On the morning of the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Chu Tianqi took a shuttle bus to the township and began to be on duty. He was assigned to be on duty for three days from the 13th to the 15th day of the first month. On the sixteenth and seventeenth days of the first month, the township chief Ning Junqi was on duty, and if she couldn't come because of something, Chu Tianqi would do it for her.

Chu Tianqi arrived relatively early, and when he arrived in the township, it was just past seven o'clock. When he came to the office, the room was full of dust, so he took off his heavy clothes and cleaned the house. After finishing this, I made a cup of tea and drank it quietly.

After a while, Zhao Gang of the police station, Zhu Chengguo of the Land Office, and Jiang Ye, the deputy head of the township, came to Chu Tianqi's office one after another to report to Chu Tianqi, the substitute leader, and Yang Daqing arrived at almost noon. When everyone went to the office of the deputy head of Chu, the main thing was to report and pay a farewell to their old age. I haven't officially gone to work yet, and people are talking more about the New Year, and as for work, we still wait for the official start of work.

There are just a few people, and there is no official gang in the township. In the past few days on duty, everyone sat in shifts and invited each other. During the shift, Chu Tianqi went to Liu Wentao's house for two meals, and he also happened to send the New Year's money to Liu Wentao's son.

In the past few days on duty, the township has been quite peaceful, and nothing has happened in the village. Maybe it's because of the holiday, everyone's hearts haven't been taken back, and even Chu Tianqi is absent-minded and doesn't work much. The daytime passed in a daze, and after dinner, I either played mahjong or watched TV.

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On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Ning Junqi did not come, and Chu Tianqi did not ask, but continued to be on duty. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, Chu Tianqi was sitting in the office, smoking a cigarette idly, when suddenly there was a knock on the door. He looked up and saw a familiar face through the glass.

Chu Tianqi quickly got up, walked over, opened the door, and said, "Why are you here?"

Someone came and walked in with a curtain, and said playfully, "Come and see you!"

The person who had just entered the house was none other than Ouyang Yuna, a reporter from Hexi Daily who had not been seen for many days. She wears a beige woolen coat and a purple cap, which is both delicate and elegant. The willow eyebrows are curved, the teeth are bright, and her facial features are still so exquisite. It's just that her eye sockets are a little deep, and her cheekbones are also a little prominent, making her look very thin.

"What are you doing, aren't you welcome?" Ouyang Yuna looked at Chu Tianqi who was stunned on the spot and said.

Chu Tianqi hurriedly said: "Welcome, welcome, warm welcome." And stretched out his hands.

Ouyang Yuna was slightly stunned and stretched out a pair of her jade hands.

Looking at his small hands like mutton fat jade, Chu Tianqi realized that his handshake was too abrupt. But the arrow was on the string, and he had to send it, so he had to gently squeeze the other party's jade hand, and immediately let go.

Looking at Chu Tianqi's embarrassed appearance, Ouyang Yuna "giggled" and laughed, and couldn't help but tease: "Township Chief Chu, is the little woman's hands poisonous? ”

"No, no. He rubbed his hands together awkwardly and said, "You may be seated." ”

Ouyang Yuna smiled, took off her beige woolen coat, put it in Chu Tianqi's hand, and said, "Please ask the township chief of Chu to help put it down." ”

When Ouyang Yuna took off her coat, her upper body revealed a snow-white cashmere sweater, and a pair of tight black elastic pants on her legs. The whole figure is exquisite, concave and convex, and Chu Tianqi was there for a while. Just before he could react, Ouyang Yuna took the cap from his head with her other hand, and the cyan black waterfall spread out.

"Hurry up. Ouyang Yuna said as she put her hat on top of her coat.

Chu Tianqi came back to his senses, replied "Okay", took the coat and hat in both hands, ran to the northwest corner of the room, and hung the coat and hat on the hanger against the wall.

When he turned around, Ouyang Yuna was already sitting on the chair, looking at himself and smiling. He hurriedly found a clean cup, made a cup of tea, put it on the table in front of her, and said, "Please use tea." Then, sit back in your chair.

Ouyang Yuna said "thank you" very ladylikely, and then laughed "giggle".

"What are you laughing at?" Chu Tianqi asked.

"I saw funny people, of course I had to laugh. Ouyang Yuna replied.

Chu Tianqi knew that she was laughing at her helplessness, her face flushed, and she changed the topic: "Where are you from? Why did you get here all of a sudden?"

Hearing this, Ouyang Yuna's face darkened: "I came from Shangli County, and an interview task has been completed, so I came to visit the head of Chuda Township." You've ignored me for months, and you haven't even had a phone call for the Chinese New Year. ”

"I, I...... It's not ...... Didn't your family not let you contact me?" Chu Tianqi gave an answer after a long time.

"Then what do you think?" Ouyang Yuna asked, staring at him tightly.

"I ...... I respect your family's ideas. Chu Tianqi lowered his head and said, "They are also good for you." ”

"Respect, are you running away?" asked Ouyang Yuna.

