Chapter 23: Critical Moment: Abandoned Woman Remarries in the 1980s

Less than two days after this incident, Rong Zhen's courtyard was still peaceful, but the factory was the first to break out in commotion.

Rongzhen happened to be passing by on her way to work at that time. She saw a lot of people gathered in front of the factory gate, making it impossible for those who came later to get in. She immediately started to find out what was going on.

A familiar colleague squeezed out from the crowd and said, "What else could it be? Li Jun's parents are here to make trouble."

"Didn't Li Jun just get released? Why are they making trouble?" Not only Rong Zhen was puzzled, but other people who knew about Li Jun's release were also puzzled.

You know, when Li Jun was put in jail, they didn't dare to come to the factory to make trouble. Why did they come here and make such a fuss after he was released?

Not only did they block the gate and prevent employees from entering, but more importantly, they delayed the factory's production progress.

This could easily anger the public, how dare they do that?

My colleague went in and listened for a long time. He obviously knew the situation and explained that it was all because of money.

Li Jun had committed a crime and was imprisoned before. Although the factory gave him a punishment, because he was the pillar of the family, the factory continued to pay his salary during his imprisonment out of humanitarian considerations. So his parents were not too worried. They thought that the factory was just trying to scare them and would not leave them alone.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Jun was released, the factory's punishment was immediately carried out. Li Jun was expelled from the factory and his family was no longer paid.

When Li Jun's parents saw that the factory was serious, they started to panic and ran to the factory crying and demanding to see the leader.

They are no longer employees' family members, so the security personnel refused to let them in.

The two of them cried and cursed at the gate. When all their tricks failed, they simply knelt there and acted pitifully. This attracted many employees to watch and blocked the gate.

After understanding the situation, Rong Zhen did not go forward. She retreated to a corner and heard everyone discussing Li Jun's family affairs while waiting for the factory leaders to come and evacuate the crowd.

It's almost time to go to work, and it's not a good thing to be stuck here. There will definitely be a leader to take care of it.

Li Jun's parents probably had this in mind, so they dared to block the door here so unscrupulously.

A moment later, a deputy factory director from the leadership team hurried over.

Li Jun's parents were dragged aside by him and the security team, and they made way for the employees to enter the factory.

Although everyone wanted to see the show, work was more important, so they rushed to the gate.

Rongzhen and the others who were sitting in the office were not in a hurry. They stayed at the back and waited until everyone else had entered before entering.

"Bah, you little bitch!" Li Jun's mother Zhao Cuilan spat at her and glared at her fiercely.

Rongzhen felt that if the security personnel had not been controlling her, the other party would have rushed up and bit her a few times, as if he were treating her as a mortal enemy. He must be crazy.

A colleague next to him was almost splashed by his spit and was furious: "Hey, why are you swearing? And spitting everywhere, it's so unhygienic and impolite!"

Rong Zhen glanced at the arrogant Zhao Cuilan, then at the silent and seemingly honest Father Li, and said to the deputy director who was lecturing them, "Leader, their attitude is not good. How can they ask the factory for help and force it? If they really get what they want, what will happen if others follow their example?"

The deputy factory director was also worried and said he would consider this issue carefully.

Zhao Cuilan was filled with indignation and wanted to curse, but was stopped by Father Li who tugged at her clothes.

When the work bell rang, Rongzhen stopped paying attention to them and turned to go into the factory with her colleagues.

When she went to the cafeteria for lunch at noon, she learned from Qin Fengnian how the factory leadership team had handled the matter.

Since the Li family's financial situation was really difficult and they had six hungry children, the factory contacted the street office to arrange a cleaning job for them, mainly responsible for cleaning the public toilets on the street outside the factory.

Originally, this job should have been given to Zhao Cuilan because she was in better health than Li's father and had also been an employee of the factory. She only gave the job to Li Jun in order to help her son find a marriage.

However, Zhao Cuilan had an improper attitude, and the leaders were worried that she would cause trouble in the factory. In addition, Li's father tried hard to get it, so they gave the job to Li's father.

They are all one family after all, so it doesn't matter who it is given to.

"They really succeeded." Rong Zhen felt that after this matter got out, many people would definitely have ulterior motives.

Qin Fengnian shook his head. "This is a special case for his family. It only happens once."

As for why it was a special case, Rongzhen belatedly realized it after rubbing Zhao Cuilan's last name, and seemed to understand a little.

Are you thinking of fishing again?

Rong Zhen looked at Qin Fengnian who was avoiding the main point and tactfully stopped asking any more questions.

Qin Fengnian rewarded her with a piece of braised pork ribs, her favorite kind with cartilage, which was cooked by the cafeteria chef until it was crispy and fell apart when bitten.

Rongzhen took a bite happily and thought of the four children who started eating in the school cafeteria, oh no, five, including Maomao. She wondered if they were eating well at school.

Qin Fengnian is very open-minded. No matter good or bad, no one will starve, and children must learn to be independent.

The two finished their meal while chatting, and when they were leaving, they met Brother Zhang and Sister-in-law Zhang who had just finished their work and came to eat.

There are many employees in the machinery factory, and they usually come to the cafeteria to eat in batches. Wang Fengxian and Zhang's father are the first batch, Qin Fengnian and Rong Zhen are arranged in the middle, and Brother Zhang and his wife are the third batch. Their arrival times are just staggered, so it is usually difficult to meet them.

Now that they happened to meet, Rongzhen and Qin Fengnian greeted their elder brother and sister-in-law.

