◎Second update◎
Zhang Rong and her family were also resting in the yard. When they came out, they were right in front of Liu Nianhua's door. They saw Liu Nianhua busy with the kimchi jar, so Zhang Rong went over to take a look.
"Nianhua, you never take a break." Zhang Rong has rarely seen such a lively person in her eyes, but she is now the head of the family and has to do everything by herself without anyone around her to help her.
Liu Nianhua took off his thick cotton shirt and put on an old thin cotton shirt. He rolled up his sleeves and felt warm. He smiled and said, "We must hurry up and eat this. It will be delicious in the spring."
"Nianhua is a capable person." Zhou Jun walked to the stove and saw the pickled cabbage in her jar. It tasted delicious!
Zhou Qingdang got off work early today. Seeing Liu Nianhua busy again, he wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand and continued to work. He turned his head and stared at Xiaolong and Xiaohu beside him.
"Xiaolong and Xiaohu, come here."
"Uncle Zhou, do we want to ride horses?"
"You think about riding horses every day, right?" Zhou Qingdang was very familiar with the two of them. He touched their heads and the two of them just obeyed.
"Xiaolong and Xiaohu, stop messing with your Uncle Zhou and don't act disrespectful." Liu Nianhua looked up and felt embarrassed to bother his neighbors.
"Sister Hua, it's okay." Zhou Qingdang then looked at her openly again.
"Nianhua!" Luo Hongmei came over from the back room, ran to the west room in small steps, and showed a happy expression, "There is good news!"
"Auntie Luo? What's wrong?" Liu Nianhua's right hand was still in the kimchi jar, picking at the sauerkraut.
"A man in the alley next door asked me to introduce a girl to him. I heard that she was the perfect match for you!"
Yesterday, Yao Haoyu introduced a man to Luo Hongmei, saying that he was a widower living in the alley. Although he is a widower, he is not very old, only 32 years old this year, four or five years older than Liu Nianhua, and more importantly, he has no children!
"Listen to the terms. Your wife died and you still have no children. If you marry her, you will be the head of the family and Xiaolong and Xiaohu will not be bullied. How nice it would be if they were treated as your own children."
Liu Nianhua was a little confused. Why did someone suddenly come and ask for a kiss? "I..."
"If you don't think about yourself, you should think about the children. It's not enough to have only you at home. Xiaolong and Xiaohu still need a father to take care of them, otherwise it's uncertain what they will be like in the future. Besides, isn't it also to share the pressure for you? It seems that you can support three people with one salary now, but what will you do when the children grow up in the future? Don't get married? Don't ask for a dowry for marriage? Aren't you tired?"
Luo Hongmei is good at scolding people and also good at persuading people. After all this discussion, Liu Nianhua is really tempted.
In fact, these days, Liu's father and mother have been urging her to look for one. Widows are often surrounded by gossips, and she is also pretty, so it is easy for her to be targeted by others. It would be difficult for her to get dirty water splashed on her.
But after meeting Zhou Guoping, Liu Nianhua always felt a little scared, worried that he would meet a bad guy again. After all, Zhou Guoping seemed to be decent at first, but who knew he would change later.
"Nianhua, you really can go and take a look and have some contact with the child." Zhang Rong, who was listening nearby, felt that what Luo Hongmei said was reasonable this time. It was too difficult and too tiring for Liu Nianhua to take care of the child alone. He should find someone to live with him.
"It's really hard to find someone of similar age who doesn't have children."
At this age, it is not easy to find a partner to remarry after a divorce or for a man to remarry after his wife has died. Moreover, most of the time, both parties have children and live together. Each party is calculating and wants to give more care to their original children, so some people are bound to suffer grievances.
Zhou Qingdang saw his mother pause and was about to say something when he saw Liu Nianhua nod.
"Auntie Luo, I'll go back and think about it. I'll give you an answer in a few days, okay?"
It was fine as long as she didn't refuse directly. Luo Hongmei persuaded him a few more times before leaving.
With a clang, Zhou Qingdang took a step forward and in his hurry knocked over an empty porcelain basin beside the stove. The basin fell to the ground, making a loud and piercing sound.
Zhang Rong took a look at her son and wondered why this usually calm and steady son suddenly became so reckless.
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Liang Baozhen was lying on the bed, with her grandmother Zhou Yun next to her. Because Xu Shengjie and her grandmother were worried about her sleeping alone at night and it would be inconvenient if something happened, her grandmother slept with her when Xu Shengjie was on night shift.
However, Xu Shengjie had already taken a night shift leave, and as his wife was about to give birth, he had to stay at home at night in case she went into labor at any time.
On weekdays, Zhou Yun was busy preparing things for his grandson's wife to take to the hospital after giving birth, and preparing clothes for his great-grandson after he was born. He was very busy and slept soundly.
After waking up, Zhou Yun helped Liang Baozhen put on her clothes. It was not very convenient for her to move now, especially it was a bit strenuous to bend and turn around. After finishing the work, Zhou Yun went out to make breakfast first. As a result, when he came out of the house, he heard Luo Hongmei shouting through a loud speaker, saying that there was a thief in the National Cotton Mill last night!
Luo Hongmei went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables early this morning. On the way, she heard a few workers in blue work clothes talking about the thieves in the National Cotton Mill. After listening for a while, she returned to the yard to share the big melon she had obtained.
"I heard that he went to the office where the safe was kept in the middle of the night and almost succeeded!"
"What's in the safe at the National Cotton Mill? It must be a lot of money, right?"
"Who knows? Anyway, he was caught."
