Spring Summer Autumn Winter

At that time, firecrackers and firecrackers were not as strictly controlled as they are now. Although many households returned to their hometowns in the countryside during the New Year, the neighbors in the residential area lit firecrackers and set off lanterns together, and even pulled a lot of paper lanterns. , with a small note of lantern riddles hanging, and some small lanterns are hidden inside.

I don't know if it was inspired by this, after Li Yu'an was picked up by Yang Siyuan early in the morning, he was forced to coax him to learn how to use wine boxes to make paper lanterns.

Li Yu'an held a red packing box in his left hand, and a pair of scissors in his right, with black lines all over his head.

Seeing Yang Siyuan over there preparing candles and cellophane with great interest, just like Taobao, he sighed helplessly.

Well, no matter how you say it, Yang Siyuan has just come of age...

"Is there nothing else in your family that needs to be busy?" The implication is "Why are you so idle".

"No, why do you want to come? You've already finished your work, otherwise you'd have to yell and work again." Yang Siyuan looked Li Yu'an up and down, and said, "You're such a bone, I want you to work then Not a sinner anymore."

"..." Li Yu'an looked at his arms and legs again. After all, he was someone who had fought before. Was he really that weak?

He is also one year older than Yang Siyuan, and the more he thinks about it, the angrier he gets.

"Then I'll carry you another iron pipe?" Li Yu'an curled her lips and retorted.

How could Yang Siyuan have thought that Li Yu'an would be so childish, he was taken aback for a moment, blinked, and suddenly burst out laughing: "Forget it, forget it, you are the boss, you are the boss."

Only then did Li Yu'an sat down on the chair contentedly, probably because the child's heart was suddenly hooked up, and he asked about the victory just now: "How long are you going to prepare for?"

Yang Siyuan picked out two yellow sheets from a pile of cellophane, and flattened them a bit, then clapped his hands and sat on the ground: "It's done!"

"Come on, I'll teach you. Mr. Li is optimistic. Cut a rectangle on the side with more than two characters, so as not to poke your hand." Yang Siyuan sat on the ground and held up the box to show him.

"Why are you sitting on the ground? Isn't it cold?" Li Yu'an said without moving, frowning.

"It's not cold, the heating is so good." Yang Siyuan didn't stop moving his hands.

Two squares fell from the wine box, and Yang Siyuan finished digging out the box, but Li Yu'an still didn't move.

The two looked at each other for a while.

"Okay, okay..." Yang Siyuan patted his buttocks and moved a stool over to sit down obediently: "I'm sitting down."

Only then did Li Yu'an make a move.

"Then put this candle in it, be careful not to drip it on your hands."

Li Yu'an followed Yang Siyuan's example, lit the red wax, carefully placed it at the bottom of the box, and blew out the candle when it was stuck tightly.

"Then paste the two squares you just took out with cellophane..."

The two people's heads are facing each other, stick cellophane, use an awl to poke a lot of holes on the other surface, and finally thread a few woolen yarns on it, and tie it to a chopstick. This is finally completed.

"This..." Li Yu'an looked at this simple but interesting finished product, wondering if he should say what he thought.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"……fine."

This... is played by a little girl, right? ? ?

"When I was young, I usually went to my grandma's house for Chinese New Year. There was a sister there who taught me. I think it's very interesting. Hey, don't tell me, this packaging looks pretty good. The old ones are not good..." Yang Siyuan Playing with the lantern, muttering.

Sure enough, it was played by a little girl!

Li Yu'an couldn't laugh or cry.

The two of them messed around for a while, ate some food at noon, and ran downstairs to toss again.

Chen Limei kept calling on the phone all day, and didn't care about the two children, so she just gave them a few instructions and let them go.

The snow has not cleared, reflecting the red lanterns pulled up in the community, there are still some tassels hanging in the small corridor, and the small world is actually full of joy.

"Hey, come and see, lantern riddles. Some elderly grandparents in our community like to do this every year, and it's quite lively." Yang Siyuan covered his ears with one hand, and pinched a small note with the other. .

Li Yu'an came over at the sound, but Yang Siyuan stopped him after staring at the note for a while, and said mysteriously, "Wait a while! I'll guess tonight."

"..." Why on earth did I come down with him to be a demon?

Yang Siyuan seemed to be having fun, pushing Li Yuan around, but he didn't know what he was running.

The two of them were blushing and sweating from running, and only went back to keep warm at Li Yu'an's urging.

