Everyone ate, drank, and chatted. Time passed unknowingly. It was dark and solemn outside. It was hot inside the house, but it was freezing outside, as if there were two seasons.
In just one meal, Su Aimin's bottle of wine was almost empty. Su Qingyun looked at Ji Yue and the blush on his face never faded, and his eyes gradually became blurred. They lost their usual cold and clear, visible movements. He was also a little sluggish. He had to wait a second or two to react when he called his name.
"Ayue, stop drinking, that's almost enough." Qin Ying said, fearing that he was drunk.
"Huh? Okay... okay, Auntie, I know." Ji Yue stared blankly and answered slowly.
Su Qingyun couldn't help but smile. This kind of Ji Yue really had a dull cuteness.
"Why are you laughing?" Ji Yue looked at her smile and asked slowly.
"It's nothing." Su Qingyun certainly wouldn't say that she was laughing at his current stupidity.
Ji Yue looked at her and smiled inexplicably.
Su Qingyun asked him deliberately, "Then why are you laughing?"
"I don't know." Ji Yue leaned his head in her direction and whispered, "If you are happy, I will be happy."
Su Qingyun was stunned, looking at Ji Yue's misty eyes, which were all about herself. Her heart suddenly skipped a beat, and then she looked at the people around her nervously, and found that everyone was chatting and had not heard what Ji Yue had just said. I breathed a sigh of relief when I said this.
How come this man is so brave even after drinking some wine?
Su Qingyun felt sweet in her heart, but she still couldn't help but think that if her father had just heard what Ji Yue said, he would probably have a black face.
"Would you like to go to the yard?" Su Qingyun asked Ji Yue in a low voice.
She was afraid that he would say something shocking later, so she had better go out and sober up.
"Yes!" Ji Yue nodded decisively. The erosion of alcohol had made him confused. He would probably agree to whatever Su Qingyun said.
Su Qingyun stood up and said, "Nai, Ji Yue and I will go out and play for a while."
"What are you doing out in this cold weather?" Wu Guixiang frowned, "What should I do if I go out and freeze?"
"It's okay, baby, let's dress thickly." Su Qingyun smiled sweetly, "I just want to go out and play with fireworks."
In order to prepare for tomorrow's happy event, the family bought a lot of firecrackers and fireworks. Su Qingyun remembered that during the Chinese New Year the year before last, her father bought some fireworks and firecrackers and was scolded by her grandma when he came back. Now it is her grandma who took the initiative to spend huge sums of money to buy them. , just to have a good time.
"Okay, you two, be careful." Wu Guixiang nodded in front of her, "Stay far away when the fire is lit, and run away when it is lit." She warned uneasily.
"knew!"
Su Qingyun wrapped up her clothes and went out, followed by Ji Yue. Su Aimin looked at the backs of the two children and gritted his teeth.
Forget it, it’s Chinese New Year! He looked away, trying hard not to see.
It was said that she was setting off fireworks, so Su Qingyun naturally took some small fireworks sticks to the yard. She didn't like the big noise, so she only took small fireworks such as pop flowers and played with them in her hands.
"Give me some." Ji Yue remembered Wu Guixiang's instructions just now and stretched out his hand to prevent Su Qingyun from lighting the fire.
"Okay." Su Qingyun handed him a few flowers in her hand.
When the cold wind outside blew, Ji Yue's hazy mind became clearer. He opened his eyes wide, struck a match, and lit a slender flower. It immediately bloomed with dazzling sparks. The sparks flickered like a dream. .
"Here." Ji Yue was afraid that the flowers would go out, so he quickly handed them to Su Qingyun.
Su Qingyun held the thin stick of the flowers and looked at the dazzling light it gave off. He suddenly smiled and asked Ji Yue, "Do you know there is another name for this kind of fireworks?"
"Huh? What?" Ji Yue asked casually.
All he could think about was the girl in front of him. Under the reflection of the fireworks, Su Qingyun's face was amazingly beautiful and her eyes were sparkling. Ji Yue suddenly felt that he was about to get drunk again after he had just sobered up.
"The fairy stick." Su Qingyun said, "It also has another name called the fairy stick."
"A fairy wand can burn for nine seconds and instantly release 18 billion flames, more than the stars in the Milky Way. The meaning is that I want to wish you a happy new year and a sky full of stars in the future."
Su Qingyun thought about the New Year's Eve in future generations, when the circle of friends was full of photos holding fairy wands, and said the meaning circulated on the Internet.
"Really?" Ji Yue responded gently.
He thought for a while, lit another match, lit a flower, handed it to Su Qingyun, and said softly: "Then I wish you a happy New Year and a sky full of stars in the future."
Su Qingyun was stunned for a moment before taking it. Looking at the bright crackling fire, a smile broke out on her beautiful face, "Thank you."
