In the past, Mazui Village was very poor, but it was very lively. Now only the poor are left. Most of the young people leave the village and do not even return for the Chinese New Year. As the older generation slowly leaves, the whole village becomes quieter and quieter.

In the past, during the Chinese New Year, from dark to 12 o'clock in the morning, the sound of firecrackers never stopped. Now on Chinese New Year's Eve, only occasionally can you hear the sound of firecrackers.

Da Heitou has not returned to the village for the New Year for three years, and Lu Shanmin has not returned to the village this year, Bai Ling is at Donghai University, and he did not return to the village for the New Year when he said that he was going to work part-time during the winter vacation.

Lu Xun's health is getting worse and worse, and under Liu Ni's strong request, Lu Xun and Lao Huang are invited to the house for the New Year.

Although it was just a child picked up by Daoyi, and she didn't know who her ancestors were, Liu Ni lit incense in the hall like a decent one, put a large piece of fat on it, put a bottle of old wine, burned a stack of paper money, and said something in her mouth, "It's the New Year, please go home to your ancestors for the New Year, good wine and good meat Xiao Nizi is ready, although the money is not much, it is also a little bit of Xiao Nizi's heart, don't be too little." Please bless Grandpa Lu's body to get better soon, bless Brother Shanmin to be safe and secure in the East China Sea, bless Da Heitou to go smoothly outside, bless Grandpa Huang to live a long life, bless Grandpa Daoyi not to be so sloppy, and bless Little Nizi to grow more and more beautiful'.

After setting off firecrackers in the yard, Liu Ni came to the kitchen and began to cook Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

In the hall, Lu Xun was lying on the recliner with a haggard look, Lao Huang checked his pulse from time to time, and Dao Yi stared at the brazier unhappily.

"You see, what a good girl my little girl is, why did she put up the broom star of Lu Shanmin."

Lao Huang glared at him, "You shut up for me."

"Tell me to shut up, this is my home, if I don't pity you, an empty nester, you will eat ashes alone at home."

Lao Huang forcibly resisted the urge to make a move and snorted coldly.

Lu Xun opened his eyes and patted Lao Huang's hand, "Eat other people's food, don't let people say it, how can there be such a reason in the world, let him complain."

Dao Yi pointed at Lu Xun proudly, "Look, it's still reasonable to be a scholar, you are a hot-blooded martial artist, hey, you are seventy years old, and you still look like a seventeen-year-old stunned young man."

"Hmph, don't put gold on your face, Xiao Nizi and Jiujin have been like brothers and sisters with Lu Shanmin since they were children, so they naturally help each other, and they have nothing to do with you, an old god." Lao Huang said angrily.

Daoyi rolled up his sleeves and blew his beard, "It's okay not to say it, but when you talk about this, you will be angry, what does it mean to be as close as a sibling, can't you see that Xiao Nizi's feelings for Lu Shanmin are more than this family affection?"

Lao Huang roared, and the green tendons burst all over his body, "Believe it or not, I'll crush you and scatter your ashes now."

"Cough, cough, cough", Lu Xun covered his mouth and coughed, let go of his hand, and the handkerchief was full of black blood.

Lao Huang hurriedly took out the acupuncture he carried with him and pricked the needle on Lu Xun's body.

"Old Lu, don't scare me."

Dao Yi also trembled, "Old man Lu, today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, you don't want to die, it's unlucky."

Lao Huang glared at Lu Xun fiercely, and continued to stick a needle in Lu Xun's head.

Lu Xun relieved himself and smiled lightly, "Don't worry, I can't bear to die during the New Year."

Xiao Nizi, who was walking into the hall with vegetables, saw the handkerchief covered with black blood on the ground, her lips trembled, and she left tears. Brother Shanmin handed over Grandpa Lu to his own care, but he didn't take good care of Grandpa Lu. Putting the hot dish in her hand on the table, Xiao Nizi turned around and walked into the kitchen, wiped away her tears, and continued to fry the next dish, stir-frying white meat, which was Grandpa Lu's favorite dish.

After a few stitches, Lu Xun's spirit improved a lot, he looked at the two of them, and said lightly: "The young eagle needs countless falls and beatings to spread its wings, before the mountain people meet those enemies, you don't want to participate, if he can't bear the things before this, plus you are just a few more vain sacrifices."

Lao Huang nodded, "I understand this truth."

Dao Yi sighed, "Old man Lu, do you think that Lu Shanmin grew up to the height of the morning dragon back then, and it wasn't a sacrifice in vain?

Lu Xun nodded, "I know this, so I'm not asking you to help him reach a high height, I just ask you to save his life at the moment when he has to die, any revenge, what merit, it is insignificant."

Dao Yi shook his head, "Who can control this kind of thing, tell me to just tie Lu Shanmin back, force him to marry Xiao Nizi, and tie him to the mountains for the rest of his life."

Lu Xun smiled bitterly, "Do you think I don't want to, I'm leaving soon, you are all seventy years old, how long can you watch him, and after you leave, who can watch him." How can I bear to force him to do what he doesn't want to do, against his heart."

Daoyi nodded helplessly, "I knew that there was such a bad thing today, even if I starved to death back then, I wouldn't eat your meal."

