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Time during holidays always passes faster than normal times.

After returning to Beijing, Mark didn't feel like he had rested for too long before he had to go back to work at school.

Normally, Mark is a little free.

But it does not include times when the school has activities, such as now, when the school is holding an opening ceremony.

Although Mark is not needed to host the event, nor is he needed to speak on stage.

But Mark and other physical education teachers are indispensable in arranging activities, maintaining order, and doing all kinds of odd jobs.

This sudden busyness made Mark experience the feeling of going to work for the first time in a long time.

Mark didn't choose to give up right from the beginning of the semester.

I sat down in the office seriously and made the teaching plan for the new semester. This was also a new job after I became the head of the sports team.

Although physical education classes are not important, we cannot just take students to play.

Children should be made aware of the basics of sports.

"Lao Ma, where have you been this holiday? I can't even find you to play cards with?"

Mark wants to have a serious job, but Old Sun doesn't want Mark to be satisfied.

After finishing his own work, he came over to Mark.

"We should not waste our precious time at the card table. If we want to play cards, we can wait until we are old and can't even walk properly. We can have more time to play. Why rush now?"

Mark has never agreed with the fact that Lao Sun spends all his free time at the poker table.

The main reason is that Mark has never been able to experience the joy of playing cards.

This kind of leisure activity is one of the last few among Mark's many entertainments.

There are only a few times, such as when I’m on a long-distance train, when I feel like playing.

"So when you talk about our age, isn't it just playing cards, drinking a little, smoking a little? What other hobbies can we have?"

"There are so many hobbies you can expand into... Never mind, you'd better just play cards."

Mark thought about it and decided that it would not work to ask Lao Sun to be like him and spend all his free time dating girls. It would be better for Lao Sun to maintain the current situation.

"Why do you always speak half-sentences?"

"I wanted to ask you to go to the gym with me, but then I thought you wouldn't agree, so I didn't finish the sentence."

Mark made an excuse.

"I'm not very good at fitness, but I've been thinking about golf lately. Do you want to play with me?"

This is the kind of petty bourgeois activity that Lao Sun likes.

"When we have time, I'll go practice a couple of shots with you."

"Why are you still waiting? Can't you just leave today? You don't have any classes, so why not?"

"It's really not possible today. If you really want to play, let's make an appointment for the weekend."

"Second uncle."

Wang Xiaomi was waiting for Mark at the school gate. Of course, Mark would not choose to play with an old man like Lao Sun.

"Xiaomi, you don't actually have to come to school. I'll go to your store and pick you up."

It’s a pity that Mark hasn’t had the chance to go to the pet shop where Wang Xiaomi works and get to know the owner of the pet shop, Le Zi.

"Isn't it because they're worried that you'll be lonely? Lily is having dinner with her classmates today, and you don't even have anyone to go home with you."

Wang Xiaomi is actually quite good at talking, but this is only true when she is willing to talk.

"Isn't it like this after get off work? I'm not a man, I need someone to pick me up before I can go home."

Fortunately, Mark didn't go through the main gate of the school, otherwise he would be seen by some students. It would be a little inappropriate for a young girl to pick up Mark.

I supervise my students every day and they are not allowed to fall in love. Now I am about to date a young girl and I feel a little embarrassed to face people.

"Speaking of Manou, I'm a little bit missing him. Why don't we go pick him up? I haven't seen him for a while."

Manou has been obsessed with looks since he was young. Not only does he like playing with pretty girls in kindergarten, but when he sees Wang Xiaomi he calls her "pretty sister".

The emotional value cannot be higher. Of course Wang Xiaomi likes Manou. His relationship with Manou is like Mark’s, so the relationship is actually not that big.

"Let's not do that. Her mother should have picked him up by now."

Mark pretended to check his watch and replied.

If it was normal time, the time to pick up Mark would be a little later than when Mark gets off work.

But Tian Ye is unemployed now, so it is not impossible for him to rush to pick someone up as soon as possible.

"Are we two still going to the gym?"

"It's up to you. If you want to go, we'll go. If you don't want to go, we can just go and eat."

Although the environment of the gym is not bad, it is not a place for a serious date.

"Then let's not practice today and go shopping."

"Okay, let's go shopping."

