two-way provocation

On a fine morning, Wind City's third snow of the season melted cleanly.

This was the day when Jin Chen and Jin Chen agreed to go on a trip together. Qi Mingyu packed his backpack in the small living room, but until it was time to leave, Qi Ran's room next door was still silent.

Gently knocked on the door, and asked in a calm voice: "Of course, are you still up?"

"En..." A tired and perfunctory reply came from inside the wooden door: "Don't make noise, let me sleep for a while, I'm too sleepy.

Qi Mingyu had already expected that the person who played games all night last night would stay in bed, so he continued to tap twice with his knuckles, and then directly pushed open the unlocked door.Leaning halfway in, I saw an unidentified life form curled up in the light-colored bed.

"Get up quickly, it will be too late to get on the bus, you don't plan to go to grandma's house?"

Qi Ran, who seemed extremely sleepy, grabbed the quilt and covered it over his head.Because of the air barrier, the voice that fell into Qi Mingyu's ears was muffled and lazy.

"I really can't get up, brother, I don't want to go..."

"Not going?" Qi Mingyu leaned against the bedroom door, frowning and paused for a moment, "Didn't you already make an appointment with Jin Chen?

"Then you two go on your own, and you greet grandma for me." Before hearing his brother's consent, Qi Ran rolled over wrapped in a quilt and went back to sleep.

No matter how much Qi Mingyu tried to persuade and pull, the people under the quilt would no longer respond, clutching the corners of the quilt so tightly that there was no room for change.

"..."

The appointed time was getting closer and closer, Qi Mingyu confirmed that the "cold" people would not change their minds, so he could only let her go with a sigh.Organize your belongings, go out to the station, and go to the meeting alone.

There was a slight traffic jam on the way from home to the train station.When Qi Mingyu walked quickly into the waiting hall, the information on the large screen on the wall was scrolling, and the corresponding train number had already lit up the green fluorescent words "Checking in".

In the waiting room, which was not particularly crowded, there was a boy in a white baseball-style padded jacket leaning against the silver-white railing with his shoulders in his arms.

He wore a solid-color peaked cap on his head, and his legs were slender and straight under the familiar white overalls. His whole body was as spotless as the first snow.

Seeing Qi Mingyu appear, Jin Chen raised his hand and took off the single Bluetooth headset, his eyes fell on him gently, and he said with a frank smile, "I thought you would let me go."

Qi Mingyu inserted the single ticket into the self-service ticket checking machine, and quickly passed through the narrow gate.On the one hand, he responded truthfully: "It's almost there, it's all based on human self-awareness."

Jin Chen smiled, glanced around not far away, and asked softly, "Where's Qi Ran?"

"She's not coming."

Qi Mingyu and Jin Chen walked onto the platform side by side, spreading their hands together.After an interval of two seconds, he suddenly turned his head, stared at the people around him with a pair of eyes stained with an indistinct smile, and added a sentence.

"A little disappointed?"

Jin Chen drooped his chin, carelessly fiddled with the edge of the light blue bill, and shook his head.

The two found the seat number corresponding to the ticket. Qi Ran was originally the window seat with the suffix C, and Jin Chen and Qi Mingyu were seated next to AB.

Now that there are three tickets for two people, Qi Mingyu simply uses the extra seat to put his backpack.It wasn't until the moving train gradually started that he remembered to ask his neighbor, "Alone?"

Jin Chen turned his wrist slightly, and showed the app interface for checking the location to his companions.

The two seem to be free and unrestrained, but in fact they are still surrounded by three or four tight red signal points.The whole carriage became inexplicably weird, and it was unknown which passengers would be the plainclothes security guards of the Jin family.

"Hey." Qi Mingyu raised his eyebrows.

"Don't worry about them," Jin Chen also smiled helplessly, "If there is no special event, it should not appear in front of you."

After speaking, he put the two Bluetooth headsets back on and looked down at the e-book seriously.

The drive from Fengshi to Qi Mingyu's grandmother's house is only about a few hours.The two fiddled with their mobile phones, and after a while of sleep, the announcement of the destination station rang in the carriage.

Harbin in January is full of different charms.

When Qi Mingyu and Jin Chen walked out of the station together, they immediately felt the first greeting from the northernmost province to visitors in this season—the severe cold.

"I wear a little less."

In the freezing temperature of minus [-] degrees, Qi Mingyu turned his head and glanced at the white casual coats of the people around him, then waved directly, and stopped an empty taxi nearby.

"The weather is really unnerving."

When sitting on the back seat of the car, Jin Chen was still shaking his teeth physiologically, rubbing his arms with his palms to relieve the stiffness.

Qi Mingyu chuckled softly at the outsider's appearance of "not seeing the world too much": "It's far from the coldest time yet."

Then he leaned forward and gave the address to the driver.

In the past, Qi Mingyu's grandmother lived in an even colder place.

Because the old man is nostalgic and has inexpressible feelings for every snowflake in this land, so he always refuses to leave the place where he has lived for most of his life.

About three to five years ago, in order to make life more convenient, my grandmother was persuaded by her family to move from her northernmost hometown to this city.

When I got off the bus in front of the residential park, I happened to meet a small vendor selling ice cream along the street.Even though Jin Chen grew up in the north, it was the first time he saw the scene of selling ice cream and ice cream in the open air.

Dozens of cartons, big and small, are placed directly on the side of the street without getting in the way. Small buckets and big buckets of ice cream of various flavors and brands are colorful and dazzling.

Fully relying on the advantages of the climate, it is displayed on the floor and frozen firmly by the natural refrigerator, so there is no need to worry about it melting.

