Chapter 12: Fireworks are easy to cool

Chinese New Year's Eve, snow.

When Qingchen got up, yesterday's snow had not melted, it should have snowed again last night, and the community was white.

She opened the door and didn't see anyone on the sofa, the quilt and pillows were neatly stacked, and she didn't find anyone when she turned around.

When she was brushing her teeth, Duan Yi came back and called her, and she responded vaguely.

"I bought you something to eat, on the table, you hurry up and eat, otherwise it should be cold."

She spat out, "Got it." ”

There was an omelet on the table, tightly wrapped and hot,

"Where did you buy it?"

Should anyone come out and set up a stall on Chinese New Year's Eve, she wondered.

"I bought it on Chengxi Road."

Chengxi Road is several kilometers away from her community,

"By car?"

"Walk."

The mouth was confiscated, and a few shredded potatoes fell to the ground, and Duan Yi was fiddling with the couplets and window stickers she had bought.

The omelet was swallowed by her, "You went out and ran around before you got better?" ”

"I'm alright." He stood up and motioned for her to look at herself, "No fever." ”

His eyes were too sincere and hot, and Qingchen avoided his eyes, "Stick the couplet outside, I'll just get the window flowers." ”

"The scissors and tape are in the bag."

Duan Yi nodded, and led the bag to the door to paste the couplet.

The door to the opposite door opened, and the man he met that day opened the door and came out, saw Duan Yi busy outside the door, and greeted him with a smile.

"Yo, so early?"

"Wake up early." Duan Yi replied with a smile.

"Well, that's good." The man looked at the couplet and commented, "I can finally celebrate the New Year with Xiaolin this year." ”

"No, we can live together in the future."

"Good, good, good." I said three good things to my neighbor in a row.

"You're busy, I have to go to the New Year." He said goodbye to Duan Yi.

"Okay, slow down."

It didn't take much effort for him to put it up, and when he entered the door again, Qingchen was pasting the window grille.

"Want to help?" He walked over and asked.

Qingchen shook his head, and then asked through gritted teeth: "Duan Yi, what will happen if you don't say a word?" ”

He looked innocent, "What did I say?" ”

Qingchen had no choice but to take him, so he turned around and went to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients for making dumplings.

In the past, she would make a bowl of dumplings for herself every Chinese New Year, but this year, with Duan Yi, the number will naturally be more.

"Celery beef, I don't like it." Duan Yi went into the kitchen to express his opinion, he doesn't like to eat celery.

Qingchen fiercely murdered him, "I don't like to do it myself!" ”

He touched the tip of his nose and pulled out a rolling pin to roll out the dough beside him.

He smiled when he saw Qingchen mixed with cabbage and pork filling.

Qingchen is a bad woman with different hearts.

At dinnertime, the community was quiet, and Tong City has banned fireworks in recent years, which is a little less of the atmosphere of the New Year.

There are Spring Festival Gala sketches in the room, Qingchen and Duan Yi are each sitting in a corner of the coffee table, with a bowl of dumplings in front of them, a few Lincheng specialties on the table, and two cups of orange juice.

It's not that Duan Yi doesn't want to drink, it's that Qingchen explicitly forbids him not to drink, and he can't drink when he's sick, Dr. Lin said.

He really wanted to drink, especially now that he lived in Qingchen's house openly, that thought became even stronger.

He is just an ordinary man, not a decent gentleman, especially when facing the woman he likes, let alone any self-control.

The self-control of bullshit, Lin Qingchen is a walking aphrodisiac for him Duan Yi, attracting him all the time.

To other women, he can be a righteous gentleman, and to Lin Qingchen, he is a jackal, tiger and leopard.

Qingchen is watching TV, and Duan Yi is watching Qingchen.

Her hair was kept to her waist, and she was pinched up by a pearl clip at this time, and she wore a black turtleneck, revealing two white ears, she had no ear piercings, and she was afraid of pain, so she didn't fight.

Ear piercing was very popular in high school, Qingchen couldn't resist curiosity and wanted to try it, Duan Yi saved a month's pocket money after knowing it, and took her to get her ear pierced during the winter vacation.

Afraid that he would not play well, Duan Yi deliberately saved some more money, and ran all over the streets and alleys of Lincheng to find a legendary painless store, and with a painless gimmick, the price naturally went up.

Duan Yi led Qingchen to go, there happened to be two girls in front of her who were queuing up, she observed for a while, maybe it was the screams of the two girls that scared her, she pulled Duan Yi and left.

Duan Yi asked her what was wrong, and she said with tears in her eyes that she didn't want to spend so much money to suffer.

Duan Yi was speechless, and finally let her go.

"And what about the rest of the money?" He asked Qingchen.

"Don't you want to eat hot pot? I'll take you there, don't talk to Zhang Yi. He laughed.

Qingchen shook his head, "I see your sneakers are broken, I still have some money here, I should be able to buy a good pair of them." ”

Duan Yi's eyes were heavy, "Where did you get the money?" ”

Qingchen has no pocket money on weekdays, and what Mother Lin gives her is only enough to pay tuition and miscellaneous fees, and sometimes she can't make it up.

She dodged her gaze, unable to withstand Duan Yi's eyes, and finally explained honestly, "Write homework for them, five yuan for one homework, and one piece for running errands and buying water between classes." ”

Duan Yi and her are not in the same class, I don't know what she is usually doing, I only know that she seems to be very tired after school every month this month, and she has no energy.

