Hearing this, Shu Nian was stunned for a moment, thinking about his words, and asked blankly: "So you made a mistake, today is not New Year's Eve, but Valentine's Day?"
As if afraid that she would get angry, Xie Ruhe's voice lowered slightly: "Yes."
Shu Nian heaved a sigh of relief: "Does that mean you don't have to watch the year?"
"Um."
"Then I'm going to sleep."
"..."
Shu Nian lay back on the bed, noticing that there was no voice on the other side, she explained in a low voice: "I'm too sleepy, I'll call you another day. You also go to bed earlier."
Unexpectedly getting such a reaction, Xie Ruhe was silent for a few more seconds.
"… it is good."
Shunian hasn't fallen asleep so early in a long time. Probably living in his father's room, surrounded by familiar and reassuring atmosphere, as if he could still hear his father's hearty laughter from before.
I slept soundly this time.
When I woke up again, it was already dawn.
The curtains do not block the light, and the warm sunlight in winter shines in from the outside, covering the ground with spots of light.
The voices of grandparents and grandparents can be heard outside, as if they were afraid of waking her up. I don't know where the sound of dogs barking and roosters crowing, children playing, and bicycle bells ringing.
It is the sound of morning.
Shu Nian didn't stay in bed, got up, changed his clothes, and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Grandpa and grandma have been awake for a while. At this moment, one is sitting on a wooden chair reading a newspaper, the other is wearing presbyopic glasses doing handwork, and they are talking at random.
Shu Nian obediently called someone, then went to the kitchen to fill a bowl of porridge. She drank the porridge in silence, because she just woke up, her head was still a little groggy, but she was in good spirits.
The spirits of the two old men are also quite good, and they would quarrel occasionally.
This feeling is actually very good, much better than being alone in that deserted little house. You don't have to worry about it, and you won't feel frightened or uneasy because of some small movements.
During the period, Deng Qingyu called her and explained a few words. He said that he would not come to have New Year's Eve dinner with them, but he would come later.
The New Year's Eve dinner in Shiyan Town is early.
After the nap, grandparents all went into the small kitchen and started cooking. Shu Nian was by their side, talking with a smile, stealing a few bites from time to time.
It's New Year's Eve, and most of the shops on the street are closed. The ingredients were bought early in the morning, and the entire refrigerator was piled up. Because of the arrival of Shu Nian this time, the two old men prepared even more.
When it was almost ready, there was a knock on the door.
The two old men were too busy to move their hands, Shu Nian took the initiative to walk over: "I'll go and open the door."
Grandma Shu muttered from behind: "Who will it be at this time?"
Shunian opened the door, and there was a man standing outside.
She just met yesterday. It was the man who had been following Aunt Chen and coaxing her home, Aunt Chen's son.
The man held a basket of fruit in his hand, and smiled at her: "Is it Shunaim?"
Shu Nian nodded: "Hello."
The man didn't come in either. He handed her the fruit basket and said, "I never came to thank you. If it wasn't for you, now..."
Before he finished speaking, Grandpa Shu suddenly interrupted him: "Nian Nian."
Shu Nian turned around: "What's wrong?"
Grandpa Shu said: "Go to the convenience store outside and buy a bottle of drink for Grandpa."
Shu Nian snorted, and asked obediently, "What drink do you want?"
"Buy a bottle of orange juice."
"Okay." Shunian was very obedient, went to the sofa, picked up his coat and wrapped it up, and nodded to the man, "Then I'll go out for a while, you guys talk."
The man obviously didn't understand the situation, looked at Shu Nian's back, and scratched his head: "Grandpa Shu, I haven't finished talking yet..."
"I know. I've taken your wish for Niannian. From now on—" Grandpa Shu sighed, "You'd better not mention this in front of her, she doesn't like to hear it."
My grandparents live near Shiyan Junior High School.
Shunian walked for about five minutes to the convenience store next to the school. At this time, there are basically no people on the street, and occasionally a wild cat can be seen running past.
Shu Nian walked into the convenience store while heaving a sigh of relief.
The only store on the street is still open.
Shu Nian opened the refrigerator, took out a large bottle of orange juice, and went to the front desk to pay. The owner of the store is no longer the middle-aged woman who smiled kindly, but a tall and thin man.
It looked a bit familiar, Shu Nian recalled it, but couldn't remember who it was.
The man scanned the barcode with the machine, raised his eyebrows, and asked in surprise, "Shu Nian?"
Shu Nian looked at him subconsciously: "Are you?"
The man smiled, reached out and rubbed her head vigorously: "Don't you recognize me?"
It's a very familiar action.
Shu Nian subconsciously took a few steps back, with a defensive look on his face.
The man's hand stopped in the air, but he didn't mind too much: "Have you become so timid?"
Because of his actions, Shu Nian's breathing became a little short, pinching the hem of his clothes, staring at his face, gradually overlapping with a character in his mind.
She swallowed, and whispered, "Sister?"
The man's posture is enchanting and he made a movement of pulling his hair: "Hmm."
"..."
He is the son of a convenience store aunt.
That brother who always likes to wear women's clothing, because this brother is always chased and beaten by his aunt for three streets. At that time when Shunian came to this store to buy things, he liked to tease her, he squeezed his throat and asked her to call him sister.
Shunian was not very willing at first, thinking that this person was very strange.
It's called getting used to it slowly.
"When did you come back?" He no longer wore women's clothes like before, and his hair was cut short, giving him a little more heroic look. The man smiled and asked, "Long time no see you."
Shu Nian said nervously, "I returned yesterday."
