Xiao has thought about it for a long time

As the Spring Festival approached, there was excitement and festivities everywhere, with bright red lanterns hanging high, under the eaves, on trees or on street light poles, everywhere.

Turn on the phone, the content pushed is all related to the Spring Festival, and the rest is all kinds of celebrity gossip. The popularity of the Internet has a freshness period. No one cares anymore.

Josie rarely pays attention to the Internet and prepares for the New Year with peace of mind.

She took Qiao Jianliang to a small town on the outskirts of Jiangcheng, at the junction of the water town, where the transportation is relatively convenient, the house is rented, and the environment is quiet and clean, suitable for patients to recuperate.

The town is not as congested as the city. It is empty everywhere. There are only two streets in a town, and you can go around in an hour. What you have to do every day is to buy vegetables and cook in the morning, take a walk in the afternoon to bask in the sun, and do nothing at night. Pushing Qiao Jianliang to the teahouse to watch others play mahjong is not too comfortable.

The place was found by Secretary Chen. This is his hometown. In recent years, it has been greatly supported by the government and has developed very well in all aspects. He personally sent the father and daughter here and settled them down.Secretary Chen's mouth was tight, and he didn't say anything to anyone. He only brought some food to visit from time to time.

Josie couldn't take care of Qiao Jianliang by herself, so she found a local nurse before coming here. The other party was a nurse who had just retired from the town hospital. She was 55 years old, but she didn't look old at all. So it was a great help to the father and daughter.

Ever since she came to the town, Josie's mobile phone has been receiving calls from two fixed numbers every day, and the chat software is also full of messages. She didn't read any of them, and only answered when Tang Yi called.

Tang Yi still wanted to go shopping with her for dinner, but she didn't know that she had gone to the countryside long ago, so she wouldn't be angry, and just read a few words.

"I bought all the presents, and I just wanted to visit Uncle Qiao, but you left without notifying in advance."

It was too hasty to make a decision at the time, and she left the day after she made an agreement the day before, and she didn't have time to inform other people, and she came out to avoid the limelight, and she couldn't make it public. Josie still remembered that Tang Yi's parents were coming to Jiangcheng for the New Year. He coaxed her a few words, thought about it, and asked her if she wanted to come here, anyway, she didn't have any other acquaintances in the city.

Just asking casually like this, Tang Yi actually agreed, but he didn't come here until the 29th, and there was still something to do in the city.

Josie was more cautious and reminded: "Don't tell others that I am here."

Tang Yi didn't take it seriously, it was funny, "Who can I tell, I don't know anyone."

Josie was relieved.

The small town is not as prosperous as the city, and I am not used to it for the first few days when I live in it, and I gradually start to do as the Romans do.Josie thought that she didn't like running around, and she hadn't left the city much before, but now she got used to it so easily, as if living in a different environment couldn't be easier.

There is no work and troubles, and life is comfortable in every way.

Qiao Jianliang is also satisfied here. Compared with when he was in the compound, he has more smiles on his face. After all, he is accompanied by people every day. How can he not be unhappy? He still can't stand up, and he needs Josie and the nurse to help him during training every day. Then, you have to be fed to eat, and you have to be carried in by the nurse to go to the toilet, which is equivalent to a complete useless person.

The nurses won't complain when they receive high wages, and Josie never mentions these things. In short, she takes good care of her.

Josie never imagined a day when she would have a loving father and daughter, facing Qiao Jianliang, she couldn't say gentle and caring words, and she didn't show anything other than actions.

On the contrary, it was Qiao Jianliang who cared about Josie verbally from time to time. He was unable to move, so he could only care about him verbally.

He pondered some words over and over again, and finally said them at night.

"Xiaobei called me." He is now half-disabled, and the nurse helped to pass the phone to his ear.

Josie was not surprised at all. She was making the bed, and only after the quilt was flattened did she ask, "What are you calling for?"

The tone is as calm as stagnant water, without the slightest wave, and you can't tell whether you mind or not, without any emotion, it is as normal as asking "Have you eaten yet?"

"Just ask, I even asked you." Qiao Jianliang said, not tactful at all.

"Tell me where are we?"

"No, she asked, but I didn't say anything." Qiao Jianliang understood his daughter's temperament, and he did a good job this time.

Josie didn't continue to answer the conversation, pretending that the conversation didn't exist, deliberately separating Fu Bei from the ordinary life in the small town.

But reason is reason, thoughts are always out of control.

Josie brought Qiao Jianliang here, firstly to avoid the turmoil in Jiangcheng, secondly to recuperate from his illness, and there is also an unclear reason, probably because he wanted to get out for a while and sort out the messy relationship.

In the apartment that day, she didn't pay too much attention to what Fu Bei said, and she was upset before she left, but after she learned that something happened to the Zhou family, she changed a little bit, and the feelings in her heart were so varied that even she couldn't figure it out My own opinion.

