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The shopping mall does not have holidays for any festivals throughout the year. Xu Meiyin brought a few sets of clothes when she came back from the store, and took Jiang Yu to the supermarket to buy fruit and gift boxes in boxes. Yu didn't really want to go, so Xu Meiyin pulled him into the car.

He was drowsy in the car, and after getting out of the car, he followed Xu Meiyin with his hands full of things.Went to Auntie and Auntie's house, Jiang Yu said hello after entering the door and didn't say much, Xu Meiyin sat for a while and was about to leave, she didn't agree to eat here.

Jiang Yu sat on the co-pilot and looked out the window, not saying a word along the way.

He has no concept of family affection since he was a child, and he has never been close to anyone. In his impression, there are only a few people who really care about him.Although he would often go to someone’s house to play when he was young, he was too boring when he was young. Adults didn’t like it, and children didn’t take him to play very often. Over time, he got used to being alone, or blocking ants with branches in the corner, and he wanted to go back quickly. The family looked for Ziluo.

He doesn't like visiting relatives, and he doesn't like those false greetings after meeting. Jiang Yu understands that some people don't like him very much until now, and sometimes he cares about a few words, but he doesn't know the truth, and then he never mentions him again. up.

It was noon when I got home, the weather was bad and there was no sun.The living room was very quiet, but Jiang Dezhi didn't know where he went.

Jiang Yu washed his hands and went back to his room. When he heard Xu Meiyin call Jiang Dezhi, he seemed to be drinking again.

And Xu Meiyin didn't say much, this time she wasn't as angry as before, she knew the reason, and so did Jiang Yu.

Because Jiang Lai's death day is approaching.

Jiang Lai passed away in the few days after the new year. At that time, every household posted a new couplet, which was so popular that no one could have imagined that the Jiang family would never leave when the smell of the new year was still alive. Red to white, from beaming to lifeless.

This was also the reason why Jiang Yu didn't like Chinese New Year very much.

Every time Jiang Dezhi was in a low mood, the way he vented himself was to drink and numb himself with alcohol, hoping to forget some memories of Jiang Lai's death, but the more he drank, the clearer he remembered.

And every time Jiang Dezhi got drunk, he would go crazy with alcohol, worse than ever. Jiang Yu hadn't had an exquisite reunion dinner on New Year's Eve in the past ten years. Xu Meiyin simply made something and ate it back to the room.

and--

Jiang Yu lowered his eyes.

Moreover, Jiang Dezhi didn't seem to be able to see him during this time of the year, and his face would collapse even more when he saw him, and he would point at him and swear at him when he was drunk, Jiang Yu didn't understand.

At first he didn't understand at all, and then he became numb and didn't want to understand.

Xu Meiyin knocked on Jiang Yu's door: "Your father is not coming back, what can you cook?"

Jiang Yu thought for a moment: "Porridge."

Xu Meiyin doesn't know how to stir-fry, but only makes some pasta. The porridge is the best, and Jiang Yu can drink two big bowls every time.

Jiang Yu saw Xu Meiyin go to the kitchen through the window. He was sitting in front of the desk, which was full of various exercise books and wrong problem sets. It was just a holiday and he didn't want to do his homework. The remote pressed a switch.

"Hello, welcome to Daidai - press 1 to record directly, press 2 to automatically play for you..."

Jiang Yu didn't have the patience to wait for it to finish, so he pressed 2 directly. After the doll was quiet for a few seconds, he heard the sound of Zi Luo, the same happy birthday he had heard hundreds of times.

Jiang Yu couldn't help laughing, pressed the heavy button, and thought for a while that it would be New Year's Eve in a few days, and he was going to find Zi Luo to record Happy New Year for him.

Thinking of this, he took out his mobile phone to send a message to Zi Luo.

Yu: what are you doing

Fall: visit relatives

Fall: so boring

It took several minutes for Zi Luo to reply, probably it is not convenient to look at the mobile phone at the elder's house.Jiang Yu frowned at the corner of his phone screen, and reached out to pinch the bear doll.

Yu: I just got home, aren't you coming back at noon?

Luo: I won’t come back, my sister-in-law is very enthusiastic and is cooking now

Yu: Ah, come back in the afternoon?

