Shortly after winter began this year, I encountered a cold wave and a small snowfall. When the weather cleared and the snow melted, the temperature rose. The warm sun made people forget the coldness of winter for a while.

That day, I was working with Senior Brother Xiao Cai in the workshop. Squad Leader Xia from the electrician team came to me and said that he had something to ask me for help. I followed him to the long-lost power distribution room. I saw several masters from the electrician team gathered inside. When everyone saw me in, they greeted him politely.

"Squad Leader Xia, what's the matter with me?" I asked a little puzzled.

"Xiao Wu, that's right. The cotton yarn in our factory is not easy to sell recently, so the factory decided to adapt to the market, try to produce chemical fiber yarn, and transform the current equipment. Our electrician team is not strong enough, so we asked the workshop and wanted to transfer you back temporarily to the electrician team to help with the work." Captain Xia explained a little awkwardly.

"Isn't this a joke? I am a safeguard worker to help an electrician, and it's a bit wrong." I understood what Captain Xia meant, felt a little ridiculous, and answered unhappily.

"Xiao Wu, you know, it was not our intention to get you out. You studied electricians and were Lao Huang's apprentice. There was nothing to say about theory or practice..." Xia continued to persuade me.

"I shouldn't have taken Xiao Wu away at the beginning. I don't know what this old monkey was thinking?" A master next to him interrupted angrily without waiting for Squad Leader Xia to finish speaking.

"That's right, in our entire electrician class, there are only you, Master Huang, and Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu, who are looking at the drawings. Now the equipment in the entire workshop needs to be upgraded and renovated. So many circuit diagrams need to be understood and understood. Master Huang was transferred away, and Xiao Wu was brought to the security class again. You are the only one to fight alone. Isn't this a mess?" Another master also complained to Squad Leader Xia.

"So, am I thinking about getting Xiao Wu back? For this matter, I and the workshop director worked hard for several days before he secretly let go in private." Captain Xia's tone was full of grievances.

"That follower can only look at the leader's expression and has no backbone at all." The master who spoke continued.

"Second Captain Xia, thank you really. I can actually do wherever I work, but the decision to ask me to return to the preservation was announced publicly by the factory. Now I have come back secretly, it is not right. What's the matter? So I'll do my preservation." I am very grateful to Second Captain Xia and everyone, but I just don't want to give the followers face. In order to please Lao Hou, he took me away. Now he needs it, and borrowed me back temporarily. He has to leave after borrowing it. Isn't this teasing?

I rejected Captain Xia and returned to the workshop. Seeing that I looked bad, Senior Brother Xiao Cai asked me what it was. I didn’t want to talk anymore and said casually: “They have some small private work and want to ask me for help. I’m too busy these days and don’t have time.”

"Yes, I also found that you are a little strange during this period. What are you busy with? You hurry back after work every day. Are you talking about a girlfriend?" Senior Brother Xiao Cai looked at me with confusion.

"You found Li Qin and ran away. What other girlfriend can I talk about?" I teased him, and as soon as I said that, I felt a little inappropriate. I saw that Senior Brother Xiao Cai's face turned a little green.

On the winter solstice, the temperature dropped sharply, and the warmth of the days came to an abrupt end. After work in the evening, I hurried back. It was not until 5 pm, and I was basically dark. I walked out of the factory gate with the cold wind, crossed the road and entered the living area, and felt cold from the beginning to the heels.

After passing through the dark woods, the dead leaves at my feet were clattering. I looked around and saw no figure. Then I came to the courtyard of the guesthouse and took out the key and opened the dark lock on the door. The courtyard was quiet. The room on the west side of the second floor was light, and my heart was relieved. I glanced at the ginkgo tree and saw the female ghost who had not seen for several days floating on the tree fork again at some point. There was no solemnity in my eyes, and silently showed a hint of warmth. I greeted her, and went directly to the second floor without going back to the distribution room behind.

When I hurriedly pushed open the door of the bright red room, I saw her dressed in home clothes, rolling up her sleeves, kneading a dough hard, and a layer of pearl-like sweat beads oozing out of her fair forehead.

