Chinese New Year's Eve is the loneliest and most difficult time for people away from home. The teachers on the upper floor of the teacher's apartment have almost all gone home. MCA's girlfriend Xu Minhua's family is from the county seat, so MCA stayed. Cai Jie was afraid of being nagged when she went home, so she told her family that she still had to study in school and would go back after the New Year. Fang Xinning naturally had nowhere to go, so he could only stay in the apartment honestly.

From daytime, the snowflakes drifted endlessly, and at night, the snow finally gradually decreased, and the outside had become a white world.

Most families sat down to watch CCTV's Spring Festival Gala. There was no TV in Cai Jie's house, so the other party Xinning said, "Teacher, I'll go to your house to watch a TV party in a while." ”

Fang Xinning said: "It's good. But he wanted to go outside. He wanted to talk to Cai Jie before going out, but her room was closed. He didn't bother her, he just left the door to the dormitory for her.

The snow was still sparsely drifting. Firecrackers are heard everywhere, as in a movie where the army has invaded the streets of the city, while the other side is still resisting. So, what we heard, machine gun fire, interspersed with the sound of cannons, mixed with sporadic cold guns, and occasional flare-like fireworks flew into the sky, accompanied by a bright sound that illuminated half the sky. Fang Xinning put on the hat of the down jacket, just like the guerrillas who had fallen into the position, walking aimlessly along the side of the street, "clucking" and "clucking" stepping on the fresh snow.

The night sky is like ink, fortunately, the lights are lit up at home, and the ceremonial flowers explode from time to time to shine one by one, under the reflection of the snow, this world world is so clearly outlined in the mist. A pair of young men and women in love laughed and scolded each other, chasing him and rushing to the front, the words were actually full of the infatuation of each other's tenderness and intimacy. All of this adds a little warmth to this cold night.

Fang Xinning's thoughts are blank, like untrampled snow. He didn't think about anything. And so it goes. He didn't know where he was going, anyway, he just had to move forward and not stop. The snow still makes a monotonous "rattling" and "rattling" sound under the feet, as if someone has specially matched the rhythm. In addition to this rhythm in Fang Xinning's heart, it is tranquility.

The phone rang, and it was Cai Jie calling. She said on the phone: "Teacher, the Spring Festival Gala has begun, will you come back soon?" ”

Fang Xinning responded, then turned around and walked back along the road he came from. On such a peaceful night. There are very few people walking the streets like him.

didn't stop, and the time it took for Fang Xinning to come back was obviously much shorter.

He entered his room, and Cai Jie was being made laughing by the TV. She prepared a lot of melon seeds, candies and the like. Seeing that Fang Xinning was back, she raised the food in her hand and said repeatedly: "Teacher, come on, it's really laughing at me." ”

Fang Xinning took off her down jacket and felt that it was very hot in the house. Just now outside, the cool breeze blew on the face like a small knife. When I got to the house, there was a burning sensation in the place where the little knife had cut.

Fang Xinning sat down on the edge of the bed. Cai Jie picked up those small snacks, ran to him, and put those things on the bed. He sat down next to him.

"This sketch is ridiculous to me, it should be the best language show this year, right?" Cai Jie said.

Fang Xinning couldn't see it in his heart, so he only responded "oh".

"You seem to have something on your mind, teacher?" Cai Jie asked.

"Nope. I walked around a long way, and I was exhausted. Fang Xinning explained.

Cai Jie watched her TV seriously again, with an innocent smile on her face. Like a little girl who doesn't have the slightest preoccupation.

Fang Xinning's eyes were filled with tears. This is his first Spring Festival after getting married, and he didn't expect it to be spent like this.

Cai Jie laughed for a while, and then quietly.

Fang Xinning said: "Teacher Cai, you watch alone, and I'll go to MCA to have a look." ”

"Don't you watch?" Cai Jie pointed to the TV and asked him.

"MCA has a TV over there." Fang Xinning said.

He put on his down jacket and came outside the house, feeling that it was very cold, and the heat formed by walking for so long just now had dissipated, and the cold air blowing indiscriminately was a little biting. He wrapped his clothes tightly and walked quickly to the MCA house.

"Hey, you don't watch TV?" MCA asked him.

Only then did Fang Xinning notice this problem. Yes, tonight, every family, young and old, will sit together, watch TV, talk and laugh. But I'm really not in the mood at all. "I'll show you." Fang Xinning said.

"Okay, really, this gala is boring to watch alone, sometimes I want to laugh, sometimes I want to scold, but if there is no response, it's like laughing and scolding myself, it's too much of a loss." MCA said.

Fang Xinning sat down, Ma Hua poured him a glass of water, brought it over, and threw a bag of snacks in front of him.

"Why don't you eat it?" Fang Xinning asked.

"I bought it for Xu Minhua, I can't eat these messy things."

"Well, I don't eat either."

"Don't, I really don't like to eat, it's not that I can't bear it. I didn't develop a habit when I was young, so Xu Minhua was different, it seemed that I could see what she was chewing in her mouth all the time, like a greedy little mouse. Don't let my words affect your mouth. ”

"I don't have this habit, when I was a child, my family was not rich, but when there was something to eat, my father also asked me to eat less after meals, and he told me not to eat indiscriminately every day, saying that it would affect eating and delay my growth." Fang Xinning said, and finally smiled.

"The old man knew how to maintain health at that time." MCA said.

Fang Xinning watched in MCA's room for a long time, and suddenly heard the sound of firecrackers outside getting thicker, and knew that it was time for the New Year's bell to ring. This is the custom of Xin County, at this time, many people will go out of the house, burn paper and kowtow, and pray to see Heshun and health. He hurriedly quit MCA and went back to his house.

Cai Jie was leaning against the wall, napping. By midnight, the show was boring and her energy was gone.

"Teacher Cai," Fang Xinning whispered to her, "If you can't hold on, don't hold on, just rest." ”

"Ahh Cai Jie woke up at this time. When she saw Fang Xinning, she suddenly sat up, ran to her room, turned around and came back after a while, and said, "Teacher, go and call Teacher Ma Hua, let's eat dumplings, vegetarian stuffing." ”

Fang Xin would rather not expect her trick. Yes, when I was in my hometown, Chinese New Year's Eve was very late, and my mother always had to order vegetarian dumplings for the family to eat and then go to rest. It's just that he doesn't know when Cai Jie made these dumplings. He was busy calling MCA. Ma Hua seemed to have known that he was going to ask him to eat dumplings, and as soon as he heard Fang Xinning call his name, he said: "Come right away, I can't eat a few." ”

The three of them came to the hut where Cai Jie lived, and Cai Jie had already fished out the dumplings. The heat was steaming, and the three of them sat in a circle.

MCA said: "We are really like a family. ”

Cai Jie pointed at Fang Xinning with her hand and said, "Yes, this is Dad." ”

Ma Hua pointed at Cai Jie and said, "This is my mother." ”

"What about you? Ha Lu Ha. Cai Jie smiled. She believed that he had forced himself into the alley.

MCA said, "Then, I am ...... Grandpa, I'm just waiting for you to add me a big fat grandson in the new year. ”

"you," Cai Jie said, "You still want to touch our light, don't you want to eat dumplings?" ”

"I ...... Can't eat a few. MCA said.

"Your mouth is so bad, you eat too much." Cai Jie blocked his chopsticks.

"I didn't want to eat more, but you're like this, I must eat a few more. Otherwise, in the new year, I will definitely be afraid of my wife. MCA said.

So, Ma Hua and Cai Jie's chopsticks danced in the air, which made Fang Xinning finally laugh. (To be continued......)