You're welcome, Ji Yue said silently in his heart. He only hoped that Su Qingyun would have a place for him among the stars in the sky in the future, accompanying her every day and shining brightly with her.
He didn't expect Su Qingyun to hand the flowers back to him again, "I wish you the best."
This time, it was Ji Yue's turn to be stunned. Looking at Su Qingyun's bright eyes, maybe it was the effect of alcohol, or maybe the tremor in his heart could no longer be suppressed, he blurted out.
"Five years from now, ten years from now, or even longer, will we still be like this?" Like now, in the night of the alternation of old and new, quietly light a firework and wish each other well?
In the past two years, too many things have happened. Great people will leave, situations will change, and society will change rapidly. But Ji Yue hopes that no matter how the world changes, they can still stay by each other's side like today. This is his only wish for the New Year.
Su Qingyun didn't expect that he would ask this question so straightforwardly. She thought for a long time, and it was only when the bright light in Ji Yue's eyes dimmed that she answered him seriously.
"I can't answer you with certainty whether we will be like this in five or ten years, because no one can control time, and it is impossible to know what it will be like in the future."
"But what I can answer you is, at least for now, at this moment, I want to be with you for a long time."
Su Qingyun looked into the distance. At this time, some people had already set off firecrackers and fireworks. The lively sounds were endless. She heard the cheers of children in the village.
Amid the bustle of people, she said softly: "Ji Yue, 1978 is coming. This is a brand new year for both of us, and a brand new year for all of us. Let's get better together."
Her shallow smile swayed directly into Ji Yue's heart.
His eyes were as eager as lava, and his heartbeat was completely out of control.
Ji Yue suddenly looked back at the house. After confirming that no one was paying attention to the movement in the yard, he stretched out his hand and pulled Su Qingyun with his long arm, pulling Su Qingyun back a few steps to the corner of the yard, and then directly took her into his arms. .
His fiery embrace caught Su Qingyun by surprise, but she did not struggle. She just felt the warm embrace quietly. She could smell Ji Yue's refreshing scent and a trace of alcohol between her nose. It was not unpleasant. But it made her a little dizzy, and she seemed to be infected by this drunkenness.
It seems that people always become bold at certain special moments. If he were completely awake, it would be absolutely impossible for Ji Yue to make such a move when both families were sitting in the house.
But now, he just wants to act impulsively and rely on his own instinct to do things.
"I'll just give you a hug." He said softly.
"Yeah, okay." Su Qingyun didn't move, and her body was very relaxed. She didn't resist the hug at all, but instead felt a sense of peace of mind.
Ji Yue closed his eyes and opened them again. His body was a little stiff, but his hands tightened slightly, as if he was holding his whole world.
One person embraces another person with his arms, and there is no gap between the two. Under this godless sky, they seem to be the most closely connected, able to become one in the torrent of life.
When the first snowflake fell, it landed on the tips of Su Qingyun's hair. It stayed for a while and then melted. Gradually, the snow became heavier. Occasionally, snowflakes stopped on the tips of Su Qingyun's hair. Ji Yue stretched out his hand and gently brushed it. The snow passed without a trace, but it left a long throbbing in his heart.
At this moment, the world stopped and my heart trembled.
Both of them quietly felt the moment, the laughter inside the house and the warmth outside.
I don’t know how long it took, but Wu Guixiang’s call came from inside the house.
"Yunyun, Ah Yue, what are you doing outside in such heavy snow? Come inside now!"
"I know, baby, come in right away!" Su Qingyun responded.
Ji Yue slowly let go of Su Qingyun. Su Qingyun looked at his face. The blush had faded and his skin color had returned to fair. Only his thin lips still had a rosy luster.
Su Qingyun looked at it, and for some reason, suddenly felt an impulse.
As the two looked at each other, she gritted her teeth, gently stood on tiptoes, and touched Ji Yue's lips unexpectedly. The warm feeling left her at the touch, like the touch of a snowflake falling and disappearing.
Ji Yue's eyes widened suddenly, and before he could react, Su Qingyun had already jumped into the house.
"Milk, I'm in!" she shouted loudly.
Ji Yue stood motionless, his whole body stiff, like a snowman on this winter night. He only felt that the sound of his heartbeat was louder than the sound of firecrackers in the sky.
Heat rose from below, and he blushed again, even more than when he was drunk.
He exhaled. Given his current situation, he should calm down before going in.
"What are Ayue doing? You haven't come in yet." He Qiu asked when he saw that Su Qingyun was the only one coming in.
Su Qingyun smiled and said: "Aunt Qiu, Ji Yue said that he still needs to sober up in the yard. He will come in soon."
"Oh, okay." He Qiu didn't think much and muttered, "This kid can't show off even if he can't drink."
Su Aimin looked at his daughter's smiling face. Although he didn't notice anything strange, he always felt that something was wrong.
what is it then? Su Aimin frowned and thought hard. It felt like...their home had been stolen.
