As the sun set approached, the red sun darkened the earth, as if the world had been dyed.

"It's so beautiful here. I said, "I love it here." ”

Sister Green Tea smiled and rubbed her hands and said, "It's going to be dark soon, and we should go back." ”

As she spoke, a layer of white gas came out of her mouth, and it was a little cold.

"Well, we'll be here later. ”

Sister Green Tea and I were pushing our bicycles on the ruins, and the bicycles were jumping up and down, and I pressed the bicycle faucet tightly, for fear that it would jump out of my hands.

When night falls, the street lamps on the side of the road are bright with yellowish light, there is no sense of activity, drowsiness, maybe the night is not dark, the remaining sunlight is enough to cover them, and when the night is completely dark, they can reflect their value more.

Soon pushed to the side of the road, we rode to the road in the small town, riding fast, the fallen leaves on the side of the road were carried high by us, and the wind blew on our faces, refreshing. Clothes fluttered behind like flags.

The tree-lined houses on the side of the road move backwards.

I like the wind more like speed, the wind is free, it can be gentle, it can have endless power. The faster the speed, the stronger the wind, which is probably why I like speed.

Soon I surpassed Sister Green Tea.

When we parted ways at the intersection, I said to her, "Bye-bye, call often when you have time." ”

"Bye-bye," she said, waving her hand, "you have to call me often, too." ”

"Hmm," I nodded.

I looked at her departing back, with a faint sadness, as if I saw all the pressure behind her, her sick mother, and her younger brother who went to school, all needed her and needed her efforts.

When I got home and turned on the lights, my house was always empty, and I didn't feel at home. Outside the window, the moon stars are sparse, close to the Spring Festival, sparse and sparse can hear the sound of firecrackers, fireworks rise brightly to illuminate a small part of the sky, and in an instant the bright disappears, and the fireworks fall.

Over and over again.

I was sitting there in a daze when I suddenly heard a knock on the door, I opened the door and ran to the living room to see my father changing his slippers at the door, this time he was not as drunk as before. He looked very happy.

I looked at him and asked, "Where have you been?"

"Hey!" he said, sitting down on the couch, "I'm on business with my friend." ”

"What kind of business?"

"Antiques, I made tens of thousands. ”

"What antique?"

"Those who received famous paintings earned tens of thousands. ”

Looking at his smug appearance, it is really a bit rare.

I gave him a blank look and said, "You, it's better to find a serious job, it's not reliable to play this kind of thing." ”

"What do you mean by being unreliable?"

"This kind of thing is unreliable if you don't have a certain collection knowledge, archaeological knowledge. ”

"Now your father's eyesight can be an expert. ”

"Cut. I leaned against the door and continued, "By the way, give me 10,000 dollars." ”

He stared at me suddenly, and continued to ask, "Why do you want so much money?"

"Anyway, you can't take care of it. ”

"No!" he said, turning his head.

"Didn't you just say that you made tens of thousands?"

"Children don't feel at ease with so much money, don't give it!"

"Damn, am I a child?" I said, raising my voice, "I'm going with your wife." ”

"Go ahead, whatever you want. ”

He leaned back on the couch and beckoned, looking very proud.

"You're so cowardly. I slammed the door, "Drunkard!"

Lying on the bed, my eyes looking at the ceiling, tossing and turning and unable to sleep, I had to find a way to borrow some money for Sister Green Tea, and I inexplicably remembered that my mother borrowed money from my mother This is the only way for me, but I don't want to go to her.

It was as if there was a thick wall between us, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get close to her.

I knew that if I went to her on Chinese New Year's Eve or Spring Festival, she might give me money without me asking, but I didn't have the courage. I thought about it for hours, but I didn't decide on it.

I really went to look for her on Chinese New Year's Eve, I don't know where the courage came from, it could be "Liang Jingru's courage." ”

I texted her that morning and said, "We'll see you at the Star Cafe at 2pm. ”

By the time I got to the café, she was already there. The waiter bowed to me and said, "Are you Miss Xu Qianqing?"

