Wen Rugui's back was straight, and he didn't move for a long time.
Tong Xuelu felt the stiffness under her palm, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised: "Comrade Wen, are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
Wen Rugui came back to his senses and responded, but his voice was no longer as calm as before.
Tong Xuelu sat sideways in the back seat, and the arc of her mouth deepened.
The middle-aged man finally caught up from behind. Seeing that they were about to ride away, he hurriedly panted and shouted: "Can you give me a ride too?"
Tong Xuelu rolled her eyes at the sky: Of course not, you are a light bulb, what are you thinking about.
Besides, where does he want to sit? Does he want to sit in the front in Wen Rugui's arms?
Wen Rugui seemed not to hear anything either. With a kick of his long legs, he carried her out of the alley in a flash, and soon disappeared from the sight of the middle-aged man.
As soon as they were out of the alley, Tong Xulu took back her hand from his waist.
Nowadays, even couples cannot hold hands on the street, and such hugging is even more prohibited.
Wen Rugui noticed her hand leaving him, and pursed his thin lips.
He suddenly felt that the alley was too short and should be longer.
He also felt that he had pedaled too fast just now and should have pedaled slower.
It was already the end of summer, and the leaves on the treetops on the roadside had turned yellow. When the wind blew, the dead leaves rolled down from the trees. In the distance, the sky was clear and blue, and people could faintly smell the scent of autumn.
Wen Rugui looked at the trees on the roadside and asked sideways: "Comrade Tong, why did you go there?"
Tong Xuelu did not answer him, but asked: "What about you, Comrade Wen? How did you suddenly appear there?"
Wen Rugui paused: "I just came here to look for someone nearby, and saw you enter Xishui Street. Although I have never been there, I also know that it is a black market. Later, I heard someone say that the police came, so I went in."
He lied.
He was really embarrassed to let her know that he had been circling around the state-owned hotel for many times before finding her.
Tong Xuelu did not doubt his motive for coming here, and her voice was a little naughty: "So, Comrade Wen was able to find me so quickly because he had been waiting for me outside?"
"..."
Wen Rugui's heart jumped when he heard this, and the front of the car tilted.
Tong Xuelu looked up at his ears, and sure enough, saw that his ears were red again.
She suppressed her smile: "Comrade Wen, didn't you hear what I said?"
Wen Rugui was so nervous that his palms were sweating. After a long while, he said: "Well, I heard from Jianyi that the police are very strict on the black market. You'd better not go there in the future."
His voice has always been pleasant, low and clear, swirling in the wind, as if it were dipped in honey, making people feel sweet.
Tong Xuelu curled her lips: "Comrade Wen, thank you for your concern! Since you said so, I will listen to you and not go there in the future."
Her voice was delicate and soft, with trust and dependence on him in her voice.
So obedient.
Wen Rugui pursed her thin lips, her heart throbbing.
After a long time, he found his voice again: "You haven't told me why you want to go there? Is it...you have no money?"
Tong Xuelu sighed slightly: "I guess so. Didn't I just tell you that I changed jobs? I will move to the city when the time comes. I have agreed to rent her house, but the environment of that house is not very good, so I wanted to buy a house in the city two days ago." "
But the house is too expensive and I can't afford it, so I thought about selling some things to save more money. Comrade Wen, now you know, you should not report me?"
"Of course not. I can lend you any money you need."
He stopped the car on the side of the road, propped up his long legs on the ground, and looked back at her.
When their eyes met, Tong Xuelu saw trust in his eyes.
Tong Xuelu felt warm in her heart and jumped up from the back seat: "No, the money is a bit too much. I'll wait until I save enough money before buying it. But thank you anyway!"
No matter when, it is very rare to be able to lend money to others.
She accepted the kindness.
If it was only a few hundred or a thousand yuan, she might still ask.
But now she only has more than a thousand yuan in her hand, which is almost four thousand yuan short. How can she have the nerve to ask for it?
The golden sunlight sprinkled on her, dyeing the hair on her temples golden, and the golden light was dancing in her eyes, like stars in the night sky.
