After leaving the house, Ake was already waiting there, and when he saw the stars, he didn't say anything, and the three of them walked towards Lao Wu's house together.

When I arrived at Lao Wu's house, I set off firecrackers, gave New Year's greetings to Wu's grandparents and Uncle Wu, and Aunt Wu, went into the house and took an apple and a few pieces of candy to eat, and then followed Lao Wu to Xiao Wu's house to pay New Year's greetings.

Their customs here, acquaintances don't need to bring gifts when they walk around each other, except for people like Meng Xin's mother who hasn't been home for a long time to visit their elders during the Chinese New Year.

But Meng Xin and the others went to pay New Year's greetings to the teacher to prepare a gift, and the four of them bought it together, the gift was not expensive, and the important thing was that the heart arrived.

When they arrived at Xiaowu's house, Mr. Shen received them very warmly, took out all kinds of melon seeds, sugar and fruits to entertain them, and a few people sat in the living room for a while and talked with Mr. Shen about school matters, and told them to be admitted to a decent university. Before leaving, everyone also got a red envelope of ten yuan for the New Year.

Then I went to the home of several other teachers to pay New Year's greetings, this is a unit room, basically live in this courtyard, but it didn't take much time, and I also met a few former seniors, and it is said that they are now in a good university.

Going to college is different, dressing up, words and deeds are much stronger.

"This junior is really good-looking."

Among their peers, the four of them are indeed more resistant in appearance, perhaps because of their looks, the seniors took the initiative to talk to them about college life, which is indeed more interesting than high school.

This also made the college dream ignited in the hearts of the four of them again.

It was close to four o'clock that they came out of the last teacher's house, and on this day they drank so many cups of tea and ate a lot of melon seeds, candies and fruits that their stomachs could hard.

"Let's play the ball and go back."

Got a unanimous nod from everyone.

Xiao Wu ran home to get the keys and the basketball out, and the five of them slipped smoothly into the basketball court of the junior high school.

After half a year, there is a feeling that things are wrong, the down jacket is taken off and put on the single parallel bars, and the stars are watching the ball and cheering on the sidelines.

It's a rare day with a bit of sun, and it's approaching evening. A few people chased and frolicked in the sunset, sweating like rain. After the injury to my left leg, it was rare to have such a hearty moment.

"It's not early, I'm home!"

In the end, I didn't know who won or lost, so I said goodbye to my friends and went home.

I don't know when it started, the taste of the New Year is getting more and more blurred, except for feeling that there are more dishes on the table every day, there is not much atmosphere for the New Year.

Yesterday, I slept late, I went to the door for a day, and I sweated again in the afternoon, and after eating, Meng Xin was ready to go upstairs to take a bath and sleep.

Tomorrow she has to go to her father's house to pay a New Year's greeting to her grandparents. I don't know when she started, she will always choose to go to the second year of junior high school. Because on this day, her father and the woman she married would take their son back to her parents' house.

As long as you don't have to meet them.

Before the age of five, it was her home, but now it is not. When she was a child, her father would come to pick her up and stay there for two days, and I don't know when she started, she basically never spent the night there.

"Are you going to your father's tomorrow?"

When she was about to go upstairs, her mother asked, after so many years of divorce, she seemed to be mentioning him for the first time.

"Will go!"

Meng Xin turned around and left.

After breakfast the next day, Meng Xin got on the bus to the city alone, and her mother said to send her, but she refused.

Grandma prepared gifts for her, and the second elder always emphasized to Meng Xin that filial piety is the first and that people are treated with courtesy, and they do the same.

In other ways, the other elders are unwilling to raise her, so there is no need to recognize this family at all.

Grandparents' house is the kind of high-rise community house, with an area of more than 140 square meters, the location is not far from the city center, and it takes a lot of money to buy such a house at that time, and it has risen a lot in recent years. When her mother divorced, she didn't share anything, only took Meng Xin away. But now she should not be in a rare house.

"Xin Xin is back!"

After all, it's the New Year, and although the grandparents are patriarchal, they can still get by on the surface.

"Grandpa, this is the wine that grandpa gave you, grandma, these things are brought by grandma."

Meng Xin sat down in a regular manner, there were all kinds of snacks and fruits on the coffee table, and she didn't move at all.

"Do you like to take it yourself, do you eat at home at noon? I'll go buy some of your favorite food in a moment, or why don't you stay tonight?" Your father went to Grandpa Yangyang's house to pay New Year's greetings and came back in the evening. ”

Grandma poured her a glass of water and set it aside, and Grandpa moved the fruit plate to her side a little.

"When I went out, my grandmother told me to go back early, and I didn't stay for dinner at noon, so I made an appointment for a class reunion and came back another day."

Meng Xin sat for less than ten minutes before he felt that the place was so depressed that he couldn't breathe, and he got up and left without even taking a sip of water.

Because there's really nothing to talk about.

I don't know when they started, they were just the closest strangers.

Out of the community, Meng Xin could only wander aimlessly on the street.

She didn't know where she wanted to go, she just didn't want to go home so early, because the current home also made her feel breathless.

Walking to a bus stop, there was a bus that just stopped, and she took out two coins and got on the bus.

Maybe because of the Chinese New Year, there were only two or three people scattered in the car, and Meng Xin found a back window seat to sit down.

Looking at most of the closed shops on the street, Meng Xin felt for the first time that this city was actually a bit bleak.

Suddenly there were more pedestrians in front, and Meng Xin saw that there was a hospital in the city opposite, and she got out of the car without thinking about it.

The hospital is always the busiest place.

Birth, old age, sickness and death, the eternal and unchanging law.

I found a stone bench and sat down, just in time to see the people rushing in and out of the emergency department opposite.

Being in the crowd makes me feel less lonely.

"Meng Xiaoxin? Why are you here, waiting for a hit? He worked late today and had already returned from work. ”

Approaching noon, Yi Jiaxiang was about to go back to eat when he took a break at noon and saw Meng Xin sitting there stupidly. After saying a word to a colleague, she walked in her direction.

"I didn't look for him, I came to pay New Year's greetings to my grandparents today, so I'll leave first."

Meng Xin hadn't contacted Lu Yiming, and she didn't know why she suddenly appeared here.

"Let's go, since we're here, let's go have lunch together."

He didn't continue to ask her why she was here, he just tugged at her sleeve and told her to go with him.

"Where are you going? I'm not hungry! ”

Meng Xin didn't want to go to dinner with him, she already regretted being here at this time.