Xu Qing made up his mind in the kitchen, got up and returned to the front room.

I glanced at the clock hanging on the wall and found that it was already past nine o'clock in the evening, so I asked the three little ones to get off the kang and wash their feet and go to sleep.

One night passed.

In the early morning, Xu Qing went out dressed neatly.

The snow outside finally stopped falling, but the sky was still dark, cold, and freezing.

After exhaling, Xu Qing rubbed his hands and walked out of the front yard.

When passing by the middle courtyard, I saw Shazhu already standing in the middle of the courtyard, waiting for Qin Huairu.

Silly Zhu had a cold two days ago and didn't dare to get up early. Today he got up early. I think he took medicine and got better.

Seeing Xu Qing coming from the backyard, Shazhu turned around, said hello, then reached out and took out a cigarette and handed one to Xu Qing.

Silly Zhu didn't look like a very good person. He always quarreled with Xu Damao in the courtyard, but he had a clear distinction between love and hate. Xu Qing had always kept in mind the fact that Xu Qing had given him medicine the day before yesterday, so he handed Xu Qing a cigarette as a way of expressing his gratitude.

Xu Qing took the cigarette, but didn't smoke. It was too cold and it was early in the morning. Xu Qing didn't have as much of a cigarette addiction as Silly Zhu, nor did he have the habit of smoking early in the morning.

At this moment, Qin Huairu came out of the house, and the three of them walked towards the factory together.

At noon, as soon as Xu Qing came out from the factory canteen after eating, he saw snow falling sporadically from the gray sky.

Then, until the afternoon, when Xu Qing got off work from the factory, the snow never stopped.

Goose-feather-like snowflakes fell from the sky in a vast whiteness, so fast and urgent that it made people's sight somewhat obstructed.

Xu Qing had planned yesterday to go to Ma Jiefang's house to return the bicycle ticket, so as soon as he came out of the factory, he walked in the direction of Ma Jiefang's house.

The snow kept falling all the way, but fortunately it wasn't raining, so my clothes wouldn't get wet, so that's okay.

But when Xu Qing walked to the door of Ma Jiefang's compound, his feet were already numb from the cold.

Rubbing his cold red hands, Xu Qing shouted, and Ma Jiefang quickly ran out of the house.

Xu Qing was a little surprised when he saw that Ma Jiefang was wearing a new suit and his hair was neatly arranged.

When Ma Jiefang saw Xu Qing coming, he quickly let him go inside to warm up.

Xu Qing did not refuse and followed Ma Jiefang into the house.

There was no one else in the room, not even Ma Jinghong’s fifth sister, Ma Jinghong.

However, the room looked like a lot of people had come before. On the red-painted coffee table, there were three bottles of Maotai liquor, two sticks of Peony cigarettes, and two net bags, one filled with eggs, and one filled with fruit candies and fruit candies.

Something else.

"Are you having a visitor?" Xu Qing asked curiously.

Ma Jiefang turned to look at Xu Qing, picked up the thermos and poured water, and said:

"Hi, my fourth sister got engaged today, and my future fourth brother-in-law and his family are here. Well, I just had the engagement wine at a restaurant outside at noon. I came back after dinner. My parents, my sister, and the others are here.

I’ll probably still be at the restaurant later.”

Xu Qing groaned, took the teapot from Ma Jiefang, and covered his hands.

Ma Jiefang sat aside, grabbed a handful of peanuts and melon seeds, and handed them to Xu Qing.

"My future fourth brother-in-law brought them all, you can eat whatever you want!"

Xu Qing was not restrained. He put down the teapot, cracked melon seeds, and chatted with Ma Jiefang:

"Jiefang, I remember your fourth sister is in college, isn't she? Why are you engaged now?"

"I'm not sure about this either." Ma Jiefang stretched out his hand and scratched his hair, "Anyway, someone came to the house today. My dad said he was engaged to my fourth sister."

"Then what does your fourth brother-in-law do?"

"He seems to be a cadre of some department, my fifth sister told me so. As for what he does, hey, who knows."

Ma Jiefang threw the peanut kernels into his mouth, chewed them, and said: "Now my four brothers-in-law can all gather together for a mahjong table. I don't bother to ask what they do."

Xu Qing chewed melon seeds and nodded. In the past, Ma Jiejie had three brothers-in-law who could fight landlords. Now, if we add one more, the four of them can form a mahjong table.

After chatting for a while, Xu Qing finished cracking a handful of melon seeds, picked up the teapot and took a sip of hot water, then reached out and put the bicycle ticket and the five yuan he had prepared in advance on the coffee table.

When Ma Jiefang took a look, his eyes suddenly opened wide. He looked at the ticket and then at the money. His face instantly showed surprise, a little unbelievable, but also very happy.

"Brother Qingzi, you are still awesome!" Ma Jiefang said with admiration: "Brother, I will hang out with you from now on!"

Xu Qing was so amused by Ma Jiefang's words that he couldn't laugh or cry, and he waved his hands hurriedly.

"Don't worry, your dad has planned your life route for you, why are you messing around with me?"

"Hey, my dad was afraid that I would stop studying and hang around outside, so he said that to me. I didn't take it seriously at all."

Xu Qing took over, grabbed a handful of peanuts, peeled them open and ate them.

Ma Jiefang put his bicycle ticket in his pocket, held the money in his hand, looked at it again and again, smashed it and said:

"Brother Qingzi, this money is really a good thing!"

Xu Qing smiled, chatted with Ma Jiefang for a while, and then stood up to leave.

Seeing this, Ma Jiefang grabbed two handfuls of melon seeds and two handfuls of peanuts, and asked Xu Qing to go back and give them to the three little ones.

Xu Qing didn't give up. Anyway, these things were given by Ma Jiefang's fourth sister for her engagement, and bringing them back would be just the right time for her younger siblings to satisfy their cravings.

After Xu Qing came out of the courtyard of Jiefang's house, he felt that the snow seemed to be getting lighter. Passing by a stall selling horseshoe biscuits, Xu Qing sold another one and a half yuan as usual, and planned to take it back to the three little ones.
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After the old man sold sesame seeds to Xu Qing, he started to clean up the stall.

Xu Qingchao looked around and found that there seemed to be few people on the street except himself, so he took the sesame cakes and hurried back to his courtyard.

When they returned to the alley outside the compound, Xu Qing and Qin Huairu bumped into each other.

There were no street lights in the alley, and it was dark. Xu Qing didn't smoke, and Qin Huairu didn't take a flashlight when he came out in a hurry. It was dark, so no one could see the other. They were both walking in a hurry, and they didn't see each other until they bumped into each other.

"Ouch..."

Qin Huairu shouted.

Xu Qing hurriedly asked: "Sister Qin, are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's just that my arm just hit the wall." Qin Huairu rubbed her right arm and said, "Xu Qing, what were you doing so late at night, and why did you come back?"

"I went to my classmate's house."

"No wonder I went to your house to look for you earlier, but I didn't see you at home."

"Sister Qin, do you have anything to do with me?"

Qin Hairu said: "My flashlight suddenly stopped working, and I was going to let you see what was going on. But when you were not here, I happened to meet the second uncle. He said that the battery was dead. Just buy two new ones and replace them. No,

I went out to buy batteries, but I didn’t expect..."

Xu Qing's face showed a trace of embarrassment, and he understood why Qin Huairu came out in the dark.

Seeing that Qin Huairu was still rubbing her arms, Xu Qing said: "Sister Qin, why don't you go back first and take my flashlight out to buy batteries, otherwise it will be difficult to illuminate the road without any light at this late night."
Chapter completed!