Lu Li rode a bicycle, and there were four dim sum from Tian (Jin) 'Gui Shun Zhai' on the back hanger, which was used to give New Year's greetings to others, and first went to Xu Yunjian's house on Qinghe Street, where he didn't know how many times he had to run in a year, but every New Year's Day, he had to come to the door again to pay New Year's greetings to Xu's father and Xu's mother.

Entering the door and handing over the gift, Father Xu smiled and sat down on the chair with him, "To say, Xiaoxiao is a little bit of a stutter, and the one next to him is not a little stronger than my Yunjian!" Are you in your teens this year? I can go to other people's houses to pay New Year's greetings by myself, our Yunjian, hey, don't mention it! Xiaoxiao, you and him are such good friends, sometimes you have to take him out to practice. ”

"I'm ten or seventeen," Lu Li said with a smile, approaching his graduation year, he was much taller than he was back then, and his stuttering was not as serious as it was back then, "Cloud Sword is more ...... than me I'm strong, never ...... Trouble, uncle doesn't know, my uncle and aunt...... ...... for me Fighting, it's almost dying. ”

"Boys, are you afraid of fighting or something? Cloud Sword is too wretched! "Xu Yunjian is one of the very few only children in this era, in fact, no, there were two elder brothers before him, but unfortunately they were not kept, so they became the baby bumps in the family. Xu's father is a construction worker, his surname is very violent, and the child will serve with a stick if he is a little disobedient, and over time, Xu Yunjian will have some shit, from childhood to adulthood, he has followed Luli's ass around, "By the way, Xiaoxiao, will you eat here at noon today?" Let's have some drinks? ”

"Don't eat...... Now, to tell you the truth, there are several...... Gotta go. ”

Father Xu felt very regretful, "I can't catch up with you to have time," he said, "I heard Yun Jian say, you drink very well?" When we have the chance, let's sit down and have a drink with me—Yun Jian doesn't look like my son! ”

Lu Li knew that Father Xu was not taboo on smoking and drinking, and the amount was very large, so he nodded with a smile, "Uncle, you want to drink wine, I will accompany you, smoke less, right?" ”

"I know, I know."

"You know what?" Xu's mother said loudly, "Say you know every day, smoke every day!" Sooner or later, something will come out. Xiaoxiao, don't learn from your uncle, don't get a cigarette, it's not good at all. ”

"Yes, I remember." Luli nodded, and got up to take his leave; Xu Yunjian sent it out, "Xiaoxiao, where will you go for a while?" ”

"And three-three-three...... Family. ”

"After the fifth day of the new year, let's get together, shall we? A few years ago, Li Xiaoping came to me, and he said to look for you, you are not at home, so you came to me. ”

Lu Li nodded, during the winter vacation this year, he and Yu Fang took Wu Ting out of the far door together, this is really far away - the mother took the train for two days and one night, and went straight to Kailu (County) of Tong (Liao) City, Inner Mongolia, to visit the second sister who went to the countryside there to recruit brothers, there is no need to talk about the hard work on the road, the family reunited in a foreign land far away from Jinmen, that great joy can really offset all the pain! The three of them lived in the local area for nearly half a month, and they rushed back on the 28th of the lunar month, "Something?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I haven't seen you for a long time, and everyone misses you."

Lu Li smiled movingly, and in the past three years, a large number of people have gathered around him, such as Xu Yunjian, Zhang Qing, Cao Xun, Dong Yuqiang, and Li Xiaoping, faintly becoming a small group with him as the leader, "Okay," he said briskly: "After the fifth day of the first month, the first day of the first year, the first year of the first year...... Let's book the seventh day of the new year. ”

"Okay, that's it, I'll say hello." Xu Yunjian suddenly smiled, "By the way, Xiaoxiao, don't you go to see your sister-in-law?" ”

Lu Liyang gave him a punch with his hand, "Less less nonsense!" ”

Xu Yunjian laughed and dodged into the courtyard, "Ride slowly." ”

