Chapter 44
Jiang Yao is not stupid. When Lu Che introduced her colleagues, he chose not to introduce Huang Ying. Isn't this obviously a sign of his guilty conscience?
Also, although he never spared Huang Ying a glance throughout the entire wedding banquet, Huang Ying still glanced at him secretly. She must be blind not to notice.
Of course, she also knew that this was Huang Ying's unilateral intention, but that did not prevent her from asking Lu Che to explain the whole story.
He is just a team leader in an electromechanical factory now, but he is recruiting people like this. If he becomes a business tycoon according to the trajectory of the original book, he will be overwhelmed by the women who come to him on their own initiative. If she does not establish rules and authority, it will be too late for him to feel "acquiesced".
Lu Che saw that Jiang Yao's face showed little expression, and could even be described as calm. However, it was precisely this calmness that was the foreshadowing of the storm.
He didn't dare to harbor any hope, and moreover he had a clear conscience, so he told Jiang Yao everything.
Huang Ying had just joined the electromechanical factory in the last six months. Due to a substantial increase in the factory's business volume, the original cashier in the finance department was too busy to handle the job. Coincidentally, she had graduated from high school and had a good relationship with Director Wu and Director Li, her uncle and aunt, so she was successfully hired.
The 18-year-old girl entered a factory where almost all the employees were male and the atmosphere was full of hormones. Naturally, she was sought after.
She was pretty and a relative of the leader, so she became very popular as soon as she entered the factory.
This was expected. Director Li also hinted to her that if she met someone she liked, she could try to look around. After all, the employees of the electromechanical factory still had a promising future and good financial prospects, much better than the average person found outside.
Huang Ying shyly said at the time that she was still young and there was no need to rush. It was not until she met Lu Che, the tallest and most handsome man in the entire mechanical and electrical factory, who was better looking than any man she had seen before, that she was attracted.
She began to secretly plan how to get to know him or meet him by chance, but after a few times, Lu Che seemed to not see her in his eyes. She knew that she couldn't go on like this, so she gritted her teeth and stuffed a love letter into his salary bag.
When Lu Che saw the love letter, he was so scared that he threw it into the trash can at first. Then, for fear of being discovered, he picked it up again and found a corner to secretly burn it.
Huang Ying happened to see it when he was burning it. She recognized the piece of letter paper as the one she wrote the letter on, because she had cut it into the shape of a heart.
Seeing her "heart" being burned away bit by bit, her eyes were red, but when Lu Che turned around and saw her, he was indifferent and said with a dark face: "I already have a wife, please don't do this again in the future."
Because she was keeping this relationship secret, she never dared to ask anyone about him for fear of being discovered by others, so she really didn't know that he already had a wife.
After getting such an answer, she felt ashamed of herself for liking a married man, and sad for her secret love that ended in vain.
From then on, Lu Che and Huang Ying had no more contact. She would only stare at him secretly in places where no one could see. He also avoided the unavoidable "meeting" once a month because he no longer went to the finance office to collect his salary, but asked his co-workers to collect it for him.
"Wife, you have to believe me, there is really nothing between me and Huang Ying. If I tell even a single lie, I will die a miserable death in this life." Lu Che said, raising his three middle fingers in a serious manner.
Jiang Yao quickly pressed down his finger and said, "Don't talk nonsense. If you die, what will happen to us? Will we just starve to death?"
"Wife, you believe me, right?" Lu Che breathed a sigh of relief and smiled widely, as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders.
"I believe you, but with what happened this time, I have to make three rules with you." Jiang Yao adopted a negotiating attitude.
"No problem." Lu Che agreed without thinking, "Don't just say three chapters, thirty chapters will do. If you have any requirements, just tell me."
"First, if this happens again, you must reject it sternly and not give the other party any hope. You did a great job this time and deserve praise, but you must guard against arrogance and impatience and don't get carried away."
"Second, no matter who the other person is, whether I know him or not, you must tell me. I need to know that there is such a situation. Otherwise, if a love rival suddenly appears like today, to be honest, I will feel very uncomfortable."
