Chapter 10: After Farewell
After ———— farewell, I remembered to meet, and I dreamed of the same soul with you a few times.
Late at night, Lin Jiaming removed the unburned firewood and returned to his bedroom with the tiredness of the day. This kind of civil structure house has an advantage similar to that of caves in northern Shaanxi, that is, it is warm in winter and cool in summer. So even in the depths of winter, there is no need for special heating. Lin Jiaming was lying on the bed, a faint smell of washing clothes and the smell of sunshine lingered around him. It was washed and dried by my grandmother in advance.
The snow outside the house has not stopped, but it is a little lighter than in the afternoon, and according to this method, the snow will at least be knee-high tomorrow. In my memory, the last time it snowed so heavily was when I was in junior high school. That year, there was heavy snow across the country, especially in the south.
Lin Jiaming didn't have the heart to pay attention to when the snow would stop, his mind was now full of that back.
"If life is a first encounter, I would like to write unforgettable with you in the snow when I was in the prime of life!" kept repeating this accompanying text in my mind.
"What does she mean? Is she talking about our encounter? Or is it just an online caption?" Lin Jiaming was unsure in his heart, so he opened the browser on his mobile phone and searched for this sentence. Looking at the sentence on the screen, "The content you searched for does not exist for the time being, similar content has been recommended for you!" Lin Jiaming sat up, wrapped himself in a quilt and leaned against the wall, smirking vigorously. In his heart, it seemed to be certain that the sentence was written to him, to their first sight.
Leaning against the wall and holding his mobile phone, Lin Jiaming gradually became sleepy in his sweet memory. It may be that he is too tired from sitting in the car during the day, or the memories are too abrasive, or it may be that this snowy night is too peaceful, Lin Jiaming did not even adjust his sleeping position, and soon fell asleep.
The next day, just after dawn, my grandmother knocked on the door and told Lin Jiaming to get up.
"Jiaming, it's the New Year today, hurry up!"
Lin Jiaming slept deeply, and he didn't hear his grandmother's voice at all.
"Jiaming... Jiaming..."Grandma screamed twice.
"Hmm~" Lin Jiaming responded in a daze.
"Hurry up, today is the New Year, there are a lot of things to prepare. Grandma repeated. Since junior high school, every year in the thirties of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Lin Jiaming has cleaned up the house, sorted out the sundries, and prepared meals. First, my grandmother consciously exercised Lin Jiaming, and secondly, Lin Jiaming also felt sorry for my grandmother, who had worked hard all year and should have a good rest.
"Okay, got it. Get up now!" Lin Jiaming opened his eyes with difficulty. Because it was equivalent to sitting and sleeping all night, Lin Jiaming only felt that his legs were a little numb, his back was also a little stiff, the lights in the house were still the same, and he forgot to turn off the lights last night.
After getting dressed, Lin Jiaming turned off the light, only to hear a "poof~", Lin Jiaming knew that the light was broken, and he didn't bother to care. The faint morning light shines through the window and sprinkles on the row of books on the windowsill, and the edges and corners of the books are in the floating light.
Grandma had already made a fire, and it was burning very strongly, and the big black kettle was whirring and panting on the fire. Firewood, washbasins and new towels are already waiting.
"Grandma, you're so early!"
"I'm used to it, for so many years, it's all this point and I woke up. Also, Lin Jiaming's impression is that no matter how hot or cold it is, my grandmother always gets up early, which is the characteristic of working people in the mountains. Influenced by her, Lin Jiaming has also developed the habit of getting up early over the years, but not as early as his grandmother.
After washing, Lin Jiaming opened the door, a cold wind hit, Lin Jiaming couldn't help but take a step back and wrapped the coat on his body. The bamboo garden in front of the house has changed its emerald green outfit, wrapped in white and green clothes, and the gray fallen leaves on the ground are also covered with a thick edelweiss quilt, and a few old hens raised by my grandmother are also pacing back and forth in the snow, leaving rows of three-leaf claws on the originally white canvas.
Lin Jiaming stepped into the snow in a cotton slipper like he did when he was a child. With each step, the soles of your feet squeak with the unique squeak of snow.
"She likes snow so much, she must like it when she sees such a scene!" Lin Jiaming pulled out his leg from the snow that never reached his knees, and the cotton slippers were also stuck in the snow pit behind him. Lin Jiaming took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket and took a close-up of his cotton drag. Accompanying text:
"Step by step towards you!"
After recalling his childhood, he also sent a snow scene, Lin Jiaming hugged firewood, returned to the house, and began to clean up the house.
In the afternoon, looking at the tidy room and smelling the aroma of meat in the pot, Lin Jiaming looked satisfied.
"Grandma, I'm going out for a walk. I'll be back in a while!" Grandma was adding firewood to the fire, and when she heard Lin Jiaming say this, she raised her head and looked at Lin Jiaming.
