Her Little Dimples

Chapter 43 New Year’s Eve

Because Xu You had a short holiday and didn’t have time to go back to the city to celebrate the New Year, she went to Chen Lizhi’s family on the night of the New Year’s Eve. The two families get together for a reunion dinner, which is considered to have passed the new year.

At the dinner table, Chen Lizhi and Xu Dad talked about Xu You’s achievements.

“What school does Ah Zai plan to take in the future?” Chen Lizhi asked.

Father Xu replied conservatively, “Look at her performance in the college entrance examination.”

According to Xu You’s current normal level, it shouldn’t be a big deal to be able to enter China’s top universities if his grades in the third year are not low. She has a calm temper and can calm down, and the family feels at ease with her.

“I’m afraid she will be influenced by others at school.” Father Xu shook his head and sighed.

For students who study in Linshi No. 1 Middle School, ordinary families are in good financial terms, and the cost of food and clothing will definitely be comparable to each other.

Chen Lizhi knew what Xu’s father was worried about, so she was relieved.

After the meeting, Chen Xiuyun brought out the sliced ​​fruit and put it on the table, “Oh, you guys eat more, stop the meeting first and talk about something else.”

“Don’t be busy, too, hurry up and eat, sister.”

“I’m not hungry, is today’s food delicious?”

Chen Xiuyun frowned and patted Xu You’s shoulder lightly, “Azai, why are you always distracted when talking to you?”

Hearing her mother’s urging, Xu You stopped dazed and raised her head when she stopped eating.

“Ask your food today is delicious?” Chen Lizhi relieved.

Xu You recovered and nodded, “It’s delicious.”

“Are you under a bit of pressure recently? It’s up to you to stay in the room without talking all day. I didn’t watch you go out to play with your classmates after the holiday.”

Chen Xiuyun wiped her hand on her apron, pulled a chair away and sat down, and looked at Xu You with a little worry, “Study is important, and body is also important.”

“Yes, don’t be like this, Acha, go out and walk more, so that you always stay at home, and you will easily get bored.”

Dad Xu interrupted them, knocking his chopsticks on the bowl, “What time is it going out to play, what time is this? Xu You has a sense of measure, she is almost reaching the third year of high school. The necessary effort is also needed. Now she is young and harder It won’t be so much. If you can’t bear this bit of suffering, what should you do if you leave society later.”

Xu You lowered his head to eat silently, and said nothing while listening.

After dinner, I called my grandmother. Xu You missed her after a long time.

My grandmother was discharged from the hospital some time ago and has been keeping quiet at home. She was very happy to receive a call from Xu You and repeatedly shouted in the familiar local dialect: “Azai, Grandma misses you so much. Mother made you the oil cake.”

There are two or three cousins ​​and cousins ​​who are of the same generation as Xu You, but Xu You is the grandmother’s favorite. She grew up with her grandmother when she was a child. After she moved here to school, her grandmother always worried that Xu You had nothing to eat, or not enough to eat, and was unaccustomed to eating. But my grandmother is getting older and can’t remember many things well, and likes to repeat one thing many times.

“Grandma, I will go back to see you on holiday. Is your health better?” Xu You pressed down the faint bitterness in his heart and asked with a smile.

“I’m getting better. Did you eat well over there?”

“I have a good meal every day, and I can go back after the summer vacation.”

“Oh my dear, when I come back from the summer vacation, Grandma will give you red bean soup and steamed cakes. Grandma has made a lot of it. You will tell me at that time, I will prepare it for you.”

She obediently agreed, “Okay, Grandma, you also have to be good over there, I’m obedient.”

After listening to grandma’s chatter, she hung up the phone.

Xu You lowered his head and sat on the sofa in the living room in a daze. The TV in front of me was showing a happy and festive Spring Festival gala, and occasionally I could hear the laughter of the children running downstairs, accompanied by a burst of fireworks crackling.

She took off her shoes, sat cross-legged on the sofa, and flipped through her phone unconsciously.

There are many blessing messages in the inbox that Xu You didn’t bother to return, and they scrolled down one by one.

When she suddenly saw a name, she gave her a finger.

Thanks…..

When was the last time I saw him? Half a month ago? A month? Can not remember.

She has not contacted him since that night. Thanks for resignation and never looked for her again. The connection between the two people seemed to be so broken.

Except late at night a few days ago, Xu You was writing papers and received a call from thank you.

After connecting, he said nothing. Xu You was originally not good at words, didn’t know what to say, and didn’t know the intention of the call, so he was silent.

“Thank you?” After a while, Xu You shouted tentatively.

There was only an inaudible breathing, and then he said, “Where are you?”

“At home.”

“Oh.”

She has nothing to say.

He asked: “Isn’t it because I don’t call you, you will never find me, and you want to dump me when you are divided into classes?”

At this moment, there was a soft voice on the phone calling his name, and then there was a crisp laughter.

“Are you drunk outside?” Xu You asked quietly.

“You didn’t come with me, just want to perfuse me, now you finally don’t need to come with me, are you very happy?”

The voice of thanks is tired, and the speech is chaotic, evading the problem.

