Time is like water.

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Fang Ziye asked Luo Tingzhu to help freeze the cells that had not completed the experiment, so he slipped away a day in advance and went directly back to his hometown to plan for the New Year.

Fang Ziye didn't ask Luo Tingzhu if he would go back for the New Year, but he knew that Luo Tingzhu should be in Han City to keep the New Year.

But Fang Ziye has a relatively warm home, so Fang Ziye has to go back.

Naturally, it was impossible for Fang Ziye to invite Luo Tingzhu back to his house for the New Year, so he didn't have such an idea, so as not to be very embarrassed.

Fang Ziye arrived at home at 18:47 p.m. on the 28th of the lunar month, and the five or six chickens and ducks in the family had died thoroughly yesterday.

Originally, it was planned when Fang Ziye would come back, when he would kill, and eat fresh.

But there is a saying in the custom of Fang Ziye's hometown, killing seven does not kill eight.

That is to say, on the eighth, eighteenth, and twenty-eighth days of the first month, one does not create the karma of killing.

After Fang Ziye arrived, the dinner that night was quite sumptuous.

Moreover, there is nothing that needs Fang Ziye's help, as soon as Fang Ziye came back, he just had dinner with his parents, and then he was pulled out for half a night by his old classmates who also went home for the New Year.

This is an iron buddy who has been playing since childhood, and it is not easy to refuse.

I haven't been home for several years, and they are not there on the holidays when I come back, although the relationship is a little weaker, but Fang Ziye returned home, and when he was caught, he invited you to his house as a guest, how could you refuse?

Going back and forth all the way, there are not a few people who call Fang Ziye on the road.

Although Fang Ziye has not been home for the New Year for several years, he occasionally comes back during holidays, Fang Ziye grew up in the town, and he is still a rare master's student with a bright future.

Basically, many people are happy to say hello to Fang Ziye warmly, and Fang Ziye can only go back one by one.

"Aunt (aunt), uncle, uncle, eldest sister and eldest brother......"

It wasn't until nine o'clock in the evening that Fang Ziye returned home......

Sitting in the living room on the second floor of the self-built house, while peeling melon seeds and peanuts, I told my parents about my graduation thesis defense, and also talked about my doctoral study plan.

Neither of them understood, but they also thought it was quite good.

"It still sounds quite promising, it should be the kind of high-end talent who wears gloves and hats and does experiments with a microscope on TV, right?" Mom said.

"No, it should be a doctor in the TV series, who hangs a stethoscope and walks with the wind......"

The old couple talked for a long time.

Fang Ziye said: "I'm still your son, or a person, I'm a little sleepy, let's rest early, get up tomorrow, I still have to do the New Year." ”

Running a New Year means preparing for the New Year.

Tujia is the afternoon of the 29th day of the lunar month, some people have the morning of the 29th, and some people have the morning of the 30th or the afternoon of the 30th.

Only a small number of Miao people will celebrate the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year......

In the past few days, except for taking an hour or two during the day to visit his best playmates when he was a child, Fang Ziye spent most of the rest of his time at home, chatting with his parents.

And receive relatives and friends who come to visit in advance.

Originally, it was a custom to go to relatives after the year.

But Fang Ziye is more special, among the relatives on both sides of his parents, he is the most competitive.

Therefore, even if there is no normal New Year's greeting after the New Year, there are still uncles and aunts who come to the house to play.

No gifts will be given before the year, and no empty hands will be given to relatives after the year.

Although when everyone came, they didn't bring anything, but had to eat and drink, but Fang Ziye found that his mother was very happy, and took out all the New Year's goods prepared at home.

Eat as much as you want, and if you don't have enough, you can also pack.

Fang Ziye's cousin and nephew or aunt and nephew, when they left, they all packed back in large bags, and my mother went to the dry goods store on the street in just two days and bought 30 catties of melon seeds and 30 catties of peanuts, which was barely enough.

But my mother still couldn't smile all day, as if she was looking forward to this day, and she had been looking forward to it for a long, long time.

……

Chinese New Year's Eve is the day when many families prepare for the New Year, but Fang Ziye's family, there is no need to do the New Year, only need to be responsible for playing.

