Chinese New Year's Eve is a day of reunion, whether it is a wanderer outside or a foot merchant in another country, you must always calculate the day early, go back to eat a hot meal, and say that the year is safe.

Siming is a person who likes to be quiet, and has always hated the days of family reunions, and in previous years, he had dinner at Ma's house, and went home to rest by himself. This year, I was on the street and didn't want to go home, after all, the three-foot wall, surrounded by myself, inevitably made people miss the days when someone had a home at the beginning of the year, even if there was a little bit of it that I was willing to be confused.

A few lights, a few families, Siming staggered home, one foot tall and one foot shorter to his bedroom. There was a figure in the dark yard, and he ran to Siming in three or two clicks, and before anyone could react, he jumped up, and said coquettishly, "Brother Qiao, you let me wait!" ”

Siming subconsciously stepped back, his feet only moved half a step, and then stopped, and said scoundrelly, "Such a big person, why don't you know the difference between men and women." ”

The man slid down, slapped his hands on Siming's shoulder, and said, "My family, why are you so outside!" ”

As he spoke, he pulled Siming forward, and before he got to the place, he could already hear a room full of people making noise, and through the doors and windows made of paper, he could also see the figures in the house, punching and drinking, so happy!

Two errand boys came out of the door, carried a string of money, ran to the gate, saw the master, and had to say, "Childe, let's go buy wine and food." ”

The neat hall had become a mess, the chairs for hospitality had been moved everywhere, and a few big men shouted in thick voices, "Don't play tricks! This is one you have to drink. ”

"Stop arguing! My brother is back! As soon as the girl stepped into the threshold, she said proudly.

The noisy crowd finally stopped, put down the cup in his hand, and came over to say, "Childe, there are more than every year!" As he spoke, he handed over the greeting gift, which was nothing more than some matsutake codonopsis supplements.

Siming returned the salute one by one, invited the guests to take care of themselves, and then moved a vacant stool to sit down, and carefully looked at this group of uninvited guests, but none of them knew each other, and they were all some guys from the Long family.

After a cup of tea, an old acquaintance came out of the house, with a slightly fat face, and said with a smile, "You are back, why don't you have anything at home, and it is so deserted for the New Year." ”

"When they go home, I don't need anything by myself, if I need to, I will go to the neighbor's house tomorrow to buy some things, and I will hold on until the market opens on the fifth day of the new year." Siming said.

The two were talking, but a big man interjected, "It's okay, wait and let the guys over there in the restaurant bring some dishes, in this Baidi City, there is no time for the girls and sons of the Long family to lack the east and the west." ”

"I'm tired." Siming said.

The man waved his hand and said, "These are all trivial matters, my name is Song Qi, and I will send Gongzi and Brother Gui'er to the northwest in the coming year, and take care of them on the way." ”

When Gu Pan heard that he was going to the northwest, he was also happy, and said with a smile, "One of us will go to the South Seas, the other will go to the northwest, and next year will be another year in the south and the north." ”

"What's the matter with Nanyang?" Siming asked.

Gu Pan's mind was not here, so he grabbed the cooked peanuts on the table and stuffed them into his mouth, and said vaguely, "I don't know, my brother let me go." ”

Gu Wende, who was on the side, also handed over the wine jug and said, "Don't worry about this, just drink tonight and sleep well." ”

The Long family has a big business, and it is not strange that there is an industry anywhere, Siming took the wine jug and put it aside, and said with a smile, "I drank some outside, you guys drink it, I'll clean it up after drinking." ”

There was some popularity in the house, and Siming's heart warmed up, looking at the moonlight outside the window, thinking that spring was coming.

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But Liang Huai'an, who lives in the west of the city, doesn't think so. Since his wife fell outside and lost the fetus, Liang Huai'an has no status at home, far from the usual comfortable treatment, either by the old man who often comes to the house coldly, or was called to the northwest mountain to be scolded by the old man, even the wife who has always been lenient and kind to others may not have paid attention to herself for a long time.

Seeing that the New Year was approaching and the initiator had not been found, Huai An became more and more panicked, and when the guys at home were sent out to post notices to find someone, he went to the eastern suburbs with few people.

A house built away from people, located at the end of the alley in the eastern suburbs, with white flags hanging in front of the door, and unswept fallen leaves scattered on the ground. Huai'an bypassed the gate and entered the house from the side, and the decay in his face was still shocking, as if there had been no one for a while.

"Ling'er?" Huai'an shouted as he walked towards the hall.

There was no response in the room, and the door was open, and there was not a single figure in sight.

Huai'an walked to the side bedroom where Zhou Ling'er lived, only to find that there was a person lying on the soft couch, with half a bowl of decoction on the side, and the heat was no longer rising in the cold winter.

"Sick?" Huai'an moved a stool from the corner and sat on the edge of the soft couch.

