Wen Rugui's eyes fell on her lips, and his body seemed to heat up as he looked at them.
His throat rolled twice consciously, and his heart beat like thunder.
Her eyes were quietly closed, and she looked very obedient when she was asleep.
Wen Rugui took a deep breath, and finally couldn't resist the temptation, and raised his hand to touch her lips gently.
So soft.
A very special touch.
Wen Rugui was like a child who found a toy, scratching her eyelashes and gently poking her face.
Her eyelashes were very long, like two small brushes, and her face was white, tender and elastic, but neither was as exciting as the one that touched her lips.
As soon as he touched her lips, his heartbeat accelerated, and he felt an indescribable desire in his heart.
He didn't quite understand what that desire was, so he wanted to touch it again.
So his hand fell on her lips again, and he pressed down slightly.
It was windy outside, and he was about to go in and get a blanket, but at this moment Tong Xuelu blinked her eyelashes and opened her eyes.
Their eyes met.
The air was quiet for a few seconds.
Tong Xuelu widened her eyes and looked at him suspiciously: "Comrade Wen Rugui, what did you do to me just now? What did you touch my lips with?"
Wen Rugui's face flushed: "I touched it with my hand."
Tong Xuelu shook her head and touched her lips with her own hand: "No, it feels different, are you lying to me?"
Wen Rugui shook his head: "No, I really touched it with my hand."
Tong Xuelu touched her lips with her hand again, insisting that he was lying.
Wen Rugui felt very regretful: "I'm sorry for being rude to you, but I really touched you with my hand."
Tong Xuelu rolled her eyes: "The touch is different. If you don't believe me, I'll try it for you."
As she said that, she reached out and touched his lips, and pressed them like him.
Wen Rugui held his breath and dared not move.
Tong Xuelu: "Remember, this is the touch of touching with your hand."
After saying that, she suddenly leaned over and lightly touched his lips with her lips.
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! ! !
Wen Rugui felt as if he was electrocuted by an electric current, and his whole body was numb.
He felt the blood in his body rushing to his face, and his heart was beating so fast that it seemed to jump out of his throat.
Tong Xuelu's lips were like a dragonfly touching the water, leaving in an instant: "Comrade Wen Rugui, aren't the two touches completely different?"
Wen Rugui stared at Tong Xuelu like a puppet, and nodded: "Yes, they are different."
Tong Xuelu: "Then did you touch me with your lips just now?"
Wen Rugui shook his head: "No, I used my hand."
Tong Xuelu tilted her head: "Is that true? I don't believe it. Unless you touch me too, let me feel the difference."
The afternoon sun was just right, shining through the trees, the warm golden sun shone on him, and Tong Xuelu saw his throat rolling up and down.
She raised her eyebrows slightly: "Comrade Wen Rugui, you are not afraid to do it, are you?"
Wen Rugui blushed: "No."
Tong Xuelu raised her face and pursed her lips at him: "Then come on."
Wen Rugui looked at her red lips and felt that his heartbeat had completely lost control.
He leaned forward slightly, and as he leaned over, her unique fragrance filled his nose.
He held his breath and moved closer. Just as he was about to touch her lips, a shout suddenly came from outside -
"Sister, Mianmian's clothes are dirty!"
As soon as the words fell, the courtyard door was pushed open, and Tong Mianmian ran in.
Tong Xuelu pushed him away and stood up.
Wen Rugui: "..."
He stood beside the chair with red ears, and a thought popped up in his mind, "Tong Mianmian came back at a really bad time."
Tong Xuelu led Tong Mianmian back, and seeing Wen Rugui still standing there with a shameless face, she walked over and blinked at him, "I'll prove your innocence next time."
"!!!"
Wen Rugui's heart began to beat wildly again.
If he could use this method to prove his innocence, he would be willing to be wronged in the future!
Tong Xuelu saw that his ears were getting red again, and with a smile on her lips, she took Xiaotuanzi inside to change clothes.
After coming out, she handed the rent for the next three months to Wen Rugui.
Wen Rugui didn't want it, but Tong Xuelu insisted that he take it. Let's
put it this way. The two of them were just dating, and he couldn't be asked to support the Tong family.
Even if they got married, he had no obligation to support Tong Jiaming and his siblings.
It was a rare holiday for Wen Rugui, so Tong Xuelu naturally had to make him something delicious.
