go the same way

Chapter 12

Li Pei's new year was as Li Yan hoped, and his family went to a warm place.

Both Ji Changqing and Li Cong had a complete winter vacation, so they set off to the island first.The two brothers were so busy years ago that they finally started the longest holiday of the year on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.

It was evening when the plane landed, the setting sun was strong, and blood was spilling out in the distance as if it had been torn apart.The warm island is close to the equator, the seasons are not clear, the temperature is suitable, and the air is humid.Li Pei packed the light but warm down jacket into the suitcase when he came, and only wore a white shirt and jeans. The elder brother admired it very much: "This is right, I usually dress like a little old man, and I wear the whole body like this." They are all energetic, children should dress cleanly and brightly, otherwise your age will be wasted."

Li Pei has lived past the age of 30 anyway, and he has no less important occasions than Li Yan.

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Brother, why are you and sister-in-law like this, directly downgrading my seniority to Xiao Cong?"

Li Yanxin said that if you call me daddy, I can answer.

Li Pei didn't know what was going on in his brother's mind. They walked out of the airport hall while talking. Beside her, she found them coming out and waved vigorously in this direction.

"Father, Uncle, here it is!"

Silly boy.

Ji Changqing said: "Finally here, are you tired, Xiao Pei?"

"No, I was with my brother on the road, time flies," Li Pei replied to his sister-in-law's concern, "Why did I get so tanned when I was a child, and came back from digging coal?"

Li Cong went to cut his hair at the beginning of the winter vacation. The barber was not good at work and broke the boy's heart. In a rage, he changed a shop and pushed it clean. The short section grew on his circle. On the head, people can't help but touch it.The seaside temperature is not high, the ultraviolet rays are very strong, and the sun is scorching. After a week, the originally healthy skin color is like a layer of soot, and the nose still has signs of peeling.

Speaking of Li Cong, she couldn't help but glared at the father and son: "Playing in the sand every day, going snorkeling, can you not be dark, let the sunscreen slip faster than anyone else, I think I learned from Li Yan."

Li Yan was suddenly mentioned, feeling wronged, he squeezed Li Cong's shoulder: "Who said, put it on, put it on tomorrow, and don't let your toes go."

The eldest brother was tall and strong, and Li Cong was considered a young adult at any rate, he picked him up like a chicken, and the child didn't flop around, and the father and son walked to the parking place together.

Getting along with Dad in this way is probably what Li Cong in that world yearns for the most.

"I have been very attached to my brother since I was a child, and his appearance and personality are more like him." Li Pei and Ji Changqing followed behind the father and son, and heard a few laughs, "When I was young, my brother and I got along with them in the same state. I have never met my father. But I don't feel sad at all, my brother played two roles by himself, it was very hard."

Li Pei is much taller than his sister-in-law, and Ji Changqing can feel that he is adjusting his pace to make her walk less hastily: "It's not hard, Xiao Pei, so I'm offended. Who is Li Yan good to? People deserve to be treated with sincerity. He must be happy in the process of getting along with you. Although I often say that Li’s acting is not good, I know in my heart that he has many advantages, otherwise I wouldn’t be in him when he was so young. Just accept his pursuit, and the marriage certificate will not be issued until he is 20 years old. Of course I am also happy to be like him since I was a child, but it is better not to be too similar. I want this child to be more delicate, like you, and know how to take care of others a little."

Ji Changqing spoke sincerely, and he also recognized it in his heart.He just shook his head slightly when the last sentence fell, as a rebuttal to it.

He actually didn't understand at all.

The trip was planned by the elder brother and sister-in-law half a month in advance. They originally invited Zhu Fengjin, but there is not such a long vacation in the United States at this time, and flying all the way here for the weekend is a toss, so they had to give up.

