The school has a winter break. When I got home from work, my son and father went out to play, and only my mother was at home, and my mother said with a sad face: "Mu Xiaoli called, crying and crying on the phone, saying that life can't go on, and the debt collectors are blocking the house and asking for money, which frightened Lin Tiancheng."

My heart sank and I asked, "Isn't their hotel running well?" Whose debt is it owed? Why did Lin Xiaoran borrow other people's money, and what did he do with the money? What did Lin Xiaoran say? ”

Mother sighed and said: "Who knows what's going on, your brother never told us about business, you don't know his temperament, he takes care of all the big and small things by himself, that is, Mu Xiaoli can't hold things in her heart, so she tells us these things, what do you think?" I didn't even dare to let your dad know, he should be in a hurry if he wants to know."

I thought about it for a while, Lin Xiaoran worked alone in the provincial capital after retiring from the army, so I set two rules for him, not allowed to be contaminated with drugs, not allowed to be contaminated with gambling, and our family never played mahjong when we were together, as long as he was not contaminated with these vices, how could he only earn money and not lose money in business.

His business has gone up and down over the years, and we are used to it, and when he really needs help, he will follow me even if he doesn't tell his parents, but this time he didn't call me, maybe the problem is not so strict.

So I said, "Mom, don't worry too much, let me ask about the situation, Xiao Ran didn't call me to talk about these things, and it is common for them to owe money for business, wasn't it often like this in previous years?" It's only been stable for two or three years, why did it come out again, don't tell your dad about it, it's useless to worry about it."

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"I know this, but you see that the Spring Festival is coming soon, and the Spring Festival is spent at your brother's place every year.

I smiled and patted my mother's arm and said, "Then don't go over the Spring Festival this year, let's spend it here, I'll call Lin Xiaoran to ask about the situation, and let them come over for the Spring Festival."

"What if they're all back to the hotel?"

"Will they fly if they are not in the hotel for a few days? His hotel has dozens of employees, it is also a formal management of the enterprise, everyone has their own responsibilities, he neither stir-fry nor serve dishes, managers, cashiers, accountants, he is left for a day or two no problem, even if someone collects debts will not demolish the hotel, rest assured! ”

"Hey, when is there a time to worry, when have they stopped, you should call and ask Xiao Ran what's going on! I can't get anything out of his mouth."

Mother said with a frown.

"I know, don't worry, it's going to be fine!"

At night, he closed the bedroom door and called Lin Xiaoran: "Boss Lin, what are you doing now?" ”

"Sitting at the hotel, are the civil servants already off work?"

Xiao Ran replied with a grin.

Listening to his tone, it didn't seem like something big had happened, so I asked straight to the point: "Boss Lin, how did you chase the debt to the house?" Isn't the hotel okay in the past two years, and why is it still being collected for debts? It can't be gambling debts, right? ”

"No, under your strict requirements, I never play cards, do not hide from the leader, it is a little wrong investment, the first two years to earn some money, last year a little hot brain and others to partner to open a coal mine, the result of the coal mine was not opened, the money earned is not to say, but also borrowed some foreign debts"

"How much foreign debt have you borrowed?"

"I borrowed two million, but I have already repaid more than 800,000, don't worry, I will pay it off this year"

"Since what you said is so simple, why did you still go home? The family is not at peace, and it has a bad impact on Lin Tiancheng."

"It's Mu Xiaoli calling home again! She is just troublesome, she calls her parents when she has a big thing, she just pays off the debt, and my hotel is not unprofitable! What is bad about the impact on Lin Tiancheng? This is what he said to educate him, he thought that money fell from the sky, and he said every day that he would be a big boss in the future, is it so easy to be a big boss? Let him also see and understand, I will let him study hard and go to the civil service exam later! ”

I smiled and said, "You will show up to educate your children, civil servants are so easy to be, you have to endure loneliness, and you have to endure hardship, are you really okay over there?" ”

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"It's really okay, I've told them to pay back the money on time every month, they just want to go back more years ago, and I've sent them away, and they used to be good friends and good talkers"

Lin Xiaoran said in a relaxed tone.

"Friends too?"

I scoffed.

"Look at you, it's too simple, friends are friends, money is money, it's because they used to be good friends to borrow money, don't look at them to make trouble, we are still friends when my money is repaid, every time they come to get money, they are elated, don't worry, it's okay"

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I know that although Lin Xiaoran has a relaxed tone, things may not be so easy, but I don't pay much attention to it, a big man should go through the toss, I never hoped that he would get rich and noble early, and then he couldn't find the nonsense of the north, and he could only put himself in the right position when he was really rich after experiencing more setbacks, and sometimes people not only can't bear to live in poverty, but also may not be able to endure being rich and rich.

So he smiled noncommittally and said: "Okay, I won't tell you that, I don't understand your set, if you really don't have a big deal, we can rest assured, how do you plan to spend the Spring Festival?" Did I bring my parents there? Or do you guys come here? ”

"It's all right, isn't there still half a month? What's the hurry?"

"It's my mother who is very worried, let me ask clearly, if I go to your side for the festival, we won't prepare anything for the New Year, if you come over, don't you have to start preparing now?"

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"Oops, what is there to prepare for the family? Now there is nothing missing, just buy what you need on the street."

"How can it be as simple as you say, the Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese, a large family gathered together to eat, drink, play what not to prepare? Not to mention the things that are going to visit relatives and friends and entertain relatives and friends, even if you buy them, someone has to go to the street every day to pick them up and buy them for ten days and eight days."