Lu Li pushed the bicycle and walked a few steps out of the alley, Zhao Min's house was not far from Xu's house, the two of them didn't see each other, and there was a strong feeling of longing in their hearts, but when they went to someone else's house at such a time, they were classmates in the face, and they were a little embarrassed after all, thinking like this, they hesitated a little, and it happened that a door in the alley opened, and a girl with a small mustache jumped out, "Xiaoying?" ”

"Little brother?" The girl looked back and exclaimed, "You're back?" Sister, second sister? You're coming out? Little Brother is back! I've come to see you! ”

Lu Li wanted to ask her to quietly call Zhao Min out, say a few words, give her the snacks and leave, but the girl's noise made everyone in the neighborhood, but she couldn't hide it. Footsteps sounded from the courtyard, Zhao Min walked out quickly, looked left and right, and saw the boy standing in the alley pushing a bicycle.

The relationship between the two is very strange, saying that they are boyfriend and girlfriend, but they are not so close, saying that they are ordinary classmates, and they are very close, "Are you back?" When did you come back? ”

"Twenty-twenty-eight, I've been busy." Luli looked at her, the New Year came, and the family made new clothes for the children, all of which were red and green, and the fabrics were full of flowers. And Zhao Min's quality is cold, such a dress on her body is weird and mismatched, it is extremely ugly! "Xiang ...... Hair...... Host...... Xi guarantee, it's ugly! Let's change it. ”

"I didn't say I could wear it, my mother had to let me wear it." Zhao Min snorted, "What are you doing here?" ”

"New Year's greetings."

Zhao Min looked at the snacks on his bicycle and blushed coquettishly, "Little brother," the girl named Xiaoying's eyes lit up, looking at the red snack box, "Is it for me?" ”

Luli smiled, "Yes, Xixixi...... Happy? ”

"I like it," Xiao Ying nodded frequently, "Come in quickly?" Mom, Dad, Brother, there's a guest coming. ”

Zhao Min has three older brothers above, a younger sister and a younger brother below, the younger sister is Xiaoying, and the younger brother is even younger, who can just walk and speak in a milky voice. The two elder brothers have already joined the army, and the remaining one is the same age as Li Xiaoping in Tianjin, who is in high school, and he has been greeted by the voice, and before he saw it, he said New Year's greetings with a smile on his face, "Happy New Year, New Year's ......"

"Dad, Mom, this is my classmate, named Lu Li, who is here to pay New Year's greetings."

"Uncle, aunt, give you a New Year's greeting."

The second elder of the Zhao family saw a strange child and paused for a moment, "Oh, it's Xiaomin's classmate, come in, come in and sit, come in and sit." ”

So let him enter the room, make tea and pour water, "Are you ...... Zhao Min's classmates? Dad Zhao asked, "It's really a shame to let you buy gifts for the New Year." ”

"I didn't ...... No, no, no, nothing. ”

The family was stunned for a moment, they didn't expect this beautiful boy to be a stammer? At first, I thought he was nervous, but after Zhao Min's explanation, I knew that it was not, "Zhao Min is my classmate, and he has helped me a lot in his studies, isn't it, it's approaching the New Year, come and see my uncle and aunt, oh, and the eldest brother, I hope you don't blame me for being abrupt." ”

"No, no, how can it?" Mother Zhao grabbed a handful of peanuts and candy and stuffed them into Lu Li's hands, "Come, have some snacks." ”

"Thank you, aunt," Luli took the snack and put it back again, "Uncle, aunt and uncle, I have to go, don't ...... Don't send it. Walking to the door, he suddenly stopped again, "Oh, this snack is for your second elder, so keep it for it." ”

The husband and wife didn't have time to speak, and Xiaoying immediately responded with a drum, "Mom and Dad, just listen to the little brother, right?" Keep it for yourself, right? ”

Her child's words revealed undisguised greed, making everyone laugh, "Okay, I'll leave it for you to eat!" Don't thank you little brother yet? ”

After sitting at Zhao's house for a while, Lu Li got up to say goodbye, Zhao Min took the place of his family and sent him to the door, but he didn't speak, just walked a few steps with him, "That ......"

"Huh?"

