In Suzhou, there has always been a saying that the winter solstice is as big as a year. Even if the atmosphere is tense when the exam is approaching, Zhang Ganggang is still looking forward to drinking winter wine at night.
Xie Meng himself also prepared two small cups of wine. He poured three cups in front of the portraits of his parents and Zhang Xiujuan.
Early the next morning, Ji Qinyang came to pick up Xie Meng to go to school. There was an osmanthus on the hood of the boy's car, and Xie Meng laughed when he saw it.
Ji Qinyang raised his eyebrows: "BMW Xiangche."
Xie Meng shook his head: "Do so literary and artistic."
He stepped into the back seat, took the osmanthus branch in his hand, and Ji Qinyang rang the bell as he walked through the old streets and alleys.
After the winter solstice, it was bright and late, and at seven in the morning, it was still morning light.
"It feels like it's going to snow." Ji Qinyang covered his hands with the bowl of sugar porridge, and Xie Meng saw that he took off the gloves and gave them to him.
Ji Qinyang said with a smile, "We have one each."
Xie Meng was helpless: "It was originally yours, and I don't ride a bike, so I have to wear it for me."
Ji Qinyang: "Then you have to hug me tightly when you sit in the back, so that it will be warm."
Xie Meng glanced at him and said nothing. When the two finished their porridge and went on the road, the boy hugged Ji Qinyang from behind.
"My darling." Ji Qinyang laughed. He looked at the road ahead and said without looking back, "Have you memorized all the ancient poems?"
"You're not afraid of the wind." Xie Meng's voice was smiling: "It's all back."
"Then I will test you?"
Xie Meng was a little surprised: "Now?"
"Yeah." Ji Qinyang thought about it for a while: "Su Shi's "Man Tingfang", snail corner is a false name, the last sentence."
Xie Meng backtracked almost immediately: "Jiangnan is good, a thousand bells of fine wine, a song full of fragrances."
"People look for him thousands of Baidu."
"Suddenly looking back, that person is there, where the lights are dim."
Ji Qinyang said with a smile, "Hold your hand."
Xie Meng paused and said slowly: "Grow old with your son."
"En." Ji Qinyang turned his head: "That's it."
Xie Meng looked at him and replied with a smile, "Okay."
Ji Qinyang only needed to take the final exam for two days. On the last day, while he was waiting for Xie Meng, the first snow fell in Suzhou after the winter.
The heavy lead-grey sky fell with white snow, and when Xie Meng came out of the classroom, he saw the boy standing in the snow.
Ji Qinyang had snowflakes sticking to his black hair. He didn't hold an umbrella, his face was flawless, and his smile was gentle and bright.
Xie Meng ran to him, and Ji Qinyang opened his arms and hugged him in the snow.
Zhang Ganggang shouted excitedly behind Xie Meng: "The exam is over! It's New Year's Eve!"
Qi Fei threw his schoolbag in disgust and told him to shut up. Zhuo Xiaoyuan stood under the corridor and looked at the two who were still hugging from a distance.
"Hello." Zhuo Xiaoyuan shouted to thank Meng.
The boy turned around.
Zhuo Xiaoyuan smiled with hanging eyes: "Let's celebrate the New Year together."
Ji Qinyang went to Xie Meng's house early in the morning of New Year's Eve, and the two went shopping for New Year's goods together. The boy brought dessert made by Mo Suyuan, made into a cute rabbit-shaped cake, and stuffed a sufficient amount of fruit egg tarts.
Ji Qinyang put one in his mouth, he hooked Xie Meng's neck and leaned over.
Xie Meng glanced down and bit the edge of the egg tart. Ji Qinyang ate half of it and pushed the other half into the other's mouth with his tongue.
"..." Xie Meng's mouth full of milky fragrance.
Ji Qinyang licked his thumb: "Is it delicious?"
Xie Meng nodded, Ji Qinyang kissed his face: "Take it, eat on the road."
Xie Meng took another one and stuffed it into Ji Qinyang's mouth. The rest was packed and carried in his hand. The two went to the vegetable market near Shantang Street. Xie Meng asked Ji Qinyang what to eat while choosing dishes.
"Anything is fine." Ji Qinyang said indifferently, "Don't buy too much."
Xie Meng smiled: "You don't need to save money for me."
On the way back, Xie Meng also bought candy, and when he was about to get to the door, he saw Zhuo Xiaoyuan holding Zhuo Jinjin and waiting there impatiently.
