msmithbooks Chapter 34 The Season of Fog
Chapter 34 The Season of Fog
It took Su Qing and Qi Jiang three days to pry all the floors in the house.
Two days ago, when they were prying the floor for the first time, Qi Jiang reminded the neighbors on the same floor, and now the two of them can often hear the screams of the neighbors.
At noon, Sister Fang came and knocked on the door with a disheveled face. Su Qing picked up the vegetable basket and went out when she heard the sound.
"Brother Jiang, I'm going to buy vegetables, what do you want for lunch?"
They didn't see any more bugs today, Su Qing was willing to toss about the food, and Qi Jiang's appetite also got up: "Well, can you eat the meat?"
"Okay, maybe it's too late at noon, so I'll do it in the evening."
Su Qing took the passbook and went out.
He had met Sister Fang a few times before, but because he was relatively cold the first time, his relationship with Sister Fang was just a nodding acquaintance.
He knew that Qi Jiang was trying to get along with the nearby residents, so he was worried that it would delay Qi Jiang's plan, so he mentioned it.
Afterwards, when Qi Jiang was free, Sister Fang's attitude towards him became much better, and she would chat with him when she saw him. The other two had to go to work on the construction site every day, so they didn't communicate much, but Qi Jiang and their two families The relationship is also good, and Grandma Zhang of 903 will say hello to him when she sees him.
Especially three days ago, when Qi Jiang reminded everyone about the worms, Sister Fang started to like to come to him to go shopping with him.
Su Qing didn't want to let Qi Jiang get along with the neighbors so hard, so he never refused, but he would not wrong himself, so Sister Fang also knew that he was so cold-tempered, so she didn't say anything because he didn't talk too much. And misunderstood that he didn't want to associate with them.
Because she was familiar with each other, Sister Fang didn't deliberately chat with each other as she did on the first day. After Su Qing opened the door, she simply chatted about household chores as a greeting: "Is your house finished? It's so fast."
Because of Qi Jiang's suggestion, Sister Fang's family also decided to pry the floor and cover it with cement, so the overall progress of their family is a little behind.
Su Qing closed the door and only explained: "Brother Jiang is doing it."
"Tomorrow will be the 23rd, and you can't buy many things with cash. What tasks is your family going to do to earn points?"
"Brother Jiang said to take a look first."
Sister Fang knew that Qi Jiang had an idea, but she still persuaded her: "Nowadays, many people have moved to free up people to go to work. You should also plan early, so as not to miss a good job."
"Okay, thank you, Miss Fang."
Su Qing went to the exchange office to continue buying after buying the share at the food distribution point. He said what he wanted at the counter, and the staff passed on the words, and soon someone came out with the vegetables he bought.
When checking out, the cashier was counting his goods. When she saw the name on the passbook, her eyes lit up suddenly: "Huh? Why didn't Brother Qi come down to buy groceries?"
Brother Qi?
Su Qing looked at the girl in front of him without any trace. She was wearing blue overalls, she looked delicate and lively, her movements were sharp while she was working, and her tone sounded familiar, but he had never heard Qi Jiang mention this person.
Su Qing didn't speak, and when the bill was settled, the girl smiled kindly and continued to ask, with a hint of shyness in her voice: "Little brother, are you brother Qi's friend?"
Su Qing nodded indifferently as an answer, picked up his things and left.
The girl was busy, and she kept moving her hands to help the next person check out. She looked up and found that he was gone, and she still didn't forget to say loudly: "Well, little brother, help me say thank you to Brother Qi, if you are free, let He will come to my house for dinner in a few days."
Su Qing paused, pursed her lips slightly and did not turn her head.
Because the things he and Sister Fang bought were different, the two always came down together, and then went back to their respective houses without waiting for each other.
After Su Qing came out, he heard someone say that there was a high-paying mission in the mission office. He hadn't paid much attention to it before, and now he was a little curious, so he followed to watch.
There were several long queues neatly lined up at the task office, and a bunch of people were chattering around the windows on both sides.
"It turns out that there are really [-] points."
"It's too dangerous to go outside the city."
"That's right, there are so many mutant beasts in the outskirts of the city, maybe none of them can get out."
"It should be all right with the army following, right?"
"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case."
Everyone was chattering, it sounds like this task pays a lot, and the task is quite dangerous.
Because business needs to be done, there can’t be too many people around the window. Even so, there are also many people who find other ways and queue up to see it.
