Wintering

It was 5:[-] in the morning when Mo Dong got off the plane. Following the flow of people to the exit, a icy cold current rushed towards him. The clean and cold air from a foreign country carried a bit of cold and damp earthy smell.

At this time, the sky is not yet bright, the sun is hiding below the horizon, the sky is not pure black, there is a sparse piece of yellow light at the bottom of the farthest place, which is the light source of the residence; if you look up, you will see the overwhelming stars, It was a large piece of black velvet cloth randomly sprinkled with a handful of broken diamonds, which was brilliant and crystal clear.

Mo Dong was looking up at the beautiful starry sky when suddenly someone beside him called his name in Chinese.

"Mo Dong!"

He turned his head and saw a tall man wearing a lead gray melon cap, a plaid scarf, and a black overcoat waving his hand to signal him.

It's Chen Yue.

When Mo Dong approached, Chen Yue immediately stuffed the cup of hot drink into his hand, "Is it too cold? Why are you wearing so little? Didn't I tell you to wear thicker clothes?"

He ignored Mo Dong's refusal, took off his hat and forced Mo Dong to put it on.

"Hey, it's pretty good-looking! Xiao Xia, what do you think?"

Only then did Mo Dong notice a black-haired girl standing next to Chen Yue.

She put her hands in her pockets and said with a smile: "It's much more pleasing to the eye than when you wore it."

Mo Dong glanced awkwardly at Chen Yue, and then stretched out his hand to the girl, "Hello. I'm Mo Dong."

"I'm Jiang Xia."

He felt her hand was big, and the temperature in her palm was very warm.

They only held once and let go.

Chen Yue took Mo Dong's suitcase with one hand, and easily wrapped his shoulders with the other, "I wanted to pick you up alone, but Xiao Xia insisted on coming."

Jiang Xia walked in front of them, turned her head when she heard the words, flicked her high ponytail, and gave him a sideways glance, "Why, are you afraid that I will scare your sweetheart?"

Chen Yue obviously felt that Mo Dong's shoulders stiffened immediately, and angrily yelled at Jiang Xia, "If you make fun of Mo Dong again, I'll tell Abbey about the last time you went out with a man alone."

"Everyone said that it was just to discuss business, don't talk nonsense."

"Oh, guess what Abbey believes in me or in you."

"You don't dare," Jiang Xia was not afraid of him, she sneered, turned her head to Mo Dong, but looked at Chen Yue, "Xiaodong, do you think so?"

Mo Dong didn't know how to answer her, so he nodded.

There was a heavy snowfall here last night, and the ground turned into a sheet of white paper. The fluffy snow, stepped on with one foot, spread to the knees.

Chen Yue carried Mo Dong's luggage bag, and held Mo Dong's hand, "The snow was pushed once last night, and now it's piled up again. Mo Dong, follow my footsteps. Be careful not to fall."

Mo Dong followed the depressions left by him, clumsily stuffed his feet in and pulled them out.

After walking for about ten minutes, the snow on the road gradually thinned, and finally disappeared on the colored asphalt concrete road.

Jiang Xia's car was placed in a nearby parking lot, and Chen Yue put Mo Dong's luggage into the trunk of the car.

There is no usual unpleasant leather smell in the car, replaced by a sweet milky smell.There are also two small dolls in the back seat, a small hippopotamus and a puppy dog, which are put into kissing poses.

Chen Yue piled them aside to make room for Mo Dong to sit in.

The two gadgets lay prone on the seat, and as the car started and stopped, they slowly rolled onto the car's rug.

Chen Yue didn't notice much, it was Mo Dong who reminded him.

So he picked them up, slapped off the dust, and prepared to put them away.

"Hold it for me. It will drop again later." Mo Dong said aloud.

He put the baby hippopotamus and the puppy on his lap and put his hands around them so they wouldn't fall.

The car wobbled on the wet road.

The two little puppets rolled around in Mo Dong's arms due to inertia, and their buttocks bumped into his stomach mischievously from time to time.

Chen Yue suddenly came over, pointed to a place outside the window and said, "Mo Dong, do you see a touch of green over there?"

Mo Dong looked in his direction, and above the low houses, there was a shining green light with clear texture, which looked like a still green water flow.

"That is, Aurora?"

"Yes. This happens to be the aurora belt. When the aurora erupts, you will know what it looks like when the sky is on fire."

Jiang Xia also smiled and said, "We will go to Wabei Lake then."

The car stopped in front of a wooden house with lights on.

The door was open, and the warm light shone on the snow, exuding a warm luster.

A long-haired girl stood by the door, and a white-haired Samoyed squatted beside her. When she heard the sound of a car, her ears were raised high, and she ran over excitedly.

"Cookie!" Jiang Xia squatted down and was thrown into his arms by the big dog.

After Abbey brought them ginger tea and biscuits from the kitchen, he sat next to Jiang Xia, looked at them tenderly with a pair of big amber eyes, and fed biscuits to the puppy lying beside his feet from time to time.

She is a well-known fashion designer in the local area. She can't speak Chinese, and most of the time she stays on the sidelines and teases the puppies quietly.

After chatting, Chen Yue took Mo Dong upstairs to put his luggage.

There are several rooms on the second floor, all of which are reserved for guests who come here to spend the night after a party.

