this life is waiting

Chapter 26

Ever since I learned about the greenhouse effect, I always feel that it gets colder every year. Of course, I'm just complaining about the weather, and I don't mean to damage the environment.

For so many years, it seems that it rains on the first day of the first lunar month every year, and today is no exception.

Yesterday, I went out with a group of friends for New Year's Eve, and I was woken up by my mother at 6 o'clock. I was very sleepy. After we finished the first meal of the new year and watched the news with my father at home, the rain outside the window stopped.

After growing up, I have much less expectations for the New Year. I have been thinking about what I was looking forward to when I was a child.Maybe it's new clothes, maybe it's a lot of candy, maybe it's the ability to play fireworks unscrupulously, maybe it's the ability to run around with friends.

Probably because all these simple happiness are gathered together, I feel that happiness is full.

Really, the more mature a person is, the less happy things will be.

But now for Chinese New Year, there are only red envelopes and visits to relatives. Fortunately, the school I was admitted to is not bad, so my mother will not be defeated in the storm of showing off.

Before going out, I took the gift bag I had prepared in advance, and followed my mother to visit relatives, but before I went, I thought too simple, thinking that everything would be fine after I went to He Cheng, but I never expected that when I went to my uncle's house, he After opening the door, the first thing I looked at was the gift box in my hand.

My mother and I looked at each other, very embarrassed, it's not a gift, it's not a gift...

Fortunately, my uncle didn't say "Oh, come here, what gift do you bring?"

So after half an hour of sitting on pins and needles, I gave my mother a wink, indicating that I would leave first. While chatting with my little aunt, she turned her head and gave me a slight nod.

"Xiao Yi, your phone seems to be ringing." My mother said.

I was stunned, took out my phone, looked at the dark screen and laughed twice: "Haha, my friend is looking for me." After speaking, I showed a standard smile of respecting the elders, stood up and said to my aunt: "Sorry, I have to go first."

My mother clapped my hands in disbelief: "This child is always like this."

The little aunt understood: "Go, go, she's bored sitting here."

So I waved and left, taking my bag along the way, but before I left, I always felt that my uncle and aunt looked at the things in my hand with very hot eyes.

My mother loves acting very much. When the drama addiction started, my dad and I couldn’t stop it. We could only save her by ignoring it, but this time I am very grateful.My mother probably thought that being able to act and get me away is the best of both worlds.

When calling He Cheng, she could clearly hear her lively voice, she answered and said, "Wait." A few seconds later, she walked to a quiet place and said, "Happy New Year Zhou Xiao by."

When she said this, I could hear the smile in her words, and there was even a mouthful of breath exhaled because of the laughter, passing through the changing current, as if blowing the hair around my ears.

Probably because the lively atmosphere hadn't put away her smile, I said "Happy New Year, He Cheng."

I hadn't vented to her before. I went out in the morning because I saw the bag on the chair, so I took it out without thinking too much.

So I asked, "Are you going to be busy today?"

She hummed in a puzzled tone at first, and then asked back, "Want to see me?"

I pause.

Why are you speaking so bluntly?

Before I was embarrassed to finish, she said again: "Yes, when."

Her businesslike tone put me at ease, as if we were about to discuss a big business deal.

Because I lied to her that I came out of the house and had to change clothes and eat something, so I set the time one hour later, and I arrived at the park half an hour earlier, feeling that I was really mentally retarded.

so cold.

All the vendors had gone home for the New Year, and the park was very deserted, with a slight wind blowing from the south, making the leaves sway from side to side.

I sat on a bench by the grass, made of marble stones, and just sat there for a while, the cold temperature penetrated into my skin through my jeans and long johns, and I shivered.

Not long after, I saw a group of children passing by, chasing each other with firecrackers in their hands, which made me very panic, for fear that the firecrackers in their hands would blow up to me.

The little boy in the red clothes chased the little boy in the blue clothes from one end to the other. After chasing him, he hit him once, and then the little boy in the blue clothes chased the little boy in the red clothes in turn. I was very puzzled What the hell are they doing.

This made me sigh again, the fun of childhood is really simple, you can see how happy they are laughing.

They ran and ran out of my sight, leaving me alone shivering in the cold wind.

A few minutes later, I saw a person wearing a pink dress walking from a distance, who looked very much like He Cheng, so I squinted my eyes and it turned out to be He Cheng.

I watched her stride over, she was wearing pink, she looked much cuter than before, ah, the cuteness here means good-looking, not delicious.

I glanced at my phone and asked, "Why are you here so early?"

He Cheng smiled: "That's what I want to ask."

I stood up with a hey, and then gave her the bag on one side: "New Year's gift."

She lowered her head and stretched out her hand. When she took the bag, her hand touched the back of my hand inadvertently. Before I could sigh how warm it was, my hand was suddenly held by her.

