He Xuchunqiu

The exam in the first semester of freshman year is far easier than the college entrance examination. No matter how easy it is for anyone to complete it, they are also extremely reluctant.Because the exam ends on Monday, which means the arrival of winter vacation.

Winter vacation, Spring Festival, reunion, happy family, what a beautiful image.

But these are also the illusions that most people want to avoid.

Usually specific holidays can be blocked by time and space constraints, but the Spring Festival, a word full of tenderness and warmth, branded the word "go home" and bound it to one's own limbs.There is no other way but to go home.

"Passengers on flight CA1573, please go to A20 to board the plane..." Bilingual Chinese and English registration prompts came from all directions, and some people followed the team absently with their boarding cards to the boarding gate.

"Hey! Don't be stupid, let's go." Xu Ran looked at someone standing in the middle of the aisle with blank eyes, and quickly pulled him aside to avoid other passengers going forward.

"Oh, good." He Xu came back to his senses, and his short and round nails drew one after another thin marks on the printed black lettering of the destination.

As the plane took off, He Ren's ears were buzzing. He opened the shade on the window and looked out, watching the city he was just familiar with blur into a small dot again.

"Stupid..." He Xu only heard the first word Xu Ran said, and then his ears were covered by a pair of warm hands.

The disturbing noises in the ears were isolated by Xu Ran, who seemed to be able to hear the pulsation of Xu Ran's blood through the skin of his palm, which was steady and powerful, like a jade pestle hitting a wooden fish.

The plane went up for a while before it started to move steadily. Xu Ran's hands were released as if he was relieved, and more voices flooded into his ears.

"Why are you in a daze today? Too excited to fall asleep during the holiday?" Xu Ran poked He Xuren's cheek.

"No, I still don't like flying very much." He Xu shook his head with his eyes downcast, his face full of fatigue.

"It's only in the evening, why don't you sleep for a while?" Xu Ran used his fingers to pick up someone's long, broken hair from the past few months, and flicked it back and forth, "We can go have a meal together after we get off the plane."

"Xu Ran." He Xuren's expression suddenly became serious, and he stared at him blankly.

"I know, your parents will come to pick you up. Let's go separately. It was agreed earlier..." Xu Ran curled her lips, and twirled the strand of broken hair around her fingertips again.

"I'm sorry." His lips were a little dry, and someone peeled off a piece of skin with his teeth.

"It's okay. I know it will take some time for your parents to accept me. I'm not in a hurry, and neither are you. We'll have a long time to come." Xu Ran pressed He Xuren's restless mouth with his hand, as if thinking of something, his tone Softened again.

"Then you may have to wait a little longer at the airport..." He Xu pushed Xu Ran's hand away and gently held his little finger.

"Anyway, no one will come to pick me up. It will be convenient for me to take a taxi back by myself." Xu Ran bent his knuckles, entangled with someone.

"Your parents won't come back?" Who always thought that the reason why Xu Ran came back was to reunite with his family.

"What are they coming back for? Is it not the New Year's Eve at home?" Xu Ran clacked his knuckles with his thumb.

"Are you at home alone?" He Xuren saw a trace of loneliness in Xu Ran's indifferent smile.

"No, the house is left to me. I'll ask the housekeeper to clean it." Xu Ran patted He Xuren's head, messing up the short fluffy hair even more.

"Don't be sad." Although He Xuren has his parents by his side, he can understand the loneliness that Xu Ran concealed.

"I'm not sad. Anyway, I didn't celebrate the New Year very much before. When I came to Italy, I didn't have this tradition. I'm used to it. It's just a long vacation anyway." Xu Ran really wanted to ignore the strange eyes of the passengers around and hug someone tightly Give me a few kisses.

How can anyone in my family be so caring?It's hard not to love.

When the plane landed, whoever dragged their suitcases out of the hall was confronted with the humid cold wind from the south.When the cold wind blows, half of the heart that was uneasy not long ago was instantly frozen. Facing the parents who don't know whether to love or hate, they still raised a formulaic smile.

