Chapter 131

I woke up to the sound of the alarm clock in the early morning. I was no longer sleeping in my own quilt in early summer.

When she opened her eyes a few seconds after waking up, she found that she was not only sleeping in the same bed with Lin Xiaohan, but also in his arms.

When he raised his head, his nose touched his chin.

The two of them leaned against each other and looked into each other's eyes, able to feel each other's breath and entire body temperature.

Just when the atmosphere was about to ignite, Chuxia immediately got up and ran away.

Lin Xiaohan: “…”

Today is Monday. Chuxia got up early and went to work as usual.

Lin Xiaohan was not idle at home either. He returned to work and did what he could without affecting his physical recovery.

They had settled down in the new house and had a ready-made canteen for meals, so Chuxia did not rush back to Tianxian Temple during the next six working days.

She comes back to her new house after work every day.

Have dinner with Lin Xiaohan, then take a walk together, and then go home to rest and sleep.

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Sunday.

Courtyard No. 8, Tianxian Temple.

The autumn sky is clear blue, the sun is hanging in the eastern sky, and the light shines obliquely into the yard.

Tang Haikuan, Wu Xuemei and the workers were cleaning the vegetables for the day as usual.

Wu Xuemei and a girl were picking vegetable leaves, while the others were washing them.

Wu Xuemei was almost done picking the vegetables.

I heard Chu Xia's voice coming from the second door: "Dad, Mom, we're back."

Everyone in the yard turned to look, only to see Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan enter the second gate together.

Lin Xiaohan then greeted Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei.

Because the restaurant was busy, Lin Xiaohan didn't come over after he was injured, and we haven't seen each other for a while.

Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei laughed and asked, "Xiao Lin, how do you feel now?"

Just looking at the complexion on my face, I feel it is already very good.

Lin Xiaohan smiled and replied: "I think it's almost healed, but my arm is healing slowly."

Chu Xia turned to him and said, "It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, but you haven't recovered in a month. What's the point of you saying you're almost there? It's only useful if the doctor and the test results say so."

This is not something that can be fixed in a hurry.

Tang Haikuan added: "Just take care of it with peace of mind."

Lin Xiaohan is still in the recovery period, so Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei naturally don't let him do any work.

There was nothing that required Chuxia's help at the moment, so Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan stood aside and chatted with Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei.

I came back to see them.

While they still have time to talk, I should naturally talk to them more.

What we talk about are all these things in life.

For example, Tang Haikuan asked Lin Xiaohan whether he had completed the procedures for the wedding house he applied for, and Wu Xuemei then asked him how much of the money he spent on hospitalization was reimbursed by his company.

They were washing vegetables and talking when someone came to the second gate.

The two people who came were Chaozi and Guogai. When they saw Lin Xiaohan now, they were no longer as hostile as before. After all, they had experienced so much and they were no longer children.

But they didn't say hello to Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan. They only said hello to Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei, and then went into the east room.

I went to the east room to look for Han Ting, but Han Ting was not at home.

They asked Wang Cuiying: "Didn't he tell you where he was going and what he was doing?"

Wang Cuiying was sewing and said, "Do you think I dare to intervene in his affairs now? When did he discuss with me where he was going or what he was going to do?"

After hearing what Wang Cuiying said, Chaozi and Guogai left.

They haven't seen Han Ting for a while, so they plan to go out and look for him again.

The other brothers didn't want to get together, but the three of them couldn't just break up like that.

Tang Haikuan and his workers washed the vegetables, then went to the kitchen in the front to make some preparations, and then opened the restaurant for business as usual on time.

There were few customers when the restaurant first opened, so Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan stayed in the restaurant for a while.

As noon approached, the restaurant became busy and they felt like being in the way, so they went to the back.

The sun at noon feels warm on my body.

They sat in the sun in the yard and listened to the radio.

The entrance of the alley.

Chaozi and Guogai went out to look for Han Ting, but couldn't find him, so they came back.

The two turned into the alley and saw many people in the alley basking in the sun, eating melon seeds and queuing up, holding the handwritten number plates given by the restaurant, waiting to enter the restaurant to eat.

Pot Cover muttered, "How about we queue up and go in to have a meal?"

