Three days before New Year's Eve, Li Duoyang returned to his hometown of Qinghe City with his parents and elder brother.

New Year's goods were prepared in advance, and after a whole day of cleaning, Li Duoyang followed Li Huai to hang lanterns, paste couplets, and fix the house where grandma usually lives, and then went back to the suburban villa together.

The fireplace in the living room was burning.

The whole family sat around the round table and learned how to cut window grilles from the old lady.

Li Duoyang's cut was the most unremarkable. A "mask" was cut out of an ordinary flower quilt. Li Huai looked at it a few times and said, "It's better to be a self-reliant school than a good boy. Let's have an abstract paper-cut."

Li Duoyang frowned because of his choking, so he hurriedly cut another sheet, spread it out, and became a strange four-faced figure.

Li Huai: "To a certain extent, this is also called creativity."

Shen Huayun clicked his tongue: "If you say it again, my brother can hang a bottle of oil on his mouth."

Li Duoyang said without silver here: "I'm not angry!" As he spoke, he was unwilling to scratch the back of his hand, "Brother, he has such a mouth, it's a pity not to participate in the debate competition, it would be great to go, I see the first debater None other than him."

Li Huai smiled and said, "How do you know I participated? The prize is a pen, and I want to give it to you at night."

Li Duoyang stared, and dropped the paper in his hand: "..."

The adults laughed silently, but the old lady couldn't see her little grandson being "bullied" and gave Li Huai a supercilious look: "Fortunately, your brother is older now, so he should be younger. I was so angry that you cried, I Do you still want to have a safe life during Chinese New Year?"

Li Huai: "I'm not afraid of crying. It's not that I don't know how to coax children, but I don't know how to find someone to cry even if I'm afraid of being bullied by outsiders."

Everyone was taken aback, Shen Huayun was the first to understand what he meant. Since Li Huai came back from the winter vacation and learned that the child of the Pei family had moved upstairs to their house, her expression was not very good. She also knew the concerns of the eldest son. They also don't want to befriend the Pei family, especially after knowing that Mr. Pei looks down on them. Although they are not as big as the Pei family, they don't have to worry about food and clothing. How can they be talked about because of an early verbal engagement.

But since getting acquainted with Yan Man, you and I have also seen that the young master of the Pei family is not a bully, and getting along with her youngest son is no different from a normal classmate.

She sighed and said, "Why are you talking about this again? You have met Aunt Yan a few times, and she is very different from that Boss Pei. Otherwise, there would be no separation now... After becoming a neighbor, it is true. It’s a warm heart, don’t always say that.”

Li Huai said: "I'm not talking about Aunt Yan Man."

Over there, Li Dongcheng said: "Then who are you talking about? That kid Pei Shiyi?"

Li Huai glanced at Li Duoyang: "During my school entrance banquet, I still remember his cold face towards my boy, I didn't have any contact with him at that time, and he believed everything based on a few ugly words from others, and even made a face. This kind of person doesn't even need to be friends."

"Brother," Li Duoyang said, "Didn't you hear from your parents that Pei Shiyi went abroad when he was a child?"

Li Huai was stunned for a moment, and smiled: "You are so young, and you haven't had much contact with you, how can you still hold grudges for so many years? Do you hold grudges on your head?"

Li Duoyang shook his head: "I don't mean to hold grudges, but it's normal to have a grudge in your heart. Children, how can you make so much sense when you are wronged. I used to go to the racecourse with my classmates, and he was just like you said at that time. Ignore me, but if someone tells him something bad about me and our Li family, he loses his temper, obviously not the kind of person you said."

Li Huai was slightly surprised, and looked at his younger brother after a while: "How can you protect people? Couldn't that kid buy you off with food every day?"

Li Duoyang shyly said: "No, my classmate, and now I'm a neighbor again, it's better to be good friends than bad friends."

Li Huai seemed to still have a problem with the Pei family, so he continued to cut the window grilles without saying anything.

On the day of New Year's Eve, the inside and outside of the house are lively.

Colorful lights were hung in the yard, and there were paper-cuts of zodiac signs on the garden railings. When it got dark, the outside became more lively.

The TV was on the Spring Festival Gala, and the family was having a lively New Year's Eve dinner. Li Huai specially ordered a few desserts that grandma and Li Duoyang liked in advance, and there was almost no room for them on the table.

This time no one restrained him from eating, Li Duoyang tired himself from eating, and lay down on the sofa after eating: "I'll take a rest."

Li Dongcheng wanted to sit down next to him, but Shen Huayun slapped him away: "Isn't there a seat over there? You must squeeze the children. With your current physique, don't sit down all of a sudden."

