"I've always thought that it's New Year's Eve. If you're over ten years old, you won't be able to spend it, and you won't be able to experience any fun." Pan Zhi supermarket wandered back and forth in front of the New Year's goods shelves, unsure of which gift box to get.
"Why?" Jiang Cheng pushed the cart and stood aside watching him stroll back and forth.
For Jiang Cheng, not to mention being over ten years old, even before the age of ten, he didn't feel that the New Year was much fun.
Last year's Chinese New Year was probably because of the college entrance examination and Gu Fei, so it was not the same as in previous years. When I turned around and looked around, the first thing I could think of when I was connected with the Chinese New Year was last year, after he was 18 years old. that new year.
But now, listening to the background music in the supermarket, looking at the large number of red goods around him, people he could bump into within a few steps, he could still remember what it looked like last year when he and Gu Fei bought New Year's goods together.
"Anyway, I'm over ten years old, and I can't play foolishly since years ago. When I go shopping for New Year's goods, I have to carry things, and I have to clean up the house. If I don't clean up, I will be beaten..." Pan Zhi finally picked up two The gift box was put into the shopping cart, "Do you need to pack up there?"
"No need, I look pretty good." Jiang Cheng said.
"It looks fine to me," Pan Zhi glanced at him, "Did Gu Fei always go over to clean it up? When we arrived that day, I didn't see any ashes."
"Probably." Jiang Cheng said that he let Pan Zhi push the car, and went to the shelf to get some snacks. Gu Miao took several packets of the kind of jelly that Gu Miao likes to eat.
Gu Fei had been cleaning up the rental room before, and he would always stay there when he had nothing to do.
I don’t know if he will go there often after the breakup, but maybe he will. Thinking of how he opened the door and saw Gu Fei sleeping on the sofa that day, Jiang Cheng sighed with emotion.
A few years ago, Liu Li replaced the store with new shelves and wanted to get it done before the market opened. Gu Fei helped with the cleaning, but Jiang Cheng never contacted him.
"Why didn't you do it earlier?" Pan Zhi said, "It's so tight that it's New Year's Eve soon."
"Liu Li made the shelves himself, and it took time." Jiang Cheng said.
"Do it yourself?" Pan Zhi was stunned.
"Well, let's save some money. After all, Gu Fei was robbed of 30,000 yuan." Jiang Cheng said.
"Gu Fei is also a great guy," Pan Zhi was happy after thinking about it, "I met him that day, and that little braid doesn't look like a good stubble."
"Gu Fei and him are standing in front of you at the same time, you pick one to fight, who do you pick." Jiang Cheng smiled.
"That's still a braid." Pan Zhi clicked his tongue twice.
After buying all the gift boxes for the New Year, Jiang Cheng and Pan Zhi didn't go any further. They mainly bought fireworks and firecrackers nearby. The steel mill didn't care about the fireworks. For Pan Zhi, it should be the biggest joy of coming to the New Year this time. .
"Let me tell you, for me, for the New Year, it's all about playing, nothing else," Pan Zhi said while picking out fireworks, "Let Gu Miao follow me, I'll have enough for her."
"Aren't you going to play cards during the New Year?" Jiang Cheng smiled, Pan Zhi's family would have endless poker games as soon as the New Year arrived.
"Damn it, all of them are made of mahjong tiles. I might as well just take out the money in my pocket and let them share it. It saves time," Pan Zhi said. "Hey, I found out that they sell it here. These fireworks are the same as cannon barrels, and it feels like they can go to the battlefield after they are bought and carried."
"Enjoyed." Jiang Cheng said.
He wasn't particularly interested in these things, but when he thought of being with Gu Fei... He started to miss Gu Fei a little now.
In the New Year's atmosphere where everyone was a little flustered, he especially missed the peaceful and reassuring feeling when he was with Gu Fei.
Thirty-Er morning Gu Fei called and said, "Brother Cheng, what time do you come over? I'll pick you up."
"Still... use pick up?" Jiang Cheng was stunned for a while, it took less than half an hour to climb from here to Gu Fei's shop.
"You don't have to... pick it up?" Gu Fei said.
"Take it," Pan Zhi said on the side, "How do you carry so many things? Let him come over and help carry them there."
