Song Lan smiled and looked at the book in Wu Dong's hand: "What are you reading?"
"Borrowed from Boyan, a junior high school math book."
A little embarrassed after saying this, Wu Dong looked away from Song Lan and reopened his book: "After enlisting, I asked my comrades for help during my spare time and intermittently learned the knowledge from my elementary school textbooks. Now that I've been assigned to take care of Comrade Qin Yanzheng, I have a lot of free time, so I was thinking..."
Before Wu Dong could finish speaking, Song Lan said, "Comrade Wu, there's no need to explain. As long as you're willing to learn, it's never too late to learn. Moreover, knowledge is endless. I admire your ability to make full use of your time to learn!"
"Compared to Comrade Song, what I'm doing is nothing."
Wu Dong felt even more embarrassed by the praise. He said, "You have to work, take care of your family, and still study. In my eyes, Comrade Song is my role model."
"No, no, no, what role model or not? You're making me feel embarrassed by saying that."
Waving her hand, Song Lan suggested, "If you don't understand anything, just ask Qin Yanzheng. He's very capable and will explain it to you clearly."
"I will."
Wu Dong nodded.
Song Lan: "Tomorrow is the weekend. I'll give you the money and coupons. As for what ingredients to buy each day, I'll tell you before I go to work early in the morning."
Wu Dong had no objection.
After exchanging a few more words, Song Lan returned to her room.
...
It was nearing the end of the workday, at the security department.
"Comrade Song, are you leaving already?"
Wei Shengli changed into his casual clothes in the changing room. As soon as he stepped out, he saw Song Lan walking out of the office and couldn't help but ask her a question.
"Um."
Song Lan nodded and said, "I still have to go to kindergarten to take care of my two little ones."
"Then I won't take up any more of your time, take care!"
Wei Shengli smiled and watched Song Lan walk away.
"You kid, you're not just daydreaming, are you?"
That was Wang Pujun's voice; he was jokingly putting his arm around Wei Shengli's shoulder.
"Go away, go away, who's dreaming?"
Wei Shengli rolled his eyes in annoyance: "Am I such a tasteless person? Comrade Song is already married. Even if I have feelings for her, I know what is permissible and what is not."
"You're even starting to use literary flair now, you're not bad, kid!"
Patting Wei Shengli on the shoulder, Wang Pujun straightened up and said casually, "Comrade Song got married too early, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have let the opportunity pass me by."
"You think you're the only one who thinks this way?"
Rolling his eyes again, Wei Shengli said with obvious disdain, "There are no 'what ifs' in life, so let's stop daydreaming and go play ball."
There are basketball hoops over at the training ground. After a busy day at work, if they don't have anything to do at home, the security department colleagues often team up to play a couple of games.
Of course, it's possible that male colleagues from other departments in the factory might join.
"Go ahead, I need to get home quickly."
Wang Pujun shook his head.
"What's wrong? Is something wrong at home?"
Wei Shengli asked.
“My mom’s old problem has flared up again. We went to the factory hospital for a checkup, but they told us there was nothing wrong. But my mom’s headache is real. My family has been very anxious these past two days. We’re discussing taking her to the county hospital for a checkup. If the county hospital can’t find anything, we’ll go to the city hospital.”
After hearing what Wang Pujun said, Wei Shengli asked in confusion, "Since you've already made a decision, what are you still worried about?"
“My eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law disagreed, saying that going to a big hospital would cost a lot of money. They said that since the factory hospital's examination showed no problems, then there was nothing wrong. If my father insisted on sending my mother to a big hospital for treatment, we would wait until after the family property was divided.”
Thinking about the mess at home, Wang Pujun felt a headache coming on: "You know, my family only has one house, which is only about fifty square meters. Once the family is divided, will my parents and I move out, or will my older brothers each take their families and move out? Sometimes I even think, how great it would be if I hadn't been discharged from the army."
"It's not like you can do whatever you want."
Wei Shengli comforted the other person: "It's because your health is no longer suitable for you to stay in the army, and you had no choice but to transfer to civilian life. By the way, it's been almost a year since you came back, you're not still sleeping in the living room, are you?"
"Where else can I sleep if not in the living room?"
Wang Pujun smiled wryly: "There are three rooms in the house. My parents live in one, my eldest brother's family of three lives in another, and my second brother and his wife live in the last one."
My second sister-in-law is due to give birth in two months... I won't say anymore, what's the point of saying more? I just don't want to see my mom suffering from headaches all the time.
Wei Shengli: "What are your older brothers' attitudes?"
"them……"
Wang Pujun sneered: "One of them doesn't utter a sound, and the other is inseparable from his wife. I can't count on my mother."
"If you can't live together, you might as well separate your households. As for you, you might as well go and have a good talk with Section Chief Liu to see if there are any beds left in the factory's staff dormitory."
Wei Shengli offered his opinion.
Wang Pujun glanced at the other person: "Squeezing into the staff dormitory, do you think that's feasible?"
Understanding Wang Pujun's meaning, Wei Shengli disagreed, saying, "Let's take it one step at a time. Once you have a girlfriend, we can just rent a place outside and marry her."
“Okay, I’ll go see Section Chief Liu later, but the most urgent thing is to take care of my mother’s matter first.”
Wang Pujun took a deep breath and exhaled, "Thanks, I feel much better now."
"I didn't do anything, I just said a few words casually."
Wei Shengli shook his head, implying that Wang Pujun didn't need to be polite.
"Let's go. Aren't you going to play ball? Hurry up and go, or they'll keep waiting."
As Wang Pujun was about to leave, Wei Shengli suddenly thought of something. His eyes lit up, and he called out to Wang Pujun, "Wait a minute, why don't you try asking Comrade Song?"
Looking for Comrade Song?
Facing Wei Shengli, Wang Pujun looked on with a face full of doubt.
"Sister Wang also had a bit of a migraine, and guess what? Before you came to work this afternoon, I saw Comrade Song giving Sister Wang acupuncture. To be honest, Comrade Song is really skilled. After she finished the acupuncture, Sister Wang felt her head relax almost immediately, and her old migraine was as if it had never happened."
Are you sure?
"Why would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, go ask Sister Wang right now; she's still in her office!"
As soon as Wei Shengli finished speaking, Wang Pujun disappeared from sight.
"That's fast enough!"
Muttering to himself, Wei Shengli didn't rush to play ball. He turned around and went back to the office, wanting to hear what Sister Wang and Wang Pujun had to say.
Song Lan was unaware that she was being watched by her colleagues in the security department. She found a secluded spot, took out two fish from her spatial dimension, "Divine Doctor Valley," strung together with thin straw rope, and placed them in a small bamboo basket. Walking down the street, she didn't seem too conspicuous.
One of them was a crucian carp, weighing about a pound.
The other one was a sea bass, weighing three or four pounds.
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