Three or Two Things about Rebirth

Everyone laughed, except Qin Huifang, who stood up and pulled Qiu Luming to go to the bathroom.

"Do you want to vomit?" Qiu Luming asked as he supported her and walked.

"I'm fine, it's just a few bottles!" Qin Huifang's steps were a little unsteady, but her words were firm.

"Don't drink when you're in a bad mood, you'll get drunk easily!"

"Who's in a bad mood? You're the one in a bad mood! I was in a good mood at work!"

"Okay, okay, you are in a good mood, you are in the best mood!"

"I'm so annoyed!" Qin Huifang suddenly yelled, and Qiu Luming quickly covered her mouth, "Ancestor, the table in the private room hasn't left yet, don't make things difficult for your dad!"

"It's not fun at all! I started working right after graduation, and someone introduced me to a date right after I started working!" Qin Huifang finally lowered her voice, stomped her feet, and quickly went into the bathroom.

"Ah? Isn't this too fast?"

"That's why I'm so annoyed!" Qin Huifang went straight to the bathroom.

After coming out, he continued, "When I was young, I was looking forward to working as soon as possible. I didn't have to study and could earn money. I could do whatever I wanted without anyone's supervision. But when I really grew up, I found it was really boring. I might as well go to school and study hard!"

Qiu Luming smiled. She felt she had grown up at the age of eighteen, but Qin Huifang was in her twenties and still didn't want to grow up.

"No one introduced someone to you?" Qin Huifang washed her hands with a dazed look in her eyes. Qiu Luming knew it was time to end the party.

"There are some this year." Qiu Luming turned 21 this year. After her second brother got engaged, she has been introduced to more people. "But I always refuse them directly. I say I can't graduate until the end of the year, and then I will consider my personal issues."

"Ha! How could I forget your honesty." Qin Huifang laughed and swung her wet hands. "This is the best way. Just say whatever you want to say. Don't hold it in!"

The two returned to the table and found Han Meifen lying on the table, already asleep.

"We didn't force her to drink. As soon as you two left, she lay down and we didn't dare to touch her." Zheng Wei explained immediately when he saw the two men coming back.

"That's all for today. Everyone is very happy. Let's get together again next time, okay?" Qiu Luming said to everyone.

Everyone agreed, except Lu Jiaming, who said, "Let's go to the riverside and continue eating barbecue!"

Qiu Luming couldn't help but glance at him, woke up Han Meifen, and wiped her face with a wet handkerchief.

Han Meifen woke up, blinked her eyes and looked at Qiu Luming, and said with a smile, "Luming, I had a dream!"

"Okay, let's go home, continue to sleep and continue to dream!"

It was five o'clock, the sky was bright, and many people were taking a leisurely walk along the riverside.

Qin Huifang also wanted to go for a walk by the river. Qiu Luming advised her to go home and have a sleep, but she didn't listen and walked towards the river stubbornly. Lu Jiaming ran to catch up with her.

Han Meifen wanted to go home, and Qiu Luming also had to go to class at six o'clock. In the end, they decided to split up into two groups. Zheng Wei would take Qiu Luming and Han Meifen home, while Ma Mingjun would ride a bike to the riverside to accompany Qin Huifang to relax.

Along the way, Han Meifen held Qiu Luming's arm and walked steadily, and no one could tell that she had drunk alcohol. But when they reached the Binjiang intersection, she suddenly began to cry softly, resting her head on Qiu Luming's arm, "Luming, Luming, why do I feel so bad!"

Qiu Luming sighed, turned around and hugged her, not knowing what to say.

"Lu Ming, you understand how I feel, right? You must have felt the same way when Xie Zhi got married!" Han Meifen sobbed, turned her head, and leaned on her shoulder.

Qiu Luming looked up at the sky speechlessly. I gave you a hug, but you gave me a guillotine in return!

He looked back at Zheng Wei who was pushing two bicycles and said, "Old Zheng, why don't you carry her and send her back quickly?"

Zheng Wei quickly shook his head, "Nothing else, she can't sit still at all, she fell down, I can't afford it."

Thinking about it, Qiu Luming had no choice but to support Han Meifen and said, "Stand up straight! If the neighbors see you, they will laugh at you!"

Han Meifen shuddered immediately and stood up straight.

