After the dinner party was over, Xu Changsheng followed Comrade Xu and Xi Dongyang got into the car. When he went downstairs just now, he had already agreed that Xu Changsheng would take their car back.
As New Year is approaching and it is night again, there are obviously fewer pedestrians on the street than usual.
Comrade Xu adjusted his sitting posture, exhaled contentedly, turned to ask Xu Changsheng beside him, "Changsheng, are you going home for the New Year this year?"
After Xu Changsheng heard this, his expression calmed down, he looked at Comrade Xu, and said hesitantly: "Forget it, let's not go back! I followed you these two years and finally saved some money..."
Comrade Xu smiled and said, "Just keep it clear in your mind. You saw it tonight. Lin Zi has found such a beautiful girlfriend. You are older than him. You should work hard next year to find a suitable one."
, fall in love for a year or two, save some more money, and then get married. Once you get married, you can go back home if you want, what do you think?"
Xu Changsheng smiled and nodded, "You're right! I listen to you."
…
After sending Xu Changsheng to his residence, Xu Tongdao and Xi Dongyang drove away.
Xu Changsheng opened the door of the rental house, walked into the house, and closed the door. He also drank some wine tonight. At this time, his cheeks were red and his eyes were a little blurry. He stood in the small rental house and looked around, feeling lonely.
Feelings arise spontaneously.
After he came out, he never returned home. He never went back during the Chinese New Year last year.
He usually doesn't have many friends, and he has even lost contact with his relatives.
He also has the feeling of missing his loved ones even more during the festive season.
After all, he is only in his twenties.
He...is a little homesick.
In fact, I have already thought about it.
It's just that because I drank some wine tonight, I became particularly sensitive and homesick.
Although that home was not warm to him, his stepmother was not kind to him, and the younger brothers and sisters his stepmother gave birth to had no respect for his eldest brother.
Even his biological father, after marrying him to the stepmother, his heart completely turned to his stepmother's side and no longer cared much about his eldest son...
But, he is a human being after all!
As a human being, who doesn’t long for family affection? Who doesn’t long for the warmth of family?
Moreover, since he hasn't been home for so long, no one must have visited his mother's grave, and no one must have pulled the grass on the grave.
With these thoughts in his mind, Xu Changsheng sighed softly, sat on the edge of the bed, and stared blankly at the night outside the window.
The idea of going home and taking a look became stronger and stronger.
…
The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Comrade Xu returned to his home in Shazhou County.
His younger brother Xu Tonglu was already at home on vacation, and his younger sister was very diligent. When he came back, he saw his younger sister Ge Yuzhu standing on a stool outside the window, wiping the window glass with a rag.
Xu Tonglu has grown taller, and his dress has become more fashionable. He wears black jeans and a white turtleneck sweater. He is also rolling up his sleeves and wiping the window glass with his sister Ge Yuzhu.
From a distance, he looks tall and has long legs.
Tongdao Xu felt that this boy was now a little taller than his elder brother.
Probably already 1.85 meters tall.
The gate to the courtyard was open. Xu Tongdao lightly stepped on the accelerator and drove the car directly into the courtyard.
Xu Tonglu and Ge Yuzhu immediately looked back.
"Brother? Brother, are you back?"
Ge Yuzhu looked surprised and immediately jumped down from the stool and trotted over.
One semester of college life seemed to have changed Xu Tonglu's temperament. Looking back, he saw Xu Tonglu driving back. A smile appeared on Xu Tonglu's face and he walked over slowly.
It's afternoon now.
Not seeing his mother, Tongdao Xu asked after getting out of the car: "Where is mom? Is mom not at home?"
Ge Yuzhu's face was filled with a smile of surprise, "Oh, Mom went to the vegetable market to buy meat and leeks, and she is preparing to make dumplings! Hey, brother, you come back today and won't leave before the Chinese New Year? Can you have a good time with us this year?
New year?"
"Brother!" Xu Tonglu called Xu Tongdao as he walked over with a smile.
Seeing the smile on his face, Tongdao Xu felt very happy and nodded to him. After not seeing him for half a year, he noticed that the unruly look on Xu Tonglu's face had faded a lot.
No longer like before, I looked at everyone with a cold look on my face.
"Well, I won't leave. I will spend the three days of New Year with you this year."
Tongdao Xu answered his sister casually.
He strode to the back of the car, opened the trunk, and called his brother and sister to come over and help him move the various New Year goods he had specially prepared in the trunk.
Including clothes, shoes, etc. bought for them.
The New Year's goods he prepared this year are different from those in previous years.
There was a large herring, a whole ham, and two large turtles weighing two to three kilograms.
The big herring is dead.
But the giant turtles were kept alive in the trunk of his car in a plastic bucket.
He didn't spend any money on these items. They were all produced by his business partner Yan Shijin's villa and were given to him as a free New Year gift.
This afternoon, because Comrade Xu went home early, the yard of their Xu family was filled with laughter and laughter from time to time.
Mother Ge Xiaozhu bought pork, leeks, dumpling wrappers and other items, and then asked her three children to start making dumplings together.
Then, we also had dumplings for dinner.
Fresh dumplings taste great.
While eating, Ge Xiaozhu slowly stopped his chopsticks, glanced at the faces of his three children, and suddenly shouted: "Xiaodao!"
Comrade Xu heard the sound and turned to look at her, "Huh? Mom, is something wrong?"
He had noticed that his mother seemed to have something to say.
Xu Tonglu and Ge Yuzhu also looked over.
Ge Xiaozhu looked at them with a somewhat emotional look on his face, and said: "Xiaodao, our family's life has gotten better and better in the past few years. I think it is your grandfather and grandma who are protecting us underground. You see... otherwise,
During the Chinese New Year this year, can you take Xiaolu and Yuzhu to the graves, give them some food and drink, and burn some more paper money by the way?"
Tongdao Xu was surprised that his mother suddenly said such a thing.
His grandfather and grandmother passed away early. According to their custom, ancestor worship during the Chinese New Year is always done at home.
Only on the Tomb Sweeping Day every year, descendants have to visit the grave to offer sacrifices.
However, now that my mother has spoken about this, rural women of her generation still believe that their ancestors will protect their children and grandchildren...
He just smiled and nodded in agreement, "Okay! OK, Mom, then on the morning of New Year's Eve this year, I will drive Xiaolu and them back."
Neither Xu Tonglu nor Ge Yuzhu had any objections.
When Ge Xiaozhu saw Comrade Xu agreed, the smile on his face became a little brighter, "Okay! Then I will prepare wine, food and sacrifices for you early."
Comrade Xu nodded, "Well, if you need to buy anything, I'll buy it later."
…
Quite a coincidence.
That night, while Xu Tongdao and his mother were watching TV in the living room, Ge Xiaoyu sent him another text message.
——"Xiaodao, I heard Xu Tonglin say that you went home today, right?"
Seeing this text message, Xu Tongdao remembered that a few days ago, when he, Xu Changsheng and Xu Tonglin had hot pot together, Xu Tonglin asked him when he would go home this year. He seemed to have said that he would come back on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month.
Unexpectedly, Ge Xiaoyu would now know about his casual words at that time.