It was past 8 p.m. when they finished unloading the truck. Dongqing and his brother-in-law then took the thirty people to Dongcun and then drove the truck back to the machinery factory.
After Dong Qing and her brother-in-law drove away, Li Yuzhu handed Su Wei two hundred yuan, saying, "Take this. This two hundred yuan is a gift from your sister. You usually dress too plainly. It's getting hot soon, so take some time to buy yourself a couple of decent dresses!"
"Okay, I'll accept it. Thank you, sister."
Whether Dong Qing or Li Yuzhu offered money or gifts, Su Wei never refused, because they were her bosses, and there was no point in refusing. Saying thank you was more generous than anything else.
"You're welcome. Just drive straight to the porcelain factory in town tomorrow morning to load the goods." Li Yuzhu paused for a moment and asked, "How many days have you been back? Have you met with Chen Hong?"
Su Wei said, "I've met him. He came to my house the day before yesterday. My parents were home at the time, and they were very satisfied with him, but I didn't dare tell them about Chen Hong's marital history."
Li Yuzhu asked, "How did your talks go?"
Su Wei said, "We've only met twice. I just feel like he's a nice person, but I can't really say what he's like!"
Li Yuzhu said, "Chen Hong is a really good person. It's okay for a girl to be a little passive the first two times you meet, but you can't always be passive. After you come back from your trips, take the initiative to talk to him. You should understand what I mean!"
Girls tend to be more passive at the beginning of a relationship, which may be a gender difference!
However, being passive all the time is really not good. Men and women should be equal in a relationship. Love is something that comes from both sides being affectionate, not something that comes from being cold and distant.
Prolonged indifference will cause the other person to back down and find someone new; this is true in all eras.
If you like someone, you should at least show them appropriate respect and affection. Having an arrogant and aloof attitude is really not good, and such a person is not welcome by the other person.
Su Wei said, "I will take my sister's advice!"
After listening, Li Yuzhu nodded, got on the tractor, started it, and drove towards the city.
When she got home, Dong Sanmei was already asleep. She pushed open the door and looked into Dong Qing's bedroom, but he hadn't returned yet.
In those days, most homes didn't have water heaters. Taking a bath at home in late spring was too cold; the cold water was unbearable. After a day of running around, you'd be covered in sweat and smelled terrible, so you had to go to a public bathhouse to take a shower, otherwise you couldn't rest.
Li Yuzhu went back to her bedroom to get a change of clothes, and then left home with a towel and toiletries.
She walked out of the residential area and headed towards the bathroom on the street.
In the past, she wouldn't go to the bathhouse alone. She would wait for Dongqing to come back and go out to bathe together. They might even take a private bath together, with her lying naked on the bath bed and having her husband massage and rub her back.
It's really not okay now. It's not even appropriate to go to the bathroom with him to take a shower. Just thinking about this makes me want to cry.
If a relationship between two people has truly broken down, there is no such great psychological pressure in getting a divorce.
On the contrary, what I feel most is relief, as well as a sense of helplessness in the face of marital setbacks. This psychological trauma will gradually disappear with time, and I will find a suitable man to marry in the future and spend the rest of my life with him.
But that's not the case. She has feelings for Dongqing, and Dongqing has feelings for her too. She really regrets getting a divorce a few days ago. What kind of mess is it to make such a public spectacle after the divorce?
Everything needs a transition period. It's really shameful to remarry Dongqing immediately; remarrying immediately would only make us a laughingstock.
Divorce is not child's play, where you can just get divorced and remarry whenever you want. That would be joking with marriage, and what would become of the dignity of the two people? If they remarry immediately, they will become the laughing stock of the day.
It's normal for couples to divorce and remarry, but it's not normal to remarry right after a divorce, especially in those days when it was really hard to swallow the pride and remarry immediately.
If they don't encounter reporters after their divorce, they can remarry however they want, because only the two of them know about the divorce and won't be affected by any negative impact.
But the main reason Li Yuzhu is unwilling to remarry right away is that the whole city is in an uproar over the issue. It would be too shameful if word got out that they were remarrying immediately. To put it bluntly, it would be treating marriage like a game.
It's the 1980s now, and being fickle in marriage is enough to drown her in gossip. Dongqing is a man and doesn't care about these things, but how could she, as a woman, not care?
Even if they remarry, they will have to wait a year; everything takes time.
Since they've gotten divorced, they should both take some time to cool off. Perhaps this is a setback in their personal growth.
If the divorce could stop Dong Qing from making investments, that would be fine, but it didn't work at all. This is why Li Yuzhu is unwilling to remarry Dong Qing immediately; she has to teach him a lesson and leave him hanging for a year.
It's not just about ignoring him in this way. You absolutely cannot have sex with him during the divorce period. Let him know that divorce is not a joke. If you remarry him immediately, who knows how many times he might do this in his life.
Li Yuzhu arrived at the bathhouse while pondering, bought a bath ticket, and went into the women's bath to take a bath.
Dongqing and her brother-in-law drove to the machinery factory, parked the two trucks in the backyard, and got out of the car to walk together to the front yard.
They walked to the front yard. The machine factory was on night shift this month, and every workshop was brightly lit, with the roar of machines everywhere.
Dongqing said, "Brother-in-law, you go back first. I'll go check on each workshop."
My brother-in-law said, "You don't have a bicycle. If I leave, will you walk back?"
Dong Qing said, "I'm too tired after running around all day, don't wait for me. It's not far from the residential area, I'll go check on the workshop and walk back."
My brother-in-law said it was fine, went to the bike shed, got on his bicycle, and went home.
Dong Qing walked into the workshop, where workers were busy at work.
This month, wages are paid on a piece-rate basis. Even when the night shift supervisor isn't around, none of the workers are trying to shirk their duties. The more they work, the more they earn, and everyone is very conscientious.
After visiting several workshops, Dong Qing entered the welding workshop. Unexpectedly, Deputy Factory Director Chen Hong was there too. He asked, "Why haven't you gone home yet?"
Chen Hong said, "During this period, the tricycles we produced couldn't meet the demand. The sales department kept urging us to order more. I was so anxious that I stayed here and didn't dare to go back."
Dong Qing asked, "Which workshop is mainly unable to produce it?"
Chen Hong said, "The main welding workshop can't keep up with production; there are too many welding processes, so I've been staying here."
Dong Qing was aware of this matter, but he had been too busy to deal with it recently. The main reason was that there wasn't enough welding workshop, and there was nowhere to recruit workers or buy equipment. This was the main reason why the chassis couldn't be welded.
The problems in the welding workshop must be dealt with immediately.
We must talk to Yi Minghui tonight to come up with a solution, otherwise the entire production line will be in a passive position. As an assembly line, if one part is blocked, everything will be passive.
Dong Qing said, "It's no use you staying here. Yi Minghui should still be awake at this hour. Go back and call him out for a meal, and deal with the workshop problems as soon as possible. Arrange to hire another batch of welders tomorrow. I'll handle the workshop and equipment issues!"
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