“Aci…” There was another vague voice coming from there.

Xu You couldn’t understand what he was talking about and lowered his eyes. The small reading light illuminates the words in the book, and she turns a page of the book and puts the phone aside.

A few minutes later, she picked up the phone again. The phone has been hung up over there.

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Falling in love is too strenuous. Xu You couldn’t guess what she was thinking of thanking her. The living environment of the two people is very different since childhood, and the concept of material consumption is also different. The form of being together at the beginning is pretty good, but the future is really uncertain.

She has never had such a close relationship with a boy, and she has very little interpersonal contact. Although Xu You knows how to exercise restraint, she is often at a loss, losing judgment and speculation, as if groping forward blindly.

For her, his emotions are often unpredictable, too weird and difficult to distinguish.

But she couldn’t hurt her thanks, and even if she wanted to leave, she didn’t want to be the one who took the initiative to speak.

After thinking about it for a long time, Xu You took the remote control and turned up the TV sound a little bit. Looking back, the parents and Chen Lizhi were still talking at the dinner table.

She dialed the thank you phone.

Toot…. Toot…

It rang again and again, like a knock on her heart.

“Hey–.” The thank you words were connected.

Quietly.

Xu You was relieved when he heard his voice. She put the phone to her ear and said softly, “Happy New Year.”

“It’s not past 12 o’clock.”

“…”

I don’t know what to say.

Xu You didn’t seem to be any noisy when he heard him, and couldn’t help being a little curious, “Are you in the room? Why are you so quiet.”

“outside.”

“Outside? You didn’t reunite with your family tonight?”

“No.”

“Oh…..”

Xu You squeezed the phone and was distracted. He just wanted to say so, so be it. The thank you note on the other end of the phone asked: “Are you at home.”

“Yes. She is inexplicable.

He says:”……..”

Behind him, Chen Xiuyun called to her, “Azai, do you still eat?”

Xu You was taken aback, turned back hurriedly, and responded, “Don’t eat, mother.”

“Who are you calling?” Chen Xiuyun asked casually after packing up the dishes.

Xu You steadied her expression and said, “With classmates.”

After speaking, she put on slippers, ran into the room, and gently locked the door before daring to continue putting the phone to her ear, “Hello?”

There was no sound there again, Xu You explained, “I didn’t hear what you just said.”

The voice of thanks was very weak, and he said casually: “I’m in your community.”

Xu You was stunned on the spot and did not react for a while, and then heard him continue to say, “Wait until you have not eaten for a day, you are very hungry.”

“It’s snowing this afternoon, I’m going to freeze to death.”

Xu You’s heart is like being held tightly by a hand. Although she is dull, she is not ignorant.

—

“Mom, do you have anything to eat?” Xu You changed her clothes, put on her coat, and ran to the kitchen.

Chen Xiuyun watched her dress and moved her hands for a while, “Are you going to go out? What do you do with your clothes.”

“…” She had no idea and could only lie casually.

“My classmate lives next to him. He didn’t eat at night. He just called me and asked me to give her something to eat and talk to her.”

Chen Xiuyun asked: “Ah? Are your classmates’ parents not at home?”

Xu You had a guilty conscience, her eyes lowered, and she replied, “She didn’t say, anyway, I will accompany her to spend the New Year alone…”

“Oh… well, take your phone with you.”

Xu You is usually too obedient. Chen Xiuyun believed without much doubt, saying, “There are some hot dumplings. Can you bring them to your classmates?”

“Yeah, it’s okay.” Xu You hesitated for a while before leaving the kitchen, and then said: “Mom, you can tell my dad, I’m leaving now…”

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The neighborhood is dark and there are street lights only after ten meters. The air that had cooled down into the bone marrow rushed into the lungs, and people couldn’t help but shudder.

A little light plum blossom wafted in the night.

The thin snow on the ground has turned into broken ice and melted into water. When the foot stepped on, there was a fine tramp sound.

Thanks sitting on the bench.

There was a white flower on it, which fell from the branch and fell on his shoulder. He didn’t notice it.

Holding the thermos in her arms, she stood not far away, with a small and pure face.

The two looked at each other in silence. His dark eyes were long and slender, and the cold outline was drowned in the darkness.

“Thank you.” Xu You took a few steps forward and sat next to him.

She picked up the flower on his shoulder, spread it in her palm, and sniffed it close to the tip of her nose.

Light and light fragrance.

In the silence, only two people breathed.

“I brought you food.” Xu You remembered, lowered his head and opened the lid of the insulation box.

When the hot air of food comes into contact with the cold air, it quickly disperses into a white mist.

She handed it over with her hands and said softly: “There are only dumplings. Are you jealous? I’ll add a little bit for you.”

“You don’t like to eat, I will accompany you to buy something else.” She added.

The thank you words first looked at her face, then lowered his gaze to look at the incubator, and moved his lips, “Wait until you are tired and don’t want to move.”

Xu You:………

Quiet for two or three seconds, she sighed in her heart.

Xu You picked up the spoon, dug up a dumpling, and handed it to his mouth.