Chapter 14 Whose husband is so unrestrained?
Tang Mingmei tried hard to remember where Li Dazhu's house was, but she couldn't recall it.
At this moment, she was filled with immense regret. Why hadn't she taken Li Dazhu's words to heart? Now, he didn't know she had returned to the city and couldn't possibly come to her house to look for her. She wanted to find him, but she didn't know where to look.
Guangcheng is neither too big nor too small, and finding someone in such a vast city isn't that difficult.
However, her frustration didn't last long before she remembered something else Li Dazhu had told her.
His father worked at a meat processing plant!
For this reason, when others couldn't afford meat when they were young, their family could occasionally have it.
Perhaps she could go to the meat processing plant to find his family and then contact him through them.
However, she had never met Li Dazhu's father and didn't know what he looked like. Even if she squatted at the entrance of the meat processing plant, she wouldn't know which one was him.
The glimmer of hope that had just been ignited was instantly extinguished. Frustrated, she grabbed a tree branch from the roadside and angrily broke it into several pieces.
This won't work, that won't work, why is life still so unsatisfactory after returning to the city?
After some internal struggle, she decided to go to the meat processing plant after get off work in the afternoon.
Since they're father and son, they're bound to look somewhat alike, so maybe you can tell them apart. Even if you can't, you can always ask someone else.
Tang Mingmei comforted herself in this way.
After figuring it out, she walked towards the bus stop, but not to go home. Instead, she boarded a bus traveling from the West District to the East District.
She didn't have anywhere in mind; she just wanted to wander around the city aimlessly.
Her last impression of the city was actually many years later in her previous life.
She seemed to realize she was about to die and struggled to run away from the hospital. However, she was found by the Fu family not far away and returned home. Sure enough, she closed her eyes a few days later.
She never expected that she would have a second chance to live.
She was immediately sent to the countryside after her rebirth, and didn't have time to take a good look at the place. Two years later, her hopes were dashed, and she returned in despair, but she had no heart for it.
It could be said that this was the first time in her two lifetimes that she had ever looked at this city so intently.
It's very different from what I remember.
At that time, it was so dilapidated that it was hard to imagine that it would undergo such a great change many years later.
After the bus passed through the western district, the surrounding environment gradually began to change.
The streets are wider, the concrete roads are less bumpy, and even the trees on the sidewalks are trimmed more neatly than those in Xicheng District.
Everything looked much more comfortable, and Tang Mingmei unconsciously relaxed a lot.
She hadn't noticed the difference between the two areas in her previous life.
But you can't really blame her. Why would someone who lives in the West District come to the East District for no reason?
Although she married into the Fu family in her previous life, she was unhappy and locked herself in her room all day, rarely venturing out to see the outside world.
Amidst Tang Mingmei's extremely complex and fluctuating emotions, the bus kept stopping and starting.
However, even the slowest bus has an end point.
The bus arrived at its final stop, and Tang Mingmei got off.
Looking at the completely unfamiliar environment, she felt a sense of fear, just like when she first went to the countryside, feeling like she had been exiled to a strange world. So she quickly got on the bus and left.
This time, I'm going home.
Although she no longer needs to work in the fields to earn work points like she did in the countryside, and has plenty of time, she doesn't know where to go and the only thing she can think of is going home.
What will she do when she gets home? She doesn't know.
These idle days are making me anxious; I need to find a job as soon as possible.
As long as she has a job, her life can get back on track.
When I got home, my mother was busy preparing lunch for the day.
Seeing her return, he quickly dried his hands and asked with concern, "How did it go? Did the report go smoothly?"
Tang Mingmei hummed in agreement: "Nothing went wrong, I just filled out a form."
Li Hong pressed further, "Did the people in the educated youth office say when they could arrange jobs?"
Tang Mingmei got annoyed at the mention of job assignments and said irritably, "I don't know, a whole bunch of educated youth who have returned to the city are waiting."
Li Hong was choked and paused, hesitant to speak further.
But Tang Mingmei thought of how she had to swallow her anger when she was in the educated youth office, and complained with some resentment: "If you and Dad could have a solution, why would I have to put up with those people in the educated youth office?"
Upon hearing this, Li Hong was completely speechless.
Not wanting to face her mother any longer, Tang Mingmei sullenly returned to her room.
Li Hong sighed and could only continue cooking.
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Tang Jianguo came back for lunch at noon.
The family of three, who had been separated for a long time, finished their lunch in a somewhat tense atmosphere.
