Ding Qi immediately thought that the door to the dormitory building was broken, and it could be opened with a hard push, and it seemed that someone came up directly. The tutor's family is in the United States, Ding Qi really can't think of anyone else who will come to him, and when he opened the door, he was surprised and delighted, it was actually Tian Rongping, the second child in the university dormitory.

Tian Rongping was also stunned when he saw Ding Qi, and opened his mouth wide and said, "Xiao Qi, you are dressed up so energetically, where are you going to pay New Year's greetings?"

Ding Qi just shaved his beard, smeared some skin cream, combed his hair neatly, and although he didn't buy new clothes for the New Year, he was also very clean and tidy. Tian Rongping thought that Ding Qi would look like a decadent and down-and-out appearance, but the contrast between the meetings was too great, so he was so surprised. In fact, he was three hours late, and Ding Qi had already cleaned up himself and the house.

Ding Qi was also surprised: "Second child, early in the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, you didn't stay at home well, why did you come here to me?"

Tian Rongping exclaimed a little exaggeratedly: "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, go out to pay New Year's greetings, and I will be the first to give you New Year's greetings...... How many times have you said it, don't call the second child!"

Ding Qi smiled: "Second Senior Brother, come into the house...... Why don't you have New Year's goods, so I also brought two tubes of sesame cakes. ”

Tian Rongping entered the room and sat on the bed and said, "The second senior brother is not good, I have such a fat head and big ears...... What kind of mochi is it?"

Sesame cake is a traditional pastry that is similar in shape and size to moon cakes, mostly made of lard and noodles, filled with rock sugar and filled with five kernels, and dipped in a layer of sesame seeds. This is a very old, very earthy, very traditional dim sum, and it is not delicious for today's children.

It is said that there is a plate of hemp cakes for guests on the living room table of Qi Baishi's house all the year round, and I don't know how long it has been placed.

When Ding Qi was very young, when relatives walked around during the New Year, there were people who gave sesame cakes, which were not boxed, but rolled into a tube of white paper, with a tube of ten cakes. When I grew up, I rarely saw this kind of thing, it was a childhood memory.

Ding Qi has been reading a lot of books in the library recently, and occasionally saw someone mentioning the living room of Qi Baishi's house, and awakened the memories of the New Year when he was a child, and said it inadvertently. He pulled over the chair and sat down, and talked to Tian Rongping about the allusion of "hemp cake", which made Tian Rongping laugh.

Tian Rongping took out a brown paper bag from his shoulder bag, handed it to Ding Qi and said, "Although I didn't bring hemp cakes, I didn't come empty-handed, this is the New Year's money for your bag, take it quickly!"

Ding Qi took the paper bag and opened it for a look, and was stunned for a few seconds, inside was a neatly tied 50,000 cash. In these years, electronic transfer is very convenient, but Tian Rongping still deliberately took out cash and brought it. He raised his head and said, "Second brother, are you here to repay the money? I'm not in a hurry, why bother to make a special trip on the first day of the Lunar New Year!"

Tian Rongping said with a big grin: "I have it on hand now, of course I have to pay you back the money first, you definitely need it more than me." ”

Ding Qi had already reacted at this moment, Tian Rongping must have heard about what happened to him, thinking that he was now poor, so he hurriedly raised money to pay back the 50,000 yuan owed to him first. Ding Qi shook his head and said, "Second brother, in fact, I am not short of money now, I just got a 100,000 year-end bonus before the holiday!"

Ding Qi was telling the truth, the mental health center really gave him a 100,000 year-end bonus, which Zhong Dafang fought for, and listed various reasons in the internal discussion. At that time, Liu Fengren was already in the United States, and when he received the year-end bonus distribution plan, Liu Feng approved it without any amendments. Anyway, Zhong Dafang is willing to make such a decision, and Liu Feng, who is in charge of the final decision, is willing to approve it.

Tian Rongping's eyes widened and said: "There are so many year-end bonuses......?

Speaking of this, he stopped talking, and Ding Qi answered with a smile: "I was indeed fired, but I worked for more than ten months before I was fired, and the year-end bonus must also be counted." ”

Tian Rongping: "That's so much for ten months, it's really a good unit! How much did you get last year's year-end bonus?"

