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Jiang Yu dreamed about Jiang Lai again.

Every household on Baihua Street in the dream posted brightly red couplets, and he stood obediently by the gate, raising his head to see Jiang Lai posting the banners.The little boy held on to the stool, not daring to let go of his hands, for fear that Jiang Lai would fall if he could not stand firmly.

"Okay." Jiang Lai jumped off the bench, lowered his eyes to look at Xiao Jiang Yu.He smiled, raised his hand to touch his face, but retracted it because his hands were dirty, "Is it cold?"

Xiao Jiangyu was wrapped up thickly, staring and shaking his head.

Jiang Lai washed his hands and turned on the TV for him to watch, but Xiao Jiang Yu didn't want to watch TV, so he followed Jiang Lai to stop and go.Jiang Lai knelt down and pinched his face: "Brother makes dumplings for you tonight."

Xiao Jiangyu nodded.

He returned to the TV, but Jiang Lai hugged him to the sofa, saying that watching TV so close was bad for his eyes.

Jiang Lai left again, Xiao Jiang Yu felt thirsty after watching TV for a while, and there was a black water glass on the coffee table, a gift from Jiang Lai.

He took the cup and wanted to fetch water, but there was no water dispenser at home, so he had to run to the kitchen.Jiang Lai took him a cup of warm water: "Xiao Yu, look."

Xiao Jiangyu stared at the cup and saw his photo on it. He laughed in surprise. Jiang Lai said: "When this cup touches hot water, your photo will appear. But you are not allowed to take it alone. The hot water is too hot. Hot, not safe."

Xiao Jiangyu listened and drank the water all afternoon with a cup in his hand.

When Jiang Yu woke up, he had a splitting headache. He sat on the bed and felt a gust of cool wind. When he looked up, he found that he forgot to close the window when he was sleeping.

Getting out of bed and closing the window, Jiang Yu saw the scene outside the window clearly through the moonlight.The door is closed, and the door to the side has been the same for ten years. It was never decorated with much fanfare in previous years, and it must be the same this year.

Day by day, next month will be Chinese New Year.

The books on the table were messed up by the wind, Jiang Yu stretched out his hand to tidy them up, and went out to pour a glass of water to drink.

He suddenly remembered the scene in the dream again, when he was a little boy and drank water all afternoon while holding a cup, Jiang Lai took each cup for him, never impatient.

Xu Meiyin was rarely at home this afternoon, but she pulled a small suitcase when she came out, and when she saw Jiang Yu was still stuffing things in her satchel, she said, "I'm on a business trip for two days, these two days you and your dad— "

Probably remembering how unreliable Jiang Dezhi has been recently, Xu Meiyin paused: "You can go to your Aunt Xie's house to eat, or you can buy food. Didn't you make money from a part-time job? I won't give it to you. "

Holding the transparent water glass in his hand, Jiang Yu didn't speak, but just nodded.

Xu Meiyin was still urging, Jiang Yu responded after listening, and watched Xu Meiyin pull the box and leave the compound.

Jiang Dezhi was not at home.

He stopped in front of the door, paused and turned around.He didn't find this cup in Jiang Lai's room last time, but this cup appeared twice in the dream, as if it existed in real life.

Jiang Yu didn't give up and wanted to try again to see if he could find it, but he couldn't find it after searching the bookshelf and wardrobe.

He thought again, even if it existed, how many years had passed, and it might have been thrown away long ago.

Jiang Yu stood in the living room and looked at the bare persimmon tree in the courtyard. When he looked back, he glanced at Xu Meiyin's room. His eyes stopped, and his eyes stopped on the small cloth box on the closet.

The wardrobe was too high, so he could only move a bench and reached out to take the box down.

However, what he saw after opening it made him dumbfounded.There are not many things inside, just some gadgets, including the certificates that Jiang Lai won in the competition, a mobile phone that is no longer used, and some photos.

Jiang Yu saw the cup under the scattered photos.

