The little beauty I teased has grown up

"Okay, you buy less, you won't be able to waste it." The Chinese New Year is coming soon, Huo Zhou and Luo Qinghuai go shopping together, they usually don't have much time to go out, Luo Qinghuai wants to buy everything now, can't stop at all, Huo Zhou Zhou has been trying to stop him.

"Okay." Luo Qinghuai agreed quite readily, and then turned his head to see a box of chocolates, "I haven't tried this brand before, so let's buy a box and try it?"

His tone was aggrieved, how could Huo Zhou refuse?Simply too lazy to speak.

The two returned home with big bags and small bags, and found that the living room was already full of New Year's goods.

The family looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Papa Huo said while tidying up his things: "Didn't I tell you, don't buy anything? One by one, disobedient."

Luo Qinghuai and Xiao Caihong both saved some money before, and they usually don't have much money to spend, so they can buy it vigorously during the Chinese New Year, wishing they could move the mall back home.

"It's okay, not much." Luo Qinghuai said with a smile, "Brother can eat more."

Huo Zhou was drinking water when he heard this and glared at Luo Qinghuai: "Why do I have to eat more? I'm not a pig."

"You are too thin." Luo Qinghuai said, "You need to make up."

"Who is pulling me to do devil training every day?" Huo Zhou was unhappy.

"Training is for physical fitness, and it doesn't conflict with eating more." Luo Qinghuai turned her head and smiled dimpled at Mama Huo, "Right, Mom?"

Mother Huo couldn't help nodding: "Yes, yes, yes, the three of you are all thin, so you should eat more."

Like all parents in the whole world, Huo's mother also felt that no matter how old her children were, they were still children, and no matter how fat they were, they would still be malnourished.

Little Rainbow, who had no sense of existence and was still implicated, couldn't help but said: "I think Brother Luo is the thinnest among the three of us. Right, Brother Huo?"

Huo Zhou laughed loudly: "Yes."

So, at night, Huo's father cooked a large table of dishes, and the three brothers were full.

Huo Zhou and Luo Qinghuai sat for two hours after eating before returning to their home. There were very few people on the street at night in winter.

Luo Qinghuai suddenly thought: "Shall we run home?"

Huo Zhou's legs softened: "Huaibao, are you crazy?"

In fact, Huo Zhou's parents' home was not too far away from their own home, but at Huo Zhou's speed, they still had to run for more than half an hour.Of course, for Luo Qinghuai who was used to running for ten kilometers with a load every day before breakfast and before going to bed, this was not running at all.

What happened to Long Haojie left Luo Qinghuai with lingering fears, always thinking that he could teach Huo Zhou more self-defense skills.First he took him to learn swimming, but he insisted on teaching him to practice military boxing and shooting. If Huo Zhou hadn't firmly opposed it, he might have enrolled Huo Zhou in Sanda and Taekwondo classes...

"Running is nothing, but it's troublesome if you catch a cold in such a cold day. It's almost Chinese New Year, and my mother will definitely be angry." Huo Zhou is very thick-skinned now, "Let's go home early and do happy things, it's so cold The weather is suitable for sleeping with Huaibao in the bed."

Luo Qinghuai quietly raised the corner of his mouth, stopped the car, and said to the driver: "Master, please hurry up, we are in a hurry."

Huo Zhou: "..."

Time flies so fast when doing happy things.

It was almost one o'clock in the morning by the time the two of them took a shower and lay down to go to bed.

Huo Zhou rubbed his waist, frowned and said, "Huaibao, you've tricked me again, right?"

Luo Qinghuai just laughed and didn't speak.

Standing by the bed, he habitually waited for Huo Zhou to get into bed and lie down, and then he tidied up the things on the bedside table before turning off the light and lying down next to Huo Zhou. It's important, just be happy...good night."

Huo Zhou grabbed his hand and naturally clasped his fingers together: "By the way, have you confirmed your Spring Festival shift schedule?"

"Yeah." Luo Qinghuai stretched out his hand to tuck Huo Zhou's quilt, "I'm on duty at night in the second and third grades."

Huo Zhou: "What a coincidence? I'm also on duty in the second grade."

Luo Qinghuai: "Well, what a coincidence."

"What a coincidence, tell me, who did you bribe again, and where did you get the information from?" Huo Zhou raised his head and bit his chin.

"Don't make trouble." Luo Qinghuai said with a smile, "When Xia Shitao went to hand in the form, she sat in our office for a while."

"It's this girl again." Huo Zhou said angrily, "You keep calling me teacher, why are you so devoted to you? What did you do to him?"

"Because she called me teacher's wife." Luo Qinghuai paused, "You don't want to be on duty with me?"

"That's not true." There was an uncontrollable smile in Huo Zhou's voice, "It's just that the Forest Bureau is always worried that we will mess around in the office, and there are few people on duty during the Chinese New Year..."

