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Another year passed in a blink of an eye, the West Market was cloudy and rainy, and it rained again in the afternoon, and the lakeside hut smelled of mud.

Mao Qingdou and Lu Qiubai held umbrellas and walked side by side on the path by the lake. Mao Qingdou said, "Xiaobai, when I take over the house, I'll take you into my new house and cook a big table for you." For food, I will take you to my hometown and eat the fish I caught from the fish pond for you."

But Lu Qiubai said: "Douzi, I..." Lu Qiubai hesitated for the first time, "There is something I want to tell you."

Mao Qingdou said: "We are brothers, we can talk about anything, no matter what you say, I don't mind. Or did you encounter some difficulties?"

Lu Qiubai had a complex look on his face, and after a while, the phone rang, and Mao Qingdou looked at the name "Uncle" on the caller ID on Lu Qiubai's phone, and subconsciously ducked to the side.

After living together for so long, no matter how hard Mao Qingdou closed his eyes and listened, he knew the relationship between Lu Qiubai and the M Group, and he also naturally knew what kind of character Lu Qiubai's uncle was.

The raindrops were pattering on the umbrella. Mao Qingdou listened to the sound of the rain and saw Lu Qiubai pick up the phone. Not long after, she hung up the phone with a serious face, and then Lu Qiubai said hello and went out.

Lu Qiubai came to the head office of M Group and pushed open a heavy door. A middle-aged man about 50 years old turned around from behind the chair and said, "Qiubai, you are here."

"Uncle." Lu Qiubai said, "Long time no see."

Su Xuean smiled very kindly: "Qiu Bai, I have done a good job recently. I think it's time for me to consider retirement. Now it's your young people's world."

Lu Qiubai said in a deep voice: "Uncle, you know it. I never thought about taking charge of a family business, I just want to do my job well."

Su Xuean still had a warm face: "Qiubai, you have always been modest, which is a good thing, but being too modest is not necessarily a good thing. Well, I won't talk about this today, I called you here for a reason I want to ask you. The market has been going down during this period, and many goods cannot be sold, and they are thrown into your hands. Among them, there is one you are more familiar with, Noon Real Estate, you should have heard of it."

Lu Qiubai frowned and said, "Of course."

Su Xuean said: "Their real estate is unfinished, the company's funds cannot be turned over, the bank has withdrawn loans, and even several construction sites have been shut down. You must remember this matter and grasp the risks. The rest will be left to you Do."

Lu Qiubai said: "Okay, I understand."

"Wait." Seeing that he was about to leave, Su Xuean stopped him, "I heard that last time you asked someone to book a suite for a friend, and it seems that it is also on the unfinished list. Make the best preparations, and then go back and remember to tell your friend Explain clearly."

"Got it, uncle." Lu Qiubai said.

"Qiubai." Su Xuean got up, and said earnestly, "Now that you have more friends around you, in fact, as an uncle, I am very happy for you... Uncle hopes that you will let go of the past things as soon as possible."

Lu Qiubai turned around, stood there for a long time, and said, "I will, uncle."

However, it didn't take long before one after another real estate developments were unfinished and stopped working. Mao Qingdou also received a notice of postponement of housing collection, so she followed the self-organized owner committee to go to the real estate to defend her rights several times, several times on the way to defend her rights , vaguely hear people whispering about their hard-earned house money wasted.

For the first time in history, Mao Qingdou suffered from insomnia.

And these days, Lu Qiubai always left the house before dawn, and returned home very late, even Mao Qingdou, who lived under the same roof as him, didn't know what he was up to.

It began to rain again outside the window, and Mao Qingdou looked at the raindrops falling on the calm lake outside the window, thinking that Lu Qiubai lived in such a complete and happy small home back then, and perhaps on such a rainy night, Mother Lu was waiting for Lu Qiubai. Dad went home with little Lu Qiubai in his arms.It's so late today, where did Lu Qiubai go?

Mao Qingdou got up from the bed, touched his forehead, it was okay, it was just a cough, his head was not very hot, after sitting on the bed for a while, he put on his pajamas silently, went to the living room to watch TV.

After an unknown amount of time, Mao Qingdou woke up from the drowsiness. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw Lu Qiubai's face that was so familiar that she woke up instantly.

"Xiaobai, when did you come back? Have you eaten? I'll cook you a bowl of noodles."

"No need." Lu Qiubai pressed his hand and said, "You have a cold and fever, lie down and don't worry about anything."

Maoqingdou was a little surprised: "Fever? No? I don't have a fever." Lu Qiubai looked at him for a long time, then slightly hooked the corner of his mouth and said, "Okay, I don't have a fever. Then you lie down and rest."

"Lu Qiubai!" Seeing that Lu Qiubai was about to leave, Mao Qingdou hurriedly called him back, "What have you been up to lately? Do you need my help?"

Lu Qiubai's back paused: "No need."

"But, I have one more thing...about..."

Lu Qiubai interrupted: "I know, your|mother will be released from prison in two days, and I can let your|mother live here, so I naturally have other places to go."

"Don't..." Maoqingdou squeezed out a smile, "It's unnecessary. As long as you don't mind, we can squeeze together."

Within a few days, the group of four brought Sister Diu back home.

Sister Diu was idle and bored, so she helped Lu Qiubai and Mao Qingdou to the market to buy vegetables when she had nothing to do. After a while, she became acquainted with the old men and women in the vegetable market. After coming and going, Sister Diu began to dance with them in the square , chatting during the day, playing mahjong, and leaving in a hurry after cooking at night.It was busier than the two people in the house who were working seriously.

