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After the two separated, Xu Nian walked towards his uncle's house. Looking at the sky, it seemed that the two candidates should go home.

Sure enough, when I arrived at my uncle's house, Xu Fengkai and Xu Hongqi were already there.

Xu Fengkai was talking excitedly to his family, but Xu Hongqi just listened silently. I wonder if he had sensed that his aunt and cousin disliked him.

After Xu Nian went in, he went to spend some time with his grandmother. When no one was paying attention, he approached Xu Hongqi, tapped his arm and whispered, "Brother Hongqi, I have something to talk to you about. Come out with me."

Xu Hongqi felt a cool touch when he was tapped. Seeing that it was his classmate's sister, he was a little confused. When he heard him follow him out, he frowned.

He is not a person who likes to interact with people, let alone girls, but instead of staying at Xu Fengkai's house, he would rather go out and breathe some fresh air.

One of them walked in front and the other followed behind. Because Xu Nian had never been alone with Xu Hongqi before, he felt a little nervous and indescribably excited.

Xu Nian brought Xu Hongqi to an old stage in the village. It had been abandoned for so long that few people lived there. It would only be used when the brigade invited people to show movies.

Xu Nian stopped and tilted his head to look at Xu Hongqi. Xu Hongqi felt puzzled and said directly: "What do you want to say?" His tone was not very good.

Xu Hongqi had a good impression of the Xu family at first, but the change in this family's attitude made Xu Hongqi very uncomfortable. If he had not had to, he would not have been looked down upon by others here.

Fortunately, he can stay one more night tonight and then leave completely, but does he have a "home"?

Xu Nian didn't know what the other person was thinking, but she had almost made up her mind, "Brother Hongqi, I'm here today because my parents want to invite you to dinner at my house."

"Xu Nian, are you kidding me? What have I done to deserve your family to treat me to a meal?" Xu Hongqi sneered.

"What I said is true, not without reason. You are worthy of our family's invitation."

After Xu Nian finished explaining the whole story, Xu Hongqi became even more indifferent. He truly felt that this family was not only strange, but also capricious. He just looked at Xu Nian without saying much.

Xu Nian sighed inwardly and told Xu Hongqi the reason he had told Third Brother Xu. "Brother Hongqi, now you know why we invite you. We want to thank your family."

Seeing that Xu Hongqi didn't say anything, he continued, "My parents are very nice and welcoming. What's more, your father is our family's benefactor."

This was something Xu Hongqi had not expected. After hearing what Xu Nian said, his attitude became much gentler, but he still refused: "No, this matter actually has nothing to do with me."

Xu Nian said anxiously: "Why is it okay? It was your father who helped our family. Even though your father passed away, we still have you."

Xu Hongqi replied directly: "If he dies, I will have nothing to do with you."

After saying that, Xu Nian realized that he had said something wrong. Seeing Xu Hongqi's ugly face, he quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything else. I really wanted to invite you sincerely and didn't mean to offend you."

But before Xu Nian could say anything more, Xu Hongqi was already about to leave with a cold face, and Xu Nian called him several times but to no avail.

Xu Nian returned home with a look of disappointment on his face. He was unwilling to tell his parents that Xu Hongqi didn't want to come tomorrow. Seeing Xu Fengcheng, he grabbed him and asked, "You haven't told your parents yet, right?"

Xu Fengcheng glanced at his sister-in-law who was talking not far away and whispered, "No, I haven't found a chance to say it yet."

Xu Nian said, "Oh, don't tell me now, the plan has changed."

Without waiting for her brother to pull her over and ask what had happened, she wanted to go back to her room and stay quiet for a while.

Xu Fengcheng held her aside and refused to let go. "Why did it change? Didn't you negotiate well when you just went there? How about I give it a try?"

Xu Nian finally cheered up and said, "Don't go. If you act alone, you will have to bear the consequences yourself."

Xu Nian's pulling and tugging left his two sisters-in-law next to him completely confused, and they thought that the two old and young members of the Xu family were up to something again.

At night, Xu Nian lay in bed, feeling frustrated and powerless. He tossed the bed all over the place. After a while, he sat up and encouraged himself. The Long March had only just begun. He must display the spirit of Comrade □□ in dealing with the enemy, not fearing any difficulties or hardships, and capture Xu Hongqi!

Although he spoke with a firm voice, he felt timid inside and continued to toss and turn in bed.

***

Xu Nian, who had been preparing himself mentally all night last night, got up even earlier today and secretly cooked two eggs. After cooking, he wrapped them in clothes and ran out of the yard. He then returned home and picked a cucumber.

She thought that she should go find Xu Hongqi to express her apology and enthusiasm.

She didn't dare to wait in front of her uncle's house because the street in front was crowded with old neighbors and she was afraid of what people would say, so she ran to the road leading to the county and waited. While waiting, Xu Nian looked at the "100" she had specially prepared for Xu Hongqi and became more and more satisfied.

Maybe he got up too early, Xu Nian felt like he had been waiting for a long time but didn't see anyone. Now looking at the "100" he got, he didn't feel satisfied. He felt like what people call a "brainless party" and he was so embarrassed by thinking about it.

Fortunately, the two candidates were afraid of being delayed on the road, so Xu Nian waited for a while and saw Xu Hongqi and Xu Fengkai riding their bicycles towards them. Xu Fengkai, who was riding a bicycle, was a little surprised to see Xu Nian in front of him, and quickly braked to stop.

"Nian Nian, what are you doing here?"

"Brother, do you believe me when I say I'm exercising?"

