In the morning, Zhang Dongming woke up in a burst of mobile phone ringing, and Gong Fei called him to get up and go to dinner.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Dongming looked at the time, it was half past seven.

I slept too late last night, and I slept at almost two o'clock in the second half of the night, in fact, I was still sleepy, but I couldn't continue to sleep, the countryside was not like the city, and he didn't get up well when he came to walk around, mainly because the girl definitely had to call, and if he didn't toss up, he would definitely not stop, and he couldn't sleep if he wanted to.

The hot quilt, the cold room, the ice flowers on the window, Zhang Dongming couldn't help but shiver a few times when he sat up, the winter in the countryside of Northeast China is like this, and the quilt is the most painful time to get up every morning.

Get up and go to the toilet, the village with the sound of firecrackers is full of festive smell.

It's the New Year, it's good, it's just that it's too cold, the exhaled breath feels frozen, and the toilet squatting for two minutes feels like the buttocks are going to freeze in half.

The kettle is not very warm, and the water boiled last night was warm in the morning, but it was OK to wash your face.

Zhang Dongming remembered that when he was a child, he used to wash his face with cold water in winter, and the biting coldness was panicked when he thought about it now, and he felt more and more that he was really powerful when he was a child.

When I was a child, the family was very hard, their family of three was crammed into a broken house, the rice buds and rice noodles were eaten on and off, and his father and mother did not have a decent cotton pants in the winter, he had warm cotton pants, but there were no new clothes that other children looked good in the New Year, and there were no firecrackers set off by other children.

He was still crying, and then his dad beat him up, and then he cried even more, and then his mother put her arms around him and wiped his tears, and wiped him, and his fucking tears fell.

He doesn't know when he started, he has new clothes for the New Year, there are firecrackers, and he doesn't know when he started, his new clothes look better than other children, and there are more firecrackers than other children.

The only thing that hasn't changed is that his mother will make him a new pair of cotton pants every winter, and his father's stern eyes when he dislikes cotton pants that are too thick and stupid and doesn't want to wear them.

In fact, he forgot these long-ago things a long time ago, and he didn't forget them, or they were deposited in the depths of his memory.

Old Li Tou'er is gone.

When I was chatting last night, Li San's daughter-in-law told him that she left at the end of last month, and she didn't suffer any offense when she left, but she couldn't do it the night before, and she left the next morning.

He was quite calm when he heard it, first, he was almost at the age of the year, and more importantly, Lao Li Tou'er's heart disease, Lao Wang's death could not be said to be a blow to Lao Li Tou'er, and the impact was quite big.

For more than 70 years, Lao Wang Tou has grown up, Lao Li Tou has grown up, Lao Wang Tou has married, Lao Li Tou has also married, Lao Wang Tou has given birth to a son, Lao Wang Tou has a son, Lao Wang Tou has hugged his grandson, Lao Li Tou has also hugged his grandson, Lao Wangtou's wife is gone, Lao Wangtou is old, Lao Li Tou is also old......

From peeing in open crotch pants to wearing crutches with gray hair, the two have walked through their entire lives together.

Zhang Dongming didn't know what these two people had experienced in their lives, and he couldn't understand the feelings of these two people, but he knew that Lao Li Tou missed Lao Wangtou, just like after Lao Wangtou left, Lao Li Tou sat on the stone under the big willow tree behind the house every day with that shabby chess bag;

During the summer vacation, when Lao Li Tou handed him the chess bag, when he saw Lao Li Tou's incomparably old back when he left, he saw an old man who was coming to the end of his life.

He shouted at the old man's back, "Uncle Li, don't forget to fight again next year", but the old man did not look back, and he failed to survive this cold winter after all.

Lao Li Tou's life is ordinary, he has lived in this poor ravine all his life, there is nothing ordinary that can be taken out to say, and no one mentions this person after the ordinary death, whether good or bad.

But from birth, childhood, youth, adulthood, old age, and death, Lao Li Tou lived a whole life, and this is the biggest story, which has nothing to do with the ordinary or extraordinary, because in front of life, everyone is the same.

This is the story of Lao Li Touer, the story of an ordinary old man.

Zhang Dongming calmly faced the death of this old man, just like those peaceful times under the big willow tree behind the house.

Maybe many years later, he will be like Lao Li Tou, carrying a broken chess bag under the big willow tree or some other tree, playing chess with a young man surnamed Zhang or something else, but now, the deceased rest in peace, life is as usual, just like the festive New Year in front of him.