It took a long time to prepare dinner, and when both of them warmed up, Yang Siyuan was ready to move again.

Li Yu'an was furiously stared at by his malicious eyes.

"My mother's beef stew is not good." Yang Siyuan leaned over and whispered.

"..."

"elder brother."

"..."

"elder brother……"

"I do……"

"Hey Hey!"

So in the evening, Li Yu'an and Chen Limei were seen tinkering in the kitchen, and Yang Siyuan slumped on the sofa looking at the two of them contentedly.

During the New Year's Eve, Chen Limei was rarely in a particularly good mood, chatting with Li Yuan while cooking, it seemed that she really liked him.

As for Yang Siyuan, she wasn't in the mood to scold him for quitting work for the time being, but let Yang Siyuan take advantage of it.

The fragrance wafted from the small kitchen, the old and the young cooperated quite tacitly, Yang Siyuan felt comfortable no matter how he looked at it.

"It's alright, alright, Xiao An has worked hard, pack up and prepare to eat. Xiao Yuan! The bowls and chopsticks!"

"okay!"

Yang Siyuan jumped up and immediately got to work.

"Bang!" The dinner time was just right, and the first sound of firecrackers came from outside.

The first sound woke up the hibernating earth, and everything crackled in all directions, very lively.

"Mom, you eat Li Yuan's stew, it's really delicious!" Yang Siyuan took a piece of meat for Chen Limei, and another piece for Li Yu'an.

"Oh! It's delicious. Hey, Xiao An is so good at cooking. I'll learn from you sometime! Xiao Yuan just likes beef."

Li Yuan smiled in a bewildered manner as if flattered.

"No, I want to eat what Teacher Li made." Yang Siyuan chuckled.

"..."

"Want to watch the Spring Festival Gala? Turn on the TV." Chen Limei waved.

"What's so interesting about the Spring Festival Gala, let's go down and play with lanterns later."

Almost an hour later.

"I'm full—" Yang Siyuan wiped his mouth and said contentedly.

Li Yu'an had already eaten and drank enough, and watched him eat for another half an hour, wondering why he could eat so much for dinner.

Probably because of youth?

"Go, take the lantern, go down!"

"Hey, I just finished eating, let's go down after a while!"

"No! Everyone will go back in a while!"

Yang Siyuan pulled Li Yu'an, pulled two lanterns, put a pair of earmuffs on him from nowhere, and ran downstairs.

"So happy..." Chen Limei looked at her son Huanshi's back, and couldn't even associate it with the listless son before.He hadn't been so happy with Qin Ziliang's friends before.

……

Yang Siyuan was right, there were indeed some people down there, although not many, but they were not deserted either.

There are grandparents with children, and some middle-aged people from the parents' generation. There are really not many teenagers like them. Now they are two good-looking and energetic teenagers, and they are very attractive.

"Light it up." Yang Siyuan lit the red candles in the wine box for the two of them.

The candlelight shined through the two layers of cellophane and the small holes pierced, and cast it on the snow, shaking with the shaking of the box, which fascinated Li Yuan.

"Does it look good?" Yang Siyuan bent down, raised his lantern in front of him, and asked.

Li Yu'an turned his head when he heard the sound, and was facing Yang Siyuan's candle-lit face, with two lights in his pupils, which made people's heart flutter.

"Nice." He said softly.

Yang Siyuan chuckled twice, and pulled him around.

After a while, a child ran over, grabbed Li Yuan's clothes, and said in a childlike voice, "Brother's lantern is beautiful."

Li Yu'an has never dealt with children before, he saw that there were no adults following him, just a little doll wobbling, he felt cute and flustered at the same time, he didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so he could only look to Yang Siyuan for help.

But Yang Siyuan has always been a thief.

Yang Siyuan stared at a small box in the child's hand and said, "Brother will give you mine, can you give this box to my brother?"

The child looked at the lantern, then at the small box in his hand, thought for a while, and then firmly offered the small box.

Li Yu'an was dumbfounded.

"You..." Li Yuan opened his mouth after the child ran away with a lantern in his arms.

"Oh, why don't you buy a box and return it to him later? Don't worry, I will recognize this kid." Yang Siyuan opened the box, pulled out two wire-like things, and handed them to Li Yu'an: "Come on, little one." Snowflakes! This was my favorite when I was a kid, come here.”

Yang Siyuan pulled Li Yu'an to a place with few people, and lit the little snowflake in his hand for him.

