Xiao Lanniang coughed twice, turned her head and said to Lu Zhiye, "Comrade, Liu Daguo has left, you should leave as well.
The doctor said that my Xiaolan needs to rest......"
As Xiaolan's mother was talking, Xiaolan grabbed her sleeve and said, "Mom, please go out first. This comrade is from the food factory. He probably wants to see me for something."
Xiao Lanniang suddenly realized what was going on, and quickly smiled at Lu Zhiye and said, "So you are comrades from the food factory, you two can chat, you two can chat."
Xiaolan's mother ran very fast, fearing that she would delay the two people's conversation.
Xiaolan calmed herself down, forced a smile on her pale face, looked at Lu Zhiye and said, "Director Lu, I wonder what you want to talk to me about?"
Lu Zhiye picked up the pillows and enamel pot on the ground, pulled a bench and sat down.
"Comrade Jiang Xiaolan, I came to you this time because I want to ask you something."
Xiaolan tidied up her messy hair and sat upright on the bed: "You go ahead."
"To be honest, it was Director Gong who asked me to come find you.
Wasn't he transferred? The production line over there needs a manager.
Someone recommended you to Director Gong, saying that you are hardworking, quick-witted, and have a strong learning ability.
Director Gong specifically asked me to ask you if you are interested in transferring to his side?
You can start directly as a team leader. If you go there, you don’t have to worry because there are staff dormitories there.”
Xiaolan's eyes were wide open. She had lost a lot of weight in the past few days.
Her eyes, which were already quite big, now looked particularly large on her face.
She was full of disbelief: "Director Lu, are you telling the truth?"
In just a few seconds, Xiaolan had figured it out.
It’s better to stay away from this sad place than to stay there.
From another perspective, what happened between her and Liu Daguo was ultimately shameful, and if anyone was not careful enough to tell the truth, it would leak out.
Their whole family is pointed at in the village.
It is better to stay away from this place of trouble. Over time, everyone will forget about it and your family will be able to live a peaceful life.
"Director Gong was transferred to a neighboring province, which is quite far from us.
If you go, I will send a telegram to Director Gong in advance.
Let him make the arrangements there, and if you don't want to go, I will write back to him as soon as possible."
"I do. I am willing to go."
Xiaolan's voice was somewhat urgent: "Director Lu, please help me write a reply to Director Gong.
The doctor said, the doctor said I can be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, I can leave the day after tomorrow......"
Lu Zhiye smiled and said, "You can wait until you finish your work here. Once you confirm the time, I will go to the county town to book a train ticket for you."
The tears that Xiaolan had originally suppressed suddenly welled up in her eyes again.
She didn't know how to describe her feelings at the moment. It was as if she was forced into a dead end, but there was a generous road ahead of her.
Lu Zhiye said nothing more, turned around and walked out, closing the door behind him.
Not long after he walked out, Xiaolan's heart-wrenching cry was heard from the ward.
This frightened Xiao Lanniang at the end of the corridor, and she ran to the ward with her hands and feet: "My daughter, my daughter, what's going on?
Did that bastard bully you?"
Xiaolan's mother was so regretful that she wanted to slap herself a few times.
I don’t know if she was kicked in the head by a donkey. Why did she leave her daughter alone in a room with a man?
Xiaolan's crying naturally attracted a lot of people's attention. A fat woman stretched her head and asked, "What's wrong with this little girl?"
"I don't know, she has been crying since she moved in two days ago.
Look at this ward. Now a man comes in, then another man comes in.
You don't know, but in the morning, I heard the short-haired woman say that her family wanted to cancel the engagement with this girl.
Do you think this girl was having an affair and was discovered?
Are you here in such a hurry to cancel the engagement?"
The person who said this was a toothless old lady, and her face showed a look of anticipation for a good show.
His teeth were broken like that, but he still kept putting melon seeds in his mouth.
A lady with triangular eyes next to her nodded in belief, "I'm in the ward next to theirs. What the short-haired woman said this morning was very unpleasant.
What else have I heard? Let’s see who will benefit?
Tsk tsk tsk, this girl looks innocent, why is she so innocent? "
Naturally, Xiaolan's mother heard what the few people said.
Xiaolan's mother angrily picked up the broom behind the door and waved her hands as big as a palm leaf fan: "Go away, go away, go away, my daughter is fine.
I heard that any of you are making up stories about my daughter, let me see how I will beat you up. "
As she spoke, she hit the toothless old lady who had spoken earlier.
The old lady was beaten so hard that she cried out in pain, and several people pushed and shoved her out of the ward.
Xiaolan's mother slammed the door angrily. Looking at her daughter who was still sobbing, her face was full of heartache.
She walked quickly to her daughter and said, "Daughter, what happened? Tell me.
Did he bully you? Don't worry, if he bullies you, I'll chop him up with a big kitchen knife."
Seeing Xiaolan's mother rushing out with the broom in her hand, Xiaolan quickly grabbed her mother's arm and said, "Mom........."
Xiaolan's voice was extremely hoarse, and it took a long time before she uttered a complete sentence: "Mom, Director Lu didn't bully me.
He came to me to talk about his job transfer.
Asked me if I would like to go to the next province? "
"The next-door province???"
Xiaolan's mother's voice was full of astonishment: "What are you going to do in the next province? Transfer to the next province?"
Xiaolan nodded gently: "Didn't I tell you before? Director Gong has been transferred.
He needs help now, so he wants to transfer me over there.
When I was transferred there, I became the team leader directly.
So I want to follow and wait until........."
Before Xiaolan could finish her words, she was interrupted by her mother: "Lanlan, the next province is hundreds of kilometers away from us. It takes one or two days to go back and forth by train.
Didn’t he say it’s in the next city? If mom misses you, she can take the bus to see you.
You, this.......!
Besides, you are alone and you are unfamiliar with the place, how can I feel at ease?"
Xiaolan patted her mother's hand gently and said, "Mom, I'm grown up now.
You also heard what the person at the door said just now.
Rumors and gossips make us stand upright, but how many people will believe them?
It would be fine for one or two days, but if there is any bad news from Liu Daguo in the future.
How do we live as a family?
My fourth and fifth sisters are not married, and my second brother is also single.
After hearing the rumors, no one came to propose marriage anymore.
The most important thing is, I don’t want to stay in this place anymore.”
When Xiaolan finished speaking, she was already sobbing.
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