Luo Qinghuai: "...Why don't we come here and show him? It won't save him from worrying all the time."

"Hahaha..." Huo Zhou chuckled on Luo Qinghuai's chest for a while, "Don't make me laugh, there are a lot of things to do at the end of the year, and I don't have enough rest to lose energy."

Sure enough, Luo Qinghuai stopped talking, and while closing his eyes to feel the numb itching in his chest, he patted Huo Zhou's back to lull him to sleep.

"Brother..." Huo Zhou was about to fall asleep, when Luo Qinghuai suddenly called him, "Would you like to go somewhere with me during the Chinese New Year?"

Huo Zhou said without thinking, "Okay."

On the first day of the new year, Huo Zhou followed Luo Qinghuai on the high-speed rail.

"Where are we going?" Huo Zhou looked at the address on the high-speed rail ticket, "Is it your hometown?"

Luo Qinghuai nodded: "En."

There were not many people on the high-speed rail on the first day of the new year. Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, Huo Zhou leaned his head on Luo Qinghuai's shoulder and said, "Am I going to meet my parents? I'm so nervous."

Luo Qinghuai didn't talk much today, and finally smiled slightly at this time: "You are so nice, they must like you very much."

Huo Zhou blinked and tilted his head to look at him: "But why do I feel that you are more nervous than me? Are you worried that I won't be able to make a move?"

"Of course not." Luo Qinghuai was slightly taken aback, and then admitted, "I'm really nervous, but it's not because of you."

Huo Zhou didn't ask why, but just stretched out his hand silently to hold Luo Qinghuai's hand.

Luo Qinghuai opened his fingers and naturally intertwined with him. After a while, he whispered: "I haven't been back for almost ten years. I don't know... what my hometown is like now. I don't know where my grandma and father are. Okay, will you be angry..."

"No." Huo Zhou increased the strength of his hand, "They are all very good, you trust me."

"En." Luo Qinghuai nodded, feeling a little relieved.

Huo Zhou asked again: "But, didn't you bring back your mother's ashes and bury them with your father?"

Luo Qinghuai shook her head: "When my mother was leaving, she specifically told her not to move her back."

Huo Zhou thought about it: "She doesn't want to trouble you, does she?"

Mother Luo loves Father Luo so much, she must want to be buried with him.But when she died, Luo Qinghuai was just a child.

"I understand." Luo Qinghuai said, "But I thought before that if I didn't take revenge, I would have no face to come back to see them, so... Now I want to go home and have a look. If possible, I will bring my mother's ashes back for burial after a while."

Huo Zhou held his hand and kissed it, but said nothing.

After getting off the high-speed rail, there were many cars parked outside the station, but the asking prices were all frighteningly high.

"There is a special boarding point in front, and there are officially operating vehicles." Huo Zhou led Luo Qinghuai forward, "Don't waste time with them here."

Luo Qinghuai took two steps and suddenly felt something was wrong: "How do you know? Have you been here before?"

Huo Zhou froze, and then said: "Every station is like this, haven't you taken a bus before? You have no common sense...Look, there are road signs."

Luo Qinghuai walked away with him in doubt.

Luo Qinghuai's hometown is in a small village, and the transportation here is not very convenient. He was worried that he could not find a car when he went back, so Luo Qinghuai wanted the taxi to wait here.

Huo Zhou stopped him: "There is a car in the village to take it off, we don't know when we will leave, let the master go back first."

Luo Qinghuai looked at him suspiciously: "Is this also common sense?"

"Of course." Huo Zhou said firmly, "Think about it, if there is no car in such a remote place, what if something really happens? Right? Anyone with a little business sense can think of buying a car to carry guest."

Luo Qinghuai didn't ask any more questions, but her heart beat suddenly quickened.

Now there are fewer and fewer people in the countryside, and more than half of the houses in the whole village are unoccupied, but the remaining houses are bustling with activity.

The aunt who lived in the first family at the entrance of the village saw them and hurriedly came out with a large plate of snacks to say hello: "Here you are? Happy New Year!"

Luo Qinghuai thought she recognized her, and was thinking about how to address her, when she heard Huo Zhou sweetly exchanging greetings, "Aunt He, Happy New Year! Your family is very lively this year, and the children are all back? "

As he spoke, he took out a small bag of pastries from the big backpack Luo Qinghuai was carrying: "I made it myself, you guys can try it."

The aunt was very happy, she took the cake and looked at Luo Qinghuai and asked, "Who is this handsome young man?"

"Look again?" Huo Zhou said with a smile, "This handsome young man is surnamed Luo, does he look familiar?"

"Oh, it's Qinghuai!" Auntie thought of it all of a sudden, and then her eyes turned red, "You found him? Congratulations...that's great, Qinghuai has grown so big...hey, come out soon Look, Luo Qinghuai is back!"

