"Bang bang bang!"

There was a knock on the door of the small shop.

Tian Xiao'e sat up vigilantly, "Who?" ”

"Me!"

Tian Xiao'e heard that it was Ma Xiaole's voice, and quickly put on a padded jacket and got out of bed and opened the door, "Ma Xiao......" She just said two words and felt that it was inappropriate, so she quickly changed her words, "Secretary Ma, you are really here, what I said before was a joke, don't take it seriously!" ”

When Ma Xiaole heard this, he wondered why this Tian Xiao'e changed her face so quickly. Either way, you have to be careful. "Jokes?" He snorted, "Can you make a joke casually?" ”

Tian Xiao'e rubbed her hands uneasily, "Secretary Ma, you see that you are really here on such a cold day, you must be freezing your hands and feet, otherwise, go into the quilt to warm up." ”

Ma Xiaole was not ambiguous, took off his clothes and got in.

"Tian Xiao'e, I want you to know tonight, whether I, Ma Xiaole, can or can't!" Ma Xiaole showed his head in the bed, looking invincible.

"Hehe......" Tian Xiao'e smirked, standing still, "You can do it, you really can do it." ”

"No need to try, right?"

"Yes, yes, no." Tian Xiao'e hurriedly said, "Also, Secretary Ma, don't worry, in the future, I will definitely not say anything again!" ”

"Oh." Ma Xiaole pondered for a while, won without a fight? It's okay to save a lot of effort. However, I had to let Tian Xiao'e see the authenticity and completely convince her, so I used some ideas and specially let Tian Xiao'e look at it when she was dressing.

Tian Xiao'e was stunned, completely stunned.

"You said it's okay if you don't try, then you tell me, who told you that I can't?" Ma Xiaole got dressed and asked, "Is it Gu Meiyu?" ”

"Gu Meiyu?" Tian Xiao'e immediately frowned, "No, why did you say it was hers?" ”

When Ma Xiaole heard this, he felt that he was reckless, and hurriedly said: "Oh, don't I think she is the women's director, maybe she will talk more to the women in the village." ”

"No, it's not her, I don't usually talk to her." Tian Xiao'e shook her head.

"Then who are you listening to?"

"Yes...... is Liu Changxi's daughter-in-law, Yao Xiaoyan. ”

"Is that her?" Ma Xiaole was shocked, and then said fiercely: "That woman, she will be good-looking in the future, I have to let her try it!" ”

"You, don't say that I told you, didn't you meet Liu Changxi when you came out of the store last afternoon, he told me, don't talk nonsense in the future, or it will be a big trouble." Tian Xiao'e said timidly.

Speaking of Liu Changxi, Ma Xiaole sighed softly, and thought secretly: At the beginning, Liu Changxi and Ding Jianshe sent him and Ma Changgen to the township health center, which can be regarded as a kindness, and it has been so many years, these two people's mouths are still tight, and they didn't tell others that he was kicked out. As for Liu Changxi's daughter-in-law Yao Xiaoyan, it is understandable, after all, they are two people, and it is inevitable that this matter will be said, but Yao Xiaoyan is loose and actually told Tian Xiao'e.

"Forget it." Thinking of this, Ma Xiaole sighed: "Liu Changxi is good to me, and his daughter-in-law Yao Xiaoyan, I will forgive me." ”

"So you don't settle accounts with Yao Xiaoyan?!" Tian Xiao'e was very happy, "That's good, that's good, or Liu Changxi won't be able to spare me." ”

"Liu Changxi can't spare you?" Ma Xiaole was happy, "Why can't he spare you?" ”

"Liu Changxi is now the village head, so he can handle the villagers no matter what." After Tian Xiao'e finished speaking, she opened her mouth and closed it again.

"What's wrong, what else do you want to say?"

"I want to say, if you don't forgive Yao Xiaoyan, I guess she will still be desperate."

"Whew?" Ma Xiaole's eyes opened, "Yao Xiaoyan can't wait?" ”

"yes." Tian Xiao'e said, "You don't know, that woman usually doesn't like to talk, and she is stuffy, but it's actually very good!" ”

"Oh, damn, isn't that sullen!" Ma Xiaole said hehehe, "Whatever, it's all Liu Changxi's business." ”

"That's right." Tian Xiao'e nodded, and stopped talking.

"What's wrong again? Say whatever you want. ”

"Oh, I, I think, it's okay if you don't forgive me."

"What?!" Ma Xiaole was so surprised that his eyes almost fell, "Tian Xiao'e, you, how can you do this?" ”

Tian Xiao'e looked at it, thinking that Ma Xiaole was angry, and hurriedly said: "Just because I didn't say anything!" Then he took a cigarette from the shelf and gave it to him.

Ma Xiaole didn't say anything, smiled playfully, and said, "Okay, then I'll go." ”

Soon, the door of the small shop was opened.

The wind and snow are tight.

Xiaonanzhuang Village is very quiet on a snowy night.

Ma Xiaole craned his collar and shrunk his neck and walked towards the orchard.

The snow on the ground was already thick, and it creaked when you stepped on it.

This snow is really exciting, sometimes tight and sometimes loose, fluttering until the first day of the new year.

After more than two days of snow puffing down, everyone was so stuffy that they panicked, even the sound of firecrackers on the night of the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve and the morning of the first day of the new year could not eliminate the stuffiness.

In this kind of weather, the men are okay, get together to play poker, rub mahjong, the old play that kind of sparrow card, a simplified version of mahjong, how much to bet a little, with a little bit of interest.

The hardest thing is the women, the east house goes to the west house, the west house goes to the east house, dig here and there, or sneak through the door, find some old sesame seeds and rotten grain. It's just that when it's time to cook, the pots and pans are busy for a while, and I feel like an authentic woman.

