On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Yijing and I washed our faces when we got up.

Don't think that a thirty-year-old woman really lives a delicate life, a thirty-year-old delicate woman is also very delicate when she is twenty years old. We don't fall into this category.

This time, I didn't continue to be lazy to prepare hot pot, discussed it with Xu Yijing, and actually prepared to make some dumplings. Xu Yijing is a southerner, and she didn't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year when she was a child, but she has seen almost everything after living in the north for so many years. Although I have eaten dumplings every New Year's holiday since I was a child, I have never made them myself, because it is not my turn to interfere.

But we did a good job, except for forgetting to squeeze out the water from the cabbage, and everything seemed to be going well. When Lin Jiangnan came to my house at four o'clock in the afternoon, he saw a basin of plump snow-white dough, a pot of meat and vegetable fillings, and seven or eight dumplings.

"This is ......" Lin Jiangnan glanced at the plate of dumplings, and then looked at the two of us, "You won't wait for me to wrap it, right?" ”

"I heard Sumi say you can cook." Xu Yijing put the plate of dumplings aside, "We'll wait for you to teach." ”

"But I don't know how to make dumplings." He picked up the pot and shook it, "Isn't this a little thin?" ”

"That's right!" We both said in unison. Xu Yijing stirred the meat filling with chopsticks, "I forgot to squeeze out the water of the Chinese cabbage, and after putting it together with the meat, it became thinner and thinner. ”

Lin Jiangnan smiled when he heard this, "Why do you have to make dumplings and embarrass yourself so much." ”

"It's the New Year." I said. We all looked at the pot of stuffing and sighed, "What now?" ”

"Let's change to noodles." Lin Jiangnan proposed, "Hand-rolled noodles, this stuffing will be used as marinade as soon as it is fried, how about it?" ”

"Reliable." Xu Yijing agreed.

I was a little frustrated and asked Lin Jiangnan, "Have you eaten dumplings for the New Year?" ”

"I ate it, I ate it at my sister's house on Chinese New Year's Eve."

"Okay, let's make noodles." I agreed.

Lin Jiangnan fried the marinade, and Xu Yijing and I rolled the noodles. The rolling is definitely not good, but anyway, try to drag it into the length, the length and thickness of the noodles are different, Xu Yijing said that it is very good, "At first glance, it is a hand-customized product." ”

Although the dinner was not eaten into dumplings, but it was quite rich, in addition to the noodles, there were also braised beef tendons, stone buns, and pot helmets brought to us by Lin Jiangnan from Xi'an Muslim Street, all of which were particularly filling things. Placed on a table, it feels like we are celebrating the New Year in the Great Northwest.

"Come on, come on, Happy New Year." Xu Yijing raised her glass, "You two spent the Gregorian New Year, this Lunar New Year, I can't hide anyway, let me make a big wattage light bulb to illuminate your bright future this year!" ”

I just glared at Xu Yijing, and before the words could be spoken, I heard Lin Jiangnan raise his glass and say, "Thank you, sister, I work hard." ”

"Yes, work hard! I'm optimistic about you. Xu Yijing smiled treacherously, "If there is anything you need my sister to help me, my sister will do her best." ”

It stands to reason that I should be a little embarrassed and embarrassed at this time, but I don't know if it's because of my mother's strong opposition recently, coupled with Xu Yijing's continuous matchmaking, quantitative changes have produced qualitative changes, I suddenly feel that it is normal to be told by others to be with Lin Jiangnan like this, and I am already a little used to it.

I raised my glass and clinked glasses with them, but before the wine was brought to my mouth, I saw Xu Yijing's phone vibrate, and there was a word 'brother' on the mobile phone screen. I pointed to her phone: "I guess this time I should ask you to borrow money to buy flowers for your girlfriend?" ”

Xu Yijing glanced at her phone, still took a sip of wine before picking it up slowly, and said slowly: "Is there a shortage of money again?" ”

Lin Jiangnan and I glanced at each other and smiled. He raised his glass and lowered his voice to me, "Happy New Year." ”

"Thank you, and so are you." I clinked glasses with him.

"Do you have any plans for the next few days of vacation?" He asked me.

I really want to make some arrangements, but I really don't have an arrangement, and after thinking about it, I said: "I'm going to go shopping with Xu Yijing, go to IKEA to find decoration inspiration and the like." After speaking, I turned my head to look at Xu Yijing, wanting her to help me affirm this arrangement, but when I saw Xu Yijing holding the phone, her expression changed.

"And where did they go, you know?" She stood up as she spoke, walked back to her room, and closed the door. Lin Jiangnan and I were stunned as we held our wine glasses, after all, her expression and tone didn't sound like anything good had happened.

"What's wrong?" Lin Jiangnan put down the wine glass and asked me, I shook my head. I don't know what's wrong.

"Who's calling?"

"Xu Yijing's younger brother." I was a little worried, "Two days ago, his brother called and said that he wanted to go back to Hunan, and Xu Yijing transferred the ticket he bought. It can't be her brother's accident, right? ”

"The call came from his brother, indicating that nothing should have happened to his brother. Just now, Sister Xu said, 'Where did they go, do you know', who are they? ”

Who are they?

"They? I don't know, is it Xu Yijing's parents? I looked at Lin Jiangnan suspiciously, as if he could give me an answer, "But Xu Yijing said that her parents went on a trip, could it be that there was something wrong with the trip?" Is it the kind of black tour group that you reported? ”

"Traveling?" Lin Jiangnan felt a little incredible, "Their family ...... Aren't together for the New Year? ”

"I don't know ...... either"

Xu Yijing lived with her grandparents before she was a year old, and her parents were doing business in other places, and they came back once or twice a year. When she was eight years old, her mother came back with a big belly and was waiting at home to give birth. In her mind, it was the longest time she had spent with her mother, several months. Later, her brother was born, and half a year later, her brother was also left at her grandparents' house, and her parents left again.