"You're not at work?" I asked in a little confusion.

"What? Do you want to be exhausted?" Yin Hong patted the flour on her hand, raised her jade-like arm, and lifted the messy hair on her forehead. "Did you forget the rules of our hometown? Winter Solstice dumplings and summer solstice noodles. Today is the Winter Solstice. I have a shift with someone else. Let's make dumplings and eat them. Go and buy some meat and cabbage."

Looking at the clear red eyes, my chest felt hot, I quickly responded, put down the tool kit on my body, and turned around and went out.

"Have you brought the money? Riding my car, go and go back!" Yin Hong reminded me behind me.

"Take it." I replied loudly in the corridor.

I rode out of the living area. The street lights on the street had not yet lit up. There were few people walking along the way. At the intersection where the ancient bell tower was missing, the county side food company had closed. I did not hesitate and went straight to the south of the city along the main road, where there was a farmers' market that had just been opened for a short time.

When I walked into the Nanmen Market, it was bustling inside, full of people coming here to buy vegetables after get off work. Four mercury lamps were erected in the four corners of the yard, illuminating the surroundings. There were still a row of incandescent lamps in front of each row of stalls. The buyers and sellers were brisk in price and there was noisy everywhere.

The so-called Nanmen Market is actually a closed large yard. It used to be a timber factory in the county. In the past, when it was planned to be an economy, it survived by selling national timber allocated wood. Now, without planning to be adjusted, the timber factory has no business. They rented out the huge yard and used it as a free market for buying and selling agricultural and sideline products. The employees of the timber factory barely lived on rent. In this market, not only do they need to buy goods and do not have various tickets, but also meat, eggs and vegetables are all fresh, but the price is slightly more expensive than the public.

I pushed the bicycle and searched all the way, and came to several meat-selling stalls. I saw a piece of pork belly. While bargaining with the stall owner, I heard a group of people making noise in the stall in front.

"Damn it, those grandchildren are here to ask for money again!" The meat stall owner cursed angrily, and chopped the chopping board in front of him with a machete.

I turned around and saw a group of people pestering a garlic vendor. The group of people was very imposing. Although they were different in uniform, they all wore a red sleeve. After ten years of turmoil, the red sleeves almost disappeared. Now I suddenly met a group of people again, which looked very abrupt and eye-catching, making people feel a little shocked.

"What are these people doing?" I was a little confused for a moment.

"What can I do? The whole person who cracks down on speculation and throws the office is a group of bandits." The meat stall owner replied gritting his teeth.

"Aren't you doing business just? This is what the government allows now. What does it have to do with speculation?" I still feel a little puzzled.

"They don't care about this, they just know that they are coming to ask for money, a bunch of bastards!" The meat stall owner pulled out a machete from the chopping board.

"Can't say that, right? I see there is a girl there." Sister Hong and Xiaozhuang were still waiting at home. I comforted the meat stall owner and wanted to buy the meat back quickly.

"Female bandit! More slutty than those men." After hearing what I said, the meat stall owner seemed even more angry.

There were already hands in front of me, clamoring, crying, and cheering, and making noises. I saw a small flat head snatching the scale of the garlic vendor. The vendor was about to struggle to grab it back, but it was broken on his thigh. The vendor rushed over to make sense, but was immediately pressed to the ground by a group of people. The young woman with red sleeves splashed the stars, and she pushed her waist to command the man while scolding the vendor and the people watching the cheers.

Under the cold light source of the mercury lamp, the faces of the group showed a blue-gray hideous expression. I observed this scene from afar and couldn't believe my eyes. I recognized the vicious little flat head, the second son of the Zhao family who had been taught by me, and I also recognized the domineering young woman, and a hint of sadness surged in my heart. If I had not witnessed it with my own eyes, I would never have thought of a quiet, elegant, and even a little weak mobility blocker who could turn into a violent and innocent female devil in the blink of an eye. Could it be because she had a background and backer and put on a red sleeve that symbolized power?
Chapter completed!