Chapter 63 It’s snowing, why don’t you call me brother?
When Yan Xue heard that Liu Weiguo might be going to be a father, she smiled and said, "He's moving pretty fast."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Fang looked up at him.
Those peach blossom eyes were quiet, and they used to have a feeling of deep affection when they looked at people. I don’t know what happened in the past two months, but there was something else in them.
Yan Xue covered it with her hand for a moment, then remembered what she had said: "I'll have three children in two years this year." "Are you jealous?"
"No." Qi Fang answered quickly, and even though he was afraid she wouldn't believe him, he took her hand away. "Really?"
Qi Fang was different from most people of his generation. He lived with his grandfather since he was a child. His grandfather passed away when he was thirteen, and his teacher passed away when he was eighteen.
Although betrothed as a child, no one around him had ever instilled in him the concept of marriage and children to continue the family line, and he himself didn't care about it. His mind used to be full of mechanics, but later it became full of forbearance. If Yan Xue hadn't come to him, he might not even have married.
So, he's not really obsessed with having children or being a father. Having children is good, but not having them is also fine.
When Yan Xue asked this, he was afraid that Yan Xue would think too much. "I don't care about these things. It doesn't matter if I don't have them in this life."
As expected, he is the widower king in the original book. He has no worldly desires such as continuing the family line in his mind...
That's not true. Judging from the frequency of his behavior in the past two months, he has strong worldly desires.
Yan Xue pulled her hand back and patted the man's hand, "Don't talk nonsense, I don't plan to be without it for the rest of my life."
This pat was not heavy, but rather had a touch of intimacy. Qi Fang moved the long finger that was patted and looked down at her, "Do you want it?"
"Why not? Babies are so cute and soft." Yan Xue narrowed her eyes. "Don't you think Jigang is cute?"
She hit her head and her memory was confused for several months, but it was only thanks to Jigang's company that she found a little comfort in the headaches that continued day after day.
Yan Xue has never been afraid of welcoming a new relationship or a new life. Why should she deny his or her existence before God decides whether to give it to her?
Thinking of this, she raised her eyebrows at the man, as if to say, "Don't you dare say no?"
Jigang is indeed very cute, sensible, well-behaved and considerate. When he saw that the medicine he took was too bitter, he secretly gave him some candy.
But Qi Fang always felt that the girl in front of him with smiling eyes and a little temper from time to time was more adorable.
This made him unable to help but rub Yan Xue's head, "Then I will work hard."
Seeing a hint of anger in those smiling eyes, he leaned forward and said, "You should hold on a little longer too."
This time, she wasn't just slightly angry. Yan Xue glared at him directly and said, "It's broad daylight. Be serious."
What does it mean for her to insist on persisting? Is it something she doesn't insist on?
It’s not known whether this man still remembers the misunderstanding at the hospital, or he hasn’t been up the mountain recently and has no place to vent his energy, but he no longer looks so cold as soon as he turns off the lights.
She didn't know if most twenty-year-old boys were so energetic. Sometimes she wondered if he really had insomnia or was just born with little sleep.
Thinking of this, Yan Xue couldn't help but ask, "It's already October, you guys are going up the mountain soon, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Qi Fang's originally gentle expression froze obviously and he didn't say anything.
"I'm asking you." Yan Xue poked him, "I see the logistics team has already started going up the mountain to lay the railway track and dig the cellar."
This time Qi Fang responded with a very light and deep "hmm".
Yan Xue didn't think something was right and looked at him strangely, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Qi Fang changed the subject. "Uncle Liu said it should be buildable. I'll go to town to buy bricks and cement tomorrow."
We have to hurry up. Once the snow falls in a few days, the ground will become hard and we won’t be able to cover it even if we want to.
Yan Xue followed his words and talked about other things. After she finished talking and went out to help the second old lady cook, Qi Fang raised his eyes and glanced at the calendar.
It's been several months, why haven't there been any problems with those 50-ton skidders?
The forest farm is so small that as soon as Yan Xue and Qi Fang brought in the bricks and cement, they were noticed.
Immediately, some people started discussing privately, "Isn't their house already built? What are they going to do with it?"
