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For example, Zhou Minghua's "The Spirit of the Sparrow", or Cheng Xiaofei's and Wu Bin's "The Brother Who Sleeps in My Upper Bed", were played by the most enthusiastic sleeper in the evening since the start of school. Qi Xiaofei was lying on his bed in the darkness listening to the girls' chattering about every program, in two days time the military training would be over, on the afternoon of the 30th, he would go home to buy things to take home, and in a few days he would graduate, or his parents would turn around and yawn, preparing to go to bed.

He closed his eyes and went to sleep. He heard Liu Tong say, "Stop calling her. She's just like Second Senior Brother, she'll be asleep the moment she lies down. Let's talk about us."

The corners of Qi Zhengyuan's mouth curled up as he slowly fell asleep.

During the first two days of the military parade, Yao Yuan discussed with the students in his self-study class to buy gifts for the instructor. Giving gifts to the instructor was a tradition in many years, where everyone would gather a few dollars and buy a small gift.

After some discussion, each person collected five yuan, and the class monitor went to the mall with a few other classmates to buy a tape recorder, a blank tape, and then everyone said a few words of blessings. Chen Xiangyu also secretly gave a golden Parker pen to everyone, but she didn't say that it was her own gift, and just followed the tape recorder to Cheng Zhi-jie, watching as the girl with a single love gave the pen to Yao Yuan without saying anything. After Qi Yuan found an empty space to secretly explain it to Yao Yuan, he said that the tape recorder was something his classmates had bought for him.

After returning from the instructor's dormitory, Yao Yuan gathered around the table and made an 'ok' gesture. He said in a low voice, "Fortunately, I didn't fail you." He gave him a thumbs up, expressing his tacit understanding of the two.

Li Lili and Chen Xiangyu were about the same height, so she took two teams. She stood valiantly on one side, and even if she was wearing the same clothes as the others, she was still very eye-catching, one had to say that the military songs were very loud and clear. Everyone displayed their best side under the influence of this inspiring song, and during these ten days of training, the boys who had been shouting slogans and even found out that they had finished a series of Blue Tendons ceremony and were finally brought to the end of the class.

When he went to the toilet, he saw a few girls standing in front of the window looking at the coach that had been sent out by the instructor. Their eyes were filled with tears, and he couldn't help but curse in his heart. Wasn't it just staying together for a dozen days? His parents had stayed with him for more than ten years, but even when they sent him to school, they hadn't seen anyone cry like that.

He was finally looking forward to leaving for home after lunch. He cheered, packed a bag, and brought his family gifts. After greeting his sister-in-law, he rushed to get on the bus.

Behind him were two girls. Through the window, they saw Zhou Minghua and two middle-aged men and women coming out of the Deyue Restaurant, and one of the girls said, "Did you see that? It's the one who danced the peacock at the welcoming party, and my high school classmate was in the same class as her. I heard that she had a deep relationship with an instructor, and they said that she gave him a gold ribbon. I wonder if he accepted it."

Another girl said, "She has a good parent, is not short, and is also so talented. I think that instructor must be very happy to receive the tie clip."

Qi Yuan heard this and felt a burst of joy in his heart. The money was not normal, it was always gold. He did not know how Cheng Zhizhan would deal with these things, but he hoped that the pen Chen Xiangyu had given him would be able to catch his green eye.

When they finally got off the bus at two o'clock in the afternoon, my grandmother was picking up the beans on the flat ground behind the house. My mother had planted some of them in the ground, and now they were all cut off and gone home, drying them out in the sun, and some of the shriveled pods had to be picked out and beaten again.

When the car stopped, his grandma stood up and looked around, seeing the big bags and small bundles of food coming in, she smiled and came up to him, calling out "grandma" from far away and hurriedly ran towards home with her things. His grandma wanted to come and pick them up, so he said, "It's not heavy, let's go home quickly, I bought you something delicious to eat." His grandma followed him into the house through the back door with a smile.

If he hadn't eaten the egg noodles, he would have said, "Grandma, I'll take the bus after lunch. Don't worry, I'll cook some delicious food for you guys tonight." After talking to his grandma for a while, Qi Yuan packed up a bag of stuff and told his grandma to ride the bike over to his grandma's house to take a look.

