Unexpectedly, one day, Jiang Lin would also experience the taste of dissatisfaction, which was terrible. She finally understood what it felt like for Cheng Rushan to be unsatisfied, which was too pitiful, so she let him experience it twice as much. Finally, in Cheng Rushan's resentful eyes, she felt refreshed, and had achieved peace of mind and body, and was no longer so restless.
After all, she is affected by hormones, which is abnormal, so her abnormality will not continue.
At dinner that night, Wensheng saw that Cheng Rushan looked a little dark, so he asked him, "Dad, are you unhappy?"
Cheng Rushan: “A little bit.”
Dabao: “Why are you unhappy?”
Xiaobao: "I know, I think the train is too slow. I am not happy either, why does Baosheng have to sit on the train for nine months? Dad, don't you know the railway bureau? Go and talk to them and ask them to send my Baosheng here earlier."
Although it was completely different, it miraculously matched Cheng Rushan's mood. The ecstasy he felt when his wife was pregnant had calmed down, and was then replaced by the torment of being able to see and touch but not eat.
He Liang looked very considerate, "Brother Cheng, do you want to move in with us?"
Cheng Rushan glanced at him coldly and said, "It's a waste of talent for you to stand guard all day. You should go to the training camp more often. You should be able to get a position in the Operations Department or transfer to the Public Security Bureau." Riding a bicycle to handle cases every day should keep you busy.
He Liang just laughed.
Dabao: "My baby has worked so hard, we are in a bad mood, why are you laughing?"
Xiao Meng and Xiao Jun sat there as quiet as chickens, unable to get a word in.
Xiaojun wanted to play with Dabao and Xiaobao, so he interrupted, "Are you asking your sister to come quickly because you want to change your wife? Girls are here to change wives for their brothers!"
Dabao and Xiaobao turned their heads to look at him with unfriendly eyes. The atmosphere was a little weird for a moment. Xiaojun swallowed his saliva and said, "What? My grandma said..."
"Did your grandma say that you will be beaten if you talk nonsense?" Dabao gestured to Xiaojun's hand with chopsticks, "Stretch out your hand, you are talking nonsense."
In school, teachers are like this. When children quarrel and fight, the teachers judge between them and slap their hands.
Xiaojun was so scared that he hid his hands behind his back, then looked at Xiaomeng for help.
Xiao Meng reached out her hand, timidly, "Hit me."
Yan Runzhi wanted to tell Dabao and Xiaobao not to bully their younger brother, but Jiang Lin looked at her, telling her not to bother. Yan Runzhi didn't care, just watched, and quietly winked at Cheng Rushan, telling him to move out at night.
Cheng Rushan pretended not to understand and turned to discuss with Jiang Lin to go to the infirmary or military hospital for a checkup to confirm the pregnancy. Jiang Lin sat next to him, her face calm, not as rosy as when she was alone with him, but dignified and quiet, with the radiance of motherhood shining.
Xiaojun looked at Jiang Lin, wanting her to save him.
Jiang Lin turned a blind eye and just spoke to Cheng Rushan in a low voice.
Xiaojun had no choice but to look away and stick closely to Xiaomeng.
Dabao didn't let him go, "Stretch out your hand, I'm talking to you. The teacher wants to slap your hands, but there's no one to take your place."
Xiaojun: "I won't dare to do that again."
Xiaobao: "Let's talk about it later. I want it now."
Xiao Meng: "You, you guys, hit... hit me."
Dabao: "Girls should not interfere in men's affairs. Whoever makes a mistake should be responsible. Xiaojun, you need to be a man and don't hide behind a girl and act pitiful."
Xiaojun: "Wow... I want to go home, I want my grandma, I want my dad..."
Xiaobao: "Whoever cries will not be given my fruit candy. I also have shrimp cakes, peach cakes, date cakes, rice cakes, fruit leather..." He listed a bunch of snacks.
Xiaojun stopped crying and stretched out his hand aggrievedly, "Woo woo, you...be gentle."
Dabao didn't use chopsticks, but patted his palm with his hand, not hard, but crisp, "Don't do it again!"
When Xiaojun saw that he admitted his mistake and Brother Dabao didn't hit him, he felt relieved and was not so scared anymore.
Xiao Bao stuffed a piece of fruit candy into his hand and said, "You admit your mistakes and take responsibility, so I'll reward you."
Xiaobao felt very curious, how could this be possible? He put the candy in his mouth, it tasted sour and sweet, and it was delicious.
Xiaobao gave Xiaomeng another piece as a reward, "You protected your brother, so I'll give you one piece as a reward."
Dabao: "It's unprincipled, and you shouldn't be rewarded. My younger brother made a mistake, so he should be punished. Why should you take the blame? Xiaobao made a mistake, so I never took the punishment for him."
Xiaobao: "It's good that you don't come up and hit me. I can't expect you to do it for me."
Dabao rolled his eyes at him and said, "You hide..."
"Hey, hey, hey, grandma, why aren't you eating yet?" Xiaobao interrupted quickly, not letting Abao continue speaking. He also put his arms around Dabao's neck, talking to him and his brother, not letting him continue speaking.