"Try this one."

"Take a look at this one."

"Pack them all up."

There is actually not much difference between shopping with Wang Xiaomi and shopping with Ma Li.

They always take Mark to buy clothes. The girls are responsible for choosing and Mark is responsible for paying.

"Okay, stop showing it to me. I can buy clothes myself. Just look at the ones you like and buy a few for yourself."

Mark certainly felt embarrassed to just wander around like this since he had never been to the entire women's clothing section.

"I can buy clothes anytime I want. Let me show you. Have you ever bought clothes for yourself since you became single?"

"I actually have a lot of clothes. You see, I like to wear sportswear because it's convenient for class. I don't have much room for other clothes."

Mary could also buy clothes for herself, but Mark didn't say it.

Otherwise, Wang Xiaomi’s good intentions would be worthless.

The clothes chosen by the two people are actually different, and the styles are slightly different.

"The weather is going to change soon, so I better buy two more."

Wang Xiaomi insisted, so the two of them went shopping in the men's clothing store and then had dinner.

After dinner, in the second half, we started to play according to Wang Xiaomi's wishes.

Activities like watching movies are simply skipped.

A show is two hours, there isn’t that much time.

Besides, the two of them have watched movies many times.

Mark watched all the summer movies twice.

I watched it once with Ma Li, and again with Wang Xiaomi.

"Uncle, do you know how to play this dance machine?"

Wang Xiaomi plays like a child, and his hobbies are not much different from Ma Li's.

The sign of being more mature than Ma Li is that you don’t chase stars and are not crazy.

Before, Wang Xiaomi found a boyfriend who was a singer and played in a band.

In fact, it can also be considered as a trend follower.

So without considering Mark, the two of them can get along like sisters.

"Do radio gymnastics? I'm an expert at this."

Mark looked at Wang Xiaomi and said, just like a child, he likes to play with whatever he sees in the mall.

"Come on, radio gymnastics will do."

Wang Xiaomi pulled Mark to play the dance machine.

"Uncle, I didn't realize you're such a master!"

After the dance, Wang Xiaomi looked at Mark in surprise.

"It's OK, but the tempo can't be any faster, otherwise if you play these without warming up, you'll easily sprain your muscles."

Mark’s dance foundation is actually pretty good, mainly because he has practiced martial arts a lot.

It is not difficult to do some dance moves. If you have good muscle control, your movements will be more rhythmic.

"Okay, let's go slow."

The two danced to several songs. Although they didn't go to the gym, they still made up for the exercise. "Uncle, let's go catch the doll."

"You also like stuffed animals?"

"What's so strange about that? Girls all like these. I like this one the most and I can keep it for many years."

"If you like it, let's catch it."

Although these are childish for Mark, they are not impossible to play.

"Uncle, I want this."

“This monkey is not bad either.”

"This dog, the white dog, is my favorite. But my mom won't let me keep one, so I went to work at the pet store."

Originally, it was Wang Xiaomi who was playing, but after Wang Xiaomi failed to catch the ball, Mark took over.

Mark is very good at playing claw machines.

The difficulty of catching dolls has something to do with the settings of the machine, but it also has something to do with experience.

Master the technique, although it is not the same as the ring toss game, playing is all about purchasing goods.

But you can also say that you get what you want.

At most it’s just a matter of investing a few more coins.

"You love animals so much, but your mother doesn't support you?"

This made Mark feel that Wang Xiaomi's mother was not always obedient to Wang Xiaomi.

At least not to the extent that Mark did to Mary.

"My mother is very strict with me. She controls me a lot. If she can't find me, she will call me."

Mark has seen this before. As long as Wang Xiaomi doesn't go home after get off work, her mother will definitely call her.

"I understand. After all, you are your mother's only daughter. If Ma Li doesn't come home, I will call her."

Wang Xiaomi's mother is a very difficult person to deal with. Although she is not as slave to her daughter as Mark, Wang Xiaomi is also her lifeblood.

This is a hurdle that you must overcome in the future.

"Uncle, sister, can you help me catch one?"

When Mark and Wang Xiaomi were playing, the kid at the machine next door saw that the two were catching more and more and couldn't help but run over.