"Why have you been gone for so long?" Zhuo Xiaoyuan complained, Zhuo Jinjin was shy when he saw Xie Meng, with a male god I love you expression.
Ji Qinyang said unhappily, "Why are you here so early?"
Xie Meng brought candy to Zhuo Jinjin, and let the guests in while opening the door.
"Come and help." Zhuo Xiaoyuan took the bag from Ji Qinyang's hand: "I don't eat free food."
The three boys were busy in the kitchen, and only Zhuo Jinjin was sitting there watching TV in the living room. Xie Meng glanced outside and patted Zhuo Xiaoyuan's arm: "You go out to accompany your sister, Ji and Ji are here. Chin Yang is enough."
Zhuo Xiaoyuan chose the vegetables and wiped the water off his hands: "Steaming the mandarin fish for another 10 minutes is enough."
Xie Meng nodded: "I see."
Zhuo Xiaoyuan said worriedly, "Cook well, don't be flirtatious."
Xie Meng: "..."
When the dishes were ready, the little girl wanted to help, and tiptoed to take the plate carefully from the counter. Xie Meng heard someone knocking on the door while Xie Meng was cutting the fruit.
"Who else did you call?" Ji Qinyang took an apple and stuffed it into the boy's mouth.
"I don't know..." Xie Meng said vaguely, "I'll go take a look."
Standing outside the courtyard gate wrapped in a sphere, Zhang Bangbang laughed stupidly and shouted: "surprise!"
Xie Meng: "..."
Zhang Gangbang: "Let Rang Rang! I brought a lot of dishes! Quick, quick, help me get it!"
As soon as Xie Meng looked down, he saw that he was carrying two large lunch boxes in his hand. Ji Qinyang came out after him, and saw Zhang Ganggang raised his eyebrows: "What are you doing here? Not at home for the New Year?"
Zhang Gang put things down and started to undress one by one: "I told my mother, look! This is all made by my mother!"
Zhuo Xiaoyuan opened the lunch box and glanced at it and almost didn't lose his sight. Eight major cuisines of sea, land and air are almost everything.
"Okay." Zhuo Xiaoyuan said helplessly, "We cooked all the dishes for nothing."
Xie Meng hesitated: "How about I call a few more people?"
Ji Qinyang laughed: "Who will come for the New Year's Eve?"
As a result, as soon as the voice fell, the unclosed courtyard door was pushed open from the outside.
Holding the flowers and wine, Han Dong was stunned when he entered the house: "So many people?"
Ji Qinyang: "..."
Xie Meng glanced at him and couldn't help laughing: "Would you like to call Qi Fei too?"
When Qi Fei arrived, the other five people had already eaten. The flowers that Han Dong brought were placed in front of Zhang Xiujuan's portrait. The wine was not going to be drunk, and several people shared a bottle of fruit oranges.
Zhuo Jinjin was very happy to see Qi Fei. The two of them played a game of "take one and I take one" at the dinner table. Zhuo Xiaoyuan looked at his sister and occasionally served her vegetables.
Zhang Ganggang asked him, "Where did you take the university entrance exam?"
Zhuo Xiaoyuan: "Shanghai, take care of my sister nearby."
Qi Fei interjected, "It's more convenient to stay in Suzhou."
Zhuo Xiaoyuan shook his head: "There is no good medical school in Suzhou... Next year my mother can come back to take care of Jinjin. I will go to Shanghai to study, and it will be the same when I come back on weekends."
Han Dong glanced at Zhang Ganggang: "Where are you going?"
Zhang Lamba boldly gave him a sideways look: "Why should I tell you!"
Han Dong narrowed his eyes, and before he could speak, Ji Qinyang said for Zhang Gangbang, "He wants to go to the Communication University of Beijing, a future reporter?"
"It's not that simple!" Zhang Ganggang said proudly: "I want to be a big reporter! Become the number one photographer in China!"
Xie Meng encouraged: "Then you have to come on, do you have a camera?"
Zhang Ganggang just saved up the money to buy a DSLR in the first half of the year, and I can't wait to take it with me every day like a baby.
"If you don't tell me, I almost forgot." Zhang Ganggang happily took out his camera equipment bag. He adjusted the camera and aimed at Ji Qinyang and Xie Meng: "Come on, take a photo."
Ji Qinyang stretched out his arms naturally and put his arms around Xie Meng's shoulders.
"Awesome!" Zhang Gangbang brought out the photo to show them, and sighed, "You guys are so good-looking, you look good together."