However, the mother, who had only been happy for a day, began to feel melancholy again, while secretly choking tears, Fang Ziye went out on the first day of the new year tomorrow, preparing the preserved pork legs, bacon square side meat, preserved pig heads, etc., while looking at Fang Ziye with some reluctance.

As for his father, he was preparing some freshly made and edible things for Fang Ziye.

For example, blood enema, fried crispy meat, etc.

The two big bags were basically stuffed by him, and they were still stuffed inside, Fang Ziye was carrying the bag at the moment, and said, "Dad, if you stuff it again, it will break." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, you can eat it directly when you go, especially this crispy meat, it's delicious to steam and cook."

"It's better than you eat takeout, what about this blood enema, it's better to fry it, will you fry it?"

Fang Ziye smiled and said, "Dad, when I was in junior high school, I also cooked." ”

"Haven't all those years passed?"

"Bring some more glutinous rice ......"

One night, the old couple were busy.

Fang Ziye didn't go anywhere, just watched the two of them feed themselves, and then occasionally peeled an orange for one of them, peeled an apple for one person, and the two of them were happy.

In the evening, the family of three also had some supper.

There are no dumplings, no wontons and glutinous rice balls, just set up a small pot, put a little beef and mutton, scoop a big bowl of stewed boiled meat, a bowl of steamed meat......

There is no special sense of ceremony, let alone candlelight, only a bad gala to accompany you.

But Fang Ziye and his parents all accompanied them for a drink, two taels each.

Even my mother can drink it.

During the meal, my mother kept saying: "This year, the time for boiling meat has arrived, and the time for chicken stewing is too short, and this local chicken still has to be stewed for a longer time, otherwise the meat will be too hard and I can't eat it." ”

"There is too much millet in the steamed meat......"

The time soon came to twelve o'clock in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Fang Ziye also inevitably accompanied his father and went out to set off firecrackers to grab the New Year.

There is a custom in the hometown that whoever sets off firecrackers first will have good luck in the coming year. It's just that some people don't talk about martial arts, and they start to put it at half past eleven.

But it doesn't matter, Fang Ziye and Lao Fang were ready to light the fire at eleven fifty-five o'clock, and let the old mother watch the time until almost twelve o'clock.

My mother looked at her phone very seriously and said, "Hurry up and ignite, ignite, there are still more than ten seconds." ”

Fang Ziye and Lao Fang each used a lighter to light the fireflower tube and firecrackers, and Fang Ziye lit the fireflower tube, mainly because his father was afraid that he would collapse into his hands.

The artillery fire started first, crackling, and the noise of children and grandchildren sounded in the house.

After the salute, there was a sigh and a sigh, and what flashed out was a cloud of immeasurable peace and tranquility in the future.

The three of them watched, the old couple was laughing, and the old man hugged Fang Ziye.

Fang Ziye was shooting a video, and after half of the shooting, he reversed the camera and took a video of the family portrait.

A family of three with good fortune shining inside.

After the artillery fire was over, the fireworks were also noisy.

"Let's go, it's too cold outside, go inside to bake the fire, take a bath and sleep when the fire is baked, and the next year will be clean and clean."

"Ziye, you go by yourself tomorrow, and then we will send you the meat and pork legs, you can't take it alone, I have to burn some money with your father to your grandparents and grandparents." The parents confessed.

"Good! ~”

"Actually, you don't have to bring that much."

"You can take it, you can take it, you're all thin." The old man smiled, and then walked in the direction of the sink.

Fang Ziye went upstairs to take a bath first, and silently recited in his heart, wishing his parents good health.

In fact, here, there is also the custom of 'sending brightness', that is, taking the village paper and burning it to the elderly, after all, it is a New Year's holiday.

But grandparents and grandparents are alive, so they don't have to burn the country paper directly, in the past, it was the grandfather and grandfather who each led the way to send their ancestors with a large army.

Fang Ziye's father had to follow his grandfather to visit his ancestors.

But last year, Fang Ziye's parents went with both sides, hoping that the ancestors could bless Fang Ziye to study for a doctorate, and he would have a great future in the future, and if he succeeded this year, he would visit him every year in the future.

This is the worldview of Fang Ziye's parents, Fang Ziye only hopes that his parents, grandparents, grandparents, and grandparents are in good health.

