Mountain Village Murder Case, Train Murder Case Chapter 17: Father and daughter who set off fireworks together
Wu Liang left. Although Xu Lang had a bad drink with Wu Liang and his somewhat pale cheeks were slightly red under the stimulation of alcohol, Xu Lang did not drink too much.
After Wu Liang left, Xu Lang began to clean up the restaurant and kitchen silently, and Xiao Yueyue also came to help after Wu Liang left.
After the father and daughter, a boy and a girl, had tidied up the dining room and kitchen, it was already 11:50, and it would soon be 12 o'clock, and the bell of the new year was about to ring.
The two of them were sitting on the sofa, Xiao Yueyue nestled in Xu Lang's arms. After watching TV for a while, she finally couldn't help but raise her head, blinking her big black grape-like eyes, looking at Xu Lang, and making a sweet sound.
He said angrily: "Xu Lang, have you forgotten something?"
Xu Lang knew what Xiao Yueyue was talking about. He looked down at Xiao Yueyue's tender cheeks, stretched out his hand to pinch Xiao Yueyue's cheeks, and asked pretending to be confused: "What did I forget?
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Xiao Yueyue climbed up from Xu Lang's lap, pouted, looked at Xu Lang angrily, and said: "It's Chinese New Year, other children have red envelopes, where is my red envelope?"
"Oh...you mean lucky money." Xu Lang seemed to have just remembered this matter, and looked at Xiao Yueyue in realization and said.
"Hmph..." Xiao Yueyue snorted heavily like a child. In fact, she was just a six-year-old girl.
"Ha ha......"
Seeing Xiao Yueyue like this, Xu Lang burst out laughing. He had already prepared a thick, big red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Xiao Yueyue, then stretched out his hand to rub Xiao Yueyue's cheeks.
Head, smiled and said: "I have prepared it for you a long time ago. I originally wanted to give it to you before the bell rang. Since you are so anxious to get it, I will give it to you earlier."
"Thank you dad."
After Xiao Yueyue received the red envelope, she immediately started to smile. The indignant look she had just now was gone. Xu Lang looked both angry and funny. She was just a little girl as big as a brat. She was like this now, but she didn't know what she would do in the future.
How can I do it when I grow up?
After Xiao Yueyue opened the red envelope, she found that there were six hundred, one fifty, one ten yuan, five yuan and one yuan, which added up to six hundred and sixty-six.
, after Xiao Yueyue took out the money and counted it, her smiling face wrinkled up again. She raised her head, looked at Xu Lang arrogantly and said: "Xu Lang, why is it six hundred and sixty-six again?
Can't you change the number? Eight hundred and eighty-eight is fine, or one, three, one, four, why is it six hundred and sixty-six?"
Hearing Xiao Yueyue's complaint, Xu Lang didn't explain anything, just stretched out his hand
Just touched Xiao Yueyue’s head.
This time, Xiao Yueyue did not let Xu Lang touch her head. She turned her head angrily and avoided Xu Lang's hand, preventing Xu Lang from touching his head. Xu Lang did not insist. He never
He stood up on the sofa, walked to the storage room and took out a few fireworks, went outside the door, placed them on the street, opened the fuse, then walked to the living room, took Xiao Yueyue's book to the door, and then walked out of the room.
He took out a cigarette from his arms, took out his lighter and lit it. After taking a puff, he handed the cigarette in his hand to Xiao Yueyue, looked at the fireworks, and motioned to Xiao Yueyue to light the fireworks.
Maybe she was about to light some fireworks, maybe Xiao Yueyue was still a child after all and quickly forgot what happened. After she took the cigarette from Xu Lang's hand, she quickly ran to a few fireworks and lit them with her cigarette.
He picked up the fuse of the fireworks, lit them, and quickly ran to Xu Lang's side, returned the cigarette in his hand to Xu Lang, stretched out his small hand to hold Xu Lang's big hand, and together they raised their heads and looked at the dark and slightly gloomy night sky.
"Swish swish."
Not long after Xiao Yueyue ran back, the fireworks began to rise into the sky. In the dark night sky, bright fireworks exploded, which was very pleasing to the eye.
