In an instant, it was time for the New Year. This year, Wang Chuzhen didn't know how to live, and finally didn't have to buy New Year's goods, didn't have to carry rice, flour, fruits, and sugar in the streets and alleys, didn't need to buy couplets, didn't have to clean the house, didn't need to dismantle and wash the bedding, everything was simple, and he saved a lot of money for this.

The day before the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Wang Chu took Li Haoran to buy a set of New Year clothes, bought himself a set of skirts, the top was orange, the skirt was gray, picked a fuchsia sweater for his mother, bought a black cotton coat for his father, and bought a beige skirt for his niece.

Li Haoran's vision of choosing clothes is no less than Wang Chu's, she needs the kind of clothes that are both literary and elegant, and every time she chooses clothes, she has to go through the entire clothing store to choose a dress or a dress that suits her little femininity.

"Beauty, you really know how to pick clothes, this dress is a new product that just arrived not long ago, wearing you looks very literary and artistic, and it suits your temperament very well." The waitress in the store said that whether she flattered Wang Chu or praised the clothes, she decided to pay for it.

Li Haoran judged with that alternative aesthetic vision, and the trend of bizarre, torn knees in his pants, and deceptive eyes was the best in his eyes.

"What's this dress of yours? You see that this hat is also crooked, this sleeve is so wide, it can hold two people, and this pants are torn, isn't it cold in winter. When Li Haoran decided to buy the dress he tried on, Wang Chu kept nagging, "This dress is very good, how casual, you are absolutely handsome in it." She was very serious about choosing a dress to compare with Li Haoran.

"Mom, you have to judge with the eyes of the trend, that's it, I wore it away, and you are responsible for paying." Li Haoran didn't listen to Wang Chu's advice at all, and disappeared without even picking up the brand.

Wang Chu naturally couldn't accept it, but she had no choice, the waiter packed the clothes Li Haoran had changed into and gave her the clothes, paid the money and left. When I went home, I bought a bunch of big bags and small bags, so many years, Wang Chu bought clothes for her parents and nieces for the first time before the New Year, and she was careful to be busy with her family on weekdays, and she never took care of her parents, and now, she finally freed up her hands to honor her parents in person.

"It's been a long time since I wore the clothes that the girl bought." The mother put the sweater on her body and swayed from side to side in front of the mirror, "Don't say it, the girl's vision is really good, not bad, very good." ”

"There's a big difference between street stalls and branded clothes." Wang Chu sat on the sofa and explained, "Mom, don't buy those clothes from the stalls in the future, the quality is not good, and it will also hurt the skin." ”

My father took off the brand of clothes and repeatedly looked at the quality of the clothes, but he was reluctant to wear them and hung them in the closet.

"My mom has never bought me such expensive clothes." Wang Anwen held the clothes in her arms, couldn't put them down, and pouted her little mouth, whether intentional or intentional, this action looked very cute and cute.

Li Haoran interjected on the side, "My mother's vision will never compare to me, haha, sister, look at my clothes, how trendy, these cuffs, this hole, look at ......"

Wang Anwen pursed her lips, her head only turned in an arc of 70%, and deliberately squinted at Li Haoran with her spare eyes, indicating that she looked him up and down with an alternative gaze, deliberately fought a cold war, and then didn't look at him. And he is another inferior, "Look at my sister, I don't understand the trend like my mother, sister, let me tell you, your aunt-like style will laugh at a large number of handsome guys on campus sooner or later, and you will become an older leftover girl." ”

"Who did you learn all this nonsense from?" Wang Chu immediately swept his gaze to Li Haoran, "At a young age, studying has nothing to do with you, what are you studying all day?" Your sister still has to go to college, hey, kid. She suddenly remembered the matter of the rubber band, got up from the sofa, and looked up at his face, "Li Haoran, tell me if you are in love?" Where did you get that rubber band from before, tell me? ”

"I didn't." Li Haoran hurriedly explained, "I'm only fifteen years old, what kind of love do I talk about, nothing." He said very seriously, Wang Chu looked at him convincingly, and couldn't see anything greasy, so he returned to the sofa, but she found that he was holding his breath, I don't know whether he was trying his best to hide it or doing some kind of strange action, in short, it was an indescribable expression, but inadvertently, she inadvertently found that there was an extra smile between his eyebrows, which was a smile that she hadn't seen for a long time after she divorced his father half a year ago.

