Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 217 The soundproofing is really good

Xia Maosheng tilted his head back and shouted, "Why should I? Are you going to rob me? You won't pick it up yourselves, you'll just steal mine!"

While everyone else watched the spectacle, the four girls remained silent, raising their little hands and grinning mischievously as they silently observed Xia Maosheng.

Xia Maosheng turned his face away from the four small hands that were about to touch his face, pulled a wad of money from his pocket and divided it into four portions, placing one portion in each of the small hands and saying, "Did I win? Did I win?"

Chen Xiao counted the money, tossed it in his hand, and said to Chen Hui, "Seven hundred, haha, this trip wasn't a waste."

Xiao Hong got 700, Sister Jin got 800, and Li Na got 500. Holding the money, she pouted and complained, "Why? This is bullying!"

Everyone laughed.

Chen Hui said, "Where are you going? Just staying here?"

Xiao Wei said, "Let's go back. Let's take Lao Yang and the others back, and then we'll go back too. Li Na, where are you staying?"

Li Na said, "Never mind, we'll stay at the Cultural Palace. I'll go home tomorrow."

Chen Hui shifted gears, glanced outside, turned the wheel, and drove the car out of the alley onto the main road. The Cultural Palace was just across the street from here; the car would arrive after turning a corner. He parked the car in front of the Cultural Palace.

Several people got out of the car, and Xia Maosheng said, "Wait, wait, I'm going upstairs." He jumped out and rushed into the building.

Li Na, arm in arm with Jin Jie, waved to Xiao Hong and Chen Xiao, saying, "Bye-bye, I'll come find you guys to play again sometime." Xiao Hong and Chen Xiao waved back, then turned and went inside. Xiao Wei greeted Yang Tiebin and the others but didn't get out of the car.

After a while, Xia Maosheng came out carrying a large suitcase and said, "Here, here, it's quite heavy."

Xiao Wei helped carry the luggage roll onto the bus and put it in the back. Xia Maosheng got in the bus, closed the door, and said, "I almost forgot, this was bought with money. You can take it back and use it as a base."

Xiao Wei said, "I really forgot. Hmm, it'll be fine as a mattress. Let's go home."

The car rolled through the snow back to Nanhu. Xiaowei jumped out, opened the door, parked the car in the heated garage, and the three of them carried their luggage in three separate portions as they headed home.

It was about a kilometer away, and he was used to walking it, so it didn't feel like much. But when he was carrying things, something felt off. It felt like it was much farther, and his hands were freezing. After walking halfway, Chen Hui couldn't take it anymore and started to pant.

There were three quilts in total, and Xiao Wei was exasperated. He had no choice but to share Chen Hui's quilt with Xia Maosheng and pick it up.

Chen Xiao grabbed Chen Hui's ear and said, "Aren't you ashamed? Aren't you ashamed? You'll start running tomorrow."

Chen Hui chuckled foolishly, neither struggling nor making a sound.

Once upstairs and inside, Chen Hui was instantly revitalized: "Come on, let's fight! Contra! Three lives each! I'll bet ten bucks!"

Xiaohong spotted the new TV immediately, glanced around at the refrigerator and washing machine, and asked, "When was this bought?"

Xiao Wei said, "I bought these this morning. From now on, we'll just machine wash our clothes to save trouble. We've moved the TV inside; Chen Hui said it's for playing games. There's also an electric fan under your bed; we'll take it out to use in the summer. Oh, and this too." He took a pager out of his pocket and handed it to Xiao Hong: "I almost forgot. We'll each have one; we got them from Chen Xiao's brother at cost price."

Xiao Hong took it and looked at it, saying, "Oh, there's this kind too? I've never seen it before. How do you make this?"

Xiao Wei then taught her how to change the battery, adjust the time, and check the phone, saying, "This is the latest model, it's not available on the market yet. Your number is 126-960606, mine is 967777, Chen Hui's is 922222, and Lao Xia's is 968088. Write them all down."

Xiao Hong pouted and said, "What kind of number did you and Xiao Hui get? It sounds like you're stuttering when you read it, 967777, 922, 222, 22, 2 what? The paging service must be confused!" Chen Xiao laughed, and Chen Hui puffed out his cheeks and said, "Don't give it back to me."

Xiaohong fiddled with the machine for a bit and asked, "By the way, why is my classmate's one 127? What's the difference?"