"Ah," Jiang Cheng came back to his senses, "You better come and pick it up, I bought a lot of things with Pan Zhi, you can pick it up."
"Okay." Gu Fei said.
Ten minutes later, Gu Fei came over with a small steamed bun.
Jiang Cheng and Pan Zhi went downstairs with a bunch of things, and put them on the car. The back seat was almost full.
Jiang Cheng sighed. He had originally thought that the three of them would carry things together and walk around while chatting, and then he opened a small steamed bun and pulled the things...
But Gu Fei seemed to have a plan, and put the key of Xiaomantou in Pan Zhi's hand: "Can you open it?"
"Huh?" Pan Zhi was stunned.
Jiang Cheng suddenly wanted to laugh.
"You can drive over." Gu Fei said.
Pan Zhi took the key: "I don't even have a small battery car..."
"Put the key in and turn the switch and leave. It's easier than a battery car. You don't need to balance the three wheels." Gu Fei said.
Pan Zhi glanced at the two of them and gritted his teeth: "Okay."
Jiang Cheng and Gu Fei stood downstairs, watching Pan Zhi enter the small steamed bun, and then shouted, "Put in the key! Turn the switch! Right!"
"Yes!" Gu Fei shouted.
"Put in the key! Twist the electricity..." Before Pan Zhi's words could be repeated, Xiaomantou rushed out with a swish, as if he was about to take off.
"Twist it lightly!" Gu Fei hurriedly chased after him, shouting while chasing, "Let go! Squeeze the brake! Pan Zhi! Squeeze the brake!"
"...Fuck!" Jiang Cheng saw Xiao Mantou facing a lamp post in front of him and rushed over, his legs were so frightened that he pulled out his legs and chased forward.
Xiaomantou didn't slow down, but when he rushed to the lamp post, he made a sharp turn, bypassed the post, and rushed off the curb. He went backwards for a short distance, then drove into the right lane and continued onward.
"Fuck," Gu Fei couldn't catch up, so he could only stop and look back at Jiang Cheng, who was running over, "Has he never even ridden a bicycle?"
"Yes," Jiang Cheng looked at the little steamed buns speeding all the way in front, "I think... it should be fine, there are few cars today."
"I'm afraid he won't stop at the door." Gu Fei said.
"He's very quick to respond, I guess he'll be able to figure it out after a while." Jiang Cheng said.
"Oh." Gu Fei said.
Then the two of them looked at Xiao Mantou together, and after watching Xiao Mantou turn a corner and disappear at the intersection ahead, Jiang Cheng turned his head and glanced at Gu Fei.
Gu Fei also looked at him.
Jiang Cheng couldn't hold back his laughter, but when he was trying to hold back a little, he choked and coughed for a long time.
"Hey." Gu Fei smiled and sighed.
This road is really not that long. Jiang Cheng felt that he had walked halfway after laughing, and the next half of the journey seemed to be even shorter. Before he could think of anything to say, he had already reached the street where Gu Fei’s shop was located. .
"The car is parked." Gu Fei glanced ahead.
Jiang Cheng followed and looked at it. Xiao Mantou was parked on the side of the road, the door of the car was open, and he was probably picking up something.
"Why is it similar to our walking speed?" Jiang Cheng was somewhat at a loss.
"Is he also a lunatic?" Gu Fei asked.
"No," Jiang Cheng said, "he can read the map upside down even when he sees it sideways, and he has a very strong sense of direction."
When they reached the door of the store, Pan Zhi came out and shouted at the sight of them, "Damn it! If I drive a car, I'll be there a minute earlier than you guys?"
"Where have you been?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"It's too hard for me to turn left. I always feel that the car is about to roll over. The street is so narrow that I can't turn in. I just found a big intersection and turned left and circled around. From there, I turned right and turned in." Pan Chi said with a gesture.
"...Lu is quite familiar." Gu Fei looked at him.
"Fei Lu Chi is so proud," Pan Zhi said, looking back again, "Is that the cat you bought for Gu Miao?"
Jiang Cheng followed and looked over, and saw that ugly cat was looking this way while clinging to a cardboard box by the door, with a small pink rope tied around its neck.
"Yes," he nodded and looked at Gu Fei, "Did Ermiao give it a name?"
"Ah," Gu Fei took two bags from the car and walked in, "Get up."
