Chen Yi walked in front of me, but my gaze only stayed on the couplet in her hand, but the familiar breath of her body has always stimulated my keen nerves, like the fragrance of flowers, like the freshness of the green grass

I finally squeezed out some smiles and said to her, "Happy New Year, I heard that you went to an outdoor challenge show, and I appreciate your courage." ”

Chen Yi smiled calmly: "We grew up together in this alley, is it necessary for you to be so polite when you talk to me?"

"No politeness, sincerity. I always thought you were."

I suddenly couldn't say any more, subconsciously swallowed my saliva, and then lit a cigarette to hide my discomfort.

"What do you think I am"

I raised my head to look at Chen Yi's questioning gaze, but subconsciously looked back at my grandmother and Xiao Ai, but they didn't pay attention to my conversation with Chen Yi, especially Xiao Ai, who had already entered the courtyard, sitting on the stone bench, playing with the vegetable leaves on the ground with her hands.

The sound of firecrackers rang out in the open space not far away, and I took a puff of cigarette and finally replied: "I always thought that you were a woman who pursued comfort and comfort, so I really admired you for participating in that show." ”

Chen Yi looked at me with complicated eyes, and after a long time, she said: "Jiang Qiao, do you know that you are like a lonely pen, writing a lot of your thoughts and ideas, but the paper that you scribbled and painted, you would rather hold it in your hand and be moldy, than show it to others, even if it is your closest person."

I lowered my head: "It's because I have low self-esteem." ”

"You have supported Zhao Mu and yourself with your hands and hard work, why are you inferior?"

I leaned against the wall, took a deep puff of cigarette, and whispered back: "So I won't be inferior to Chen Yi when facing Zhao Mu, don't you understand that everyone will have low self-esteem, including you, inferiority is human nature, but you rarely meet people who are better than yourself, right?"

Chen Yi sighed softly, she didn't answer me, just said, "Do you still have more paste, I'll paste the couplet." ”

"Yes." As I spoke, I hurriedly handed the unused paste on the ground to Chen Yi's hand.

Chen Yi took it and was about to leave, but after taking a few steps, he said to me again: "Jiang Qiao, don't make Qin Miao too sad if you can turn around the mood coffee shop, she is still pregnant with Qiao Ye's child, maybe you can't understand her feelings, but what Su Han left in Nanjing will really make her sleep restless." ”

I looked at Chen Yi in amazement, watched her walk away, and saw the distance between us. She had changed, even the tone and the way she spoke, and she had a very obvious stance and something she hated.

This morning, Chen Yi was over there, I was here, and we were doing the same thing, but she came from behind, and soon finished pasting the Spring Festival couplets in front of the door before me, and after she returned the bowl with paste to me, she left Tulip Road.

Chinese New Year's Eve should have been busy, but because I had prepared long in advance, I had done everything I had to do when the afternoon came, so I leisurely made a pot of tea and sat at the stone table to drink, and under the strong sun, I kept squinting, like a pencil that does not ask about the world, writing my own thoughts alone.

In my silence, Edamame, like a shrimp freshly caught in the river, jumped around the door, and then threw a lit bomber into the yard in an attempt to provoke me.

Wearing Martin boots, I stepped on the bomber, and Edamame was frightened by my action, covering his ears and looking at me in horror, he overestimated the power of the bomber, thinking that it could cause me a lot of damage, but it turned out to be like a fart under my feet

I laughed, and Edamame threw a bomber in again, this time I directly picked up the bomber that was still burning and threw it outside the courtyard, Edamame was scared by my toughness, and in a blink of an eye, he hid in his own small courtyard, and never dared to come out again

This scene was seen by Xiao Ai, if it was in the past, she would definitely scold me for being "stinky and shameless" because I always had a bad relationship with a child, but at this moment she didn't scold, just held a hot water cup with a lost expression and turned it around in her hand.

