It's a pity that it's too far away, and she can't see Liu Hao nodding and smiling at her. With a wave of his hand, he was around the corner. Mother just like this, little by little, completely left Liu Hao's field of vision.

Suddenly, tears flowed down, and Liu Hao couldn't control it anymore, but he didn't make a sound.

During the twenty-minute drive, Liu Hao's father did not speak the whole time and quietly sent his child to the station.

There is a lot of traffic at the station gate, after all, it is the Chinese New Year, and it is more lively than before.

"You just wait here for me for a while, don't move around when there are too many people, I'll go buy a ticket," Liu Hao's father said.

Liu Hao's father was a strong, slightly chubby man. Because there were too many people coming and going at the station, it seemed very crowded, so it was naturally time-consuming for him to squeeze through.

"Dad, why don't I go buy a ticket?"

"It's okay, you're looking at the luggage here" I saw Liu Hao's father wearing a white cap and holding a cigarette in his hand, staggering towards the crowd and slowly leaning in.

After buying the ticket, it was not easy to walk back, he used his hands to push through the crowd, looking very struggling. Tears flowed down involuntarily, Liu Hao wiped away the tears, for fear of being seen by his father, and when he looked up, he was already in front of him.

After Liu Hao got into the car, his father still didn't leave, as if the car didn't leave his sight, he couldn't go home with confidence. The car started, and the car drove slowly, until he saw his last perspective, Liu Hao's father and mother were still standing in place and looking at Liu Hao.

After the car drove some distance, Liu Hao received a message.

"Son, you have grown up, and your parents are very relieved and happy. Parents have limited abilities and can't accompany you to face this sinister society, don't blame your parents, come back when you are homesick. Your mom put some money in the small bag in your bag, you remember to take it out and put it away, and when you run out of money, tell your dad"

"You have no hunger or cold, you have not lost me, and you have no growth, why should I do to you?"

Liu Hao felt at the moment that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier, and a boy would really grow up in an instant.

Mr. Liu's father did not reply to messages.

The tears of his mother and the back of his father are deeply engraved in Liu Hao's mind. Liu Hao, who was in the car at this time, had already burst into tears, crying silently, no longer caring about the opinions of other peers, no longer pretending to be cool, more like a baby waiting to be fed.

To borrow the words of Mr. Jia Pingwa, "When your parents are here, there is still a place to come in life, and when your parents go, there is only a way back in this life."