Pig butt

Lu Zisheng squatted on the ground, curled up in a ball, looking pitiful, with his arms wrapped around the colorful rings, but he didn't throw them.

Just now, he and Xiao Xiaoyu were competing in ring tossing. They were both equally matched, and it was unlikely that they would hit one out of ten.

He was very curious. He often went out to play basketball, and his shooting percentage was good. But whenever he lost this thing, it was like someone had possessed him.

Gao Yuanyuan was better than them. After shooting for a long time, she finally caught a small turtle. But Chen Yu was simply a bug. It seemed that he was playing with the ring with his fingers, but his actual hit rate was very high, except for the few who were just practicing their feel.

It was so damn heartbreaking. He stared at the little rabbit farthest away among the prizes on the ground, wishing he could pick it out and bite it to death.

Who made it glare at him? Is it looking down on him?

"Sister Zhou, I want Xiaoyuer!"

Xiao Xiaoyu had bought all the rings in her hand and was about to continue shopping when she saw two people coming in late.

"Little Fish?"

"Yes, yes, it's so interesting to see the immortal Yu and the little fish together!" Xiao Xiaoyu suddenly put away her phone and snatched half of the ring from Lu Zisheng.

"Come!"

"Xiao Xiaoyu, damn it, it's so easy to take things from me!!"

"La la la, I'll take it, I'll take it, what can you do to me? If you have the guts, just make one yourself."

Lu Zisheng: “…”

He really couldn't catch the fish, so forget it. Out of mercy, he let Sister Zhou catch a small fish for Master Yu.

The owner of the ring-tossing stall was counting with a wrinkled little notebook and pen in his hand, but he still couldn't help yawning.

He sat on a small stool with his back hunched, covered with a colorful blanket. You could tell there was a warm little stove underneath.

He thought that the four people in front of him would just leave after buying dozens of rings and traps. These kinds of rings and traps are generally difficult to make, and the young man couldn't afford to lose face.

Unexpectedly, two idiots got so excited and kept throwing money. Now, they pulled two more people to join in the fun. It was interesting. He made money and got to watch a show.

Chen Yu wanted a little wolf cub doll. He counted the scores corresponding to the things he hit, but it was still a little short, so he ran to discuss it with the boss.

Gao Liyang snatched the remaining half from Lu Zisheng and stood on the same line with Zhou Xi.

"Not bad."

The red hoop was quickly put on the fortune cat's ears. Zhou Xi raised an eyebrow and said, "You're not bad either."

Neither of them was the type to hesitate, and they acted quickly and steadily, with the rings landing on the ground or on the prizes one by one, and occasionally several of them would bump into each other.

Xiao Xiaoyu cheered on from the side and snatched away the remaining bit from Lu Zisheng.

Lu Zisheng didn't want to lose this person again, so he persuaded Gao Yuanyuan to buy a bag of fairy wands with him at the stall next door.

Finally, Gao Liyang changed to a soft kitten doll.

Zhou Xi exchanged the little goldfish that Xiao Xiaoyu wanted for, and had ten points left, so he exchanged it for a puppy keychain for Gao Liyang.

Eleven forty.

The six of them followed the crowd to the riverside to watch the midnight fireworks show.

The road was packed with people, and the river rippled, sending waves crashing against the rocky shore. They had arrived late, and the good spots were already squeezed out, so they had to find an open area on the outskirts to play with the fairy wand.

The wind was strong by the river, forming a tight circle.

"clatter!"

The flame from the lighter licked the thin fuse.

"Wow!"

Gao Yuanyuan's fairy wand withdrew the jumping flames and slid it up and down. The white light illuminated her face, making her eyes look particularly bright.

Gao Liyang held a thin wooden stick and borrowed a fire from Zhou Xi's burning fairy wand.

"Sister Zhou, let's take a picture!"

"good."

Zhou Xi felt a little regretful at this moment. If he had known earlier, he should have brought his camera with him. After all, the mobile phone was not as good as before.

Xiao Xiaoyu immediately pushed Gao Liyang to the front of the camera and asked him to hold the phone with his gibbon. Zhou Xi, who had a smaller face, was next to him, and their bigger faces were next to him.

"Everyone make sure you are in the camera!"

Xiao Xiaoyu grinned and danced. Her secret is that the more exaggerated the pose, the better the effect.

Gao Yuanyuan was affected by Xiao Xiaoyu and couldn't help but hide backwards, almost burying herself in Lu Zisheng's arms.

Lu Zisheng couldn't stand it anymore. He kept scolding Xiao Xiaoyu with one hand and being friendly with Chen Yu with the other hand, putting his hand on his shoulder.

Chen Yu's glasses were covered by the hot air he exhaled. He didn't have time to care about Lu Zisheng, the fool, so he just took off his glasses quickly.

Wearing glasses for a long time has left two small red circles on his slightly upturned nose bridge. His pair of almond-shaped eyes, without the thick lenses blocking them, reveal a bit of youthfulness that belongs to this age.

