Chapter 3 Artificial Respiration: Abandoned Woman Remarries in the 1980s
Rong Zhen followed the crowd to find the department where the original owner worked. As soon as she entered, she was met with the curious gazes of her colleagues.
Colleague A teasingly inquired, "Hey, Comrade Zhang, I heard your family is looking for a remarriage partner for you. Did the social gathering yesterday produce any results?"
Colleague B also enthusiastically followed the gossip: "It is said that Engineer Qin was also invited by the factory director. It was a lively scene, with so many people that there was no room to squeeze in."
Both of them had plans and couldn't go. They heard about the grand social gathering last night from others early in the morning. They regretted not being able to be there in person, so they had to ask Rongzhen, who did attend, about the situation.
Rongzhen sat down in the only available seat and responded while tidying up the things on the table, "There were quite a lot of people there, and it was quite lively, but I left early, so I don't know the details."
As for her remarriage partner, she seemed shy and avoided the topic.
The atmosphere in the 1980s was more relaxed, but people were still very conservative about certain things. Given the original owner's personality, it was normal for her to react like this.
Sure enough, her colleagues were not surprised at all when they saw this, and told her not to forget to treat them to candy if she had good news.
Rongzhen lowered her head in shame, looking embarrassed to respond.
Everyone expressed their understanding and smiled sweetly.
But someone just happened to show up at this moment to spoil the fun.
"Humph, no one is stupid. Those who are despised and kicked out of their homes want to find an honest man to take over. It depends on whether there is anyone willing to take it."
Because of this sarcastic remark, the originally harmonious office atmosphere suddenly became so tense that you could hear a pin drop.
In the silence, Rongzhen looked up at the man sitting across the row from her.
Just now, he was chattering without any regard for others' feelings, breaking the harmonious atmosphere created by everyone.
It's unclear whether this person had a conflict with the original owner, or looked down on her divorced status, or simply looked down on women. He rashly said something like this, which only offended people and did no good at all. He was simply stupid.
Rongzhen felt confused and was not afraid of being targeted.
The original owner was just taciturn and didn't like to talk much, but he was not a softie who could be easily bullied.
So she immediately responded gently, "Don't worry, I will be very selective and will never find you."
"Puchi!" The colleagues couldn't help but burst out laughing.
The man, who realized the derogatory meaning of her words belatedly, blushed and slammed the table, startling his female colleague next to him.
The other person retorted to him dissatisfiedly, "Li Jun, come on, no one will be interested in you no matter how much trouble you make. You say no one wants others, but in fact, it's you who no one wants. You imply that you'll hold a grudge if the relationship fails. Haha, with this kind of character, even if you didn't have those burdens in your family, no one would be willing to marry you."
We are all born by our parents. Which female comrade would be willing to be a nanny for a useless and annoying guy?
Everyone: “?!”
The secret revealed in the words was so shocking that everyone looked incredulous after hearing it.
They probably didn't expect that the short, ugly Comrade Li would be interested in the fair and pretty Comrade Zhang Yuzhen. Even though the latter had just been divorced and had two children, and was rumored to be unable to have a son, it seemed that she was not someone that the guy could covet.
You should know that although Comrade Zhang Yuzhen is divorced and suspected of not being able to give birth to a son, she is good-looking, has a job, her family is willing to help her, and she can make a living on her own, so there are many male comrades who care about her.
As for Li Jun, not to mention his poor personal conditions, he is also unlucky with his wife. He married two girls from the countryside, but both of them were ruined by him, leaving six children to feed. Moreover, his family has a pair of unemployed and picky parents. It's a complete hellhole, and no fool would jump into it.
With his shabby conditions, he actually dared to covet Comrade Zhang, and after his pursuit failed, he became angry and embarrassed. Where is the face for him?
Rongzhen understood why Comrade Li was targeting her, and along with everyone else, she looked at him in surprise and contempt.
Li Jun was not a shameless person after all, and was so irritated by the strange looks from everyone that he slammed the door and left.
As a result, just as he left, the leader came to inspect the work. Seeing that he was not there and had not asked for leave, he decisively made a note of it, and his benefits for this month were lost.
Putting this episode aside, Rongzhen's work in the morning was very simple. She only had to check a data record.
This requires more patience and carefulness, which are the two things she has in abundance. She finishes it slowly and just in time for lunch, without being conspicuous or delayed.