"Why did you come back?" He Chengqi took his son's suitcase and patted his back as he walked.

"The Spring Festival travel is still delayed because of the weather." He Xuren's answer is also quite satisfactory.

"How is it? Are you still used to living in the north? Is the heating comfortable..." Mother He held her son's arm while pulling him towards the car parked by the side of the road.

He Xu Ren vaguely answered his parents' questions, while restraining his urge to break away from this scene of fatherly kindness and filial piety.

He opened the co-pilot's door, He Xu paused, and glanced at the airport hall a hundred meters away.As far as the eye can see, there are people's heads coming and going, and Xu Ran's figure has long been submerged in the sea of ​​people.

"What's wrong? Did you forget something?" Mother He asked.

"It's nothing, I just think it's amazing to fly back alone for the first time." He Xu bent down and got into the car, closed the door and fastened his seat belt, and then just looked at the scenery outside the car window without squinting.

It was nearly an hour and a half away from the airport to home. He Hui was drowsy in the co-pilot seat, but his keen sense of smell reminded him all the time that he was in a leather package burning with gasoline.

Because Mama He thought it was cold, the car window was only opened half a palm wide. In order to avoid the disgusting smell in the car, He could only sit as high as possible, put his nose close to the ventilated place, and feel the cold wind blowing the nasal mucosa. And the bursts of sober blows brought by the lungs.

"How did you do on the exam? Have you passed it?" He Chengqi turned the steering wheel and glanced casually at the co-pilot from the road.

"Well, it's all over, almost eighty-ninety." He Ren's fingers began to rub slightly on the trouser legs again.

The car suddenly fell silent, and the family of three had nothing to talk about like strangers.

There is nothing to do during the winter vacation, so why would anyone stay at home all day, going to bed early and getting up early, helping with housework, so peaceful that Mama He couldn't find anything wrong.

After such a week, Mother He still began to dislike her son.

"Why don't you go to play with your classmates?" Mother He pushed open the door of He Xu's bedroom without permission.

"Which classmates are you looking for? Can you still find the people in the cram school?" He Xu used his index finger as a bookmark, concealing the book in his hand.

"Aren't your former high school classmates classmates? There are also junior high school classmates, elementary school classmates." He Ma said while looking at He Xu's mobile phone on the bedside from the corner of her eyes. There was nothing strange about it.

He Xu took a deep look at his mother, opened the book and only responded with a "hmm".

Mother He wanted to take advantage of this incident to make trouble, but her stick seemed to hit cotton and had nowhere to exert force, so she could only take the door to leave in a depressed mood.

Who picked up the phone again after confirming that the sound of mother's footsteps disappeared, unlocked it with fingerprint recognition, and the page still displayed a chat dialog with Xu Ran.

"I miss you so much." Xu Ran's words hung alone in the dialog box, and no one has made any reply yet.

"Me too." He cut and deleted, and still sent out what he wanted to say the most.

Xu Ran immediately initiated a voice call, and the ringtone rang within two seconds before there was another movement outside the door.How many people hung up quickly, turned off the phone, covered their face with the book, and their minds were like snowflakes on a TV that lost its signal.

One week later it will be New Year's Eve, and He Xuren followed his parents to his grandfather's house in the countryside with bags of health care products.The road back to his hometown was dusty and bumpy, but he was like a foreigner with no sense of belonging.

Grandparents, uncles, and aunts don't know about the matter that was well hidden by their parents, and no one wants to mention it. He doesn't know whether these relatives whose blood is thicker than water will push themselves into that purgatory like their parents did. He just hoped that in their eyes, he was just that good boy who suffered from physical problems because of the closed review.

How can anyone be afraid of the colored glasses of people around him, afraid of any words about love that his parents say to him with scarlet lips, and even afraid of the kindness of all relatives and friends who love him.

Before He Chengqi came back, he kept telling He Xuren to spend more time with his grandparents, but after entering the door and shouting "Hello Grandpa, Hello Grandma", he stopped talking like a stuffy bottle.