I nodded and continued, "Yes." ”

"There's someone waiting for you over there, please come with me. ”

I followed the waiter, walked through the snow-white coffee table, and walked up to the second floor along a narrow carpet in the middle of the table, to the private room.

I saw her sitting on the table with her head bowed and flipping through a magazine in her hand, her appearance was a little strange to me, she was younger than she remembered, and it was clear that she was doing well.

She saw my eyes staring at me, her expression was mixed with sadness and joy, and she slowly stood up with a smile on her lips.

When the closest person becomes a stranger, it is an embarrassment, and it is a hatred to become your enemy, at this time I see that she seems to have both emotions.

I didn't dare look her in the eye.

She spoke first, "Qianqing! ”

I was inexplicably uncomfortable to hear her call my name.

"Hmm!" I snorted softly.

Forced to sit across from her.

She looked at me and said, "What do you want to eat?"

"Whatever!"

She smiled a little awkwardly, picked up the cookbook and ordered a few random things, she was very amused, and did not move the cookbook in front of me.

"Happy New Year. She said to me.

"Hmm!" I continued to keep my head down, stirring the coffee with my spoon.

For a long time, I didn't hear her speak, and the whole air was filled with embarrassment, and it was strange that I pricked up my ears and listened intently, hearing each other's gasps.

"How's your school doing?" she whispered.

I continued to stir my coffee.

"Not very good. ”

"You're in your third year of junior high school, right?"

"Yes. ”

"Where are you going to go to high school. ”

"Didn't think about it. ”

"You're ......!" she paused for a moment before saying, "You... Father... It's okay. ”

"The same old way!"

I quietly looked up at her, her eyes were red, and tears wrapped tightly around her eyes, as if they would roll down naturally at the slightest touch.

She turned her head away, and I deliberately looked up at her, and she turned her head around, and I hurriedly lowered my head, pretending that I didn't see anything.

I swallowed and took a sip of my coffee, and a few moments later, the waiter brought the food.

"Eat it!" she continued, "wait a moment for the food to get cold."

I glanced at the dish and her and smiled awkwardly. Then I winced and picked up my chopsticks and picked up the fish closest to me.

She looked at me, I have been eating alone for so long, and there are people next to me who are naturally not used to it, not to mention that someone is watching me eat like this, just like someone watching me go to the toilet.

I suddenly became as obscene as someone watched me go to the toilet, eating carefully, trying to reduce the sound of my usual eating, I ate two bites casually and pretended to be full and put down the chopsticks.

"Full?" she said, handing me toilet paper, "wipe your mouth." ”

I took it and wiped my mouth, although my mouth was very clean, I couldn't say what I wanted to say, I didn't know how to borrow money from her, and borrowing money to Sister Green Tea's mother for medical treatment was the purpose of my visit to her.

"Asaharu is glad that you can meet me and give my mother a chance to meet you. ”

I couldn't open my mouth when she said this, and it was really hard to say the words just borrowing money.

So I thought I'd better forget it, I got up and wanted to go.

She suddenly shouted, "Qianqing, you must have something to do with me, right, I know you won't look for me casually." ”

I turned and stepped out the door.

"Wait a minute!" she shouted from behind.

I stopped and she chased after her, took out a bank card and said: "I know you don't want to go back with me, you can spend this money yourself, and tell me at any time when you are done, go buy a few clothes to wear when it's cold, don't save it." ”

She took my hand, put the bank card in my hand and continued: "You can come to mom if you have something, the password of the card is your birthday." ”

She smiled at me and walked out the door.

I watched the cold bank card lying on my hand, and I didn't know whether to be happy or sad, my purpose was to borrow her mother's medical expenses for Sister Green Tea.

