Beijing on Chinese New Year's Eve is simply terrifyingly empty, and the lights of thousands of homes shine through the windows of high-rise buildings, like stars. Xu Yijing and I drove on the empty road, carrying a lunch box of dumplings, and a little emptiness and exhaustion after the excitement.

"If you're sleepy, you can sleep." I said to Xu Yijing, whose eyes were straight.

"Not sleepy." She twisted, "It's not far in total, and you'll have to be woken up just after falling asleep, which is worse than not sleeping." ”

"What are your arrangements for the Spring Festival holiday?" I asked her.

"There's no arrangement, let's eat and sleep." She seemed to remember something, and suddenly came to her senses, "By the way, I received a call a year ago saying that I would be able to collect the house after the new year." ”

"Really? That's great! Isn't it time to decorate the house after receiving it? ”

"Well, after receiving the house, I will go to the building materials and home furnishing market, and I can decorate it in March and April, and then take advantage of the warm weather to ventilate and disperse the smell, and it is estimated that I can move in July and August!" She stretched, "My mother's own industry!" A place to live. ”

"July and August. It's also very fast to say, alas. I sighed exaggeratedly, "I can't bear you!" ”

"Less of this!" She smiled, "If you can't bear me, then you can go live with me." ”

"Don't say it, it's not impossible. I rented out the house in Fuchengmen, and in case I couldn't find a job, I could still live on the rent. When the time comes, I'll be a stay-at-home wife for you. Every day when you come home, I say at the door, 'Madame is back, Madame has worked hard, Madame, please have tea'. ”

Xu Yijing waved his hand while listening, "You can pull it down!" With your self-discipline, I guess what I see when I go home every day is that you don't wash your face or brush your teeth and watch variety shows at home. ”

"Yes. Not really. ”

"You're self-aware."

"You said that if you bring a handsome guy back, I'm watching dramas and variety shows there unkempt, it's too embarrassing. Then I have to make room for you, and wander outside alone in the middle of the night, leaving you with warmth and romance. ”

"Why do I think this plot is familiar?" Xu Yijing narrowed her eyes and thought about it, "Don't you think this is me now?" I live in your house, and then I don't go home overtime, leaving the warmth and romance to you and Lin Jiangnan. ”

"Go and go, why did you go around Lin Jiangnan again."

"Okay, I won't say anything." Xu Yijing hurriedly raised his hand and signaled that this was over, "You two are in good momentum now, I won't talk nonsense, don't turn around and provoke you to rebel against me again." ”

"Am I rebellious with you? Why do I think you're taking advantage of me? ”

"Suspicious." Xu Yijing took out her mobile phone, and a call was displayed on the screen, and the name showed the word 'brother'. Xu Yijing picked it up and fed it lazily.

She held the phone, lowered her head, listened to the other party with a blank face, and was silent for a while before hearing her say: "You can go back if you want, I won't go back, and there is no one at home." Then he sneered, "How much?" Okay, I'll pass it on to you in a moment. With that, she hung up the phone.

"Your brother?" I asked her.

She nodded, opened WeChat and made a transfer, "Said that it was boring to stay at school, wanted to go home, and asked me to borrow money for a train ticket." She snorted, "Say you're homesick." Fart, I don't know him yet, I just miss a girlfriend. ”

"He's got a girlfriend?"

"He's in his twenties."

"Oh, yes, I always remember that he was only a teenager." I smiled, "Not far from his girlfriend?" ”

"Hmm." Xu Yijing put away her phone and sighed, "My girlfriend in high school, this kid is quite affectionate." But I'm not optimistic about a long-distance relationship, two people still have to get along together. ”

"That's it. It's not easy to break up after graduation. I said.

On the first day of the new year, Xu Yijing and I watched TV at home unkemptly, and on the second day of the new year, I went back to my parents' house, and my mother said that the girl she married only returned to her parents' house in the second year of junior high school.

No matter what I say, I have nothing to do with Lin Jiangnan, my mother doesn't believe it, she never believes that there is pure friendship between men and women, especially between men and women who seem to be very close. I can't help it, because I really don't believe it, and it's clear that Lin Jiangnan didn't come to be friends with me.

But what can I do?

I almost told me about being harassed and beaten by Cao Hui at Christmas, but I don't know if it was better to make her feel sorry or to worry her. In the end, I chose not to say anything, and we parted happily again. It's just that I chose to go home on the wrong day, I will never go home on the second day of the Lunar New Year!

Chinese New Year's Eve passed, and the warmth and harmony of that night, the mother's kindness and filial piety were gone, and everything returned to normal.

Since the third day of the Lunar New Year, the streets of Beijing have become more lively again, probably because people have completed the task of family reunion and started their own holidays. Xu Yijing began to watch a variety show on decoration, taking notes while watching, preparing for closing the house and finding a home improvement company after the year.

And the only thing I was with was Piggy.

He has a very good relationship with me now, probably because I am willing to give it food, and it seems to be fat again. I told Lin Jiangnan the news, and defended: "The cat is a little fat and cute." ”

As soon as I sent the message here, Lin Jiangnan's video call invitation was sent, I glanced at Xu Yijing carefully, and saw that she was engrossed in watching the people on the TV smash the wall, so I picked up the pig and slipped back to my own room.

