231 Chinese New Year's Eve

When Zhao Jinsong returned to the dormitory, the other three roommates were busy with their own things, Gu Ran came over and patted him on the shoulder: "I heard that you won't go back during the winter vacation, so you want to stay in school?" ”

"Well, my graduation project is not finished yet, the professor gave me the topic is too difficult, there are many experiments to scrutinize, I am worried, I guess I have to survive until the Chinese New Year. What about you? ”

Gu Ran's face was black, and it seemed that he had encountered something bad. He walked to the balcony and took a deep breath in the cold winter wind, Zhao Jinsong poured two glasses of boiled water and handed him one: "Look at you like this, are you going to make up for the exam?" ”

Gu Ran sighed: "Hey, it would be nice if I made up the exam, but unfortunately it's not that simple." The counselor told me that I had several credits that were not enough, and even if I passed all the exams, I would have to take another year! I'm so unmotivated right now. ”

"What about the second half of the semester?"

"I don't know, the counselor wants me to take the credits for the second half of the year first, and then retake the first half of the credit when school starts tomorrow."

"It's not your fault, you had such a big illness during the midterm exam, and you missed several exams, fortunately, you are recovering well now, you can study for half a year more, you can find a part-time job."

Gu Ran sighed again, and was particularly envious of a scholar like Zhao Jinsong.

He finished drinking the water, took his clothes and went to the bath. Zhao Jinsong stood at the window, continued to look at the stars outside, and remembered that when He Xiaohan saw him just now, he was panicked, and he sighed helplessly.

Was he too anxious to scare her? Or does she simply not like herself? Is he overthinking?

Zhao Jinsong took a sip of boiled water. Although I am depressed, I am still full of self-confidence, my studies are important, and I must do my graduation project well recently.

After a while, two other roommates also came over to chat with him.

"You're going to stay until the Chinese New Year and then go back?"

"Well, I'm not done." Zhao Jinsong nodded helplessly. Sometimes, he really felt that Professor Zhang was too strict with himself, and it must have been his father's instructions.

"What about the school flowers? Will I stay here with you? ”

Zhao Jinsong frowned invisibly: "I think I have made it clear to her." ”

"I just asked casually, I met Qin Wanyan in the cafeteria in the morning, and I heard her say that He Xiaohan went home in the car this morning. I was weird. Didn't she go back with Gu Ran every year, why did she leave first this time. Later, he asked Gu Ran again, but he became angry all of a sudden, and he became even more angry after calling He Xiaohan. Do you know this? ”

Zhao Jinsong shook the water in the cup. The water in the glass no matter how it moves. All maintain the shape of the container.

In the haze. He felt that He Xiaohan was like water, looking weak and gentle, but he couldn't hold it. He's been busy for so long. didn't bother to see her, in fact, I also wanted to see if she would take the initiative to find him. Unexpectedly, He Xiaohan not only didn't look for him, but also couldn't wait to "escape".

Zhao Jinsong looked at it for a long time before he came back to his senses and said lightly: "I didn't know before, but I only knew when I saw her pull the box away in the morning." ”

The two roommates smiled bitterly, glanced at Zhao Jinsong again, the corners of their mouths curled deeper, and said as if unintentionally, "What's this, maybe she went home with her boyfriend, could it be that Gu Ran still manages other people's lives without it?" ”

After speaking, the two glanced at each other, they felt that Zhao Jinsong was not such a fragile person, but looking at him so lonely, I am afraid that it is mostly related to He Xiaohan.

Zhao Jinsong was silent, lowering his eyebrows, pursing his lips, staring at the water cup in his hand, his eyes were deep and sharp.

After a while, a touch of clarity flashed from under his eyes, his face was still cold, but the corners of his mouth were indifferent.

***

Zhao Jinsong did various program experiments in the computer room, and stayed until Chinese New Year's Eve, when he stayed up all night, and the data he did when he came out was finally satisfied. After sorting out the data and coming out of the computer room, it was almost dark, and the entire computer building was only lit up with a few lights. It looks like someone is going to be here again this year.