Originally, Fang Ziye wanted to visit and stay at each family for a few days, but Fang Ziye's return time was only three days in total, which was really uneven, and Fang Ziye also wanted to accompany his parents, so he simply waited until the next holiday and came back to visit.

First.

At six o'clock in the morning, Fang Ziye got up, carrying a computer bag, a backpack and a suitcase, plus two large bags of heavy gifts from his parents.

Fang Ziye had to be early, Fang Ziye had to go from the town to Ba County first, which would take an hour and a half by car.

Then I have to rush from Ba County to the railway station in Ba County, which is not a short time.

Because the railway station in Ba County is a little far, more than 20 kilometers away, there is no bus, you have to take a taxi or piece together a car, which is quite inconvenient. This journey can take more than an hour.

Combined with the turnaround, even if it is half past six to get from the town to the train station, it will take three or four hours.

At that time, it was ten o'clock, and there was no train at ten o'clock, and if you missed the trip at 9:58, you had to wait at the train station for two hours in vain, and wait for the trip at 12 o'clock, and the ticket might not be grabbed.

However, Fang Ziye did not feel bitter.

Pulling his luggage and walking on the way to the urban and rural bus station in Ba County, Fang Ziye felt very warm.

No matter how biased it is, but this is the root of Fang Ziye, it is the place where Fang Ziye was born and raised, as long as his parents are here, this is his absolute harbor.

It's just that I feel the cold wind blowing on my face and the love of my parents, mixed together.

Fang Ziye thought of a sentence.

Parents are here, and there is still a place to come in life.

After his parents, there is only a way back in life.

For ordinary people, this is the right reason, just like Luo Tingzhu, her parents are here, but her parents are different, where does she come and go?

Maybe there is a grandmother who complements her family affection, but now her grandmother is gone.

In the past two days, Luo Tingzhu seems to have disappeared from the world.

Fang Ziye didn't know what she was doing, anyway, at night, after sending a set of photos on time, there was no reply.

And the photos are also very serious and formal, without clutter.

"Ziye, come on, get in the car and leave." The bus cashier saw Fang Ziye dragging things and greeted him from afar.

Fang Ziye hurriedly ran away: "A lot of money." ”

"Thirty."

"I scan the code ......"

Fang Ziye looked left and right, and there was no seat.

Overload during the Chinese New Year, as long as the traffic police do not give force, it is inevitable in such a countryside.

Moreover, on the bus, Fang Ziye also smelled the smell of chicken manure in the chicken coop, and there was a duck in the trunk that kept quacking, quacking.

This should also be someone who brought live poultry to the county town to kill and eat after the New Year.

But they represent a different life......

Finally, at about six o'clock in the afternoon of the first day of the new year, Fang Ziye ran for nearly twelve hours before finally getting off the subway at the subway station of Zhongnan Hospital.

Breathing the fresh air during the free walk again, Fang Ziye couldn't help but sigh.

"Does that count as uprooting?"

I called home to report the itinerary, and then asked my parents that they had already eaten dinner, and that they were currently on the way to my uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings and see my grandmother, Fang Ziye breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mom and Dad, remember to pay my respects to the New Year's Olympics, although it is not a valuable gift." When Fang Ziye went home, he must have brought a gift.

But it's all gadgets, after all, Fang Ziye has no income at the moment, and he can't give away anything valuable, but it's a heart.

"Don't worry, as long as filial piety arrives. According to your grandparents' thoughts, you give a cabbage to them more precious than I give a box of gifts. ”

"Even when we fought two of us, I was beaten by my dad." Dad's voice on the phone is still hearty.

After all, it is his own son who is angry......

After hanging up the phone, Fang Ziye came to the rental house.

A few lumps of crispy meat were simply cooked in a pot, and it still had the familiar taste from home.

Fang Ziye sat on the table and looked out the window, feeling an inexplicable sense of emotion and happiness.

If you want to jump out, you can only leave your hometown, either to work, or to study, or you have to be lucky, otherwise, you will never be able to finish the mountains in your hometown.

There is still a long way to go.

