Chu Heng ate breakfast in fear, glancing at Huniu from time to time, fearing that she would reveal that he took her to catch birds, which would cause a family earthquake.
Fortunately, Huniu remained as pious about food as ever. She was concentrating on cooking during the entire breakfast. Until Ni Yinghong and the others left after finishing the meal, they did not say a word.
“Ouch.”
Chu Heng raised his head and looked at the three buttocks of different sizes who were about to pass through the moon door through the glass on the door, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief. , and then drank the bean juice in the bowl in a few gulps, wiped his mouth, stood up, walked out of the house quickly, and went to the house where his wife raised birds.
“Plop!”
"You are lucky, you are lucky!"
His sudden intrusion startled a group of birds that were chirping in the room, and they fluttered a few times in the cage reflexively. But it was the myna. , not afraid of him at all, jumping up and down and imitating him.
Chu Heng scanned around the room that was almost filled with all kinds of bird cages. More than half of them contained birds, such as canaries with fluffy golden feathers like chickens. Colorful parrots, starlings with dull feathers on their heads, thrushes with beautiful chirps...
There are so many kinds, I almost opened a flower and bird shop!
Soon, he found the birdcage where he had caught the birds to entertain the children. There were supposed to be two thrushes in it, a male and a female, singing to their heart's content all day long, rubbing their ears and temples together.
But now there is only one left, with its head drooped and looking like it doesn't want to live anymore.
“It’s really just this one, sin, sin!”
Chu Heng was immediately filled with guilt, and hurriedly stepped forward to add some food and water to the food jar, and murmured comfort inside. A single form without a partner The shadowy thrush said: "I'm sorry, I'll arrange another one for you right away. You can choose whatever shape you want, don't worry!"
After saying that, he hurried out of the house, He quickly ran to the phone booth on the street.
“Have you eaten, Master Wen!”
"I just finished eating some fried cakes and tofu cakes bought on the street."
"Oh, this life is great!"
"I can't compare to you, yesterday I couldn't I smell your stew again.”
“Haha, you have a really good nose. Let me call first.”
After chatting with old man Wen who was looking at the phone booth for a few words, Chu Heng picked up the phone and dialed Du San’s phone booth. When someone picked up, he told the other person the situation and waited for a while. It took a minute or two to find the rightful owner. Fortunately, the call was charged on a pay-per-view basis. As long as the call lasted for less than three minutes, it was five points. Or should I panic?
"Hey, I'm Du San!"
"It's me."
"Oh, Mr. Chu! Your order."
"What, hurry up and get one Male Thrush, come here...Does that thing have to be matched?"
"Yes, it needs to be matched. If you don't like it, there will be a fight."
"Then you get a few more. If you like the one you want, hurry up!" One of my thrushes has died. She doesn’t know yet. She just assumes that it died of illness. I thought about getting one to replace it quickly.”
“Oh. "You've caused a lot of trouble! Cheng, I'll be here in an hour at most."
The two brothers hung up the phone after saying a few words. Chu Heng took the time to see each other for less than three minutes. He took out a dime and handed it to Old Man Wen. After getting back five cents, he turned towards the chess stall not far from the wall of his house, wanting to see the excitement before going back.
At this time, the neighbors had just had breakfast. Those who went to work and those who were cleaning the house had not yet got around to it, so there were a few idle people who had retired behind the chess stall.
“Have you all eaten?”
“Yes!”
“You’re not going to work today?” “Oh, yes, off work! ”
Chu Heng came up with a smile, took out the big front door and played around, then turned his attention to the chess game. The people playing chess at this time were the old eunuch Zhang Datong next door to his house and the uncle named Geng. Not this It's on the same street, but I don't live far away. I always come here for a walk when I have nothing to do.
When he lived in Xiaolihua, Chu Heng, a wanderer, always liked to show off when watching others play chess, giving them tricks and tricks. Later, a group of old men drove him away and did not let him play.
This time in a new environment, he learned to be smart and watched the game without saying a word to prevent tragedy from happening again.
It’s not much, but it’s quite uncomfortable to hold it in.
After watching two games of chess like this, Uncle Geng, who was playing against Zhang Datong, lost the chess game again. He really had no shame in continuing to occupy his position. He shook his head and stood up to make way for others.
"I'll play a game, I'll play a game." Chu Heng took advantage of his tallness and size, and squeezed past him. He happily placed the chess pieces and prepared to play two games with Zhang Datong.
"Dingle bell!"
At this moment, there was a noise from the phone booth. After a while, Old Man Wen shouted at the chess booth: "Chu Suo, Phone.”
“Hey, you’re really good at timing!”
Chu Heng, who had just made two moves, stood up in annoyance, gave his position to an old man next to him, and trotted over. In front of the phone booth, he answered the phone with a bad tone.
"Who?"
"It's me, Jiang Fanghao, the team leader."
"What's the matter?"
"That's it, team leader, I already have someone here I've handed in a few manuscripts. Is it convenient for you? "
"How many days has it been?"
"Hey, you don't know. Now these stinky old men in the team are like crazy. They wake up at midnight every day just to hand in the manuscript earlier."
"Oh, Then bring it over."
“Okay.”
After hanging up the phone, Chu Heng ran back to the chess stall, discussed with the old man who took over his place, and asked the old man who replaced him to step down from his seat, and then he sat on it and continued playing. Played chess.
Soon, after a game of chess was played, he narrowly defeated Zhang Datong with a slight advantage.
"I didn't expect you to have two brushes at such a young age." Zhang Datong raised his head in surprise. His face was fair and clean without a beard, and his temperament was elegant and kind. He was a little unwilling to lose to a junior. He invited the battle again: "One more game?"
"Okay!"
Chu Heng quickly placed the chess pieces and fought with the old eunuch again.
The two of them played four or five games in succession. Both sides lost and won. It was hard to tell the difference, but it was fun.
“Oh, I was careless! I was careless!”
At this time, Zhang Datong, who had lost another set, slapped his thigh in frustration.
“Hey, admit it, admit it!” Chu Heng grinned triumphantly. When he was about to play another game with him, he saw Du San riding a bicycle past the chess stall. There is also a birdcage illuminated with black velvet hanging from the handlebar.
"Okay, let's get here first today, I have a guest here."
He quickly stood up, agreed to Zhang Datong's invitation to play again tomorrow, quickly walked out of the chess stall, and rushed Du San waved: "San'er!"
(End of this chapter)