But he just picked up a photo, which was a photo of Jiang Lai and him.Just the two of them, the background is the amusement park in Zhangcheng.

The amusement park ten years ago was very old, Jiang Lai crouched and hugged him, smiling brightly at the camera.

The photos are very thick, and they were not put into an album, as if they were thrown away and left there in a mess.And here are almost all photos of Jiang Lai and him together. Jiang Yu never knew that so many memories between him and Jiang Lai had been sealed up.

Jiang Yu took the photos back to the room and looked through them one by one. Jiang Lai didn't seem to be unhappy, and every photo left a smile on his face.Some of them, Jiang Dezhi and Xu Meiyin, were in the picture, but Jiang Yu always felt that Jiang Lai hugged him much more than the others.

He washed the cup and went to the living room to fetch boiling water, and the photo on the cup appeared immediately.One is that when he was still young, he had just grown two teeth, holding a ball and smiling at the camera.The other is bigger, and he is wearing light-colored denim, looking at the camera with his eyes open.There is another picture of Jiang Lai holding him in his arms and looking at him with a smile.

Jiang Yu's head hurt even more.

He closed his eyes and gasped twice, his fingers were scorched by the cup, and they were already slightly red.

It was nearly midnight when Jiang Dezhi got home drunk, probably because he knew Xu Meiyin was not there, so he didn't yell like he used to when he entered the house.But the sound was too loud, Jiang Yu didn't fall asleep, and could hear it clearly in the room.

Zi Luo made a video call with him, and after hearing it, he asked, "Uncle Jiang is back?"

Jiang Yu looked at the ceiling: "Yes."

Jiang Dezhi poured a cup of hot tea and sat in the living room for a long time.Jiang Yu clearly heard a heavy sigh.

Early the next morning, Jiang Yu went to find Zi Luo and made breakfast together. Xie Xiaoan cooked porridge, which warmed his body after drinking it in the bitterly cold winter.The air conditioner was turned on in Zi Luo's room. At this time, Jiang Yu was wearing only a light-colored sweater, sitting at the table and looking out the window.

He opened his eyes wide: "Luoluo! Look quickly."

Zi Luo sat in front of the piano, watching the thin snowflakes slowly falling outside the window with him.

A familiar melody sounded in his ears, Jiang Yu didn't look back, he looked at the snow outside the window, and listened to Zi Luo's playing for him alone.

The snow stopped in the afternoon, and the two of them went out to work part-time. Ji Wang studied for several hours and was unlovable. At the end, he wanted Jiang Yu to stay for dinner. Jiang Yu shook his head and said, "Another day."

Ji Wang looked at him: "Are you going on a date again?"

Jiang Yu said: "I agreed with him to eat hot pot, do you want to go together?"

"I won't go." Ji Wang said, "I'm not a light bulb."

"After completing these questions, you will definitely improve in the final exam." Jiang Yu was about to leave with his bag on his back, "If you need anything, contact me on WeChat."

Ji Wang called to him: "Wait!"

Jiang Yu turned around and saw Ji Wang taking a painting from the easel and walking over. He took it, but opened his eyes slightly when he saw it clearly.

It was a night scene, with street lamps standing quietly on both sides of the road, and in the painting two teenagers were walking side by side.

Jiang Yu recognized the clothes he and Zi Luo wore that day, and he laughed in surprise: "I have a heart."

"A gift for you." Ji Wang said, "I have my signature on the back. If I become famous in the future, this painting will be very valuable."

Jiang Yuxiao: "It's very valuable now, I like it very much."

Zi Luo's class was not over yet, Jiang Yu went to the agreed place.It was too cold outside, so he walked around the first floor of the shopping mall, only to run out to greet him when Zi Luo sent a message saying that he had already arrived at the door.

Jiang Yu grabbed Zi Luo's hand: "Is it cold?"

"...Your hands are so cold?" Zi Luo held his hand backwards, "Why don't you wear gloves?"

"Why am I wearing it when I go into the mall?" In fact, he didn't wear it all this time, but Jiang Yu didn't dare to say.