Dabao glanced at Jiang Lin, and seeing that she didn't seem to pay attention, he stopped talking.
Wensheng asked curiously, "What else did your grandma teach you?"
Xiaojun: "There are many. No matter what school or book a girl goes to, she becomes a bad person. She is not a decent person and is always flirting with other people."
Vince, Dabao and Xiaobao: “…” What does that mean?
Jiang Lin: "Okay, let's eat. Dabao and Xiaobao, you take Xiaomeng to school tomorrow, and Xiaojun will stay at home with grandpa and grandma."
Sometimes they accompany Wensheng to the drama troupe, and sometimes they stay here in the military area. There is also an activity center here, near the auditorium, which has fitness equipment and places for dancing and singing. The art troupe comes here regularly for performances, and Wensheng will also go there to rehearse and perform.
Let Xiaojun follow them and learn the rules.
He Liang: "I'll go tell the school."
Xiao Meng is studying here on loan.
Xiao Meng still doesn't eat much at night, but she eats a few more bites than at home. She should overcome the psychological barriers first. She can ask Dr. Lan to treat her gastrointestinal problems.
With Yan Runzhi and the others, Jiang Lin didn't have to take care of the children at all, and let them tell stories or do anything else. They were still discussing how to sleep at night. Because Xiaomeng was a girl, Yan Runzhi asked her to follow her. Xiaojun wanted to chase Dabao and Xiaobao to play, but also wanted to sleep with his sister. Finally, Dabao decided to let him sleep with Xiaomeng first, and he could follow them after a few days.
Dabao now acts like an older brother.
Jiang Lin pulled Cheng Rushan back to the room.
To be honest, Cheng Rushan was a little reluctant to go to bed so early, as things were different now. However, she had to go to school tomorrow, so it was right for her to go to bed early.
The next day, Cheng Rushan wanted to send Jiang Lin to school, but Jiang Lin flatly refused.
"Brother Shan, I'm not that delicate. Just relax and don't be nervous." In order to comfort Cheng Rushan, she deliberately slowed down her pace and got into the car carefully, for fear of scaring him.
Cheng Rushan watched the bus leave before returning to the compound, and first went to the office area's logistics and political department to report the news that his wife was pregnant. Of course, there was no need to go through so much trouble before, and he could just come back when he registered his household registration.
Are we going to start family planning now? Cheng Rushan naturally won't wait for others to start planning on him.
He is now a captain under the Transportation Department and a captain under the Discipline Inspection Committee. He is young and promising, and many people look up to him. However, he is very calm and does not look proud at all.
Director Feng and Deputy Director Bian of the Logistics and Political Department were both there. Seeing Cheng Rushan coming in, Director Feng smiled and said, "Rushan, you are a rare guest. Come quickly!"
Others would come to the Political Department to hang out and build relationships whenever they had time, but he never showed up unless he had something to do.
Cheng Rushan greeted them and said that he wanted to register the household registration of his future child in advance.
Director Feng smiled and said, "Oh, congratulations."
Bian Haitao's expression fell almost uncontrollably. Jiang Lin was pregnant.
He felt a sour and bitter taste rising from his stomach. He said, "Captain Cheng, we have family planning policy now, and you are going against the trend..."
"Deputy Director Bian, can you please show me the confirmed document?" Cheng Rushan responded sharply.
Bian Haitao: ...
Director Feng tried to smooth things over, "Don't get excited. We haven't officially started yet, so it's still okay now. I went to a meeting, and that means it will be officially implemented on New Year's Day. So if you got pregnant before New Year's Day, it's okay."
Bian Haitao: "Are you really pregnant or are you taking it first?"
Cheng Rushan: "When my wife is free, we will go to the hospital to get a certificate of examination."
Director Feng: "No need. Why are you so serious? We are all brothers. We are different from other schools, streets, and factories. We don't play those games."
There is really no need to bother with the military district. All you need to do is talk about family planning. From a certain date, if you get pregnant and don't meet the conditions, you either have to have the baby removed or it will affect your promotion, transfer, etc. After all, those who bring their families here are at the cadre level, and ordinary soldiers don't have families, or their families are in their hometowns and can't accompany the army.
That's why Director Feng is not worried.
After getting the approval, Cheng Rushan returned to his office. With this, no one could make things difficult for them with regard to having more children than allowed or anything like that.
Twenty days passed in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Lin felt that being pregnant made no difference. She ate better and slept better.
Because the exam was just a few days away, she did not dare to relax. She arrived at school early every day, reviewed when she got home at night, and met with her classmates in the library in the afternoon to discuss the exam content and practice questions.
This morning she got off the bus, and when the bus left, she was hit by a gust of exhaust fumes, which made her feel sick. She hurriedly took a few quick steps to breathe some fresh air, but she still felt nauseous and wanted to vomit but couldn't, as if she was carsick.
"Are you okay?" Someone passing by asked her with concern.
Jiang Lin covered her mouth with a handkerchief, turned her head and looked over, smiling, "Thank you, I'm fine."
The man said "oh", took out a small iron box from his pocket, opened it and handed it to her, "Just have a candy."
