Chinese New Year's Eve.

When Wang Ren woke up, Ling Xiao had already gotten up. The thin blanket was neatly folded, and the thick quilt was placed in the cabinet like a piece of tofu, and even Wang Ren's clothes that were messed up by his tantrum last night were neatly folded by him again and placed on the side of the bed.

After Wang Ren finished washing, he opened the door and saw his grandmother sitting on the sofa watching TV, and there was a slight noise in the kitchen.

"Wake up, look at that Xiaoling, I'm embarrassed, I got up early in the morning to make breakfast, I got up and looked at it and jumped, and didn't let me help!"

As he was talking, Ling Xiao brought out the breakfast in an apron, and divided it into three parts neatly, the well-fried pancakes, tender egg custard, and a bowl of green onion and lean porridge all emitted an attractive fragrance with enthusiasm. Wang Ren was almost dumbfounded, he remembered that the last time he went to Ling Xiao's house, there was nothing but noodles and eggs, he thought that Ling Xiao was not very good at cooking, looking at this appearance was not bad, he tasted the porridge, and the taste was just right.

"What does Grandma think it tastes like? I don't know if it's to taste. Ling Xiao said to his grandmother, but his eyes were looking at Wang Ren.

Grandma smiled happily: "Okay, good! Your future daughter-in-law is blessed! I do everything well, I am also good at cooking, and I am diligent! ”

Ling Xiao smiled and looked at Wang Ren again and asked, "What does Ah Ren think?" Is it too light? ”

Wang Ren was eating the pancakes, and when he saw Ling Xiao suddenly come to ask him again, he swallowed the pancakes in his mouth and replied casually, "It's okay" and continued to eat.

After eating breakfast, I began to paste couplets, the town is a single-family house, every household has to hang lanterns, paste couplets, and set off firecrackers for the New Year, it is lively and lively, grandma is old, in the past, Wang Ren completed it alone, and now Ling Xiao is here, he almost took all the work alone, Wang Ren felt that he couldn't see it, Ling Xiao climbed the ladder to paste couplets, and Wang Ren handed paste couplets and the like at the bottom.

"Ah Ren, have you looked at the couplet?"

Wang Ren walked a little farther away, looked at it carefully, and said, "A little further to the left,... No, it's too much, a little bit back, yes, that's all. ”

"Ah Ren, hand over the lantern."

Wang Ren tiptoed and handed the lantern over. Then he went to paste the Fu word, he pasted the Fu word steadily, and then stood far away and watched, the whole family looked jubilant, he stretched out his hand in front of him, both hands were dirty and stained with red, he turned his head to see that Ling Xiao had put away the ladder, stood far away, and was smiling at himself.

"Ah Ren! The face is spent! Ling Xiao stood far away and shouted a little loudly. Wang Ren touched his face, and the tips of his ears turned red.

Ling Xiao laughed, he strode closer to Wang Ren, grabbed his hand, and said in a low and gentle voice: "Don't touch it, you see your hands are dirty." Then put her hand in front of his eyes.

Wang Ren shook off his hand angrily and went in to wash his face.

Ling Xiao followed him step by step, Wang Ren washed his hands and face, and when he turned around, he saw Ling Xiao standing tall behind him stumbling, and he glared fiercely.

Ling Xiao said innocently: "I'm here to wash my hands too, you see-" He stretched out his hands and shook them in front of Wang Ren's eyes.

Wang Ren coughed, touched his hair again, and walked out from Ling Xiao's side.

In the kitchen, grandma was just in a hurry to catch the dumpling skins, which were thin and round, and when she saw Wang Ren coming, she beckoned him to come over and make dumplings.

Wang Ren dried his hands and was about to start wrapping, when Ling Xiao also came over, and as soon as his grandmother saw him, he beckoned him to come over and let him make dumplings together.

The three of them were a little crowded in the kitchen, so the grandmother asked them to go to the living room to make dumplings with the finished dumpling wrappers.

The stuffing is chopped by Lingxiao, mixed with taro and chopped green onions, and the chop is very delicate, comparable to the machine qì pounding. The two sat in the living room, and Wang Renbao's dumplings were very exquisite, standing like ingots.

After he had wrapped four or five dumplings, he saw that Ling Xiao was still wrapping the dumplings, and while wrapping them, he watched Wang Ren's gestures, and finally broke the dumpling skin.

Wang Ren looked sideways and said, "You shouldn't know how to wrap it, right?" ”

Ling Xiao: "I'm learning, see how you wrap me up." ”

Hearing this, Wang Ren wrapped up a little slower, and observed Ling Xiao's progress while wrapping it. As a result, Ling Xiao broke the dumpling skin again.

Wang Ren: "Why are you so clumsy! Is it so difficult to make crescent dumplings? ”

Ling Xiao: "I have big hands, I can't do such a meticulous job, why don't you teach me?" ”

Wang Ren thought to himself, what does this have to do with whether the hand is big or not! I wanted to say forget it, you go play, I'll just do it alone, but when he saw that Ling Xiao was still looking at him with blazing eyes, he couldn't say anything.

"Learn my movements, don't get distracted!"

He spread a piece of dumpling wrapper on his hand, put an appropriate amount of filling, and saw that Ling Xiao had also completed this step, so he slowly held his hand slightly and began to glue, this step he did very slowly, he knew that the key to new learning was here, but Ling Xiao was like his fingers were uncoordinated, and he couldn't complete this step.

He was almost impatient, and after wrapping his dumplings, he held Ling Xiao's fingers and corrected them, Ling Xiao's hands were very warm, and his fingertips trembled slightly for a moment when he touched it, but he didn't stop pressing his fingers to help him complete the whole step. Ling Xiao looked at the top of his head and raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, but before the smile expanded, Wang Ren suddenly looked up at him and grabbed it.

