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After get off work, Xu Dong followed Lao Jin to the famous barbecue restaurant and spent another 100 yuan to find scalpers to avoid the queue.

"This shop makes the most authentic dishes. They use field mice. Unlike other stores, which use rats from the sewers. No matter how much seasoning you add, they can't cover up the sour smell."

Xu Dong echoed: "Vole is better because it has less bacteria on its body."

In fact, after being smoked and roasted at high temperatures, no bacteria can survive, and rats in the sewers can still eat it.

Lao Jin gave a thumbs up: "Expert!"

Xu Dong gnawed two roasted mice in a row, and then he stopped with his mouth full.

If it wasn't Xu's mother's birthday, he would have eaten enough today.

Due to the rat infestation, the roasted mice are not expensive, with a big one costing 100 yuan and a small one only costing 30 yuan. Compared with pork, the price is already very affordable.

"Xiao Xu, I'm going to cost you tonight."

"We are all colleagues, so there is no need to be so outspoken." Xu Dong said politely.

"Okay, I'll treat you next time."

Driving home, Yang Lina's cake was ready. It was soft and looked good.

Xu Dong praised: "Okay, it's no worse than the cake I bought last time!"

"Husband, what have you eaten? Why does it smell like barbecue?" Yang Lina complained, covering her nose.

"I was a little hungry on the way, so I ate some potato chips, maybe they just taste like barbecue!"

Xu Dong didn't dare to tell the truth, otherwise with Yang Lina's temper, he probably wouldn't be able to kiss her for a month.

I miscalculated this time, I should bring some chewing gum with me next time.

At this time, Lele puffed up his face and said angrily: "Dad doesn't like Lele anymore, and he secretly eats potato chips alone."

Yang Lina was very strict about the children's snacks. She usually relied on Xu Dong to secretly give them here and there.

"Well, how could Dad not like Lele? Dad ate secretly because he was really hungry. Can Lele forgive Dad for once?" Xu Dong pulled his little daughter and coaxed.

"Okay!" Lele turned to her father's ear and whispered softly: "Dad, I also want to eat potato chips. Can you secretly bring me a bag tomorrow morning."

Xu Dong immediately made an OK gesture.

After sending his little daughter away, Xu Dong quickly went to the bathroom to brush his teeth. The smell of roasted rat meat was indeed a bit strong, so it was better to be careful.

After dinner, while Xu Ma was washing the dishes, Xu Dong turned off the lights, and the kitchen suddenly became dark.

"Why is there a power outage?"

Xu Ma wiped the water on her hands and prepared to come out to see what was going on.

As soon as I walked into the restaurant, I suddenly heard the singing of the Coco sisters:

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!"

Lele walked in front carrying the cake.

The others followed, the twins were the lead singer, the adults echoed softly, and even the triplets babbling non-stop.

Xu Ma's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and she laughed and cursed:

"It's just a birthday, and there are so many new tricks!"

Even so, the old lady was still so moved that she secretly wiped her tears with her sleeves.

Lele said crisply: "Grandma, make a wish quickly and then blow out the candles."

Xu Ma secretly made a wish, then blew out the candles in one breath, and the lights in the restaurant turned on again the next second.

"Mom, what wish did you make?" Xu Dong asked with a smile.

"It won't work if you say it."

Coco took the opportunity to hand over a fruit knife: "Grandma, cut the cake quickly. Mom and I made the cake together."

"And me." Lele added hurriedly.

"Okay, they are all grandma's good granddaughters."

Xu Ma took the fruit knife and cut the chicken cake into six parts. The first part was given to the triplets. Chicken cake is not a fruit, so it doesn’t matter if you eat more.

Yang Lina held up the chicken cake and coaxed: "Dabao, Erbao, Xiaobao, please tell grandma happy birthday."

"Birth...establishment...loss...pleasure..."

Unfortunately, only Dabao spoke. Erbao and Xiaobao were not very cooperative and kept reaching out to grab the chicken cake.

Xu's mother was so happy that she hugged the triplets and kissed them one by one.

…

Early the next morning, when the family got up, they found something was wrong with the weather. The sky was overcast and it seemed like it was going to rain.

At the dinner table, Xu Ma said happily:

"Okay, it's been almost a year since the drought, and it's finally going to rain. Now there's no need to worry."

"Honey, look at what the weather forecast says?" Yang Lina urged, holding Erbao in her arms.

Xu Dong took out his mobile phone, clicked on the weather information, and read from it: "Yanjing, heavy rain turns to heavy snow, the highest temperature is 28 degrees, and the lowest temperature is minus 15 degrees."

"It's snowing, it's going to snow..." the twins cooed.

"It seems that the drought is really coming to an end." Yang Lina sighed sincerely.

Seeing the excited expressions of his family members, Xu Dong couldn't help but pour cold water:

"It's still early. The drought is so serious now. One or two heavy rains won't solve the problem at all."

And there was no telling whether this heavy rain would be able to stop. In his previous life, he had never heard of heavy rain anywhere in the country.

Let alone heavy rain, there has never been moderate rain. At most, it is a light rain, not even once a month.

"Ersha, what are you talking about? Wouldn't it be better for the drought to end soon?" Xu's mother said angrily.

Xu Dong smiled bitterly and explained: "Aren't I afraid that your joy will be in vain?"

"It's better to be happy than to have no hope." Father Xu snorted.

"Husband, you..."

Xu Dong couldn't resist and quickly put down his chopsticks and prepared to "run away": "Keke, Lele, go get your schoolbags, it's time to go to school."

After sending the twins to school, Xu Dong stepped on the accelerator and went directly to the company.

Along the way, the streets were full of cheering crowds, which was even more lively than during the Chinese New Year.

When he arrived at the office, it was still early. Xu Dong browsed his phone for a while. The Internet was also full of joy. The word "rain" was directly ranked first on Weibo's hot search.

Xu Dong shook his head unconsciously. The greater the hope at the moment, the greater the disappointment in the future.

At nearly nine o'clock, colleagues from the security department came to work one after another, and everyone's face was relaxed and happy.

Only Xiang Xin had a sad face.

Xu Dong asked curiously: "Xiao Xiang, what's wrong with you?"

"My father-in-law just bought 800 kilograms of corn yesterday, spending more than 100,000 yuan, and now it's all gone down the drain."

Xu Dong directly brought out the same rhetoric in the morning.

Xiang Xin was skeptical: "Is it true?"

"Really? Think about it. The river has dried up. Can a rain restore it? I guess it won't even fill the gaps between our teeth." Xu Dong comforted.

"What if it continues to rain tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?"

"There are not so many ifs. Let's talk about tomorrow tomorrow." Xu Dong said.

All morning, it is estimated that all the people in Yanjing were waiting for the rain, but unfortunately, the ground was still dry until noon.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, raindrops finally floated in the sky, but the raindrops were too small, drizzling, better than nothing.

After two o'clock, the rain finally got heavier.

And then, there was nothing else.

The drizzle stopped completely after half an hour, the sun reappeared in the sky, and the temperature rose sharply to more than 30 degrees.

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