When Chu Heng got home, it was almost eight o'clock. After parking the car against the wall at the door, he dragged his tired body into the new house.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, the two dogs who heard the noise and came to greet their owner pounced on him, spitting out their big red and wet tongues and licking his palms fawningly.
"I'll take you two to catch rabbits in two days!"
Chu Heng slapped the dog's head hard twice. After studying the outline with the gunmen for a long time, his voice sounded a little hoarse.
After teasing the dog like this for a while, he walked past the screen wall and walked inside.
The front yard was empty at the moment, dark and quiet, with a few fruit trees swaying gently in the breeze, as if welcoming him.
Chu Heng glanced at the plum tree with another bald branch, then walked through the hanging flower door and entered the backyard with his bag.
The backyard was quite lively at this time. The lights in the east room were brightly lit and the TV was very loud. Through the glass window, you could vaguely see a lot of people sitting there.
He walked to the window and took a look, and unexpectedly saw a few neighbors from the alley here. They were young daughters-in-law and middle-aged women who were usually very talkative and had some social problems. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to get along so quickly.
Hooked up with Ni Yinghong who had just moved here.
"Yes, it will become public television again in a few days."
Chu Heng shook his head helplessly, walked into the main room, dug out a bottle of ice-cold orange-flavored Arctic soda from the refrigerator, bit open the lid with his teeth, raised his neck and drank it in one breath.
"Tons, tons, tons..."
"belch!"
A bottle of cold soda slid down his throat, and he let out a big belch. Chu Heng felt that his whole body was refreshed, and his burning throat was much relieved.
After exhaling, he put the empty soda bottle on the top of the refrigerator. When Sister Guizhi sees it tomorrow, she will put it away and take it to a grocery store to exchange for money.
The temperature was not low today. It was almost 40 degrees during the day. Chu Heng, who had been bored in the guest house for most of the day, had his clothes soaked with sweat countless times. There was even a circle of white clothes hanging on the back of his shirt.
Salt frost.
He tugged on his collar and felt that his whole body was sticky, as if he had been covered in a layer of slurry, and his pores could not open.
Chu Heng, who felt uncomfortable, quickly came out of the main room, put his bag in the study, and then went to the east room.
At this time, there was a lot of gloom in the east room, and several women in the family were there. Except for a doll who was sleeping in his arms, all the neighbors watching TV were women.
A group of women were blowing fans and watching TV, each holding a handful of peanuts and melon seeds. From time to time they would comment on the program content, chattering away in a lively manner.
"Hey, Aunt Zhang, Sister Huang is here."
"Oh, you just finished your work?"
"No, we didn't finish until after seven o'clock. I almost died of exhaustion on the line of fire."
"Haha, you are a noble person and have many things to do."
After Chu Heng entered the house, he just said a few words and hello to a few guests. Yang Guizhi stood up and came over to greet him. She looked at the sweat stains on his clothes and said in a loud voice: "Why are these clothes so dirty?"
?Take it off quickly, your white shirt is dirty and you need to wash it quickly, otherwise it won't come out."
The eldest sister didn't even watch TV. She took off his clothes without any explanation and hurried out of the house.
Even Chu Heng, who has become a useless chicken, doesn't feel embarrassed. The streets are full of young men these days. They haven't been promoted yet, and no one will think there is anything wrong.
So he walked past the women who were sitting on the bench watching TV in a grand and shirtless manner. He asked his wife to get a set of clothes, then went back to the study to get the toiletries and went to the bathroom.
After entering the room and turning on the light, Chu Heng carried the basin to the faucet. He glanced at the mirror mounted on the wall, which was not much bigger than his face. He bared his teeth in a coquettish smile and admired his beauty.
Yan, he took off his clothes completely, then took a basin of tap water from the basin, raised it above his head and splashed it from head to toe, and the heat from his body dissipated instantly.
I put soap on it, rubbed it, then washed my hair, brushed my teeth, and finally rinsed it with a few basins of water. My whole body felt refreshed.
“Comfortable!”
After rubbing off two ounces of mud, Chu Heng dried his body comfortably, casually put on a pair of big pants, opened the door and walked out of the toilet.
As soon as he came out, he saw Yang Guizhi sitting on the steps of the verandah at the door of his house, washing clothes in a large wooden basin in front of him. In addition to Chu Heng's shirts, there were also some belongings from Ni Yinghong, his eldest cousin and herself.
Filled a large basin full of it.
"I said, Sister Guizhi, I bought you a washing machine, why don't you use it?" Chu Heng stepped forward helplessly. For some reason, this elder sister was very resistant to the washing machine at home. She usually doesn't use it.
She wouldn't even touch it if it was too busy, or if it wasn't a big item to be washed.
"The washing machine is not clean." Yang Guizhi raised her head, curled her lips and said in disgust.
"Didn't I tell you, just soak it for a while longer and it will be fine." Chu Heng squatted down and looked at the pile of clothes in the basin. If they were all washed and hung up, it would take more than ten o'clock anyway.
