farmer and fox

This winter, everyone is immersed in the joy of the New Year. The streets are decorated with lights, red lanterns are hung high, and colorful lights of different shapes are wrapped on the street trees.

Many small shops on the street were closed, with the words "Go home for the New Year, business hours XXXX" posted in front of the door.All wanderers go home and reunite with their families.

On the morning of the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, He Xi got up early. This was the first time he prepared breakfast for Hu Li. Although he was a little embarrassed, but mainly because of his heart, Hu Li still ate everything.

Then he went upstairs, showered, shaved, opened the closet and took out the shirt and suit he had prepared.

Hu Li stood behind him, silently watching him doing all this, then came over and pulled him to the edge of the bed, sat on the edge of the bed himself, and unbuttoned his pajamas with his own hands.

His hands were slender and white, with well-defined joints, moving slowly, as if he was shooting a set of beautiful blockbusters.But this is just his daily routine, so why not change clothes seriously.

He Xi opened his arms, obediently asked him to take off his pajamas, and put on his shirt for himself.

Hu Li got up and tied his tie, this dark green plaid tie was specially chosen by him.

"I have fantasized about such a scene countless times." Hu Li is more than half a head taller than He Xi. In order to be able to fasten his tie, he bent his back, and the white cotton home clothes wrapped his back tightly. "Wake up every morning." You were there, we had breakfast, we tied each other's ties, and we went out together."

"But you're not wearing formal clothes." He Xi looked up at him, "I can't tie it for you."

"Well, it's inconvenient to drive." Hu Li finished his movements, helped him straighten his neckline, lowered his head and kissed the center of his brow, picked up the suit on the bed and put it on for him.

"Brother, you are so handsome." After everything was ready, he said.

The handsome black off-road vehicle was parked at the gate of the rehabilitation center in the suburbs. He Xi went sideways to the back seat to get the bouquet of perfumed lilies, held it in his arms and smelled it.

"I'm going." He tilted his head and kissed Hu Li's cheek, his expression was never calm.

"Don't you really want me to accompany you?" Hu Li was still worried, holding his hand tightly and unwilling to let go, even though they had discussed this matter a week ago.

"No, that's my own mother, she won't make it difficult for me. And you have been working hard between us, I want to work hard for you too." He Xi smiled knowingly, "I will go home on time, today Let's celebrate the New Year together."

"I'll wait for you." Hu Li said.

"Well, make something delicious for me." He Xi stretched out her hand to pinch his face. This beautiful face is so delicate that others can only admire it from a distance, but he can play with it at will, "I want to eat Old duck soup, spicy boiled fish and mashed potatoes.”

"Okay." Hu Li nodded in response, and he explained very seriously, "I'll go shopping later, and then go home and prepare a New Year's Eve dinner, and we'll eat together when you come back."

"I'm with my mother." He Xi smiled naturally, "I will take her with me."

"Okay." Hu Li kissed him sideways, opened the car door for him, and watched He Xi leave with the bouquet of flowers.

The host spoke Mandarin with a perfect accent on the TV, and the joyful atmosphere of the New Year did not cross the screen to the world outside the TV.

The sumptuous delicacies on the table were completely cold, and the lights were not turned on in the spacious villa. Hu Li sat motionless by the sofa, his face expressionless, as if he was thinking or in a daze, but he sat for too long, like a puppet Not angry.

The heating in the house was adequate, and it was a comfortable temperature, but it was cold because it was too quiet.Thousands of households light the lights of reunion, but here is lonely.

Hu Li arrived home at one o'clock in the afternoon and prepared meals, and now at nine o'clock in the evening, he waited for eight hours.

He has memories of his mother. The He family told him that his mother had gone far away, so he had been waiting for her to come back since he was very young. After waiting for five years, he finally found his mother's tombstone.

He had a vision of his father, who was said to be a powerful British man. He imagined that one morning, a tall British gentleman knocked on the door of He's house, embraced him warmly, and told him how much he missed him. Until the age of 18, he knew that his father had already passed away.

Ever since he was a child, he has waited too much, expecting again and again to be disappointed again and again, and then he understands that the things he likes have to be fought for with both hands, no one will bring them to the door, and all the waiting is doomed to be in vain.

He thought that his destiny had changed, and he no longer had to be helpless and could only pray for good luck, but now he clearly realized that there are some things that he can't get even if he tries his best, and can only rely on the gift of heaven.

