CHAPTER XXVIII
Chinese New Year's Eve 2010. The atmosphere of the festival is very special, and the excitement of the reunion is faintly brewing with the ambiguity of lovers, and the first day of the new year happens to be Valentine's Day.
After the death of his father, almost all mother and son celebrated the New Year together. Chu Li didn't go home for the New Year last year, feeling guilty, he knew that his mother was too lonely, but what worried him more was that he might often miss the Spring Festival reunion in the future. This year, except for himself and Chunlai, he is all sticking to his post, and if he goes on like this for a long time, he can't leave his post selfishly every time. Although his mother Li Qianhui repeatedly comforted him on the phone, 365 days a year, every day is alone, and the New Year is nothing special, if it is inconvenient to go home, just say it. However, the more so, the closer it was back then, the more it was like an arrow. On this day, Chu Li and his mother made a sumptuous meal, saying that it was sumptuous, but in fact it was only four dishes and one soup. Put three pairs of dishes and chopsticks on the table, the mother turned on the TV, and the Spring Festival Gala has begun. Mother smiled and said, Let's drink a little bit of it, and took out a bottle of Baiyunbian. Chu Li knew that this was his father's favorite wine. My father was not greedy for a cup, but he drank one, two, two or two every day. Today, the mother didn't drink much, and she vigorously served vegetables to her son. The spicy, mellow wine slid down his throat, choking him and coughing, and tears slipped out of his cough. Chu Li suddenly wanted to make his mother happier.
"Mom, I have a girlfriend."
"Really!" Sure enough, my mother was overjoyed, "Why don't you bring it to my mother?" ”
"I'm afraid of scaring people, but I haven't decided on the relationship yet."
"That's fine, as long as you think it's suitable, your mother will be happy for you." The mother smiled and took a sip of wine, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes became deeper. The warm light hit her face, and every wrinkle was more or less hidden. He pursed his lips and smiled and did not speak.
"Mom, why don't you ask where it's from?"
"Mom will ask you, do people know about your past?"
"Don't worry, Mom, she knows it all."
Only then did the mother show a pleasant smile again, "That's good, mom gossip, where is it from?" ”
"Yichang."
"That's good, it's not far away. Did you know each other at work? ”
"Yes, nice people. Mom, don't worry. I'll bring it back to you in the future. ”
"Well, of course mom is relieved." Li Qianhui drank a little residual wine in the cup, adjusted her sitting posture, and suddenly stretched out her hand and patted Chu Li's arm, and her son looked at her before he said seriously: "To be a man, you must have a beginning and an end." You've always been black and white, and Mom believes you're not a half-hearted person. But you should also know that in this world, you have to guard your share. “
Chu Li thought for a while before nodding, "Mom, I'll wash the dishes." Chu Li stood up, but saw tears rolling in his mother's eyes. Hurriedly skimmed his head, tied his apron, and went into the kitchen.
In fact, Chu Li didn't mean to lie, but the only thing that could make his mother happy at the moment was this white lie. Chen Si is not his girlfriend, but he dared to mention it in front of his mother, in addition to comforting her, he was more determined. In his life, his heart is tied to her.
Under the most joyful expectation of China's three major operators, the New Year's text messages began to bombard at midnight, and even Chu Li, a person with a very narrow social circle, had to mute to avoid the sweet harassment of New Year's text messages. For more people, this is an opportunity to update their address book. After all, every text message will have a signature underneath it. He first received text messages from some college classmates, Chu Li was a very low-key person when he was an undergraduate, a three-point and one-line life, today repeats tomorrow, made some friends on the basketball team, and there is almost no social interaction, he once had a girlfriend, but it was also up to the point. However, when it was close to zero o'clock, the number of text messages I received was unexpected, and most of them were colleagues from TMK, especially the girls in the production line. Many people who usually can't be named have sent themselves messages of blessings. Although I know that this is a group of you and me, no matter who it comes from, I am no exception to the joy.
After Chu Li sent messages to Liang Kuo, Sun Ning, Xiang Yang Hua and his team members, and his own team members, he received a text message from Chen Jing, and under a bunch of expressions, he put a big heart.
I stayed up half-asleep until the next morning, only to receive two messages. One is from Xiao Ye: "Brother Chu, Happy New Year." Xiaoye is waiting for you to come back. ”
There is also one that is Chen Si's, only happy new year, all the best.