Tang Mingmei had been running around outside for most of the day and was exhausted. After eating, she told her parents that she was going to sleep and asked them to be quiet.
Tang Jianguo and Li Hong felt sorry for their daughter, thinking that she had spent two years in the countryside and her health was severely depleted, so she really needed to rest and recover.
Fearing they would disturb their daughter's sleep, the couple decided not to stay home and went out in the middle of the day.
Tang Jianguo also said he could go back to the factory sooner. Li Hong had nothing to do, so she could only chat with her neighbors in the yard.
She hadn't had such a relaxed chat with her neighbors in a long time. In a moment of excitement, she ended up chatting for the entire afternoon without realizing it. Her daughter, who was at home, woke up and, upon seeing the time, became so angry that she almost had a heart attack.
Tang Mingmei was surprised at how much she could sleep; several hours passed in the blink of an eye.
It was almost five o'clock. Even if she rushed to the meat processing plant now, she would have already passed the end of the workday by the time she got there, and all the workers would have left.
Unfortunately, despite my frustration, I had no choice but to temporarily put aside my idea of going to the meat processing plant to find someone.
Tomorrow, she definitely won't miss it.
When Li Hong returned home after a very enjoyable conversation, she saw her daughter sitting angrily in a chair, and her heart skipped a beat reflexively.
I had a good night's sleep, so why am I unhappy again?
Her daughter had only been back for a few days, but she was already a little afraid that her daughter would be unhappy and have a bad temper.
Li Hongqiang forced a smile, his tone somewhat ingratiating, and asked, "When did you wake up?"
Tang Mingmei retorted coldly, "I should be asking you, why are you only coming back at this hour?"
"I'm chatting with them downstairs."
"You've been chatting all afternoon?"
Li Hong smiled, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Tang Mingmei blamed her overslept on her mother: "She was only busy chatting and didn't even bother to wake me up."
Li Hong was stunned by the scolding, and after a moment she said, "What's wrong? Why are you angry again after waking up from a nap?"
Do you know how long I slept?
"how long?"
"I just woke up."
Li Hong was puzzled. Although she had slept all afternoon, she had nothing else to do, so she could just sleep.
But she didn't dare say it out loud, afraid of hurting her daughter, so she could only smile and coax her, "It's Mom's fault, I should have come back earlier to wake you up."
Tang Mingmei was at a loss for words when her mother gave in so quickly, and could only swallow her anger.
Li Hong breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly went to prepare dinner.
That night, the couple lay in bed, and Li Hong whispered to her husband about how their daughter had overslept and thrown a tantrum that afternoon.
"How did she become like this?"
Tang Jianguo glared at his wife: "What kind of tone is that?"
It's as if they really dislike it.
He wasn't paying attention to his volume when he spoke, and Li Hong, fearing that her daughter on the other side of the wall would hear, slapped his arm hard.
"Are you afraid your daughter won't hear you? Keep your voice down."
Tang Jianguo then lowered his voice and said to his wife, "Maybe it's because you didn't get into university that you're so discouraged. Anyway, let's be patient with you for a while."
Li Hong nodded, though she was skeptical of her husband's guess.
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The next day, Tang Mingmei did not repeat the mistake of the previous day and waited at the entrance of the meat processing plant before four o'clock.
After waiting and waiting, until my legs ached, I finally saw the large iron gate of the meat processing plant open, and workers came out one after another.
The fatigue vanished instantly, and Tang Mingmei stared wide-eyed at the surging crowd, afraid of missing a single face.
However, none of the many faces looked familiar to her.
About ten minutes later, a somewhat dejected Tang Mingmei suddenly widened her eyes, almost unable to believe what she was seeing.
In the blink of an eye, she snapped out of her daze and ran toward her target.
After a screech of brakes, the person on the bicycle also stared wide-eyed.
"Li Dazhu!" Tang Mingmei excitedly called out the other person's name.
"Tang Mingmei!" Li Dazhu almost thought he was hallucinating. "You...you've returned to the city?"
Tang Mingmei nodded excitedly, then asked him in return, "Did you take over your father's job?"
Slaughtering pigs at a meat processing plant isn't exactly honorable these days, and Li Dazhu felt a little embarrassed, so he gave a soft "hmm."
Tang Mingmei was somewhat disappointed. She had thought that since Li Dazhu's father had connections to bring him back, he would also be able to help him find a job. It seemed that her plan to get a job through Li Dazhu as soon as possible was going to fail.
