Chapter 786 An Apology I Owe (12)

The early morning of the New Year should be the warmest. Opening your sleepy eyes amid the blast of firecrackers, the sun gently sprinkles on the window lattice. The snow-white window paper is pasted with colorful window decorations cut from glossy paper. They are like flowers blooming in the cold winter, embellishing the New Year with a touch of beauty, and also lighting up people's vision and hope for the New Year.

Teacher Jiang is old. She went to bed at 11 o'clock last night. She woke up in the morning to the sound of firecrackers. She opened her eyes and saw the colorful window decorations printed on the window lattice in the morning light. She thought that another year had passed.

She immediately thought that this year was different from previous years. Since her son could not come back, she had been accustomed to spending the Spring Festival alone. Her biggest hope was that Xiaobai could come back, but she could not help it.

She could only hope.

She heard the movement in the living room outside the door, and gradually remembered the excitement of last night.

When people get older, many things are confused. The idea is clearly in their hearts, but it just can't reach their brains. No matter how hard they think about it, they can't remember it.

She subconsciously wanted to get up and look at the brazier in the living room. If there was no fire, she had to light it again. On the one hand, it was for warmth, and on the other hand, it was a local custom that the fire on New Year's Eve could not be extinguished and had to burn all night.

In the past, when she was alone and couldn't stay up all night, she would put more charcoal, make the fire smaller, leave sparks, and try to burn it all night, and get up early the next morning to add charcoal.

She was about to get up, but suddenly thought of something, so she leaned against the head of the bed instead, and her eyes fell on the quilt in front of her. She saw that the window pattern on the window frame was illuminated by the sun and printed on the quilt. It was "Lotus Birth". The sound of distant firecrackers rang in her ears. Those were the firecrackers for opening the doors of other families in the village, one after another, and dogs barking and chickens crowing.

She remembered that Zhang Tan was in the living room, and she heard the movement, so she could rest assured that the fire in the brazier would not go out.

Zhang Tan and Xiao Bai were on guard last night, but Xiao Bai couldn't make it. He fell asleep in Zhang Tan's arms at almost 1 o'clock, and then was carried into the room. He has been sleeping until now and has not woken up.

Teacher Jiang originally just wanted to sit on the bed for a while, but soon she was absorbed in thinking about things and fell into memories. It took a long time for her to wake up.

As people get older, they tend to think about the past.

She got up and opened the door. Sure enough, she saw that the living room was warm and cozy. The fire in the brazier was burning. The door was open. The firecracker debris in the yard outside the house had been swept and piled together. A big rooster walked past the door with a proud look...

She saw a young man sitting in the living room, looking down and adding charcoal to the brazier. It seemed that Jiang Ping had returned.

"Happy New Year, Teacher Jiang." The other party looked up and saw her and said with a smile.

Teacher Jiang then saw that it was Zhang Tan, not Jiang Ping.

Jiang Ping would not come back.

Teacher Jiang was full of disappointment, but she quickly concealed her loss of composure and said calmly, "Happy New Year, Zhang Tan. Didn't you sleep all night?"

"I took a nap sitting here."

As he said that, Zhang Tan stood up and came to her, smiling and formally wishing her a happy new year, which surprised Teacher Jiang, because Zhang Tan knelt down to her and kowtowed to the ground, just like Xiaobai last night.

Teacher Jiang hurriedly helped him up, why did it come to this.

After Zhang Tan stood up, he guiltily asked Teacher Jiang to treat him as a son in the future, and he had already treated her as his mother.

Teacher Jiang was stunned, and seeing Zhang Tan's serious look, she couldn't help but burst into tears at this moment.

Zhang Tan hugged her shoulders, patted her gently, and whispered sorry.

Sorry? Sorry for what? Zhang Tan didn't say it, and there was no need to say it clearly. He knew that he believed that Teacher Jiang could understand.

He always owed Teacher Jiang an apology.

Teacher Jiang's knot in his heart could not be completely untied in an instant, but it was already untied.