Jiang Lin glanced at him. A stranger giving someone candy on the street? Was she so easy to fool? She smiled and said, "Thank you, but no thanks. I'm at school now."
The man was embarrassed for a moment, "Don't you recognize me?"
After hearing what he said, Jiang Lin took a closer look and found that he looked familiar. Oh, isn't this the handsome and unique canteen chef?
She smiled and said, "I'm so sorry, I didn't recognize you because you changed your clothes."
She took a piece of fruit candy and put it in her mouth. The sweet and sour taste made her feel much better.
"My name is Tian Ye."
Jiang Lin held the candy in her mouth and said, "Hello, Master Tian Ye, my name is Jiang Lin."
Tian Ye: "Hello, classmate Jiang Lin."
Jiang Lin smiled, feeling that he was dissatisfied with the suffix of her calling him "Master", but she didn't take it seriously. After entering the campus, she went directly to the teaching building, and he also went in that direction, and the two walked together.
When they reached the intersection, Jiang Lin saw that he was still following her and reminded him, "Aren't you going to the cafeteria?"
Tian Ye: "Oh, I will go to help at noon, I have classes in the morning."
Have classes?
Jiang Lin looked at him in surprise, "Are you a student?"
Tian Ye smiled self-deprecatingly, "Am I too old?"
Jiang Lin looked at him and really couldn't tell how old he was. After all, men's ages were also magical. Some were in their teens but looked like they were in their twenties or thirties, while others were in their forties but looked like they were in their twenties or thirties.
Tian Ye said, "I'm a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts. We just started recruiting students a while ago. The school building..." He pointed to the next door, "I'm temporarily borrowing your school's classrooms and dormitories."
Jiang Lin hurriedly said, "Teacher Tian, I'm so sorry."
Tian Ye: "It's also nice if you call me Master Tian."
Jiang Lin smiled, "Sorry." She was not very good at seeing things, and she hadn't noticed it before, but she was grateful that he always gave her more meat and vegetables. Now that he said it, it was true. His hair was a little longer than other boys, and he had the kind of flying spirit that was unique to people who studied art.
"It's okay. After all, I'm not as famous as you." Tian Ye also laughed, "You are one of the most famous campus beauties in the provincial university."
"Teacher Tian, please stop teasing me. It's embarrassing not to list married people with the young girls." She had also heard about this. It was the nosy male classmates who did the ranking.
She is the only one who is still on the list even though she is married, because the male classmates have an unspeakable hostility towards the beautiful female classmates who are married, and secretly say that they are good cabbages that are eaten by pigs.
Zeng Hongjie was naturally the best among the unmarried ones and had many suitors. Unfortunately, except for being easy-going with her close friends, she was rather cold towards other people, which hurt the self-esteem of her male classmates. She was labeled as arrogant and a cold beauty.
So what they pursued most were those who were pretty, willing to be nice to them, chat with them and dance with them, and they even selected the best dancers. Jiang Lin and Zeng Hongjie had nothing to do with these. They didn't dance with strange men at all.
Tian Ye: "I also know classmate Zeng Hongjie. She is the one who often eats with you."
When Jiang Lin heard that he knew Zeng Hongjie, her impression of him deepened. Xiaojie was from the School of Arts and was also the person in charge of the school newspaper. He was very sociable and naturally knew a lot of people.
When they were about to enter the teaching building, Tian Ye said, "By the way, there is a girl in our Academy of Fine Arts who looks a bit like you, and their names are similar too. It's really fate."
Jiang Lin smiled and said, "But we only have two daughters in our family, and we have never sent them away."
Tian Ye: "Haha, Jiang Lin is very humorous. If you have time, could you and your friends be models for us?"
Jiang Lin hadn't recovered from the shock of knowing that the chef was a teacher at the art academy when she was invited to be a model. She subconsciously refused, "We can't stand sitting there motionless. It's really embarrassing."
Tian Ye was not unhappy at all. He smiled and said goodbye to her.
Jiang Lin went to the classroom. The class was Construction Equipment Engineering Technology, and two classes in the department were taking the class together.
As soon as she entered, Su Xingyun waved at her and asked her to come over and sit down.
Su Xingyun had shown his intention to pursue Zeng Hongjie before, but Zeng Hongjie did not give him a chance to express his feelings clearly. Instead, she expressed her feelings in a tactful way during the social gathering. Although it was tactful, it also made Su Xingyun understand that she would not accept him. Su Xingyun was also a free and easy person. From pursuing Jiang Lin to Zeng Hongjie, he ended before he even started, and he was not affected. Later, he expanded his vision and found a girlfriend in the College of Arts and Sciences, who seemed to be a good match for him.
Jiang Lin sat down, "The squad leader looks good."
Su Xingyun chuckled and said, "We plan to go to my house during the New Year and get married secretly." He has a good relationship with Jiang Lin, and he knows what kind of person Jiang Lin is. She is tight-lipped and never talks about other people's affairs casually, so he couldn't hide it at all.
Jiang Lin looked around. Everyone was studying and chatting, and the room was a bit noisy.