The Chinese New Year's Eve meal at my mother's house was very simple, wrapped less than a hundred dumplings, simply mixed a plate of beef, a plate of pig's trotters, and made Li Haoran's favorite braised pork, which was considered to be a Chinese New Year's Eve.

That night, before it was dark, the entire sky over Tumshuk was filled with fireworks of various colors, and the smell of firecrackers was so strong that you could smell it when you opened the door. Li Haoran called out before he put down his chopsticks, and Wang Anwen was no exception, as did his father and mother's habit of walking after dinner on the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

No one even watched the Spring Festival Gala, so Wang Chu also went out, she made an appointment with Li Pingping and walked to the only yurt mountain in the city area.

Standing here and looking at the scenery of Tumshuk is the most pleasant thing in Wang Chu's heart, from no desert to brilliant lights, busy traffic, bit by bit growth and construction, she sees it in her eyes.

"Tumshuk has finally become what I like." Wang Chu said, "From the desert Gobi Desert to the current brilliant lights, it has gone through 17 years, just like the 17 years of marriage I have walked through. ”

"Do you feel happy now?"

"What do you say?" Wang Chu took a breath of cold air, "In addition to the child is my heart knot, I think everything is not as difficult as I imagined, I am now finally free from the role of commuting home to the kitchen to cook, clean the house, and look at his face, and finally free up my hands to sit down in front of the computer and write novels, in the future, I will also plan to travel to my favorite city during my annual vacation, and then plan to buy a house of my own for myself, this kind of life is not a kind of happiness!" ”

"I can't see it." Li Pingping said, "You just don't look at your face, don't get angry, don't get beaten, Li Haoran is about to take the high school entrance examination, and when you are admitted to college, do you know how much your child will need to go to college for a year?" At least 50,000 yuan, your annual salary and bonus add up to 80,000 yuan, and you are planning to buy a house and travel, which sounds very good, but the reality is really cruel. ”

"Isn't there still money for the rental of the façade house in this year? Even if Li Haoran goes to college, his tuition fee for one year is enough, he has to come step by step, and there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and I believe that I can do it myself. ”

"Look at you, you are a weak woman, and you have to live as a woman, I mean ......." Li Pingping hesitated for a long time and continued, "I persuaded you to remarry before, because I didn't know how hard your life was, but now, no matter how much I persuade you, you won't remarry, so try to try another relationship, you will have a ......long time in the future." ”

"Alright!" Wang Chu rejected all her suggestions in a tone of voice, "I know very well that I can't enter anyone's world this time, just imagine, what kind of man should I find to accompany me through the lower half of my body?" Li Xiangyang is very good at work, handsome, clean and neat, the key person is still the deputy political commissar, I am a little famous, if I find a better one than him, others say you see, Wang Chu divorced and finally found a good one, if I find a random one to marry, people will say that I have been in trouble for most of my life, and I divorced and found one that is not as good as Li Xiangyang, and others will say it. ”

"You don't care about other people's eyes, your mouth grows on others, we can't stop what people want to say, you have to live in the moment."

"I care a lot about what people say." Wang Chu said categorically, "The position of me and Li Xiangyang is on the cusp, and the most critical thing is that if I start a family again, my son will really be homeless, so you don't need to persuade me, I will only be responsible for Li Haoran's healthy growth in the future, and I will not consider anything else." ”

Li Pingping nodded, "Okay, I won't persuade you, you have your own ideas." ”

At the end of the conversation between the two, Wang Chu looked further away, and the entire city was lost in the fireworks that rose and spread in midair. There is no snow this winter, there is very little snow in southern Xinjiang, dry and dry cold has been accompanied, the wind blows slightly, the tiny fine particles of dust will fill the entire night sky, the biting cold wind blows the face a little painful, perhaps such a cold weather is more suitable for staying at home to watch the gala.

The cold made Wang Chu shiver all over his body, and the two of them agreed to leave, walking down the wooden stairs from the top of the yurt mountain, passing the red and purple plastic track, and finally driving home in the parking lot.

In fact, the New Year in Xinjiang simply ends in only seven days, and the flavor of the New Year basically recedes after seven days, and the small city of Tumshuk does not have much New Year's flavor, and those who leave after seven days leave, and those who return to work in Tumshuk come back one after another.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Yang Zhizhi called and said that he would go to Tumshuk immediately and come to her after going to his mother-in-law's house. Wu Dan and Guo Wenxia, classmates who live in the ancient city of Kashgar, called and said that the classmates had not seen each other for a long time and came out to get together, and also said that Huang Chuandong, a classmate from Shanghai who had not been in touch for many years, came back to get together. Wang Chu arranged this meal and set it at two o'clock at noon, so she called Kong Shao, a classmate from the medical company, "Kong Shao, Wu Dan and Huang Zhengji, and Yang Zhizhi are all back, let's get together together!" ”

"You still dare to party?" A voice came from Kong Shao's phone.