On the night of New Year's Eve, their family had a barbecue outside the villa by the sea. Li Yan stood in front of the grill, and Ji Changqing was in charge of giving directions.In Li Pei's previous life, he was used to not being able to take care of himself in various senses. Li Yan just wanted to take this opportunity to show off in front of his wife and children, so he didn't join in the fun and let his brother sweat profusely by the fire.

Fireworks are too dangerous, so Li Yan bought Li Cong a box of firework sticks for him to burn and play by himself, while Li Pei cut the fruit and watched the crazy little monkey by the way, don't let him go too far.

"Uncle," Li Cong finished burning a fairy stick, and jumped over to see what he was doing, "What kind of fruit do you have?"

Li Pei cut the mango and poked a small piece with a fork for him.

Li Cong frowned: "I'm allergic to it, have you forgotten?"

He didn't forget, but he really didn't know.A flash of panic flashed in Li Pei's heart, and he quickly opened a coconut for Li Cong: "I forgot, sorry, I'll take you to eat ice cream tomorrow."

"Okay." Li Cong took the coconut, looking very happy, and rolled his eyes, "Uncle doesn't even care about me."

Li Pei laughed, this kid has learned to push his feet: "Who said I don't care about you anymore, have you finished your winter vacation homework?"

Li Cong: "..."

Which pot does not open which pot.

At zero o'clock, Li Yan received a call from Zhu Fengjin as no surprise. At that time, they were sharing dumplings. The eldest brother pressed the speakerphone on the call. Voice from one side: "Happy Chinese New Year, brother."

Li Cong propped his elbows on the table and poked his head towards the small mobile phone, as if he was afraid that the microphone would not be able to pick up his own voice because of the distance: "Happy New Year, Uncle."

He spoke quickly, but there was a delay in the delivery. In the ears of the children waiting for a response, it seemed like a long time had passed. Just when he couldn't help but want to say more, Zhu Fengjin's laughter came late: "You too, little boy!" Since, the new year is even better, I haven't had time to give you the New Year's money, let's make it up next time we meet."

A word of encouragement, the next time we meet, Zhu Fengjin doesn't know how much this means to Li Cong.

This night was more enjoyable than any previous day. The island was far away from the hustle and bustle, without wind and waves, quiet and gentle.

They said goodnight to each other and fell asleep.

This is Li Pei's first new year from scratch, and he hopes that the future will be long and he will be with his family.

The vacation is very fulfilling, and this is the first time Li Pei has become attached to such a long vacation. In his previous life, he was afraid of such a long period of leisure time, as if when he stopped, the pain and emptiness would break out and make him covered with rust. .

When I returned home, it was snowing in the city, and the real-time radio station on the car was very lively, and the words seemed joyful. I heard from them that this was the first snow since the beginning of winter. It was much later than before, but fortunately, I was not absent. .

Li Cong had been worrying about the unfinished homework for a few days. When he saw the snowflakes, he opened his eyes and patted the car window excitedly: "It's snowing, Dad, look, it's snowing."

Snow is not a rare thing in this city, Li Cong sees it every year, but he is still as excited as if he is experiencing it for the first time.The car was parked in front of the Li family's courtyard. He put on a down jacket and a flowered shirt bought on the island. He hurriedly got down from above, tiptoed and stretched out his hands to catch the small snowflakes. His eyes compared to ice crystals, Can't tell which is brighter.

After Li Yan parked the car, he watched Ji Changqing in the passenger seat unbuckle his seat belt: "It's so unusual every time it snows, and this kid's threshold of happiness is too low."

"Brother, innocence is more valuable, isn't it?"

Ji Changqing squeezed Li Yan's face, and said: "Xiao Pei is right, I will get off first, the snowy road is slippery, drive slowly, safety is the most important thing."

Li Pei watched her and her husband gently embrace each other from the back seat, without any sense of ritual, but just because they both wanted to hug each other.The elegant woman got out of the car, trotted in three steps and hugged her thinly clad son in two steps. In the snowy sky, she gave him both her husband's temperature and her own, so warm.

