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"Cough, cough, cough." Xu Hongqi seemed to be choked by her words and coughed several times.
Xu Nian came up to him and asked worriedly, "Are you catching a cold again?"
"Is your friend's house poisonous?"
Xu Hongqi had returned to normal by then. He pushed aside Xu Nian, who was tilting her head to study him, and said, "Hurry up and drink. After you finish, tell me how you listen to the lectures."
After he said that, Xu Nian no longer cared about other things and only racked his brains to think of how to delay time. The rhythm of drinking from big gulps changed instantly.
Xu Hongqi just watched her sipping liquid like a kitten. Her eyes were amber-brown in the sunlight, but looked clear and black in the darker areas. She was always moist, cute and sweet.
Xu Nian thought Xu Hongqi was staring at her because he was greedy and wanted to drink, so she subconsciously reached out and handed it to him, "Would you like to drink some?"
Seeing that Xu Hongqi had no intention of accepting the call, he felt a little embarrassed. "Then why don't you make some for yourself? It's embarrassing to stare at me."
He looked away dazed and uncomfortably, and covered up the situation by repacking the milk powder bag in his hand. When he saw Xu Nian lowering her head to drink milk, she secretly looked at him, paused, and left the kitchen.
Xu Nian felt relieved instantly when he saw the man leaving. He looked at his back leisurely. Oh, when did Xu Xueba start walking the other way?
Milk always runs out. Reluctantly, Xu Nian went through four more sets of questions under Xu Hongqi's guidance. When she finally understood the last question, she put down her pen and said helplessly, "Go into education in the future. I guarantee that all the students you teach will be college graduates."
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Xu Nian's life became basically stable after that. She would go home once a month and would meet Xu Hongqi for a while every two weeks. Seeing that Xu Hongqi was emotionally stable, had excellent academic performance and a happy life, she lived her own life happily.
And her life is quite comfortable. The premise of her comfort is that she is financially free. I'm not exaggerating, but she has some talent in language. The biography was not picked up by newspapers and magazines, but the film review was recognized and published in the last issue of the magazine.
Xu Nian was excited for a long time, especially when the royalties were mailed to her. Although it was only two dollars, it meant a lot to her.
Xu Nian was short of money, so she focused on this aspect. She went to the cinema almost every week. She felt that this was watching movies at "public expense". Every weekend, she would take turns inviting Liu Xi, Liang Ting or her two brothers to watch movies. If Xu Hongqi was free, the others would naturally stand aside. After all, this kind of thing was killing two birds with one stone for her.
She didn't tell anyone about the submission, and just said that it was her hobby. After it was her turn, she didn't stand out. Xu Nian didn't talk much with them and was taking notes. Seeing her like this, others couldn't ask her any questions, thinking that she really liked it too much.
But it was different when she was with Xu Hongqi. When watching a movie with him, she not only talked, but also forced him to express his feelings. If the other person didn't talk, she would also act unreasonable and whining, being an annoying person. All I can say is that she tried her best.
Xu Nian only took him to watch popular movies. To prevent him from getting bored, she changed the movies up, such as heartwarming, sad, happy, or war movies that boys liked...
Life has been hard these days, but it has also been fruitful. After a few mailings, she has learned her lesson. There weren't many movies in the 1970s, and after watching them for a long time, there was naturally nothing left to watch. So Xu Nian started writing four or five film reviews for each movie, and then sent them to magazines in different regions. Several of them were big hits, and she has earned almost 32 yuan during this period.
Having experienced the hardship of being penniless, Xu Nian has learned to save and spend money rationally. In addition to bringing delicious food or daily necessities to her parents every month, she occasionally buys things that her brother, sister-in-law, nephews and nieces need. Apart from anything else, now that she is back home, the atmosphere at home is very harmonious, and her two sisters-in-law rarely gossip anymore.
The days of a happy life passed by especially quickly. When it started snowing outside during morning reading on December 5th and the classmates were cheering excitedly, Xu Nian suddenly realized that she had been here for half a year.
She had been wanting to reflect deeply on the past, but the teacher lost his temper in class and asked the students to focus, and all her emotions disappeared in an instant.
The low pressure and heavy snow outside made the whole morning quite desolate. Perhaps the teacher realized that he was too harsh in his teaching, so he ended the last class of the morning ten minutes early to let the students move around freely, and only added a sentence to write an essay about snow in the afternoon.
In an instant, the entire corridor was as lively as if sirens had been turned on. Xu Nian loved the hustle and bustle, and when he was with Liang Ting, they were a perfect match.
They are the best at playing, and they can go crazy when they do. Usually, the boys and girls in the class don't play with each other much, and they keep a distance even when learning from each other. Today's situation is special, it starts with Wu Xinyu accidentally hitting Liu Xi with a snowball, and Liu Xi did not give in and quickly made a snowball with her hand and threw it back. The two of them kept going back and forth, neither of them giving in.
Xu Nian and Liang Ting's eyes met and they instantly understood each other. They pinched a big thing on the ground and threw it at Wu Xinyu. This must be a help to the sisters.
Then Xu Cong also joined in, throwing snowballs only at Xu Nian. The key point was that he didn't throw big ones, but just pinched a few small balls and threw them back and forth. Although it didn't hurt when they hit her body, it was also a blatant provocation!
