Chapter 40
The people who were talking all looked at the newcomer.
Bi Chunliu and Wang Xiaojun were writing on the blackboard. At this moment, they put down the chalk in their hands and jumped off the table.
Didn't Sister Zhao go to the bathroom? What happened?
Zhao Mei ran over to them, breathless, and supported Wang Hongxia as she said, "I, I just heard in the restroom that someone's materials for joining the social gathering were fake!!"
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Wang Hongxia frowned and asked, "Which factory? Who?" When they first collected the information, they said they had to ensure the authenticity of the materials. How could such a thing happen?
Zhao Mei recovered and patted Bi Chunliu on the shoulder. "Little Bi was right! There really is forged material! I didn't see who said it, but I heard two people say that Li Zhu, the man living next door to your house, already has two daughters. Even if he signs up for the social gathering, he might not be able to find a suitable wife, right? If he can sign up for the social gathering, I can too. I don't even have any children.
Then another person said that Li Zhu's mother worked in the warehouse. She gave some gifts to the person in charge of statistical data in the thermos factory union, saying that since they had two daughters, not two sons, it wouldn't affect anything.
When I pulled up my pants and went out to see who it was, there was no one there. But the two people who were talking were men, but I couldn't tell who they were just by listening to their voices."
Wang Hongxia put down the things in her hands and said, "You guys continue working. Meizi, go find Chairman Ren with me and tell her about this. Ask her to ask the chairman of the thermos factory union for an explanation. We already have the important responsibility of finding partners for people, and we can't have any mistakes. Yet there are people who take bribes and try to fish in troubled waters." Wang Hongxia cursed the short-sighted union secretary of the thermos factory in her heart.
Wang Hongxia and Zhao Mei went to find Ren Qianjin, while Wang Xiaojun and Bi Chunliu climbed back onto the table and started drawing the blackboard newspaper.
This time's bulletin board was simpler than previous ones, with lace painted around it. On the left, it was written that it was a five-factory gathering hosted by the textile factory. On the right, there was a big red flower. It also stated the distribution and location of personnel from each factory participating in the gathering, as well as where to find the person in charge if they had any questions.
While Wang Xiaojun was coloring the flowers, he kept talking, "This Li Zhu's mother is so annoying. How can it be okay if she gave birth to a daughter? She is a girl herself, and she looks down on her granddaughter."
Bi Chunliu smiled. The phenomenon of favoring boys over girls and secretly loving boys has always existed. At least it was like this before she was reborn.
Many people claim to advocate for gender equality or to love their daughters, but when their daughters truly need help, they say it's not their responsibility to consider it. They say they're not a boy; they need to buy a house and find a wife. It's as if as long as their daughters grow up safely and find a man to marry, their so-called "mission" is accomplished. The most despicable are those who don't give their daughters a penny, but when they grow old, they turn to them for help with any problems.
"Xiaojun, you don't know this. I know Li Zhu's mother," said Lin, the director of the factory office. "She's a person, well, I can't describe her in a few words. Li Zhu's previous wife was forced to have children by her, and she was always tormented by him.
The young wife was also unlucky. She gave birth to two daughters in three years. She was already weak when she gave birth to the second child, and had to go to the hospital to give birth. Li Zhu's mother saw that it was another daughter. When she came home, her face was droopy, longer than a horse's. Not long after giving birth, she urged her daughter-in-law to have another child. The young wife obeyed, and when the second daughter was only six months old, she got pregnant again. As a result, the young wife suffered heavy bleeding when giving birth to the third child, and the child was held in her stomach and died.
I remember my mother-in-law said that the doctor said they could have delivered the baby by caesarean section, but Li Zhu's mother disagreed, saying it would be bad for the baby if she didn't have a natural birth. She refused to let Li Zhu sign, and that's why Li Zhu's wife didn't survive."
Director Wu from the factory office had just finished pulling the thread and came back. He was surprised and said, "What kind of a jerk is this? No one from her daughter-in-law's family came to make trouble? A beautiful young girl has been gone for several years after she left her family."
Secretary Lin shook his head. "The young bride's biological mother died early, and her stepmother is in charge of the family. Her father doesn't care about anything, so who makes the decisions for her? If it weren't for the fact that this girl has been diligent, obedient and sensible since she was a child, Li Zhu's mother would not have agreed to let Li Zhu marry her."
Wang Xiaojun frowned, "Marrying into his family is like falling from one pit to another."
Bi Chunliu thought about it and pretended to be casual and said, "It's not a woman's decision as to what kind of child to have."
Secretary Lin laughed out loud, "Xiao Bi, you're all still young women, you don't know these things. Isn't it women who make the decision about having children? Is it still men who make the decision?"
Bi Chunliu nodded affirmatively. "Of course. A few women in our hospital went to the hospital to ask the doctor. He said it's all based on research. The reason women and men have different genders is because they have different genes. These genes are what's inside our bodies; our flesh and blood are made up of these genes. Women have two identical genes, 1 and 1, while men have two different genes, 1 and 2."
A child's genes are half given by the father and half by the mother. Women have 1, so they can only give 1. Therefore, whether the child is a boy or a girl depends on whether the man's genes give 1 or 2. Women can't decide. The aunt in our hospital said that the gender of the child depends on the man. We women can't look down on ourselves. It's not that we are incompetent.