It wasn't until she was in high school that her parents returned to Hunan after working hard in other places, on the one hand, because they were older, and on the other hand, they felt that they should not be absent from such an important moment of life as the college entrance examination because they had not been with their children since they were young. But those days actually made Xu Yijing feel very uncomfortable, like two outsiders suddenly came to the house, and they were still pointing fingers at her. Later, she was admitted to Beijing for the college entrance examination and separated from her parents.

Although she has a very weak relationship with her parents, her relationship with her brother is not bad, after all, they have grown up together since childhood. After her grandparents passed away, she only went back for a few days every year during the Spring Festival, and this year, she didn't even go back for the Spring Festival.

Lin Jiangnan and I waited silently for Xu Yijing to come out of the room, no one had the heart to speak, no heart to eat and drink. I imagined all these possibilities in my mind, and silently prayed that it would not be a matter of human life. But I was beating a drum in my heart, Xu Yijing's psychology has always been quite strong, and it is difficult for her to change her face and color like this in ordinary things.

After about half an hour, Xu Yijing's door opened, and she had already changed into her clothes to go out, and she was still carrying a bag in her hand. As soon as I saw this posture, I chuckled mentally and quickly stood up, "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”

"I'm going back to Hunan." Xu Yijing went to get dressed and put on shoes as she spoke. I was in a hurry, so I pulled her and wanted to ask, but Lin Jiangnan patted me, "Change clothes, send her to the airport, and talk about it on the way." ”

As soon as I heard the reason, I hurriedly went to get dressed and put on my shoes. Xu Yijing didn't refuse, she lowered her head and swiped her mobile phone to check the ticket, and we rushed downstairs like all of us.

Lin Jiangnan took the car keys and went to drive, and asked Xu Yijing and me to sit in the back seat.

The car was speeding on the smooth road, Xu Yijing booked a ticket like a person who was about to suffocate surfaced, sighed extremely depressedly, and then leaned on the back of the chair fiercely.

"What's wrong?" I asked her, "Is there something going on at home?" ”

"Hmm." Xu Yijing nodded slightly, looked at a meaningless point outside the window, and then fell silent. I was very anxious, but I didn't want to chatter and urge to ask, and after glancing in the rearview mirror, Lin Jiangnan also shook his head at me, signaling me to let Xu Yijing calm down first.

Almost twenty minutes after the car drove out, Xu Yijing finally moved, and rubbed his cheeks with his hands very tiredly. I quickly asked, "What's wrong?" Is there anything I can do to help? Why don't I go with you? I don't have to go to work right now anyway. ”

"No, you don't." She shook her head, "My uncle made a business loan, and my parents gave me a guarantee." Now my uncle's business has collapsed, and the money can't be paid, and people have come to my house. ”

"How much did you borrow?"

"Eight million in total." Xu Yijing said this heavy number very lightly, as if she was overwhelmed by this number.

"Eight million?!" I was shocked, "Is it a loan shark?" ”

"It's not. Some of them were bank loans, and some of them were borrowed from a few friends and promised them interest. She took a deep breath as if she couldn't breathe, "My uncle sold the house and added all his belongings, so he finally paid back the money he borrowed from the bank. My dad helped pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars at first, but then he didn't care. There are still more than four million holes. ”

But the guarantor is his father, can he ignore it?

Xu Yijing told me that his brother's ticket for the second day of the Lunar New Year returned to Hunan, and he went directly to see his girlfriend, and the two went to Yueyang to play together for two days, and only went home today. The young man was scared.

"My parents are really good, really good!" Xu Yijing suppressed her anger and sneered twice, "Bullshit travel, the two of them went out to hide from debts!" I really don't know what they think. Are you planning to never go home? Or just plan to throw this mess at us siblings. ”

Only then did I know that the 'where are they' that Xu Yijing asked were her parents.

"Did you get in touch with your parents?"

"No, my brother keeps calling."

"Then ......," I followed her with anxiety, "so many relatives do not know where they have gone?" Even if I want to throw the mess at you, I have to explain it, right? No...... What's wrong? ”

"If something happens, something will happen! It's best if something happens! Xu Yijing suddenly exploded and shouted: "I don't have the ability to do any business!" I can't do anything to guarantee it! What is this now?! When they should raise it, they didn't see anyone, but they knew that they were dumped on their children when something happened! Her eyes were red, she turned around and wiped her eyes vigorously, and said hatefully, "I really owe them in my last life." ”

Lin Jiangnan took a tissue from the tissue box in front of the windshield and handed it over, I gave it to Xu Yijing, and tried to calm her down a little bit, "I have about 300,000 yuan in savings, and I will transfer it to you in a while." ”

"No, you don't." Xu Yijing blew her nose and sat down again, "I'll go back and see the situation and then figure it out." It's okay. ”

"I don't have a mortgage or a car loan, so my life is stress-free, and it's really useless for me to hold this money. It's not much, but it's a little bit of a point. ”

"Hmm." Xu Yijing pursed her lips vigorously, "Okay, if you need to go back, I'll speak." ”

I took her bag, flipped her wallet out, and took a picture of her bank card, "Don't say anything, I'll transfer it to you first." If you go back and find out that it was a false alarm, the money is useless, you can just pay it back to me. I put my purse back in for her, smiled, and opened my arms, "Here, hug." ”

She leaned into my arms, her shoulders trembling slightly. I patted her, "There's nothing that can't be solved." Don't be afraid. ”