He Wei

From that day on, the days began to get busy. It was really at the end of the year that the reconciliation and counting things piled up like a swarm, which made Master Xue very upset.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the accounts to be counted, and Xue Chengyu was the most hardworking person among them.

Xu Lang admired Xue Chengyu's speed of account reconciliation very much. Originally, two people could reconcile the thick account books in two days, but Xue Chengyu could complete the reconciliation in only one day by himself. Afterwards, he still praised Xu Lang for keeping the accounts well.

How could he remember well, it was Xue Chengyu who had already done the accounting, which saved a lot of things, and in the end he didn't forget to leave all the benefits to Xu Hong.

Xu Lang took back the clothes according to the agreed time limit. At this time, Xue Chengyu seized the opportunity and took advantage of the opportunity to help Xu Lang change clothes to "hands-off" Xu Lang. In the end, he did not let Xu Lang go easily, and the two had another night of steaming Only then did it stop.

The next morning, the two were woken up by the "cracking" sound of firecrackers. At the same time, Xue Chengyi ran into the room again without knocking on the door.

Xu Lang was still a little confused at first, but when he saw Xue Chengyi entering the room, he immediately got under the quilt, shrunk himself into a ball and leaned against Xue Chengyu, not daring to move.

Xue Chengyu looked at Xue Chengyi, pinching his eyebrows helplessly, only Xue Chengyi could crawl out of bed so early in this cold winter.

Xue Chengyu was too lazy to entangle with his younger brother whether to knock or not, so he quickly changed his clothes, sat at the desk, and quietly drank hot tea.

"It's so cold, what are you doing jumping up and down in the yard instead of sleeping in the house?"

"Isn't it the Chinese New Year? In the morning, we will set off a whip to celebrate the bad luck of last year, so that the Nian beast will stay away from our house. Besides, didn't you tell me these rules, and I don't remember?"

Thinking of this, Xue Chengyu's expression was gloomy, as if thinking of something sad, "Of course I remember... this is what my mother said..."

When it comes to Mrs. Xue, Xue Chengyi feels uncomfortable. Although he can't remember what happened in 14 years, he still remembers that Xue Chengyu studied hard in the following years. The kind of ruthlessness he could never learn in his life .

So much so that in the eyes of others, his eldest brother is a talented wit, and he is a business genius who is good at taking the edge of the sword.

Xu Lang felt the sad atmosphere in the room, and quickly persuaded: "Master, it's Chinese New Year, don't mention such sad things, if Madam knows, she will be sad too."

Xue Chengyu played with the cup in his hand, and sighed deeply. The saddest thing is to bring up the old things again. Xu Lang is right. This New Year's Eve should be thinking about some happy things, so that Mrs. Xue is in the sky. I can also have a good time.

"Xiao Lang, bring me my cloak, I'm going to put incense on my mother."

Seeing that Xue Chengyu ignored him, Xue Chengyi interjected, "Aren't you going to set off a firecracker..."

Xue Chengyu slapped Xue Chengyi's forehead with hatred, and said admonishingly, "Isn't it a New Year's Eve for you, Mother? Can it be okay if you don't go to burn incense sticks? You will come with me after a while, and then you can put it away after the festival is over." .”

Xue Chengyi couldn't agree with Xue Chengyu, and raised his long eyebrows to express his agreement. At this time, Xu Lang also brought the cloak and put it on Xue Chengyu. The three of them quickly came to the room with the memorial tablet, but to their surprise, there was still a cloak in the room. There are people who came earlier than them.

At this time, Master Xue was kneeling in front of the memorial tablet and offering incense to Mrs. Xue. He felt someone coming from behind him. He put the incense on the incense burner and got up slowly. He was not surprised when he saw that there were three people. Instead, he gave the space to the three people. come out.

Master Xue took three sticks of incense and handed them to Xu Lang, "Xiao Hong also come to give... Yunyue put incense sticks..."

"Do I want it too?" Xu Lang asked in surprise, not daring to accept the incense handed over for a long time.

Master Xue looked at Xu Lang seriously, took his hand and put the incense on his hand, and said seriously: "Yu'er agrees with you, I agree with you, and everyone in the Xue family agrees with you. You belong to the Xue family I'm dead, shouldn't I put incense sticks on Yunyue?"

Xu Hong was not the only one who was shocked after hearing Master Xue's words, the two brothers also felt that this was too surprising. At first they thought that Master Xue agreed to Xue Chengyu and Xu Hong's matter was just a helpless act, but they didn't expect to agree with Xu Hong in the end. Xue family.

Xue Chengyi was the first to react, and pulled Xu Hong to Mrs. Xue's memorial tablet, persuading him: "Since my father has already spoken, bro, don't refuse, it just so happens that my mother can fulfill a wish."

"Chengyi!" Xue Chengyu stopped Xue Chengyi in time to continue, "Don't be so rude in front of your mother." After speaking, he stuffed the incense into Xue Chengyi's hand, signaling him not to speak.

Xu Lang looked at Xue Chengyu and then at Mrs. Xue's memorial tablet and felt uncomfortable. Although he and Xue Chengyu had knelt in front of Mrs. Xue's tomb, there were only two people who were not like now.

After tangling for a long time, Xu Lang decided to bite the bullet. Everyone regarded him as the Xue family and made him seem to be out of touch, so he knelt on the futon and kowtowed at Mrs. Xue's memorial tablet in embarrassment. Three rattles.

After Xu Lang kowtowed, the two people next to him also kowtowed to the memorial tablet in turn, and inserted the incense in their hands into the incense burner.