The LCD TV in the big house was replaced a few years ago, and the wireless network was also installed in the house. All of this was done by Grandpa He for this ambitious grandson. He heard that young people nowadays like to play with mobile phones, but in front of them The grandson didn't show much interest in these things, but kept his head down and fiddled with the charcoal in the fire basket with wire cutters.

Who likes the current atmosphere very much, parents are busy in and out of the kitchen for the reunion dinner in the evening, and have no time to take care of themselves.In the evening, the sky had already begun to explode with fireworks, and the TV station was still broadcasting the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala. It was full of the flavor of the year, and no one felt lonely.

A big table was moved in the middle of the big room, a bright incandescent lamp was hung high on the table, chicken, duck and fish were placed on the table one after another, the smell of wine and meat in the air made anyone feel extraordinarily tranced.

If I hadn't been to that place, would all this be the same as before?Who asked himself over and over again.

"Xu Ren, drink more of this native chicken soup. Grandpa specially fattened up a few years ago and is waiting to give it to you for the New Year."

"Xu Ren, are you tired from college? Look, you've lost weight..."

"Come on, Xu Ren, eat a dumpling, maybe you will be blessed..."

A spoonful of dumplings was served in a bowl, and He Xuren nodded frequently to accept the kindness of his relatives.

The dumplings are made by the aunt, and they are filled with hand-beaten beef stuffing. They are bulging and full like small ingots. They are still the taste that everyone loves to eat.

Wrapping a large dumpling in one bite, He Xu chewed it carefully, the juice of beef and spices burst between his teeth and cheeks, bringing his memory back to his childhood.

"Auntie, why do we always eat pork-filled dumplings? I think beef is also delicious, why not eat beef-filled dumplings?"

"Does anyone like to eat dumplings stuffed with beef? If you like it, I will make it for you..."

……

Who's eyes were reddened by the heat, and he lowered his head to let the tears fall into the bowl, and then wiped away the tears without leaving a trace.

"Crackling——" He Xuren felt that his teeth had been bitten, and spit out a small red bean.

The red beans are obviously stuffed after being cooked, and the color is still a bit dark, but it still has a sweet red color under the warm yellow light, which is a "blessing".

Those who can eat "blessing" in dumplings in the new year will be full of blessings in the new year.

"Hey! Some people have eaten it!" The aunt's fat face turned into a wrinkled mountain with a smile.

"You are blessed!" Grandma covered her mouth, whose gums had already been barren, and there were countless warm lights in the wrinkles on her face.

He Xu nodded with a smile, wiped the red beans clean with paper, and carefully put them into the lining pocket of the down jacket.

After the New Year’s Eve dinner, it’s the unshakable whole family watching the Spring Festival Gala.Everyone's mobile phones kept ringing, and blessings came to everyone in the form of radio waves and texts across different distances.

When someone turned on the phone, the message page kept jumping, and the number of red messages rose to 99, all of which were blessings.

Who did not send messages in groups, but opened them one by one, and then sent one or two simple but sincere greetings. He didn't know if the other party could feel his intentions, but he liked the feeling of one-on-one talking.

Xu Ran's news was buried among most people, and only after dozens of people replied did they find out.

What Xu Ran sent to He Xuren was a photo he took at home. Xu Ran stood by the window, and outside the window was the deep purple night sky. Countless clusters of fireworks bloomed behind him, like a sky painted with silver light. favorite.

He Xu smiled and took a photo of the TV Spring Festival Gala for him, and left a message: "Happy New Year."

He Xuren didn't spend too much time in the conversation with Xu Ran, but the reply to others later was unconsciously perfunctory.

The Spring Festival Gala is too long, and grandparents are too old to stay up late, so they have to go to bed first.

Before returning to the room, Grandpa He took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to He: "Go to bed early, and you will be happy in the future."

