Wen Rugui's eyes fell on her lips, and she looked as if her body was getting hot.
His throat rolled twice subconsciously, his heart beating like thunder.
Her eyes were silently closed, and she seemed to be well-behaved in her sleep.
Wen Rugui took a deep breath and finally couldn't help the temptation, raised his hand and touched her lips lightly.
So soft.
Very special touch.
Wen Rugui, like a child who found a toy, shaves her eyelashes and poked her face lightly.
Her eyelashes are very long, like two small brushes, her face is white, tender and elastic, but they are not as throbbing as touching her lips.
As soon as he touched her lips just now, his heart beat faster, and there was an indescribable longing in his heart.
He didn't quite understand what that longing was, so he wanted to touch it again.
So his hand landed on her lips again, and pressed down slightly.
It was windy outside, and he was about to go in and get a blanket and come out, when Tong Xuelu blinked and opened his eyes.
The eyes of the two met.
There was silence in the air for a few seconds.
Tong Xuelu's eyes widened and looked at him suspiciously: "Comrade Wen Rugui, what did you do to me just now? What did you use to touch my lips?"
Wen Rugui's face turned red with a "bang": "I touched it with my hands."
Tong Xuelu shook his head, and touched his lips with his own hand: "No, it feels different, are you lying to me?"
Wen Rugui shook his head: "No, I really touched it with my hands."
Tong Xuelu touched his lips again, insisting that he was lying.
Wen Rugui felt very regretful: "I'm sorry I played a rogue with you, but I really touched it with my hands."
Tong Xuelu rolled her eyes: "The touch of the hand is different. If you don't believe me, I'll try it for you."
Saying that, she reached out and touched his lips, and pressed him like he did.
Wen Rugui held her breath, not daring to move.
Tong Xuelu: "You remember, this is the touch of a hand."
After speaking, she suddenly leaned in and touched his lips lightly with her lips.
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! ! !
Wen Rugui's whole body seemed to be electrocuted by electric current, and his whole body was numb.
He felt the blood pouring from his whole body to his face, and his heart seemed to jump out of his throat.
Tong Xuelu's lips were like a dragonfly on the water, and they left at a touch: "Comrade Wen Rugui, are the two senses completely different?"
Wen Rugui looked at Tong Xuelu blankly like a puppet, and nodded, "Yes, it's different."
Tong Xuelu: "Then did you touch me with your lips just now?"
Wen Rugui shook his head: "No, it's with the hands."
Tong Xuelu tilted her head: "Is it true? I don't believe it. Unless you also touch me and let me feel the difference."
The afternoon sun was just right, filtered through the trees, and the warm golden sun shone on him, and Tong Xuelv saw his throat rolling up and down.
She raised her eyebrows lightly: "Comrade Wen Rugui, don't you dare to act?"
Wen Rugui blushed: "No."
Tong Xuelu raised her face and pouted at him: "Come on then."
Wen Rugui looked at her red lips and felt that her heartbeat had completely lost control.
His upper body leaned forward slightly, and when he leaned over, the unique scent that belonged to her wafted into his nostrils.
He held his breath and leaned over, just as he was about to touch her lips, there was a sudden cry from outside—
"Sister, Mianmian's clothes are dirty!"
When the door of the courtyard was pushed open, Tong Mianmian's figure ran in.
Tong Xuelu pushed him away and stood up.
Wen Rugui: "… "
Standing beside the chair with red ears, a thought popped up in his heart, "Tong Mianmian came back at a bad time."
Tong Xuelu led Tong Mianmian back and saw Wen Rugui standing there with her face returned, she walked over and winked at him, "I'll prove your innocence next time."
"!!!"
Wen Rugui's heart started beating wildly again.
If he could use this method to prove his innocence, he would be willing to be wronged in the future!
Tong Xuelu saw that his ears turned red little by little, and with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he led the little dumpling in to change clothes.
After she came out, she handed over the rent for the next three months to Wen Rugui.
Wen Rugui didn't want it, so Tong Xuelv insisted that he take it.
One code is one code, the two are just talking to each other, they can't let him support the Tong family.
Even if the two get married, he is not obliged to raise Tong Jiaming's siblings.
It's rare for Wen Rugui to have a holiday, so Tong Xuelv naturally wants to cook something delicious for him.