Su Qing couldn't squeeze in, relying on her good eyesight, she simply jumped up a few times, finally saw the task on the blackboard, and left slightly panting.
The task of 1 points stands out from the crowd, and the rewards of other tasks are mostly single digits. Although some technical jobs such as construction engineers, psychological counselors, biotechnology talents, etc. are in double digits, they are all [-] in ten.
Although the wages marked for these special types of jobs recruited on the task are all basic wages, it is enough to prove how special the 100-point task is.
Task Name: Field Sampling
Mission description: Follow the army to the field for sampling work.
Requirements for the task: obey the command, those who have experience in communicating with mutated pets are preferred, those who have experience in sampling animals and plants are preferred, and those who have experience in wild survival and field combat are preferred...
Task reward: 100 points.
Seeing this task, Su Qing's expression was still calm, and he walked home unhurriedly, feeling quite happy in his heart.
No matter why this mission was released, at least it gave him a signal that the army was finally free to explore the wilderness.
It's not that they didn't do this before, but since they are now recruiting people, it means that the safety of Fengcheng has been guaranteed, so the army will turn their attention to the wild.
Of course, there are many possible reasons, not necessarily what he thinks, but it is not a bad thing after all.
Back home, Su Qing mentioned this matter to Qi Jiang, Qi Jiang just nodded slightly to show that he knew.
Afterwards, Su Qing talked about what Sister Fang had mentioned. The two of them had their own plans at the moment, so naturally they would not go to work, so Su Qing just told Qi Jiang about this matter to let him know about it.
Qi Jiang was still laying the concrete floor, and there was a smell of cement slurry in the room. Su Qing was cooking on the balcony, and when he took something out of the bag, he suddenly remembered something.
He raised his head and glanced at Qi Jiang, who was buried in his work, and said casually, "By the way, Brother Jiang, I just met a pretty girl at the exchange office."
Qi Jiang raised his head immediately, alarm bells rang in his heart: "Girl?"
Why did you mention someone else all of a sudden?Also praised her for being pretty?
Su Qing saw that his reaction was so strong, she couldn't help shrinking her pupils, lowered her head to wash the vegetables, and hummed coldly: "It should be someone you know."
Qi Jiang's raised heart fell back to the original place, continued to work, and asked by the way: "Who? What did you say to you?"
"It's a cashier at the exchange office. She asked you to go to her house for dinner, and asked me to help you to say thank you." Su Qing said, then picked up the meat and put it on the cutting board, and cut a few knives vigorously.
Qi Jiang thought for a few minutes and finally remembered who Su Qing was talking about. Afraid he might misunderstand, he explained: "The cashier said, it should have happened a few days ago. When the checkout happened, the girl just took over the shift, and she accidentally dropped it when she came out. , I gave him a hand, and then came back."
that's it?
Nothing else happened?
Then why did Brother Qi even call him?
Su Qing lowered her eyes, ignored the displeasure in her heart, and pursed her lips: "Yes."
He didn't ask about this matter again, but the meat under his hands somehow became thicker and thicker, and finally he simply cut it into pieces and put them on the plate for later use.
When eating lunch, Qi Jiang unexpectedly found that today's dishes were a bit salty, but only a little bit, and it would be okay to drink two more sips of water after eating.
Su Qing was a bit bored in the afternoon. They were tired of eating dumplings recently and didn't bother to make them anymore. He had nothing else to do, so he took out the broken clothes and sat in the living room to mend them.
These clothes are all damaged by wings, especially Qi Jiang's clothes are the most torn.
He mainly took it out to seam the edge, and didn't prepare to sew it. After all, it would still tear next time after it was sewed, so he didn't waste his effort.
These holes had to be hemmed with new fabric, so Su Qing processed the fabric that had been cut in advance before starting to sew clothes.
It was just that the clothes under his hands were being sewn, and he lost his mind. The sewing needle and thread slowly fell off his hands, first fell on his knees, and then rolled and fell to the floor.
The cement in the kitchen was quickly laid, and it can be used after a few days of drying. Qi Jiang can be free for a few days in the next few days. It just so happens that the army has a new mission, so he plans to take the mission first and go out to check the situation.
After changing his clothes, Qi Jiang was going to discuss this matter with Su Qing. When he came, he found that Su Qing was in a daze. He was still holding the clothes in his hand, leaning on the sofa, looking down slightly at the front. No focus.
Qi Jiang wanted to sit on the sofa to wake up Su Qing, but just as he was about to sit down, he found that there were several piles of clothes on the sofa. They were unstitched, sewn shirts, and sewn coats. There were three piles in total.