We had lunch in the cafeteria, and the head chef made his signature dish, tofu and fish head, which was so delicious that it made our mouths water.
Rongzhen waited in a long line with an aluminum lunch box before she got one. She also ordered a portion of stir-fried celery leaves and four large white flour buns, which she put in a thermos bucket and took home.
Just as she reached the gate of the family compound, the old lady guarding the gate told her some bad news.
For some unknown reason, the two children had a fight with their classmates at school, and the teacher sent someone to notify their parents to come over.
Since neither Rongzhen nor her mother was at home, someone passed the message to the gatekeeper and asked her to help pass it on.
Rongzhen thanked the other party, turned around and went to the school against the flow of students going home for lunch.
After she left, Qin Fengnian came over during lunch break, but was stopped by an unfamiliar old lady who asked him who he was looking for.
Qin Fengnian looked around to see if there was anyone around. He whispered, "I'm looking for Comrade Zhang Yuzhen. Could you please call her for me? I have something to tell her."
The old lady looked at him carefully and said, "Looking for Yuzhen, she's not here."
"Then where did she go?" Qin Fengnian asked, noticing that the old lady's eyes had changed when she looked at him, and he immediately explained, "Tell me, I have something urgent to talk to her about."
Both of them are in that situation, and the baby may already be pregnant. How can we not be anxious?
Even if the other party's situation is different from what he expected, he cannot act like a hooligan and be irresponsible.
Seeing his sincerity, the old lady pointed him in the direction of the school.
Qin Fengnian thanked him and chased after him.
A neighbor who was out for a stroll after dinner saw him walking away and couldn't help but ask the old lady why Mr. Qin had come.
Only then did the old lady know Qin Fengnian's identity. She raised her eyelids in surprise, smiled and said nothing.
Rongzhen rushed to school quickly and met Chanchan and Juanjuan's friends on the way, who kindly took them to the teacher's office.
The boy who fought with the two sisters was a naughty boy who was very strong. However, he was pinned to the ground and beaten badly by Chanchan. In addition, Juanjuan attacked him from the side, so the boy was beaten badly.
It was not until Rongzhen appeared that the two sisters, who the teacher could not pull apart no matter how hard they tried, finally let go of each other and threw themselves into her arms, crying loudly, looking even more pitiful than others who were being beaten.
Before the teacher could say anything, Chanchan started sobbing and complaining, "Mom, Tiedan scolded me for having a father but no father to raise me, and he even pushed my sister down!"
Juanjuan agreed with her sister with red eyes. Several other classmates who were present at the time stood up to testify that it was indeed Tiedan who started the foul language and swearing, otherwise the fight would not have started.
Tiedan's father, who arrived shortly after, heard what happened, apologized awkwardly, and dragged his son, who was lying on the ground, and gave him a good beating.
The brat dares to talk nonsense about everything, he really deserves to be punished.
After cleaning up, Tiedan was forced by his father to apologize to the two sisters. The teacher also punished him by making him write a 1,000-word self-criticism, and the matter was finally over.
Tiedan was heartbroken. Although he was a tough guy, he was not afraid of being beaten, but he was afraid of writing a self-criticism, a thousand words at that.
The two sisters burst into laughter, let him go with satisfaction, and went to eat with Rongzhen.
At this time, nephew Maomao ran over with sweat on his forehead, "Auntie, are my elder sister and younger sister okay? There is a little brat who dares to bully them. Believe me, I won't let him go!" The ten-year-old boy had a childish expression on his face and swore angrily with his fist clenched.
"Cousin Maomao, Tiedan is very bad. Let me tell you something." Chanchan and Juanjuan surrounded him and complained chatteringly.
Rongzhen waited until they had finished venting their anger before coming out to stop them: "Alright, alright, Tiedan has learned his lesson. Maomao, you...be more careful with your actions."
Maomao responded loudly, a bright smile blooming on his chubby face.
After confirming that his two sisters were fine, this guy waved his hand to decline Rongzhen's invitation to dinner, turned around and ran home to eat.
After he interrupted them, Chanchan and Juanjuan's little tempers were basically gone. They said to Rongzhen coquettishly, "Mom, can we go to the park to eat by the lake?"
There is a small park near the school with a small lake in the center. It is the season when lotus flowers are in full bloom. The lake is picturesque and the lakeside is lined with green trees. It is a good place for a nap.