"I want to continue with the story. I didn't see the father and son from the Liu family go there again. They are digging the foundation inside. If you don't know, you would think they are one family."
The Liu family and Qi Fang and Yan Xue are not related, so the statement that they are one family is something that people have to think about carefully.
Some people laughed immediately, while others were curious, "Aren't the three rooms in his house enough? Why is he building another one?"
"Who knows? He has money to burn. Maybe some relative of Yan Xue's is coming over."
Speaking of Yan Xue, Li Shuwu's wife couldn't help but curl her lips. "People say that a daughter who is married off is like spilled water, and I've never seen water flowing backwards. Xiao Qi's family hasn't come yet, and she's both his brother and his grandmother, and she's eager to have the whole family move in. I don't know what kind of magic potion she's given Xiao Qi..."
Before she could finish her words, there was a "clang" sound next to her, which scared her.
Jin Baozhi put the wheelbarrow she was pushing on the ground and interrupted her, "Xiao Qi didn't say anything, it's none of your business!"
This was the guy who started slapping people right away, and Li Shuwu's wife was stunned.
But there were other people around, so she grew bolder and said, "I didn't say anything about you, why are you so anxious?"
"You said Xiao Yan is no good!" Jin Baozhi didn't give her face, "Just shut your stinky mouth if you have nothing to do!"
Li Shuwu's wife was about to say something when Yan Xue, who was standing in front of her, heard the noise and came out. As soon as she saw her, she smiled and asked, "Isn't this Sister Li? Have you paid back the money your family borrowed?"
Li Shuwu's wife's maiden name was also Li. When she heard this, she was choked and couldn't respond for a long time.
The money her family borrowed to build the house has not been repaid yet, and people are chasing her all day long to collect the debt.
I don't know what's so urgent about such a small amount of money. Can they just refuse to pay it?
Seeing that Yan Xue had stumped Li Shuwu's wife with her question, Jin Baozhi pushed the wheelbarrow again and unloaded the excavated sand into Yan Xue's yard.
Yan Xue went back to the house and poured her a cup of warm water, "Drink some water and take a rest."
Jin Baozhi took it and gulped down a few mouthfuls before returning it to her. "No need to rest, I'm not tired."
Yan Xue then thought of something else, "Sister Baozhi, have you really decided to join the logging team?"
The Forestry Bureau has approved the regularization of Jin Baozhi and You Jinfeng. Starting this autumn, they will no longer work with the family team.
Given that there were more leisurely and suitable logistical jobs for women to choose from, both of them chose to join the most arduous logging team.
When the decision was first made, even the Guo family couldn't quite understand it. After all, Eugene had no choice. She had four children: the eldest and second oldest were already in elementary school, and the two younger ones were also about to start school. If she didn't find a way to earn more, it would be hard for the family to eat.
Jin Baozhi did not have so much pressure. She had few children and a capable husband. She was just an old woman and her brother-in-law, and her brother-in-law had a salary.
But she insisted, "I have to do something so that no one will talk about my quota anymore."
Logistics was easy, but she didn't say it. However, she still remembered that Yu Cuiyun asked for leave because her family background was not good.
Yan Xue also knew about this. It was Yan Xue who helped her in the beginning, so she did not hide it from Yan Xue. "It's not like I can't do it. Even if I don't fight for the steamed buns, I have to fight for my reputation."
Many people have advised her these days. Sometimes when she meets a neighbor on the road, they would tell her why a woman should work so hard. If she has that time, she should take care of the family and give Tiedan two more brothers.
But her intuition told her that Yan Xue would not persuade her in this way, and Yan Xue did not say those words. "Then I will visit your house more often when I have nothing to do."
The young girl had a gentle smile and her voice was more pleasant than anyone else's. "Don't worry about you and Brother Changping at home. As for Chang'an, I think he's quite capable of taking care of things."
He respected her choice, understood her decision, and said he would help her take care of the house so that she wouldn't have to worry.
Jin Baozhi's usually stern face softened a little. "Don't bother with those gossipers. I know you earn as much as Xiao Qi."
Xiao Yan works as a seasonal worker in the family team and can grow wood ear mushrooms. He can support his grandmother and younger brother by himself. Does he need to feed Xiao Qi some sweet talk?