She lowered her head and whispered, "The school won't allow it now, you better be careful." Now no one cares about cohabitation, but marriage is not approved, you have to wait until after graduation. After graduation, there is also the issue of job assignment. If they are not assigned together, the couple will be in trouble.
Su Xingyun: "I'm not afraid."
Later, Zhu Caiping and Yao Zhenxia were arguing about something. They were as close as conjoined twins at first, but then they started to have cracks and sometimes ignored each other. Jiang Lin also saw it occasionally when she lived in the dormitory, or heard about it from Yang Lu, but she didn't pay much attention to it.
Yang Lu came close to her and said, "Jiang Lin, you know, there is a new beauty in our school who will replace you."
Jiang Lin looked at her. Ever since she and Yang Lu had talked about all that nonsense like "Are you the you of yesterday? Am I the me of yesterday?", Yang Lu had turned from being nagging to being mysterious, and sometimes even talking nonsense. Combined with her love of collecting gossip and little secrets about classmates, it couldn't be better.
"I'm not a school beauty. I'm just an ordinary student and I'm married, so you don't need to take me with you."
Yang Lu: "But that school beauty looks a lot like you, aren't you curious?"
Jiang Lin looked at her, was she really similar? This was the second time she had heard it that morning. Should she go back and ask Xu Aimei if she had given away a younger sister?
Yang Lu saw Jiang Lin's expression and knew that she was curious. He said proudly, "I've seen it before. It really looks like her. If I didn't know you were not in school, I would have almost thought it was you."
Su Xingyun said: "Student Yang, you are exaggerating. I don't think they look like each other at all."
Yang Lu: “Have you seen it?”
Su Xingyun: "Of course, I went to the College of Arts and Sciences the day before yesterday and saw him by chance. Anyway, I didn't think they looked alike."
Yang Lu had an expression that said "you are blind" and insisted on arguing with him. He was exactly like Jiang Lin, only younger and more immature and innocent.
Before Jiang Lin could express her opinion, Su Xingyun became unhappy and said, "Let's go to class!"
Yang Lu was so frightened by him that he quickly went back and sat down.
Su Xingyun also comforted Jiang Lin: "Jiang Lin, don't be angry."
Jiang Lin has already read two pages of the book. The course has been completed long ago. Now she is reviewing for the exam. The teacher is here to answer questions, so she needs to sort out the knowledge points and discuss with the teacher the ones she doesn't understand.
"Why are you angry? Oh, you mean the school belle?" Jiang Lin smiled and said, "I don't like school belle at all. We are all the same. Why put a special label on me? If you think I'm pretty, just compliment me. There's no need to label me and keep consuming me. I don't feel proud or honored at all. Wait until I get first place in the exam and get an excellent scholarship before you compliment me."
Su Xingyun gave a thumbs up and said, "Jiang Lin, I admire you."
Jiang Lin: "And you, now that you have a girlfriend, don't get too close to me all the time, lest your girlfriend misunderstands."
Su Xingyun was about the same age as her, so he could not help but protect her as a younger sister. In addition, he also knew Cheng Rushan and Fang Chengguang, and envied the fact that she was surrounded by powerful men, so he could not help but want to get closer to her. So even if he had a girlfriend, he would not distance himself from Jiang Lin. He felt that it was completely unnecessary to distance himself from her because of this, and it would be his loss.
Besides, he and Jiang Lin have a good relationship, and the whole class and department know it, so no one would misunderstand. Even Cheng Rushan didn’t misunderstand it, so why would they misunderstand?
For those who love to study, class time goes by very quickly. Especially for those like Jiang Lin who are focused, they don't think about where to go after class or which classmates to hook up with after class. They just want to monopolize the teacher and ask questions constantly, wishing to drain the teacher's attention.
The teachers loved and feared her, fearing that they would be stumped by her questions, especially when she discussed and asked questions together with several top male students in the class. That was a disaster for the teachers.
After all, many teachers have limited abilities. They were delayed for ten years before, and now they are studying hard while teaching students, fearing that they will make a fool of themselves if they don't work hard. They are even more miserable than the students.
At noon, after class, Jiang Lin went to the cafeteria. Su Xingyun and several class leaders followed Jiang Lin, and Yang Lu also caught up with them.
Su Xingyun: "After the final exams, we should organize a good event."
Because they had to prepare for the final exams this month, all the activities in their class were cancelled and everyone was very restless.
Jiang Lin: "Let's talk about it later." She didn't want to make any arrangements since she was pregnant, she just wanted to stay at home and hug her husband. Why did she miss Cheng Rushan so much now? He said he was going on a business trip, and she missed him even more after he left. It's only been two days and she missed him already. Alas, this man, you can't spoil him.
Arriving at the entrance of the cafeteria, Jiang Lin smiled at Su Xingyun: "Why don't you go to have dinner with your girlfriend?"
Su Xingyun: "She said she had something to do at noon and would not eat with us."
They went to line up, and when it was Jiang Lin's turn, she saw Tian Ye again. Now she really couldn't look directly at the chef in the kitchen. She had been muttering before that this canteen chef was quite handsome. The treatment at the provincial university was good, and the chefs were so pleasing to the eye. In the past year, many people would go to Tian Ye to get food, and there was always a long line at his place. In order to avoid trouble, Jiang Lin would sometimes deliberately avoid it and go to other lines.