Wang Ren pretended to be vicious and glared at him, he didn't look at him, and he was making dumplings by himself, and Ling Xiao stopped awkwardly for a moment, and slowly pondered about making dumplings, and he was slowly able to wrap them decently.

In addition to making dumplings and almost all dishes, Ling Xiao is also good at making carp, the fish is not deep or shallow, just enough to taste, the eggs are just right, the flour is adjusted and the whole fish is put away, and then the oil pot is fried, a crispy carp is out of the pot, and the sauce of stir-fried ginger and garlic mixed with tomato sauce is just completed, and it is poured on the fish, and there is a sizzling sound, and a leaping dragon gate is completed. Then there were a few more stir-fried and stewed dishes.

Wang Ren started and brought out the dishes made by Ling Xiao one by one. Looking at the table full of dishes, grandma also exclaimed!

quipped: "If only Xiao Ling were a girl!" I want to have such a granddaughter-in-law, and I feel relieved! Hahaha, my wife is joking, Xiao Ling, don't take it to heart! ”

Ling Xiao glanced at Wang Ren, who was uncomfortable, and said to his grandmother: "But Ah Ren can't look down on me like this." ”

Grandma only joked with him, and chatted about other things, Wang Ren also had a pair of answers, a Chinese New Year's Eve meal is considered to be a happy meal.

After eating, Ling Xiao rushed to wash the dishes, because Ling Xiao came to do this and that for the New Year, he felt used to it, and his grandmother was not polite, and Wang Ren was next to him to help wipe the dishes.

Grandma is old, and if she can't stay up, she doesn't have the habit of keeping the New Year, so she goes to bed early. The two of them were busy in the small kitchen, one left and one right, and their movements were very tacit, but the atmosphere was indeed very quiet, and only the sound of breathing could be heard in silence.

"Keeping the year?"

Ling Xiao suddenly spoke, and Wang Ren was taken aback by surprise. It took a while to figure out what he was talking about.

"Whatever."

After wiping the last bowl, he walked out. Ling Xiao also followed him and followed him into the room.

After both of them took a shower and dried their clothes, it was already half past eleven, Ling Xiao put on a coat, took a bag, took out a thick piece of clothing, and wrapped it around Wang Ren, who was sitting on a chair reading a book, and draped it on him.

Wang Ren trembled slightly, and heard a low and gentle voice in his ears: "Ah Ren, let's go out and set off fireworks." ”

The warm breath touched his earlobe, his brain was suddenly dizzy for a moment, the voice in his ear was gentle and seemed to contain infinite nostalgia, and the low exuded a charming taste, he did not resist and put on the clothes that Ling Xiao put on for him, and followed him out.

Outside, it was pitch black, and occasionally a few windows let in a warm light, reflecting the eyes of the people, which was extraordinarily bright.

The wind on the winter night was very cold, Ling Xiao was very close to him, he was tall, and he deliberately stood at the wind outlet to block the wind for Wang Ren. The silence of the town at night was vast and empty, the darkness without lights seemed to melt into the void of heaven and earth, the wind blew the hair and the corners of the clothes, and the heartbeat of the other party was heard in the ears, as if the whole vast and boundless world was only the two of them, and the loneliness gave birth to a reassuring illusion.

Ling Xiao took out the fireworks, put them in a distant position, looked at his watch, and started to light them.

The clock pointed to zero o'clock, and the brilliant light expanded from Wang Ren's pupils little by little, as if Ling Xiao's voice came from the edge of time and space pierced from the far other side, he was a little far away from Wang Ren because he went to set off fireworks, and the huge fireworks slowly rose from behind him, blooming from a high place, his face was extremely clear at this moment, his eyes reflected the brilliant fireworks and gentle people, and his mouth closed to make a low and intoxicating sound.

"Ren, Happy New Year."

Then a loud sound drowned out his continued words, like a pantomime in the noise, he continued to speak, and the house in the town behind him slowly took on its original appearance, the contrast between light and shadow was strong, and the world was a little unreal, like Ling Xiao suddenly used fireworks as an introduction, as if a phantomist who had entered the mirror created the world in front of Wang Ren's eyes.

The fireworks rang out one after another, and the gorgeous fireworks were in the pupils of the two of them, Ling Xiao walked over slowly, held Wang Ren's cold hands, closed them in front of his chest, and drank a white warm mist from his mouth, slowly melting the piercing coldness of his slender hands that had been exposed to the air for a long time, and the warmth gradually eroded into the bone marrow, and the strong emotion looked into his eyes through his eyes.

Then a gentle, gentle, feather-like kiss was reflected on Wang Ren's lips.

The beautiful fireworks seem to wake up the whole town, and few people in the town can set off such beautiful fireworks in this era, like a colorful rain, and the jubilant laughter of children floats in the air.

Ling Xiao and Wang Ren returned to the room, instantly warm enough to make people's faces have a hint of itching, he hugged Wang Ren from behind, and asked in a low voice, "Is it okay to sleep together tonight?" ”

Wang Ren broke free from his false embrace, took off his coat and got into the quilt, and saw that Ling Xiao was still standing in place stupidly, as if he deliberately made an impatient appearance and said, "Come up!" ”

The corners of Ling Xiao's mouth finally rose.

He got into the warm quilt, the coldness gradually dissipated, Wang Ren turned his back to him, only saw his delicate hair spin, he held Wang Ren cautiously, kissed him on the top of his head, and turned off the light.

In the darkness, Wang Ren opened his eyes, as if to the air, and his voice was so soft that it was almost like an auditory hallucination, and he muttered, "Happy New Year." ”