Before the two brothers Tong Jiaming came back, she went to the kitchen to make a candy with red dates and walnuts.
After frying the walnuts, remove the pitted red dates and cut them into pieces for later use, then add water, oil, and maltose to the pot, bring to a boil over medium heat, and simmer slowly over low heat. After the maltose melts and bubbles, pour the walnuts, red dates and sesame seeds Go in and stir well.
After the pot is out, pour it out on a plate, then flatten it with a rolling pin, then let it cool and set.
When the sunset covered the sky, Tong Xuelu started to cook dinner.
Tonight she is going to make a spicy hot pot.
Peel and slice the lotus root and potatoes, cut the celery into sections, cut the mushrooms and beef balls into pieces, then put them in the pot and cook them together. After they are cooked, take them out to control the moisture, and then put in a pot of water and blanch the tripe for a few seconds. Take it out after the bell.
Put cold oil in the pan, pour ginger garlic minced green onion peppercorns and seasoning after the pan is hot, stir fry the cooked ingredients in succession and stir fry, sprinkle a handful of cooked sesame seeds before the pan, and the spicy hot pot is ready .
Then she fried vegetables and a tomato egg drop soup.
The lotus root is crisp, the potatoes are soft, the beef balls are fragrant, and the rich fragrance of shiitake mushrooms is numb, spicy and refreshing. The whole family is full of oil.
While eating, Tong Jiaxin secretly prayed that Wen Rugui would come over often in the future, so that he could eat delicious food.
After dinner, Tong Xuelu cut the shaped red dates and walnut candies into pieces for Wen Rugui to take home.
The night was dark and the night wind blew the leaves rustling.
Tong Xuelu shrank her neck and sent Wen Rugui to the door: "It's cold, you should go back quickly."
Wen Rugui let out an "um", her eyes fell on her bare neck, and her heart moved.
The weather was getting colder, and there seemed to be a scarf missing from her neck.
She is unwilling to take the rent back, so he can exchange the money as a gift for her.
Back to the military compound.
As soon as Wen Rugui entered the house, he saw Park Jianyi sitting on the sofa in the hall.
When Pu Jianyi heard the movement, he raised his head: "You kid is finally back!"
Wen Rugui was startled when he saw it: "How did you become like this?"
But after not seeing him for a month, Park Jianyi was as haggard as a middle-aged uncle who had been devastated, with a shaggy beard, deep dark circles under his eyes, and sunken cheeks.
Before Pu Jianyi could speak, Mr. Wen looked at what was in his hand: "What are you holding in your hand?"
"It's jujube and walnut candy." Wen Rugui handed the thing over, and didn't forget to warn, "Grandpa, don't eat too much candy."
Mr. Wen snorted: "If you want to eat it, say it clearly, don't use me as an excuse!"
After he finished speaking, he took out some candy red dates and walnuts to show off to Jiang Jiang next door.
Uncle Zong didn't know where he went, only Wen Rugui and Pu Jianyi were left in the living room.
Pu Jianyi took out a stack of money from his pocket and handed it over: "The money is returned to you."
Wen Rugui: "How come you have the money to pay it back?"
Pu Jianyi picked up the teacup and raised his head and sighed. If he didn't know, he would think he was drinking: "Xiaoru, she returned all the money to me, and told me not to send money to her in the future!"
Wen Rugui looked at him and said nothing.
He knew about Pu Jianyi and Lin Xiaoru.
Pu Jianyi had a subordinate who died while catching a robber. The subordinate was an old police officer. There was an old mother in her 70s, his wife was seriously ill, and the remaining daughter and son were young.
After the old police officer had an accident, the bureau compensated them with a pension, but it was a drop in the bucket for the Lin family, and it was not enough at all.
Pu Jianyi sent money to the Lin family in the name of all his colleagues in the Public Security Bureau, and took care of them in many ways. Lin Xiaoru was the daughter of an old police officer.
Before Lin's mother was seriously ill and entered the hospital, Pu Jianyi didn't have enough money to borrow money from him. He thought that Pu Jianyi's behavior should be able to move the other party, but he never thought that this would be the final result.
Pu Jianyi poured himself another cup of tea: "Why don't you say a few words to comfort me? I feel so uncomfortable!"
