Compared to how she looked eight or nine years ago, Xu Kai has changed a lot. Not only has her figure become more graceful and concave, but her appearance has become more and more like her mother, with the gentleness and tenderness of a woman from a Jiangnan water town.
As a woman, Zheng Juan felt that Xu Kai's temperament was very charming after just two glances.
Thinking about this woman who has been pestering her man for so many years, Zheng Juan suddenly admired her man for his strong determination.
If he were a man, he might not be able to resist Xu Kai's entanglement for so long.
Compared with Zheng Juan who was surprised by the change in Xu Kai's appearance and temperament, Xu Kai was actually more shocked by Zheng Juan's change.
In 1970, when Su Mingzhe took Zheng Juan to Baiya Mountain Village, Zheng Juan was not much different from those rural girls except that she was prettier. When she saw strangers, she would blush shyly on her cheeks.
Looking at Zheng Juan now, she is so bold that she dares to come to her home court to see her, and she can still maintain a calm and composed aura.
This kind of change is so great that Xu Kai can only sigh that going to college can really change a person.
"Sister Juan, I heard that you have been detained in school?"
Xu Kai wanted to have a "sisterly relationship" with Zheng Juan and care about each other.
"Yes, working at school gives me more vacation time, and I can also take care of my family more."
When Zheng Juan said this, for Xu Kai, it was Chi Guoguo showing off.
After Xu Kai comes to work in the hospital, he can have four days off in a month, which is good.
It is normal to take one day off every half month.
There are too few doctors and nurses these days, and they are constantly asked to work overtime.
Because we are all serving the people, we can't complain about hardship and tiredness.
In this relatively relaxed atmosphere, the two women carefully tested each other's bottom line.
After chatting for a few minutes, Zheng Juan finally asked Xu Kai what his plans were for the future.
Xu Kai carefully answered with questions:
"Sister, tell me, I will stay by my mother's side for the rest of my life, okay?"
If Xu Kai really just spends the rest of his life guarding his mother, there is no need to say anything to Zheng Juan.
The profound meaning contained in her words was actually saying that she wanted to be Su Mingzhe's lover and have an affair with her for the rest of her life. She asked, and Zheng Juanyun would not allow it.
Zheng Juan naturally understood the meaning of Xu Kai's words, then her face froze and her tone became unnatural:
"Are you really not ready to get married in this life?"
Xu Kai glanced at Zheng Juan's eyes and made sure there was no danger, then nodded:
"I won't marry anymore."
"What about... the child? Don't you want it too?"
Zheng Juan sighed and finally said:
"As a woman, you should still have a child."
Hearing Zheng Juan's last words, tears instantly flowed from Xu Kai's eyes:
"Sister, don't worry, I will be safe and sound and will never ruin your life."
In fact, Zheng Juan and Xu Kai's chat this time was just a fight between two ends.
Zheng Juan was afraid that Xu Kai would snatch the man away, and Xu Kai was also afraid that Zheng Juan would prevent the man from seeing her again.
Now that the two women have finished testing, they both have their hearts in their stomachs.
Today, Su Mingzhe goes to work the next day. Lin Yuting is taking care of him. The other two people from the Science and Education Department are also very polite to Su Mingzhe.
...Compared with the monotonous and dull working atmosphere of other departments in the agency, the Science and Education Department where Su Mingzhe works is an anomaly.
There are four people in the entire office, and except for Su Mingzhe, the other three are all women.
In addition to Lin Yuting, there are two other office clerks, the older one is named Ding Shufen and the younger one is named Jia Kuangfang.
Yesterday, Ding Shufen and Jia Kuangfang went to the synagogue for a day of meetings and did not come back until after get off work in the afternoon.
I just went to work today, and the chatter in the office spread outside.
It is said that three women make a play, and it is true.
These three women meet every day, and I don't know why they talk so much.
At around nine o'clock, the phone in front of Lin Yuting rang. When she put it down, she said to Su Mingzhe:
"Xiao Su, the director called me just now and said that the weather is nice today and he wants us to move all the materials in the warehouse out to dry. You are a man and new here. I leave this job to you. Is it okay?"
If you are really new and you are assigned such a job when you first come to work, it is bullying.
However, Su Mingzhe is Lin Yuting's niece and son-in-law. Being assigned such a job actually allows Su Mingzhe to accumulate some goodwill in the Agriculture Office.
"Okay, Director, I'll be there right away."
Su Mingzhe responded, took the key to the warehouse, and walked towards the warehouse.
The Agricultural Office has been working for almost 20 years, and various materials are stored in forty or fifty large boxes according to the year.
Looking at the warehouse that had not been cleaned for a long time and the dust on the boxes, Su Mingzhe frowned and looked around. He wanted to find some tattered clothes to change into so as not to stain his shirt and pants.
After searching around, I found a lonely place.
In desperation, Su Mingzhe had no choice but to throw away his clothes.
There were a total of forty-eight large boxes in front and back. Su Mingzhe moved quickly from the warehouse on the second floor to the yard on the first floor.
After all the boxes were moved, Su Mingzhe had to open them one by one, take out the materials inside, and spread them out to dry.
After such busy work, I was busy until noon.
The three women, including Lin Yuting, were sitting in the office, drinking tea and pointing at Su Mingzhe who was working, showing no trace of female restraint.
Jia Kuangfang couldn't help it first, and drooled at Su Mingzhe's strong back:
"Look at Xiao Su's body. Whoever becomes Xiao Su's wife will suffer a lot tonight."
Ding Shufen was not polite and continued:
"Where is the suffering, this is the blessing."
"Don't talk nonsense, Xiao Su has a wife."
