In the blink of an eye, the factory and workshop were very busy these days as New Year's Day approached. Although the old monkey had been struggling for several rounds, our salary this year was barely paid, but seeing the factory's efficiency continues to decline, what will happen next year? No one can tell. In this cold season when water turns into ice, the uneasy people felt colder than their bodies.

In winter, after the snow fell, the weather was dry and cold. The sun rose and set without heat. Every day when we got off work, everything was as dark as the sky and the earth was hazy. Senior Brother Xiao Cai and I left the workshop together and walked on the way to the bathroom. Several elementary apprentices we met greeted us while calling us respectfully. I nodded reservedly, and felt a hint of sigh in my heart.

"Time is so fast. In just a blink of an eye, we all became masters." I glanced at Senior Brother Xiao Cai and said casually.

"Everyone is like this. We will retire and go home like your father and my father." Xiao Cai looked ahead and responded in a low mood.

"What's wrong with you? I've been in a bad mood all day?" I looked at Senior Brother Xiao Cai's gloomy face and asked couldn't help but ask.

"Hey--it's nothing..." Senior Brother Cai lowered his head, looking like he was eager to speak but stopped.

"Speak if you have something to do, don't keep it in your heart." I reached out and slapped him.

"Do you know? Li Qin and she..." Senior Brother Xiao Cai just spoke and swallowed the second half of the sentence back.

"Li Qin...what is wrong with her? Have you made up and got in contact again?" I saw Senior Brother Xiao Cai's painful look, and my heart skipped a beat, but I said deliberately.

"How is it possible to get in contact again?" Senior Brother Cai sighed, "Li Qin is going to get married on New Year's Day, and I will be with that second young master Wang."

In the cold wind, Senior Brother Xiao Cai's face turned pale and his pain was twisted. I was a little confused for a moment and didn't know how to comfort him, so I could only hug his thin shoulders tightly.

The bathroom was steaming and the large pool was full of people. Senior Brother Xiao Cai and I took off our clothes, went down to the hot water, and found a corner to sit down. Walking all the way from the cold, people were cold from the inside to the outside, soaked in the hot water, and felt indescribable comfort and comfort all over our body. In the hazy fog, there were a few elementary apprentices from which workshop were talking enthusiastically.

"Come on, wash it quickly, don't delay tonight's party." A tall and thin elementary apprentice urged.

"This is the first time I've seen a performance in our factory." A shorter person continued excitedly.

I remembered after hearing what they said. Yesterday, the workshop posted a notice saying that a New Year party would be held in the cinema in the living area tonight.

"It's really worse than it is every year. In the past, our factory was so glorious, and the performances were all in the county people's theater." A master next to him also heard the discussion and couldn't help but sigh.

"This is another reform of the old monkey. It not only changed the local area and time, but also changed the art performances of the entire factory to a New Year party." Another master soaked in the water replied.

"What's the point of showing now? There is no bright red in front of the spinning, and there is no Li Qin in the weaving room." A sharp voice sounded, and I recognized through the mist that I had not seen for many days.

"Doctor Yang, your wife's belly is so big, are you still so terrified?" The master soaked in the water leaned up and teased the veterinarian.

When I heard someone talking about Li Qin, Senior Brother Cai next to me couldn't help but tremble. I quickly pulled him in the water and stood up: "Let's go--Let's rub your back."

After taking a shower, it was already dark. Walking under the bare sycamore tree, the cold street lights pulled the figure very long. Neither of them said anything. When I walked out of the blue-gray gate of the factory, I couldn't help but ask sideways: "Don't you... go to the cinema to watch the performance?"

"How could I feel like this?" Senior Brother Xiao Cai murmured, turned around and rode on his big "permanent".

I felt uncomfortable. I watched Senior Brother Xiao Cai disappear at the end of the street before walking towards the living area across the road. When I passed by the cinema, I saw the crowds of people rushing and bustling with some gangsters from the society. Although there was no Yin Hong and Li Qin, the scale and momentum of the past, the performance of the cotton mill is still a cultural event in the small town and is still quite attractive.

I walked through the mixed forest with swaying shadows, opened the gate of the guesthouse courtyard in the cold wind, and saw the lights on the room on the second floor behind the old ginkgo tree, so I quickly walked upstairs.

