In the blink of an eye, it was the thirtieth of the Chinese New Year's Eve, I did not go home for the New Year, Brother Dong had already gone to Wudaokou, which was far away from the apartment, to grab New Year's goods, and there was only one TV that could accompany me, so I once again became a loyal fan of the Spring Festival Gala. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

I remember when I was a child, I would stay up late to see twelve o'clock every night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, just to light a twenty-round cannon barrel when the bell rang for the new year, and marvel at the charm of a hundred flowers in the night sky filled with gunsmoke.

Brother Dong said that even if he is alone, he has always lived alone, and this year I accompanied him, he was very happy but didn't say anything, and asked me to wait for him to come back to make dumplings when he left.

In my hometown, the dumplings will be wrapped with copper coins or stem coins, the next year will be auspicious or something, to be able to eat dumplings with coins is the luckiest, the first insect tooth that fell out of my life is due to this kind of dumpling, so I don't feel how lucky.

At seven o'clock in the evening, I sent a message to Brother Dong, "It's been a long time coming, I'm a little hungry." ”

"Soon, on the way! Let's get something to eat first! There was also some bread in the fridge. Brother Dong came back.

At half past seven, Brother Dong still didn't come back, I opened the window boringly, nibbled on dry bread, and looked at the starry sky, the hollow was dark.

At eight o'clock in the evening, there were already scattered people outside with firecrackers, the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala officially began, I sat alone on the sofa, sketches, cross talk, magic, chorus, laughter, tears, and classic programs wave after wave.

In the end, a "wandering song" pushed my suppressed feelings of longing to the highest point, and I couldn't help grabbing the mobile phone on the side, and the number that had been quietly lurking for many years was finally dialed.

"Dut...... Honk...... Toot ......"

"Hey!" A woman's voice came from the other end of the phone, so kind and familiar.

"Mom......." I couldn't hold back the surging in my heart any longer, and tears welled up in my eyes.

"Is it Johnson? What happened to you. Mom asked, her tone a little anxious, and she could clearly tell I was sobbing.

"Who, old woman? It's the middle of the night. Dad asked next to him.

"Maybe it's a son!" Mom replied.

"Look, what did I say, I resolutely disagreed when you wanted to dismantle the landline, because I was afraid that one day the child would not be able to find us." Dad said on the side.

"Yes, yes, you're a good person!" My mother's method of counting down sounds very warm, and although I am thousands of miles away, I can also feel the kind of mutual affection between old husbands and wives.

"Son, have you encountered any difficulties outside? Don't be afraid, there are still parents here! Dad snatched the microphone, and his tone was like a strong backing.

"No ......," I wiped my snot and took a deep breath. "Are you all right?"

"Okay! Your mother got a lot of food today, there are fish, shrimp, chicken, and your favorite braised pork, and we also bought a lot of fireworks this year, your mother scolded me miserably, saying that she knew that it was a waste of money, I think she fell into the eyes of money, hey...... It's a pity you don't come back. "I listened to my dad over the phone.

"Is it going well to work outside?" Dad asked.

"Well, it's okay, my colleagues take good care of me." For the first time in my life, I lied to my dad.

"Oh, that's good." Dad was relaxed.

"By the way, did you have dinner?" Dad suddenly remembered.

I ...... "I'm eating!" Together with colleagues. ”

"Won't they come home for the New Year?" Dad continued to pester.

"Uh...... The company's business is good, and it works overtime according to the schedule! ”

"Did you eat well at night?" Dad got to the bottom of it, and he seemed to want to know all the details.

"Don't worry! The boss has a treat, and in the five-star hotel reunion year, my stomach is swollen at this time. After saying that, he pretended to burp twice.

"Okay, I won't tell you, hang up!" I'm afraid I'll be exposed if we talk any longer.

"Child, no matter how busy you are working outside, don't always eat instant noodles, you used to eat instant noodles all the time at school, it was very unnutritious."

"Got it! You're so long-winded. That's it, I'm hanging! I cut off the phone urgently, forced to walk to the windowsill, looking at the sky, the night sky was still that dark, my father's words lingered in my mind, and my heart seemed to be mixed with eighteen kinds of condiments, which was very unpleasant.

……

"Come to Jingning Road, wait for you at the intersection, call you and keep busy." It was a message from Brother Dong.

"What are you doing on Jingning Road?" I asked.

"Don't ask, I'll talk about it later, my phone is running out of battery."

"Okay, I'll be there in a minute." turned off the TV, put on a windbreaker, and strode towards Jingning Road.

From afar, I saw Brother Dong standing at the intersection with large bags of things piled up beside him.

"What are you doing? I don't think it's such a thing, and you have to let me come out to help you carry it! It's cold outside too! "I pulled on my trench coat and wrapped it tightly.

