Chu Zhishui thought that Xin Yunmao's words were full of loopholes, but the reality was that he was the one who planted the flowers and plants in the field, and she couldn't urge him even if she felt something was wrong.
Since the gods said that winter is slow, how can it grow fast?
It seems that farming during the Spring Festival holiday is a foregone conclusion.
The year-end report of the Huaijiang Observation Bureau has ended, and a year of busy work has finally come to an end. It is time to distribute performance and year-end bonuses.
Chu Zhishui hurried to increase the performance of the bureau before the New Year, totaling 11,000 yuan, and then issued three months of year-end bonuses, plus three months of spiritual civilization awards. Once this bonus is issued, plus the previous monthly salary, the total is calculated as the annual salary. The income of the bureau can be said to be generous, at least it is quite lucrative in Huaijiang.
Money can ease the fatigue at the end of the year, making all the monsters happy recently. The Observation Bureau is full of joy, and it looks like the atmosphere of the New Year.
Hong Ximing not only sent New Year's goods to each department, but also discussed with Niu Shi to get together in the cafeteria before the festival. Everyone had a meal together, and then they had a happy holiday to welcome the arrival of the Spring Festival.
In the cafeteria, today's meal is rich and grand, with chicken, duck, fish and meat, as well as dumplings and bacon, which are very characteristic of the Spring Festival. The house was also decorated, with an upside-down red blessing hanging on the wall, and some bright New Year paintings posted.
On the long table on one side were a dazzling array of drinks and paper cups. Xin Yunmao stood by and observed for a long time, as if attracted by the fancy fruit juice.
As the director, Hu Chenrui briefly exchanged pleasantries and then raised his glass to celebrate, saying, "Then I wish everyone a happy Spring Festival! All the best in the new year!"
After enthusiastic applause, the dinner officially began.
Chen Zhuhui is now on winter vacation. She has just returned to the Economic Development Division for two days and happened to run into the end-of-year dinner of the Observation Bureau. She had just visited Lao Bai in the tea garden. Now looking at the lively celebration scene, she said with longing, "I haven't experienced such a festive New Year for a long time."
She used to celebrate the New Year with her grandfather and Grandpa Xu. She didn't know what to do this year. She didn't expect to have a meal at the Observation Bureau.
"Our family rarely has such a grand celebration." Chu Zhishui said, "Usually it's just me and my parents. We basically don't ask relatives to visit, so there aren't that many people."
All the monsters were enjoying the food, only Xin Yunmao was drinking. In front of him was a full drink cup. He sipped juice and tasted soda, as if he was doing a chemistry experiment.
Chu Zhishui was worried, "You are sure it is okay to drink it randomly?"
He would not mix some dark drink in the bamboo tube.
Not long after, Niu Shi slowly walked over from the side. He found Chu Zhishui and Chen Zhuhui and said, "You two are unlikely to show up in the bureau during the Spring Festival. I prepared some bacon and braised pork elbows for you to take home and eat."
Chu Zhishui went home to accompany his parents during the Spring Festival holiday, and Chen Zhuhui went to the tea garden to see Lao Bai. They didn't spend much time in the observation bureau. Other monsters have no family, so at most they visit friends and may even come to the bureau for dinner.
Chu Zhishui praised: "Brother Niu is so good, do you make the sauce yourself?"
"Yes, the ingredients are relatively sufficient, don't eat the dirty ones outside." Niu Shi said, "Come with me to get it, see how much you want."
Chen Zhuhui was not an employee of the bureau, she waved her hands in panic: "I won't take it, Sister Zhishui can go."
"It's okay, you go and get it, Brother Niu made a lot, we may not be able to finish it in the next few days." Jin Yu persuaded, "and after the Spring Festival, we will be the only ones relying on each other in the office."
Chu Zhishui nodded with a smile: "Yes, I'm going on a business trip to Yinhai, maybe you are very busy at work, eat more now to nourish yourself, and then work hard for the bureau."
Chen Zhuhui: "?"
Chen Zhuhui couldn't refuse, so she got up and followed.
Chu Zhishui said hello to Xin Yunmao and went to get the bacon, while Jin Yu looked at the table full of drinks with curiosity and couldn't help but run to the long table to get some.
The atmosphere of the dinner party in the cafeteria was getting more and more lively, and the monster employees were spinning happily, and they had to move aside every two steps to avoid bumping into their colleagues who were immersed in chatting and not paying attention to the road.