Wen Rugui lowered his eyelids and stared at the ground, saying, "I suddenly remembered that my family has a house that has been empty and no one lives in it. If you don't mind, you and your family can move in there."
Tong Xulu's eyes lit up, "Is that true? Where is the house?"
Wen Rugui nodded, still not looking at her, "It's in the city."
"How big is the house? Is it convenient for you to go over and take a look now?"
"Not now, I have something to deliver to someone." As he said that, he raised the candies and snacks in his hands, "If you're not in a hurry, let's go see the house the day after tomorrow, and I'll ask someone to clean the house in advance."
Tong Xulu nodded, a smile on her lips, "Okay, then the day after tomorrow, thank you so much, Comrade Wen!"
The environment on Su Xiuying's side is really a bit bad. If the house on Wen Rugui's side is good, she will definitely choose his side.
"You're welcome."
Wen Rugui's voice finally regained its usual calmness and composure.
Tong Xuelu: "In that case, Comrade Wen, please hurry up and deliver the things. I won't keep you any longer!"
Wen Rugui wanted to say that he wouldn't keep him any longer, but when the words reached his lips, he realized: "By the way, how can I contact you then?" Tong Xuelu thought for a moment
and said: "The day after tomorrow at ten o'clock in the morning, let's meet at the gate of the post office in the south of the city?"
"Okay." See you then.
**
Wen Rugui returned to the military compound carrying White Rabbit milk candies and snacks, plus a bag of mung bean cakes.
Seeing that he came back the same way he went out, Old Man Wen couldn't help but glared at him: "What? Didn't you see anyone?"
Wen Rugui: "I did."
Upon hearing this, Old Master Wen became angry: "Why did you bring this thing back after seeing someone? What's in the other package?"
"Mung bean cake."
"Did Miss Nencao give it to you?"
"Yeah."
"What are you thinking? I asked you to deliver something to the girl, and it's bad enough that you didn't deliver it, but you ate it and packed it up. You still have the nerve to do that?"
Old Master Wen was so angry that his beard was about to shake. He walked over and was about to snatch the mung bean cake from his hand.
Wen Rugui moved quickly and hid the mung bean cake behind him: "Grandpa, I want to borrow 500 yuan from you."
Grandpa Wen snorted: "Give me the mung bean cake, and what about your own money?"
Wen Rugui's salary was more than 200 yuan, and it increased by 20 yuan this year. He has been staying in the research center every day in recent years, and he has no place to spend money. He should have saved a lot. How come he is still short of money?
Wen Rugui was silent for a moment and said, "I have lent my money to a colleague in the center before, and now Jianyi is also borrowing money from me."
"Jianyi?" Old Master Wen frowned, "Why did he borrow money from you? Does his father know about this?"
Wen Rugui blinked his eyelashes and said, "Something happened in the family of a friend of Jianyi, and he wanted to help them."
Old Master Wen's eyes flashed, "Is the other party a man or a woman?"
Wen Rugui: "I don't know." Pu
Jianyi at the Public Security Bureau suddenly sneezed and thought he might have caught a cold.
Grandpa Wen snorted, "Okay, give me the mung bean cake, and I'll go get the money for you."
Wen Rugui: "Grandpa, you ate the fish, and you should have hidden the mung bean cake in your room. The doctor said you can't eat too many sweet things."
"The doctor is talking bullshit!" Grandpa Wen snorted, "You haven't answered me why you didn't give the things to the girl just now?" Wen
Rugui's expression was indifferent: "Didn't you say that leaving the things behind would give you an excuse to go to the other party next time? So I want to give it to her next time."
"..."
Grandpa Wen supported his forehead and went back to the room to get the money.
He felt that with his grandson's condition, he probably wouldn't have the chance to hold his great-grandson in his life.
**
Tong Xulu took a bus back to Yanqing County.
When I got home, the house had been packed up.
Tong Jiaxin and Tong Mianmian were fighting with pillows while working. It looked like Tong Jiaxin had packed up most of the things.
When Tong Mianmian saw her sister coming back, she immediately left Tong Jiaxin and ran over: "Sister, you're back!"
Tong Xuelu hugged her: "Have you been good at home today, Mianmian?"
