Life is as short as a spring dream

For several days in a row, Ren Pingsheng felt as if his whole body had been beaten with chicken blood, dragging Huamanzhu around the city, moving whatever interesting things he saw to his residence, and their small yard was filled with all kinds of New Year's goods, Food, and Spring Festival couplets were pasted on the doors and windows.Ren Pingsheng was in high spirits, and said that he would go to the countryside to do as the Romans do, and he would not leave out any festival supplies.Hua Manzhu didn't know whether he was here for revenge or for fun, that excitement always gave Hua Manzhu the illusion of going back in time to three years ago.

Doubts are doubts, of course Hua Manzhu still has to go crazy with Ren Pingsheng.On this day, Ren Pingsheng saw brightly red window grilles pasted up in the house next door, so he decided to buy them.Hua Manzhu shook his head and had no choice but to follow.

At this time, most of the shops on Qingcheng Street are selling window grilles and couplets, but Ren Pingsheng has been around for a long time, either because he dislikes the tricks too tacky, or because people's handicrafts are not meticulous. His eyes.Hua Manzhu was holding all kinds of snacks that Ren Pingsheng bought along the way, and followed behind him, wanting to laugh but afraid of being scolded by the stall owners, holding back uncomfortably.

The two of them were stopping in front of a paper-cutting lady to carefully select, but they heard someone calling Ren Pingsheng's name behind them.

"Pingsheng! Pingsheng! Ren Pingsheng!" The man sounded very excited. When Ren Pingsheng turned his head, he saw a tall and burly man running over in a hurry, almost overturning several passers-by.

"This is..." Hua Manzhu squinted his eyes and took a closer look, "Brother Li?!"

In an instant, Li Wangpin had pushed his way through the crowd and rushed to the two of them.Xu was so excited, Li Wangpin even forgot that he had kung fu, and squeezed through the crowd with brute force all the way, his breath was a little out of breath.

"Li Wangpin?" Ren Pingsheng was also surprised.

"It's me!" Li Wangpin yelled, and the paper-cut lady was startled by his voice.

Li Wangpin laughed, and was about to pat Ren Pingsheng on the shoulder, but saw the two of them holding a bunch of candied haws in one hand, and Ren Pingsheng carefully holding a bright red window grille in the other hand, he was a little dazed.

The lady who sells paper-cuts saw this posture, and felt that the new big man looked so angry that she didn't want to be with him. She didn't even want the window grilles in Ren Pingsheng's hand, and ran away with her basket in her arms.

"Hey aunt..." Ren Pingsheng yelled twice but didn't stop, so he had no choice but to put the window grille into Huamanzhu's arms, "It's a good deal for us."

"Are you... buying window grilles?" Li Wangpin's eyes were wide open. In his heart, this window grille has always been a thing for girls. Every year his mother wants to post stickers for his house, but he is not happy.

"Do you have an opinion?" Ren Pingsheng rolled his eyes at him, "You didn't stay in Jizhou, why did you come here?"

Stared at by Ren Pingsheng's extremely familiar white eyes, Li Wangpin was so excited. Coupled with this familiar tone, he seemed to be finally sure that he really saw them again. He actually felt his eye sockets heat up.

"Pingsheng! Xiaozhu!" Li Wangpin rushed towards him, Hua Manzhu had no time to react, and the candied haws in his hand stuck firmly to Li Wangpin's chest.

"It's good to see you again!"

Li Wangpin was so moved that he couldn't extricate himself, Ren Pingsheng had already grabbed his collar in disgust and lifted him aside.

"What are you doing, let go quickly! What's the matter, do you still want to hug and cry?"

Although his tone was impatient, Hua Manzhu could tell that Ren Pingsheng was also happy to see his old friend again.But Li Wangpin didn't think about it so much, he just felt that his heart was hot and his eyes were hot. Ren Pingsheng watched this big man who was a few years older than himself, his eyes turned red, and Huamanzhu's sticky string was still stuck on his chest. The mushy candied haws made me feel goosebumps all over my body.

"All right, all right, let's talk when we go back, you don't have to be ashamed of so many people." Ren Pingsheng swung his robes and left with Hua Manzhu in his arms.Li Wangpin hurriedly grinned and followed, chirping all the way Pingsheng, Xiaozhu and Xiaozhu, Ren Pingsheng was so annoyed that he wanted to cover his ears.

Huamanzhu couldn't help but kept laughing.Although Ren Pingsheng looked as happy as before these days, it was not until Li Wangpin suddenly appeared that Hua Manzhu really felt that the little brother three years ago had returned at that moment.

