Chapter 19: A Sleepy Dream (5)
Tao Xiang quickly got dressed. After a while, it was neat again. Looking back at Jingyi, she was shrunk in the quilt, motionless, like a silkworm baby...... He walked over and put his hand on her shoulder.
I only felt that her body trembled when she was down.
"Wait until I get back." He whispered.
Instead, she flinched and didn't say a word.
Tao Xiao stroked her playful little hair curls, and when her hand stopped, she saw the rouge mole on her forehead.
Seeing that he wasn't leaving, Jing Yi couldn't help but block his hand away, glaring at him with a red face, "Why don't you go quickly?" β
Tao Xiao smiled and lowered his head to kiss her on the forehead.
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Tu Huyi stood outside the door of the study, looking at Cen Gaoying who came in a hurry. Cen Gaoying's hand holding the telegram clip was about to pinch out the water. The two looked at each other, waiting for Tao Xiang to come downstairs, but Ma Xingjian sat outside under the porch, intently polishing his boots.
The cicadas chirp high-pitched, making people feel that the weather is unusually hot. Sweating like pulp.
Cen Gaoying took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief. I looked at the tiger wings.
Tu Huyi sniffed, pointed upstairs, and said, "If you can't wait, go up." β
Cen Gaoying rolled his eyes for him, took off his glasses to wipe his sweat, rolled his eyes again, and then put them on and said, "Am I looking for death?" β
Tu Huyi smiled and said, "Qishao is in a good mood. Take advantage of these days. β
Cen Gaoying pursed his lips and said, "It's still troublesome, I didn't even go out of the gate of the headquarters, so I was dragged back to standby, and I was busy until this moment." If it goes on like this, I'm afraid I'm going to be divorced. β
"Why." Tu Huyi grinned, and when he saw Qiu Wei bringing tea to the two of them, he was silent.
"Thank you, Miss Shen." Cen Gaoying hurriedly took the tea.
"No thanks, Staff Officer Cen." Qiu Wei still walked away.
Zhang's mother took Yue'er to split silk threads outside the back porch, and Qiu Wei also went out to help.
The front and back doors were open, and the hall was transparent, and through the screen door, they could be heard whispering and laughing...... The voice was extremely low, and the figure and the flowers and trees were cast on the yarn, and after a while, they moved.
Cen Gaoying looked at Atul's gaze and followed Qiu Wei out, took a sip of tea, and touched him.
Atul looked at him and frowned.
"You've always wanted to go to the combat unit, haven't you?" Cen Gaoying asked.
Atul pondered for a moment, nodded, and asked, "What's the news?" β
"You might as well take advantage of this time to mention it to Qi Shao again. Or maybe that's it. It's not that Qishao doesn't want to let you go, but he has to have a better chance. Right now, the garrison in Xinjiang needs manpower. If General Ma is stationed, many vacant seats here will have to be replaced. Cen Gaoying slowly drank tea and patted Tu Huyi's shoulder, "Seize the opportunity, Huzi." Even I want to ask for it, let alone you? β
"You are a wise man of the Seventh Youth, so I can't just let you go." Tu Huyi said with a smile.
Cen Gaoying smiled, heard the sound of the stairs, and hurriedly put the teacup and straightened his appearance.
Sure enough, when I looked up, Tao Xiang came down from upstairs.
"Commander, a telegram from General Ma from Dihua." Cen Gaoying stepped forward and took out a piece of paper from the telegram clip and handed it to Tao Xiang.
Tao Xiang took it, looked at it, and walked to the study.
Cen Gaoying followed him in and looked at Tao Xiang's expression.
Tao Xiang read the telegram twice. Although only sixteen words. He lit a cigarette and said, "Wang Duanyang is greedy for life and afraid of death, he is defeated and flees, and he comes back at this time to grab the fruits of victory." He is willing, his superiors are willing, and he has to ask my soldiers if they are happy. Whoever dares to hurt me, let him have no return. Give Ma Zhongcheng a reply, so that he doesn't have to make a noise, act at the opportunity, and dispose of it as appropriate. Dunhuang is still in Ili, and if necessary, you can request Dunhuang to cooperate in the battle. That's what it means, let's send it. β
Cen Gaoying wrote quickly, Tao Xiang finished speaking, and he also finished remembering.
"Commander, if Envoy Fei asks, how will he reply? He will be gone in two days. Cen Gaoying said.
"What's going on?" Tao Xiang asked.
"When I came back, I was quite active in the city. He and Pu Lao's second son are classmates, and they often go in and out of Pufu these days. Cen Gaoying said.
Tao Xiang took a puff of his cigarette, nodded, and said, "This person is not to be afraid. β
Cen Gaoying was silent, waiting for Tao Xiang to show further.
"I replied to the phone and told Ma Zhongcheng that I would wait for his good news before holding a celebration banquet. I want to ask Fei Yuming to finish drinking this glass of wine and then go back to Nanjing to resume his life. Tao Xiang said.
Cen Gaoying took the order and went.
Tao Xiang paced in the study.
When he finished a cigarette, he slammed the butt into the ashtray. After a while, he turned around and commanded, "Prepare the car." β
"Yes." Tu Huyi looked at his face and stood upright. Clicked twice, turned around and went out.