Qi Zhou had gone to kindergarten, only his grandparents were at home. Seeing Qi Chang come back, the grandma held his hand and giggled, saying that Qi Yi had gotten much thinner, that he had been making up at home for the past few days, and that his grandpa had also laughed and asked how he was getting used to the school, and how he was getting along with his classmates. Qi Xiang answered his grandpa and grandma's questions one by one, and finally asked about the Deming family.

Grandma sighed and said, "Deming left too early. Deming has always been lying on the brick bed, and his wife's stomach came out, so she can't do heavy work. Your uncle bought it and gave him an extra 500 yuan. Deming's wife cleaned up the west side room and opened a tailor shop. The clothes made by this girl are really good, everyone in the village likes to make clothes."

Qi Xiang said, "Then I'll go and see her. It's really admirable that it's so difficult for Sister Deming to hold on like this."

His grandmother packed a bag of things, some of which were snacks that Qi Gang brought over, and two packets of milk powder for the elderly. "Take these with you," said his grandmother, "Mrs. Deming's grandmother has always been at her house, and it's a good thing she's been helping Mrs. Deming these days."

Qi Yuan walked to the west wing of the Deming family. Seeing a small door open, he pushed it open and entered, while his wife was busy in front of a sewing machine. When she heard the door ring, she looked up and smiled at Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan saw that Deming's wife had lost a lot of weight, and that her face was not as red as a pregnant woman, but a bit pale. Her round oval face now had a sharp chin, and she stood up with her belly slightly protruded, saying, "Sister-in-law, I'm on vacation, I'm here to see you and the aunt and Tingting."

"Thank you, why are you still thinking about me." His big eyes squinted as he saw Qi Zhengyuan carrying something in his hand, and he said in a blaming tone, "You have to spend money to go to school, why are you here with something?"

Qi Xiang raised the things in his hand and said, "Some of them are the candies I bought for Tingting, and two bags of milk powder my grandma told me to bring over for your grandma. She said that grandma has been tired here these days."

Just as they were talking, a person around Grandma's age walked in through the entrance to the courtyard. He was of average stature, was very thin, and his white hair was neatly combed back. He had used a net made out of his hair to cover himself, and even though Sister Deming looked very much like her, despite her age, her eyes were still very bright.

Qi Xiang said, "Hello, grandma. I'm the eldest son of the family at the back of sister-in-law's house. I came to see Deming, sister-in-law, and Tingting."

"When I came, my grandmother said that you were here to help Sister Deming manage the household chores, so she brought you two bags of milk powder," she said.

Deming's daughter-in-law smiled and said, "My family's surname is Fang, you can call me grandma Fang."

He said heartily, "Your grandmother has already helped us quite a lot these past few days. Why are you being so courteous?" Even after rejecting the offer, he still kept the item and did not try to snatch it away. To Qi Zheng, that was just too petty.

Deming's wife said, "Qi Xiang, sit down and let's talk." He lifted the thermos on the ground and poured a cup of water for Qi Xiang, who noticed that the cup was very clean. It seemed that this Grandma Fang was a very nimble person.

Qi Yuan sat on a stool and looked at some of the clothes hanging on the wall, saying, "Sister-in-law, it's only been a few days and your tailor shop has already received so many pieces of clothes. It looks like the clothes you've made must be very good."

Deming's daughter-in-law smiled and said, "What's so good about that? Thanks to the villagers' help, I still have to thank your mother properly."

"My mother?" Qi Zheng was curious as to what this had to do with his mother.

Deming's wife said, "Do you think this sewing machine looks familiar?" Looking around, it was a very ordinary sewing machine with the brand of "worker and farmer". His mother often used this as her dowry when she was married, as if she had this brand sewing machine.

"When your aunt found out that I could make clothes, she brought your sewing machine over for me to use. When she came to see your grandparents, she even came to help me with my work. I am very grateful to your family."

Qi Xiang said, "Sister-in-law, this is what we should do. When we were young, De Ming helped us a lot." Upon hearing Deming's name, Deming's daughter-in-law's eyes immediately turned red.

Qi Zhengyuan's heart sank as he hurriedly asked, "Sister-in-law, has Tingting gone to school yet?"

Sister Deming said, "That's right. These days I went with her. I think her mood has improved a lot."