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The snow did not stop until the next night, except for a few main streets where the snow was swept on both sides of the road, all the alleys and paths were covered with thick snow, and even a not-so-thin layer of ice .

As the New Year approaches, festive red decorations are hung all over the street. Against the background of night lights, it is more like countless red lanterns. Of course, there are also real red lanterns among them.

In a remote alley next to Wenhua Street, a store selling kimchi was open alone, and the dim light came out from the narrow door. No one would have guessed that this place was a store.

The shop is not wide, with two rooms inside and outside. There are cabinets outside. There are all kinds of pickled cucumbers, garlic and other pickles inside. There are various drinks in the refrigerator next to it. There is a simple square table and several stools arranged in four directions. Various spices are on the table.

Sitting next to the table was a woman about forty years old, kowtowling melon seeds leisurely.

A curtain separates the front and back. Inside is a long stove table with electricity plugged in, which is similar to the outside, but there is a shelf next to it. In addition to drinking, there are some snacks and drinks, mostly various kinds of wine .

Although it has been snowing, the house is not very cold, especially in the interior, the hot air from the kotatsu diffuses very openly, and the house is very warm. This is the case in the south, where there is no heating in winter.

At this time, there were several teenagers sitting at the warming table, including Qin Mufeng, Ai Mingrui, Luo Yulin, and Deng Wen. In addition to a few glasses of wine, a few dishes of pickles, there were also two ashtrays on the table. Throwing several cigarette butts, it seems that they have been here for a long time.

"Old Qin, do you want to call Jin Chu over? He should be quite boring by himself." Luo Yulin and Deng Wen woke up yesterday, and Qin Mufeng and Jin Chu had already checked out. Now that I think about it, it's no matter what Friends, Jin Chu is going back to celebrate the New Year, and it's almost time to come out and get together again.

Qin Mufeng was leaning back to play with his Snake, listening to them gossip about all kinds of brotherhood in middle school. From junior high school to now, they talked about all kinds of embarrassing things over and over again without feeling bored.

Hearing Luo Yulin's question, his eyes and hands were not idle, he moved slightly, and said, "He will go back tomorrow, he must be packing his things."

"How many things can he pack, and he will be back after a year. Besides, he has been staying at the residence for the past few days. If he wants to clean up, he should pack it up early." Ai Mingrui said with a pickle in his mouth.

Deng Wen, "Send him a message and ask."

Ai Mingrui "Don't tell me, Jin Chu's boy, I quite like him, he is handsome and a top student, the most important thing is, did you find out, he has a very good temper, I think he is well-bred, And very polite."

Luo Yulin: "Yes, yes, and he can drink very well, hahahaha, you see, although we were dizzy last time, he was very conscious." After speaking, Luo Yulin also patted Qin Mufeng who was playing with Snake.

Ai Mingrui directly poked Qin Mufeng several times, "I said, Lao Qin, don't play with your mobile phone. Look at us. We haven't played with any of them. You should quickly send Jin Chu a message to ask."

Qin Mufeng finally put down his phone and glanced at them one by one, but none of them could tell what it meant, because they just said something they shouldn't say or did something they couldn't do.

Then Qin Mufeng didn't speak, picked up the cigarette on the table and lit one, after taking a few puffs, he saw that he was holding the mobile phone he had just put down, and pressed it a few times.

Jin Chugang answered a call from his mother, asking what time the tickets would be tomorrow, hung up the phone and lay on the bed in a daze, because he hadn't finished watching "White Night Journey" that Qin Mufeng turned over last time, and was about to continue watching.

The phone rang.

The holy monk asked "what are you doing?" It was Qin Mufeng. . "In a daze."

The holy monk asked, "Have you packed up all the things you brought back?". "Um."

The holy monk asked, "Then come out and sit down?"

Jin Chu looked at the time, it was 19:30, it was still early, he couldn't learn, and being in a daze didn't seem to make any sense. . "Um... where?."

The holy monk "come out and wait for me at the entrance of Wenhua Street, I will be there soon.". "good."

Qin Mufeng got up and said to Ai Mingrui and the others, "Go out for a while." Then they went out in a hurry.

"Miss, let me go out for a while." When he went out, he said to the woman outside.

"Go."

As soon as Jin Chu arrived at the intersection, he saw Qin Mufeng jogging over. He waved his hand to signal Qin Mufeng to run slower.

"What are you doing running so fast?" Jin Chu looked at him with a smile.

"Run to keep warm." Qin Mufeng pulled the zipper button of the down jacket up until it couldn't be pulled.

Jin Chu was wearing an off-white down jacket with a big hat hanging down his back. Qin Mufeng stretched out his hand out of nowhere, and before Jin Chu could react, Qin Mufeng had already put his hat on.

The cold wind was accompanied by snowflakes, and it made people's faces hurt. Qin Mufeng did it, and Jin Chu really felt much better. He stretched out his hands to brush his hair, and said with a smile, "Where are you going, let's go."

"Go somewhere to pass the time."

Jin Chu went up and walked side by side with Qin Mufeng, looked up at the sky, "Why doesn't the snow stop?"