With a sound of "呲", a sparkling snowflake bloomed in front of him, and many petals burst out, changing and jumping. Li Yuan looked at it, as if there was a flower slowly opening in his heart, like sparks. Congealed, burning him in pain.

"This way, draw a circle." Yang Siyuan pulled Li Yuan who was in a daze, and took the burning stick to draw around in the air, drawing out interlaced golden traces.

Li Yu'an nodded slightly, and followed him around as if he had lost his soul.

"Hey, yours is gone. I'll give you another root, so that you can hold it up."

Seeing that Li Yu'an's gun was gone, Yang Siyuan pulled out another root for him, supported his hand, and pressed his still burning one to it, and the joyful flame jumped over, gaining life again.

Sparks jumped between the two, and the same fire sparked in the eyes of the two.

……

It was late at night, people dispersed in twos and threes, Yang Siyuan went to buy a box of little snowflakes, but the child was nowhere to be found.

The two of them were a little tired from running, sitting on the bench in the porch and blooming one after another.

The air gradually became quiet, only the breathing of the two of them and the crackling of sparks.

After being silent for a while, Yang Siyuan suddenly said: "Look, Li Yuan, this year is New Year's Eve, and we're getting rid of the old and ushering in the new. I... let's share our secrets. Just... tell us what you're unhappy about, so that tomorrow will be next year , it will all pass.”

While he was stuttering, he carefully glanced at Li Yu'an's face.

After all, Li Yu'an's face was still a little ugly.

"Ahhhh, I'm just offering a suggestion, you just take it as..." Seeing this, Yang Siyuan quickly waved his hands and smiled awkwardly.

Li Yu'an lowered his head, he is not a fool, he is much more sensitive, he knows what Yang Siyuan is thinking.

How can he keep it a secret?With the selfish idea of ​​"keep him"?

How could he bear it?

How much should I be satisfied with?

The snowflake in his hand burned to the last moment, and it darkened in his eyes.

"Okay." He put the wire aside, raised his head as if exhausting all his strength, and said this word.

One word, one heart, one lifetime.

The night breeze comes quietly, paper lanterns dance with it, candlelight flickers, and the halo on the ground changes accordingly.

After half a year of acquaintance, Li Yu'an was finally willing to open his heart. Yang Siyuan was a little unbelievable for a while, he didn't know what to say, so he stopped talking and encouraged Li Yu'an with trusting eyes.

Li Yu'an immediately lowered his head when he caught his gaze.

"I... I lived in the countryside when I was a child. I was very poor and my family was very difficult. Later... my father, Li Chengwen, borrowed some money to set up a factory, and when it grew bigger, he moved to the city. Come...but I have forgotten where we lived at that time." Li Yu'an grabbed the cuff and rubbed it lightly. "Because, soon the two of them had a fight and separated. My mother and I lived in that alley and never got in touch with him again. Then... something happened to his factory. The machine broke down and crushed The arms of two workers. There was a man about my age who had a hand swept away by the blender."

This is probably the source of those debts, Yang Siyuan thought.

He looked into Li Yu'an's lifeless eyes, as if his heart had been pricked by a needle.

"At that time, there seemed to be some problems in the factory, and we couldn't get any money. He came to us... It's very clichéd, like acting in a TV series. But... In a TV series, will people kill people?" Li Yu'an smiled wryly, and said: "My mother worked outside and rarely came home. During that time, every time she went home, he would follow her home, ask for money, fight...he sold my mother's dowry. Finally... the end of the day .”

Li Yu'an paused, took a deep breath, and then said: "Two days before the college entrance examination, or the day before, I can't remember clearly. He came again, fighting like that, but more ruthless than every time before." ...I tried to stop him, but I couldn't. Then I hit him on the head with a dictionary...he fell down, really, I saw him rolling around with his head in his arms and cursing...I went to hug him My mother...I don't know...I don't know where he got a knife...he...he was going to stab me...but...but..."

As if he had trouble breathing, Li Yu'an's voice became softer as he spoke, and his tone gradually became flustered from the calm at the beginning.

Seeing this, Yang Siyuan quickly put his shoulders on his shoulders, and softly comforted him: "Okay, okay. Don't talk anymore."

Thoughts surged like tides, setting off waves of memory, and time seemed to go back to that dark night.

"The damned one is mine. She died for me."

At that time Yang Siyuan didn't understand and thought he was talking about puppies.Now he understands.It's just that the truth is too cruel.

He stroked Li Yu'an's back up and down, letting him relax for a while.

"Your mother... must love you very much." He also wanted to comfort him.