"Is this true or false?" Officer Huang, who had been working silently, asked hoarsely.
Secretary Wu exclaimed: "Xiao Huang, what's wrong with your voice? Why is it so hoarse?" Secretary Lin, who was standing next to Secretary Wu, poked her with his arm and shook his head, signaling her not to ask anymore.
Secretary Huang didn't respond. He continued to stare at Bi Chunliu and asked persistently, "Is what you said true?"
Bi Chunliu looked back carefully and said, "Of course it's true."
Of course, what she said was true. This is something that will be in junior high school biology textbooks in the future. XX chromosomes and XY chromosomes.
Director Huang shook his body twice, "It's not that women are incompetent... You can't look down on yourself..." He was about to fall.
Secretary Wu quickly supported her and asked, "Secretary Huang, are you okay?" He then said to the others, "You guys go ahead and do your work. I'll get her to the infirmary. I think she has low blood sugar."
"Okay, Secretary Wu, you go quickly, we will take care of the rest." Secretary Lin urged her. Secretary Huang looked very frail, so I hope nothing happened to him.
Not long after Secretary Wu and Secretary Huang left, Wang Hongxia and Zhao Mei came back.
Wang Hongxia looked furious and walked over to curse, "The thermos factory union is really messing around. What kind of idiot is this? How did that person become an officer?!"
Secretary Lin originally worked at the knitting factory and had been transferred here just this year. Most of her in-laws worked at the thermos factory, so she was familiar with the people there. She asked, "Vice Chairman Wang, who are you talking about?"
Not many people usually call Wang Hongxia Vice Chairman. Wang Hongxia herself almost didn't realize that the title was for her. "Secretary Lin, please don't call me Vice Chairman. It's awkward. Just call me Sister Hongxia or Sister Wang. I'm talking about the secretary at the thermos factory, Mei Zi. What's her last name?"
Zhao Mei: "Is your surname Sun or Hou?"
Secretary Sun, Hou, and Lin knew who they were talking about.
"Is her surname Sun? The union chairman of the thermos factory is surnamed Hou. The one surnamed Sun is the sister-in-law of the factory director. I heard from my sisters-in-law that Sun is always arrogant and looks down on everyone. If you want to ask her for something, you can't get it done without giving her something! She's very proud."
Zhao Mei curled her lips. "She's a factory director and has a sister-in-law who's not the factory director. What's there for her to be proud of? She acts like everyone else is just an officer. There's no officer in our factory like that."
"Well, everyone in the thermos factory says that this sister-in-law is not a real sister-in-law..." Director Lin winked.
Zhao Mei leaned close to her and handed her a handful of melon seeds. "Oh my God, is this true? Is this the relationship between her and the director of the thermos factory?" Zhao Mei raised her thumbs and touched them together.
Several people gathered over.
When Bi Chunliu heard about the brother-in-law and sister-in-law, her mind was filled with the words "Jiangnan Leather Factory, Jiangnan Leather Factory, closed down, the boss Huang He took his sister-in-law..." What sin did this elder sister have to encounter these two people?
"This Sun's sister wasn't in good health a few years ago, so her parents decided to let the younger daughter take care of the older one. As a result, she started hooking up with the factory director. I heard someone saw her acting like a spoiled child and lying on top of that damned Factory Director Zhu, even standing on tiptoe to kiss him. Ugh, she's really thick-skinned and can swallow anything.
She had been able to become an official because she had taken over her sister's job. That elder sister Sun was the capable one, beautiful and well-educated, but unfortunately, good things happen to her. Now she's lying sick in the hospital, slipping in and out of consciousness. "Alas..." Secretary Lin sighed with infinite emotion, "You have to have good taste when it comes to choosing a man, otherwise you'd end up meeting someone like Director Zhu. Tsk! I don't know why elder sister Sun was so careless as to marry him. Just looking at his greasy appearance makes me sick and unable to eat."
Wang Hongxia: "So you have to teach your daughters well. Young girls like you should keep your eyes open. If you think something is wrong, you must ask the adults. At least they can give you some advice."
Wang Xiaojun: "No one said anything about that. Director Zhu is the factory director, not the mayor."
Bi Chunliu was thinking the same thing. With such a big handle, there wasn't even a deputy director, secretary, or similar figure to pull him off. This was too unreasonable...
The emperor rotates, and next year it's his turn. Unexpectedly, there's a deputy director who doesn't want to be the director? So unambitious?
She doesn't believe it.
Wang Hongxia glanced at her niece and flicked her head. "Our mayor's surname isn't Zhu, but the deputy mayor seems to be." She turned to look at Secretary Lin. "This Director Zhu and Deputy Mayor Zhu Shanqing..."
Secretary Lin nodded solemnly, "Uncle and nephew."
Bi Chunliu: "..." she said.
Deputy Mayor Zhu Shanqing, this name seems familiar...
Bi Chunliu remembered that this deputy mayor seemed to be stepping down soon. In a previous life, he had been imprisoned for corruption. She also remembered hearing from Aunt Liu and others that there was a deputy mayor named Zhu Shanqing whose family had so many grand unifications that it needed a large pickup truck to transport them all! There were so many silver cups in the house that there was no need to worry about poisoning!
Several old ladies were shocked. Isn't this just like the emperors in ancient times? How much hard-earned money of the people has he embezzled... Bah!
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