As soon as she yelled, all the people nearby came to see Luo Qinghuai and asked many questions in one go.

Luo Qinghuai could barely hear what they were asking, and only saw Huo Zhou smiling and greeting everyone. He exhausted all his strength to control himself from crying on the spot.But the voice that answered the question was still trembling, which made many people's eyes turn red.

"Let's go up the mountain first." Huo Zhou bid farewell to everyone.

An old woman came out with a bag of things: "Let's come home for lunch at noon."

Luo Qinghuai knew this grandma. She used to live next door to his house and had a good relationship with her. Her surname was Su.The paper package she gave contained things like incense candles, paper money and firecrackers.

Huo Zhou agreed: "Thank you, Grandma Su, I'm sorry to trouble you."

Away from the crowd, Huo Zhou glanced at the silent Luo Qinghuai and said, "I..."

"Do you come every year?" Luo Qinghuai asked softly.

Huo Zhou nodded: "Well... I thought, as long as you come back, you will definitely come here to take a look. So, I come here every year to try my luck."

Luo Qinghuai endured the tears for a long time, and finally burst out of his eyes.

Huo Zhou didn't say anything, but just held his hand: "There are fewer people farming on the mountain now, and the road is not easy to walk. You follow me."

Luo Qinghuai followed Huo Zhou with his head down without saying a word.

When they arrived at the place where Luo Qinghuai's grandmother and father were buried, Luo Qinghuai was silent for a long time.

There are some weeds around the tomb, but it can be seen that they have just grown, not more than a year old.Moreover, the tombstone is still relatively new, only two or three years old, and the tomb is also newly built.

"Has anything happened here?" Luo Qinghuai took a while to speak, her voice hoarse.

"There was a big flood two years ago." Huo Zhou said, "I asked Grandma Su to help me get someone to look at it. I repaired it a little bit and asked the villagers to help me, so I got to know everyone a little better."

Luo Qinghuai hugged Huo Zhou violently, crying like a child: "I'm sorry..."

If it wasn't for Huo Zhou, when he came back, he might not even find the bones of grandma and father.He's been really busy these years, but it's not to the point that he can't spare the time to go home to worship his ancestors. No amount of reasons can change this fact.

Huo Zhou gently kissed his tears away: "Don't say I'm sorry, you've done enough. Grandma and Dad will be proud of you if they know."

Luo Qinghuai, who was in his teens, went to the army alone, fighting hatred and justice on his shoulders.He didn't have time to come back, and he didn't dare to come back. If he didn't push himself harder, how could he suffer so much?

Huo Zhou understands these knots that Luo Qinghuai has never made public.

Luo Qinghuai has a tough heart, and after crying for a while, he has been able to control his emotions.

He was about to speak, but Huo Zhou suddenly let out a soft "Oh".

"What's wrong?" Luo Qinghuai became nervous.

Huo Zhou covered his face and said shyly, "I just changed my name to Grandma and Dad. Wouldn't that be a bit shameless?"

Luo Qinghuai's mood became a little more relaxed: "Of course not, even if grandma and father don't recognize me as a son, they won't deny you as a daughter-in-law."

"What daughter-in-law? It's clearly the son-in-law." Huo Zhou said with a smile, "Forget it, in front of grandma and father, I'll give you some face, and the daughter-in-law should be the daughter-in-law."

"Huo Zhou, thank you." Luo Qinghuai said seriously, "Thank you for coming into my life, you are really my angel."

"Don't be nasty." Huo Zhou's ears blushed slightly, and he changed the subject, "I changed my mind, I have to kowtow to grandma and dad first."

Luo Qinghuai let go of him, and Huo Zhou knelt in front of the tomb, and kowtowed seriously: "Grandma, Dad, I'm so happy that I can finally kowtow to you in a legitimate way. Don't worry, Huaibao and I will always be happy. "

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and smiled at Luo Qinghuai.

The belated sun had just broken through the clouds, casting a dazzling glow behind him, making it look like Huo Zhou was shining.

Luo Qinghuai suddenly remembered the first time he saw Huo Zhou.At that time, he had just moved to the courtyard of Peking University, Huo Zhou and the others thought he was a little girl, and sneaked out of the courtyard to peep.Hearing the sound, Luo Qinghuai deliberately poured a basin of washing water on them.

Fatty was the most unlucky, he was drenched from head to toe, and he wanted to come to Luo Qinghuai angrily to settle the score.Huo Zhou was obviously half the size of Fat Dun, but he insisted on standing in front of his house, claiming to "protect his sister".

That day was also like today, it was a sunny day, Luo Qinghuai peeked out from the crack of the door, just in time to see the sun shining on Huo Zhou.

But Huo Zhou looked warmer than the sun.