Yan Xue also knew that there would be many people gossiping about me. "Don't worry about them. As long as I live better than them, it will be enough to make them angry to death."
That's true. People with real abilities don't have time to gossip. Instead, they should think about how to live a good life.
Jin Baozhi smiled and said, "It's good that you can think positively." Just as she was about to push the cart to dig sand again, Xu Wenli came outside.
This was a rare visitor, so Yan Xue quickly smiled and greeted him, "Uncle Xu, why are you here?"
"Is your Xiao Qi here welding a boiler at the small repair shop? I came to see what you need done." Xu Wenli didn't beat around the bush. "Is Da Niu here?"
"I'm here." Yan Xue hurriedly called inside, "Uncle Liu, Uncle Xu is looking for you."
In fact, she should have followed Qi Fang and called him Uncle Liu, but before they got married, she called him Grandpa, and she got used to it so she didn't change it.
Liu Daniu heard it and responded from inside. Xu Wenli also went in. "Is that firewall Xiao Qi mentioned reliable?"
"It should be reliable. I saw the blueprint and it turns out that the fermentation room in the town food factory is built this way."
The two of them discussed for a long time before Xu Wenli said goodbye. However, he was probably still worried, so he came back to take a look when the house was finished and the boiler was officially turned on.
Yan Xue's family only added one and a half rooms this time, one room was used as a culture room for bacterial strains, and the other half was used as a boiler room.
The boiler, which was much smaller after Qi Fang's improvement, was placed in the boiler room. There were pipes connecting it to the cultivation room and the fire walls of each room. To supply gas to a room, just open the valve in that room.
In order to dissipate heat to the greatest extent possible, Qi Fang even increased the area of the fire wall, turning it into a small kang that could accommodate two people lying horizontally.
After the valve was opened, Yan Jigang would reach out his little hand to touch it every once in a while. Before long, his eyes lit up and he said, "It's hot, it's hot."
Yan Xue also reached out and touched it. It was a little warm, but not completely hot yet.
After a while, the temperature inside the room could be felt to rise noticeably without even touching it. Xu Wenli had just come in from outside, still wearing a coat, and even then he felt a little hot.
He unbuttoned the top two buttons and felt the wall of fire, which was indeed hot. He asked Qi Fang, "Is the boiler gas at full capacity?"
"No." Qi Fang said, "At the highest setting, the temperature in this room is almost 30 degrees."
Although the area of the fire wall is small, the fermentation room in the food factory can reach above 35 degrees if there is enough air.
Xu Wenli didn't say anything else. He went to look at another room, then at the boiler, and left.
Then before the day was over, Secretary Lang came over first, and then Director Yu came over.
Before dinner, Xu Wenli called Qi Fang out. Qi Fang came back more than half an hour later with a pile of things in his hands.
The meal was already prepared at home. Seeing him come back, Yan Xue went to set the table and asked, "Do you want to do this in the field too?"
"Yeah." Qi Fang wasn't surprised that she could guess it. He went into the house, put his things down, and came over to serve her the meal. "Several offices in the field office used to use stoves, which weren't warm enough. Last year, someone didn't ventilate properly, and almost had an accident."
If you burn coal in the house in winter without proper ventilation, carbon monoxide poisoning may indeed occur, which can be severe and even fatal.
Since coal is needed to light the stove and the boiler, it is better to burn the boiler, which is not only safer but also warmer.
Anyway, the Forestry Bureau is nicknamed "Big Head of the Forest". Most people are reluctant to spend money on bricks and cement, but the farm office is not short of this money.
Yan Xue thought of Xu Wenli, "Is Uncle Xu trying to help you gain more favor in the field?"
Xu Wenli is the director of a small repair factory and he doesn't sit in the office at the site. What does it have to do with him whether the site is cold or not?
Qi Fang also knew, "Uncle Xu meant that I should also handle the field office."
"Then I'll find a chance to thank Uncle Xu later."
"Um."
It was not until after dinner that Yan Xue remembered what Qi Fang had brought back. When she went back to the house, she found that it was a complete set of high school textbooks.
She was stunned. She thought the man's words "I'll teach you" were just a casual remark, but she didn't expect it to be true.
