Chapter 14: Tacit Cooperation on Chinese New Year's Eve
Every day at work, Chu Tong still occasionally sees Peng Xu, but he doesn't talk deeply.
She knew that Peng Xu was too, maybe she was too afraid of being hurt by her feelings again, maybe because of her embarrassing identity, he Peng Xu was avoiding her as much as possible, in short, he was not as close as he once was.
In this way, she chose to hide that happy and sweet time somewhere in the depths of her memory, and only recalled the beauty of the past alone when she dreamed back at midnight.
The days passed unhurriedly, and soon it was the end of the year.
During this period, Chu Tong went through two court sessions alone, and in the court, she faced the aggressiveness of Feng Jun's family alone, and in the end, she divorced the marriage, but Xiaobao's custody belonged to the Feng family.
When many things have been done silently, the Spring Festival is coming.
The atmosphere of the New Year has become stronger and stronger, the red lanterns on the street, and the scene of the owners of the Jinhu community putting up lights and happily buying New Year's goods are all reminding the outsiders who are wandering outside - the New Year is coming.
Chu Tong is also a foreigner, because of the change in her marriage, she chose not to go home this year, but to work overtime.
Chinese New Year's Eve is another day of day shifts and night shifts. The property security department is manned 365 days a year.
According to the practice of Jinhu Property, on this day, except for those who have applied to go home for the New Year in advance, all the staff on duty in the security department will gather in the unit cafeteria to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together.
It's an atmosphere, it's a kind of care, it's a tradition.
Before the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner began, Chu Tong was decorating her nest, and she wanted to put couplets and window flowers on the house before going to work at night.
Anyway, no one cooperated, and the technology was not in place, and several times she pasted the upper link, and dropped the lower link. But she was not reconciled, and still wanted to leave home and go to work after sticking it up.
She superstitiously believes that this is the first thing to do for the new year, and if she doesn't do it well, it will affect the whole year, so she is still trying.
The dinner party started immediately, and Chu Tong couldn't wait for the left. Peng Xu was worried that something was wrong with Chu Tong, so he called over to ask. Knowing that Chu Tong was just obsessively trying to paste the couplets and win a good fortune for the New Year, he smiled, what a stupid woman.
In the end, the couplet was finally finished, and it was Peng Xu who played the video, helping to see the angle while guiding the method to complete.
It turned out that the glue prepared by Chu Tong before pasting the couplets was not professional, and after switching to double-sided tape and transparent tape, the couplets were finally pasted.
I haven't been in contact for a long time, and I haven't contacted again, but it's such a cooperation in sticking couplets, although it's a small thing, but it's still full of tacit understanding.
Afraid that Chu Tong would not be able to catch up with the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Peng Xu specially rode a motorcycle to pick up Chu Tong to work.
On the sparsely populated streets of Chinese New Year's Eve, a car of two people, driving slowly, sitting in the back seat of the motorcycle, holding Peng Xu's back Chu Tong, couldn't help but gently close his eyes, the long-lost sense of steadiness seemed to return, only he made her feel that her heart had landed.
When Peng Xu and Chu Tong arrived, the unit's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner had already ended, and everyone was toasting to happiness and peace.
Seeing the two of them coming in together, Ma Wei took the lead in coaxing: "Yo, shouldn't you two have a private meeting before dinner?" This big New Year can be described as a joy! ”
Hearing this, Chu Tong blushed instantly, but saw Peng Xu explain lightly: "Don't talk nonsense, there's nothing to do, it's just that I helped pick up my colleagues to go to work together." ”
is so light and light, and such an understatement makes Chu Tong feel a little uncomfortable. In Peng Xu's eyes, it was as indifferent as if nothing had happened.
That Chinese New Year's Eve dinner Chu Tong ate tastelessly, but under the atmosphere of colleagues, the later links were still very relaxed and pleasant.
During the banquet, there were several eye collisions with Peng Xu, and Chu Tong could barely deal with them normally, and she hid her emotions very well.
Along the way, she seems to be more and more adept at controlling her emotions.
At the end of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, colleagues agreed to go to the temple to pray for blessings and incense after work on the morning of New Year's Day in accordance with local customs.
As a result, after getting off work the next morning, the people who had made an appointment to go to Shangxiang missed the appointment one by one. Some people say that the previous night's work is too tiring, and they will go again in the afternoon; Some people say that they have to go home to visit relatives and another day; In short, in the end, only Peng Xu and Chu Tong were the only ones who decided to go.
Chu Tong is half a devout Buddhist, and he himself believes in fate and fate.
Therefore, she still attaches great importance to the blessing activities on the first day of the Lunar New Year. In addition, Peng Xu walked together, and this incense trip naturally became another opportunity to be alone with Peng Xu, which she cherished very much.
When you arrive at the temple, there are many people queuing up to offer incense, and in the smoky hall, Bodhisattvas from all walks of life solemnly look at all beings. When they lined up to walk to the incense burner to make a wish, Chu Tong couldn't help but tilt his head to look at Peng Xu, and it happened that Peng Xu was also turning his head to look at her.
After looking at each other for a second, they smiled and kowtowed to the Bodhisattva, closed their eyes and made a wish, offered incense and prayed, and the first wish of the new year was completed, and the seeds of hope were quietly planted in their hearts.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there are many good men and women, people come and go, and everyone's face is full of joy and happiness.
Walking out of the bustling crowd, at the exit of the temple, Chu Tong unexpectedly met his good friend Sun Jing and her son.
Sun Jing's house is in the community next to the temple, because he hasn't seen him for a long time, and it is the New Year, so he took the initiative to invite Chu Tong upstairs as a guest.
Chu Tong looked at Peng Xu in embarrassment, and then looked at Sun Jing and expressed embarrassment. During the Chinese New Year, it is indeed inappropriate to go to the door of a friend's house but not come to the door, but at this time, Peng Xu, who came with him, will be left out in the cold.
Fortunately, Sun Jing was empathetic and saw Chu Tong's embarrassment, so he took the initiative to invite Chu Tong and Peng Xu to be guests at home.
Peng Xu took the initiative to buy a New Year's gift, chatted with Sun Jing's son and walked in front, Sun Jing and Chu Tong followed behind, maintaining a distance not far away.
"Tong, how are you doing? It's too complete with Feng Jun? ”
"But! Over the years, I have dried up all the tears of this life, and I have eaten all the hardships that I can eat and can't endure, and I am glad that I am still alive! ”
"I've really hurt you all these years! Now that you've chosen to start over, let's live a good life for yourself! ”
"Hmm!"
The two women chatted about the day's work, and the group had walked to Sun Jing's house, changed their shoes, put down the gifts, and Sun Jing greeted warmly: "It's home." What would you like to eat when you two eat together? I'll cook! ”
"It's all right! Don't be too complicated, keep it simple, let's have a lot of fun together! ”
"That's not going to work. You finally divorced the broken marriage, and brought a new boyfriend to the door for the first time, but you can't be lazy! ”
"Jing'er...... What nonsense are you talking about? It's a colleague, not a boyfriend! Chu Tong glanced at Peng Xu nervously, and explained to Sun Jing embarrassedly.
"Yo Yo Yo, are you still embarrassed? What about testing my eyesight? Look at the tacit understanding between the two of you, dare to say that you are not that relationship? Sun Jing squinted, tilted her head, and pointed at the two of them with a wicked smile, looking disbelieving.
"It's really not ......"