Liang Baozhen was sitting and brushing her teeth. She made some foam in her mouth, spit it out, then took two sips of water to rinse her mouth and spit it out quickly. When she heard this, she hurried over. Qian Jingjing saw her and asked her to slow down.
"Auntie Luo, is there really trouble at the National Cotton Mill?"
"That's right, people are talking about it outside."
There is no wall that is impenetrable. There are so many people working in the National Cotton Mill that any disturbance cannot be kept secret and will spread throughout the city in no time.
Liang Baozhen was curious, so she rushed out after breakfast. However, she couldn't walk fast, so she could only walk slowly into the factory. As soon as she arrived at the gate, she heard many workers discussing this matter.
"They said they were three thieves, good fellows, and they even had knives!"
"They broke into the safe and took the money away. They were carrying a big bag."
"If I really escape, will I become rich?"
"Zhang Laoguai, what, do you also want to be that rich and powerful?"
"No, no, no, I dare not!"
"It was the middle of the night. Fortunately, the two young comrades in the Qinghua workshop found something was wrong and arrested the man. Otherwise, the security department would be in big trouble!"
"I heard you were injured, right?"
"Yes, he was stabbed. I heard there was blood all over the floor. He is still in the health station."
Young comrades working the night shift in the Qinghua workshop? Liang Baozhen felt something was wrong. Xu Shengjie and Hong Saner were working the night shift yesterday!
"Comrade, what are the names of those two people?"
"I don't know. I don't remember the name."
"I think it was Xu. I heard one called another Old Xu!"
Liang Baozhen's face turned pale, and she put her hands on her waist and turned to go to the health station.
There is a health station inside the National Cotton Mill, located in a red brick building in the center of the factory. It is convenient for workers in the front and people in the family compound in the back to see a doctor. Common illnesses can be treated there, and only serious illnesses will be sent to a large hospital.
However, generally no one goes to the hospital for treatment, mainly because it is too expensive. The factory health station only charges a registration fee of 5 cents, and other medicines are free. The basic expenses are all covered by the factory employee medical insurance, and each person only needs to deduct one dollar per year. The expenses of going to the hospital are more than that. Everyone is living a frugal life, so how can they afford to spend that money?
Liang Baozhen was anxious and quickened her pace. What did that person say? He was injured and bleeding all over the floor? Could it be Xu Shengjie?
Xu Shengjie was tall and had good skills, so Liang Baozhen thought he would not be hurt, but the three thieves who stole the safe were carrying knives!
It's hard to say. Even a desperate dog will jump over the wall. Besides, a knife has no eyes.
Along the way, Liang Baozhen's face became paler the more she thought about it. She had already thought of many possible outcomes in her mind, and she unconsciously quickened her pace.
“Ouch!!!”
Just as she reached the door of the toilet, Liang Baozhen heard a man scream in pain, as if he was in great pain. Her heart was in knots!
"Comrade, are there two thief-catching workers here for medical treatment today?"
The nurse at the health station took one look at the beautiful pregnant woman and thought her voice sounded familiar, but she really didn't know her. "Yes, she's in that room bandaging the wound."
"Thank you." Liang Baozhen couldn't wait any longer and rushed in the direction the nurse pointed.
When I walked to the door, I saw three people in the room. Two men were sitting, and a nurse in a white coat was busy working next to them. Xu Shengjie was sitting on a chair with his back to me.
"Xu Shengjie!" Liang Baozhen shouted and walked quickly inside.
"Why are you here?" Xu Shengjie turned around when he heard the familiar voice. He didn't expect his wife to be here. He quickly stood up and helped her. "Why are you here at the toilet?"
"Are you hurt?" Liang Baozhen pulled his arm and looked him left and right, then checked him from head to toe. It seemed that he was fine!
"No." Xu Shengjie understood that his wife must have heard about the thief-catching incident in the factory and thought that he was injured, so she hurried over to the sanitation station to check. "Don't worry, it's just catching a few thieves, I'm not that weak."
Liang Baozhen felt slightly relieved.
At this time, Hong Saner, who was bandaging his arm wound and taking a breath in pain, said: "..."
I feel that it is contained.
"Ouch, ouch, nurse comrade, be gentle, be gentle."
Hong San'er is not afraid of anything except pain! Even if it hurts a little, he can scream out in great pain. People who don't know him would think something is wrong.
"Are you really not injured? Do you want to ask the doctor to check again? I heard that you had some bumps and bruises. I thought it was nothing, but it was only after a while that I found out that you had injuries inside."
A long time ago, there was a child in Damian Village who fell and hit his head on the ground. At that time, he felt okay, just a little painful, but he didn't take it seriously. He looked energetic, but he died in his sleep in the middle of the night.
He said that if I had seen a doctor earlier and had a check-up, this problem wouldn't have occurred.
"It's really okay, not a single bump." Xu Shengjie was catching thieves today, but the three thieves were useless and didn't touch him at all. However, he saw Liang Baozhen was sweating from her anxiety all the way here, so he helped her sit down on the chair at the bathroom station. He was about to lift up his sleeves to wipe his wife's face, but he realized that his work clothes were dirty after working the night shift, so he reached into his trouser pocket and took out a gray plaid handkerchief.
Wiped Liang Baozhen's forehead.
Hong Saner looked at the two people next to him, and finally realized why these old men were carrying handkerchiefs. It seemed that they were prepared for their wives.
Tsk tsk, what an eyesore!
The author has something to say:
Hong Saner: The dog food is full ⊙﹏⊙
The thief hurt my people, but you hurt my heart!
Happy Saturday~
Thanks to the cutie who irrigated the nutrient solution: 3 bottles of oats;
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