I put on my clothes and opened the door, and it was all white outside.

Seeing her get up, the old lady served her a bowl of soup and said, "Drink a bowl of soup first, we'll have lunch soon."

Ruanruan took the bowl, thanked her grandmother "Thank you, grandma", and then sat down next to Huo Haoshen very consciously. The brother and sister raised their bowls and started drinking in unison.

"Wow....luckily there is floor heating in the house, otherwise how would we survive this winter!"

They didn't expect that the weather was bearable a few days ago. Although it was a bit cold, they didn't feel it because they were busy at the factory. Now that they have some free time, it's snowing. It's really cold today.

"Yeah, luckily you guys are done, otherwise, with half your legs buried in the snow, how can you go to work?" Looking at the heavy snow still falling outside, he sighed, "Hey, I don't know how heavy the snow is, how can Haocheng and the others train?"

"Grandma, you don't have to worry about this. When it snows this heavily, the soldiers usually go to the village for training, or help the streets clear the snow off the houses." Ruanruan knew that her grandma was worried, but this is what they, the soldiers, are supposed to do. They will appear wherever they are needed.

"There's nothing to worry about. As a glorious soldier, this is their duty. If you are really bored, think carefully about what dowry you are going to prepare for Jingyan when she gets married in a few days." As an old revolutionary, the old man also knows the duty of a soldier.

When the People's Republic of China was founded, he listened to Mr. Bai and retired with his family. The place he chose was not his hometown Yuncheng, but Shen City. At first, his family members didn't understand why he did this. Gradually, the old man's reputation in the commune became higher and higher without anyone noticing. It was not until 67 that the college entrance examination was suddenly suspended, more and more capital was suppressed, and scholars, professors and teachers were demoted. Only then did they realize how wise the old man was.

Over the years, the old man might have regretted that he was too decisive when he left, and he didn't contact his old comrades afterwards, leaving Huo Haocheng completely without any support in the army all these years. However, this idea was abandoned by him in an instant.

When he joined the army, although he donated most of his family's wealth to the army, the leaders in the army knew about his situation. As a century-old family, he still had a lot of things in his hands. If you really calculate carefully, if he had not left, Huo Haocheng's situation would be even more difficult than Sun Hongxin's a few years ago.

"Do I need you to tell me? We have already prepared it for the children." After the Deng family and the Gu family agreed on the wedding date last month, she began to prepare. Because of the relationship between Huo Haocheng and Deng Yi, they also prepared a wedding gift for him.

"Deng Yi and Sister Jingyan's wedding date has been set. When is it?" After hearing grandpa and grandma talking about preparing makeup for Gu Jingyan, Ruanruan and Huo Haoshen looked at each other in confusion. After confirming that they didn't know, Ruanruan asked.

"Just last month, when you went to Guangzhou, your grandfather Deng's health was getting worse and worse, so he thought of holding the wedding for the two young ones first." The old lady said, feeling uncomfortable. The man was getting old, and his health was getting worse and worse. He could not refuse to accept his age.

Listening to grandma's words, Ruanruan also thought that time flies so fast. In a blink of an eye, more than a year has passed.

"By the way, grandma, where are the children? Why can't I see any of them?" Huo Haoshen suddenly changed the subject. The affairs of the leaders were not something that ordinary people like them could discuss. Even if their families had a good relationship, it would be bad if someone with ulterior motives heard about it and made a big fuss about it. Especially with Ruanruan's current status, it was really not appropriate to discuss it at home.

The old man and the old lady also understood this truth, so they followed their grandson's words and said, "They were picked up by their two aunts to play early in the morning."

It was a rare occasion for Dr. Jiang and Qian Ling to have a holiday together. Besides, the old men and women at home were thinking about the children. Aiai and Mumu started teaching them to read since the last time the old men came back from the Huo's house. Now the children like to compete with each other whenever they have time, to see who can tell a better story or who can write better.

Seeing this, several old men would bring them together from time to time. On the one hand, it could cultivate the children's feelings, and on the other hand, it could arouse their competitive spirit and promote learning, which was also good.

Several old men and women take turns to look after the children. After all, it's the same if they look after one child, or maybe a group of them.

After lunch, Ruanruan played chess with grandpa for a while.

The snow stopped around 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Ruanruan and Huo Haoshen took brooms and shovels and started sweeping the snow.

The yard is quite large and there are many rooms. Ruanruan and Huo Haoshen have clear division of labor. Huo Haoshen climbs onto the roof and sweeps the snow off the roof first, while Ruanruan goes to clean the snow in the aisle of the backyard. Then they push the accumulated snow into the flower bed or the ground in the yard together. This way, they don't have to worry about insects next year.

"Haoshen, you must be careful." The old lady watched her grandson climb up to the roof on the ladder. She felt very nervous when he stood up.

"Grandma, don't worry, I will be very careful. Please go into the house quickly, otherwise I will sweep the snow down and it will hit you." Huo Haoshen carefully climbed onto the roof beam and sat down. Then he let his grandmother come into the house, and began to push the snow from top to bottom with a shovel (a tool used in rural areas to collect millet for drying in the sun).

