Xu Ning had prepared the New Year's gifts for Qiu Tingting and her family early in the morning, and she had originally planned to give them on New Year's Eve.

But when he heard that they had to go to offer sacrifice to the kiln god first, Xu Ning was afraid that it would be lost because of too many people, so he specially saved it for the first day of the new year.

Qiu Tingting was an impatient girl. After returning to the inn where Xu Ning was staying, she couldn't wait to open the gift after Xu Ning gave it to her.

Xu Ning prepared the same gift for Qiu Tingting and her mother, but the styles were different.

Qiu Tingting's were a bar of rose-scented soap and a box of facial oil, while Qiu Tingting's mother's were camellia-scented.

"Oh, it looks so good. What is this, Xu Ning? It's so delicate! It smells delicious! Is it edible? It looks so good that I can't bear to eat it!" Qiu Tingting couldn't let go of the rose soap and kept bringing it to her nose to smell it.

"Pfft, this is not food, this is soap. You can use it to wash your face, hands, and take a bath." Xu Ning prepared a large piece of soap, weighing one pound, for Qiu Tingting. Considering how reluctant Qiu Tingting was to use it, she would not be able to use it up in at least a year.

Xu Ning demonstrated to Qiu Tingting how to use soap. Qiu Tingting washed her face according to Xu Ning's instructions and immediately fell in love with it. She held her hands and kept smelling them.

"Oh my God, my hands smell so good! This smell is so good, I love it, it's better than the smell of rouge and powder! My face smells good too!" After Qiu Tingting finished praising herself, she looked at another gift Xu Ning had prepared for her, which was something in a small porcelain jar.

"Xu Ning, is this rouge?" Qiu Tingting opened the lid curiously, and the familiar rose scent wafted into her nose.

"This is facial oil. You can also use it on your hands and body. When your body is dry, you can use it to wipe it and your skin will immediately become moisturized and smooth." Xu Ning scooped a little with his clean fingers and gently tapped it on Qiu Tingting's face, then gently spread it with his fingertips.

"Just apply it like I did just now, it's very simple, right!"

"Yes! Xu Ning, it's so comfortable and fragrant. I feel like my face is fragrant. It feels so smooth and tender. My face feels like a peeled egg! Xu Ning, I like you so much!"

Qiu Tingting excitedly hugged Xu Ning like a koala. Xu Ning pulled her down with amusement and said, "Didn't you say we were going home to eat? Are you so happy that you're not hungry anymore?"

"How could that be! Come on! Xu Ning, let's go home quickly. My parents must be waiting anxiously. I can't wait any longer either. I want to tell them how much I like the gift you gave me!"

Xu Ning looked at Qiu Tingting, who looked like she wanted to introduce her to the whole world, and could only smile at her dotingly. What else could he do? He could only continue to dote on such a lovely little sister.

"Qiu Tingting, were you having so much fun that you forgot the time?" Before reaching Qiu Tingting's house, Xu Ning and Qiu Tingting met Qiu Tingting's old father, Qiu Ming, who was standing at the intersection looking around.

"Yes, yes, Dad, that's right, it's me. I'm so happy that I feel like flying to the sky!"

"You girl!" Qiu Ming didn't know what to say to her. Why did she still look so arrogant?

"Dad, stop talking, let's go home. I tell you, you will be happier than me later!" Although Qiu Tingting didn't know what Xu Ning gave her father, she felt that her father would be as happy as she was when he saw it.

Not for any other reason, just because they are father and daughter.

"Needless to say, I'm much happier to see Ning girl than to see you!" Qiu Ming glared at his troublesome daughter.

"Tsk, Dad, I'm a magnanimous person now and I won't bother with you. You'll know soon." Qiu Tingting pulled Xu Ning and ran very fast, leaving her old father Qiu Ming behind.

Qiu Ming, who caught up from behind, shook his head helplessly, and as soon as he stepped into the house, he heard his wife's happy exclamation!

"What's going on?" As soon as Qiu Ming entered the door, he saw his wife holding a pink brick and laughing, and he laughed too.

"How come someone made bricks pink these days? Not to mention it looks pretty!"

"Puff ha ha ha"

The three women present couldn't stop laughing.

