After getting on with the enemy

This is not the first time they have watched the New Year together. There have been many times in previous years, but the previous experience was not as good as the present, and the feeling is completely different.

When I was young, New Year’s Eve was full of anticipation and hope. A group of children were pure and innocent, enjoying the holiday with sweets and money, and they didn’t care about the meaning of the festival itself; when they grew up, it was the opposite. There is a change, time flies, years pass by, everyone pays more attention to the meaning behind the festival, and the things that are cherished also change accordingly.

After Qiao Yan made his wish, he looked down at Zhou Xiyun, grabbed the man's hand and squeezed it, rubbing the back of her hand.

Zhou Xiyun didn't say a word, and after a while, he gently grabbed Qiao Yan's little finger and made a pulling motion to show his agreement.

Qiao Yan fell down and lay on Zhou Xiyun's chest, took his hand and kissed him twice, couldn't help chuckling.Knowing that Zhou Xiyun was quite willing, she was in a good mood, and there was no need to say anything, as silence speaks louder.

"It's all up to you." Zhou Xiyun said, slowly stroking her back.

The dim orange light infects the whole room, the room is warm, and the winter cold is blocked by transparent glass and curtains, so it cannot come in.

The body temperature of the two crossed each other, and they squeezed together hotly, body to body, legs to legs, ankles rubbing against each other, grinding repeatedly.

Qiao Yan moaned in a low voice, bit Zhou Xiyun's face, sucking his girlfriend here and there, like a puppy begging for food.Zhou Xiyun touched the back of her head with one hand, and after a while, he pushed himself up. He touched the corner of this man's lips with his fingertips, and then pinched her chin slightly, forcing her to open her mouth.

Even if you want to rest, you have to make a fuss for a while. On New Year's Eve, you are full of energy. One or two o'clock in the morning is considered relatively early, and it is not the time to go to sleep.

At this time, the lights in the alley outside were bright, and there were a few more lights than usual. Some neighbors specially pulled out lights from their homes to facilitate entry and exit.The lights in the alleys and alleys stay on all night. I don’t know when they will light up, and they seem to never go out, as if they will go on like this forever.

The two mothers really went out to play mahjong for nearly a night. After watching the Spring Festival Gala, they went out and came back late at four or five o'clock in the morning.

Xu Ziqing, who was proud of his poker luck, walked with Zhou Huiwen's arm, and his face almost died of laughter when he won the money. He was facing the cold wind all the way, shrinking his head and talking to Zhou Huiwen about the outcome of the poker table just now. Ba said that in the last round, there should be no two barrels, otherwise he would definitely win another one.

Zhou Huiwen just listened and yawned tiredly.

The two of them went back to each house separately when they arrived at the compound, and went back to lie down before dawn, trying to rest for an hour to catch up on sleep.

After returning home and going up to the second floor, Zhou Huiwen looked at the door of her daughter's room.

Zhou Xiyun came back the next night, and left while Qiao Yan was fast asleep. He arrived here at about four o'clock, just in front of Zhou Huiwen and the others, so as not to bump into them and be discovered.

Zhou Huiwen turned lightly into the room on the other side. She knew that her daughter didn't live at home last night without asking, but she didn't bother with the mess. She didn't go into it. She came up and saw what she saw, and she agreed in her heart that Zhou Xiyun had come back Yes, pretending not to know at all.

Perhaps because of the festival, the relationship between the mother and daughter has entered a peaceful period, gradually transitioning towards seeking common ground while reserving differences.

After setting the alarm clock at 07:30 in the morning, Zhou Huiwen fell asleep and rested.

During the period from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-], the entire area of ​​Xijing Compound was much quieter. The neighbors and eight houses who were wandering outside to pass the time last night had all finished work, and everyone needed to take a break.

A street is quiet, and the silence is swept by the wind, blowing from one side to the other.

This year was almost the same as previous years. It was almost seven o'clock, and the outside became active again.

It's the New Year's firecrackers, some are balloon firecrackers, some are new-age electronic firecrackers, there are all kinds of them.

