Rebirth: The Life of a Scholar

The feeling of returning to my hometown after half a year is very exciting, no matter where it is, it shows the changes in the past six months.

It’s the day of the Spring Festival at this moment, and it’s snowing a lot in City K, but the New Year’s atmosphere is full. You can see red lanterns and Spring Festival couplets everywhere. If it’s night, there will be fireworks all over the sky, which can light up the entire night sky brilliantly. Such beauty cannot be seen in the city.

Tang Xu didn't ask his parents to pick him up. After getting off the train, he boarded a minibus that drove through their village. There were quite a few people who came back on the Spring Festival day. Because there were so many people, Tang Xu had to stand and squeeze into the back compartment of the train. , but looking at the scenery outside the window is very sighing, even if it is only half a year, Tang Xu feels like it has been several years.

The car drove slowly under the snow, and finally arrived at the entrance of the village in nearly two hours. When he got out of the car, he stepped on the thick snow. Tang Xu could only walk in with his suitcase.

"Hey, isn't this the kid from the Tang family! He's back for the Chinese New Year!"

"It feels different when I come back from the city, I almost didn't recognize it!"

"I've seen the world, but it seems that I have grown a lot."

"Tang Xu is back!"

As soon as he entered the village, he heard some familiar voices. Tang Xu greeted them one by one with a smile. These people were kind because they had watched him grow up.

From a long distance, he saw his mother standing at the door and looking at this side, Tang Xu couldn't help walking faster, it felt so good to have someone waiting for him.

When Tang's mother saw Tang Xu, she immediately went up to pick up the suitcase in his hand: "You are very tired from the car, go in and warm up, and see that your face is flushed by the wind." She said in a trembling tone, Tang Xu never Having never left home, Tang's mother was really worried that he would not be able to take care of her outside, but seeing that he looked better than expected, she was relieved.

Tang Xu didn't avoid Tang's mother's actions and asked her to take his luggage, and followed her into the yard: "Mom, fortunately, I'm not very tired."

It was indeed much warmer once we entered the room, because Tang Xu was pressed directly beside the charcoal fire to keep warm because of the burning of the charcoal fire. Father Tang hurriedly came out of the bedroom when he heard the movement: "Is Xiao Xu back!?"

"Dad, why are you up!" Seeing Tang's father coming out, Tang Xu immediately went over to help him to the charcoal fire, and then took out a big cotton coat from the bedroom and put it on him: "Dad, isn't he healthy recently?"

"Well, Dad can live at least another 100 years." Tang's father's smiling face is not pale, it is indeed much better than when Tang Xu left half a year ago, Tang Xu felt relieved when he saw Tang's mother heard Tang's father's words Can't help but make fun of: "It's enough for you to live for another 50 years, but if you live for 100 years, you will kill me and Xiao Xu."

"Hahaha yes, that's not okay, we Xiaoxu have big things to do!" Father Tang laughed.

Looking at their smiles, Tang Xu was particularly satisfied and fulfilled, but also a little sad. It could be seen that his parents were in a good mood, and he brought all these.

"Xiao Xu, you've grown a lot. Didn't you eat well outside? Look at how thin you are. Don't save too much money. Your mother's salary is enough. You can eat as much as you can outside. Don't always eat. Send money home." Tang's mother felt distressed seeing her son's thin body, she hadn't been able to feed him good food before, and now the child is working hard while earning money while going to school, no matter how short of money Tang's mother is If the child continues like this.

Tang Xu smiled and didn't answer, got up and took things from the suitcase to them: "This is a New Year's gift."

Looking at the new clothes and supplements brought by the child, Tang's mother choked up for a long time: "You child, how can you buy these things with your own hard-earned money? Mom has enough clothes to wear." When she said this, her heart was extremely moved.

"It's okay. During the Chinese New Year, the leader gave me some bonuses. My parents will wear them later. It's a festive Chinese New Year. When I was a child, I said that I should wear new clothes during the Chinese New Year. This way we will be better next year." Tang Xu comforted. , Next year, next year they will definitely be better, and he will work hard to make this family better and better.

The New Year's Eve dinner is the last highlight of the year. It is not a trivial matter for Tang Xu, who has been away from home for half a year, to come back to celebrate the New Year, so Tang's mother has already prepared a more sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner than in previous years.

It was already dark outside, and the custom of Yunfei Village is to set off firecrackers or fireworks at the waist before the New Year's Eve dinner to disperse bad luck for a year, so after five o'clock, there were a lot of firecrackers around.

The same was true for Tang Xu's house. After all the dishes were put away, Tang's mother hung the firecrackers on the branches in the yard. Tang Xu spontaneously stepped forward and took the lighter to light the firecrackers. The noise made the whole yard tremble a little.

On the dinner table were fish that would not appear normally. The family sat down to eat happily. Tang's mother had been serving food for the father and father to let them eat more. Tang Xu didn't eat well or sleep well after sitting on the train for two days. But he was full of energy, and his appetite was whetted by the familiar food. This night, he insisted on eating two bowls of rice, and took Tang Mule's food with all his might.

