The sky outside the house is completely dark.

The northwest wind howled by, picking up snowflakes and turning over some small debris, making a clanging sound.

The room was still warm, and the charcoal fire in the stove was burning brightly. The two little guys, Xu Aiguo and Xu Fengming, ran back out of the cold.

Standing around the stove, warming my cold hands.

Xu Qing did not immediately reply to Silly Zhu, who had his legs crossed.

Although I think Sha Zhu's proposal is good, I don't want to partner with him.

Life is hard, but it doesn’t mean that we are desperate. Even if there is no way out, Xu Qing will find a way on his own.

What's more, a salary of twenty-seven and a half yuan, with reasonable planning and a little saving, can barely survive this cold winter.

In addition, there is the ability to split into two.

As long as next year, after the spring, you pass the factory assessment and become a regular worker, your life will be much easier.

This is on the one hand, and on the other hand, Xu Qing, as the eldest son of the family, does not want the three children to feel that the sky will fall and their life will be impossible when their parents are gone.

Since you are the eldest brother, it is your duty to take good care of your younger siblings!

It was already eight o'clock in the evening after sending Si Zhu and He Yuyu away.

The snow in the yard outside the house has turned from salt grains to goose feathers.

With the cold northwest wind, it keeps falling down in the dark night. It seems like using this whiteness to cover up the dross of the human world.

Xu Qing walked into the kitchen and looked at the buns in the pot. Seeing that they were not yet fully cooked, he added two more briquettes.

After about twenty minutes, the buns were cooked. Xu Qing took out three and handed them to the three little ones.

Then he took a small bowl of pickles from the clay pot and let the three little ones eat them.

.......

Early in the morning.

After Xu Qing got up, he went out and took a look.

I saw that the snow outside the house had not stopped all night, and it was still falling heavily at this time.

The courtyard was completely wrapped up, covered in silver.

Take a breath of cold air.

Use a bamboo broom to sweep out a small open space at the door of the house.

I looked up and saw ice on the eaves. I quickly took out my shovel and knocked it down.

The three little ones at home are still young. If they get hit by accident when they come out, it will be in trouble.

At this time, Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong also opened the door and came out one after another.

The three of them looked at each other in the courtyard without saying a word.

On a cold day, when you open your mouth, the cold air will go straight into your lungs.

Although the snow in the yard was just cleared yesterday, it rained today, so there is nothing we can do about it.

As the saying goes, if it's going to snow and my mother wants to get married, there's nothing that can be done to stop her, let alone her imagination.

If I knew it, I wouldn't have cleaned it up yesterday.

Xu Qing held the shovel and turned around and entered the house. He poured a large teapot of hot water and drank it. After warming for a while, he walked into the kitchen, lit the fire on the stove, and heated the buns and dumplings into the pot.

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While the three little ones were still sleeping soundly on the kang in the front room, I was alone in the kitchen.

Xu Qing reached out and pinched a briquette and tried to split it into two pieces.

As a result, nothing happened.

I tested it again on a bench and it was still the same.

After exhaling, Xu Qing washed his hands in the basin and decided to try the steamed buns again.

Soon, one bun turned into two.

"It seems to have an effect on food."

Xu Qing's face showed excitement, and he secretly said something in his heart. Then he cut the remaining buns into two.

Excluding the three buns that were eaten by the three little ones last night, the remaining five have now become ten.

Xu Qing couldn't help but feel happy.

Finally got another clue.

It's like food, even if it has been divided once, it can be divided again as long as it is reorganized.

With this new discovery.

Xu Qing feels that there is no need to worry too much next month.

.......

The three little ones woke up and after getting up, they all washed their faces and brushed their teeth sensibly.

Breakfast is ready now.

After the four of them finished breakfast, Xu Qing asked Xu Aiguo to supervise Xu Fengming and Xu Xiaoya to do their homework in the room.

He went out on his own, searching to see if he could find some other way.

Just relying on the salary earned from working will definitely not be enough in the future.

After all, it won’t take a few years for the three little ones to grow up.

By then, the expenses in the house will be even greater.

There are three children now, two junior high schools and one elementary school.

Tuition, fees, and other miscellaneous things add up, but we can still afford it now.

But if they are all in high school, it’s hard to say.

Although my salary will also increase accordingly, it will not grow as fast as my children.

At this time, Xu Qing saw that Xu Damao was also preparing to go out.

Wearing a new suit, I don’t know if he bought it or made it for him by his parents.

Her hair was also neatly styled, looking very decent, and she wore a light blue scarf around her neck.

"Boy, where are you going? Do you want my brother to take you?"

"No need." Xu Qing refused directly.

Xu Damao just fell down at the factory gate the day before yesterday, and it snowed again today. He still dared to ride a bicycle, because the waves were so strong that the wind was not too strong.

In addition, Xu Qing himself didn’t even think about where to go.

These days, speculation is not allowed.

To put it simply, it is impossible to do business (buy and sell).

Once you are caught, you will most likely be imprisoned.

It is possible to make a living on a small business, but the problem is that whether you are making a living on a small business or speculating, you need capital.

Xu Qing only has about ten yuan of money now, which he has saved every penny in the past six months.

Looking at the white snowflakes.

I couldn't help but sigh, and suddenly thought of the phrase 'the world is difficult'.

We live together in the backyard with Liu Haizhong at the door of the house.

The two sons Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu didn't know what they had committed, but they were punished by Liu Hai and stood up.

The second aunt seemed to be trying to dissuade her, but Xu Qing could still hear the second uncle’s scolding coming from the bangs in the room, and he was obviously very angry.

The eldest son of the Liu family was beaten away by Liu Haizhong a month ago. He has not come back yet, and he doesn’t know where he went?

Liu Haizhong's temper has not changed. He beats and scolds his son at every turn, and sometimes even scolds his second aunt.

Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and even talking about them brings tears to their eyes.

Xu Qing took a look, then stepped out of the backyard, passed through the middle courtyard, the front yard, and walked into the alley.

Just when I arrived at the alley, I saw Ma Jiefang pushing a bicycle.

Xu Qing couldn't help but be stunned.

"Why are you here?"

"I'm here to play with you!"

Ma Jiefang huddled his hands in his military coat and held the cold handlebar, with snowflakes falling all over him.

"I met you at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative yesterday and asked you to come to my house. You didn't come. It happened to be snowing today and I couldn't stay at home, so I thought about coming over to your place." Ma Jiefang grinned and winked at Xu Qing on purpose.
To be continued...