"Are you really not going with me?" Tsubaki was packing the small dried fish into a beautiful gift box, "The New Year's party is very interesting." ”

"No, they're all monsters I don't know, and I'll feel uncomfortable going. "I'm comparing the position of the Spring Festival couplets, tomorrow is the Lunar New Year, Guan Qing was busy with things at home, and hurried in the morning to put down the food made by grandma and left, not only people, but even monsters have to celebrate tonight.

"What's uncomfortable, you can get to know each other when you drink and sing. Tsubaki staggered from the house to the door, "A little further to the right, well, that's fine." ”

"I'm so bad at drinking, let's be honest and look at the store, you should drink less, be careful of drinking too much and being abducted. I clapped my hands and prepared to paste the blessing word.

"Just kidding, Tsubaki-sama is famous for drinking in this area, isn't it!" Tsubaki stood behind me with his hands behind his back, "You're worried about me, aren't you?"

"I'm worried about you, I'm afraid that if you are abducted, the old man will come back and deduct my salary. ”

"Cut, you don't have a sense of humor at all. It's still cuter to clear the gap. ”

"Turn right when you go out. I flicked her head, "Be careful of being scared to death by the crowd of people in Guan Qing's house." ”

“... Or the boss is good to me, you are a cold-blooded animal. ”

"The cold-blooded animal decided not to buy you dried fish. ”

"Yeke, I find that you don't know how to talk now!" Tsubaki stomped his feet in anger, his mouth bulging like a pufferfish.

"Haha, okay, okay, I'll help you pack a New Year's gift. I pushed the puffy Tsubaki into the house, "You better come back early, this Chinese New Year, people go home, go out, there are no people on the street, it's not as usual." ”

"Humans are afraid of the dark, and monsters are not afraid," Sitting cross-legged in the storeroom, Tsubaki tied a bow to each gift, "There is a monster ball at Lake M at nine o'clock tonight, if you are bored, you can come, anyway, everyone will not notice you when they have fun." ”

"It depends. ”

“... Cold-blooded animals. ”

"Ye Ke, what are you doing in the storeroom again?" the old man's voice sounded at the door.

"Isn't it almost the New Year, I'll pack up the warehouse. I gave Tsubaki a color, and she hid her New Year's gifts for her friends under the bed and turned back into a white cat.

"Don't pack up yet, come here. The old man shouted outside, "Is Tsubaki there?" ”

Tsubaki jumped on my shoulder, I looked at her speechlessly, and whispered, "Why don't you bother to walk a few steps?"

"What are you doing? Come here. "The voice at the door urged me.

"Come on, come on," I walked out and saw the old man standing by the cash register with a big suitcase at his feet, "is this going out?"

"Well, yes. The old man took out a red envelope from his pocket, "Give, New Year's money." ”

I pointed to myself, "For me?"

"Yes, not really. ”

"I'm so old that I can't take the New Year's money anymore. ”

"You're so big, how big, I'm big, take it, don't talk nonsense. The old man stuffed the red envelope directly into my clothes pocket, then squatted down, took out a large box of heavy things from the suitcase and put it on the cash register, "Come, little Tsubaki," he beckoned to Tsubaki, and the white cat obediently jumped into his arms, "This is a New Year's gift for you, it's the New Year, our little Tsubaki has also grown up, grandpa is going out these days, if Ye Ke dares to bully you, wait for me to come back and clean him up." ”

After hearing this, Tsubaki rubbed the old man's chin and giggled at him, and I clearly felt the smell of villainy, and my status was not as good as a cat.

"Where are you going for the New Year?" Looking at the old man's suitcase, it should have packed a lot of things, "Could it be that you also go home for the New Year?"

"I don't have any relatives anymore," the old man put Tsubaki down, "while I still have the strength to play, I'll go to Hawaii for a vacation." ”

"Summer... Power... Yi...."

"Why, the old people won't let me go!"

"No, no, have fun!"

"Hmph, if you don't say I'll have fun too!" the old man pulled up the lever, "Tsubaki, I'm gone, you're obediently at home, Happy New Year." ”

Once again, I felt that I was the bottom of Tianbei's groceries.

Before noon, Tsubaki also set off to participate in the activities of the youkai, and before leaving, she didn't give up persuading me to participate, and after she left, I started to clean the store, and suddenly, the mobile phone rang.

"Ye Ke, didn't you go home? How did you spend the Chinese New Year's Eve?" Fu Bai asked on the phone.

"Happy New Year, Mr. Fu, I'll celebrate the New Year in the store at night. ”

"New Year's greetings before the New Year arrives," Fu Bai said, and he could feel that his house was much more lively than usual on the phone, "Since I didn't come home that night, come to my house for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, how lonely it is, it just so happens that my daughter has also returned." ”

For the first time, I heard that he had a daughter.

