Jean Love

Eating together at night is also Hongchang's hot dish. The three of us sit around the table in a triangular shape. They sit on low plastic stools, and I sit on a taller chair. I ask Hongchang if he wants some more. Wine, he said repeatedly: "No, it's too spicy."

I asked, "Where were you when Zhao Xin called you?"

"Just arrived in Dali, ready to transfer." He said.

"For my younger brother's driver's license annual review, he needs to go to the traffic police brigade of Baiyun District, Guangzhou to pay the ticket from last year. Did Zhao Xin tell you?"

"Yes, she told me."

"I'm sorry to trouble you, won't it waste your time?" I looked at his face.

"It's okay, don't delay, I don't go to work, so it's okay to go to my mother's place one day later." He looked sincere.

The TV shows the annual finals of the Avenue of Stars of the Central Three Channels. It is lively and lively. The three of us at the dining table are eating slowly, quietly, and the atmosphere is slightly better than at noon. There is a little less embarrassment in my heart. If it is unnatural, for example, after a meal, if you stop and look at each other without speaking, it will still be very unnatural.

"Hey, Xiao Zhou, can I borrow a bed in your dormitory for one night? I have a friend who has no place to live." I called my colleague, who rented a house outside, and the canopy beds in the factory were rarely used.

"Okay, you can use it." Xiao Zhou was very straightforward.

I put away my phone and said, "You go to live in my colleague's bed tonight. As my friend, here, I will stay here this Spring Festival. Our company is next door. There are many colleagues and people coming and going. , so as not to gossip, but also to cover up for me." After speaking, he looked around the rental house and looked at the two beds.

"Well, I know, I know, no need, no need, I don't live here, there are a lot of fellow villagers in Shishan, I will go to the fellows for one night, and I will wait for Zhao Xin in Shishan tomorrow morning, and call when the time comes." He answered hastily, Take a look at Zhao Xin.

"There's no need to go to Guangzhou. My brother said he can find someone to do it for him in his hometown." I stared into his eyes again.

"Oh, no need to go? Then I will go directly to Dongguan tomorrow, and you and Zhao Xin will also come to Dongguan to play after the Chinese New Year." He stretched again, there were not many strange expressions in his eyes, no disappointment, no resentment, no anger , with an open-minded face.

After a while, he left, in a hurry, and I watched him go in the direction of the general market, walking quickly alone.I turned around, and Zhao Xin told me that there were fruits, which he bought at noon, and put them under the desk between the beds, some black-skinned red Fuji, some navel oranges, and some imported red grapes, and put them there. I picked up a red Fuji and shook it a few times in my hand.

One bite, loose, crunchy, sweet.I seldom eat fruit, but I still have to eat this, just like people who basically don’t eat sugar on weekdays, they still have to reach for a few when they encounter wedding candies.

Sitting in the office at night, looking at a lot of numbers and reports after the day's inventory, I don't want to do it, turn on the computer, and have no intention of surfing the Internet. My mind is replaying Hongchang's performance today, the words and expressions, and every subtle action. , I generally feel that he is not bad, polite and measured. Judging from his drinking expression, he is honest. From the fact that he turned back without saying a word, it can be seen that he is a bit responsible. A person with that kind of character can put a knife in both sides of a friend. Chen Wu There are advantages in this regard, and this first feeling is quite reliable.Even if the journey is too far, maybe the family is really poor, but these are secondary, as long as the person is kind and Zhao Xin likes it.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help laughing alone, yes, what objection do I have?In what capacity am I picking my nose and eyes here?Really, they are all grown-ups, they choose each other by themselves, what they decide, they should be responsible for their own actions, all I can do is, bless!bless!bless!

The next day, New Year’s Eve, I worshiped God in the morning, and after the holiday, the whole factory was deserted, and the streets outside the factory were also deserted. Suddenly, I felt a little empty in my heart. factory.During the holiday, I chose to be on duty in the factory. I can earn 80 yuan for a shift. Anyway, I am idle, and I can also get out the miscellaneous related reports by the way, so as not to rush after the holiday.

I haven't had much to say with Zhao Xin, but now we face each other, although it's a lot easier, but we still have nothing to say, we basically don't sit together for a long time, except for eating.

Eating in a rental house on New Year’s Eve, I cook, my family will call, mother’s phone number, ask this and that, very concerned, even concerned about what dishes we ate, Zhao Xin answered them one by one, some pork, some sour Duck bamboo shoots, and lettuce.

"Oh, you two are very good at enjoying it, leave some for us to eat."

