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"I'll go with you!"

"No brother Gao, you just took a shower and went to play with the computer for a while, and I'll be back in a while."

But despite what I said, Brother Gao still dressed neatly, took a pack of burnt paper that I had folded, and followed me out.

"The Northeast isn't as cold as I imagined, is it?"

Walking out of the building door, Brother Gao exhaled whitely and said.

"Winter is warm now, and it's basically not as cold as everyone thinks." I took Brother Gao to the intersection. "Besides, this is a city. Although it's not an urban area, it's not a countryside either, so it's not too cold. But it's colder than Guizhou." It's too much."

I finally knew Gao Ge's hometown, and I also tried to talk to him intimately.

"While our place is not cold in winter and there are green trees, it is not easy."

"Oh, what?"

I'm a little surprised.

In my impression, winter in the south should be sunny and green all year round like spring.

"Ours is not cold, but cold. There is a bone-piercing cold in the air, so you have nowhere to hide."

I froze for a moment, not knowing what to say.

What kind of feeling made Gao Ge so impressed.

"Really?" I said with a dry smile, "I have a chance to go to Brother Gao's house to experience it."

"kindness."

The intersection is very close to my house, and there are traces of flames along the way, and occasionally people leave or squat down.

Brother Gao followed me, the light from the phone screen shone on his face, like the warm light in this cold winter, so out of tune with the surroundings.

I broke off the branches casually, squatted down at an intersection where no one was around, and began to draw circles.

"So you burn paper like this!" Brother Gao put down the paper bag in his hand, ready to open it.

"First burn the one in my hand, this one belongs to my grandpa and grandma."

"Oh." Brother Gao touched his nose, a little embarrassed.

"Brother Gao, stand behind me, don't get burned by the fire."

Speaking of which, I started my task with ease.

"Xiao Fei, what you said is too casual. Haven't you said as much to customers?"

Brother Gao smiled and squatted beside me, helping me throw the burnt paper onto the fire.

"I've been saying these few words every year, I've sent you money, you take care of it, bless..., I don't know what to say anymore."

"Ha ha."

I saw Brother Gao just smiled wryly and didn't say anything.

"Why, Brother Gao, are you okay? I see that you have watched your mobile phone many times."

After burning a pile, I saw Brother Gao took out his phone again.

He kept sending this message along the way.

"It's okay, I'm chatting with my family."

"Oh."

It turns out that Brother Gao is also homesick.

I suddenly realized.

Although Brother Gao didn't go home, he must be missing his family in his heart.

"Who is this for?"

"For my dad."

"Does Xiao Fei still have an impression of your father?"

After I numbly babbled about the third child, I turned my head and said to Brother Gao, "Of course not. How can I have any impression at the age of three? The only impression I have now is a photo under the glass plate at home, but I only found it when I moved. It's stuck to the glass and can't be snapped off."

"Fireworks are easy to be cold."

I didn't understand what Brother Gao was talking about. It wasn't until later that I realized that the second half of this sentence was "Easy to Divide", which is the lyrics of a song by a very famous singer.

But how could I, who doesn't listen to pop music very much, know.

"I'll burn some for uncle too."

Speaking of Brother Gao squatting down, it was different from the way he burned the paper for my grandma. At this time, Brother Gao was still muttering [Uncle, you must bless Xiao Fei in the sky and be safe and sound. He works well and graduates smoothly. Please also bless Auntie to be healthy, everything goes well, and be happy every day. It is not easy for Xiaofei to study outside alone. A friend like Godsend will earn a lot of money in the future, so he can be more filial to his aunt! 】

I looked at Brother Gao in surprise, I never thought that such an elite brother Gao could say such down-to-earth words when he came to burn paper.

Seeing my surprised expression, Brother Gao smiled at me.

In that smile, I saw love, satisfaction, and even fleeting sadness.

As the fire weakens, it slowly dissipates.

until everything is reduced to ashes.

"Come on, it's time to go home."