Chapter 36:
Both sides could not refuse, so the red envelopes were accepted.
In fact, the two thousand yuan is not a big deal for the two families. Jiang Xiao also knows the character of Ye Bing and his wife, but if others don't want it, he has to give it.
For people who treat themselves well with sincerity, they should not be neglected because others are kind-hearted.
After Jiang Xiao left, the Ye family couple held the thick red envelope and sighed neither light nor heavy.
Not to mention how hard it has been for Jiang Xiao to earn money with the car in the past six months, taking the meal just now as an example, it is rare for a half-year-old child to have this skill, and it is not easy.
"Fortunately, Xiaoxiao has come back sensible. My brother can see it in the spirit of heaven, and I feel relieved." Ye Bing sighed, "But there are orphans and widows. No matter how sensible Jiang Xiao is, he can't take care of them. I'm often away from home. Thank you for your hard work, and you have time to help out."
"Yes, don't worry."
After coming out of Ye Bing's house after New Year's Eve, on New Year's Eve the next day, the Jiang family calmed down.
Xia Wanwan was not like an ordinary parent who took Jiang Xiao's red envelope under the banner of "I'll save it for you". She didn't want Jiang Xiao to stuff the two thousand yuan from Ye Bing, and let Jiang Xiao take it herself.
This is probably the only red envelope that Jiang Xiao can receive outside during the Chinese New Year.
When Jiang Xiao's father Jiang Hai was there, although the Jiang family's relatives were excellent and grandma was partial, his father could handle it clearly, and he would make money. No one dared to provoke him. year.
The same is true for following Xia Wanwan back to her mother's house in the second year of junior high. The Xia family is very strong on sons and daughters. When Xia Wanwan insisted on studying, she had a few troubles, and the relationship was not good, but as long as Jiang Hai took her back for lunch, They didn't dare to say anything there.
Things changed when his father died.
When the Jiang family robbed his father's pension, they didn't show any sympathy. Later, they wanted to rob the house. I don't know how many despicable things have been done. Xia Wanwan went to the hospital several times. It can't be stopped, the previous things have been torn apart like that, why bother to find yourself unhappy during the New Year.
The same is true at the Xia family. Jiang Hai died and Xia Wanwan went to the hospital. She didn't see it there once. It's fine. She even sneered at it. Bar.
Jiang Xiao is probably really indifferent, but now that her mother is still there, the two are guarding each other, and the small family is also happy and does not envy how lively others are.
On New Year's Eve, Jiang Xiao woke up early in the morning. He still had homework for the winter vacation. When the winter vacation started, he had a few days of free time before going to Liujiang to buy goods. He wrote some homework but didn't finish it. .
When he got up in the morning and wrote until the afternoon, after three o'clock, he stopped writing and got up to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner with his mother.
Two people can't eat much, so the amount of each dish is smaller, so that you can eat more dishes.
This year, the New Year's taste is still very strong. Xia Wanwan is willing to buy a lot of good meat and vegetables today. Jiang Xiao is not afraid to spend time today. She steamed a cake in a rice cooker, sent cream to mount it, and decorated it with two or three strawberries. It looks delicious too.
In winter, when it was almost 6:00 and 7:00, it was already night. Xia Wanwan turned on the TV, and the warm-up program of the Spring Festival Gala was already playing on it.
Fireworks have already started to be set off outside. There are many fireworks. In the last life, Liujiang banned fireworks for several years, except for some large-scale events, but Jiang Xiao did not like to join in the fun at that age, and he hadn't seen it for a long time.
And the fireworks are not concentrated. It seems that every family will buy a bucket of fireworks at this time. Looking at it from the balcony, fireworks of different colors lift off from all directions and explode. They are large and small, especially beautiful, and they look festive and enthusiastic.
The TV in the living room was showing the Spring Festival Gala warm-up program. The host was wearing a beaming outfit and speaking in a melodious manner.
"Good luck in the year of the sheep!"
"Tonight's show can be said to be exciting..."
Jiang Xiao was standing on the balcony with his rice bowl. The sound of fireworks blasting outside was too loud. He could occasionally hear a word or two from the TV, but he couldn't hear it clearly.
In addition to fireworks, there are firecrackers outside, and there are crackling downstairs.
Jiang Xiao probed his head to take a look. It should have been placed there by the family. He finished the bowl of rice in his hand and felt half full. He fried a plate of shredded beef with lights in the evening. Snacks.
After the firecrackers were set off downstairs, a group of children came out from each house. Everyone had a dozen fireworks sticks in their hands. They were slender and lit, and a small flower with a bright spot fell on it.
Now it seems to be sold for a dime, and it will burn out in a while, but after the Chinese New Year, parents will buy two for their children.
It is very beautiful to play this kind of small fireworks in the snow. The children will gather in a group at once, and then chase each other after a while. The street lights are dim, and Jiang Xiao can't see clearly from standing upstairs. The most eye-catching thing is the burning Fireworks sticks, like stars.
This is nothing but an ordinary scene, but Jiang Xiao was chewing on the beef jerky and watching it with relish from upstairs. He felt happy when he heard the laughter of the children.
Xia Wanwan also finished eating, walked quietly behind him, and patted Jiang Xiao on the shoulder.
"Interesting, right?"