There are many people on the street on weekends, and there are almost no vacancies in the hot pot restaurant.The two waited for about half an hour before the waiter came to show the way.Jiang Yu looked at the menu and ordered a lot at one go. Zi Luo knew his problem well, took the tablet and deleted a few unnecessary dishes.

Jiang Yu: "I can finish eating!"

"You say that every time." Zi Luo had already placed an order, "If you can't finish eating, you still stuff it to me."

The two of them, who were full of food and drink, didn't feel too cold when they went out, but Zi Luo still put gloves on Jiang Yu, and Jiang Yu wrapped a scarf around Zi Luo.There is still the last bus left, and there are not many people at the station.

Jiang Yu just got into the car when the phone rang, and pressed to answer: "Mom."

Xu Meiyin asked directly: "Where is it?"

"Outside." Jiang Yu said, "I'm going home."

"Your father drank too much, and the boss called me. I can't make it through out of town, and your uncle is not free. You go and pick him up." Xu Meiyin's voice was very noisy, so her voice raised a lot, " I'll send you the address, you go there quickly."

Hang up after finishing talking, and the address has been sent in less than 1 minute.

Seeing him frowning, Zi Luo asked, "Uncle Jiang is drunk again?"

"Well——" Jiang Yu replied helplessly, thinking about the bus passing by this place, "I'll pick up my dad, why don't you go back first?"

Zi Luo looked at him: "I'm with you."

Jiang Yu hesitated to speak, but Zi Luo could tell, "It's okay, I'll be with you."

"Okay." Jiang Yu said, "If my dad said something, you just pretend you didn't hear it."

The place where Jiang Dezhi eats is a food stall, which mainly sells charcoal pot fish, chicken and big bones, and the business is very hot every winter.But the decoration of this store is simple, and you can set up a table by putting down the folding table casually. Jiang Yu stood at the door and looked inside, trying to find Jiang Dezhi's figure.

There was a table of people sitting at the door, drinking and talking too loudly, Jiang Yu stood there and listened even if he didn't want to hear it——

A male voice sounded, mocking and sarcasm: "Fuck you if you can't drink it, don't drink it. What does it look like lying there at such an old age? Is it a man?"

The rest of the people looked in the same direction in unison, and the man continued: "Just now, I kept looking for someone to drink, and I scared the man away. Do you think he is his wife who ran away with someone or something? , how can you still drink the wine when it is so poor? You are not afraid to drink to death at such an age, but if you want to die, don't die here, otherwise the boss will be miserable."

The two big boys stood at the door and caught the attention of the boss. It can be seen that they did not look like they came to eat.The boss was still holding Jiang Dezhi's cell phone, hesitantly asked: "...how many?"

Jiang Yu saw Jiang Dezhi and said, "Look for someone."

Jiang Dezhi's coat and trousers were covered with dirt, and he lay on the ground without moving.Jiang Yu walked straight over in front of everyone's eyes, knelt down and called out, "Dad?"

The man looked at it with his neck hooked, and when he heard it, he smiled and said, "Hey, there are two sons."

The drunk person was too heavy, Jiang Yu and Zi Luo helped Jiang Dezhi up together.Jiang Dezhi opened his eyes, which were frighteningly red, reeking of alcohol every time he spoke: "Jiang Yu is here?"

Jiang Yu patted the dust on his coat: "Go home."

The proprietress brought the menu, Zi Luo glanced at it and paid with the phone, Jiang Yu helped Jiang Dezhi up and walked out, the man looked at him and smiled again: "Look, it's good to have two good sons."

Jiang Yu stopped walking.

He turned his eyes to look at the man. The man seemed to have drunk a lot of wine, and his whole face was flushed.He was taken aback by Jiang Yu's eyes, but he didn't take the child seriously at all, and immediately stared back: "Look at your mother—"

Jiang Yu didn't give him a chance to scold the swear words behind, so he kicked over the table with his leg, the beer and bowls on the table crashed all over the floor, and even the fiery charcoal pot was overturned on the ground at this time. In the heat, the people at the table were jumping and screaming. The man looked at the mess on the ground and hadn't recovered. He only knew that if he hid a little slower, he would definitely be burned.