The original 'war' between two people instantly turned into a battle between five people. However, with so many people, no one could guarantee that there would be no accidental injuries. In the end, more and more people joined in the snowball fight. Everyone was having fun and laughing on the campus. The students didn't even feel cold and were sweating after exercising for a long time.
Xu Nian was reserved at first, but later she took revenge on those who hit her with snowballs all over the playground. It seemed that she would never forgive her enemies, but she couldn't stop smiling. She was so engrossed in the game that it was already past lunchtime for the junior high school.
The high school students started to come out, and a lot of them were still playing on the playground. Xu Nian went from being the most quiet to the craziest. She became more and more beautiful as she grew older. The girl was as dazzling as a delicate plum blossom about to bloom in the white snow.
Xu Hongqi was talking to Xu Fengkai, holding a rice bowl and chopsticks, when he was nagged by the other party. "Hongqi, look, is that Nian Nian?"
Xu Hongqi stopped talking and looked in the direction he pointed. Because it was snowing on a sunny day, the sunlight reflected off the snowy ground, so he squinted.
The person with the smiling face and eyes, throwing snowballs at the male classmate with a bright face, who else could it be but Xu Nian.
Without a second thought, Xu Hongqi shouted, "Xu Nian..."
"Xu Nian!"
Xu Nian heard someone calling her. Liu Xi was in a state of fever and was taking a break. She could hear more clearly than Xu Nian. She pulled Xu Nian and asked her to look over there.
Only then did she see Xu Hongqi and the others, and she immediately had evil intentions. She happened to have a ball in her hand, so she smiled sweetly at the two of them, revealing a little white teeth, looking mischievous. Then she calmly squeezed the snowball in her hand behind her back, and threw it over when the opportunity arose.
Her efforts were not in vain as she threw the ball very accurately and hit Xu Hongqi on the shoulder. Seeing that he had hit her, she jumped over without thinking much.
She never took off the smile on her face and was still happy when she got there. However, while she was smiling, Xu Hongqi just glanced at her, without saying a word or making any expression, and looked unhappy.
Xu Nian looked at Xu Fengkai and asked in a thoughtful tone, "What's wrong with him?"
But Xu Fengkai obviously didn't know either, and even asked the person directly, "Hongqi, Nian Nian asked you what's wrong?"
Xu Nian's heart was pounding. No, she didn't say anything, so how could her brother act so freely?
But having said that, Xu Nian opened his big almond-shaped eyes and looked at Xu Hongqi with curiosity.
In the end, he was even colder than the weather and said to Xu Fengkai, "Let's go, it's time to eat."
Xu Nian was not hungry until he mentioned eating. After he finished speaking, Xu Nian suddenly felt like she was starving to death. She shushed Xu Hongqi. The man just talked to her brother and ignored her. It was obvious that she had offended him. Xu Nian had already summed up the experience of coaxing Xu Hongqi. Things cannot be delayed. The sooner you coax him, the easier it will be.
Xu Fengkai waved to Xu Nian and followed Xu Hongqi. Xu Nian looked at their backs and immediately waved to Liu Xi and Liang Ting, indicating that he would not have lunch with them.
Afterwards, she followed the two of them like a little tail, her head down as she walked in the footprints of Xu Hongqi, and only then did she notice that the snow was already quite thick.
She quickly caught up with the two of them as they entered the cafeteria. Xu Fengkai was very happy that his sister was with them, but Xu Hongqi still didn't say a word.
Xu Nian didn't know when she had offended him, and her mind was full of questions. When she heard her brother asking her to help save a seat, she went to find a seat first.
About five or six minutes later, they came back with their lunch boxes and sat down.
Xu Fengkai asked Xu Nian if she had eaten. Xu Nian looked at Xu Hongqi and shook his head pitifully. "Our teacher dismissed us early this morning and asked us to go out to the snow to experience winter. We have to write an essay this afternoon."
Before Xu Fengkai could respond, Xu Hongqi, who had been silent for a long time, said coldly, "Is this how you feel about winter?"
Xu Nian was a little confused, "How else can I feel otherwise?"
Xu Fengkai thought he understood, "Hongqi must be worried that you'd catch a cold if you stayed in the snow for too long."
Xu Niangang still thought he was hard to understand, but after hearing what her brother said, she suddenly felt narrow-minded and felt a little embarrassed. She said to the two of them, "Hey, don't worry, I'm in good health."
She was really hungry when she smelled the food. She wanted to eat her brother's food, but seeing his size, she thought better of it. Then she thought about how Xu Hongqi usually spoiled her, so she said to him pitifully and cutely, "Brother Hongqi, please put some rice on the lid of the rice bowl for me. I haven't eaten yet!"
Xu Hongqi snorted and laughed, and Xu Nian felt it was strange, as if he didn't mean well.
"You're in good health, so it's okay to skip a meal."
Xu Nian hadn't seen him like this for a long time, and forgot what to say for a moment. But Xu Fengkai felt something was wrong and said to his sister: "Eat my food, eat my food. Your brother Hongqi didn't eat anything this morning, he's very hungry."
Xu Nian also realized it now. She had no idea what was wrong and felt baffled. She glanced at the rice he had ordered and couldn't help but argue with him, "Eat yours, and I'll give you your meal ticket."
As she said this, the air pressure around her suddenly dropped. Her body, which had just sweated, seemed to feel cold and shivered slightly.
She suddenly felt very sad and her nose was sore. Before she lost control, Xu Nian said to her brother, "Brother, you eat. I'm going back to the dormitory."
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