"What's it called?" Jiang Cheng asked, taking the remaining gift box with him, "Is it called Mimi? When I was a child, all dogs were called Wang Wang, and all cats were called Mimi."
"Not Mimi." Gu Fei said.
Gu Fei's mother and Mawei Lanzhi were both in the store, preparing to make dumplings, when Gu Miao stepped on a skateboard in the middle of the newly replaced shelves.
Seeing Jiang Cheng come in, she immediately slid over, took the kitten out of the box by the door, and handed it to Jiang Cheng.
"Let me hold it?" Jiang Cheng took the cat and hugged it in his arms, "Did you give it a name?"
Gu Miao looked at him.
"Name," Jiang Cheng stroked the cat, "your brother said you gave it a good name, what's it called?"
Gu Miao reached out and touched the cat, then turned around and stepped on the skateboard to continue to shuttle between the shelves.
"What's it called?" Jiang Cheng turned his head and asked Gu Fei who was preparing to meet next to him.
Gu Fei cleared his throat and turned his head: "Brother Cheng."
"Huh?" Jiang Cheng responded.
"No," Gu Fei glanced at the cat in his arms, "it's it."
"Ah?" Jiang Cheng didn't understand.
"It," Gu Fei pointed at the cat, "is called... Brother Cheng."
"Oh," Jiang Cheng nodded, looked down at the cat, and raised his head abruptly, "What? It's called Brother Cheng?"
"Well," Gu Fei seemed to be holding back a smile, whether there was a suppressed smile on the corner of his mouth, "Er Miao gave it, it's called Brother Cheng."
"Fuck me?" Jiang Cheng picked up the kitten and looked at it, then glanced at Gu Miao over there, "Does she have any opinion on me? Didn't the people at the veterinary hospital say it was a female cat... And it still so ugly?"
"I don't know either," Gu Fei smiled, "I asked her what the cat's name was, and she said Brother Cheng."
"...Are you sure?" Jiang Cheng looked at the kitten in his hand, "This little thing is so ugly."
"If it looks good," Gu Fei said, "you don't care if it's a male or a female, a cat or a pig, right?"
"Yeah, our Yangou is just so unreasonable," Jiang Cheng said, rubbing the cat again, "But Ermiao can bark if she wants to. It's just that this cat is too thin, so she needs to eat more."
"After the New Year, I will ask the people at the pet store," Gu Fei nodded, "Brother Cheng."
Jiang Cheng was about to respond, but he stopped in time: "Who is it?"
"You." Gu Fei said.
"Oh, what's the matter?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"Er Miao's period of time... I can feel the improvement. Xu Xingzhi said that some children can make obvious progress at the beginning, and then there may be repetitions and pauses," Gu Fei said, "No matter what, really... Thank you. "
"Needless to say this, I said, I like Gu Miao very much." Jiang Cheng looked down at the cat, Gu Fei suddenly said thank you, he didn't know how to respond, the two of them hadn't been so polite in a long time. .
"Make dumplings." Gu Fei said.
"En." Jiang Cheng nodded, got up and went to the backyard to wash his hands.
A few people sitting in front of the small table making dumplings together is quite interesting, although Gu Fei's mother and Mawei Lanzhi are still in a state of affection and love.
Gu Fei took ten yuan coins, washed them, and wrapped them in dumplings.
Jiang Cheng watched him sizing up the wrapped dumplings one by one. He remembered the pile of dumplings that he had operated in the dark last year, and couldn't help but smile.
When the dumplings were wrapped and ready to be put into the pot, the sound of firecrackers had already rang out.
The kitten has not experienced the New Year, and has been huddled in Gu Miao's arms in panic. Gu Miao did not notice its reaction, and was excited to take it out to watch the firecrackers.
"Er Miao," Gu Fei grabbed her, "put Brother Cheng to the hut."
Gu Miao hugged the cat, obviously not understanding what he meant.
"It's scared," Gu Fei explained to her. "The sound of the firecrackers is too loud, it will frighten it."
Gu Miao still hugged the cat tightly without moving.
"You will be afraid, and it will be afraid," Gu Fei said, "Er Miao, it is very afraid now, put it in the house."
Gu Miao looked away from Gu Fei's face, not knowing where to look.
