The Spring Festival is gradually approaching.

For a lonely and helpless person, the Spring Festival is like the most desolate station in the journey of life. Isolated from the world and desolate everywhere, it reminds her of this lonely existence more than ever, knowing that the whole world will be visible to her once she leaves this station.

Prosperity, however, even though it was prosperous outside, there was no connection to her. Every ticket leaving this station was marked with blood connection and family reunion. She couldn't find the ticket that belonged to her, so she couldn't find the ticket that belonged to her.

She couldn't get into her car. All she could do was guard this desolate inn and guard her small memory.

When her grandfather was alive, she didn't feel much. Although she didn't have new clothes bought by her parents or New Year's bags from relatives like other children, her grandfather loved her so much, how could he be willing to let her suffer even the slightest injustice? The same thing happened to her.

She had clothes to wear and red envelopes to get. She never lacked them until she went to college.

I remember that at that time, every Chinese New Year, the atmosphere at home was particularly joyful.

Grandpa makes bacon and buys New Year’s goods. My daughter is not missing any of what other people have.

On New Year's Eve, grandpa would get up early in the morning, cook a big meal and fry sugar glutinous rice cakes, and his swarthy old face would be happy when he was so busy. She was not idle either, no matter how old she was, she would always follow grandpa like a little tail.

Busy and busy, when I was young, I was just a follower, always making trouble when I had nothing to do. When I got a little older, I could be my grandfather's helper, managing the excitement and reunion that belonged to my grandfather and grandson.

Usually dinner is not yet cooked, but the bacon has already been steamed. Her favorite thing to eat is the meat bones, which are salty and slightly dry. Before she eats them, she is aroused by the smell of firewood. Grandpa

He would give her a meat bone with a smile on his face. Later, when she thought of this scene, she felt like a little puppy, and she often laughed out loud because she missed her grandpa.

Every year at the New Year's Eve dinner, her grandfather asked her to pour a glass of wine first to avoid her father's.

To her, the word dad is just a photo on the wall and a glass of wine every Qingming Festival. Because she had never looked forward to it, she never felt sad because she didn’t have it. Grandpa said that dad died in a disaster.

Yes, she was only a few months old at that time, and she still had her mother. But later, her mother could not bear the pain of raising her daughter alone, so she left her to her grandfather and left. It is said that she cried very sadly when she left, and she even swore that she would

I will come back to pick up my daughter, but she is already twenty-six now and there is still no news from her mother...

She doesn't blame her mother, really.

As a woman, she understands women. Every woman has the right to choose her own life and happiness. If her mother feels that she will be happy without her, then she sincerely wishes that her mother in an unknown corner of the world will be happy.

.After all, it was her mother who brought her into this world. Without her mother, there would be no Taozi as a person...

She never forces anything she doesn't have in life. What she cherishes especially is what she has. For example, a New Year's Eve dinner for just her and her grandfather is enough to satisfy her.

After that, like all children, she would sit by the warm stove and watch TV with her grandpa. The Spring Festival Gala program was not her favorite. What she liked was just the atmosphere. No matter what else happened in her life, she would always watch TV with her grandpa.

Together! So, for her, during the Spring Festival, the reunion year, expensive and rare candies are not important, nor are the thick red envelopes. All she needs is a stack of ginger and a cup of hot tea! Grandpa’s pickled ginger is the best in the world.

The most delicious snacks, paired with hot tea, is the hottest enjoyment in the world!

However, after her grandfather left, she searched for all kinds of pickled ginger, but none of them could match what her grandfather made.

In the past, firecrackers were set off during the Chinese New Year.

When the clock struck midnight, grandpa would take her to put a big wall hanging at the door. Amidst the crackling of firecrackers, grandpa would always touch her head and say with a smile, "Nanny is one year older...

..." She still remembers the warmth brought by rough fingertips deeply...

This is why she set the sound of firecrackers as the ringtone on her phone.

To her, the sound of firecrackers means New Year, joy, reunion, and... time with her grandpa...

She once said to someone with regret one summer, "It's a pity that you can't come in winter, otherwise we can have firecrackers together during the Chinese New Year! Also, the ginger made by my grandpa is delicious, and the bacon is also delicious."

It’s so good you won’t even have a chance to try it!”

The man once promised with a smile, "Okay! I'll tell my dad when I get back and let me come here to spend the winter vacation!"

However, his promises may be just like those heroic words in the summer. They are just a whim and forgotten in the blink of an eye. She has never waited for him in the winter...

He did not arrive in winter, but grandpa died in winter.

She was just a freshman in college at that time, and during the winter vacation, she lost her only relative.

I remember that she just went on winter vacation and felt like returning home. After all, it was the first time she had been separated from her grandfather for so long.

However, when she ran back to the rental house in the town, her grandfather was not at home.

Just as she was about to go out to look for her, the landlord came. When he saw her, he shouted, "Oh, Nannan, you're back! Hurry up! Your grandpa is in the hospital!"

"What's going on?" She was shocked, thinking that her grandfather's asthma had relapsed. It had been a long time since he took Ning Zhenqian's medicine. 13acv.

"Your grandpa came back from setting up an air rifle on the street and bought you a lot of food. He carried too many things on his back and blocked his sight when he crossed the road. His ears were not very good and he was hit by a car that suddenly drove out!"

"Didn't you tell him to stop acting?!" She was so anxious that she almost cried, threw down her luggage and ran to the hospital. Ever since she went to college, she had repeatedly told her grandfather that she would work-study and be responsible for her own studies, so that her grandfather would not

Work harder.

