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Putting down the rice bowl, Lin Meihui said that he had to rehearse in the morning, so he couldn't accompany Zhong Shan, and also told him to rest at home during the day, and go to the Yejian Staff Club to watch her performance at night.

After a day and two nights of travel, Zhongshan was really tired, so after breakfast, he took a hot bath, and then obeyed his mother's arrangement and returned to his cabin. The familiar cottage was clean and tidy, with new sheets, quilts, pillows, and even the curtains washed, and they got into the quilt, comfortable and warm, and fell asleep after a while.

In his sleep, Fang Jing sat on the edge of his bed, and did not speak, but quietly wept. Zhong Shan wanted to ask: Fang Jing, what are you crying about? Did Lao Wan bully you? Didn't you go home on vacation, and Lao Wan chased after him in vain? opened his mouth, but he couldn't say half a sentence, and he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. Fang Jing was still crying silently. Zhong Shan was even more anxious, in a hurry, woke up, saw his mother sitting on the edge of the bed, and asked, "Shanzi, but you have a nightmare?" Zhong Shan mumbled "Hmm", turned over, and wanted to continue sleeping, but he was completely sleepy. Seeing his mother come out of the house, he got up from the bed, opened the drawer of the desk, unfolded a book of manuscript paper, and began to write:

"Fang Jing:

I arrived home this morning, and it was so cold in the northeast, but it was warm at home.

I was extremely tired from the journey, and I fell asleep on the pillow in the morning, and somehow I dreamed of you, worried about you, and wondered how everything was okay when you got home? Lao Wan didn't harass you anymore, did he?

Thanks to your trust in me, let me act as your talisman, and I am ashamed that I did not play the role of the talisman as it should, so that Lao Wan is still ready to move on to you. After the start of the semester, we will work together to completely shatter Lao Wan's evil thoughts and return Fang to a relaxed and happy university life.

The semester of college life is really beautiful in retrospect, especially the autumn outing, how happy and happy everyone is! There is also a dance party in the college student club, and the xiaolongbao in Nanfang Garden, which is really full of color, flavor, and aftertaste. Let's remember this wonderful time and let it all last forever!

Good luck

Zhongshan"

After writing the letter, sealing it, taking out the notepad with Fang Jing's mailing address from the schoolbag, copying it carefully, affixing the stamp, Zhong Shan put on a cotton coat, and went downstairs to put the letter into the mailbox.

When I came back, lunch was also done, it was pork and sauerkraut stuffed dumplings that Zhongshan thought about day and night, Chinese cabbage frozen tofu pork belly stewed wide vermicelli, and fried small yellow croaker. Zhong Shan was eating hot and sweating, and his parents were smiling.

According to the agreement with Meihui, at six o'clock in the evening, Zhongshan came to the door of the Metallurgical Construction Staff Club, where Meihui had been waiting early, and was hissing with her mouth and blowing hot air into her palms to keep warm, and her feet kept switching from side to side. Seeing that Zhong Shan had arrived, he hurriedly said, "Zhong University, you are sitting so steadily, you are about to freeze me to death!" With that, he grabbed Zhong Shan's arm and walked towards the club. The seats in the club are basically full, and the middle seats are all in the dark blue factory uniform of this metallurgical construction company. There are dots of variegated clothes next to it, which seem to be the families of employees or social personnel like Zhong Shan. In the first row, there was a leader's seat with a name sign, and Mie arranged Zhongshan in the middle of the second row, and she walked to the backstage from the small door next to her.

After the leaders sat down, the curtain opened, and the male chorus first sang "We Workers Have Power", the chorus was magnificent, full of emotion, and quite professional. After the chorus, Nie Hualin, general manager of Metallurgical Construction Group, walked on the stage and delivered an enthusiastic speech, warmly welcoming the employees of the second company and the third company who returned from the construction in the field, and gave New Year's greetings to the employees of the whole company in advance, wishing everyone a happy New Year and a happy family! Only then did Zhong Shan figure out that the main purpose of this party was to welcome the employees of the second and third companies who went out to work. This was followed by a variety of instrumental, dance, and vocal programs, each of which performed well and won applause. Lin Meihui sang two solo songs almost at the end of the performance, both imitating Teresa Teng's songs, one is "See the Smoke Again", and the other is "Love in a Small Village". Zhong Shan didn't expect that Lin Meihui, who grew up in the city, could sing these two songs so beautifully, and the emotions conveyed were so real and appropriate, and every word touched people's hearts. Naturally, the audience also recognized it very much and responded with warm applause.

After the whole performance, Zhong Shan waited at the gate, and after a long time, Lin Meihui and a group of people came out, the performance makeup on his face had been removed, it was a light life makeup, and the red tweed coat looked very eye-catching. After connecting with Zhong Shan, Meihui waved her hand to her partners, said "My boyfriend is coming to pick me up, bye-bye", and generously took Zhong Shan's arm and walked out quickly.

Walking to the alley, Meihui said, "I'm hungry, let's invite college students to eat hot pot!" ”

Zhong Shan said: "How can a lady invite a man, I will invite you, congratulations on the success of your performance." ”

"Don't pay the price, I've made money! You are still a poor scholar, please don't worry, I want you to support me for the rest of my life in the future! Mie said as she moved closer to Zhongshan and clamped his arm.

"You're thinking long-term." Zhong Shan said with a smile.

"Did you deceive me on a whim?" Mie looked at Zhongshan innocently with a side face.

"I didn't pay attention to it in the past, your mouth is really powerful, I can't talk about you." Zhong Shan twitched his hand and pretended to be angry.

"Kidding you!" Mie grabbed his arm again and clamped it.

Laughing, the two walked into a hot pot restaurant, the glass of the store was already covered with water droplets, and when they opened the door, the heat carried the aroma of fresh mutton to their faces.