But he took it off suddenly, and his vision became blurry. He blinked several times before he adjusted. He vaguely found where the phone he used to take the photo was, but he didn't know if he was looking at the camera.

"Mine is gone."

"Come, change to a new one." Lu Zisheng heard Gao Yuanyuan muttering softly, and immediately lit one and put it in her hand.

“Hurry, hurry, hurry!”

Gao Liyang raised his hand to allow everyone to be in the camera, leaned back slightly, and put his other hand on Zhou Xi's shoulder.

"One, two, three, eggplant!"

"Come on, change your expression!"

Zhou Xi's smile was a little stiff, so he took the opportunity to adjust himself.

"Come on, change positions!"

Gao Liyang took many photos in a row, pressing his thumb non-stop. He thought there would always be a few good moments. After taking the photos, he returned the phone to Zhou Xi.

"Zhou Xiaoxi, pick out a few good-looking pictures and post them in the group. Delete the ugly ones immediately. My skills are really not that good."

"That won't do. Your masterpiece must be kept."

"Tsk tsk tsk, another black mark on my history."

Zhou Xi opened the photo album.

In the first photo, when the camera freezes, everyone is smiling brightly, except Zhou Xi.

Her eyes stopped at Gao Liyang's hand on her shoulder.

In the second photo, Gao Liyang felt her gaze and turned his head to look at her.

In the third photo, her eyes moved away from Gao Liyang's profile and stopped in mid-air. She had no time to look at the camera. The flash softened her facial features, and her drooping eyelashes made her look confused.

They all missed these three photos in tacit understanding, and looked towards the camera together in the fourth photo.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Sister Zhou, post it. I'll edit the picture and post it on WeChat Moments so they can see our wonderful Lunar New Year's Eve with everything going smoothly!!!"

"good."

In the next few photos, all six of them were aligned neatly in front of the camera, and she picked out a few to send out.

"Okay, let's go over there and stake out!"

23:55

Gao Liyang followed Zhou Xi and took a look at the photo.

"Why didn't you post the first few?"

“The first few pictures weren’t pretty.”

Gao Liyang exhaled, blowing a few tufts of hair off his forehead. "What's not good-looking about it? You're just talking nonsense."

Zhou Xi was pushed aside by the people next to him: "I am happy, so I won't send it."

"Be careful, cheapskate."

The building across the river began playing a red countdown.

"Where are they?" Gao Liyang was talking to Zhou Xi when he realized that the remaining four people had disappeared.

"Flew." Zhou Xi blurted out, his head spinning like a scanner.

"Forget it, ignore them, let's get through." Gao Liyang's big hand helped Zhou Xi's head back to its place, and then pulled Zhou Xi's arm through the thick coat, "I'll hold on to you, so that you won't fly away too."

"No."

"Hot pot!"

"Why are you here!" Lu Zisheng, Chen Yu, Xiao Xiaoyu and the others were separated. With his sharp eyes, he suddenly found Le Cheng in the huge crowd.

"Nonsense, it's New Year's Eve, are you guys together?"

"Yeah, that's perfect. The three of us are together."

Le Cheng looked at Chen Yu and said, "Okay."

"Hey, how about we just do a Peach Garden Oath of Brotherhood!" Lu Zisheng raised his hard fist.

"Get lost, who are you brothers with? I am your mortal enemy."

Chen Yu's throat was itchy and he suppressed his cough several times.

"No, even though we're always being scolded in the game, we're still unbreakable!"

"I won't tell you, you silly bird..."

Last minute.

The surroundings began to get agitated, and countless people held up their phones and began to record.

Gao Liyang held Zhou Xi tightly, but they quieted down and waited quietly for the last minute of the year.

Zhou Xi didn't take her cell phone. The cold lens could never record the warmth that the eyes could. She hoped to use her eyes to record the arrival of the new year.

Grandma, do you see that the old year is about to pass? I hope you and grandpa and dad are having a good time.

"five!"

"Four!"

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Happy New Year!"

Countless environmentally friendly fireworks exploded together, breaking through the dark clouds, leaping above the moon, and forming the four most beautiful words.

Happy New Year.

Grandma, do you see, the new year is here, and you and grandpa and dad must be having a good time.

"Zhou Xiaoxi, Happy New Year!"

"Gao Liyang, Happy New Year."

People around started hugging each other and sending blessings. Even if they were strangers, no one remembered to feel awkward. Everyone had beautiful visions of the New Year in their hearts.

Gao Liyang embraced Zhou Xi and gave him a hug: "Happy New Year! The new year will be even better."

"Yes, I will."

"Congratulations, you're seventeen."

Gao Liyang has been registered with them for one year, but the registration was based on the lunar calendar, so Gao's parents registered him a little older. In fact, yesterday was his sixteenth birthday.

They have a saying here that when you turn sixteen, you are seventeen, and today just so happens to be a new year.

"Thank you." Gao Liyang let go of Zhou Xi and patted her head.