After all, Lin Yuting is Su Mingzhe's aunt, and she is relatively protective.
But it was just a little protective, and then she said:
"However, young people should work more to save themselves from thinking about nonsense all day long."
After hearing this, Ding Shufen couldn't help but feel sorry for the young people:
"Director, if you don't think about those bad things, how can you still call yourself a young person?"
Su Mingzhe didn't know about the gossiping among the three girls in the office. At lunch time, he rode back to Zhou Rong's home for lunch.
Zhou Rong was also used to reuniting with Su Mingzhe in the den at noon.
…When we got to work in the afternoon, Ding Shufen and Jia Kuangfang came down to help with the classification, and by the way, they taught Su Mingzhe how to label the items into different categories.
On a July day, the sun's rays are very poisonous.
The two women worked hard under the sun for more than half an hour. They were exhausted and sweating. Their thin shirts clung to their bodies, revealing their graceful bodies. Su Mingzhe couldn't help but look at them twice.
Finally, the two women began to be unable to stand the hot sunshine, so they hurriedly left their things behind and left them all to Su Mingzhe to sort out. They went back to the office to drink herbal tea.
Su Mingzhe did not have two women to cause trouble and worked alone, but he was more efficient.
After working hard all afternoon, sorting and filing everything, Su Mingzhe sent it back to the warehouse to organize it.
After this busy day, the three women from the Science and Education Department finally recognized Su Mingzhe.
Clerks from other departments in the Agriculture Office also have a little understanding of Su Mingzhe, a man who is willing to endure hardships.
Once the person's face becomes familiar, you can say hello when you meet in the future, and there will be a little bit of affection in it.
This is all human nature.
In the blink of an eye, summer vacation is over.
Universities and elementary schools are about to start.
Zheng Juan originally wanted to live a happy life with her man and their children, but Jiang Cuiping, an unreasonable mother-in-law, went to the house in person and took Su Wenxi back to her old home.
The reason was that both Zheng Juan and Su Mingzhe were at work and could not take care of her grandson.
Isn’t this bullying?
Because her son was taken away by her mother-in-law, Zheng Juan cried a lot in the middle of the night.
Fortunately, as the work slowly unfolded, Zheng Juan no longer had to worry about these things.
In October, the authorities confirmed the resumption of the college entrance examination in December.
Zheng Juan came home from work and handed her man a thick stack of information:
"Husband, this is the review material I found in school. You can bring it to Mingxue and his wife and let them review it more. When they have almost finished their review, I will find some more papers for them."
Su Mingzhe looked through the information Zheng Juan brought and found that it was similar to what he found, and then said:
"Well, after dinner, let's send it there together."
"I won't go. You can go by yourself. I'm going back to Taiping Hutong later."
Zheng Juan looked at the clock on the wall and said:
"My mother hasn't been feeling well these past two days. I want to go over and see how she has been eating these past two days."
"Then let's go together, and I'll take Mom's pulse by the way."
Su Mingzhe must be worried about his wife going to Taiping Hutong alone at night.
Since last year, the streets and alleys of Harbin have been filled with idle young people.
There are so many people doing nothing, and messy things happen every day.
Taiping Hutong was notoriously messy and messy. How could Su Mingzhe be at ease and let his daughter-in-law go back to her parents' home alone at night?
After the two had dinner, they first went to the Su family's old home.
When Su Mingxue and his wife heard that their elder brother and sister-in-law were here to deliver review materials, they immediately burst into tears with excitement.
Educated people have a natural reverence for examinations.
Although Su Mingxue and his wife have never fallen behind in studying, the results will definitely be better if they read more review materials.
…Jiang Cuiping saw that her eldest daughter-in-law had done such a good thing, and it was rare for her second daughter-in-law to pour tea for her eldest daughter-in-law:
"Mingxue, Xiaofang, you should read these materials that your sister-in-law brought from the school carefully. If you don't know where to write them down, I will ask your brother and sister-in-law when the weekend comes. We will strive to have two more college students in our family before the end of the year.
…”
After the family listened to their mother's lecture, Su Mingzhe also started to lecture.
Compared with Jiang Cuiping, Su Mingzhe's words were much gentler:
"Mingxue, Xiaofang, don't be nervous, you two. After you two got married, you have never forgotten to study. This situation is many times better than others. As long as you perform normally, I am not worried about whether you two will pass the exam or not."
The problem is..."
After Su Mingzhe finished speaking, Su Mingxue and his wife looked eagerly at their sister-in-law, hoping that she would also say a few words.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Juan just smiled gently:
"You usually study on your own. On weekends, I will try to get some papers for you to test."
Su Mingxue and his wife were so moved that they looked at their elder brother and sister-in-law and thanked them repeatedly.
With such a big brother and sister-in-law, what more can I ask for?
Later, Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan were thinking about going to Taiping Hutong and did not stay any longer.
Su Mingzhe took Zheng Juan and rushed to Zheng's house. It was almost nine o'clock.
Zheng's mother and Zheng Guangming had already gone to bed in order to save electricity.
Hearing the knock on the door, Zheng Guangming turned on the light and went out to check. When he found out it was his sister and brother-in-law, he quickly let them in.
"Mom, Mingzhe and I came to see you."
"I'm fine, so don't worry about it."
Zheng's mother felt exhausted and was lying on the bed so weak that Zheng Juan felt heartbroken when she saw her.
Su Mingzhe took his mother-in-law's pulse under his wife's watchful eyes. On the surface, his mood did not change, but he felt a slight thump in his heart:
My mother-in-law's physical condition was much worse than the last time I checked her pulse, and she was already exhausted.
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