Today, she had lined up at a window with a short queue, but when it was her turn, Tian Ye took over. He smiled at her and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Jiang Lin took a look and saw that there were only two or three dishes. What could there be to eat?
In the middle of winter, there were only cabbage, potatoes, radishes, and at most spinach, tofu, etc. She saw that the spinach looked very old, so she thought cabbage and tofu were safer.
Tian Ye helped her get food, and as usual, he gave her a few more pieces of meat. Although the canteen didn't have much meat, it was cut generously, with fat and lean meat, and it wasn't stir-fried, so the white meat was swaying.
Jiang Lin looked at this and suddenly her stomach started churning. She covered her mouth and rushed to the sink to vomit.
My stomach was empty early in the morning, and when I vomited, I only vomited some water, but it was still very uncomfortable.
Su Xingyun and Yang Lu chased after her, "Jiang Lin, are you feeling unwell? Do you want to go to the infirmary?" Su Xingyun and Guo Yanqiu were also familiar with each other, and it was very convenient to get medicine when you had a headache or fever.
Jiang Lin shook her head: "It's okay."
Yang Lu: "Jiang Lin, are you pregnant?"
Jiang Lin motioned for her to speak more quietly.
Yang Lu was anxious: "We are promoting family planning now."
Jiang Lin: "I got pregnant before they publicized it, not after they intentionally publicized it."
There is no guarantee that the front and back will be correct, and the raincoat is not foolproof either. No one can stop the tadpole from trying hard to jump over the dragon gate.
Before she went to pick up her sister, she hadn't been told clearly that she was not allowed to have children. But when she came back these few days, she found that there were so many children and the efficiency was too fast.
Su Xingyun helped her get the lunch box and steamed buns.
At noon today, Jiang Lin took the initiative to share all the meat and vegetables with them, and she didn't want to eat anything at all. She soaked half a steamed bun in vegetable soup and couldn't eat it. Su Xingyun felt sorry for her when he saw her like that, "Are all pregnant women like this?"
Yang Lu: "I didn't. I had no problem eating anything at that time, but my sister couldn't. My sister vomited until she gave birth, and I..."
Su Xingyun: "Xiao Jie, here!"
He turned his head and saw Zeng Hongjie coming over with a lunch box, so he greeted her.
Zeng Hongjie was wearing a dark green woolen coat, a creamy white scarf around her neck, and a black woolen hat on her head. She looked fashionable and pretty, attracting the attention of both male and female classmates. However, she walked straight towards Jiang Lin and the others. Seeing Jiang Lin eating steamed buns soaked in soup, she frowned slightly and asked, "Linlin, are you reminiscing about the bitter past?"
The next day after Jiang Lin came back to school, she told Zeng Hongjie about her pregnancy, and she also boasted that she ate everything and had no pregnancy symptoms, and she was very proud. But people really can't be so proud, she was just proud for a month, and today she vomited all over the place, she had no strength in her body, and just wanted to find a place to lie down.
Jiang Lin glanced at her. She felt very aggrieved when Cheng Rushan was not around, but she could still act like a spoiled child when she saw her good sister.
"Xiao Jie..."
Zeng Hongjie sat beside her and patted her back, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Jiang Lin nodded and leaned her head on her shoulder, "It's uncomfortable."
Su Xingyun and Yang Lu watched silently. They had seen how independent and capable Jiang Lin was. She even moved such a big table by herself in the class, and they had never seen her act like a spoiled brat in class. But now...
Zeng Hongjie: "I'll take you to the dormitory to lie down for a while."
Jiang Lin: "Go get some food."
At this time, Tian Ye came over with a lunch box and said to Zeng Hongjie, "Are you free this afternoon?"
Their Academy of Fine Arts was right next to Zeng Hongjie's Academy of Arts, they shared classrooms and dormitories, and they rehearsed drama programs together, so the two of them met a while ago.
Zeng Hongjie looked at Jiang Lin: "I don't have classes this afternoon, but I'll have to see how the situation is. I want to accompany Jiang Lin."
She was going to get food, and Tian Ye took her lunch box and said, "I'll help you."
Soon, he brought back the lunch box for Zeng Hongjie and also brought some pickled cucumbers and bamboo shoots for Jiang Lin, "You'll feel better if you eat some of this."
Jiang Lin: "Thank you, Teacher Tian."
Tian Ye smiled and said, "I'm selling vegetables in the cafeteria now."
He also got to know Su Xingyun and a few others and said hello, and answered their questions. He was actually a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts, but the academy had been closed and had never been reopened, so he studied literature and history at the provincial university while painting, and he could also help earn food in the cafeteria.
Zeng Hongjie didn't eat either. After seeing Jiang Lin finish eating, he took the lunch box and accompanied her back to the dormitory to lie down for a while.
