Thinking of her mother, Wen Jing burst into tears again, Qiao Nan patted her for a long time before she fell asleep. But the night of Chinese New Year's Eve must be unsound, and the sound of firecrackers outside is frightening from time to time, and Little Mulan is even more frightened. However, her grandparents took the initiative to take her to sleep, so they didn't have to worry about Qiao Nan.

It is said that firecrackers have been banned in Hong Kong City for many years, how can there still be so many disobedient people? Qiao Nan still hugged his wife and coaxed: "There are fireworks and firecrackers, so there is a taste of the New Year, and there is a brother, don't be afraid." ”

Wen Jing was amused by him again, but asked him to let go of his hand and not let the family see it, because they were still working on the floor in the living room. Wen Jing could have slept in the same bed with Qiao Lin, but Qiao Nan liked to lay on the floor, so she insisted on sleeping with her husband. As for why Qiao Nan likes to sleep on the ground, Lao Qiao, who has been suffering from low back pain all the year round, understands very well: "Sleeping on the ground, there is floor heating, and the waist is very comfortable." ”

During the reunion dinner, Qiao Nan also joked: "The older I get, the more I want to sleep on the kang." When I moved to a new house, I hired a group of masons from my hometown to make a kang in the bedroom, just like my grandmother's house. It's hot every day, how comfortable it must be to lie down!"

Everyone laughed, and Wen Jing continued his words and said: "You make a yard again, all of which are planted with green onions and garlic, and I will steam a pot of steamed buns for you every once in a while, or make a flatbread." As soon as you go home, squat at the door, take a bite of steamed buns, a mouthful of green onions, and go to sleep on the kang after eating. Well, that's it, when you move to a new house, we'll make all the life you imagine a reality. ”

Brain-filled with that picture, Qiao Lin laughed crookedly, and Old Joe also laughed: "Then you two might as well move back directly, outside, can people understand your way of life?"

After the age of thirty, Qiao Nan did have the idea of going home more than once, and what he said was not a joke. I didn't feel anything when I was away from home when I was young, but the older I get, the more I understand the meaning of the word "haunted by dreams".

Recently, he has frequently dreamed of the bits and pieces of his hometown, and can even accurately restore the yard of his grandmother's house in his dreams, and in his dreams he saw the acacia tree at the door, as well as the small vegetable garden on the west side of the courtyard...... He knew it all.

The problem of dreaming may have been inherited from his father. But he was very worried, did it mean that his hometown was not peaceful when he dreamed about these things? He had smoked outside his dormitory at midnight, thinking about the meaning of the dream. Later, a big brother-level comrade-in-arms told him that he was dreaming not because of anything else, but purely because of "homesickness".

Qiao Nan suddenly realized that the "nostalgia" that frequently appeared in Chinese textbooks was such a feeling!

After being woken up by the fireworks, he thought about the way forward, sighing from time to time. Wen Jing knew what he was thinking, and said, "Chief Qiao, if you really want to go back to your hometown, I am willing to come back with you." After all, this is also my home. ”

"Don't you think it's small and broken?"

To be honest, after I left the port city, I often thought of the blue sea and clouds here. Besides, if I come back, I can often go to see my mother, and ...... My dad. I'm not in my hometown, who will remember to go to see them? The other deceased people have people to pay respects, but they can only lie there alone. ”

"Wait for two days, the weather will be good, and I will accompany you to see your mother-in-law. Qiao Nan said: "I have a plan to come back, but I can't come back now if I want to, let's think about it in the long run!"

"Well, I'll follow you wherever you go, and I'll follow you to live a good life. ”

The wife in the night was extremely gentle, and Qiao Nan couldn't help but kiss her forehead: "Good Wenwen, our days will definitely get better and better." ”

Wen Jing was extremely sweet, and snuggled up to her husband again and fell asleep. Qiao Nan has been away from home for too long, and he has been exposed to a lot of information related to his family at once, and his cerebral cortex is extremely active, and he can't sleep for a while.

Uncle Dong passed away, and he learned the news a long time ago, but it wasn't until he went home this time and the neighbors stopped getting together for the New Year that he had a real feeling.

In the past, my aunt's family went to a suburban villa to celebrate the New Year with the Song family, but this year they came to Qiao's house. Moreover, Min Rou did some private affairs in the United States and failed to come back before the Spring Festival. The sister-in-law was still in the hospital, and after the aunt finished eating in a hurry, she took several lunch boxes and went to the hospital to accompany the sister-in-law.

