Chapter 29 The New Year's

snow fell very quickly, as if to cover the world before the arrival of the new year. When Li Wenyu was reading in the room, he heard the sound of new snow breaking dead branches outside. A little later, the sound was covered by the sound of firecrackers, and night fell.

Li Wenyu didn't know how to cook, so he couldn't help with the New Year's Eve dinner. He could only contribute a little bit at the end when bringing the plates to the table. In the end, the table was set until there was no space left, so the chicken soup was left in the kitchen and everyone took out a bowl.

After dinner, grandma gave each of Ji He and Li Wenyu a piece of lucky money, and then the Spring Festival Gala started playing on the TV. Li Teng's phone started ringing again, but this time it didn't look like a call to ask someone to play cards. She didn't look good and didn't start talking until she returned to the room.

The three of them stayed in the living room, and Li Wenyu watched TV with his grandma. Every time the show changed, grandma would point to some unknown young actors or singers and ask for their names. Li Wenyu usually didn't pay much attention to these and couldn't answer them all. Ji He was concentrating on playing with his mobile phone in the corner.

Familiar music, singing and dancing, and veteran hosts, the Spring Festival Gala seems to be the same every year over the years. It seems like you haven’t watched it, but you can guess what you will see even if you don’t watch it.

Li Wenyu was so bored that he started to wander, when his cell phone suddenly rang. He glanced at it vaguely, and it was Yang Cheng's call. As soon as the connection was connected, Ji He's eyes glanced over. Li Wenyu didn't pay attention: "What's wrong in Yangcheng?" It was

very noisy on the other side of Yangcheng, with the sound of wind and the sound of fireworks and firecrackers: "I'm on the river near your home. Let's set off fireworks, are you coming?"

Li Wenyu glanced at his grandma who was already drowsy but still persisting. He couldn't help but smile and said, "I won't go. I'll watch TV with my family. "

Yang Cheng complained: "What's there to see in the Spring Festival Gala? Come over."

Li Wenyu smiled helplessly: "I really don't want to go."

Yang Cheng sighed: "Okay . Okay, then I wish you a happy New Year in advance."

Li Wenyu said, "Happy New Year."

Colorful fireworks bloomed in the night outside the glass window, lighting up the silver-covered world moment by moment. The clock on the wall was ticking, and the familiar melody of "Tonight to Forget" soon played on the TV.

Li Wenyu looked out the window in a daze, and then realized that this year had passed like this.

*

On the morning of the first day of junior high school, Li Wenyu was awakened by the sound of shoveling snow. He was nestled in the quilt. He didn't know if it was because he stayed up late last night. Now his mind was groggy and he didn't want to get up.

He turned over it several times and suddenly remembered that he had an appointment with Pei Xin today. But he soon thought, can he still go to the Buddhist temple in the mountains if it snows? Will the road be blocked?

He stood up and opened the curtains. The bright morning light poured in instantly, and the snowy white light was dazzling. A golden sun hung from the top of the building in the distance, rendering a small patch of sky almost magnificent.

Li Wenyu loves to look at the sun, so his favorite weather is sunny and his favorite season is summer. It's a pity that summer is still too far away.

After breakfast, he received a call from Pei Xin. Pei Xin's speech was as concise as ever, but his voice sounded like he had just woken up: "Come out, I'll wait for you at the alley."

"Five minutes." Li Wenyu took a light coat from the closet, put it on, and talked to grandma He said hello and went downstairs.

Every house in the building has Spring Festival couplets pasted on its door. Even the house opposite, which has been uninhabited all year round, had someone help past it with the word "福". The snow in the alley had been shoveled to both sides, leaving only a trail in the middle for people to walk on, with snow still piled up on both sides.

Li Wenyu saw Pei Xin standing under the street sign of Nanwang Lane from a distance, and the little white dog next to him was wagging its tail at him.

Pei Xin was unmoved. In just a few days, the little white dog went and got muddy all over again, making it extremely dirty. Fortunately, it was somewhat discerning and didn't rub up against Pei Xin's trouser legs, otherwise it might have been thrown directly into the trash can nearby.

Li Wenyu sighed and bought two ham sausages from the nearby grocery store before continuing to walk out. He opened the packaging bag as he walked, and when he reached the little white dog, he handed the ham directly to it.

Pei Xin put his hands in his pockets and looked at him condescendingly: "Why are you so slow?"

Li Wenyu hummed and continued to feed the dog. He thought that this little white dog was quite heartless, and his tail had never waggled so happily when he saw him.

"Does this dog have a name?" Pei Xin asked casually.

Li Wenyu thought for a moment and shook his head: "No, I only see it occasionally and feed it some food. I never see it with other people."

The little white dog ate two ham sausages for two minutes and finished. Continue to look at Li Wenyu with wide eyes. Pei Xin knew from the man's expression that he was hesitating whether to buy two more. He bent down and pulled him up with a rather impatient expression: "Let's go."

Li Wenyu was dragged to the street by him. There were not many people on the road, and most of the stores were closed. On New Year's Day, most people were happy to stay at home with their families, and there were even fewer vehicles.

Li Wenyu stood for a few minutes and felt a little cold again. He shivered and asked, "How about taking the bus? There may not be taxis today."