"...You are really spoiled by him," the man murmured, turned to sit opposite him, drank a sip of tea, and stared at the little son who was lying down with his eyes closed. It's clearly an ancestor."

The old lady ate melon seeds and said with a smile: "When you were young, you were not as obedient as a good boy."

"Mom, look at you..."

The heating in the room was sufficient, and Li Duoyang dozed off amidst the chatter of his family members. During this period, he felt that someone had wiped his hands and face with a towel, and there was an extra blanket on his body. Then, the sound of the TV became quieter.

The person who wiped his hands and face sat down beside him and chatted with his parents in a low voice.

It was my brother's voice.

What he was talking about was his study in the first half of the third year of junior high school.

When I woke up again, the Spring Festival Gala was already halfway through, and the family members who had been eating melon seeds and chatting were sitting at the table making dumplings.

He sat up, and suddenly, he felt a big red envelope in his arms. He thought it was the lucky money from his parents, so he put it away.

Li Huai was sitting facing him, watching him get up, and said: "Are you awake? If you don't wake up again, you might think that the New Year's Eve dinner is a Mongolian medicine."

Shen Huayun stared over: "It's New Year's Eve, just talk nonsense."

Li Duoyang stood up ignorantly, went to the bathroom to wash his hands, sat down at the table, and wrapped the dumpling wrappers.

Li Huai took a look at the dumplings he made, they were all like steamed buns, and couldn't help but said: "Dad, Mom, put away the ones for good boys later, we will have steamed stuffed buns to eat tomorrow morning."

"..." Li Duoyang hummed in a low voice, "They all have the same skin and the same stuffing, and they still taste the same in your mouth. If you don't eat them, I'll eat them myself."

Li Huai said with a smile: "Who says you don't want to eat? Look at you, and if you say a few more words, your mouth will be raised to the sky."

"Just go up to the sky, don't listen to my brother's sarcasm."

Everyone laughed again.

After making the dumplings, everyone continued to observe the new year. The old lady and the Li family husband and wife each gave lucky money to their two children.

Li Duoyang, who was holding four big red envelopes, was a little confused, and asked them if someone had resent them for him.

After Shen Huayun heard him mention the extra red envelope, he smiled and said, "Are you so sleepy? That was stuffed by your brother on the sofa at that time."

Li Duoyang opened his mouth slightly and looked at Li Huai.

Li Huai: "Your brother is an adult, what's wrong with giving your brother New Year's money?"

Li Duoyang immediately said: "Not really, thank you brother, you are so kind."

Li Huai chuckled lightly: "Fawning!"

It was finally midnight, and it was very lively outside. Some neighbors even yelled Happy New Year from the balcony, which was a festive scene.

The bustle passed, and it was getting late, the old lady went back to sleep, Li Huai also went upstairs, Shen Huayun and Li Dongcheng slept for a long time during the day, and they were still in high spirits, sitting on the sofa and continuing to chat and laugh.

Li Duoyang was yawning all over the place, his bedroom was on the first floor, he had already taken a shower before, so he simply cleaned up and went to bed.

When the drowsiness came, there was a noise outside, as if someone had come.

Li Duoyang ignored it and continued to sleep.

A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door.

On the night of the Chinese New Year, the lights in the house were not turned off. I was afraid that I would oversleep the next day and would not be able to scream, so I did not lock the door.

Li Duoyang thought it was his parents, and said softly, "It's not locked, come in."

The door was pushed open.

Through the half-closed eyes of Li Duoyang, he saw a familiar tall figure.

Eyelids opened quickly, and he half got up: "You, why are you here?"

Pei Shiyi was wearing a navy blue hooded sweater and dark gray slacks. His hair was shorter than before, and his long legs were not much shorter than the adult Li Huai who was a few years older than him. He walked over expressionlessly and looked at Very cool.

Li Duoyang watched enviously, he also wanted to look like this.

As soon as he got close, the cool young man frowned and said, "I can't come? Shouldn't you laugh when you see me coming?"

Li Duoyang smiled slightly and said, "I'm laughing now."

"..."

Yan Man's voice could be heard faintly in the room, Li Duoyang said: "Hey, your mother is here too?"

"Well," Pei Shiyi looked up and down the new pajamas on his body, making sure it was the one Li Duoyang gave him when he left Jiangyun City, the corners of his mouth moved, "Does it fit?"

Li Duoyang nodded: "It fits well, what about the pairs of socks I gave you? Do they fit? If they don't fit, give me the unopened pairs, and I can return them for a change."

Pei Shiyi: "..."

Pointing to the board shoes: "What do you think?"