Tao Xiang hurriedly walked upstairs, and sure enough, he saw that Jingyi had already cleaned up. Jingyi saw him come in, silent, watery eyes looked at him, and straightened her curls in the mirror.
"I need to go back to headquarters." Tao Xiang came over, only to remember that his clothes were not here.
Jing Yi realized it and said, "You wash first, and I'll get it for you." β
"Okay." Tao Xiang looked at her, not the Xiangyun gauze skirt she was wearing just now, but a dark purple embroidered short cheongsam. The cheongsam was knee-high, and as she walked, her hem swayed gently between the crooks of her legs. The cheongsam is rolled with pale golden teeth and embroidered with pale golden plum blossoms...... As soon as she wore it like this, especially the snow-white calves exposed under the hem of the knee-length cheongsam, he felt that he was going to sweat again.
"What more?" Jingyi asked.
"Nothing." Tao Xiang said.
She stood in front of him in dark purple slippers, looking very comfortableβhe really didn't want her to be so comfortable, but he couldn't at this time.
He hurriedly took a shower, and when he came out, Jingyi had already taken care of the clothes he was going to go out with, and he changed into them.
Jingyi took a holster belt for Tao Xiang. It's so heavy.
Tao Xiang grabbed it in his hand, but he didn't hang it on his body, turned around and went out, turned around, said "It's still the same beautiful one just now", and left.
Jing Yi followed out, and when he went downstairs, he saw that Ma Tu and the two of them were still walking through the courtyard with a few guards, and then they remembered what he said just now, and looked down at the cheongsam on their bodies--that one was so good-looking just now?
The one just now, how can she wear it out to see people again?
She pulled the handkerchief from under her flank and wiped the sweat from the tip of her nose.
Turning around and looking at the hall, there was no one in the empty hall, and just wanted to call someone, I saw Zhang's mother push open the screen door behind her and come in, trotting and asking, "What do you have to say about the young grandmother?" β
Jingyi asked, "What are you doing there?" β
Zhang's mother came over, smiled and said, "These days, my hands are itchy and I want to embroider." Qiu Wei has found a good trick, I want to try to embroider a tent for the young grandmother to use in winter...... It's just that these things are less and more grandma, and I don't know if they are rare or not. β
Jingyi listened and said with a smile: "Your work is very good." That's the trouble. β
"No hassle. There is little work in our yard, and there is nothing to do when we are idle all day. If you don't find some work to do, you can feel uncomfortable. Does young grandma drink tea? I'm going to soak. Zhang's mother said with a smile.
"Good. Take it out, and I'll take a look at it later. Jingyi said and walked to the backyard.
Qiu Wei and Yue'er were chopping silk threads head-to-head, and when they saw her come out, Qiu Wei smiled and said, "Miss, take a look at Mama Zhang's craftsmanship...... I saw her embroider a small belly pocket before, so I asked her to embroider a big one. She's really moved. β
Jingyi sat down and smiled.
Seeing that Yue'er and Qiu Wei were both talking, they split a very thin silk thread, one strand into two strands, and two strands into four strands...... Twist the silk thread and set it aside. In a delicate basket that looks like it has been used for many years, there are all kinds of silk threads, and the colors are colorful. She fiddled with it and looked at it, and picked up a small belly pocket with half embroidered in a large basket on the side, which was the two immortals of Hehe; Another one has already been embroidered, with a five-poison pattern on it, which is lifelike...... The size is very small, and when you hold it in your hand, you will be happy to look at it.
She asked, "This is for the little doll, right?" But who added a child to the family? β
Yue'er laughed, Qiu Wei glared at Yue'er, coughed, and said, "No, Mother Zhang said that it was embroidered first, and it was not necessary to make it when the time comes, so it will save trouble." β
Jing Yi was looking at the fat doll on her belly pocket and couldn't put it down, listened to Qiu Wei's words, looked at her, Qiu Wei was serious, she gritted her teeth, and couldn't help but tidy up her collar - the collar of this cheongsam is high and too close to the neck, tightly knit, and when she sweats, it looks like another layer of skin growing on her body, and it gets even hotter if she doesn't have it...... She ignored Qiu Wei and turned her face to look at the embroidery on the table.
She took the embroidery sample and unfolded it.
It's "White Plum Reflecting the Moon".
She stared at the picture, and Zhang's mother came to deliver tea, and she looked up.
Zhang's mother said: "Qian'er discussed with Qiu Wei what to embroider appropriately, she said that the young grandmother loves plum blossoms, and she remembered where she had seen one, and it took a long time to find it." When I looked at it, it was really good. It took two days to draw the ...... Less grandma look, does this make? If I do, I'll embroider it. is this white plum reflecting the moon, and the foundation has to be pure to show a good look. Young grandmother's room for use, too plain and afraid of taboos......"
Jingyi lowered her head and looked at the embroidery.
It's so well drawn. I didn't expect Zhang's mother to trace the embroidery pattern so well.
"What about the painting?" She asked, placing the embroidery back on the table. Took the tea bowl.
"I'll take it." Qiu Wei saw her asking, and hurriedly answered.
"Hmm." Jingyi nodded. I lifted the lid of the bowl and drank tea, but I heard the bowl touch lightly, making a slight sound. She looked closely, and it turned out that her hands were trembling...... She whispered, "I don't remember when I threw it away, but you even took it." β