Pei Xin leaned against the telephone pole and nodded indifferently: "Which way? Let's go."

Li Wenyu looked behind him: "There is a bus stop opposite the small supermarket."

Pei Xin had never taken a bus and had no change on him. Li Wenyu paid for him. The bus driver looked like a man. A very young man greeted Li Wenyu warmly when he tossed in coins: "Happy New Year."

Li Wenyu smiled politely: "Happy New Year, thank you for your hard work."

The Buddhist temple where the Buddha amulet is offered is called White Horse Temple, in Bajiao. On the mountain, Bajiao Mountain is the terminal station of this No. 536 bus.

Li Wenyu and Pei Xin were sitting at the back. There were very few people on the bus, and there was almost no other sound except the announcement at the stop. Pei Xin was leaning against the aisle, with nowhere to rest his long legs. His sitting posture looked a little aggrieved, his expression was cold, and the previous embarrassment had disappeared.

The scenery outside the car window changes rapidly, but most of it can only be seen in white.

"How long will it take?" Pei Xin tapped his fingers on his knees and looked out the other side of the car window idly.

Li Wenyu stood up halfway and put his hands on the backrest of the front seat to look at the stop sign. He opened and closed his mouth very slowly and said in a soft voice: "One, two, three, four..."

"There are only five stops left."

Pei Xin hummed and looked back.

It was nearly eleven o'clock when they arrived. The bus stop was still some distance from the mountain pass. The two of them walked up slowly and soon reached the Octagonal Pavilion at the foot of the mountain. The green tiles and vermilion pavilion pillars look a bit decadent after the erosion of time, and the melted snow water flows along the traces, dripping.

Pei Xin looked up at the mountain peak and asked casually: "Do you come here often?"

Li Wenyu shook his head: "I came here with my parents when I was a child, but I haven't been here for many years."

The two began to walk up the mountain, and there was still snow in the deep forest . , but most of them are bamboo boardwalks, which are not slippery.

Pei Xin said in a calm tone: "Do your parents believe in Buddhism?"

Li Wenyu held up a bamboo next to him and touched the cold water drops in his hand: "It's my mother. My father doesn't believe it, but he is willing to accompany her."

The winding mountain road , the two of them walked along the bamboo board road into the lush mountain forest, and finally saw a few pedestrians going up the mountain. The old branches all around are lush and leafy. When you look up, you can only see the lush greenery, with no end in sight, and the sound of melting snow is as dense as raindrops.

Li Wenyu was sweating after walking, but felt cold again when the mountain breeze blew. He looked up at the endless road ahead, feeling ten thousand regrets in his heart for agreeing to Pei Xin to take him here. While he regretted it, he walked faster and faster, just wanting to end this torture as soon as possible.

As we go up, there are more and more people walking, and there are more and more sounds. There were two young girls holding hands, about twenty-five years old, walking just in front of Li Wenyu and Pei Xin. When one of the girls turned back, her eyes were very round and bright, with a surprised expression: "Two classmates, you two are so I have been a Buddhist since I was a child, so I came to the Buddhist temple on the first day of the new year."

Li Wenyu smiled politely and said, "Let's go hiking and take a walk."

He said, suddenly feeling a slip under his feet, and he hurriedly stretched out his right hand. He went to help the tree next to him, but his left hand was grabbed first, and his whole body was pulled backwards to regain his balance.

Pei Xin squeezed his arm hard, but there was no expression on his face: "Watch the road."

Li Wenyu twisted his arm but did not pull away, so he was pulled to continue walking forward. Pei Xin's fingertips rubbed the material of his clothes: "You wear so little."

Li Wen snorted: "You have to climb a mountain. If you wear too much, you won't be able to climb."

The voice in his ears suddenly became noisy. Wen Yu looked up and found that he could already see some gray tiles on the temple wall. There is a long table on the bluestone road not far away. From a distance, you can see an old man in ragged clothes sitting there. On his left side is a flag with the word "suan" on it. There are many people watching the excitement in front of him. .

Pei Xin seemed to find it strange: "There are still fortune tellers these days."

"Yes, it seems that a lot of people believe in it." Li Wenyu smiled, continued walking forward, and added, "But the fortune tellers are not accurate. "

Pei Xin raised his eyebrows: "How do you know?"

Li Wenyu said, "My mother calculated it for me here before."

He was too young at the time and didn't remember many things, but he had a vague impression. At that time, the old man was not that old, and his clothes didn't seem that old. He had an unpredictable expression when he touched his hands and looked at his face. The skin on the palms of the hands was dry and lost its elasticity. Li Wenyu's eyes were dry when he touched them, and his words were unfathomable. Li Wenyu no longer remembered the final

calculation result, but only remembered one sentence: "People with long eyelashes have a strong friendship."

Li Wenyu thought sarcastically, if long eyelashes have a strong friendship, then he has never seen anyone better. Pei Xin’s eyelashes are longer.

Pei Xin became interested and chuckled: "What, did it ruin your fortune?"

"That's not true," Li Wenyu smiled coldly, "It's just that I can learn this kind of thing from a book in a day. Forget it, do you want to give it a try?”