Chapter 207: Happy New Year
Two months later, the sun was high. I sat on the bed with a quilt on, watching Xiao Chou fiddle with the meat.
After being exposed to the sun for a while, another wave of sleepiness hit, I yawned, squinted my eyes and asked, "Xiao Chou, it's about to be New Year's Eve, do you say we are going to be at home for New Year's Eve, or go to the black market to find ink and wash them?" β
Xiao Chou tilted his head and looked at me.
"Last year, we were at home for New Year's Eve, and at that time there was me, Shangxian, ink and water." I pointed out the window, "We got a barbecue grill there and put a lot of fireworks." Let me tell you Xiao Chou, the fireworks that night were beautiful! Even the immortals said that it was better than the meteor showers in their fairy world. β
Bai San said, "What do you mean by this, don't you just want to stay at home for the New Year's Eve?" β
"Then you want to go to the black market?" I paused, and immediately reacted, "Ah, I see! You must want to try the new brew of chicken head, right? You drunkard! β
Bai San said, "By the way, let's discuss and arrange next year's long-distance hunting plan." β
Drinking and hunting are Bai San's two favorite things to do, although he hasn't stopped drinking it for the past two months, but it's just a drink, and the wine he drinks is still bought in a small supermarket, so Bai San complains a lot.
"We can go to the black market to find them again at the beginning of the year, are you afraid that a few of them will run out of wine?" I said, "Don't worry, even if the yield of chicken heads is low, I will leave a few jars of ink." β
If it was before, I would still like a few good friends to get together and have a lively and crazy night, just like last year. But now, more people are gathered together who I am not very familiar with, rather than watching the chaos at that time, I sit alone and wake up alone, it is better to be alone with Xiao Chou carnival.
"Xiao Chou, let's go buy fireworks today! Go now! I jumped out of bed and began to get dressed, "I'll take you to a place, and when you get there, you can pick whatever you want." Last year, the four of us lit 32 fireworks together, and the two of us couldn't light so many fireworks at once, but with you, sixty-four, ninety-six are all right! β
Bai San said, "You want to buy ninety-six?" β
"I'll just say that, the money burns in a panic! I also bought thirty-two, and I put them on for those who were absent this year. β
After getting dressed, I found that Xiao Chou was no longer in front of the window, I stretched my head downstairs and saw that he had already put on his coat and stood at the door.
I don't know if it's because this year's fireworks and firecrackers are more strictly controlled, and there are half fewer stalls on this street than last year, but there are more people coming to buy fireworks than before.
Xiao Chou got out of the car and plunged into the crowd, I didn't take two puffs of a cigarette, I saw him running out with a firework in his arms, and then I heard the boss shouting, "Hey, that kid!" You haven't paid yet! β
"This and this!" I hurriedly ran over and shouted with my phone in my hand, "Here comes the payer!" β
From the first booth to the last booth, the two of us basically "cooperated" in this way.
Last year, the owner of the fireworks seller was still there, and he was fat twice, and he immediately remembered me after seeing that I chose the "Supreme Family Portrait".
The boss handed over two cigarettes, "Wait a minute, you two, I'll pull the rest back for you." He lifted the belt of his trousers, revealing a large, golden H-buckle. It seems that after he returns this trip, he can add another belt of the same style.
It was sunny for the past few days, so we put all the fireworks on the lawn and bought a cart of food and alcohol the next day. I looked at the "New Year's goods" stacked by the lake, thinking that when there were four people last year, it seemed that I didn't buy so many things.
A week later, Chinese New Year's Eve.
I stood in front of the barbecue, sipping beer and flipping through a few strings of squid whiskers and green peppers, and Xiao Chou followed along.
When the song "Dang" was played on the speaker, I held the wine bottle to Xiao Chou and said with a smile, "In this situation, you should go one." β
Xiao Chou understood what I meant and immediately responded to me.
The wine bottle touched lightly, and I tilted my head, I don't know if the ink is also doing a party now, he likes to be lively the most.
And Xiao Fan, he will definitely remember what we looked like on New Year's Eve that night.
In fact, I feel a little lost in my heart, I always feel that standing here tonight shouldn't be just me and Xiao Chou.
Just like last year, the granary behind him is still drunk faster than meat, and almost all of them are drunk by Xiao Chou. I found that Xiao Chou is the kind of person who picks up the wine bottle, and as long as no one stops him, he will drink it bottle after bottle.
I looked at him, "Xiao Chou, is my sauce salty?" Bad throat? β
Xiao Chou shook his head.
"I told you you can't drink too much, you still have an extremely difficult task in a while!"
Xiao Chou pointed to the rows of ceremonial flowers in front of the lake.
"That's right, you just remember." I looked at his slightly drunk state at the moment, and I couldn't rest assured, and I tried to persuade him to eat more.
Bai San said dissatisfiedly, "Are you ruined?" I stopped you when you were drunk? β
"I, I didn't stop him, I just asked Xiao Chou to eat more, he was too thin, I didn't stop him from drinking."
Xiao Chou handed me another bottle of beer, and as soon as I took it, he touched the wall of my bottle, and it took a few seconds to blow the bottle.
