Chapter 54, eating noodles at the same table
Meng Xin quickly hung up the phone and walked into the living room, pretending to watch cartoons with Xingxing as if nothing happened, but she always felt that there was a sight to look at her from time to time.
Grandma was talking about homely things, and Meng Xin didn't dare to be interested in the content of the conversation, so she got up and went upstairs to sleep at about nine o'clock.
As soon as the door closed, the sound of the living room was cut off, and she felt like she was finally herself when she was alone in the world.
I didn't know what I was holding onto, and I couldn't sleep for a long time while lying in bed.
Three nights after they came back, she lost sleep for three nights, but during the day she still ate and drank like a nobody. When I talk to her, I will reply with two sentences.
The Chinese New Year's Eve arrived as scheduled, and unlike previous years, this year was much more lively, but Meng Xin was like an outsider.
Other people's joy has nothing to do with her.
A sumptuous dinner than ever, but she has no appetite, watching the stars coquettish in front of her parents, Meng Xin's truest feeling is envy.
She didn't think about robbing her of anything.
In my heart, I actually hope that this sister, who is half related to her, has a happy childhood.
Keeping the New Year is a very boring thing, others tease the stars, perform and sing for a while, perform and dance for a while, at a young age, especially a lot of talents, so that the family is full of singing and laughing all night.
Meng Xin suddenly felt that he was a little redundant.
Fortunately, there was a Spring Festival Gala to alleviate her embarrassment.
She watched the show seriously, and in the eyes of others, she just liked to watch TV.
"Sister, let's go to the yard and set off fireworks."
Yes, yesterday her parents pulled a box of fireworks back, just for the Chinese New Year.
The host on the TV was counting down to twelve o'clock, and the house was temporarily quiet for ten seconds. When she counted down to "1", her mobile phone vibrated and opened it to see that it was Lu Yiming's New Year's greetings. Quickly returned a "Happy New Year".
"Good!"
Putting down the phone, Meng Xin looked much happier, and her family just thought that she liked fireworks.
Uncle Yi lined up the fireworks in the yard, lit a cigarette with a lighter, and handed the lighter to Meng Xin.
Glancing at the extremely excited star next to him, Meng Xin took the lighter without hesitation. Because of the proximity, I accidentally choked on the smell of smoke.
Pretending to be nothing, she lit the nearest box of fireworks.
"Boom!" With a bang, the fireworks flew straight into the sky and spread out in the night sky, forming a beautiful pattern. The stars clapped excitedly.
Aunt Ouyang and Ake also opened the door when they heard the sound outside, and looked over here.
One after another, it also attracted several neighboring children to watch. After all, not every family is willing to waste money on such quick consumables.
The splendor of the moment is far less than a few good meals for a happy family.
As Meng Xin lit the first box of fireworks, fireworks appeared one after another in several directions around him, and the night sky was occupied by fireworks from then on.
The town shattered its previous peace.
Meng Xin is also the first time to enjoy fireworks at such a close distance, perhaps the closer the distance, the less you can appreciate the beauty of fireworks.
I think it's nowhere near as good as on TV.
Maybe it's just the thrill of this one bloom that people like.
By the time the fireworks were over, it had been half an hour, and my grandmother had already cooked dumplings in the kitchen and brought them out to eat.
The dumplings were wrapped last night, and there were dates, peanuts, longan, and coins in them, in order to please a good fortune.
This year, her New Year's money has multiplied several times, and Uncle Yi, who looks like she is only forty years old, but is actually almost fifty years old, directly sealed her with a red envelope of 1,000 yuan, and she hesitated for a moment but reached out to take it.
plus her mother's 1,000 and her grandfather's 200 each, she suddenly became a little rich woman.
After eating the dumplings, you can go to bed, Meng Xin returned to the room, and received a lot of information in his hand, including Lu Yiming's reply, Yi Jiaxiang, Lao Wu, and Xiao Wu's sends, and after replying one by one, he went to bed.
Maybe I stayed up late, and I rarely fell asleep quickly tonight, and when I woke up, it was already three poles in the morning.
"Sister Meng, you can really sleep!"
Ake had already come over to greet the New Year, and Meng Xin yawned and said "Happy New Year" to him, and then went to the kitchen to find something to eat.
Grandparents and grandparents are retired from the unit, and there are no serious relatives here, so my mother rarely comes back for the New Year, and I go to my uncles' houses on the first day of the new year.
"Your mother and they went to the neighbor's house to pay New Year's greetings, I'll cook you a bowl of noodles to eat!"
Uncle Yi did not go with him, and even the stars stayed at home and refused to go out.
"Good!"
Meng Xin was a little surprised, but he gladly accepted it.
"Wait a minute, let's go to Lao Wu to pay New Year's greetings to Teacher Wu first, and then go to the homes of other teachers."
Because the four of them were admitted to the city No. 1 middle school with excellent results, it is time to thank the teacher while the Chinese New Year is coming.
"Well, then I'll go back and prepare first, and you'll call me at the door."
Ake came to Meng Xin for this purpose, thinking that she would go back and prepare before breakfast.
"Sister, can you take me there? I'm so bored at home. ”
Xingxing was originally watching cartoons, but now he offered to go out with her.
"Ah, okay, then do you want to eat some noodles, I'm going to pay New Year's greetings to several teachers."
After getting along for the past few days, Meng Xin's cheap sister seems to like to stick to her.
"Okay, Dad, you can cook me a bowl of noodles too. I'm going to go out with my sister for New Year's greetings in a moment. ”
She put down the toy in her hand and ran to the kitchen and shouted.
"Okay, let's have some food together."
When her father saw that it was past eleven o'clock, he simply added half of the noodles, and the yard was the leftover dish from last night. Two additional eggs were fried.
"You two sisters can come and eat noodles."
After dividing it into three parts, Uncle Yi shouted, he rarely has the opportunity to cook, so it's okay to cook noodles.
"Well, thank you!"
Meng Xin took her sister to wash her hands, and then sat down to eat noodles. The scene was incredible, she didn't expect that one day she would be eating alone at a table with her mother's current husband.
It was quiet at the dinner table, and everyone ate the noodles in their own bowls, and they didn't have much time to finish eating.
"I'm going to wash the dishes!"
Meng Xin thought that this place was also her own home, and the dishwashing thing was also within her power, so she took the initiative to take it. Uncle Yi did not refuse, and took the initiative to hand her the bowl.
"Xingxing, if you are so slow, your sister will not wait for you later."
Watching the stars eat noodles and look at the TV, her father reminded her.
"I'm going, wait for me for two minutes."
Xingxing immediately became serious, and ate his small bowl of noodles with three strokes and five divisions.
"Give it to me!"
Meng Xin smiled and took her bowl and took it to the kitchen to wash it.
After everything was cleaned up, I went upstairs to clean up myself, and then I was ready to set off to pay New Year's greetings to the teacher.