"If you don't go home to eat with your parents at the reunion dinner of the Chinese New Year's Eve, isn't it nonsense to come here?" Qu Jinyan muttered. But then I thought of the ambiguous posture just now, and Zhong Ruoyan's overwhelmed expression, and I couldn't help but feel a fire in my heart.

"Bang", abruptly, Qu Jinyan gave himself a slap, the water stain splashed his face, and he didn't mean to wipe it, and continued to be busy.

During the lunch meal, because of the things in the kitchen, the two of them obviously changed their words, but this embarrassment is embarrassment, and there are still some things to say.

"Don't mess around, go back quickly in the afternoon after eating, Chinese New Year's Eve is not at home to accompany my parents, what are you doing here." ”

"You haven't been back for two years, and this aunt and uncle don't think you're either. Qu Jinyan preached.

"Please, it's not that you don't know, my mother is fine, our teacher Zhong, when she sees me, she looks like an enemy, why should I go back and find it uncomfortable. ”

What Zhong Ruoyan said is not false, after all, she used to live under the same roof, and Qu Jinyan also knows a little bit about her family.

"It's been so many years, isn't it better to live a good life now? Besides, my uncle taught and educated people, and I thought it was the same as you, and I still haunted it. ”

Gao Mu and Gao Yiling, who were at the same dinner table, didn't know what the two said, and they didn't mean to interject at the moment, after all, you don't know anything about other people's family affairs, rashly express your opinions, whether it's right or wrong, if you don't make others unhappy if it's not good, isn't that looking for trouble?

"Why, according to what you say, it's my little belly and chicken intestines, with the heart of a villain, to live the belly of a gentleman? Who kept saying that there was no such thing as my daughter? If it weren't for my mother, I would never have entered that house again in my life. Touching the previous sad things, Zhong Ruoyan couldn't help herself for a while, and immediately turned red.

"It's not...... I just ......"

Before Qu Jinyan could say anything, Zhong Ruoyan immediately interrupted him and said, "Okay, don't say it, I don't want to talk about the past during the Chinese New Year." ”

Then she turned to Zhang Fenfang and Gao Yiling and apologized: "I'm sorry, let you laugh, let's eat." ”

After lunch, I saw Zhong Ruoyan walking on the sofa at home, wrapped in long black legs that were extremely eye-catching, and she was not polite, just like in her own home, eating snacks while watching TV, and sometimes talking to Gao Yiling for a few words, obviously without any intention of leaving.

In the end, in desperation, Qu Jinyan thought of a compromise and made a phone call.

Putting away the phone, Qu Jinyan walked out of the room, glanced at Zhong Ruoyan and said, "Come over here." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and entered the study, and after winking at Gao Yiling, Zhong Ruoyan also entered the study.

On the balcony, Qu Jinyan took the lead in sitting on the chair, and then pointed to the chair opposite: "Sit down." ”

"That's right. Immediately thinking of something, he got up and walked out again under Zhong Ruoyan's puzzled gaze.

After a while, when Qu Jinyan came back, there were already two more cups in his hands.

In recent years, the temperature has changed significantly, and Qu Jinyan remembers that when he was a child, there would be a lot of snow in the south of their country every winter, so the winter was still very cold.

And now, it is really difficult to snow in winter, let alone snow, at this time sitting on the balcony, looking at the blue sky, and the rolling white clouds, like a midsummer, if you are not wearing a coat to wake yourself up, you really mistakenly think that you are in the hot summer.

Looking at the coffee in front of her, Zhong Ruoyan took the coffee, and immediately looked at the clear sky and the beautiful scenery by the river, that is, she said: "You will enjoy life, this beautiful woman is accompanied, bathed in the sun, drinking coffee and tea, chatting, sleeping in the afternoon, thinking about it." ”

As he spoke, he took a sip of the coffee in the cup with a smile, then frowned and complained, "Why, you don't add some sugar to me, why are you so bitter?"

Qu Jinyan was not surprised, as if he had expected this scene a long time ago, but he smiled and took a sip of coffee, and then said slowly: "I'm sorry, I always thought you liked this taste, not sweet." ”

"You have a hole in your head, who likes bitterness. She said without thinking.

"Then you, a girl, have been wandering outside alone all these years, isn't it looking for hardship?"

Qu Jinyan's words made Zhong Ruoyan stunned in her heart, how could she not know his good intentions without going through it.

Picked up the coffee again, took a sip of bitter coffee, didn't frown, only to see her calmly looking at the quietly flowing river downstairs, and said: "I got married this year, and I won't go to Tianzhou City, what's the matter?

"Otherwise, it's comfortable, isn't it?"

"But then again, how did people come to you in this life, just a few short words to sum it up?"