Chu Zhishui and Chen Zhuhui came back after getting the bacon. They waved to Jin Yu who was holding a tray not far away, and planned to go back to the table together. Jin Yu carefully held the tray, on which were two rows of colorful drinks, and it seemed that every flavor was poured a little.
Chu Zhishui was helpless: "How did you learn from him?"
They walked back along the path. Originally, everything was fine, but suddenly there was a strong wind, as if someone suddenly jumped over and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Jin Yu's hand trembled, and a cup of drink on the edge of the tray was knocked over, falling right on Chen Zhuhui's back, leaving a wet mark in an instant!
Chen Zhuhui reached out her hand blankly, felt the wetness, and smelled the smell of juice.
"Ahhh, what should we do?" Jin Yu was at a loss, she wanted to help Chen Zhuhui wipe it, but she still had the tray in her hands, so she could only stomp her feet in panic and embarrassment, "Let's go to the side first."
Chen Zhuhui was not angry, and comforted her, "It's okay, just wash it when you get home."
"But it will be cold to go outside in wet clothes." Chu Zhishui smiled and tried to smooth things over, "Let's put the things back first, and then we'll give you a simple treatment."
At the dining table, Chu Zhishui put the bacon and braised pork elbow aside, and then asked Xin Yunmao for help to dry Chen Zhuhui's clothes.
"You still can't stop splashing water after getting ashore." Xin Yunmao saw the juice stains, he glanced at Jin Yu calmly, which only frightened the other party so much that he trembled all over. Then he lightly snapped his fingers, and his clothes were instantly refreshed.
He looked at Chu Zhishui and raised his chin proudly: "Every time she gets in trouble, I have to clean it up. Now you should know who is powerful, right?"
Seeing that he was arrogant, Chu Zhishui took advantage of the fact that he was not sitting high enough at the table and touched his head: "Yeah, you are the most sensible, and mom is very touched."
"..."
Xin Yunmao had seen her touch Jin Yu's head, but it was the first time for him to be touched on the head. For a while, he let her touch him in a daze, but he felt indescribably weird in his heart. This was different from when she touched his waist. It always felt like he was being touched like a dog?
"Zhuhui, the clothes are clean, but wipe the inside." Chu Zhishui comforted Xin Yunmao and said, "Otherwise it will be uncomfortable."
After a while, Chu Zhishui took Chen Zhuhui to wipe her back. Jin Yu accidentally knocked over a drink, and as a punishment, she had to clean up the tableware and clean up the table of the Economic Development Department.
In the bathroom, Chu Zhishui helped Chen Zhuhui hold the clothes. She thought about the juice on her back and asked, "Can you get it?"
"It's okay." Chen Zhuhui hesitated, "It should be clean."
"I'll help you wipe it, you open the door." Chu Zhishui found that Chen Zhuhui didn't express her needs very much. The other party was very reserved and didn't say anything when she really needed something.
Chen Zhuhui hesitated for a moment, but she still opened the door and handed the warm wet towel to Chu Zhishui.
Chu Zhishui wiped Chen Zhuhui's back clean in a few strokes. Just as she was about to ask her to pull up her clothes, she looked down along the collar and suddenly caught a glimpse of a black spot. She couldn't help but wonder, "Zhuhui, do you have a tattoo?"
"Ah, that's not a tattoo, it's natural." Chen Zhuhui smiled bitterly, "I had it when I was born, I don't know if it's a spot or something."
Chu Zhishui comforted her, "It's okay, anyway, you can't see it if you don't wear a backless dress, and you can go to the hospital to get it removed another day." Chen Zhuhui
heard that the other party didn't care, she slowly pulled up her clothes, and timidly said for a while, "When I was just born, many people heard about this and told my parents that it was unlucky. Anyway, there was something to be said."
Chu Zhishui hesitated, "We students of Yinda University should not engage in these feudal sayings."
"That's right." Chen Zhuhui smiled with relief. She felt that in Chu Zhishui's eyes, nothing was a big deal and any problem could be solved. She was also infected and relaxed.
The two of them packed up and went out, continuing to eat in the cafeteria. After the meal, they returned with a lot of bacon and New Year's goods.
During the Spring Festival, Chu Zhishui spent the morning with his parents, and in the afternoon he would sneak out for a while and go to the new house to plant the land with the bamboo demon. She also took the small package of dry grass leaves, which was full of various seeds. I don't know where he collected them from, and now he put them into the ground one by one.