The man didn't ask any more, and pointed to the bottle of orange juice: "This is seven yuan."
Shu Nian paid with her mobile phone: "Then I'm going back, happy new year."
"Happy New Year."
The man stood where he was, looked at her back, and suddenly remembered the past. At that time, Shu Nian was always accompanied by a tall, thin and gloomy boy.
The two were tall and short, with very different temperaments.
When standing together, they are very harmonious, like a little rabbit followed by a wolf's tail.
When he went to read books, that boy would always stand in front of him with a cold face.
Extremely unhappy, and the emotional leakage is also extremely obvious.
These two people were born in Shiyan Town, lived in this place, and grew up slowly. In the end, this place became the last place they didn't want to come back.
The man sighed, and suddenly called Shunian: "Little sister."
"..."
"Are you still in touch with that kid from the Xie family?"
Shu Nian held the orange juice in his arms, and stood there in a daze: "What's wrong?"
The man scratched his head, and actually didn't know whether he should mention it: "His father seems to be very ill. I just think I need to mention it, you don't need to pay too much attention to it."
When Shu read home, Aunt Chen's son had already left. She didn't ask him what he was here for, and the three of them ate the New Year's Eve dinner together, and then went to the living room to watch the Spring Festival Gala and talk.
Deng Qingyu came over after eight o'clock, but Wang Hao and Wang Linxi did not follow.
While they were chatting, Shu Nian hugged his clothes and went to take a shower.
When I came out, my grandparents were already going to bed. Deng Qingyu looked tired, smiled at her, and took the clothes he brought to the bathroom to take a shower.
Shu Nian was stunned: "Mom, aren't you going back today?"
Deng Qingyu hummed: "Come here to accompany you, and go back tomorrow."
Shu Nian didn't speak.
Noticing her expression, Deng Qingyu half-jokingly said: "What's the matter? Are you unhappy that mom is here?"
Shu Nian quickly shook his head: "No."
When Deng Qingyu entered the bathroom, Shu Nian returned to the room with her mobile phone, and sat on the bed in a daze. She inexplicably remembered the phone call from Xie Ruhe last night.
She was sleepy at the time.
What Xie Ruhe said, sometimes she had to think for a while before she could understand the meaning of his words.
Shu Nian doesn't quite remember what the two of them talked about. I just remember that it was Xie Ruhe who asked her if she wanted to watch the year, and Shu Nian agreed. But after a while, he suddenly realized that he had misremembered the time.
Then Shu Nian went to bed.
Looking at it this way, Xie Ruhe should really want to find someone to watch the new year with him.
But today Deng Qingyu came to sleep with her, Shunian couldn't accompany him. She bit the knuckle of her index finger, thought about it, and sent him a wechat message: [Happy New Year.]
Xie Ruhe returned quickly: [Shu Nian, Happy New Year.]
Shu Nian bit the bullet and said: [I'm going to bed.]
After a while, Xie Ruhe replied: [Well, good night.]
Shu Nian also said good night, but he didn't feel relieved. I don't know if he spent New Year's Eve alone, or went to his grandfather's house. Inexplicably worried that he would be alone on this kind of festival.
Thinking of what the brother in the convenience store said today, Shu Nian hesitated whether to tell him or not.
Xie Ruhe's father...
In the end, Shu Nian gave up.
It just so happened that Deng Qingyu also came back from the bathroom. With a hair dryer in her hand, she came over to dry Shunian's hair, and then went to the side to dry her own hair.
Shu Nian looked at her and whispered, "Won't Uncle Wang be unhappy when you come here?"
"No." Deng Qingyu said, "How can a big man be so stingy."
Seeing her expression didn't seem like she was lying, Shunian felt relieved, and played with his phone with his head down.
After a long time, Deng Qingyu put the hair dryer on the table, came over and lay down on the bed, and squeezed into the same bed with her. She looked sleepy, and her voice was gentle and gentle, talking about what happened today.
After a while it was like falling asleep.
In order to accommodate Shu Nian, Deng Qingyu did not turn off the lights, and the room was brightly lit at this time.
But Shu Nian couldn't sleep well, staring at the white ceiling, feeling a little absent-minded. It's not quiet outside, you can hear laughter coming from nowhere, and the sound of fireworks exploding in the sky.
Shu Nian looked in the direction of the window.
Thinking of the year of her sixteenth birthday, the boy who had been waiting outside the window for an unknown amount of time knocked on her window patiently. They were freezing outside together, holding the same candle together, talking about what they wanted to do in the future.
Before we knew it, we ushered in a new year together.
Thinking of this, Shu Nian picked up the phone and took a look.
It was almost twelve o'clock.
She pursed her lips, made up her mind, and tiptoed out of bed.
Deng Qingyu was in a deep sleep, she didn't notice her actions, she just turned over. But Shu Nian was also taken aback by her movement, and after half a minute froze in place, he slowly got up and left the room.
It was like going back to the time when Deng Qingyu secretly went out to play with Xie Ruhe without telling Deng Qingyu.
Shu Nian wrapped her coat, shivering from the cold, and walked into the yard.
She took a deep breath, picked up her phone, and called Xie Ruhe.
It rang three times, and it was picked up over there.
Shu Nian held his breath and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Afterwards, Xie Ruhe opened his mouth, his tone was a little dazed, with a little drowsiness when he just woke up, as if he was still in a dream.
"Shu Nian?"
Recognizing his tone, Shu Nian paused and asked hesitantly, "Are you sleeping?"
"Yeah." Xie Ruhe said, "You said you were going to sleep."
"..."
"I'm going to bed too."