Chapter 101
Chapter 99 Ninety-nine cups of green tea
Little swallows wear floral dresses, come here every spring, I ask swallows why are you here? Yanzi said: Take care of yourself.
The spring is cold and the trees on both sides of the street bloom with green buds, which makes people feel happy to look at.
Xuelu Tong deliberately left work early today, and when he got home, he told Tong Jiaming: “You help me deliver these two cakes to Fang’s and Wen’s.”
Tong Jiaming didn’t doubt that he was there, so he took the things and rode out on the bicycle.
As soon as Tong Jiaming left, Tong Jiaxin came over and said mysteriously: “Sister, what are we going to do next?”
Tong Xuelu: “You help with the housework at home, and then paste the paper-cuts made by Grandma Shen.”
“Yes!”
Tong Jiaxin gave a military salute and then took a broom to clean the living room.
Tong Mianmian and the moon cake ran up and down behind him, like two small tails.
Tong Xuelu went to the kitchen to start dinner.
She cleaned the tenderloin and shredded it, added egg white, starch and soy sauce, and stirred well, and cut the dried tofu into small pieces.
After the pot is hot, throw the shredded pork in, pick up the meat as soon as it changes color, then add the sweet noodle sauce and white sugar, stir fry on low heat, wait until small bubbles pop out and put the shredded pork in again.
After it’s fried, add the shredded cucumber and dried tofu, and a plate of shredded pork with Beijing sauce is ready.
Then she made cold pork ears and two other side dishes, and then made red date cake and hollow sugar pie.
When Shen Wanrong came in, Tong Xuelu was making hollow sugar pie.
She added water to the flour, stirred while pouring, added butter to knead the dough, and covered the pot to wake up the dough.
Shen Wanrong looked at her swift hands and feet and said with admiration: “Your hands are so dexterous, I can’t do it anymore. I won’t be able to make delicious things for a lifetime.”
Tong Xuelu added a small amount of flour to the sugar, and while stirring, said, “Grandma Shen’s hands are used to make clothes. Just leave the cooking to Grandpa Wei.”
Shen Wanrong pursed her lips and smiled: “By the way, I heard Zhuzhu’s grandfather say that the army recently wanted to find a spouse for your grandfather and scared your grandfather to the point of a heart attack.”
Tong Xuelu couldn’t help but laughed, “Is the other party that scary?”
Her grandmother has passed away for so many years. If the grandfather wants to find a wife, in principle, she will not stop it, as long as the other person’s character is good enough.
Shen Wanrong smiled and said: “I heard that in his forties, he can do everything for washing and cooking, but it’s a pity that your grandpa said nothing, and the army can’t force him.”
“Grandpa wrote to me last time, saying that he should be able to be transferred back to Beijing before the end of the year.”
As Tong Xuelu said, cut the awake dough into dozens of doses, press and flatten it and roll it into an oval shape, put the sugar filling in the middle, pinch both sides to prevent the filling from leaking, and then roll it into an oval shape.
At that time, she is going to take the college entrance examination. After the exam, she should not be able to live at home every day. If her grandfather comes back then, she can help take care of Tong Jiaming’s brothers and sisters.
Shen Wanrong: “I also heard from Zhuzhu and his grandfather about this. I heard that your grandpa also made people pay attention to the courtyards in Beijing. I have been neighbors with you for a long time. If I change someone, I’m not used to it, so let Zhuzhu Her grandfather also followed to find the courtyard, and it would be best if our two families are still next to each other.”
Tong Xuelu brushed a layer of honey on the surface of the dough, then sprinkled a layer of white sesame seeds, smiled and nodded: “That’s the best. I also want to be your neighbors with Grandma Shen.”
After finishing, she put the dough in the oven to bake.
Tong Jiaming went to deliver the cakes, and when he came back, he had two more boxes of desserts in his hand.
As soon as he stepped into the yard, he felt something was wrong. The lights in the house and the kitchen were not turned on, and the whole yard was very quiet.