"Thank you, I won't go over, the boss goes out to travel, and someone else has to stay in the store to watch. ”

"My wife cooks a few of her best dishes. ”

"I won't go over today, and when the boss comes back, I'll go to you and your wife to pay New Year's greetings. ”

"Okay, that's not going to force you, call me anytime if you have anything. Fu Bai spoke to me in the same tone as if he was talking to a child, "I won't tell you yet, I still haven't bought a lot of things, and I'll talk when you come over." ”

"Okay, you can hurry up. ”

Hanging up the phone, I breathed a sigh of relief, and sure enough, I still didn't dare to go to a crowded environment. The cleaning was quickly finished, I sat in the chair in a daze, everyone seemed to be busy, and there were fewer and fewer people on the street, so I guess they all went home, right? Thinking of this, I suddenly felt a little sad, picked up a book casually, and prepared to pass the afternoon.

"What kind of book do you read, so fascinated. Suddenly, a human voice sounded in my ears.

"Who!" I was startled, and almost fell out of my chair.

Zong An appeared in front of me, "If you haven't seen me for a few days, you won't know me." ”

"Buying something or looking for something?" I asked him.

"Don't buy or look for it," he handed me a coffee-colored envelope, "I'm here to invite you, open it and have a look." ”

There was a clear monster smell on the envelope, and I looked at him suspiciously.

"Don't do that, open it up and take a look. ”

There was an invitation in the envelope: On the first night of the first lunar month, in the Bauhinia Courtyard, tea was tasted and discussed, and the New Year was celebrated.

"Every year on the New Year's Day, my family will hold a demon removal conference, in fact, everyone meets and chats, this year my family moved to City A, and there are more demon killers to participate, I hope you can come. Zong An said, with a rare sincerity, "Everyone wants to see you too." ”

"See what I'm doing..."I want to go, but I don't want to go.

"Because everyone is curious about why people like you have been silent until now. ”

"I'll think again. ”

"Okay, give you time, you're alone anyway, just come and have a look. He turned and walked out the door, "Maybe there will be something unexpected to gain." ”

I looked at the invitation in my hand, and I had mixed tastes. What if they pull me into the gang again? But if I don't go, if I can really find out why I saw the youkai...

The sound of firecrackers outside the house interrupted my train of thought, glanced at the time, the time for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner arrived, Guan Qing's grandmother was worried that I could not eat the food cooked at home, and early in the morning specially asked him to send me several lunch boxes, I opened them one by one, full of the taste of home.

"I'll have to go and pay New Year's greetings to the old lady in two days," I thought as I ate, "I don't know how that person spent the New Year." ”

After hesitating for a moment, I still took out my phone, "Dad, Happy New Year." "Press send. I guess he won't reply to me.

"Knock knock. "Somebody knocked on the door? I looked at my watch, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, who was knocking on the door at this time today?

"Open the door!" shouted the man outside the house.

I hurriedly got up and opened the door, "You are not at home to have a good meal with your family during the Chinese New Year, and you are coming again..."

Guan Qing's face was red from the cold, carrying an electric hot pot and beer in his left hand, and a large bag of food in his right hand.

"Hurry up," he put the food in my hand, heavy, "I've been at home to the elders for the New Year, the old lady said that you are estimated to be alone, let me come to you, anyway, I don't want to be at home, you don't know how many relatives my family has every year for the New Year, how terrifying it is, how terrifying, Ye Ke, what are you doing? Close the door and come in, freeze to death!"

I don't know what's going on, but my eyes are a little damp.

"Come on, how much food have you taken, can the two of us finish eating?"

......

It turned out that Guan Qing prepared food for at least six people.

I burped and felt a humpback whale in my stomach, Guan Qing held a beer in one hand and patted me on the shoulder with the other, "I told you Ye Ke, in fact, I envy you." ”

He seems to have drunk too much.

"You envy me, don't make trouble, I'm envious of you. I have family, I have friends, I have good grades, I am handsome, how good!" I think I drank too much.

"These are useless people! The people around me are all close to me because I am the heir of the Guan Group, pretending to care about me, but in fact, they don't care what kind of person Guan Qing is, they don't care at all! It's just you, Ye Ke, and it's my only brother!" Guan Qing slapped the table and shouted.

"That's better than me, look at me, my dad doesn't say a phone call to me for a year, he doesn't reply to the message I sent him just now, I still have to earn my own living expenses, I didn't have any friends before I met you! Everyone laughs at me, is afraid of me, alienates me, and says I'm a psychopath!"

Guan Qing had fallen asleep on the table, and not long after, I fell asleep too.

I was woken up by the sound of firecrackers at twelve o'clock, and Tsubaki returned to the store in the first minute of the new year, bringing me a bag full of gifts and greeting cards.

"It's all from your guests," Tsubaki said, "and open it up." ”

I guess I drank too much wine, and I couldn't control my trembling hands.

"Happy New Year, Lord Yeke!"

"Lord Yek, thank you for helping me do something, this is a mushroom for you. ”

"Lord Yeke, I wish you all the best in the new year!"

"Lord Yek, we miss you so much. ”

......

"Hey, why are your eyes red?" Tsubaki leaned over and looked at me with some concern.

"Oh it's okay," I rubbed my eyes, "it's all to blame on that guy for letting me drink so much." ”

The phone suddenly rang, and a short line of words appeared on the screen: "Happy New Year, you take care of yourself alone." ”

Well, Happy New Year.

Tomorrow is the new year.