She couldn't help but look back at the man, but he looked normal. He even walked over and flipped through the book. "Weiguo sold the set a long time ago. He helped me find someone to borrow this one."
Yan Xue's eyes softened, and her voice softened unconsciously, "You really want to be Teacher Qi."
Qi Fang didn't respond to her joke, but just looked at her with his peach blossom eyes, "It's okay, I'll make it up to you."
This made Yan Xue speechless for a long while. It was Yan Jigang who came over to ask questions. Seeing this, Yan Xue couldn't help but read out loud, "High school, middle school, math, science, is there anyone who wants to go to high school?"
Looking at those curious eyes, Yan Xue rarely said "hmm". Qi Fangduo explained: "Brother-in-law wants to give your sister extra lessons."
"Well, then I'll go back first." Yan Jigang felt that attending class was a big deal, so he immediately prepared to leave with his notebook.
"Don't worry, I'll help you finish it first." Qi Fang stretched out his hand towards him, "Which part are you unsure about?"
Yan Jigang finished asking the questions first, then took the notebook back to the room, and considerately helped them close the door before leaving.
The boiler that was turned on during the day was still sending heat into the house. In the warmth, Qi Fang had a cold expression and was only wearing a shirt, which really looked like a teacher.
Yan Xue looked at it silently for a while, then picked up a textbook and flipped through it. "I've actually read these."
In the previous life.
After dropping out of school in her previous life, she couldn't get over it for a long time. She was busy squatting in the market during the day, but she was in class in her dreams at night.
She never told anyone that she actually went to a scrap yard and bought a complete set of high school textbooks, and she read every word in them carefully.
Yan Xue stroked the pages of the book one by one with her fingers, "But I still have to thank you." Her eyes curved, as if they could hold the whole world.
But how regretful is it that you would read all of these even though you clearly haven't read them?
Perhaps when she said that he had such a good memory but it was a pity that he did not go to college, it was not only him who felt regretful, but also herself.
Qi Fang couldn't help but hold her in his arms, lowered his lips, and kissed those bright eyes.
"I'll make it up to you." He actually said something comforting.
After all, even he, a college student, lives in a remote mountain village, and the college entrance examination has been suspended. Even if he can make up for it, it is actually useless.
Thinking of this, Qi Fang felt a little depressed, for what he had experienced and even more for Yan Xue.
However, Yan Xue felt that the man was particularly pleasing to the eye today, and even his voice seemed better than usual.
This made her hold the man's face and look around, "It feels a bit like when we were kids."
Didn't she say before that he looked better when he was a child?
Qi Fang had just lowered his eyes with a hint of doubt when someone stood on tiptoe and kissed his chin. "How about you call me sister?"
Judging from Yan Xue's age in her previous life, she really deserves to be called sister by Qi Fang. Qi Fang heard it, but his eyes deepened.
He simply held Yan Xue's waist tightly and chased after her red lips, "Why don't you call me brother?"
The question was asked softly, but the force it landed on Yan Xue's lips was not light at all.
The days were already short in October, but not yet to the point where it would be completely dark after dinner. In the past, Yan Xue would have definitely pushed him away.
Today, Yan Xue hesitated for only a moment before she grabbed his shoulder and responded to him.
Although he just raised his head to greet her, Qi Fang still picked her up, put her on the desk, and kissed her more deeply with his handsome face tilted to the side.
There was a faint sound of water in the silence. Soon Yan Xue had to free one hand to support herself on the table, as she felt the tip of her tongue was about to be numbed by the sucking.
The man put both his hands on her waist. In the dim light, his long eyelashes drooped, which made his peach blossom eyes look even more upturned, making his face look more cold.
Yan Xue could clearly feel the air warming up, the distance getting closer, and the signal that some attack was about to be launched.
At this moment, the door opposite opened, and there was a series of clattering footsteps, followed by a soft exclamation, "It's so dark, sister and brother-in-law haven't turned on the lights yet?"
Yan Xue's scalp tightened, and she quickly pushed the man away and jumped down from the desk.
This move used a lot of strength, and Qi Fang was just about to let her go, but he was pushed back half a step and wiped his lips with the back of his hand.
This action was so deadly that Yan Xue didn't look at him again. She wiped it twice hurriedly and cleared her throat. "Turn on the light. I can't see it anymore."