The Zhou family, the Liang family, and even the Fu family are all grasshoppers on the same rope. Now the Zhou family and Liang Jincheng are closely related, and they are more or less involved. It's the Liang family, and the Liang family is on the sidelines with the Fu family, going round and round, always inseparable.

There is a large circle of interests, and it cannot be solved simply, and no one will be clean if the roots are broken.

Josie looked the same on the outside, but inside she was quite different.But life is still going on as usual, put those messes aside for the time being, and don't care about anything.

Maybe it was because she was thinking day by day and dreaming at night. She dreamed of the other party at night. At that time, the relationship was not as rigid as it is now, and everything was fine. With a sound, Fu Bei suddenly hugged her and wrapped her around his waist.

"Josie..." the man responded.

She answered.

Fu Bei almost kissed her earlobe, "Josie."

"……Um."

When she called her name softly again, Josie didn't answer.

When I woke up, the sky was just dawning. The morning in the small town was fresher and more natural than that in the city. In the winter, I could hear the sound of birds. The distance between the two trees is regulated, and the evergreen trees grow lushly, with different postures, which is quite pleasing to the eye.

Josie arrived at the head of the bed, covered her chest with the quilt, and sat up with her legs bent. It took a while to recover from the tired sleepiness. It may be that she is not in a good state recently, so she dreamed of this kind of dangerous No no.

It may also be that the life in the small town is too idle. Once people have nothing to do, they like to think wildly and can think of anything.

Josie insisted on throwing these away, and after that, Qiao Jianliang didn't mention Fu Bei anymore, and she never dreamed about them again, or even thought about them.

When this person came into sight again, on the 29th, Josie went to pick up Tang Yi's family from outside the town. While waiting for someone, he played with his mobile phone for a while, and saw a post from Moments. It was a photo with Many people were at the party, and Fu Bei was expressionless in the corner of the photo—the person who took the photo accidentally took her in.

There were other people beside Fu Bei, and they were too blurry to see clearly. Josie looked at it for a long time before he recognized Liang Jincheng.

She didn't pay much attention to everything in Jiangcheng. What she had discussed with someone before would be settled after the year. After all, New Year's Eve and the Spring Festival are important days, so let's talk about it after all.

Tang Yi's family came, carrying big and small bags of food, very enthusiastic.

"Didn't you say we would come over? Why are you here to pick up such trouble?" Tang Yi said, smiling, knowing that Josie still had to take care of Qiao Jianliang, she would think about it.

Josie greeted Tang Yi's parents first, and then replied, "I'm afraid you can't find a place."

"If you can't find someone to ask, it's such a big town."

Tang Yi's parents were very nice, they didn't let Josie carry things, and when they got to the rented house, they quickly helped with the cooking. The couple cooperated perfectly, and no one else could get in their way.

There are two families in the house, but they have completely different ways of getting along. The Tang family and He Meimei reveal the warmth of family affection everywhere, while Josie and Qiao Jianliang are not like father and daughter at all. They rarely communicate and have no warmth between them.Josie didn't care about these things. Ever since Qiao Jianliang and Qiao's mother ignored her time and time again when she was a child, she gradually didn't care or ask for anything extravagantly. Instead, it was Qiao Jianliang, maybe because he was old and couldn't see such a scene. The eyeballs froze, looking there, I don't know what to think.

Worried that he was bored, Josie pushed him to go around the balcony.

During this period, Qiao Jianliang hesitated to speak, a sentence was lifted from his stomach to his throat, and then fell down quickly.

He couldn't speak.He didn't know when he realized the distance between himself and his daughter. He felt guilty, but he didn't know how to make up for it. He went to Josie with the cheek from time to time, but he didn't have the face to say anything every time.

There are many mistakes in this world. If the hole can be filled by just making up for it, then there will be no regrets.The current way of getting along is already the best, at least Josie is okay with him.

"There will be fireworks tonight in the square in the east of the town. You can take Tang Yi to see it." Qiao Jianliang said, remembering to stand up for a while, he held on to the railing and Josie, and it took a lot of effort to stabilize.

Thanks to the fact that Josie is tall, otherwise he wouldn't be able to support him.

"What time is it?"

"After nine o'clock." Qiao Jianliang thought for a while, "Sister Hong said, it will be played every year, it is very lively."

Sister Hong is the current nurse.

Josie nodded, agreeing.

There is a new family in the house, which is much more lively than before, and the houses in the town are big, unlike the small buildings with only one floor in the city, Tang Yi's family lives on the second floor, Josie and Qiao Jianliang Live on the first floor, and play cards together when you have time in the afternoon.

It was rare to get together, even if it had never been like this before, Qiao Jianliang quickly integrated into it. He was unable to move, so he slumped on the armchair and watched, giving Josie advice from time to time.After moving into the compound, he hadn't experienced this kind of ordinary life for many years. His daily life was just socializing, and he didn't feel like eating delicacies during meals and drinks. He had seen all kinds of fun.

Josie picked up the cards and built them, and she habitually turned around and asked, "Which one should I play?"

