Chapter 41: Warmth

The Yi family's wreath shop has been closed for a long time, and few people know where the young boss has gone, of course, they will not delve into this answer, after all, this store is gone, they can also go to other stores to buy things, no matter what it is, there will always be a replacement, right, this world may never pay attention to anyone.

In the alleys that come and go, there are several wooden sheds surrounded by garbage heaps, usually homeless people live there, but when the New Year comes, it seems that the homeless people have also gone home, and it has always been empty, but today, in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, there is one more person in that place.

"Have a bit?" The dirty homeless man handed the dried fish in his hand to the cat at his feet, his face was very dirty, his chin and both cheeks were covered with stubble, he could not see his true face at all, and if you guessed from his appearance, this man was at least thirty or forty.

The white cat barked softly, bit down on the dried fish, and lay at the man's feet to eat.

That's right, that man is who I was back then.

"Yujia, you haven't seen your brother for a long time, you must be missing him." I smiled inwardly and wanted to touch the jade pendant on my chest with my hand, but I held back.

Now my hands are quite dirty, don't get Yujia dirty in a while.

I am very pleased that people who come and go by, or cover their mouths and noses with disgust when they pass me.

Only in this way can I not be discovered by outsiders.

"It's so cold...... I shivered a little, reached out and took out a bottle of Red Star Erguotou in the bag, twisted the cap, raised my head and took a sip to ward off the cold, when the spicy wine slowly poured down my throat, I inadvertently reacted, I found out from the dark sky, it turned out that it was not early.

At this moment, there was a roar of a car at the mouth of the alley, pretending to look over there subconsciously, and sure enough, it was unexpected.

"Here we are....look!" I forcibly held back my excited expression, secretly patted the cat's little head, and said happily: "The one who walks in front is my brother, Zhou Yan, and the one in the back is my uncle, who is similar to my father, and it is good to me." ”

"Meow." The cat curiously lay at my feet, looked at the two men who were slowly walking towards the wreath shop, and barked softly.

There are a lot of people coming and going in the lanes, and there are also many children frolicking around with firecrackers and fireworks.

In fact, it's not that he doesn't want to go back, but he doesn't dare to go back.

There are so many people around here, who knows if there are people from the No. 8 pawnshop in Lu Road?

"The police also came a lot, and it seems that they are here to protect Zhou Yan and them." I muttered in my heart, looked at a few police cars at the entrance of the alley, and nodded secretly: "The precautionary work is good, there should be no mistakes this time." ”

Suddenly, the fat uncle turned his head, as if he saw me through the flow of people, his eyes turned red suddenly, and he hurriedly turned back.

"There are many people during the New Year." The fat uncle's laughter was hoarse, full of exhaustion, but there was a faint excitement in it: "Let's take in (go) and sit down, how long will it take to get oiled back." ”

"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded and smiled.

Their conversation was not loud, but I could hear it vaguely, and I was mainly thankful for the bear children, who finally didn't set off the firecrackers.

I smiled and buried my head, gently stroking the cat's head, and never made a sound, just laughing silently.

It seems like I haven't been this happy in a long time, right?

Right? Yujia?

Then, I watched as the fat uncle squatted down tremblingly, opened the lock with the secondary key I gave him, and struggled to pull up the roller shutter door at the door.

Zhou Yan was also helping, but his body was trembling all the time, and it seemed to be cold.

"Fat uncle."

When I heard this immature shout, I couldn't help but raise my head, and looked at the familiar short figure at the entrance of the alley, and my eyes gradually moistened.

Oops, this stinky boy has grown taller, yes, it looks a little more mature than before, a little bit of my Yi family... Oh no...... I don't seem to be from the Yi family anymore, right?

Xiao An stood at the entrance of the alley holding Zhang Liguo's hand, and after shouting to the fat uncle who was pulling the shutter door, he immediately rushed over and hugged the fat uncle tightly: "I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”

The fat uncle was stunned for a moment, stood up straight with a smile, and patted Xiao An's head: "You broken baby (little fart), have you been studying (studying) well recently?" ”

"Yes!" Xiao An said with a smile: "I just came here with my uncle to shop and saw you, fat uncle, what are you doing here?" ”

"Come hungry for a meal." The fat uncle said, and Zhou Yan also shook the bag in his hand to Xiao An playfully: "Little guy, do you want to eat some together?" ”

Xiao An nodded, at this time Zhang Liguo also followed, and after exchanging a few words with Uncle Zhou Yan, he went home first, and before leaving, he planned to take Xiao An back, but Xiao An insisted on not leaving, and Zhang Liguo could only helplessly leave him here, preparing to pick him up again at night.

