In the size, crystal wall lamps are hung in the middle of the pure white ceiling, and the light green and icy walls are pasted with five landscape paintings. The pink floor is clean and spotless. The brand new bed table is neatly filled with various books. The large and soft bed is covered with quilts and feather pillows. Open the ruler window. More than ten meters is the moon lake. The clear river is like a train and the weeping willows are swaying. If at night, there is a bright moon like a wheel, shining thousands of miles. Under the elegant and softness, the thickest man lives here. I am afraid I can't help but chant a sentence "The bright moon rises on the sea, and the ends of the world share this time."

What's more, the people living here are not a rude man, but a county magistrate Xue Xiangxue who is elegant and admires the ancient style. If Xiaoshan County is a big mud pond at this time, then Xue Xiang is a worker who digs mud in the mud pond, trapped in the mud, exhausted both physically and mentally. The small house in the Xia family courtyard is like a clear pond. Every night, he bets on this dirty and tired body and dirty worldly heart together, and follows the clear stream to stimulate water to relieve fatigue and relieve body, so as to cleanse the filth, and the whole person seems to be reborn again.

Xue Xiang really loved this cottage. Although the decoration inside, especially the tones, was a bit ridiculous, this ridiculous combination was the most warm, because this was the color chosen by the little guy at the beginning, one by one, one by one, one by one, the little guy only wanted a single piece to look good, and how could he care about the overall color.

As soon as he thought of this, Xue Xiang remembered his younger brothers and sisters from afar. Speaking of which, in the eyes of outsiders, their Xue family is the highest-ranking and prosperous and noble, and must be a first-class happy family, envious of the world, but Xue Xiang felt that the day now is far less than that of a few years ago, he brought his younger brothers and sisters to come to the four or nine cities. Now, let alone he is busy with mundane affairs all day long, socializing, and intrigue. What is even more indispensable is to be careful at all times, be careful every step, beware of the poisonous guns and arrows shot from outside at any time; just the four brothers and sisters who were originally reunited. Suddenly, they were divided into different parts of the world, and each of them was separated from the world, Xue Xiang felt the fate of life and made people ruthless. Fortunately, he also knew that there were gains and losses in life, but in his opinion, this affection was far more important than gain.

But now, he was floating in the officialdom and could not help himself, let alone his fathers who had been betting on countless efforts. This body was like a vine, and had already been deeply rooted in the big tree in the officialdom. He had to escape without any other way except for the vines.

Xue Xiang raised his pillow and looked at the ceiling in a daze. Although the chandelier on the top was not turned on. The lamp next to the bedside table was on, with a faint soft yellow dizzy projected on the solid-colored ceiling through the eaves, as if a picture of an orchid was sketched on the white drawing board. Xue Xiang stared at the orchid, thinking about it, suddenly felt a little sad. He reached out and pulled open the drawer of the bedside table, reached out to take out a collection of photos. It was exactly what he brought from home.

Familiar pictures come into view, like film frames. In an instant, those beautiful memories flashed through my mind like a movie.

Xue Xiangzheng was intrigued by the sight. The sound was soft and someone knocked on the window. Xue Xiangsu was so romantic that she usually closed the window when she was sleeping. At this time, the window was wide open. He looked up and saw the second sister of the Xia family looking at him with a smile. She raised her hands, holding a huge porcelain bowl with one hand and a huge cloth bag with the other. "The dumplings made by my mother were specially left for you, pork and sauerkraut stuffing, and it was freshly cooked. This was given to you by Xiaoshi's sister."

When it comes to Xue Xiang's relationship with the mother and daughter of the Xia family, they are really a bit respectful. Although the little guy doesn't eat at Xia's house, he has delicious food as usual. He keeps one for the three of them as usual, either at noon or at night. The sister-in-law of the Xia family is a honest person and is most afraid of being favored by others. She always thinks about it. But where can she make any good things in her family? The dumplings that are only occasionally made once were praised by Xue Xiang for their good taste. At this point, the sister-in-law of the Xia family always makes some. When Xue Xiang returns, they are cooked and sent them with the younger sister of the Xia family. At this time, it is almost ten o'clock, and Xue Xiang still has fresh dumplings.

Xue Xiang quickly opened the door, took the porcelain bowl from the little sister of the Xia family, and smiled and said, "Tell me to your mother, I will not have to worry about it if I come back late in the future. Your mother can come to the door during the day, so how can you afford to spend time with me? Hey, where is your bowl?"

The little sister of the Xia family smiled and said, "I don't know what you are today. Sister Xiaoshi sent me a lot of delicious food. I'm full."

It turned out that the Xia family had limited conditions, so how could they afford to eat dumplings so frequently? Therefore, most of the time, this dumpling was exclusively provided to Xue Xiang, and the Xia family's mother and daughter did eat less. Although Xue Xiang didn't know the inside story, one time when he was eating dumplings, he saw that the Xia family's younger sister was so greedy that he said that he could not eat so much, so he asked the Xia family's younger sister to share the food. Since then, it has become a case of the following. Therefore, he was surprised when he didn't see the Xia family holding the bowl.