"A box?" Qi Mingyu smiled and squatted beside the cardboard box in the front row, satisfying the curiosity of his deskmate like a spoiled child in the severe cold.

"En." Jin Chen nodded, not because he wanted to eat ice cream, but because he thought it was fun to sell.

"Then just pick one and go up, it's too cold."

Because the temperature in the train compartment is not low, the clothes Qi Mingyu is wearing are not very good at keeping out the cold.

Reaching out from the whole box of ice cream, he took a large sharing bucket with chocolate chips, handed it behind him, and touched the mobile phone to scan the code to pay.

"Give."

The moment Jin Chen touched the wall of the ice cream bucket, his fingers were stinging from the cold.He frowned slightly, as if surprised how the person in front of him rummaged through the box for him without changing his expression.

In the next second, a clear beep sounded in the ear, which was the low battery reminder of the Apple system.

When I got out of the car just now, Qi Mingyu's phone still had at least half of its battery.Just taking out and paying in such a temperature, the red reminder line has been frozen.

"..." Jin Chen's bright and moist brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

"Basic exercise." Qi Mingyu smiled, "The temperature is extremely low, and the speed of mobile phone power loss is beyond your imagination."

Standing up, he patted the mud on the hem of his trousers, put his hands back into his pockets, and straightened his waist to lead the way into the park.

"Let's go, curious brother."

Because I was afraid that the old man's legs and feet would be inconvenient in the future, when I bought a house, I chose the one closest to the main entrance.

Even though there was only the second floor, Qi Shao stood in front of the elevator and swiped his card.

Perhaps the sound of the elevator was heard by the people in the house, and before Qi Mingyu inserted the key into the anti-theft hole, the door was already opened.

The person who opened the door was a mother-in-law who was about sixty years old, with a friendly face, and came to greet her in three steps at a time. Before she could see the person clearly, she had a smile in her eyes.

"Is it light rain?"

"Happy Chinese New Year, grandma, WeChat or Alipay?" Qi Mingyu was about to fall to the ground when he entered the door.

Because this kid is a habitual offender, my grandmother was prepared in advance, and quickly caught the grandson who was about to kneel down in front of him and extort money.

Opening his mouth to blame: "This child...has just passed Labadu."

The bastard surnamed Qi smiled and changed his shoes and entered the door. By the way, he picked up the "Xuetuanzi" who was holding a bucket of ice cream behind him, and introduced: "This is my friend. I brought him here to play."

"Grandma is good." Jin Chen bowed obediently towards the person.

"Hey, you're welcome, come in quickly." Grandma greeted him through the door with a smile.

The small living room with two bedrooms and one living room was kept quite clean by the old man. There were patches of indoor flowers growing in the living room, bright and bright in the winter afternoon sun.

Qi Mingyu asked Jin Chen to sit down on the sofa, and went to put the ice cream in the refrigerator by himself, explaining to her in advance before grandma started talking about her granddaughter.

"Qi Ran originally wanted to come, but that kid went crazy too late last night, and missed the train because he didn't get up in the morning."

The grandma who was loading the fruit plate in the kitchen was a little puzzled when she heard the sound: "But Ranran called a long time ago to say that she won't be coming, and that you will bring friends over to play..."

"what?"

Qi Mingyu reflected in his mind for a while, then turned his head to look at the people sitting in the living room, but finally he didn't turn around.

Sure enough, it became more and more difficult to guess what the little girl was thinking.

"I have already prepared your favorite dishes, take your friends to wash your hands and eat."

"understood."

Qi Mingyu took the fruit plate from his grandmother and sent it to the living room, while Jin Chen was still obediently sitting on the sofa.

While putting down the things in his hands, he greeted him: "What are you looking at?"

"It's nothing." With a gentle smile, Jin Chen added a title he just learned: "Xiao Yu."

Qi Mingyu pursed his lips and snorted: "Is it strange? Otherwise, what do you think it would be called? Grandma's great grandson?"

"Obviously?" Jin Chen added casually following his train of thought.

"Good grandson" didn't care about the title anymore, and reminded in a deep voice: "That's enough, don't be poor, wash your hands and eat, my grandma is very good at cooking."

"En." Jin Chen nodded with a smile.

It's exactly what Qi Mingyu said, grandma is especially good at Northeast cuisine.

Probably the time to get off the car was pinpointed, and the home-cooked food on the table was still steaming hot.

Pork wrapped in tomato, soft deep-fried tenderloin, sauerkraut ribs, spring rolls with egg yolk, ground three delicacies, vegetarian stew...these are delicious in color and aroma, making the two people who are a little hungry on the high-speed rail fall instantly.

Jin Chen doesn't eat much, and it looks even more "poor" when he sits at the same table with the "cooked rice master".

When he put down his chopsticks, Qi Mingyu smiled and cast a teasing look, but unfortunately that person didn't understand.

When grandma served the dishes again and found that he had finished eating, she asked her grandson in confusion.

"Why does this child eat so little when he grows so tall? Is it out of taste?"

"No, grandma..." Jin Chen only realized when he saw the people around him smiling without saying a word, and quickly explained.

Qi Mingyu continued to snort and laugh: "It's okay, he's just a cat eater."

Jin Chen: "..."

When grandma was relieved and went back to the kitchen to get busy again, Jin Chen lowered her voice and asked, "Do you know that I see that you really have an appetite for eating?"

"Ang?" Qi Mingyu put a chopstick of chicken into the rice bowl, raised his eyebrows casually and asked, "Why, I don't look good?"

Jin Chen smiled and shook his head, "No, it's just shock."

"How can you fit so much in your mouth and stomach? It's like... watching Science Demystified."

Qi Mingyu: "..."