"Hmm." You responded in a low, hoarse voice, followed by the sound of the lamp cord being pulled.
Perhaps they felt that they were not finished yet, the footsteps outside the door paused and then turned back.
Yan Xuesong took a breath and subconsciously turned back, and saw that there was still some red on the man's cold and pale face. He seemed to feel too hot, so he leaned against the door lazily and unbuttoned two buttons.
She quickly turned her face away, not noticing that the man's deep eyes were fixed on the tips of her red ears and the part of her white neck between her collar.
Soon the man came up again from behind and gently bit her neck. "You really won't scream?" his voice was very low.
This time Yan Xue didn't give him face anymore and pushed him hard, "Call me sister first."
Of course, she finally called him brother. It was after the lights were turned off and when Teacher Qi took out his blackboard stick but refused to give her a quick death.
But Yan Xue was not a good student who would accept punishment obediently. She bit a row of teeth marks on Teacher Qi's collarbone. Teacher Qi felt a stinging pain when he put on his clothes the next morning.
Fortunately, it is cold now, so no one will say that Teacher Qi is pretending even if he buttons his clothes higher. He still looks like a decent person when he goes out, and there is no trace of the beast in human skin he was last night.
At least Xu Wenli, who helped him weld the boiler, didn't notice it, and the people who helped him build the fire wall at the site didn't notice it either.
Within two days, the fire wall at the site was also completed. Although it was not a small kang like the one in his house, it was barely big enough for an adult man to lie on it.
From the first day of testing the boiler, everyone felt the difference. Unlike a stove, which required close proximity for warmth, the heat from the fire wall surrounded them.
After a while, those who had no work to do sat on the firewall; after a while, those who had work also found ways to get their work and do it on the other side of the firewall.
By the afternoon, some people even lay on the fire wall, and exclaimed that this thing was no worse than the kang at home. They were caught red-handed by Director Yu.
Director Yu's face turned black, and he snorted, "What are you all doing during working hours?"
In fact, it was not yet time to go to work, but everyone was still up, so there was no need to go against him.
But Director Yu still gave them all a lecture. "We built a firewall for you because we feel sorry for your hard work. Someone almost got into trouble, and you've forgotten your hard work? You're not working properly in broad daylight, and you're just lying there. How can you be so rude? If our country were full of comrades like you, it would have been destroyed long ago!"
Everyone lowered their heads and listened. After he left, someone curled their lips and said, "He worked hard. He worked hard. Don't let people block him in his office."
"Isn't it Qi Fang's idea that you can't stand it?" It's not like no one knows about the conflict between Qi Fang and the Yu family. After all, the forest farm is so small.
Speaking of Qi Fang, someone recalled the previous training session. "You said Qi Fang's spot was taken away. Could it be related to their family?"
Not long after the daughter took the blame off her daughter, the father took it again. It can only be said that this family is really unpopular.
In fact, it’s not these people’s fault. When Secretary Lang first mentioned building a firewall, Director Yu opposed it. Who would like someone who hinders their better life?
As for Director Yu, as soon as he returned to his office, he was hit by a warm feeling.
This made him take off his cotton coat first, sit at the table for a while, and then he felt that his upper body was fine, but his legs on the ground were cold.
Staying in the mountains all year round, wading through dew in summer and stepping on snow pits in winter, who doesn’t have cold legs?
Glancing to see that there was no one outside, and figuring that nothing would come to him at this hour, he stood up and sat on the fire wall.
It was really warm. Not long after I sat down, the warmth came up through my clothes, which was very comfortable.
Director Yu thought about it and simply brought up the legs as well.
Then after a while, he lay down with his upper body, his waist and back were burned, and it felt no worse than the kang in his own home.
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard footsteps outside, and judging from the direction, they were heading straight for his office.
Director Yu sat up in shock from his dying illness...
I don't sit up because I'm old.
The next second, the office door was pushed open. "Director Yu, it's snowing outside. Secretary Lang said to prepare for the mobilization meeting."
As soon as I finished speaking, I realized that there seemed to be no one in the office.
The other party subconsciously looked around, and finally lowered his gaze to meet Director Yu, who was about to set up the firewall.
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