The thirtieth day of the lunar month, Chinese New Year's Eve, is the night of the new year.

The old year is now removed, and the new year is replaced.

Chinese people always have an indescribable obsession with the New Year.

Although the smell of the New Year in modern society is not as good as before, most of the migrant workers who are adrift almost rely on the expectation of returning to their hometowns for the New Year reunion to swallow the coldness and loneliness of being alone.

Su Chengyi was woken up by the sound of crackling firecrackers.

Although there are regulations governing fireworks, no one cares about these very powerful artillery battles played by children.

There is a senior cloud: The scariest thing about the Chinese New Year is that a group of bear children look at you and laugh cheaply, and you don't know where the cannon is.

Su Chengyi felt that it didn't matter, although his eyes were not good, he was also a little good at punching and kicking.

He changed his position and covered his head with the quilt to try to get back to sleep.

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of firecrackers is mixed with the sound of children laughing and playing.

Forget it, it's a big New Year.

Su Chengyi silently recited this ancient saying that belongs to every Chinese person in his heart.

It seems that those behaviors that are completely intolerable on weekdays become acceptable as long as the phrase "big New Year" is added.

For example, eating and drinking, showing off twenty sugar oranges in one meal; After playing on the computer for several hours in a row, adults don't have time to care about you, because they are all playing mahjong; You should go to bed at nine o'clock on weekdays, and it doesn't matter if you play until one or two o'clock during the New Year, you can also call it "keeping the New Year".

All in all, if it's a big New Year, forget it.

Su Chengyi lifted the quilt and sat up, glancing at the time.

Half past eight in the morning.

A lot of unread messages popped up on his phone, and he could basically guess what they were without looking at them, so he didn't rush to look at them, but got up and washed up first.

The cold water in the early morning made people's brains instantly sober, Su Chengyi brushed his teeth and walked to the living room and opened the curtains.

Downstairs, sure enough, the neighborhood children were chasing and fighting, and as soon as Chocolate saw him standing on the balcony, he waved his hand excitedly to say hello.

"Brother Xiaoyi, good morning!"

Su Chengyi didn't say anything with a toothbrush in his mouth, just nodded.

When the other children saw that it was him, they all suddenly fell silent, and they all shrank their heads and brains, looking very uncomfortable.

It's like a recruit who has been named by the instructor.

Su Chengyi also probably realized that he was here to influence other people's play, so he turned around and went back to the house.

Before he could finish his sentence, he sighed when he saw that he was gone.

He wanted to ask Brother Xiaoyi if he could come to the house for dinner tonight, and his mother specially asked him to ask.

Although Aunt Zhu knew that Su Chengyi would most likely not agree, she still had to ask.

Even if he doesn't come, she will send him a copy of the family's New Year's goods, as well as the dishes for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the evening.

Otherwise, this child will live alone by himself as in previous years, and it will be pitiful.

The child next to him was relieved when he saw Su Chengyi leaving, and asked boldly:

"Chocolate, why aren't you afraid of him?"

Chocolate was very strange, frowned and asked rhetorically:

"Afraid? Why should you be afraid of Brother Xiaoyi? ”

"His boss has a face! It looks fierce. ”

A little girl with pigtails said crisply.

"Also, my grandmother used him as an example to criticize me. One is what you look at the people of the Su family. It's annoying! ”

A little dark-skinned boy snorted unconvinced, pinching and pinching the "detonator" in his hand.

"I don't think he's anything to do! It's a nerd! Otherwise, why didn't his parents want him anymore? ”

Now the chocolate was anxious when he heard it, and he clenched his fist and swung it.

"Say it again!"

"Ouch! It hurts to death, and the fat man beats someone! ”

The little boy shouted.

The children, brothers, children, and sisters who were happy just now became a pot of porridge.

Su Chengyi was lying on the balcony railing watching the play, and wanted to laugh for a while.

"Hey, chocolate."

Hearing his voice, Chocolate stopped.

Otherwise, I have to knock out Xiaohao's front teeth, he thought angrily.

Call him to talk nonsense!

I'm going to tell his mom in a moment!!

"You can't hit someone."

Su Chengyi said lightly.

"Hmm."

Chocolate flattened his lips and nodded reluctantly.

Su Chengyi laughed, took out a red envelope from his pocket, shook it at him, and then dropped it downstairs.

"Happy Chinese New Year's Eve."

There is no child who doesn't like red envelopes, and Chocolate's anger has disappeared a lot, and he picked up the red envelopes and shouted happily:

"Thank you, brother!"

The clever chocolate quickly sensed that something was wrong with the thickness of this red envelope, and he opened it and looked at it, and there were actually a lot of 100 pieces inside.

More than Mom and Dad gave!

The curious onlookers next to them all exclaimed "wow~".

You can buy the most high-profile toy machine gun in the supermarket!

Chocolate looked up in embarrassment.

"Brother Xiaoyi, I can't accept such a big red envelope, my mother will say mine."

"Take it, it's fine."

Su Chengyi smiled and continued:

"Buy whatever you like."

At this time, the bear children couldn't help but say "wow~" again.

