Chapter 20 Lonely and lonely Zhang Baotong

Xiuxiu was woken up several times at night, especially in the second half of the night, the quilt seemed to be full of wind, and the soles of her feet were cold, she wrapped the quilt tightly and shrunk into a ball, but it still couldn't get warm. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info When she came out of the house, it was still summer, and she brought the four-pound thin quilt, but in November, she couldn't stand the cold at night, so she bought a six-pound quilt. I thought that with these two quilts, she would be able to survive the winter, but it was too cold in this house, like an ice kiln, so these nights, she slept in a sweater and pants.

She didn't sleep well all night because of the cold, and when it was almost dawn, I don't know who set off firecrackers, which caused firecrackers to be set off in the entire neighborhood and alleys. The sound of firecrackers was tense and urgent, and it was continuous, shaking that the small bed was shaking constantly, so Xiuxiu couldn't sleep anymore. From the thick smoke of gunfire wafting outside, Xiuxiu smelled the smell of the New Year, and she thought that today was the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

There is a saying in the family: If you have money or not, you have to celebrate the New Year. Therefore, the Chinese New Year is a grand and festive day for both rich and poor families. However, for Xiuxiu, who has a serious illness and has not yet recovered, she is not prepared for the New Year at all, because she doesn't know how to celebrate the New Year alone.

After a fierce burst of firecrackers, it was already dark, and she opened her eyes and looked around the hut. The cottage is about eight or nine square meters, and a small bed takes up almost half of the cabin. Next to the cot was a small cabinet for clothes, and a fourteen-inch black-and-white television was placed on it. Opposite is a small table with a panel, cutting board, and some chopsticks. These were all bought by Uncle Hao for her from an abandoned store.

But it was so cold in the hut that the air she breathed into her nose was so cold that her chest and lungs, which had just fallen ill, felt very cold. In order to maintain her body temperature and heat, she didn't want to get up right away because it would make her lungs feel uncomfortable. So, she turned on the TV and lay down under the covers and watched it.

The TV is black and white, and it cannot be connected to cable TV, and there is no receiving antenna, so the viewing effect is very poor. She stretched her arm out of the bed, turning the knob and changing the channel. At first, it was a news station in Shaanxi Province, which broadcast the live broadcast of thousands of passengers queuing up at Xi'an Station. However, immediately the screen began to scatter, and a snowflake appeared. So, she adjusted the channel again, but the other channels couldn't receive it at all, so she could only call up the program of the central one, but the central one was also unstable, one would be the picture and the other would be snowflakes, so she didn't look at the picture, only listened to the sound.

Xiuxiu wanted to sleep in bed for a while, but the sound of firecrackers in the neighbors and lanes shook her so much that she couldn't even hear the sound of the TV, so she simply got up. As soon as I opened the door, I saw that the honeycomb coal stove placed under the eaves in front of the door was extinguished. On this cold day, there was no fire in the house, so she began to make a fire. In order to make the fire in the stove start faster, Xiuxiu used a piece of cardboard to fan the stove mouth constantly.

At this time, the neighbor Aunt Zhang passed by the alley in front of the door, and when she saw that she was making a stove, she said in surprise, "Girl, why don't you go home for the New Year?" Xiuxiu looked a little embarrassed, so she said, "I didn't buy a ticket." Aunt Zhang said, "Then why don't you tell me." My son sells tickets at the train station. Xiuxiu usually locked herself in the house and didn't have much contact with the neighbors, so she said, "I don't know." So, Aunt Zhang said, "Are you going back now?" I'll ask my son to buy you a ticket. Xiuxiu immediately said, "Thank you, I haven't made any money this year, so I don't want to go back." But Aunt Zhang said, "If you don't have money, you won't go home for the New Year?" Your dad and mom don't want you? Xiuxiu couldn't answer, just smiled.

According to the customs of the hometown, the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve is considered the New Year, especially in the evening, the whole family should eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together. In order to eat this Chinese New Year's Eve meal, no matter where the person is or how difficult it is, he must rush home before eating. Otherwise, there will be so many people at Xi'an Station who will rush to queue up to enter the station to catch the train. But she was alone and couldn't go home, so she didn't think about the New Year, so the New Year was not so important to her.

The stove was alive, but it was still smoking. Xiuxiu began to wash. However, the water from the bucket formed a thick layer of ice. Xiuxiu used the kettle to get water from the water pipe. However, the water pipes were cold and could not be used. Dabao, the son of a neighbor Aunt Zhang, is pouring boiling water on the faucet. However, after pouring half a pot of water, the faucet still does not come out of the water. So, Xiuxiu went back to her house, gently smashed the ice in the bucket with a water scoop, smashed the ice, poured it into the pot, and put it on the stove to heat it.

Xiuxiu used to spend the New Year at home, but now that she is alone, she doesn't know what to do with the New Year. Originally, Uncle Hao and Aunt Hao wanted her to celebrate the New Year with them, but she felt that the New Year was a time for a family reunion, so it was inconvenient to disturb, so she told Uncle Hao that she was going back to her hometown for the New Year.

Xiuxiu cooked herself a bag of instant noodles and ate it, and then went shopping. The streets are full of busyness and shopping. Even those middle-aged and elderly people who usually hold their money tightly have suddenly become extravagant, spending a lot of money, shopping in large quantities, as if all the items in the store are being slashed.

Xiuxiu also wanted to buy things, but she was reluctant to spend money. Xiuxiu earned some money in the wood factory and as a model, but now she no longer works in the wood factory, and because the university has been on vacation, her work as a model in the Academy of Fine Arts has also stopped, and she has not found a suitable job recently, so she does not dare to spend the little money in her hand.

Xiuxiu, who didn't dare to spend money, just wandered around the street from shop to store. I was hungry at noon, so I bought a dry baked cake for five dimes to eat, and continued to wander around. It was four o'clock when she felt a little tired and began to walk back. Walking to a fruit stall not far from her home, she saw a cake on the fruit stall and asked, "Is this cake sweet?" The vendor said, "You'll know if you taste it." So, Xiuxiu picked up a cake and broke a small piece and tasted it, thinking that this cake was really sweet.

So, she asked, "How much is a pound?" The vendor said, "Two yuan a pound." Xiuxiu said, "Can it be cheaper?" The vendor looked at Xiuxiu and said, "If you look good, I'll give you five dimes cheap." So, Xiuxiu picked it up and bought a catty. This cake is really sweet, and the more I eat it, the sweeter it gets, the more I want to eat it. Because she was really hungry, she walked towards her lodgings while eating.