"How much money did you make?"

Qingchen took out the bags hidden in his schoolbag and counted them, a total of more than two hundred pieces.

She flattered Duan Yi, "Is this enough?" ”

Duan Yi didn't speak, and went to the department store with the collar of her school uniform.

He went straight into a store, pointed to the smoky blue scarf on the counter and said he wanted it, and Qingchen pulled him next to him and asked him if he was crazy.

A scarf of more than 100 yuan was a luxury for them in those days, and Duan Yi bought it without blinking.

Qingchen has seen this scarf more than ten times, and every time he comes, he says that he must buy it next time, but he has not fulfilled his promise.

Duan Yi pulled the tag when he went out and surrounded the light dust.

She kept yelling at the soil, saying that she didn't look good in her school uniform, and Duan Yi just laughed and didn't speak.

Qingchen was a little hot-eyed, pulled him straight to the shoe store, and spent all his money to buy him a pair of shoes.

Duan Yi's sneakers have been glued and have been repaired many times, and even Grandma Duan said that the shoes are no longer good, and he is still reluctant to buy new ones.

The shoes look good on Duan Yi's feet, anyway, he looks good in anything, Qingchen thought.

In the end, two people, one wrapped in a new scarf and the other returned to Chunxi Road in new shoes, of course, they didn't forget to give Zhang Yi something to eat.

The ear piercing thing was over, Duan Yi thought she was just lying to herself at first, but later found out that she was really afraid of pain, so she never went for the ear piercing.

She has always been very simple, there are no special decorations on her body, her neck is empty, and her wrists are too, Duan Yi stared at her hand for a while, and ate dumplings as if nothing happened.

After eating, Duan Yi took the initiative to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Qingchen went into the room and found a red envelope from the drawer, wrote the words "business is prosperous" on the cover, and stuffed some money into it.

The red envelope was placed where Duan Yi was sitting just now, and he could see it at a glance when he came out.

Qingchen sat quietly peeling oranges, Duan Yi wiped his hands and came out to see the red envelope, and teased her with a smile, "Thank you boss for the red envelope." ”

Qingchen shook his head to indicate that it was okay.

"I don't have a red envelope for you, otherwise I'll take you to see something?" He asked Qingchen.

"See what?"

"Look at what you want." He's playing tricks.

"Do you want to go out?" She gave him half of the oranges.

Duan Yi nodded, Qingchen got up, put on his coat from the bedroom, took the key, and said to him, "Let's go." ”

He didn't expect her to be so submissive.

And what Qingchen thought in his heart was that he couldn't be angry during the New Year, so why did he want to go together.

Duan Yi drove his car, and the streets on Chinese New Year's Eve were deserted, with the occasional few pedestrians walking non-stop.

The car drove for a long time and left the city, and Qingchen never came.

"Ten minutes to go." Duan Yi explained to her.

"Where are you going?"

"Riverside."

After seven or eight minutes, when they got closer, Qingchen could hear the sound of fireworks, and turned a corner to see a long embankment with many people gathered on it, and a large area of fireworks blooming in the sky.

She was a little surprised, pressed the window, the wind was whistling inside, and her face hurt, she didn't care, her head stuck out a little and looked at the people on the embankment.

Duan Yi parked the car opposite the embankment, and Qingchen hurriedly got out of the car to see, she hadn't seen the fireworks on Chinese New Year's Eve for several years.

"How do you know you can watch fireworks here?" She turned around and asked Duan Yi, but she didn't see anyone, he didn't follow, and he was holding a box in his arms.

When he got closer, Qingchen realized that it was fireworks.

Duan Yi didn't ignore the joy overflowing in Qingchen's eyes, and he said, "Wait for me to show you." ”

He walked three or two steps to the place where he could set off fireworks, and there were still people waiting in front of him to put them, and Qingchen saw him standing there for a while, and he didn't know if he was cold or not.

In front of Duan Yi was a boy, the boy lit a firework and quickly ran away, and a girl was waiting for him with her arms open not far away.

The two hugged each other, and some laughter sounded around them, and Qingchen unconsciously smiled on his face.

The fireworks "snapped" for a few minutes before they ended, and Duan Yi asked the person next to him for a lighter and lit the fuse.

The fireworks were launched into the sky with a roar, and then exploded in different colors in the sky, and Qingchen looked up blankly.

After two or three minutes, Qingchen had a premonition that it was going to end, she turned her head to look at Duan Yi, who was still standing in place and didn't come over, keeping his head up.

Isn't it over yet?

Light dust rises up,

It's not over.

After a few seconds of silence, the fireworks exploded.

I ♡ Y

I love you

The people around began to coax, indirectly accompanied by applause, and the last "pop" sounded, and the fireworks ended.

Unknown emotions surged in her heart, the more lively the surroundings, the more chaotic Qingchen's heart became, her previous wish was just to celebrate the New Year with Duan Yi and watch fireworks together.

These wishes were not fulfilled when they were together, but they were made to the extreme by Duan Yi after the reunion.

She never told him what she wanted, but he knew what he wanted.

It's just an ordinary Chinese New Year's Eve for many years, and a man stands next to a firework box that has been extinguished and looks at the woman he loves the most.