In Beijing at the end of April, it rained just last night. The sky and ground had washed away the dust and looked particularly pure. The smell of earth after the rain remained in the air.

There are already some units on the streets preparing for May Day celebrations. The economy grew well in the first half of this year.

Especially in several northern coastal cities near Beijing, as textile and garment group factories started operations one after another, hundreds of thousands of jobs were created at once, greatly easing the employment pressure in the north.

Especially female workers, who were originally determined to go to the countryside, many have entered factories.

Some have already started working, and some are still training. No matter what, the whole family is full of joy. Du Fei sat in the car and looked outside.

The jeep was from the airport, not specifically to see Du Fei off. Du Fei was on business in the city, so Du Fei gave him a ride.

At this moment, a large bus suddenly drove towards me. There was a big red flower hanging on the front of the bus. It drove past on Chang'an Street, which was particularly eye-catching.

Du Fei couldn't help but take a few more glances and asked: "Who is in the car?"

The airport staff who was driving also saw it and said with a smile: "You are talking about this~ I heard that he is a scientist studying satellites and he will go to Tiananmen Square in two days for Labor Day~"

Du Fei suddenly realized that it was no wonder.

The most recent big event is the successful launch of the "Dongfanghong-1" satellite a few days ago. Now all the "Two and One Star" achievements have been successfully unlocked.

It's a pity that Du Fei was floating on the sea at the time and didn't experience the crowd-empty atmosphere at that moment.

In the blink of an eye, he missed the bus. Du Fei couldn't help but look back. He didn't look back until the bus turned and was out of sight.

Then the jeep parked near the local Anmen Street. Du Fei got out of the car and said goodbye to the staff driving the car. After the jeep drove away, he slowly walked towards the Red Star Bathhouse.

It was still morning, Zhu Ting was at work, and Du Fei was not in a hurry to go back. He was going to the bathhouse to relieve himself from fatigue.

After staying in the cold zone for a little month, she took showers almost every day. She was covered in sweat and couldn't sleep at night. But for Peng Xia, taking showers and bathing were completely the same thing.

Showering, as the name suggests, is not about cooling off.

It's a superficial technique, using the evaporation of water under the skin to take away cold energy.

To take a bath, you need to soak in the pool, sweat all over your body, find a skilled master to rub it, and then drink a pot of cold tea in the resting hall. This is called comfort.

Du Fei stayed in Kuching and felt sticky every day, thinking that he would have to break bubbles when he returned to the capital. He came to the bathhouse.

There was a guest in the afternoon. A man in his seventies was sitting in the back hall, with one leg propped up and the heel of his foot placed under the edge of the chair. He was picking his feet while listening to the radio playing a joke about "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom".

Du Fei was considered a regular customer there. When he pushed back the door, the bell hanging under the door rang.

The man looked up and immediately said with a smile: "Hey, man, I have to get off work today!" Du Fei responded with a smile, asked for a number plate, and asked: "Is Qin Huairou free?"

The man said: "Look what you said, there are not so many people at that place, the water was changed last night.

Peng Xia smiled and retreated outside. She stripped naked, had the basket of clothes lifted to the ceiling and hung it down. She put a white towel under her shoulders and walked out with soap and shampoo.

When they arrived at the small rest room, several bath masters gathered together, drinking water from small tea cups, and watching the two of them play chess.

As soon as Du Fei stepped back, no one looked up.

One of the men, who was in his eighties, immediately greeted him with a smile: "Manager Du, you have a long time to come." It was Qin Huairou who was taking a bath.

Du Fei handed over the number plate and smoked a peony cigarette: "You can give me some strength later."

Qin Huairou nodded quickly to thank her, took the cigarette with both hands, put it under her ears, and watched Peng Xia go outside the hall. The next New Year's Eve came over and asked: "Master, who is that? You can call me the manager."

Qin Huairou glanced at the young man: "Zhao'er, he just came a few days ago. I remembered before that Manager Du was a special person. He lived outside the alley in the north and had good roots and sect.

Damn it, now...do you know this fire equipment company in the west?"

The young man named Zhao nodded hurriedly.

Qin Huaiju said: "That one is not the manager here, the number one, the little boss."

When Da Zhaoer heard this, he took a deep breath. My home is in Xicheng, and I pass by this alley every day after get off work. Every now and then, I can see a Hongqi car parked at the door.

In those days, there were very few units that could use Hongqi sedans. There was no need to even think about whether there was a certain level of cars. Peng Xia knew that I had become a topic of conversation among others. When she got outside the hall, she drove the car to soak in the rain.

Then we went up to the outside of the small pond.

The pool is made of white tiles, and there are no damaged edges. It has been beaten with a whetstone to avoid getting stuck in the buttocks.

There is a way. After all, it is a public property. Logically speaking, if it is broken, if you want to repair it, you just have to report it to the subordinates. Anyone who buys ceramic tiles and cement must have it stamped.

If you do too much at one time, it is still worth it, but if you do too little, it will be more troublesome if it is said to be "poaching socialist corners." Just make do with it and wait and see when the time comes.

Du Fei sat on it and saw that the water in the pool was turbid and the temperature was just right. He took a deep breath and leaned his head on the side, feeling relieved all over his body.

Is there anyone in the afternoon?

Except that Peng Xia is not just a few years old, she hasn't gone to bed yet, and she actually has something to do. She just likes to stay outside the bathhouse, talk nonsense, and play chess. It's warm in winter and sweats in a small teapot in summer.