As soon as she entered the dormitory, Jiang Lin saw other people's clothes piled on her bed, and she knew they belonged to Zhu Caiping and Chen Liying. There were eight people in her dormitory, and most of them were relatively tidy, except for Zhu Caiping and Chen Liying. Zhu Caiping didn't have much stuff, but she liked to put it everywhere. Chen Liying had too many things, and she would occupy other people's territory if she couldn't put them in her own place. Yao Zhenxia, who was opposite her, had said this several times, and the two of them had quarreled. So when Jiang Lin was not there, the bed was occupied by these two people.
Zeng Hongjie went over and picked up all the mess, regardless of who they belonged to, and placed them on the middle table, then helped Jiang Lin spread the quilt and let her lie down.
Jiang Lin: "I'm fine, you should eat quickly. The pickled cucumbers that Teacher Tian gave me are delicious."
Zeng Hongjie saw her weak and exhausted appearance, and recalled the scene where she boasted to him a few days ago. Although he was concerned, he couldn't help laughing, "Can you still go to class this afternoon?"
Jiang Lin: "Yes, I'm not that squeamish."
At this time, the classmates came back one after another, and some of them saw Jiang Lin lying there and showed concern for her. Jiang Lin had not told them that she was pregnant before because she had no early pregnancy symptoms. Now that the symptoms were obvious, she could not hide it and said that she was pregnant.
Several roommates congratulated her.
Zhang Qingchun is the oldest student in their dormitory. She already has three children. She gave birth to a baby in the summer and came back to school before she was even out of the confinement period.
She said to Jiang Lin, "This year, the school has been cooperating with the Family Planning Office to implement family planning. It seems that pregnancy is not allowed."
Zeng Hongjie: "When did this happen? Why haven't I heard about it?"
Zhang Qingchun: "Didn't your department tell you? Our department head has held several meetings."
Jiang Lin: "We didn't say it either."
At this time, Zhu Caiping came back with Yao Zhenxia. She saw her things piled on the table together with Chen Liying's. She immediately became anxious, "Jiang Lin, why did you mix our things together?"
Although she and Chen Liying shared Jiang Lin's bed, they kept to themselves and each occupied a place. Although their things were messy, they only messed with other roommates, and there was a clear distinction between them, which was also strange.
Without waiting for Jiang Lin to speak, Zeng Hongjie said, "I put it there."
Because of Su Xingyun's incident, Zhu Caiping couldn't stand Zeng Hongjie, saying that she was from the College of Arts and Sciences and always came to their class's social gatherings. Zeng Hongjie naturally ignored her and attended the gatherings with more joy. Later, Su Xingyun and Zeng Hongjie didn't get together and had another girlfriend, so Zhu Caiping shifted her attention.
Zhu Caiping glanced at Zeng Hongjie and said unhappily, "Don't mess with other people's things. It's hard to divide them if they're messed up. Whose property will it belong to if they're lost?"
Zeng Hongjie: "Then don't put it on Linlin's bed in the future, okay?"
Zhu Caiping: "Jiang Lin didn't say anything..."
Jiang Lin: "Okay, don't put it on my bed anymore. I'll have to clean it up for you when I get back. I'm so tired."
Oh, you're getting squeamish? Zhu Caiping glanced at Jiang Lin and asked, "Jiang Lin, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Jiang Lin: "It's nothing, just lie down for a while."
A classmate said Jiang Lin was pregnant. Zhu Caiping immediately exaggerated, "Pregnant? Jiang Lin, you are defying the rules. The class teacher just told us not to get pregnant. We have family planning now. If you have one son, you can't get pregnant. If you have a daughter under five years old, you can't have another one. If you have two daughters, you can't have another one. You already have two sons!"
She had a loud voice to begin with, and now her surprise was so loud that it could be heard by the whole building.
Zeng Hongjie said to Jiang Lin, "Don't listen to her. This is the policy. It only applies to the future. It doesn't apply to those who were pregnant before." Just like when they were asked to go to the countryside in the first place, they also started with propaganda, mobilization, and voluntary participation. They were not forced to go to the countryside. It was only after one or two years that they were forced to go.
The same is true for family planning. At the beginning, the publicity was to encourage government employees, workers, teachers and other salaried people to support fewer and better births. After two years, it was forced to require family planning.
At this moment, the Family Planning Office is promoting this, but no one is taking it seriously.
As for having children, as long as both spouses work and there is no one to look after the children, those who already have two really don’t want to have children. Now that college entrance exams are allowed, factories are also recruiting workers, and small businesses in urban and rural areas are not so strictly controlled, it seems that you can make money anywhere, so who would still want to have children at home? Many people voluntarily don’t have children, and some even get sterilized or wear IUDs. Even if women of childbearing age have already given birth to one child, many of them take the contraceptive pill or wear a condom. It is said that their school has free ones.
Therefore, it is not difficult to implement family planning in cities. After all, people rely on work to get paid, and few people would hide away to give birth to sons.
Zeng Hongjie has a cadre in her family and is familiar with various policies, so she told Jiang Lin not to worry.
Jiang Lin was of course not worried. Cheng Rushan had already asked at the military district and everything was fine. She was not afraid of anything, but she just didn't want to listen to those people's complaints.
