love across mountains and seas

"Where are we going?"

In the elevator, Chu Ran, who was wrapped three layers inside and three layers outside, exposed her eyes from the scarf and hat. Tong Yuyi, who was blinking curiously like a baby, wanted to go forward and pinch the velvet ears on her hat.

"You'll know in a while."

Chu Ran looked at Tong Yuyi's smile and silence, wondering in his heart, his brain, which was not very bright, had a flash of inspiration at this moment, and thought: Tongtong, she...is she going to propose to me?

It's a pity that Tong Yuyi won't know how wonderful Comrade Xiao Chu's rich and disturbed mental activities are at this time.

The two got off the elevator and went directly to the parking lot. Chu Ran boarded the car in a daze with mixed feelings of fluctuating emotions and repeated denials, and followed Tong Yuyi to drive out of the City Central Garden on the night of New Year's Eve.There were few pedestrians on the street on New Year's Eve, and the location here is special. The car drove all the way forward, and there were only the two of them on the road.Tong Yuyi didn't drive very far, and the car stopped at the intersection in front of the community and turned off.

"Get out of the car."

"What are we going to do?"

After asking this sentence, when he saw what Tong Yuyi took out from the back seat of the car, he knew it instantly.

"You didn't go home this year, so just burn some paper money for mom and dad here."

After receiving the black bag handed over by Tong Yuyi, he opened it, and inside it was a thick stack of paper money under the Ming coins of Tiandi Bank.Chu Ran only felt her nose turn sore, and it would be a lie not to be moved in her heart, it was rare for her to think of these things for herself.

Tong Yuyi: "By the way, here is your lighter. The incense is on the side of the bag."

"Thank you, Tongtong."

Touching Chu Ran's forehead hair, Tong Yuyi smiled softly, "Don't talk about this with me."

At the intersection, Chu Ran found a branch and drew a circle.The lighter was windproof, and it didn't take much effort to light the paper money. Tong Yuyi and her squatted at the intersection, lit incense, and slowly threw the paper money into the fire.

Chu Ran: "Mom and Dad, I can't go home for the New Year this year, so I can send some money to your elders. If you need anything over there, just give me a dream."

"I'm fine in Jiangcheng, you don't have to worry. I dreamed of you when I was in a coma in a car accident a few days ago. I remember my dad carried me on his back and told me to grow up happily. I know, yes You miss me, don't worry, I'm almost in good health now."

"Mom and Dad," Chu Ran stopped, swallowed back the "I won the third-class merit this year" that he almost blurted out, paused, and then spoke with a more serious tone, "I met someone I like very much, and I will go back to my hometown next year. Take it for you to see."

After Chu Ran finished speaking, a gust of wind suddenly blew at the intersection, and the lit incense began to burn faster.

Tong Yuyi looked at Chu Ran in surprise. Although it was the first time for Chu Ran to see this phenomenon, she had heard some strange things about the mountains from Lao Han.

Holding Tong Yuyi's empty left hand, Chu Ran comforted: "My parents agreed to let you go home with me for the New Year."

There were only the two of them in the whole street, and the wind blew the ashes up and down. Tong Yuyi was held by her like this, and he didn't feel any fear, "Okay, I'll go home with you next year."

After a knife of paper money was burned, Tong Yuyi brought water from the car, Chu Ran poured out the ashes, put them in the black plastic bag he brought, and threw them into the trash can by the street.

"Come on, let's go home."

The two got into the car and drove back. Chu Ran was silent for a while, and said slowly: "In the past, every year at thirty, my father would buy paper money, and I would go to the crossroads in front of my house and burn them to my parents, and then they would buy paper money. Please come back to the spirit seat and put it on the altar to worship."

The car turned a corner and drove into the gate of the community.Tong Yuyi glanced at Chu Ran, and felt relieved when she saw that she looked normal and didn't feel particularly sad.

"Then let's put it here this year."

Chu Ran shook his head, "The photos of the spirit card are all in my hometown, my father and my sister will fix them, and my parents are also used to the way back there. Jiangcheng is so far away, I am afraid they will get lost."

"Well... okay." Tong Yuyi held the steering wheel with one hand and drove the car into the basement. With the other free hand, he stroked Chu Ran's forehead with his hat off, and continued when he saw that he was not sweating: "Our The custom is to set the altar after midnight, the eldest son will light a long candle, and the eldest grandson will be responsible for offering incense sticks on the morning of the first day of the new year. However, in my family, there are only two girls, Xiaoning and me, so we never As far as I can remember, every New Year's Day, I will give incense to my grandparents."

Chu Ran: "Then are all the things ready for worship this year?"

"Of course, in my meditation room, I will be in charge of lighting candles this year."

After Tong Yuyi finished speaking, there was a brief silence between the two of them, and Chu Ran could tell that she seemed a little depressed.And the source of this depression may be a knot between the two of them until now.

Chu Ran: "It seems that Uncle Tong is not patriarchal, right?"

Tong Yuyi sighed slightly, and seemed to have a feeling: "When I was young, my father took me out to meet friends. Those uncles and uncles might not shy away from me because I was young, so they told my father in front of me that we must hurry up and have a son. Daughter That's the icing on the cake, the son is the confidence of a man, otherwise you don't know who you are fighting for."

"My dad didn't want to argue with them at first. He just said that his daughter is also very good. A good education may not make him a talent. He said that our Xiaoyi is very smart."

The elevator reached the negative floor, and the two walked in side by side.

Chu Ran: "Well, our Xiaoyi is quite smart."

