"Shen'er, help Auntie see if the dumpling wrappers are enough?" Just when I didn't know what to do, suddenly Chen's mother's voice came from the kitchen, and I was rescued from the embarrassment in time.

"Auntie, it seems to be enough." After looking at the dumpling filling and dumpling wrapper with relief, I replied to Chen's mother indiscriminately.

"Shen'er, you let Xiao Duan wrap it up first, you come in and help Auntie start, Chen Chen just came to the message, saying that today's work is going well, he will go home early, we have to hurry up and cook the New Year's dinner." Chen's mother said again in the kitchen.

"Okay, I'll be right here." I wrapped the dumplings in my hand and said to Duan Ruochen apologetically: "It's going to be hard for you here." ”

"It's okay! Go to the kitchen and help your aunt! Duan Ruochen smiled like a spring breeze, as if he hadn't said anything to me just now.

As soon as I entered the kitchen, Chen's mother anxiously pulled me and whispered, "Shen'er, that little section is confessing to you!" ”

I blushed and nodded unnaturally, "You're eavesdropping on us?" ”

"I didn't bother to eavesdrop, and I was about to go out when I heard what he said to you." Mother Chen snorted lightly, crossed her waist and said, "Isn't he taking advantage of others' danger? You're just messing around with that Situ, and he's in a hurry to cut it in. ”

"Auntie, everyone has freedom, if he confesses his, I'll just ignore it."

"You and Situ have been dating for more than four years, what is his behavior called? It's called digging corners. Chen's mother snorted coldly again.

"Auntie, he's not as bad as you say, at least for now, I think he's still good."

"Alas! You young people just think differently, Chen Chen also thinks this little paragraph is good, I don't care, in short, you have to have more eyes and observe more. ”

I nodded silently.

That Chinese New Year's Eve can be said to be the liveliest Chinese New Year's Eve in years, and after the three of us briefly ate dumplings at noon, we got busy again.

According to the customs of the countryside, before eating the New Year's dinner, the ancestors must be sacrificed first, so at about three o'clock, Chen's mother began to prepare the things used to worship the ancestors, such as the offering table, incense burner, paper money, offerings and wine.

Chen Chen didn't know how to pay attention to these, so the ancestor worship activity on Chinese New Year's Eve every year naturally belonged to Chen's father, who rushed home before four o'clock that day, and Chen Chen also rushed back.

Before worshipping the ancestors, Chen's father cleaned his hands first, put three pillars of incense on the offering table, and made a gesture towards the position of the upper hall, and when the incense fell into the incense burner, he began to burn paper money, after the paper money burned, Chen's father began to chant words in his mouth, which probably means to take all the gods and ancestors of the Chen family back to reunite, I also heard the names of my father and mother, and when Father Chen read halfway, he motioned me and Chen Chen to kneel beside him and burn paper money with him.

Chen Chen was a little absent-minded, there was a piece of burning without a piece, I knocked on his head when Chen's father didn't pay attention, warned him to be careful, he then reined in his mind and focused on burning, after the paper money was burned, Chen Chen and I each kowtowed three heads before getting up, Chen's father went to the front yard to light firecrackers, and the ancestor worship activity was officially over.

After worshipping the ancestors, everyone removed the offerings on the table, and after cleaning up, Mother Chen began to serve Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on the table.

The men drank white dry wine, and Mother Chen and I drank red wine, and when the wine was half-drunk, Father Chen asked everyone at the table to summarize the harvest and successes of the year.

Starting from Chen's father first, then Chen's mother, to Chen Chen, they all summarized wonderfully, and later Duan Ruochen also nervously and seriously summarized his successes and failures this year.

When it was my turn to summarize, I didn't hold back a word for a long time, and Chen's father encouraged me, "Don't worry, think slowly, it doesn't matter how big or small." ”

I thought about it for a long time, and finally gritted my teeth and published the simplest and most perfunctory summary over the years: "The harvest is: I graduated, I worked, and the failure was: I lost my job again!" ”

I just finished summarizing, which caused Chen Chen to laugh maniacally, and after laughing, he knocked on my head and said that I was cheating, and asked to summarize again.

Father Chen smiled and didn't speak, Duan Ruochen had a guilty expression, only Chen's mother gave me a way out, "Your father doesn't stipulate how long the summary is, in my opinion, Shen'er's summary is concise and concise, unlike what you said a lot, which obviously became self-commendation." ”

"Mom, you're too partial, Shen'er, she's obviously perfunctory to everyone, if you don't praise me, forget it, and even make peace with her." Chen Chen put down his chopsticks, expressed his extreme dissatisfaction with Chen's mother, and then asked Chen's father for help with a bitter face, "Dad, you give a comment." ”

"You just be tolerant and tolerant, Shen'er summed it up like this, and naturally she has a reason." Dad Chen hurriedly played a round and looked at me seriously, "I'll let you go this year, I hope your summary will be different next year!" ”

"Thank you, Dad, thank you, Mommy, I will definitely be different next year." I immediately burst into laughter, and I didn't forget to stick out my tongue defiantly at Chen Chen.