"..." Knowing that the other party was just a simple compliment, Xie Meng was still a little embarrassed.
In contrast, Ji Qinyang is much more cheeky. He touched Xie Mengdai's earlobe and agreed: "I think so too."
The other three boys at the dinner table all had expressions of "Fuck you, butchering the dog", and only Zhang Banggang was stunned and foolishly praised.
"Take a picture for us too." Zhuo Xiaoyuan hugged Zhuo Jinjin, the little girl smiled sweetly with a letter V, and the boy lowered his head and kissed his sister's face.
Zhang Ganggang captured this scene.
"Tie Han is tender." Qi Fei said while looking at the photo, Zhuo Xiaoyuan hung his eyes and scolded him with a smile.
Xie Meng took out the fireworks bought by Zhuo Xiaoyuan, put the big ones in the yard, let Zhuo Jinjin hold the small ones, Zhang Langbar held the camera to take pictures everywhere, Qi Fei wanted to take pictures of the volley jump, under the bright fireworks It took a few tries to succeed.
Xie Meng accompanied Zhuo Jin to release the fairy stick, and Ji Qinyang stood by and looked down at him tenderly.
"Do you want to play?" Xie Meng raised his head and asked, Ji Qinyang couldn't hold back, leaned down and kissed the boy's forehead.
Xie Meng: "... It's still there recently."
The little girl lost her eyes when she smiled, wrinkled her nose and stuck out her tongue: "Brother Qin Yang is ashamed~"
Ji Qin raised his eyebrows, he picked up Zhuo Jinjin and put it on his neck, the little girl cheered and waved the fairy stick in her hand.
Zhuo Xiaoyuan lit the biggest firework in the distance.
Han Dong raised his head and looked at the splendid sparks that exploded in the sky. The colorful streamer was reflected on the boy's chiseled face. Zhang Lbang subconsciously picked up the camera to capture the scene.
Han Dong turned his head, the boy's camera was still facing him.
"Well..." Zhang Gangbang stuck his head out and suggested, "Would you like to smile?"
Han Dong didn't speak, and after a while, he smiled at Zhang Bang's camera.
Zhang Ganggang: "… "
Han Dong smiled and asked, "Are you still taking pictures?"
"Oh!" Zhang Ganggang hurriedly adjusted the focus. He hesitated for a while before pressing the shutter. When Han Dong finished shooting, he turned his face and continued to watch the fireworks. Zhang Ganggang surreptitiously recalled the picture he just took.
In the photo, Han Dong's smile is gently smudged in the bright light and shadow of the fireworks, and his sight seems to be engraved in his eyes through the lens.
There were too many fireworks, and the six people put it on for two full hours before it was over. A few people cleaned the yard, borrowed the lights in the house and moved the Baxian table out to play mahjong.
Zhuo Jin was sleepy after 8 o'clock, and the little girl refused to go to sleep. Zhuo Xiaoyuan carried her into the back room, and Xie Meng poured a soup and handed it to him.
"Go play." Zhuo Xiaoyuan hugged his sister and whispered, "I'll sleep with her."
Xie Meng smiled: "It's okay, the lever is here."
Zhuo Xiaoyuan smiled a little, Xie Meng moved out a new quilt to make the bed for the brothers and sisters, Zhuo Jinjin hugged her brother's neck and muttered, Zhuo Xiaoyuan hugged her and lay down with her forehead touching gently: "Happy New Year ."
Xie Meng made a gesture to go out, Zhuo Xiaoyuan nodded, and made a light mouth: "Thank you."
Xie Meng closed the door for Zhuo Xiaoyuan, and when he went out, he saw Ji Qinyang waiting for him in the living room.
"Why don't you play mahjong?" Xie Meng asked strangely.
Ji Qinyang shrugged indifferently: "I let them compete for the top three."
Xie Meng: "..."
He smiled and shook his head: "You..."
Ji Qinyang hugged the boy from behind: "Let's watch the Spring Festival Gala."
Xie Meng agreed and said hello. He took the quilt and came out again. The two sat on the sofa and covered the quilt to watch TV together, talking and laughing. It was almost early morning, and there was a slap in the yard. Full of "fried!"
As the countdown to the Spring Festival Gala started, the sound of firecrackers outside the yard became loud.
Ji Qinyang hooked Xie Meng's neck, and the two exchanged a kiss, with their foreheads pressed against their foreheads.
"Happy New Year." Xie Meng said softly with a smile.
"Happy New Year." Ji Qinyang kissed his lips again: "I love you."