Conservation of energy

The winter vacation has officially started, and there are still nearly 20 days before the new year. Luo Xintong plans to return to his hometown in a few days. He hasn't seen his parents for several months, and he hasn't been back for half a year. go back.

This morning, Luo Xintong got up early to run in the community. He met Shen Lin who was also running. As soon as the two met, they started running together. Both of them were wearing only a long-sleeved T-shirt, and they ran together. After half an hour, they took a walk in the community to rest. When the rest was almost over, the two found a bench and sat down. Putting on their down jackets, Shen Lin took out a few walnuts and a handful of candies from his pocket, and handed the walnuts to After giving it to Luo Xintong, Shen Lin ate the candy by himself. The walnut skin was very thin. Luo Xintong put two walnuts in the palm of his hand, and the skin broke when he squeezed them together. Luo Xintong gave one of them to Shen Lin.

Luo Xintong: I'm going to go home in a few days.

Shen Lin: Are you going back alone?

Luo Xintong: The godmother hasn't had a holiday yet, and Sensen's family probably won't go back until a while later.

Shen Lin: Okay, then remember to bring me the special products from your house.

Luo Xintong: What about you?Chinese New Year here?

When Shen Lin heard the word "Chinese New Year", his eyes dodged a little, and he answered Luo Xintong: Me?It doesn't matter where I celebrate the New Year.

Luo Xintong was also lost in thought, and after thinking for a long time, he said: Otherwise, why don't you come back to my house to celebrate the New Year with me.

Shen Lin was silent for a long time and did not speak. This was the first time in many years that someone invited me to celebrate the New Year together. Every New Year is lonely for me. When I was young, I followed my mother. During Chinese New Year at home, a large family, two uncles and two aunts with their children, did not pay any attention to themselves. When I grew up, my father put me at my grandparents’ house, and my grandparents usually took me to a place in Hainan during Chinese New Year. Uncle's family, each of them celebrates the New Year with festiveness and excitement, but myself, no one seems to want to talk to me, and others like to ignore me when I talk to them. When I celebrate the New Year with them, it seems a bit... redundant, later When I grew up, I read Zhu Ziqing's "Moonlight in the Lotus Pond". The excitement is theirs, and I have nothing.Only then did I realize that I was really redundant to any of them.After growing up, Shen Lin rejected his grandparents, stayed at home alone, didn’t go anywhere, and cooked some quick-frozen dumplings and glutinous rice balls at home. One year, he forgot to go to the supermarket to buy New Year’s goods in advance, and he was going out for dinner on New Year’s Eve , I found that all the shops on the street were closed, and the New Year's Eve could only watch the Spring Festival Gala at home alone and eat biscuits and instant noodles.

Seeing that Shen Lin didn't answer for a long time, Luo Xintong felt that he was too abrupt, and quickly explained: I mean that there are many people in the countryside during the New Year, and it is lively. You can treat it as a tourist, go and have a look for a few days, if you don't like it come back again...

"Okay." Shen Lin's voice was not loud, but he agreed unambiguously in the end.

The two made a decision like this. Luo Xintong called his mother after returning home, saying that he would bring a classmate to play when he came back in a few days.Luo Xintong probably didn't hear Luo's mother's joy, he just thought it was his mother who welcomed him home.Luo Xintong went to the street to buy a lot of things, and was going to take them home to his younger brother and mother. He packed a box full and stuffed his big schoolbag too, so he gave up.

When the two of them came out of the house, they were both carrying a big bag and dragging a big box. Shen Lin was wearing a black down jacket, dark blue jeans, and black sneakers, which Luo Xin bought together with him last time. The two came to the bus station, bought tickets, and waited for the bus.Shen Lin saw someone selling oranges outside the station, so she couldn't help but want to tease Luo Xintong.

Shen Lin: I'm going to buy some oranges, you just stand here and don't move around.After speaking, Shen Lin ran away regardless of Luo Xintong, and when he came back, he brought back a bag of oranges, two pancakes and two bottles of water.

Luo Xintong took the pancakes and water, slowly ate a few mouthfuls of pancakes and drank two sips of water. When the pancakes were finished, Luo Xintong wiped his mouth with a paper towel, and casually took out two oranges from the bag in Shen Lin's hand, Peeling off one of them, he said with a blank face: I can eat two, and they are all yours.

Shen Lin...

Feelings others have been holding back, ready to enlarge and recruit back to themselves...

Then the broadcasting room began to announce to get on the bus. The two got on the bus. Luo Xintong kept holding back his laughter. Luo Xintong, who was standing in front of Shen Lin while queuing up to check the tickets, finally couldn't hold back anymore. Shen Lin heard it from behind. Luo Xintong laughed softly, Shen Lin said in his heart, he is indeed old and cunning, and bickering with people with good academic performance, it is really a dime and you don't even want to take advantage of it... It took more than two hours of driving, and the two of them chatted and laughed quickly. Arriving at the small county town of Luo Xintong's hometown, the two of them transferred another van to the town of Luo Xintong's family. From the town to the village, there were no cars, only motorcycles. Shen Lin suggested that the two of them walk back, and by the way look at the scenery.