While Tong Jiaming and his brothers hadn't come back yet, she went to the kitchen to make a portion of red dates and walnut candy.
After frying the walnuts, remove the pits from the red dates and cut them into slices for later use. Then add water, oil, and maltose to the pot. Bring to a boil over medium heat and then simmer over low heat. When the maltose melts and bubbles appear, pour in the walnuts, red dates, and sesame seeds and stir evenly. After taking it out of the pot, pour
it into a plate, flatten it with a rolling pin, and then let it cool and set.
When the sunset covered the sky, Tong Xuelu started to cook dinner.
Tonight she planned to make a spicy hot pot.
Peel and slice the lotus root and potatoes, cut the celery into sections, and cut the mushrooms and beef balls into cubes. Then put them all in the pot and cook until cooked. After they were cooked, take them out and drain the water. Then put the beef tripe in a pot of clean water and boil it for a few seconds before taking it out. Add
cold oil to the pot, and when the pot is hot, pour in ginger, garlic, chopped green onions, peppercorns and seasonings. After the aroma comes out, add the cooked ingredients one by one and stir-fry. Sprinkle a handful of cooked sesame seeds before serving. The spicy hot pot is ready.
Then she stir-fries some green vegetables and a tomato egg drop soup.
The lotus root is crisp, the potatoes are soft, the beef balls are fragrant, and the mushrooms have a strong aroma. It is spicy, numb and refreshing, and the whole family eats until their mouths are full of oil.
While eating, Tong Jiaxin prayed to Wen Rugui to come over often in the future so that he could have delicious food.
After dinner, Tong Xuelu cut the shaped red date walnut candy into pieces for Wen Rugui to take home.
The night was dark, and the evening breeze made the leaves rustle.
Tong Xuelu shrank her neck and sent Wen Rugui to the door: "It's cold, you should go back quickly."
Wen Rugui said "um", her eyes fell on her bald neck, and her heart moved.
The weather was getting colder and colder, and her neck seemed to be missing a scarf.
She was unwilling to take the rent back, so he could exchange the money for a gift.
Back to the military compound.
As soon as Wen Rugui entered the house, she saw Pu Jianyi sitting on the sofa in the living room.
Pu Jianyi raised his head when he heard the noise: "You boy is finally back!"
Wen Rugui looked over and was shocked: "How did you become like this?"
However, after not seeing him for a month, Pu Jianyi looked as haggard as a devastated middle-aged man, with a scruffy face, deep dark circles under his eyes, and sunken cheeks.
Before Pu Jianyi could even open his mouth, Old Master Wen took a fancy to what he had in his hand: "What do you have in your hand?"
"It's red date walnut candy." Wen Rugui handed the thing over and reminded him, "Grandpa, don't eat too much candy."
Old Master Wen snorted, "If you want to eat it, just say so. Don't use me as an excuse!"
He took out some red date walnut candy and went to show off to Lao Jiang next door.
Uncle Zong had gone somewhere, and only Wen Rugui and Pu Jianyi were left in the living room.
Pu Jianyi took out a wad of money from his pocket and handed it over, saying, "I'll return the money to you."
Wen Rugui asked, "How do you have money to return?"
Pu Jianyi picked up the teacup and drank it in one gulp. If someone didn't know, they would think he was drinking: "Xiaoru returned all the money to me and asked me not to send her money anymore!"
Wen Rugui looked at him without saying anything.
He knew about the affair between Pu Jianyi and Lin Xiaoru.
Pu Jianyi had a subordinate who died while catching a robber. The subordinate was an old policeman. He had a mother in her seventies and a wife who was seriously ill. He had a daughter and a son who were both young.
After the old policeman got into trouble, the bureau compensated them with a pension, but it was a drop in the bucket for the Lin family and was not enough.
Pu Jianyi sent money to the Lin family in the name of all his colleagues in the Public Security Bureau and took care of them in many ways. Lin Xiaoru was the daughter of the old policeman, and Pu Jianyi had taken care of her for a long time and developed feelings for her.
Before, Lin's mother was seriously ill and was admitted to the hospital. Pu Jianyi did not have enough money and borrowed money from him. He thought that Pu Jianyi's behavior should be able to move the other party, but he did not expect that the final result would be this.
Pu Jianyi poured himself another cup of tea: "Why don't you say a few words to comfort me? I feel so sad!"
Wen Rugui paused and said: "My condolences."