Holding the bank card tightly, through the intersection, I went to an agricultural bank to check the money in the bank card, and found a total of 50,000 yuan, I took out the money and lent 30,000 yuan to Sister Green Tea, I think the rest is my future living expenses.

I put the money in a black plastic bag and walked out of the bank.

took out her mobile phone to call Sister Green Tea, and it took a long time for Sister Green Tea to answer the phone.

The other side of the phone said, "Happy New Year." ”

"Happy New Year," I said, "where are you, I want to meet you." ”

"Oh, are you coming over to the company dormitory?"

"Hmm. I said, "I'll be there soon, and I'll send me where you work." ”

"Okay, bye-bye, we're talking!"

After hanging up the phone, she sent the location to my QQ.

I took a taxi and the taxi driver asked, "What's in your plastic bag?" ”

"Instant noodles. "I hugged it tightly.

"Is it really instant noodles?"

"It's really instant noodles. ”

"Is it okay to give my uncle a pack of so many instant noodles, I haven't eaten yet?"

"Don't give it!"

He smiled and continued to concentrate on driving.

Soon it arrived, and the master said, "One hundred!"

"Ah, it's so expensive, it's only been more than ten minutes, and it's going to be a hundred. ”

"I saw it just now, your plastic bag is full of money, believe it or not, I robbed you of your money, and besides, a hundred is not too expensive for you. ”

I looked around, there were very few pedestrians, I didn't feel good, in order to avoid a big loss due to a small one, although this was a naked robbery, a threat, but it was a good deal, I took out a hundred yuan and obediently handed it to him.

He took the money and said, "Happy New Year, but I also have to remind you that a little girl should be careful with so much money, the next one she meets may not be as good as me." ”

I looked at him with disdain, pushed the car door and got out of the car, and I clung to the money to the death.

Looking around, I saw Sister Green Tea squatting at the door not far away.

"Hello!" I yelled.

Sister Green Tea was so frightened that she hurriedly stood up, patted her chest and said, "When did you come, it scared me to death." ”

"Just came. ”

She put her hand in her pants bag and said, "Go, go, go into the dormitory, it's cold outside." ”

I followed her inside, the dormitory was not large, only enough for two beds. Sister Green Tea's bed rests against the wall, and there is a table next to the bed for cosmetics and mirrors.

I sat at the head of the bed, and Sister Green Tea put her arms around my neck and said, "Happy New Year!"

"Well, Happy New Year, I'll give you a New Year's gift, would you?"

"What a gift!"

I put the black plastic bag on her lap and said, "Just open it and see." ”

She looked at me curiously, opened the black plastic bag, looked up at me in surprise, and said, "Oh my God, so much money! ”

"What I and my dad are looking for, you can take it. ”

She half-pushed the money and half-said: "No! I can't ask for it, this, it's too much, not to mention that you are a student, this must be your living expenses." ”

"You can take it with confidence. I pushed the money into her arms, "It's not for you, it's for you to pay back in the future, it's for you." ”

"Thank you, I invite you to eat hot pot!"

"This can be had, let's go now!"

The hot pot restaurant is more boiling than hot pot, I am really not used to this kind of occasion, I like to be quiet, but today is Chinese New Year's Eve I am very happy to have someone to accompany me on Chinese New Year's Eve this year, I will try my best to adapt to this occasion.

Sister Green Tea put the beef in my bowl and said, "Qianqing really thank you today." ”

I waved my hand and said, "No thanks!"

"Boss, a dozen beers," shouted Green Tea Girl.

"Come on!" the boss raised his voice happily and walked towards us with a beer belly and beer.

Throwing the beer on the table, I opened the can with Sister Green Tea, and the white foam erupted like a volcanic eruption.

"Cheers!" I said, holding up the tall beer can, "and get drunk." ”

"Come on!" Miss Green Tea touched my beer can with a crisp sound.