Did all the family members go to the Wei’s house next door?
Tong Jiaming carried two boxes of snacks and walked to the living room. When he stepped into the living room, he heard only a “pop” light lit up.
A burst of cheers rang out: “Happy birthday!”
Tong Jiaming was taken aback, his eyes widened, but still clinging to the snack in his hand did not fall.
Tong Jiaxin grinned and said, “Second brother, are you shocked? My sister said that he would give you a surprise.”
Tong Jiaming looked at a room of people smiling at him. The walls of the room were affixed with “Happy Birthday” paper-cuts, and there was a table of food on the table.
Tong Jiaming firmly grasped the snack in his hand, feeling a warm current in his heart: “Yes, I was taken aback.” He was also very happy.
Wei Zhuzhu ran up and grabbed his hand: “Brother Jiaming, come here. Everyone is waiting for you to eat. My stomach is hungry and thin!”
“Hahaha…”
Everyone was amused by Wei Zhuzhu’s words.
Tong Mianmian also touched his belly: “Second brother, Mianmian’s stomach is out of meat, and I want to eat.”
Tong Xuelu said, “Everyone, sit down and eat. When the food is cold, it won’t taste good.”
Tong Jiaming was pulled and sat down.
He picked up a chopsticks and put shredded pork into his mouth. The moderately salty and sweet pork filled his mouth. The sauce was rich, creamy and sweet, and his nose was sour and sour.
This is his first birthday. When his parents were there, they didn’t have the habit of celebrating a birthday.
He used to hear from his classmates that his parents would cook red eggs or make longevity noodles for them on their birthdays. Although he didn’t say anything, he was very envious.
He thought that nothing would happen today as before, but he didn’t expect them to give him such a big surprise.
Tong Jiaming slowly chewed the shredded pork, and the corners of his mouth twitched little by little.
The other children hurried to grab the hollow sugar biscuits after eating.
The hollow sugar pie is hollow in the middle. They bit open the front and the back. They put the hollow sugar pie in their eyes as telescopes, and they looked at each other through the holes and had a great time.
After playing enough, eat the sugar pie one bite at a time. The hollow sugar pie is fragrant, crispy and crispy, and it is very addictive to eat.
After finishing the dishes and chopsticks, Tong Xuelu took out a brand new military bag and handed it over: “This is a birthday present for you.”
Tong Jiaming’s heartbeat speeds up, looking at the military bag without saying a word: “Is this really for me?”
Tong Xuelu nodded: “Others have gifts for you, so please accept them.”
Tong Jiaming’s eyes were sour again: “Thank you, sister.”
The Wei family gave Tong Jiaming a set of new clothes made by Shen Wanrong, and the two brothers and sisters Tong Jiaxin and Tong Mianmian gave toy tops and candies respectively.
Commander Xiao sent a military kettle back a few days ago.
Tong Jiaming’s hands were full, and his heart was full.
Jiaxin Tong looked at his second brother enviously, wondering if he would have such a surprise when he waited for his birthday?
**
At this time, in a bungalow, Tong Zhen was really talking to Minister Yan Yan Yongan.
Tong Zhen really frowned and said, “Minister Yan, what’s the matter with that surname Xiang? Didn’t you let him approach Fang Jingyuan? How did I hear that they broke up?”
Yan Yong’an’s expression was very gloomy: “The guy who has not succeeded but failed, don’t mention him! Are you sure that Tong Xuelu also has the ability to predict?”
Tong Zhen really nodded: “Yes, if you don’t believe it, you can ask people to go to the General Logistics Compound and the Art Troupe to find out. She used to have a arrogant and domineering personality, so she can’t do anything. In short, it is completely different from now.
Yan Yongan lit a Hongtashan cigarette, took a puff and then slowly exhaled a puff: “Will she cook before?”
He must have been asked before, because he found it incredible and tricky.