Settlement: Estimated evening

Jiang Yu turned over on the bed, put the bear doll beside the pillow, and listened to the birthday greeting again.

Zi Luo saw that he didn't reply for a few minutes and directly sent an emoji.

Luo: what are you doing

Yu: Listen to the recording doll you gave me

Jiang Yu stared at the screen and watched Zi Luo's side displaying "the other party is typing", but he didn't see any message for a while. He waited impatiently, and directly pressed the voice and said: It sounds like this is the only sentence happy birthday, Come back quickly and record the other ones for me.

Zi Luo finally sent a message, and replied in the same voice: OK, I will go home and find you

Luo: Do ​​not go hungry

Encounter: um

Luo: Or I will buy you some fried chicken when I go back?

Yu: It’s okay, hahaha

Zi Luo sent an emoji of a paper man touching a dog's head.

When Jiang Dezhi came back in the afternoon, he was so drunk that he passed out, and he didn't know who sent him back.When Jiang Yu was playing games in the room, he heard the voices of a few strange men, Xu Meiyin kept thanking them, and then sent them outside the door.

"Old Xu—" Jiang Dezhi was sitting at the round table, touching the glass water cup, jingling, "Pour me a cup of tea!"

After Xu Meiyin came back, she slapped his hands away: "Go to bed and lie down!"

Jiang Dezhi couldn't walk at all, his face was purple, and even his eyes were bloodshot.He leaned over on the table, muttering in his mouth and didn't know what he was talking about.

As soon as the game was over, Jiang Yu turned off the computer, took out the test paper from his schoolbag and started writing.

Xu Meiyin took a cup of hot water and brought it to Jiang Dezhi's mouth. At this time, she was not as angry as before, and her brows were frowned with a look of embarrassment: "What are you doing drinking so much wine at noon? Isn't it uncomfortable?"

Jiang Dezhi snorted, water dripped from his chin, closed his eyes and started talking nonsense.

Jiang Yu heard him calling Xu Meiyin's name, but he just said nothing, and then he became Jiang Lai.

Unable to solve any of the problems in front of him, Jiang Yu put down his pen and looked out the window quietly.His mouth was a bit bitter, he took out the unfinished box of candies from the drawer, pinched one and stuffed it into his mouth.

As long as Jiang Dezhi was drunk, quietness at home became a luxury. Jiang Yu didn't do any homework, and put on his headphones and went back to bed to listen to music.

When the sun was setting, Jiang Defa brought Jiang Xiaolong over, carrying milk and fruit.Jiang Defa smelled alcohol when he entered the door, looked around the living room but saw no one, and shouted: "The door is open, is there no one at home?"

Jiang Yu heard the sound and threw the phone off the bed. After opening the door, he saw Jiang Defa sitting in the living room. He called out, "Uncle, Brother Longlong."

"Where's your father?" Jiang Defa asked.

Jiang Yu said, "I don't know."

After Xu Meiyin came out of the kitchen, she saw the father and son sitting in the room, and said, "Hey, when did you come?"

"It's only been a few minutes since I came here." Jiang Defa said, "No one will know when they come in, and they won't be able to find out if the house is stolen."

"I'm washing the vegetables in the kitchen, let's eat here tonight."

Jiang Defa looked around: "Where's my elder brother?"

Xu Meiyin pointed at Jiang Lai's room.

Jiang Defa didn't speak, just bowed his head for a while, didn't stay here for too long, and wanted to take Jiang Yu away when he left, but Jiang Yu had been waiting for Zi Luo, so he had to say another day.

It was already dark outside, and every family had a sumptuous dinner. Many people who went to school or went to work in other places returned to Zhangcheng after their holidays. The car was full, and Zi Luo was holding the phone and carrying a bag, standing at the door looking at the dead branches where the flowers had long since withered.

A few minutes later, a figure ran out from the Jiang family compound. Jiang Yu was still wearing slippers. He didn't look at his phone when he was looking for a part-time job on the computer. He sent a message, two words: come out.

"Why didn't you send me a voice message, I didn't check my phone." Jiang Yu said, "Have you been waiting for a long time, is it cold?"

Zi Luo was dressed very casually today, with a dark cotton jacket and trousers that bound her feet.Stepping on a pair of black short boots made his legs more slender. Jiang Yu silently looked at him and found that this person would always make his eyes shine.

