Chapter Thirty-Eight: Refusal
Sending Chu Zheng out of the door, watching him turn around and walk backwards from time to time, a slightly dark face, waving to her with a big smile, Han Zihe smiled and waved his hand in response, until the figure of the expedition gradually became a small grain in the distance.
At this time, the moon has faintly disappeared into the sky.
I was about to turn around and close the door, but I heard a loud laughter: "Brother and sister, wait a minute!"
Han Zihe, who had already stepped into the courtyard, turned around to look, but it was Sister-in-law He who she hadn't seen for a few days.
She smiled and invited people into the courtyard.
"I'm not going to enter the house, it's a hot day, let's talk in the courtyard?" Sister-in-law He waved her hand and declined Han Zihe's invitation to enter the house, found a stone bench, and sat down with a big smile.
Han Zihe smiled: "Sister-in-law, wait a minute, I'll go get some cold drinks to quench my thirst." ”
Sister-in-law He smiled and said no, Han Zihe waved his hand: "That's not good, sister-in-law comes to me, how can you not even drink saliva?"
That being said, when Han Zihe came out of the kitchen, in addition to a large bottle of cool sour plum soup and two cups, there were also two plates of washed seasonal fruits on the plate.
"My brother and sister are exquisite, look at this cup, it's so beautiful. Sister-in-law He watched Han Zihe pour juice into the two glasses, picked up one in her hand, looked at it carefully for a while, and praised it.
The cup she held in her hand was a double-layer vacuum structure, the inner layer was an apple shape, the red and bright soup color of the sour plum soup was poured in, and the whole cup seemed to be filled with a big red apple.
Before she got up and came to the barracks, she had already consigned her favorite things and deposited them in the single apartment arranged for her by the school where she was seconded. Before moving into the small courtyard, Chu Zheng helped her get it back.
"Tsk, how is this sour plum soup cooked, and how does it taste different from mine?" Sister-in-law He was full of praise since Han Zihe brought out something.
Regardless of whether her praise was polite or sincere, Han Zihe couldn't help but respond: "It's our recipe there, the soup is cooked with black plum, black dates, hawthorn, licorice, tangerine peel, dried osmanthus, and then added rock sugar to taste...... Actually, there's nothing special about cooking it, it's just a convention, and I'm used to using this recipe, so I wrote it down. ”
"Gee, that's a lot of work...... Tut-tut, we usually boil a pot of mung bean soup to quench thirst and quench the heat; Sister-in-law He laughed, drank two more sips, and after a short while, she spoke again, "It's a little trivial for me to come back to find my younger siblings." ”
Han Zihe raised his head with a question in his eyes: "Sister-in-law has something to say." ”
Sister-in-law He smiled: "That's the case, our military family members came to the army with the army, the first to come, and they have lived here for almost 20 years...... Ah, of course, not everyone comes out every season, after all, everyone has a different time to be rich...... Like me, with our Lao He and my children, I only go out once or twice a year...... Anyway, everyone lives in the same station, and you can't go out and know no one, right?"
Han Zihe was actually quite reluctant in her heart, in her eyes, this kind of gathering was just some gossip and gossip, without any special significance, what kind of information did she really want, it was better for her to rely on her own observation and summary to be accurate.
Of course, there is still a difference between unmixed and unsociable, so she did not refuse.
Han Zihe smiled with some embarrassment: "What my sister-in-law said is very right, but I don't know if the time will coincide, I have a lot of things at hand recently." ”
Sister-in-law He was stunned, and said with a smile: "Brother and sister don't want to go?"
Han Zihe hurriedly shook his head, his expression was extremely sincere: "How come?!" I'm new here, and I've just gotten married, so I should discuss and learn from my sisters-in-law...... But my sister-in-law didn't know that I was able to come to join the army so quickly, largely because our school seconded me to the university here! Originally, I should have been teaching this semester just because I ......."
Speaking of this, Han Zihe had a little blush on his face, and this shy and astringent expression, as a sister-in-law of He, who came over, immediately understood.
"In this way, the secondment school reluctantly agreed, but when the summer vacation is over, I will open a few more public courses to make up for the difference in this semester. Han Zihe doesn't care whether Sister-in-law He understands it or not, and if she doesn't understand it, it will be more profound and easier to understand.
Sister-in-law He is not an unreasonable person, and she herself is a little embarrassed, because she has been seeing Han Zihe not going out for the past two months, she actually forgot that people are highly educated talents, and by the way, she forgot that people also have jobs.
In fact, Sister-in-law He didn't tell the truth, not everyone participated in this military family gathering, those who were particularly young, highly educated, and busy with work did not participate in it for several years, and some of them had high vision, and people didn't even mix it.
However, Sister-in-law He obviously didn't want to go back empty-handed, she smiled and said: "What my brother and sister said, my sister-in-law can understand it, but my sister-in-law is confused, and I forgot that my brother and sister have a job, brother and sister, don't worry about your sister-in-law!"
Han Zihe smiled: "How come? ”
Sister-in-law He said again: "However, the Chu team will have to be half a month younger when they go to the sanatorium to recuperate, and the younger siblings themselves are bored at home, do you want to go out with us, relax and relax?"
This time, Sister-in-law He did not invite directly, and Han Zihe was also relieved.
She smiled: "It's not a secret, I made a contract with a magazine a few days ago, and our old Chu is not at home these days, and I also sent a sigh, otherwise, I am going to rush the manuscript and go out to talk about cooperation, I am afraid that I will not have time to pay attention to him, and he will have to nag again!"
"Contract?" was rejected twice in a row, and Sister-in-law He was a little embarrassed.
Han Zihe sighed deliberately and said: "No! A few days ago, I had a quarrel with Team Hao and their family, in fact, because of this? I didn't go out of the house for two days, just to write a manuscript, and Ming'er went out to sign a contract, and by the way, I gave the manuscript to others...... In order to rush 50,000 or 60,000 words in two days, I even tried to reduce the time to sleep, and if I didn't sleep well, my temper was a little irritable, so when I heard the slander from others, I didn't control my temper. ”
Taking this opportunity, Han Zihe added what happened a few days ago, and it was not easy for her to exchange gossip for rejection.
Sure enough, Sister-in-law He sighed again and again when she heard this: "That's the case...... Yo, it's not easy for you, you write tens of thousands of words in two days, how can this person stand it...... Brother and sister, this career is important, and your own body is even more important, don't care about one or the other!"
Han Zihe smiled.
Sister-in-law He is also knowledgeable, knowing that Han Zihe really doesn't have time, so she got up and said goodbye: "Okay, sister-in-law understands, it's not easy for everyone, naturally we still have to focus on our careers, everyone understands!"
She naturally meant to say good things to Han Zihe among the military families, although Han Zihe didn't care about this, but she also appreciated it.
Thanks for his kind words, he sent Nahe's sister-in-law out of the gate, Han Zihe closed the courtyard door and exhaled deeply.
Looking up at the moon in the sky that was getting rounder and rounder, Han Zihe couldn't help but sigh secretly: It's not easy for military families to live in a district!