The work progress of the man and the demon was very slow. Chu Zhishui suspected that they would not be able to finish the planting during the Spring Festival holiday. They could always delay the time to do something else. They either went to buy farming tools or felt that something was missing in the new home, so they started to visit the furniture mall in a daze.
The merchants in the furniture mall were very dedicated. They did not close during the Spring Festival and still stayed at their posts. The mall also posted advertisements for Spring Festival specials, and even specially listed a list of must-buy gifts for visiting relatives and friends.
Xin Yunmao walked around the new home last time, checking for leaks, hollow tiles, door and window edges and other details. He corrected some minor problems. Things that needed to be communicated with other residents were collected by Chu Zhishui and reported to the developer. He just finished the house inspection recently.
There is nothing wrong with the fine decoration of the house, but the house is still empty, without any furniture, you need to choose and buy it yourself.
The decoration in the furniture store is very good, and there are many small compartments to simulate the environment inside the house. The lights are dim, the music is soft, and there are many large beds in the bedroom area, with exquisitely carved wooden headboards and soft and clean mattresses, which make people want to lie down and take a good sleep.
Chu Zhishui compared the data of the two beds and wondered, "They are the same size and the workmanship is similar, why is the price so different?"
"The wood materials are different." Xin Yunmao observed for a while, knocked on the head of the bed with his knuckles, and said calmly, "This kind of wood is beautifully carved, but it will not hold up after a few years, and it will not last as long as the other kind."
Chu Zhishui suddenly realized, "So you get what you pay for."
"It depends on how long you want to use it, just use it for more than ten years, or use it forever." Xin Yunmao said, "Some people seem to like to save furniture and pass it down."
She complained, "The furniture you are talking about is called antiques, and it is impossible to appear in furniture stores."
With the help of Xin Yunmao, Chu Zhishui booked two different beds, planning to put them in the master bedroom and the second bedroom respectively. The cost-effectiveness of these two large beds is good, the workmanship materials and prices are comparable, and it is estimated that they can also be used for a long time.
After touring the bedroom area, they passed by the living room furniture section and saw an old rattan woven rocking chair. Retro style, dark brown color, exquisite woven patterns, and you can even lie half flat on it and rock back and forth.
Xin Yunmao just took a glance, he suddenly stopped, sat on the old rattan rocking chair and leaned back and didn't move.
He usually likes to bask in the sun like this, the round stone benches in the courtyard of the office are not enough for him to stretch his body, and he has to lean back against the tree trunk every time. The armchair in the office can rotate, but the sunlight in the house is not as abundant as in the courtyard, which is always a pity.
If the old rattan rocking chair is placed in the courtyard, it will perfectly solve all problems. He half-closed his eyes in the soft warm yellow light, looking as lazy as if he was basking in the sun in his dream, and seemed ready to take a nap at any time.
"Friend, friend, you're not leaving?" Chu Zhishui waited patiently for a moment, but found that he just lay down, and said in a good temper, "Why don't you get up and walk for a few steps if you have nothing to do? Why do you really plan to sleep?"
They were just passing by, but he collapsed on the spot.
Xin Yunmao stretched out his long arms and legs, his dark hair drooped, even his blinking speed slowed down, his eyes were hazy and distant, like wet jade.
The temperature in the room was high, his coat was open, and he leaned leisurely on the rocking chair, with half of his collarbone exposed at his collar. It was very different from his usual neat and tidy appearance, revealing a sense of home laziness.
The surroundings were decorated in a classical style. He was half lying and half leaning casually. His cold face was softened by the warm light, like a nobleman who was wasting time.
"Do you want to try it?" Xin Yunmao raised his eyes slowly after hearing her words and stretched out a hand to her, "It's very comfortable to lie down."
"Really?" Chu Zhishui walked over after hearing that. She touched the texture of the rattan chair. It was slightly cool and moderately soft and hard. It would not make people's back uncomfortable, and it was suitable for use in summer.
Xin Yunmao patted the handle of the rocking chair and recommended it sincerely: "Really, you try it."
"Okay."
Chu Zhishui was curious. She stood next to the rocking chair, but found that Xin Yunmao did not move.
She was silent for a long time and reminded: "I want to try it."
"Okay." Xin Yunmao's face was calm. He agreed without saying a word, still looking lazy.
"..."
"You persuaded me to try, can you get off first?" Chu Zhishui's face turned red with anger, she began to shake the rocking chair madly, wishing she could shake him off, "How can I try if you lie on it!?"
He thought he was a soft bamboo mat cushion and could lie directly on the rocking chair! ?