"Come on down quickly, or I'll mail some, or plug a little over the phone line." They joked.Mother hahaha, she seems to be in a good mood.

After the mother finished speaking, the grandma said a few words: "Hey, old boy, the red envelope you brought back was given to us by Chen Wu, and you can use it to send it to you. Your two parents-in-law are spending a good New Year outside. Think more and earn more." Then the father said: "Oh, your grandma is very good, what she said just now is what I want to say, you should eat well outside."

"I want to call, I want to call too." I was on the speakerphone, so the voice on the other end could be heard clearly, like several children gathered around the phone, scrambling to avoid missing it.

"Happy New Year Mom, Happy New Year Dad." It was Chen Quan.

"Hey, how about Quan'er eating at home? Are you listening? Does Quan'er miss his parents at home?" Zhao Xin asked.

"I don't want to, oh, I want to." Hearing his father's correcting voice beside him, Chen Quan quickly changed his words.

"This heartless guy, let's go, next one." I yelled loudly.

"Happy New Year Uncle, Happy New Year Auntie, Gong Xi Fa Cai, here's the red envelope, bye bye." This nasty and hateful little guy is the crisp and immature voice of Brother Wu.Before we could talk, the little guy must have run away far away, and heard haha...haha, bursts of lively and mixed laughter from the other end of the phone.Zhao Xin and I looked at each other helplessly and smiled knowingly.

Then Huan'er, Nian'er, a big family, those who are older than the Chinese New Year, make a phone call and take turns to talk for at least half an hour.

On the first day of the new year, I was on duty in the morning, and I didn’t have much to do on duty. I just walked around and looked around. The main thing was to wash vegetables and cook. Sitting around, some brought their family members with them. My name is Zhao Xin. She was thin-skinned and said, "Go to the factory and eat. I will eat at home. Anyway, there is food and food."

"Let's eat one meal and two meals in the past. My colleagues are enthusiastic and always say that I want to invite you, so go." I said, Zhao Xin followed, scooped up some rice, picked up some vegetables, and sat on the side, bowed his head in silence. Persuading her, she blushed and smiled shyly: "You're welcome, you're welcome, you guys eat too, everyone eats."

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Xin got up early in the morning, packed up, said that he was going to Dongguan to meet Hongchang and his mother, and asked me if I would go, and I said no, so why would I go over there.I asked her to bring some fruit biscuits. When she arrived, she called and said that her mother-in-law asked me to come and play. I refused because I was on duty. I thought it was very interesting. This family is so open-minded?

Later, Zhao Xin came back on the fourth day of junior high school, and they were very angry with each other. On the way, my mother called, and I said that I was on duty in the factory, and Zhao Xin was embroidering at home. When asked by a colleague, I said that she had gone to a relative’s house who was celebrating the New Year here. , Obviously eating together, living together, lying, a bit seamless.

At that time, in fact, several people in the company knew my orientation. I have been here for more than six years. A group of people, I told directly or indirectly, try to open up.However, people's words are terrible in the world, and there is someone who cares very much, and I care about her very much. I give her the feeling of being both true and false, true and false.After Zhao Xin came back, I called her and went to the factory to have dinner again.

The one-week vacation passed quickly. I officially went to work on the sixth day, Chen Wu and the others went to work on the eighth day, and came back from the sixth day. Three adults, two children, a few luggage bags, and a big family.

After they came down, Zhao Xin stayed for two nights and then left to go to Zhongshan. They didn't know about our affairs. Next, I don't know whether Zhao Xin was happy or worried, a disaster or a blessing. I am tense, in front of my family and colleagues, I am still tense, true and false, that kind of life is more difficult than acting.

This year, my elder brother stayed at home with his family members and prepared to develop in his hometown. Like his current situation, even if he is enlightened, it is better to farm at home than outside. At least the consumption will not be so big, and there is no need to rent or buy a house. Vegetables, rice, and peanut oil are all available at home, and the peanut oil my mother planted in [-] has not been eaten yet.

Father came out arguing and asked us to help him find something to do. For a while, he didn’t know what to do for him. There is no place to stay when I come down, so I told him to come down later, and he agreed.

According to previous historical records, none of the jobs my father had done, including casual labor in his hometown, could last three months. The reason for this was very clear to my mother. I didn’t quite believe it when I told our brothers. It's the environment and the people around him. No matter how picky my father is, no matter how picky he is, he won't be able to do it, right?

"You'll know when he comes." Mother had an indifferent expression, picking vegetables without looking up, as if she had lost confidence in her father and had no hope.