"It didn't take long." Zi Luo handed him the fried chicken, "Has Uncle Jiang cooked?"

Jiang Yu took it over and said, "No, my mother made it. Are you going to my house?"

Zi Luo was silent for a while: "I won't go."

"Then when will you record Happy New Year for me?"

"What's the hurry, it's New Year's Eve soon." Zi Luo looked at him with a smile, "Brother Qiu said that he will go to the square to perform tomorrow, do you want to come together?"

Jiang Yuzheng lowered his head to smell the smell of fried chicken, and then looked up at him: "Did you agree?"

Zi Luo said, "Well, let's go together."

Jiang Yu nodded: "Okay."

When he returned to the room, Xu Meiyin happened to come out of the kitchen with a plate of vegetables in his hand. When he saw the bag of fried chicken in his hand, he was slightly taken aback, and asked with a frown, "Order takeaway?"

Jiang Yu said, "No..."

Xu Meiyin interrupted him without waiting for his answer: "Didn't I tell you that I cook? There is no food at home, right?"

"Zi Luo bought this." Faced with Xu Meiyin's sudden accusation, Jiang Yu showed no expression, and explained that Xu Meiyin's face didn't look any better, so he walked into the living room without saying a word.

Xu Meiyin didn't cook anything, just fried two small stir-fries and boiled a pot of egg and seaweed soup. Jiang Yu spread the fried chicken on the table. Xu Meiyin sat down with a tense face, picked up the steamed buns Serve directly.

Jiang Yu bit into his mouth with a steamed bun and was eating the tasteless fried shredded potatoes when he suddenly heard a "bang"——

He was slightly taken aback and turned his head to look outside the door, and saw dazzling fireworks lit up in the gray sky, blooming one after another without stopping.

Baihua Street is not too strict, fireworks are allowed to be released during the Chinese New Year, the couplets on the gate of the Jiang family have long since faded, and there are no new year's goods at home, which is no different from before.Before New Year's Eve, someone had already set off fireworks in advance. Jiang Yu watched the fireworks fall like meteors, and his eyes lit up, and then he felt a little New Year's atmosphere.

The phone lights up, and someone sends a message——

Fall: Did you see it?

Yu: I see, did you let it go? ? ?

Fall: happy new year

fall: say in advance

Jiang Yu couldn't help laughing, Xu Meiyin saw it and asked, "Who sent you the message?"

"Huh?" Jiang Yu put away his phone and said, "No one."

Xu Meiyin didn't hear the exact answer, and her tone became more serious: "No dating is allowed, and your grades in dating will definitely drop. You are only a sophomore in high school."

"I'm not in a relationship." Jiang Dezhi's drunken voice sounded from the room, and Jiang Yu couldn't sit still, "I'm full, you can eat."

After taking two bites of the steamed bun, Jiang Yu took it back to the room, even bringing the fried chicken that he didn't eat.

The dishes on the table were cold, Xu Meiyin listened to Jiang Dezhi's drunken talk, silently stuffed steamed buns into her mouth, took another bite before swallowing, choked and took a big bowl of soup in front of her.The sound outside stopped, and the sky was dark, as if the fireworks embellishment just now had never happened.

In the silence of the middle of the night, Jiang Yu hid under the covers and played with his mobile phone. He heard rustling sounds from the living room, followed by footsteps, and then Jiang Dezhi's coughing sound entered his ears.

Jiang Dezhi slept from afternoon until midnight, and got hungry looking for something to eat, but there was nothing on the table.He was still dizzy, and he was even more irritable when he couldn't find anything to eat. He took a sip of tea and put the cup on the table heavily. The sound was too harsh in the night, Xu Meiyin was woken up and turned on the light: What are you doing?"

"There's no food at home, don't you know how to make something?" Jiang Dezhi's eyes were red and swollen, and he said loudly, "Cook me something to eat."

Xu Meiyin closed the pajamas on her body: "Where is the food for you, go to bed."

Jiang Dezhi patted the table a few times: "What are you sleeping on? Can I sleep well? It's so difficult for you to cook me a meal?!"

