There has always been a saying in Suzhou that the winter solstice is as big as the New Year. Even if the atmosphere of the exam is approaching, Zhang Ganggang is still looking forward to drinking winter wine at night.

Xie Meng also prepared two small jars of wine himself. He poured three cups in front of the portraits of his parents and Zhang Xiujuan. The scent of thread and the smell of osmanthus wine were mixed together, which was rich and heavy.

Early the next morning, Ji Qinyang came to pick Xie Meng up to school. There was a sprout of osmanthus flower inserted into the head of the boy's car. Xie Meng laughed when he saw it.

Ji Qinyang raised his eyebrows: "BMW."

Xie Meng shook his head: "It's so literary."

He stepped on the back seat and held the osmanthus branch in his hand. Ji Qinyang rang the bell and walked through the old streets and alleys.

It was late at dawn after the winter solstice, and it was still a slight morning light at 7 o'clock in the morning. The old lady selling sugar porridge pushed the cart and lifted the lid of the pot and steamed.

"It feels like it's going to snow." Ji Qinyang covered his hands with a bowl of sugar porridge. Xie Meng saw it and took off his gloves and gave it to him.

Ji Qinyang smiled and said, "One of us is one."

Xie Meng had no choice but to say: "It's yours, and I don't ride a bike, so I must wear it for me."

Ji Qinyang: "Then you sit in the back and hug me tightly, so that you can be warm."

Xie Meng glanced at him and didn't say anything. When the two of them finished drinking the porridge and set off, the boy hugged Ji Qinyang from behind.

"My goodness." Ji Qinyang laughed. He looked at the road ahead and said without looking back: "Have you recited all the ancient poems?"

"You are not afraid of being angry." Xie Meng's voice smiled: "I've written all my heart."

"Then I'll test you?"

Xie Meng was a little surprised: "Now?"

"Yes." Ji Qinyang thought for a while: "Su Shi's "Manting Fang", the name of a snail horn, the last sentence."

Xie Meng almost immediately said absurdly: "Gangnan is good, a thousand bells of fine wine, a song full of fragrance."

"Look for him thousands of times in the crowd."

"When I look back, the man is in the dim light."

Ji Qinyang smiled and said, "Hold your hand."

Xie Meng paused and said slowly: "Grow old together with me."

"Yeah." Ji Qinyang turned his head: "That's all."

Xie Meng looked at him and agreed with a smile: "Okay."

Ji Qinyang only needs to take the final exam for two days. On the last day, when he was waiting for Xie Meng, the first snowfall in Suzhou began in the winter.

The thick lead-gray sky was falling from the thick snow. When Xie Meng came out of the classroom, he saw the boy standing in the snow.

Ji Qinyang had snowflakes stuck to his black hair. He did not hold an umbrella, his face was flawless, and his smile was gentle and bright.

Xie Meng ran to him, Ji Qinyang opened his arms and hugged him in the snow.

Zhang Ganggang shouted excitedly behind Xie Meng: "The exam is over! It's the New Year!"

Qi Fei threw his schoolbag over and told him to shut up. Zhuo Xiaoyuan stood in the corridor and looked at the two people still holding him from afar.

"Hey." Zhuo Xiaoyuan shouted thanking Meng.

The boy turned around.

Zhuo Xiaoyuan smiled with his eyes hanging on his back: "Let's celebrate the New Year together."

Early in the morning of New Year's Eve, Ji Qinyang arrived at Xie Meng's house. The two went to purchase New Year's goods together. The boy brought the dessert made by Mo Suyuan, making it into a cake in the shape of a cute rabbit, and stuffed it with enough fruit egg tarts.

Ji Qinyang held one in his mouth, hooked Xie Meng's neck and turned his head.

Xie Meng looked down and bit the edge of the egg tart. Ji Qinyang ate half of it, and his other half was pushed into the other's mouth with his tongue.

"..." Xie Meng's mouth smelled like milk.

Ji Qinyang licked his thumb: "Is it delicious?"

Xie Meng nodded, Ji Qinyang kissed his face: "Take it with you, eat on the way."

Xie Meng took another one and stuffed it into Ji Qinyang's mouth, packed the rest in his hand, and the two went to the vegetable market near Shantang Street. Xie Meng chose the vegetables and asked Ji Qinyang what to eat.

"Anything is good." Ji Qinyang said without any worries: "Don't buy too much."

Xie Meng smiled: "Don't save money for me."

On the way back, Xie Meng also bought candy. When he was about to reach the door of his house, he saw Zhuo Xiaoyuan holding Zhuo Jinjin waiting there with an impatient look on his face.

"Why have you been there for so long?" Zhuo Xiaoyuan complained. Zhuo Jinjin looked shy when he saw Xie Meng, with a male god-like expression on his face.

Ji Qinyang said unhappy: "Why are you doing so early?"

Xie Meng took candy to Zhuo Jinjin and asked the guests to come in while opening the door.

