Chapter 67: Happy New Year
In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, eating dumpling reunion dinner is a custom of the Han people, but in the Tibetan area it is a little different, Tibetans who can sing and dance usually gather together, usually sing and dance performances, since the reform has been changed to watch the Spring Festival Gala.
Unlike the custom of celebrating the New Year in the mainland and other places for 15 days, Tibetans only celebrate about three days, and there are many programs and competitions held during the Spring Festival, and both migrant workers and nomadic herders will come back to participate in the lively Spring Festival.
In addition to Huairou in the hospital, there are also some tourists who come to travel and have a topic, Shen Lang and Brother Shan and the tourists decided to hold a Han feast.
Huairou's condition is much better, but the redness in the eye still can't be completely eliminated, and the doctor can't explain what the situation is, but he said that it may be the sequelae of the poisoning reaction in the body, but Brother Shan said that maybe it was because the toxin was not cleaned up.
Shen Lang is noncommittal about all this, in fact, for Shen Lang, as long as the person is fine, this is enough.
The Tibetan people pay attention to the fact that you must be smiling on the day of the New Year, and you must not show a sad or melancholy demeanor, because your personal appearance on the day of the New Year will represent your fortune and mental state in the new year.
Looking at everyone's happy smiles on their faces, it seems that on this day, even the greatest hatred does not matter, and everyone will congratulate and say blessings when they meet.
Tashi and his wife were destroyed because of the tent, and Brother Shan didn't want to take money from his own pocket to give Tashi as compensation, but if you want to rebuild in situ, you still need manpower and material resources, this time Tashi wants to build a house directly, so the project is not small, but it is really difficult to complete according to the current situation of several people.
Brother Shan promised Tashi that he would help him build the house after the New Year, and build a bungalow on the destroyed grassland, so that even if he encountered any situation in the future, it would not be so easy to destroy.
Looking at the few people talking around the hospital bed, Huairou couldn't help but gently hook the corners of her lips, after the suffering she experienced with Huairou, Tashi's shy wife took the initiative to introduce herself to Huairou in Chinese, and Huairou also knew that this beautiful girl was named Soma.
Tashi is a hearty and unruly man, who does not say a word about the disaster caused by Huairou, and even the destruction of the tent is just that he has long wanted to demolish and build a house, and the person who looks like a big grin is actually a man with a delicate mind and a good temper.
"Chinese New Year's Eve, how can you eat without dumplings!"
Brother Shan shouted.
Everyone discussed and entrusted the hospital nurse with the help, bought fresh meat and various vegetables from the market, and even bought flour and noodles, and the tourists in the hospital also decided to spend 30 years together.
Seeing something unusual, Soma was very interested in helping to do it, Tashi and Shen Lang were in charge of chopping the dumpling filling, and everyone shared a part of the content of the enjoyment commanded by Brother Shan, and when she arrived at Huairou, considering that she was weak, she simply let Huairou sit and roll the dough.
borrowed induction cookers and pots from nearby people, and their group, together with tourists and nurses and doctors on duty in the hospital, gathered more than a dozen people.
Although it is to eat a traditional Han Spring Festival feast, there are still a few Tibetans present, some tourists are responsible for cooking Han dishes, Soma and Tashi volunteered to let them taste the characteristics of the Tibetan people, so after the dishes are served, everyone finds that it is really the rhythm of the Manchu and Han banquets.
Each person was given a bowl of dumplings, barbecue and barley wine for men, while women drank some mare's milk wine, and the hospital doctor contributed a TV set at home to watch the Spring Festival party.
Everyone was crammed into the ward, and the warm room was full of people, knocking melon seeds and peanuts and eating fruit candy, waiting for the traditional Spring Festival party to be broadcast on the TV.
Huairou watched Shen Lang being poured a few large glasses of wine by Brother Shan, the men drank straight with red faces, a tourist was already drowsy in the hospital bed, Soma was chatting with the nurse in Tibetan and didn't know what to say, and the lively scene made Huairou forget that she was in the hospital.
How long has she not felt such an atmosphere, she didn't know before she lost her memory, but now she feels that this is her first Spring Festival, and she doesn't feel boring and boring, but only full of joy.
Leave all your worries behind you for the time being, no matter what happened to him before, whether he is still being hunted down, whether he is still poisoned and treated in the hospital, these don't matter at all.
The important thing is that right now, this extraordinary Spring Festival, this lively and festive Spring Festival, this Spring Festival with friends.
There is a smile that cannot be hidden, and the snowflakes blown by the wind whistling outside the window are really nostalgic compared to the cold outside.
"Something to eat?"
Shen Lang's wide palm was piled with melon seeds, peanuts and two fruit candies, and he reached out to pinch the sugar skin and peel it off, the transparent sugar cubes sprinkled with a sweet and sour taste of lemons, melting in the mouth and arousing the taste buds to secrete saliva, as sour and sweet as imagined.
"The old man asked me to say Happy New Year to you."
"Uncle Shen, are they okay? If you don't go home for the New Year, will you ......"
Thinking of Uncle Shen's gentle heart, a wave of self-blame welled up in Uncle Shen's heart, Uncle Shen only has such a son as Shen Lang, and now he can't accompany him at home during the Chinese New Year, will Uncle Shen be angry with her?
"Coming to you is personally approved by the old man, what are you worried about? As long as you're good, my dad doesn't care what happens to me. I really don't know which of us is his son, and he cares about you better than me. ”
Shen Lang's expression was strange and full of vinegar, which made Huairou laugh out loud.
"I think Uncle Shen cares about you very much."