Tong Zhenzhen really shook his head, curled his lips and said, “Where does she know how to cook, she has never even been to the kitchen, I suspect she doesn’t know what monsters and monsters gave her upper body!”
She suspected that Tong Xuelu was reborn just like herself at first, but Tong Xuelu’s personality was completely different from that of her previous life, and the cooking was so delicious, so she quickly rejected this conjecture.
Later, she thought that her soul could come back, and that Tong Xuelu’s soul might have been given to her by the souls of other people.
In the past few years, the Four Olds have been broken, and no one dares to mention it like this kind of feudalism.
But Yan Yongan believed this thing very much.
Their ancestors gave people fortune-telling, and he knew more about metaphysics and ghosts than others, which was why he believed Tong’s truth in the first place.
Yan Yongan spit out another cigarette: “Xiang Peng has already shown his feet. You’d better not go to the woman Tong Xuelu recently, and don’t act rashly, so as not to startle the snake.”
Tong Zhenzhen looked at him vomiting clouds and mists, his face was fascinated: “Okay, I listen to you, but when will you marry me?”
Yan Yongan turned around and squeezed her chin: “Are you so anxious?”
Tong Zhenzhen’s cheeks are flying pink: “I want to be your woman sooner, and then help you become a master!”
Only when they got married and gave birth to a child, and were completely integrated together, could she dare to tell him everything she knew, otherwise she was worried that she would become an abandoned child at any time.
Yan Yongan spit out smoke on her face and laughed in a low voice: “I have already mentioned the divorce to my wife, and I will marry you when I get it done.”
Tong Zhen really squinted her eyes: “Will she agree to divorce you?”
Yan Yongan let go of her chin, and his face became cold again: “You don’t care about this. Anyway, I will marry you.”
The aura on his body is very strong, and it always gives people a sense of oppression when he is cold and does not speak, which makes people breathless.
Tong Zhenzhen didn’t dare to be presumptuous in front of him: “By the way, didn’t I ask you to help get Tong Xuelu’s mother’s family back to Beijing? Why haven’t they come back?”
Yan Yongan frowned again: “I asked someone to help transfer their family back, but they were intercepted by someone in the middle. They can’t come back temporarily.”
After all, the power in his hands is not big enough, otherwise, how dare to go back in what the other party promised him?
Tong Zhenzhen’s brows also frowned: “Why is everything so bad? Could it be the woman Tong Xuelu who is doing the trick?”
She originally wanted Yan Yongan to transfer Wen Rugui’s mother’s family back to Beijing. Wen Rugui’s mother was a good knife. In her previous life, she forced Wen Rugui to a dead end.
Once Wen Rugui had an accident, she would not believe that Tong Xuelu would be indifferent, as long as Tong Xuelu was in pain, she would be happy.
But I didn’t expect that things would be ruined when it started, and I was depressed when I thought about it.
Yan Yongan: “It’s possible. We don’t know what the woman is from now. The connections and power around her are stronger than ours, so we have to dormant.”
“You only need to help me climb up. When we become masters, you will be up to you to clean her up when you want!”
Tong Zhen really thought that he could step on Tong Xuelu under his feet in the future, only a slight smile appeared on his face: “Okay, I will listen to you, I won’t make any claims to find her!”
Yan Yongan nodded with satisfaction.
**
Zhou Yan returned to the base with a red face.
When the people on the base saw him like this, they couldn’t help asking, “Researcher Zhou, why are you smiling so happily? Isn’t it a good thing coming?”
Zhou Yan grinned and said, “You guessed it. I am engaged to my partner. We will get married in June this year!”
When everyone heard this, they congratulated Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan smiled so much that the corners of his mouth were almost grinning.
After get off work, he couldn’t wait to tell Wen Rugui and Huang Qimin about his engagement.
Huang Qimin said: “Brother congratulations, I said that it is useful to follow my proposal.”
Wen Rugui looked at the desktop and said nothing.
