Chapter Seventy-One: Winter Nights.

Ding Ning went to look at Xia Qimo's business card again, there was his mobile phone number on the business card, and she suddenly understood that Xia Qimo was asking her to add back the number.

He knew she blocked him!

Ouch, what is this man secretly trying to do?

Ding Ning threw the red envelope on the mattress, nestled into the quilt to play a game, and ignored it.

The matter of cultivating the ancestral hall may be very complicated and cumbersome, and at noon, Ding Ning's father and son of the Xia family did not go back to the hotel for dinner.

The cousin told Ding Ning that the group of four of them had dinner at the village party secretary's house, and they might not come back for dinner in the evening.

After getting the news, He Shumin didn't wait, she made a phone call, and after a while, a young man came over on a motorcycle and picked her up.

Ding Ning watched the motorcycle speeding down the mountain village road, and her heart began to jump.

She suddenly wanted to go out on her bike.

"Cousin, do you have a bicycle at home? I want to ride around the neighborhood. ”

"Yes, where do you want to go?"

Ding Ning turned to look at the back mountain.

The hot spring water used by my cousin's hot spring inn is brought up from underground. The hot spring is located at the bottom of a large mountain behind the village of Shadin.

When Ding Ning was in junior high school, one of her brothers took her there on a bicycle.

The elder brother of the family said that there are many treasures in the mountains, such as prickly pears, wild beehives, pheasants, and hares.

Ding Ning didn't stay long back then, and she hadn't seen anything about the baby that her brother said.

The weather was fine today, although it was still very cold, and although the snow on both sides of the road was still very thick, it did not affect the trip.

"I want to go to the back mountain to see!" Ding Ning pointed to the back mountain not far away.

The cousin agreed, but he told Ding Ning that no one had removed the snow on the trail in the back mountain, so don't go to the trail easily and slide carefully into the ravine.

Ding Ning compared an OK, indicating that he would ride honestly on the road.

Successfully borrowed the bicycle, Ding Ning happily rode towards the back mountain, she pedaled the bicycle to fly, the cold wind whistling on her cheeks, but she felt extremely happy.

There's nothing more refreshing than being in the wilderness in the mountains.

It seems that half of the rural blood in her body is not in vain.

Fifteen minutes later, Ding Ning arrived at the foot of the mountain, she got out of the car, parked the car on the side of the road, and began to stand on the side of the road to look at the outlet of the hot spring water.

The elder brother said that when the weather is cold, the monkeys in the mountains will run down to soak in the hot springs, and there will be dozens of them.

Ding Ning looked at the area where the mist was rising, because the distance was a little far, she didn't see anything.

"I don't know if any monkeys came down to the hot springs today. Ding Ning thought to himself, and became more curious about the unfamiliar area in front of him.

Ding Ning began to look at the terrain, the place leading to the water outlet seemed to have traces of human activity, and it was very clear, Ding Ning thought that this was the foot of the mountain and there was a trail that seemed to be a path, so there should be no danger.

After a little judgment, she made up her mind and decided to check it out.

Ding Ning cautiously arrived at the mouth of the hot spring, stretched his neck to look in, there were several springs between the mountains and rocks, which were suddenly steaming outward, and the sound of rushing water could be heard quietly, but there was a deep thatch growing on the edge of the hot spring, and with the rising water vapor showed a trend of demons dancing wildly, which made people not see it really.

Ding Ning peeled off the thatch and looked inside, there were no monkeys.

But a little squirrel ran under the thatch and burrowed into the woods.

"Hey, there are critters. Ding Ning was interested, she chose a branch from the dead tree and began to pull it in the thatch.

She wanted to find something more interesting, like a bunny or something.

I didn't find anything for a long time.

Ding Ning did not give up and began to go deeper.

People can't leave anything to chance, and they can't be blind, and soon Ding Ning tasted the consequences.

One accidentally, her foot stepped on a snow shell, and she fell into it with a foot empty.

When she got up, she didn't have a dry place on her body, and her face was covered with some sand on the edge of the hot spring.

"I'll go!" Ding Ning spit out the sand in his mouth and threw the branches, looking at his embarrassed appearance, thinking that he was finished, and he was going to be scolded when he went back now.

But it was obviously not possible not to go back, her clothes were wet, and she was sure to be finished in less than half an hour after the cold wind blew.

She hurriedly ran to the main road and ran back on her bicycle.

When Ding Ning pushed the bicycle back to the hotel, his cousin was startled, "What's wrong with you?"

"I fell into the ditch. Ding Ning replied. He also explained, "I didn't go up the mountain, I fell into the ditch at the foot of the mountain." ”

The cousin's eyes were full of distress, and he even said that it was okay to be fine, and then asked Ding Ling to go back to the room to take a hot bath.