The landlord sighed behind her, "Isn't it just for you? Your grandfather said that not only must he save up your tuition fees, but he must also prepare a dowry for you. If a girl's family gets married without a dowry, they will be laughed at!"

Tao Zi could no longer hold back, covered his face, tears streaming down his face, and ran to the hospital like crazy.

The doctor failed to save her grandfather in the end. When she saw her grandfather, his body was full of tubes and he was dying...

There were several kind-hearted neighbors standing around Grandpa. When they saw her coming, they sighed and pushed her in front of Grandpa, "Nanny, your Grandpa knows that you are coming back today and has been waiting for you..."

She burst into tears. She lay on the bed and held her grandfather's hand, crying, "Grandpa, my daughter is here... Grandpa... you promised her that you would not leave her. Grandpa... look at her!"

"

Grandpa opened his eyes with great effort, and held her hand tightly with his rough hand. She knew that grandpa was really waiting for her, waiting to see her for the last time. At this time, he was already breathing his last breath...

"Nanny..." Grandpa was furious, "If you don't cry... this day will come... Promise grandpa not to cry... Grandpa will feel at ease..."

She was crying so much that she couldn't speak. She could only cover her mouth and nod desperately, but her tears continued to flow freely.

"Nanny... Although our family has no money... you are the treasure of grandpa's heart... When grandpa is gone... you are not allowed to wrong yourself... There are some words... Grandpa originally wanted to wait... for you... to grow up.

Let me tell you again...but...it's too late now...Nanny...that person...is too impractical...it's impossible...you have to forget him..."

Tao Zi's heart exploded. It turned out that her grandpa actually knew all the little secrets she thought she had...

"Promise grandpa...forget him..." Grandpa's hand suddenly squeezed her hand tightly.

Forgot about him... She had already forgotten about him, hadn't she? She had already said goodbye to him in the summer when she was sixteen...

She cried and nodded, "I promise! Grandpa! I have forgotten..."

"Okay... good girl..." Grandpa finally showed a comfortable smile on his face, as if he had let go of a big thing, "Nanny... give grandpa a smile... and let grandpa go away with your smile... Grandpa only likes to look at nanny.

laugh……"

"Okay..." Her face was stained with tears, and she tried her best to smile, but it turned out to be uglier than crying.

Grandpa slowly closed his eyes and whispered strenuously, "Be good... you will always smile like this in the future... don't be afraid... grandpa will bless you in heaven... bless you to find someone who can truly replace grandpa and accompany you...

…”

After saying the last instructions, grandpa never woke up again...

During that winter vacation and Spring Festival, no one spent it with her.

On New Year's Eve, she cooked a table full of dishes, set out two pairs of bowls and chopsticks, and had New Year's Eve dinner with "Grandpa" just like he did when his grandfather was still alive.

Grandpa had already cooked bacon and pickled ginger. She took out the ginger and poured two cups of hot tea. Everything was the same as when grandpa was alive, but she knew that this was the last time she would eat such bacon and ginger.

Pickled ginger, because no one would make it for her again.

When the clock struck midnight, she boldly set off a firecracker alone. The sound of the firecrackers was still there, but no one would touch her head and say that her daughter had grown taller again...

Every Spring Festival since then, she has no home to return to.

Later, I met Miaomiao. Miaomiao sympathized with her life experience and invited her to her home every New Year. However, she never agreed and only said that she wanted to go back to her hometown to see her grandfather. Even the best friends have times when they don’t belong to them.

No matter how optimistic she is, she doesn't want to spend the New Year with a family that doesn't belong to her.

In fact, she actually returns to her hometown every New Year.

In her past years, "year" was the time that belonged to her and her grandfather.

Therefore, on the eve of the Spring Festival, she would always join the rolling flow of migration across China and take the train back to see her grandfather.

On the train, everyone had smiles on their faces. Who was not full of joy and excitement as they were close to home? Someone always asked her, "Are you going home for the New Year too?"

She always smiles and nods, "Yes! Come home for a happy reunion!"

Her home is her grandfather's tomb.

Every year, on New Year's Eve, she would set out the dishes, pour a glass of sake, have a New Year's Eve dinner with her grandfather, and then tell her grandfather about her harvest and happiness this year. Yes, she was still a happy girl, even if she cried,

She was hurt, but in front of her grandfather, she was still the good girl she was when she was a child, who would cry happily after a fight, then wash herself off and go back to see her grandfather...

But, this time, how will she welcome the New Year?

Miaomiao didn't invite her to her home for the New Year because she knew she was married and finally had her own home.

When Yan Zhuang learned that his son would not come back to celebrate the New Year, he felt like an eggplant beaten by frost and was depressed for several days.

Later, he touched Tao Zi's head and sighed, "It's a good thing I have you, otherwise we two old guys would be left alone and deserted, with no interest in cooking New Year's Eve dinner!"

Tao Zi was worried and put forward his own idea, "Mom, I want to... visit Zhen Qian during the Chinese New Year, is that okay?"

Yan Zhuang became excited when he heard this, "No! How can that be done? How difficult is it for a girl to go to that place? Besides, you are still so weak! Get rid of this idea! Hurry!"

My mother-in-law disapproves...

She could only make up her mind silently.

She and Ning Zhenqian are so far apart. He stayed in Yunnan for Qianqi and refused to come back. If she didn't take the first step, their relationship would never progress if they were so far apart.
To be continued...