"Come on, come on, it's also a fate for us to be able to gather here today, if you don't get drunk, you won't return, whoever drinks less will be the king of [***]!" Han Wanchun, the old guy, seemed to be drunk, his old face was flushed, he raised his glass to us and kept shouting: "Heaven and earth are affectionate, a love word lives a lifetime, come and let's drink a sentimental wine this time." ”

I smiled awkwardly, and if I wanted to say that it was not good not to give him face now, I had to hold up the wine glass, and Chen Crooked Neck and Nie Baozhong next to me also raised the glass happily, the white wine in the cup was sprinkled with a spicy taste, and the sound of crackling firecrackers outside the window came from my ears.

At that time, it was more than twelve o'clock on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and the host of the Spring Festival Gala said that the sound of firecrackers was saying goodbye to the fireworks of the old year to welcome the new year, which was true, because the firecrackers outside the window at that time were like Lei Gong's stomach, crackling endlessly.

It's not easy to say that a few of us can get together for the New Year, everyone comes from all over the world, Han Wanchun and Qian Zhazhi are both southerners, and the remaining three of us are also from different computer rooms.

As for how Chen Crooked Neck appeared in our place, it has to start from the day before yesterday, on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Qian Zha Paper knew that this Chen Crooked Neck had returned, so he went back to report, when I called him at night, Qian Zha Paper's voice sounded very happy, he said that the wreath shop was open again, and his job was saved.

Although Chen came back with a crooked neck, his wife and children did not come back, he just said to Qian Zha paper that his wife and children were on the road.

I thought in my heart, it seems that this Chen crooked neck has also figured it out, after all, raising ghosts is not the right way, and it is a good thing that his wife and children can be reincarnated, but Qian Zhashi said to me, that Chen crooked neck looks a lot haggard, in fact, this is also reasonable, after all, how can it be so easy to really see everything?

In the depths of the money paper did not dare to ask more, so had to give up, Chen crooked his neck to say to him, the opening of the wreath shop for the New Year is very unlucky, so it was decided to reopen after the first month, this period is just used to rest, Qian Zha paper saw that he was in a bad mood and persuaded him to join us during the New Year, it was better than his own loneliness, Chen crooked his neck agreed.

So, on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, we stopped the work at hand, and Han Wanchun said to me, who doesn't eat dumplings during the New Year? No matter how you say it, you have to have a good year. I think he is right, I really haven't relaxed for a long time, and then I took me and Qian Zha paper to buy New Year's goods, bought several catties of meat, a case of beer, and the couplets were sold in the underground passage.

I said to Han Wanchun, don't we need to buy two more cannons? Han Wanchun said to me, no, you have to learn to treat the community as your home.

Sure enough, as he said, as soon as the Chinese New Year's Eve was lit up, someone in the community set off firecrackers, and the red paper left behind after the firecracker exploded, which was really festive.

I forced myself to give myself a day off, in that day, I was just thinking about what to do, I worked all morning, after assigning a lot of chef tasks to the help of Qian Zha paper, the required dishes were finally ready, so in the afternoon began to fry and fry, Han Wanchun smelled a burst of aroma in the room, and kept giving me a thumbs up, he said that I don't look like an unobtrusive shaman now, but like a very reliable cook.

I agree with this, after all, I don't like to dance in my heart, my original ideal was just to be an ordinary person who did his duty, but when it comes to fate, most of the ideals in your heart can't fight the reality you face.

The dish was not ready, Chen crooked his neck arrived, and sure enough, as Qian Zhashi said, he looked haggard, and the beard on his face was not shaved, and we consciously didn't ask him what's wrong, after all, it's not good to mention sadness again during the New Year.

He forced a smile with us, and after a few polite words, he went to the small room to play chess with Han Wanchun, and when the sky was about to darken, all the dishes were ready, looking at the eight dishes on the table, I felt a sense of accomplishment.

So we ate and drank, this meal was eaten for a long time, and Nie Baozhong came halfway, he said that it was boring at home, and he didn't want to play mahjong with his relatives, so he wanted to come and see us, and he brought a lot of wine, so there was the scene just now.

Another glass of wine, the Qian Zha paper next to me was already a little shaky, and the three middle-aged people led by Han Wanchun began to discuss the national situation and the like, I really don't understand, why they always love to care about national affairs, and I can't interject what they talk about, so I have to look out the window alone and drink.

At this time, it was already full of fireworks outside.

I remember that Han Wanchun sighed to me when it was almost night, he said that modern people still have a lot of money, otherwise why would they be so fond of spending money? I asked him why he wasted money, Han Wanchun said to me, those fireworks cost more than 100 cannons, which is just the same price as his usual kiln, a hundred rings, a box of fireworks to say more than 50 cannons, which is equivalent to more than 50 living ladies flying into the night sky, this is not a waste of money, what is this?

I said to him, "Fuck off, and don't mention the kiln in front of me."

But it seems that what he said is really reasonable, why do people sometimes keep shouting poverty, and sometimes they squander so much?

Those fireworks are indeed very beautiful, one by one, exploding in the brightly lit night sky, incomparably gorgeous, but looking at those fireworks outside the window, I don't know why, but I feel a trace of loneliness, this is really not hypocritical, maybe the more beautiful things, can bring people different feelings.

Before I called my grandmother, told her that she was busy with work and couldn't go home for the New Year, the old lady didn't say anything, but I could hear that she was very disappointed, and my eyes were wet at the same time as I hung up the phone, this seemed to be my first time spending the New Year outside, I thought to myself, now at this time, my father must be scolding the actor while watching TV, and my mother should make dumplings with my grandmother on the kang, the New Year in my hometown is far less beautiful than this big city, but it is extremely down-to-earth.