Jiang Xiao puffed out his cheeks and chewed the beef jerky, and replied, "Interesting."
Xia Wanwan smiled and then handed him a fireworks stick.
Her fireworks sticks are very rich. They are wrapped in plastic bags. There are about forty or fifty fireworks sticks, and they are divided into different types.
"Go and play," she smiled at Jiang Xiao, "there is a big fireworks among the grass and grass, show it to me every year."
Downstairs were all children under ten years old. Jiang Xiao's mental age was three times that of a human being. He was a little embarrassed, but Xia Wanwan put on a thick coat and a plush hat for him and pushed him out.
No matter what Jiang Xiao becomes, in his mother's eyes, he will always be a child.
Jiang Xiao was pushed out of the door. He looked at the big fireworks stick in his hand, stood helplessly at the door for a while, and then went downstairs.
The children in the open space downstairs are the home court. Jiang Xiao was too embarrassed to argue with the children, so he found a corner and looked up. Xia Wanwan should be able to see herself from the balcony at home. He took a lighter, picked one at random, and put it Fireworks are lit.
This little firework stick burns for up to twenty seconds, and when you hold it in your hand and shake it, it goes away in an instant, but the moment it burns is indeed a happy one.
The fire was everywhere, and there was a feeling of returning to childhood.
Fireworks are really fun.
Really fragrant.
Hey-hey.
Jiang Xiao lit one or two, and became a little addicted to playing.
There are various kinds of bags. He burned a yellow one, and the bottom one burned with green light. There was also a round one placed in a plastic bag. After lighting it, it would spin on the ground, fireworks of light.
He has many tricks, and soon the children playing next to him were attracted by him. Some of the children knew him and called him Jiang Xiao brother, and then looked at him eagerly.
It is interesting to play with everyone. Jiang Xiao gave them some fireworks in his hand. The child laughed and gave him the fireworks in his hand, and then lit fireworks around him and played in circles.
The child was sweet, and took fireworks to praise his brother Jiang Xiao. A little girl took it out of her pocket and took out a festive package of sweet peanut candy and gave it to him.
The light in the snow lasted for a while. After the small fireworks sticks were burned out, Jiang Xiao moved the big fireworks out of the grass.
After lighting, the colors of the big group exploded on his head. Along with the excited screams of the children, Jiang Xiao glanced at his balcony. The light on the balcony was at its brightest. Even saw it.
After he played, he went upstairs excitedly, and the Spring Festival Gala was almost starting. Xia Wanwan had already placed all the snacks on the coffee table in the living room, and Jiang Xiao's own cake was placed in the middle.
The two of them were lying on the sofa in the most relaxed position to watch the Spring Festival Gala. Jiang Xiao wrapped a small blanket and ate the melon seeds after eating the cake and fruit. This year's sketch was still very funny. Chi Chi laughed, he was a little sleepy at eleven o'clock, leaned on the sofa and fell asleep, until the sound of firecrackers and fireworks outside on New Year's Eve woke him up.
"The New Year's bell is ringing!"
said on TV.
With a new look in the new year, he rubbed his eyes and looked at his mother beside him late at night, only to feel that he always had infinite expectations in the future.
It was also New Year's Eve. In Liu Jiang's Lin family, Lin Chengyu and grandfather had a New Year's Eve dinner and said something in the study. Grandpa was in a good mood, but people really didn't care as much as before.
He went out for so long a year ago, but grandpa just didn't have time to take care of it, it's not that he didn't know.
"Going to find that child again?"
Lin Chengyu nodded.
Grandpa glanced at him and asked again, "Do you owe someone something?"
"I owe a lot," Lin Chengyu said honestly, "I'm afraid I'll be sorry for him again."
Grandpa didn't speak any more, and there was silence between the two for a while.
"It's good to owe anything, but the most fearful thing is to owe favors. The others can be counted clearly, but this is the only one that can't be counted." Lin Chengyu heard his grandfather say, "You are old, you have your own ideas, and I can't control you, Yuecheng is with you. Look around, there shouldn't be anything wrong. Don't run around in the past few days, there are some things at home, I want to explain to you, don't be afraid, I'm still here, so there won't be any trouble at home. "
The old man has lived for all these years, and many things are more open to others than others. Many times he went to Jiang Xiao, which was his grandfather's acquiescence, and he was not afraid of what the family would do to Jiang Xiao because of him.
Lin Chengyu felt relieved, and then nodded.
The current situation at home is like this. It would be nice to have a quiet New Year's Eve dinner. It is impossible to watch the Spring Festival Gala happily. After Lin Chengyu and grandpa finished talking, they went back to the room.
The Lin family's house is big, and this old villa area is located in a quiet place. He couldn't feel the lively New Year's Eve in Liujiang City. It was as quiet as death in the room. He sat at the table and read a book for a while, and then looked up at the time Only then did I realize that the New Year had passed, and it was already twenty in the morning.
I don't know what Jiang Xiao is doing now.
Is it turning on the TV and watching the last song of the Spring Festival Gala, Unforgettable Tonight, or is it too sleepy to fall asleep?
Lin Chengyu put down the book in his hand, lay on the bed and turned off the light. On New Year's Eve, he thought about the person thousands of miles away, who couldn't fall asleep anyway. a strange dream.