Looking at a few lumps of crispy pork that didn't look particularly good, Fang Ziye hesitated for a moment, and sent a message to ask: "Senior sister, I'm back, and I brought some snacks from home, and now I'm boiling in the pot, do you want to eat some together?" ”

During the Chinese New Year, Fang Ziye enjoyed the atmosphere of family reunion, and did not dare to disturb, so as not to disturb Luo Tingzhu, who was alone, but when he came back at this moment, Fang Ziye felt that the opportunity was more appropriate.

It is not appropriate to give Luo Tingzhu such a big product as pig's feet, she does not have such an identity, only it is appropriate to send it to the teachers, but to give Luo Tingzhu a little snack, this is a normal gift.

Fang Ziye thought that Luo Tingzhu would refuse, but what he didn't expect was that Luo Tingzhu still agreed.

After a while, when Fang Ziye picked up Luo Tingzhu next to the sports field, he found that the direction Luo Tingzhu came from was not the direction of the dormitory building, but also the direction of Fang Ziye's rented house.

Fang Ziye was stunned for a moment, and saw that Luo Tingzhu brought three insulated boxes. Twist one with the left hand and two with the right hand.

"What are you?" Fang Ziye turned around and walked over.

"Chinese New Year, do it yourself. It's just that the taste is average. Luo Tingzhu handed Fang Ziye two insulated boxes.

"Listen to Zhu, you're renting a house outside?" Fang Ziye realized the implication.

"Well, in the dormitory, it's not good for the New Year, but if you're outside, you can make a fire and start a stove." Luo Tingzhu lightly described the way he tried to make a fire, and the clouds were light and the wind was light.

She may also love fireworks the most.

Fang Ziye nodded: "It's good, in your own house, you can sleep as late as you want." ”

The two walked all the way to the house rented by Fang Ziye, the decoration was not good, and the household appliances were old, but it was better to be clean.

However, Fang Ziye still wiped the table and chairs with a special rag in the living room before Luo Tingzhu sat down, and said, "I still have something to cook in the pot, you can sit for a while......

It is very cold in Hanshi in winter, and if it is out of the pot, it is estimated that it will cool down quickly.

Luo Tingzhu unzipped the large long down jacket, sat down at the small square table supported by the tripod, and slowly opened the insulated box he brought.

There is her self-made 'copying hand', and there are also people in her hometown who call Bao noodles, dry and wet separated.

There are also two dishes, one is stir-fried chicken pieces with dried chilies, the other is stir-fried cabbage with dried chilies, and the last box is white rice.

Fang Ziye brought a small sand bowl, looked at the things brought by Luo Tingzhu, and was amazed: "You still cook by yourself?" ”

"Well, it's just cooked, senior brother, do you have dishes and chopsticks here?"

Fang Ziye doesn't cook by himself, and he doesn't have the time.

Therefore, Fang Ziye immediately agreed: "I'll go down first and buy some disposable dishes and chopsticks and come back......

……

At half past nine, Luo Tingzhu took his insulated box out, Fang Ziye sent a section of the way, and found that the house that Luo Tingzhu rented was not far from his building, it should be a straight line distance of seventy meters, but it had to pass through two corners.

The decoration and furnishings inside are very similar to the house rented by Fang Ziye, but the household appliances inside are more complete.

Fang Ziye found that there were many things, which should be newly purchased, including refrigerators, small washing machines, rice cookers, woks, frying pans, wooden spatulas and large spoons.

There are two types of cutting boards, one is made of white rubber and the other is a traditional bamboo cutting board.

Looking at this decent kitchen, Fang Ziye could only give Luo Tingzhu a thumbs up.

When Fang Ziye was still about to see it, Luo Tingzhu led the way and said, "Senior brother, this is the room where I live, and this is the study I renovated, do you want to take a look?" ”

Fang Ziye thought for a while: "Have you started renting a house and renovating since around the twentieth of last month, and you didn't come in those days because you were doing a small renovation?" ”

"Well, senior brother, I think it's good to live comfortably." Luo Tingzhu nodded, then opened the door and showed Fang Ziye her results.

The area of the room is not large, but the desk is very large, and there is another cabinet in it, which has also been transformed into a bookcase, which is full of all kinds of dense books.

More than half of them are new, and only a small half are old.

It can be seen that Luo Tingzhu's reading volume is very amazing.

(End of chapter)