Jiang Cheng knew that it was because of her lack of concentration or the beginning of resistance.
When Gu Fei was about to speak, Gu Miao turned around and hugged the cat and walked towards the door.
"Er Miao," Gu Fei grabbed her, "No way."
Gu Miao struggled for a while, but Gu Fei didn't let go of her, she started screaming.
The sound of firecrackers was loud all around, and Gu Miao's screams were concealed a lot, but they could still be heard.
Several people in the room stopped and looked at Gu Miao together.
"Do whatever you need to do." Gu Fei said.
"Oh." Liu Li hesitated for a moment, then pulled Gu Fei's mother, and the two brought the dumplings to the backyard kitchen.
Jiang Cheng and Pan Zhi backed away. Pan Zhi looked at Gu Miao while sorting out the firecrackers that were going to be set off for a while: "Can't you coax her now?"
"Well," Jiang Cheng nodded, "Let her know that screaming like this has no effect."
"Then how uncomfortable she is," Pan Zhi said. "It's like she talks to people and no one pays attention to her."
"That's the habit of correcting mistakes." Jiang Cheng sighed and sat down on the chair next to him.
In the past, every time he heard Gu Miao's scream, he would feel a suffocating depression, and he felt that he couldn't imagine how much pressure Gu Fei was under.
Until now, he still didn't understand how Gu Fei could force himself to bear these pressures.
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But now, when he heard Gu Miao's scream, he was much calmer than before. This was not only the process of Gu Miao changing a little bit, but also the process of Gu Fei moving forward step by step.
From then on, he stopped obeying Gu Miao in everything, stopped trying to cooperate and understand Gu Miao, and stopped taking her anger as a kind of "injury".
This time, Gu Miao's screaming lasted a long time, repeatedly, stopping for a while and then continuing.
Maybe it's because I like it so much... Brother Cheng, I have to put Brother Cheng in the hut. If you want to go out to play, you can't touch it. If you want to touch, you can't go out to play. This is a very difficult choice for Gu Miao, or she There's simply no way of understanding why you can't have both.
Gu Fei just kept squatting beside him, neither hugging her nor comforting her, he just repeated the reason why she was not allowed to take the cat out several times, and asked her to tell her if she was unhappy.
In the end, when Gu Miao's screaming finally stopped, Jiang Cheng had the feeling that he was finally out of breath.
"18 minutes." Pan Zhi said.
"You still timed it?" Jiang Cheng looked at him.
"Idle is also idle," Pan Zhi shook his phone at him, "and just pinched the stopwatch."
"Brother, can you put Brother Cheng in the house for you?" Gu Fei asked Gu Miao.
"What?" Pan Zhi turned his head sharply, "Who do you put in the room?"
"That cat, Gu Miao named it Brother Cheng." Jiang Cheng said.
"Oh," Pan Zhi looked at him in surprise. After a while, he began to laugh, leaning against the shelf until he couldn't stop laughing, "Brother Cheng! Meow! Brother Cheng! Meow meow meow!"
Jiang Cheng looked at him.
"Meow!" Pan Zhi smiled and walked to Gu Miao's side, "Miao Miao, put Brother Cheng away, and Uncle Pan will take you to set off firecrackers, okay?"
Gu Miao hesitated for a while, then gave the cat to Gu Fei.
"You can play with it again when you come back, okay?" Gu Fei said.
Gu Miao nodded.
"That's right, your brother knows what you're going to do," Gu Fei put a scarf around her, "Pan with you..."
"Uncle." Pan Zhi said.
"Ah, what's the matter?" Gu Fei looked at him.
Pan Zhi opened his mouth and didn't say a word. He pointed at Gu Fei, clicked his tongue and went to the side to carry the bag of firecrackers: "Let's go, Miaomiao!"
Jiang Cheng didn’t know if there was a black box for dumplings this time, but the dumplings that Gu Fei gave him contained two coins of one yuan, and there were two coins of one yuan in ten yuan. Fifty cents.
It’s still a black box, Jiang Cheng smiled, Gu Fei was obsessive and naive in some respects.
Shooting cannons, eating dumplings, setting off fireworks, watching Gu Miao excitedly shuttle back and forth in the sparks and smoke on his skateboard, he felt that this year had passed a little in a trance.
