你说思念是什么？思念是浓浓的情谊，思念是永远的牵挂，思念就是冬生的萤火绳。冬生知道，你最喜欢萤火虫，所以他一直想不明白，你为什么要去北方。

妈妈给你的答案很简单：“你爸的羊绒衫生意做大了，北方冷，生意好做呀！”但冬生还是想不明白：你最喜欢萤火虫，为何还要去那么冷的北方呢？萤火虫怕冷。奶奶说过，北方很少有萤火虫的。

萤火虫喜欢水。每年夏天的池塘边、小河畔，当太阳刚刚落下，便是它们最热闹的时候。你从白天毫不起眼的黑甲虫变成令人惊叹的星点，在夏夜中闪烁、飞舞：一明，一暗；忽明，忽暗；明明，暗暗——数不清的小小光亮轻触着夜的肌肆，让夜于是醒了、痒了、笑了。

一年一年又一年，我们和凉凉一起在萤火虫之光织成网里，看见夜的大笑容。你捉着装满 萤火虫的小瓶子，就好像抱着装满金珠银珠宝贝，每次都笑得好开心。我给你捉的是一个个又一个；你抱着那玻璃瓶，也像是抱着宝贝，每次都笑得好开心。

北方的人也会笑吗？

当初，你走的时候，我常常跟你通电话。一开始，你说北方好干，你脸天天都像被人揪着，都绷得紧紧地。我摸摸自己的脸，又软又润，就像是被人用手心捧着。你就说：“还是在家里的好。”我跟着就说：“我想回家……”

慢慢地，你的话变了。你说北方树高路直天蓝。我跑到屋外看，那些瘦瘦矮矮柳树，小路上雾蒙蒙白茫茫天空等待我再打电话时，说：“树还是矮好的爬，路还是弯好的玩儿，全都是让人幸福的事。”

可当我再给你的电话时，你总是在电话那头兴奋地喊：“刮大风啦！今天放学，我和李妍妍帽子都被风吹跑啦！”

后来，我给你的电话变得不是那么勤快。倒是我奶奶经常提起，说“冬生，这样冷了，要多穿点儿”。然后她突然问，“哎呀，您自己打吧！您忙嘛！”

确实，我也很忙：要和隔壁二妞烤红薯，与表妹倩倩牵小羊，还要与刚子哥斗鸡打仗。winter just started, I must enjoy it before my hands and feet freeze.

You often couldn't find me when you called. Every time I passed by the pool or small river, I would run as fast as I could. Now that it's winter, this place is no longer home to fireflies. Fireflies' silhouettes are like soap bubbles slowly flying into the sky and popping, as if they had never appeared.

Winter deepened gradually; everyone was already shivering despite wearing thick clothes. Winter-born winter also grew up a little bit bigger now that he turned ten years old. But on his birthday night, he disappeared without a trace.

The next day, we waited for him at home with a big table full of food for him but found him nowhere to be found. You said you'd come back soon after your call ended and went out again with Liangming who was returning from piano lessons or going to the zoo with her or celebrating Liangming's birthday...

I thought about our past summer days together when we chased fireflies around the pool or riverbank until nightfall every evening in anticipation of our secret rendezvous under the twinkling starlight—leaving us breathless and giggling uncontrollably.

But then you stopped calling me so frequently...

One year later on another chilly autumn morning while walking through those familiar fields where we once shared laughter among ourselves while chasing after those elusive embers of light in an endless expanse of darkness,

you suddenly remembered something important: "Oh! It’s been such a long time since last summer!" The memories began flooding back like an unending tide washing over us both

And there was one thing more than anything else—the promise made between two friends during their carefree childhood days—unbreakable bonds forged amidst countless encounters under moonlit skies where our laughter echoed through eternity

As each passing day became increasingly distant from our youth,

the desire within me grew stronger—a longing not only for your return but also for rekindling those cherished moments spent beneath starry skies—

A bond etched upon my heart remains unchanged even though life has taken different paths; yet still holds dear these memories which were meant to last forever

Embracing warmth within my embrace now stands tall this gentle flame—passion burning ever brighter—it illuminates all corners left blank by time;

and here lies truth—friendship knows no bounds nor distances; its essence transcends beyond mortal realms reaching far beyond what appears visible

So let us hold onto this steadfast bond between us,

For love is not measured by physical distance nor age,

but by how much it continues to touch hearts deeply embedded within one another

throughout lifetimes filled with laughter,

tears,

memories made

and dreams shared.

Letting go isn’t easy;

nor should it be;

for some things truly worth cherishing remain indelible marks upon souls eternally intertwined