Zhao Jinsong pressed the elevator button only to find that there was a power outage, and he had no choice but to take the stairs, as soon as he opened the door of the safe passage, he smelled a smell of smoke, the dark corridor, someone was sitting on the stairs smoking, and the scarlet sparks were bright and extinguished. Zhao Jinsong sighed, it seemed that he was a sad guest again.

Out of the door of the computer building, there was already a thin layer of snow on the ground, Zhao Jinsong shivered, hurriedly buttoned his coat, and remembered that the scarf had already been given to the girl when his neck was cold.

That heartless girl......

It's a heartache when I think about it.

I've been too busy lately to take care of it, and now I realize that I miss her a little. According to everything that his father had arranged a long time ago, he would go abroad in a few months after graduation, and he and He Xiaohantian would be separated from each other in the future, and the distance and time difference should make them slowly estranged, right? The roommates all said that since he was going away, he wouldn't harm He Xiaohan, but how could he be willing to let go?

Pulling out his phone, the faint light illuminated his face, slender fingers jumped across the screen, and a few seconds later, he sent a text message - "It's snowing at school". He put away his phone again and continued walking, and before he could take two steps, the phone rang.

Hope had just crept out of my heart, and disappointment came. The caller was not the girl he missed, but his grandmother. It turned out that his grandmother specially called him to tell him that the road was slippery due to snow and asked him to drive slowly. Before he finished speaking, the phone was snatched away, and a milky voice came, "Uncle...... Uncle ...... "Before Zhao Jinsong could speak, the phone was hung up again, probably because the child accidentally pressed the hang up button."

Zhao Jinsong smiled, and then went to the supermarket to buy something.

The dim light illuminated the door number of the commissary, and when Zhao Jinsong arrived, the supermarket owner seemed to be about to close the door, and when he saw him walk in, he opened the door again, and asked enthusiastically: "Young man, why are you still outside so late, if you want to buy something, go and get it." ”

Zhao Jinsong took some lollipops out, but the boss refused to accept the money, and smiled simply: "Take it!" Hurry back. I'm also going home for the New Year. ”

Zhao Jinsong looked at the kind smiling face under the light, and also smiled slightly, and did not refuse.

I went back to the dormitory to take a shower, changed my clothes and came out, still went to the back door of the school and drove all the way to the west. Lights are everywhere, and adults and children are seen setting off colorful fireworks from time to time along the way, which is full of New Year's flavor.

The car drove up the winding road up the mountain, and finally stopped in front of the checkpoint where the guards were standing, and the guards saluted. Zhao Jinsong opened the window. I took a picture and went in.

He parked the car at the gate of a small courtyard, just got out of the car, and had not yet entered the door. I heard the sound of lively talking. The Zhao family is prosperous. My father's generation had many brothers and sisters. In his generation, there are more people, and they don't usually get together. Only every year on Chinese New Year's Eve can be made.

Before he entered the door, he was hugged by a small ball of meat and called out inarticulately: "Uncle! Money! Money given to children as a gift during lunar New Year! ”

Zhao Jinsong bent down and smiled and picked up the little meat ball, took out the candy he had just bought, and stuffed it into her arms. Zhao Jinsong looked at her staggering like a duck and couldn't help laughing.

When the family saw him coming back, they immediately beckoned him over, and Zhao Jinsong's grandmother patted the sofa next to him with a smile: "Child, come and sit!" ”

He sat down and looked around: "What about my parents?" Haven't arrived yet? ”

Grandma stuffed the hot tea into Zhao Jinsong's hand and smiled kindly: "Chinese New Year's Eve, go below to condole, and I won't come back until the second half of the night." ”

Zhao Jinsong smiled and nodded: "Didn't you say that my sister is back?" Why didn't you see it? ”

Grandma looked funny: "Your sister only came back this morning, your parents didn't pay attention to her at first, saying that she was out all year round and didn't go home, and after a while, she felt sorry for the girl who had lost weight, so she had to take her out to socialize." ”

Zhao Jinsong thought of his eccentric sister, and also laughed: "Where's grandpa? And in the kitchen? ”

"Well, a few of them wanted to help, but they were all kicked out by your grandfather, this old guy, the older he gets, the more temperamental he becomes, you go and say hello, grandpa has been talking to you all night."