Sister Hong has already returned. She was holding Xiaozhuang, who was learning to speak in her teeth. She sat on the edge of the bed with a depressed look on her face. The cooked porridge and steamed buns were placed on the table in front of her, waiting for me to come back to have dinner. When I saw Sister Hong’s thoughtful look, I asked her in confusion what was wrong? Sister Hong pondered for a while before she told me that when she was at work today, Peng Dazhuang’s cousin Zhao Wu came to her and said that his brother-in-law’s younger brother was going to get married, and notified her to go for a wedding on New Year’s Day.

"What's this? You and his brother-in-law's younger brother are relatives who are not close to each other. Are you still thinking about receiving gifts and making a fortune?" I remembered the words of Senior Brother Xiao Cai just now and immediately called out.

"You can't say that? When I got married to your elder brother Peng, I came with a gift, so now I'm notifying you to go, so I should go." Sister Hong's white jade-like face showed a coral look, and her complexion improved a lot during this period.

"If this is the case, you should have gone." I said a little discouraged.

"But... I want you to accompany me and Xiaozhuang." Sister Hong raised her head and looked at me with bright eyes expectantly.

"I...I don't go, I have no friendship with them, what should I do?" I felt a little awkward and shook my head in discomfort.

"You...you are...even if you are...even if you are Xiaozhuang's godfather." Sister Hong's cheeks showed a moment of rosyness, as if she was afraid that I would disagree, so she said quickly.

"Senior Brother Xiao Cai told me about this just now. I... I really don't want to see Li Qin. Besides, if I go, I can't explain to Senior Brother Xiao Cai, and I don't want to see their Zhao family." I waved my hand vigorously and refused.

"But..." Sister Hong's bright eyes were a little frozen, and a hint of grief flashed between her eyebrows, "I want you to go with me because... because I want their Zhao family to see that there is a man around me, a tall, handsome and strong man, which makes them give up and never dare to make bad ideas about me again."

"What the hell is going on?" After hearing Sister Hong's words, I suddenly dropped my heart. Looking at her expression of wanting to speak but stopping, I asked anxiously, "That bastard Zhao Wu's father harassing you again?"

"This time it's not him, Zhao Wu's younger brother Zhao Wen. In recent times, he has always come to the hospital to find me for any reason, staying in our toll room, and is unwilling to leave." Sister Hong's cheeks were covered with a layer of deep worries.

"Fuck this family named Zhao, there is really no good thing. I heard that Zhao Wen has already made the belly of the young nurse in the county Chinese medicine hospital bigger. Are you preparing to get married?" I clenched my fists, and my palms were already sweating.

"You...how did you know about the Zhao family?" Sister Hong raised her eyebrows, widened her eyes, and looked at me with a puzzled look.

Looking at her suspicious eyes, I knew I had missed it. This was what I heard from the stinky woman complaining when I climbed on the big poplar tree and hit Director Zhao in the head with a slingshot.

"That time, Zhao Wu's father's head was broken. Their son-in-law took the police to investigate everywhere. No... it was really you who did it?" Sister Hong remembered this incident again, and her nervous voice changed a little.

"No, I have told you many times, how could it be me?" I avoided Sister Hong's gaze, deliberately teased, bent down, and took Xiaozhuang from Sister Hong's back.

"Wu Ping, don't scare Sister Hong. What should I do if something happens to you, let the mother and I...?" Sister Hong saw me holding Xiaozhuang, and her eyes were filled with anxiety.

"Don't worry, I will not have anything to do. I will protect you and Xiaozhuang." I felt heavy in my heart, but there was a smile on my face, pretending to be relaxed.

"That's good. Let's have a meal quickly. You must be hungry after working all day." Sister Hong's eyes softened, she stood up and walked to the table.

That night, Sister Hong and I were lying on the bed for a long time. I suddenly felt a little dazed and a little scared. I thought that if something really happened and lost the peace and beauty in front of me, it would be such a tragic thing. I had never thought about it like this before. It seemed that now was really different from the past. I turned around and hugged Sister Hong tightly in my arms.
Chapter completed!