On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Cheng Yu went out mysteriously early in the morning today, not knowing where he went. My parents were upstairs watching variety shows, and I sat lazily on a chair in the tea room at home by myself, making a pot of tea from time to time. Look at this comparison, if it was when I was a child, my family would have been full of people on such days...... If Lao Cheng's company had continued to do it, what would life be like now? Then maybe I would have been a cynical rich second generation long ago.

"No one asks about the poor in the downtown area, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains" This is probably the best explanation, I smiled lightly, poured out the tea leaves that had been brewed in the teapot for several rounds, and replaced them with new tea leaves.

There was a sound of footsteps coming from the stairs, and from this footsteps, I could hear that the person coming downstairs was Lao Cheng. Sure enough, Lao Cheng walked to the tea room, glanced at me, and asked, "Cheng Ting, where is your brother?" He still had a cigarette in his mouth, and his voice was a little slurred.

I replied, "He went out early in the morning, and I don't know where he went." ”

Lao Cheng nodded "um", stood at the door of the tea room for a while, and then came in and sat down. He held a lit cigarette between his fingers and took a puff from time to time, which was a common thing as an old smoker.

"Cheng Ting, you've been out to work for more than half a year, how is your work?"

I don't know why, when I heard Lao Cheng ask like this, I actually smiled a little weakly, hesitated, and replied: "It's okay, it's okay." While talking, I washed a new cup and poured a steaming cup of Zhengshan Xiaozhong for Lao Cheng.

"Well, you work outside by yourself, you have to pay more attention when dealing with others, you have a straight temperament, and you are easy to do things impulsively, I'm afraid you will suffer. Do things calmly, don't be happy, Dad is not or does not tell you to be an obscure and honest person, but you have to understand these truths. Lao Cheng squinted and took the last puff of his cigarette, snuffed out the cigarette butt and took a small sip of tea.

I don't know what Lao Cheng's situation is today, why he suddenly has the mood to tell me these big truths, and I can't guess his mood, so I whispered in a joking tone: "Dad, if I could understand these truths when I was as young as me, then I wouldn't have suffered so many losses later......

"Stinky boy, I'm talking about you, how do you talk to Lao Tzu?" Lao Cheng frowned and said sharply, still holding the cup of unfinished tea in his hand.

Hearing Lao Cheng say this, my hairs instantly stood up and I confessed, and the corner of my eye quietly glanced twice, and muttered in a low voice: "What I said is the truth." "I spoke in a smaller voice this time than just now, if someone else said the word "Lao Tzu" in front of me, I had to cut him, but there was no way, the person sitting opposite me at this time was indeed my Lao Tzu......

Lao Cheng had something to say, but I saw a hint of memory on his face, and maybe he was really touched by my joking words...... In fact, everyone understands the truth, but there are some things that you will never be able to appreciate if you have not experienced it yourself.

I thought that the chat was over, but Lao Cheng suddenly said again: "I won't say much about Xiao Su's matter, but your mother also has a certain truth, eat a trench and grow wise...... Go back and work hard, if you don't mix well outside, then go back to your hometown, and while your dad still has a bit of resources, he can pull you along. ”

After Lao Cheng finished speaking, he silently lit a cigarette and smoked it "let's do it", but at that moment, I saw that the wrinkles on his face were deeper. Parents all over the world have the same heart, so why don't I understand.

"Dad, I know ....." I paused, relaxed my tone and smiled, "Besides, I still have to reproduce your glory back then, where is this." ”

Lao Cheng was silent, shook his head and waved his hand, as if he didn't want me to mention his past again.

"What are you two talking about?" asked my mother, who also came down from the upper floor, looking at us.

"No, just make small talk. I replied with a smile to my mother.

My mother nodded suddenly, and after a while, her expression became a little hesitant, and she said to me in a negotiating tone: "Cheng Ting, do you want to ...... You can think of a way to see if you can get Su Jing back, don't you know where she studied abroad?"

I don't know why, now as long as I hear her name, or everything related to her, I will become inexplicably irritable, so I accentuated my mother's tone, and said impatiently: "Mom! I said that Su Jing and I are over, can this matter be turned over, can you stop worrying about it? I just want to go home and take a good vacation for the New Year, is it so difficult?"