Zhao Jinsong immediately got up and went to the kitchen.

"Grandpa." He poked into the kitchen and screamed heartily. In front of the elders, Zhao Jinsong seemed to be much more lively, and there was no silence in front of outsiders.

"Boy, back? Come on, come and give me a hand! Grandpa turned around while stir-frying the vegetables in the pot and said with a full heart.

Old man Zhao has been on the battlefield for most of his life, and now that he is old, he has not relaxed his exercise, and his body is very tough.

Grandma Zhao came over and put an apron around Zhao Jinsong, Zhao Jinsong rolled up his sleeves and went into the kitchen.

Every year, this reunion dinner is completed by Mr. Zhao and Zhao Jinsong together, and others don't give a chance to interfere if they want to.

"Peel those onions for me." Grandpa Zhao gave an unceremonious order, and suddenly the conversation changed, "Did you show up in the army some time ago?" ”

Zhao Jinsong bent down slightly, lowered his eyes and skillfully peeled the onion, "Well, I've been there." ”

"Actually, you have just graduated, and you should have been assigned to a shallow place, but your father and I both want you to go to the army, do you know our intentions?" Old man Zhao asked while asking Zhao Jinsong to cook.

Zhao Jinsong smiled in his heart, this is the beginning. From the time when he was just sensible, every night on this night, it was the time for the old man to communicate with him, at that time he was not yet high on the table, he could only stand by and watch his grandfather busy, thinking about how to answer the questions asked by his grandfather, and then he grew up little by little, and was finally able to get to the table, and then he was higher than the table, and now he is much higher than the table, and the table in the kitchen has become a witness to his growth and cooking growth.

And the old man in front of him, or listening to his report on his studies, or guiding him, or strict, or kind, guided him step by step, for so many years, has not stopped.

In Zhao Jinsong's childhood memories, this night was always difficult, just like a police uncle in a prison asking a prisoner. Later, it seemed that he had adapted to it, and even responded with ease.

He remembered that a few years ago, his grandfather was still talking to him about his studies, and he was told like a good student, and it seemed that the content of their conversation had changed overnight, and the old man had talked to him as a real man, and was more willing to listen to his opinions, and the burden on his shoulders seemed to be suddenly heavy.

Zhao Jinsong quickly came back to his senses: "Well, it's clear." ”

The old man stopped what he was doing. deliberately turned his head and asked again: "Really clear?" ”

Zhao Jinsong remained silent, smiled lightly, took the spatula in the old man's hand, and stir-fried unhurriedly: "Clear!" Grandpa, you said that I remember all the thick and thin hair. ”

Old Man Zhao laughed happily, "Okay! Good! ”

A Chinese New Year's Eve meal was lively, and after eating, the younger generation went out to set off fireworks, and the old people preferred to get together and chat. But what about Zhao Jinsong. is still thinking about the text message that He Xiaohan did not reply to in the afternoon. He sat on the couch, bored. Suddenly, a white and chubby little hand reached out in front of his eyes, and the little girl with pink carving blinked her big black and clear eyes, looking at him. Holding a piece of candy in one hand, he handed it over.

Zhao Jinsong took it and teased her. "For my uncle?"

The little girl immediately began to shake her head. will only be vaguely pronounced monosyllables: "Peel ......"