She went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Zhang Tan did not go to help her, wanting to leave some private space for Teacher Jiang. This made her cry a lot early in the morning.

The bedroom door suddenly opened, and Xiaobai appeared at the door in pajamas, wearing a leifeng hat crookedly. She rubbed her eyes after struggling to open them, and asked, "Why did I hear grandma crying?"

Zhang Tan said, "You must have heard it wrong. It's New Year's Day today, how could someone cry? Are you cold? You even knew to put on a hat."

Xiaobai nodded, ran back to the room, and got into the bed, forgetting to take off the leifeng hat on her head.

Not long after she lay down, Dunzi's voice calling her came from outside the window.

"Xiaobai~~~Xiaobai, I wish you a happy new year, Xiaobai——"

Dunzi squatted under her bedroom window and shouted again and again. Xiaobai climbed up and leaned over the window to look out. She saw Dunzi dressed like a ball and also wore a Leifeng hat that covered her ears. Her face was as red as a red persimmon hit by frost hanging on a branch.

He bowed with both hands and wished Xiaobai a happy new year.

It was a real happy new year, early in the morning. He didn't brush his teeth or wash his face. There were still marks left on his face from sleeping, and traces of dried saliva at the corners of his mouth, just to be the first little friend in the world to wish Xiaobai a happy new year.

He did it! Except for the mighty and majestic rooster crowing and passing by Xiaobai's window, no other life passed by.

Xiaobai laughed, got up quickly, put on a down jacket and Leifeng hat, ran out in a hurry, and picked up firecrackers in the yard with Dunzi.

"Big brother~~ Happy New Year to you." Dunzi took the initiative to kneel down and kowtow to Zhang Tan when he saw him.

Zhang Tan: →_→

While he helped Dunzi up, he muttered in his heart, what are you calling me? ? ? Big brother? ? You took advantage of Xiaobai? ? ?

"Thank you, and I wish you a happy new year, healthy growth, and success in study. Wait for me."

Zhang Tan returned to the room and took out a red envelope, which was the New Year's money for Dunzi.

Xiaobai looked at it eagerly, and Zhang Tan said, "Do you want it? You haven't wished me a happy new year yet."

"Huh?" Xiaobai said, "I wished you a happy new year last night, and you gave me a big red envelope."

"Last night was last night, and today is today. Last night is written off. If you wish me a happy new year today, it will still count."

Xiaobai immediately knelt down and shouted, "I don't know what to say, then Boss Zhang~~ I wish you a happy new year!"

Zhang Tan helped her up and gave her another red envelope.

Xiaobai happily took out the red envelope she received last night from her pocket, put this together, counted it, hey, there is one more? ?

There was a line of words on the red envelope, Xiaobai took it in front of her to recognize the words, "Malanhua~~ What does it mean? What's Malanhua?"

She showed it to Zhang Tan and asked him to help her recognize the words.

Zhang Tan told her that her aunt gave it to her last night, and the words on the red envelope were: A big red envelope sent by Malanhua.

Malanhua originally gave Xiaobai a red envelope, but she didn't expect it to be the smallest one among many red envelopes. Everyone was too rich, so she was unlucky that Xiaobai gave the red envelope to Xiaoxiaobai as New Year's money, which made her very embarrassed. When she was going back at night, she wrapped another big red envelope, but because of face, she didn't give it directly to Xiaobai, but secretly put it in her pocket. In order to prevent Xiaobai from not knowing that it was sent by her, she added a line of words to make the idiot grateful and not to say that her red envelope was a small red envelope in the future.

Zhang Tan looked at the words on the red envelope. Malanhua did not write "Auntie" but "Malanhua", but called his own name directly. It seemed to have a deeper meaning. It might not only be for Xiaobai to see, but also for Xiaobai, an old man. The general meaning is, look, the red envelope I gave you is not small, don't keep it in mind.

Tomorrow is the first anniversary of the book's launch. The operation team will be in the entire event. Everyone pay attention to the book review area and actively participate.