I was stunned, "That Xiao Chou, beer doesn't have to be drunk at this pace, it can also be drunk like liquor, one sip in a sip." β
Bai San said, "What nonsense, hurry up and keep up!" β
I sighed, and after drinking, I took out my lighter, trying to divert Xiao Chou's attention from the beer, "Xiao Chou, you can go and light some small fireworks now." β
Xiao Chou took the lighter, his footsteps shook slightly, and he moved to the fireworks, I was just about to continue the barbecue, when I suddenly noticed that something was wrong, and looked up, "Hey Xiao Chou!" Not for you to ...... Dot......"
Xiao Chou lit all the fireworks guns very quickly, and he looked back at me with a proud face, as if waiting for me to praise him.
In an instant, the fireworks "banged", Xiao Chou was startled, he turned around, and looked up at the Ambilight that exploded in the night sky.
Bunches of fireworks soared into the sky, bursting in a non-stop enchanting manner, and after a brief hovering in the night sky, the beams fell like raindrops.
Bai San said, "Don't patronize yourself, describe it." β
I smiled, "The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night, and it blows down, and the stars are like rain." β
Every time I see such fireworks, my heart can't help but tremble, and the reason why they make people feel beautiful may be because they are too short, short-lived brilliance, short-term blur.
I walked up to Xiao Chou, he looked at the fireworks in the sky, and I looked at the fireworks reflected from his clear eyes.
Xiao Chou gently hooked the corners of his mouth, I looked at him carefully, without blinking, I remembered this good-looking arc hard, I hope that there can be more and more things in the future, so that his love is hot.
Until the last beam of smoothness fell, Xiao Chou paused, turned his head and looked at me calmly.
I smiled, "Is it pretty?" β
Xiao Chou nodded, his body suddenly weakened, and he fell, I grabbed him, shook my head helplessly, and carried him to walk home.
Xiao Chou wrapped his arms around my shoulders tightly.
"Don't worry, if you can't fall, your brother can't carry you well?"
Xiao Chou buried his head at the base of my neck and rubbed it.
I hid and laughed, "Don't make a fuss, don't make a fuss, itchy!" You're really falling down if you make trouble for a while! β
"Brother......
I stopped abruptly, my heart pounding. For a long time, I was in place like a wooden carving, about ten minutes, no, it should be longer. My blood coagulated, and after being cold, it became solid, and then it was instantly dissolved by a warm current.
I turned my head to look at Xiao Chou, his head resting on my shoulder, his face facing the other side.
"White, white three...... You, did you hear that? Xiao was worried about him, he seemed to say something to me. β
Bai San asked casually, "What did you say?" β
I was stunned, "Didn't you hear?" He's just, he's ...... Didn't you hear? β
Bai San asked, "What did you hear?" Did you drink too much? β
Although Xiao Chou only whispered, his words were still very clear...... Well...... It's barely clear.
I didn't get affirmation from Bai San's mouth, and my whole person fell down in an instant.
Thinking about it, it's already rare that he can laugh, how can he still talk...... I regret it more and more, I really shouldn't have confirmed with Bai San just now, it is better to believe my ears and coax myself for the rest of my life.
I hung my head and walked into the house, just put Xiao Chou on the sofa, turned around to take the quilt, and he turned over and fell to the ground. It was like this twice, and in the end I had to carry him upstairs, cover him with a quilt, and put a glass of water on the bedside.
I sat alone by the lake, drinking beer and skewers, waiting for the time to approach twelve o'clock.
Bai San asked, "Do you want to cross the year again?" β
"Can't you?"
Bai San said, "One night spans two years, so you will be twenty-nine years old." β
I smiled, "It's not bad, so that the immortals are about to come out." β
As soon as twelve o'clock arrived, I launched a fairy talisman into the air on time.
As early as five minutes ago, I started to transfer my spiritual power, because I had never used the fairy talisman in person, and I didn't know if it would succeed, and my nervous palms were sweating. Thankfully, the runes will not be affected by sweat stains and be smudged like the words written in the pen on a daily basis.
I looked at the crooked rune I had pushed out, and I could barely make out that it was four words.
I thought that all runes, no matter who wrote them, were one form. It turns out that this is the same as handwriting, and what everyone writes is different.
I can't remember the pen of the fairy talisman left before the sΓ©ance, but when I think of the "nonsense" on the car door before, it seems that it is a little different from the pen on the letter left by Xiao Fan.
Xiaofen's font is shocking, and the font left by Chi Nian on the door is more delicate and fresh.
Bai San asked, "What did you say to the immortals?" β
"It's nothing, it's just a New Year's greeting for him."
When Xiao Fan saw my handwriting of "swallowing mountains and rivers", he would definitely frown again, thinking that I had defiled their sacred fairy talismans. But it can't be helped, it's good to be able to write it for the first time, although it's ugly and not very presentable, but there's no need to be beautiful like a painting, anyway, I've always been not demanding of myself.
I looked at the runes suspended in the air and smiled with satisfaction, quite in my own style.
For a long time I sat by the lake until dawn, and my thoughts were blank, like fragments, and the memory of those few hours was non-existent. I even wondered if I had been asleep sitting for hours.
After looking at the fairy talisman again, I summoned my spiritual power and pushed them away with a wave of my hand.
I simply cleaned up the lawn and found a lot of small fireworks that hadn't been lit last night, which I could take to the wind bridge to play with when I went to the black market today.