While Xu Lang and Xiao Yueyue were standing at the door watching the fireworks, Sister Zhang, who lived not far from their home, also took her son to move out several fireworks and placed them on the street. The little boy held one in his hand.
After lighting the incense and setting up the fireworks, he lit the fuse, quickly ran to the woman and stood next to her, looking up at the sky, waiting for the fireworks to explode.
When the woman walked out of the house, she subconsciously turned her head and looked in the direction of Xu Lang's house. She saw the white-haired man holding a cigarette in one hand and holding Xiao Yueyue's hand in the other.
The two of them stood side by side at the door, looking up at the fireworks of various shapes bursting out in the night. Looking from the direction of the woman, they could only see Xu Lang's side face, which was illuminated by the fireworks.
The woman's eyes were a little blurry. This was the fifth year that this man had been here. She seemed to recall the white-haired young man holding a baby in his arms on the New Year's Eve night five years ago.
The little baby waiting to be fed stood at the door and lit a few fireworks silently. Just like now, standing quietly at the door and watching the fireworks rising into the sky, that night, the woman suddenly discovered that the man was so
The loneliness and sadness of being alone with a child reminded her of the time when she was living with her son.
The woman actually had a crush on Xu Lang. She felt that she was a single-parent family with a child, and the man was also raising a child by himself. At first, she was thinking about whether she could get together with this man.
, to form a new family, but after spending several years with that man, she completely lost sight of it.
In my heart, there is no disappointment or resentment, just some regrets.
In fact, for a woman who lives in a small county town all year round, her horizons are not wide and she has not met many people. It is not that no one has advised her to find a man to marry, but whenever this time, she
She always thinks of her unhappy marriage and young son. Whenever she thinks of these, she still shakes her head and refuses.
"Mom, look, those fireworks are so beautiful."
Just when the woman was looking at the father and daughter next door, her son's voice came to mind in her ears. She came back to her senses, turned her head, looked at her son with doting eyes, and then raised her head with him.
Starting to look at the fireworks in the night, a satisfied smile appeared on the woman's not-so-pretty face.
Yes, my son has started to go to school and has become sensible. The family is living a good life. Although it is not very wealthy, at least he has enough food and clothing. He should be satisfied. Thinking of this, the woman no longer thinks about anything.
When the woman raised her head and looked into the night, the fireworks on Xu Lang's side next door had already been set off. Xu Lang turned his head and glanced at the woman's side. There was no expression on his face, neither happy nor sad, only calm. He
Instead of staying outside, he took Xiao Yueyue's hand and walked into the house.
It was already twelve o'clock, and Xiao Yueyue had actually been sleepy for a long time. If it hadn't been for the fireworks to be set off at twelve o'clock in the evening, she would have fallen into sleep at this time. After the fireworks were set off, she started to fight
Xu Lang yawned. After seeing this scene, Xu Lang asked: "Are you sleepy?"
"Yeah." Xiao Yueyue nodded obediently.
"Go to sleep if you feel sleepy."
"What about you?"
"Today is New Year's Eve, and I want to stay up late."
"How about I stay up late with you? I'm not very sleepy yet."
"You are a child, you don't have to watch the New Year's Eve. I can just watch the New Year's Eve by myself. You can go to bed."
"Oh well."
Xiao Yueyue didn't insist on anything anymore and went to sleep alone on the second floor.
After another half an hour, Xu Lang, who had been sitting in the living room, stood up and walked up the stairs to the second floor. He first came to Xiao Yueyue's bedroom and found that Xiao Yueyue had really fallen asleep. Xu Lang smiled slightly.
With a smile, he walked over and helped Xiao Yueyue cover the quilt, then put out the waiting, turned around and left Xiao Yueyue's bedroom, came to the study room, took out the key and opened the door, Xu Lang walked in, closed the door, and kept
After staying there for more than two hours, Xu Lang walked out of the study, silently came to the living room, sat on the sofa, looked at the dark night outside, his eyes were a little blurry, and he didn't know what he was thinking.