"What's wrong? The old classmate told you to have a meal and please don't move, right? "Wang Chu is buried.

"It's not an old classmate, haven't you heard of it, the epidemic is serious, more than 400,000 people have flowed into various places, and there is a case in our province, I advise you not to get together."

"Look at you, if you don't want to come, you don't want to come." Wang Chu was extremely disappointed with the answer on the other end of the phone, "Make up this thing, besides, what does that thing have to do with us, the emperor is far away, and it can still be transmitted to this Gobi Desert?" Wang Chu didn't hear what Kong Shao said, so he hung up the phone. So she called Yang Fang, a classmate in the hospital, and Yang Fang said, "My dear, I can't go, we have been living in the hospital 24 hours a day, but Wang Chu, I advise you, the epidemic is serious, Huang Zhengyi is still from Shanghai, and we don't know how many people he has contacted along the way, so you better cancel the party." ”

Hanging up the phone, Wang Chu didn't figure out what was going on, she was unwilling, and called the director of the police station, Mei Chengyang, again, "What is Director Mei doing?" ”

"Oh, beautiful writer classmate, happy New Year, why did you suddenly remember to call me?"

"I don't want to invite Mr. Mei out for a meal, this New Year is over soon, let's get together."

"Beautiful writer classmates, forget about the party, we are ready for war 24 hours a day, and we can't go."

"What the hell is going on?" Wang Chumeng circled, "What happened?" Her curiosity was extremely inflated, "Listening to what Young Master Kong is talking about in Wuhan, Yang Fang is in the hospital, what is going on?" ”

"Beautiful writer, you are a writer, don't you know about national affairs? There has been an epidemic in Wuhan, many people have been infected, there has been a case in Xinjiang, and more than 20,000 people have come from Wuhan during the Chinese New Year in Tumshuk. ”

"Is it as serious as you say?"

"Why isn't it serious, the patient can be infected by foaming at the breath, as long as the infection lasts for three to five days, it can be killed, even if it doesn't die, it is difficult to cure and eradicate the roots, for the sake of the health of the family, cancel the party."

Hanging up the phone, Wang Chu sat on the sofa, she immediately opened her mobile phone Baidu to search for the word "epidemic", the first news Hubei Wuhan "new coronavirus" referred to as "new coronavirus" how many people have been infected, how many people have died. Looking down, the country's leaders have issued important instructions to put the safety and health of the people first, resolutely curb the spread of the epidemic, and go all out to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control. Looking further down, there is an academician named Zhong Nanshan who spoke out that Wuhan is closed, people with fever are prohibited from leaving Wuhan, "super spreaders" are prohibited, and it is necessary to prevent human-to-human transmission, and strict isolation measures and medical treatment must be required.

Zhong Nanshan, the name is like thunder, in 2002 the SARS SARS virus in Guangzhou swept the world, the 66-year-old man was ordered to be in danger, in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University after half a year, defeated the SARS virus, according to the figures, the SARS death toll was 694.

Wang Chu gasped for this number, and his mother came out of the room, "Oops, something big happened to the country this time." Mother's surprise was no less than Wang Chu, "There is an epidemic in Wuhan, many people have died, and there is a case in Xinjiang, oh my God, it's really scary, you quickly call Haohao to go home, don't let him run around outside." ”

Then U Thant called, and she answered the phone, "Where?" I've arrived. A voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I'm at home." Wang Chu replied.

"I'm here, come out, I'm with Guo Wenxia and Huang Chuandong."

"Why don't you come home? I do it at home. Wang Chu said.

"Oh, there are so many classmates, your parents are here, and we are embarrassed to go, let's eat casually outside."

"You've heard about ****." Wang Chu explained, "Kong Shao, Yang Fang and Mei Chengyang didn't come to the party, so let's not have a party, right?" ”

"Oh, it's not here yet, come out quickly."

Less than a minute after hanging up the phone, my best friend Yang Zhizhi called again, "Come out, I've arrived." ”

Wang Chu was embarrassed for a few minutes, and after hanging up the phone, he still chose to go out.

"Chu Chu, are you still going out to party?" The mother shouted at the door, "The epidemic is so serious, don't run around." ”

"Mom, the epidemic is still far from us, it's okay, don't worry."