The decoration is a unified Nordic minimalist style, and the bright and simple style runs through every corner.There is a large French window next to the bed, and you can see the tall spruces wrapped in a layer of snow in the yard.The white light reflected in the snow into the house was a bit dazzling.

The closet door in the house was a little loose and always left a small crack when it closed.

"There is a small problem with this wardrobe. I originally wanted to change the room for you, but in this room, you can often see the moon and the aurora."

"It's okay, you don't need to change rooms."

Chen Yue put Mo Dong's luggage on the small wooden table, helped him close the curtains, sat down by the bed, raised his head, and looked at Mo Dong steadfastly.

Mo Dong felt uncomfortable when he saw him, "Thank you for picking me up at the airport so late, if you have nothing to do, go back and catch up on sleep."

Chen Yue didn't really want to leave, he wanted to stay with Mo Dong for a while.

"Today is the second day of junior high school. Everyone in China is eating dumplings. I'll make carrot dumplings for you later. Do you like them?"

Mo Dong froze for a moment. In fact, he was very unfamiliar with eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year. When he was a child, there would always be a few men in black jackets guarding the door during the Chinese New Year, kicking the iron door.His father hid outside and did not come home. It was just him and his mother at home.His mother shut himself in the room silently, and he was very afraid of those rough kicks on the door, every time, it seemed that a big hammer was slamming on the heart.

He ran over to knock on the door, but his mother didn't answer.He had no choice but to hide under the sofa in the living room, biting his fist, and waited tremblingly for those people to smash enough and leave.No one cares when I'm hungry, so I can only go to the cabinet to eat instant noodles by myself.

So he never knew that dumplings can be eaten during Chinese New Year.I didn't know until I came out to work and heard my colleagues discuss the dumpling stuffing made during the Chinese New Year.

"I like it." Mo Dong said, "I like eating dumplings."

Chen Yue laughed lightly, couldn't help reaching out to touch his earlobe, but immediately withdrew his hand, stood up and looked around the room, before leaving, he said: "My room is on your left. It's ok. Rest early."

Mo Dong sat alone in the room for a while.

The quilt in the room smelled faintly of lavender. Mo Dong opened the backpack, took out the kangaroo mother stuffed in the bottom layer, hugged it, fell on the bed, and fell asleep in a daze.

He was awakened by the barking of dogs and the crying of children.Someone downstairs is yelling, "Cookie! Calm, down!"

The barking of the dog weakened immediately, but he was no longer sleepy.

Chen Yue was making dumplings with Jiang Xia and the others. The Samoyed was lying on the ground, Zhizhi was sitting on a stool watching them, wearing big plush hamster slippers, dangling in the air, stealing a piece of dumpling wrapper for the puppy from time to time .

Chen Yue is very skillful in making dumplings, making them round and chubby every ten seconds.

Seeing Zhizhi's interested expression, he made her a hamster-shaped dumpling, with petal-like ears, a pointed mouth, and a tiny tail.

"Little mouse!" Zhizhi held the fat dumpling happily and excitedly, twisted his small body, and accidentally placed his hand on the edge of the table. After biting through the thin dumpling skin, the carrot filling inside fell out and shattered all over the floor.

Zhizhi stared blankly at the corpse of the "little mouse", opened his mouth wide, and looked up at the adults blankly.

Abbey realized it was not good, quickly picked up Zhizhi, patted her buttocks and shook her.But tears gradually appeared in Zhizhi's big eyes, and suddenly he cried out with a "wow".

The puppy next to him heard the crying of the little master, and anxiously circled around Abbey's feet, and also started barking.

"Cookie! Calmdown!" Jiang Xia scolded in a low voice.

The puppy immediately shut its mouth, looked up at its little master, and patted the ground anxiously with its big, fluffy white tail.

Chen Yue quickly squeezed a little hamster again, and held it in front of Zhizhi, "Don't cry, Zhizhi, look, the little mouse has come back to life again! Don't cry."

Zhizhi held back his hazy tearful eyes, pursed his mouth, and managed to coax him well.

As soon as the four sat down, Chen Yue saw Mo Dong coming down the stairs.

Jiang Xia also saw it, and said with a smile: "Did Zhizhi wake up Xiaodong?"

Chen Yue stood up, and Mo Dong noticed his hands covered with white flour, "You guys are making dumplings."

Jiang Xia lifted a chair for him, "Come on, let's come together."

Mo Dong hesitated: "I won't..."

"It's okay, then watch us wrap it up."

Mo Dong was sitting next to Zhizhi, who looked at him curiously with his big eyes open.

"Zhizhi, this is Brother Dong." Chen Yue said to her while pinching the lace of the dumpling.

"Dong... Dong, brother... Ge"

After Zhizhi finished calling people, he began to giggle, his eyes bent into a small moon.

After Chen Yue put the dumpling wrapper into the filling, he folded it in half to form a semicircle. He began to pinch the pleats from both sides, and finally pinched the edges firmly and bent them to make a soft rabbit ear.

"Hmm...Little rabbit!" Zhizhi stretched out his hand to grab it again, but Chen Yue moved it away, "Zhizhi, this is for Brother Dong."

Zhizhi looked at Chen Yue helplessly.

Chen Yue had to pinch them in turn.

This little ingot is squeaky.

That little star belongs to Brother Dong.

This little fish is squeaky.

That little heart belongs to Brother Dong.

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