Ding Qi: "Last year's 50,000, this year is twice as much as last year." In the end, it's because I have a good leader, it's so human!"

Tian Rongping: "Really?"

Ding Qi: "Really, I didn't lie to you!"

Tian Rongping: "I envy you a little, our unit's year-end bonus this year is to pay two more months' salary, which adds up to more than 10,000 yuan." ”

Ding Qi: "I rushed to repay the money on the first day of the Lunar New Year, do you regret it now?"

Tian Rongping hurriedly waved his hand and said, "That's not it, I have it on hand now, so I'll pay it back quickly." ”

Ding Qi: "I didn't receive an invitation to get married, and I didn't even give you any money." Today, you invite me to a drink alone, and I can just make up the gift money!"

Tian Rongping borrowed money from him last time in order to get married and renovate a new house, but Ding Qi had an accident that day. Later, he didn't receive Tian Rongping's wedding invitation, and it is estimated that Tian Rongping also knew what happened to him, so he didn't bother. Ding Qi had forgotten about this stubble at all, and only remembered it when he saw Tian Rongping at this moment.

Unexpectedly, Tian Rongping waved his hand and said: "Don't mention any gift money, the marriage has not been concluded!"

Ding Qi was surprised: "What's going on, isn't it even the new house that has been renovated?"

Tian Rongping: "Don't talk about it here, I invite you to go out for a drink and talk while eating." ”

Ding Qi: "How can a hotel open on the first day of the Lunar New Year?"

Tian Rongping: "Look at your ignorance, you haven't spent the New Year in a big city like our Jinghu, right? Not to mention the first day of the Lunar New Year, there are restaurants open on the 30th night!"

Ding Qi muttered in a low voice: "Anyway, the school cafeteria is not open." You don't know about hemp cakes yet!"

Ding Qi has lived in Jinghu City for seven and a half years since he went to college, but he really hasn't spent the New Year here. Since the Spring Festival when he was eighteen years old, he spent the New Year at his uncle's house in his hometown, and did not return to school until the winter vacation began. In the town under my hometown, there is no restaurant open before the eighth day of the new year, and the old rule in the early years was to open on the fifth day of the new year.

Although there are many food stalls and small restaurants that are closed during the Spring Festival, there are also many large restaurants that are open for the New Year, and many families eat in restaurants on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve. Although the price is more expensive, it is convenient and worry-free, and it is also suitable for the little couple to call their parents to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together.

Walking out of the school, passing through a large shopping mall, I found a restaurant that was still open for business, and I ate and chatted in the lobby, and the two chatted until more than two o'clock in the afternoon.

Tian Rongping's object met on a blind date, and they felt that it was suitable for each other, and then it came to the stage of talking about marriage, especially Tian Rongping's parents were particularly concerned. The woman proposed that the man should have his own house, and the young couple would not live with their in-laws after marriage. Ding Qi's parents agreed and also bought a house for Tian Rongping.

The woman also proposed that the house should be renovated first, and the man was responsible for the money, and the decoration was according to the woman's wishes, and the Tian family also agreed. At this time, the family's savings were no longer enough, and Tian Rongping also borrowed 50,000 yuan from Ding Qi.

The house was renovated, the hotel for the wedding banquet was also found, Tian Rongping even paid the deposit for the wedding banquet, and the wedding was going to be held in a week, and then the woman made a request again. Originally, the woman's parents said that they would not want the bride price, but they suddenly changed their words that it was not easy for their daughter to raise such a big one, and the bride price was also sincere, and they would take 100,000 bride price on the day of the kiss.

Speaking of this, Ding Qi poured himself a drink and said: "100,000 is not much, the most important thing is that you have already invested in it, and you are about to achieve your goal, you shouldn't stop getting married because of this request, right? ”

Tian Rongping shook his wine glass and said: "Don't talk to me about psychology, I know everything! The key is that the other side goes back on their word and says okay, but when the matter comes, they suddenly make this request again, which catches people off guard." You're right, my parents may have endured it in a hurry to hug their grandson, but I can't bear it.