It would only take a second or two to stop, which wouldn't have had any impact, but someone seemed to be in a hurry to be reincarnated. He ignored the wide aisle next to him and ran straight towards them with his head down.

Rong Zhen had her back to Qin Fengnian and didn't see anything at the time. She only heard Qin Fengnian shout "Be careful" and had no time to dodge as he grabbed her waist and lifted her up from behind.

Then there was a loud splash, and the hot soup in the hand of the person who bumped into him spilled out.

Rong Zhen quickly pulled the clothes on Qin Fengnian's back and stepped back, barely avoiding the affected area and preventing him from being scalded by the hot soup.

Brother Zhang and his wife didn't react at all, and they didn't have the tacit understanding they needed, so they were drenched. Not only were their work clothes dirty, but there were also a few vegetable leaves hanging on their heads and faces, which looked a bit funny.

Luckily, the soup wasn't too hot, so they didn't feel the pain due to their thick skin. However, they felt a little embarrassed and angrily asked the man, "What's wrong with you? You're not looking at the road as you walk. There's a path next to you, but you're just bumping into people. Are you doing this on purpose?!"

I just asked casually, but I didn't expect the man's face to change when he heard it, and it seemed like there was something fishy going on.

Qin Fengnian decisively arrested the man and asked Rong Zhen to notify the security department.

Zhang Da Ge was dumbfounded. "It's just a set of dirty clothes. I can just go home and wash them. There's no need to make such a big fuss, right?"

Otherwise, those who know would think that his brother-in-law values ​​him and wants to help him get justice, while those who don’t would think that they are being unreasonable and deliberately showing off their power.

Mrs. Zhang also reacted and endured the discomfort in her body to persuade: "It's really not that serious, just let him apologize."

Rongzhen asked someone to call the security team and explain to his elder brother and sister-in-law that this was not a question of clothes, but that this person obviously had impure motives. He was just throwing soup at them now, and no one knew what he would do in the future. What if the other party's target of attack was Qin Fengnian?

Don't forget that Qin Fengnian's status is different from that of ordinary employees.

This may just be a test. If they don't take it seriously, they may face a heavy blow later.

Brother Zhang and his wife had no idea that there were enemy spies hiding in the factory. They were still confused after hearing her brief hint and just listened to her.

Before the security department arrived, the man they caught tried to break free and escape several times, and as time passed, the expression on his face became more and more panicked.

Now, not only Qin Fengnian and Rong Zhen could see that there was something wrong with him, even Brother Zhang and Sister Zhang, who were rather slow in this regard, felt that something was very wrong with him.

When the man struggled to slip away again, Qin Fengnian restrained him and took him back to where he was, and asked him suspiciously, "What are you so panicking about?"

The man shook his head frantically and didn't dare to say anything, but his face showed urgency and anxiety.

Seeing this, Rong Zhen cooperated with Qin Fengnian to lure him in, saying, "If you tell us, maybe we'll let you go. Otherwise, we'll just wait here until the security department shows up."

"No, no, no." The man showed a panicked look and gritted his teeth, "We can't stay here. Someone wants to burn this place down. Let's go!"

When he was forced to hold them back, the man had probably already started to act. Now he could vaguely smell the smell of kerosene, but it was covered by the smell of food and was not very obvious. However, if he delayed any longer, he might really be buried in the sea of ​​fire.

He knew very well how vicious that guy was and how desperate he would be after losing everything. He was definitely capable of dragging everyone to death together.

Qin Fengnian immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately wanted to ask everyone to leave quickly, but it was too late.

There was a sudden loud bang at the entrance of the cafeteria, and the kitchen was also blown up.

It is obvious that the person behind the scenes is not planning to burn this place, but clearly wants to blow it up.

After a few explosions, people screamed and tried to run outside. Flames several feet high shot up around the cafeteria, and the smell of burning oil filled the air.

This blocks everyone's escape route.

Qin Fengnian understood at this time that they were being plotted against. The other party was most likely targeting him, and the rest of the people were innocent people who were implicated.

Protected by her panicked brother and sister-in-law, Rongzhen grabbed the tearful guy and asked, "Even after all this, you still don't tell me who ordered you to do this?!"

The man was so frightened that he said, "It was Li Jun! He forced me to do this. He even didn't let me go. I won't forgive him even if I become a ghost!"

Rongzhen was horrified, thinking that she might also be to blame.

She and Qin Fengnian looked at each other, and simply let the man go, and walked upstream towards the kitchen with her brother and sister-in-law.

Part of the kitchen was blown up, the back door that could be used for escape was buried by collapsed bricks and stones, and other places were filled with blazing flames. Even if there was a road leading outside, most people would not dare to try it easily.

But if you don't escape quickly, the fire will soon come in and the thick smoke alone can choke people to death.

"What should we do? What should we do?" Many people were so anxious that they were about to cry.

Rongzhen and the others rushed over at this time and found that the faucet had been blown off long ago, and the leftover cooking water had been used to put out the fire. Unfortunately, it was just a drop in the bucket and could not do anything. There was only some soup in the bucket.

Qin Fengnian immediately used these to pull down the cotton curtain and soak it in water, preparing to put it on his body and then rush out by holding the table.

When others saw this, they hurriedly followed suit. Whether they succeeded or not, they had to give it a try and not just wait to be burned to death.

Things were limited, so Qin Fengnian finished and gave the opportunity to Rong Zhen: "You go out first and find the rescue team. Have them try their best to put out the fire from the outside and open an escape route for everyone as soon as possible."

Rongzhen had just grabbed two towels when she suddenly looked up: "What about you?"