Pu Jianyi: "..."
"Why didn't I realize that you were so hurt before? Since you have been with Comrade Tong, your mouth has become more and more powerful!"
Wen Rugui frowned slightly: "It has nothing to do with her, don't talk nonsense." Pu
Jianyi felt disgusted when he saw him protecting the person he was protecting. He felt even more sad when he thought that he was rejected by the other party before he even confessed his feelings.
"Rugui, I feel like I will never be serious about any woman again. Love is so hurtful!"
They were getting along well before, but they were just about to break the veil. Who knew that he was only away on a business trip for half a month, and she already had a partner when he came back.
Damn it, what has he been in the past two years?
Although at the beginning he only took care of the Lin family for the sake of his colleagues, but later... anyone with eyes could see that he was interested in her.
It's not that he didn't want to break the veil, but she said she had no intention of being in a relationship and only wanted to take care of her family. How come
she is interested in being in a relationship with someone else now? He felt like a fool!
Wen Rugui has never been good at comforting people, so he could only listen to him silently.
When they returned, the whole pot of tea in the Wen family was drunk up by Pu Jianyi.
When he walked out of the Wen family, he was staggering and looked like he was drunk on tea.
**
The next day, Tong Xuelu announced to the hotel staff that she was going to participate in the cooking competition as soon as she went to work.
"Manager Tong, can we really upgrade to a first-class hotel?"
Meng Qingqing and others opened their mouths wide after knowing this.
Tong Xuelu said lightly: "If we can win the cooking competition."
Meng Qingqing and others became more excited when they heard this.
"Manager Tong's cooking skills are so great, it must be possible!"
Guo Weiping nodded like a garlic: "I think so too!"
Guo Chunyu's face also turned red because of excitement: "Manager Tong, what should we do next?"
Tong Xuelu looked at Guo Chunyu with admiration: "Next, I will spend more time practicing cooking, so you have to take care of the hotel's affairs."
Guo Chunyu nodded repeatedly: "This is as it should be, Manager Tong, don't worry, we will definitely take care of the hotel and won't let the hotel's affairs affect you!"
Meng Qingqing and Guo Weiping also nodded: "Manager Tong, you can practice cooking without worry."
Tong Xuelu nodded with satisfaction.
Then she took Guo Weiping to buy ingredients. When she returned to the store, she saw Secretary Zhuo waiting for her in the hotel with a document.
"Secretary Zhuo, why are you here?"
Secretary Zhuo smiled when he saw her: "Minister Lin asked me to give you this information in person. I heard that you got the qualification to participate in the competition. Congratulations!"
Tong Xuelu smiled happily and said: "This is all thanks to Secretary Zhuo. Our store just made a batch of beef balls yesterday. Secretary Zhuo, do you want some?"
Secretary Zhuo smiled and said: "Okay, when I went out today, my family asked me to buy some back."
Tong Xuelu personally packed a bag of beef balls for her. As for the price, it was half buy and half give.
Secretary Zhuo saw the amount in the bag, and the smile on his face became even brighter.
After Secretary Zhuo left, Tong Xuelu took out the information and read it in detail.
The competition was scheduled for the middle of next month, which means she still has more than half a month to prepare.
There are a total of twelve participating hotels, including hers, and three of them are very powerful.
These three are all old brands that have been jointly operated by the public and private sectors. For example, one of them is called the Red Star Hotel. Before the public-private partnership, it was a very famous restaurant in Beijing. Their fried crab roe oil and fermented bean curd meat are famous specialties.
Over time, the old brand was jointly operated by the public and private sectors, and later it was changed to the Red Star Hotel and became a state-owned hotel. However, the master chefs inside are descendants of the restaurant back then, and those recipes must have been passed down.
They may not cook these dishes at ordinary times, but once they are going to compete, they will definitely bring out their best and most distinctive dishes to participate in the competition.
In other words, the masters participating in this competition are all hidden talents, and it is not easy for her to win the competition.
But since she has already participated, she can only go all out.
Tong Xuelu was thinking about the competition, and Wen Rugui had already arrived at the department store.
He rarely came to this place, and he walked around for a long time before he found the counter selling clothes.
The salesperson usually looked down on people, but when she saw Wen Rugui, she actually smiled shyly: "Comrade, what do you want to buy?"
Wen Rugui: "Do you have scarves for women?"