A child may catch a sparrow, sweep a small plot of land in the middle of the yard, scatter some grain, cover it with a basket, and hold the edge with a small stick, and tie a rope to the stick until it reaches the house. The little sparrows that are hungry and come out in the snow to forage for food will come to peck at the bottom of the basket, and as soon as it enters the bottom of the basket, it will pull the rope in the house, and the small stick will move, and as soon as the basket falls, it will cover it.

If you have a dog at home, you can take the dog to the field to catch hares, if you are a little bolder, go farther to the south mountain, there is more game, but that is also dangerous, there are wolves in the mountains, and most people will not let their children run so far, at most go around on the small slope at the foot of the mountain.

Ma Xiaole is also very interested in taking a dog to catch a hare, but he feels that he can't do that anymore, otherwise the villagers will laugh at it. Besides, Ah Huang is no longer there, and he doesn't have that old guy anymore.

Thinking of Ah Huang, Ma Xiaole was still full of sentimentality, and his heart couldn't help but feel sad, thinking about the first year of his death, no matter what, he had to make a good offering.

Early in the morning of the Lunar New Year, Ma Xiaole got up, took red candy seeds, sugar cakes, apples, oranges, and a pile of burning paper, and came to Ah Huang's grave to set it up in a decent manner, burned the paper, put on incense, and bowed.

After worshipping Ah Huang, it's time to go home for breakfast.

Breakfast is dumplings and rice balls, Ma Xiaole on the way back to the village from the orchard to the heart of the heart, in the past, looking forward to the New Year, the first few days thinking about hot pork dumplings and rice balls with sandwiching, now although the living conditions are better, but how many years of feelings are still strong.

Breakfast was eaten quickly, and according to the rules, the cadres of the village committee would get together and go to the homes of the more capable families in the village and the families of the old martyrs.

Ma Xiaole pondered that the village cadres would definitely return to his house, so he asked Hu Aiying to prepare the candy, and then touched his pocket and prepared to light a cigarette. Unfortunately, he forgot to bring it, and the good cigarette that Jin Zhu gave him forgot in the orchard.

Hurry back to the orchard to get cigarettes, and wait for the village cadres to come and disperse.

The snow still hasn't stopped.

In fact, in the past two days, there has been no interruption on the road to Ma Xiaole's orchard, and since the afternoon of the 29th of the year, some people have been going to see Ma Xiaole one after another, even if it is casually nagging. Especially today, on the first day of the new year, Ma Xiaole just arrived at the orchard and entered the house for a short time, took a cigarette and was about to leave, but the villagers who came to see him were one after another.

It is customary to visit the door on the first day of the new year, and to pay New Year's greetings.

Ma Xiaole felt very embarrassed, generally the younger generation took the initiative to go to the elder's house for New Year's greetings, he was not big and young, but there were so many people in the village who were older than him came.

Ma Xiaole is also not ambiguous, as long as someone comes, he will take a cigarette and greet him politely.

finally sent another batch away, Ma Xiaole quickly locked the door and left.

When he returned home, Ma Xiaole opened his mouth and asked, "Dad, is there anyone from the village?" ”

"Come, leave again, there are many things to do, many people want to go, so they didn't wait for you, they asked me to pass a message to you, and go to Liu Changxi's house to drink at noon." Ma Changgen smiled, "Xiaole, look at you, you have worked in the township, but it is different, the village cadres still have to come to my house to pay New Year's greetings!" ”

Ma Xiaole is also very happy, everyone has vanity. "Dad, who's here?" He asked.

"Liu Changxi, Ding Jianjian, Xu Hongqi, Gao Desheng, Gu Meiyu, ......" Ma Changgen counted with his fingers.

However, Ma Xiaole sounded a little wrong, and asked, "Dad, why isn't there Fan Baofa?" ”

"He, he doesn't seem to see it." Ma Changgen said very seriously, "There is no figure of him. ”

"Oh." Ma Xiaole nodded with a serious expression.

Ma Changgen saw it and frowned slightly, "Yes, why didn't he come, the village party secretary should also come." ”

Ma Xiaole understood what was going on, because Fan Zaoni, I thought that Fan Zaoni would go to work at the city newspaper when the time came, and the object she was looking for was the leader of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, how awesome it was!

Thinking of this, Ma Xiaole was not convinced, and felt that Fan Baofa was too aggressive.

But that's the case, who has the potential to not fight?

It's all about your own mentality, and it's good to figure it out.

Ma Xiaole can figure it out, Fan Baofa won't come if he doesn't come, and there is nothing to worry about, but when he thinks of Fan Zaoni, he can't be calm. Thinking about that little girl, it was no different to be together every day when she was a child, but she was admitted to university, and now she is in the city, living in high-rise buildings, walking on smooth cement roads, even if it rains and snows, the mud is not stained.

Thinking of these, Ma Xiaole's original sense of superiority disappeared.

"Xiaole, what are you in a daze? If he Fan Bao doesn't come, he won't come, and people who love to play music don't have any concerns. Ma Changgen saw that Ma Xiaole was depressed and wanted to enlighten him.

"What, Dad, I didn't think about Fan Baofa, whether he likes to come or not, I'm not rare." Ma Xiaole pretended to be casual, "I'm wondering if I will go to Liu Changxi's house for a drink at noon tonight." ”

"Then you have to go, why do people say that he is also the newly appointed village chief, and if he doesn't go, he won't give face." Ma Changgen Road.

In fact, Ma Xiaole knew this, but he said it casually just now to cover it up, since he said it, then continue to follow Ma Changgen's words, "Well, yes, I have to go!" After speaking, he took out a box of good cigarettes and put them in Ma Changgen's hand, "Dad, taste this cigarette." ”

After finishing, Ma Xiaole walked out of the house and went to the street to have a look.