"Dad, how can you be so funny? I almost want to say something disrespectful to you, my dear dad~"

"Hahaha, Old Qiu, what are you talking about? You are not a brick, you are soap!" Qiu Ming's wife laughed so hard that her face turned red. She couldn't help but scold Qiu Ming.

"Soap?!" Qiu Ming came over and smelled it. "Hey, it smells really good, like camellia!"

"Dad, it smells nice, doesn't it? This is the New Year's gift that Xu Ning gave to mom. I have one too! Mine is another one with a floral scent! It smells nice too!" Qiu Tingting immediately showed off her gift to her dad. Qiu Ming took a look and immediately looked at Xu Ning eagerly.

"Ning girl, how come they all have it, but I don't?" This honest face made a pitiful expression, which made Xu Ning want to laugh no matter how he looked at it.

Qiu Tingting laughed so hard that she covered her stomach. Even his wife couldn't help laughing when she saw him like that.

"How could that be, Uncle Qiu? We are the first ones to meet each other, so your gift is the finale." Xu Ning handed him a small wooden box. The box was a common wooden box in Cidu Town, but Qiu Ming took it very seriously when he received it.

"Dad, open it and see what it is!" Qiu Tingting was very curious. She had seen the gifts from her and her mother, except for her father's.

But whoever's gift is to open it, Qiu Tingting didn't think of helping, she just watched helplessly from the side.

"Ning girl, is this really for me?" Qiu Ming asked uncertainly. Xu Ning was stunned, then nodded with a smile.

Qiu Ming was a little excited. He was very happy even before he opened the gift. This kind of happiness was very different. This was the first time he received a gift from a friend other than his family.

This friend is a younger person who is about the same age as my daughter.

This feeling was magical, and the sudden nervousness made Qiu Ming swallow his saliva unconsciously. He thought, no matter what was inside, even if it was a bug, he had to show that he liked it very much.

He felt that only in this way would he not let the little girl down.

Qiu Ming carefully and slowly opened the lid of the wooden box. In front of everyone's eyes, he saw a rectangular piece of silver that had an indescribable shape lying in the middle of the wooden box.

Qiu Ming was a little overwhelmed. He had never seen this thing before, and his expression was a little stunned. Qiu Tingting had already come over to take a look, sniffed, and then turned to ask Xu Ning: "Xu Ning, is this another kind of soap? Why doesn't it have a smell?"

"No, this is a knife, or you can say a dagger, and it can be folded." When Xu Ning just mentioned the word knife, Qiu Ming's eyes lit up.

"Then Ning girl, how do you use this knife if it's not a dagger?" Qiu Ming picked up the folding knife curiously, looked around and found that he didn't know how to use it, so he handed it to Xu Ning.

After taking it, Xu Ning first demonstrated to Qiu Ming by using both hands to open it. In the three people's suddenly enlightened gazes, he opened it again in a cool way, which this time drew exclamations from Qiu Tingting and her daughter!

"Wow! Xu Ning, your moves just now were amazing!"

"So fast! Ning girl's knife... is so magical!" Qiu Ming took the folding knife handed back by Xu Ning, immediately tried it several times, and then quickly mastered the technique of swinging it.

Qiu Tingting looked a little jealous, and even the soap in her hand no longer smelled good. "Dad, let me shake it too! It's amazing! Huh!"

"No!" Xu Ning and Qiu Ming rejected her in unison.

Even Qiu Tingting's mother disagreed. Qiu Tingting pretended to be unhappy. To show her dissatisfaction, she pouted her lips.

However, her "performance" was directly ignored. Her father put away the folding knife lovingly, and her mother ignored her and greeted Xu Ning.

"Okay, stop playing, the food is getting cold. Xiao Ning, don't worry about the father and daughter, come and eat."

Qiu Ming and his daughter Qiu Tingting, who wanted to snatch his folding knife, looked at each other and immediately rushed to the dining table.

Qiu Tingting moved a chair for Xu Ning in a flattering manner, while her father Qiu Ming actively served Xu Ning a full bowl of rice.

"Ning girl/Xu Ning, eat quickly!"

Xu Ning took the dishes hesitantly, looked at the three people with sparkling eyes, and swallowed his saliva with a bad feeling.

It seems that if she doesn't eat enough today, she won't be able to leave this door.

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