Zhao Jinsong smiled and picked up the little girl, put it on her lap, and peeled off the candy paper. The white lollipop was sweet and attractive under the colorful candy paper print, and he held it with a smile and shook it in front of the little meat ball, and suddenly stuffed it into his mouth very quickly. The little girl's eyes widened angrily, it seemed a little incredible, the little mouth that was already half-open and ready to eat candy had not had time to close, and her crystal clear eyes were slowly filled with tears, and it seemed that she would start crying with a "wow" in the next second.

Zhao Jinsong quickly took out the candy just now from behind him and handed it over and coaxed: "Uncle is teasing you, uncle didn't eat it, so I'll give it to you." ”

The little girl learned to be obedient after eating for the second time, and lay on Zhao Jinsong: "You peel ...... I eat ......"

Zhao Jinsong was amused, he was really clever, and pinched her face: "Okay!" You peel, I eat. ”

"You strip ...... I eat. The little girl repeated with difficulty.

Zhao Jinsong stretched out his hand to protect her little chubby legs: "You peeled me and ate it." It wasn't until he saw that the little girl's face was flushed and she was about to cry again, that Zhao Jinsong withdrew his hand and coaxed her with a smile, "Okay, I'll peel it, you eat." ”

Immediately afterwards, a crisp and brisk voice came: "Brother, you don't even let go of a little girl at this age, tsk...... tsk"

As soon as Zhao Jinsong looked up, he saw his sister jumping over and picking up the little girl on his lap: "Do you remember your aunt?" ”

The little girl was not afraid of life at all, smiled at her, and clapped her little hands happily, "Auntie...... Aunt ......"

She kissed the little girl's face, "That's good! Then sit next to Zhao Jinsong.

Zhao Jinsong touched his sister's hand: "Just came over?" Is it cold outside? ”

The younger sister nodded immediately and stuffed both hands into Zhao Jinsong's palm, "Cold!" How is it not cold, the snow is getting heavier and heavier. ”

Zhao Jinsong covered her hands and asked casually: "What about your parents?" ”

"I went to the courtyard and talked to my grandparents."

Zhao Jinsong smiled and deliberately asked, "Then why don't you go?" ”

My sister scoffed, "I don't want to go, a few elders talk about some boring topics, what's there to hear!" She suddenly smiled and coquettishly at Zhao Jinsong, "Brother, your hands are so warm, if you find me a sister-in-law in the future, can't you warm my hands?" ”

Zhao Jinsong looked at her with a smile, and looked at her without speaking. She stuck out her tongue, and her face was empty.

Zhao Jinsong had already seen through her careful thoughts: "Say it!" What's up? ”

My sister lowered her head and played with the little girl's chubby little hands, and it took a long time to raise her head, and she lazily shouted at Zhao Jinsong, "Brother......"

Zhao Jinsong waited patiently, "Huh? ”

"I'm graduating next year, and I want to move out when I come back, and I don't want to live with my parents." The younger sister lowered her head and stopped talking, but finally spoke.

Zhao Jinsong pondered for a long time: "Why? Isn't it good for you to live at home and spend more time with your parents after graduation? In a while, I will also go abroad, my father is so busy with work, and my mother will be lonely. ”

"Brother, you also know, I studied design, and my working hours are not fixed, so it is inconvenient to live at home. Besides, in a place like ours, you have to register when you enter and go out, and my friends don't dare to come to me to play. I promise, I'll be home for dinner every week! "My sister swore a promise.

Zhao Jinsong lowered his eyes and looked at her fixedly, as if he was considering. She continued to increase her chips: "I will go home before eleven o'clock in the evening, and I will call home every night, please, good brother......"

Zhao Jinsong doted on his sister's hair, and had no choice but to agree: "Don't say it yet, I'll tell my parents when the time comes, and my brother will help you." ”

She immediately cheered. Holding his brother's arm and coquettishly: "Brother, you are so good, you will definitely marry a fairy in the future!" ”

"It's sweet in your mouth!" Zhao Jinsong glanced at her and laughed, "Go play!" ”

She happily ran out to set off fireworks, the little girl on the side quietly looked at the silly music, Zhao Jinsong pinched her little face thoughtfully, and whispered: "Fat girl, why do you look so fat?" ”

The corners of the little girl's mouth were drooling when she ate sugar, and she clapped her little hands with a smile and repeated: "Sugar...... Eat ......"