“Third, if you encounter someone harassing you, you should ask your leader for help. If your leader can’t handle it, you can come to me and I will kill those little goblins.” At the end, Lawyer Jiang’s eyes full of justice appeared again.
“Okay, okay, I promise you everything.” Lu Che didn’t know if he had heard clearly what the “three chapters” meant. Anyway, whatever his wife said was what it was and he didn’t argue. Of course, he had to take this opportunity to hug her and let her calm down completely.
After Zhu Xia and Zhang Dong's wedding banquet, the weather became colder day by day and winter officially arrived.
In this weather, almost all the children in the village had lines of snot on their faces, but Changchang and Xiaolu's faces were still clean and white because Jiang Yao was willing to spend money on them.
Other families still wear other people's leftover cotton-padded clothes. There is one thing that is particularly bad about these old cotton-padded clothes: they are not warm, so the children usually catch colds. But Jiang Yao made brand new cotton-padded clothes for them, which are both beautiful and warm.
In addition, children have tender skin, so Jiang Yao insists on applying lotion on their faces so that they will not get "highland redness".
Of course, this was also because they had a capable father like Lu Che. In addition to being able to make money, he could also find channels to buy all kinds of things for them.
Recently, Lu Che took advantage of his position to make a double stroller for the brother and sister. It was much easier for Jiang Yao to take them out for a walk. She just had to put them in the stroller, without having to carry them on her back or in her arms, and get so tired that she could hardly breathe after walking around.
Now in the whole Qingyuan, anyone who sees the brother and sister, no matter whether they have a good relationship with the Lu family or not, will say that the twins are good-looking, because it is difficult to say that they are not good-looking, and it would be too against one's will to say so.
At the end of the year, Changchang and Xiaolu, who had grown strong, began to crawl. This was a good thing, but it also gave Jiang Yao a headache.
The floors these days are made of tiles instead of ceramic tiles or granite. No matter how diligently you sweep and mop the floor, it still looks like it cannot be cleaned.
If a child wants to crawl, he must be placed on the ground, but crawling on the floor tiles is very dirty. Let alone whether it is scientific to say that appropriate contact with bacteria can improve immunity, it is not a good idea to keep lying on the ground in such cold weather. Moreover, cotton clothes cannot be washed every day, otherwise they will become black, and not washing them is not a solution either.
After much thought, Jiang Yao decided to have someone weave two large straw mats and place them in the middle of the main room so that the brother and sister could crawl on them wherever they wanted.
Lu Che can weave bamboo mats, and of course straw mats, but he is busy from morning till night, and when he has some free time, he wants to hug and kiss his wife more. He now earns more than 100 yuan a month, and he doesn't care about the labor fee, so he asked Jiang Yao to find Uncle Liang, who is the best at weaving straw mats in Qingyuan.
So, after having breakfast at home that day, Jiang Yao put the twins in the stroller and went out for a walk together, and by the way, they went to Uncle Liang's house to order straw mats.
The weather is cold now, and few people need straw mats. In addition, the busy farming season is over, so Uncle Liang is free. When he heard that Jiang Yao wanted two 9-foot*9-foot straw mats, he agreed without hesitation, "You can come and get them in three days."
"Okay, thank you Uncle Liang. Just tell me how much it is and I'll pay you first," said Jiang Yao.
When ordering a straw mat, you usually pay a deposit of 20% to 30% first, and then pay the balance when you get the goods. Uncle Liang was actually a little puzzled just now, wondering if Jiang Yao would run away if he wanted two such large straw mats at once. Now that he had ordered all of them, he felt relieved, but he couldn't help asking, "Why do you want such a large straw mat, and two?"
Jiang Yao: "These two guys can't sit still recently and want to crawl around everywhere, so I want to put straw mats in the main room for them to crawl around on so as not to dirty my clothes. Because it's cold, one mat is too thin, so I have to put two mats."
"You city people think raising children is precious. How can children's clothes not get dirty?" Uncle Liang clicked his tongue twice, but when he looked at the pair of clean and beautiful children, he said, "That's right. If it weren't precious, how could you raise such beautiful children? Lu Che must be capable. As a worker, he is very confident in raising children."
