Chapter 24 Chapter Twenty-Four

Last night, there was a strong wind, which blew the smoky air, and the windows of the cave dwelling clanged so loudly that they seemed about to fall off, causing Xiao Mingchuan to fall asleep and be woken up, and then try to go back to sleep after waking up. Yes, after waking up in the morning, there were obvious bloodshot eyes.At half past eight, Liu Haitao cleaned off the thick layer of dust on the Desert King, and then dumped the Desert King out of the courtyard. Xiao Mingchuan, who was standing at the gate of the courtyard, just put his hand on the car door handle, and called to Zhan Mi to stop. hands.

Zhan Mi ran over panting, and before Xiao Mingchuan could ask her, she asked impatiently, are you going to the county seat, Xiao Coordinator?Xiao Mingchuan realized that she was going back to the county seat by car, and seeing that she was going to do some urgent business, the root of his tongue softened and said, "Go to the county seat, will you go too, Dean Zhan?"Zhan Mi relaxed and said, that's great, I'll take your car back home, there's something urgent at home.Originally, Zhan Mi didn't want to bother Xiao Mingchuan, and planned to take the bus back, but when he got out of the health center, he saw the Desert King at a glance, and guessed that Xiao Mingchuan might go to the county seat, so he rushed over.And Xiao Mingchuan was going to Dubanpo Township.Today, the mayor of Gwangyang City and other local leaders came down to condolences to the frontline oil workers. Han Xueren rushed to Hongshang County last night.Po Township is mostly in Guo Ziqin's coordination area. After receiving the notice yesterday, Xiao Mingchuan felt unhappy. He felt that Guo Ziqin was taken care of by the relevant leaders again, but he couldn't say anything, he could only be a student. Sulked.

When getting into the car, Liu Haitao enthusiastically asked Zhan Mi, Dean Zhan, you go too... Dean Zhan also went to the county seat.Xiao Mingchuan interrupted Liu Haitao, and at the same time gave him a subtle look, which meant to tell him to stop talking. Dean Zhan, look at our leader, the words "go to the county seat" can't come out of my mouth, you have to come out of his mouth yourself, alas!Liu Haitao was looking for excitement, but his eyes were asking Xiao Mingchuan, is it okay to do this?The scene to be rushed is not a small scene! After closing the car door, Xiao Mingchuan turned off the intercom, then set the ringtone of the phone to vibrate, and glanced at Liu Haitao, who also set the phone to vibrate.

Most of Banpo Township is only a dozen kilometers away from Hongshang County. In terms of long and short, Xiao Mingchuan and the others won't be able to travel too much. Hurry up, and it may not take much time.Xiao Mingchuan came out of this point. If Zhan Mi had called him earlier or something, he would not have pinched this point, and he would have everything sooner.On the way, Zhan Mi remained silent, and Xiao Mingchuan kept wandering in his heart, but it was not easy to ask her what happened at home.Until the car entered the county seat, Xiao Mingchuan's heart was still tugging.Following Zhan Mi's instructions, Liu Haitao drove the car to a family courtyard in the west of the city.The three of them got out of the car, Xiao Mingchuan asked carefully, is there anything else, Dean Zhan?Zhan Mi thought for a while and said, if you are not busy with errands, I would like to ask you to go up with me to have a look.As soon as Liu Haitao heard this, he knew that his mouth was useless, so he turned his face to one side, and cast his eyes to the distance to look for a scene.At this moment, Xiao Mingchuan had a feeling that there must be something troublesome in her family that she couldn't handle, otherwise she wouldn't let herself and Liu Haitao accompany her up there.Xiao Mingchuan said, Haitao, let's go, let's go up with Dean Zhan to have a look.

This is a four-story building, and Zhan Mi's home is on the third floor.Zhan Mi opened the door, and before Xiao Mingchuan stepped in, he smelled a familiar smell of dry loess. After entering the door and looking at several rooms, Xiao Mingchuan was a little surprised, everywhere was loess and Broken glass, apparently the windows of her house hadn't been shut when it was windy last night.How could it not be closed?Could it be that there was no one in her family at that time?Zhan Mi kept patting her forehead, and it was obvious that she must be in a mess right now.Xiao Mingchuan said, let's clean up Dean Zhan for you.Seeing Xiao Mingchuan's clear attitude, Liu Haitao had something to say, Dean Zhan, it's just a matter of a few pieces of glass, easy to clean up, I'll find a carpenter, and it won't take long to solve the problem.Jamie said, how embarrassing that is.Liu Haitao said solemnly, Dean Zhan, at the critical moment, you can rescue our Xiao Chu with mouth to mouth. Could it be that I, Liu Haitao, can't run errands for Dean Zhan in the face of such a trivial matter?Zhan Mi's face became hot, and he subconsciously glanced at Xiao Mingchuan. Xiao Mingchuan's lips tightened, and he hurriedly said, that's good Haitao, you can find a carpenter right away, and I'll clean up the house with Dean Zhan first.As soon as Liu Haitao took a step, Zhan Mi stopped him, took out a few hundred-yuan bills from his wallet and asked Liu Haitao to take them with him. Liu Haitao said, Dean Zhan would do it himself?Let Xiao deal with it later, I'm going.

Hearing the sound of the Desert King working, the stiff Xiao Mingchuan asked, what's going on?Zhan Mi brushed his hair back and said with a frustrated expression, I really can't do anything with him.Jamie told the truth.At about three o'clock this morning, her husband Zhang Shihan called and said that he was on a business trip in Gonger City at the moment. It's dangerous, tell her to go back and look at his buttons right now.The fancied Zhan Mi immediately cheered him up and asked, Zhang Shihan, do you know what time it is?Zhang Shihan said, I know it's still dark, so wait until dawn.After finishing speaking, he burst into tears, and Zhan Mi, who was in a rage, couldn't be angry with him anymore, and said that he would go back after work in the morning.