The firecrackers at Qiao’s house were set off by grandma. Qiao Yan bought two strings of electronic firecrackers. When grandma got up and dressed, she went downstairs energetically. When she opened the door, she opened the two electronic firecrackers and set them off several times. It lasted 3 minutes Long.

The old man loves novelty, and likes that electronic gadget, so he fiddled with it a little more, and at the same time, he also used this to wake up Qiao Yan who was sleeping late.

Compared with cooking on New Year's Eve, the Spring Festival is really busy, and you have to start it early in the morning.

First ask for red envelopes from your parents and eat glutinous rice balls, then go to other places to pay New Year's greetings, go to other people's homes to be happy, and then drive to the cemetery to worship the ancestors.

The final resting places of Qiao and Zhou are not in the same place. Qiao Yan’s grandfather was buried by the river in the suburbs, a place with barely adequate environment. They went out to worship together, and they didn't separate on purpose.

The grandma is the backbone of the two families, and the elders are in charge of the specific worship matters. Both mothers and young people don’t know much about these old customs. They don’t do anything except burn incense and money, how to place sacrifices, etc. It is to listen to the command of grandma to do it.

The five of them were in the same car, Qiao Yan was in charge of driving, and Zhou Xiyun was responsible for moving things.The two big girls acted honestly and followed the wishes of the elders throughout the whole process, doing whatever they asked, which was very worry-free.

The two families go to the mountain first according to the distance, and then go down the mountain to the farther river later.

Zhou Xiyun and his wife were doing grave sweeping for the old man of the Zhou family. Occasionally, his grandma would come forward to help, but Qiao Yan was too shy to be too considerate, so he consciously stood far away, fearing that Zhou Huiwen would be upset if he got close.

In any case, if the old man of the Zhou family was still alive, he would definitely not support Zhou Xiyun's sexual orientation, and probably reacted more strongly than Zhou Huiwen.Not everyone of the older generation is as open-minded as grandma about this kind of thing, and most people absolutely don't accept this.

There's no need to compete with the deceased, just respect. Qiao Yan is reasonable in this regard and doesn't offend.

Zhou Xiyun stuffed a stick of burning incense into her hand, and distributed it to everyone in turn, including Xu Ziqing.

Qiao Yan was stunned for a moment, not expecting this man's actions.She subconsciously looked at Zhou Huiwen to measure Aunt Zhou's reaction.

Fortunately, Zhou Huiwen didn't show any unhappiness, and agreed with Zhou Xiyun's behavior, with a calm expression on his face, as if he didn't mind it.

Grandma gently pulled Qiao Yan to stand in the middle, and told her to bend down and bow.

Kneeling is not allowed here in City A, no matter it is weddings, weddings or sacrifices, you just have to stand when you come.

Qiao Yan was obedient, and she followed behind to offer incense after the Zhou family had finished worshiping.

After doing this, the last thing is to put the bouquets they bought in front of the tombstone in the way of the younger generation, and put a bouquet for the Zhou family's grandma and grandpa, both of which were favorite varieties of the two old people during their lifetime.

Qiao Yan is very pious and meticulous in doing things. She no longer doesn't understand anything like when she was a child, and she went to the grave carelessly.Probably because of the relationship with Zhou Xiyun, she respected the deceased so much that she knelt down and presented the flowers with both hands.

Zhou Huiwen didn't stop her at all, and finally, she stepped forward to help her grandma.

Only then did Qiao Yan's heart sink, and he roughly figured out what Aunt Zhou was thinking.She was very nervous. In fact, when Zhou Xiyun was unable to come back to celebrate the New Year while studying abroad, she also accompanied Zhou Huiwen to offer incense and worship, more than once or twice, but this time the meaning was different. She was really afraid that Zhou Huiwen would get angry or how.

Fortunately, no.

Seeing her uneasiness, Zhou Xiyun quietly approached her while no one else was paying attention, raised his arm unobtrusively, and touched her with the back of his hand.

To show comfort, let not be afraid.

Qiao Yan looked at the other party and breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably.