Li Duoyang was relieved, Pei Shiyi was extremely picky, he would never wear clothes if he felt a little uncomfortable, and now that he could go out in them, it meant they fit him perfectly!

He put his head on his hands, tilted his head and looked at the young man in front of him: "Why are you coming to my house at this time?"

Pei Shiyi was stunned for a moment, and then said uncomfortably: "We are also celebrating the New Year in Qinghe City this year."

"..." Li Duoyang didn't understand what this had to do with coming to his house in the middle of the night.

Pei Shiyi looked down at him: "Tomorrow I'm going to grandma's relative's house to pay New Year's greetings. I dropped something here, so come and get it."

Li Duoyang paused: "What?"

Pei Shiyi: "One sock is missing."

Li Duoyang: "Huh?"

Pei Shiyi looked away from his face: "There are a pair I want to wear on New Year's Day, but one is missing."

Li Duoyang said in a daze, "I didn't take them apart... Besides, I gave you fifteen pairs, you can change them."

Pei Shiyi dissatisfied: "I just want to wear those pairs."

Li Duoyang: "..."

Pei Shiyi said again: "If you don't have any, help me choose a new pair."

Before Li Duoyang could speak, the other party took out his mobile phone and opened a photo for him to see.

The photo shows the remaining thirteen pairs of socks lined up. He said: "You choose, I don't choose what I don't like."

Do you have obsessive-compulsive disorder...

Li Duoyang said helplessly: "Okay." He casually pointed to a pair, "This pair, it's not too different from the one you lost."

Unexpectedly, the young man immediately said loudly: "I, I didn't lose it!"

"Ah?" Li Duoyang couldn't understand the brain circuit of the young master, so he just answered yes casually, yawned again after choosing the socks, turned over and lay back under the bed.

Pei Shiyi hadn't left yet, he glanced at his forehead and said, "Do you want to go out to play? If you want..."

Li Duoyang shook his head: "I want to sleep."

The room grew quiet.

After a while, the boy sat down beside his bed, and said in an awkward tone, "Li Duoyang, why are you like this?"

Li Duoyang fell asleep.

Pei Shiyi: "You go out with me, I'll show you something, and I'll take you back soon."

It was very warm in the bed, Li Duoyang was a little lazy to move, and he arched his buttocks a few times, speaking with a shallow nasal voice: "It's exactly midnight, what if we meet the Nian beast? It's scary , I'd better sleep."

"..."

There was no sound for a while, he opened his eyes, saw the young man sullenly frowning, and smiled naively: "Since you are here, we will definitely go to your house tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings, and I will play with you again then."

Pei Shiyi: "..."

As if he begged him to accompany him!

"If you don't go, you won't go. I'll just let you know when I come." Pei Shiyi got up, stiffened and left.

People leave, the door is closed tightly.

Li Duoyang closed his eyes and continued to sleep.

After about 5 minutes, the closed door opened again.

Li Duoyang was nestled in the warm quilt, his eyelids were drooping, his curled eyelashes were raised and drooping slightly, he caught a glimpse of the figure that had left not long ago coming back and sitting beside his bed.

"There really is a Nian Beast coming, I'll kick it away," the boy stared at him with a frown, his short short hair became more three-dimensional under the light, and he stretched out his hand to shake the quilt that covered half of his mouth, "You really have to If you want to sleep, I will carry you to the car and call you when I get there."

After a few minutes.

Li Duoyang, who was wrapped in a long down jacket, was carried onto the car.

In front of the door not far away, Yan Man told Shen Huayun the time of New Year's greetings tomorrow morning, and left with a smile.

Shen Huayun looked at the car: "I know the kid is going crazy, but we have New Year's greetings tomorrow, so I really can't let him play for a long time."

"Okay, in fact, Shi Yi has a new gadget and is eager to show it to others. After Yang Yang has finished watching, we will personally send him back, soon."

……

Li Duoyang was still drowsy at first, but when he really came out, most of his drowsiness disappeared. He looked at the snow scene outside the window for a while, and asked Pei Shiyi what kind of novelty he was for a while.

Pei Shiyi: "You'll know it when you see it."

Yan Man came up, and she chatted with Li Duoyang behind while driving.

When Li Duoyang said that Pei Shiyi came to ask him for socks, he burst out laughing: "He's lying, I can't sleep because I can't sleep, and I want to drive out to see the night scene, so he also came, passing you home, I have to go down to find you."

Li Duoyang was stunned, and tilted his head to look at Pei Shiyi.

The young man's ears were very red, he pursed his thin lips fiercely, and said in a muffled voice: "When I saw your house, I just remembered about the socks..."

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