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Su Yu didn't have the patience to continue knitting, and Qin Xiaoxiao's suggestion hit her right.

Su Yu happily took out the needle, unwrapped a piece of wool she had knitted, threw the ball of wool aside, and watched with pleasure as Qin Xiaoxiao and Su Yun continued to knit.

Su Yu was chewing an apple and chatting with the two of them. As they talked, Su Yu mentioned several brothers of the Qin family.

"Don't any of your three brothers have a partner?"

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded, "No, my grandma and my aunt are both very worried. My third brother is still in the army, so there is no rush. But my eldest brother and second brother are old."

Su Yu nodded, "It's time to be anxious. Comrade Qin Ye is old and it's time to get married. Then he didn't have a partner before? Don't country people get married very early? I heard that some people got engaged when they were young. ?”

"My brother hasn't heard of a partner before. As for getting engaged, country people get engaged early, but my brother doesn't. This is not popular in my family. It's up to you to decide who you marry. The family doesn't care much, as long as your character is good. "

When Su Yun said this, he paused for a moment, glanced at Qin Xiaoxiao vaguely, and his face turned slightly red.

Qin Xiaoxiao was multitasking. While talking to Su Yu, she was distracted by knitting a sweater. She didn't even notice that Su Yun was blushing. But Su Yu was sitting opposite the two of them and could see her sister's face clearly. Chu.

Although Su Yu was usually carefree, sometimes she was very thoughtful. When she saw this, her eyebrows flashed slightly, but she didn't say anything. She smiled and talked about other things with Qin Xiaoxiao.

At 07:30 in the evening, Qin Xiaoxiao was afraid that if the room was too dark and he would hurt his eyes if he continued knitting, he stopped, said something to the two sisters, and returned to his room with the knitting yarn.

He returned to the house, closed the door, looked at the big package on the kang and sighed.

Li Changqing mailed her a lot of things, the most precious of which was a military coat. Nowadays, military coats are not sold outside. They are issued by the army. The Qin family has several military coats.

In addition, five kilograms of cotton are not easy to buy, and sometimes it is difficult to buy even if you have a ticket, especially in the Northeast.

The bottom is a leather dog mattress. The mattress is not big, only about one meter wide and about 1.3 meters long. It is spread under the cotton mattress. Even if the kang fire goes out at night, you will not catch a cold.

Qin Xiaoxiao feels that this mattress is more practical than a military coat. It will be even more useful when spring comes and the kang is no longer needed in the house.

What's left is a can of malted milk, a bag of milk powder, two bars of soap, one soap, two towels with the name of the coal mine printed on them, and a large tea jar with a lid printed with the glory of labor and the reward of the coal mine. It should be Li Changqing's. It came from their coal mine.

Qin Xiaoxiao also found a letter in the tea vat.

Opening the letter, Qin Xiaoxiao read it word for word. After putting down the letter, Qin Xiaoxiao stood in front of the window and opened the window. A burst of cold air suddenly poured into the room. Qin Xiaoxiao did not feel cold, but felt warm in his heart.

The letter said that because her father and mother died in the line of duty, they were awarded the title of Heroic Miners by the mine this year. Towels, teapots, soap, soap and five pounds of cotton were the rewards, and there was also a bonus of 100 yuan, etc. The approval from above was mailed to her together with the certificate of award.

From now to later generations, Qin Xiaoxiao has never heard of the title Hero Miner. Obviously, Li Changqing specially applied for it for her parents, and it was only given to her parents.

Her parents had been dead for half a year, and it was said that things were cold after death, but Li Changqing still did not forget his good brother, and even applied for such a shocking title for him after his death. How could her heart not feel warm?

Qin Xiaoxiao took a deep breath, closed the window, drew the curtains, and entered the space without lighting the lights.

After rummaging through the space for more than an hour, Qin Xiaoxiao finally sorted out something to mail to Li Changqing.Northeastern specialties include five kilograms of red mushrooms, ten kilograms of bean buns, five kilograms each of hazelnuts, chestnuts, and pine nuts, ten kilograms each of fried melon seeds and peanuts, two pieces of bacon weighing five kilograms, four dried pheasants, four hares, and cornmeal. Ten catties, ten catties of rice, ten catties of white flour, and finally five catties of millet were put together.

These things add up to almost a hundred kilograms. Qin Xiaoxiao cannot carry them alone. Qin Ye will have to help her deliver them to the county post office tomorrow.

After leaving the space, lighting candles, Qin Xiaoxiao lay on the Kang table and replied to Li Changqing a letter.

First, she expressed her gratitude, and then expressed her pride in having such heroic parents. She also wrote about the current situation of the old Qin family and her, and some of her plans for next year. Finally, Qin Xiaoxiao said that she would live a good life. , will follow the example of the heroic parents and contribute to the country and the people.

The two pieces of letter paper were full of writing. Qin Xiaoxiao read it again and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so he put it away with satisfaction.

Then Qin Xiaoxiao sorted out and packed the towels, soap, soap, and teapots, as well as the cotton, ready to be sent to the Qin family's old house tomorrow.

The next morning, Qin Xiaoxiao went to Qin's house after washing up and handed Li Changqing's letter to Qin Aiguo.

"Grandpa, Uncle Li applied for the title of Hero Miner for my parents. These are the rewards from the mine. There is also a certificate and 100 yuan. I will give it to you when the time comes.

In addition, there are two towels. I kept one as a souvenir. Keep the rest for you and the milk. Use what you need and keep what you can for future generations. I won’t care. "

Qin Xiao finished reading and pushed the packed things in front of Qin Aiguo.

Qin Aiguo stared at the package with red eyes. He closed his eyes for a long time, and a turbid tear flowed down his cheek.

Qin Xiaoxiao did not try to persuade her, but sat obediently beside Old Mrs. Qin, always paying attention to Mrs. Qin's emotions. When she saw that Old Mrs. Qin just shed tears, there was no big fluctuation, and she finally let go of half of what she had been holding on to. .

Looking at Qin Aiguo, he was no longer crying. His eyes were red, there was another wrinkle on his wrinkled forehead, and his hair seemed to be grayer again.

Qin Aiguo took a long drag on his cigarette and choked with sobs: "You should keep the things yourself. I don't want the money even if it comes. Your mother and I have money to spend, so we don't need you.

Later, I will ask your grandma to pack some things, and you and your brother will go to the county seat to mail them to your Uncle Li.

If someone has that kind of intention, we can't pretend that we don't know, and we should return the courtesy that we deserve. "

Qin Xiaoxiao said quickly: "No, sir, I have already packed it up. I will go to the county with my brother to mail it to Uncle Li in a while.

These things are not all for me. This is the honor that belongs to our old Qin family and should be kept by you. "

Old Mrs. Qin was unhappy and wiped her face, "What honor? I don't want such an honor. I just want my son to live."

Qin Aiguo suddenly raised his head and looked at Old Mrs. Qin, and said sternly: "What nonsense are you talking about? Qin Min did what he should do, and he ended up like that because he was not good at learning and can't blame others."

Qin Xiaoxiao was stunned and looked at Qin Aiguo numbly.