The two of them had to cross a river when they came out of the town and returned to the village. Luo Xintong and Shen Lin said that they could go directly across the bridge in winter, and sometimes in summer, when the river flooded the stone bridge, they had to take a boat to cross the river. There was no such stone bridge in [-], only an earthen bridge that could only accommodate one person at a time built by the villagers on both sides of the river with stones and wood. It was built because people drowned in the river a few years ago. For the new stone bridge, Luo Xintong also said that if it is summer now, he can swim in the river and catch fish in the water.Luo Xintong also told Shen Lin that there were many small fish clinging to the crevices of the rocks in the shallow water by the river. People walked quietly to catch them, and they often caught many... After crossing the river, Luo Xintong pointed to a fish. Row of dilapidated small two-story bungalows, and told Shen Lin that it was his primary school. When he was a child, he would go to school every day with a group of children from the village. There was a canteen in the school. There is a kind of card that can be redeemed for rewards if you collect enough, but none of your classmates can collect enough, Luo Xintong has been brooding about this for a long time.Walking to a big locust tree, Luo Xintong pointed to the big locust tree, and told Shen Lin that he had climbed this big locust tree when he was a child, and even gave Luo Sensen two bird eggs from this big locust tree... Luo Xintong talked a lot along the way, but Shen Lin basically listened and smiled.

Soon Shen Lin came to Luo Xintong's home, Shen Lin looked at Luo's mother, Luo Xintong really looked like his mother, she was in her 40s, years of hard work, the years only shed lightly from the corners of her eyes Luo Xintong's eyes were as bright as Luo Xintong's under the long eyelashes. Luo Xintong's mother was so happy that she saw her son coming home. Luo's mother greeted Shen Lin warmly. When carrying the suitcase, Shen Lin and Luo Xintong immediately refused.Putting down the luggage, Luo Xintong said a few words to Luo's mother. Luo Xintong took Shen Lin around the yard first. Accompanied by Luo Xintong, Shen Lin looked at Luo Xintong's house. There is a small yard with a lot of vegetables planted in front of the yard. There is a well in the yard. There is a small bamboo forest on one side of the yard. The bamboo grows very tall. vitality.On the other side of the house are several cattle houses made of adobe bricks, where several pigs, chickens, ducks and rabbits are raised, and a few chickens are looking for food in the yard.Luo Xintong's family built a new house a few years ago. They built a small two-story house. The downstairs is the kitchen and dining room. There is also a large room for farm tools and several large cabinets for storing grain. The upstairs Luo Xintong’s room is used for living. On the left side of the upstairs is the room of Luo Xintong’s grandparents, and there is a bathroom next to it, which is convenient for the two old people to get up at night. Then enter the living room, the room of Luo Xintong’s mother and younger brother. Xintong's room was at the back. The room was quite big, and Luo's mother kept it very clean. The walls were covered with awards that Luo Xintong had received since he was a child, and there was an enlarged photo of Luo Xintong on the photo. About seven or eight years old, riding a horse, holding a toy gun in his hand, pouted, looking up at the camera with an obviously immature face, Shen Lin looked at Luo Xin same photo and laughed.

Luo Xintong asked: What are you laughing at?

Shen Lin pointed to the photo and said: Your expression is very embarrassing, hahahaha...

Luo Xintong...

Afterwards, Mother Luo asked the two of them to go downstairs for dinner. Shen Lin and Luo Xin sat down to eat with the same family. There was a big table full of dishes. In the morning, the two of them only ate two pancakes and a few oranges. They were indeed hungry. As soon as the two of them were at the dining table, they began to eat. The vegetables grown by themselves in the country were really delicious. At the dining table, Luo’s mother desperately provided Luo Xintong and Shen Lin with vegetables. In the first day of junior high school, he was a talkative half-child, and he kept talking throughout the meal, which was somewhat similar to Rosenson.Luo Xintong's grandparents looked very loving, and their words were full of love for their grandson.Luo Xintong's grandfather sat in the courtyard after dinner and cut some cabbages to sell in the market the next day. Luo Xintong's grandma brought an enamel basin to feed the chickens. Luo Xintong and Shen Lin helped Luo Xintong after eating. Mom packed the dishes and chopsticks into the kitchen, and the two were about to wash the dishes, but Mom Luo pushed them out with a smile...

After Mama Luo washed the dishes, Shen Lin took out a pair of latex pillows and a maroon shawl and gave them to Mama Luo. A set of health care products, and gave Luo Xintong's younger brother an mp3 player. Luo Xinheng was so happy that he wanted to fly, and he almost regarded Shen Lin as his own brother.