Chapter 143: Returning Home for the New Year
It is another year of Spring Festival, the Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival, and the word reunion is inseparable from the left, and at this time, all the wanderers embark on the journey, and they have money and no money to go home for the New Year. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"To be honest, I envy those outsiders," Xiaoxiao said, "Look at the people in the station who are rushing home, look at their eyes, full of joy and expectation, I am about to cry when I see it, I have never experienced this kind of experience." ”
"Yes, after a busy year, I can finally go home to visit my parents and see my lover and children, the joy of reuniting after a long absence is really enviable, I have never had such an experience." Han Ren also sighed.
"Spring Festival and Spring Festival, these are all over TV at this time of year." Bufan picked up a slice of mutton and watched a reporter on the TV news interview travelers returning home for the New Year at the train station.
"It's a pity that we have never felt the Spring Festival" Qiu'er also became sad, "We have no way back, no hometown, no relatives." ”
It's freezing outside, dripping into ice, but it's warm like spring in the hot pot restaurant, and the four of them are eating hot pot together, drinking warm wine, chatting and watching TV.
"When will I also feel the Spring Festival," Xiaoxiao said, "I also go to work in other places and feel the joy of going home to reunite with my relatives, but unfortunately I don't have any relatives, I only have my grandmother." ”
"You have a grandmother at home, we have never had a home, no family...... Ay! Han Ren poured himself a full bottle of wine and drank it all.
"Isn't there still me and Qiu'er," Bufan gave Han Ren a dish, "When did you also learn to feel sorry for yourself and be sentimental?" ”
"Drink and drink...... Han Ren poured wine for everyone, "It's almost the New Year, let's not say these uninteresting words." ”
"By the way, you guys go to my house for dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve, and let's have a reunion dinner." Xiaoxiao looked at the three of them expectantly.
"Forget it, it's the New Year's Day, so bother." Han Ren waved his hand.
"Oh, don't bother, don't bother, my grandmother and I are also desolate for the New Year, if you come over, we can finally be lively. Every year it is deserted to death. Xiaoxiao kept pleading.
"Okay, it's hard to be gracious, let's say yes!" Bufan looked at Han Ren and Qiu'er.
The two of them nodded, and Xiao Xiaoxi couldn't help it.
The picture on TV is a car accident on the Spring Festival Road, a bus accident, and the scene is extremely tragic.
The weather is cold and frozen, the sky is dark and pressing, the north wind is blowing, Xiaomei is worried to look out of the window, the snow on the ground is old, I am afraid that there is a blizzard, the child and his father are on the way home at this time, if they encounter such bad weather, how inconvenient it is, the car is afraid that it is not easy to drive.
Xiaomei's family is located in the rural areas of Heilongjiang in the northeast, and her husband Lao Ma has been working in a southern city since he was far away from his hometown, and can only return home once a year during the Spring Festival. Xiaomei with two children, guarding her parents-in-law, the family's expenses all point to her husband's salary, fortunately, Lao Ma's salary is okay, so the family is also rich, and it doesn't cost much to live in the countryside, melons, fruits, vegetables, and grain crops are planted in their own fields, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, sheep, and families are raised, as long as the elderly and children do not get seriously ill, the expenses are not big.
The only thing that makes Xiaomei can't let go is her husband who is thousands of miles away, a person who leaves his hometown and goes to a strange city to work hard for the livelihood of his family, working hard day and night, and there is no one around him who knows the cold and knows the heat and the body, and never reports good news to the family.
Ah, it's the Spring Festival again, and my husband is coming home for the New Year! Xiaomei prepared the New Year's goods and food early, the bacon had already been marinated and hung in the courtyard, and the chicken, duck and goose meat were ...... Freshly slaughtered sheep and market-bought beef were frozen in the snow...... Candy, melon seeds, etc. are readily available.
The journey is too far away, and the old horse has to spend two or three days on the road, first make a train, then change to a bus, and then walk on the dirt road for an hour, and then you can get home!
Yesterday, Lao Ma talked to Xiaomei on the phone in front of the car, saying that he would be home in the afternoon Chinese New Year's Eve, Xiaomei was so excited that she didn't sleep well for several days, I don't know if the old horse is fat or thin, whether it is getting old and haggard......
The two children, one is twelve years old and the other is only seven years old, and they have been asking their mother since the winter vacation: When will Dad come back? What gifts will Dad bring them? Isn't the big city where Dad is beautiful, and are the high-rise buildings there like they see on TV...... Xiaomei's parents-in-law have to mumble many times a day: The baby is coming back, is there enough food to prepare? The baby loves meat the most, do you want to go to the market to pull some meat back?
The family has slaughtered pigs and sheep, chickens, ducks and geese, enough is enough. Xiao Meile told her in-laws.
Chinese New Year's Eve finally arrived, Xiaomei got up early, finished freshening, hummed Xiaoqu to finish the work at home, cleaned up inside and out, and then was busy making dumplings with her parents-in-law, in the afternoon, goose feathers and snow fell outside, Xiaomei looked at the time, the old horse was almost there, she put on a thick down jacket, put on a scarf mask and gloves, went to the village entrance to wait for the old horse, the children also shouted to go, "It's cold outside, be good, wait for dad at home!" Xiaomei said gently, but she couldn't stand the children's repeated pleas, so Xiaomei had to arm the two children thickly, toss for a while, and made sure that they would not be frozen to a little, and then led them out of the door.
The snow is getting heavier and heavier, Xiaomei and the child are looking forward to it at the entrance of the village, seeing that half an hour has passed, and she has not seen her husband's figure, Xiaomei is afraid that the child will be frozen, so she pulled them home, and after sending the child back, Xiaomei rushed into the wind and snow again, standing anxiously and expectantly at the entrance of the village, waiting, looking, hoping to see her husband in the distance.
It's really cold, Xiaomei's hands and feet are stiff, and she jumps and jumps in place to get heat.
The sky soon became dark, the wind and snow did not weaken at all, the north wind roared, the snow was raging, it was already eight o'clock, the Spring Festival Gala began, but the old horse never appeared, Xiaomei called the old horse's number again and again, the old horse's mobile phone was turned off, presumably out of power, the journey is so long, there is no place to charge.
Xiaomei was afraid that her in-laws at home would be worried, so she had to go back first.
Just as she was about to lift her feet, she suddenly heard someone call her, "Xiaomei! ”
Xiaomei exclaimed in surprise: Ah! It's the old horse, the old horse is back!
Xiaomei happily stepped forward and hugged the old horse, "Oops, you're finally home!" Kill me! Go back, it's frozen! Hungry? Ay! Let's talk about it later! ”
The family happily sat on the kang and ate a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, watching the Spring Festival Gala, everyone's face was filled with happy smiles.
The reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve occupies an important position in the hearts of our Chinese! We were tired and tired all the way, squeezing trains, catching buses, riding motorcycles in the cold wind, and running hard in the crowd...... Dragging luggage, with the thoughts of loved ones accumulated for a year, running non-stop towards the place called "home", isn't it just to catch up with this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner? Especially for these wanderers who are thousands of miles away from home, having a hot reunion dinner with their families full of laughter and laughter is their most ardent desire all year round, and it is the motivation for them to work hard outside......
If you have money, you don't have money to go home for the New Year!