Chinese New Year's Eve, frost and white moon, red lights, laughter, reunion.

The sound of firecrackers brings not only the joy of family reunion and farewell to the old and the new, but also the sadness and loneliness of being alone in a foreign land as a stranger and thinking of relatives every festival.

Looking at the flickering lights outside the window and the gorgeous fireworks over the city, Wu Hao's eyes couldn't help but be a little moist.

A gust of cold wind finally brought him back to his senses. With a lonely face, he looked at Li Wenming, who was concentrating on driving in front of him, and asked, "This Chinese New Year, can't you go home for reunion and be homesick?" ”

Li Wenming shook his head with a smile while driving the car: "I have been in the army for seven or eight years, and I have long been used to it. If you want to say that you are homesick, it is certain, but it is not as much as you did during the first year of the army.

At that time, I was still in the recruit company, and as soon as the familiar melody of the Spring Festival Gala sounded, we all cried. Fortunately, with the instructors and class leaders accompanying us, and everyone playing with each other, this kind of longing has been alleviated a lot.

By the second year, it was much better, and although I was homesick, I had learned to control it by then. In my third year, I started comforting the recruits with a group of veterans. ”

Hehe, Wu Hao smiled when he heard this: "When you are free after the New Year, you can also take a vacation to go back to see your parents, or invite them directly over, and the company will reimburse the air tickets and accommodation." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Wu." Li Wenming suddenly said excitedly: "Speaking of which, my parents still want to thank you in person." ”

'Thank me? Wu Hao said curiously.

Li Wenming nodded and smiled: "Yes, thank you." When I first came back, I didn't have much to do. I spent a lot of money on the family trust relationship and found several jobs, but they were not very ideal.

Now that I'm here with you, I'm really happy to be with a bunch of comrades, and it feels like it's back to our days in the army. It's a good feeling that everyone trains together, they are on duty together, they fight together.

Moreover, the work is relatively easy, relatively stable, the living conditions are excellent, and the salary is good, which is much better than our small county. ”

"I should thank them for sending their children to the barracks to defend their country. I am willing to let you come out to me after you are discharged from the army. If I don't treat you any better, how can I be worthy of them? Wu Hao shook his head and smiled.

With the continuous improvement of material life, how many parents are willing to send their children to the barracks. And he can support his children all the way to the sergeant, and he will face separation in the past seven or eight years, and his parents' thoughts can be imagined.

Being a soldier is everyone's obligation and responsibility, but how many people have fulfilled this obligation and responsibility. The stable life enjoyed by the general public is not such a group of people who pay silently behind the scenes.

The years are quiet, just because someone carries the weight for you.

Speaking of which, he felt that he was quite cruel, and finally his child was honorably discharged and was about to enjoy the joy of the family. But he dragged these people away from their parents, and he couldn't let them go home during the Chinese New Year.

"Mr. Wu, it's here!" Li Wenming interrupted his thoughts.

"Okay, let's go up with something." Wu Hao came back to his senses.

Then the two took the contents of the trunk and entered the elevator. Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and he definitely can't spend it alone, so he took Li Wenming to buy some things with him, and then went to spend the New Year with Wei Bing and them.

"Mr. Wu, why are you here, please come in!" When a veteran who was opening the door saw Wu Hao, he hurriedly greeted excitedly: "Mr. Wu has come to see everyone!" ”

"Mr. Wu!" When the people who were still playing in the living room saw him, they got up and shouted.

Wu Hao handed over the things in his hand to the veterans who came to pick him up, and then smiled at everyone: "That is the New Year today, I know that the big guy can't go home is a pity, so I came to see everyone, let's spend this New Year together." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Wu!" The crowd applauded.

Wu Hao pressed his hand and smiled: "Actually, the main reason is that I have nowhere to go today, so I came here to eat." ”

Hahahaha......

After laughing for a while, Wu Hao looked at everyone and asked, "Who is not there?" ”

Wei Bing opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Zhao Jiaping and the others are not here, they are on duty in the company." After twelve o'clock, a few of us went to change shifts, and they could come back to rest. ”

Wu Hao nodded when he heard this: "This is the New Year, everyone has to work duty!" ”

"Mr. Wu, this is what we should do." Wei Jun said with a smile.

"Okay, then I won't talk about it." Wu Hao looked at the dough and fillings on the table and smiled: "What's the matter, you guys are making dumplings." ”

"Hehe, this thirty nights Chinese New Year's Eve dinner can be ignored, but this reunion dumpling must be eaten, otherwise it cannot be counted as the New Year, which is also a tradition of our troops." Wei Jun said with a smile.

"That is, this Chinese New Year can be without big fish and meat, but it can't be without dumplings."

"That's right, although the standard of living is good now, and everyone can usually eat dumplings, but the meaning of this dumpling meal is different at night."

"I'll get tired of eating too much of everything else, but dumplings will never be, especially the green onion stuffing my mom makes."

"What's the green onion, my mother's leek stuffing is delicious."

"Eating radish in winter and ginger in summer, if you want me to say, it must be the benefit of radish meat, which is both nourishing and aerating."

……

Hearing everyone's gossip arguing, the corners of Wu Hao's mouth slowly turned up. yes, compared to them, what is my own little thing?

Dumplings are very ordinary, and as long as you want to eat them, it is very easy to make them yourself or eat them at a restaurant.

But who knows, in the north, for many people, dumplings often represent the New Year.

Just like the southern rice balls, although they are no longer scarce, no matter how rich your Chinese New Year's Eve meal is, this bowl of fragrant and delicious rice balls is still indispensable.

Without it, the Chinese New Year would not be a complete event.

Although the style of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is constantly changing, only these two remain the same, because the continuation of thousands of years has given people too much emotion to these two.

They are no longer just a kind of food, but more of an emotional sustenance for a better life.

is also a stranger in this foreign land, and everyone can only dispel that wisp of longing in their hearts in this way.

In a burst of fighting, Wu Hao also joined the sequence of everyone making dumplings. At this moment, he, like these veterans, is a wanderer from a foreign land.

I have to say, what kind of people make what kind of dumplings. They are all big men, so these dumplings are also five big and three thick. But fortunately, the skin is thin, the filling is more, and it is accompanied by liquor, which is also a unique taste in this special festival.