I slammed Piggy's face in front of the camera and pressed answer. Lin Jiangnan's face appeared on the screen, and the angle of the front camera was indescribable, but fortunately, his appearance could withstand such a bad abuse.

"Scared me." Lin Jiangnan saw the big face of the pig at a glance, subconsciously flashed back, and looked at it for a moment and said, "It's okay, it's not too exaggerated to be fat." ”

"It's really edible." I said, "Eat at any time." ”

"Don't get used to it!"

"There's no way, cats are born with a cute look, I really can't bear it." As I spoke, I stretched out my finger to scratch Piggy's chin, and Piggy's little snoring immediately began, stretching her neck hard, enjoying it very much. Lin Jiangnan, who was on the other side of the screen, looked at its cheap expression with disgust, "It's not like this." ”

"You're not as generous as I am."

"You're doting." Lin Jiangnan said me.

"Dote on it. You said that you don't point to it to make money to support your family, build the four modernizations, and make it happy. ”

Lin Jiangnan's face was a little closer to the screen, and Piggy stopped when he caught a glimpse of him, and his squinted eyes opened.

"Pig!" Lin Jiangnan called it, and before the words fell, it stood up and ran away. I laughed and mocked Lin Jiangnan's majesty as the owner was gone, proud of the intimacy between Pig and me, and suddenly caught a glimpse of my face in the small window, so I hurriedly restrained my smile, adjusted the angle, and took the phone farther away.

"You're a little fatter, too." Lin Jiangnan said.

"If you celebrate the New Year, will you speak? Keep an eye out for me as I'm gone. ”

"Don't compare yourself to a cat." He smiled, "Why are you at home?" Didn't hang out? ”

"It's too cold, I'm too lazy to go out, accompany Xu Yijing to watch the decoration show at home, and her house will be handed over after the year."

"House? Sister Xu bought it herself? ”

"Not really! How wonderful your sister Xu is! "I'm very proud. The TV in the living room was talking about the waterproofing of the bathroom, and I glanced out, although I couldn't see Xu Yijing, but I could imagine her serious expression of watching variety shows as lectures.

She must have thought she was great, and she was full of hope for the days ahead.

When Xu Yijing wanted to buy a house, I asked her why, and at that time, in my opinion, she and Shao Jie had a stable relationship, and Shao Jie had a house. Although Shao Jie's house is not big, the location is relatively good, but the house she bought is relatively remote. If the two get married, whether it is from the perspective of commuting or the children's schooling in the future, Shao Jie's house will definitely be better. Then this is equivalent to her buying a house and being idle, and the rent there is not so easy to rent, and the rent is not at a high price.

But Xu Yijing said that the house is her confidence, everything is fine with her and Shao Jie, and if it is bad one day, she has the courage to leave if she has a house; The house is also her roots in Beijing, and if one day she feels tired and wants to escape, the house can trip her and give her the courage to come again after a moment's breath.

She said that it was a house she bought for herself, not for marriage, let alone for her children.

Although Xu Yijing is not rich and rich, I am especially proud of her, it is a house that she has earned by hard work. I'm as old as her, and I can't afford it if I had to make a down payment to buy a house anyway; Let me think about the future in times of peace, and I can't think about her so far.

"What do you think?" Lin Jiangnan asked me. I realized that I was distracted when he asked, so I smiled and said, "Thinking about helping Xu Yijing decorate after the year, I feel quite looking forward to it." ”

"If you need my help, just say it."

"Okay, I'll help you convey it."

I looked at Lin Jiangnan on the screen, and he also looked at me, and the gap between the conversations suddenly made me feel a little uncomfortable. Except for my parents, I rarely video call people, and it was only then that I realized that this kind of call seemed to be something that non-intimate people could not do. Because two people look at their phones and talk face to face, this distance is closer than the actual face-to-face feeling.

I panicked when I was close.

"That...... I'll hang up first. I hurried. The words changed in a hurry, and when they came suddenly, Lin Jiangnan was stunned for a moment, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's okay, I'll watch TV with Xu Yijing."

Lin Jiangnan looked at me slightly, "Really? How do you feel so nervous? ”

"Nope."

"Okay." Lin Jiangnan nodded, I was about to raise my hand to say goodbye to him, and he said, "I'll take the train back to Beijing early tomorrow morning and buy some special products for you and Sister Xu, are you at home tomorrow?" ”

"Come back tomorrow? Isn't it only the fourth day of junior high tomorrow? ”

"Well, I'll go back tomorrow." He smiled, "I came back mainly to sweep the graves of my grandparents and parents, and my sister has a large family on my brother-in-law's side, and it's boring for me to stay alone." ”

Alone.

Yes, what I have heard since I was a child is that 'the Spring Festival is a day of family reunion', and I have always spent the Spring Festival like this, so I subconsciously thought that everyone's Spring Festival was a day of family reunion, but I forgot that such a simple thing is difficult for some people, such as Xu Yijing, and impossible for others, such as Lin Jiangnan.

"Okay, Xu Yijing and I happen to have nothing to do at home, and we will come to my house for dinner tomorrow." I said to him.

"Well, thanks, see you tomorrow."