For a moment, the faint sandalwood filled the room, looking at the slowly spiraling smoke, Xue Chengyu's eyes were full of endless sadness.Only after counting the years passed by can we find out that everything has passed for 14 years.

After 14 years, Xue Chengyu is still brooding over this matter, unwilling to forgive himself.

Xue Chengyi realized that the longer he stayed in this room, the heavier his heart became, so he quickly thought of a way to pull everyone out of the room.

"Today is New Year's Eve, and firecrackers are going to be set off in the morning to drive away bad luck. The three of us, father and son, plus Brother Lang, go to the door and set off firecrackers. After a while, it will be unlucky!"

The other three had no choice but to follow Xue Chengyi out.

Xue Chengyi came to the gate, took the bundled firecrackers from Uncle Fu, held them up in front of Xu Lang, and shouted, "Brother Lang, would you like to order one?"

Xu Lang liked to set off firecrackers when he was in his hometown. When the New Year came, he took the neighbor's children to set off firecrackers.

The fuse was set and then the firecrackers crackled non-stop, and red confetti flew all over the sky.

Xue Chengyi, on the other hand, was like a young child, holding a bamboo pole, running around the gate of the house as if being chased by a "fire dragon". , It seems to be a competition.

Seeing the two chasing each other, Mr. Xue smiled gratifiedly, patted Xue Chengyu on the shoulder and said, "It's rare to see Xiaohong so happy. It seems that I did nothing wrong."

"Father, my son understands your good intentions. It was my fault for being rude to you back then. I will apologize to you..." Xue Chengyu bowed to Master Xue to express his apology after finishing speaking.

Master Xue supported Xue Chengyu and couldn't help sighing: "Why bother to bring up the old things about the New Year's Eve, Yu'er, listen to my advice, people can't just look at the road they have traveled, but look at the bright road ahead.

If you live in the dark for too long, you will lose your way. Only by looking forward to the light can you get out of the shadows.

It's been 14 years, you should let this matter go, no matter how you live these years, Yunyue will never come back, so why don't you let yourself go? "

"This matter happened because of me. How could I just let it go? You are all persuading me to let it go, but you don't know how to live if I let it go!"

"Then have you ever thought about how Xiao Hong survived?"

As soon as these words came out, Xue Chengyu froze in place, speechless for a long time.

"Xiaohong lost her parents, fled all the way from the north to the south of the Yangtze River, and almost froze to death in the heavy snow in winter. Isn't his situation much more miserable than yours? He hasn't clinging to the past as hard as you do. , why do you continue?"

Xue Chengyu looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, looking at the smiling Xu Lang, feeling very uncomfortable.

In terms of pain, Xu Hong is suffering thousands of times more than him. He still has his father and younger brother, and has a rich family property. However, now that Xu Hong's parents are both lost and his home is destroyed, he is standing alone in this world. If he can't let go, what else can he not let go of?

However, the more I think about this kind of thing, the more my head hurts, and the more I want to let go, the more I become attached. I can only use time to dilute it.

After setting off the firecrackers, Xue Chengyi found that the couplets on the gate of his house were old. He went up to the steps in three steps and asked, "Father, our family hasn't posted Spring Festival couplets yet. You are troubled. Write one?"

"Yi'er's handwriting is also good, why don't you write it yourself?"

Xue Chengyi rolled his eyes, scratched his head and said, "You taught my elder brother and I the calligraphy, so writing in front of you isn't a class move? What's more, father's thin and golden body is unique, and we two brothers can't match it. "

I have to say that Xue Chengyi's "fancy words" really worked for Mr. Xue. Mr. Xue thought the proposal was good, turned around and went back to his study, picked up a brush and splashed ink to write a couplet.

"The sky grows and the people grow old, the sky is full of spring and the sky is full of happiness, and the four seasons of Chang'an are horizontally criticized. Although it is an old couplet, it is suitable for our family's situation.

I use this couplet to pray that Yu'er's legs will be healthy this year, that Yi'er's marriage can be settled, that everyone in Xue's mansion will be safe and sound, and spend this year in good health. "

Xue Chengyi took Master Xue's written couplet and looked at it carefully, and praised: "Daddy is just Daddy, this move is different."

At this time, Xue Chengyu couldn't stand listening, so he slapped Xue Chengyi from behind to let him stop flattering.

Xue Chengyi turned his head and held up the couplet, tilting his head and smiling at Xue Chengyu, and then ran out of the house in a hurry, away from Xue Chengyu's "fake prudence".

Xue Chengyu saw that Mr. Xue had nothing to ask, so he wanted to take Xu Wei back to the house. As soon as he reached the door, Mr. Xue stopped him: "I heard that you have been practicing cooking recently... I wonder how your fried rice cake skills are?"

Hearing the fried rice cake, Xue Chengyu looked confused, asking him to make sweet-scented osmanthus cake is okay, but this fried rice cake is a bit difficult for others, does Master Xue still want him to fry it for his family?

Isn't this a joke?Hastily resigned: "I haven't researched fried rice cakes yet, and besides, my fried rice cakes are definitely not as good as Fubo's. Every Chinese New Year, Fubo makes fried rice cakes. Let's follow the tradition and let Fubo do it this year."

Since Xue Chengyu said that Master Xue would not bother him anymore, he waved Xue Chengyu and Xu Wei back to the house, and he went to the kitchen with Uncle Fu.

In fact, the best cook in Xue's house is not the cook in the kitchen or Mrs. Xue, but Master Xue.