The next day, I took Lu Li to visit several famous attractions in the town. Because the lively show didn't start until after dinner, I took Lu Li back to my house for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner first.

When Lu Li went out, he carried a bag of things in his hand and walked all the way.

When I was about to arrive at the door, I couldn't help but ask him, "What kind of treasure are you, aren't you tired after a whole day?" ”

Lu Li ignored me and strode into the house.

My dad and my mom were busy in the kitchen, and when they saw Lu Li coming, my mom poked her head out excitedly, "Zhen Zhen, you sit and chat with Xiao Lu for a while, and your dad and I will fry two more dishes and start the meal." ”

Lu Li put the bag in his hand on the coffee table and walked around my small living room unceremoniously.

He picked up a photo frame next to the TV and pointed to a 3 or 4-year-old girl inside, "Ye Zhenzhen, you looked so cute when you were a child......

I walked forward triumphantly, and was about to say that Lu Li was very discerning, but I didn't expect him to look at me with disgust, and slowly spit out a sentence: "Why are you disabled now?" ”

I choked and didn't know what to do for a moment.

Lu Li picked up another photo frame, glanced at it and quickly put it back, and then said lightly: "It seems that you have a really good relationship with Lin Zhi." ”

I glanced at the photo frame that Lu Li put back, and explained: "It seems that when I was seven years old, Lin Zhige was 11 years old at the time, and he won the first place in the piano competition for the first time after only half a year of piano learning, I am so proud that I have to go to the stage to take a photo with him." Brother Lin Zhi is really a genius in piano, but Lu Li was so powerful before......."

Halfway through speaking, I felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere around me, and I was immersed in the past just now, and I accidentally touched Lu Li's sore spot.

I can't wait to slap myself in the mouth, now that the topic has been opened, I can only bite the bullet and continue, originally my original intention was to talk to Lu Li about playing the piano again.

"I mean, now that you're in good hands, are you thinking about playing the piano again? You are so talented, as long as you practice again, you will definitely be as powerful as before, no, even more powerful than before! ”

"I think it's good now, life is so long, why keep doing one thing repeatedly, not to mention how many people can always stick to their liking."

In the past, Lu Li, who did not hesitate to conflict with his father because he wanted to play the piano all the time, now said that he couldn't persevere. Is he haunted or has already seen it.

But what he said seems to make sense, in the ups and downs of life, even love will deteriorate, who can guarantee that something will be consistent.

I was thinking about what to say next when my mom and dad beckoned us to eat with food.

Lu Li took out a bottle of red wine from the bag on the coffee table and handed it to my father: "Uncle, this is the red wine I brought back from the United States, you can taste it, a moderate amount of red wine has a health effect on cardiovascular health." ”

In the past, my dad often needed to drink alcohol because of his work, and he gradually developed an addiction to alcohol. But because of his bad heart, my mother ordered him not to drink alcohol.

Now that the assistant professor of the medical school has spoken, red wine can nourish the body, and of course my father is so happy: "Xiao Lu has a heart, and he is more sensible than my family." ”

My mother also smiled, pulled Lu Li to sit down, and added vegetables and soup.

My genuine daughter was a little jealous, and while my parents were not paying attention, she approached Lu Li's ear and squeezed out the question from between her teeth: "When did you bring red wine?" Why don't you tell me in advance, you make me very embarrassed like this. ”

Lu Li lazily rolled his eyelids at me: "You have grown fat in the past few years, don't you understand this bit of human sophistication?" ”

Lu Li, who had a poisonous tongue, came again, and I knew that I couldn't talk about him, so I lowered my head sullenly and ate the vegetables.

After eating, in order to make up for my "ignorance", I volunteered to help wash the dishes.

But my mother kicked me out of the kitchen and pushed me and Lu Li out of the door: "The Dragon Lantern Festival is about to start, you take Xiao Lu out for a good stroll, don't come back until twelve o'clock." ”

I looked at the ruthlessly closed door in front of me with a smile and a smile, and said helplessly to Lu Li: "Let's go, I'll take you to go shopping." ”

Chinese New Year's Eve in Quanzhen is lively, but the most beautiful is the Dragon Lantern Festival. At around eight o'clock in the evening, strong men carried a large dragon composed of various lanterns of the Chinese zodiac, beating gongs, drums and firecrackers, shuttling through the lanes at the entrance of the village.

When Lu and I were on the street, the dragon had already begun, and men, women, and children gathered around the long dragon, praying, making noise, and laughing under the lanterns and fireworks.

After the long queue gradually dispersed, people continued to "jump over the fire". I pulled Lu Li's sleeve and squeezed into the crowd to watch, and there was already a large circle of people around the fire, both adults and children eager to try.

Lu Li was obviously curious, and pointed to a six- or seven-year-old child who was jumping over the fire with an adult and asked, "What are they doing?" Aren't you afraid that children are in danger? ”

"This is the traditional custom of Quanzhen 'jumping on the fire', which is to use dried potato vines, straw and dust-sweeping branches used in 'dusting' to light the fire, and then people jump over the fire, implying that life in the coming year is prosperous, prosperous and to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters." I tugged at Lu Li's cuffs and asked, "Lu Li, do you want to try it together?" ”

Lu Li nodded, and the two of us slowly moved to the fire.

In fact, I rarely went to the town to participate in such activities during the Chinese New Year, and the custom of "jumping over the fire" was also talked about by the elderly.

