It's finally the New Year! When he went home this year, the man was determined to improve his parents' lives. Because Jiajia's hometown Yangcheng is at the next station in the northern city, the man settled down and Jiajia got off the train alone, dragging his luggage with his left hand, and touching his chest from time to time with his right hand, where there was a big gift he prepared for his parents this year - 20,000 yuan.

Before the man got home, he ran into the second aunt who had just closed the stall on the side of the road. The second aunt is a colleague of the male mother, who used to be an administrative staff in the infirmary of the unit, and after being laid off, she made a living by selling slippers at a stall.

She saw the man coming, quickly stopped the tricycle and shouted, "The man is back!" ”

The man hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said hello: "Happy New Year, second aunt, where is Brother Hua?" "Brother Hua is the son of the second aunt, and he used to share a primary school with a boy, and the eldest boy was two years old.

"He went to the north to run errands, and you came back by yourself, didn't you bring a girlfriend?"

The man smiled embarrassedly, thinking to himself, it must be the fast-talking mother who told others, "No, my girlfriend has also returned to her home for the New Year." ”

"Oh," the second aunt looked at the man's luggage, hurriedly jumped off the tricycle and said, "Let's go, I'll help you send such a big luggage home." ”

"No need for the second aunt, my box has wheels, which can be pulled without effort."

"That's tiring, my tricycle is more energy-saving." After speaking, he threw the man's luggage onto the tricycle without saying a word, and pulled him home, and the man had to follow behind.

After walking a few steps, the second aunt seemed to think of something and asked, "Man, what are you doing in Beijing?" ”

"Advertised."

"Oh," the second aunt obviously didn't understand, she didn't actually care, she cared about the back, "How much is it a month?" ”

The man thought about it, and didn't say it so specifically, "Well, two or three thousand yuan." ”

"Ouch, so much?" The second aunt turned her head, looked at the man enviously and said, "Your brother Hua is only 1,200 yuan a month now, cough, don't be angry, you didn't study hard back then, and you can't go to college." ”

The man smiled and said, "Not necessarily, Brother Hua is honest, learn some skills or something, and it's good to have a skill in the future." ”

The second aunt sighed and said, "I hope." After speaking, he turned his head and said to the man, "You are also out of business, you have made money, go home and buy some delicious food for your parents, I see that your mother buys vegetables every day, and she is not even willing to buy a meat star." ”

The man listened, but didn't speak, and his heart was sour.

As soon as he entered the community, the man saw his father repairing his bicycle downstairs, and his mother was standing by and watching. The second aunt shouted: "Eldest sister, your eldest son is back." ”

With the shout of the second aunt, the man's father hurriedly put down the tools in his hand and greeted him. The male mother smiled from ear to ear, "Why didn't you say it in advance and let your father pick you up?" ”

While moving the luggage from the second aunt's car, the man said, "What do you pick up, but there is nothing." Are you all right? ”

"Okay, hehe."

The man smiled and said, "Well, don't work all the time, rest and rest, and go to the park more." ”

Although the man's father was also very happy, he never said much, just asked the man: "Are you hungry, I'll get you food right away." ”

The man nodded.

The man walked around the house, everything was still the same, nothing had changed, he turned around and went into the kitchen, his father was choosing vegetables, and his mother was cutting pork, "Mom, have you bought all the things that the family needs to use for the New Year?" The man asked as he helped choose the dishes.

The male mother pointed to the refrigerator and said, "I have already bought everything, beef, pork, fish, eggs, steamed buns...... The refrigerator is running out. ”

The man snorted and looked up at his mother, who had not changed much, but had more gray hair. The man lowered his head again, put the selected vegetables into the basin and said, "What about the usual, what do you all eat when I'm not at home?" ”

The male mother put down the meat cutting knife, wiped the oil on his hands and said: "It's usually the same as the New Year, you can eat whatever you want, now that life is better, life is fine, don't worry about it." ”

"Then I met the second aunt just now, and she said that you are usually reluctant to eat meat."

The man's mother was stunned for a moment when she heard the man say this, and quickly said haha: "Cough, she sees me every day when I buy vegetables?" You believe what she says. After saying that, he picked up the vegetable basin and went to wash the vegetables.