Wen Rugui paused and said, "My condolences and change."
Park Jianyi: "..."
"Why didn't I find you so bad before? Since you were with Comrade Tong, your mouth has become more and more powerful! "
Wen Rugui frowned slightly: "It has nothing to do with her, don't talk nonsense."
Pu Jianyi felt tired when he saw the appearance of his defender, and felt even more uncomfortable when he thought that he was rejected by the other party before he confessed.
"If I go home, I feel that I will never care about any woman again in the future. The feelings are so hurtful!"
It was clear that the two of them got along well before, but they were about to pierce that layer of paper. Who would have thought that he had only been on a business trip for half a month, and when he came back, she would have a partner.
What the hell, what has he been for these two years
Although at first he just looked after the Lin family for the sake of his colleagues, but later... Anyone with eyes could see that he was interested in her.
It's not that he didn't want to pierce that layer of paper, but she said that she didn't want to be with someone and just wanted to take care of her family. Why is she willing to be with others now
He feels like a fool!
Wen Rugui has never been able to comfort people, so she could only listen to him silently.
When they returned, Pu Jianyi drank all the tea in the Wen family.
When he walked out of Wen's house, he was swaying, looking like he was drunk.
**
The next day, as soon as Tong Xuelu went to work, she announced to the people in the restaurant that she was going to participate in the cooking competition.
"Manager Tong, can we really upgrade to a first-class hotel?"
Meng Qingqing's mouths were wide open when they found out.
Tong Xuelu said lightly, "If we can win the cooking competition."
Meng Qingqing's group became even more excited when they heard this.
"Manager Tong's cooking skills are so good, it's definitely possible!"
Guo Weiping nodded, "I think so too!"
Guo Chunyu's face also flushed with excitement: "Manager Tong, what should we do next?"
Tong Xuelu gave Guo Chunyu an admiring look: "I will spend more time practicing cooking, so you should take more care of the restaurant."
Guo Chunyu nodded again and again: "this is what it should be. Manager Tong, rest assured, we will take care of the hotel well and not let the hotel's affairs affect you!"
Meng Qingqing and Guo Weiping also nodded: "Manager Tong, you can practice cooking with confidence."
Tong Xuelu nodded in satisfaction.
Then she took Guo Weiping to buy ingredients, and when she returned to the store, she saw Secretary Zhuo waiting for her at the restaurant with a document.
"Secretary Zhuo, why are you here?"
Secretary Zhuo saw her with a smile on his face: "Minister Lin asked me to hand over this information to you personally. I heard that you have qualified for the competition, so congratulations to you!"
Tong Xuelu smiled happily: "This is thanks to Secretary Zhuo. We just made a batch of beef balls in our store yesterday. Do you want Secretary Zhuo to come?"
Secretary Zhuo smiled and said, "Okay, my family just told me to buy some when I went out today."
Tong Xuelv personally packed her a bag of beef balls. As for the price, it was half buy and half free.
Secretary Zhuo saw the weight in the bag, and the smile on his face became even brighter.
After Secretary Zhuo left, Tong Xuelv took out the information and read it in detail.
The competition is scheduled for the middle of next month, which means she still has more than half a month to prepare.
There are a total of twelve participating restaurants including her, three of which are very powerful.
These three restaurants are all formed by the time-honored public-private partnership. For example, one of them is called Red Star Restaurant, which was a very famous restaurant in Beijing before the public-private partnership. Their fried crab butter and fermented bean curd meat are well-known specialties.
After a lapse of time, the time-honored brand was jointly operated by the public and private, and later it was changed to the Red Star Hotel and became a state-owned restaurant.
They may not be able to cook these dishes in normal times, but once there is a competition, they will definitely come up with the best and most distinctive dishes to participate in the competition.
In other words, the masters in this competition are all Crouching Dragons and Hidden Tigers. It is not easy for her to win the competition.
But since she has already participated, she can only go all out.
Tong Xuelu was thinking about the competition, and Wen Rugui had already arrived at the department store.
He seldom came to this place, and it took a long turn to find the counter that sold clothes.
The sales clerk usually looks at people through the nostrils, but now seeing Wen Rugui, a shy smile appeared on his face: "What do you want to buy, comrade?"
Wen Rugui: "Do you have any ladies' scarves?"