Another firework exploded in the air, the light flashed in front of him, and more fireworks rose into the sky one after another, it should be almost twelve o'clock, I thought of this, so I got up and walked to the kitchen, picked up the phone by the kitchen window and called Su Yidan, the phone was always busy at this time, but it was still through after one or two calls.

Feed?

Su Yidan's voice came, and my heart was sour again, and then I said into the phone: "Meow, have you eaten dumplings?" ”

Su Yidan's state sounded very good, and she said to me, "Eat, what about you?" ”

I took the phone, looked out the window and said, "I haven't yet, now there are fireworks outside, it's beautiful, I really want you to see it too." ”

Su Yidan smiled, and then said, "I also have a gift flower here." ”

But the ceremonial flowers we see are not the same.

I just wanted to sigh, but I couldn't help it, it's not good for the New Year, so I said to her, "How are you doing today?" ”

Su Yidan said to me: "It's good, I ate a lot of meat." ”

"That's good......," I said, "I'll go to see you after the New Year, and you have to pay attention to your body." ”

After chatting with her for a while, I found that we both seemed to have a very tacit understanding today, chatting about some irrelevant topics, as if returning to that carefree college time, yes, no matter what, today is also the New Year.

After hanging up, I stood by the window for a long time, and I was fascinated by the beautiful fireworks, they were so beautiful.

When I came back to my senses, I lit a cigarette, then turned my head and turned the gas stove, and put the dumplings wrapped in the afternoon into the pot, the soup boiled twice, and the fragrance came out, I took the dumplings into the house, only to see that they seemed to be happily talking about something, and when the dumplings came up, Nie Baozhong got up and helped bring them to the table, I saw Han Wanchun smiling like a big-headed Buddha, so he sat down and said, "What's the matter, Uncle Chun, make you so happy?" ”

Han Wanchun said to me with a wine glass: "Good thing, your Uncle Chen said that he would take us to ski." ”

Skiing? I was stunned for a moment, then turned my head to look at Chen's crooked neck, only to see him drinking and saying to me: "Well, I can't eat your food in vain, I'll contact you tomorrow, let's go play for two days on vacation." ”

No wonder Han Wanchun smiled so happily, he felt that this meal was too straight, Chen Crooked Neck wanted to invite us to ski, which made me a little embarrassed, I said to Chen Crooked Neck: "Is this appropriate?" That's a lot of money, it's too much for you to break Uncle Chen. ”

Chen Crooked Neck also drank a lot of wine at that time, only to see him smile bitterly, and then said: "What's inappropriate, what about money...... I'm looking at it now, there are too many things that money can't buy. ”

Except for Nie Baozhong, we all know what's going on with Chen Crooked Neck, if you want to talk about this city, how many people die every day, Chen Crooked Neck has monopolized most of the business of printing money in a provincial capital with a small workshop, so he is really rich, but he doesn't look happy, and now that the ghosts of his wife and children are gone, he seems to have really lost his goal.

At that moment, we all seemed a little silent, to say that each of us is actually living for the purpose in our hearts, but what if one day, the goal we fought for is gone?

I didn't dare to think about it anymore, so I had to silently raise my glass, and just after twelve o'clock, the fireworks outside the window burst into a new round of **.

So the old year passed like this, and the next day at nine o'clock, I opened my eyes and found that my head hurt, and the new year began with a hangover.

On the afternoon of the first day of the Lunar New Year, he asked Qian to inform us, saying that the resort had been booked and would leave tomorrow.

It turned out that he was not drunk last night, I thought to myself, but they had already been kindly invited, and there was no reason for us to refuse, so we got ready.

In my heart, there seem to be many places in Harbin where you can ski, although I have never been there, but I also know what Erlong Mountain is Yabuli and what is famous, because there are always such advertisements on TV and newspapers.

However, the place where Chen crooked his neck took us was not very famous, it was just a very small resort, said to be a resort, in fact, it was just a few buildings, because the location was not very remote, so it relied on those who did not have time to travel and leisure far away from the urbanites and those who wanted to come to Yaxing for meetings with public funds to make a fortune.

This small resort is located in the vicinity of Harbin, leaning on a hill, with a unique geographical location, barbecue and skiing, which is considered second-class leisure.

Because Nie Baozhong was also present that night, it seemed that he had a good chat with this Chen Crooked Neck, so Chen Crooked Neck also invited him to go with him, Nie Baozhong saw that we were all going, so he did not refuse, he said that he also wanted to relax with his girlfriend, and also bear most of the odd expenses, he and that Chen Crooked Neck had a car, so on the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, we set off like this.

I sat in Nie Baozhong's car, and saw his girlfriend again, the woman's face was still so pale, as if she was sick, and she was wearing a pair of sunglasses in winter, and she didn't say a word, Nie Baozhong mentioned his girlfriend to me, he said that he was a little introverted, and his eyes were a little bad, and he was afraid of the wind, so he had to wear sunglasses. I didn't care about that, after all, I had nothing to do with what other people were doing?

But I don't know why, but there is still something wrong in my heart, maybe there are too many supernatural things, so that I usually have some suspicions, I thought to myself, to say that now in this Nie Bao I can determine that he is not the inner ghost of the Golden Witch Sect, after all, Sister Xin and Bai Niu'er have told me about the characteristics of some Golden Witch Sect disciples before, there are marks behind their ears, and I have secretly looked at the ears in Nie Bao, and there is not even a mole, but this woman ............ Damn, what am I thinking, I cursed in my heart, am I crazy, how can I look like a cultist?

I don't know why, I just thought of this, suddenly there was a 'bang' in my ears, Nie Baozhong braked for no reason, our bodies unconsciously leaned forward, only to see that the woman sitting in the passenger seat was also shaking, and her long hair was suddenly messy, at that moment, I saw behind her ears.

(To be continued)