Sister Green Tea and I drank ten cans in a row, I only felt top-heavy, the world was spinning, I had to believe that the earth was rotating, my stomach turned over the sea and the river seemed to have something stuck in my throat, I wanted to vomit out, the whole person was very uncomfortable, "Raise a glass to eliminate sorrow and sorrow." "This is true, all my sorrows came to my heart as if they had been said, I put my hands on my forehead, closed my eyes and wanted to be quiet.

Sister Green Tea pulled my sleeve and shook it, "Why is it uncomfortable?"

"Let's go," I said weakly with my eyes half-open.

Sister Green Tea helped me up and walked out of the door, I immediately pushed her away, ran to the side of the road, squatted down and vomited, she patted me on the back and handed me a bottle of water.

Then he said, "Qianqing, you don't drink very well." ”

I stood up, opened my mouth and took a breath of the cold northwest wind, "Ahem, ahem......!" I continued, "It's okay." ”

"Why don't we go back?"

"It's still early! It's not dark yet!

"Also, go buy fireworks. ”

"Good!

We ran to the kiosk across the street and bought a bundle of fireworks.

I asked, "Where are we going to set off fireworks?"

"O square, People's Square. ”

"Yes, it's nearby. ”

Now the whole street.

There are relatively few pedestrians, but the streets are full of all kinds of stalls, and the people of the urban management brigade have a holiday on Chinese New Year's Eve, so these people wholesale a large number of various things, from small children's toys to all kinds of miscellaneous mobile phones.

Whenever someone passes by them, they ask, "Do you buy something for a handsome guy or a beautiful woman?"

I don't like to deal with them, because I don't like to buy random things, and I don't like to buy stalls.

Sister Green Tea and I walked south along the street, which was People's Square. Two-thirds of the open space in the People's Square was occupied by aunts and uncles for square dancing, leaving one-third of the land selling barbecue and land stalls, and the crowd was crowded.

"Forget it!" I said, "there are too many people here. ”

Sister Green Tea took my hand and turned around and said, "Then where are you going?"

"There's too many people here anyway. ”

"Let's get out first!"

Sister Green Tea pulled me through the crowd and rushed out, and finally rushed out, and the fireworks I was holding were some broken.

The night began to slowly darken, and the people on the street were laughing at the sound of firecrackers, and the dazzling fireworks were printed on the faces of the smiles, and some children set off firecrackers on the streets.

The west is fiery and bright, like a sunset, like a wildfire burning the sky, and a crowd of people pounces on the moths.

"There's a fire over there!" said Green Tea.

"Let's go!"

After speaking, Sister Green Tea and I followed the crowd and ran towards the place where the fire started, and occasionally a few fire trucks drove through Lushan, and when I looked back, the crowd behind me followed, Sister Green Tea pulled me forward, and I didn't care about picking up my fireworks when they fell on the ground.

I ran out of breath, dragged Sister Green Tea to a stop on the side of the road and said, "No, there are too many people." ”

Sister Green Tea looked at the red fire and said, "Do you know where the fire is?"

"There are bookstores, banks, supermarkets and, more importantly, our school seems to be nearby. ”

"It's not going to be on fire in your school!"

"No, I hope so, we don't have to go to class. ”

"Idiot. ”

The fire in the darkness looked spectacular from a distance, like a volcanic eruption. The wind smells of smoke and warmth.

We continued to huddle into the crowd, we seemed to follow the group, and the fire was getting closer and closer.

It turned out that the Xinhua bookstore opposite our school was on fire, many people stopped there to watch, the fire was soaring, the fire brigade carried water cannons to extinguish the fire, the traffic police stopped the onlookers, and the idle people could not approach.

Sister Green Tea and I could only see the flames at the back of the crowd.

"I'd love to go in and have a look. I said.

"How do you get in?"

"Let's go, you should be able to see clearly from the classroom opposite. ”

As soon as we arrived at the school gate, we were stopped by the traffic police and asked, "Stop, can't go in." ”

"This is our school!" I said, "why can't you go in?"