Zhu Caiping went to pack her things, looking unhappy and throwing things around. Her roommates could see why she was unhappy because Jiang Lin was pregnant. They didn't understand and ignored her.
Yao Zhenxia showed concern for Jiang Lin and asked her, "Jiang Lin, have you submitted your application to join the party?"
Those who are in college for one year, their class teacher said that they can submit their applications to join the party. If two people join each year, they can recruit several more after graduation. Joining the party at this time is a very glorious thing. If you are a party member, you will get extra points when you are recruited or assigned a job.
Jiang Lin: “Yes.”
About ten copies were submitted by their class, including four girls.
Yao Zhenxia: "I don't know when the results will be out. Jiang Lin, you are a good student and Teacher Liu likes you very much. You will definitely be admitted. We are in a very difficult situation."
Zhu Caiping curled her lips and said, "Jiang Lin is so beautiful, everyone will definitely give her a pass during the political review interview."
Zeng Hongjie couldn't stand her always staring at Jiang Lin and talking about things. You are sick, right? She put the lunch box on the table and paused. "This is the truth. When I buy vegetables and flowers, I like to buy beautiful ones. Who would like ugly ones? Do you think you are beautiful or not?"
Zhu Caiping didn't expect her to speak so directly and her face turned red immediately. If Zeng Hongjie had said the second half of the sentence, she would have jokingly said that she was just an ordinary person and wouldn't dare to say she was beautiful.
But Zeng Hongjie said in front of her that she is an ugly melon and a jujube. If I say that I am not pretty, then wouldn’t that mean I am an ugly melon and a jujube?
Yao Zhenxia said hurriedly: "Appearance is definitely not a factor in joining the party. If that were the case, all party members would be handsome men and beautiful women."
Zhu Caiping: "You can't get in anyway, so why are you busy?"
Yao Zhenxia's expression changed. "I don't have to get in now. It's fine as long as I can get in within four years of university."
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There were classes in the afternoon, so Jiang Lin asked Zeng Hongjie to go and do it, "Focus on reviewing."
Zeng Hongjie: "Are you okay?"
Jiang Lin: "It's okay if you don't come, go get ready."
Zeng Hongjie saw that she looked good and no longer looked like she was at noon, so he said goodbye and went back to the dormitory.
Jiang Lin got up and tidied up, folded the quilt, and wrapped it in a blue bundle to prevent them from sitting on her bed and making it dirty.
Seeing her roll up the mattress, revealing the current mattress, Zhu Caiping felt unhappy and thought Jiang Lin was doing this for her to see.
Jiang Lin didn't care who was happy or not. It was her own bed, who should care about it? She even emphasized, "Don't mess up my bed. I still need to check the hygiene." After that, she didn't care about Zhu Caiping and went to class with her schoolbag on her back. When she arrived in the classroom, many people knew that she was pregnant, and many people congratulated her.
The news spread very quickly.
Yang Lu even confessed to Jiang Lin: "Jiang Lin, I didn't tell anyone about this."
Jiang Lin: “It doesn’t matter.” It would be apparent sooner or later anyway, so there was nothing to hide. Two children were born in their class in the summer and autumn.
Just after the second class, when Jiang Lin was packing her bag to go home, a student said that Teacher Liu asked her to go to the office.
Jiang Lin went to the office building to find Liu Jianwu. There was another female cadre in his office.
Liu Jianwu said to Jiang Lin, "This is the family planning official from the family planning office in our school, Secretary Sun."
Jiang Lin frowned slightly, "Hello, Secretary Sun, what can I do for you?"
Secretary Sun was a woman in her thirties with a cadre-style haircut. She wore a cadre uniform and a belt. Her face was very serious. "Student Jiang Lin, we received a report. Are you pregnant?"
Jiang Lin: "Is this illegal? Why report it?"
Liu Jianwu said hurriedly, "It's not illegal. Secretary Sun, please check the situation. Our school has also begun to promote family planning and advocate fewer and better births."
Jiang Lin: "Teacher Liu, I was there before the promotion."
She didn't mind their questions. After all, many modern women are repeatedly asked about pregnancy by employers when looking for jobs, and women cannot treat pregnancy as a private matter.
Liu Jianwu said to Secretary Sun: "Our school's publicity started later, on New Year's Day. It's not the students' fault. It just happened to be so."
Secretary Sun was a little dissatisfied. He looked at Jiang Lin and flipped through the notebook. "Your first child was in 1971, two boys. Why didn't you have any more children before this?"
Jiang Lin: "Secretary Sun, it's not that I don't want to have a baby, it's that I'm not pregnant."
"Then how come you got pregnant when family planning was mentioned?" Secretary Sun said, "Don't try to fool me." "You were not active for almost ten years, but now you are so active. I can't help but doubt your attitude towards the family planning policy. With this attitude towards work, you are not suitable to be a party member."
Jiang Lin finally realized what was going on. Did your family planning office manage party membership? Besides, I didn't control whether I was pregnant before or now. I used the safe period method before, but I didn't get pregnant. Now I still use the safe period method with TT, but I still got pregnant. Who failed?