He Xu accepted the red envelope, thanked him, and couldn't say anything else.It stands to reason that red envelopes are only given to underage children, but grandpa still regards himself as a child, and still remembers himself...

Two 100-yuan bills were stuffed in the red envelope, and He Huiren carefully put it under the pillow and slept very peacefully.This new year's money, with the love of the elders, suppressed all the evil spirits in who's dream.

From the first day to the fifth day of the new year, whoever was dragged around with his parents to pay New Year's greetings.Most of the people who left were relatives from the countryside, so they were stuck in the car for most of the time. How could anyone feel groggy because of the smell in the car, but still had to smile all over his face to meet those people who couldn’t even tell their seniority? Relatives who came up.

The originally scheduled time to go to the lecture before the Chinese New Year conflicted with the time of the school’s unified examination, so everyone changed it to the fifth day of the new year, which happened to be the time when most people finished visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year.

He Xu didn't really want to go, but the squad leader had already reported the list of participants to the school. QCollege students, how can the school not be happy?As early as the fourth day of junior high school, people in the high school class could not wait for the next day's party.

Who carried a schoolbag with souvenirs such as school badges, bookmarks, postcards, etc., and got on the bus to high school after notifying his parents.

No one is familiar with this route. He took the No. 2 bus for nearly four years, from home to the new campus of the No. [-] Middle School, and then from school back to his home in the city.

Xu Ran got on the bus on the way. Originally, the two had made an appointment to meet at school, but unexpectedly, the timing was so clever that the two met halfway.

During the Spring Festival, there are a lot fewer people taking the bus. There are only seven or eight people scattered in the carriage. Who can sit on the single seat near the rear door? Xu Ran doesn’t sit in other empty seats, and the 1.9-meter tall man also stands upright. By the back door.

"Happy New Year! Who is it?" Xu Ran deliberately shaved his head in the first month, seeing how strange it is that no one can tell.

"Happy New Year, Xu Ran." His eyes were glued to that hair.

"What's wrong? Doesn't it look good?" Xu Ran scratched his hair.

"It's pretty." Anyone else thinks it's pretty, but he remembered the old saying "Uncle shaves his head and dies in the first month", I don't know if Xu Ran has heard of it.

"That's good." Xu Ran smiled out of sight, looking in a good mood.

"By the way, this is for you." He Xu took out a red envelope from his pocket.

"What? The lucky money for me?" Xu Ran opened the red envelope and poured out 100 yuan.

"This is the New Year's money given by my grandfather. In fact, it used to be 200 yuan. I will give you half of it now. I hope you will be happy in the new year." Grabbed the trouser legs.

"Thank you, He Xuren, I am very happy." Xu Ran patted He Xuren's head, smiling even wider in his eyes.

Ten minutes later, the bus stopped at the school gate, and He Xuren found his high school classroom along the route he remembered.

Pushing open the door, the classroom is full of old classmates, they are talking and laughing, not seeing strangers, who seems to have returned to the past.

"Eh? Who's here?" Yi Cheng was the first to spot him, and immediately caught everyone's attention.

"How is it, student Q? Are you feeling better?"

"It's a pity that you were sick that year, otherwise we would be alumni of the same class again."

"Who is it, this is today's arrangement..."

He remembered all these people, who patiently listened to the old classmates chatting with each other, and glanced at this classroom that had been reduced to a utility room from time to time.

Things are right and wrong?No, nothing has changed.

Xu Ran was standing outside the classroom when He Xu was giving the lecture. The atmosphere in the experimental class was very active, and the laughter inside could be heard through the door.

There was a round hole in the door of the classroom, which used to be the window for the class teacher to stare at sinfully. Xu Ran never thought that he would peep from here one day.

He Xu is still a bit restrained. The PPT shows the campus scenery of Q University. When he forgets his words in the middle of his speech, he will smile embarrassedly. He looks the same as the previous He Xu.

Just standing there is very beautiful, gentle, calm, and still has the spirit of a teenager, with a smile on his face, and it will be difficult to see each other again.