The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu. At this moment, the whole country is celebrating together, and the air is filled with a lively and festive atmosphere...
Today is New Year's Eve.
This is a joyful and peaceful festival, a day for family reunion, a carnival and an eternal spiritual pillar for people to express their yearning for happiness and freedom.
However, on New Year's Eve this year, Xia Haoran was not at home.
This is the fourth time Xia Haoran has not spent New Year's Eve at home since he embarked on the path of cultivation.
In the past, it would have been absolutely impossible for the well-behaved Xia Haoran not to spend New Year's Eve at home. But last time, because he wanted to comprehend the power of the five elements, he spent more than three years in retreat.
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And this time I had no choice but to go into seclusion.
The basic mental method "Secret Book of Five Elements" has come to an end when you have reached the stage of spiritual transformation. But if you want to continue on the road of cultivation, it is imperative to change to the more advanced "Sky War Technique"!
"Sister Yaoyao, brother Haoran won't come back to celebrate New Year's Eve this year, right?"
"What's the matter, Xiaobai, are you thinking about your brother Haoran?" Li Mengyao gently nodded Xiaobai's head, smiled slightly and said: "This year, you have me, your uncles and aunts, and big flowers and little flowers to spend New Year's Eve with you.
, aren’t you satisfied yet?” At this point, Li Mengyao also felt longing in her heart, and thought to herself: “I wonder how Haoran’s cultivation is going now, but now fifteen months have passed in the blink of an eye…”
"Uh... Then Brother Haoran can't eat the dumplings made by Auntie again. Should we leave some for him?" Xiaobai asked, tilting his head.
Perhaps because he has lived with Xia Haoran and the others for a long time, the little guy has a special liking for all kinds of delicacies in human society. Just like Xia Haoran once said, people live just to eat.
Although with Xia Haoran, Li Mengyao, or Xiao Bai's current cultivation level, it would not be a problem not to eat anything for ten and a half months. But it is also the same reason. If you really do that, wouldn't life lose its original fun?
?
"When your brother Haoran comes back, auntie will wrap him up." Lin Shufen, who was sitting on the sofa, took the words and said with a smile. Then she shook her head again and said, "I don't know where this brat will end up.
We’re in the middle of nowhere, and it’s New Year’s Eve and we haven’t even called home yet.”
The worry on Li Mengyao's face flashed away. Just when she was about to say a few words of comfort to Lin Shufen, the doorbell outside suddenly rang.
"Is Haoran back? Or are the girls coming here? Yaoyao, please take a look." Lin Shufen said excitedly.
Li Mengyao shook her head slightly. Under her consciousness, she saw Zhang Chuan standing at the door carrying a snakeskin bag.
This is?
deer?
Li Mengyao was slightly startled, but quickly stepped forward and opened the door.
"Hello, mistress! Hello, grandma!" Zhang Chuan greeted Li Mengyao at the door and Lin Shufen on the sofa, and then walked in carrying a snakeskin bag.
"It's Xiao Zhang. Just come over and see us. Why are you taking anything else? Don't do this again next time!" When Lin Shufen saw Zhang Chuan coming through the door, she was secretly disappointed, but she still stood.
He stood up and said.
Xia Haoran accepted Zhang Chuan as his registered disciple. Lin Shufen and Xia Guohao knew about it, so Lin Shufen was not surprised when the other party called her "Grandma".
"Well, isn't it the Chinese New Year? I brought some good things for my grandma and grandma to try." Zhang Chuan scratched his head and said, "Grandma, I put this thing directly in the kitchen. This thing
It seems like it’s still bleeding.”
"Ah, what is this?"
Lin Shufen saw the tightly tied snakeskin bag carried on Zhang Chuan's shoulder. She only smelled the smell of meat and thought the other party had given him a few kilograms of pig head meat. But suddenly she heard that there was blood oozing, so she became confused.
asked.
"It's just venison, just an ordinary sika venison." Xiaobai, who was sitting on the sofa, rolled her eyelids, yelled angrily, and then continued her film career.
At this time, Xia Guohao heard that there were guests at home and walked down from the study on the second floor. When he heard Xiaobai's words, he was shocked and said quickly: "How can you eat this sika deer? This is illegal!"
"Master!" Zhang Chuan greeted him and said with a smile: "It's okay, Master, I asked a friend to get this from the police station. As for the illegal killing, the group that sold sika deer has been arrested, and
These sika deer were already dead when they were seized, and it would be a pity to throw them away, so my friends at the police station cut them up internally. And I was lucky enough to get one too, and it was fine."
In fact, what Zhang Chuan said is basically an unwritten rule within the police station.
Usually, the wild protected animals confiscated by police stations, unless a few specific species are sent to research institutes, are mostly distributed by their internal staff for early use.
In fact, not only wild protected animals, but also smuggling, certain prohibited items, etc., can also be intercepted by insiders and used for their own enjoyment or resold in exchange for certain team building funds.