Jiang Yu met his fierce gaze without changing his face, looked at him calmly, and said, "His son is not good at all, do you want to try again?"

"My mother!" The man showed a fierce look, and was about to rush over after scolding, the two bosses hurried over to stop him.

Zi Luo protected him behind, turned to him and said, "Take uncle out."

Perhaps frightened by this sudden scene, Jiang Dezhi stood extraordinarily steady at this moment, with a little more clarity in his eyes.The man's yelling and cursing sounded continuously behind him, and all the ugly mantras were cursed out of his mouth, but Jiang Dezhi suddenly laughed.

Jiang Yu glanced at him, but didn't speak.

Zi Luo went to the cashier to pay for that table, and with cold eyes, he glanced at the man who was furious and wanted to rush out to beat Jiang Yu, and then walked out of the shop.

There are many empty cars at night, one after another.Jiang Yu was originally worried that the driver would not want to pull drunk people, but now Jiang Dezhi didn't say a word, and he didn't look at his face to tell that he had drunk too much. After getting in the car, he pursed his lips and didn't speak. The road was quiet.

When he got home, he opened the door first to let Jiang Dezhi in, and he and Zi Luo were the only ones left on the street.

Jiang Yu turned around and looked at him for a while, then reached out and hugged him in his arms, without saying a word.

He didn't want Zi Luo to be involved in these messy things in his family, he didn't want Zi Luo to be affected and unhappy because of this.But only tonight did he fully understand that Zi Luo's meaning was very clear, no matter what happened, two people should share it together.

"Go home." Jiang Yu looked into Zi Luo's eyes, turned his head to take a look, and then leaned closer and kissed him, "I'll play a video for you."

Jiang Dezhi poured a cup of tea in the living room, and the tea was steaming hot.Jiang Yu glanced at his dirty clothes: "Go and change the clothes, I will wash them tomorrow."

At this moment Jiang Dezhi looked quite normal, as if he was not the same person who was lying on the ground drunk just now.He didn't move and didn't look at Jiang Yu, he just responded and said, "Throw it in the washing machine, it's too cold today, don't touch the cold water."

His voice was calm and caring, Jiang Yu looked at him and said, "Wash up and go to sleep."

As soon as Jiang Dezhi stood up, he couldn't walk steadily, staggered and almost fell.He couldn't wash up in this state, so Jiang Yu had to help him back to the bedroom.

When he turned to leave, Jiang Dezhi lowered his head, reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "...Dad's good son."

Jiang Yu stopped in place, thinking that Jiang Dezhi missed Jiang Lai again.

"Xiao Yu—" Jiang Dezhi laughed again after shouting, repeating in a drunken tone, "He is Dad's good son!"

He turned around and saw Jiang Dezhi with his eyes closed, already muttering other drunken words.Jiang Yu poured him a cup of hot tea and put it on the bedside table, and gently closed the door.

He went back to the room and sat for a while before washing up. When he passed by the living room, he took a look at Jiang Dezhi's sound sleep before he was relieved, and went back to the room to make a video call with Zi Luo.

Zi Luo had already changed into her pajamas, and she was sitting at the desk right now.

Jiang Yu looked at him and asked, "Aren't you sleeping?"

"Getting ready for bed." Zi Luo also looked at him, relieved from his expression, "I won't buy food tomorrow, I'll make it for you."

The corners of Jiang Yu's lips curved: "I'm so happy. I have a boyfriend's love breakfast in the cold winter."

Zi Luo lay on the bed, laughed along with him, and said, "Then I hope you can give your boyfriend a hug tomorrow morning."

"That's not easy, and a kiss will be added by the way." Jiang Yu rubbed his eyes, "I'm sleepy, go to sleep."

Zi Luo looked at him: "Well, see you tomorrow."