The salesman was startled and asked, "Are you going to buy it for your mother?"
Wen Rugui frowned slightly: "No, give it to me."
The shy smile on the salesperson's face disappeared in a second: "Wait."
As she spoke, she took out a few scarves, one of which was bright red and the other was white.
Wen Rugui took out the two pieces and handed them to the salesman, "I want both."
The salesman sighed secretly in his heart, how can other people's objects be good-looking and generous, I really envy the dead.
Straight men buy things and leave.
After Wen Rugui bought the scarf, he wanted to take it to the restaurant and give it to Tong Xuelu.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, he saw a woman standing behind him, and he almost bumped into each other.
The woman smiled and said without waiting for him to speak: "Comrade Wen, what a coincidence, are you here to buy something too?"
Wen Rugui glanced at the other party: "Which one are you?"
Sun Manrou felt another arrow in the chest: "I'm Sun Manrou, can Comrade Wen really not recognize me?"
Wen Rugui shook his head: "I don't recognize it, I still have things to do. If you're okay, I'll go first."
Sun Manrou hurriedly said: "I heard what you said to the salesperson just now, are you going to send the scarf to Comrade Tong? I heard that Comrade Tong is cooking in the restaurant, I want to go there and try it, why don't I go with you? ?"
Wen Rugui refused: "Not good, and I hope you don't approach my partner in the future. I don't like what you said to her that night!"
After he finished speaking, he took it back without explaining to Sun Manrou, and walked away past her.
"… "
Sun Manrou looked at Wen Rugui's retreating back, her face red and white.
Wen Rugui came out of the department store and rode a bicycle directly to the restaurant.
Tong Xuelu saw him, a smile appeared on his face: "Why did you come so early?"
Wen Rugui gave a "um", and then handed over the scarf he bought: "For you."
Tong Xuelu opened the bag and saw that there were two wool scarves, one red and one white, which were very warm.
"Is it all for me? You didn't buy it for yourself?"
Wen Rugui shook his head lightly.
Tong Xuelu looked at it, the white one is actually very neutral, and both men and women can wear it: "I will accept the red one, and the white one for you."
Wen Rugui heard that he wanted to refuse, Tong Xuelu hurriedly said, "We will go out in the future, you will wear white, I will wear red. Do you know what this is called?"
Wen Rugui: "What's it called?"
"Couples, we wear the same thing, and others will know that we are the object at a glance."
Wen Rugui heard this word for the first time.
A picture popped up in his mind. The two of them were walking on the street. She had a red scarf around her neck and a white scarf around his neck.
The corners of Wen Rugui's mouth twitched slightly: "Okay."
Couples outfit.
He likes the word.
**
Sun Manrou returned to the newspaper office with a dark face, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became.
She really can't understand, obviously her conditions are better than that of Tong Xuelu, why can't Wen Rugui see her existence
Wen Rugui is also an idiot. He did not go to the army with such a good background of his own, but instead went to be a researcher!
If he is with her, she must make him give up his researcher status and go to work in the army.
With the connections and background of the Wen family, sooner or later he will become the commander, and then she will be the commander's wife!
So no matter what, she couldn't give up the sweet pastry of Wen Rugui.
After thinking about it, she picked up the phone and called the army: "Hello, I'm looking for Commander Xiao."
"Commander Xiao is not in the army, who are you?"
Sun Manrou was stunned for a moment: "Commander Xiao is my grandfather. Did he come to Beijing when he wasn't in the army?"
The man on the other end said, "No, Commander Xiao has left the army for personal affairs. As for where he went, I don't know."
After hanging up the phone, Sun Manrou frowned tightly.
She originally wanted to ask when Grandpa Gan came to Beijing, but she didn't want to be unable to contact anyone now.
Why is she so unlucky recently, why is everything so unsuccessful
Thinking of this, Sun Manrou's face turned even darker.
At this time, Commander Xiao was on the train to Beihe Province.
Commander Xiao took out a photo from his chest pocket. The photo was old and yellow, and it looked like it was a few years old.
The figure above is a little blurry, and it can only be vaguely seen that it is a woman.
Commander Xiao looked at the woman in the photo, his eyes were full of affection and grief: "Manzhi, it took so many years for me to know that we have children, will you blame me?"