Knowing that Shen Lang deliberately said this to make her happy, Huairou didn't want to do it for the New Year and looked like she was worried about her face, although Shen Lang didn't ask her about many things now, but Huairou knew in her heart that Shen Lang just wanted to wait, maybe she didn't want to wait until the New Year to replace the unhappy things and asked her after the New Year.
Seeing that Huairou finally smiled, Shen Lang breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want to ask what Huairou had experienced now, he just wanted everyone to have a happy Spring Festival.
"Hey! Happy Chinese New Year! Xiaorou, what are you two doing? Come over and get ready to watch the Spring Festival Gala program, this year there is that person who is so cheap! ”
Brother Shan beckoned to the two, a group of people sat around the TV set in a divergent shape, the color TV screen was playing an advertisement, and everyone was greeting the New Year.
"It's coming!"
Shen Lang answered, and pulled Huairou to walk into the pile of people with one hand, Huairou shook her head a little unaccustomedly, not wanting to affect the sight of others, she picked a peripheral hospital bed and sat down.
There were too many people, there were not enough stools, everyone pulled the hospital bed horizontally in front of the TV, a few people sat on the stool, and the rest sat on the hospital bed, melon seeds and peanut candy were transmitted in turn, and everyone grabbed a little bit and ate snacks and watched TV.
Tashi and Soma snuggled together, looking sweet and sweet, smiling all over their faces, I don't know what Tashi said, Soma lowered his head shyly, and then stuffed the peeled peanuts in his hand into Tashi's mouth.
"Dear audience and friends, we have ushered in a new year after saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. It is not March when the grass grows and the warbler flies, so there is no vitality for thriving and thousands of trees competing for spring...... It's not a fruitful autumn, so there is no magnificent picture of fish flying shallow bottom and eagle hitting the sky. The shadow of Xianyuntan is long, and the stars change a few degrees of autumn. Before you know it, the New Year's bell is about to ring again! ”
The host said the opening remarks on TV, the red stage looked gorgeous and colorful, the whole picture was filled with the joy of the New Year, and everyone's eyes were watching without blinking.
Huairou held the melon seeds stuffed in her hand, she didn't like to eat these things, but at this moment, she couldn't help but be like everyone else, she couldn't stop sending the melon seeds to her mouth and knocking them open, the fragrance was overflowing, and her lips and teeth were fragrant.
The TV show is not as exciting as imagined, although Huairou has a smile on her face, she is actually a little distracted, after all, so many things have happened, even if you want to forget, you can't do anything without heart and lungs.
In the lively environment, there was a sadness in her heart, if Wu Meng hadn't had an accident, he might be at home like himself, eating delicious snacks, watching the Spring Festival Gala with his family, and maybe sending her holiday blessings.
"What are you thinking?" Noticing Huairou's distraction, Shen Lang leaned closer to ask.
"No ......" subconsciously shook her head, but looking at Shen Lang's deep pupils, Huairou was still a little shaken. Wu Meng, is his family okay? ”
Unexpectedly, Huairou would mention Wu Meng, Shen Lang's fist tightened and loosened, and then replied with a chuckle: "He once said that his family didn't want him to join the army, for fear that he would have an accident, after all, he was the only boy in the family, and the family hoped that he could take the civil service exam." Later, he was discharged from the army, but he became a policeman against the will of his family, and even lost his life in the end. ”
It was because of her that she lost her life, Huairou added in her heart, her mood fell to the bottom, Wu Meng's family must be very sad and will definitely hate her.
It was because of her that Wu Meng suffered an accidental death, she should not have appeared, but innocent people were killed.
Wu Meng is Shen Lang's comrade-in-arms at the friend of life and death, so what does Shen Lang think, will he blame her for killing Wu Meng?
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault, it's me who hurt Wu Meng......"
Huairou apologized, and Shen Lang shook his head.
"I don't blame you, Wu Meng's family doesn't blame you either, they are proud of their son's sense of justice. Fighting against criminals and evil forces has always been Wu Meng's wish, which is why he chose to become a criminal policeman. So, all this has nothing to do with you, no need to blame yourself. Do you understand? Well? ”
Shen Lang's voice was soft, but it slammed heavily into Huairou's heart, no one had ever said such a thing to her.
"What are you two doing! The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so count the countdown! The hosts are starting to remind! ”
Brother Shan loudly interrupted the two of them, Huairou turned her head to watch TV, the host was about to start shouting the countdown, and everyone sitting in the ward couldn't help but echo it.
"Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven......"
The numbers were played on the screen, and the people watching couldn't help but shout out the numbers.
"Six, Five......"
"Wait, wait! Firecrackers are also going to be set off! ”
Brother Shan shouted and opened the window, and a small string of firecrackers that came from out of nowhere was carried out with a wooden stick, and he bit a cigarette in his mouth and vaguely shouted the countdown with everyone.
"Three, two, one! Happy New Year! Woohoo......"
The blessings of many people on TV shouted, cheers, fireworks were brilliant all over the sky, and the TV picture was changing, and the only thing that remained unchanged was that everyone's face was full of smiles.
"Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year!"
“……”
Everyone in the ward shouted the same sentence one after another, Soma clenched Tashi's hand and looked at him excitedly, Brother Shan had already lit the firecracker, and the crackling sound exploded from the window, and it was heard far, far away.
After shouting, Shen Lang's hand held Huairou's hand, turned his head and looked at her eyes with a smile, starlight was flowing under his eyes, and Huairou's face was reflected in his star-like eyes.
"Happy New Year, Xiaorou."
"Happy New Year, Shen Lang."