Li Mengyao didn't speak, and even Xiao Bai showed a nonchalant expression. This was because when Xia Haoran took them out to play, he didn't know how much "precious" game was grilled.
In the eyes of real foodies, only plump, tender and delicious barbecued meats do not matter whether it is illegal or not.
"Come on, Xiao Zhang, let's go to the living room to drink water." Xia Guohao said with a smile: "Just leave those things there first and let your wife and grandmother clean them up."
"Thank you, Master!" Zhang Chuan nodded and said, "By the way, my master hasn't come back yet?"
"Your master..." Xia Guohao shook his head and said: "Haoran, that kid, I don't know where to hide in some nook and corner to retreat. Now it has been fifteen months, and I don't even have a phone call.
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"Ding dong!"
At this moment, a text message rang from the phone in Li Mengyao's pocket.
Li Mengyao's consciousness swept away, and it turned out to be a message from Xia Haoran. Without saying much, he reported peace and wished everyone a happy New Year; in addition, the training mission of this trip was successfully completed!
"Dad, Mom, Haoran sent me a message."
Li Mengyao immediately jumped up with joy and shouted loudly: "Haoran is not in the wilderness now, he is at a fellow villager's home."
At the foot of Changbai Mountain.
Xia Haoran stepped on the crunching white snow, carried a badger, three hares on his shoulders, and several turkeys in his hands, and knocked on the door of a fellow villager.
Make a fire!
Of course, this is not about setting up a fire, but just adding a pair of chopsticks and a bowl.
Nowadays, many urban white-collar workers, or those elegant and artistic young people, often do not choose to stay in high-end hotels when they go out for fun, but instead "make fire" with local farmers.
This kind of partnering is not to save money, but to fully enjoy travel, to experience and feel the local customs and customs immersively...
The fellow villagers’ families are very enthusiastic, but the Spring Festival atmosphere in their family is not very strong. Because the young people in the family go out to work and do not come back during the Spring Festival. This may be a small regret.
Over the past few decades, with the further advancement of reform and opening up, economic construction has become the main theme of society. More and more rural people are flocking to cities. In order to make a living, some people leave for a few years, and some may leave for most of their lives.
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Left-behind elderly and left-behind children have become social problems, and the situation of being unable to go home for the New Year is getting worse!
Can't buy a ticket?
Can't get paid?
Do you rotate shifts all year round?
Revolutionary work has different divisions of labor. If someone is reunited, it means that someone cannot go home for the New Year. For those who cannot go home, they have long been accustomed to wandering, but the loss in their hearts is still unstoppable.
There are four people in this fellow's family.
An old man in his seventies, but he is still in good health, so he is getting stronger with age; an old couple in their fifties, they are the old man's son and daughter-in-law; and there is also a little girl in her teens.
If you include the parents of the little girl who is working outside, this family has four generations living under one roof.
"Uncle, do you know the Beauty Group?"
Xia Haoran took a hot bath to get rid of all the wind and frost all over his body, and was about to be invited by the old man to have dinner on the kang. The little girl stared at Xia Haoran for a long time and asked aloud.
"Oh?" Xia Haoran was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile and said, "Beauty Group, I know."
"Then are you Xia Haoran?" the little girl continued to ask.
"Do you know me?" Xia Haoran pointed at his nose and said.
Now, it was Xia Haoran's turn to be completely surprised!
You know, he is not a popular star to begin with, and coupled with his always low-key style of conduct, he is not a well-known public figure among all ages.
The three people next to her looked at the little girl and then at Xia Haoran. They all looked at her with big eyes and small eyes, their faces full of confusion and confusion.
"Uncle, it seems that you are really Xia Haoran!" The little girl suddenly jumped up with excitement, clapped her hands happily and said, "When school starts, I will tell my classmates that you are celebrating the New Year at my house, and they will be jealous to death.
mine."
"Little girl, why is this?" Xia Haoran was also confused and said: "Also, you didn't tell me just now, how did you know me?"
"Uncle, you live in the teaching building and library of our school. The building is very beautiful, and there is no need to worry about it falling down if it rains. Our teacher said, uncle, you are not only a member of the Beauty Group
Boss, you are also a great philanthropist. Not only have you built countless teaching buildings and libraries across the country, but you have also funded countless poor students who have no money to go to college."
After a slight pause, the little girl tilted her head and continued: "In addition, the teacher also told us that as long as we study hard and make progress every day, we will be admitted to college in the future. If we don't have money to study in college, we can apply for some scholarship fund established by our uncle.
"
Having said this, Xia Haoran had a rough idea.
At the same time, the other three people in the room looked at Xia Haoran with different eyes. Although the people in the mountains did not know about philanthropists and scholarships, they had seen with their own eyes the beautiful buildings in Little Girl’s School.
From what I saw, I knew it was built by a kind person.