near and far

Le Mingxin hadn't touched alcohol for a long time, and he was in a state of dizziness and inexplicable excitement. He opened the door and kicked off his shoes, took a shower indiscriminately, lay on the bed, rolled up the quilt, and took out his mobile phone .The person who struck up a conversation with him at night added him to WeChat and said "good night" to him in WeChat.Le Mingxin also replied, put the phone aside, stared at the ceiling in a daze.

It was late at night, and everything was very quiet, except for the faint sound of the food stall downstairs closing down.

After lying on the bed for 5 minutes, Le Mingxin lifted the quilt again, walked to the door, made sure the door was locked again, and climbed back on the bed.Sometimes when I live alone, I always feel like I didn’t lock the door.Le Mingxin walked from the hallway back to the room with bare feet, and collapsed on the bed again, wishing to fall in love again, or to raise a dog.

Thinking about it, he closed his eyes and fell asleep, and had a dream all night, dreaming about when he was in high school.At that time, he was carefree all day long, his grades were good or bad, and he didn't know what Shale was doing. The biggest worry was that he didn't have enough pocket money to drink a can of Coke every day.

After that day, Kang Chen was busy finishing the company affairs before the Chinese New Year, he hardly touched the ground, and he never made an appointment with Le Mingxin.Le Mingxin is also idle, either wandering around by himself, or playing games, reading books, or staring blankly at home.The person I met last time had asked him out twice, and they had a good time eating and chatting, but Le Mingxin always felt that there was no call, and gradually the two stopped contacting each other.

Seeing that the atmosphere of the new year is getting stronger and stronger on the streets, and the streets and alleys are singing "Congratulations on getting rich", Le Mingxin just walked around outside, and when he got home, he hummed unconsciously when he was in a daze, it was really brainwashing very.He looked at his deserted little house, and looked out of the window at the people on the street who were shopping for New Year's goods and holding New Year's flowers and oranges, and he couldn't help feeling depressed.

Letting negative emotions ferment is very fatal. Le Mingxin suffered from this loss and tried his best to make himself feel happy. He rolled up his sleeves and cleaned the house at home. He also bought red couplets with blessings and pasted them all over the room. I also bought a small pot of New Year's oranges and put them in the porch, looking much more comfortable.

He was getting ready to decorate when Kang Chen's phone call came.

"There is no arrangement for the Chinese New Year."

Le Mingxin took transparent glue to draw on the last corner of the word "Fu", and replied: "No arrangement."

"Let's celebrate the New Year together, anyway, you are alone." Kang Chen forced Kang Xiaoqin to eat carrots, and said, "I'll call Lao He, and he's alone. I'll call a few more friends to have fun together."

Le Ming's mind was distracted, and the post was crooked.

Kang Xiaoqin, who had a carrot in her mouth, was unhappy at first, but when she heard Le Mingxin's voice, she hurriedly said loudly, "Mr. Le, Happy New Year! Happy New Year!"

Kang Chen pulled her pigtails: "The New Year hasn't arrived yet, you should swallow the radish quickly."

Le Mingxin let out a "puchi" laugh, and said, "Xiaoqin is good, I'll give you a red envelope."

On New Year's Eve, Le Mingxin put on new clothes, tidied herself up, combed her hair back, exposing her forehead, a little earlier, and took the subway to the appointed place by herself.The bar street by the river was deserted, and they were all closed. Walk along the river to the end of the street, turn a corner, and the door by the river and lake is closed.

Kang Xiaoqin was waiting for Le Mingxin inside the glass door. When she saw him coming, she hurriedly opened the door and jumped out, holding Le Mingxin's hand and walking inside, saying as she walked, "There are a lot of delicious food today."

Le Mingxin turned a corner and asked, "Is your father inside?"

Kang Xiaoqin counted her fingers and said, "Father is here, Uncle Shao is here, and Aunt Hong is making delicious food."

Le Mingxin led her in, and as soon as she entered the door, she found that the lights on the first floor were turned on. There was a pot of Chinese New Year's oranges that was one person tall on the stage in the middle. Unlike bars, the taste of the year is full, and it looks festive and lively.

Everyone gathered on the second floor.Kang Chen moved all the small tables on the second floor to the wall, and set up a large table. There were already several stacks of fried vegetables on it, and another large plate was used to cover it, so as not to get cold. Very big, the buds are half opened.

Kang Chen was nestled in the beanbag sofa, relying on the heater to be fully turned on, wearing unlined clothes and bare feet, when he saw Le Mingxin, he greeted Le Mingxin lazily and raised his eyebrows: "You are really dressed up today."

Le Mingxin smiled and changed the topic, went to the kitchen to take a look, Shao Zhihe was holding his shirt sleeves, helping Aunt Hong.Le Mingxin was not familiar with Shao Zhihe, only knew that he was Kang Chen's friend for many years, and they nodded to each other.Aunt Hong smiled and said, "Teacher Le is here, he's almost ready, sit down, and dinner will be ready soon."

Le Mingxin retreated from the kitchen, sat next to Kang Chen, watching him concentrate on playing with his mobile phone, while Kang Xiaoqin stood aside, counting the buds on the peach branches.

Le Mingxin said, "Just the five of us?"