"Don't catch a cold during the Chinese New Year. ”

Ding Ning nodded honestly, went back to the room to take a bath, and then changed into pajamas and came out to find his cousin with dirty clothes.

She wanted to wash her dirty laundry before her dad came back.

The cousin-in-law put her clothes in the washing machine, and when she saw that Ding Ning was wearing a set of pajamas that were a little thin, she asked with concern, "Did you only bring a coat here?"

Ding Ning answered honestly, she didn't need to bring too many coats in this winter, and she didn't stay long anyway, just one piece.

But she didn't expect to fall into the ditch just now.

"I'll go to the market tomorrow and buy one. She told her cousin.

My cousin shook her head, "The clothes seller in our market here won't open until the eighth day of the first lunar month, and today is only the third day of the first lunar month, so you have to wait for five days." ”

"Then I won't go out. Ding Ning pulled the pajamas on her body, if she stayed in the hotel all the time, because there was heating, she would have no problem wearing this one.

My cousin-in-law smiled and said, "Then what's the matter, today is the Xia family's father who is busy with the matter of cultivating the ancestral hall, and tomorrow at your second aunt's house, the fourth uncle's family will definitely pick you up and your father to eat at home, and you will definitely have to go out at that time." ”

Speaking of this, my cousin-in-law looked at Ding Ning, "I could have brought you a piece of clothing to wear, but you are so tall......"

Ding Ning is not tall but not short, 1.65 meters. The main reason is that her cousin-in-law is too short, and Ding Ning visually estimated that she may not be 1.55 meters.

"You won't be able to wear my clothes. My cousin thought for a while, "I have a set of padded jackets in my house, which I bought for your aunt, and your aunt is a big fat man, and you must be wearing her clothes." ”

As he spoke, he ran upstairs to get clothes for Ding Ning, and after a while, he really took a set of clothes down.

This dress is the favorite style of middle-aged women in the countryside, with a bright red and purple color, a placket button, and a phoenix rusted at the bottom.

"Oh, you put it on first. The cousin-in-law stuffed the clothes to Ding Ning and said with a little embarrassment, "It's just the breath of some countrymen, don't dislike it." ”

Ding Ning looked at the color, to be honest, it is indeed a little rustic, but the kindness of her cousin, plus isn't it just a dress, she is not here to participate in fashion week, there is no need to pay attention to so much.

As long as you can keep warm.

"It's okay cousin-in-law, as long as it's a dress. Ding Ning said and opened it on the spot.

Seeing that Ding Ning was not disgusted, her cousin was happy, she glanced at it and praised, "It's pretty good-looking." ”

"Really?" Ding Ning walked around the house in his clothes, with a big cotton jacket and flower trousers, which was quite a novelty!

In the evening, He Shumin came back on a motorcycle, and as soon as she entered the room, she saw Ding Ning sitting in the room watching TV in a jacket that her mother would only wear.

"What's wrong with you?" she asked Ding Ning.

"I went out to play in the afternoon and fell into the ditch. Ding Ning replied.

"New clothes?" she asked, pointing to the clothes on Ding Ning's body, her eyes full of incredible smiles.

"My cousin-in-law gave it to me, saying that the stalls selling clothes in the market only opened on the eighth day of the new year. ”

"Pretty good for you. He Shumin covered her mouth and smiled after speaking.

Ding Ning knew that she was laughing, just be happy, she didn't care anyway.

At about ten o'clock in the evening, Ding Ning's father and the three members of the Xia family came back, it seemed to be snowing at night, and as soon as the four of them entered the house, Xia Qihao shouted that it was too cold and was about to freeze to death.

"Uncle, we need to have some wine. He said to Ding Ning's father.

When my cousin heard this, he hurriedly replied, "We have a barbecue stove here, do you want to bake something to eat?"

The four of them walked back from the village, everyone was so cold, it was naturally good to eat some barbecue, drink some wine, and then go back to sleep.

So, I agreed.

Ding Wensheng went to knock on Ding Ning's door and asked Ding Ning and He Shumin to come out and eat together.

When Ding Ning appeared in front of everyone with a pair of slippers on the sleeves of his cotton coat, everyone was stunned.

The first to laugh was Xia Qihao, he ran to Ding Ning, circled around her, and asked with a smile, "Sister, where did you get your clothes?"

My cousin-in-law helped with the grill, and when she heard Xia Qihao ask, she hurriedly came over to help Ding Ning explain.

"She went out to play in the snow ditch in the afternoon, her coat and pants were wet, and her shoes were baking in the kitchen, and she had no clothes to wear, so I lent her my mother-in-law's clothes. ”

Ding Ning rolled up his sleeves and looked at Xia Qihao with slanted eyes, which seemed to mean that you heard it?