Tang's Restaurant has been open for two years, and the store has been expanding for half a year, but they have never eaten a meal in the restaurant.

It’s not because he has no money, nor because he doesn’t have time to queue outside the restaurant, but because he is a bit embarrassed because he had a feud with Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan.

Speaking of which, when they were in the countryside, they craved the fried noodles made by Chuxia.

In the past two years, every time I passed by a restaurant and smelled this smell, I couldn't help but swallow my saliva.

Chaozi was also greedy and wanted to go in for a meal.

But before he could answer Guogai, his eyes fell on the two people queuing outside the restaurant, and he suddenly slowed down his pace.

Seeing that he was walking slower, Guogai asked him, "What are you doing?"

Chaozi glanced at him and gestured in the direction where his gaze had just been directed.

Pot Cover looked over as he gestured, puzzled.

When I looked over, I saw two very familiar faces.

Guo Gai was also stunned for a moment, and after a moment he said, "Liang Youtian?"

To make sure I didn't recognize the wrong person.

Guo Gai raised his voice and called out, "Secretary Liu? Captain Liang?"

When he called out like that, the two men actually looked over.

Chaozi and Guogai have changed a lot in the three or four years since they returned to the city, especially now that they dress fashionably, so Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian didn't recognize who they were.

But when Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian looked over, Chaozi and Guogai were sure that they were not mistaken.

The two of them went straight to Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian, and Guo Gai showed all the enthusiasm of a local and said, "Don't you recognize us? I'm Guo Gai, and he's Chaozi."

After Guo Gai said this, Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian immediately recognized them.

Among the twelve educated youth who went to the countryside to work in the fields at that time, the two of them and Han Ting were the worst bastards. The three bastards caused them a lot of trouble. No one could forget them.

However, in the last year they behaved quite well and never caused them any trouble. They lived a very stable life, and the relationship between them also eased a lot, and they got along quite well.

So when they returned to the city, there was no one blocking them from coming back.

Liang Youtian laughed and said, "It's you two, do you live here?"

Chaozi continued, "Yes, I live inside. Are you here to look for Chu Xia?"

Why are you looking for Chuxia? We haven’t been in touch for many years.

Secretary Liu added, "We came here to do some work and it was a good opportunity to see the world. We heard that the restaurants here are worth eating at, so we came to take a look."

Guogai laughed, "So you didn't know this was Chuxia's restaurant?"

Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian looked at each other, then looked at Chaozi and Guogai and shook their heads.

After shaking his head, Liang Youtian hissed again, "Don't tell me, the name Tianxian Temple sounded familiar to me when I first heard it, but I couldn't remember where I had heard it. Now that you mentioned it, I remember that Comrade Xiaoxia sent us something after returning to the city, and the address for the mailing seemed to be this Tianxian Temple."

After hearing this, Secretary Liu also remembered.

When I just returned to the city in early summer, I sent them a lot of things, some for the children in school and some for themselves.

As they were saying this, it was their turn in the queue.

Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian went into the restaurant, and Chaozi and Guogai followed them in. They sat at the same table with them and said, "Secretary Liu and Captain Liang, I didn't expect to see you again after returning to the city. You are guests in the city, and we will treat you to dinner today."

Liang Youtian said: "No need, we are the elders, we will treat you to a meal."

After that, a waiter came over to take their order. They looked at the menu for a while and ordered four dishes they liked.

Chaozi and Guogai were generous and ordered four more dishes.

Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian said in a hurry that they couldn't finish the food.

Chaozi just said, "Secretary Liu, Captain Liang, just enjoy your meal. We will treat you to this meal!"

Seeing Chaozi and Guogai like this, Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian stopped arguing.

After ordering the dishes, Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian looked around and asked Chaozi and Guogai, "You said this restaurant was opened by Comrade Xiaoxia's family, why don't we see her?"

Chaozi and Guogai just saw Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan come back this morning.

After hesitating for a while, Guo Gai didn't think any more and stood up and said, "I'll go get you guys."

After saying that, he went to the back door of the restaurant.