Zhou Yan brightened his white teeth: “Now the only three of us are Rugui not engaged. Rugui, you have to work hard!”
Wen Rugui let out an “um”, his expression faint.
Huang Qimin: “You haven’t thought of how to propose to your partner? According to me, she thinks two catties of pork is not romantic, so buy four catties, if not, you can buy ten catties, is that romantic enough?”
Wen Rugui: “…”
When is pork equated with romance?
Zhou Yan said: “I and Qimin are still aiming for simplicity, and two catties of pork will be done. If you go, you will be in trouble.”
Wen Rugui, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke: “That’s because my target is different from others. She is unique in the first place. Naturally, two catties of pork can’t be done.”
“…”
Huang Qimin and Zhou Yan were stuffed with dog food, and they felt panic.
This is said as if their daughter-in-law/object is very worthless.
But when I think about it, it seems to be a bit of a little worthless, and two catties of pork was used to raise the marriage.
Come on, you still can’t let the daughter-in-law/subject come into contact with the warm-hearted object in the future.
Huang Qimin suddenly saw that Zhou Yan’s ears were red, and there were scars on the tips of the ears. He couldn’t help but curiously said, “Zhou Laxi, what’s wrong with your ears?”
Zhou Yan suffocated his breath and said, “It’s nothing, I accidentally hit the wall while walking.”
Huang Qimin looked at him suspiciously: “You look very wrong, and you shouldn’t be like this when you hit a wall. You…couldn’t you be the one who twisted your ears?”
“…”
Zhou Yan’s face turned red with a “boom”, and he stubbed his neck and said, “How is it possible? My subject doesn’t know how gentle and considerate in front of me. I told her to go east and she didn’t dare to go west. I let her sit down. She didn’t dare to stand, how could she dare to do something to me?”
Huang Qimin: “Really? Next time you set up a drink, I’m going to ask her if she really listens to you like this.”
Zhou Yan: “…”
Wen Rugui ignored the two of them and went to Director Jiao’s office after dinner.
Jiao Bogan watched his frown and said concerned: “I heard that you have been asking people about how to propose a romantic marriage recently. Is there such a thing?”
The tips of Wen Rugui’s ears are slightly red: “Well, my partner said that they want a romantic proposal. I thought about it for a long time, and I don’t know how to be romantic.”
Jiao Boyun said: “You have asked so many people, why don’t you come to ask me?”
Wen Rugui was startled.
Because the teacher has been in the country for many years, he subconsciously classifies him as an elder in the country. The elders used to get married because of their parents’ orders. Especially during the war, they might not even have two catties of pork.
So he never thought about asking the teacher, but now he thought it was his negligence.
Jiao Bogan put down the pen in his hand and said, “Tell me, you have asked so many people, what are their ideas for you?”
Wen Rugui said: “Qimin said that he would bring two catties of pork to his partner’s home, and Zhou Yan did the same, and some people said that they would use dim sum or food.”
In short, they all eat that kind of food, similar to each other.
Jiao Bogan shook his head: “It’s more than simple, but it has nothing to do with romance. In the past, foreigners would buy a bunch of flowers when proposing marriage, and bring a ring to kneel down to propose. Such a proposal abroad is considered romantic.”
In fact, he also proposed to Zhong Shulan in the same way back then. Thinking of what happened back then, the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but twitch.
Wen Rugui’s eyes lit up: “Teacher, I want to ask for leave and go back and propose marriage!”
It’s rare for Jiao Bogan to see him like this: “Go, if you don’t succeed this time, don’t come back!”
Wen Rugui nodded, turned around and hurried back to his office.
He took the little book out of the drawer and wrote:
To propose a romantic marriage, you must first have a flower, secondly a ring, and finally you must kneel down on one knee.
After recording, he cleaned up and went to the dean to ask for leave, and then returned to Beijing that same day.