Of course, not everyone is festive, like Anna.

Zhang Dongming knew that Anna must not be festive, but he didn't know what happened to her, because Anna's mobile phone had been turned off since yesterday.

Zhang Dongming is a little worried about Anna, but as a colleague or friend, he has already done what he should do and can do, and for the rest, he hopes that Anna can be strong and don't do anything stupid.

The New Year's dinner in the afternoon was still as sumptuous as last year's previous year, it was still eight dishes, Zhang Dongming's favorite scrambled eggs with tomatoes were still on the list, Gong Fei was still smiling and teasing him, Sun Shufen still kept letting him eat this and that, and Gong Liguo was still happy to drink two taels of white wine with him......

Everything is the same, the only difference is the mentality.

At the New Year's dinner last year and the year before that, Zhang Dongming's heart was extremely heavy, he didn't know that he could still drink with Gong Liguo at this year's New Year's dinner?

Now his heart was heavy and relaxed, because he was drinking with Gong Liguo.

In this life, his Uncle Gong spent the summer of 2003 safely, his Uncle Gong was safe and sound, his aunt and Fei Fei were safe, and the family of three was happy and stable, or rather, their family of four was happy and stable.

Because they have always regarded him as family, he has long regarded them as family.

This is the biggest thing for him after being reborn, and it is also the biggest thing in his life, he is powerless to resist birth, old age, sickness and death, he is very happy, very grateful that bad luck did not come again.

This New Year's dinner, he ate very steadily, because this is a truly happy and stable home.

In the evening, watch the Spring Festival Gala and make dumplings.

Gong Fei has never watched the Spring Festival Gala, but this year I honestly watched it with them, Zhang Dongming was quite puzzled, Gong Fei said that the Spring Festival Gala had Jay Chou.

Zhang Dongming wondered even more, this girl has a serious five-tone insufficiency, her singing is worse than a wolf howl, and she usually doesn't like to listen to songs, she didn't have a favorite singer in her last life, why did she suddenly like Jay Chou in this life?

Zhang Dongming asked curiously, and Gong Fei said no, there are many things.

Then Sun Shufen worried about Gong Fei's object again.

I must have to worry about it, it's 25 years after the New Year, if it's in the countryside, the children will play soy sauce, even in the city, it's not small, but she doesn't even have a shadow of a target.

Sun Shufen nagged for a long time, and later pulled Gong Liguo and Zhang Dongming, the three of them united the front, Xiaozhi said a lot with emotion and reason, Gong Fei has been coping with it, and the three of them have no tricks at all, I don't know what this girl wants to look for.

At nine o'clock, I started to make dumplings, and I still had two fillings, leek eggs and sauerkraut pork.

Last year, I learned to run halfway, and this year Gong Fei rolled up his arms and sleeves again, and swore that he wanted to learn to make dumplings, Gong Liguo and Sun Shufen both smiled and shook their heads, Zhang Dongming said Can you do it, don't run away again after a while, Gong Fei replied to him with a big roll of his eyes and went to wash his hands.

The dumplings were wrapped at ten o'clock, and the rare Gong Fei really persevered, although she didn't pack much, and the bags were quite miserable, but this girl learned very seriously.

Zhang Dongming said yes, Gong Fei hummed and washed his hands very proudly.

The dumplings were put into the pot at half past ten, and the festive atmosphere of the year also reached the climax, the sound of firecrackers in the village had already risen one after another, Gong Liguo set off firecrackers in the yard, and Gong Fei pulled Zhang Dongming out to see.

Gong Liguo bought a lot of "flowers" this year, and the colorful fireworks lit up the night sky above the courtyard, which was beautiful and beautiful.

Gong Fei looked at the fireworks blooming in the night sky, his eyes sparkled and he was stunned, and muttered, "It's so good." ”

Zhang Dongming beside him didn't hear clearly: "What?"

Gong Fei came back to his senses and said, "It's so good-looking." ”

Zhang Dongming said happily: "Uncle bought this 'flower' this year, and it is indeed a bloody investment." ”

Gong Fei smiled and nodded, and looked up at the bright fireworks in the night sky again.

After eating dumplings, the bell of the Spring Festival Gala rang at 0:00, and the 2004 of the traditional Chinese year officially arrived.

The last 2004 was the starting point of Zhang Dongming's life to glory, but the final ending was a prosperous sight in a lonely retrospective.

Another 2004, Zhang Dongming does not seek to soar or become famous, but only wishes him and those he cares about a lifetime of happiness and stability.