"Yes, Mianmian is very good!" The little girl nodded heavily and said in a baby voice, "Mianmian helped second brother fold clothes!"
"My Mianmian is so capable!"
The little girl puffed out her chest and nodded: "Mianmian is very capable, as capable as her sister."
"Little sister, when did you become so cocky? Besides, is that what you call folding clothes? That's called rubbing clothes!"
Tong Jiaxin couldn't stand laughing when he heard her bragging about herself.
Tong Mianmian's fair and tender face turned red with anger: "Third brother is a bad guy, Mianmian will ignore you!"
Tong Jiaxin made a face at her: "If you don't want to pay attention to me, then ignore me,
you stingy guy, drink the cold water..." Tong Jiaming shouted: "Jiaxin, shut up, don't bully your little sister anymore!"
Tong Mianmian looked at Tong Jiaming with her big watery eyes: "Second brother is the best, third brother is the stingy guy!"
Tong Jiaxin made a face again, looking like he didn't care at all.
Tong Xuelu couldn't help rolling her eyes at the roof: I really want to beat this naughty kid to death.
After dinner in the evening, Tong Jiaxin made trouble again.
He announced that he would not take a bath tonight!
Tong Xuelu was too lazy to care about him. Anyway, he was not sleeping with her, so if he wanted to fumigate her, it would be Tong Jiaming.
In fact, many people don’t take a bath every day these days. Tong Jiaming didn’t mind Tong Jiaxin not taking a bath, but he required him to wash his feet before going to bed.
When it was time to go to bed, Tong Jiaxin took a basin of water to wash his feet in the room. He stood in the basin, rubbing his feet and twisting his body: "Mianmian is a stingy person. Stingy people love to drink footbath water."
"Stinky Third Brother, Mianmian will ignore you!"
Tong Mianmian sat facing the wall with his arms folded, pouting.
Tong Jiaxin twisted his butt even more vigorously after hearing this: "Mianmian is a stingy person...ah ah ah..."
"Bang!"
Suddenly his foot slipped, and the whole person fell backwards and fell heavily to the ground.
His head hit the footbath, and the footbath flipped over, and the entire footbath of water poured over his face.
"Hahaha..."
Tong Xulu couldn't help laughing out loud when she saw Tong Jiaxin drink a lot of her foot washing water.
Naughty kid, you deserve it!
Tong Jiaming curled the corners of his mouth and walked over to help Tong Jiaxin up.
Tong Jiaxin had a big bump on his head, but the pain was secondary. The most important thing was that it was too embarrassing.
He was so angry that he glared at Tong Xulu, who was smiling with a gloating look on her face, and was so angry that he became a puffer fish.
**
The next day, Tong Xulu took Tong Jiaming and Tong Jiaxin to go through the transfer procedures.
At that time, there was no requirement for school district housing, and there was no requirement for household registration, so transferring schools was still very simple.
She took the recommendation letter and certificate of the school in Yanqing County and took the two to the school in the south of the city.
Although the procedures were not difficult, waiting for the bus, waiting for the leader's signature, and a series of things took up most of the day.
Because they had not moved yet, she asked for leave from the school for the two of them, and waited a few days for everything to settle down before coming here to attend classes.
After completing the transfer procedures, she took a bus to the city alone on the third day with a military backpack on her back.
When she walked to the post office, Wen Rugui was already waiting for her at the door.
The sun was shining brightly, and the golden sunlight shone on his white shirt. He seemed to be integrated into the sunlight. A breeze blew, and the hair on his forehead fluttered gently in the wind, flashing with bits of golden light.
This man is so handsome.
Tong Xulu stood one meter away from him and looked at him, her eyes full of admiration.
Wen Rugui seemed to realize that someone was looking at her, and turned her head subconsciously. She
met Tong Xulu's smart and smiling almond eyes.
Moving her eyes downward, the red mole became more and more bright and charming in the sunlight.
He pulled the corner of his mouth, and stars overflowed from his eyes: "Hello, Comrade Tong."
"Hello, Comrade Wen, I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."
She deliberately went to take the bus early today, but her luck was not good. She waited an hour longer than usual for a bus.
