"Mother, it's all my fault, don't cry." Xia Wanru didn't want to cry either, but the tears just couldn't stop, how many nights did she wake up crying?

"Sister Ru, the child is back, you should be happy. Don't cry. Aunt Xin persuaded on the side.

"Aunt Ru, Brother Zhao must be hungry, I'll go see what's in the kitchen, right?" As soon as Xia Wanru heard this, she realized that she was negligent, it was so late, and the child hadn't eaten yet. Quickly touched the tears.

"Cheng'er, hurry up, you haven't eaten yet, my mother will cook for you." Xia Wan hurried to the kitchen. Zhao Mingcheng didn't want her to cry anymore, so he deliberately pretended to be pitiful and said, "Well, mother, I'm hungry, and I'm busy on the road and I haven't eaten any dry food." "He still has a few steamed buns in his package.

"Wait, it'll be fine soon, my mother will do it." Aunt Xin accompanied Xia Wanru to the kitchen to help her. She didn't move much at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the evening, and now it's just hot up.

Zhao Mingcheng took the parcel from the yard into the house and sat down, he was really tired.

"Brother Zhao, drink a cup of hot water to warm up." Xin Ran saw that he was really tired, so he poured him a cup of hot water.

"Thank you, sister, feel free." He was really tired, drank a glass of water and fell asleep on the table. Xin Ran motioned to Xin Guo to play quietly, and not to make the big brother sleep.

Silent, she looked at him carefully, his beard was unkempt, his clothes were wrinkled, and there were dark circles around his eyes, it seemed that he hadn't slept well for a long time, and he was in a hurry?

Such defenselessness is either too confident or really tired, thinking of this, she wants to laugh a little, she is not a bad person, what is he afraid of. Hehe...

"Cheng'er, get up and eat, don't sleep." Zhao Mingcheng woke up at his mother's call, "Mother, okay?" "My head is so heavy, my whole body is weak, it seems that I have arrived home, and my tense nerves have relaxed.

"Mother, here you go." took off the cloak on her body and handed it to Xia Wanru, "This is not my mother's, it is Xiao Ran, I will send it to her another day." ”

Zhao Mingcheng nodded, he was hungry, so he would eat first. "It's been a long time since I've eaten my mother's cooking, and it's still so delicious." Over the years, whenever the Chinese New Year was over, he missed his mother's cooking.

"Mother, who were those people just now? I've forgotten it for so many years. After eating, he accompanied his mother to the kitchen to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, chatting casually.

"Of course you're not, you only came last year, it's your Aunt Xin's family, your sister is called Xin Ran, and your younger brother is called Xin Guo. I just came to pay New Year's greetings to my mother. ”

It turned out to be like this, "Mother, I know, when I go to visit the village chief tomorrow, I will go to Mrs. Xin's house to pay New Year's greetings." ”

"That's a certainty, if it weren't for your aunt's family, your mother wouldn't even have anyone to talk to." Unintentional words gave a bitter taste in Zhao Mingcheng's ears, "Mother, it's all my son's fault, I've left you alone for so many years." ”

After washing the dishes, Xia Wanru wiped her hands with a rag. Zhao Mingcheng carried the oil lamp and took his mother's hand and walked into the house. "It's good to come back, my mother doesn't blame you."

Zhao Mingcheng went to sleep when he accompanied his mother, and when he arrived in his room, it was exactly the same as when he left, "This is your quilt pillow, the original one is tattered after a lot of sunburning, this is a new one made by my mother for you." It didn't take long to get sunburned. ”

"Thank you, mother."

"Sleep." Xia Wanru closed the door and went back to the house.

I touched the new quilt, the silk cloth, and the cotton was also new. Not long after he lay down, he fell asleep.

"Mother, early." Zhao Mingcheng had a good night's sleep and was full of energy. "Cheng'er, wake up so early." Xia Wanru was cooking breakfast, and she was still thinking about calling him when it was ready.

In the morning, rice dumplings and chicken noodle soup are eaten, and this is the custom here. "Wake up, I'm asleep. Mother, I'll stand in the courtyard. ”

For so many years, he has long been accustomed to getting up every day to stand in the yard for a while and meditate. The house at home is too dilapidated and the yard is small.

I don't know if my mother would like to change places, or where to build a new one.

"Cheng'er, after eating, you will go to the village chief's house to pay New Year's greetings, and then go to your Aunt Xin's house to pay New Year's greetings, her family is easy to recognize, it is the blue brick and tile house." In the morning, just the two of them, they didn't go to the hall to eat, but ate in the kitchen.

"Got it, mother." He quickly ate well, and took nothing but a purse from his baggage, and filled it with ten taels of silver.

The village was lively, everyone was busy greeting the New Year, he smiled at the people he met, and others would smile at each other, greeting each other, and no one recognized who it was along the way.

"Hello, village chief. Happy New Year! The village chief was standing at the door of his house when a tall and handsome young man came up and greeted him.

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year. You are? "He doesn't know, who is this person?

"Village chief, I'm Zhao Mingcheng." Zhao Mingcheng? The children of the Zhao family?

"Your mother is Xia Wanru? You're back? Come in and sit down. "The village chief was a little puzzled, I hadn't heard of him coming back a few days ago, could it be that he came back last night?

"Well, I came back last night, thank you for taking care of us all these years." Zhao Mingcheng said solemnly.

"Hehe, Mingcheng is back, it's so good, your mother is looking forward to you, I didn't do anything." His mother waited for so long, and finally waited for her son to come back, looking at this, the good days in the future are ahead.

"Village chief, then I'll go back first." The New Year is over, the purse is also sent, and he wants to go to Xin's house to see the New Year.

"Okay, then you can go back and play another day."

On the way back, he met more people, and one or two familiar people asked him, and after a while, everyone in the village knew that he had returned.

When Zhao Mingcheng arrived at Xin's house, Xin Ran hadn't gone out yet, she didn't want to go out so early and run door to door, she just wanted to go to so many houses to pay New Year's greetings.

"Brother Zhao, Happy New Year." Xin Ran saw Aunt Ru's son coming, stood up to say hello, and said hello. "Happy New Year, sister of the Xin family, this is a gadget, you can play with it." Zhao Mingcheng took out a string of garnets from his sleeve, the color of crimson and crimson was very good-looking.

Xin Ran took it with a light smile and whispered thank you.

"Where's your mother?" I didn't see Aunt Xin and the little child. "She's out for New Year's greetings, you can come in and have a cup of tea." Xin Ran let him into the house.

Zhao Mingcheng followed, and there was a large round table in the middle of the hall, on which was a fruit plate, and several snacks were placed in it. , looking at the Xin family's family background, it is still good.

"Brother Zhao, sit down and eat something and have a cup of tea." The tea is specially newly bought by Xin Ran, Longjing before the rain.

"The tea is good, Sister Xin should also sit down." Zhao Mingcheng looked at her, she looked fourteen or fifteen years old, much younger than herself.

"You just call me Xiao Ran, Sister Xin sounds a little weird." Sister Xin's new sister, she's still an old sister.