Such as his love, such as his He Xi.

Hu Li curled himself up in a corner. He felt a little cold and couldn't help shivering. The lively skit on TV was halfway through, and the audience laughed and cheered one after another.

But what reached him in the end was nothing but indifferent light flickering on and off.

"Bang", someone started to light firecrackers, "crack", the fireworks that rushed into the sky exploded in an instant, turning into colorful streamers and pouring down.

The door of the villa opened, and the whole house brightened up. Hu Li raised his head in a daze, and saw He Xi standing at the door in a suit and leather shoes, smiling at him, with a coquettish and beautiful bouquet of red roses in his hand.

He stood up, and when he realized it, he had already hugged He Xi tightly in his arms, and shouted in an excited and trembling voice, "Brother."

He Xi stretched out her hand to hug him, and patted his back with a smile on her face: "You still have the nerve to call me, but you're crying when I'm not here."

"Welcome home." Hu Li ignored him, hugged him tightly and did not let go, and said in a crying voice, "The food is cold."

"It doesn't matter." He Xi kept laughing, as if a big happy event happened, "I can eat for a lifetime, not less than a few hours."

"That's what you said." Hu Li lowered his head and touched his forehead with his, gently caressing him, finally willing to let go of his disguise, acting coquettishly like going back to many years ago, "Then I will rely on you."

He Xi raised her hand and stretched out her little finger: "Pull the hook."

"Hanging on the hook, it must not be changed for 100 years." Hu Li hooked it tightly, with a serious expression as if he was reading a wedding vow.

"Happy New Year." He Xi patted him on the back, leaned back to distance each other, held his face and kissed him, "I kept you waiting."

The roses fell to the ground and scattered petals all over the place. The room seemed to be filled with a faint fragrance of flowers, and life suddenly became beautiful.

Hu Li pressed He Xi's lips, feeling that there would never be a happier moment in his life than this moment, and this time his waiting finally had an answer.

The moment he closed his eyes, he saw from the corner of his eye behind He Xi, Liu Ximei's somewhat restrained expression, and the gorgeous fireworks in the sky.

"Happy New Year," he whispered, and the same, "I love you."

Three years later, when He Zheng was released from prison, Liu Ximei, He Xi and Hu Li came to pick him up.

Liu Ximei stood at the front, and behind her were two juniors standing side by side. Hu Li embraced He Xi intimately. They all greeted him at the door with gentle smiles.

He Xi took his luggage and put it in the car, and turned around to call his father, Hu Li also called out, He Zheng was stunned, and turned his head to look at his wife.

Liu Ximei smiled and took his hand and sat in the rear compartment. They were like an ordinary and ordinary family of four, enjoying ordinary happiness just like ten years ago.

The villa was bought back by Hu Li, and the decoration of the house has not changed at all, exuding the atmosphere of the old days, but He Zheng feels moved and guilty. He owes too much to this family and Hu Li, but now, his family is in the midst of his crimes. After making a big mistake, he is still willing to forgive him and accept him.

He Zheng sat on the sofa in the living room, looked sideways at the two busy and intimate people in the kitchen, and looked at his wife with some doubts.

Liu Ximei took a sip of tea and said calmly, "They are together."

"What?" He Zheng was stunned, unable to understand.

"They love each other, that's why they are together." Liu Ximei was very calm. From the initial hysteria to her cranky thoughts, to He Xi's seven or eight hours of entanglement while kneeling on her bedside, until now she accepts it calmly. After a long, long struggle in his heart, he finally chose to face reality.

But these are not important, it has already passed away with time, so she doesn't want to share too much with her husband, what is important is that their family is finally reunited and happy again.

"You agreed?" He Zheng didn't know how they spent the past three years, but Hu Li must have helped them sincerely, so that the family that was originally fragmented could be bonded together again. He felt owed and dared not ask further questions. .

"Yes." Liu Ximei nodded with a light smile.

"In this world, there is no one who cherishes more than Hu Li." Liu Ximei said calmly, "So I bless them."

He Zheng thought that nothing had changed, and everything had changed, but those seemed to have become unimportant. He had lost it before, so he understood how precious it is to have it.

At this moment, he clearly felt that their family of four would live an ordinary life and obtain ordinary happiness just like thousands of others.