"Don't you see the fire on the other side?"

"I see. ”

I looked at him quizzically.

"What if a big fire burns later?"

I pointed to Sister Green Tea and said to the traffic policeman, "Her family lives in the school, and she wants to go back." ”

"No! ”

Sister Green Tea gave me a blank look and said, "Let's go." ”

I whispered, "Why don't we go through the back door." ”

"Forget it, what if the back door is blocked by a bunch of traffic police. ”

At this time, the fire was extinguished by water cannons, and the smoke was filled, and we squeezed in from the less crowded side, only to see that the bookstore was burned to the black of the "media mining factory".

Sister Green Tea smiled: "Fortunately, it wasn't your school that caught fire." ”

"Damn. I said, "It must have been a child setting off firecrackers to catch fire." ”

"I think so!"

"I wish it was our school that caught fire and burned our school to the ground, so that when we came back next semester, the students and teachers couldn't find the school. ”

"Haha......!"

Suddenly, someone knocked on my head, and I looked up to see that it was an old man with glasses, and he looked a little familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen it.

He asked, "What class are you from, and who is your homeroom teacher?"

Listening to the sound so familiar, I suddenly remembered that it was the principal.

At this moment, I was very embarrassed, I wanted to get out, but I saw that the vast sea of people around us surrounded us like a city wall, and I couldn't escape if I wanted to, so I had to bite the bullet and say: "The head teacher is Zhang Feng." ”

The headmaster pushed his glasses and said, "What's your name?"

"Xu Qianqing!"

"You call the parents next semester. ”

I tugged at Sister Green Tea's clothes and said, "This is also my parent, this is my sister, what is there to say now." ”

"Are you her sister?" the principal asked Sister Green Tea.

Sister Green Tea hurriedly said: "It's her sister." ”

The headmaster leaned his face closer and said, "Why not." ”

"That she... She... I'm her cousin. Sister Green Tea stammered.

The principal pointed at me and raised his tone: "Your name is Xu Qianqing, right, I remember you, your problem is very serious, I don't know that you respect teachers and education, and you don't love the school, and you don't have patriotic thoughts, so you actually said such things......... You young people nowadays are rebellious and have serious thoughts, and you must educate and educate them well, just like this fire, if people don't extinguish it, it will burn more and more, and it will be out of control! Anyway, call your parents at the beginning of the next semester. ”

The principal spoke of the fire from loving the motherland before stopping, as if the fire was burning for his speech today.

Sister Green Tea and I were on the side, our eyes and tongues sticking out.

Sister Green Tea put her mouth to the root of my ear and said, "Now only by jumping into the fire can you prove that you love the country and the people." ”

"Let's go, I'm not that great, I'd better be a deserter. ”

I watched as the principal was full of patriotism, not only verbally but also physically, because the patriotism swelled in his stomach and made him carry his beer belly. The fire cat had already imprinted his fat face.

Sister Green Tea and I struggled to squeeze out of the crowd.

"Haha!" Sister Green Tea laughed, "Your principal is laughing at me!"

"Haha...... Whisper, in case he hears that you are not patriotic!"

"Haha...... Let's go, it's not interesting to see the fire go out. ”

"Uh-huh!"

Sister Green Tea and I were walking on the way home, and the people who went to watch the fire behind us also sparsely followed us back.

Sister Green Tea suddenly asked, "Where are the fireworks we just bought?" ”

I realized I didn't have anything on my hands.

I said, "I don't know where it fell, forget it." ”

"Do you want to buy it again?"

"I feel so childish and boring to set off fireworks, what if they catch fire?"

As soon as I finished speaking, my stomach began to throb, and I pressed my palm against my stomach and squatted down in unbearable pain.

Sister Green Tea hurriedly helped me and asked, "What's the matter, didn't you wake up when you were drunk just now?"

"Stomach pain......!"