Chen Xiao said, "They're all the same, it's one station. 126 is manual, 127 is automatic, you can use either one. Ours uses codes, so it's mostly manual. I'll bring you the code sheet sometime."

Xiao Hong asked, "What's code?"

Chen Xiao said, "It just lets you see who's contacting you: Mr. Zhang, Mr. Li, Ms. Wang, that's it."

Xiao Hong nodded and said, "Oh, it's not very useful. I still have to memorize the code. Oh well, I'll just reply to the numbers I see. Anyway, it's just a few of you who are contacting me."

Chen Hui had already set up the game console, and the three of them started playing. Chen Xiao and Xiao Hong washed their hands and faces and came into the room to watch.

When Xiaowei saw Xiaohong coming over, he said while staring at the TV, "Xiaohong, we've finished our business here. If there's nothing else, the three of us will go to Longcheng tomorrow. We still have a lot of things to do there."

Xiaohong smoothed her hair and said, "Yeah, I'll be there soon too. After the exams, I'll be on vacation in a few days. How are you guys getting there? Not by train? I didn't buy tickets earlier."

Chen Hui, gripping the keyboard and staring at the TV, said, "Drive. From now on, that car will be ours."

Xiao Hong frowned and said, "Driving? Is that even possible? It's freezing cold here, and the roads over there are all mountain roads."

Chen Hui said, "It's okay, there are snow chains. I'll drive slowly, there's no rush. Hey, damn it, this soldier is too cunning." He handed the game keys to Xia Maosheng and said, "There's something on the train, so we can't take it. Just touch it and it's over."

Xiao Hong asked, "What?"

Chen Hui said, "DVD player, projector, game console, and CDs and stuff. Oh, and Xiao Wei, aren't you carrying your camera?"

Xiao Wei asked, "Why are you carrying it?"

Xiao Hong said, "Take it with you. You'll be mostly there from now on, so you might need it if you need to. Why didn't you buy a TV? Why don't you take the TV and washing machine with you over there, Xiao Wei? It's not a big deal here. I don't have many clothes, I can just wash them myself."

Xiao Wei also hung up, handed the game keys to Chen Hui, and said, "I bought it. I got two TVs over there, and they also have refrigerators, washing machines, and electric fans."

Xiao Hong asked, "Can that car tow it?"

Xiao Wei said, "Guanyuan sent the machine over, and it was unloaded at Guanyuan this noon."

Xiao Hong nodded and said, "Then drive carefully and slowly."

Xia Maosheng laughed and said, "I've discovered that Xiao Hong is actually more panicked than Chen Xiaoma, but she doesn't usually show it."

Chen Xiao kicked him, saying, "Who are you calling a nuisance?" Xia Maosheng laughed and rolled onto the bed to hide, but his foot got caught on the game connection. Chen Hui's soldier was jumping over the wall and fell to his death, while Xia Maosheng's own soldier was blocked by someone else and both of them died.

Chen Xiao said, "Make way, you guys play, come on Xiao Hong, let's play."

So the two women sat in the middle playing, while the three men stood around watching and giving directions.

About ten minutes later, the music in the room changed to upbeat electronic music, and the game changed to Tank Battle. The girl had no interest in the warriors, and Stallone and Swassinger both cried themselves to death on the game cartridge.

Time flies when you're playing games. Before you know it, it's 12:30. Xiao Hong exclaimed, "It's already 12:30! Xiao Wei, go to sleep. Stop playing. Chen Hui has to drive tomorrow."

Xiao Wei looked at his watch and said, "I'm not playing anymore, I'm going to sleep."

Xia Maosheng stood up, stretched, yawned, and said, "Let's sleep, I'm really sleepy."

Only Chen Hui was full of energy, staring at the TV without blinking. Chen Xiao reached out and touched half of Chen Hui's face, saying, "Stop playing. You have to drive for several hours tomorrow. Go to sleep early." Chen Hui nodded and said, "Okay, I'll finish this round and get my wife back."

Xiao Wei got up and walked outside, saying, "Xiao Xiao, why don't you move in here tomorrow? It'll be good for you two to keep each other company."

Chen Xiao said, "See? It's only a little far away anyway."

Everyone, go wash up and go to bed.

The old house has really good sound insulation.

(End of this chapter)