However, she still said enviously, "It's so nice that your father was willing to give up his job for you."
Unlike her, her father's factory did not agree to her taking the place.
"Forget about that, tell me what happened!" Li Dazhu pulled Tang Mingmei to the roadside, eager to know what had happened.
Was Tang Mingmei's trip back to the city just a short visit to relatives, or was it the same as his?
If I really don't have to go to the countryside anymore, like him...
Upon realizing this possibility, Li Dazhu's expression changed.
Tang Mingmei explained the general situation to Li Dazhu.
Of course, he couldn't tell him that his cousin had married into the Fu family in his place. He only said that he had gone to the countryside in place of his cousin, and now that the policies had been relaxed, his cousin was trying to get him back to the city.
Li Dazhu's eyes lit up even more as he listened.
If it weren't for the crowds on the street, he might have been so excited that he would have hugged Tang Mingmei.
I never expected that Tang Mingmei's cousin would marry so well; her husband's family must be so capable.
"Could your cousin-in-law perhaps find a way to also help you get a job?"
When the topic of work came up, Tang Mingmei's smile vanished, and she said irritably, "It's already a lot of trouble for them to help me get back to the city. My family can handle the work ourselves."
As for how to resolve this... if the educated youth office dares not assign her a job, she will cause a scene.
Li Dazhu sensed her displeasure and coaxed her, saying, "You're right, I was too presumptuous." However, he had to remind her, "Many of the educated youth who returned to the city are still unemployed. It may take a long time for the educated youth office to arrange jobs."
He just couldn't wait too long. He was getting older, and if he didn't even have a job, he wouldn't be able to get married. That's why his father reluctantly gave up his job for him.
Can Tang Mingmei wait that long?
"Mind your own business, I'll definitely find a job anyway."
Tang Mingmei was annoyed, and Li Dazhu dared not mention it again.
Perhaps she was just saying she couldn't trouble her cousin and the others anymore, but if she really couldn't get a job from the educated youth office, she would eventually have to ask them for help anyway.
After thinking it through, he comforted Tang Mingmei instead: "Anyway, there's no need to rush. Take advantage of this time when you don't have to go to work to rest and recuperate."
He could not forget Tang Mingmei's fair and delicate appearance when she first came to the countryside. Although she looks good now, it would be even better if she could grow back to how she looked when she first came to the countryside.
Tang Mingmei hummed in agreement.
Now all we can do is wait.
I just waited and waited, and before I knew it, it was Qingming Festival, but there was still no progress on the job situation.
Tang Mingmei's parents weren't in a hurry. Many of the educated youth who returned before their daughter still hadn't been assigned jobs. It was perfectly normal that she hadn't been assigned a job yet, since she had only been back for a short time.
But their daughter grew more and more anxious each day, which made them restless as well. They hesitated about whether to take their daughter to the Fu family's house.
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The Fu family.
Fu Ci, who had been away on a business trip for more than half a month, has finally returned.
Tang Mingli finally saw her hardworking husband, who was just a tool for her to earn money, again.
I don't know if it was the experience of the meeting that honed his skills, or if these are the most charming years for a man, but in any case, he looked even more charming after not seeing him for half a month.
When Fu Ci met his wife's burning gaze, he thought he understood something.
So, on the first night her husband returned home, Tang Mingli wanted to ask him some questions about the meeting.
After all, I'd only ever seen these kinds of meetings on TV news before, so I was quite curious about the process.
Before the person could even speak, the person who had lowered their head kissed their lips.
They're not naive newlyweds; everyone understands what that means.
Tang Mingmei sighed inwardly, thinking, "Men at twenty-five or twenty-six are truly full of vigor and vitality."
What could she do but enjoy the pleasure to the fullest?
...
Half the night later, Tang Mingli lay on the bed, glaring angrily at the man's back as he got up.
At this point, she truly didn't have the strength to turn over; this man was simply too valiant.
Three times, a full three times.
What husband is so unrestrained?
Although she was happy, she was about to turn on him after the initial joy.
Tang Mingli said to her husband in an annoyed tone, "Don't wake me up tomorrow, I want to sleep until noon."
"Tomorrow?" Fu Ci turned around, as if he had just remembered something, and an apologetic look appeared on his face. "Have you forgotten what day tomorrow is?"
Tang Mingli then remembered, her expression tragic, which made Fu Ci chuckle softly.
However, Tang Mingli was in no mood to talk to him. Right now, she only had one thought in mind—time was precious, so she should hurry up and go to sleep.
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