"Okay, how can you say that about your brother?" Abuyi said with a smile, "Why hasn't Ranran come back yet?"

"Yeah." Fu Yunhai looked outside and seemed to be shocked.

At this time, Su He was standing under the eaves outside the art troupe, shivering from the cold. He stamped his feet from time to time to prevent his feet from being frozen.

Fu Ran was planning to practice again, but a comrade came in and said, "Whose family is that standing outside? They must be frozen to death!"

Fu Ran stood by the window and looked outside. It was none other than that silly boy Su He. How come he didn't know how to come in?

"Okay, that's all for today." Fu Ran asked everyone to disperse. Everyone was eager to go home, and now they all walked quickly outside.

Fu Ran couldn't help but smile. He cleaned the rehearsal room and then went out wearing a scarf.

"Why are you here? You didn't even tell me." Fu Ran said with concern.

"I was afraid of disturbing you." Su He smiled foolishly, "I didn't stand there for long."

"Go home! Your elder brother is back!" Su He said with a smile.

"Really?" Fu Ran was overjoyed. He really missed them. "What about my second brother?"

"I don't know. He hadn't returned when I came." Su He said.

The two men walked one in front and one behind, and the snow on the ground became deeper.

"There will definitely be a good harvest from this farmland next year!" Fu Ran said happily.

"Yes! Auspicious snow means a good harvest!" Su He held out his 迳 when he saw that there was no one around.

Fu Ran held it quietly, and they both smiled knowingly.

"The show we are going to perform this time is The White-Haired Girl!" said Fu Ran.

"Our Fu Ran looks good in any role, whether it's the White-Haired Girl, the Red-Haired Girl, or the Green-Haired Girl." Su He said flatteringly.

"What are you talking about!" Fu Ran couldn't help but make a snowball and threw it on his back.

The cotton coat was very thick, so it didn't hurt or itch. Su He smiled, bent over and grabbed some snow, rolled it into a ball and chased after Fu Ran.

The two of them were laughing and running very fast. Soon, they both fell to the ground exhausted. She exhaled and said, "You can hit me! But not in the face!"

Su He turned over, stared at Fu Ran with burning eyes, and said softly, "How can I bear it?"

Fu Ran closed his eyes.

Su He bent down and kissed her on the forehead.

"Who's that over there?" The lady from the neighborhood committee came out and shone a flashlight in this direction.

"Run!" Su He pulled Fu Ran up and ran quickly.

"Hey, young people nowadays are really making trouble. If I catch you, I will have to criticize you publicly." The old lady scolded, but she couldn't catch up.

Fu Ran and Su He hid in the alley, listening to the unwilling shouting of the aunt, and they couldn't help laughing.

As he laughed, Su He hugged Fu Ran's waist.

Su He slowly lowered his head, and Fu Ran thought he would kiss her forehead. Until she felt a chill on her lips, her heart almost jumped out, and she closed her eyes in panic.

Su He's heart was pounding like he was walking on a ball of cotton. The thing he had been thinking about day and night was even sweeter than his dreams.

The lights on the roadside are soft and the snowflakes are dancing freely.

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The snow fell even harder at night, and the thick snow blocked the gate.

The lady from the neighborhood committee organized people to start shoveling the snow.

Su He got up early in the morning, and by the time everyone in the family got up, he had shoveled all the snow in the yard clean.

Su Dong was the second one to wake up. He smiled and said, "You are really good, little one!"

"Hehe, second brother, I feel like I have endless energy right now." Su He scratched his head, "Wait a minute, I'll go help big brother Fu Yunhai shovel the snow. He must be exhausted after returning from the mission."

"Oh~ I finally understand an idiom." Su Dong said with a smile.

"What idiom?" Su He asked.

"The drunkard's real intention is not to drink." Su Dong patted his shoulder, "Little boy, don't show it too obviously, or you will get beaten."

Su He did feel a little guilty, he definitely couldn't beat Fu Yuting.

"I walked to work today." Su Dong looked at the snow outside and worried about how to get out.

"Walking is a good way to exercise," said Su Zhengguo. "Dress the children in warm clothes so they don't get frozen. It's time for kindergarten to have a holiday, as the Chinese New Year is only a few days away."

"Well, there are still five days left, let them hold on a little longer." Yan Zhi said.

"That's fine." Su Zhengguo was reluctant to let his children suffer, but the children of their old Su family were still able to endure hardships. Just like their ancestors, they couldn't be too weak.

Su Dong put on his hat and said, "I'll go with you."

"Great!" Su Xiaoxuan held one of them at a time with a happy smile on her face.

"Come and have dinner." Cheng Ya shouted.

The aunt hired by the family went back to her hometown, so Cheng Ya made spicy soup, flatbreads and some pickled side dishes, which was also a good breakfast.

After dinner, everyone went about their business.

Su Xiaoluo and Su Wan went to school.

Cheng Ya crocheted a pair of gloves for each of them. Su Xiaoluo's pair was pink, connected with a piece of wool and hung around the neck, which was very convenient.

She walked outside, and the cold wind blew in her face. She had to cover her nose and mouth with a scarf, leaving her eyes exposed.

When we arrived at school, Zheng Shuyi came over and said, "Master, I seemed to have seen a ghost yesterday."

"You don't have yin and yang eyes, what the hell did you see?" Sun Tengfei was a little unhappy, fearing that Zheng Shuyi would snatch his position.

It's okay to have a nephew who is extraordinary, but even Zheng Shuyi, who entered the sect later, has made faster progress than him.

Even though he was called senior brother, he was really afraid of being outdone.

"It's true, I saw a black shadow whoosh past me and then disappeared." Zheng Shuyi frowned, not liking Sun Tengfei's questioning of her.

"Okay, stop arguing." Su Xiaoluo didn't sleep well last night. "Since we don't get along, each of you must copy the Tao Te Ching five times and hand it in to me the day after tomorrow."

“…”What a vicious master.

Sun Tengfei and Zheng Shuyi finally reached their first consensus on becoming a disciple.

Su Xiaoluo yawned. Last night before she went to sleep, she took a look at the red stone and put it on the table before going to bed.

She woke up in the middle of the night and saw a red halo coming out of the stone. She had no idea what it was and she studied it until dawn but still couldn't figure it out.

Even the wolf beast and the plague god didn't know what it was.

After class, Su Xiaoluo went home. The ground had been cleared to create a path, making it easier to walk.

When she passed by the barber shop, she saw Lu Beicheng getting angry there.

"Brother Bei Cheng, do you miss her?" Su Xiaoluo asked.

"Well, the New Year is almost here, and I don't know where she is now." Lu Beicheng put his hands in his pockets.

"I miss her a little too." Su Xiaoluo stretched out his hand, counted on his fingers, and said with a smile, "It's fate that brings us together, and the return date is not far away."

"Really?" Lu Beicheng was surprised.

"Of course, why would I lie to you?" Su Xiaoluo glared at him.

"Okay, it's worth the gift I prepared for you." Lu Beicheng smiled.

"What gift?" Su Xiaoluo asked curiously.

"Aren't you good at fortune-telling? Calculate it yourself." Lu Beicheng finally turned the game around.

"Brother Beicheng, you have learned bad things!" Su Xiaoluo can tell fortunes, but he can't get specific about something!

As the year draws to a close, people miss their families even more during the holidays. More and more people are returning to the compound to prepare for the New Year.