Since Xiao Yu'an and Xiao Muting graduated from high school, it is difficult for the younger generation to gather together during the Spring Festival of the Xiao family.
Xiao Yu'an is a policeman. On a big day like New Year's Eve, let alone going home to celebrate the New Year, it is impossible to take a vacation.
Xiao Muting is in the army, and the Spring Festival is not as busy as Xiao Yuan, but the army has discipline in the army, and it is impossible for the secret special forces to let people go.
However, during the Spring Festival in Mingshu's freshman year, the four siblings of the Xiao family have all arrived, and with Mingshu's "plug-in", that means that the five siblings have all gone home.
Xiao Jinlan bought a lot of lanterns and lanterns, and Mingshu was called to act as a coolie as soon as he put down his luggage.
He came back with Xiao Yu'an. He was on vacation very early, but Xiao Yu'an was busy until the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, when he finally got the holiday approval. Xiao Jincheng arrived two days earlier than them, and was "enslaved" by Xiao Jinlan. When he saw him back, he immediately put on the air of a brother and instructed him to do this and that.
Mingshu always suffered losses in the hands of Xiao Jincheng when he was a child.
But now the situation has reversed. He is taller than Xiao Jincheng. If he is not afraid of being chased and beaten, it is not a problem for him to pat Xiao Jincheng on the head.
When he is tall, his mentality is better than before. In the past, Xiao Jincheng asked him to work. He was always wronged, but now he is not wronged.
Xiao Jinlan thought carefully and asked Ming Shu to go back and hang a lantern for Mr. Ming, and she was ready.
Mingshu nodded, "Sister, I have a few."
Even if Xiao Jinlan didn't mention it, Mingshu would go back to see Minghan. He has no contact with Ming Haofeng Wen Yue anymore, but he is grateful to Ming Han.
After the college entrance examination, I dragged my suitcase and left Ming's house. It took half a year to leave. After passing through Xiao's house, I could walk in five minutes.
The Ming family now lives alone in Ming Han, and it is deserted. At noon on New Year's Eve, Ming Haofeng and Wen Yue drove back, took Ming Han to dinner, and brought Ming Han back in the evening.
All these are known.
I also know that Ming Haofeng and Wen Yue won't stay for too long. If they can show their filial piety and don't lose their dignity, that's fine.
Sure enough, when it got dark, the car that had not parked in front of Ming's house for a long time drove away. Before the Xiao family's reunion dinner was over, Xiao Jincheng drank wine and made a fuss about playing the old military chess game with Xiao Muting and Xiao Yuan when they were young.
Mingshu heard the sound of the car leaving, and after a few minutes, he put down his chopsticks.
Xiao Yuan knew that he was going to accompany Minghan, so he pulled Xiao Jincheng, who was muttering at him, to his side, and said softly, "Go, I'm here."
Ming Shu left the table, took Xiao Jinlan's lantern, and the gifts prepared by himself and Xiao Yu'an, and walked to Ming's house while everyone knew it well and pretended not to pay attention.
"Father."
Ming Han was writing couplets on the stone table in the yard when he suddenly heard a familiar voice.
Turning around, Mingshu stood outside the yard and raised his lantern and red pocket towards him.
Ming Han's face was full of wrinkles, and his eyebrows were tightly twisted. He doesn't seem to have a smile on his face, and is always solemn and serious, but Mingshu can see that his appearance makes him happy.
"There's no food for you here." Ming Han pouted towards the next door, "Go back and eat again."
Ming Shu smiled and said, "Haven't I already eaten it?"
Ming Han said, "Really?"
"It's really delicious." After leaving home, Mingshu felt that everything was changing. He stood here calmly, without a trace of anxiety, but Ming Han seemed to be much more nervous than him.
"Do you want to post a couplet?" He walked over and put everything down, "Then write it quickly, and I'll come when you're done."
Ming Han looked up at him, his eyes were a little cloudy, he could see clearly, but he couldn't see clearly.
The grandfather and grandson just stood there for a while, and Mingshu said, "Then you continue to write? I'll hang up the lantern?"
Ming Han hesitated, picking up the brush again.
Growing up made many difficulties small. In the past, Mingshu always felt that the Ming family was a big mountain, and Ming Haofeng was the one who couldn't climb the top of the mountain, but after growing up, the mountain became low, and it passed with a single step. .
He hung up the lanterns and lanterns smoothly, and hardly spoke to Ming Han until Ming Han called him and said that the couplet had been written.
"Come on." He jumped down from the A-staircase.
Ming Han also said with a stern face, "I'm going to fall."
"No." He joined the pair, grabbed the glue, and walked towards the door.
There are several couplets written by Ming Han. In addition to the gate and courtyard gate, several small gates inside are also posted.
Mingshu moved quickly, going up and down several times, sweating on his back, and when he finished putting up the last door, Minghan asked him if he wanted to stay and eat some dumplings.
Mingshu has not stopped his mouth since the afternoon. Xiao Jincheng steals something to eat, and he will also help him steal a piece.
But it is not impossible to eat a plate of dumplings now.
"Eat," he said.
Ming Han nodded and staggered towards the kitchen.
When the Ming family made dumplings, the Xiao family had already left the table. Xiao Jincheng said that he wanted to lower the army flag. When Xiao Muting said that the trunk of the car was full of firecrackers, he immediately changed his mind to set off firecrackers.