As soon as Xia Qihao heard that Ding Ning had gone out to play by himself, he hurriedly said, "Where are you going, can you take me there tomorrow?"

"You want to go?" Ding Ning looked at him.

Xia Qihao nodded violently.

"I'll talk about it when my clothes are dry. After Ding Ning finished speaking, he sat down on the chair and ignored Xia Qihao.

He Shumin heard Xia Qihao say that she wanted to go out to play, and she volunteered, "I know there is a place that is very fun. ”

Sure enough, Xia Qihao was attracted, "What place?"

"On the mountainside of the back mountain, there is a Huangxian Cave, which has very beautiful stone crystals, and I used to play in it when I was a child. ”

Speaking of this Huangxian Cave, Ding Wensheng and Xia Runian also fell into memories.

Ding Wensheng said to the second son of the Xia family, "When your father and I were young, we often went to Huangxian Cave to play, and when we were tired of playing, we would go to the third uncle's beehouse to rest for a while. ”

Speaking of this, Ding Wensheng asked Ding Ning's cousin, "Ah Qiang, is the third uncle's beehouse still there?"

"In it, his old man likes beekeeping, and last year he renovated the beehive, built a fire kang to lead the mountain spring water, except for the New Year's Day at home, has been on the mountain to get his old beehives. ”

Ding Ning has no interest in the third uncle's bee house, she only cares about other fun things.

"Are there any rabbits in the mountains?" she asked.

"Yes, but not as many as before, but you can occasionally see rabbit footprints on the snow. After Ah Qiang introduced Ding Ning, "What's the matter?" my little cousin wants to go up to the mountains to hunt. ”

Ding Ning hurriedly waved his hand, "I don't hunt, I just want to see the rabbit nest." ”

"What's so nice about the rabbit nest. He Shumin couldn't understand.

Ding Ning was about to answer, but Xia Qimo, who had not spoken, opened her mouth, "She wants to see the internal structure, and she is eager to learn the three holes of rabbits and cunning rabbits." ”

"What do you mean?" asked Ho Shumin.

Xia Qimo smiled and said nothing.

Xia Qihao replied, "My brother wants to say that Ding Ning went to see the rabbit nest because he wanted to learn how to make a few holes in the rabbit, so that she could stay in the room and not go out, and she would not fall into the ditch." ”

After saying that, he covered his mouth and smiled.

He Shumin glanced at Ding Ning's attire and laughed along.

Ding Wensheng laughed and said, "We Ning Ning usually like to stay at home and play games, which is not good for the eyes, I said let her go out to play with classmates, and she said that it was cold outside, she just didn't like to move, but when she moved, she looked like a boy, and she didn't jump up and down at all." ”

"That's the case with young people today. Xia Runian said, "Like our family, Qihao is not at home all day long, and Qimo is too, staying alone in City A, busy with work every day, if we don't go back to the village to repair the ancestral hall, our father and son can't sit together and drink and eat barbecue like now." ”

In the end, the rabbit nest was not seen, and the two fathers counted their children.

Ding Ning thought, this is probably a special program for the Spring Festival.

The fire is lit, the skewers are also baked, and Ding Wensheng and Xia Runian are still immersed in the topic of their children's education, career, and future.

"We have a daughter in our family, so everything is up to her, she wants to get married after graduation, we will buy her a dowry, she doesn't want to get married, and her mother and I can also raise her as an old girl. ”

"Girls are good, but boys can't, starting a family is a fundamental ......"

Xia Qihao couldn't listen to it anymore, he was afraid that if he listened to it any longer, it would eventually become his criticism meeting, so he stood up and invited Ding Ning, "Ding Ning, let's go back to the house and play cards!"

Ding Ning glanced at him and shook his head, "No." ”

"And what will you do?"

"I don't know anything. ”

Ding Wensheng naturally heard that his daughter was refusing, his old friend was present, and his daughter's refusal made him slightly embarrassed, he gently patted Ding Ning's shoulder and said, "Qi Hao asked you to play, you can go, you won't let them teach you." ”

He spoke very gently, with a fatherly smile on his face, but there was an irrefutable force in his words.

Ding Ning looked at his father and suddenly realized that when he carried out his mother's admonition, he invisibly hurt his father's face.

Uncle Xia is a good friend of his father, and rejecting Uncle Xia's son's invitation in person is equivalent to slapping Uncle Xia in the face.

Ding Ning, who realized his mistake, immediately showed a smile and said to Xia Qihao, "I will fight the landlord a little bit, you can't say that I play stinky cards." ”

"It doesn't matter, whoever loses will be punished. Xia Qimo stood up after speaking, and waited for the others to go back to the room together.

He Shumin immediately expressed her willingness to participate, "I will fight the landlord, I can fight well." ”

Xia Qihao saw that He Shumin was also going to participate, and his face was slightly embarrassed, he only needed three people to fight the landlord, and suddenly there was an extra one.