Lin Xiaoran said on the other end of the phone: "Oh oh, okay, I know, I'll go back and discuss with Mu Xiaoli before deciding, if we need anything in the past, we will buy it and bring it over, don't worry about it Since his son has been on winter vacation, he has been like a wild horse on the loose, thinking about playing happily, and I am also relieved that I use less thought in him." This period was also the time when the unit was the least busy, all kinds of inspections were dealt with, and there were few cases, so Zhou Wei pulled him to drive to the mountains to let himself out. What is called "thousands of miles of frozen and frozen thousands of miles of snow drifting" in the northwest land to see clearly, the road into the mountain once boundless green at this time has become boundless white. The trees by the Yuxi River have thick ice cream flowers, the ice cream flowers are unusually white against the background of the blue sky, the crystals of the ice edge flowers reflect the sunlight and emit a diamond-like light, and there is a layer of faint mist floating on the water surface of the Yuxi River with the wind, making this place like a fairyland. He couldn't help but take out his phone to take a picture, and I stood quietly behind him without a trace avoiding his camera. He turned to look at me and said, "The scenery here is so beautiful" I looked at the big tree in front of me full of ice ridge flowers and nodded with a smile and said: "It's very beautiful, dreamlike, but it is very common in our place every winter, but this ice cream flower comes and goes quickly", after saying that, I walked under the tree and kicked the trunk, the ice cream flower full of trees fell instantly, I laughed and pulled him to run out of the tree quickly, turned my head to see the ice cream flowers were still falling one after another, we laughed and slapped each other on the ice and snow on the head. Looking at a small hill not far away, I pulled him and told him to climb up that hill. The snow was deeper than I had imagined, and every step was difficult, especially when the snow was knee-high near the hillside, and I walked forward with all my might, feeling that I had done my best and the hill was still far away, and I fell to the snow from exhaustion, and I finally failed to climb to the top of the hill as I wished. He looked down at me and smiled, "I thought you'd hold on to my climb to the top." I closed my eyes slightly to avoid the glare of the sun and gasped for breath and said, "I'm tired and can't crawl anymore." I lay quietly on the thick snow and looked up at the blue sky, the blue sky was indescribable, and when I closed my eyes, I felt as if I could fly up and blend into the blue sky. The sky was unusually clear and the sun was so bright, but the cold wind that blew made my face ache. He also lay on the snow and held my hand, and through the thick gloves, we could still feel each other's presence. He leaned up and looked at me for a while, leaned down and put his face against mine, and said in my ear, "Your face is cold, isn't it cold?" There was heat in my ears as he spoke, and I smiled softly, "It's not cold now, it's cold when you leave." He smiled and put his face on the other side of my face. As he got up to leave, the heat he exhaled left a thin layer of moisture on my face, and my face hurt even more when I was blown by the cold wind. When the two of us got up and looked back, there were two people holding hands printed on the snow. I held the snow and threw it at the two figures on the snow, and he stopped him and said, "How nice it is for two people holding hands under the blue sky and white clouds!" Don't spoil them, let them stay there" "How can this be kept? The wind can blow them away, and the sun can bask them." He said. I smiled and said, "Okay," Happy days always pass quickly, and seeing that the Spring Festival is approaching day by day, I don't know where he will spend the Spring Festival this year, and I can't open my mouth to ask him. In fact, I know in my heart that he has no reason to spend the Spring Festival here. For many years, I have been alone with my son to Lin Xiaoran with his parents during the Spring Festival, but this year I don't want to, I secretly expect him to stay with me, but reason told me that this is impossible, I am waiting for him to take the initiative to stay in this contradiction and suffering. When he saw that I bought two pots of azaleas, he brought them into the house and said with a smile: "Yes, the Spring Festival is coming soon, but this flower looks like a cluster of flowers, and it is not easy to feed here, and the flowers will die if they fail." "I watch it festive, as long as it is lively around the Spring Festival, don't want them to open for a long time." I said with a smile as I fiddled with the flower pot. I put the flowers in front of the window, stood beside him, leaned on his arm, and said, "Is it pretty?" He didn't speak, just smiled and nodded, he looked at me and then at what the flower was about to say but didn't say, and finally looked out the window. Looking at his hesitant expression, I turned my head to look out the window and asked, "Are you leaving?" "I'm leaving, the Spring Festival is coming, and there's still a lot to do when I go back," he said in a calm voice. I was silent for a moment and asked, "When will you be back?" "I don't know yet, I'll call you when I get back" His words left so much room that I suddenly wondered if it was possible that he would not come back. I looked out the window silently, I didn't know what kind of expression I should face him, pretending that nothing was happening now, I couldn't do it now, but I didn't want to show my loss in front of him. He put his arm around my face and my hair and asked, "What gift do you want?" "I don't want anything!" I replied immediately in a resolute tone. He was stunned for a moment by the tone in which I spoke, and his arm around me stiffened, and I myself was stunned by my own unquestioning tone, and I looked up at him, and then looked away again, and said in a calmer tone, "I really don't want anything." Yes, I don't want anything, if you really leave, don't leave anything, I don't want anything that makes me see things and think about people, I don't want those things that have no temperature and no life to stay in my life instead of him. He silently put his arms around me, his fingers gently running over my cheeks, sliding towards my body, and hugging me tightly. That's all he can give me, and that's all we have in the here and now.