But Li Yu'an smiled again and said, "I don't know...we don't meet often. I don't know what her job is, or where she works, and she hasn't told me. But...you know, Why did I fight Liang Hao?"

He suddenly raised his head and looked at Yang Siyuan.

Yang Siyuan stopped and shook his head.

"Liang Hao said that he was my mother's 'guest', but he was caught by my mother and broke his arm. He wanted to hit my mother, so I fought him. I didn't blame my mother. I just... between us Why is she not familiar with her at all, but she finally...he called me 'An', that was the first time I heard her not call me by my full name." Li Yu'an said lightly.

"..." Yang Siyuan felt a little regretful for letting him speak out. It's better for such a memory to be rotten after all.

Whether his mother loves him or not, Yang Siyuan doesn't know.But Li Yuan must love his mother.

He must, like all children, yearn for his mother's love.

So... His sensitive emotions, just-right understanding, and tenderness in his heart... Could it be all his efforts to get his mother's love?

And his hard work...has it paid off?

There will never be an answer.

Li Yu'an will never know.

Everything he gave tremblingly and cautiously was finally blown away by the bitter wind like the smoldering smoke of this winter.

Yang Siyuan didn't know what to say, just followed him silently.

"Okay, it's your turn." Suddenly, Li Yu'an said.

The topic suddenly pointed to Yang Siyuan, which caught him off guard.

"Ah...I...Hey! I forgot to guess the lantern riddles, let's go, guess the lantern riddles!" He faltered, rolling his eyes around, and finally grabbed a straw to save his life, and pulled Li Yuan to those papers. Run to the lantern.

"..." Li Yu'an was still immersed in gloomy memories just now, but now Yang Siyuan was so angry that he lost his temper.

"Oh, what's wrong with me? Let's talk about it later." Yang Siyuan smiled all over his face, hiding behind a lantern to curry favor with him.

Li Yu'an sighed silently, he had fallen on this unreasonable person.

"Come on, don't you want to guess this? Come on." Yang Siyuan greeted Li Yu'an, pointing to the lantern riddle in the afternoon.

Li Yuan leaned over, and the note said "Baoyu is not here, girl is here".

"..." Li Yu'an had never guessed lantern riddles before, so even if he had seen The Dream of Red Mansions, he would not be able to guess it.

"Can you guess it?" Yang Siyuan asked with a smile.

Li Yu'an thought hard for a while, finally shook his head, and said, "Can you guess?"

"That's right." Yang Siyuan smiled, rolled his eyes, and insisted on teasing him: "Sing me a song and I'll tell you."

"……I do not know."

"Well... don't worry. Hey, go up first, go up first, it's windy, and it's going to be cold for a while."

The two went upstairs, opened the door and saw that Chen Limei had already turned off the TV, took a shower and lay on the sofa humming a song to rest.

"Huh? Mom, what are you singing?" Yang Siyuan asked.

""A Thousand Miles Away" was just sung by Fei Yu in the Spring Festival Gala."

Yang Siyuan thought it sounded good, so he immediately dragged Li Yuan into the house, turned on the computer and searched for songs.

"Hey, hey, please sing me this song, it's easy to learn and nice to listen to." He touched Li Yu'an's arm.

"..."

"Learn, my mother can't hear, so I will listen." Yang Siyuan touched again, leaned over and whispered.

Seeing this posture, Li Yu'an was afraid that he would say "brother" again, so he reluctantly agreed.

"I will send you away, thousands of miles away, you are silent black and white... maybe it shouldn't be in the silent age, love is too far away... I will send you away, beyond the horizon, are you still there..."

In the warm hut on a winter night, Li Yu'an's deep and magnetic voice lingered in Yang Siyuan's ears, like a breeze, like a raving, telling him a lingering and beautiful dream.

After half an hour.

"It's over." Li Yu'an said with a blushing face.

Yang Siyuan was still immersed in the singing, and now he came back to his senses and clapped "Papa Papa", his eyes were full of surprise and admiration.

"What's the answer to the riddle?" Li Yu'an didn't dare to look at him, lowered his head and adjusted his glasses to change the subject.

He heard Yang Siyuan chuckle, then leaned down, raised his head, and forcibly looked at Li Yuan who was bowing his head.

The two of them remained silent for a long time in this ambiguous posture, until the clock struck zero, and countless bright fireworks exploded outside the window, lighting up the last night of the year and painting it with brilliant colors.

"The answer to the riddle is... 'Ann'."