Mao Qingdou is a dishonest person when she sleeps. She kicks her quilt out of bed in the middle of the night. Lu Qiubai wakes up from the cold in the middle of the night and finds that Mao Qingdou has snatched her quilt away and didn't cover it properly. Half of it is dragged on the ground. Half of it rested on the side of the bed, exposing most of Maoqingdou's back.So in the middle of the night Lu Qiubai got up from the bed again, took out two extremely thick quilts from the closet and threw them on the bed, Maoqingdou finally became quiet.

When Mao Qingdou is free, she will take Sister Diu for a walk under the unfinished real estate, comforting Sister Diu while walking, telling her that the developer has encountered some difficulties for the time being, and the project is still undergoing acceptance, and it can be accepted after acceptance. The house has been moved in, and no one knows how long it will take for acceptance, but it will be soon.

A week later, Mao Qingdou's cold recovered, and Lu Qiubai started to cough again.Mao Qingdou felt that she slept more peacefully than before, but she didn't know why sometimes when she got up in the morning, she saw herself hugging Lu Qiubai from behind.At that time, Lu Qiubai was usually already awake, but he didn't dare to disturb Mao Qingdou, and his throat was dry and hoarse, so he could only cough in a low voice as he wrapped himself in Mao Qingdou's arms.Mao Qingdou picked up the quilt on the floor after waking up, kept apologizing to Lu Qiubai, and then quickly ran to the kitchen to make porridge for Lu Qiubai to drink.

Finally Lu Qiubai was not so busy. One day he came home early and said to Mao Qingdou, "The matter is settled, we can take over the house."

Mao Qingdou couldn't believe her ears, Lu Qiubai had been busy all these days, and actually sold the unfinished project that was heavily in debt.It is said that there were three rounds of creditors' meetings alone, and no one knew how Lu Qiubai got the deal in the end.

However, on the day of taking over the house, Mao Qingdou couldn't find Sister Lost no matter what.

Mao Qingdou searched all the places Miss Diu loved to go, but couldn't find her.Later, Mao Qingdou finally remembered a place.The place he had always avoided.

Mao Qingdou went to an alley, the alley was dark and damp, Mao Qingdou turned countless turns, and finally stopped under one roof.This is the second time he has stepped into this roof in his life, but since the first time, he never wants to come again.Unexpectedly, it still came today.

Mao Qingdou turned to look at the three of them and said, "You all wait outside, I'll go in and have a look."

"Douzi." Lu Qiubai stopped him, with a serious face never before, "Take me with you."

Shi Qing and He Li said: "We want to go too."

Mao Qingdou lowered her head and said, "...just Lu Qiubai. He Li will take care of Shi Qing. If we don't come back, we will call the police."

The door under the eaves was closed tightly, and Mao Qingdou clenched her hands into fists. After a while, she slammed on the door and shouted, "Is Fengxian there? I'm looking for Fengxian."

Mao Qingdou slammed the door loudly, and the uncles and aunts passing by couldn't help but look sideways and stopped to look inside.Mao Qingdou didn't care, just slammed on the door, and after a while, a voice came from inside: "Here we come, what's the noise?"

The door opened quietly, and a head poked out from behind the door, with messy hair hanging on her shoulders. The woman who opened the door had many wrinkles on her face, and she looked about the same age as Miss Diu.

The woman saw a little boy outside the door, and said in surprise: "Hey, what's the matter today, stunned? Are you sure you're looking for Fengxian?"

Maoqingdou said in a calm voice, "Yes. Is Fengxian in there?"

"Of course..." The woman opened the door slightly, squinted her eyes, and found that besides the boy in front of her, there was a young man with a tall figure. She immediately became vigilant, turned her eyes, and said, "Of course he's not here. We There is no such person as Fengxian here, you have found the wrong person, please go back."

The woman was about to close the door, but Mao Qingdou reached out to block it, and the door was blocked.The woman's face changed: "You, what are you doing?"

"What am I doing?" Mao Qingdou kicked the door open, saying, "You don't have any idea?"

The woman's expression changed drastically, and she rushed to stop her, but a firm hand stretched out from behind, separating the woman from Mao Qingdou.

The house was dark and damp, and there was a faint sound of dripping water leaking beside him. Mao Qingdou was walking in the dark, and Lu Qiubai followed behind. At first glance, it was a small black pot with many stains on it, as if it hadn't been washed for many days. There was a small stove next to it, which was the cooking tool for the people living in the house.

The sound was loud and quiet, and a voice came from inside: "Who is it? Is it Xianghe?"

The voice was a bit hoarse, and Mao Qingdou was stunned, because he recognized the voice immediately.

At this moment, in front of Mao Qingdou was a dilapidated hut, barely laying down a crumbling wooden bed, the edge of the bed was covered with mottled screens, and a person could be vaguely seen inside.

Lu Qiubai walked up to Mao Qingdou in two steps, and slowly opened the screen window.In the darkness, Miss Di lowered her head sadly to meet the gleam of light falling from the gap in the wall.

The police took Sister Diu away again. Mao Qingdou watched from a distance, unable to say anything.When the last gate of the prison was closed in front of Mao Qingdou, Mao Qingdou rushed up like crazy, and asked loudly, "Why did this happen? You promised me that you would never touch that thing again, why? Mom !you answer me!"

Lu Qiubai pulls Mao Qingdou, Mao Qingdou struggles to shake off Lu Qiubai's hand, her eyes are red.

No one gave Mao Qingdou an answer. Sister Diu is only 50 years old, but she already looks like an old man in her twilight years.

Not long after returning home, news came from the prison that Sister Diu had left and choked herself to death with a handful of green beans. laugh.