Fang Hui rarely saw Xu Weiguo speak so softly to him, and he felt particularly pleased.
Especially when she saw that the pack of cigarettes Xu Weiguo was pushing towards her had been opened, and Xu Weiguo looked particularly pained.
He was even happier.
We are all men, especially married men.
Fang Hui knew very well that Xu Weiguo, like him, had his salary taken by his wife.
For a married man, buying a pack of cigarettes requires saving up for a long time.
If Xu Weiguo brought him a whole unopened pack of cigarettes, or something else, then it must have been prepared by the Xu family.
but!
This pack of cigarettes is different. It's obvious that it's been opened before. If you look closely, you can even tell that the cigarettes inside are different.
With his extensive experience, Fang Hui immediately recognized these as cigarettes that Xu Weiguo had been saving for a long time but couldn't bear to smoke.
Fang Hui, in high spirits, took the pack of cigarettes and said readily, "That's no problem at all. I'll go with you right now and ask for leave for our daughter."
To be honest, given Fang Hui's position, quite a few people would give him gifts, and Fang Hui wouldn't be short of a pack of cigarettes.
What made Fang Hui happy was that this might be Xu Weiguo's last cigarette.
A gentleman does not take what others cherish, but Fang Hui is no gentleman.
Although he and Xu Weiguo had a good relationship, it didn't stop him from enjoying watching Xu Weiguo get the short end of the stick and then gloating over it.
With Fang Hui's intervention, taking leave became a trivial matter. The principal even stated that if Xu Hongxia was unable to take the graduation exam, her graduation certificate would still be issued.
Xu Hongxia didn't even need to go to school today. She left the school gate, swinging her double braids, and skipped and hopped home.
......
"Get up, daughter, get up quickly."
Zhang Yumei felt like she couldn't keep her eyes open anymore, and yawned as she woke Xu Hongxia up.
"Ugh, Mom~ why are you waking me up so early..."
Xu Hongxia groggily opened one eye and found that it was still pitch black outside, so she knew it was still very early.
"It's getting late, it's already past four o'clock."
"Have you forgotten? You still have to go to Huangjia Village later. It looks like your dad will be late for work after dropping you off."
Zhang Yumei directly pulled off Xu Hongxia's blanket and then pulled her up, saying, "Get up and wash up quickly, Mom will make you breakfast."
Zhang Yumei yawned as she walked into the kitchen.
Meanwhile, she was mentally calculating: when she went grocery shopping later, she would have to check if the nearby breakfast places were open that early.
Otherwise, it would be too much of a hardship to get up so early with them every day.
If it's really impossible to buy breakfast at this time, then Zhang Yumei will have no choice but to let the father and daughter make their own breakfast.
Anyway, Zhang Yumei has made up her mind that she will never get up so early every day to make breakfast for them.
If it weren't for the fact that it was the first day, and she was afraid they would forget to get up, Zhang Yumei wouldn't have wanted to get up at all.
Xu Hongxia, like a wandering ghost, got up and washed in a daze, ate breakfast in a daze, and then waited until she was fully awake.
She's already halfway there.
The main reason she was awake was not because of the bumpy bicycle ride, the strong wind in the morning, or because she was well-rested and not sleepy.
Instead, she leaned against Xu Weiguo's back and woke up in fright when she heard his heavy breathing, as if he was about to stop breathing.
Xu Hongxia asked with concern, "Dad, are you alright? Are you tired?"
Hearing Xu Hongxia's sudden concern, Xu Weiguo felt a warmth in his heart and replied breathlessly, "Phew, I, I'm fine, I, ha, I'm not tired at all. Haha."
Hearing his panting, Xu Hongxia initially wanted to complain, but then she remembered that Xu Weiguo was also so tired because he had taken her there.
She held back.
After all, having offended Xu Weiguo, there would be no one to pick her up and drop her off, and she didn't want to stay in Huangjia Village.
After overcoming numerous hardships, Xu Weiguo finally delivered Xu Hongxia to her destination.
Xu Weiguo handed her the lunchbox and food that Zhang Yumei had prepared for her: "Daughter, this is what your mother prepared for you."
"There's food in the lunchbox, you can eat it if you're hungry. Remember to take the food in the package to Grandma Qinqin's house at noon."
"You're coming here to study for so long, you can't just eat and drink for free. If you don't know the way, just ask someone else at lunchtime."
"Also, you must never wander off by yourself, especially not to the riverbank or the mountains, understand?"
This was Xu Hongxia's first time traveling far alone. The farthest place she had ever been by herself before was her school.
Xu Weiguo felt that he couldn't be at ease at all.
Xu Hongxia, unusually, didn't argue with Xu Weiguo and obediently nodded, saying, "I understand, I won't run around."
"Dad, you should go back quickly, or you'll be late."
Upon hearing Xu Hongxia's words, Xu Weiguo subconsciously glanced at his watch and exclaimed, "Oh my! It's almost seven o'clock?!"
Then Xu Weiguo rode his bicycle home, not forgetting to say one last thing before leaving: "Dad will come pick you up after get off work, be a good boy and wait for me here!"
After watching him leave, Xu Hongxia shrugged and walked towards the entrance of the cowshed.
Actually, Xu Hongxia was quite scared because the cowshed was so quiet, there was no one there, and it was at the foot of the mountain.
However, Xu Hongxia said she was lucky because the people in the cowshed were mostly elderly grandparents who slept little.
So the shout Xu Weiguo gave before leaving woke them all up.
Someone had already opened the door, wanting to see who had arrived so early.
When Xu Hongxia saw someone coming out, she quickly ran over.
"Hello Grandpa, I'd like to ask if Grandpa Zhong is here?"
Grandpa Song looked at Xu Hongxia, and after examining her closely, he noticed that she seemed to resemble Xu Junhui somewhat. So he asked, "Are you Qin's husband's sister?"
Xu Hongxia became even more excited when she saw that Grandpa Song knew her: "Yes, yes! My sister-in-law asked me to come here to learn from Grandpa Zhong."
After confirming that Xu Hongxia's identity was correct, Grandpa Song smiled at her and said, "Then come in. Old Zhong is also in the room."
Why did you come so early?
Xu Hongxia followed closely behind Grandpa Song, answering as she entered the room, "Because after my dad dropped me off here, he had to rush back to work in the city."
"So we have no choice but to set off earlier."
Grandpa Song turned to Xu Hongxia with some surprise: "You mean, your father personally brought you here from the city? And now he has to rush back to the city for work?"
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