Qiao Nan wanted to drive her, but her aunt hurriedly refused. Li Lanzhi also gently pulled off her son's clothes and asked him not to take the initiative so much, but later it was Dr. Yan who sent his aunt over. When cleaning up the dishes, Li Lanzhi whispered to her son: "Qiao Lin hasn't been to see your brother-in-law since she came home, wait for your brothers and sisters to go and see it together, you don't need to take the children, just sit down and come out." ”

Qiao Nan easily understood, how could a big man like his brother-in-law, who had been in the Hong Kong City, accept his down-and-out appearance, let alone let others see it. What's more, the children of the Qiao family are gradually full-fledged, prosperous, and have become a well-known happy family, which is in sharp contrast to the Song family today, how can the aunt's family accept it calmly? If it were not for the repeated invitations of the grandmother, it is estimated that the aunt would not have come to the Qiao family for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Qiao Nan felt very uncomfortable, Li Lanzhi took the opportunity to advise: "Although your sister-in-law is from a rich background, he is also a person who has endured hardships, so after becoming famous, he is a little fluttery, some people are red-eyed, and some people are not used to it." Your brothers and sisters have all had a hard life, and now they are all doing well, but don't be proud, you must be down-to-earth, do you hear?"

Li Lanzhi has been vaccinated with every child, because she knows too well how hard life is now. Qiao Nan listened patiently and said, "We are all living a good life, and we won't let Teacher Li worry." ”

"Live a good life", the wife also said before she fell asleep. A heavy sense of happiness surrounded Qiao Nan tightly, and he couldn't help but kiss his wife's forehead again.

Early in the morning of the first day of the new year, Qiao Nan took his wife, children, and sister to the street to pay New Year's greetings. But what saddened him was that there were fewer and fewer people who needed him to pay New Year's greetings, and in the days when he was away from home, many familiar elders were gone. When he was a child, he ran around with his good friends and went door to door asking for candy. Now, Lao Qiao wrote him a note and asked him to go to those homes to pay New Year's greetings.

In the same way, there were a lot of children on the street that he didn't know. In the past, he was the undisputed child king on this street, and he was the object of worship of his younger brothers, but now the children don't know him anymore, and he is very depressed. The foreign accent of the young man who left home has not changed, and his sideburns have not faded, but he really responds to the poem "Children don't know each other when they see each other, and they ask where the guests come from".

I heard Qiao Lin say that Sun Jiaoyang studied languages in Japan and did not have a Spring Festival holiday, so Chen Yun and Professor Sun both went to Japan for the New Year. Qiao Nan thought for a moment and asked, "Did Uncle Sun have cancer, or did I remember wrong?"

"It's cancer, but it's a very friendly kind, no danger, and I've been doing well in the past few years. ”

"Hmm...... Well, I haven't seen him in years, and I don't know much about his family. ”

Hearing what her brother said, Qiao Lin suddenly recalled that she hadn't seen Professor Sun for a long time. When she went home, Haida had just gone on winter vacation, and it stands to reason that he should be in Hong Kong City, but Qiao Lin hadn't seen him. What's weird, you should go home and ask your parents.

When they returned home, it happened that Poplar had brought his wife and daughter to the house to pay New Year's greetings. He was so much fatter than before that Jolene almost didn't recognize him. Yang Shu is the same age as Qiao Nan, and in the past few years, he has risen to the top, and on the business card handed to Qiao Nan, his title has become Director ××.

Qiao Nan congratulated him on his ascension, and he modestly said that it was just luck. He asked Qiao Nan for a way to maintain his figure, and said that he should insist on exercising like Qiao Nan, and he couldn't continue to gain weight.

In Lao Qiao's eyes, Yang Shu has done some things that are not very authentic, but he still respects the Qiao family very much, and he will definitely come to pay New Year's greetings every New Year. Old Joe did his best to entertain him, but Jolene always felt that he was becoming more and more strange, and had no common language with him, and was far less than her brother talked to him.

There were several groups of people, and everyone was tired. In this bustle, Wen Jing was more eager to visit her mother, she planned to go in the second year of junior high school, and Qiao Nan agreed. Wen Jing found out that her husband had something on her mind, and thought that he didn't want to go to the grave on a happy day, but her husband said: "Wenwen, in fact, I also have people I want to visit......

"Who?"

Qiao Nan stopped talking several times, but he still couldn't stand his wife's soft grinding and hard bubbles, and said truthfully: "I want to discuss with you, can I go and see Xue Dongmei?"