Alas, such are our real days.She smiled wryly, came over and leaned on Xiao Mingchuan's shoulder, and continued, "I have a man here who only lives for buttons, and you have a woman who only pays for her career. We are unwilling to give us what our family gives us." I want it, but I can’t do it if I don’t want it. It’s true that every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite.Although Xiao Mingchuan's expression hadn't calmed down yet, he was not so nervous anymore. He touched her head, but suddenly the words he wanted to say were not on his lips, and he felt a little pain in his heart.He held her in his arms, and he understood her body language. He was moved by her silent need for his care at this moment, and at the same time felt a kind of helpless sadness.He understands that he really wants to give her enough care and love, but it takes time to guarantee enough care and love. How much time can he have to fulfill his wish?

Do you know how sad I am now?she asked.He didn't answer, he felt the question was too heavy.She asked again, do you know why I am sad?No matter what he did, I was just angry, but when I thought of us, I couldn't help feeling sad.Xiao Mingchuan immediately overturned the five-flavored bottle in his heart.How could her sadness not be the source of his discomfort?He was woken up by the strong wind several times last night, and he thought of her and their unpredictable future several times.After a while of silence, Zhan Mi got out of his arms, shook his head and said, what's the use of talking nonsense?clean up.She got a broom, a mop, and a dustpan, and the two of them went off to work.He just scanned the floor a few times when his phone vibrated. When he saw that the calling number was Han Xueren's phone number, he couldn't help feeling disgusted. He let the phone buzz and vibrate, but he didn't answer it.In fact, he knew in his heart that if he didn't pick up the plane, they would contact Liu Haitao later, and Liu Haitao could give them a bad-tempered explanation with a flick of his wit.After sweeping to the room where the buttons are displayed, Xiao Mingchuan was a little shocked. He didn't expect to be able to play with buttons alone for this sake.Except for the windows, the walls of this somewhat mysterious room are covered by old yellow display racks. The racks are as tall as a person. The style is a bit like a bookshelf, but there are more partitions than the bookshelves. The workmanship on the large surface does not look very good. Conspicuous, in fact, the exquisite work is spent on the details of the corners and corners.The glass on a door shattered, and the exposed button drew Xiao Mingchuan's eyes in.The button that Xiao Mingchuan was looking at was sitting on a small wooden support. After he looked closer, he dared to believe that the button was made of wood, and its shape was neither round nor square. Somewhat similar to olives, Xiao Mingchuan grew up so big, and it was the first time he saw such a weird wooden button, so he couldn't help reaching out to pick up the wooden support.

who are you? Xiao Mingchuan was startled, he turned his head suddenly, the wooden support in his hand almost fell to the ground.The man who was looking directly at Xiao Mingchuan was neither tall nor fat, with long unkempt hair, his eyes were sunken in, and his eyes were cold, which made people feel inexplicable.You want to steal my buttons?The speaker didn't wait for the words to fall to the ground, and punched Xiao Mingchuan's face. Xiao Mingchuan didn't have any defenses, and took the punch firmly. Zhang Shihan - Zhan Mi rushed over and pushed him away. Zhang Shihan stood still and asked, who is he?What is he going to do?

Seeing that Xiao Mingchuan had a nosebleed, Zhan Mi turned hard and pointed at Zhang Shihan and said, "He's here to help you clean up the house, you madman!"Xiao Mingchuan took out a facial tissue, wiped his nosebleeds, calmed down, smiled and said to Zhang Shihan, I am from the oil industry, my name is Xiao Mingchuan, and I am here on business in the county today, so I picked up Dean Zhan by the way, my driver has already left I'm looking for a carpenter. I don't think there is any damage to the house, except that the glass is broken, and it will be replaced later.Zhan Mi said angrily, you beat people casually, you are becoming more and more educated Zhang Shihan!

I thought he was going to steal my buttons, Zhang Shihan's eyes were dark, and he said dully, I didn't want to fight with him, I'm sorry.Jamie gasped.Xiao Mingchuan said, Dean Zhan, it was a misunderstanding, don't be angry.Jamie asked, why are you back again?Still not giving Zhang Shihan a good face.Zhang Shihan said with evasive eyes, come back and have a look.Jamie's shoulders dropped and he said, well then, you can clean up by yourself, I'm going back.Zhang Shihan looked at Xiao Mingchuan, bit his lips and asked, do you like buttons?If you like it, I will give you one.Zhan Mi stared at Zhang Shihan somewhat surprised, as if confused by Zhang Shihan's move to give Xiao Mingchuan a button. Oh, let me give you a shell button from the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. Zhang Shihan said with a light in his eyes, no matter how small the button is, no matter how small the button is, it also contains historical information. To be precise, it is the button of which period , must contain social information such as politics, economy, culture, military affairs, folk customs, and foreign exchanges in which period. If we talk about the difference between buttons, according to the results of my years of research and research, the difference between buttons in the same period lies in Buttons are divided into mainstream buttons and non-mainstream buttons. Non-mainstream buttons, to expand, are those creative and imaginative individual buttons, mostly from the hands of folk artists, and then there are buttons with distinctive local characteristics, As well as ornamental buttons and utility buttons.In addition, I also found that the buttons of the early Tang Dynasty... Well, I'm sorry for showing off.Glancing at Jamie, he stopped talking.Xiao Mingchuan took the opportunity to let out a long breath, and glanced at Zhan Mi. Zhan Mi's expression at this time was indescribable.