"It's snowing so hard, where are you going?Why are you still wearing only a pair of single pants~ You child, wash your hair bare-chested in winter, and wear single pants in heavy snow~" As long as it is about Lin Jiaming, my grandmother has changed her previous ability and nagged endlessly.
"It's okay, I'm used to it. I'll go out for a walk~" Lin Jiaming walked out as he spoke, and the nagging of his grandmother behind him still did not stop.
The snow had stopped in the morning, and now the sky was gray, and there were no clouds to be seen. A gust of wind blew, and the thick snow on the bare branches of the trees was blown off by the wind and scattered in all directions in the air, and the snow by the river had begun to melt, revealing black stones sporadically. Lin Jiaming took out his mobile phone as he walked. I didn't look at my phone for a long time, and the WeChat message prompted 99 plus.
When you open WeChat, most of them are group blessing messages. Lin Jiaming didn't take a closer look, he was not used to sending blessings in groups, and he generally wouldn't reply to group messages. There was just one piece of news that made his whole body warm again. This news comes from the ball avatar girl, the first time I saw - Lu Haowan.
"Hey, Chinese New Year's Eve is good! Have you eaten?"
The message was received just after 12 noon and now at 5:15 p.m. It's been a few hours, Lin Jiaming is very helpless, she shouldn't be angry if she replies so late.
"I'm sorry, I've been cleaning up the house today, and I didn't look at my phone!" After replying, Lin Jiaming was uneasy and looked forward to Lu Haowan's reply. However, after walking back and forth for a long time, and there was no message reminder on the mobile phone, Lin Jiaming couldn't help but feel a little lost.
"Ding~" Lin Jiaming was shocked and replied to the message.
"Brother, Happy Chinese New Year's Eve!" is Fa Xiao Yanbin. Lin Jiaming still flashed a trace of loss in his heart, but then disappeared.
"Old Hu, Happy Chinese New Year's Eve! You guy, have you eaten the reunion dinner?" Hu Yanbin and Lin Jiaming, who met in junior high school and were in the same class in high school, also have a deep relationship.
"Not yet, it's still a while. This time the pig's trotters are being stewed. ”
"Yo, it's almost time to eat. Didn't bring your girlfriend home?"
"I was about to tell you this. Brother, we decided to get married on the eighth day of the first lunar month, and we want to invite you to be the best man, I don't know if you have time?"
", why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you hear you say that it will end next year?" Lin Jiaming was a little surprised.
"It's a long story, I'll talk to you later. Can you come then?" Yan Bin wanted to confirm.
"I was supposed to go to work on the seventh day of junior high school, but who let you get married! I have to take a leave of absence!" Lin Jiaming said affirmatively.
"Okay, that's it!"
"I'm so happy for you, old man! bless you!" Lin Jiaming was a little envious, but more happy for this good friend.
"Thank you, brother! We'll talk about it later!
After the chat, Lin Jiaming also happened to arrive home, the stew in the pot was already cooked, and the cold air was filled with the aroma of meat. Lin Jiaming washed his hands, tied his apron, and began to stir-fry. and his grandmother, it doesn't need to be very rich, two or three dishes are enough, with his cooking skills, it will be done quickly.
The last plate of steaming dishes was served on the table, and Lin Jiaming sat down at the table with his grandmother.
"Ding~"
"It's fine. I guess you're busy! I'll show you, our family's reunion dinner!" In the photo, there is a glass turntable on the solid wood round table, and a series of beautifully plated dishes are placed on the turntable. Looking at this photo, Lin Jiaming felt a trace of inferiority in his heart.
"What a coincidence, I'm also about to eat!" Lin Jiaming didn't know how to reply for a while, and reluctantly squeezed out these words.
"yes, show me!"
Lin Jiaming was stunned. How to shoot this, these dishes are very different from the dishes on the turntable table. After much hesitation, I still took a picture.
"Wow~ It looks delicious, I especially want to eat it at my grandmother's house when I was a child!" Lu Haowan didn't seem to care about the number of dishes.
"Country dishes are just that. ”
"Country vegetables, the taste is right!Pure natural, pollution-free!haha"
Looking at Lu Haowan's reply, Lin Jiaming's inferiority complex gradually disappeared.
"Let's not talk about it yet, let's have dinner!"
"Well, Happy Chinese New Year's Eve!" Lin Jiaming replied.
"Happy Chinese New Year's Eve!
Looking at the big artillery expression, Lin Jiaming's eyes narrowed slightly, and then locked the screen of his mobile phone. Putting down the phone, Lin Jiaming picked up the chopsticks and sandwiched a piece of meat in his grandmother's bowl, and then put a piece in the bowl placed in the empty seat next to him.
The sky was darkening again, and snowflakes began to fall. The flames of the fire in the house were still beating, the old and the young were sandwiching each other's dishes, and a few hearty laughter came out from time to time. Those old hens squatted in the cage, occasionally making a few cooing sounds~