Thanks Bumin

The desk calendar on the table was turned over page by day, and in a blink of an eye, there was only the last page of the desk calendar from the previous year.

No matter how much Liu Xuejuan nagged that "the taste of the year is not as good as the year", she still took care of what should be done early.

The big red blessings pasted on the anti-theft door, the budding daffodils on the shelves, and the curtains that look brand new after washing, all around the house are filled with a festive atmosphere of the approaching New Year.

Xie Jing was sent to help Liu Xuejuan in the kitchen, but Liu Xuejuan disliked him standing there in the way, so she slapped Xie Jing's paw that was secretly grabbing fried pork chops, and threw him out.

Clutching the back of his hand that was red from being shot, Xie Jing walked out of the kitchen resentfully, sat down on the sofa in the living room, picked up the remote control and watched TV.

There are still those old faces on the TV, and the background is a bunch of busy figures of actors in full make-up. Xie Jing watched TV for a while, feeling really bored, so he simply went into the room, pulled out a set of comprehensive questions, and Get started.

After finishing her work, Liu Xuejuan yelled outside for a long time but did not see Xie Jing coming out. She opened the door and saw that Xie Jing was lying on the desk and struggling with the comprehensive questions under the light, and she didn't even know what to say.

In the past, I was worried that my child was not diligent enough, and his grades were not good enough to get into a good university. Now I am worried that my child will be too hardworking and his body will be ruined.

Liu Xuejuan sighed secretly, and said softly: "Today is New Year's Eve, so don't do anything, come over to eat quickly."

"Oh, I see."

Hearing her call, Xie Jing promised well, but the pen in his hand didn't stop immediately.

Liu Xuejuan stood at the door, seeing him unmoved, urged him a few more words.

Xie Jing responded repeatedly, and moved faster with his pen. He didn't stop until he filled up the blanks on the paper, and glanced at it with satisfaction.

This final question was not easy. He thought hard for a long time, and pulled out a few hairs in embarrassment. Finally, he figured out some meaning. He had to write down his thoughts quickly, and try to see if he could solve it later.

"I know you work hard, but you can't push yourself too hard, and you have to relax occasionally. Only by combining work and rest can you learn better..."

Liu Xuejuan kept nagging, Xie Jing smiled and let her complain, put his hands on her shoulders, and pushed her affectionately into the living room.

At this time, a variety of seafood and fresh vegetables were placed on the small square dining table. In the middle was a hot pot, which was boiling thick white broth. The scent that came out made Xie Jing stick out his tongue and quickly licked his lips. .

The difference from the north is that dumplings are not the staple food on the New Year’s Eve table in Xiacheng. The steaming hot pot is the real protagonist on the Xiacheng people’s table, and dumplings are only one of the ingredients for the pot.

Because Xiacheng is near the sea, most Xiacheng hot pots will put seafood such as shrimp, crab, and shellfish. The blanched seafood retains its original sweetness, and the soup base is full of umami.

Xie Jing has been a cat hairy tongue since he was a child, and he couldn't lift his head when he ate meat, and soon a hill of shrimp shells piled up in front of him.

Xiacheng's consumption level is not low, even Linhai's really good seafood is not cheap, and seafood is not easy to cook, she has to be busy with small restaurants on weekdays, so she usually buys less.

Seeing Xie Jing eating deliciously, Liu Xuejuan was so distressed that she couldn't say anything.This child has always been more sensible than others. Children of the same age are still grabbing their parents' sleeves to ask for this or that. Xie Jing, who is only ten years old, has already learned to wear a small apron and help her clean up the dishes in a small restaurant. up.When I was a little older, Xie Jing hardly asked her for anything except the annual tuition and miscellaneous fees. Children from other families have preferences, what to eat, what to wear, what to play, only Xie Jing, what she gave to him Everything is good, and I never asked for anything I didn’t give, and even a bite of food can only be satisfied during the Chinese New Year.

Thinking of this, Liu Xuejuan's eyes turned red, she quickly lowered her head and pressed the corners of her eyes with her fingers, and then kept peeling shrimp shells and picking crab meat for Xie Jing.

Xie Jing saw that there were more and more things in his bowl, so he raised his face and saw Liu Xuejuan put the chopsticks aside and peeled things for him with both hands. There were only two leaves of green vegetables in the bowl, and they were all cold.He couldn't help frowning, and put a shrimp he peeled into Liu Xuejuan's bowl, "Mom, don't peel it for me, you can eat it yourself."

Liu Xuejuan looked at the prawns in the bowl, and when she heard this, she was even more distraught, her tears were about to fall into the bowl in front of her.She turned her face away, gasping slightly.

Today is a good day, no tears.Thinking of this, she forcefully suppressed the liquid squeezed from her eye sockets.

Xie Jing bit his chopsticks, he had already seen Liu Xuejuan secretly holding back tears behind his back, wanted to say something to comfort her, but couldn't find anything to say, so he had to pretend that he didn't see anything, and waited for Liu Xuejuan to turn her face, then With a calm look on her face, she picked up a chopstick of her favorite freshly blanched vegetables.