Jiang Yao listened to Uncle Liang's nagging with a smile. After he finished counting the money, she handed it to him and pushed the brother and sister back home.
Every time they go out for a walk, Changchang and the deer have a great time and don’t want to leave, and today is no exception.
But when they reached the pond, the brother and sister kept shouting to each other and pointing in that direction with their short hands.
"Do you two know that mom and dad got engaged in the pond, so you like to go to the pond so much?" Jiang Yao murmured quietly, but still agreed with their wishes and said, "Mom will push you over now, don't worry."
Having said that, Jiang Yao went straight towards the pond, but when she was almost at the edge of the pond, a person suddenly rushed out from the other side of the intersection.
The distance was quite far, so she braked in time. Then she saw Du Yuejia running forward while wiping her face with her hand. She looked like she was crying.
Then, Zhao Pengfei's anxious voice came from the other side, "Jia Jia, don't run, wait for me..."
But the more he shouted, the faster Du Yuejia ran.
Zhao Pengfei chased for a few steps and saw Jiang Yao.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward, and Jiang Yao tried to pretend not to see it, but Zhao Pengfei took the initiative to come up and ask, "Do you think I'm particularly ridiculous now?"
"No, your business has nothing to do with me." Jiang Yao blurted out.
"..." Zhao Pengfei was so angry that he laughed. Looking at the two cute children in the stroller, he said, "Jiang Yao, I really didn't think highly of you and Lu Che. I didn't expect that your life would get better and better, while Jia Jia and I are getting worse and worse."
"How can it not be bad?" Jiang Yao gave him a disdainful look. "Du Yuejia has been dating you for almost two years. If it were someone else, they would have had a child in those two years, just like me and Lu Che."
"...Are you showing off to me now?" The corners of Zhao Pengfei's mouth twitched.
"No, I just said it involuntarily." Jiang Yao got back to the point and said, "Zhao Pengfei, let me say something you don't want to hear. If you are sincere to Du Yuejia, then marry her. If not, then let her go and don't let her waste her youth on a irresponsible man like you."
Zhao Pengfei's face suddenly darkened. Jiang Yao pretended not to see it and said, "You are reluctant to marry Du Yuejia because your parents don't agree, right?"
"Yes." Zhao Pengfei said coldly.
"If they don't agree, will you never marry her and just let her grow old?" Jiang Yao asked again.
"I didn't." Zhao Pengfei denied it reflexively.
"You have it." Jiang Yao snorted coldly, "Parents can never prevail against their children. If you had been a little more resolute, would you still not have been able to marry her? Let's not talk about anything else. When your mother wanted to bring us together, you said you would never agree to it. But in the end, didn't she get what you wanted? As long as you show your resistance that day, you can get your parents to agree to you and Du Yuejia today."
Although this metaphor was not very appropriate, it was so fitting that Zhao Pengfei was unable to refute it for a moment. After a long while, he said, "These are two different things. We can't generalize them."
"This is just a matter of the same nature. It depends on how you look at it and what you do." Jiang Yao felt that she had said too much today and it would be better to stop at just enough.
After saying this, she pushed the twins forward.
But she had only taken a few steps when she heard Zhao Pengfei calling her, "Jiang Yao, do you really not regret marrying Lu Che?"
Jiang Yao stopped, turned her head, and said with a firm expression: "I threw away you, a straw, and picked up Lu Che, a treasure. Do you think I regret it?"
"..." Zhao Pengfei was so angry at her that he lost his temper, "Is there anyone who insults others like you?"
"You're not my man, so of course I can say whatever I want to say about you." Jiang Yao said, "Actually, I'm not enthusiastic about what's going on between you and Du Yuejia, but my Lu Che has some grudges against you. If you two get married, he'll feel safe, so I told you so much, all because of him."
"Alright." Zhao Pengfei couldn't bear to listen any more. "Anyway, what you mean is that your Lu Che is the best and you want to protect him the most."
"Of course." Jiang Yao said with a proud look on her face, then turned and left.
Zhao Pengfei looked at her slowly and fading away back, which overlapped with the energetic back in his memory, yet seemed to have added a touch of soft beauty.
