2011, 5:45 a.m. on the 28th of the first lunar month.

Last night, Jiangping once again ushered in the first snow since the beginning of winter, although the snow did not stop all night, but there was no snow on the road and on the roof, the whole city was wet, more like a light rain. On the contrary, today's temperature was pulled to minus three degrees by this joking drizzle.

"Hey, Xiao Liu, are you up?" Today is the day when Liu Ran went home for the New Year, and Zhuang Manli's car has arrived at the intersection of Liu Ran's community.

"Sister Manli, I'm up, have you arrived?"

"I'm downstairs from you, how many units do you live on?"

"Well, I live in the second building, I'll go down and pick you up now." Liu Ran hung up the phone and ran downstairs in cotton slippers, and Zhuang Manli happened to meet Liu Ran at the entrance of the building.

"How do you come down with so little to wear? What should I do if I catch a cold? Zhuang Manli glanced at Liu Ran, who was only wearing a sweater on her upper body, and walked up the stairs with her feet up.

"Well, it's okay, it's not too cold...... It's such a cold day, it's really troublesome for you to get up so early to send me, sister. ”

"There are no outsiders, what's polite, how many floors do you live on?"

"I live on the third floor, Sister Manli, I bought eggs, ham sausages, lettuce and finger cakes when I sent them to Chen Ao yesterday afternoon, which is very suitable for breakfast, and I will make it for you later."

"What kind of finger cakes to eat, the celery and pork stuffed dumplings I wrapped for you, we will cook the dumplings and eat them in a while."

At this time, Liu Ran noticed that Zhuang Manli was still carrying a plastic bag in her right hand.

"Sister, I don't even know what to say...... And here it is. ”

Liu Ran walked up to the third floor quickly, took out the key, and opened the door: "Sister, I have been in the wind all night, and there should be no smoke in the living room." Liu Ran held the door frame with both hands, and only followed Zhuang Manli after he entered.

"Is the place where you boys live clean, but clean?"

"Hehe, it's okay, a few of us are not too sloppy, we just like to smoke."

"Where's your kitchen?"

"Well, it's inside."

"Okay, don't follow up, you go and put your luggage in the trunk, I'll cook dumplings for you." Zhuang Manli handed the car key to Liu Ran and walked directly to the kitchen.

Liu Ran looked at the car keys in his hand and looked at the kitchen again, and suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of happiness in his heart, he didn't say anything and lifted the suitcase placed next to the sofa in the living room and went downstairs.

Liu Ran, who came back after putting his luggage, was not sitting or standing in the living room, and walked into the kitchen after hesitation: "Sister......"

"Oh, can you stop calling me all day long...... Zhuang Manli suddenly lowered her voice and said to herself: "I don't want to be your brother and sister." ”

"Huh? Sister Manli, what's wrong with you? ”

"I'm fine, you can call me Xiaoli in the future, my friends call me that."

"W-is this appropriate?"

"If you think it's inappropriate, even call me by name and surname, in short, don't call me sister, I don't like it."

Zhuang Manli's words actually implied that although Liu Ran was a smart person, he had never experienced anything between men and women after all, he didn't understand the deep meaning of Zhuang Manli's words at all, and stood behind Zhuang Manli awkwardly and didn't know how to deal with it.

"It's ready to be cooked, where are your bowls?"

"Well, I'll get ......" Liu Ran took two bowls from the coffee table in the living room and handed them to Zhuang Manli: "Little ......" Liu Ran wanted to call her "Xiaoli" according to Zhuang Manli's meaning, but when the word came to his mouth, he nervously ate a word: "This is the chopsticks and bowl I bought yesterday, I have scalded them with boiling water, they are very clean." ”

Zhuang Manli took the bowl and put it on the stove, and Zhuang Manli was very happy about Liu Ran's carefulness.

After the two of them had breakfast, they went straight to Xijiang Railway Station, and along the way, the two of them actually picked some inconsequential topics and chatted until they reached the parking lot of the railway station.

"Little ...... Sister Xiaoli ......"

"Well......" Zhuang Manli heard Liu Ran call her sister again, and immediately looked at Liu Ran with round eyes.

"Hehe, it's called habitual, and I can't change it...... Well, you can send me here, and I'll just walk in myself. Liu Ran stood at the back of the car and pulled out the lever of the suitcase.

"Wait a minute." Zhuang Manli took out a box of two bottles of liquor from the trunk and handed it to Liu Ran: "I bought two bottles of liquor for my uncle, you can bring them." ”

"Oh, this, this can't help it, this is enough to trouble you......"

"Okay, don't be verbose, I don't want to see you go home empty-handed, I bought it for you, take it, don't ink it......" Zhuang Manli stuffed the wine into Liu Ran's arms, and then grabbed the lever of the suitcase and walked towards the waiting room.

Liu Ran saw that Zhuang Manli was about to send herself to the security check, but Liu Ran felt quite happy for Zhuang Manli's strong care.

Zhuang Manli watched Liu Ran pass the security check and go to the waiting room on the second floor before leaving.

Zhuang Manli, who was sitting in the car, suddenly wanted to call her mother's family, she put her left hand on the steering wheel, and after hesitating for a moment with her right hand to play with the mobile phone, she still called her mother.

"Hey." A cold voice came from the earpiece.

"Mom, it's me."

"I know it's you, what's the matter?"

"Mom, I'm ...... for the New Year this year."

"You can spend the Chinese New Year alone at home this year, and we don't need you to deliver New Year's goods here...... Now the whole village knows that your man is a fraudster, and you have lost all our faces......"

"Toot toot ......" Zhuang Manli suddenly hung up the phone, threw the phone the passenger seat, she leaned her forehead on the steering wheel, and her shoulders twitched more and more.