My parents have worked hard all their lives, and they have spent all their savings to get married to me, and I have to borrow money, so how can I, as a son, bear it? If I want to borrow, I have to borrow it myself, and in the future, the husband and wife will repay it together! Not to mention this, what is even worse is another request, which I resolutely cannot agree to, and my parents will not agree. ”

Ding Qi asked slowly, "Is the woman's name written on the real estate certificate?"

Tian Rongping: "How do you know?"

Ding Qi: "It's an old routine, do you really think I don't know? If you really care about each other, it's because of love and selflessness, it's okay to write each other's names." In fact, sometimes we don't want to, and the reason in our hearts is just that we don't like it, and our feelings haven't reached that point. ”

Tian Rongping snorted coldly and said, "Listen carefully, not to add her name to the real estate certificate, but to change it to her name." There is no name for me, only her name! She said that if she didn't say yes, she wouldn't get married, and then I wouldn't get married. The banquet has been set, and the deposit paid can only be refunded half, so I will admit it. ”

Ding Qi put down the cup in amazement, paused for a moment before saying: "I don't like to maliciously assume others, just say the mildest kind of judgment: extreme lack of self-confidence, lack of trust and responsibility in relationships, a strong sense of insecurity about this society, and cognitive impairment, she will ......"

Tian Rongping shook his head and said: "You are really gentle enough to speak, and polite enough! You don't have to use such a professional tone, you are no longer a doctor, and I am not here to find someone to diagnose her, if she is sick, she will be sick." Don't talk about this, come and come, drink! The big husband has no wife, there is no grass at the end of the world, stay in the green mountains and find it slowly, and where you fall, you can ......"

When the wine was drunk, what he said became casual unconsciously, Tian Rongping suddenly asked, "Have you broken up with Jiajia too?" If it weren't for the fact that the wine was almost drunk, he wouldn't have mentioned this kind of thing.

Ding Qi nodded lightly and said, "It's already broken up, and it's not very suitable between us." ”

How did Ding Qi and Jiajia get separated? No one can tell the process, and no one even took the initiative to mention it, as if it happened so naturally, and they gradually drifted apart in the past few months, until they were no longer lovers.

In the days when Ding Qi had an accident, he did not contact Jiajia, and later Jiajia took the initiative to contact him and expressed her worries and concerns. Maybe it's because there are too many things, maybe it's because he's in a bad mood, Ding Qi didn't pay attention to Jiajia as much as he used to, and the contact became less and less, and the relationship seemed more and more distant.

Later, Jiajia told him that she was going to the United States for the Chinese New Year, and Ding Qi wished her a good time and reminded her to stay safe. Later, Jiajia told him that she planned to study in the United States, and Ding Qi sent her blessings......

I think that when he and Jiajia got closer and closer, Liu Feng did not interfere, and today he and Jiajia are drifting apart, Liu Feng also didn't say anything, maybe he can't say anything, everything happened very plainly, and no one even had to say anything about breaking up.

Ding Qi was reminiscing, Tian Rongping leaned his head over again and asked in a low voice, "Do you hate her?"

Ding Qi looked at the wine glass in his hand and said, "Hate her, why do you hate her? No, I don't hate her at all, and I shouldn't hate her at all, I only have gratitude to her." She has been with me for three unforgettable years of my life and has given me so many wonderful moments.

She is not my enemy, she has no commitment or responsibility to me, she has never tried anything for me, she has only given me a lot, given me what I have not had, what I desired, what I lacked, what I wanted......"

Tian Rongping interrupted him and said: "I really can't stand your comparisons! But you're right, such a beautiful girl, the daughter of Professor Liu Fengda's family, has been good with you for three years, and let you sleep for three years in vain, so you only take advantage of it and don't suffer losses......

Ding Qi hurriedly raised his glass and said, "Stop, stop me!" Drink a bar and block your stinky mouth." ”

Tian Rongping took a drink and said, "Your heart is really big enough." ”

Ding Qi: "Otherwise?"

Tian Rongping was stunned: "Yes, what else? Why do you have so many negative emotions, it will only make you unhappy!"

