There was no natural light coming from the window, I turned on all the lights in the room, and felt that the time was almost up, so I went to the kitchen with Mi Cai to prepare the dinner used to entertain Yan Zhuomei tonight, speaking of which, this is not a sumptuous dinner, just a few simple home-cooked dishes, although I am good at it, but I don't know if it will meet Yan Zhuomei's appetite, after all, she has lived in the United States for many years, such as tastes, habits will change.

It took about an hour, Mi Cai and I finally made dinner, and we both had a strong premonition that in half an hour at most, Yan Zhuomei would come to this room, and what would happen after that, we could only speculate uneasily about our instincts, she would not let us go back to Xuzhou so lightly.

When we brought all the steaming food to the table, there was a knock on the door, and Mi Cai was setting the dishes and chopsticks, and motioned for me to open the door

I took off my apron, then walked to the door, opened the door, and then Yan Zhuomei appeared in my sight, at this time, she had already changed out of the professional clothes on her body, but this casual clothes did not add some affinity for her, and the aura on her body that made people feel difficult to approach seemed to be in her bones!

After I shouted "Auntie", I gave her a place, she changed her shoes, stood at the door with the widest line of sight, looked at every object in this room with a complicated expression, she seemed to remember something that happened here, her eyebrows were a little lowered, and it took a long time to walk into the house, and I saw in her series of actions: since she went to the United States, she has never returned to the old house, if it weren't for persuading Mi Cai to go to the United States with her, this is probably a place where she is unwilling to stay in the aftertaste for the rest of her life, Because, she owes her husband and daughter who used to get along with her in this room day and night, this debt must be the shackles she carries on her body, at this moment, she revisits the old place, this shackles will definitely become a burden on her heart, so, I am afraid this is also the biggest reason why Mi Cai asked her to come to the old house to meet us!

Outside the window is already thousands of lights, through the balcony, we can see that several families on the opposite side of the old and young are around the dining table to enjoy the moment of family reunion, and the non-stop sound of firecrackers, but also rendered the festive atmosphere of the upcoming New Year, I suddenly miss Xuzhou very much, I have not had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with my father and mother for two years.

After Mi Cai set up the dishes and chopsticks, she asked me, "Zhaoyang, what day is today, why are so many people setting off firecrackers?" ”

I replied, "Today is the New Year, and the New Year is about a week away!" ”

"Oh, are there any firecrackers in the house?"

I shook my head and said, "We have never prepared firecrackers, basically only the older generation still remembers to set off firecrackers in the new year!" ”

"Go buy some, this is also our home, and there must be a festive atmosphere." After a slight pause, she looked a little lonely and said: "I'm going back to Xuzhou soon, we don't have the opportunity to set off firecrackers here, if the house also has life, it must hope that there will be a burst of firecrackers for it, but unfortunately, for so many years, it has never had this treatment"

Mi Cai's loneliness made me feel sad inexplicably, and I also felt that if I didn't set off a firecracker in Suzhou, even if I left, I wouldn't be steady, when I put on my jacket and jacket, picked up the car keys and walked out of the house, Mi Cai shouted to me again: "Pay attention to safety on the road and wait for you to come back for dinner!" ”

I stared at her for a long time, and finally nodded at this moment, I really felt on her, in this room, I experienced the feeling of home, this feeling made me happy and a little melancholy, because there was Yan Zhuomei in the house, a woman who was unwilling to fulfill me and Mi Cai, I was afraid that this happiness was only temporary and could not be continued!

I drove to the edge of the city, and my intuition told me that only here is it possible to buy fireworks that have not been popular in the city, and sure enough, I saw a shop selling fireworks and firecrackers in this place where the city and countryside combined, I bought firecrackers and bought fireworks, but it was the kind of fireworks that spread out on the spot, because in the city, fireworks have many concerns, this is relatively safer, for me, fireworks in the sky or on the ground, are not the most important I just want to see her smiling face against the backdrop of fireworks!

On the way back, because I didn't have to look for it, my car was kept moving fast, and it only took half the time to return to the community where we lived, and Mi Cai was already waiting downstairs with an umbrella.

I stopped the car, took out firecrackers and fireworks from inside, looked up at the sky, the rain was not falling intensively, and the constant sound of firecrackers in the distance also told us that the rain that was about to stop could not extinguish the festive atmosphere of the new year! Firecrackers can be lit

I chose an open space, put the firecrackers away, took out a cigarette from my pocket, put it in my mouth and lit it, and asked Mi Cai, "Do you dare to light a fire?" ”

"I haven't ordered it, but I'd love to give it a try!"