The salesperson was stunned for a moment and asked: "Are you buying it for your mother?"
Wen Rugui frowned slightly: "No, I'm giving it to my girlfriend."
The shy smile on the salesperson's face disappeared in a second: "Wait."
She took out a few scarves from inside, one of which was bright red and the other was white.
Wen Rugui took out the two scarves and handed them to the salesperson, saying: "I want both."
The salesperson sighed in his heart, how come other people's girlfriends are good-looking and generous, he is really jealous.
Straight men buy things and leave after buying them.
After Wen Rugui bought the scarf, he wanted to take it to the hotel to give it to Tong Xuelu.
But when he turned around, he saw a woman standing behind him and he almost bumped into her.
Without waiting for him to speak, the woman smiled and said, "Comrade Wen, what a coincidence, are you here to buy something too?"
Wen Rugui glanced at the other party
and said, "Who are you?" Sun Manrou felt like another arrow hit her chest: "I'm Sun Manrou, Comrade Wen, can't you recognize me?"
Wen Rugui shook her head: "No, I still have things to do. If you're okay, I'll leave first."
Sun Manrou hurriedly said, "I just heard what you said to the salesperson. You are going to deliver the scarf to Comrade Tong, right? I heard that Comrade Tong is cooking in the hotel. I want to go and try it. How about I go with you?"
Wen Rugui refused outright: "No, and I hope you don't get close to my girl in the future. I don't like what you said to her that night!"
After that, he took it back without giving Sun Manrou an explanation, and walked away past her.
"..."
Sun Manrou looked at Wen Rugui's receding back, her face flushed and then pale.
Wen Rugui came out of the department store and rode his bicycle directly to the hotel.
Tong Xuelu saw him and a smile appeared on her face: "Why did you come so early?"
Wen Rugui said "hmm", and then handed over the scarf he bought: "It's for you."
Tong Xuelu opened the bag and saw two wool scarves, one red and one white, which were very warm to hold.
"Are they all for me? You didn't buy any for yourself?"
Wen Rugui shook his head lightly.
Tong Xuelu took a look and found that the white one was actually very neutral and could be worn by both men and women: "I'll take the red one and you can wear the white one."
Wen Rugui was about to refuse, but Tong Xuelu quickly said: "When we go out in the future, you wear the white one and I wear the red one. Do you know what this is called?"
Wen Rugui: "What is it called?"
"Couple outfit, we wear the same things, and others will know that we are a couple at a glance."
Wen Rugui heard this term for the first time.
A picture appeared in his mind, the two of them walking on the street, she was wearing a red scarf around her neck, and he was wearing a white scarf around his neck, exactly the same style, and they were obviously a couple at a glance.
Wen Rugui's mouth curled up slightly: "Okay."
Couple outfit.
He liked this term.
**
Sun Manrou returned to the newspaper office with a dark face, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.
She really couldn't understand. Her conditions were obviously better than that of Tong Xuelu, so why couldn't Wen Rugui see her existence?
Wen Rugui was also a fool. He didn't join the army with such a good family background, but became a researcher instead!
If he was with her, she would make him give up his researcher status and fight in the army.
With the connections and background of the Wen family, he would be the commander sooner or later, and she would be the commander's wife!
So no matter what, she couldn't give up Wen Rugui, this sweet guy.
After thinking for a while, she picked up the phone and called the army: "Hello, I'm looking for Commander Xiao."
"Commander Xiao is not in the army, who are you?"
Sun Manrou was stunned for a moment: "Commander Xiao is my grandfather. He is not in the army. Is he coming to Beijing?"
The person on the other end said: "No, Commander Xiao left the army for personal reasons. As for where he went, I don't know."
After hanging up the phone, Sun Manrou frowned.
She originally wanted to ask her grandfather when he would come to Beijing, but she didn't expect that she couldn't even contact him now.
Why has she been so unlucky recently, and why has everything she does not go smoothly?
Thinking of this, Sun Manrou's face suddenly became darker.
At this time, Commander Xiao was on the train to Beihe Province.
Commander Xiao took out a photo from his chest pocket. The photo was old and yellowed, and it was obvious that it was quite old.
The portrait on it was a little blurry, and one could only vaguely make out that it was a woman.
Commander Xiao looked at the woman in the photo, his eyes filled with affection and grief: "Manzhi, it took me so many years to find out that we have a child, will you blame me?"
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