Now that the city is not allowed to let it go, he has to go to the river. Xiao Yu'an was about to discuss with Xiao Muting who is driving, when Xiao Lanyue suddenly patted him on the shoulder.
"Let's talk?" Xiao Lanyue's tone was casual, greeting Xiao Yu'an like a friend.
Xiao Yuan saw that Xiao Lanyue had something to tell him, so he asked Xiao Muting to take Xiao Jincheng to go first, and he went to the river to find them later.
"Mingshu has gone back?" Xiao Lanyue went back to the house and fetched the two men's coats and threw one to Xiao Yuan.
"Well." Xiao Yuan put on his coat and glanced at Ming's house.
The father and son walked for a while on the empty road. Xiao Lanyue said, "A while ago, I forgive his father for coming to me."
Xiao Yuan had already guessed what was going on.
"I always knew that Mingshu had a conflict with them and lived with you after the college entrance examination, but I thought that the conflict between Mingshu and them was the same as before." Xiao Lanyue paused, stopped and looked at Xiao Yu'an, His tone was more serious than usual, but he didn't mean to be angry or questioning, "Ming Haofeng said that Ming Shu cut off his relationship with the Ming family because he wanted to be with you."
Xiao Yuan put his hands in his coat pockets and looked at the shadow of the street lamp ahead.
"Is that so?" Xiao Lanyue said, "Is your relationship with Mingshu what Ming Haofeng said?"
There is currently no accurate answer to this question.
What is his relationship with Mingshu? I'm afraid neither he nor Mingshu can tell.
That weekend, he left the matter of the sheets on Mingshu, Mingshu pushed him on the bed with red eyes, and tore his clothes. Not only did he not stop Mingshu, but he went crazy with Mingshu after Mingshu lost control. .
At first Mingshu pressed on him, and then he turned Mingshu to the bottom.
Mingshu's hand was not yet a qualified criminal policeman's hand. The only callus on it was the callus left by the long-term homework on the edge of the middle finger.
His hands were very rough, with spear calluses on the finger pulps and palms that had been associated with spears and instruments over the years.
He is six years older than Mingshu, and no matter how active Mingshu is, it's just a little leopard's provocation and temptation. Soon, Mingshu was out of order, his eyes were covered with water mist, and he shouted his name.
Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan.
Mingshu seems to be very persistent in this title, not a single syllable, not a breath.
But later, Mingshu still called his brother, the water mist turned into tears, and his face was wet.
brother, brother, brother...
One after another, each sound was embedded in his irrational brain, replacing the countless brothers Mingshu had shouted since he was a child.
The meaning of brother is different.
He is still Mingshu's brother, but he is no longer Mingshu's brother.
That Friday became the tacit understanding that they didn't mention each other, Mingshu stopped telling him that he liked it, and they seemed to have fallen from one predicament to another.
Mingshu still comes back every Friday and back to school on Sunday night. During the two days at home, Mingshu was in his bed.
They never made it to the last step, but neither did he refuse Mingshu's kisses and other moves.
They've done everything except have each other.
On the day I went home, the plane took off at 9 o'clock, which meant that they would be up before dawn. He set the alarm, but Mingshu woke up earlier than his alarm. In the dimly lit bedroom, he got into his bedroom. in the quilt.
When he pulled Mingshu out, Mingshu looked at him slyly, licked the corners of his lips, then leaned over to him and kissed his chin.
They are not lovers or brothers, and "comforting each other" seems to be the only relatively accurate description.
"We..." The cold night wind blew from the end of the street, blowing the unformed words away.
Xiao Yuan narrowed his eyes in the cold wind.
And Xiao Lanyue was waiting for his answer.
Since he was a child, he has been Xiao Lanyue's pride. Xiao Lanyue has never been stingy in his praise, nor has he done anything deviant.
But this time, he knew that he could not give Xiao Lanyue a satisfactory answer.
"It's what you understand." He looked into Xiao Lanyue's eyes and said seriously.
Xiao Lanyue was silent, as if trying to digest this not sudden information.
The Xiao family is strict on the outside and strict on the younger generation. Xiao Zhengyun and Xiao Lanyue are just not as rigidly demanding of their children as the Ming family, but a family like theirs has very traditional requirements, at least when it comes to their children's view of choosing a mate.
After a long while, Xiao Lanyue sighed and remained calm, "When did it start?"
did not start.
Intellectually, Xiao Yuan knew that he should deny it. As long as he denied it, the topic would be brought to an end.
But at this time, what he thought of was Mingshu.
Mingshu would not know what he said to Xiao Lanyue, and he and Mingshu were indeed not at the point of confessing to their parents.
But in his mind, Mingshu's red eyes, the corners of his bitten lips, and his trembling body appeared, calling out to his brother aggrieved.
Mingshu is always aggrieved, and he has countless ways to bully Mingshu.
But on this unanswered question, he didn't want Mingshu to be wronged.
If he denied it, Mingshu would suffer a great grievance.
"Summer," he said. "It's starting this summer."
Mingshu finished eating dumplings and helped Ming Han clean up the kitchen. The commercial center in the distance had begun to put on fireworks. Mingshu accompanied the old man to watch for a while, and received a text message from Xiao Yuan, asking him if he was finished, and wanted to take him to the river. Set off firecrackers.