It just so happened that Rongzhen also wanted to let the two of them relax, so it would be nice to accompany them to the park to sit by the lake and enjoy the breeze.
The mother, daughter and their two children left hand in hand. Qin Fengnian, who was a step slower, missed the opportunity again.
Standing at the deserted school gate, he suddenly had a sense of fate for some reason, as if destiny was preventing him from getting closer to her, and the two coincidental misses were proof of that.
But he just refused to believe it. Since they had already crossed paths, how could they not be destined to be together?
Qin Fengnian is a young man of the new era who has received higher education. He firmly believes in materialism and believes that fate and destiny are of no use to him.
So after another disappointment, he did not give up and instead started looking around.
However, he was searching openly, while the other person was following Rongzhen stealthily and secretly went to the lakeside of the park.
Rongzhen took the two little ones to have a delicious lunch in a pavilion surrounded by lotus flowers. When they were washing their lunch boxes on the stone steps, they suddenly heard Chanchan and Juanjuan scream, "Mommy, be careful!!"
Suddenly, there was a sound of wind in his ears. Rong Zhen quickly dodged the attack and turned around to see a twisted face with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks. It was Li Jun.
"What do you want to do?!" Rongzhen stood up and shouted, trying to get away from the lake.
Unexpectedly, Li Jun was irritated by her attitude, and he rushed forward and pushed her into the lake.
Rongzhen failed to dodge this time and fell into the lake due to unstable center of balance.
Li Jun jumped down immediately afterwards.
Rongzhen instantly understood the other party's plan, so how could he let him get what he wanted?
It’s true that the original owner is a landlubber, but □□zhen can doggy paddle.
As the saying goes, strike while the sick is ill!
Rong Zhen flapped her legs and stepped on Li Jun's head, using the force to swim quickly to the lotus bushes on the other side of the pavilion.
Want to slander her innocence and blame her? Just think about it, it's impossible in your next life.
Chanchan and Juanjuan were terrified. They cried loudly on the shore and threw stones at the bad guys to buy time for their mother to escape, while shouting for help.
"Mom, mom, help me, help me—"
"Don't worry, I'm fine, cough cough cough..."
Rongzhen surfaced to comfort the two little ones, but accidentally choked on the water. He kept coughing and paddling like a dog, which looked like he was struggling to drown from a distance.
Then with a splash, someone rushed over and jumped into the water, trying to rescue her to shore.
With the previous experience of Li Jun as a lesson, Rong Zhen would never let him succeed. She struggled to avoid him before she even saw who was coming.
"It's me!" The man's low voice was full of worry, and it sounded particularly familiar to Rongzhen's ears.
Rongzhen looked carefully and wondered who else could the person in front of her be but Qin Fengnian.
In the misty water, he stretched out his strong arms, held her tightly, and carried her to the shore.
Rongzhen's eyes wandered for a moment, and she suddenly thought of the first item in the mission, 'Falling into the water and being rescued'. Isn't now a good time to complete it?
Opportunity is fleeting, so give it your all.
"Li Jun wants to plot against me. Don't let him succeed." After Rong Zhen said this, she fainted from exhaustion.
Qin Fengnian looked down and saw her pale and bluish face. He quickened his pace and carried her ashore. He ignored Chanchan and Juanjuan who rushed forward crying, and first laid Rongzhen flat and began to give first aid.
Artificial respiration had become commonplace in the 1980s, but knowing about it is one thing, and seeing someone do it with your own eyes is another.
What's more, it was a gay man doing it to a lesbian.
This caused the people who heard the noise to gather around and talk about it, saying all kinds of things.
On the other side, Li Jun, who had drunk a bellyful of water and floated up, was also rescued to the shore because there were many people around. He was unconscious and in urgent need of medical treatment, but unfortunately no one was willing to help him.
Finally, a kind-hearted person found an old man who blew on him twice with great reluctance, and the stench woke him up.
Rongzhen also woke up quickly. She had to wake up because someone had already kissed her hard on the mouth several times. If she didn't wake up, she would probably be kissed to death by him.
Although his mouth didn't stink, but rather had a minty scent, she should still stop in broad daylight.
Then Rongzhen opened her eyes with a moan, and their eyes met, with only a gap between their lips.
Embarrassed, blushing.
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