The man's father also stood up and followed the man's mother's words and said: "Your mother is right, we don't have to worry about food and clothing at home, don't worry about this, besides, we are old, we can't eat meat, and eating more vegetarian is good for our health." ”

The man also stood up, he touched his pocket, walked to his father's side and said, "Dad, I did a good job this year, and the boss gave me a bonus." After speaking, he took out the money from his pocket, "This is you and your mother, 10,000 per person." ”

Before the man's father could speak, the man's mother quickly turned off the faucet, and said while wiping her hands: "Ouch, don't, don't, you will have more places to use money in the future, you can save it yourself." ”

The man's father pinched the two bags of money, looked at it and said, "What your mother said is that we don't spend any money at home, and you have more places to use your own money, so we don't have to worry about anything, we don't need money at all." ”

The man squatted down and said categorically while cleaning up the garbage basket: "Don't say it, I'm so big, the first money must be honored to you, this is the rule." ”

The male mother still pushed back, and muttered: "This child, why is he so disobedient." ”

The man stopped talking, and of course he could feel the joy of his parents, which was just a way for them to communicate with each other.

The man's mother is very concerned about his work and living conditions in Beijing, and of course the man only reports good news and not bad news. Knowing that everything was fine with the man in Beijing, the old couple was a lot more relieved.

"Dad, Mom, I'll take you around tomorrow."

The man's father just poured the vegetables into the oil pot, stabbing sound, a puff of green smoke floated up, he turned his head to avoid the smoke, while looking at the man and asked, "Where to turn?" ”

"Just Hualian, go shopping and buy some clothes or something, and then invite you to eat something good, and also see and know, don't be bored at home all your life and don't know anything."

When the male mother heard this, she showed an unhappy face and said: "Cough, what new clothes do our old men and old ladies wear, and these things are not rare, there is anything to eat and drink, don't go, don't go." ”

The man pretended to be mysterious and whispered to his mother, "Have you ever eaten abalone?" ”

The male mother was stunned and asked, "What?" ”

Early the next morning, the man took the two old people to the Hualian commercial building, and picked out clothes while shopping, and his parents kept pouting that it was too expensive, and the man couldn't help but pay the money and bought a Bosideng down jacket for his parents.

After buying clothes, it was almost noon, and the man took a taxi to pull the two old men and went straight to the Asia-Pacific Trade Center. When the man was working at the Northern City Television Station, he often passed by this center, which was a 38-story twin tower, the whole building looked like a pair of Buddha's hands closed and prayed for blessings from a distance, and the dark green glass exterior wall exuded a faint light, which was the tallest building in the northern city at that time and one of the landmark buildings. In the past, he took the bus to pass by here countless times, and he and Jiajia also dreamed of one day being able to climb to the 32nd floor of the tourist restaurant and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the entire city, and today, he took the lead in bringing his parents to realize this wish.

Today, I answered that sentence, and I didn't panic when I had food in my hand. The man had 3,000 yuan in his arms, feeling full of confidence, and took the old couple to the door of the Asia-Pacific Trade Center.

"Son, where is this going?" The male mother is a little confused.

The man turned his face up, looked at the towering trade center, and said, "I'll take you to dinner." The man pointed to the top of the Asia-Pacific Trade Center, "There is a restaurant there with a direct view of the entire northern city, which is very special." ”

"How much does that cost?"

The man put on a big boss posture and said, "Do you care so much?" Walk. After saying that, he walked in first.

The man went in for a long time, and saw that his parents were still grinding at the door and didn't dare to come in. The man turned around and said hello again, and the two of them walked in tremblingly, and the handsome guy at the door helped the second elder open the door, "Good afternoon, two of you." ”

"Oh oh, okay, we're here for dinner, my son said there's a ...... upstairs"

The man's mother stood at the door and hurriedly explained to the concierge, so angry that the man hurriedly came over and pulled her inside, "Why do you talk so much?" ”

"When people talk to me, I can't ignore them, right?"

After getting on the elevator, I was on the 32nd floor in a short time. As soon as the elevator door opened, four beautiful hostesses stood on each side, bowing and saying in unison, "Welcome!" ”

The man smiled and said thank you, and walked in with his parents.

"How many gentlemen?"

"Three."

"Oh, then sit on the observation deck." Miss Manners asked as she walked.

This restaurant is a big place, but there are not many tables. The whole restaurant occupies nearly half of the area with small bridges and flowing water, piano zither, and art flowers, and the scattered tables are far apart, and there are various flower rockeries that just right to block each other's view, and each table has an independent space. In the middle is a large table, and along the glass curtain wall is a small four-seater table. Miss Manners took the three of them to a four-person table and sat down.

"Sir, here's the menu, take a look."

The man took the menu and opened it to see that the seafood in front of him was indeed too expensive, often thousands of dollars, and he couldn't afford to eat it. He flipped back, saw that the price of vegetables was basically within 100 yuan, and his heart was a little more steady, and when he looked up again, his parents were sitting upright like two puppets, not daring to move.

The man thought about it, there was no need for them to look at the menu, otherwise, they would go crazy when they saw the price of this dish. The man himself ordered four dishes and a soup with rice, including abalone, which he also wanted to try. The waiter politely asked, "What do you drink, sir?" ”

The man took the wine list, turned his face and asked his father, "Dad, what kind of wine do you drink?" ”

"Don't drink, don't drink, your dad doesn't drink." Before Dad could speak, Mom rushed to speak.