Zhong Ruoyan looked at Qu Jinyan with a straight face, and said slowly: "Aren't most lives like this?"

Qu Jinyan, who thought for a moment, couldn't help but smile, nodded and said, "Savor it, it's really like this." ”

"The reason why people are human beings is because everyone is different, everyone has their own way of living, and you have chosen to be comfortable, but that's not what I want, at least for now. ”

Hearing this, Qu Jinyan smiled bitterly and said, "What, do you want to continue after the New Year?"

Zhong Ruoyan nodded and did not speak.

"Tell me, where did you go this year?" he continued.

"I stayed in Yunnan Province for a long time, for many months, and the pace of life there was slow, the four seasons were like spring, and the climate and environment were good. After that, I went to Sichuan for a while, and in the autumn I went to the Mongolian steppe to experience the grassland life there. ”

She paused, expressing her thoughts: "I prefer the tranquil natural environment to the reinforced concrete of the metropolis. ”

Then she laughed at herself again, and thought of something, which was, "Don't you think it's ironic?"

"Why do you say that?" Qu replied.

"Didn't those literati in ancient times stay away from the crowd and live a life like idle clouds and wild cranes, and enjoy the mountains and rivers? How is it that now, you educated scholars who have graduated from college are running to the big city one by one, but I, an illiterate person who graduated from high school, are in and out of the idle clouds and wild cranes, far away from the world. ”

Qu Jinyan was still very surprised that Zhong Ruoyan could have such an opinion, this woman who was dressed as secular on the outside, but on the inside she was like a pool of green springs in the dense forest, clear to the bottom and not polluted by the world.

Qu Jinyan smiled bitterly, and then said: "Not everyone is like you, with a free and easy heart, and they do whatever they want. The vast majority of people, how to say it, most people are not very satisfied with their current situation, but they are forced to live, so they can only continue to grit their teeth and persevere. ”

"Because they're not living for themselves. Finally, he said thoughtfully.

"Hehe, you live for others, so ah, you are destined to suffer for a lifetime. ”

"Then who are you living for now?" Zhong Ruoyan was playful.

"In the past, in order to repay my aunt for her nurturing kindness, I hoped that she could see my goodness, get a good job, and earn more money to repay her. Qu Jinyan said truthfully.

"And now?" she asked.

Qu Jinyan smiled a little embarrassedly: "Didn't you ask knowingly." ”

"I'm embarrassed. Zhong Ruoyan quipped.

"You think I'm like you, so thick-skinned. ”

"Hush. Zhong Ruoyan gave someone a roll of her eyes with great disdain, didn't bother to take care of him, and immediately went to get the bitter coffee in front of the table.

Seeing this, Qu Jinyan took it from her in advance, and sent the coffee he had only drunk in front of him to her: "If you don't dislike it, drink mine." ”

Zhong Ruoyan looked at Qu Jinyan with some suspicion, and then said with relief: "It's not that I haven't drunk it before." With that, he took a sip of his coffee.

There is a fragrant aroma in the mouth, and the taste buds burst into sweetness, as if returning to the teenage years, the little girl with a double ponytail often follows behind the boy, experiencing bits and pieces in daily life, going to school together, and then slowly growing up.

couldn't help but feel warm in Zhong Ruoyan's heart, she didn't put down the coffee in her hand, and then took another sip, and it took a long time to come back to her senses from her memories, and said sincerely: "Thank you all these years, if you hadn't helped me often, I might have to sleep on the street several times." ”

Qu Jinyan also knows her strength and stubbornness, since graduating from high school at the age of eighteen, she has not taken care of her family even if she has to pay a penny, she just walks there, and then finds a temporary job to deal with it, and when she has money, she continues to go to the next place.

A few times, if it weren't for the fact that there was no way, she wouldn't have asked him for help. Qu Jinyan also knows that even if she sleeps on the streets, she will not ask for money from her family, and this alone is enough to make many young people ashamed of themselves.

"Can you listen to some advice from my brother, isn't it good to go home and find a job to stabilize?" Qu Jinyan said very seriously.

But Zhong Ruoyan laughed suddenly, and said jokingly: "What, I'm afraid that I have no fixed place, and after a long time, I won't be able to marry after I get old, I'm afraid that I will rely on you?"

"Hey, you're really right to think so, but I think so too, when the time comes, you have to leave me a room, and in the future, I'll be able to eat and drink at your house." ”

As she spoke, she stood up and said, "Okay, I'm a little sleepy, which is your wedding room, I'll take a nap first." ”

"This girl, when it comes to this, she gives me a sloppy eye. ”

"Auntie, I tried my best, and she didn't necessarily listen to me for everything. Seeing Zhong Ruoyan leaving, Qu Jinyan said to himself.