Some scenes overlap, some are new.
This is the second New Year he and Gu Fei have spent together.
From the last New Year to this one, the taste is so full that it can't fit in the whole year.
And the next new year, I don't know what it will be like.
Pan Zhi lit the biggest fireworks and shouted at them, "Make a wish!"
I'm here when you open your eyes.
"School is still a few days away," Pan Zhi sat on the sofa and looked at Jiang Cheng, "I think you can go back to school a few days later, you don't have to come with me."
Many people look forward to the Chinese New Year, but they are looking forward to it with great difficulty. Once the thirty-year-old is over, the New Year will pass quickly, and day by day, it will start to separate again.
Jiang Cheng looked at the calendar on his phone, the holidays were early, and the school started early, just a few days away.
If it was before, he might not go back to school until the end of the vacation, but now, he plans to go back with Pan Zhi.
"I meant to say," Pan Zhi leaned closer to him, "Valentine's Day... is coming soon."
"I know," Jiang Cheng glanced at him, "How do you think Gu Fei and I are going to spend this Valentine's Day with the current situation?"
"Aren't you going to tell him 'You chase me, you chase me'?" Pan Zhi said, "Isn't Valentine's Day a good opportunity?"
"No," Jiang Cheng sighed, "Pan Pan, has your IQ been destroyed by the cannon?"
"My IQ in dating is only enough to handle 'you can be together if I want' and 'divide if one person is not willing'," Pan Zhi said, "I don't have an IQ in your situation."
"If I stay here for Valentine's Day, it will put pressure on Gu Fei," Jiang Cheng said. "Last year, I didn't have a good time for the college entrance examination on Valentine's Day. I also said at that time that I would have a good time this year."
"...Hey." Pan Zhi fell onto the armrest.
"Then, in the current situation, has it passed or failed, and how?" Jiang Cheng said, "If he is under pressure, I will also be under pressure."
"It's embarrassing." Pan Zhi said.
"I don't want to give him any external force, I want him," Jiang Cheng lit a cigarette, "Come on by yourself, step by step, no matter how long it takes, he has to walk by himself."
Pan Zhi glanced at him: "Cheng'er."
"Don't praise me for being handsome." Jiang Cheng said.
"Don't brag about it," Pan Zhi said, "I just think you can do great things in the future."
"Ah." Jiang Cheng smiled.
"It's too fucking calm." Pan Zhi gave a thumbs up.
Can you hold your breath? Actually it wasn't, Jiang Cheng knew his personality, he was very anxious and straight, and it was difficult to hide his emotions.
The so-called calm down is only for Gu Fei.
It was just because Gu Fei had brought him too much peace of mind and peace of mind, allowing him to calm down. Facing such a situation, it was just because it was Gu Fei.
And... when he really faced another separation, Jiang Cheng felt that he was not as calm as Pan Zhi imagined.
"I'm going first." Pan Zhi said while carrying his luggage, then turned around and went to the station.
Jiang Cheng and Gu Fei stood at the entrance of the station, stunned.
"Brother Cheng," Gu Fei said, his throat seemed to be a little tight, "Don't make the schedule so tight next semester, leave some time to rest."
"En." Jiang Cheng nodded.
"You don't have to worry about money," Gu Fei said. "I'm going to start a big job now. There's a lot of money... If money is tight, I'll definitely tell you, and I won't hide it from you."
"En." Jiang Cheng responded.
"I'll let you know about Ermiao's progress..." Gu Fei said.
"Okay." Jiang Cheng nodded.
Gu Fei seemed to be thinking about what to say, Jiang Cheng waited for him to speak, but his mind was completely empty at the moment, and he couldn't say a single word.
"Take care of yourself," Gu Fei said, "I haven't seen any fat return after this year."
Jiang Cheng smiled.
The two continued to stand in silence.
After more than ten minutes, Gu Fei spoke again: "You... go in."
"Well," Jiang Cheng looked back at the people entering the station, there were not many, "Then I'll go in."
When he picked up the box and was about to turn around, he stopped, took a step forward and walked in front of Gu Fei, stretched out his arms and hugged Gu Fei.
Gu Fei patted his back lightly.
"Let's go." Jiang Cheng turned around and dragged his suitcase into the station entrance.