Li Wangpin came to Qingcheng by escort.In the past two years, his father started to let him walk darts alone, but because of his barely enlightened mind, he never dared to let him go too far.When he came to Qingcheng this time, he was able to get out because he had talked with his father for a long time.The road was delayed for some time by a group of small mountain thieves, and it was almost the end of the year by the time Li Wangpin recovered the goods and arrived in Qingcheng.He also didn't want to celebrate the New Year on the road, so he planned to stay in Qingcheng, but he didn't expect to see Ren Pingsheng and Hua Manzhu who had disappeared on the street. He was so happy that he couldn't sleep all night, and he took his luggage with him early the next morning. , lived in the small courtyard of Ren Pingsheng and Hua Manzhu.Seeing that there is everything in this yard, and the scene of the Chinese New Year is booming, I thought that the two of them had been living here in seclusion for the past few years.Ren Pingsheng didn't explain, Hua Manzhu didn't say anything, Yunshui Tower is mysterious after all, the less people know about their stay there, the better.

Li Wangpin admired Ren Pingsheng's skills since he was a child, and he couldn't help but fight with Ren Pingsheng again when they reunited.Ren Pingsheng has rich experience in actual combat in the past few years, and his kung fu is not what it used to be. It is because of the holiday that he was merciful and didn't beat him black and blue.Li Wangpin, who was beaten, was as happy as before, excited, and asked for advice.When Ren Pingsheng was bored, he kicked Li Wangpin out. Li Wangpin didn't care, and happily went to the restaurant to buy some good wine and food, and when he came back, he dragged the two of them to talk endless nonsense.

With such a person in the yard, it is indeed much more lively.Hua Manzhu watched Li Wangpin pestering Ren Pingsheng every day, and sometimes he couldn't find Ren Pingsheng, so he came to ask Hua Manzhu to talk to him, why is there a new tavern in Jizhou City, the peach blossom wine is very delicious, what is the one in the west of the city? Widow Liu is nearly 28 years old and married [-]-year-old Zhang Yuanwai last year. Why did she single out [-] robbers on the road of darts? Why did his parents say that he must marry a wife and have children next year... I don’t know. Where does he come from so many words, and he can never finish talking.Every time at this time, Ren Pingsheng would run out and bring Huamanzhu into the house, blocking Li Wangpin out the door alone.

Li Wangpin's excitement about reuniting with his childhood friend has not diminished at all, and he continued to quarrel until New Year's Eve.Originally, they wanted to spend a new year alone, but now there is an extra Li Wangpin.But at any rate, they are old friends, both in a foreign land, there is no reason for them to leave, the most important thing is that even though they look disgusted on the surface, both Ren Pingsheng and Hua Manzhu are very happy to meet him.Back then Li Wangpin said that he would take them back to the Escort Bureau, but they left without saying a word. Although he doesn't say anything now, he must have felt uncomfortable at that time.

On New Year's Eve, the three of them got up early in the morning.The yard was cleaned inside and out, and the window grilles were pasted up, making it very festive.The only regret is that this is the south, and there is no snow, otherwise the red window grilles reflect the auspicious snow, and the scenery should be excellent.However, the trees in the yard are not as bare as they are in the north, so it has a different taste.

Li Wangpin was rushed to the kitchen by Ren Pingsheng to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, and he hid aside with Hua Manzhu.From time to time, the sound of bowls and cups breaking could be heard in the kitchen, and Hua Manzhu felt pain in his heart, and Ren Pingsheng held him back when he wanted to go in several times.Ren Pingsheng threw Huamanzhu's peeled peanuts into his mouth and said, "Leave him alone, anyway, we must have something to eat at night."

As soon as the words fell, there was a bang, and Li Wangpin broke something.

Hua Manzhu looked at Ren Pingsheng dumbfounded: "Brother, if you let him continue to make trouble like this, he won't even have bowls and chopsticks at night."

The corner of Ren Pingsheng's mouth raised, and he threw a peanut into Hua Manzhu's speaking mouth without any mistakes. Hua Manzhu choked and immediately shut his mouth.

"Li Wangpin!" Ren Pingsheng looked at Hua Manzhu with a smile on his face, "You count how many things are broken, and make them up before tonight!"

The kitchen fell silent for a moment, and after a while, Li Wangpin walked out of the kitchen with a smile on his face, "I'm going to mend it right now, right now!"

"You're leaving now, what about the New Year's Eve dinner?" Ren Pingsheng asked leisurely.

Li Wangpin patted his chest: "Put it on me!" After finishing speaking, he ran out quickly.

Ren Pingsheng looked confident, rubbed Hua Manzhu's head and said, "Don't worry, Li Wangpin has no brains, but he has money. Let's just spend New Year's Eve idle and let him eat and drink."

