Chapter 38: Decline
He sent Chu Zheng out of the door and watched him turn back from time to time from time to time. On his slightly dark face, he waved to her with a big smile. Han Zihe smiled and shook his hand to respond until his figure on the battle gradually turned into a small particle in the distance. § ??
At this time, the moon had already faintly hidden in the sky.
Just as I was about to turn around and close the door, I heard a bright laugh: "Sister-in-law, wait!"
Han Zihe, who had already stepped into the yard, turned around and looked at Sister He, whom he hadn't seen in a few days.
She smiled and invited the person into the yard.
"I won't go into the house. It's a hot day, are we sisters talking in the yard?" Sister-in-law He waved her hand and declined Han Zihe's invitation to enter the house. She found a stone bench and sat down grinningly.
Han Zihe smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, wait a moment, I'll get some cold drinks to quench my thirst."
Sister-in-law He smiled and said no, Han Zihe waved his hand: "That's not possible. Sister-in-law comes to me, how can she 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 two dishes of washed seasonal fruits on the plate.
"My brother and sister are just people who are particular about it. Look at this cup, it looks so beautiful." Sister He looked at Han Zihe and poured two glasses of juice on them, picked up one in his hand, looked at it carefully for a while, and praised. ?
The cup she held in her hand was a double-layer vacuum structure. The layer inside was an apple shape. The red and bright soup of sour plum soup was poured in. The whole cup seemed to have a big red apple. The cup was thick in her hand. It looked layered. The juice was not drunk, but it looked very cool and transparent.
This cup was bought by Han Zihe during her previous trip. Before she got up and came to the military camp, she had already checked out her favorite things and stored it in the single apartment arranged for her at the school in the secondment. Before moving into the courtyard, Chu Zheng helped her get it back.
"Tsk tsk, how do you cook this sour plum soup? Why does it taste different from mine?" Sister He praised Han Zihe and brought it out.
Whether her appreciation was out of politeness or sincerity, Han Zihe didn't respond: "It was our recipe. I added black plums, black dates, hawthorn, licorice, tangerine peel, dried osmanthus to the soup, and added rock sugar to season... In fact, it's nothing special when cooking, it's just a routine. I've gotten used to using this recipe, so I just wrote it down."
"Oh, this is really cumbersome... Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk, we usually cook a pot of mung bean soup to quench thirst and heat; the more particular thing is, black mee and hawthorn, and once you put rock sugar, it will be done." Sister He laughed and took a few more sips. After a while, she spoke again, "It's a bit of a trivial matter for me to come to see my brother and sister this time."
Han Zihe looked up with a question in his eyes: "Sister-in-law has something to say.
Sister-in-law He smiled and said, "That's right. Our military family came to the army and came here. The first one has been here for almost twenty years. In this way, a tradition has been formed bit by bit. Every season, everyone goes out for a party and travel... Oh, of course, everyone comes out every season. After all, everyone has different time for wealth... Like me, with our old He and the children, I only go out once or twice a year... How about it, everyone lives in the same district. You can't go out as soon as you go out, no one knows anyone?"
Han Zihe was actually quite reluctant. In her eyes, such gatherings were just gossip and chatting, and had no special meaning. If you really need any information, it would be better to be accurate to her by relying on her own observation and summary.
Of course, there is still a difference between not being involved and not being sociable, so she did not refuse.
Han Zihe smiled with a little embarrassment: "My sister-in-law is right, but I don't know if the time will overlap. I have a lot of things on hand recently."
Sister He was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Do you brother and sister don't want to go?"
Han Zihe quickly shook his head with a very sincere expression: "How could it be?! I am new and just got married. It is said that I should discuss with my sister-in-law and learn from the scriptures... But my sister-in-law didn't know that I could come here to follow the army so quickly, and largely because our school seconded me to the university here! Originally, I should have taught this semester, just because..."
Speaking of this, Han Zihe had a blush on his face, and this shy expression was immediately understood by Sister He, who was experienced.
"In this way, the seconded school was reluctant to agree. However, after the summer vacation, I have to give a few more open classes and make up for the semester gap." Han Zihe didn't care whether Mrs. He understood or not. Only when she couldn't understand was more profound and easier to explain.
Sister 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 she is a highly educated talent, and by the way she forgets that she also has a job.
In fact, Sister He didn't say the truth. Not everyone attended this military gathering. Those who were particularly young, highly educated, and busy with work did not attend once for several years, and some had high vision, and others did not even mix with each other.
However, Sister He obviously didn't want to go back empty-handed. She smiled and said, "What my brother and sister-in-law said is understandable. It's just that my sister-in-law is confused. She actually forgot that my brother and sister have a job. Sister-in-law, don't bother with my sister-in-law!"
Han Zihe smiled and said, "How could it be? My sister-in-law is also kind."
Sister-in-law He said again: "However, Team Chu will take half a month to recuperate in the sanatorium. My brother and sister are bored at home. Should I go out with us? Let's relax quickly?"
This time, Sister He did not invite him directly, and Han Zihe felt relieved.
She smiled and said, "To be honest, I made a contract with a magazine a few days ago. These days, our old Chu is not at home, so I even breathed a sigh of relief. Otherwise, I would have to go out to discuss cooperation with the manuscript and I would probably have no time to pay attention to him, and he would have to nag again when the time comes!"
"Contract?" was rejected twice in a row, and Sister He was a little embarrassed.
Han Zihe sighed intentionally and said, "Not it! I had a fight with the Hao family a few days ago, and it was actually because of this? I didn't leave the house for those two days, just wrote the manuscript, and went out to sign a contract tomorrow, and gave the manuscript to others... For the manuscript that was 50,000 or 60,000 words in two days, I tried my best to sleep as much as possible. This is a bad sleep, and I became a little irritable. Therefore, when I heard that I slandered me, I couldn't hold my temper."
Taking this opportunity, Han Zihe added something about what happened a few days ago and exchanged gossip for polite rejection. It was not easy for her to do so.
Sure enough, Sister He heard this and sighed: "That's the case!... Oh, it's really not easy for you. How can this person bear it if he wrote tens of thousands of words in two days?... Brother and sister, this career is important, and your own body is also more important. Don't lose sight of one thing!"
Han Zihe smiled and replied.
Sister He was also tactful and knew that Han Zihe really had no time, so she stood up and said goodbye: "Okay, sister-in-law understands it. It's not easy for everyone, so naturally we should put career first, everyone understands it!"
This is what she meant, she would naturally say good things to Han Zihe among the military family. Although Han Zihe didn't care about this, she also appreciated it.
Thank you kindly and sent Sister He out of the gate. Han Zihe closed the yard gate and breathed deeply.
Chapter completed!