There are many people who give New Year's money, but very few are really willing to let their children spend it casually, and most of them are ordered to take it to the bank to save it.

Now Chocolate has really become the richest among them.

Su Chengyi looked at the posture of the stars holding the moon, and the corners of his mouth hooked.

"Before midnight today, if you are willing not to play with firecrackers, please raise your hand."

As expected, all the children "brushed" and raised their hands, except for the little boy who had the biggest opinion of him.

He twisted his neck and looked very stubborn.

Su Chengyi took out a stack of red envelopes from his pocket and threw them down.

"Thank you for your cooperation and Happy New Year."

The children were very good at cheering, and the stack of red envelopes fell to the ground amid applause and cheers.

This should have succeeded in buying people's hearts, Su Chengyi thought lazily.

When I turned around and went back to the room, I vaguely heard the child's argument.

"Xiaohao! Didn't you just say he wasn't great? Why do you pick up red envelopes from others? ”

“.”

"Xiaohao, you must apologize to Brother Xiaoyi, how can you say that his parents don't want him? It's too much! I'll go tell your mom! ”

Chocolate said solemnly.

"You say! Anyway, it's not like my mom and dad don't want me anymore! ”

As soon as Xiaohao's words came out, not only the menacing chocolate was stunned, but Su Chengyi, who had already walked to the living room, followed suit.

No wonder.

Su Chengyi sighed softly and returned to the balcony.

"Come upstairs, little black boy."

"I'm Xiaohao!"

"Don't you know you're calling you, little black boy?"

“.”

Despite his reluctance, Xiao Hao was pulled up by the wrist by the chocolate.

Su Chengyi leaned against the door and waited.

Xiao Hao was very imposing when he was downstairs, but when he really confronted an adult who was so much taller than himself, he suddenly lost his confidence.

I don't want to hit a child.

He was very worried.

Unexpectedly, this cold-faced strange man just squatted down and looked at him levelly, and there was even a little tenderness in his tone.

"Who are you going to spend Chinese New Year's Eve with tonight?"

"And grandma."

Xiao Hao didn't know why he was asking this, but he replied anyway.

"Where's Grandpa?"

"I got sick and passed away last year."

After Xiao Hao finished saying this, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be a trace of waves in the dark eyes in front of him.

There seem to be a lot of inexplicable emotions suppressed.

After a while, Su Chengyi took out a red envelope and stuffed it into his cotton coat pocket.

"Grandma accompanies you for Chinese New Year's Eve, you have to thank her." Go to the supermarket and buy some of her favorite food, Happy Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

Su Chengyi stood up and touched the heads of the two small piers in front of him.

"Let's play, I've changed my mind, I can set off firecrackers today."

When Chocolate and Xiaohao returned downstairs together, the children who were waiting for them quickly hugged each other.

"Xiaohao! What do you think? Did the cold-faced weirdo ever bully you? ”

“.”

Xiao Hao lowered his head and was silent for a long time.

"Come on, Xiaohao, did he beat you? I'll help you sue you! ”

"Nope."

Xiao Hao turned his head awkwardly.

"Don't call him a cold-faced weirdo anymore."

Su Chengyi returned to the room and began to look at the messages on his phone.

Not surprisingly, Su Zelang and Yang Liu started their annual fixed program - "Come to My House for Chinese New Year's Eve".

Su Zelang focuses on an information bombing method.

He started sending messages at 6 a.m., and at first it was a series of side-clicking pictures.

For example, the mountains of New Year's goods were piled up, and he specially drew a circle of strawberries that Su Chengyi liked, for fear that he would not be able to see them; There is also a brand new game console at home, the TV screen is polished, and even the seat cushions are placed; and dozens of his own selfies, dressed very festively, and almost directly sent to the Spring Festival Gala program.

Seeing that Su Chengyi did not reply, Su Zelang began to send a voice note.

"Son, Dad is here to pick you up for Chinese New Year's Eve!"

"Son, are you up?"

"Look, you love to eat and play, Dad is waiting for you."

Su Chengyi sighed and turned his head to look at Yang Liu.

Compared with Su Zelang's straightforwardness, Yang Liu's side is a gentle knife.

"Xiaoyi, happy Chinese New Year's Eve. Mom got up early today and prepared the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with Wanwan. ”

Make a point, get up early, and prepare by yourself.

"Look at this crucian carp, how fat it is. Mom still remembers when you were a child, and you loved to drink this crucian carp soup the most."

Well, it's time to start playing the memory killing emotion card.

The next step is to share old photos.

"Look, my mother accidentally found it, ouch ~ we were so cute when we were young ~ it seems to have been taken on your three-year-old Chinese New Year's Eve, right?"

For these two unreliable parents, Su Chengyi replied without discrimination:

"Thank you, don't go."

Although it was the expected answer, the two still argued with reason and were unwilling to give up.

"Xiaoyi, how long have you not been with your mother for the holidays? Mom has already boasted that Haikou is coming, so Tongtong and Wanwan agreed to come over for the festival together, what should you do now for your mother."