So he advised: "It's too late today, so don't wash it. Just rest after washing my shirt. Soak the rest first, and just put it in the washing machine to wash it tomorrow morning."
"It's okay. It's hot and I can't sleep anyway. I have nothing to do." Yang Guizhi shook her head stubbornly. Seeing what Chu Heng wanted to say, she impatiently wiped her water-stained hands on her body and pushed him gently.
He paused and said: "Okay, okay, go about your business. Why do you, a grown man, have to worry about women's work? It's your business to make money to support your family."
"Okay, okay, then go to bed early."
Chu Heng smiled bitterly and shook his head, got up and returned to the study.
Yang Guizhi glanced at the closed door of the study, and then looked at the heavy washing machine placed next to the wall in the bathroom with the door open with hostility, and continued to wash her clothes.
"Let it wash? Even if I break my arm from exhaustion, I can't let it steal my job!"
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The next day, just after six o'clock in the morning, Chu Heng came out of the house.
When he arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, he raised his head and glanced at the sky. The entire sky was covered by a layer of gray clouds. The wind was also a bit strong, and the eldest cousin's skirt was blown up. It seemed that a rain was inevitable.
of.
"It would be nice if it rained a little, it would make it cooler."
Chu Heng, who was wearing a white shirt, black trousers, and big leather shoes, looked like a human being. He casually pulled the cigarette butt out of his mouth and threw it on the ground, stamped it out, took out his car keys, got into the Volga, and quickly drove away.
to Banchang Hutong,
At about half past six, he came to the studio next to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs compound.
Knowing that the shop was going to officially open today, the Gao Ling sisters didn't go home yesterday and spent the whole night tidying up the entire shop inside and out.
When Chu Heng came in, the two young ladies were sitting on the sofa eating breakfast. Each of them held a sesame pancake in their hands, drinking soy milk and eating pickle sticks. They were eating deliciously.
"Team leader."
Seeing him come in, the sisters got up in a hurry.
Chu Heng glanced at Gao Yu'e, with a childish face, tall breasts, and a drop of milky white soy milk hanging from the corner of his mouth...
"Eat yours."
Chu Heng, who felt a little angry, smacked his lips, turned to look at Gao Ling, and saw that the girl had a big dark circle under her eyes, and said with a smile: "What? Didn't you sleep well last night?"
"How can I sleep well? If they don't like the clothes I designed, I... wouldn't my job be gone?" Gao Ling said with a worried look on his face.
"Then let's burn incense together and pray that we can open the door today." Chu Heng smiled and did not comfort her. He thought it would be good to put some pressure on her.
After all, pressure is motivation.
He walked over to the sofa and sat down next to Gao Yu'e. He gently sniffed the faint fragrance of jasmine coming from the girl's body, and asked with a smile: "How are you, Comrade Yu'e, these days?"
Are you still used to it?"
"It's... pretty good." Gao Yu'e nervously put down the sesame seed cake in her hand, secretly glanced at Chu Heng's handsome face, and quickly turned away with a blushing face. Her back bent unconsciously, perhaps out of shyness or
For other reasons, she always likes to shrink her back and hide her big breasts.
"Remember to tell me if you have any difficulties."
"Yeah, I understand, Team Leader Chu."
"Oh, by the way, I think a lot of young men in the unit are interested in you. Do you like any of them?"
"Ah? No one is interested in me."
"Tsk, are you pretending to be stupid because you know it? I don't believe you didn't notice it."
"...The Lord has arrived."
"Who did you catch?"
"Uh...I...I don't like anyone."
"Hey, you have such high standards? Then tell me what you like, and let me touch you. Do you want someone handsome or strong?"
"Oh, team leader, can you please stop asking?"
Gao Yu'e finally ran away and ran into the back room with a red face. How could she say such private words of a woman in front of a man?
"Hey, why did you run away? I'm from here, what are you afraid of?"
Chu Heng's eyes stared straight at Gao Yu'e who was jumping up and down and running away. When the figure was no longer visible, he looked away in disappointment and asked Gao Ling, who was gnawing sesame seed cakes sickly: "What are you doing here?"
How are you preparing?"
"Everything is ready, including the picture album and ruler. I checked them all in the morning. They are all fine." Gao Ling said hurriedly.
"That's good."
Chu Heng smiled and nodded, and gave some instructions and psychological construction. At about half past seven, a staff member from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came to the studio, inquired about the preparations, and explained a few things.
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
At eight o'clock, the first guest in the studio finally appeared.
Accompanied by two staff from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a woman who looked to be in her thirties walked in. Chu Heng smelled the smell of curry on her body and knew that she was from Brother Asan's family without having to guess.
Judging from her relatively fair skin, she should be a high-caste noble.
Sure enough, after introduction, this woman was indeed from the Asan family, her name was Lulis Sharma, and she belonged to the highest caste Brahmin.
When Chu Heng heard this name, his eyes suddenly brightened. As the highest caste of the Asan family, he was born with many privileges and also had a lot of wealth.
I didn’t expect that the first one would be this big fat sheep!
He glanced secretly at Gao Ling, who was standing nervously beside him.