The small sofa in their living room can only seat two people, now Su Qing is sitting on the left, and there are three piles of clothes on the right, there is no room for Qi Jiang at all.
Knowing that Su Qing had obsessive-compulsive disorder, Qi Jiang just turned around and moved a small bench to sit next to him. The big man with long hands and feet shyly sat on the low bench, looking up slightly at Su Qing's side face and his sideways head. And it looks extraordinarily slender and sexy neck.
Qi Jiang swallowed his saliva, stared at it for a few times before calling out with difficulty: "Su Qing?"
Su Qing came back to his senses, subconsciously twirled his fingertips, and found that the needle was missing, so he hurriedly lowered his head to look for it.
"Here." Qi Jiang stretched out his hand and picked up the thread and put it in Su Qing's hand, "Be careful with the needle, don't get stuck."
Su Qing put the needle away, looked at Qi Jiang who was curled up on the small bench, he couldn't help laughing, put down the clothes in his hands and piled them up, sat aside and patted his position just now: "Sit here .”
Before he finished speaking, he covered his lips and yawned.
He's a little sleepy.
"Go back and have a rest, don't be too tired." Qi Jiang decided to discuss with him again tonight.
Su Qing laughed, and continued to pick up the needle: "You are laying the floor, and you are the one who adjusts the grout, so I just cook a meal. How can I be tired?"
"Go to bed when you're tired."
Qi Jiang sat on the sofa, carefully watched Su Qing sew a few times, and found that it was very simple, he stretched out his hand and grabbed it with a little force: "It's just sewing, I'll do it, you go to sleep."
Su Qing still remembered the "tragedy" that happened when he was teaching him how to cook. He shook his head worriedly, and reached out to get back the clothes and needles: "I'll do as long as I come. You also worked for a day. You are the one who should be tired."
"It's okay, you go to sleep, sewing clothes is not making clothes, what's the problem?" Qi Jiang stretched out his hand and refused to let him take it.
Su Qing also stretched out his hand and found that he couldn't touch it, leaned slightly, and almost stuck to Qi Jiang, grabbed his arm and tried to take the clothes back, but found that his strength could not shake Qi Jiang at all.
The cool smell penetrated into his nose, Qi Jiang's eyes changed quickly, his eyes behind the lens stared at Su Qing's ears that were close at hand, and he lowered his head slightly, wanting to see Su Qing's beautiful neck, but his gaze crossed the loose neckline , Two touches of pink penetrated into his eyes.
Grass!
Qi Jiang was short of breath, fearing that he would do something wrong, so he cruelly tore off his sight, put his other arm in front of him and carefully pushed Su Qing back, the two touches of pink quickly disappeared from his sight.
Su Qing saw that he couldn't get it, but he didn't force it, so he gave up helplessly, and sat back with his strength. The eyes of the two met for a moment, and Su Qing seemed to be locked by a large predator. I froze in place with fright.
But in the next second, he felt that Qi Jiang could not be so fierce, and came back to his senses, looked back carefully, and found that those eyes were still gentle, not as hot as before.
Look, you got it wrong.
Su Qing thought so in her heart.
Qi Jiang's gentle mask didn't last for a few seconds. He lowered his eyes to hide the lust in his eyes, and his voice was low and hoarse, suppressing the unspeakable desire in his heart, and his tone sounded a bit tough: "Go and rest, I can sew."
Su Qing's drowsiness was scared away just now, but facing the still gentle Qi Jiang, the comfortable atmosphere made him sleepy again in less than three seconds.
He thought about it, and it was not difficult to sew clothes left and right, and he was also a little sleepy, so he went back to rest.
"Be careful not to get stuck with a needle."
Su Qing's voice came out of the room, Qi Jiang hummed lightly, took a needle in his hand, lowered his head, and sewed a few stitches into the clothes to pretend, it looked like that.
The sound of breathing in the room gradually calmed down, Qi Jiang squeezed the needle tightly, put down his clothes, lightly carried a bucket of cold water to the bathroom, and took a cold shower.
Half an hour later, Qi Jiang came out covered in steam, and there was still a trace of heat in his eyes. He really couldn't calm down, so he simply went to wash his clothes to calm down.
After drying the clothes he changed out, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and went back to the living room, picked up the needle and thread and started sewing.
Seeing that Su Qing's sewing is quite simple, he just sticks the needle in, then turns the angle this way and that way twice, and then sews several stitches by pulling the thread. Qi Jiang thought that even if he was not so proficient, at least he would not be too Difference.