Hua Manzhu looked at the sly look on Ren Pingsheng's face, his heart moved, and he also thought of playing a prank. He secretly squeezed the peanuts in his hand, and suddenly pointed to the door and said, "Hey, why is Brother Li back again?"

"Ah?" Ren Pingsheng turned his head to look without hesitation, Hua Manzhu took the opportunity to do the same thing, and threw peanuts into Ren Pingsheng's mouth.

But Ren Pingsheng's skill is not comparable to that of Huamanzhu, even though he turned his head, he still reacted in an instant, subconsciously dodged to the side, and the peanut wiped the tip of his nose and flew out.

Seeing that he missed a hit, Hua Manzhu got up and rushed into the room.

"Huamanzhu! Stop!" Ren Pingsheng couldn't believe it, Huamanzhu actually punished him?

Hua Manzhu quickly bolted the door. Hearing Ren Pingsheng's furious roar, he was still shocked. He wanted to laugh but didn't dare to make a loud noise. He could only hide in the room until Li Wangpin came back to divert the firepower.

Fortunately, this time Li Wangpong was very reliable, and after going out for only half an hour, he came back full of ambition.Ren Pingsheng saw that Hua Manzhu was hiding in the house and did not dare to come out, he thought it was funny, so he followed his mind and turned around to interrogate Li Wangpin about the New Year's Eve dinner, Hua Manzhu opened the door probingly, It seemed that Ren Pingsheng was not angry anymore, so he ran forward graciously, beat Ren Pingsheng's legs and shoulders with a grin, and never mentioned what happened just now.While listening to Li Wangpin's report, Ren Pingsheng grabbed the peanuts and threw them behind his back. Hua Manzhu subconsciously opened his mouth to catch them. As soon as he finished chewing, Ren Pingsheng threw another one at the right time. Li Wangpin was stunned for a moment, amazed at Ren Pingsheng's skill in throwing things behind him with such precision.

Sure enough, more money is easier to do things. Although Li Wangpin's money bag is not very flexible, he still does things efficiently. I don't know how much money he spent, so he just ordered a table of sumptuous food and drink, and the restaurant delivered it respectfully. .Looking at the table of dishes and the wine that kept being brought into the room, Hua Manzhu clicked his tongue, obviously there were only three people, and these were enough for seven or eight people.Li Wangpin proudly said that the table must be full for the New Year's Eve dinner in order to have a happy reunion.

The three of them placed the table under the tree in the courtyard, the wine jars were lined up on one side, and a small stove was built under the table, which made the surroundings warm.The night is getting darker, the lights outside the courtyard are like stars, the sound of firecrackers is frequent, and the laughter of children walking in the streets and alleys comes over the wall.Ren Pingsheng and Li Wangpin drank with the laughter, but Hua Manzhu was strictly restricted by Ren Pingsheng to only drink three cups.Hua Manzhu's alcohol tolerance has always been bad, Ren Pingsheng used to laugh at him, but later he was not allowed to drink too much.Huamanzhu didn't care either, three cups were just right, slightly drunk but not drunk, just suitable for the festive atmosphere.

Perhaps he was frowning with joy, but at the same time he was worried. Li Wangpin drank three cups and two cups very quickly, and was already drunk before he arrived.Dimly looking at the two people opposite him, he couldn't let go, and suddenly reached out and grabbed Hua Manzhu's arm beside him.

Ren Pingsheng frowned, and was about to pull him away, but he suddenly said: "Xiao Zhu, tell me, am I drinking with you and your senior brother?"

Alas, Hua Manzhu sighed inwardly, glanced at Ren Pingsheng, and replied: "Yes, it's the three of us together."

Li Wangpin nodded, let go of his hand, looked at the table and wondered what he was thinking.Just as Ren Pingsheng was about to speak, Li Wangpin said again: "You two are really cruel, really cruel."

Ren Pingsheng closed his mouth, picked up his wine glass and took a sip.

"So cruel!" Li Wangpin slapped the table and said bitterly, "Why didn't you just leave without saying anything? What's so good here, what's so good...why don't you go to Jizhou with me..."

Ren Pingsheng patted Huamanzhu reassuringly, and Ren Li Wangpin continued talking on his own.

"I know you are sad, sad, but I am also sad." Li Wangpin said, feeling aggrieved, "Others are afraid of me, saying that I have a bad temper and love to fight, and they ignore me. Hit me, but I admire you, you are good at kung fu."

Ren Pingsheng smiled and shook his head.

"It's just the two of you," Li Wangpin made a break, "it's just the two of you, you are my friends."

Huamanzhu felt a little uncomfortable and drank a glass of wine by himself.

"You guys, don't see you again!" Li Wangpin lay down on the table, his eyes were a little moist, and repeated, "Don't see you again!"

Ren Pingsheng turned his head away, not wanting to look at him again.