Huang Qimin and Zhou Yan didn’t know that he had asked for a leave of absence until they got off work, and they were suddenly out of curiosity.
Huang Qimin: “Would you like to gamble whether Rugui will make a successful marriage proposal this time?”
Zhou Yan remembered the last time he drew a bet, and said cautiously: “I bet he still won’t succeed. The one who loses asks the one who wins to go to a state-owned restaurant for dinner.
Huang Qimin smiled and said: “Okay, then I’ll bet on his success, you are ready to invite me to dinner.”
**
Wen Ru returned home and told his father and uncle Zong the romantic way, and then the three men of the Wen family began to make preparations.
The next day, Tong Xuelu went to work as usual, and when she came back, she saw Wen Rugui suddenly appearing at the entrance of the hotel.
She was taken aback suddenly: “Why are you back?”
Wen Rugui’s ears are red: “Are you free to go to a place with me now?”
Tong Xuelu: “Did something happen?”
Wen Rugui nodded: “Yes.”
Seeing him with a serious face, Tong Xuelu subconsciously thought of Tong Zhenzhen on his body.
She hurried in and talked to others, then got on her warm bicycle and left.
Wen Rugui carried her feet to exert force, and the two of them “swish” and disappeared from everyone’s eyes.
Tong Xuelu discovered that he was not going to the military compound: “Where are you taking me now?”
Wen Rugui licked his lips and said, “You’ll know later.”
Tong Xuelu blinked his eyes twice when he heard the words, and his heart became heavier.
This direction is to go to the hospital. Could it be that Mr. Wen had an accident?
Tong Xuelu had all kinds of bad guesses in her heart, who knew that Wen Rugui didn’t drive her to the hospital in the end, but went to the park where they first dated.
Tong Xuelu was stunned again: “Why did you bring me here?”
In fact, as soon as she entered the garden, she vaguely realized that she had guessed wrong just now, and at the same time she had another guess.
Wen Rugui took out a sermon from his pocket: “I want to cover your eyes now, can I?”
Tong Xuelu felt like a smile: “You have all the cloth ready, can I still say no?”
After speaking, she closed her eyes. At this moment, she had already guessed what Wen Rugui was going to do, but she was very curious about what Wen Rugui had prepared.
Wen Rugui lightly covered her eyes with the cloth, then took a deep breath and held her hand, leading her towards the bamboo forest.
There is a bamboo forest on the west side of the park. The bamboo forest is quiet and there is a pavilion deep in the bamboo forest. Very few people come here.
Wen Rugui took her to the pavilion, then let go of the cloth and said, “You can open your eyes.”
Tong Xuelu’s eyelashes trembled and opened her eyes, then subconsciously covered her mouth: “Where did you get so many flowers?”
The pavilion was covered with camellia, white, pink, red, and red and white. The petals were layered on top of each other, and the flowers were bright and gorgeous, which made her almost think that she had strayed into the world of flowers.
Wen Rugui took out a box from his pocket, opened it and knelt down on one knee to her: “My mouth is stupid and can’t speak, I just want to tell you, no matter how long the time is, I will cherish you very much!”
Tong Xuelu’s eyes fell on the gift box in his hand. In addition to a gold ring, there was also a Shanghai Stock Exchange brand tourbillon watch, which was exactly the same style as the one he was wearing, except that it looked a little smaller.
Look up.
In the end, it fell on the face that was so warm that it could almost drip blood.
Tong Xuelu’s heart was filled with a sweetness that he had never experienced before.
This man is so good-looking, every part of his face grows on her heart, and looks like she likes it.
She couldn’t help but want to kiss him when she watched it, and kissed him because his lips were red and swollen, and he couldn’t breathe.
His proposal is not romantic compared to later generations, and his love words are also very simple, but they **** her heart.
At this time, my heart was beating like home, and I was so nervous that the backs of my palms were sweating.
Just when Wen Rugui thought he was suffocating with a fast heartbeat, Tong Xuelu stretched out his hand and said confidently: “Will you not put it on for me?”