"We're not at home tonight," Dong said.

"What?" I want to make sure I heard it right, I'm not at home, I'm not mistaken, I'm still waiting to eat dumplings!.

"Don't make dumplings!" I asked.

Brother Dong didn't answer me directly.

"Let's go, take you somewhere?" Brother Dong said.

"Where are you going?" I can't be interested if I don't have dumplings to eat, and I haven't been anywhere where Brother Dong has been!.

"Hexagonal Hill to set off fireworks, the place recommended by Tian Sisi."

"Hexagonal mound? That grassy hillside? "I was shocked, I didn't expect Brother Dong to say that it would be the place where few people go, an unpopular number like a number that will not be drawn in a digital lottery for ten years.

"How's that, accident!" Brother Dong was a little proud.

"Cut." I disdain.

"I heard Sisi say that the night view of the city is the most beautiful from there, there is a refreshing wind, there is a comfortable grass, you can overlook the colorful night of the city, and you can spy on the clouds of the starry sky." The more Brother Dong spoke, the more energetic he became.

"I'm not going, there's a cemetery there, I'm afraid of ghosts." I rarely talk and discourage.

"What the hell, superstition, a few old and disrepaired tombs, what is there to be afraid of a big man." Brother Dong sprayed me like a troll.

"Then I'm afraid of snakes." I continue to make excuses.

"The snakes are hibernating."

"I have a disease that is afraid of getting dark."

"It's really wordy, let's go, Sisi is still waiting!"

“……”

“……”

"You've been getting close to Sisi lately!"

"Any comments?"

"No, what can I say." I shrugged.

"How's it going?" I asked.

"What a fart! Lang has no intention of having a concubine. Brother Dong smiled bitterly.

"What's wrong? Is Sisi disdainful of you? ”

"That's not to say, anyway, I think our relationship is like brother and sister who are not related by blood." Brother Dong said lightly.

"By the way, didn't you go to Wuli Pavilion on a blind date last time? How, is there a result? ”

"Don't mention it, it's a fire when you talk about it." Brother Dong lit a cigarette and took a deep breath.

"My aunt introduced her neighbor's daughter, a woman with a child in tow." Brother Dong said indifferently.

"Second-hand?" I'm glad I don't bother.

"But isn't it, doesn't my brother seem to be someone who can't find his daughter-in-law?" Brother Dong flicked Liuhai upwards, revealing what he thought was a dashing forehead.

"What's wrong with that, don't do it yourself, pick up a daddy." I'm in tune.

"You're begging for a fight, aren't you?" Brother Dong clenched his fists and was full of posture.

"Your aunt is really, so unqualified."

"Don't mention it, she loves to worry about it, blind dates are my style." Brother Dong was a little arrogant.

"How would you feel if you tried to sit in front of a woman you didn't know for an hour and hear that she was here to talk to you?" Brother Dong asked me.

"Oh...... Oh my god, I can't imagine it. "I had an exaggerated expression.

"But your aunt is thinking about you, too! Even if Sisi is not playing, it is not easy for the woman to take the child, it is better to ....... "I advise Brother Dong not to think about it.

"Cut, I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Brother Dong was very disdainful.

"You're not too young, aren't people in their thirties still laughed at before they start a family?"

"What's ridiculous, there are so many people like me!"

It is true that now people in the city have grabbed a lot of people who have not married for the sake of their careers, which is not comparable to the customs in my hometown, and people generally get married earlier.

I even heard my aunt say that when my grandfather was only thirteen years old, my eighteen-year-old grandmother was sent by her mother's family, and I couldn't understand it.

Later, I learned that in that hungry era, the labor force advocated in that hungry era, most men in a family would be envied, jealous and hated, on the contrary, women were regarded as helping others sooner or later, so one less woman had one more bite to eat, so it was natural for grandma to come over and eat mixed rice.

In the eighties and nineties, or in response to the slogan of "early birth of sons and early enjoyment of pure happiness", in fact, in this era, there is no blessing to enjoy, most people live to be busy until they are old, and getting married early is nothing more than to help themselves take care of their children while their parents are still young.

I'm also the kind of person who doesn't like to be bound by that kind of old rules, so I'd rather not go home during the Spring Festival than suffer from the hard days of being chased by three aunts and four mothers-in-law.

"Let's stop talking about this, come on...... Let's race and run! See who gets to the hexagonal mound first. Brother Dong suddenly came to the end, and made preparations with his feet.

"Who wants to compare with you! I haven't eaten dinner yet! I said.

"Come on! Sisi was impatient waiting in the small bamboo forest, and she had something to eat when she arrived. After saying that, Brother Dong pulled his legs and ran.

"Hey, you're so shameless, I'm still carrying things!"