Also, why does this girl from Ding Ning's cousin's family always appear in front of them, are they very familiar with her?

He looked at his eldest brother.

Xia Qimo raised his head slightly, and said to He Shumin, "You can fight just right, the three of us will fight, and I will teach Ding Ning." ”

When Ding Ning heard this, he suddenly looked back at Xia Qimo.

Should he pretend to teach her to lose privately, think about Xia Qimo, who has always had revenge, put a business card on the New Year's red envelope, this is not a hint that she blocked him, he was angry.

Not good, there is danger tonight.

Because the room is a Japanese-style room, four people sit on the floor.

Xia Qimo naturally sat beside Ding Ning.

He took off his coat and wore a black cashmere sweater with a high collar and no ornaments, which made him appear to have broad shoulders and a slender neck, and he was even more ascetic.

Xia Qihao also took off his coat, unlike Xia Qimo, Xia Qihao was wearing a lot more fancy inside, a tender white puff sleeve sweater, with ribbons wrapped around it, and the men's square scarf tied around his neck was a bit exotic.

If you put on a smoky makeup, a typical bewitching man.

He Shumin saw that the two handsome guys had taken off their coats, so she naturally would not lag behind, so she also took off the noble mink coat on her body.

Ding Ning knew that He Shumin was a Big Mac, so when He Shumin took off her coat, she paid attention to the second son of the Xia family to see how the men reacted when they saw the Big Mac.

Xia Qihao's eyes glanced at He Shumin, then made a surprised expression, and then looked at his brother.

Xia Qimo was calm, concentrating on dismantling the playing cards sent in by Ah Qiang's cousin, and he didn't seem to be distracted.

Ding Ning clasped her hands in her sleeves, secretly laughing at Xia Qimo pretending to be serious, seeing how real Xia Qihao was, she sneered.

"What are you laughing at?" Xia Qimo raised his eyes to look at her.

Ding Ning: Isn't "......" dismantling playing cards, how can you see her laughing.

"Who is laughing?" Ding Ning put his hand into his sleeve again, denying.

At this time, Xia Qihao interjected and asked Ding Ning to take off his big flower jacket as well.

"I see this dress dizzy. He said.

Ding Ning cut and muttered, "I think you're sick." ”

She thought that her voice was very small, but she didn't expect Xia Qimo beside her to hear it, and he glanced at her.

Ding Ning hurriedly pretended to make his hair.

He Shumin also began to brush her hair, she threw her big wave over and shook it, and finally pulled it to her chest.

Ding Ning had no choice but to stop getting his featureless hair and put his hands into his sleeves again.

"You're not hot?" Xia Qimo asked.

In the room, the heating was almost twenty degrees, of course Ding Ning was hot, but she was embarrassed to take it off, because when she came back in the afternoon, she thought that there was no one in the house, so she didn't wear a corset.

Originally, it was nothing, and she wore it like this after taking a shower at home in winter.

But I didn't expect Xia Qihao to organize a game of cards in the room, which made her take it off.

But it seems even stranger not to take it off.

After thinking about it for a while, Ding Ning decided to take it off.

He Shumin, the giant is here, and the second son of the Xia family should not notice that she is not wearing a corset.

So, she took it off.

Xia Qihao looked at her face very calmly, and there was nothing unusual.

Ding Ning secretly glanced at Xia Qimo, Xia Qimo's eyes glanced at her, and then coughed.

There doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary.

Ding Ning pulled the pajamas on his body and pretended to be calm.

Xia Qimo shuffled the playing cards and put them on the low table and asked everyone, "How to play?"

He asked about bets.

"I don't gamble money. Ding Ning was the first to express his opinion.

She doesn't know how to fight the landlord, even if Xia Qimo is guiding by the side, according to Xia Qimo's unclear smile just now, Ding Ning feels that she is likely to be cheated by him today.

So gambling money is absolutely unacceptable, she doesn't know if He Shumin has money or not, but the second son of the Xia family must be rich.

Gambling with rich people, one word: death.

"Then bet on something else?" He Shumin consulted the second son of the Xia family.

Xia Qihao thought for a while and said, "The person who loses the most runs outside without a coat." ”

His trick was a bit damaged, probably to make Ding Ning and He Shumin feel how he felt when he came back from the outside just now.

Ding Ning objected, "It's unfair to me, I don't know how to play cards, if you collude with your brother to deal with me, I won't lose." ”

"Then let my brother accompany you, and he will be with you if you lose. ”

Ding Ning felt that this kind of binding was acceptable.

"Well, I agree. Ding Ning looked at Xia Qimo.

Xia Qimo nodded and said very confidently, "I won't lose." ”

Ding Ning's heart is just two words: hehe!