Now Liu Xuejuan's eyes were covered with mist again, Xie Jing almost sighed in his heart, and he could only choke out a sentence for a long time, "Eat quickly, or it will be cold."

"Well, you can eat too. Hurry up and eat more." Liu Xuejuan fed the vegetables her son had put in her bowl into her mouth, without raising her head, so that no one could see the expression on her face.

Xie Jing hid in the kitchen under the pretext of adding boiling water to the hot pot, and he was relieved until he couldn't see Liu Xuejuan.

Ever since her father left, Liu Xuejuan has been busy opening a small restaurant to earn money to support her family, and unconsciously neglected to communicate with Xie Jing. Over time, the relationship between mother and son has become far or close.This is not to say that the relationship between mother and child has faded, but that after a long period of silence, it is difficult for them to express their emotions and thoughts like a close mother and child.

So although Xie Jing can probably know some fucking thoughts, he really doesn't know how to let her know that he is good, and he doesn't feel that he is different from other children.

Xie Jing in the kitchen was so distressed that he wanted to scratch his hair, and remembered that his hands were still stained with meat, so he rubbed his cheeks with the back of his clean hands instead.

Xie Jing thought about it carefully. He is really not good at expressing his emotions. Whether it is facing relatives or others, he is mostly silent and at a loss. So far, he doesn't have many friends.Even Rong Min who is the best now, he is still the passive one.

Thinking of this person, Xie Jing's originally bitter eyes suddenly flashed a warm light.The appearance of Rong Min is like a drop of paint dripping into his ordinary life, adding a touch of color to his dull life.

Xie Jing propped his hands on the stove, his eyes looked into the distance through the window, his thoughts drifted farther and farther with the lights flowing in front of his eyes, he didn't know what Rong Min would be doing on such a day.

"Xiao Jing, isn't the water still boiling?" Liu Xuejuan's call came from outside the door.

Xie Jing suddenly came back to his senses, and quickly replied: "It's on, it's on, and I'll be here right away." Then, he picked up the boiling kettle and walked out of the kitchen.

After dinner, Xie Jing helped Liu Xuejuan to wash the dishes. The mother and son rarely had time to sit down together. Thanks to the eloquent host on TV who spoke auspicious words in different ways, the space for the two who were also not good at words to get together was not too quiet. .

There are not many young people who like to watch the Spring Festival Gala now, but Liu Xuejuan watched it very seriously. Xie Jing was beside her and concentrated on peeling melon seeds for her. Xie Jing didn't like to eat these stuffed teeth, but he knew Liu Xuejuan liked it, so I still lowered my head and patiently licked off the melon seed shells, leaving the white and yellow melon seeds, and piled them up on a napkin bit by bit, and put them in Liu Xuejuan's hand when the pile was not small.

The most popular skit was playing on TV, and Liu Xuejuan couldn't stop laughing. The hand that was going to catch melon seeds caught a handful of melon seeds. She didn't have time to think about it, so she was shaken by the actor's burden and smiled She rolled her eyes, and when she finished laughing, she naturally put the melon seeds into her mouth, and she couldn't think of finding out where the melon seeds in her hand came from.

Under the warm yellow light, the mother and son are sitting on the sofa. One is watching intently, the other is meticulous. Although the two have little communication, they still exude a harmonious and warm atmosphere.

The program on TV came to an end for the time being, and several hosts came out together, ready to countdown together.Xie Jing heard the sound of fireworks and firecrackers going off one after another outside.

Xie Jing felt a vibration in his pocket, he took out his phone and glanced at it, and suddenly showed an incredible expression on his face.

He hastily stuffed his phone into his pocket, and trotted to the balcony to look down. The street lights downstairs hadn't been turned on for several years. At this moment, except for the light that flashed when firecrackers and fireworks were lit, Xie Jing could only see darkness.

Xie Jing rarely showed a bit of anxiety on his face. He took out his mobile phone and replied a text message. After pacing back and forth on the small balcony for a few laps, when he received the affirmative answer from the other party, his chest was filled with joy, panic, fear, etc. Mixed emotions mixed together.

He hurried back to the living room, met Liu Xuejuan's inexplicable gaze, and quickly found a perfect excuse, "Mom, I'll set off firecrackers this year."

It is an old custom in Xiacheng to set off firecrackers when the old and new years meet.

Liu Xuejuan nodded and agreed after thinking about it. On winter nights, it was so cold outside that people were shivering, and she didn't like to move.

She watched Xie Jing running around looking for lighters, regained some of the vitality that young people should have, smiled happily, and did not forget to tell: "Be careful when you light it, don't blow yourself up, and pay attention to it." Order others."

"Pull up your coat, put your socks on, don't go out without socks on, don't run when you go down the stairs!" Before the words finished, Xie Jing's figure had disappeared at the door, Liu Xuejuan shook her head amusedly, she didn't know why Xie Jing was so anxious what to do.

"It's okay, I'll be up soon." In the corridor, Xie Jing rushed inside and agreed.

At first he was able to walk one step at a time, but when he passed the corner, he couldn't hold back for a moment, and trotted downstairs.