Today is Laba Festival.
Outside the window, tiny snowflakes drifted in. Before they fell, they melted and finally turned into tiny drops of water that fell on the mahogany floor.
"Xiao Ou! Why don't you close the window quickly? Aren't you afraid that the girls will get frozen?"
A woman's complaining voice was heard in the living room.
"Oh, okay, okay, I'll go."
A moment later, a thin young man wearing a purple knitted sweater ran to the balcony, raised his hand and pressed the button on the wall. After pressing it, he slapped his head and turned around and said, "Xia's house is equipped with voice control. You can directly command the smart system to close the window. Why do you have to make me come here?"
"That's because you are too idle!" Sister Hong said as she walked towards the balcony and threw a rag at him from a distance.
Xiao Ou caught the rag accurately, glanced towards the kitchen, and said disdainfully: "Tsk, aren't you free too? Only Brother Zhou is the busiest..."
In the kitchen blocked by a glass door, Xia Qi and Yuan Zhou were busy preparing hot pot for the evening.
"Why are they quarreling again?" Yuan Zhou frowned and crushed the green onions he had just peeled. "Can't they just calm down?"
Xia Qi looked back at Sister Hong and Xiao Ou who were quarreling in the living room, and said with a smile, "Isn't this quite lively?"
Today was a holiday, so he called Xiao Ou, Hong Jie, Xiao Yu, his younger sister and his older sister to have dinner together. Among all the people, apart from the two sisters who had heavy schoolwork pressure every day, Xiao Ou, who had just completed the first round of practical training, was also very busy. It was only after Xia Qi contacted the team that he was able to get them out.
"Okay, your happiness is the most important thing." Yuan Zhou was extremely helpless towards the few people outside. If they could not make Xia Qi happy, he would have thrown these people out long ago.
When it was time for dinner, Yuan Zhou placed the hot pot and other dishes on the table, filling the entire table.
After everyone sat down, he brought a large white bowl.
Xia Qi had no idea that Yuan Zhou had actually cooked porridge. He glanced at the porridge and found that there were red dates, longans, sesame seeds and other ingredients in it.
“This is…” Xia Qi’s eyes widened slightly unconsciously after guessing the ingredients of this bowl of porridge.
Yuan Zhou served him a bowl, placed it in front of him, and ruffled his hair: "I cooked Laba porridge, you try it."
Looking at the bowl of porridge, Xia Qi pursed his lips and his face gradually darkened.
Only Yuan Zhou noticed the slight change in his expression, but no one else noticed.
At this time, Sister Hong and Xiao Ou started arguing again about who should serve the porridge. After a while, Sister Hong took the spoon from Xiao Ou, scooped a bowl of porridge for everyone, and said, "If you don't eat, I will eat all the meat!"
Sister Hong looked at her sister's thin body and said with a smile, "Eat more. We will give you more."
As everyone was noisily eating hotpot, Yuan Zhou suddenly turned around and said to Xia Qi, who was daydreaming, "It's ready over there. Shall we start the video call?"
"Oh, okay." Xia Qi said hurriedly. He almost forgot about the old man.
Hearing this, Yuan Zhou turned on the projection screen on the wall.
After a moment, a picture appeared on the screen. Everyone turned their heads to look. On the screen, they saw a room with white walls and simple furnishings. An old man in prison clothes was sitting behind a long table opposite.
"Fuck, Lao Ou!" Seeing the old man appear on the other side of the video, Xiao Ou was the first to yell.
The old man had no intention of greeting him. He glanced at the table where everyone was sitting: "You are eating hot pot! I am so envious of you, woo..."
Xiao Ou mercilessly sarcastically said, "You are asking for trouble. Tell me, if you didn't do those bad things like stealing, would you have to go to jail?"
"Unfilial son! On such a festive occasion, can't you say something nice?" The old man flew into a rage after being scolded by Xiao Ou in front of everyone.
The two sides didn't even say hello to each other and immediately started arguing again.
Xiao Ou and the old man insulted each other, and in the end they started to expose each other's past, even the fact that Xiao Ou wet the bed when he was eight years old was exposed by the old man, which made everyone laugh. Even Xia Qi saw the smile, and before he knew it, he drank up all the Laba porridge.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they each went their separate ways, and the whole house returned to peace.
Xia Qi drew the curtains and sat on the dark red cowhide sofa, ready to watch the news. Suddenly, the sofa sank and Yuan Zhou grabbed him into his arms.
His embrace is warm.
"There's still time now. Are you interested in joining me in the game?" Yuan Zhou rubbed the curly hair beside his ear.
"Is the game fixed?" Xia Qi turned his head and looked at him.
"Of course, I can repair it very quickly." Yuan Zhou lowered his head and smiled at him, with an ambiguous light in his eyes.
Yuan Zhou himself is the creator of the gaming community, so his repair speed is definitely faster than he was back then.
"Then let's go in and take a look." Xia Qi nodded.
I have nothing to do now and it’s cold outside, so I might as well go into the game community space and take a look around.
After Xia Qi finished speaking, the scene in front of him gradually distorted, and almost in the blink of an eye, the entire environment around him changed.
The two of them were already sitting on a small bed, but the posture of hugging each other did not change.
Xia Qi blinked, looked at the slightly mottled white wall in front of him and the old brick-red carved wardrobe nearby, and was stunned.
"here it is… "
At this moment, a breeze blew in from the balcony, and he smelled a very light, fresh scent of jasmine.
The fragrance seemed to come from the depths of his memory, passing through countless spaces and coming before him.
"Your hometown." Yuan Zhou ruffled his soft hair, took his hand and stood up, and said gently, "Come, let's look around."
Smelling the familiar scent of flowers, Xia Qi felt like a wandering soul, and let him pull him from the bedroom to the narrow living room...
There was a familiar plaid sofa in the living room and some slightly old-fashioned furniture in the corner. On the cabinet directly opposite, there was a slightly yellowed photo, which was a family photo.
"How is it? Do you like it?" Seeing Xia Qi still in a daze, Yuan Zhou lowered his head and kissed his forehead.
“… I like it.” Xia Qi almost forgot to nod, and felt his eyes moist.
Today is Laba Festival, the anniversary of his grandmother's death.
Since his grandmother passed away, he has never had Laba porridge on Laba Festival again...
The two were talking when suddenly, slow footsteps were heard outside the door.
The person walked very slowly, and when she reached the door, she slowly took out the key and tried hard to unlock the door.
Hearing the unstable movements of the person outside the door, Xia Qi's eyes suddenly widened and he almost forgot to breathe.
He had already guessed who was outside the door.
“Click.”
The door was gently pushed open, and countless white lights shone in from outside. Xia Qi's eyes were stimulated by the strong light and he squinted slightly.
However, he did not dare to close his eyes, as he tried hard to recognize the other person's appearance.
In the backlight, the old man's hunched body appeared a little blurry in the shadow, making people feel like they were dreaming.
She was holding a vegetable basket in her hand, which was filled with beans of several colors, as well as longan, red dates, sesame seeds and other items.
"… "
From the moment she appeared, Xia Qi could no longer control himself and tears flowed from his eyes wildly.
When the old man at the door saw them, he immediately smiled.
In Xia Qi's heart, her smile is the brightest sunshine in the world.
"Qi baby, you're back."
-End of Extras-
The author has something to say: To explain why grandma appeared here, it was Yuan Zhou from the previous world who kept grandma here, cured her illness in the next world, and then brought her to this world~
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