Chen Chen was helpless, so angry that he wanted to greet me with his fist, but before the fist was formed, it was already strangled in the 'sleeve' by Chen's mother's eyes.

It turns out that not only will next year's summary be different, but my life will also be different.

A New Year's dinner took two or three hours, from four o'clock in the afternoon to more than seven o'clock in the evening, fortunately, the dishes were stewed in hot pot and alcohol stove, so there was no need to worry about cooling.

After eating the New Year's dinner, Chen Chenxing hurriedly took out a box full of fireworks, and then pushed Duan Ruochen to the entrance of the village to set off fireworks in the cold.

All of a sudden, the fire trees and silver flowers everywhere reflected each other, and the whole night sky was sometimes shrouded in daylight.

When we played until about nine o'clock in the evening, Chen's mother called us home to eat the cake, which was ordered by Chen's father yesterday and delivered by the store at noon today.

It's just that although today's birthday star is Chen Chen, the taste of the cake is the fruity milk flavor I like.

I like to eat fruits, so every year, whether it's my birthday or Chen Chen's birthday, Chen's father always orders fruit cakes for us, but he will change the pattern every time, so the cake is different every year.

When cutting the cake, Chen Chen first served a small plate to Chen's father and Chen's mother, and then served another plate to Duan Ruochen. The plate he served me didn't have much cream or cake, most of it was fruit, and he didn't leave any fruit in the cake.

Although I hadn't eaten long after I had finished and I wasn't too hungry, I still picked up my plate and ate it without looking at it.

"Ye Shen'er, it seems that today is my birthday, and you don't give me a birthday gift, so you know that you don't eat it vividly." Chen Chen put some fruit and cake on his plate with a straight face.

"Don't say that Shen'er doesn't give you a gift, I asked her not to give it, if you want to blame it, blame your mother and me." Before I could explain, Chen's mother had already taken over.

"Duan boy, you finally understand my status in the family now!" Chen Chen had a loveless expression, and looked at Duan Ruochen pitifully.

"Uh--, hehe, why don't you make it up to you when I get to the city, okay?" When I saw his pretended pitiful appearance, I felt guilty for a moment, and in previous years I would have bought him a gift anyway, no matter how big or small, he didn't mind.

"Forget it, I don't lack anything anyway, so let's do it next year! Next year you'll give me a double portion. Chen Chen thought about it and accepted it when he saw it.

"Alright then!" I nodded cautiously and ate to myself.

After eating the cake, we watched the Spring Festival Gala with Chen's father and Chen's mother for a while, and went back to the room to rest before almost eleven o'clock, but that night, I was lying on the bed and tossing and turning.

In previous years, Situ Yunzhe would send New Year's greetings very early, and tonight, the New Year's bell will ring soon, but my mobile phone is still quiet, and I suddenly understand that I still hope to receive the first greeting from the new year at that moment.

Time froze, the New Year's bell came from the TV in the living room, the whole country celebrated for a while, the sound of firecrackers in my ears, and the mobile phone that had been quiet suddenly came with a few messages, I couldn't wait to open it, "Happy New Year!" ”

The New Year's greetings are Lin Xuan, Chen Chen and Duan Ruochen, Chen Chen, Duan Ruochen and Lin Xuan, who are floating overseas, can send blessings in a timely manner, but Situ Yunzhe still has no words.

Thinking about it carefully, how cruel I was to him in the past, how much I miss and suffer today, for a moment, I felt that the factor of longing kept shouting in my heart, I couldn't figure out how Situ Yunzhe understood the breakup, I could feel his pain and unwillingness, but I didn't wait for him to prove that he wanted to save my heart with his actions.

That's it, since every bit of the past has become a thing of the past, then let time freeze here, all the things in the past, such as yesterday's death, and all the things in the future, like tomorrow's life.

In the new year, I want to forget all my troubles, cut off the three thousand worries, bury all my love and hatred for Situ Yunzhe in the deepest part of my soul, and start a new journey in my life.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when Chen Chen was frightened by my short dog-like hair, I didn't forget to deliberately 'make a gesture' in front of him, and put on a posture that I thought was very charming, "Brother Chen, Happy New Year!" ”

Not only did my New Year's greeting not usher in the same greeting as Chen Chen, but almost frightened the teacup in his hand to the ground, and the bastard first screamed, "Mom! Then I really went to the kitchen to find Chen's mother.

When Chen's mother saw my short hair, she was stunned for a while, and then laughed, "Sure enough, it's a new year, Shen'er's short hair is really neatly cut, not muddy at all, aunt likes it, but this knife skill is a little lacking." ”

Dad Chen didn't squeak, the expression on his face was a little not good-looking, presumably he also thought I was messing around like Chen Chen.