Now standing in front of the blazing fire, I was a little timid, and I didn't have the courage to open my legs.

But the words have already been spoken, and now that I retreat, Lu Li will definitely laugh at me.

My heart was crossed, and when I raised my right leg and was about to step over, Lu Li grabbed my hand. It was cold, but his hands were warm, like a warm current enveloping my whole body. I looked up in amazement, and his side face was reflected in the jumping firelight, looking very gentle and reassuring.

There was a burst of applause around me, and by the time I came back to my senses, Lu Li and I had already crossed the fire at the same time, holding hands.

The uncle in charge of the fire squatted aside and said to us with a smile: "The two of you cross the fire together, and love will definitely be as strong and long as fire." ”

I pulled my hand away from Lu Li's hand with a shy face, waved my hand to the uncle and explained: "Uncle, you misunderstood, we are not ......"

"Thank you, uncle." Lu Li interrupted me, smiled and thanked my uncle, and then dragged me out of the crowd.

I looked back at the uncle who was still smiling at us, and turned my head to ask Lu Li puzzledly, "Why didn't you explain just now?" ”

"Not everything needs to be explained. Besides, the uncle is so happy, why bother to spoil his fun. ”

Lu Li's arguments were always straightforward, but anyway, I couldn't talk about him, so I consciously shut up.

I pulled Lu Li to the evening market next to it, and there were many new and interesting things in the Chinese New Year's Eve night market in Quanzhen, and there were many things that only happened when I was a child.

I pointed to the stalls on the ground with various porcelain dolls and puppets, "Have you ever played with rag dolls with traps?" ”

Sure enough, Lu Li shook his head.

"Boss, give me ten laps." I stood outside the white line, half-squatted down, turned my head and said confidently to Lu Li: "This is what I used to play with when I was a child, look at it seriously, I want to put on the bear doll at the front." ”

I found the strength to throw the hoop out, but unexpectedly threw it too hard and flew far away.

I glanced at Lu Li next to me, who was clasping his hands on his chest and looking at me with a playful expression.

"It didn't count just now, it was windy."

I aimed at the target again, this time with a little bit of force, but the hoop slid off the doll's ears and fell to the side as if it were against me.

I continued to challenge without giving up, and finally threw the ninth loop to catch the doll closest to me.

The stall owner happily handed me the ugly doll that was hard to see and angry about, and the expression on his face seemed to say, "Finally give this ugly thing away."

I walked to Lu Li with the doll in disgust, and pouted at him with a sad face: "I'm unlucky today, let's go." ”

Lu Li gloated at the ugly doll in my hand, picked up the only remaining circle in my other hand, walked outside the white line, and threw it forward very casually, and the circle was impartially slapping the bear doll I wanted.

He grabbed the bear's two ears and raised them in front of me without any tenderness, and his voice was flat, "Stupid, here you go." ”

"Lu Li, you really know everything! You really are a genius. I was so excited that I jumped up and almost hit his chin on the head, and as a thank you, I shoved the ugly doll into his hand, "Then I'll trade this for you." ”

Lu Li didn't complain, and happily accepted my exchange gift, but he still didn't forget to demean me: "I'm almost a three-year-old person, and I still play with children's things." ”

"What Bensan, I'm only 26 years old!"

When he was walking on the road, Lu Li suddenly mentioned Lin Zhi again, "Your brother Lin Zhi doesn't seem to know everything." ”

I turned my head in confusion, "What?" ”

"Lin Zhi is there." Lu Li pointed ahead.

Lin Zhi was standing next to another stall with a ring, and he was hunched over and threw the ring, and he missed several times, but he turned his head from time to time to talk and laugh intimately with the girl next to him.

I excitedly ran over and patted Lin Zhi on the back, "Brother Lin Zhi, you're back too." ”

Lin Zhi turned his head, touched my head happily, and was a little surprised to see Lu Li standing behind me, "Lu Li, why are you here?" ”

"I'm going to Zhen Zhen's house for the New Year."

Lu Li's answer was ambiguous and ambiguous. Lin Zhi was obviously misled, and looked at the two of us with a playful expression.

I was about to explain, when the girl who had been standing next to Lin Zhi just now spoke: "Lin Zhi, are they your friends?" ”

Lin Zhi hugged the girl's shoulders, and her voice became extremely gentle: "Let me introduce, this is my fiancée Xu Yan, this is the neighbor's sister Ye Zhenzhen that I mentioned to you, this is my former student Lu Li." ”

Although I was surprised when Lin Zhi had a fiancée, I still nodded and smiled with Xu Yan quietly.

"Brother Lin Zhi, when did you get a girlfriend? Don't tell me anything. I pretended to be angry and complained to Lin Zhi.

Lin Zhi smiled embarrassedly, "Last summer, I went to give piano lessons to my father's friend's child, Xu Yan happened to be my student's sister, she was very interested in music theory knowledge, so we ...... as soon as we came and went."

I see.

I secretly looked at Xu Yan, who had always looked at Lin Zhi gently, and after discovering that I was peeking at her, instead of being annoyed, she smiled at me.

This sister seems to love Lin Zhi very much.

After greeting each other for a few words, Lin Zhi said that he would take Xu Yan to take a look at other places, so he left first.

(Bell bell, next episode preview: Lu Li is about to confess.) But how will Lu Li, who has always turned back to his poisonous tongue + black belly, confess to Zhen Zhen? Stay tuned for the next chapter, "Confessions from a Tsundere Man". ）