The wine was dizzy, but Ding Qi didn't vomit, of course, there was no fragment, but when he went back, his steps were a little fluttering, and he had to hold on to the handrail to walk steadily.

The next morning, Ding Qi didn't get up until nine o'clock, and had just finished washing up, when he suddenly heard a knock on the door again. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, who came to him? When I opened the door, I couldn't help but be stunned, it was Liu Guonan.

Liu Guonan is wearing a slim hatless mink collar woolen windbreaker today, and he also wears light makeup, and the pure black fluffy collar sets off his face very white and pink. As soon as she saw Ding Qi, she timidly lowered her head and said, "Ding, Doctor Ding is good! The door downstairs opened with a push, and I came up. ”

Ding Qi didn't say much, just nodded and said, "Come in and sit!" He pulled out the only chair and sat down on the bed.

After Liu Guonan sat down, he lowered his head and touched his right hand with his left hand. Ding Qi asked, "How do you know I live here?"

Liu Guonan: "I'm looking for someone to inquire." Actually, I'm here to apologize to Dr. Ding, and I said those things last time......"

Ding Qi interrupted: "Needless to say, I understand your mood at that time. I have to thank you for the rest of the story. After Tian Xianglong reported the news for the first time, someone broke the news on the Internet the next day, guiding the reversal of public opinion. The whistleblower claimed to be the cousin of the victim of the Jiangbei murder case, which was of course Liu Guonan.

Liu Guonan: "You don't have to thank me, that's what I should do." But I didn't expect that they would later bypass Ankang Hospital, but they specifically pointed the finger at you personally, making things bigger. There are many things that have to be turned back to understand that I was indeed wrong, that I should not have thought that way, that I should not have seen you that way, and that I should not have said that about you. I really want to say thank you, in fact, I want to thank you, you are a good person!"

Ding Qi smiled: "Is this to send me a good person card?"

Liu Guonan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, I don't mean that, I just think you're a good person." ”

Ding Qi: "You don't have to be so polite, I didn't do anything. ”

Liu Guonan looked up and said, "I know what you did...... No, no, no, I don't mean that, you're not a murderous doctor, and the police can't say that! I mean, Tian Qi is dead, but you have to bear the punishment. This world is so unfair, it's always the innocent who are unlucky, the good people are not rewarded, and your school is too much. "She's a bit incoherent.

Ding Qi said lightly: "The matter is too big, it all started with my violation of discipline, if you were the person in charge of such a big organization, you would also deal with it like this." But good people also have good rewards, aren't you here to pay me New Year's greetings?" The last sentence was a joking tone, easing the atmosphere, he didn't want Liu Guonan to be so nervous.

Liu Guonan's face turned red, and he took out a bulging red envelope from the Kun bag he was carrying and handed it over, and said hesitantly: "I'm here to pay New Year's greetings, this is the New Year's money, for you!"

This girl is not very good at personal contacts, she wants to express her gratitude to Ding Qi, and she reluctantly finds an excuse, but this is not a parent...... Ding Qi couldn't laugh or cry, shook his head and said, "I'm also an adult, why are you giving me New Year's money?"

The red envelope is actually a red envelope, and the thickness should be 20,000 cash. Why do you want to send money, her thoughts should be similar to Tian Rongping, thinking that Ding Qi has been unemployed for more than four months, presumably poor and very short of money. gave it too directly, and was afraid of hurting Ding Qi's self-esteem, so he actually thought of the name "New Year's money".

In any case, Tintzi is grateful. In the past few months, he has been working as a temporary worker in the library, 15,000 a month, but he also lives in the school dormitory for free, eats in the school cafeteria, and has no other expenses. He originally had a deposit of 80,000 yuan, and lent 50,000 yuan to Tian Rongping, but he had already paid it back yesterday, and he took another 100,000 yuan for the "year-end bonus".

In other words, he now has 180,000 yuan in savings, and he has never had so many years of money in his pocket in his life, although it is when he is at his most depressed, today Liu Guonan sent another 20,000 yuan, is this to make up for him?