Tong Yuyi smiled, and stretched out his hand to pull the fluffy ears on her hat, "There was an uncle later, I remember it was a group of people who caught up with the real estate bonus, the kind of nouveau riche. I was in the same class as his son, His son's temperament is exactly the same as his, he is chubby and speaks obscenely, he always likes to bully girls, but later he was beaten up by Gu Xixi to be honest." When they said this, both of them laughed.Chu Ran: "Well, this is very Gu Xixi." Tong Yuyi cast a glance at her, and continued: "The uncle also drank too much, stood up and swayed, patted my dad on the shoulder, and said, 'Old boy, is my daughter okay? But no, of course it’s the same. The son is different. The son and the ticket are the waist of a man. If there is no son and only a ticket, who will inherit the property? Rely on the daughter? Can a woman’s family be reliable? If you don’t fight well, you will ruin your family business. Listen to me, my daughter is useless.’”

"Depend on!"

"Ding!"

When the elevator reached the top floor, Chu Ran was listening intently, his brows furrowed, wishing he could travel back and beat up the upstart.Tong Yuyi took the lead to go out, and she quickly followed up and asked, "And then? What did Uncle Tong say?"

This time, the arc of Tong Yuyi's mouth gradually deepened, "Then my father slapped his hand off and said with a sneer, 'What's the use of having a son, your son can't even see the taillights of my daughter's grades at school A family business depends on ability and courage rather than fecundity. If a son is not cultivated well, he will be nothing more than a sloppy idiot when he grows up. Don’t you all often see the wasteful son of a prodigal son ruining the company and ruining the family business? Besides, my Tong Boyuan's daughter is smart and excellent. She is the first in the class every time she takes the exam, and she can learn whatever she reads. If you have sons here, who is better than my daughter? I will leave the words here today, and I will I, Chongshi, of the Tong family can make it to the next level, I have to rely on my daughter, Tong Yuyi. I am really not afraid to say that Xiaoyi is the successor I have decided for Chongshi. Even if I really have a son in the future, this decision will not change .”

Tong Yuyi's eyes were bright when he said this, and his tone was full of pride that couldn't be concealed.

Chu Ran stared at her steadfastly, it was the first time she saw her so proud of someone.

"That's why you give up your favorite dance and study economics without hesitation."

"It's not without hesitation. I resisted, but it didn't work. You know, when I was a teenager, I always felt that the whole world should surrender to my dreams."

Chu Ran laughed, and the two stood in the stairwell, talking and walking a short distance.

Chu Ran: "That's right, you are indeed not a person who is willing to compromise. But if you are really persistent with your character, Uncle Tong can't force you, so in the end, you are still willing."

Standing in front of the gate, Tong Yuyi paused for a while to reach out to unlock it, and winked playfully at Chu Ran behind her, "You know me quite well." But when she opened the door, she sighed imperceptibly. Tone, "For so many years, I still remember what I said that day, and the older I get, the deeper the memory."

Chu Ran stopped the hand that closed the door behind her, seeing Tong Yuyi like this, felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Perhaps for most daughters, even if the father has made mistakes, he is always his own superhero.

"Are you two starving me to death! The meal is ready and people ran away!! I can't eat the New Year's Eve dinner alone!!!"

Tong Xining, a child with five spines and six beasts in the living room, came out immediately when he heard the movement, and complained to the two of them.

Knowing that his sister was still in the puberty stage and hungry, Tong Yuyi hurriedly comforted her, "You are not allowed to say unlucky words during Chinese New Year. Be good, Xiao Ning, go and sit down, we will come after washing our hands."

When the BGM on TV turned into a mix of popular star blessing songs, the three of them finally sat down at the dining table.Tong Yuyi sat at the head of the table, while Chu Ran and Tong Xining sat on both sides.The little boy always looked at the TV, and the female celebrity in the red dress last year actually went on again this year.Glancing at Chu Ran beside him, hey, he didn't stretch his neck to look, but stared at the dishes in front of him in a daze.

Tsk, looks really hungry.

Tong Yuyi poured good wine into his cup, and neither Tong Xining nor Chu Ran could drink. One cup was filled with peach juice and the other with orange juice.

Seeing that her sister had finished pouring the wine, Tong Xining took the lead in holding up her own peach juice, "Sister, say something."

In the past, every New Year's Eve, it was my father who said the New Year's message.

Tong Yuyi smiled and reached out to touch his sister's head, "Xiao Ning, grow up healthy and happy in the new year. While you are happy, don't forget to study hard and do what you want. No matter what you choose, my sister will support you. "

Tong Xining pursed her lips, she just wanted to get into Tong Yuyi's arms at this moment.This should be the first time in so many years that Tong Yuyi told her in her New Year's message that it is good to be happy and study is not important.

Tong Yuyi, who still didn't know that his meaning had been "distorted", raised his glass to Tong Xining's cup, "Grow up well, Xiao Ning."

Chu Ran sat on one side, looked at the two sisters, and suddenly said, "Hey, it's Chinese New Year, the macho is going to cry?"

Miss Tong Er, who was really about to cry, lost her emotions in an instant, and rolled her big eyes at Chu Ran, "Why are you so annoying!"

"Hey." Chu Ran grinned, raised his wine glass to reveal a row of small white teeth, "Happy New Year, Tong Xiaoning."

Tong Xining curled her lips, her taut little expression couldn't help but loosen, and she also raised the cup to touch her.

"Happy New Year, Chu Xiaoshou."

? ?

Chu Ran thought he heard it wrong, and was about to refute the question, Tong Yuyi, who was on the main seat, toasted again at the right time, "Most importantly, I hope that we can all live a healthy, safe, and happy life, and that whatever we think in our hearts can come true. " Having said that, she looked at Chu Ran beside her, "In the new year, everything starts again."

Chu Ran looked back at her, the two smiled at each other, and lightly clinked glasses.

"Pound~"

In the new year, everything starts again.

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