The car went down the mountain and drove to the cemetery by the river.

It was the Qiao family's turn to worship, and everyone took turns to burn incense and paper money.

This time it was Qiao Yan and Zhou Xiyun who stood side by side to pay New Year's greetings to grandpa, both of them respectfully and solemnly.

As a daughter, Xu Ziqing poured half a bowl of baijiu in front of her grandfather's grave, and bought Moutai, which was his favorite during his lifetime.Xu Ziqing said softly, "Dad, this is Qiao Qiao's filial piety to you..."

Grandma only helped direct, and didn't go up much.The old man actually didn't like to come here. He hadn't been here a few times since his grandfather died. He was afraid that it would be too sad to see him every time, so Qiao Yan and the others basically came with him.

Facing his wife, grandma was silent for a while, and after a while, she led Zhou Xiyun to stand in front of the tombstone, and asked Zhou Xiyun to say goodbye again without explaining why or saying anything else.

Zhou Xiyun put a stick of incense on Grandpa Qiao, and didn't ask too many questions.

Zhou Huiwen still had the same attitude, didn't stop her, just stood aside and watched.

No matter what kind of selfishness grandma is doing for Qiao Yan, anyway, Zhou Xiyun should pay more respects to Grandpa Qiao, and it should be taken for granted.

If grandpa Qiao and grandma hadn't come to rescue Zhou Huiwen back then, the mother and daughter would not know what kind of situation they would be in now. Adding a stick of incense now is not too much, and it is acceptable.

It is almost noon after the end of the worship service, and the two families will not be together at noon today. Zhou Huiwen and Zhou Xiyun are going to reunite with relatives, and Qiao's family has to receive other relatives and friends in the afternoon. There is a trip there, a special trip to send a New Year's greetings.

The two families went back to the city together, and then separated when they arrived at the Xijing compound.

Qiao Yan still helped Zhou's mother and daughter move things, worked hard, and whispered a few words to Zhou Xiyun.

There are two lovers, you and me, the love is hard to hide, and the careful thoughts are superficial, but anyone who has eyes can tell that the two of them are tricky.

Xu Ziqing was also there at the time, staring blankly at Qiao Yan, Ms. Xu made a gesture to clear her throat and hummed twice.Qiao Yan stopped immediately, quickly collected his thoughts, and touched his neck uncomfortably.

Zhou Xiyun said to Qiao Yan, "I should be back before nine o'clock today, it won't be too late."

Qiao Yan hummed, and replied, "I won't stay with my dad for too long, probably earlier than you."

The elders of the two who have no eyesight are still present, and they have been separated for only half a day, as if they had been parting for a long time.

Xu Ziqing felt ashamed and felt sorry for Zhou Huiwen. She bit the bullet and then covered her mouth and coughed, reminding her good-for-nothing to keep a low profile and don't get angry with Zhou Huiwen.

Zhou Huiwen had already gotten into the car, out of sight and out of mind, she just got into the car to separate them.

The Zhou family's car drove away, and Qiao Yan watched from afar.

Xu Ziqing couldn't bear to see her daughter's sticky look, so she turned around to save her eyes.

In the afternoon, Qiao Yan went to Papa Qiao's house with gifts in large and small bags, and sent money to the children of Papa Qiao's large family when he came to the door, and also gave red envelopes to her two half-brothers and sisters who she didn't know well at all. .

After all, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, Qiao's father's current wife also welcomed Qiao Yan's arrival this time, and took the initiative to give her two big red envelopes.

As for why there are two, it is naturally related to Zhou Xiyun.

Father Qiao's family also knew about Qiao Yan's situation, what she had done a while ago, and Zhou Xiyun's close relationship with her now—only a few people knew about it, and no one spread it randomly.

The big red envelope also contained Father Qiao's intentions. He was as generous as ever, thinking that he had not personally raised Qiao Yan in these years, and had missed many of his daughters' growing up. Therefore, he would not get involved in Qiao Yan's personal relationship issues, and opposed it. She still didn't express her support, but only said to Qiao Yan in private: "If there are any difficult things in the future that you can't solve by yourself, you can also find your father."