Zhao Min's white jade-like cheeks suddenly turned red, and he took out a gray knitted fabric from behind him as if he were juggling, "This is what I gave you, can you try it?" ”

A hint of sweetness suddenly flashed in Lu Li's heart, and he reached out to take it, it was a scarf, "You, you, you, you......"

"I learned it from my mother, I broke it up with my woolen pants and beat it."

Lu Li nodded, he was born not afraid of the cold, no matter how cold the day was, he never wore gloves, scarves and other cold things, but this time it was unusual, without saying a word, he wrapped the scarf around his neck, "How about it?" ”

"It's good." Zhao Min quickly lifted his eyelids and glanced at them, and lowered his head more quickly, "Is it warm?" ”

"Of course." Lu Li's mind was in a flash, and a sentence came out, "Love card, of course, warm." ”

Zhao Min took a sip, blushed shyly, and smiled.

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On the morning of the third day of junior high school, after being away from home for several years, my brother finally got the opportunity to go home to visit his relatives for the first time!

"Tiny? Xiaoting? The younger brother walked into the small courtyard in one step, and called out to the younger brother when he entered the door, "Look at the sister who brought you back?" I asked a colleague to buy taro! You love to eat. Mom, what's the little one? ”

Yu Fang's eyes were red, and her face was full of surprise, "Come brother, you...... Are you you, you, you're back? Hurry up, let mom see you? ”

"Ah," the younger brother put down the big tanning travel bag and walked to his mother affectionately, "What about Xiaoxiao?" Where did this immoral thing go crazy? Don't be home on a cold day? ”

"He went out to pay New Year's greetings to other people, and he will come back in a while."

"So, what about Xiaoting?"

Yu Fang smiled and shook her head, "This disobedient girl is even skinnier than her brother back then!" Leave her alone, I'll be back in a moment, let's go inside, right? ”

The two women entered the house and sat down, helped their daughter take off her heavy clothes, wiped her face, and Yu Fang asked, "You wrote to say that you were in charge?" Who is it? ”

"It's the last time you and Dad knew each other......"

"Who?"

Speaking of the object of his own situation, Brother Lai blushed shamefully, "Zhao Jianguo." ”

This name sounds very familiar to Yu Fang, "Who?" Have I seen it? ”

"You've also seen it, the one who followed behind Han Jianguo last time in Courtyard No. 2?"

Yu Fang recalled, "Is that the kid who is quite fat?" ”

"What, he's so thinner now."

"You must be thin, how hard is the work in the countryside? Can you not lose weight? Yu Fang asked, "Did you do it yourself, or did someone else introduce it?" ”

The younger brother stopped talking. She and Brother Zhao are not very pretty, but the two sisters resemble their deceased aunt - that is, Luley's mother - and they are also small and lovable types. When she arrived in Xishuangbanna, in addition to the hard work in the fields, she received many letters from male intellectuals from different provinces to her, and her brother was not moved at all. But after more than three years of hard work and endless labor, the passion in her heart cooled more and more, and the longing for her relatives, the fear of the future, and the helplessness of this difficult life swept away the revolutionary feelings of the past!

Later, through the introduction of others, I met Han Jianguo, who was also from Tian (Tianjin) City--the two actually knew each other, but they never thought about it in this way at that time--it was too late to sweep away all the old thoughts, how could there be that leisure? And in the hard life in the countryside, it is better to have a companion on the side to help than a person to get through the hardship, and by the Spring Festival of 73, the two young people have completed all the obligations of the husband and wife to each other, except for a marriage certificate that has not yet been obtained. Listening to my mother's question at this time, I was inevitably shy, blushed, and bowed my head silently.

Yu Fang is a person who has come over, and he guessed a little, and sighed lightly, "Yu Fang, is the younger brother coming back or recruiting the younger brother?" ”

"Dad! You just think about your little sister, and you don't miss me at all. Brother Lai took this opportunity to divert the topic and go out.

"Think, think, why don't you want to?" Wu Baokun looked at his dark-skinned daughter and chuckled with tears in his eyes. "Dad thinks about it, thinks about it."