The man glanced at his mother and said, "It's the New Year, you have to drink some." After speaking, I opened the wine list, read it again, and stopped talking, it was indeed too expensive.

The waiter was very understanding, "Sir, because there are few of you, I suggest you buy it in small quantities, these foreign liquors can be sold by the ounce, and liquor can be sold by two." ”

The man nodded, he pointed to Rémy Martin and asked, "How much is this an ounce?" ”

"Sixty-five dollars an ounce."

"Where's this?" The man asked, pointing to Martell.

"Fifty-five dollars an ounce." The man wanted to ask how much an ounce weighed, but then he was embarrassed to ask, so he said directly: "That Rémy Martin and Martell each have an ounce, and Moutai has two taels, thank you." The man knew that his father would usually have two drinks, but he must have never drunk foreign wine, so he ordered a little more and gave his father a taste. The waiter took the order and retreated.

In fact, it was the first time for the man to come to this kind of place, and it was the first time he ate abalone, and the first time he drank Rémy Martin and Martell, and he was also very excited. Looking out the window through the glass curtain wall, the entire northern city can be seen, and the man can clearly see the building and TV tower of the northern TV station, which seems to evoke his memories again, Brother Shengli, are they okay recently?

"Girl, are you tired from standing, can you sit for a while?" The man heard his mother talking and quickly looked back, and his mother was pulling a waiter to sit down, and the waiter was embarrassed and hurriedly backed down.

"Mom, what are you doing?"

"I see these girls standing behind me all the time, it's weird and tired." The level of service in this hotel is very high, and there are always four beautiful waitresses standing behind them, ready to serve at any time.

The man whispered to his mother in embarrassment: "People are working, don't talk nonsense, okay?" ”

The male mother hummed and sat straight again without speaking.

After a while, the dishes were ready, and the man tasted it, which was really good. The wine was also served, and the man asked, "Mom, Martell, Remy Martin, Moutai, what do you drink?" ”

"Horse what?"

"Martell, foreign wine."

"What else?"

"Remy Martin."

"What wood?"

"Remy Martin is also foreign wine."

"What else?"

"Moutai."

"Oh, I know that." The male mother thought for a while and said, "Let your father drink the white bar, and I'll try the horse." ”

A waiter standing in the back couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The man glanced at his mother in shame and handed over the Martell cup.

The man picked up the remy horse and said, "Come, it's going to be the New Year soon, I wish you a happy new year!" ”

The male father also picked up the Moutai cup and touched it, and the male mother held the cup and said: "Well, Happy New Year, but you must pay attention to your body, don't worry about money outside, you must not save money when you eat and drink, if there is anything you must not hide from us, you must tell us, I heard about ...... last time"

The man hurriedly stretched out his hand and waved in front of his mother's face and said, "Drink, drink bar, don't say it, the toast is not so long." ”

The man's father laughed, "Your mother is just instigating, it's like this all the time." ”

The man wanted to chat with the second elder, but found that on this occasion, they basically wouldn't chat, and would only be perfunctory with "uh-huh". He wanted to guide his parents to enjoy the scenery of the northern city, and specifically pointed to the TV station and said that it was where he used to work, but found that the second elder was not interested at all, and only cared about eating, and ate twice as fast, and it was only more than 20 minutes, and the work of eating was basically over.

The man wanted to stay here for a while, enjoy the scenery, talk about life, and maximize the value of this meal, but now it is good, a feast has become a fast food. The man felt that it was no fun to hold on here, so he said, "Waiter, pay the bill." ”

The waiter quickly took a slip clip and said, "You spent a total of 890 yuan, thank you." ”

The man took out his wallet, counted out nine hundred yuan, and handed it over.

When he came out of the meal, the man found that his parents were in a very low mood, so he asked, "What's wrong?" Not full? ”

The male mother shook his head and said, "It's distressing." ”

The man smiled and said, "Mom, our life will get better and better in the future, you also have to change your mind, try a new life slowly, you can't be bored at home, go out for a walk, and see a long time." ”

The male mother sighed and said, "The money spent today in one day is enough for me to spend with your father for a month, how can you make us feel good?" ”

The man looked at his father, and his father also looked guilty. The man walked forward with his parents on his shoulder, and said comfortingly: "Okay, we don't do this every day, it's just this time for so many years, even if I celebrate my promotion and salary increase?" ”

The man's mother pointed to the man and said, "Money really can't be spent like this, you have to buy a house and marry a daughter-in-law in the future, you have more places to spend money, and you ......"

