"Patriotic, Fengming, Xiaoya, come and eat roasted sweet potatoes!"

Xu Qing greeted and asked all three little ones to come over.

One person gave a freshly baked sweet potato.

Sweet potatoes must be eaten while they are hot, and the taste is the best at this time.

If it cools for a while, the taste will be worse.

There was no sound outside the house, and the cold wind seemed to be frozen. It was so quiet that only the crackling sound of the flames rising in the stove in the house were heard.

Xu Qing took three little ones around the stove and ate hot sweet potatoes in the warm room.

Ten minutes later.

Xu Qing asked them to wipe their mouths and go to bed. He gave the candied haws before going to bed.

All three little ones were huddled in their own quilts, with only one head exposed, lying on the edge of the kang, looking at me, I looked at you, pinching candied haws, eating, and then seemed to be in the competition to see who would finish the last one.

Xu Qing picked up all the three of them from the edge of the kang and placed them next to the stove to bake. He would wear warm clothes when he was school tomorrow morning.

After eating candied haws, the three little ones turned around and fell asleep on the pillow of buckwheat peel.

Xu Qing went outside the house and filled it into the stove. Then he walked to the window and opened a small gap in the window.

After all, coal balls are burning in the stove. If there is gas in the night, it will be troublesome.

Gas poisoning occurs frequently in these years.

Adults usually have nothing to do, but children will suffer.

Children are young, have less physical constitution than adults, and have weak resistance. If it is serious, it may cause death.

As the eldest brother, Xu Qing must pay attention to these things.

So I check it every night before going to bed.

After Xu Qing finished his work, he lay on the kang, helped the three little girls tuck the corners of the quilt, and then turned off the lights.

It was only 9:30 p.m.

However, most of the more than a dozen households in the courtyard were turned off the lights just like Xu Qing's house.

There is no entertainment these days, and it is winter again, so I usually sleep early.

In the entire courtyard, there were only the lamps in Xu Damao's house, and they were still shining alone.

The night sky in the courtyard slowly, quietly, snowflakes fell scattered.

Lonely, silent, silent. Like a thief, tiptoeing.

In the second half of the night, the thief seemed to be brave and became a little unscrupulous.

It was both fierce, big, and anxious!

Early in the morning.

As soon as Xu Qing opened the door, he saw a thick layer of snow falling in the yard.

However, at this time, there was no snow in the sky falling again.

It was like a thief who felt guilty and saw someone running away.

After breathing, Xu Qing turned around and entered the house, walked to his second brother Xu Aiguo, and reminded him to remember to wrap his neck around when he took Feng Ming and the little girl out to school later.

Xu Aiguo was sleepy, nodded and nodded, and his head was put back on the pillow.

Xu Qing came out of the house again and stepped on the snow that had just fallen last night.

He shook his body and went out to the front yard gate.

In the middle courtyard, Sha Zhu, as usual, held a cigarette in his mouth and shrank his body waiting for Qin Huairu in front of the Jia family's house.

Xu Qing saw that Sha Zhu was wearing a new outfit today, from top to bottom, from head to toe, which was so new, just like the fresh snow on the ground.

Sha Zhu also saw Xu Qing, showed pride on his face, took the initiative to walk towards Xu Qing, lowered his voice, and showed off his roar:

"Boy, look at how I'm wearing today, brother?"

"It's new and beautiful!" Xu Qing praised.

Sha Zhu smiled even more happily, and glanced at the Jia family's house, as if he was afraid of being heard.

The voice was lowered and said, "Qin Huairu made it for me, and her skills are good."

Xu Qing was filled with joy when he saw Sha Zhu's words.

Then he nodded and nodded.

Xu Qing knew one thing about them, and as for where they were now, it was not clear.

After all, Jia Dongxu was still alive, but he was paralyzed due to work-related injuries and could only stay in the house and could not get off the kang.

Qin Huairu is not a serious widow at the moment. She usually doesn’t get close to Sha Zhu in the yard. She rarely goes to Sha Zhu’s house.

Just go to get off work together every day.

Whether it is on the surface or in fact, the relationship between Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu is the same as the snow-covered ground.

Anyway, Xu Qing knew that in the end the two of them were still sleeping in the same bed and on the same kang.

However, when Xu Qing thought of his arrival, he was afraid that some changes might occur in this direction.

Just like the butterfly effect.

It was just that the cold weather made Xu Qing unable to stand in the yard and think about it more. Seeing Sha Zhu was very happy now, he also smiled.

At this moment, the door of the Jia family creaked and Qin Huairu walked out in neatly.

Seeing Xu Qing also here, Qin Huairu seemed to have intentionally raised her voice and said:

"Xu Qing, look at this ghost weather. It snowed again last night, and it was so cold that it was so cold!"

After Qin Huairu finished speaking, she stomped her feet, deliberately made some noise, and continued:

"Let's go, Sha Zhu and I will protect you, let's go to the factory together!"

Qin Huairu's words have not yet come to an end.

Xu Qing saw the lights in the Jia family's house suddenly turned off.

The snow in the alley was spotless and there was no footprint on it.

Xu Qing stepped on it, as if he was stepping on foam, making a creaking sound.

Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu walked on the left and right sides of Xu Qing, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Xu Qing suddenly felt a little like a light bulb.

Fortunately, Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu both took the initiative to chat with him, and the atmosphere was not too awkward.

Turning onto the street, there will be more people.

The snow on the street is not as clean as the alley, and it has long been trampled by pedestrians passing by.

Several bicycle marks pressed the snow into pieces, and when I stepped on it, there was no movement at all.

It was still a little dark before the sky was bright.

Whether it is the person coming towards you or the person passing by, they look unreal.

Xu Qing, Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu, three of them squeezed together and walked towards the factory side by side.

When I reached the factory gate.

The snow fell down again.

Xu Qing pushed open the cold iron gate, said goodbye to Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu, and walked quickly towards the third workshop.

Sha Zhu went toward the canteen kitchen, and Qin Huairu also went to her own workshop.

At noon.

Xu Qing was queuing up at Sha Zhu’s window when he was serving food.

Sha Zhu pinched a big iron spoon and scooped Xu Qing a spoonful of cabbage.

Someone was unhappy, and Sha Zhu immediately tilted his head and his neck stuttered, and he glared at the man.

Seeing this, the man didn't dare to complain anymore, and could only murmur and complain.

Xu Damao, who was standing behind the man, raised his hand and slashed the back of the man's head.

"What are you muttering? Have the ability to speak louder?"

The man turned his head and saw that it was Xu Damao, and pointed at Xu Qing with dissatisfaction.

"Xu Damao, haven't you seen that boy Sha Zhu scooped Xu Qing too much?"
Chapter completed!