Chu Heng's house is very lively tonight.
After dinner at six o'clock, Ni Yinghong asked Yang Guizhi to invite the eldest girls, daughters-in-law, and aunts who had good relations with each other in the neighborhood to help prepare the two quilts for Du San. .
Gao Ling, who was forced to have dinner at Chu's house, also enthusiastically stayed to help after knowing that he was going to make quilts.
As we all know, Chu Da, who seems to be omnipotent, cannot do needlework. He has always only been able to drive piles. Therefore, he consciously took charge of the logistics work.
Peanuts and melon seeds, candies and tea are all prepared. If you need it, he will even bring you a urinal. The key is whether you dare to pee...
On the fire bed in the main room, a group of women of different ages sat around the edge. There was a piece of snow-white cotton cloth in the middle, which was the lower layer of the quilt. On the side were a few balls of elastic that Chu Heng had just brought back today. The snow-white cotton, everyone tore off a piece from the big ball of cotton from time to time, and painstakingly spread the cotton layer by layer on the cotton cloth. After the cotton was spread, a layer of gauze was covered, and finally the quilt cover was sewn on. It’s done.
Ni Yinghong, who had a big belly, was also among them. She was sitting on the bed, doing the same work. Next to her was Gao Ling. The two of them were whispering and biting their ears, although they didn't know what they were talking about. But from the glances that glanced at the other person's chest from time to time, we could roughly guess that Miss Gao was most likely asking for advice.
"This cotton is really good. It's soft and white. It looks like it comes from the frontier."
At this time, in Chu Heng's eyes, the chess player next door was a bad guy, let alone fishing. Uncle Zhao's lovely wife, Aunt Zhao, who couldn't put it down, held up a ball of light cotton and asked Xiao Ni who was biting her ear: "I said Yinghong, who is this quilt for your family? No one from Chu Heng or your family is old enough to get married."
"Aunt Zhao has a pretty good memory." Ni Yinghong looked over with a smile, her hands kept moving, and she chatted with her little mouth: "This quilt is indeed not made for relatives, but for someone to play with Chu Heng. The good brother is the one who doesn’t look like a good person at first glance.”
"Like our Chu Heng, he also has no father or mother. He is getting married next month, and he has no relatives around him to help him with the work. I, as a sister-in-law, can't do this."
Aunt Hu, who was sitting next to Aunt Zhao, raised her head when she heard this, and looked across at Aunt Yang, who was in the same hospital as her and served as the aunt in charge, and said: "Yinghong, this sister-in-law, really has nothing to say, and she is not even a close relative." As for my brother-in-law, he has given so much effort, unlike some people nowadays who don’t care about family ties at all. My brother-in-law’s family is having a hard time, and they are reluctant to give even a few taels of land."
She was insinuating Aunt Yang, referring to the incident in the early years when Aunt Yang was starving, when Aunt Yang's brother-in-law came to borrow food, but the old lady gave him only ten yuan instead of food.
But this is really a bit of a problem. At that time, every household was out of food. Who the hell had food to lend out?
But Aunt Hu just insisted on this matter, and from time to time she would move out to challenge her old enemy.
When everyone in the room heard this, their eyes lit up, and they looked at Aunt Yang excitedly, expecting her to fight back and stage a big fight.
Aunt Yang lived up to expectations. She raised her eyebrows, dropped the cotton in her hand and was about to start a war. She was ready to tell the story about Aunt Hu who was caught stealing pancakes and taking off her pants.
Chu Heng, who was sitting on the side, rolled his eyelids speechlessly when he saw this. Old Mrs. Hu was really free and found nothing to do.
Naturally, he couldn't let these two people quarrel at home, otherwise they would not be able to stay in the house anymore if they retreated. So, Chu Heng quickly picked up a pot of cantaloupe on the table and walked forward, saying in a playful way: " Hey, you guys, please don’t listen to Ni Yinghong’s flattery for herself. How could she feel sorry for someone else’s orphan? She saw that they gave her a lot of bird cages and birds, and she felt sorry for herself. She wanted to give them two beds. The quilt returns the favor.”
And Xiao Ni is worthy of being his own daughter-in-law who can guess what she is going to do by just slapping her butt. She immediately knew what this guy meant. When she heard this, she opened her peach blossom eyes, threw a ball of cotton, and said with a sweet voice: "You are so stupid." People are really heartless when they talk. If I didn’t think he was your brother, why would he go to such great lengths to make this thing? If you say that, do you believe that I made this quilt?”
"Don't stop, I'm talking nonsense, talking nonsense, isn't it wrong? Daughter -in -law." Chu Heng quickly laughed and divided everyone in the pot of melon in the basin: "Come on, everyone tastes it, Shunyi, Shunyi, Shunyi The melon is a stunt melon that my buddy who drives a sports car brought to me at noon today, it’s so sweet!”
"Really? Then I have to try it."
"Yeah! It's really sweet!"
"What a good friend. I saw someone give Chu Suo's family two pineapples."
"Aunt Qian, what is a pineapple?"
"You don't even know about pineapples? That's a thing from the south. My son got one back last year. It smells good, but it's not delicious. It's sour."
The guys were gnawing on the melon, the topic changed, and the quarrel disappeared silently.
The young couple looked at each other and smiled in understanding.
…
The next day.
Early in the morning, a drizzle began to fall from the sky. It was wet and sticky. The continuous high temperature finally stopped, making Sijiu City cooler.
Chu Heng went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after seeing off his wife in the morning. As soon as he arrived nearby, he saw Gao Ling who was waiting for him.
In the drizzle, a little girl wearing dark blue work clothes stood pitifully at the door, holding a black umbrella in her hand. She was slender and long, but her androgynous appearance made many aunts misunderstand her. He kindly stepped forward and asked this handsome young man what he was doing here and who he was looking for. He also wanted to invite her to sit in his office for a while.
Gao Ling actually wanted to find a place to take shelter from the rain, but he was afraid that Chu Heng would not be able to see him when he came later, so he would be dissatisfied or something, so he declined the aunts who had unknown intentions and continued to wait in the rain honestly. She was wearing clothes, and her trouser legs soaked by the rain felt cold against her body.
"Tu tu tu tu!"
Chu Heng quickly drove to the door and stopped not far from the little girl to prevent the rain from splashing on her. He immediately rolled down the window and shouted: "Get in the car."
Gao Ling, who was thinking wildly, hurriedly ran forward, walked to the car and took a look at the dark and shiny car body, and then looked at her own muddy bottom. She was afraid of getting the leader's car dirty, so she put her shoes in the water without even thinking. After rinsing in the pit and shaking the water vigorously, he opened the door and got in the car. He huddled nervously on the seat, not daring to touch anything else.
Chu Heng glanced at the cautious little girl, put the gear back on, and drove into the yard, saying: "After you complete the entry procedures, I will open a clothing store for you next door, specifically for those foreigners. When making clothes, remember to work hard and don’t let me down, I made the dumplings just because of your jealousy!"
"I will definitely live up to the leadership's cultivation!" Gao Ling promised quickly, and at the same time he was extremely excited. He actually opened a clothing store just for her, which shows how much the organization values her!
For a moment, Miss Gao felt a little elated without realizing it, and she couldn't help but feel proud.
Chu Heng took in all her expressions, looked away with a half-smile, and prepared to beat her hard later...
(End of chapter)