Xue Xiang put the porcelain bowl on the bedside table, took the cloth bag, opened it, and checked it. There were two clouds in the bag, a bottle of Moutai, a lighter, a few boxes of pastries, and an envelope. When he opened the envelope, it was the photo of the little guy, most of which were military uniforms. The little guy in the photo grew taller, and the little guy looked heroic and handsome. He kept changing various weapons in his hands. There were also a few photos of sitting in a tank, and one on a helicopter. The little guy smiled like a flower. It seemed that she was really happy to have such a large military camp in Lingnan.

Xue Xiang took a box of pastries and handed the remaining boxes back to the Xia family's younger sister. The Xia family was not polite and accepted them all, because it was useless to be polite. Previously, the Xia family's younger sister was indeed stubborn and said that Xiaoshi's younger sister gave it to her, but the little guy sent things very frequently. Xue Xiang was not interested in snacking, but as a result, many of them were broken. Therefore, the Xia family's younger sister was not polite.

"Brother Xue, you eat it. I'm back. After eating, I'll put the bowl on the windowsill. I'll get it tomorrow morning."

The name of Xue Xiang by the younger sister of the Xia family has been constantly changing. In front of the Xia family's sister-in-law, both sisters were forced to call uncle by the Xia family. Xue Xiang also explained it many times, but the Xia family's sister insisted on not following it and said that the rules should not be distorted. So, in private, the Xia family's sister followed the little one to call her brother, and still called her uncle in front of the Xia family's sister-in-law.

Seeing the little sister of the Xia family jumping, Xue Xiangfu closed the door and walked to the table. As soon as he picked up the bowl, suddenly, a black shadow appeared in front of the window. When the black shadow crawled into the window and fell. Xue Xiang was shocked and rushed forward, picked up the man and pressed him against the wall. After seeing the man's appearance, he shouted in dismay: "Xiao Ma?"

The reason why this claim is surprising and uncertain is that the face of the person in front of him is vaguely looking like a bad iron thief in the hardware factory. However, in just over ten days, his appearance has changed drastically. Previously, when Xue Xiang saw Xiao Ma in the hardware factory, although this little girl was thin and small, her appearance was quite decent, but now she looked at her again, and she was unkempt and ragged. Apart from the outline, her face was so thin that she was almost skinny that she was holding it in her hand, and she had almost no weight.

"Xue... County Magistrate, it's me, it's me!"

The pony gasped heavily, his voice softly, as if he had no strength to speak.

After confirming the identity of the visitor, Xue Xiang's hand relaxed. He didn't know that his hand was loose. The pony that landed on the ground rushed towards the table like a leopard, and threw it onto the table. In a flash, his head buzzed and hit the wall. He didn't hum. He picked up the porcelain bowl without using chopsticks. He reached out to grab the dumplings in the bowl and stuffed them into his mouth. He rushed to one mouthful, and his hands were red. He still couldn't realize it. In the blink of an eye, a large bowl of dumplings was cut off by him. Then he picked up the porcelain bowl and drank the soup in the bowl without leaving any drops. Finally, he picked up the porcelain bowl and licked it for a week before he stopped.

At this time, Xiao Ma's snow-white face had a bloody color, her eyes had a little bit of energy, and her mind became active. Then she remembered where she was and what she had done. As soon as she thought of this, Xiao Ma was shocked and frightened and turned her head to look at Xue Xiang, but saw Xue Xiang dismantling a cardboard box in her hand. After dismantling it, she handed it to him again.

"You're hungry, come on, there's still something to eat, but don't eat too much, otherwise your stomach won't be able to bear it."

Xue Xiang handed over a box of pastries that he had just left. Seeing Xiaoma's appearance, he must have encountered something unpredictable, not to mention that he had always been concerned about the explosion in the hardware factory. If it was an operational error or a long-term disrepair, it would be fine, but someone did it maliciously, Xue Xiang would never let it go. After all, it was a few living lives, not only violated the law, but also touched his bottom line of being a human official.

Xiaoma took the cardboard box, took out a piece of sponge cake, stuffed it into her mouth, and before she could swallow it, she started crying. The crying seemed like a river broke through the dam, and it was hard to stop. It was said that men would not cry easily. At this moment, Xiaoma was obviously in a sad place.

When Xue Xiang looked at his situation, he knew that he must have suffered a great disaster. He did not advise him, but turned around and closed the windows together.

After a long time, the crying became less and the pony vented, and his mood gradually calmed down. Thinking about his ugly appearance just now, he felt embarrassed again and lowered his head and stopped talking.

Xue Xiang poured him a glass of water and handed it over. Xiao Ma put down the pastry, drank it dry in one sip, and suddenly, with a thud, he knelt down: "County Magistrate Xue, save me, save our whole family!"

Xue Xiang had guessed that something unexpected must have happened, but he didn't expect it to be so serious. He hurriedly helped Xiaoma up. After he sat down, he sat on the window. Only then could he ask the truth. Xiaoma no longer concealed it, like a bamboo tube pouring beans, and he told him all the things he knew and encountered in one go.

It turned out that after the hardware factory riots subsided that day, except for five worker representatives who took the initiative to stand up and were sentenced to several months of labor, all the workers who made trouble returned home safely.

Xiaoma is already young, and an old father and two sisters in the family are all supported by him. The burden is already heavy, so naturally he is not among the representatives of the crime. Originally, these days, Xiaoma has completed the last production task before the decoupling in the factory, just like other workers. (To be continued)

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