Wen Rugui was startled for a moment, and then there seemed to be fireworks blooming in his heart.
He stood up nervously, took it several times before taking the watch and ring out of the gift box, and then put it on her carefully.
The watch was just right, making her wrists extremely white.
But the ring is a bit big.
Wen Rugui also noticed: “The ring was worn by my grandfather and my grandmother when he married, and then passed it to my grandma. Grandpa said that it will be passed on to you now.”
Oh, it’s still a family heirloom.
Tong Xuelu looked at the jadeite above, thinking that this ring should be valuable.
A gust of breeze blew, the lake was rippling, and the pavilion was filled with the fragrance of camellia.
This situation finally made Tong Xuelu feel a little romantic.
She glanced around and saw that there was no one around, she wanted to make a bold engagement kiss.
Just as she approached Wen Rugui, there was a sudden sound of erhu and suona in the bamboo forest.
? ? ?
Tong Xue’s body was shocked: “What sound is this?”
Wen Rugui pointed to the end of the bamboo forest and said, “Grandpa and Uncle Zong are accompaniment and celebrating for us.”
“…”
Tong Xuelu looked in the direction he was pointing, and the corners of his mouth twitched fiercely.
I saw Mr. Wen holding the suona and shaking his body while blowing. If someone didn’t know, he thought he was a prince playing the violin.
Suona is a hooligan who can make Chopin cry and silence Beethoven.
Listening to the noise in her ears, Tong Xuelu wanted to cry QAQ.
also! she was! wave! Man! Marriage proposal! ! !
**
Tong Xuelu wanted to go back, but it was too late.
She discussed with Wen Rugui about getting engaged first and getting married after two years.
Firstly, she is still young, and secondly, she will have the college entrance examination at the end of this year. She really doesn’t want to go to college with a big belly.
She intends to finish her studies in two years after entering university, and then get married and develop her career.
For Wen Rugui, as long as she promised to marry herself, let alone wait for two years, he would be willing to wait for twelve years.
However, because Commander Xiao is not in Beijing, he must wait for his return to get the wedding.
The day of engagement has to wait for Commander Xiao to come back to discuss.
Because people from the Ministry of Commerce are coming over today, Tong Xuelu has to go back to work.
Wen Rugui drove her to the restaurant on a bicycle.
Tong Xuelu walked away for a long time, and Grandpa Wen was still very excited: “Xiaozong, we have to celebrate today!”
Uncle Zong was also blushing with joy: “It must be a good celebration, but Commander, Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shi are still young and shouldn’t be able to eat them.”
Old man Wen glanced at him disgustingly: “Would you not borrow a chicken from someone else?”
Uncle Zong remembered that the chicken from Lao Jiang’s house next door could be eaten, so he nodded and went out.
Lao Jiang knew that Wen Rugui had made a successful marriage proposal, but he was not stingy with a chicken, and agreed to send a chicken to Wen’s family as a gift.
After obtaining his consent, Uncle Zong brought the wind to the chicken-raising place under his feet.
After Xiao Wang slaughtered Jiang’s chicken, Uncle Zong carried the chicken and walked back.
When passing by the flower bed, I suddenly heard two women complaining–
“I don’t know who is so wicked, who has plucked all the camellia in the compound!”
“All taken out? No way?”
“It’s just that the meeting said that all the camellias were bald, even cleaner than a bald head!”
“That’s really wicked! I originally made an appointment with people from my unit to come over to enjoy the flowers this weekend, but now I’ve been ruined like this. How can I tell you when I look back?”
“I’m so angry, I’m going to report it, and let the guard pick out the **** flower thief!”
Uncle Zong’s footsteps stagnated, and he almost tripped over his own feet.
He pretended to be nonchalant and walked past the two women, and when he had gone a long way, he rushed.
“Commander, we are the flower thieves, I’m afraid we won’t be able to hide it!”