The electronic display screens on the high-rise buildings kept scrolling "Happy New Year", the fireworks show in the sky continued in a fancy way, the river surface was completely lit up, and cheers came one after another.

"I want to make a fortune in the new year!"

"I hope I can settle down in this city soon and find a girlfriend!"

"I want……"

The brave ones around him started shouting into the microphone to express their New Year wishes. Some people were envious and applauded and cheered for him, while others cheered and created an atmosphere.

Zhou Xi listened silently, her eyes moving around, warmth flowing through her body. She seemed to have heard the blessings coming from afar.

"It's so cold."

"Hmm?" Zhou Xi sniffed, and the fermenting emotions were completely dispelled by these two words.

"My face is numb. It's so cold."

“…”

Zhou Xi held back. Xu Shulan had taught her since she was a child that on the first day of the new year, one should not swear, as it would affect one's luck in the coming year.

Le Cheng waved his hand: "I'm going back first."

"Just leaving, without playing for a while?" Lu Zisheng asked in confusion.

Chen Yu put his hands in his pockets and lowered his head. Even though he was wearing a scarf, a small part of his neck was exposed.

"That's enough, go back to bed."

Lu Zisheng: "Okay, bye!"

Le Cheng simply turned his head and waved his hand backwards.

Chen Yu: "Bye."

After the most lively time, the crowd began to disperse.

Gao Liyang took the opportunity to move to the front row and lean against the stone railing by the river. The wind blew against his neck, making it very cold, but it was refreshing. It had been so long since he had enjoyed the night view like this.

"When are you planning to leave?"

Zhou Xi squatted on the ground, stretched out his hand from the chain, but unfortunately he couldn't touch the water: "The fourth day of the new year."

"Um."

"Gone?" Zhou Xi's hands that were placed outside became cold and a little numb after a while.

"I don't know what to say."

Gao Liyang felt very upset. He felt like something was slipping away, while everything around him was still moving forward. He wanted to stop and feel it, but he was not allowed any chance to think.

"Qi Haha, sent me a message."

"Um?"

When Gao Liyang and Zhou Xi went to find Lu Zisheng, they sometimes met Qi Haha. They had dinner together several times, and also met his quiet friend.

"He said..."

Zhou Xi also suddenly received a message from him yesterday. Qi Haha said that he was leaving again and going back to Beibin. She didn't ask the reason, but just said that they would see each other later.

"He didn't mind the hassle and stayed for half a semester."

"I'm here for a trip. I'm going to Kitahama just to relax."

"Keep a good attitude. Then go to the new school and fight for the top spot."

"Go and try. If you succeed, I'll come back and treat you to a meal." Zhou Xi stood up, his eyes went dark and he swayed.

"Which university are you planning to apply to?"

"Me?" Gao Liyang pointed at himself and scratched his head. "What about you?"

"The answer is the same as before. I'm asking you, so answer it." Zhou Xi remembered that Gao Liyang had asked her once, but she didn't know Gao Liyang's dream school yet.

"Well, I'll try my best and see if I can go out with you on a shared bike this weekend. Maybe then I can become your schoolmate."

Gao Liyang still remembers the oath-taking ceremony one hundred days before the junior high school entrance examination. The kind principal asked them soul-searching questions through a loud speaker: which university do they want to apply to? What was he doing at the time?

He was bored backstage reading the script he was about to perform on stage, and a thought flashed through his mind: it doesn't matter which school he applies to, what's the difference.

"Is it next to the Blue Courtyard?"

Gao Liyang grabbed Zhou Xi's tail and said, "Me? Dean Lan? What do you think?"

"You? Qingda? What do you think?" Zhou Xi slapped Gao Liyang's rebellious hand away.

She was joking. She knew that Gao Liyang's grades would never fall that low. With his current grades, he could get into Hua University, and maybe with another leap in his senior year, he could even get into Qingdao University.

The guy Gao Liyang mentioned about visiting her on the weekend should be another guy next door, Bin Da.

Moreover, the young master can also go abroad to gild himself and show off.

However, when talking about the issue of college, Zhou Xi suddenly realized that most of the students in this key high school looked down on ordinary colleges, just like ants under their feet.

She also knew that kind of school was like sand washed away by the waves, where gold was scarce but precious, and Xu Shulan was more precious than gold.

"I call this having a dream. Who knows, right? Your hands are so cold, be careful of getting frostbite." Gao Liyang threw the warm baby in his pocket to Zhou Xi.

"Pig." Zhou Xi saw the pattern on the hot pack clearly, it was pink, and reached out to poke the pig's butt.

"So what? Aren't they cute? I like them. Look, pig ribs are so delicious."

Zhou Xi didn't react immediately. After his hand warmed up, he put the heat pack into his pocket and said, "Oh, it's good. I want to eat some grilled sausage too."

"I want to eat ice cream." Gao Liyang sniffed.

Zhou Xi just looked at Gao Liyang quietly.

"Let's go! The first bite of the new year!" Gao Liyang pulled Zhou Xi and ran.