Wang Chu still insisted on leaving, to preside over the dinner, they sat at the dinner table as scheduled, and after a while of greeting each other, Wu Dan said, "Shanghai classmates, we are risking our lives to gather with you, don't bring us back the epidemic." ”

"Cut, I've been back for half a month, if I was infected, I would have died a long time ago."

"Not necessarily." Guo Wenxia teased, "This epidemic has an incubation period, your health is so good, don't you be fine, we are all infected." ”

The whole table burst out laughing, "No kidding. Wang Chu said, "Yang Fang has been hospitalized all day, Mei Chengyang has also entered the first level of combat readiness, and our Kong Shao is afraid of infection and does not come to the party directly, which shows that this epidemic is really serious." ”

"It's fine." Wu Dan said that she took off the backpack that straddled her shoulders, then took off her padded jacket, hung it on a hanger on the side, pulled out a chair and sat down, "The epidemic is still thousands of kilometers away from us, we should gather and sing." ”

"Alas, singing is exempt." Yang Zhizhi had already sat down, looked at the time on his mobile phone and said, "I still have to rush back, there are still children and old people at home." ”

"Who doesn't have a child or an old man?" Guo Wenxia glanced at Yang Zhizhi, "Anyway, we haven't seen each other for more than 12 years, I remember the last time I saw you, I was only pregnant with my second child, and now my second child is 12 years old, how many years are there in this life?" It's hard to see each other once, but you still have to nag well? ”

"Well, that's natural." Yang Zhizhi had a light smile on his face, "Huang Chuandong and I haven't seen each other for more than 20 years. ”

"yes, we haven't seen each other since we came out of school." Huang Chuandong said, "Time flies so fast, and in a flash, our classmates are all running for four." ”

Wang Chu felt the same way, pursed his lips affectionately, frowned, and raised the cup in front of him, "Classmate Huang, we haven't seen each other for more than 20 years, Wu Dan and Guo Wenxia haven't seen each other for more than half a year, Yang Zhizhi and I always have to see each other ten times a year, many classmates, it is estimated that they will never see each other in this life, come, let's all serve a cup, toast to our pure classmatery." ”

Everyone raised their glasses one after another, "A toast to our friendship that lasts forever." U Thant said.

"Long live friendship!" After Guo Wenxia finished speaking, Huang Zhengzhi and Yang Zhizhi said one after another, "Long live friendship!" ”

After drinking all the wine in the cup, they began to talk freely, Huang Chuandong said that in the past 12 years of work, he has jumped six times, been demoted by the leader, squeezed out and framed by his colleagues, and even to the point of dismissal, and has set a record of tens of millions of assets in a month.

Yang Zhizhi, who got married from high school, started a business, her husband died of illness, remarried, she worked alone, she had three sets of real estate, and now she is the sales manager of Rifeng Management, which can be regarded as a rich woman.

Guo Wenxia, the big boss who monopolizes the flour business in Kashgar and now has assets of nearly 5 million, said, "I can't spend the rest of my life traveling, sleeping, playing, and earning more money." ”

This is beyond the reach of Wang Chu and Wu Dan, who are only less than 6,000 yuan a month, and they dare not buy high-end clothes, jewelry, and cosmetics, especially Wang Chu, who is shy in his pocket, and Kari has never exceeded 5,000 yuan.

But speaking of which, U Thant is different, her husband's salary card is handed over to her for safekeeping, and she naturally buys whatever she wants.

At the dinner table, I also talked about Yang Fang and Li Xian, childhood sweethearts, this enviable love has sprouted since the second year of junior high school, and it has become a good story with the two getting married and having children. Naturally, he also talked about the head teacher, Mr. Tian, and Guo Wenxia learned his Gansu Wuwei spoken language is simply a must.

"Wu Dan, you get up and answer this question, if you can't answer, just stand behind me."

"Yang Zhizhi, do you think that if you have a smart brain, you will definitely be able to gain a foothold in society? The key is to get a university brand, or wait to be a waiter in a restaurant. ”

"Wang Chu, you won't even be able to finish high school in the future, you won't even be able to find a better job, the people who pick up garbage in big cities are people with high IQs and college diplomas, I think you are suitable for picking up garbage."

These words sounded rather perverse at first, perhaps ironic, but now that I think about them, they are so admonishing. Wang Chu's intestines also regretted, and finally understood the good intentions of his parents at the beginning, and he didn't work hard for Li Haoran.