"Did I let you drink?" Xu Meiyin also got angry, glaring at him and said, "Who told you to drink so much? If you don't drink, you can order food at home at night? You can't walk after seeing alcohol every day." -"

"Shut up! It's okay, I won't let you do it!" Jiang Dezhi stood up and shouted, "It's endless every day. How many times have you cooked in your life? It's so difficult for you to cook a meal!"

Xu Meiyin said: "When others are sleeping, you get up in the middle of the night to find food. Do you let others sleep with such a loud voice? Who told you to drink, and I told you to drink? If you want to eat, do it yourself, if you don't want to sleep, get out!"

"Xu Meiyin!"

Hearing that the battle seemed impossible to end for a while, Jiang Yu directly blocked his ears.

But it took a while to realize that he wanted to go to the bathroom.

Even if he blocked his ears, he could hear the voice that was louder than the other. Jiang Yu lay limp on the bed and sighed deeply. After struggling with his thoughts for a long time, he couldn't hold back and finally got up from the bed.

Xu Meiyin and Jiang Dezhi were arguing red-faced. Jiang Dezhi didn't speak after seeing him coming out, and Xu Meiyin was also tired, so he turned and walked back to the room: "Go back and sleep honestly, don't be so loud again."

When Jiang Yu came out of the bathroom, he found Jiang Dezhi still sitting there. He opened his mouth hesitantly to say something, but he heard Jiang Dezhi call him, saying, "Go and buy me a bowl of noodles."

"..." Jiang Yu almost thought he heard it wrong, "Now?"

"Yes!" Jiang Dezhi waved his hand at him, "Go and come back!"

Jiang Yu was speechless for a long time, and then asked, "Dad, do you know what time it is?"

Jiang Dezhi said: "There are food sellers over the ancient bridge, and they usually open until after two o'clock. What time is it? Go quickly, ride a bicycle, and call me when you come back."

Jiang Yu watched Jiang Dezhi go back to Jiang Lai's room, the door was closed, and he was the only one left standing here, feeling a sudden irritability in his heart.He went back to his room, put on his coat and gloves, and rode forward in the dark alley with his mobile phone.

The winter night was bitterly cold, Jiang Yu was blown to tears by the wind, he wiped with the back of his hand and rode forward with all his strength, and arrived at the ancient bridge in about 10 minutes.

There are not many shops that are still open so late in the Chinese New Year. The noodle shop closed its doors at some unknown time. From a distance, it can be seen that only one or two doors are still open, and the rest are all dark.

Jiang Yu was not surprised.

This shop specializes in selling barbecue, and there are two tables sitting in the room, Jiang Yu called the boss: "Do you have any noodles?"

The boss was taken aback: "What noodles?"

Jiang Yu said, "Just boiled noodles, boiled noodles, noodles with soup, are there any?"

Only then did I understand, the boss said: "No, our family sells barbecue! How about a few skewers of mutton, do you have to eat noodles?"

The store next to it was a small supermarket, Jiang Yu frowned, thinking about where to buy steaming noodles at this time.He turned to leave, but the boss stopped him: "How about I cook a bowl for you? My wife rolled the noodles by herself."

Jiang Yu looked at him unexpectedly, hesitated a bit, and said, "... sorry for your trouble."

Within a few minutes, the boss packed the noodles and delivered them to the door. Jiang Yu took a look and found that they were indeed hand-rolled noodles, which looked delicious.He took out the money: "How much?"

"Five dollars!"

Jiang Yu looked up: "So cheap?"

The boss smiled at him nonchalantly: "I'm closing soon, and my house doesn't sell noodles, so you're the first to ask. Hurry up and go home in the middle of the night, it's cold."

Jiang Yu reached out to take it and smiled: "Thank you, you will definitely make a lot of money in the future."

Afraid that the noodles would be greasy, Jiang Yu rode very fast on the way back. When he got home, his face was blown unconscious by the cold wind, and he probably trembled when he spoke.He walked to the closed door and knocked: "Dad, here are the noodles."

No sound.

Jiang Yu went on to say, "Dad, did you hear me, the noodles should be eaten while they are hot."

After a few seconds, Jiang Yu heard Jiang Dezhi's snoring.

His fingertips were cold, and he stood in the dark for a while to make sure that Jiang Dezhi had fallen asleep before he couldn't help laughing angrily. After laughing, he still felt bored, getting more and more bored.

Jiang Yu put the noodles on the table, turned and went back to the room.