Zhao Jinsong held the small meat ball in one hand. Hold the remote control in one hand to change the channel. watched the Spring Festival Gala on TV without a glance, and unconsciously, the little girl next to him fell asleep against him, and her quiet and well-behaved appearance reminded him of another girl. But the saliva of this girl in front of her is really a bit of a big scene.

I was out of consciousness. A figure approached: "Asleep?" ”

Zhao Jinsong smiled and looked up. He replied softly, "Cousin, I fell asleep without seeing it." ”

"I carried her to bed."

After the fat girl was taken away by her own mother, Zhao Jinsong became even more bored now. Playing with his mobile phone in his hand, it was almost 12 o'clock, and the text messages of blessings were sent one after another, but there was no one he wanted to see.

After a long time, Zhao Jinsong got up and walked into the courtyard, and the fireworks in the sky were even more brilliant and dazzling in the falling snow. Zhao Jinsong looked at it, dialed a number, and held the mobile phone to his ear. It took a long time to pick it up, and a brisk voice sounded, and it seemed that the phone that was running to answer it was a little wheezing: "Hey, Senior Zhao, Happy New Year!" ”

Zhao Jinsong's handsome side face became more and more exciting in the colorful fireworks, he slightly bent the corners of his lips, and slowly replied: "Happy New Year." ”

***

He Xiaohan came back after answering the phone, and saw that his mother was looking at the scarf in the box, and he wailed in his heart, stepped forward and grabbed the scarf and threw it into the box, and also pulled the zipper of the box, and the movements were coherent and in one go.

"You use such a nice scarf, men's?"

"Someone else's."

Seeing her panicked expression, Mother He smiled and asked, "Do you have someone you like?" ”

He Xiaohan immediately denied it, and looked at his mother inexplicably: "No! ”

"Looking at the fabric style, this boy is extraordinary." Mother He ignored He Xiaohan's answer and continued to conclude happily, "My baby just has vision." ”

He Xiaohan frowned, thinking about how to explain.

"This ...... This is the boyfriend of a girl in our dorm room, probably because I made a mistake when I packed the box. ”

Mother He looked at He Xiaohan for a long time, touched her daughter's face, and said earnestly: "Daughter, other people's boyfriends are someone else's, if people don't want to, forget it, don't rob it." ”

He Xiaohan has a black line: "Mom......"

I was really impressed by my mother's brain! Should she, the mother, be the mother and daughter with the incompatible Qin Wanyan?

In the second half of the night, He Xiaohan lay on the bed and flipped out the text message at night, without a salutation, without punctuation, so flat and straightforward five words - "It's snowing at school", and he couldn't even see any emotions, just like that person, he was free to control his emotions.

Every New Year's message she received tonight, whether the relationship was close or sparse, she replied, but this one, she didn't know how to reply.

Maybe she was wrong from the beginning, she should stay away from him, so that there would not be so many troubles, there would not be so much gossip, but she always felt that there was something in Zhao Jinsong that attracted her, so that she couldn't help it, and when she found out, she was already riding a tiger.

On the first day of the new year, He Xiaohan began to worry about Zhao Jinsong, does this indicate that she will be entangled with him in the next year or decades?

He Xiaohan took the quilt and covered his head irritably. Corpses.

***

On the other hand, it's a sleepless night.

The Zhao family has the habit of keeping the New Year, and when everyone went to sleep, it was already late, and the temperature was extremely low, so Zhao Jinsong walked into the yard through the snow in the courtyard. This small courtyard, he lived for a while when he was young, the yard is very large, this kind of old quaint buildings are not common now, and the room where he lived, the two old men have always kept it for him, and they often clean it up, as if the owner of the room still lives there.