Zhou Ling'er didn't stick to it as usual, she didn't even lift her eyelids, and replied lightly, "I can't die yet, I can't let you get your wish." ”

Huai'an put the quilt on the side of Zhou Ling'er, frowned and said, "Who is talking nonsense?" ”

Zhou Ling'er glanced at Huai'an at this time, then turned around again, a sneer rose at the corner of her mouth, and said, "Who else is going to say this, killing people pays for life, don't you all want me to admit it?" Horizontally and vertically, give a painful one. ”

What are these words! Huai'an hurriedly stepped forward to cover Zhou Ling'er's mouth, and said with a shh, "You can't talk nonsense, be careful that the wall has ears, how can you get out of the way when you are heard." ”

Zhou Ling'er shook off Huai'an's hand and said fiercely, "I did it!" I just can't see your family reunited, so you quickly let someone from the government arrest me and behead me. Anyway, my father is gone, and you don't believe me, what's the point of leaving me alone to live in this world! ”

Huai'an was originally here to ask for peace of mind, but he was unexpectedly disturbed by this remark, and said angrily, "They complain about me, why don't you even say this, what am I angry for on both sides." ”

Zhou Ling'er, who had been speaking ill of each other, closed her mouth, and after a period of silence, she said in a dumb voice, "You go!" Just when I died. ”

Huai An wanted to say something, but the words came to his lips and swallowed back. When he was leaving, he took out a pair of cotton socks from his arms, handed them to Zhou Ling'er, and said, "Your feet have been easy to get cold since childhood, these socks are specially made for you by the embroidery girl, add an extra layer of cotton, this year it is cold, and it is good to wear it for the winter." I'm going to leave today and come back to see you in two days. ”

Huai'an, who came out of the eastern suburbs, did not go home directly, but made a detour to the deep alleys in the north of the city, found a tavern that had not yet closed and sat down, and swallowed the depression accumulated these days into his stomach.

After three rounds of drinking, another group of people in the tavern pushed the door in, and it was noisy. The one at the head was a regular customer, and when he crossed the threshold, he shouted for the hot wine from the store and served the food.

Huai'an was trying to be undisturbed, and when he saw a group of people coming in and making noise, he thought about paying the bill and leaving, but when he got up, he heard the man who was surrounded by him say, "That brother's order is also counted in my account, and I will add a plate of lo-mei to send it." ”

After the man had finished speaking, he lifted the curtain of the back door with the others and went noisily to the backyard. When Pingshui met, Huai'an didn't have a reason to let people pay, and after drinking a cup of rice wine, he took out the silver from his cuffs, put it on the table, and asked Xiao Er to collect it.

Maybe it was because he got up too violently, maybe it was because the rice wine was too strong, Huai'an didn't stand up, he felt dizzy in the world, his legs couldn't exert his strength, and he fell down on the table before he could hold on for a while.

Even though Huai'an's head was swollen from drinking, when he planted it, it still hurt Huai'an for a while when he hit his head, but the pain was quickly numbed by alcohol, and then he was unconscious.

When he woke up again, it was already afternoon, and the warm winter sun was shining obliquely on the side of the unfamiliar bed, Huai'an struggled to get up, touched his forehead, and felt a strange touch.

"Uncle! He's awake! In the unfamiliar room, a child ran out of nowhere, screaming and running outside.

The child's voice was sharp, and Huai'an, who had just woken up, was obviously startled, and then felt that his head hurt again, and the whole person became uncomfortable. Did you hit your head at that time huai an touched the bandage on his head and probably recalled the situation of falling behind the table just what kind of place this strange room is.

This question didn't bother Huai'an for long, and the person who pushed the door in immediately gave the answer. It was the person who was on the counter who wanted to pay for Huai'an, with his hands folded, and said quite respectfully, "Liang Gongzi woke up, is he feeling better?" ”

This person obviously knows himself, but he doesn't have the slightest impression, and then look at this somewhat old furniture, it is not a rich family, Huai'an also returned the courtesy, "Thank you Gongzi for saving me, I don't know what to call it?" ”

"In Xia Lin Liang, it's just a gesture, and it's nothing to save. It's just that Childe's head is feeling, do you want to call a doctor again to take a look? Lin Liang said, and pointed to his head a little unnaturally, after all, it is not a glorious thing to hit his head after drinking.

Huai'an shook his hand and struggled to get off the bed, just moving his position, he felt a splitting headache, and he couldn't move for half a minute.

The person I met on the first day was also a warm-hearted person, and when he saw that Huai'an couldn't move, he stepped forward to help him and said softly, "Liang Gongzi, don't be reluctant, the doctor said that the wound can't withstand the big movement, don't hurt anything important." ”

With the help of Lin Liang, Huai'an found a bed to lean on, opened his pale lips, and said, "I don't know if Gongzi recognizes Lilac Garden?" Help me to say it, don't let the old lady at home worry. ”