"Come and help." Zhuo Xiaoyuan took the bag from Ji Qinyang's hand: "I don't eat for nothing."

Three boys were busy in the kitchen, and only one of Zhuo Jin sat there watching TV in the living room. Xie Meng looked outside and patted Zhuo Xiaoyuan's arm: "You go out and accompany your sister, it's enough to have Ji Qinyang and me here."

Zhuo Xiaoyuan selected the vegetables and wiped the water on his hands: "It will be enough to steam the mandarin fish for another 10 minutes."

Xie Meng nodded: "I understand."

Zhuo Xiaoyuan said worriedly: "Cook well, don't flirt with each other."

Xie Meng: “…”

When the dishes were finished, the little girl came to help and tiptoed to pick up the plate carefully from the steward. Xie Meng was cutting the fruit and heard someone knocking on the door.

"Who else did you call me?" Ji Qinyang took an apple and stuffed it into the boy's mouth.

"I don't know..." Xie Meng vaguely said: "I'll go and have a look."

Zhang Ganggang was wrapped in a spherical body and stood outside the yard gate, laughing silly and shouting: "surprise!"

Xie Meng: “…”

Zhang Ganggang: "Transfer to let go! I brought a lot of dishes! Hurry up, help me get it!"

As soon as Xie Meng lowered his head, he saw two large lunch boxes in his hand. Ji Qinyang followed him out and saw Zhang Ganggang raise his eyebrows: "What are you doing? Not spending the New Year at home?"

Zhang Ganggang put the things and started taking off his clothes one by one: "I told my mother, look! This is all made by my mother!"

Zhuo Xiaoyuan opened the lunch box and almost dazzled. There were all kinds of dishes in the eight major sea, land and air. Zhuo Jinjin was stomping on the platform and wanted to see it, but Zhang Ganggang picked up.

"Okay." Zhuo Xiaoyuan said helplessly: "We have made all the dishes in vain."

Xie Meng hesitated a little: "Why do I call a few more people?"

Ji Qinyang laughed: "Who will come during the New Year?"

As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, the unclosed courtyard gate was pushed open from outside again.

Han Dong was stunned when he entered the house with flowers and wine in his arms: "So many people?"

Ji Qinyang: “…”

Xie Meng glanced at him and couldn't help but smile and said, "Do you want to call Qi Fei here too?"

When they arrived, the other five people had already eaten. The flowers brought by Han Dong were placed in front of Zhang Xiujuan's portrait. They didn't plan to drink the wine anymore. Several people cleaned a bottle of fruit oranges.

Zhuo Jinjin was very happy to see Qi Fei. The two of them played the game of taking pictures at the dinner table. Zhuo Xiaoyuan looked at his sister and occasionally picked up food for her.

Zhang Ganggang asked him: "Where did you take the college entrance examination?"

Zhuo Xiaoyuan: "Shanghai, take care of my sister nearby."

Qi Fei interrupted, "It's more convenient to wait for Suzhou."

Zhuo Xiaoyuan shook his head: "There is no good medical school in Suzhou... My mother will come back to take care of the nearest neighbor next year. I will go to Shanghai to study and come back on both days."

Han Dong glanced at Zhang Ganggang: "Where are you going?"

Zhang Ganggang plucked his courage to squint him: "Why do you want to tell you!"

Han Dong narrowed his eyes and before he could speak, Ji Qinyang said for Zhang Ganggang: "He wants to take the entrance exam for Communication University of Beijing, a future young reporter?"

"It's not that simple!" Zhang Ganggang said proudly: "I want to be a big reporter! Become the number one photographer in China!"

Xie Meng encouraged: "Then you want to come on, have you brought the camera?"

Zhang Ganggang just saved up money to buy SLRs in the first half of the year, and he wanted to take it with him every day as a baby.

"I almost forgot if you don't say it." Zhang Ganggang happily took out the photography equipment bag. He adjusted the camera and pointed it at Ji Qinyang and Xie Meng: "Come on, take a photo."

Ji Qinyang naturally stretched out his arms and put them over Xie Meng's shoulders. The two of them were close together and Zhang Ganggang patted them.

"Great!" Zhang Ganggang called out the photos to show them, sighing: "You are so beautiful, you are so good-looking together."

"..." Xie Meng was still a little embarrassed even though he knew that the other party was just simply praising him.

In contrast, Ji Qinyang was much more shameless. He touched Xie Mengdae's earlobe with the earrings and agreed: "I think so too."

The other three boys at the dinner table all showed a "Damn it, slaughtering dogs", only Zhang Ganggang looked confused and silly as if he was praised.

"Photo one for us." Zhuo Xiaoyuan hugged Zhuo Jinjin, and the girl smiled sweetly and became a V-shaped character. The boy lowered his head and kissed his sister's face.

Zhang Ganggang captured this picture.
To be continued...