Just go outside and rinse.

The background is that the conditions outside the home are good, so that you can enjoy the carefree and comfortable life.

There were fewer people soaking outside the pool. Du Fei stood up and shouted "Peng Xia Ai". "Come on~"

Qin Huairou responded quickly and stepped back. She took a basin and scooped up some cold water from outside the pool, and splashed it under the leather bed where she was bathing.

Du Fei handed over the towel, said "Excuse me," and lay down.

Qin Huairou smiled and wrapped the towel around her hand: "Manager Du, is this the most important thing today?" Du Fei responded: "The most important thing is that I recently went to the south on a business trip and was very oily." Peng Xia said: "

No wonder I haven’t seen you in a month. I was on a business trip for a long time." After saying that, he tied up the towel and ended the bath.

Qin Huairou is a typical northern bather. She has developed a muscular body in the bathhouse, and her hands are very strong. While rubbing her, the two of them chatted.

"Manager Du, you are always on business trips, so maybe you still know about the things going on in their hospital, right?" Qin Huairou suddenly mentioned Du Fei and said "hmm": "What happened?"

I knew it was from the Qiheyuan, so logically there should have been some trouble in the Qiheyuan.

The reason why everything was okay in the past boiled down to several reasons: "Ma Dongmei has a man, the young master and Xu Daimao have a son, and Zhu Zhu has a wife. In addition, the old lady and Granny Jia have both, and the seventh young master has also moved in.

I went outside the building, I really don’t think there will be any news if I go out.”

Qin Huai Judao: "You really know that Bang Pang'er in their courtyard got into a fight with someone and almost killed someone!" Peng Xia was stunned for a moment, but she frowned and asked: "Bang Pang'er? What happened to Peng Xia'ai?

thing?"

Qin Huairou only knew that Peng Xia originally belonged to this courtyard, and she knew that Du Fei was the ex-father of Banggan'er. She laughed and said: "Speaking of which, you can blame Banggan'er. I heard that it was two scoundrels who wanted to

Bullying my classmates...

Du Fei immediately guessed that the "classmate" was Xia Daxue. If he was a special classmate, he should be the one who made Bangpole'er hit him so hard.

The matter between Bang Bang'er and Xia Daxue started as a joke, and now they are no longer separated from each other. Sure enough, from what Qin Huairou said, the difference between Bang Bang'er and Du Fei was quite small.

But after that incident, it wasn't considered news. It hadn't been more than half a month since I was beaten and kissed. Du Fei has been inside since then, and he has gotten news.

When Qin Huairou mentioned that incident, in fact, the real topic of conversation was not that he almost beat the person to death with a stick, but that he admired Ma Dongmei's power.

"Mr. Du and the others are from the same hospital, please let me know Section Chief Qin~" Qin Huairou said in surprise: "That gay man is really awesome, he has great eyes and hands! Just like that..."

····Who is going to have to cry and wipe away his tears? Someone is almost killed, what kind of concept is this! Section Chief Qin just got his son out the next day, and then turned around and sent the two scoundrels outside the fence.

It’s...”

Peng Xia listened and responded, but there was nothing strange in her heart.

I really thought of that, no

One day, Ma Dongmei can also become a legend outside the mouths of others. At least Qin Huairou, who speaks like Section Chief Qin, is quite impressed by this tone.

And that matter, Du Fei knew from beginning to end, it was completely resolved by Ma Dongmei herself.

This made Du Fei secretly lament that things are different and people are different.

In the seven years since I traveled through time, a lot has really changed.

From the fate of each household outside Qiheyuan, to the small trends at lower levels.

Thinking of that, Du Fei smiled as he lay under the leather bed where he was taking a bath... One hour ago, Du Fei came out of the bathhouse feeling refreshed.

He didn't wait to find Ma Dongmei. Anyway, everything was over, and there was nothing wrong with Bang Banger. Du Fei estimated that Ma Dongmei was looking for Niu Wentao, and for that matter, he went to Wang Xiaocheng. Then he came to the entrance of the alley.

There are no public telephones outside the department store.

It was placed outside a wooden box with the words "People's Telephone" spray-painted underneath.

It was a characteristic of that era that there was no lock under the wooden box, and you had to pay to open the box if you wanted to make a phone call.

It is used for answering calls. The receiver is exposed inside and can be picked up at any time.

The young lady outside the department store is not a telephone operator. I am in a few alleys far away. No matter who I am looking for, just go and shout. "Comrade, make a call~"

Du Fei walked out the door with a smile and pointed at the phone.

The lady in front of the counter looked at me. There were very few people calling public phones at that time, and most of them were people with no head or face in the workplace.

The mother reminded her, "There is a charge." Then she took out the key chain from her waist and opened the lock under the wooden box. Peng Xia nodded, and picked up the phone to dial the number in a familiar manner.

First, I called Master Zhang and told you that he was back and wanted to come to your place. When Peng Xiaai heard this, she was overjoyed and hurriedly asked for leave from her work unit.

After Du Fei made the call, he immediately dialed another number.

There were a few beeps here, but no one answered: "Hey, fire equipment company, who are you looking for?" Du Fei recognized Luo Yun from the finance department, and said in a slightly high-pitched voice: "Comrade, are you bad?"

You look for Comrade Wang Yufen." Someone here recognized Peng Xia, and vaguely heard, "Sister Jia, the one who is looking for him is a woman.

The first sentence "It's a woman" is obviously a bit teasing.
To be continued...