After eating, Mother Tang cleaned up the dishes and moved the TV from the bedroom to the living room. She took out a melon and fruit bowl and put some melon seeds and peanuts for them to eat when they were free. Tang Xu and Father Tang sat in the living room It was still early and the Spring Festival Gala hadn't started yet, so Tang Xu chatted with Tang's father about things in the city.

Tang's father and Tang's mother were both born and raised in Yunfei Village, and they had never even been out of K City. It was very novel to hear Tang Xu say things they had never heard of.

The Spring Festival Gala started at eight o’clock. The family sat in the living room and watched the TV. The content of the Gala was very positive. There were all kinds of wonderful performances and sketches. The TV was very small, but But it brought a lot of joy. Tang Xu laughed when he saw his parents smiling happily under the gray light. This year was the happiest Spring Festival he had ever had.

Because of the need to keep the year old, Mother Tang made some chicken noodle soup around eleven o'clock. Tang Xu ate a lot at night and ate a lot of snacks just now, so he is not hungry, but he still finished a big bowl of noodles under the eyes of Mother Tang , I was a little stuffed after eating, and walked around the yard helplessly to digest.

The snow outside had stopped, but because the snow was so thick during the day, the yard was illuminated by the snowy light in the dark night sky. Tang Xu rubbed his hands and squatted down to grab a paw of snow and knead it into a ball, which was cold and cool. His hands turned red from the cold, but Tang Xu thought it was fun, so he couldn't help pinching a few more small balls and piled them together.

"Xiao Xu, something in your bag is ringing. Is it a mobile phone?" Mother Tang opened the door of the living room and saw Tang Xu playing in the snow. She was angry and funny: "Why do you still like to play in the snow when you are so grown up?"

"It's been a long time since I played, and the snow in the city is too small." Tang Xu put down the snowball with a smile and went back to the room to find his mobile phone. The one missed call was Ji Rong, and the time was 43:[-]. Tang Xu thought I wanted to call him back.

The busy tone on the phone rang, and after a burst of electricity, Ji Rong's voice came: "Are you done?"

"No, I was in the yard just now." Tang Xu smiled lightly and went to the window to look outside: "It snowed heavily in our hometown."

"Snow? So you were playing with snow just now?" Ji Rong's voice was mixed with a smile, and he seemed a little tired.

Tang Xu sensitively sensed that Ji Rong had a different mood than usual, but he didn't expose it: "The snow in the city is too small, and the snow scene in my hometown is beautiful."

"You can take some pictures and show me."

"Okay, I will take pictures during the day tomorrow. The scenery of our house is really good."

"It's nice to be home."

"Yes, very happy."

"Just be happy."

Tang Xu didn't know why he always felt that Ji Rong was very strange today. The two chatted without saying a word. There were not many topics and the atmosphere was not bad. Tang Xu told him some things about his hometown. His hometown was very interesting, and Tang Xu couldn't help asking, "Would you like to come and see it if you have a chance?"

"Well, if there is a chance." Ji Rong had something in his words, Tang Xu couldn't figure out what Ji Rong was thinking and could only scratch his head helplessly: "There will be a chance."

Tang Xu didn't know anything at this time, this was the most difficult Spring Festival that Ji Rong had suffered since he was a child, and the only comfortable moment on this day was hearing his voice, but that was all.

Thinking of the sound of firecrackers outside, Tang Xu looked at the time on his phone. It was 23:59. At this time, every family would set off fireworks and firecrackers to welcome the beginning of the new year.

Ji Rong on the other end of the phone heard a voice asking, "Are firecrackers being set off outside?"

"Well, our family celebrates Chinese New Year very much."

"I heard it."

"Then I'm going to set off firecrackers too."

"it is good."

"Goodbye."

"Tang Xu, happy new year."

Tang Xu froze for a moment, looked at the time again, it was exactly [-]:[-], and smiled lightly: "Senior, happy new year, then we will see you next year."

"Well, see you next year." After Ji Rong finished speaking, he hung up the phone, looked up at the dark ceiling, and rubbed his sour brows. He couldn't say those words until the end. Ji Rong thought of many ways to say, but he didn't Knowing that it is so difficult to say it, he can't do it just to say goodbye as a friend.

Ji Rong is a very calm person. His purpose has always been clear. At the same time, he clearly knows that many things cannot be realized with his current ability, so he is not afraid to wait. The role he plays in Tang Xu's life is very profound and preconceived Tang Xu may not need many friends, but friends like Ji Rong will be difficult to meet in the future, which makes Tang Xu unable to forget him for the rest of his life.

Ji Rong's calculations were accurate from the very beginning, and he successfully entered Tang Xu's life as he wished. Unfortunately, Ji Rong's parents had an accident. Ji Rong knew that his anomaly would be discovered, but he didn't expect it to be so discovered. Hurry up, in the end everything can only follow reality.

Now Ji Rong is a little uncertain, whether he will regret it after obeying his parents like this, or there may be more unpredictable things waiting for him.