Qiao Yan nodded and replied, "Thank you, Dad."

"Don't always treat yourself as an outsider," Joe's father said, "I won't do anything, your aunt...she won't care, don't worry, no one will talk nonsense."

Qiao Yan understood what he was talking about, and nodded when he heard it, and reached out to hug Dad Qiao.

Father Qiao patted his daughter on the shoulder helplessly, "When the time is right, I can bring someone over to have a look, it's nothing."

Qiao Yan hummed, "I know."

Probably because he has never had traditional secular expectations for this daughter, and the family here has never exerted pressure on Qiao Yan. Qiao's father is not as conservative as other elders. He knows Zhou Xiyun and has a certain understanding of Zhou Xiyun. I know what kind of person that is, and I feel relieved.He agrees with Qiao Yan, and hopes that Qiao Yan will live a better life and be more free. Don't be like him and Xu Ziqing when they were young, blindly follow the trend, get married and have children, and then regret the separation, making the families on both sides unstable and wasteful. A waste of youthful energy is in vain in the end.

Qiao's father said: "Xiyun is not bad, she is a very nice person."

Qiao Yan smiled and continued, "Yes, she's really nice."

This is the most comfortable and relaxed time I have lived there in many years. The father untied a knot in the eldest daughter's heart.Qiao Yan couldn't say anything provocative, and his feelings were complicated.

When she returned to the compound at night, she handed over the red envelope given by Qiao's father's family to Zhou Xiyun, seemingly casually saying, "My father gave it to you, and we each have one."

Zhou Xiyun caught the things and could estimate how much was inside just by weighing them.

There is a thick stack of about ten thousand yuan.According to the number given by the first meeting gift, Qiao's father completely regarded her as Qiao Yan's girlfriend, or the one that had already been settled.

Girlfriend Zhou raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"It's quite a lot, and it cost my uncle a lot."

Qiao Yan said: "It's okay, I sent the Chinese New Year's money there, it was several times this amount, and it didn't cost anything."

Zhou Xiyun Wanran sat down next to each other and asked Qiao Yan how he was doing outside today.Qiao Yan told the truth, explained everything, and finally mentioned what Qiao's father said, and said, "When shall we invite my father to dinner? Pick a time?"

"It's fine, as you like." Zhou Xiyun said, "I'll book a place when the time comes, either in the first month or February, and I'll be free soon."

Qiao Yan nodded "Yeah", and calculated the specific itinerary without being shy, and found a suitable time in a while, and really planned to do this.

Straightforward, without any hypocrisy, if you want to bring your girlfriend to meet your parents, you will really bring it.

The two quickly finalized the matter.

The whole day of the Spring Festival went smoothly, after the busy day, they went out to meet friends in the middle of the night, and met with Wen Ruyu, Xing Yuan and the others.

The group met at Wen Ruyu's bar, had a few drinks in the middle of the night, and celebrated the New Year while also toasting Huayi Technology's bad news.

After this Spring Festival, all the problems are solved, and everyone will be relaxed.Xing Yuan took the lead in toasting, laughing and clamoring that he would not rest until he was drunk, and he had to drink as much as he could to comfort him for his hard work of traveling for many days.

The bar is closed tonight, only a few of their friends are there.Wen Ruyu personally acted as the bartender, standing behind the bar and serving everyone.

Qiao Yan didn't dare to drink much, fearing that he would go crazy, so he stopped talking after taking two sips of the spicy drink.

Zhou Xiyun drank a lot, and he was a little swayed in the back, his gait was flimsy and he couldn't stand still.This man was slightly drunk and not sober. When he was drunk, he dragged Qiao Yan to the car to be alone, stuck to Qiao Yan's face, and bit her fingers.

Qiao Yan poked the man twice and whispered, "Drunk..."

Zhou Xiyun answered without a word, fell on her shoulders, kissed her neck with moist and hot lips that smelled of alcohol, and clamped her slender waist tightly, not letting her go away.