I feel sorry for her, on this day when the family should be happy, Mr. Xiao is still under investigation, how can she be happy

I deliberately walked in front of her, took the hot water cup from her hand, and said in a dramatic tone: "Go out for a walk with the widow"

"Don't be bored, don't want to move."

"You little woman doesn't know what to do, the widow invited you to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers with a body of ten thousand gold, and you dared to refuse"

Xiao Ai looked at me speechlessly, and replied: "Jiang Qiao, don't live if you don't have enough attainments, okay, don't talk a few ancient words, and say a few words of vernacular, it's nondescript."

I smiled shamelessly, Xiao Ai finally laughed too, and the next moment I pulled her up from the stone bench, I would rather be a clown and make her happy, especially on such a happy day as a family.

Xiao Ai and I went out of the alley, and I bought several boxes of explosives at the convenience store in one go, and bought two lighters, and gave Xiao Ai one of them.

I began to make waves on this street, and as I walked, I threw the lit explosives in my hand in all directions, only to be scolded by the older neighbors, calling me "Ergolangdang" and "Little Cannon", and Xiao Ai finally laughed in these scoldings, probably thinking that I was really annoying, and those neighbors scolded people very happy

There was still some unmelted snow on the side of the street, so I pulled Xiao Ai to my side and whispered to her, "I'll play a sky-shaking cannon for you later, do you have a rubber band?"

Xiao Ai is actually a very playful woman, but the bad mood these days has restrained her nature, and at this moment, I gradually forgot the heaviness of the world, she took off the rubber band she used to tie her braids, and then handed it to me.

I used this pink rubber band to tie up two whole boxes of explosive cannons at once, and then dug out a big hole in the snowdrift, threw the explosive cannons that were bundled as thick as a fist into it, and said to Xiao Ai: "After I light the explosives later, you will fill the hole with your feet, we only have about five seconds, we must cooperate tacitly, and then use our strength to pull out our legs and run, otherwise we will both suffer."

"Jiang Qiao, I really didn't expect you to be so boring"

I took out a lighter and was eager to try it, and said to Xiao Ai: "I'm just a straw bag, I can't play the piano or sing, if I can't have some fun, I won't be bored to death."

"You don't have to explain, I appreciate your boredom and hurry up and light the fire, I'm ready"

"Happy," I complimented, and as I lit the primer on the bomber, it suddenly emitted a burst of sparkling fireworks.

Xiao Ai was a novice, and was visibly nervous, so much so that the kick was so hard that I didn't know if it had filled the hole, but the snow began to fly all over my head and mouth.

I didn't care much, so I took her hand and staggered forward, only to hear a loud bang behind me, and passers-by and street vendors screamed

I subconsciously looked back, those blown up snowflakes fell into the soup pot of the wonton stand, and fell on the hair of pedestrians, the scene was spectacular and funny, so the endless scolding came behind me and Xiao Ai, and we were scolded by the victim as "Erwu" and "Little Cannon" However, I had a sense of excitement at the end of the world in this scolding, and at the feet of our galloping, all we discarded were the grievances, anger and helplessness suffered in this world

We just ran from the street to the end of the street, and then we bent over and gasped together, and I couldn't help laughing, I was so happy, and when I heard the loud bang of the bombers, the depression of the year also exploded, and all that was left was the hearty pleasure

Xiao Ai finally said to me complainingly in the midst of his breath: "You are still laughing and don't know that you are in trouble, you ruined the pot of wontons in other people's wonton stalls"

"Haha, we are a gang, I am the mastermind, you are an accomplice, no one can escape"

Xiao Ai watched me gasp, and after a while, she finally asked me: "Jiang Qiao, when you ran away with me just now, did you have a feeling of being at the end of the world?"

I looked at Xiao Ai with wide eyes, she actually had such a tacit understanding with me, and I was in the excitement of the end of the world, pulling her to run faster and faster

I nodded.

Xiao Ai breathed heavily, she finally straightened up before me, smiled and said to me: "But I don't feel scared at all, I just want to keep up with you and run as fast as you."