"Is it cold?"

I nodded: "Super cold."

After hearing this, she picked up my other hand and rubbed it together, took a breath, rubbed it again, and then untied the scarf.

I swallowed, stopped her movement, and pointed to my neck: "I have."

She gave me a frowning look, which I interpreted as a stare, and then wrapped the scarf around me.

"Are my gloves on?"

I shook my head.

She sighed: "Why did I forget again?"

I laughed dryly, and pointed to the bag hanging on her arm: "Well, give me your gloves, I'll buy you new ones."

Following my gaze, she took the bag down, squatted down, and took out the scarf, gloves, socks, mask and hat from inside.

While she was taking it, I said, "I feel like you are afraid of the cold, so I bought these for you. Uh, they are all ordinary styles. I don't know if you like them."

She looked up at me, took out the gloves from the bag, stood up and looked at me, shook her head and laughed, "You are the one who is afraid of the cold."

After she finished speaking, she picked up my hand and put it on. When she was about to put on the other hand, I snatched it away.

"I'll do it myself, hehehehe."

After hearing this, she put the gloves on my hand and said, "I went to my cousin's house with my parents a few days ago."

I put my hand in, looked up at her, and heard her continue: "It's been three days."

I put my finger on and motioned for her to continue.

She said, "I'm afraid you'll find me, but I'm not here."

I looked up at her, because her skin was a little fairer in winter, and she didn’t wear a scarf to reveal her pointed chin. I don’t know if it’s because of my short-sightedness. There seemed to be a circle of shadows around her cheeks that had been processed by software.

I patted my gloves, "I'm so lazy and it's so cold."

She stretched out her hand to fix the scarf for me, and put on the hat in the bag for me, and pulled it hard to cover my ears. I heard her whisper, "Yeah, you are so lazy."

After finishing speaking, she picked up the bag on the ground and said, "I got home very late last night, so I didn't prepare a New Year's gift for you."

I haha: "It's okay, you are my New Year's gift."

I……

what am i talking about...

In fact, I just wanted to be polite to her, but why did I blurt out such words.

Fortunately, He Cheng didn't give me a meaningful look because of this sentence, but patted me on the shoulder naturally, and told me that there is a store in Zhongjie that is still open for the New Year, and it is warmer there.

It may be that there is a ghost in my heart, and I feel weird about everything I see and hear. If the sentence just now is placed between two ordinary friends, it is just a normal tease, nothing else.

Presumably He Cheng thought the same way. In my opinion, she said nothing to me, which made me feel relieved.

On the way there, because of the scarf and gloves, I was so warm that I jumped a few steps, and kicked away a small stone at my feet. After jumping a few steps, it was obvious that He Cheng was a little behind. I turned to look at her and smiled, and stopped to wait for her.

She walked slowly, "Looks in a good mood."

I hehe: "Yes, it's the New Year."

Yes, I saw you on the first day of the new year.

Although I don't believe those claims, can I think that if I see He Cheng on the first day of the new year, then I can see her every day of the year.

Yeah, I'm so sour.

Although the day was festive, almost all the shops on the street were closed, and there was less hustle and bustle. The quietness on the street was different from usual, which made people not used to it.

We walked side by side, chatting one after another, and when we were about to reach the door of the store, my mother suddenly called me and asked me to go home for lunch.

It turned out that it was already noon, time passed so fast, I hung up the phone and shrugged and looked at He Cheng.

She smiled: "It's okay, go back."

I groaned and wanted to return the hat, scarf and gloves to her, but she stopped me. I couldn't laugh or cry, it was obviously for her, but I ended up using it myself.

What should I say before we part, so I thought about it, pointed to the bag and said: "These must be used, I brought it to my aunt's house in the morning, and it was almost mistaken for a gift for her."

In fact, what I want to express is that it is not easy to deliver this thing to her, and she should cherish it. Although it is not easy, it is not particularly difficult, but people always like to exaggerate and explain the changes after the event.

However, she heard other meanings from my words.

"Didn't you say you came from home?"

I froze: ah ha ha ha.

"This, uh." So I, who would not lie, immediately lost the battle and explained the ins and outs.

After hearing this, she bit her lip lightly, stretched out her finger and poked my head through the hat with the back of her finger. I took a step back after being poked.

She said, "Is waiting for someone fun?"

I was wronged: "I don't know why I have to wait so long." I smiled and said: "Next time, next time must be on time."

She gave me a meaningful look, which she interpreted as a stare again.

I said, "If I arrive early next time, I will hide."

She made a gesture to poke me, but luckily I dodged it wittily.

I stuck out my tongue: "Then I'm leaving."

She gave me a grace, told me to tell her when I got home, and watched me leave.