"Secretary Sun, are you the one who has the final say on this matter, or do we have the right to defend ourselves? If I am allowed to defend myself, I can wait until after the final exam and write a fertility paper to defend myself." He was really angry.
Secretary Sun was frightened by her. "You college students just love to stir up trouble! Just get an abortion. The pregnancy is still young and it won't affect anything. After the abortion, get a vasectomy and you won't be afraid anymore."
Jiang Lin had been a little spoiled since she became pregnant, but she was usually only spoiled with Cheng Rushan. She was never spoiled with her classmates and teachers. Now, after hearing what Secretary Sun said, her spoiledness turned into temper.
My family is so happy, why did you decide to abort the baby? You are Nüwa. You think you are so important, don't you?
Secretary Sun saw that her face had changed with anger, and continued, "If you don't want to get sterilized, you can get an IUD. There are many ways anyway. You already have two sons, so there's no need to have more. This is the best way. You don't have to buy birth control pills or distribute condoms, so as not to waste resources, which can be left to other women who are not pregnant..."
"Did I say I beat my child? It's my own child and I have the final say. I reiterate that my child was beaten before the school's propaganda, not after New Year's Day."
Secretary Sun was not happy to see that she dared to contradict him. "Our Family Planning Office stipulates that children born in 1978 can be born, but those born in 1979 need to be born according to a plan. You cannot have more than one child!"
Liu Jianwu quickly advised: "Secretary Sun, come over and find out the situation."
Secretary Sun glanced at Jiang Lin and said, "Teacher Liu, your classmates have a bad attitude. The students in other classes have a very good attitude. I suggest that those who are less than five months pregnant should have an abortion, and they are very cooperative. It's just this girl in your class who is holding us back!"
Liu Jianwu was furious. "Secretary Sun, you're going too far. Work is a gradual process. We can't just go all out from the beginning."
Secretary Sun sneered, "If I were you, you should be demoted. You didn't come back and caused trouble!"
She turned and walked away angrily, "I will report this matter to the Municipal Family Planning Office. The implementation of family planning is fully linked to party membership, scholarships, and job assignments!" After saying that, she walked away angrily.
Liu Jianwu said angrily, "This is still Wen G's old style, so unreasonable." He said to Jiang Lin, "Jiang Lin, don't worry, just do your best in the exam. I will make it clear to the school office. No one should bully our students. The four-member group has been defeated, and they still want to do this. It's absolutely not allowed."
Jiang Lin: "Thank you, teacher."
After school, she went to the library to review for a while, and soon Zeng Hongjie, Sun Qinghui, Su Xingyun and others came to find her.
They have also heard a lot of things. In the past two months, all those who have become pregnant and have children at home have basically been asked to "voluntarily" have an abortion because if they do not do it voluntarily, their work, promotion, salary, etc. will be affected.
Jiang Lin said: "I have a certificate from the hospital proving that my baby was born last year."
Their school only started to make clear requirements starting from New Year's Day, so they can't worry about last year's.
Zeng Hongjie said: "We jointly wrote a letter to the municipal party committee and government, asking them to issue a clear document to the family planning office, and not allow them to use chicken feathers as a token of authority and implement a one-size-fits-all approach. Whether it is factories, schools, or government agencies, they must be treated equally."
Sun Qinghui also said: "Yes, the policy should be counted from the day it was implemented, not from the past. We didn't know that we had to have family planning, and we could force an abortion after getting pregnant? How cruel is that?"
They all comforted Jiang Lin: "Don't be afraid, take the exam first. We can't stop you from studying because of this."
"That's right. At that time, it said that married people could enroll, but they were not allowed to get married after they enrolled. But it didn't say that married people who enrolled were not allowed to have children!"
Su Xingyun said: "However, if this is the case, then Jiang Lin will be labeled as a backward element in the future. No matter how much she studies or how hard she works, she will not be able to enjoy any good things."
Zeng Hongjie: "Do you think that in order to be recognized as an advanced worker, we have to kill a living being?"
Su Xingyun: "Don't worry, that's what I'm saying. I'm not talking about Linlin, but the whole society. Once this policy is released, who knows how many things will happen as a result."
Jiang Lin: "Then let's do what we can. I suggest that the policy be clearly defined, rather than letting the family planning office staff make their own decisions."
That Secretary Sun, he didn't even take a copy of the document, but he came to tell her what to do, which really made me angry. This kind of person is used to persecuting people in the previous movements, and I don't know why he didn't persecute her when he put things right.
Zeng Hongjie was angry about who reported it. "Most classmates would know if they knew it, but no one would bother to report it. This report is vicious." She asked Jiang Lin: "Is Zhu Caiping here this afternoon?"
Jiang Lin: “Yes.”
Su Xingyun: "I went out during the break."
But everyone went out during the break, to move around, go to the bathroom, or go for a walk. The two classes were not in the same classroom, and everyone had to change classrooms, so without complete evidence, Jiang Lin didn't want to stamp anyone's name.
Zeng Hongjie: "I'll go to the school office and the family planning office to find out who was there this afternoon. I'll list the suspects and ask them. Don't let me catch him. If I do, I'll put him in the school newspaper!"
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