Chapter 431 - Commander Xiao was so angry that his face turned green. (2)
Once Tong Xuelu was standing in front of him, Wen Rugui could not see anyone else. “I wanted to come over early to help out.”
Tong Xuelu knew that he wished to spend more time together. Her lips curved and she said, “Sure, then come me in the kitchen in a little while.”
“Alright!”
The kitchen now held a special meaning to Wen Rugui.
Every time that they were in the kitchen together, even without a reward, he would be able to have alone time with her.
Commander Xiao, getting a mouthful of dog food unexpectedly, felt very stuffed.
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It snowed heavily the night before and the yard was covered in a layer of heavy snow.
After lunch, Tong Jiaming, his siblins, and Wei Zhuzhu were building a snow man in the yard. It was rowdy outside.
Tong Xuelu, “Let’s go build a snowman too.”
Wen Rugui followed her with his eyes. “Sure.”
Tong Xuelu’s snowman-building skills were very mediocre. Her snowman looked nothing like a man and even she had to laugh at herself.
The snowman that Wen Rugui build was round and cute.
He used rocks for the snowman’s eyes and a carrot for its mouth. It looked very lively.
Tong Xuelu, “You snowman is cute.”
Wen Rugui’s ears were red. He said in a low voice, “Just like you.”
Oh boy. There’s his sweet talking again.
Tong Xuelu cocked her head, “Who taught you to talk like that?”
Wen Rugui shook his head, “Nobody.”
But he did have a notebook where he had written down what others told him about chasing girls.
But that was embarrassing so he would save that for a different day.
Tong Xuelu did not pry but had him build another snowman next to it.
Wen Rugui was going to do that anyway. His eyes smiled when he heard her request.
He made another snowman quickly.
One two snowmen were different in height. Standing close to each other, they looked like a couple of lovers.
The guests started arriving around 3 ~ 4 PM.
As meats were difficult to come by at this day and age, Tong Xuelu told the others ahead of time to bring their own their own ingredients.
Old Mr. Wen and Uncle Zong arrived with Xiao Ba, with its feather already cleaned.
The Wei family brought with them eggs and corn. Fang Jingyuan brought beef.
When it was Jiang Danhung’s turn, she didn’t just bring food. She also brought someone with her.
It was none other than Jiao Yunshi.
Jiang Danhung explained herself, “She’s a new friend of mine and she happened to come over to visit me. So I asked her to join me.”
Jiao Yunshi blushed. “Forgive me for inviting myself over, Comrade Tong.”
The two of them met at school.
Jiang Danhung, as the first person who turned in her husband and her father-in-law, was not the most popular girl at school. As an overaged college student, she didn’t have a lot of friends.
The two of them happened to run into each other and became instant friends. They admired each other’s courage and became friends over time.
Jiao Yunshi came with Jiang Danhung this time because she admired Tong Xuelu a lot after learning about her from Jiang Danhung.
She shamelessly tagged along because she really wanted to meet this legendary woman.
Tong Xuelu looked Jiao Yunshi up and down and had a look of surprise in her. “Any friend of Big Sister Danhung is my friend. Please feel at home here.”
Jiao Yunshi felt relieved when she heard that. “Comrade Tong is surely a very friendly person. I am Jiao Yunshi. You can just call me Yunshi.”
Jiao Yunshi?
Tong Xuelu raised her brows. What an interest name? “You can call me Xuelu as well.”
Inside the kitchen, Pu Jianyi was helping with skewering the vegetables to make it easily for when they barbeque tonight.
He sighed as he worked. “I’m so envious of you for having found yourself a girlfriend in such a short amount of time. My parents are driving me insane.
“All they talk about day in and day out is for me to go on arranged dates. They have no idea that my heart is broken right now and I have no idea to be in a relationship, let alone getting married.”
He talked and talked but received no response from Wen Rugui. Finally, Pu Jianyi couldn't help but asked, “Hey, are you listening to me?”
Wen Rugui, “Mmm.”