"Uncle, I'll go back first, I can't have no one at home."

"Hurry up and go, Chinese New Year's Eve dinner can't be delayed." The fat uncle waved his hand: "If you are hungry, take Xiao An to your mouth (here) to start a gang, and (don't) worry." ”

"Okay, be careful, I've got someone outside." Zhou Yan said this in a loud voice, and he said it with a smile, the purpose was to tell some people who have a heart, don't do something dead.

After helping the fat uncle pull up the rolling door, Zhou Yan walked in, put two bags of food on the counter, turned around and walked out of the wreath shop.

It all seemed to be a natural thing, and as he came out, he naturally glanced in my direction, then took out the cigarette case from his jacket pocket, put the last cigarette in his mouth, and walked towards me with the empty cigarette case.

I was still squatting on the ground, looking no different from an ordinary homeless man, and the cat was also curious to look at Zhou Yan who was walking in his direction, and barked softly.

"Why does this trash can stink so much?" Zhou Yan walked up to me, threw the cigarette case into the trash, looked at me with disgust, and grinned at me when outsiders couldn't see his expression, didn't say anything more, turned around and left.

His smile told me a thing.

"I'm finally relieved, you seem to be alive and well."

After I watched Zhou Yan, the idiot, leave the alleyway, I took out the plastic bag with steamed buns in the snakeskin bag, opened a bottle of Red Star Erguotou, drank wine with white flour steamed buns, and looked at the crowd in the alley quietly, only from time to time I dared to glance in the direction of the wreath shop, but for me, this glance was enough, and it was fucking extravagant.

The fat uncle coughed and coughed and walked in with Xiao An, and after arranging the little guy at the counter, the fat uncle himself walked into the back room, and after a while, he came out with a stack of plates, and then got three bowls and three pairs of chopsticks.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang in the sky, and the rain poured down in an instant.

The rain came too suddenly, but when I reacted, I felt that God had really changed a lot, and he seemed to be helping me.

"Oh, it's too bullying this weather." I spoke in dialect in the most rustic tone of my life, scolded and dragged up the snakeskin bag, ran out of the leaky shed quickly, and naturally dodged to the stone steps in front of the wreath shop, turned my back to the big and small in the house, looked up at the gray sky, and laughed.

"Fat uncle, it's raining so hard outside." Xiao An said timidly: "Why don't you let this uncle at the door come in to hide from the rain?" ”

"Okay, big brother, are you going to come in and hide from the rain?" Uncle Fat asked me.

"No need, the rain will stop as soon as it falls, just sit here and rest for a while." I waved my hand without looking back, the cat glanced at me, and jumped into the threshold of the wreath shop by itself, and I didn't know where it had run, only to hear Xiao An lower his voice and say, "Fat uncle...... Rhubarb said that this kitten has the smell of big brother on it......"

"Nonsense, your eldest brother is busy in the field, why does he smell like him?" The fat uncle spoke in a low voice, and even a little anxious: "Broken baby bag (don't) talk nonsense." ”

Xiao An let out an aggrieved sigh, as if he had picked up the dishes and chopsticks and was about to eat, but after half a ring, he ......

"Uncle, why don't you eat with us......"

A large porcelain bowl full of food was placed next to me, and Xiao An still seemed to be so afraid of life, so he ran back after putting down the bowl, and didn't even dare to look at me.

"Xie Lu Xie Ha, Xie Lu Xie." I covered my mouth and coughed, smelling the fragrance coming from my nose, as if I hadn't felt happiness so close to me for a long time.

Is this a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?

Shouldn't it count?

I ate this bowl of my own rice, raised my head slightly, looked at the crowd that was gradually thinning, and couldn't help but smile.

"Happy New Year."

I don't know who I said this to, maybe it was the first time I said it from the bottom of my heart to this world.

Although God is not good to me, although ....... damn it.

I feel like I'm content to eat this bowl of rice.

"It's getting warmer." The fat uncle suddenly laughed.

"yes, it's warm."

I smiled, as if I didn't feel the cold wind that was present all the time.

All of a sudden, I had a delusion.

It seems that this world, which has never talked about feelings, is still warm after being cruel.

Happy New Year.

This fucking world.

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