Chapter 28: Returning Home for the New Year

In Xu Changge's memory, the Chinese New Year's Eve always carries a taste of loneliness.

There are always a few clusters of fireworks in the night sky, adding some color to the cold night.

At that time, he was particularly afraid to walk on the street, because it was full of warmth and family affection.

At the entrance of the alley, he looked at the old woman who was waiting for her children to return home.

Children bouncing around the street in nice new clothes.

The faint smell of gunsmoke after the crackling explosion.

A big spoon with sweat on his face but a smile on his face at home.

is full of New Year's flavor, but none of these have anything to do with Xu Changge.

At that time, he would watch the fireworks outside the window for a while, be in a daze for a while, then close the curtains and go to sleep.

The New Year was boring and lonely for him at that time.

But now it's different, there is still someone waiting for him at home, looking forward to himself.

This sense of belonging is a hundred times happier than him winning the actor.

The crew of "Street Fighting" did not take a holiday, and they didn't even rest for the New Year in order to catch up with the schedule.

But there happened to be no high-burning scenes recently, so Xu Changge asked director Du Shan for leave to go home.

Sitting on the train home, Xu Changge looked out of the window that was hazy with cold glass, his eyes were focused and clear, but his heart was even hotter.

"Ah, how come there is a place here, I'll sit without people!" a rough voice sounded beside him.

Xu Changge turned his head to see that it was a burly man, thirty or forty years old, with a beard.

He was so grinning that he just wanted to sit down, but when Xu Changge looked at him like this, he shuddered, and the butt that had just touched the seat was lifted again.

"What's that...... It's better to stand and stand up, come, auntie, you can sit in this position, I'm young......"

The burly man beckoned to an old woman in the distance, and regardless of whether the other party responded or not, he quickly got up and walked away.

"I'm scared to death!" Xu Changge vaguely heard his muttering.

In this way, the position next to Xu Changge was vacant again......

The train during the Spring Festival is naturally extremely crowded, but the position next to Xu Changge has been empty......

Everyone would rather crowd in a distant place than stay by Xu Changge's side.

Xu Changge smiled helplessly, he could guarantee that he didn't mean to scare the big man.

But recently, he has been immersed in the role of Gao Ran, which made him unconsciously bring a little shadow of Gao Ran.

With a little messy hair, a cold and indifferent demeanor, a sharp and restless gaze, thin raised eyebrows, and a suffocating momentum when the face is expressionless......

Being watched by those dark and deep eyes is like seeing a snake huddled and spitting letters, which makes people feel uncomfortable and just want to stay away.

Despite being handsome, he doesn't look like a good person no matter how he looks, right?

No wonder no one dared to sit next to him.

……

Xu Changge's hometown, Shuimen Village, Lingxi Town, is in a dilapidated house.

Xu Ru was stir-frying the shepherd's cabbage on the stove, which she dug in the field early in the morning.

This wild vegetable is available all year round, in the fields, roadsides, and courtyards, everywhere, and is delicious and nutritious.

And on the table, there are already a few dishes.

Bright red peppers, red fried chicken skin showing a fat oily sheen, compact chicken cut into small pieces, a tomato egg soup sprinkled with chopped green onions, and a sautéed green pepper beef......

These are some of Xu Changge's favorite dishes.

When she heard the news that Xu Changge was coming back to celebrate the New Year together, Xu Ru looked forward to it early in her heart, and also got up early in the morning to prepare the ingredients for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Although it is not rich, the two siblings sit down to have a meal and drink a little wine together on the Chinese New Year's Eve, which is also something that is particularly expected.

Xu Ru had a faint smile on her face until a shrill voice sounded behind her.

"This dish is really good, Xiaoru, your cooking skills have improved!"

Xu Ru frowned and turned around, a middle-aged man who looked particularly sloppy stepped on the chair with one foot, pinching a piece of beef in his hand and stuffing it into his mouth.

After eating, he licked his fingers that were stained with grease and the black between his fingernails, smashed his mouth, and stretched his hand to the plate of spicy chicken......

"Erle, you get out of here!" Xu Ru was so angry that he threw the stir-fry shovel directly on him.

The second leper, a scoundrel in Watergate Village who eats and waits for death, is still idle when he is over 30 years old, and is a scourge in the village.

If it weren't for the fact that his ancestors were all locals, and most of the villagers were kind-hearted, he would have been driven out of the village a long time ago.

But those who stayed, but it was some orphans and widows who suffered, and this scoundrel had no face and no skin, so he picked up weak bullies.

When Xu Changge's sister and brother were young, they were bullied by him a lot, but later Xu Changge grew up and scared him with a knife, and he restrained a lot.

But in the past two years, Xu Changge has been away all the year round, and this scoundrel has relapsed and bullied him.

The second leper dodged the vegetable shovel and said with a hippie smile: "Don't, Xiaoru, we two childhood sweethearts, what's wrong with eating a bite of your food!"

"Ghost and your childhood sweetheart, you stinky scoundrel! You are not welcome in my family!" Xu Ru said angrily.

"I see that you have made so many dishes, and you can't finish them anyway, so let's deal with them together. The second leper said with a shy face.

Xu Ru snorted coldly and looked at him: "You can try...... Xiaoge will come back later, and I won't stop me this time. ”

The second leper remembered Xu Changge's appearance of holding a kitchen knife to cut people, and his body shuddered.

"Who are you scaring about...... I'm not afraid of that little wolf cub!" said the second leper stiffly

"Hurry up, hurry up, I'm annoyed when I see you!" Xu Ru said impatiently, and didn't want to deal with this faceless scoundrel.

"You let me go, I'm ...... I don't want to go. The second leper stiffened his neck and shouted, "Can you still beat people during this New Year?"

These words were particularly ridiculous when they came out of the mouth of the second leper, and Xu Ru was laughed angrily.

"Then don't go, see how Xiaoge cleans you up when he comes back!" Xu Ru didn't pay attention to him anymore, picked up the vegetable shovel and washed it and continued to stir-fry.

This bastard is a scoundrel, he should let his brother teach him a lesson!

The second leper was stunned and couldn't advance or retreat, this stayed, maybe he would really be beaten up later, but if he slips away, it's too embarrassing!

Ahhhhh

……

At this time, Xu Changge had already entered the village and headed home.

Gray gravel roads, bare rusty water pipes, laundry tables made of white bricks and cement slabs, houses made of plaster wooden piles, black tiles made of burnt mud, bare trees with no leaves to lose......

There are old people looking at the entrance of the village, waiting for their children to come home.

There are children in beautiful clothes playing on the path, simple and happy.

Gradually, the lights came on, and the shouts and laughter converged on the sound of a warm home.

All this is strange and familiar, old and peaceful, Xu Changge walks leisurely.

This scene is really long time gone.