Chapter 672 Because of Love (5)
The conversation outside the door continued, and the atmosphere relaxed a lot. Qin Guisheng, who was originally excited, found that he could not change Cao Guixiang's opinion and became powerless. He could only choose to respect Cao Guixiang's decision like Master Peng and Peng Changping.
Although he still felt that Cao Guixiang's decision was very stupid in his heart, and he wrote on his face that he thought Cao Guixiang's decision was very stupid.
"Have you made up your mind?" Qin Guisheng asked.
Cao Guixiang nodded.
"Don't regret it?" Cao Guixiang shook his head.
"Shit." Qin Guisheng snorted coldly, "You didn't go. If you had gone, it would be a real hardship. It's hot in the south and there are many mosquitoes. Without mosquito nets and repellents, they can bite you at night in summer. Damn it, it’s cold in the winter and there’s no kang yet. I’ll see how you survive in the winter.”
"Don't think it's easy to work in the fields. Have you ever done farm work? Do you think it's the same as practicing cooking when you were a child? I don't think you can straighten your waist after staying in the fields for a day. And don't rub the glove on your hands. It's useless to tell you that you have oily snowflake cream. If you go to the south and stay for a few years, I guess your hands will be rougher than mine. You..."
Qin Guisheng rambled on a lot, confusingly, as if he had gone to the countryside as a young man.
"I tell you, girls must protect themselves outside and don't be taken advantage of by those gangsters, those shameless and shameless ones. But luckily you don't look good. Communication is not convenient in the countryside. If you want to send a letter You have to go to town or ask someone to help you. No one will stand up for you when you are wronged. If you want to cry alone at night, your roommate will blame you for disturbing her sleep. "
Cao Guixiang looked at Qin Guisheng and said, "Second senior brother, how many years has Sister Amin been here?"
"More than two years." Qin Guisheng said in a dull voice.
"Are you still communicating?"
"Nonsense, how could I know so much without correspondence." Qin Guisheng glanced at Cao Guixiang angrily and was instantly discouraged, "I sent a lot of letters in the first year, and this year I only sent three letters in total. The cover is less than two pages long.”
"Are you still waiting for her?" Cao Guixiang asked.
"Of course we'll wait!" Qin Guisheng raised his voice, "You thought you were the only one who decided the wedding date. I also..."
As he spoke, Qin Guisheng suddenly fell silent and stopped talking.
"I don't know."
Peng Changping shook his head and left.
"I'm almost thirty. Senior brother has two sons at my age. Amin will be almost thirty in a few years, I don't know." Qin Guisheng could only shake his head, "I don't care about you, what do you like?" What the hell.”
"No need to send you a letter?" Cao Guixiang smiled.
"How dare you!" Qin Guisheng threatened her with his eyes widened, "I don't care what other people do. Cao Guixiang, you have to write back every month. If you don't have time, just ask Zhang Chu to send it. He has been living in our Yonghe Jubai area for the past few years. You should be able to boss him around when you have so much to eat and drink for free. If you have any work, leave it to him and don’t tire yourself.”
"Also, I can't trust your parents. You have to ask them to sign a letter. Don't even go to the countryside to work. In the end, the person who will benefit the most is your brother. You have to ask your parents and your brother to compensate you. What about wheat milk? Essence, biscuits, sugar, brown sugar, and cloth must be sent to you every month. You give me the receipt. If they don’t send it to you, I will go to the street office to borrow a loudspeaker and stand in front of your house. "
Cao Guixiang couldn't help laughing for a moment: "Second Senior Brother, what nonsense are you talking about? My family doesn't have many cloth coupons for a month, but also malted milk, biscuits and sugar. I can't even eat these things now." Send it every month, stop making trouble.”
"Why did I make such a fuss? How much sacrifice have you made? We have so many regular workers in Yongheju that they can't even squeeze in. Why don't we just ask them to give us some food and cloth? They should give it! You have all gone to the countryside. , why can your brother still eat delicious food and wear new clothes in Peiping? He doesn’t deserve it. He just If you have any conscience, you should stop yourself from going to the countryside instead of pretending to say thank you, sister. The salary you have given to your family over the years is enough to buy many new clothes, cookies and candies, and you don’t spend the family’s money when you don’t eat at home. , they should give it to you, including the principal and interest!" Qin Guisheng said seriously.
Cao Guixiang just laughed and didn't take Qin Guisheng's nonsense to heart: "Zhang Chu is coming to the store today to repair all the broken tables and chairs. It's almost time for dinner. He probably hasn't eaten yet. I'll cook him a bowl of eggs." Noodles, you can eat them when he comes.”
"If Manager Zhang comes back, please tell him, second senior brother, that the eggs will be deducted from my salary." Cao Guixiang said and left.
After Cao Guixiang left, Qin Guisheng sighed in displeasure and muttered: "Repaying the egg noodles, you heartless girl, I have said so much to you here and you didn't even give me a glass of water. The brat didn’t even come and we had egg noodles to eat.”
After saying that, Qin Guisheng went to pour water by himself.
Jiang Feng returned to the utility room and found that Zhang Chu had quietly gotten down from the chair at some point and was in a daze with a serious expression on his face while carrying a bag of tools. Half of the hammer in his arms came out, which made Jiang Feng very worried that the hammer would hit Zhang Chu's feet in the next second and send him directly to the hospital.