There were a few plum trees in front of the room, which had very few flowers in previous years, and I didn't expect that on this Chinese New Year's Eve, they would bloom more and more brilliantly in the heavy snow, and the snow was heavy on the branches, but they still stood proudly, like someone.

He always thought that only men would be as proud as green pines and iron bones, and after getting to know He Xiaohan, he knew that there was also snow pressing plum fragrance in the world. He Xiaohan in his impression is a tenacious, lively and cheerful girl, and her smile seems to be able to heal all sorrows.

Zhao Jinsong only wore a thin cardigan, stood under the tree for a long time, and didn't pay attention to the snowflakes all over his body. Looking up at the sky, the snowflakes are falling down, looking at Lamei, it is natural to think of the three words of Layue sheep. He still remembers that He Xiaohan was born in Layue, and he doesn't know if the day this girl was born was also such a snowy day.

She said that the moon sheep kept the empty house, Kefu. Was this a reminder not to go near her?

When he called just now, he had been listening to her quietly, and she said a lot, the sketches in the Spring Festival Gala, the fireworks outside, the children playing in the mud in the village, the snow in the fields, and the big yellow dog at the entrance of the village...... The only thing I didn't mention was the text message.

The text message is not the point, what he cares about is He Xiaohan's attitude towards him. Every time she sees him, she is always a little deliberately excited, but she never touches the point, always with respect for her seniors, and always keeps a certain distance from him, which makes people intimate.

Before he and she were standing in place, he didn't smile, she smiled lightly. Now that he had taken a step, she hurriedly took a step back, as if a vicious wolf and beast had pounced on her.

Even if it was an ordinary friend relationship, I didn't see the text message at the time, and I should mention it out of politeness afterwards, but He Xiaohan didn't say a word.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jinsong laughed, maybe, she panicked?

Panicked, so you want to run away?

After laughing, he began to frown again. He gritted his teeth a little, it seemed that he was too gentle before, and he had to use force on people like He Xiaohan to force her out of the invisible wall.

Zhao Jinsong, who has lived for more than 20 years, began to struggle with the affairs of men and women for the first time.

After the annual vacation, the students returned to the school dormitory one after another, and the results of each subject in the class also came out.

He Xiaohan sat in front of the computer, watching the elective course of the School of Computer Science record the lowest score in history, and the usual score column was really zero, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Zhao Jinsong was really "ruthless and vicious".

Later, someone on the school forum opened a post to complain about the achievements of the influential figures last semester, and many people echoed it, He Xiaohan only then knew that many people had hung up on this course, and his score seemed to belong to the high segment. She sighed again, Zhao Jinsong is Zhao Jinsong.

Qin Wanyan, who was also watching the results on the side, suddenly stared at He Xiaohan with a puzzled face, looked at it for a long time, touched her chin and asked her, "Hey, why haven't you played with Senior Zhao recently?" ”

He Xiaohan was speechless, with a black line, when did she play with Zhao Jinsong!

Qin Wanyan continued to gossip and asked, "Did you quarrel?" ”

He Xiaohan continued to emerge from the black line: "No." "They shouldn't be at the point where they can quarrel.

"Then are you swollen...... the more Qin Wanyan said, the more unreliable it became, and He Xiaohan was helpless.

"We're just ordinary friends, okay?"

Qin Wanyan was shocked: "Huh? How is it possible, the ambiguous photo of the two of you is still hanging on the school forum, he kissed you at Christmas, and he still hugs you, and also, last time the fat old man Professor Zhang was still talking in front of so many people, and many people thought you were Senior Zhao's girlfriend......"

Qin Wanyan was like a few treasures like she was dying, He Xiaohan knew, and it was not clear to explain to her again, so he directly interrupted her: "Why are you so gossipy?" It's all said no. ”

Qin Wanyan smiled: "Ouch~~ My thirst for knowledge is relatively strong." ”

He Xiaohan was helpless and sighed: "Is that your desire for knowledge?" (To be continued......)