Mother Shen had already gone to bed, and the main lights in the ward had been turned off, leaving only the small lamp at the head of the bed.
Shen Ze approached the bed, glanced at his mother, and felt relieved.
In fact, after the rain, he specifically listened to the forecast, which said there would be thunder at night. He was afraid that Jian Xiaoxing would be scared, so he rushed over in the rain.
Jian Xiaoxing put away the raincoat and found him a pair of slippers to change into. He came wearing rain boots, and his feet would definitely feel hot if he wore them all night.
Shen Ze changed his shoes obediently.
"Don't take care of me anymore. Just wash up and go to bed!" Chen Ze said as he looked at her back as she put her shoes away.
Su Bin arranged a two-person ward for Chen Xiu Lian, and she was the only patient there. The accompanying patient could sleep in the other bed.
"Then what will you do?" Jian Xiaoxing asked, her face slightly hot. She suddenly felt that her behavior was a bit like that of a wife who had been married for many years.
Shen Ze pursed his lips: “There’s a long bench outside, I can make do with it.”
"That won't do. It's cold at night. You should sleep on the bed. Auntie and I will squeeze in."
Jian Xiaoxing tidied up the bed and then lay down on Chen Xiulian's bed. The two of them slept at each end, just enough space to squeeze in.
Seeing her curled up like a kitten, Shen Ze remembered that she was like this when she lay beside him that day, and his body couldn't help but feel warm.
Chen Xiulian stayed in the hospital for one night. The next day, after Su Bin examined her, she started to make a fuss and wanted to go back.
There was no other way, so Shen Ze had to send her home.
Jian Xiaoxing took a leave to take care of her, while Chen Ze continued to work and rushed home after get off work every day. The cooking skills he learned during the suspension period finally came in handy.
When Jian Xiaoxing saw Shen Ze coming back, she stood up and said goodbye, "Aunt, I'll come back tomorrow morning."
Chen Xiulian naturally didn't want her to leave, and was just trying to find a reason to keep her when Shen Ze spoke first: "I brought your work back, finish it and then go back!"
Jian Xiaoxing was so upset. He had just taken leave for his mother, but he still asked her to work from home. It was too much!
While Shen Ze was cooking, she started calculating the report.
The meal is ready, but it’s not over yet.
Chen Xiulian couldn't help but laugh. Her son's method of inviting people to dinner was a little straightforward, but it worked quite well.
The seemingly ordinary home-cooked dishes whetted Jian Xiaoxing's appetite, and she ate two bowls of rice, which was a rare occasion for her.
Chen Xiulian asked with a smile: "Xiaoxing, how does Zeze's cooking taste? Do you want to eat it every day in the future?"
Jian Xiaoxing blushed immediately, put down her chopsticks, and ran quickly to continue working.
Mother Shen became more and more straightforward, almost asking them to get married on the spot.
Chen Xiulian felt quite relieved. One of these two people knew how to show goodwill, and the other knew how to be shy. She didn't have to worry about not having a grandson next year.
In a few months, Xiaoxing will be twenty years old, and there is no reason for them to delay getting married.
On the way to send Jian Xiaoxing back, Shen Ze told her not to take leave tomorrow to take care of her mother.
She was puzzled, but she didn't insist any longer. Mother Shen could walk with a cane. If she insisted on going, she would be suspected of having some ulterior motive.
When she got to work, she found out that there were rumors in the factory that she was using Shen's mother's injury to please Shen Ze.
Of course, when the people in the production department heard these rumors, they were just reminding her with good intentions. As for the people outside the production department, they looked at her with a bit more disdain and contempt.
"How shameless! Shen Chang ignored her, but she still stuck to him. Shen Chang's mother was in the hospital, and she took leave to accompany her."
"Or else I can switch from being an ordinary employee!"
A while ago, the factory held a transfer assessment, which gave ordinary employees the opportunity to transfer to regular positions. Unfortunately, only two people succeeded, one of whom was Jian Xiaoxing.
As soon as the rumor came out, everyone said that she got the job based on her own ability, but because she wanted to curry favor with her superiors, as if that would give them a reasonable excuse for their failure.
In order to prevent her from suffering more criticism, Shen Ze asked her not to be in charge of the latest project for the time being and to have less contact with him.
Jian Xiaoxing, however, did not take the rumors seriously at all and continued to help Shen Ze collect data, even more actively than before.
In order to supervise the laboratory in taking coal samples, she came to the coal yard wearing a double-layer mask.
Fortunately, the coal yard was just a little dirty and I could just go back and take a shower.
Every time An Zhensheng saw her, he would laugh at her, saying that she was a spoiled girl and asked how she could get married in the future.
"Miss, that rumor can't be true, right? You're really willing to spend a lot of money to pursue Chen Chang."
"Brother, you should take care of yourself more. You are still single!"
Jian Xiaoxing was not to be outdone. Come on, let’s hurt each other!
Unfortunately, An Zhensheng, who had recovered from his grief, didn't take it to heart. "What's wrong with being single? If one person is well fed, the whole family will not be hungry. Now I have to smoke cigarettes that cost 50 cents a pack. I don't even care about 20 cents."
Because he helped Chen Ze with the project, he also received dozens of bonuses in the past two months, and his life was very comfortable.
Moreover, Xue Min contacted him recently, saying that she wanted to remarry for the sake of her son.
After all, without a strong laborer in the family, there is no one to do some of the physical work.
In the past, An Zhensheng did his work silently without feeling anything. But after he left the family, she realized that there were many chores that her parents, being too old, could not do. She herself also found them dirty and tiring and did not want to do them. The family was becoming a little out of order.
Her parents discussed with her and asked her to bow her head and remarry An Zhensheng.
Besides, buying a house now requires money. An Zhensheng has some money on hand and can borrow some from his parents. He can buy the house first and worry about the future.
Haha, it was the old couple who instigated them to divorce in order to buy a house.
So this time, he didn't agree so readily and said he would think about it again.
When Jian Xiaoxing saw his smug smile, she felt quite emotional. The man got over the shadow of divorce quite quickly.
Those who were desperate and kept diving into the coal pile in the past two months have now learned to manipulate people's hearts.
However, Xue Min deserved it. She didn't cherish her good husband and instead acted like a troublemaker.
When Sister Zhao knew that she was empty-handed, she felt so relieved. She also felt much relieved about the punishment she received for fighting with her in the ward.
Jian Xiaoxing's efforts were not in vain. Her positive work ethic gradually weakened the rumors, and everyone had to admit that she was speaking with her own strength.
Chenze's project has also made significant progress. The technical paper has been basically completed, and the coal proportioning experiment is also being carried out in an orderly manner, and a cycle has been recorded.
He and He Jun discovered that the sulfur content of coal not only affects the quality of coke, but also that the volatile matter of coal affects the yield of crude benzene. In other words, one topic leads to another. In a chemical plant, there are too many issues worth studying.
Chen Ze's project achieved initial results and attracted the attention of the main factory. There happened to be an academic exchange meeting, and Li Changsheng asked him to give a brief report.
Chen Ze wanted to refuse because of his mother's leg problem, but when he heard that he could go and return on the same day, he reluctantly agreed.
When it was almost time to get off work, he called Jian Xiaoxing to his office.
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