Alone in a foreign land as a stranger, every festival is full of relatives.

For Cheng Qingge, the warmth of this family seems to be more and more profound only after leaving.

When I was a child, I was anxious to grow up, and I was eager to leave home early to see the wider sky.

When I really left, I turned around and found that the warmest thing was the warm home I once had. At home, there is the fragrance of my mother's cooking, the fragrance of pen and ink in my father's study, the fragrance of flowers on the windowsill, and the fragrance of pillows and quilts on my own small bed.

In the first year of studying outside and preparing to go home for the New Year, Cheng Qingge seemed to suddenly understand a lot of things, it turned out that no matter how far he went, home was always the concern in his heart.

The car sped all the way, and it didn't take long for it to be on the highway. Cheng Qingge is also the first time to see the highway returning home during the Spring Festival, but there is no high-speed at all. There is a lot of traffic, cars can't drive, occasionally the lanes get narrower, and you need to queue up at a turtle speed to pass.

But no matter what, it's getting closer and closer to home.

There was a news broadcast in the car, but the signal was good and jet-lagged, and the car was also stop-and-go. In a blink of an eye, it was already close to noon, the sun outside the car window was just right, Cheng Qingge had just seen the nervous strings that his parents had been tense, and finally relaxed a little, and suddenly felt a little drowsy.

At first, Cheng Qingge thought that it was not polite to just sleep like this, and tried hard to hold on, but then his eyelids began to fight hard. Cheng Qingge saw that several people in the car didn't seem to have any intention of chatting, so he finally gave up struggling, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, the car suddenly braked suddenly, and Cheng Qingge, who was dreaming a sweet dream, almost rolled off the back seat, but fortunately was pulled by Wu Jiahao next to him and pressed back into the seat.

This sudden situation made Cheng Qingge wake up completely all of a sudden, and when she opened her eyes, she found that a small blanket was covering her tightly. She thought to herself, how could she sleep so deeply, and she didn't even know that her senior brother covered her with a blanket?

Wu Jiahao on the side looked at her with a concerned look and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

Cheng Qingge hurriedly whispered: "It's okay, it's okay, I actually fell asleep just now......" After speaking, he pointed to the blanket on his body, and smiled politely at Wu Jiahao to express his gratitude.

The aunt who was sitting in the passenger seat turned her head to look at the two of them, didn't say anything, smiled and turned her head back.

The speed of the car began to drop to a very low level, and I don't know if there was an accident in front of me, or just because the lane narrowed, the front and rear vehicles actually lined up on the highway, and at first glance it looked like entering a large parking lot.

Cheng Qingge thought to himself, this famous scene that he saw in the news in previous years, now he is finally immersive......

Wu Jiahao looked at Cheng Qingge, who was in a trance, and suddenly leaned over and approached.

Cheng Qingge hadn't come back to his senses yet, he was startled when he saw this battle, and thought: Oh my God, there are elders sitting in the front row, and the senior brother is suddenly so close to me, what the hell is it for?

She shrunk nervously in the small blanket like a rabbit, staring at Wu Jiahao who came over.

Wu Jiahao saw that she was nervous but suddenly had a smile on her face, but her movements did not stop, but she got closer, and the whole person was lying in front of Cheng Qingge.

At the moment when Cheng Qingge was nervous and almost closed his eyes, Wu Jiahao stretched out a hand, pulled the seat belt on her side, and buckled it up for Cheng Qingge.

With a click, the seat belt buckle was inserted, and Cheng Qingge reacted, it turned out that it was just, fasten a seat belt.

Wu Jiahao seemed to see through what she was thinking, and smiled even more proudly, but deliberately pretended to be calm and said: "The road conditions are so complicated, Cheng Qingge, you should still fasten your seat belt when you sit in the back row." ”

Cheng Qingge only felt that his face was burning in a panic, so he quickly nodded, mumbled, and lowered his head in a panic.

She thought to herself: Oh my God, Cheng Qingge, didn't you wake up just now? People are just helping you buckle up your seatbelt, what are you thinking about?

At this time, the atmosphere in the back seat began to become awkward again, and Cheng Qingge had no choice but to continue to shrink into the blanket and turn his head to look out the window again. However, she seemed to feel all the time that Wu Jiahao was staring at her behind her and snickering, probably laughing at her blushing and nervous appearance just now.

Cheng Qingge hurriedly prayed that the car would start driving quickly, and he could leave this embarrassing atmosphere when he got home quickly.

But unexpectedly, the car began to stop and did not move. Wu Jiahao checked the mobile phone navigation and said that there was a sudden accident ahead, occupying the lane, and was cleaning up.

Cheng Qingge thought to himself, he really wanted to come to something if he didn't want anything.

I sat in the car for nearly half an hour, but I didn't move anywhere.

Seeing that it was almost lunch time, Cheng Qingge would feel less sleepy, but his stomach began to protest uncontrollably. She covered her stomach vigorously with a small blanket and drank a few more sips of water, but the rumbling sound from her stomach seemed to reach Wu Jiahao's ears.

"Mom and Dad, there is the service area not far ahead, let's turn in and eat something first, I'm hungry."

After speaking, he winked at Cheng Qingge proudly: "Qingge, are you hungry too?" ”

Cheng Qingge had no choice but to respond softly, and then smiled back embarrassedly: "No, it's okay, just a little." ”

"Well, it's time for lunch. We'll go to the service area in a moment. In this case, it is estimated that you will not be able to get home until dark. Let's take a break. The uncle who was driving finally spoke. Everyone nodded.