However, when the needle was in his hand, he realized that it was not like this, and it was not even as good as the few stitches that Su Qing pretended to sew before going to bed.
When his needle went in, he directly pricked a bloody hole in his fingertips first, Qi Jiang took a breath, moved his finger a little away, imitated Su Qing to turn a few times, and then pulled...pull...won't move……
Qi Jiang frowned, and with a little more effort, the thread snapped.
what? !
He looked in disbelief at the thread that was only about ten centimeters long on the needle, the thread was still so long, how could there be only so little left?
Just a few stitches, need to use such a long thread?It wasn't like this when Su Qing sewed.
Qi Jiang turned over his clothes and found that his thread was cluttered and knotted in the back.
No way, he could only cut off these messy threads: "Forget it, let's do it again, be more careful next time."
Qi Jiang was thinking this way, but he didn't expect that this was just the beginning of his nightmare.
When he pulled out the thread, removed it, cut it off, and returned to the beginning of Su Qing's sewing, he found that he still had to thread the needle, and he forgot to tie the cut thread. In order to prevent it from falling apart later, he had to sew again.
Fortunately, Su Qing sewed just a little bit, and it didn't take much time to sew it again.
Qi Jiang picked up the needle and pulled out a piece of thread. Looking at the eye of the needle, which seemed to be thinner than the thread, he doubted whether he could thread it through.
I thought he had good eyesight, and he could see the eye of the needle clearly, but when Qi Jiang pushed the end of the thread to the eye of the needle, the thread didn't listen at all, it was so limp that it couldn't go in at all.
Qi Jiang's eyes were almost cross-eyed, and the thread finally got in a little bit, so he quickly pinched it carefully with his nails, and quickly pulled it out.
"Huh!" He wiped the fine sweat from his forehead.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, and it will be more difficult later.
Qi Jiang removed all of Su Qing's threads, and soon got a fine cloth strip, which Su Qing used to lock the edges.
After taking out the hemming cloth, Qi Jiang suddenly found that he didn't know how to put it back, and it was wrong. It was not at all the same as the clothes Su Qing had sewn.
Carefully observe the clothes that Su Qing sewed, and found that the holes that Su Qing sewed are not only so smooth that they cannot be seen to be broken, but also the gaps are covered with cloth strips made of buttons, as if the clothes themselves were designed this way on purpose. of.
Qi Jiang carefully compared them one by one, and felt a bit similar, so he started sewing again.
This time, his thread was not knotted, and he sewed to the end very smoothly. After tying the thread, he was satisfied... no, not satisfied!
Qi Jiang's expression was a little cracked, and he looked carefully at the clothes he had sewn, and found that there was a small piece of fabric that accidentally sewed the front and back of the clothes together, and this stitch was as ugly as a centipede.
He was stunned for a few seconds, and finally decided to start over. He remembered how Su Qing did the rework last time, so he took the scissors and cut off the upper thread little by little. He cut several small holes!
Qi Jiang's hands trembled, always feeling a bad premonition: "I'll sew these later."
This time he was very careful not to sew the front and back together, but the overlock fabric fell off halfway and was not sewn!
Qi Jiang's hand holding the needle exerted a little force, so he could only take it apart again. He wanted to continue until the part that fell off, but when he saw the crooked, raised and taut fabric, he decided to take it apart again.
Just like that, he sewed all afternoon without sewing a single piece of clothing.
Moreover, the shirt in his hand had several holes cut out, making it look even more torn.
The sky was getting dark gradually, Qi Jiang gritted his teeth and continued to sew the clothes that he had reworked many times, his expression was very distorted, but his movements were as cautious as if he was treating a treasure. Just nervously check back and forth.
Su Qing came out yawning, caught a glimpse of Qi Jiang who was still sitting on the sofa, the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up slightly, and then took a closer look...
Why is Brother Jiang still sewing?What time is it?
Qi Jiang was sitting on the sofa, squinting his eyes, holding the clothes in front of his face, his expression was more exaggerated than that of the old man sewing clothes, as if he couldn't see, the clothes almost hit his face.
Su Qing froze for a moment, a smile slowly appeared in his eyes, covered his lips and smiled lightly, walked over carefully to look, and found that the clothes on the sofa were what he looked like before going to bed, and they were still the same when he woke up, there were a lot of threads under the sofa.
Looking at the coil of thread on the armrest again, it was visibly smaller by the naked eye, and Su Qing felt that sewing ten piles of clothes was enough.