Chu Tianqi breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "I have always treated you as a little sister, and we are not suitable. Although I don't pay attention to the right door now, I can't get over this hurdle in my heart. His reason was a bit far-fetched, in fact, he didn't think about it at first, he felt that Ouyang Yuna was mainly grateful to him. Later, when he completely let go of Meng Yuling in his heart, Ning Junqi had quickly occupied an important position in his heart. Of course, after the incident of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, he guessed Ouyang Yuna's family background, so he just found a reasonable reason for himself: the gap was too big.

"You mean my family, right? Then you care a lot, you care a lot about the woman's family, whether it's rich or expensive?" asked Ouyang Yuna with a trill.

Chu Tianqi nodded heavily and replied.

"I see. Ouyang Yuna nodded, "Then if this is the case in other people's families, or if it is more than mine, will you think the same way?" ”

"This ...... I never thought about it. Chu Tianqi lied. After he guessed Ouyang Yuna's family situation, he also made assumptions, assuming that Ning Junqi's family was also like this, what should he do? At that time, he didn't give his own answer, so he chose to skip it. Today, when Ouyang Yuna raised this question, he knew in his heart that what he was worried about had finally become a reality: Ning Junqi's family was not ordinary. So what should I do? He had no answer, only this vague answer.

"You are deceiving yourself, do you know my heart?Do you know how much effort I put into finding you here this time?" Ouyang Yuna asked, "I want you to answer, are you really like this because of my family?" or did you not have me in your heart at all?"

Chu Tianqi faced Ouyang Yuna's aggressive question, and sighed: "Okay, then I'll answer you." The meeting a few years ago, I only thought it was an accident, and I never thought that we would meet again. Two years ago, after meeting Director Ouyang, you helped me, and I took it as your reward for helping me. As for your repeated help to me, I think you are grateful to me, and I don't think anything else. Later, when I guessed about your family's situation, I understood the gap between us better. You are like a swan, and I am just an ordinary mountain bird, and we are not in the same circle at all. ”

"You're a liar. Ouyang Yuna said with a crying voice, "If you remember what you said, I want to see if you still treat yourself as an ordinary mountain bird when you are with other swans." After saying that, she began to cry, and her heart was about to break.

Chu Tianqi didn't persuade him, and he didn't persuade him, so he paced back and forth on the ground in a hurry.

Suddenly, Ouyang Yuna stood up, came to the hanger, put on a woolen coat, put on a hat, and ran out.

Seeing the tear-stained "swan" rushing out of the door, Chu Tianqi was slightly stunned and hurriedly chased out. When he chased to the front yard, Ouyang Yuna had already opened the car door and was about to get into the car. He hurriedly said in the back: "If you have something to say, you have something to say." ”

"What else are you talking about?" Ouyang Yuna cried, then quickly got into the car and closed the door.

Chu Tianqi came to the side of the car, pulled the door handle with one hand, slapped the window with the other, and said, "Come down, you have something to say." ”

Ouyang Yuna didn't open the door at all, nor did she get down, but started the car.

At this time, a man hurried here. She held the suitcase in one hand, waved it vigorously in the other, and shouted, "Wait, wait." ”

Chu Tianqi saw that the person who came was none other than the township chief Ning Junqi.

Ning Junqi walked quickly to the car, gave the suitcase to Chu Tianqi, and gave him a blank look. Then, he patted the window of the car and said, "Yuna, when are you coming?" Get out of the car quickly, you have something to say." ”

Ouyang Yuna was already lying on the steering wheel, crying even harder, and the sound of "wooing" came out through the car window. Ning Junqi stood outside the car and kept persuading, but Ouyang Yuna still kept crying.

"You go back to the office first. Ning Junqi said to Chu Tianqi.

Chu Tianqi looked at the sad "swan" in the car, then looked at Ning Junqi beside him, nodded to Ning Junqi, and walked back to his office.

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After more than ten minutes, Ouyang Yuna finally got out of the car and followed Ning Junqi to the township mayor's office.

During dinner, Chu Tianqi called Ning Junqi, and Ning Junqi only said "don't worry about it" and hung up the phone. Ning Junqi didn't come out, Ouyang Yuna didn't show up, and Chu Tianqi didn't go out to eat with Yang Daqing and the others, but paid for a meal in the office.

Later, Chu Tianqi went to knock on the door of the township chief's office, but no one answered inside.

He called Ning Junqi, and the phone rang several times before it was connected, and he said, "I want to go into the house and talk." ”

The phone was silent for a while, and Ning Junqi's voice came: "It's not appropriate now." If I'm looking for you, I'll give you a call. After saying that, a "beep" sound came from the phone.

Although Chu Tianqi did not give up, he still returned to the office. He waited until it was very late, and he didn't wait for Ning Junqi or Ouyang Yuna's call. Finally, the will did not overcome the knock sleep, and at the dawn of the day, he fell asleep.