Chapter 36 New Year's Eve
After three days of searching, the owner of the tracing stall did not find out Ge Qinyao's whereabouts. Chi Yue was depressed for a while, waiting for New Year's Eve.

On New Year's Eve, the moon is shining brightly.

A movie screen stood on an open space in the base, and residents in groups of three and three sat closely in front of the screen holding stools.

She and Wen Qizhou came neither too early nor too late, and sat in the middle back, looking at the curtain that flashed across the screen together.

This time it is the New Year's film from previous years.

Not every one of the residents present had been to a movie theater. They were full of novelties, but they didn't make a sound.

At the end of the opening song, a well-known comedian appeared on the screen, throwing jokes as soon as he opened his mouth, making all the people who went downstairs to watch the movie couldn't help laughing.

It is rare to have such a cheerful and harmonious atmosphere, Chi Yue gradually relaxed, took Wen Qizhou's hand on his knees, leaned on his shoulder, and watched the movie he had seen again.

The bright moonlight shone on everyone, accompanied by the gentle breeze, and spent two hours with them, which could not be short.

Not long after the curtain went dark, the staff played a video of the countdown to the New Year. Many residents watched the host who appeared on TV every Spring Festival and said New Year blessings, and their smiling eyes suddenly became moist.

"From year to year, Vientiane is renewed."

"By taking advantage of the colorful flowers tonight and the fragrance in the garden, I would like to send you a winter jasmine flower to welcome the coming of spring without self-sufficiency, and the fragrance of hundreds of flowers and thousands of flowers."

"I want to send you a honeysuckle flower, which is persevering and undefeated in times of crisis. Just like the portrayal of our national character, the great Chinese people will surely bloom in the cold wind and meet in the spring."

"..."

After the hosts finished their New Year greetings, they counted down the time to zero together, and finally converged into a sentence of Happy New Year.

Residents fell into a brief silence.

Suddenly someone shouted "Happy Chinese New Year", breaking the silence around, causing more people's voices to come in like a wave, resounding through the entire Linyun Mountain with anticipation and hope.

Then came the sound of firecrackers.

Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou followed the sound and turned their heads, looking at the person who ran under the tree at some point, stooping and lit two strings of firecrackers.

A little fire appeared, and the cub sitting next to them looked up and asked, "Dad, is this called a firecracker?"

"Correct."

"Then do I have any new peaches to eat?"

Before her father could react, Chi Yue understood that the cub was referring to the new peach in Wang Anshi's "Yuan Ri".

"New peaches are Spring Festival couplets, not peaches." She consciously searched for two peach-flavored lollipops in the space, took them out of her pocket, and stuffed them into the cub's soft hands.

The cub blinked twice, held the candy and called "Dad", and thanked him with a grin at the corner of his mouth after getting his permission.

"Thank you pretty sister."

"You're welcome." Chi Yue patted her head, picked up the plastic stool and Wen Qizhou, away from the crowd, and walked to an open space.

She took out the sunset fireworks from the bag, placed them on the flat ground, and asked Wen Qizhou to light them.

The voice of "呲呵" sounded.

The setting sun fireworks spewed out a cluster of warm-colored firework, which was reflected in their eyes and attracted the attention of many passers-by.

"It's so beautiful!" A child waved a fairy wand while staring at the cluster of fireworks with joyful eyes.

The light it emits is like a guiding light, guiding the Xu Gan brothers and sisters to find them and take out different fireworks to set off together.

The number of people joining gradually increased.

Colorful fireworks bloomed together, lighting up the area under the cheers of children and teenagers.

Surrounded by sparks, Wen Qizhou stared at Chi Yue's smiling cheeks, silently making a New Year's wish in his heart.

──May she be safe and well, may she get what she wants, and may she always have him by her side.

*
As soon as the second grade of junior high school passed, the flood subsided completely.

They put away the belongings in the suite, handed over the keys and returned the rent, and left the Lincheng Base with the backpack they had brought.

The mountain road down the mountain is longer than before, and when you reach the end, you can see the muddy and garbage-covered road at a glance.

The stench permeated, snakes, insects, rats and ants were scurrying on the ground, and flies hovered in the sky, like a large garbage dump.

The material search team walked ahead and spread out in different directions, while Wen Qizhou helped Chi Yue step down to the ground, holding a trekking pole in his hand, and followed the map to the north.

People in a hurry can be seen everywhere at the bottom of the mountain. It is too conspicuous for them to drive out of the city, so they can only look for a slightly hidden place, take out two bicycles and roll around the muddy ground, creating the illusion that they just found it, and then ride to the suburbs.

The road soaked by the flood is really difficult.

Sometimes it is blocked by large objects such as billboards, vehicles, wardrobes, etc., and there are countless snakes and insects to harass.

Fortunately, they were wrapped up tightly and had trekking poles in their hands, otherwise they would definitely be slowed down by them.

"Yueyue, get out with a motorcycle." Wen Qizhou looked around the desolate suburb, and stopped with one foot on the ground: "There are too many obstacles, it is inconvenient for us to drive."

"Okay." Chi Yue followed suit.

She put away her bicycle, got on the motorcycle with Wen Qizhou one after another, put on her helmet and drove in the direction out of the city.

The motorcycle made a muffled sound.

The places they pass by can easily attract the attention of others. On the way out of the city, they will encounter people who want to stop the car for no clear purpose.

"Hey! Stop!"

"Where did you find the car?"

Wen Qizhou walked around them indifferently.

There are very few people who can find a vehicle that is intact at the moment, and they can't catch up with a motorcycle with just two legs.

He rode to the highway at lightning speed, looked around through the helmet, and slowed down slightly when he didn't see another figure, focusing on avoiding obstacles so as not to accidentally bump into something.

Riding at a speed of 80km/h until the evening, he went around to the side of the two dilapidated houses on the right side of the highway.

The three-story house is full of mud, and when you get close to it, you can smell the sour smell left by the flood, which is a little pungent.

Chi Yue got out of the car and took a look around, took out the RV next to the mountains behind the house, took off the rain boots covered with mud and snake feces, and walked into the RV with bare feet on the pedals.

She stood by the driver's seat, her eyes fell on their dirty pants, and she simply changed into a pair of pajamas with Wen Qizhou.

"The bruise on your shoulder is finally gone." Chi Yue poked his shoulder, and wiped the bruised skin with her fingertips.

The itchiness hit, Wen Qizhou stiffened his back and held the hand, and his thin lips fell on her palm and kissed her like a dragonfly.

Out of the corner of his eye suddenly broke into the whiteness, he was stunned for two seconds, his eyes darkened as he put on her blouse, and his voice contained a hint of pampering: "Do you have to be distracted when you put on clothes?"

"I just saw it."

Chi Yue conveniently stuffed the dirty clothes into the washing machine, took his arm and sat on the sofa.

She took out two cups of milk tea: "After sitting in the car for so long today, my butt hurts from sitting."

 The New Year speeches such as "renewing the mission in one year and renewing Vientiane" came from the 23rd Spring Festival Gala.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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