Su Qing smiled silently, sat on the armrest, and waited for Qi Jiang to pull the thread to make sure that he would not pierce her before holding back his laughter: "Brother Jiang, sew it for me."
Qi Jiang was taken aback, and his hands shook violently a few times. For the first time, he didn't go to see Su Qing first, but carefully checked whether he had made any sewing mistakes, and was relieved when he found nothing.
Looking up, the light in the room was much darker, Qi Jiang frowned: "What time is it?"
"It's time to cook." Su Qing pursed her lips to keep herself from laughing, and stretched out her hand, "I'll come, you go cook."
this late?
Qi Jiang looked at the tattered clothes in his hands in frustration, and then looked at the pile of unsewed clothes, feeling ashamed as never before, pinching the needle in embarrassment, not even daring to look at Su Qing, not for a long time Actions, facial expressions are extremely rich.
The all-powerful image he had managed to build up in front of Su Qing, is it just gone?
I can even learn how to cook, why is it so difficult to sew clothes?
Su Qing wouldn't think he was stupid, would he?
Do you want to stop trying to prove yourself?
Thinking of this, Qi Jiang subconsciously shivered, and shook off this terrible thought, feeling really crazy.
Su Qing covered her lips and laughed silently for a few times, she straightened her expression, but the smile in her eyes couldn't be concealed, and she reached out again: "Give it to me."
Qi Jiang came back to his senses, looked at Su Qing's smothered smile, feeling embarrassed and ashamed, decided it would be easy for him, and heavily handed the clothes to Su Qing: "Then I'll cook."
He walked in a slightly vain way, and after taking two steps, he quickened his pace and left this shameful place.
Su Qing clenched his fist against his lips and coughed lightly, bursting into laughter, bent down to tidy up the balls of thread on the ground, and dropped a lot of fingernail-sized cloth when he picked it up.
Have you cut the fabric yet?
He looked suspiciously at the clothes in his hands, only to find that there were countless small holes in them, and seeing that the clothes couldn't be worn out.
"Ahem!" Su Qing couldn't hold back the laughter that he had managed to hold back, and coughed twice in a disguised way.
Qi Jiang, who was about to cook rice, closed his eyes in embarrassment, not even daring to look over there, his neck and face blushing, and he went to cook with shame.
It was only when the fire started that he regained some confidence.
Although he can't sew clothes, he can cook, and he will learn more about other dishes from Su Qing in the future, and slowly take over the power of the family.
As for sewing...
Qi Jiang shivered fiercely and killed him. He didn't want to touch needle and thread again in this life!
Leave this important task to Su Qing!
The smell of cooking soon wafted from the balcony. Su Qing looked at the sky, not wanting to wait until the next day, so she sewed one piece of clothing at a faster pace.
Soon, he hugged the clothes and put them back into the closet, and opened them separately according to his and Qi Jiang's clothes, and there was one special one left.
That was the piece of clothing that was artificially destroyed by Qi Jiang.
Seeing the patches all over it, Su Qing chuckled, shook the clothes and hung them on the hook, and put them together with Qi Jiang's work clothes.
Qi Jiang, who was cooking, wished for the first time that he didn't have such good hearing, and the embarrassment happened again. Hearing the sound of Su Qing's footsteps, he had the urge to hide himself.
Su Qing looked at him with crooked eyebrows: "Brother Jiang, the vegetables are mushy."
pat!
The spatula fell into the pot, Qi Jiang pursed his lips and quickly picked it up to stir fry a few times, smelling the slight smell of burnt in the air, he felt even more ashamed, he couldn't help explaining: "I just lost my mind, usually I don't get burnt .”
Su Qing's smile deepened, her eyes almost completed a thin crescent moon: "I know."
The beautiful woman's voice full of smiles reached his ears, Qi Jiang raised his head slightly, and saw Su Qing leaning on the balcony door through the steam, and was distracted by the thin crescent moon again.
Qi Jiang had never seen him so happy, the smile on his face was hardly restrained, and he looked a little mischievous, his usually cold face had never been more vivid.
At this moment, he felt that sewing a few more clothes was actually not a big deal.
Isn't it shameful?
Being able to make Su Qing laugh, it's worth throwing embarrassment at grandma's house!
Qi Jiang, who had just made this difficult decision, was quickly brought back to reality by Su Qing's voice. This time, the beautiful woman's voice was a little flustered: "Brother Jiang, the food is burnt! Quickly look through it!"