At eight o'clock in the evening on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Wanwan and Xiao Qingyu had just returned home from Xiaoxi Town after having a dinner, and they went back to their rooms to fall asleep.
Everyone around Lin Wanwan was busy visiting relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year.
Xiao Chong and three other people had also left by boat in the morning to go to Qiantang County Government to pay New Year greetings.
Although Lin Wanwan also received a letter from her family in Qiantang this year, inviting her to stay in Qiantang for a while. But she did not plan to stay at her family in Qiantang for too long. She planned to stay for a week after the Lantern Festival.
Although Lin Wanwan herself does not have any direct in-laws in the Tang Dynasty, she does have her nominal "parents" and the direct lineage of the annihilated Lin family.
The Zhang family, the Wang family, the Shi family, the Fang family and the Fan family were all relatives of the Lin family who had been living in various places. Naturally, they all sent her messages during the Chinese New Year, inviting her to come and have dinner.
Today is the Wang family's banquet with guests.
Lin Wanwan had to travel by boat because her horse was accidentally lame by Xiao Chong and she didn't want to ride in a bumpy carriage.
When she got home, Xiao Qingyu was so tired after playing all day that she fell asleep on the boat.
Lin Wanwan carried little Qingyu from the boat all the way back to the bed at home. The little guy didn't even wake up completely. He only opened his eyes blankly and glanced at Lin Wanwan before continuing to sleep.
Later, I don’t know how I fell asleep. When I opened my eyes in a daze, the alarm clock had not yet gone off and the surroundings were quiet.
"How did you get here? Did you drive yourself?"
Lin Wanwan was lying on the bed in a modern and deserted room, letting the smart speaker set the alarm clock, and went to the cemetery to sweep the graves of her grandparents tomorrow morning.
Lin Wanwan inevitably thought of Lu Shouyue, but soon changed her mind. She did not reply to Chen Jinyu's WeChat message, and did not block her. It was the last dignity left for each other as friends.
This year, I had a dog accompanying me when I went to the grave, so I wasn’t lonely anymore.
As for whether Chen Jinyu has been further banned, Lin Wanwan doesn't care.
Lin Wanwan touched the phone on the bedside and checked the time. It was four o'clock in the morning. It was still dark. She had set the time for sweeping the grave at five o'clock in the morning.
There were missed calls and WeChat messages from Su Yanwei, as well as New Year greetings from a few friends including his college roommate and Gu Jingyu, as well as New Year greetings from some classmates and friends whom Lin Wanwan had little impression of and didn't often contact.
Lin Wanwan first sent a red envelope in the company group, letting employees grab it and be happy, then she briefly thanked Xiao Junning and sent her New Year blessings.
After sweeping his grandfather's grave, Lu Shouyue walked towards the ordinary tombs on the other side without realizing it. When he realized what he was doing, he happened to meet Su Yanwei's eyes, who was raising his head and smoking a cigarette.
"Okay, Brother Lu, I'll listen to you."
The last time she left modern times was at eight o'clock in the evening on New Year's Eve. Now she opens the time and space door and returns to modern times, and it is only ten thirty in the evening on New Year's Day.
She asked the smart speaker to turn off the TV after three hours, then lay on the bed and listened to the TV's sound.
Fugui didn't see Lin Wanwan all day yesterday. As soon as he heard the movement in the villa, he pricked up his ears and waited for Lin Wanwan to open the door and he rushed in.
"Why did you come to visit the grave alone so early, not with your sister?" Lu Shouyue asked seemingly unintentionally.
After returning to the modern era from the lively and festive New Year atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, Lin Wanwan only felt more deserted. She couldn't warm up even with the central air conditioner turned on and the duvet covering herself.
In modern times, Lin Wanwan doesn't have many relatives to go around. Whether it's the Gong family or her uncle, she doesn't want to talk to her. This year, only her cousin Su Yanwei's family can get together.
"They are my grandparents." Su Yanwei replied, "I've finished offering incense and I'm leaving. Where are you, Mr. Lu?"
"Master Lu, are you coming to visit the grave too?" Su Yanwei took the last puff of his cigarette, extinguished the sparks, and said.
Then he sent a New Year greeting message to Gu Jingyu and others, showing his presence.
Driving out to the cemetery, Fugui cleverly jumped into the passenger seat, while the old god squatted on the seat.
From about ten o'clock in the morning on New Year's Eve to eight o'clock in the evening on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Wanwan has been in Datang for four days and ten hours.
In the deserted modern morning on the second day of the Lunar New Year, only De Mu Fugui could accompany Lin Wanwan.
Su Yanwei turned around and spilled the wine in the wine glass in front of his grandfather's tombstone, then put the laid offerings into a plastic bag on the side, picked them up, and went down the mountain with Lu Shouyue.
"Well, yes. Whose grave are you sweeping?"
Leaning on the bedside, Lin Wanwan checked the content on her phone, which contained New Year greetings from employees in the company group and a belated reply from Xiao Junning about the public relations company.
Lu Shouyue said calmly: "I've finished sweeping the tomb and am getting ready to go down the mountain. Let's come together. I'm a few years older than you. Don't keep calling me 'Master Lu' so unfamiliarly. Just call me brother."
how?"
As smart as Chen Jinyu, he should naturally understand Lin Wanwan's intention to break up. He still refuses to give up contact with her. It is probably a decision made after weighing the pros and cons, but Lin Wanwan does not want to cooperate with her performance.
On the early morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, many people came to visit the grave at the cemetery on the mountain, and Lu Shouyue was one of them.
Chen Jinyu also sent her New Year greetings as if nothing had happened, and told her the good news that she had received a new job arranged by the company. In other words, her ban order was lifted.
If you go to someone else's house to have a meal, you will naturally want to invite them back.
Lin Wanwan decided to hold a banquet in Xiaoxi Town on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month and invite the nobles in the town. The rest of the time, she would naturally stay in Linjiazhuang to celebrate the New Year.
Lin Wanwan got into the car and fastened her seat belt, and couldn't help but rub the dog's head.
As for other classmate group chat messages on WeChat, Lin Wanwan ignored them and sent group blessings to those she didn't often contact. After replying New Year's greetings, she put her phone aside.
Then she clicked on the message sent by Su Yanwei and found out that it was an invitation to go to their house for a dinner party in the second grade of junior high school. She responded and agreed.
Su Yanwei didn't think much and replied directly: "My sister should be here soon, but I'm used to getting up early, so I'll come here first."
In the end, she really couldn't sleep, so Lin Wanwan turned on the TV and clicked on the replay of the Spring Festival Gala, letting the lively sounds of the party accompany her to sleep.
Lin Wanwan also woke up, Lin Wanwan stopped sleeping, got dressed, got up, went downstairs to open the door to let De Mu Fugui in, and cooked herself a bowl of glutinous rice dumplings stuffed with sweet-scented osmanthus and wine for breakfast.
Lu Shouyue looked over, and without Su Yanwei's need to answer, he already understood who the tombstone belonged to.
"Yes, I bought a mobility scooter this year."
"It's a rare encounter. Are you interested in having breakfast together?"
"Okay, I know there is a place that makes good flatbread and fried dough sticks. Can Brother Lu eat this?" Su Yanwei agreed immediately without hesitation.