I handed her the cigarette in my hand and said, "Go ahead, run as soon as you see the twists of the firecrackers start to fire, you have about three to five seconds, I'm sure you'll be fine!" ”

Mi Cai took the burning cigarette from my hand and squatted down beside the firecracker very cautiously, she looked a little nervous, because people are naturally afraid of things that will explode, and she has never tried it before, that kind of fear of the unknown made her play abnormally, and she was unable to ignite the twist twice in a row, so she was more focused

My boredom began to haunt me again, and I suddenly shouted "bang" with my mouth behind her! She screamed in fright, threw away the cigarette butt like a rabbit running with its legs outstretched, and rushed into my arms in a few steps, reacting that I was scaring her, extremely annoyed, and pushed me hard, I sat on the ground because of the slippery ground, and felt that the whole person was not good, and my pants were soaked by the rain!

Mi Cai looked at me angrily: "You deserve not to be bored for a day, but I feel that this day is not your own life!" ”

I patted my ass and got up from the ground and replied, "Don't you like the way I look?" I'm going to be serious with you all day long, I really can't live this day, besides, you took revenge on me at the first time, I'm afraid I'm secretly happy in my heart at this moment, right? ”

"I'm not as boring as you! I don't want to quarrel with you anymore, you hurry up and light the fire with me! ”

I was puzzled, "How can we do it together?" It's the first time I've heard that firecrackers require team fighting! ”

"You take my hand, let's order together."

"It's too big!! Is this necessary? ”

Mi Cai looked at me with a displeased face and asked, "Who knows if you, the person who can't control yourself, will scare me again!" You just say you're not coming, are you? ”

I sighed: "Come, come, come, my wife has spoken, how dare I not come!" As he spoke, he lit another cigarette, handed it to Mi Cai, stood behind her and squatted on the ground with her, and stretched out his hand to test the stubborn firecracker

Finally, the twist emitted a dazzling light, and I was calmly ready to get up and retreat, but Mi Cai seemed to have left a psychological shadow, regardless of whether I was around or not, after getting up like a spring, he stepped on my foot, causing both of them to stumble and fall to the ground at the same time

When danger struck, I put my arms around her, buried her face in my chest, covered her ears with my hands, and hunched my back to isolate her from danger

The deafening cracking sound, with the surging temperature sounded in my ears, my brain was shaken "buzzing", but the Mi Cai in my arms was hugged tighter, I was afraid that the broken debris would hurt my eyes, and I kept it tightly closed, until the qi qi next to me returned to calm, I opened my eyes carefully, and the first action after that was to check whether the Mi Cai in my arms was injured

I nervously asked, "Are you alright?" ”

Mi Cai shook his head, but he hugged me tighter in distress I exhaled heavily, and a stone in my heart fell to the ground, and smiled: "Things that five-year-old children can easily do, but we have such a thrilling play!" ”

"I blame you for your slow reaction, otherwise how could I be trampled on!"

"The donor calmly told you that you have five seconds to run, why are you running up like a spring? At the speed you just had, you can apply for more than one Guinness! ”

"Why do you rub it too much?"

"The best fuss in the world! I tell you so, usually I light the cannonball, usually I take a puff of cigarette before running back, there must be someone around, and I have to chatter, don't doubt it, I just talk and laugh so freely, my face does not change! ”

Mi Cai looked at me angrily and funny, I pulled her up from the wet ground, but when I looked up, I inadvertently saw Yan Zhuomei standing on the balcony leaning over to look at us, she seemed to see the thrilling scene that happened between me and Mi Cai just now

Mi Cai didn't notice Yan Zhuomei, urging me to let go of the remaining firecrackers, so I lit the third cigarette in just ten minutes, I was a little helpless, and a little funny, because of our clumsiness, even the cigarettes became so inactive on this rainy night, we actually scrapped two cigarettes and lit only one firecracker!

The firecrackers exploded in the sky, and the bursting sound came with the breath of the New Year and reunion at that time, the fireworks scattered on the ground, reflecting the faces of me and Mi Cai, I hugged her shoulders, and saw the past and the future in the bright light, intertwined together, they were writing pain, but also writing happiness, so the world became more and more peaceful, as if there was no boundary between pain and happiness, only fireworks were flickering, blending, breaking free from the shackles of darkness!

It's almost the New Year, and since I entered the industry, except for the end of the book, basically no day has been a complete rest. There's a wedding to attend tomorrow and I'll do my best to keep it up. If you are really busy, I hope you will forgive me, I really envy you for winter vacation and annual vacation! Have fun!