Needless to say, this thing is very useful. When Huo Haoshen sits on it, he just needs to push down hard, and the snow will fall down.

By the time the brother and sister had cleared the snow from their house, it was already dark. It gets dark especially early in the north at this time of year. Huo Haocheng and Huo Haojie took a detour after get off work to pick up the children, and dinner was just ready.

"Are the children asleep?" Huo Haojie walked quickly into the room holding Huo Wenli and Huo Haocheng holding Dabao and Xiaobao. Seeing the two men wrapping the children in their coats and bringing them in, they knew that they were asleep.

Ruanruan took Xiaobao from Huo Haocheng, and the couple carried the children back to the bed and covered them before returning to the restaurant.

"Let's eat first. Keep the soup warm in the pot and serve them some noodles when the kids wake up." The kids are growing up after playing outside all day. They are asleep now and will wake up in the middle of the night because of hunger. So keep the soup warm and serve them the noodles when they wake up.

"Mom, don't worry, the soup is always warm. The children and I will sleep at night, and when they wake up, I will get up and cook for them." Since coming to the capital, Wang Qun has been responsible for cooking for the family.

Before the Huo family elders came, she had to help take care of Dabao and Xiaobao. Now that the elders are here, they help her share the burden of taking care of the children, and she feels a lot more relaxed.

"Okay, you'll have to work harder at night."

"Mom, there's no need to be so troublesome. Just give them some milk powder when they wake up. There's no need to be so troublesome." In Ruanruan's opinion, children need rest, and adults need rest even more. There's no need to prepare someone specifically to cook for them when they wake up.

If it really doesn't work, I can go and wake them up now, get up and eat before going to sleep. Maybe I can even sleep until dawn. The more Ruanruan thought about it, the more she thought it was feasible. When she was about to get up, she was stopped by Huo Haocheng.

"Let's eat first. Put the kids in our room at night. If they wake up, I'll get up and take care of them." Huo Haocheng knew that Ruanruan felt that their own children should be raised by themselves to the best of their ability. So he saw Ruanruan's expression clearly just now and understood what she wanted to do. However, the children were asleep, and as an old father, Huo Haocheng couldn't bear to wake them up at this time.

Seeing Huo Haocheng's insistence, Ruanruan didn't say anything. She picked up the bowl and started eating.

"Oh, by the way, where are Shuyan and the child?" Speaking of the child, Ruanruan remembered that Lu Shuyan came back with the child yesterday.

"By the time you remember, the flowers are already cold. She and her son were taken back to her parents' home by Lu Shuyu early in the morning." Huo Haoshen was speechless. He was just tired and slept a little longer. When he woke up, his wife and children were taken back to her parents' home by his eldest brother-in-law.

"Then why didn't you go?" Ruanruan glanced at him casually, then casually picked up the braised pork in front of him and put it into her mouth.

Seeing the words hurt his heart, but the actions hurt his heart so softly, Huo Haoshen couldn't help laughing and shook the chopsticks in his hand twice. Then, his grandfather hit him on the back of his hand with the tip of the chopsticks. "Eat well. You are such a grown-up, why are you shaking your chopsticks?"

"You were all too busy with work before, and Shuyan didn't give you any time to rest. Now it's a rare holiday, and your parents-in-law miss their daughter and grandson, so let them stay at home for two days. After dinner, you can call Shuyan. When they left in the morning, they saw that you were too tired, so they didn't wake you up. You can decide whether to go and stay with them or let the mother and son live alone at your mother's house, and then pick them up after the holiday is over."

In the past they were all in Yuncheng, and it was difficult for the Lu family to see their daughter and grandson. Now they have finally returned to the capital. The old lady believes that if they have time, they can go back if they want, and their Huo family is not unreasonable.

"I understand, grandma. I'll go to the Lu family to accompany them tomorrow." Although Huo Haoshen looked unreliable, he was a really good person. He had been in charge of the factory's sales over the years and had seen and heard a lot of rumors. If he let Lu Shuyan live with the child and he never showed up, it was inevitable that someone would talk behind their backs in front of them.

It would be bad if it affected the relationship between them as a couple.

"Well, don't go empty-handed." The old lady was very satisfied with her grandson's behavior.

Tomorrow is New Year's Day, and we will enter 77.

After dinner, it was already late, so after washing up, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Lying in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

"What's wrong? You slept too much during the day and now you can't sleep?"

"probably?"

“Then let’s do some exercise.”

As he said that, Huo Haocheng rolled over and pressed forward, not giving him any chance to prepare.

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...................... (This is a ten thousand character essay, written in my own handwriting)

After a period of ups and downs and the lovemaking in Wushan, I fell asleep with soft tears of success.

Looking at his sleeping wife, Huo Haocheng stood up, casually picked up the clothes on the ground and put them on, then fetched water to wash Ruanruan clean, and looked at Dabao and Xiaobao who were sleeping in the small bed. Seeing that they still didn't seem to be waking up, he brought in the milk powder from the living room, washed the bottles and put them on the desk. Only when everything was ready did he turn off the lights and go to bed.

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