"Son, Dad really misses you! If you don't want to come to the house, let's drive out! Singing karaoke, okay? ”

The hard ones don't work, so I have to come to the soft ones.

Su Chengyi explained in a good voice for a long time, he was very tired today and wanted to stay by himself, and tomorrow on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he would go to the door to pay New Year's greetings.

In this way, it was not easy to convince the two.

But there is an even more difficult one waiting for him right now.

Su Chengyi looked at the flickering call interface on the screen, and picked up the deadly serial call from Miss Chu.

"Hey, Su Chengyi!"

Su Chengyi turned on the hands-free "um" and changed his pajamas into shirts.

"You've figured out what I'm telling you~"

Chu Tianmian said softly.

"Not coming. What is it for me to come to your house for Chinese New Year's Eve? ”

Su Chengyi said slowly, in a joking tone.

"Hmph, you're my boyfriend, what's wrong!"

Chu Tianmian was very reasonable, obviously not knowing that in ordinary families, celebrating the festival together would only be considered when it came to the point of talking about marriage.

"Miss, don't be stupid. Happy Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

Su Chengyi put on a navy blue coat and straightened his neckline.

The black coat in his wardrobe is just this one of other colors, and he only wore it for the first time in consideration of today's holiday.

"Then you won't be with Aunt Yang and Uncle Su either?"

"Hmm."

"Oops~ No! I'm going to be with you!! I'll come to you right now! ”

Chu Tianmian rolled around on the bed, and then sat up again, considering whether jumping down from the upper floor would break his bones.

"Aren't you afraid that your elders in your family will want you in the whole city?"

Su Chengyi is not worried about this.

"But you're living alone, it's so pitiful."

Chu Tianmian's tone was a little crying, and tears rolled in his eyes.

Su Chengyi leaned in front of the desk and sighed, and said comfortingly:

"It's nothing, you should know I don't have a sense of ceremony, right? It doesn't matter, it's just a very ordinary day.

You've been with me for a lot of festivals this year, and this one isn't bad. ”

"That's a special year."

Chu Tilting slept twitching on the side of the earpiece.

Sure enough, love is often indebted.

Su Cheng thought that it was just such a small thing, and the eldest lady seemed to feel how sorry she was for him.

Coaxed softly for a long time, and it wasn't until he hung up the phone that Chu Tianmian cheered up and swore that he promised:

"Su Chengyi, you believe me. It won't be too long, there won't be a next time. ”

Wow, it's the temperament of an ambitious strong woman.

Su Chengyi laughed and replied:

"Well, I believe it."

Originally, I also planned to go to the Arrow Museum to spend today, but I didn't expect to forget Chinese New Year's Eve, and the museum was closed long ago.

Su Chengyi pounced, so he had to wander aimlessly on the road.

Many shops have closed early, and the streets that are bustling on weekdays are empty and depressed.

Su Chengyi walked most of the street before finding a noodle restaurant.

Before the house closed, I had a bowl of beef ramen.

The master is very talkative, speaks with a great northwest accent, and enthusiastically talks to him.

It's just a bowl of noodles, Su Chengyi knows that his hometown is in northern Shaanxi, there are three children, he relies on this noodle shop to support the family, he was a soldier when he was young, and the craft was learned from the old squad leader in the camp.

Su Chengyi ate noodles quietly, occasionally nodding in response.

Before leaving, he pressed five hundred yuan under the vinegar bottle.

If you go home, you have to listen to a group of bear children firing firecrackers, Su Cheng thought about it, and casually found a park to sit down.

Today is a special day, and even the uncles and aunts who love exercise are not here.

He sat on the bench and wanted to be stunned for a while, but when he didn't pay attention, it was already afternoon.

The night wind was blowing and the sky was overcast.

It looks like it's going to rain.

Su Chengyi came back to his senses, got up and walked back.

Sunny or not, cloudy or not cloudy, rainy and not rainy, depressed to the end of the year.

There is nothing in the world, nothing is wrong in my family.

No guests, no debtors, and no money.

Spend the New Year quietly, quietly.

In the evening, the alleys of Qinghe District are probably the most lively area in the entire Tang'an.

Su Chengyi listened to the symphony of pots and pans, and his steps were very light.

In the distance, thousands of lights are lit up, and there is a peaceful atmosphere.

The Spring Festival Gala was broadcast on all TVs, and the host read out the New Year's message happily.

Su Chengyi looked up at the night sky, gloomy and moonless, a little lonely.

As he turned the corner, his heart beat uncontrollably.

It makes sense if she can't get out, he thought.

And when he raised his head nervously, in the deserted alley, Chen Jinzhi was standing quietly under the dim street lamp.

She saw Su Chengyi's shadow stretched by the street lamp, and turned around with a smile.

So the whole day's wait made sense.

The corners of Su Chengyi's mouth rose and he quickened his pace.

As if to set off this meeting, the gloomy sky also had an end - it actually began to snow.

The fine snow fluttered one after another, falling on Chen Jinzhi's eyelashes, and she smiled lightly, her eyebrows curled gently.

"Su Chengyi, Happy Chinese New Year's Eve."

(End of chapter)