Mom's emotions were ignited again: "After talking about the relationship for a few years, if you say no, it's gone, are you really willing?"

I asked, "Emotional things can't come reluctantly, do you think I'm just thinking about it?" I turned my face to the other side, as if to escape from this reality.

"Well, now that it's true, don't say these fearless words anymore...... Let the past pass. Lao Cheng couldn't help but take the words, and the last sentence "Let the past pass" I always feel that he wants to express more than one layer of meaning, as if reflecting some of his past events.

My mother's face was full of regret, maybe she knew that she was wrong to say this, but she still couldn't help but mention it to me. I didn't want to continue this pointless topic, so I made a random excuse and left the tea room.

I went back to my room and locked the door, then took out a pack of cigarettes from my backpack and took one out of my cigarette and lit it, the nicotine quickly spreading from mouth to throat, suppressing the surging emotions.

Some things, some things, once they are mentioned, they are out of control, like opening a gap in the dam, and thoughts are rolling in like a tide....I suddenly want to know if she is doing well, this Spring Festival, where she is spent, and all the scenes of the past come to mind......

Until I finished a cigarette, I didn't want to continue reminiscing, so I lay down on the bed and fell asleep with my head covered.

......

I don't know how long I slept, but I heard someone shouting at me, which woke me up from my deep sleep, but I didn't want to get up immediately, put on the quilt and continue sleeping.

"Cheng Ting, Xiao Yang is here, what are you doing in the room, it's almost dinner!"

I heard my mom knocking on the door, shouting to me outside the door of the room. After a while, my mother saw that I was ignoring him, so she knocked on the door again. My wake-up breath came instantly, kicked off the quilt with a hard kick, scratched my hair impatiently and got up.

As soon as the door of the room was opened by me, the old mother standing outside the door continued to nag: "Yang Fan is here, downstairs, you go down quickly, the person who comes is a guest, don't let the family wait too long." ”

I reluctantly said "um" twice, and then walked down the stairs almost against the wall, Yang Fan, who was chatting with Lao Cheng You, soon saw me and said, "I said why did you appear for so long, it turned out that you were sleeping." ”

"You came over and woke me up, knowing I was sleeping. I wasn't used to him at all, and said with a blank look.

"Hey, the temper is not small. Yang Fan didn't mind my unreasonable statement, pointed his finger at me, glanced at Lao Cheng, and said with a smile.

"Since you're up, don't look like you haven't woken up, hurry up and go to the dinner table to clean up and prepare for dinner. Lao Cheng said to me dissatisfied.

"Got it. ”

During the meal, my parents talked about those unavoidable common topics, such as work, relationships, and so on. Because Yang Fan and I are in the same class, so the graduation time is the same, my mother looked at Yang Fan with a smile, and asked in the tone of an elder: "Xiao Yang, you and Cheng Ting are both working in Guangzhou, so how are you working?"

Yang Fan took out a piece of paper and wiped his mouth, and replied politely: "It's okay, everything else is fine, it's just very busy, but I can't help it in this industry, and overtime is the norm." ”

"Then this New Year's vacation should be quite long, right? After all, I am so busy at work on weekdays. ”

Yang Fan explained: "It's not long or short, I go to work on the ninth day of junior high school, and I have to go back on the eighth day of junior high school." He stopped the chopsticks in his hand, shifted his gaze to me, and said with an envious expression: "I imagine that Cheng Ting is a little like this, resigning at the end of the year and going home for the New Year, and the holiday can be as long as you want." ”

From the moment he suddenly looked at me with an envious expression, I realized that something was wrong, that it was too late for me to give him any more looks, and that the words that came out were like spilled water. Yang Fan didn't know about him, and the second elder didn't know about my resignation, and when my parents asked me how my work was, I said it was fine......

As soon as Yang Fan finished speaking, his parents were stunned for a moment, put down the chopsticks in their hands, and slowly turned their heads to stare at me.

Alas, what is this called! Which pot is not opened......