Passing by the wonton stall again, Xiao Ai and I were like two people who had made a mistake, we were deeply repentant in our words, but we were snickering in our hearts, because we hadn't been so happy for a long time

Xiao Ai finally took out a stack of 100 yuan bills from her handbag, she took out one from it and handed it to Uncle Wang, who sold wontons, and said, "Uncle, we didn't take care of our hands just now, is this 100 yuan enough to compensate you for that pot of wontons?"

Uncle Wang is also a resident of the old alley, he watched me grow up since I was a child, he took a colander and made a look like he was going to beat me, and said: "Jiangqiao, you are also a big boss, don't be a child all day long, I see that this girl next to you is good, hurry up and marry and go home to live, and your old lady will be at ease."

I looked at the stack of money in Xiao Ai's hand without words, but there was an inexplicable sadness in my heart, because I knew that it was the money she used to repay me. She is sure that she will leave Nanjing, she will not marry me, and I will not marry her, and this so-called marriage is just a beautiful vision in the eyes of outsiders, and we don't have to take it too seriously.

On the way back, Xiao Ai insisted on buying a lot of lanterns and lanterns, and she wanted to put up lanterns in the courtyard where I lived before the New Year. I'm looking forward to it, it's the first time I've had a real New Year's feeling, I finally don't have to envy my neighbors, and this night, my house is the most beautiful and festive place in this alley

Back at my accommodation, I started a boring war with the remaining explosives and edamame, while Xiao Ai had been very careful to hang the lanterns he had bought on the trees and under the eaves of the house, and the night gradually fell.

I finally didn't waste a single blaster, and I cleaned up the edamame without blood. Back in the yard, I washed my hands and began to help Xiao Ai hang the lanterns. After a busy time, the yard really had a new atmosphere, Xiao Ai and I looked at it with a sense of accomplishment, and we agreed that as long as the power supply was connected, this place would become a paradise outside the world.

I exhaled and went to my toolbox to find a mobile socket, but instead of plugging it in, I gave up this precious opportunity to Xiao Ai

Xiao Ai also exhaled softly, and she plugged the plug into the socket. Suddenly, those shining rays weave a dreamy picture in our sight, in which there is warmth, family affection and friendship, which makes the whole world seem to be sublimated.

At this time, the sky burst out with a scorching flame, and all the qiē within the eye became colorful, so that the smell of the flame in the air jumped, and I seemed to see the vibrant spring coming towards us

Xiao Ai next to me also stood on tiptoe, and when she stood on tiptoe, she was the same height as me, and I definitely believed that she didn't miss any of the scenery I saw

"Jiangqiao, the new year is coming, do you have any special wishes?"

My heart moved, if in such a situation to say a wish for the coming year, what a wonderful thing, but unfortunately I don't seem to have any wishes, such a wish to make a windfall is not only unrealistic, but also to say it, so after thinking for a while, I asked: "Tell me first, do you have any special wishes?"

Xiao Ai kept looking at the fireworks in the sky, and she finally replied with a light smile: "Yes, of course I have the happiness that I hope I can live in Taiwan." Perhaps, I will find a job as a teacher, and my mother will dedicate my life to the cause of music education, and I also hope to find a good man there who understands me, loves me, and tolerates me, and marries, although life has become simpler, but I believe that my man is a person who understands romance very well, and he will always create some small romance for me, so as not to make my life boring, hehe, that's probably it. ”

I took out a cigarette from my pocket and lit it, smiled and replied, "Actually, I also have the happiness that I hope I can live in Nanjing." Perhaps, I will insist on opening the coffee shop, dedicate my life to the catering business, and I hope that next year I will find a good woman here who understands me, loves me, understands me, and marries, although life has become simpler, but I believe that my woman is a girl with good cooking skills, she will always cook me some delicious food, and not let my life feel boring, hehe, probably like this"

Xiao Ai looked at me, I also looked at Xiao Ai, I saw Ruo Li, and I also saw that it was uncomfortable to part, but I had to part