Xu Nian felt a little embarrassed when she saw Xu Fengkai's eyes looking at her as if she was seriously ill. Xu Nian passed through Xu Fengkai's body and stared straight at Xu Hongqi.

Xu Fengkai had been thinking this girl was strange lately, especially since she was unusually curious and friendly towards his classmates. Seeing Xu Nian's look, he guessed, "Are you waiting for the red flag?"

Xu Nian was waiting for this sentence and nodded quickly, which made Xu Hongqi beside her feel that she looked very well-behaved.

So I just said, "If it's still about yesterday, then there's no need to talk about it. We're in a hurry to leave, so you can go home."

Xu Nian had mustered up the courage, but after he finished speaking, he felt a little at a loss for words, so he hesitantly said, "It's not all about yesterday. I brought you something today." Then he raised his hand to show him.

But the cold-blooded villain didn't even glance at him and just said to Xu Fengkai, "Hurry up and leave. It will be too late if you don't leave soon."

Xu Fengkai didn't know what was going on between the two of them, but he also knew that now was not the time to find out, so he said to Xu Nian: "Niannian, go home quickly. We can talk about anything when we come back. We're leaving first."

Xu Nian wanted to say that there was no point in coming back, so he took the opportunity to look at Xu Hongqi again before saying weakly to his cousin: "I wish you good grades in the exam, you can go."

Watching the two people walking away, Xu Nian couldn't help cursing, "Xu Hongqi, you stinky stone! This beautiful lady personally invited you, but you didn't even come. You didn't even look at the things I prepared. No wonder your childhood sweetheart doesn't like you, you unromantic bastard."

Xu Nian was not in a good mood after scolding others. When she got home, everyone was eating. When Xu's mother saw her, she asked, "Niannian, where have you been? I haven't seen you since early this morning. Why do you look so listless?"

"Oh, I'm going to exercise." Xu Nian replied while putting the things he was holding in the house.

Later, she came out and sat down with everyone to prepare for dinner. Little Tietou next to her handed Xu Nian a steamed bun. The aunt and nephew looked at each other, and Little Tietou smiled at Xu Nian. Xu Nian also touched Little Tietou's head with a little pity.

Seeing this scene, Mrs. Xu felt sad and couldn't help saying, "Tietou, Mom thinks you are almost like your aunt's son. You are so close to your aunt."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You can say anything. Eat your meal quickly. It's time to go to work soon." Brother Xu spoke to his wife sternly, then looked at Xu's father and mother helplessly. Seeing that they didn't say anything, he quickly finished his meal and left with Sister-in-law Xu.

When they were almost done eating, Xu Nian cleared away the dishes and prepared to go to the kitchen to wash them. As she was washing them, Xu's mother came up to her and asked, "Have you told the kid from the Xu family to come over for dinner tonight? Your brother knows someone in the county, and your dad asked him to sell meat."

Xu Nian was stunned for a moment: "Are you still buying meat?"

Xu's mother tapped Xu Nian's forehead and said, "Silly girl, if you're inviting someone to dinner, you should at least serve some meat!"

Xu Nian kept thinking in his heart, it’s over, it’s over, they didn’t plan to come at all!

Xu Nian wanted to say something, but Xu's father had already started calling people. Before Xu's mother could say too much, she was called away, leaving Xu Nian alone in the messy kitchen. She wondered what was going on!

"Hey! Hey! Hey!"

I don’t know how many times Xu Nian has sighed. Now she is lying on the bed, and the three children are playing beside the bed. The four of them are doing their own things.

Xu Nian didn't sleep well yesterday. The more she sighed, the sleepier she felt. She mumbled to Tietou, "Tietou, I'm sleepy. Please make sure my brothers and sisters don't go out. I'll take a nap, okay?"

Xiao Tietou also felt that his aunt was different today and thought she was sick. He felt that when he was sick, he always wanted to sleep, so he nodded to his aunt very carefully, and Xu Nian relaxed and went on a date with "Zhou Gong".

Xu Nian woke up again because of the heat of the sun. She felt that she had slept for a long time, but when she looked around and saw that no one came home in the afternoon, she knew that she probably didn't sleep too long either. However, her mood was much better. Seeing the three little ones playing obediently in the yard, she couldn't help but wish that Xu Hongqi could be as obedient.

Shaking his head to get Xu Hongqi out of his mind, Xu Nian took out four biscuits from the table drawer in the room, called his nephews and nieces, and gave each of them one. The four of them ate the sweet sesame biscuits, and their sense of happiness soared.

When everyone who worked came back at noon, Xu Nian saw that her parents didn't see Third Brother Xu, and she instantly became unhappy again. She thought that no matter what, she must invite Xu Hongqi to have this meal today.

In the late afternoon, Xu Nian went to the neighbor's house to find Yan Zi. Yan Zi had recently followed her parents to the fields. She didn't do any heavy work, just a few centimeters. However, she usually only worked for a few hours a day and came back in the afternoon.

"Yanzi, are you home?"

The door was opened, and Xu Nian saw Xu Yan: "Yanzi, Yanyan, do me a favor."

"What's wrong? Tell me."

"Can you help me look after my two children, Tietou, for a while? Let them play at your house and keep them from running around. When my mom gets off work in the afternoon, you can just take them home."

Xu Yan thought it was nothing serious, and if it was just to look after the children, there would be no problem. So she said to Xu Nian, "Okay, bring them over. I'm at home doing some laundry, and I'll watch them in the yard."

"But what are you going to do?"

Of course Xu Nian couldn't say: "It's just my personal matter, dear sister, don't ask!"

Xu Yan was curious but didn't really need to know, so she nodded: "Okay!"