In the dark factory, the winter night wind whirls and makes noise from time to time.

As soon as Ma Jiefang emerged from the crowd, he sneezed coldly, rubbed his nose, stood up straight, looked up at the picture projected on the curtain in front, and reluctantly left.

Section Chief Ma came over with a cigarette in his mouth. When he saw it was his son, he raised his foot and lightly kicked Ma Jiefang's butt.

"Why are you running out? Why don't you sit back and watch the movie!"

Ma Jiefang turned around, bared his teeth and said with a smile: "Dad, this is not the last time I came back from Xu Qing's house and used his flashlight. I thought I would give it back to him today. By the way, I won't follow you in the factory and I will exercise in advance."

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Ma Guohua frowned, but he believed what his unlucky son said in front of him.

But I didn’t believe a word of what happened next.

Ma Guohua took a puff of smoke and said, "It was your fifth sister who asked you to come out."

"Hey, I can't hide this from you, Dad, you are still the best!"

Ma Jiefang gave a thumbs up.

Ma Guohua was too lazy to listen to his son wearing a hat and waved his hands impatiently.

"Go... quickly find your classmates."

Ma Jiefang immediately ran away in a hurry.

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At this time, everyone sitting in the factory was watching the movie with great interest.

Although the picture quality is black and white, it does not affect the viewing experience at all, and no one showed any boredom.

Even the children who came did not cry. Almost everyone's eyes were fixed on the flickering picture on the curtain.

Except Xu Damao.

He is the projectionist in the factory. Every film has to go through his hands. He has seen them all and can almost recite the lines in them.

So at this moment, Xu Damao was leaning against the machine, a cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were glancing at the older girls and younger wives in the first few rows.

Although Xu Damao is currently dating someone, this does not mean that he cannot look at other girls' houses. If he is not married and has not had an engagement wine, he will not take care of those things.

Even if he is married, as long as it is not tied to his waistband, no one can stop him from marrying women given his temperament.

Because of the projector, Ma Jiefang, who was looking around for a while, saw Xu Damao at a glance.

On New Year's Day before Ma Jiefang, when I was looking for Xu Qing, I met Xu Damao once in the backyard.

Naturally, there is no friendship, but at least I saw an acquaintance and lived in the same courtyard as Xu Qing.

So Ma Jiefang immediately walked towards Xu Damao.

"Brother, smoke a cigarette."

Ma Jiefang didn't know Xu Damao's name, so he raised his hand to pass the cigarette.

Xu Damao turned his head and saw that it was classmate Xu Qing or Section Chief Ma's son. He was shocked and immediately stood up straight with a smile on his face and said:

"How can I let you take out a cigarette? Come on, smoke my brother's cigarette. You can smoke my cigarette as you like!"

Xu Damao immediately took out his peony cigarette and handed it to Ma Jiefang.

Ma Jiefang was a little confused, but since the other party offered to slap him, he did not refuse.

If you don’t know him well, that’s because Xu Damao recognized him.

Otherwise, as the son of an ordinary worker in the factory, how could Xu Damao casually give away the peony cigarettes that he usually doesn't want to smoke.

You know, the peony cigarettes that Xu Damao carries on his body are usually reserved for the leaders and cadres in the factory, and he rarely smokes them himself.

I only smoked one or two cigarettes when I went to the countryside to watch movies in the commune. Of course, it was mainly to show off the cigarette pack.

Apart from cadres, who can afford to smoke Peony cigarettes these days?

When country people see someone carrying a peony cigarette, the first thought that pops into their mind is usually: "This person is a cadre!"

It's just that Xu Damao is not a cadre, but he has a "motivation" and has been secretly working hard to pursue an official career.

Ma Jiefang took the cigarette, took out the lighter, and lit it. At the same time, he also helped Xu Damao light the cigarette.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Jiefang asked:

"Brother, Xu Qing from your college is my classmate. Have you seen it?"

When Xu Damao heard that he was asking about Xu Qing, he hurriedly pointed to the second row and said:

"Qingzi is right there. Just wait, brother, I'll call him over for you."

While talking, Xu Damao held a cigarette from the corner of his mouth, bent his waist, and ran towards Xu Qing.

At the same time.

Xu Qing, who was sitting in the second row, was watching the movie intently with his younger siblings and He Yuyu beside him.

He didn't notice that Ma Jiefang was looking for him.

If Xu Damao hadn't come to tell him quietly, Xu Qing wouldn't have known that his classmates were here today.

Xu Qing turned to He Yuyu and whispered to him, asking her to help take care of the three little ones, and then followed Xu Damao out of the crowd.

Ma Jiefang stood in front of the projection machine and waved to Xu Qing.

When Xu Qing arrived, Ma Jiefang raised his hand and punched him, complaining:

"Brother Qingzi, you are not interesting enough. You made me look for it for a long time. It turns out that you have a good seat and are sitting in the front."

Xu Qing stamped his feet and said with his feet numb from the cold: "I didn't know you were here too. Are you looking for me to return the flashlight?"

"Hmm."

Ma Jiefang reached out and took out the flashlight from the pocket of his cotton-padded jacket, handed it to Xu Qing, then put his arm around Xu Qing's shoulders and walked towards the dark place where there was no one.

Xu Damao touched his forehead with his hand and looked at the two people walking away. He didn't understand. Why should he be so mysterious when he returned a flashlight?

Xu Damao raised his hand to straighten the hat on his head, and continued to stand in front of the projector alone.

This is the guy he eats with. Xu Damao doesn't dare to walk away easily. If someone takes advantage of his absence and makes a few fussy moves, he doesn't care about other people, but today there are factory officials watching too, causing trouble.

, it’s really troublesome.

After Xu Qing and Ma Jiefang walked a little farther away from the crowd, Ma Jiefang said flatly:

"Brother Qingzi, in addition to returning the flashlight to you, I also have other tasks."

"What mission?" Xu Qing asked: "Could it be that your father sent you to the factory today to follow him to maintain order?"

"It's not my dad who gave me the mission, it's my fifth sister who wants to chat with you!"

"Go and die!" Xu Qing kicked Ma Jiefang angrily, "Why are you, fifth sister, talking to me?"

"How do I know this? Anyway, I brought it to you."

After Ma Jiefang smoked a cigarette, he shrank back and said, "Brother Qingzi, go and wait at the door of your workshop. I'll tell my fifth sister. Otherwise, when the movie is over and I get home, she will have to finish it with me."

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Xu Qing was about to decline, but Ma Jiefang turned around and ran away.

Xu Qing exhaled helplessly and could only go to the third workshop.

Anyway, before he went to Ma Jiefang's house, Ma Jiefang's fifth sister, and Ma Jinghong took the initiative to give him some white noodles.

Xu Qing walked around the crowd, rubbed his frozen hands, put them in his cotton-padded jacket pocket, looked at the stars in the night sky that were emitting faint light, and walked alone to the third workshop, which was far away from everyone and hidden in the darkness.
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