It was almost noon, and Yi Zhonghai was still lying on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Last night, when I was beaten, my head and face were completely numb, and I couldn't feel anything. But after I got home, I started to have a headache and feel nauseous.
He lay down in a daze and never got up again. Whenever he tried to sit up, he felt dizzy, nauseous, and wanted to vomit.
Seeing Yi Zhonghai's demeanor, Aunt Yi didn't mention the events of the previous night again.
However, you could tell from the expression on her face that she was already disappointed in Yi Zhonghai, and there was also the matter of the child that the neighbors had mentioned at the time.
The child is a major worry for this couple.
The elderly couple had no children, and Aunt Yi directly blamed herself, believing that she would be ashamed of the ancestors of the Yi family even if she died because she could not give Yi Zhonghai a son or daughter.
She never thought that Yi Zhonghai was responsible for her inability to have children; this is the inherent mindset of women in this era.
Of course, science couldn't be popularized in this era either.
However, Aunt Yi had already decided that Yi Zhonghai couldn't be left without someone to take care of him, so she would file for divorce once the injuries on his head and face healed.
Give Yi Zhonghai his freedom. They're not even fifty yet. If Yi Zhonghai can find a woman, maybe it'll be too late to have a child.
There should be enough time, otherwise why would they invite Qin Huairu to the vegetable cellar?
As Yi Zhonghai watched his aunt bustling around, he wanted to explain what had happened last night, but his head was throbbing badly and his mind was fluctuating between clear and confused. He dared not speak, for fear of saying something incoherent.
Aunt Yi fed Yi Zhonghai a few bites of food, but he vomited it up again shortly afterward.
Yi Zhonghai is now lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), looking no different from a dead man.
He was completely unaware of the rumors circulating in the compound and the factory, but even if he knew them now, there was nothing he could do about it.
Sha Zhu never even considered consulting Yi Zhonghai. That old guy wanted to eat the fat meat that Sha Zhu had been eyeing for so many years; beating him would be too lenient.
He secretly vowed that he would never let Yi Zhonghai get away with it.
After lying in bed pondering for a while, Sha Zhu went out and headed straight for the steel rolling mill.
...... ......
At lunchtime, Xiao Su walked briskly out of the office building, carrying three lunch boxes, and headed towards the security office building across the street.
"Sister-in-law is here. Wang Ke is in the duty room. I'll go get him for you. You can just go to the second floor."
When Xiao Su walked in, a young member of the security team immediately greeted her with a smile and opened the door.
Ever since Xiao Su started working at the factory, she's been a regular at the security department. Everyone envies Section Chief Wang for finding such a beautiful partner.
Even some unmarried and single team members have raised their standards for dating.
"Okay, thank you for your help, Xiao Li. If you haven't eaten, come and have something with us."
Xiao Su is very approachable, which is why the team members like her.
The team member named Xiao Li chuckled and scratched his head, saying, "I wouldn't dare disturb Wang Ke and his wife's meal, lest Wang Ke kick my butt."
Xiao Su chuckled. A few days ago, when she came to the security department, she saw Xiao Li scolding a worker in the corridor. He looked as stern as a teacher scolding a student. She never expected him to show such a contrasting side now.
"Okay, then go and call him. I always trouble you. I'll have him get you a pack of cigarettes in a bit."
"No, no, sister-in-law, please don't! I'll go get it right away. Forget about the cigarettes, Wang Ke has already been very good to us." With that, Xiao Li strode off towards the security team's duty room.
Section Chief Hu is already semi-retired; he's lucky if he comes to work three days a week, and spends all his time at home playing with his grandson.
Wang Dabao has become the de facto head of the security department, but now he has a lot more to do. He has to attend meetings big and small every day, and after the meetings, he has to go around to different places.
He came back from outside and went straight to the security team's duty room.
They had only been chatting and joking around for a short while when Xiao Li came in.
"Wang Ke, your wife is here. She's already waiting in the lounge." Xiao Li's eyes were full of envy; Wang Ke had clearly gained weight from being fed by his wife.
How can someone who brings their own lunch every day not gain weight?
Wang Dabao grabbed a cigarette from the table and stuffed it into Xiao Li's pocket. "Take this and smoke it."
After saying that, he pulled Xiao Li out of the duty room.
Zheng Jun stood there dumbfounded for a long time before slowly speaking: "No, I don't remember Wang Ke taking out any cigarettes when he came in. That pack of cigarettes seems to be mine."
"It's not just a possibility, it's definitely yours."
Feng Biao nodded seriously, "That's why Wang Ke dragged Xiao Li away, he was afraid you would realize what was happening and ask for him back."
In the second-floor lounge, Xiao Su had already set out the food.
The number of lunchboxes has increased from one to three, which shows how much Xiao's mother values her future son-in-law, Wang Dabao.
"Tomorrow's the weekend, and I have a day off too. Shall we go shopping together?"
While wolfing down his food, Wang Dabao said, "The season is about to change, and I was thinking of going with you to buy a couple of new clothes."
"No need, I have plenty of clothes. Besides, there's no need to spend that money. I can just buy the fabric and make them myself." Compared to Wang Dabao's ravenous eating, Xiao Su's manners were much more refined.
Wang Dabao chuckled: "Wow, we're not even married yet, and our Susu already knows how to manage a household?!"
"Who is your Susu?"
Hearing Wang Dabao address her so affectionately, Xiao Su's face immediately turned red.
"If it's not mine, then whose is it? Okay, it's settled then. Tomorrow, even if we don't buy anything, we'll still go for a stroll." Wang Dabao chuckled as he finished the rice in his lunchbox.
Xiao Su was just shy; in fact, she had already decided on Wang Dabao, and nodded with a smile.
He then asked, "I heard something happened in your department today, is that true?"
Wang Dabao looked up and saw that Xiao Su's eyes seemed to be flashing with gossip. This was very dangerous, but thinking about it, it made sense. Women are naturally fond of gossip, aren't they?
Let alone women, most men are the same.
At that moment, Wang Dabao put down his lunchbox and recounted to Xiao Su what he had told Feng Biao and Zheng Jun.
Xiao Su was startled by what she heard. "Although I have lived in a compound, I have never encountered anything like this."
Wang Dabao thought to himself, "Don't you even know who's in this Red Star Courtyard? There's plenty of gossip to come."
Next, Wang Dabao faced various questions from Xiao Su, the main issue being that the girl had become curious about the people in the compound.
"Alright, after we finish shopping tomorrow, I'll take you, the lady of the house, to my place. We've known each other for so long, and you've never been to my place before."
Wang Dabao was having a bit of a headache from Xiao Su's questions; there were some he didn't even know how to answer.
For example, was Qin Huairu really a pitiful woman?
Since Yi Zhonghai has some prestige in the courtyard, why would he invite Qin Huairu to the vegetable cellar? Doesn't he know that there's always gossip around a widow's house?
This Yi Zhonghai must be harboring malicious intentions, right?
That guy named Sha Zhu has been being used by Qin Huairu all along, he must know it himself, right?
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