"Child, how can you call me that? If you call me that, you are calling us a generation lower than you. Call us auntie."

Wang Xiaomi touched the head of the seven or eight-year-old boy and said.

"Auntie, can you help me catch one?"

The kid took out the few remaining coins in his hand.

"I'll give it to you. Which one do you like?"

Wang Xiaomi listened to her aunt abnormally, laughed happily, took out seven or eight of her own dolls and said.

“I like this one.”

It's a pity that even though he's a kid, the dolls he likes are different from the ones girls like.

"Okay, we'll help you catch it."

"Uncle, take this coin." The little boy was quite particular.

"You keep it, I have more here." Mark said, grabbing a handful of coins.

This machine is still a bit old. If it is replaced with a QR code scanning machine in the next two years, Mark won't have to grab so many game coins to play.

"Thank you uncle, thank you sister, not thank you aunt."

After catching an animated doll for the child, the kid was very satisfied.

"Xiaomi, you see, when we go out together, we will often encounter such things in the future."

Just seeing it, Mark reminded Wang Xiaomi again.

The difficulties of two people falling in love turned out to be much greater than Wang Xiaomi had imagined.

"I don't care. I'm willing to be called auntie by them." It seemed that Wang Xiaomi was not reluctant.

They are a type of people who are less affected by the outside world.

Not being afraid of other people's comments is more suitable for the current Internet era.

I won’t get upset when I see some comments online.

"How can you be so abnormal? Other women in their fifties and sixties need to be called sisters, but you insist on being called aunt when you're in your twenties."

"I'd love to. I'm different from them. Let's go get some ice cream."

The next project is also something the kids like.

"Be careful, you don't have an iron stomach."

"I'm fine. I won't get sick easily."

"Then have one."

"Uncle, you don't want to eat?"

"I don't eat these, you can do it yourself."

Mark is past the age of casual creation.

If it's a midnight snack, Mark likes it and is willing to make an exception, he doesn't care about sweets.

"Uncle, there's ice skating here."

Wang Xiaomi wanted to play it as soon as she saw it.

"It's getting late, why don't we go ice skating another day. You're a girl, so it's better to go to bed early and get up early for your skin."

It was almost ten o'clock, and it was time for Mark to rest.

"Then let's play again tomorrow?"

"We'll see what happens tomorrow."

It’s not that Mark can’t skate, as he has lived in Northeast China for many years.

This is a basic skill, but Mark's life still can't just revolve around Wang Xiaomi, and who knows what might happen.

"Mary, you haven't slept yet?"

Mark did not go to see Wang Xiaomi off because the distance was too far and it was not convenient for him to see her off every time.

"I just got back too. I'm hungry. Let me get something to eat."

Mary is still in the growth stage, so the word Mark often hears is "hungry".

"Aren't you going to a dinner party with your classmates?"

But Mark was quite surprised that he was still hungry after returning from the dinner.

"The dinner was over a long time ago, and we went to the concert, and I was hungry after we came back."

"What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

Mark took the things from Mary.

"Just eat a bowl of dumplings. It's time to go to bed, so don't eat too much."

I had dumplings for dinner two days ago. I made a little too much and left them in the refrigerator.

"..." Mark felt that Mary had some misunderstanding about Duobu: "You went to the concert again, didn't we agree that you would take me with you next time?"

Mark planned a lot for the summer vacation and accomplished many things well.

In order to improve Mary's musical literacy, Mark took Mary to many concerts, but the results were not ideal.

"Are you serious? It's been so long. I thought you were kidding me."

"I'm not kidding you. You haven't heard of your kind of performance before. It's okay to give it a try. You don't like going with your classmates, so why bring your dad over there to embarrass yourself?"

Mark first needs to confirm what band Ma Li is going to listen to. If it is the band played by Wang Xiaomi’s ex-boyfriend, this needs to be resolved as soon as possible.

Mark spends less time with Wang Xiaomi.

I have never seen Wang Xiaomi's ex-boyfriend.

It's not a good idea to bring it up without a reason, so call the person out to meet him.

In fact, if Mark could meet people, he would still advise the children to disband the band as soon as possible and do something serious.

"How could that be? Next time, the next time there's a band performance, I'll ask you to go with us."

(End of this chapter)