Fortunately tragedy did not happen.
Zhang Chu was dazed for a while, then seemed to have thought clearly. He put the tools in his arms on the ground and began to sort out the items in the cabinet. Everything is placed according to size, type and function, and it is well organized. It takes more than half an hour to sort it out.
After all the things in the cabinet were sorted, Zhang Chu went out with his tools and walked to the lobby as if he had just arrived.
Cao Guixiang was standing in the lobby. Judging from her appearance, she was probably waiting for Zhang Chu. Seeing Zhang Chu coming, Cao Guixiang hurriedly came up to greet him with a slightly surprised expression: "When did you come? Why didn't I see you when I was here just now?"
"I've been here for a while, and I went to look for tools in the utility room." Zhang Chu said vaguely.
"Oh." Cao Guixiang nodded, "You are hungry. I'll cook the egg noodles for you. Since you haven't come, I haven't dared to cook it because I was afraid that it would be too early and the noodles would be lumpy. You should rest for a while and eat the noodles while repairing the table. ”
"Guixiang." Zhang Chu seemed to have summoned up his courage, "I have something to tell you."
"Oh, by the way, I also have something to tell you. I handed in my resignation report today. Next month I will go to the countryside with you as educated youth. I will report wherever you go." Cao Guixiang said, as if saying A trivial matter like how many green onions to put in today’s noodles.
Zhang Chu moved his lips and said with some difficulty: "You don't..."
"I'm not doing it because I am, I'm doing it because my brother is old and wants to go to the countryside as an educated youth. If I don't go, he will have to go. In fact, it's not just because of my brother. Our store is going to reduce the number of people. If I don't resign, Master Wang My son is definitely going to leave. His son is in poor health and will have to go to the countryside next year if he is not guaranteed to leave. Master Wang is usually so kind to me, so I can’t just watch indifferently.”
"You..."
Cao Guixiang didn't give Zhang Chu a chance to speak at all, and continued: "Actually, it's good for me to decide to go to the countryside. We grew up learning crafts, and it's not like we can't endure hardships. You are a carpenter, and I am a cook. We can work wherever we go. There is food to eat. And I heard that there is plenty of food in the countryside, and you might be able to hunt wild animals near the mountains. Rabbits, wild boars, and pigs will be killed and divided into meat every Chinese New Year. My parents said that they would send me something every month. I have to hand over my monthly salary in Peking. If I become an educated youth and go to the countryside, I don’t have to hand it over. In addition to my salary, my parents will also send me things. Isn’t this much better than in Peking?”
"You sit down first and I'll cook you some noodles, egg noodles!"
Zhang Chu had been preparing for a long time but didn't say a word.
Zhang Chu could only put the tools on the table for the time being and stand in the lobby waiting. After a few minutes, Cao Guixiang came out with egg noodles.
It's a very simple bowl of egg noodles. The noodles are hand-rolled. There are a lot of beaten eggs, and a little soy sauce is poured on the noodles for color. There is nothing except eggs and noodles, not even green vegetables and chopped green onions.
"Eat quickly, it's delicious while it's hot. There's an egg lying on the bottom. Originally, I wanted to sprinkle some chopped green onions, but the second senior brother was stingy and refused to let me get the chopped green onions. If he comes out later, just avoid him. , He was in a bad mood today and wanted to find someone to get angry and quarrel with." Cao Guixiang put the noodles on the table and said with a smile.
Zhang Chu remained silent and did not take chopsticks.
"Eat it quickly, it's not hot." Cao Guixiang urged.
"Guixiang, you'd better go find Manager Wang and get the resignation report back." Zhang Chu said, "We..."
Cao Guixiang straightened her face and looked at Zhang Chu: "Why do you want to take it back? I have already told my parents about this. If I want to go back on my word, they will be the first to disagree."
She never left herself a way out from the beginning.
"You shouldn't..."
"I don't regret it." Cao Guixiang said, suddenly laughing, "Let's eat noodles, let's not talk about this for now. By the way, did you cancel the banquet at Shunhe Building? If it's not convenient for you to go over now, I'll go and talk to Shunhe. Talk to the owner of the building. You paid the deposit, they can’t take advantage of it and not even refund the deposit.”
Zhang Chu didn't say anything, picked up the chopsticks, lowered his head, and picked up a large piece of noodles.
Jiang Feng clearly saw that when Zhang Chu picked up the noodles, a big tear dropped on his face, just like water dripping into a river. It disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if it had never appeared.
Zhang Chu took a big mouthful of noodles and devoured it as if he had a grudge against the noodles.
"Eat slowly, be careful not to choke. Did you not eat today? How does it taste? I was a little hasty when I cooked it just now, maybe the taste is not good."
"A little salty." Zhang Chu said in a dull voice.
The tears were so salty that he wanted to cry.
"Salty? Did I put too much soy sauce? It shouldn't be..." Cao Guixiang's voice was full of confusion, and the expression on her face must also be confused, but Jiang Feng could no longer see clearly.
The sound gradually faded away, and Jiang Feng began to be shrouded in fog, unable to see the two of them clearly.
Jiang Feng left his memory. (End of chapter)