Liu Guonan replied: "New Year's greetings, you can't come empty-handed, just a little heart, you can accept it." In fact, in previous years, I would give my cousin New Year's money every year, but this year he is gone, and when I see you, I feel like I see him...... No, no, don't get me wrong, it's unlucky to say this kind of thing during the Chinese New Year, but I don't mean anything else, I just want to say ......"

Ding Qi hurriedly took the red envelope and said, "You don't need to say it, I understand what you mean." I can't take so much, so let's do it, the meaning is okay, and the Chinese New Year is also auspicious, thank you!" He opened the envelope, and there were indeed two bundles of new hundred-yuan bills, he took out one of the bundles, put it in his pocket, and then put the rest of the money back in the envelope and returned it to Liu Guonan.

Liu Guonan subconsciously took the envelope and asked with some curiosity: "What kind of custom is this, is it one in a hundred?"

Ding Qi almost laughed out loud, the banknotes were a bundle of 100 bills, and he took out one of each bundle, but it was not one out of a hundred, this girl sometimes didn't know how to speak, and sometimes she really knew how to poke words! He smiled and said: "You give me 20,000 New Year's money, I am two years younger than you, and I also give you 19,008 New Year's money, and we will all have a harvest for the New Year." ”

Liu Guonan didn't insist any longer, put away the envelope and asked, "I heard that your partner broke up with you?" When she said this, her voice was very thin, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Ding Qi's eyes.

Ding Qi waved his hand and said: "For the New Year, let's not talk about this, and I can't talk about who broke up with whom, but I didn't continue to walk." ”

Liu Guonan: "I also heard that the school will keep you in this dormitory until the start of the next semester, and you will have to move out after the New Year...... I have a house that is still empty, which my parents bought a long time ago and was going to use for my marriage, and there is no one to live in at the moment, you can move there temporarily, they are all friends, you don't need to be polite to me. ”

Not only did she have a vacant house, Tian Rongping also said yesterday that the marriage was not consummated, but for the convenience of work, he moved to a newly renovated house, and there was an empty room in the new house, and Ding Qi could also move over to live with him, but Ding Qi declined the kindness.

Ding Qi replied: "I am not short of money now, really, I have some savings after working for many years. I have contacted the agent a few years ago, and the agent found a house for me, and I will move there after the Spring Festival holiday, thank you for your trouble. ”

Liu Guonan raised his eyes as if he had plucked up courage and said, "Then don't you have to spend your own money!" Actually, you don't need to be polite to me, I always want to find an opportunity to do something for you. ”

Ding Qi smiled gently: "You just mentioned your cousin, saying that you remembered your cousin when you saw me, which is a psychological empathy phenomenon. You know, I used to be your counselor, and then those things happened, and in the process, you may have subconsciously had emotional projections......"

Liu Guonan's eyes looked at him, not just like looking at his cousin, Ding Qi was very uncomfortable and felt weird. He chose a very "professional" approach and talked about what the phenomenon of empathy is from a professional point of view.

This made Liu Guonan speechless, and finally said weakly: "You are no longer a psychiatrist." ”

finally sent away Liu Guonan, who was affectionate, and refused the other party's request to invite him to dinner, after closing the door, Ding Qi smiled bitterly, but he felt that his mood was much more cheerful.

The next day, on the morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year, Ding Qi got up and went to run twice on the playground of the campus, and after returning to the dormitory, he washed his face and wiped his sweat, and was thinking about what to eat at noon, when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. In the past, the traditional customs, the so-called "big year" was three days, but I didn't expect that people would visit from the first to the third day of the new year, and they were not idle every day!

Although the downstairs access control is not easy to use, but no one sticks a note to inform the visitors that it is broken, how can everyone know to push it, and then go straight upstairs? Who is it this time, and what are you here for?

When I opened the door, I saw that he was a stranger, who looked less than thirty years old, in his early seventies in height, wearing rimless resin glasses, looking not deep or even flat, wearing a very decent Chinese suit, except that his eyes were a little small, he could be regarded as dignified.

The visitor carried a box of dried seafood gift bags, bowed shallowly and said, "Hello Teacher Ding, I'm here to greet you for the New Year!"