Kang Chen got distracted, missed the long jump, and died on the [-] mark. He threw the phone away, turned his head, looked at Le Mingxin, and said, "Eat four, sister Hong will go home after cooking, old He Wan At one o'clock, there are two more friends."

Le Mingxin said "oh", stood up, led Kang Xiaoqin, and put the soaked paper towel on the fork of the peach branch, saying that the peach blossoms at the tip could absorb water and bloom faster.

"The two of you are really destined," Kang Chen said thoughtfully, "Lao He is also very good. After graduating, he started his own business, and within two years, he broke up with others and started his own studio in the Creative Park. There. Look at the area of ​​the Creative Park, there are so many studios, calligraphy and painting studios, he set up a pottery studio by himself, and it didn't make much money at first, but the previous partners still hated him, so don't get along with him."

Le Mingxin responded to show that he was listening, and grabbed Kang Xiaoqin's hand, preventing her from poking the unopened flower buds.

"What kind of money is the best to earn these days, women and children's money is the best," Kang Chen said as he nestled down, becoming more and more disfigured, too lazy to lose his bones, "he didn't know where he got a relationship, and started a pottery class, The school organizes extracurricular activities and brings children to his place to make pottery, and it gradually becomes lively. I took Xiaoqin to his place to play a few times, and I got acquainted with him."

Le Mingxin said: "He is the same age as me, why is he 'old'."

"Who made him not talkative, he seems to have his own ideas all day long." Kang Chen disapproved, "It's just a title, if you like it, I can also call you 'Old Le'."

Le Ming hurriedly said: "Thank you, thank you, no need."

It didn't take long for the meal to be ready, Aunt Hong set out the dishes and went home to have a reunion dinner, and the remaining three and one small sat together.Because there were children there, they didn't drink wine, so they took fruit juice and filled a glass for each of them.Kang Chen raised his cup and said in a serious manner: "New year and new atmosphere, everyone's wishes will come true, everything will succeed, and we will make more money next year."

Kang Xiaoqin couldn't wait to stand on the chair, clinked glasses with Kang Chen with her own juice, and drank most of the juice in one go.

Kang Chen picked up a piece of green pepper for her and said, "You can only drink juice after eating this."

Kang Xiaoqin's mouth was flattened, with an expression of reluctance.

Seeing this, Shao Zhihe picked a piece of carrot from another dish that was molded into the shape of a rabbit's head, and said, "Eat the rabbit."

Kang Xiaoqin looked at the freshness, let out a cry of "wow", and ate the carrot without a hitch.Shao Zhihe picked up the green pepper in her bowl, and ate it by himself without hesitation.Kang Chen looked at it, pinched his daughter's cheek, and said, "Little villain."

Shao Zhihe took another piece of green pepper and put it in Kang Chen's bowl.When Kang Xiaoqin saw her, she hurriedly said, "You can only drink juice after eating this!"

Kang Chen froze for a moment, feeling extremely uncomfortable, but when he looked up and saw his daughter staring at him closely, he had no choice but to swallow the green pepper in one gulp, and swallowed it nonchalantly without tasting anything.

Le Mingxin saw that the two of them looked close, but they didn't look like a couple, so he stopped talking and ate quietly by himself.He hadn't eaten home-cooked hot dishes during the Chinese New Year for a long time, and he ate very happily, answering a few words from Kang Chen from time to time, and the TV hanging on the wall was turned on as the background sound, which was very comfortable and warm.

Halfway through the meal, a girl with long curly hair came in, followed by a big man with dreadlocks.

When Kang Chen saw it, he greeted him: "Didn't you say you don't want to eat? Why are you here so early?"

Seeing the table full of food, Xin Yao cheered, "I didn't eat, Yuan Yue and Jiang Rong went to the United States for the New Year, and Xu Yixin went back to his hometown. Let's eat together."

Le Mingxin didn't know the two of them, so they exchanged names. The girl's name was Xin Yao, and the boy's name was Shitou. Both of them were friends of Kang Chen from another bar on Bar Street.Kang Xiaoqin was so happy to see how lively the crowd was, she tugged at Xin Yao and said, "Sister Xin Yao braids my hair."

Xin Yao stuffed a prawn into his mouth and said, "Make it up, make it up after eating."

Kang Chen said, "Come on, last time you made her hair look like an African chick."

"Where is Lao He?" Xin Yao asked, without waiting for anyone to answer, he continued like a cannonball, "After eating the stones, I went shopping with my girlfriend tonight for the New Year's Eve. It's just right for us single dogs to get together. .”

Stone is big and dark-skinned, but very shy.Hearing Xin Yao mention his girlfriend suddenly, his whole face was dark and red, and he didn't know how to move his hands, he just held a bowl and smiled silly.

With that said, someone downstairs rang the doorbell.

Stone slapped his head: "Just came in and closed the door."

Le Mingxin sat at the outermost corner and said, "I'll drive."

He walked down the stairs, and standing outside the glass door was He Chengan, wrapped in a black down jacket that reached down to his calves, and still wearing his knit hat on his head, exhaling whitely.

Le Mingxin opened the door for him, grinning: "Hi."

He Chengan came in hurriedly, took off his hat, saw Le Mingxin smiling foolishly and festively, he couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth: "Hi."