The car rubbed forward for nearly half an hour, and finally turned into the service area.

When Cheng Qingge was thinking about what to eat, he saw that the parking lot in the service area was already densely parked.

They drove the car around, and finally found a place to stop the car, and Wu Jiahao immediately pulled Cheng Qingge out of the car to breathe.

But Cheng Qingge was stunned as soon as he came down, and in his impression, it seemed that he had never seen such a lively high-speed service area, and there were people everywhere.

As far as the eye can see, the only small restaurant in the service area is already overcrowded, and there are many people waiting in line at the door. Although it was winter, the sun was warm at noon, there was no wind outside, and there were scattered people sitting outside eating lunch. Some are nibbling on bread, some are eating instant noodles.

Seeing this scene, although Cheng Qingge was grunting with hunger, he was really at a loss.

Wu Jiahao looked at Cheng Qingge's worried look and smiled again, patted her, pointed to a simple small table not far away where someone had just left, and said, "Look, there is a place over there, you hurry up and occupy a seat, I'll come when I go, and we'll prepare dinner in a while."

When Cheng Qingge heard the word "open dinner", he suddenly had the spirit, and hurriedly ran over obediently and occupied the small table that was rarely vacant.

She took out tissues and wet wipes from her bag and cleaned them up, finally cleaned up the tabletop, and sat down with a sigh of relief.

just sat down, and as soon as I looked up, I saw Wu Jiahao from a distance, standing in the sun, holding two big boxes in his hands and walking over with a smile.

Wu Jiahao's face was full of excitement, and he trotted all the way over, shouting: "Cheng Qingge!" Guess what delicious food I have in store for you! ”

Cheng Qingge greeted the sun and saw Wu Jiahao coming from a distance, as if his whole person was illuminated by the warm winter sun. Thinking about it, I don't know how many times it is, Cheng Qingge looked at Wu Jiahao against the light, and appeared in front of her as if he had his own halo.

Looking at his warm smile again, Cheng Qingge thought that he seemed to always have sunshine on his body, even if he was so embarrassed today that he was trapped in the high-speed service area and squeezed into the crowd, he was still like a small sun, so that Cheng Qingge would involuntarily turn up the corners of his mouth when he saw him.

Cheng Qingge was smirking and watching him get closer and closer, and finally saw clearly the two big boxes of things that Wu Jiahao was holding in his hand, which were two instant small hot pots, which were still the kind with meat.

Wu Jiahao put the small hot pot and mineral water in front of Cheng Qingge, and then took out two baked cakes with a proud face.

Cheng Qingge asked in surprise: "Oh my God, senior brother, are you magical?" Not only is there a hot pot, but you can also conjure up the most delicious baked cakes in the school cafeteria? ”

Wu Jiahao listened to it and continued to smile and said, "Amazing, right? Have you ever thought about eating Haidilao in the open air in winter? It's fast-food, but it tastes good. The main thing is that we can eat together. ”

Cheng Qingge's stomach was already growling, and when he saw his favorite spicy hot pot, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and at this time, he didn't bother to carefully ponder what the last sentence of his senior brother said, let alone hit Wu Jiahao, so he praised him vigorously: "Awesome, who is my senior brother, senior brother can always send charcoal in the snow, warm in winter, and cool in summer, no, you can send a small hot pot when you are hungry!" ”

Wu Jiahao smiled even more proudly after hearing this: "Cheng Qingge, you are really an export!" I, the president of literature, am ashamed of myself. Would you like to recommend you to be president next semester? ”

Cheng Qingge was completely intoxicated by the aroma of waiting to eat hot pot and couldn't extricate himself, he still didn't think about his senior brother's words, but just responded casually: "Small meaning, small meaning, easy to say." Let's finish this meal first. ”

Wu Jiahao began to unpack while laughing, and skillfully set up two small hot pots, and after a while, there was heat in front of the two of them, and the feeling of eating hot pot outdoors this winter is really different.

Wu Jiahao put two more baked cakes on top of the small hot pot and heated them by the way.

Cheng Qingge was stunned for a moment, and he never forgot to praise the open-air chef: "Oh my God, with the fragrance of baked cakes, I can't help but drool." Brother, you're a genius. ”

Seeing Wu Jiahao continue to smile proudly, Cheng Qingge suddenly remembered again: "Senior brother, by the way, I forgot to ask when I was so happy, what about that uncle and aunt?" Why didn't they come? What do they eat? ”

Wu Jiahao said: "My parents thought there were too many people outside, so they went back to the car, and they ate in the car." I don't want to eat in the car, although it's cold outside, but it's not cold when we eat hot pot. And it has a different flavor. ”

"Last year, we experienced a big traffic jam, and we didn't have any preparation at that time, and we were going crazy to watch people eat instant noodles.

But this year is different, and I'm ready for it. Small hot pot, instant noodles, instant rice, all have in the car, and I prepared them before I went home. ”

After speaking, he raised the biscuit again: "And, knowing that you are going with us, I specially went to the cafeteria to buy the super delicious biscuit that you had in mind." ”

Cheng Qingge then remembered that in the days when the two of them went to self-study together, she really didn't talk about the good baked cakes. It turns out that the senior brother has all these things in mind.

Cheng Qingge's heart was also like a small hot pot boiling and becoming hot.