fine water spring river

New Year's Day is very boring.Lu Chunjiang made dumplings with the stuffing left over from last night. Before Lu Xi got up, he made a small pot by himself and ate whole.The collective heating reached 27 degrees, and he was sweating profusely. He took off his woolen sweater and put it on the back of the sofa.The TV station was rebroadcasting the Spring Festival Gala, and he watched the lengthy skits and cross talk boringly. The sound of firecrackers scattered downstairs could be heard endlessly. Some relatives were leaving, and children were screaming and making noise.He remembered that when he was very young, his mother worked in the mall, and he had to work until 06:30 on the New Year's Eve.He cried and wanted to find his mother, but his father took him for a walk along the street on that huge and heavy bicycle, and met a middle-aged man selling hydrogen balloons.Father bought one to appease his longing for his mother.After returning home, the balloon was glued to the mirror, and the next day it shrunk to the size of a fist, red like a deflated tomato.

Lu Xi came out, her hair disheveled, her loose eyes flicked across Lu Chunjiang's face and brand new shirt without stopping for a while.Lu Chunjiang said, "Panpan, are you hungry?" He shook his head, went to wash up, and then went back to the room, closing the door with a "bang".Lu Chunjiang couldn't hide his disappointment. Lu Xi didn't come home, so he just sat in the living room. When Lu Xi came back, he still sat in the living room... nothing changed.

Why did he expect Lucy to come home?Because of loneliness?is lonely.He wanted a home, a popular one, where people talked, talked, even quarreled, not a cold living room with only the buzzing TV series.Lu Chunjiang is particularly keen on working overtime, helping his contemporaries take over classes, and watching over students for evening self-study—a drudgery in the eyes of other teachers.Anyway, no one was waiting for him at home, so what was he doing when he came back?Do you complain to your mother's portrait?

Not interesting.

After eleven o'clock, Dapeng called to pay New Year's greetings.A few good buddies want to get together. The second day of junior high school is the day when they go back to their mother’s house, so it’s definitely not possible.It's too late to start work. "Are you free in the third year of junior high school?" Dapeng said, he was going home with his partner tomorrow, it was convenient for the locals, and there was no need to argue about where to spend the New Year.Lu Chunjiang said, "I'm free." Dapeng said, "Why do you sound unhappy? Did Lu Xi make you angry?"

"No." Lucy ignored him at all, treating him like a cloud of air.The time and place of the party were agreed upon, so Lu Chunjiang continued to watch the rebroadcast of the Spring Festival Gala with the cold dumplings, and answered a few calls halfway.He heard Lucy also on the phone in the room, with a soft voice and a gentle tone, just like he did to him before.Lu Chunjiang felt very uncomfortable. He hoped to return to the previous relationship with Lu Xi... He is a considerate brother, and Lu Xi is that cute younger brother.

When Lu Xi was a child, it should be said that before that incident, he was an extremely cute brother.Lu Xi is very close to Lu Chunjiang, even if Lu Chunjiang doesn't take him to play, he still eats cheap jelly for two yuan a pack.Later, Lu Chunjiang gave him jelly with pulp. Lu Xi likes orange flavor, but he doesn't eat too much.He just ate one or two, "Brother eat."

"Oh, you can eat again." Lu Chunjiang did his homework, and after entering junior high school, his homework became more frequent.He can't go out every day and run wildly. His mother said that he has to be admitted to the middle school before he can be admitted to a decent university.Lu Chunjiang bit his pen, worrying about geometry.Lucy was sitting next to him, holding a pen and drawing on paper.

"Scratch me." Lu Chunjiang said, "Behind, tickle."

Lucy came over quickly, her little hands were very warm.He lifted Lu Chunjiang's vest, "Is it here?"

"Yes, how do you know?"

"There's a piece of red here."

Warm fingers carefully scratched the red skin.Lu Chunjiang said, "Okay." Lu Xi put down his vest, put his furry head in front of him, rubbed against his chest, then sat back and continued to draw. "What did you draw?" Lu Chunjiang finished the geometry, "Who drew it?"

"This is you." Lucy held the piece of paper shyly, "I haven't finished drawing it yet."