"Okay, okay, let's go, I'll take you to the photo studio in the afternoon to take a photo as a souvenir, and I'll go to the class reunion in the evening."

After taking the photo, the man watched his parents get on the bus home and walk alone to the hotel agreed by the class reunion. Looking at the watch, it was only 4 o'clock, and the man went to a shopping mall not far from the hotel, casually strolling around the polishing time, thinking about bringing a new dress to Jiajia or something. As he was strolling, he felt that a girl had been staring at him, and subconsciously glanced back, a girl who was not tall and fashionably dressed was staring at him. The man was embarrassed to look at the house carefully, so he turned his head, but heard the girl say sarcastically: "What's the matter, Beijing has ignored me for a few days?" ”

The man listened to the voice so familiar, and then looked at it, it was Liu Li!

The man was so shocked that his mouth grew up, Liu Li in front of him, with long chestnut hair, a pointed melon seed face, a pair of bright big eyes flickering, wearing a tight white down jacket on his upper body, tight jeans on his lower body, and a pair of small red leather boots on his feet.

Liu ...... Liu Li? You...... You ......" the man stammered and couldn't speak smoothly.

Liu Li said with a disdainful face: "Liu Liu Liu What Liu, I haven't seen a beautiful woman, it's a shame." ”

The man scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "My mom, you have really changed so much that I can't recognize it at all!" ”

When Liu Li heard this, she said with a little pride on her face: "How about it, I'm beautiful, haha, I lost weight successfully." ”

"You've lost a lot of ...... Twenty pounds, right? ”

"Twenty-six pounds, I died of sin this year, and it was dieting, exercise and acupuncture, but it was not in vain, hehe."

The man looked Liu Li up and down, only to find that Liu Li's already beautiful facial features were really eye-catching now that she had lost weight.

"You really have no conscience, when you come back to Northern City, you won't even say hello to me."

The man hurriedly explained: "It's really not, we have a class reunion today, I think we are after the party, and I am preparing to ask you tomorrow, and Brother Shengli and them." After speaking, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket and said, "Look, the mobile phone you gave me is still there, how can I not remember you." ”

Liu Li looked at her phone and said with a lot of satisfaction: "It's about the same." ”

The man then asked, "Are you doing well now?" ”

Liu Li pouted and said: "It's not good, it's really not interesting, there are too few young people in the stage, all of them are old guys, young people have been working in it for a few years, and they are also old-fashioned." ”

The man comforted: "Cough, you are content, your father takes care of you, steady, drought and flood to ensure harvest, what else do you want." ”

"No, you know what, it's very depressing." Liu Li continued, "I lost weight successfully, but I was happy, I quickly bought a few beautiful clothes, and before I wore them for a few days, the leaders of our department talked to me and asked me to pay attention to my image." ”

The man smiled and said, "Then don't wear anything too weird." ”

"Don't talk about it, I'll wear shorts in the summer," Liu Li gestured with her hand on her thigh, "Come here, it's not too much, they actually said I was too exposed, and I was angry." ”

The man looked at the position of Liu Libi's painting and said: "This is almost to the root of the thigh, in the ** TV station, of course not, hehe, you will wear a serious dress to work in the future, and show off your figure after work." ”

"I'm not, I'm in charge of my youth, how many years do I have left?"

After chatting for a while, the man looked at his watch and said, "Liu Li, if you want to eat with us in a while, it's next to you." The man gestured to the restaurant next to him.

Liu Li shook her head and said, "I'm not going, a group of big men, I don't know each other, it's not interesting." After saying that, he leaned his face over and whispered, "Unless you introduce me to your girlfriend." ”

The man raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't talk nonsense, they all know Jiajia." ”

Liu Li retracted her body and said, "Hey, look at your unproductive appearance, you will definitely be a strict wife in the future." ”

The man giggled.

"Come on, call me when you're done, and if you're free tomorrow, we'll get together with Brother Shengli and them."

The man nodded.

Liu Li looked at the man's back, turned around silently, and felt a sour feeling in her heart, the man would not know that her motivation to lose weight came from him. Her fascination with men and men did not decrease because of the man's northward trip, but because the distance became farther away, she cared more about the man. How many times, Liu Li grabbed her mobile phone and wanted to call the man, wanted to ask him about his current situation, chat, and say I miss you...... But she can't, because she knows that once Jiajia realizes that her feelings for the man go beyond the friendship, then the friendship between them will also come to an end, and at that time, she will completely lose the man. Liu Li held on to the railing of the overpass and sighed deeply, she didn't know if she would wait for the day when the flowers would bloom if she persevered. Liu Li thought, otherwise, let's go to Beijing myself, it would be easier to meet each other, even if it was just a chance encounter like today.