Qiao Jianliang's throat was blocked, and after a while, he replied, "You can do whatever you want."

The smiles on Tang Yi's parents' faces never faded. Tang's mother lost a lot, and Tang's father secretly moved the ones he won.

Josie pursed her lips lightly, pretending not to see, and continued to draw cards.

In the evening, she really took Tang Yi to the square in the east of the town to watch the fireworks.The crowd in the square was crowded, there were so many children, there was no place to sit, they had to stand, Tang Yi held her arm, afraid of being scattered by the flow of people.

"The town is full of New Year's flavor." Tang Yi said loudly, "Last year, I went to Jiangkou with my classmates for the New Year's Eve. I was busy pushing and stomping on my heels. I stood for a long time and my legs were so weak that I didn't see anything."

Josie knows this, because she complained about it once last year.

"What did you plan to do this year?" She couldn't find a clue, so she just asked.

Tang Yi smiled, "I was going to ask you to eat at my place, but who knew you would come here."

Josie smiled too.

The fireworks are about to start, the crowd is moving, and the square is becoming more and more noisy.

Thinking of something suddenly, Tang Yi hesitated for a moment, before speaking.

"Jojo."

Josie tilted her head in response, "Huh?"

"Professor Fu was looking for you. I met her the other day, and she asked me where you were." Tang Yi said, glancing at the other person's expression.

Josie was stunned for a moment. At this moment, the first firework exploded in the air. There was a loud bang, blooming in the dark sky, dazzling and dazzling. Shout, cheer.

Tang Yi continued: "I didn't tell her."

I don't know if Josie heard this sentence, she raised her head in a daze, looking at the sky, as if she didn't care about this at all, and didn't want to miss every bright and gorgeous flower in the sky.

The crackling sound was endless, one after another, resounding in the ears, and exploded in the sky above the head in a variety of colors.

Josie was out of tune with the cheering crowd, as if she had been completely separated. She blinked, probably stimulated by the light.

After listening to the sudden burst of fireworks for a long time, the eardrums were numb from the shock, and the discomfort gradually disappeared, and the noise around me could not be heard, as if it was getting farther and farther away.

Fireworks cannot be set off in the city, and there is no explicit prohibition in the town, but in order to protect the environment, it will not be set off again next year. This is the last time, so there are more and longer sets of fireworks than in previous years.

Tang Yi was surprised enough to watch it, so she took a short video with her mobile phone and sent it out. The beauty of the fireworks could not be captured on the mobile phone. In the video, only the bright light that suddenly exploded could be seen, without any aesthetic feeling at all.

Josie lay on the bed at night and couldn't fall asleep for a long time. She was tired after running a lot outside, but she just couldn't fall asleep. Maybe it was because she had rested so well these days that she didn't even feel tired in bed now.

It was cold, and the security in the small town was no better than that in the city. She didn't even dare to get out of bed. She lay on the bed wrapped in a quilt, and turned to her phone for a while to check.

Qin Si sent her a lot of messages again, all of which were not nutritious. This person has returned to S city, and will come to Jiangcheng again after the new year.Josie struggled with whether to reply or not. After thinking about it, she finally replied, but Qin Si must have something to do, so she never replied, and the chat interface remained unchanged.

She clicked on the call record, looked at the string of familiar numbers, but did not call back after all, but clicked delete record.

On the last day of the year, the town wakes up before dawn. Everyone gets up early, and the sound of firecrackers wakes Josie up. It's not even seven o'clock.

She got up, dressed and went out, went to Qiao Jianliang's room and pushed people out. Tang Yi's parents were the first to get up at five o'clock and busy with breakfast.

This should be Josie's happiest New Year's Eve since the old lady passed away, like that.

Tang Yi's parents are very considerate and considerate. In order to let the two girls have time to go out and play, they take the initiative to help take care of Qiao Jianliang. Anyway, they don't let Qiao Xi and Tang Yi interfere with the work.

Josie wandered around the town for a day, went out to play cards with Tang Yi in the morning and afternoon, and was dragged out by Tang Yi to play cards in the evening, but she forgot to bring her mobile phone when she went out, so she asked Tang Yi to go first, and went back to get it by herself.Tang Yi was anxious to play mahjong, so he didn't care so much, so he went first.

It was already dark at this time, after ten o'clock, and there was no one in the house. Josie was walking while touching the keys, but before reaching the gate, a familiar figure suddenly walked out from under the shadow of the tree.

She didn't pay much attention until the other party spoke first.

"just came back?"

She paused for a moment, thinking she had heard it wrong, she followed the sound and looked, and the man was standing not far away.

Less than ten days after I left the city, I felt as if I hadn't seen each other for a long time, so that I was stunned for a moment when I saw the other party for the first time.

Fu Bei was dressed in a crow-blue long dress, and her figure was a little lonely. She seemed to have lost a lot of weight in just a while, her face was a little pale, and her eyes were as black as ink, and the fatigue and laziness between her brows could hardly be concealed.