With this movement, the hat fell down again, Qin Mufeng seemed to be waiting behind his back, caught Jin Chu's hanging hat and put it back on him.

"Thank you." Jin Chu was a little embarrassed.

Passing by a boutique, the door was still open, the students were on vacation, and there was almost no one there in the cold weather, Jin Chu stopped and said, "Classmate Qin, wait for me here, I'll go in and buy something."

"Ah."

In addition to the small things that young people like, the boutique also has scarves, gloves, hats and so on. Jin Chu went to the place where the gloves were kept and picked out two pairs of gloves.

Under the night light, Qin Mufeng stood in the wind and snow, quietly watching Jin Chu come out of the boutique, and felt that he was like a cute little animal.

"Here you are." Jin Chu put a small black paper bag in Qin Mufeng's hand.

"Huh?" Qin Mufeng opened it suspiciously, revealing a pair of gray gloves.

"As far as this is concerned, it's okay, you put it on quickly." After Jin Chu finished speaking, he took a pair of the same pair from his pocket and put them on.

"I bought two pairs, they are the same, and they are quite warm." Seeing that Qin Mufeng didn't move, he said, "Put them on too."

"Well... good." Qin Mufeng couldn't express his mood, Jin Chu seemed to be unconsciously stuffing warmth into his hands.

Looking at Jin Chu's satisfied expression, his heart slowed down for a moment, "Thank you, it's very warm."

Jin Chu stood in front of the kimchi shop with an unbelievable expression on his face. He really didn't expect that there was such a shop in this alley. This feeling was a bit like seeing Lao Wu standing in a sandal with trousers of different heights. Same on podium.

In the same way, Lao Wu, who looks unreliable on the outside, is a good teacher, so this decadent-looking shop should also be an interesting one.

But Jin Chu obviously didn't realize the specialness of this store, because he didn't feel the specialness of this store until he went in and sat down with Qin Mufeng. It must be said that it was very quiet and really suitable for killing time.

It wasn't until many years later that Jin Chu realized how special this store was. No matter how Guancheng became and how many people came and went, this store and this alley had never changed.

"Jin Chu, you're here. Are you going back tomorrow? Come drink and practice for you." Ai Mingrui didn't want to be too enthusiastic, he took a cup on the shelf familiarly, excitedly "Plum wine, have you tried it? It's very delicious."

Jin Chu shook his head.

"It's okay if you haven't drunk it. It's just like drinking a drink. You can drink so much, you must think it's delicious." Ai Mingrui put the wine in front of Jin Chu, and said expectantly, "Try it?"

Qin Mufeng looked at Ai Mingrui from the sidelines, it was hard to say, why didn't he find that Ai Mingrui was so enthusiastic before!

Jin Chu picked up the wine glass and took a sip. The sweet taste accompanied by a slight smell of alcohol diffused in the mouth, which was quite mild. It was not like a drink, but it should be brewed with low-alcohol liquor.

"Very good." Jin Chu put down his cup and said.

"Let me just say, this wine is our favorite, isn't it Lao Qin?"

Seeing that Ai Mingrui finally saw him, Qin Mufeng replied lightly "Yes".

Jin Chu looked at these young men who were drinking wine, chatting and bragging about the calf, it turned out that he had entered their circle without knowing it, and all this was because of the young man sitting beside him.

"Are you hungry? I'll ask Miss Pao to bring some hot snacks." Qin Mufeng asked.

"Not hungry, haven't you had dinner?" Jin Chu said.

"Before you came, we had some kimchi while drinking."

"..."

On a snowy day, drinking some wine and eating kimchi without any hot food, Jin Chu is completely at a loss as to what these people are thinking, young people, you are so pretentious.

"Then eat a little."

Qin Mufeng went out and said something to Ms. Pao, and after a while, Ms. Pao came in with a large plate of fried potatoes and fried artificial mushrooms, and after a while, she came in with some fried noodles.

Jin Chu was stunned. When he came in, he didn't seem to see that these foods could be bought here. There was nothing else except pickles and drinks.

"I don't know, you can get it upstairs, and the girl lives upstairs. This is the treatment that only we acquaintances have." Ai Mingrui said.

It's really good, it feels like being at home. I used to be at my aunt's house, and my aunt would make food for him and his cousins ​​at night. Jin Chu suddenly wanted to go back to the countryside, and he didn't know if it was hot or not at home this year.

He casually picked up the wine in front of him and took a sip. After drinking, he realized that he was a little abrupt. He was about to smile to ease the embarrassment, but then he found that Qin Mufeng who was next to him looked at him and hesitated to speak.

"Hahaha, Jin Chu, you have drunk Lao Qin's cup." Deng Wen said.

Jin Chu "..."

Jin Chu was distracted for a moment just now, and he really took Qin Mufeng's cup by mistake, so he was embarrassed, so he quickly apologized to Qin Mufeng, "That... classmate Qin, I'm sorry."

Qin Mufeng took the cup that Jin Chu drank and put it on his side, "It's okay, eat it quickly, it will get cold in a while, and so will you guys."