As soon as she entered the Han family's front door, Han Meifen immediately fell to the ground like a boneless elbow. Qiu Luming cried out in pain. Han's mother rushed out from the second door, grabbed Han Meifen, glanced at Zheng Wei who was pushing a bicycle into the yard, and started to scold, "You are a grown-up girl, walking drunk on the street, isn't it shameful?"

"Aunt Han, it's Meifen's treat today. No one drank too much, but it wasn't us who made her drunk." Qiu Luming pushed Han Meifen towards Han's mother, looked at his watch, turned around and left, "We're going to be late!"

Qiu Luming ran out of the Han family, turned back and shouted to Zheng Wei, "Wait for me!"

After returning home, Qiu Luming quickly brushed her teeth, changed into a skirt, and sprayed some perfume on herself. She came close to He Manshu and asked, "Mom, do I smell like alcohol?"

"Yes, it stinks when mixed with perfume!"

"Mom!" Qiu Luming protested.

"You've grown so powerful and are still drinking! I can't control you anymore!"

"Oh mom, no matter how strong my wings are, I can't fly out of your palm! I'm going to class!" Before he finished speaking, he had already walked out the door.

He Manshu sighed and followed her out, only to see her daughter jump on a bicycle and quickly ride away. The rider was tall and had a broad back, and no one knew who he was.

Zheng Wei rode very steadily. Qiu Luming looked at her watch and saw that they were in time. When they arrived at the entrance of the Grain Hotel, she jumped off the bike, took her own bike, and said to Zheng Wei, "Okay, I'm going to class. You go to the riverside to find them. They must be eating skewers! You keep an eye on them and don't let Huifang drink."

"No, I can't drink anymore." Zheng Wei propped himself up on the ground, "I'll take you to the TV University."

"No need. It's not dark yet. I can go by myself." Qiu Luming got on his bicycle.

"I'm just going to Nanshan, it's on my way with you."

"Really? Let's go then."

The two rode their bikes for only a few dozen meters when they saw Ma Zhenyi standing at the door of the ice cream shop, looking straight at Qiu Luming.

Qiu Luming looked straight ahead, pretending not to see it, but Zheng Wei was not happy about it. He turned around and cursed, "Look at your mother?"

Qiu Luming was startled. He didn't expect Zheng Wei to have such a bad temper. "What are you doing? Don't cause trouble!"

Ma Zhenyi did not say anything back. His face was expressionless as he watched the two men ride away side by side.

******

The work in the reading room was so quiet that people were growing mushrooms, but at the beginning of July, they arranged for another staff member to be assigned to work in the reading room. Her name was Kang Chun, and she had just graduated from a technical secondary school and was a cadre with a permanent position. However, since there was no job available at the moment, she had to work in the reading room.

For more than half a month, Qiu Kang and his partner have been getting along fairly harmoniously.

During lunch, Kang Chun smiled and said, "Sister Qiu, before I came here, they all said that you had a bad temper and were a bully. I was scared to death. Now I see that people's words cannot be trusted. I think you are a very easy-going person."

Qiu Luming laughed, "Who told you that?"

Kang Chun laughed and said nothing.

After a while she said, "Sister Qiu, there will be a performance by the Russian Song and Dance Troupe on Sunday. Let's sit together."

Qiu Luming looked at her and smiled. The girl was 18 years old, a junior college graduate, and had just arrived at an institution. It was understandable that she wanted to find a warm place to rely on.

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten that I asked the director for leave on Friday and Saturday, so you will have to work in the reading room alone."

"Ah, it's okay. What's up with you?"

"It's the Russian Song and Dance Troupe. There are more than 60 people here this time. Someone has to take care of their food, clothing, housing and transportation. The Russian language class at the TV University was also taken away and borrowed. The government has given the order, so we dare not disobey."

"Ah? That's great!"

"Oh no, I probably won't be able to watch a complete song and dance show."

"Hehe, are you showing off to me?"

"Is it that obvious?"

"Yes, yes."

On Friday evening, the riverside pier was packed with people, some were residents coming to cool off, and many were people who had come specially to see foreigners.

A passenger ship coming downstream from the Heihe River slowly docked at the pier. A group of Russian beauties jumped lightly from the deck to the shore, jumping and waving to everyone. The people on the embankment just laughed, no one responded, and no one knew how to respond.

"Clap, clap, clap!" I don't know who started the applause, but immediately, there was thunderous applause on the shore.

The Russian dancers were probably a bit of an audience-pleasure. When they heard the applause, they became even more excited. They put their hands on their mouths and blew kisses to the crowd, which immediately caused laughter on the shore.