"Rongrong, stop playing around and eat well. You've made the tofu fall into a colander."
"Auntie, I want a soda."
"No, don't drink soda too often. It's so black that your teeth will be stained sooner or later."
"I want to drink..."
"After eating, you can drink a little less."
"Um."
Rong Rong, who had been pouting just now, immediately beamed with joy, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of tofu, put it into his mouth, and said, "The food cooked by my aunt is so delicious."
Tong Tong chuckled: "At such a young age, you have learned how to flatter me. You, you must be following your father... He doesn't feel disgusted if you take photos of this and that all day long."
Tongtong said the last sentence to himself in the air.
Rongrong stared with big eyes: "Auntie, what is flattery?"
Tong Tong smiled and said: "To be afraid of flattery is to please others. For example, tofu is obviously very delicious, and my aunt doesn't even like eating it. You just said it was delicious, so that's flattery..."
"Tuk-"
The doorbell rang outside the courtyard.
Rongrong immediately said: "Dad is back!"
Tong Tong glanced at the clock on the wall. Jiang Xinyu was at the station at this time. Unless there was something special, he would not be able to come back.
Even though she knew it was impossible, she still had some expectations in her heart, so she let Little Button sit down and continue eating, then went out to open the door herself.
When he came to the yard, he drank away the barking black girl and took a look through the crack in the door. Xu Li stood outside the door carrying two boxes of cakes.
Tongtong took off the latch and opened the courtyard door.
Xu Li smiled and said, "Hello, Miss Tong."
Tong Tong said: "Hello...you are here to see Xinyu, he is not at home."
"I'm not here for Mr. Jiang. I just went to the student's house for a home visit. He lives not far ahead..." Xu Li turned around and pointed blankly, and then said: "I heard that you are leaving, so I stopped by to see the children."
"Oh, please come in quickly." Tong Tong stepped aside and let Xu Li into the courtyard.
Xu Li turned around, looked around, and whispered: "Miss Tong, if it is convenient, I would like to talk to you alone."
"Let's talk alone? What to talk about?"
"Of course it's about you."
"my business?"
"right."
"Oh well……"
Entering the living room, Tong Tong said to Little Button: "I'll have a few words with Teacher Xu, and you take Rongrong to the yard to play for a while."
Little Button agreed, holding Rongrong's little hand and walked out.
Tong Tong thought for a while, then felt uneasy, and hurriedly chased her out, saying: "There are cars everywhere on the street. You are only allowed to play in the yard, but you are not allowed to go out on the street."
Little Button said with a smile: "I know, I promise not to even leave the door."
Rongrong came over, stretched out her hand and tugged on Tongtong's skirt: "Auntie, I want to drink a soda."
Tongtong knelt down, pinched Rongrong's cheek gently, and said with a smile: "I haven't forgotten it yet...Xiao Button, get a bottle of soda, watch her order it, drink everything else, Xinyu said, carbonated
Drinking too much water is bad for your teeth.”
Rongrong corrected and said: "Auntie, it's not carbonated water, it's Coca-Cola."
"Carbonated water is Coca-Cola... For example, Rongrong is a little girl, and her name is Rongrong. It's right to call you little girl, and it's right to call you Rongrong..." Regardless of whether Rongrong understands it or not, Tongtong is patient.
explained.
Seeing this scene through the window, Xu Li couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Being able to treat other people's children like this showed that Tong Tong was truly moved.
A few minutes later, Tong Tong returned to the living room and said apologetically: "Teacher Xu, I've kept you waiting for so long... Xiao Button is with Rongrong. I don't have time to make tea. I'm sorry."
Xu Li smiled: "It doesn't matter, drinking tea is not important, let's talk about business... Miss Tong, do you know who I am?"
"I know, aren't you a teacher at a girls' middle school? Why, have you changed your job?"
"Teacher is just a superficial identity. In fact, Comrade Xinyu and I are both members of the underground organization of the Chinese Communist Party."
Xu Li revealed his identity, which made Tong Tong immediately wary and said: "Mr. Xu, are you kidding? Xinyu is from the Secrecy Bureau. You know this. I am not the underground organization you just mentioned.
It’s so clear.”
Xu Li said approvingly: "You performed very well. If the enemy came to test you, at least there were no flaws. It seems that Comrade Xinyu's training was very effective."
Tong Tong said with a straight face: "Teacher Xu, are you drunk? Why are you talking nonsense when you come in? If you do this again, I'm sorry, please get out!"
Xu Li said: "It's normal that you don't believe me... Comrade Xinyu's code name is Lily. The last time he sent a telegram to the organization, he couldn't escape in the station. It was you who sent the telegram, and you are still here
A word "copper" was added to the message without permission. Oh, and Comrade Xinyu told me that the reason why he taught you how to send a message was because of your suggestion."
Ordinarily, if these details are revealed, there is no doubt that he is one of our own.
Tong Tong didn't think so. She kept Jiang Xinyu's words in mind. The enemy was cunning and she could not reveal her identity easily under any circumstances.
"I really don't understand what you are talking about. Let's do this. When Xinyu comes back, I will ask him to go to the school to find you. If you have any questions, you can tell him directly and please come back." Tong Tong issued an eviction order.
Xu Li sat still and said: "Miss Tong, you used to be a comrade of our party. Later, under the intervention of your father, you chose to withdraw from the party. The organization asked me to ask a question, if you serve as a dispatcher for Comrade Xin Yu
, are you still willing to come back?"
"Yes..." Tong Tong blurted out.
As soon as the words came out, she immediately realized that her answer was tantamount to exposing Jiang Xinyu's identity, and quickly added: "Are you willing to...what?"
Xu Li smiled slightly, stood up and said: "That's the end of our conversation. If anyone asks, just say that I came to see the child. In addition, tell Jiang Xinyu for me that I will see you at the old place tomorrow and say goodbye."
As he spoke, he ignored Tong Tong's hesitation and strode out quickly.
…………
evening.
As soon as Jiang Xinyu returned home, Tong Tong hurriedly dragged him into the study, recounted what happened today, and then said, "Xinyu, is that Teacher Xu a spy who deliberately tested me?"
Jiang Xinyu was also surprised. How could Xu Li come directly to Tong Tong without going through him, and even proactively admitted his identity? What was he going to do?
Tongtong was extremely anxious and kept urging: "What are you thinking about? Talk?"
Jiang Xinyu thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, Teacher Xu is not a spy."
Tong Tong breathed a sigh of relief, stroked his chest with his hand, and said, "I was scared to death. I thought I was fooled..."
Jiang Xinyu looked at her and said warmly: "Tongtong, you have done a good job. If you encounter a similar situation in the future, no matter what the other party says, just be like today."
"Teacher Xu is also an underground party?"
"yes."
"That means it's true that the organization asked me to be your messenger?"
"I still need to verify this matter..."
"Great, now we can be together forever!" Tong Tong was excited...
"Tongtong, you, please let go first..."
"I don't!"
"This is a violation of discipline! Let go..."
"I do not care……"
"Rongrong is coming in."
"Liar, Rongrong is downstairs."
"..."
A gust of wind blew into the room, and the papers on the desk were scattered all over the floor...