It's Chinese New Year's Eve in the evening, every household is stewing fish and roasting meat, the small village at the foot of the mountain is shrouded in a mixture of coal fire and meat, and the smoke of cooking covers the entire village from a distance, like a light mist, and from time to time there will be a few firecrackers.

This is a unique flavor of the Chinese New Year.

The creek in front of the village was covered in a thick layer of ice, and there was still some unmelted snow on it, and a group of children in thick cotton suits skated on it, and the laughter and laughter made the cold air lively.

At this moment, Zhong Yuan was stewing meat by the big firewood pot in the yard, and the steam of boiling water and the cold outside were intertwined, so that she couldn't help but sneeze.

"Xiaoyuan, why are you back?"

When she turned around, she found Xiang Xiaoyuan standing at the gate of the courtyard with her suitcase.

Zhong Yuan hurriedly wiped his hand twice on his apron and beckoned her to come in.

"That...... Can I stay at your house for the New Year this year?"

Disturbing others on this day, Xiaoyuan is a little embarrassed.

"Of course, come in!" Zhong Yuan hurriedly welcomed her into the house.

Xiang Xiaoyuan dragged her luggage into the hall, greeted her parents, and said "Happy New Year" before coming to the wing.

"Eat something first, then have a big meal in the evening!"

Zhong Yuan brought her stewed vegetables and steamed rice cakes, and Xiang Xiaoyuan was indeed hungry and ate it in a big gulp.

When you are full, your body is warm, and your heart will not be so uncomfortable.

Zhong Yuan's mother had just been discharged from the hospital and couldn't get out of bed and walk around, so all the work for the whole year fell on Zhong Yuan.

Seeing Zhong Yuan busy like a spinning top, and greeting some neighbors and relatives who came to visit the door from time to time, Xiao Yuan really felt that Zhong Yuan was too powerful.

She is the kind of person who feels very confident when you see her, she is not very old, but she is always so polite, courteous and orderly.

There are some things she can't learn, and when something happens, she always panics first and then calms down.

Meng Meng is sick, Zhong's mother is sick, she has to take care of Zhao Jianling, and she has to visit Zhai Yu over there, Zhong Yuan's burden is not lighter than anyone else's, but she can still handle it easily.

I'm afraid that I won't be able to cultivate to the height and level of Zhong Yuan in this life.

She couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly, and then went to help Zhong Yuan do some work within her ability, but Zhong Yuan didn't ask her why she suddenly came back from home and why she stayed at her home for the New Year.

Some things are tacitly understood, after so many years, they are closer than sisters, Xiaoyuan can guess with a look and an expression Zhong Yuan.

In the evening, Xiang Xiaoyuan and Zhong Yuan's family gathered around the table to prepare for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and the sound of firecrackers was heard from time to time.

"Yan'er, let's have two drinks!"

"Okay!" Zhong Yuan replied to her father, then took the wine from the ear room outside, and Xiang Xiaoyuan followed her.

Xiao Yuan saw a bottle of koji wine sealed with wax paper in the cabinet, and reached out to take it, but was pulled by Zhong Yuan.

"You can't take that, my dad won't let me drink it, I've kept it for years!"

Speaking of this bottle of wine, Zhong Yuan opened the conversation, she didn't know what the origin of this bottle of wine, anyway, she had seen this bottle of wine that didn't look high-end since she was a child, and it had been occupying this corner of the cabinet, and sometimes her father would take it out to see and wipe it, but he never mentioned it.

Zhong Yuan took two bottles of Red Star Erguo and closed the cabinet door.

"You two bottles?"

This is a pound of wine, and Xiao Yuan is a little apprehensive when he sees the wine.

Zhong Yuan smiled: "This is the scene, if it weren't for my father's blood pressure sometimes being high, these two bottles would not be enough for him to rinse his mouth alone!"

Xiao Yuan stuck out his tongue, almost forgetting that Zhong Yuan's family's alcohol consumption has never been bottomless.

She couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, she came empty-handed, why did she forget to bring something for her parents, it would be okay to bring two bottles of wine!

Zhong Yuan seemed to see her thoughts, so he poked her with his elbow: "Hey, what do you want? Hurry up and eat!"

It was the first time to spend the New Year in the countryside, and Xiang Xiaoyuan felt fresh and a little uneasy.

Zhong Yuan's parents tried to pick up vegetables for her, saying that she was so thin that she only had big eyes, and seeing the joy of their family, Xiaoyuan felt very happy and a little sad.

I don't know what my parents are busy with at this moment, whether they are also eating Chinese New Year's Eve like themselves.

She couldn't go back to her home, so she could only make up lies to deceive them, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

When the bell rang at midnight, Zhong Yuan's mother took out two red envelopes, one for Zhong Yuan and one for Xiang Xiaoyuan.

Xiang Xiaoyuan just wanted to excuse himself, Zhong Yuan smiled: "Take it!

It's been a terrible year, and I just hope that the new year will be safe, even if it's dull, and nothing will happen again.

A new year, a new beginning, all over again.

Accepting the red envelope, Zhong Yuan pulled her to the yard to set off fireworks.

The village resounded with the deafening sound of fireworks, and Xiaoyuan looked up at the fireworks in the sky. Zhong Yuan handed her the incense stick in her hand, but she shook her head and didn't answer.

Zhong Yuan thought she wouldn't dare to let it go, so he walked over to the fireworks, lit the fuse, and then quickly ran back to her.

The fireworks burst into the air, forming a ray of light in the night, and then exploding in mid-air to burst into dazzling brilliance.

Red, purple, and blue fireworks come and go, illuminating the sky as bright as day.

Xiang Xiaoyuan smiled at those beautiful fireworks, as if he felt like he had stepped back in time to that Chinese New Year's Eve night two years ago.

She held a second kick in her hand, and then shouted with a smile, watching those beautiful fireworks light up the entire night sky, and the fireworks were like peonies in full bloom with breathtaking beauty, which shook her heart.

He stood beside her, wearing a half-length coat, his hair tossed in the cold night breeze, and he watched her jump, and he watched her laugh, and then she looked back at him too.

Then the space suddenly turned back to a speeding train, he stood behind her and gently wrapped his arms around her waist, and outside the window there were fireworks shining in the sky over the villages and towns, and the two of them stood there quietly and looked as if they could watch it for a lifetime.

Zhong Yuan looked up at the fireworks and then turned his head to say something to Xiao Yuan, but he was stunned.

I saw big tears rolling out of Xiang Xiaoyuan's eyes, and those who didn't fall to the ground were frozen on their cheeks, and her smiling black pupils like jewels reflected the dazzling light of fireworks.

Zhong Yuan knew what she was thinking, so he turned his head and stopped talking.

She knew that that person had never come out of Xiang Xiaoyuan's heart, and he never did it now, and I am afraid it would not be possible in the future......