Li Yanjin followed Ji Changqing's instructions, and when sending Li Pei back, he drove the car very slowly, the road was flat, so he spent some time talking with Li Pei: "Are you still used to living in the new house?"

"I choose the one that suits me, of course." Li Pei said, he doesn't stay at the residence for a long time now, because he doesn't know how to cook by himself, so he makes some oatmeal in the morning, and the lunch and evening meals are all taken care of by the company. The journey took a few minutes longer than the original place, but Li Pei is not someone who covets that little sleep time.

Li Yan agreed with his statement, and added: "The company's food is not bad, but the variety is a little less, and there are more semi-finished meat products. Otherwise, you should hire an aunt who can take better care of you and let you grow more meat."

"If you don't get fat now, you will naturally gain weight in middle age. Brother, be careful, sister-in-law's cooking is so delicious, don't get fat."

"That's not enough... I do exercise quite frequently," Li Yan followed his words, "No, I'm asking you kid, why did it come to me again?"

A good little brother, why is he now a cunning little brother.

Li Yan delivered the person safely, they said goodbye at the intersection, the car turned around, and slowly drove back to the original direction.

The snow is dripping, like flying light white catkins.The snow in this city is like this, once it starts, it lasts through the night.There is still no snow on the road. After tonight, there will be snow on the eaves tomorrow, which may break the branches of the slender trees.The surface of the river will not freeze, and it lies between the continuous white, and the silence of thousands of voices covers countless voices.

He thought of Cunhe again, it was snow in another time and space.

At that time, they probably didn’t like each other. After Li Yan was murdered, he was depressed by his own incompetence, refused to accept the reality, and completely let himself go. After taking over the company, he still ignored it. The most talked about to Cunhe every day is opening wine and buying wine.

No kind of strong alcohol can quench his melancholy. Being alone is too painful, and the placebo seems to have lost its effect. Even if he is as drunk as mud, the illusions in front of him change again and again, and finally the pale and ashen picture of his brother will appear. Face.

The same is true in dreams, he always has many, many dreams about the past, those dreams are within reach, as real as if yesterday, there was a voice begging not to wake up, he struggled and opened his eyes with a splitting headache , I was stunned on the bed for a few seconds, and realized that today is still today, so I fell into collapse and collapse without warning, and began to cry.

In the first snow in 2003, Cunhe filled his wine cabinet with supplies. He had already drank a lot, his eyes were red from smoke, and the road was staggering. He went downstairs to get a bottle of beer to relax himself for a while, and returned to He went to his room and opened the window, and saw the bodyguard standing in front of his mother's favorite flowerbed, where some snow had accumulated.

When he was a child, he felt that his brother's shoulders were the widest boundary in the world, and sleeping on them was the most secure. Just a back view made Li Pei wonder what it would be like to be carried on his back.

The man squatted down and held a small amount of snow in his hand.

He couldn't see Cunhe's movements, he could only feel that he sniffed and then licked lightly with the tip of his tongue through the movements of raising his hands and bowing his head.

Like never seen it before.

Isn't it just snow, what will it taste like?

As soon as Li Pei loosened his grip, the beer bottle fell from the window and shattered.

The half-squatting man quickly stood up, glanced at him calmly, not surprised, shook off the snow in his hands, and quickly went to clean up the mess left by the fall from a high place.

Thinking about it now, Cun He didn't understand him, in fact he never really understood Cun He, even his original name was only known in this life.They are completely two extremes, one can't learn to restrain his emotions, he hasn't restrained his tears since he was a child, and it's even worse after Li Yan's death. My nose will be sore, I lean on the table and start to miss.

And the other seemed to have no emotion.

Maybe there is, seeing him in pain will feel refreshed and happy.

Two people who are running in opposite directions, no matter how much they chase after each other, there will only be thousands of rivers and mountains in front of them.

Li Pei sniffed, feeling that the air was too cold.

He stomped his feet, trotted and hid in the warm residence, unwilling to go anywhere again.