Later, Lu Xi has been painting Lu Chunjiang, and has not finished it.Is it that difficult to draw a portrait?Lu Chunjiang thought about it in the mirror, he is not ugly, he inherited his mother's eyes and father's lips, a high nose bridge, and he didn't have a few acnes in adolescence.He looked through Lucy's portfolio, and his younger brother drew many things, classmates, teachers, old vegetable sellers... even the wild cat downstairs, but there was no complete picture of him.So he grabbed his younger brother, pressed Lucy on the bed, and scratched his creaking nest. The little Lucy twisted his slender body, "I itch—"

"Where did you draw me?" Lu Chunjiang threatened him, "Take it out, or I will bite you!"

Lucy begged for mercy, "I haven't finished drawing yet."

"You've already drawn Dapeng, why don't you draw me?"

"I drew it, but I didn't draw it well, really."

Lu Chunjiang lets go of Lu Xi.Lu Xi smelled like milk, she really was a baby who didn't grow up.It may be due to malnutrition when he was a child. He always curled up and refused to grow, and was thin and weak.Lu Chunjiang patted him on the shoulder, and Lu Xi leaned over, rubbing his head against his chest.

"I'll draw the most beautiful one and give it to my brother." The younger brother said sweetly.

The first day of the new year passed, Lu Xi ate a few dumplings at night, and retreated to the room to play on the ipad.There was no takeaway these days, otherwise he wouldn't be so fond of the bowl of steamed stuffed buns with torn skins——Lu Chunjiang was in a slump, and the old Zheng's house opposite him was laughing and laughing, making his house particularly deserted.He originally bought Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters, and wanted his brother to post them together.Now the pile of red paper is still on the shelf, just like him, ignored.

There is no difference between the second day of junior high school and the day before. Ipad doesn't know what fun it is, so Lucy holds it and doesn't let go.He stayed in the living room for half an hour while eating, Lu Chunjiang tried his best to strike up a conversation, and got a few distracted nasal voices.It was finally the third day of junior high school. Lu Chunjiang got up in the morning, took a shower, dried his hair, and changed his clothes.New shirts, sweaters, but no new down jackets.He also bought a pair of new shoes, and after tidying up, he knocked on Lu Xi's door, "Panpan, I'm going out for a while."

There was no movement, Lucy was still sleeping.Lu Chunjiang resisted the desire to open the door to take a look, and went to the address given by Dapeng.The brothers are all fat, and Zhang Bo is especially fat. He has a beer belly and hahas, "Oh, Quanzi! But I waited for you, and you usually don't come out when I call you, bringing a senior year?"

"No, freshman in high school, I'm the class teacher and I have a lot of things to do." Lu Chunjiang took off his scarf, "You have to lose weight."

"It can't be reduced!"

A group of people chatting happily, drinking is inevitable.Apart from Lu Chunjiang, only Chenchen is not married yet, but he has a partner. "Don't be too picky," Binzi advised him, holding a glass of wine, "Just do what's right!"

Lu Chunjiang smiled wryly, "It's because people look down on me."

"Nonsense, who doesn't like you? You work well, you look good, and you have a good temper. It's not hard to find anywhere—"

"Think I'm a heavy burden."

This is the truth.Lu Chunjiang without his parents is equivalent to not having his parents' pension.My family only has an old house from more than 20 years ago, and I have to raise a younger brother who is going to college.High school teachers say good things and bad things. "I'm not aggressive, and I can't speak. If you are looking for someone who is not so picky, introduce it to me."

"No problem!" The brothers said in unison.

The drink lasted until after two o'clock in the afternoon.Biaozi shouted to sing, but Lu Chunjiang refused.He was worried that Lu Xi had nothing to eat.After taking a taxi back home, Lu Xi's door was still closed.Lu Chunjiang didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he knocked on the door in a hurry, "Panpan, Panpan, have you eaten yet?"

No one answered.

Lu Chunjiang unscrewed the door, and the room was empty.

Lucy wasn't there, and neither was Lucy's backpack.

Lu Chunjiang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, completely awake from the wine.