Wen Rugui said in a light voice: "No, I just got here not long ago."
As soon as he finished speaking, a postman came out of the post office and said to Wen Rugui: "Comrade, your friend is finally here?"
After saying that, he did not give Wen Rugui a chance to speak, his eyes fell on Tong Xuelu, his eyes lit up and said: "Is this your girlfriend? No wonder you came here so early to wait for someone."
If he had such a beautiful girlfriend, he would also come here early.
Tong Xuelu raised his eyebrows and said: "Didn't you say you just got here not long ago?"
The postman pointed two fingers: "How can you say you just got here not long ago? Your girlfriend has been waiting for you here for two hours!"
"..."
Wen Rugui's ears turned red again, and they were pink in the sun.
Tong Xuelu looked at his red ears and couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.
**
Wearing that the postman might say something inappropriate again, Wen Rugui hurriedly took Tong Xuelu to see the house.
This time he rode a bicycle again, carrying Tong Xuelu all the way in the wind.
But when the bicycle stopped in front of a small courtyard half an hour later, Tong Xuelu was stunned.
She looked at the small courtyard in front of her, and her eyebrows slightly raised: "Is this the house you are talking about?"
Wen Rugui's eyelashes fluttered, and he nodded: "Well, because no one has lived here for several years, I came here with my uncle yesterday to clean it up, and the repairs have been made. You can move in if you bring your things."
As he said that, he took out the key and opened the wooden door: "Come in, do you like this layout?"
Tong Xuelu followed him in.
The small courtyard was very clean, and the weeds in the corners had been cleared away.
There is a osmanthus tree planted in the center of the yard. In August, the sweet osmanthus is fragrant. The breeze blows, and the rich fragrance is refreshing.
Wen Rugui led the way in front and introduced: "There are four rooms in total. The kitchen and toilet are independent. You have four brothers and sisters. You can have a room each, or you can make one of the rooms into a study."
Seeing that Tong Xuelu didn't say anything, he turned around and looked at her: "What do you think of this house?"
Tong Xuelu nodded: "Very good! By the way, this house was left unoccupied before. Have you ever thought about selling it?"
Wen Rugui shook her head: "No."
Tong Xuelu looked at the man in front of her.
The first time she saw him, she was stunned by his face, and at the same time she also noticed his aura of being distant and polite to others. When
they met again later, she found that he was as pure as a young boy.
Now, she thought he was stupid, so cute.
This house was the one she saw at the Housing Authority last time, and he was obviously lying.
He should have bought this house from the Housing Authority the day before yesterday after they broke up, but he told her that he had owned it before.
He wanted to be nice to her, but he had to find so many excuses.
How stupid.
Wen Rugui felt a little uncomfortable when she looked at him: "What's wrong? Is there anything dirty on my face?"
Tong Xuelu shook her head and didn't expose his lie: "Thank you, Comrade Wen, I like this house very much!"
Wen Rugui: "You're welcome."
Tong Xuelu curled her red lips, revealing a slight pear swirl at the corner of her mouth: "Okay, I won't be polite, but Comrade Wen can't be polite to me either. Come over when you have time in the future, and I'll cook fish for you."
In the sunlight, her skin was white and almost transparent, as tender and juicy as a peeled lychee.
Wen Rugui felt the sparkling light in her eyes, and his heart beat like thunder.
Her smile was too sweet, as if a piece of candy was stuffed into one's mouth.
The sugar melted, making people's mouth corners couldn't help but rise.
"Okay, I'm not polite either."
Wen Rugui wanted to rent it to her for five yuan a month.
Tong Xuelu naturally refused to take advantage of this, and finally made a deal at twelve yuan a month.
Tong Xuelu decided to move today, as it was better to do it today.
Wen Rugui offered to help, and said that he could get a jeep.
This was the best thing, and Tong Xuelu naturally would not refuse.
So the two of them split up.
Wen Rugui went to get a car, and then went to Yanqing County to help her move, while Tong Xuelu took the car back to pack her things.
Just as Tong Xuelu got on the car back to Yanqing County, Tong's mother also got into the car driven by her eldest son and drove to the farm where Tong Zhenzhen was.
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