After going out the back door and reaching the second gate, he saw Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan listening to the radio and basking in the sun in the yard. He cleared his throat and said, "Section Chief Tang, Deputy Director Lin, Secretary Liu and Captain Liang of the Tanxi Brigade are here and are eating in the restaurant. Do you... want to meet them?"

Hearing this.

Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan were both stunned for a moment.

After a moment, Chu Xia spoke up: "Secretary Liu? Captain Liang?"

Guogai nodded, "Yes, I came here to do some work. I plan to stay here for two days. I heard that your restaurant is famous, so I came here to eat. Chaozi and I just happened to run into each other."

Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan hesitated for a while.

Seeing them like this, Guo Gai said again: "Why would I lie to you about this? If I hadn't met them coming to dinner, I wouldn't be able to talk to you two leaders with such a flattering face."

Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan were indeed a little slow to react when they first heard it.

After hearing what Pot Gai said, the two of them responded, turned off the radio, and went to the front.

The pot lid went back first, returned to the table and said, "Here it comes."

Sitting down, he continued, "You may not know that Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan are now a couple. They are both state officials, one is the section chief of the Price Bureau, and the other is the deputy director of the Political and Legal Committee."

Hearing this, Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian widened their eyes.

Then Liang Youtian said, "I knew that among the twelve of you, Comrade Xiaoxia and Comrade Xiaolin are the most promising. We were right, weren't we?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan came in.

I felt a little confused when I heard it just now, but now that I saw the person sitting in the restaurant, Chu Xia finally felt the reality. She quickly lit up her eyes and smiled, "Secretary Liu! Captain Liang!"

When they saw Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan, Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian's faces were instantly filled with smiles.

Both of them stood up, and Secretary Liu smiled and said, "We didn't even think that this restaurant was owned by your family. Fortunately, we met Chaozi and Guogai outside."

Lin Xiaohan came over and greeted them with a smile and shook hands.

Liang Youtian hurriedly asked him, "Comrade Xiaolin, what happened to your arm?"

After asking himself, he quickly said, "Oh, you can't call me Comrade Xiao Lin now, you have to call me Deputy Director Lin."

Lin Xiaohan smiled and said, "No need to be so formal, just call me Xiao Lin."

Then he answered: "There was an accident before. I called a taxi and got hit."

Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian couldn't help but express their concern after hearing this.

Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan sat down with them. Wu Xuemei came over when she saw this. Through Chuxia, she got to know Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian. After greeting them and saying a few polite words, she went to the kitchen and asked them to cook a few more dishes.

The six of them sat at the table and had endless things to talk about.

Liang Youtian was the first to say with emotion: "I haven't seen you for a few years. You have all changed so much. If you walk on the street without saying hello, I wouldn't recognize any of you."

Guo Gai smiled and said, "You and Secretary Liu haven't changed at all. We recognized you at a glance just now."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, they started talking about other things.

Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian talked about the harvest after the implementation of the household contract responsibility system in rural areas, while Chuxia and the others talked about their experience after returning to the city.

Of course, what I said is not in detail, just what can be said in this situation.

We chatted for a while about their respective situations.

Liang Youtian asked again: "What about the others? Have you contacted them since you returned to the city?"

Chaozi continued, "The four of us, as well as Han Ting and Su Yun, have met each other over the years. I haven't seen the others very often, but I've been able to find them all."

Chaozi and Guogai are the most enthusiastic and like to take charge of things.

Guogai directly suggested: "It's rare for Secretary Liu and Captain Liang to come over. Chaozi and I will be responsible for finding people. Tomorrow night we will go to another place and get together to entertain you."

Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian felt embarrassed.

Secretary Liu said: "It's too troublesome, but we don't have that much face."

In the countryside, they still have a place to talk, but in this city, in front of these children, they are nothing.

Chaozi then said, "When we were in the countryside, we received a lot of training from you, but we also received a lot of care from you. We were young and ignorant at that time, and we caused a lot of trouble for the village. Now that you have come to Beijing, it is only right for us to gather together and entertain you."

After saying that, Chaozi looked at Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan: "What do you two leaders say?"

They had caused so much trouble to the village in the past. Chu Xia felt that Secretary Liu and Liang Youtian deserved this treatment, so she nodded and said, "It's what I deserve."