Then he said: "The experience of the world's people's hearts, you can't get it without personal experience, just like you said, it's better if we don't intervene, with the current situation of the mountain people, there is no one who can't get in touch with people at that level without a few years of effort, when I and I Lao Huang are several years old, when I see it, let Jiujin and Xiao Nizi participate more, young people's affairs, we can't protect a lifetime, not to mention that we don't have the ability to protect, and ultimately have to rely on themselves."

Lao Huang glanced at Dao Yi disdainfully, "I think you are a coward, and you still claim to be the best in the world of internal boxing, bullshit."

Daoyi choked his mouth, "Don't you cowardly, aren't you also known as the first in the world of foreign boxing, but you haven't broken through the last hurdle until now, and you have to rely on medicine to raise, and you have to change from a monk to a langzhong."

Liu Ni took a large pot of stir-fried white meat and put it on the table, "You still don't let Grandpa Lu have a good rest, he is seventy years old, and he will quarrel when he meets, so it's not a shame."

As he spoke, he walked over and pushed Lu Xun's recliner and said gently: "Grandpa Lu, it's time to eat, I made your favorite stir-fried white meat."

Daoyi blew his beard and groaned bitterly, "Whose granddaughter are you?"

The bar had a holiday a few days ago, Tang Fei, Zhou Tong, Meng Ao and other security guards all went back to their hometown for the New Year, and Zhang Li finally grabbed a ticket yesterday and went back.

In the rental house, there were only Zuoqiu and Lu Shanmin left.

Zuoqiu cried like a three-year-old child, and he never stopped drinking the first glass of wine, and Lu Shanmin's heart was full of sourness when he heard it. I don't know how grandpa is, I didn't go back this year, how lonely the home should be, the big black head hasn't gone home for the New Year in the past few years, and it is estimated that he won't go back this year, most of Lao Huang is also in his own home for the New Year as in previous years, fortunately, Lao Huang is here, and grandpa can be regarded as a companion. Xiao Nizi used to come to play with herself after the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but this year she is not here, she should feel bored.

Zuoqiu ate a bite of food, sobbed, and resented like a little girl.

Lu Shanmin was driven by Zuoqiu's emotions, and his heart was also very sentimental, "Can you stop crying"?

Zuoqiu wiped his tears, sobbed twice, and said in a choked voice: "I, I, I think of my parents, grandparents, grandparents, and, "

"Stop, stop" Lu Shanmin hurriedly raised his hand to stop, "If you want to go back, a thirty-year-old man, it's not a shame."

"I want to too, but they all think that I am still a civil servant in the Donghai Municipal Party Committee, how will I face them when I go back."

Lu Shanmin patted his forehead helplessly, "Scholars really want to save face."

wiped his tears, "It's not a matter of face, my family is proud of me, and they can't accept my resignation."

Lu Shanmin glanced at Zuoqiu, "Then you still resigned?" I heard that many college students have sharpened their heads and drilled into them after graduation, you are good, you are willing to fall, and you deserve it."

Zuoqiu took a full sip of wine and sighed, "You don't understand."

Every festive season, Lu Shanmin also drank a glass of wine, and his heart was full of sourness. The original intention of going to the East China Sea at the beginning was just to see if the big city was as good as Bai Ling said. I didn't expect to meet Zhang Li, Zeng Yaqian, the old professor, Mu Dongyun, and I didn't expect to become the number one person on Minsheng West Road, and I had to support more than 30 people. The commitment to them, the responsibility to them, and the subtle changes in his heart unconsciously tied him tightly to the East China Sea. The East China Sea is really a place where you don't want to leave when you come, and you can't leave when you come.

Zuoqiu's alcohol consumption is not good, and today's homesickness is not too good, and after a few glasses of wine, his face is red and his ears are red, and his eyes are blurred.

"I used to be in the Donghai Municipal Party Committee, for the secretary of the municipal party committee, whether it is in the system or outside the system, people think that I have a great background and big backer, in fact, I have a fart backer, thousands of troops were admitted to Tianjing University, thousands of troops were admitted to civil servants, and thousands of troops were admitted to the Donghai Municipal Party Committee from a small township. The hardships of this journey are self-aware. As he spoke, he poured another glass of wine and recited aloud:

"Peach blossom nunnery in Peach Blossom Dock, peach blossom fairy under peach blossom nunnery.

The peach blossom fairy planted peach trees and picked peach blossoms for wine money.

When you wake up, you only sit in front of the flowers, and when you are drunk, you come to sleep with the flowers.

Half-drunk and half-awake day after day, the flowers fall and bloom year after year.

I hope that the old man will die in the wine room, and he will not bow in front of the carriage and horse.

The car dust and horses are rich and rich, and the wine cup flower branch hermit fate.

If the manifest is compared to a hermit, one on the plain earth and one in the heavens.

If the flowers and wine are compared to the carriages and horses, why should they be idle and I will be idle.

The world laughs at me for being crazy, and I laugh at others for not being able to see through it.

I don't see the tomb of Wuling heroes, and there are no flowers and no wine hoeing fields. ”

Lu Shanmin silently recited 'The world laughs at me for being too crazy, I laugh at others and can't see through it', looked at Zuoqiu, who was already drunk on the sofa, and sighed, "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, what have you encountered"?