He always knew that she was beautiful, and he felt that only a woman like her could be worthy of him. Perhaps it was because she was too easy to get, so he didn't cherish her. When she was full of him, he looked down on her. But when she turned around and threw herself into the arms of another man, he was unwilling to accept it.
In the past one or two years, he has never been able to make up his mind to marry Du Yuejia. Apart from his parents' opposition, he actually still has a glimmer of hope deep in his heart, that is, maybe one day Jiang Yao will break up with Lu Che and come back to find him.
He knew that his thoughts were dark and despicable, but he just thought about it uncontrollably.
But he waited and waited, until she gave birth to twins and the twins grew up healthily. She was spoiled by Lu Che and was more carefree than when she was a girl. Now, Lu Che was in her eyes and heart.
He knew that his hope would never come true. Some people, once you miss them, you will miss them forever.
He turned his head to look in the direction where Du Yuejia was running, but she was no longer there. He asked himself, should he not miss her again?
Maybe.
By the time the straw mat was ready and Changchang and the deer were able to crawl around freely in the main room, another Spring Festival was approaching.
When she first came through, Jiang Yao felt that the turning point in history was still a long time away, but now that time has passed, it seems not too far away.
Because of the arrival of two new lives, this year's Spring Festival will definitely be more lively than last year.
As expected, people are in high spirits when they are happy. The old lady is getting older every year, but she is getting more and more energetic. In the past, she had no hope in her life and always said that her end was coming. Now she says that she wants to live well and see Changchang get married and Xiaolu get married.
Before the Spring Festival, letters from families in the military camp and Hong Kong arrived. As expected, Lu Qing, Lu Yuan and Jiang Zhen would not come back for the Spring Festival. Lu Qing was pregnant and it was inconvenient for her to come back, Lu Yuan wanted to stay at her husband's house for the Spring Festival, and Jiang Zhen wanted to stay behind, exchanging the reunion of thousands of families for the reunion of one family.
Although it's a pity, there's nothing we can do about it. Every family has its own difficulties. But when we saw the two cute little ones, we were full of anticipation for the Spring Festival.
Now the brother and sister are busy all day long. Jiang Yao has to stay awake and take care of them during the day. Only when they fall asleep at night does she have time to make new clothes for them for the New Year.
Lu Che felt sorry for her when he saw how hard she was working. "Children grow fast. I think they still have enough clothes to wear. Stop working on them and do it when they don't have enough clothes."
"That won't do." Jiang Yao insisted, "We adults can get rid of the old and welcome the new, but children must wear new clothes during the New Year. This sense of ritual still needs to be there."
Lu Che didn't understand what "sense of ceremony" was, but she insisted, so he could only follow her and said, "In that case, you should make yourself a new set of clothes. You haven't made new clothes for yourself in a long time."
"I don't need it. I'm not a child." Jiang Yao said.
"In my heart, you are just a child, just like Changchang and Xiaolu. You should have everything they have." Lu Che hugged her from behind.
"Did you put honey on your lips today?" Jiang Yao said with disgust, but she was still happy in her heart.
Women are all the same, they all like men to treat them like children.
"No, I'm speaking from the heart." Lu Che said, "In a few days, I'll also be on holiday for the New Year. Then we can take Xiaolu and Cheche to the provincial capital. You can buy whatever fabric you like and make yourself a beautiful outfit for the New Year."
"Can you take a holiday during the Chinese New Year?" Jiang Yao asked. In her opinion, there are very few holidays in this era, and even during the Chinese New Year, most factories only stop working for one or two days.
"There are relatively few orders during the Chinese New Year. The factory does not have holidays, but workers can take turns to rest." Lu Che said, "As a team leader, I should set an example and schedule myself to work on New Year's Eve and the first day of the new year. You... shouldn't blame me, right?"
"No wonder." Jiang Yao said, "We don't have any relatives to visit anyway, so just focus on work. We can still stay together after get off work, so leave the opportunity to take a vacation to others."
"My wife is such a considerate and kind woman." Lu Che said as he became restless, "Can you please be considerate to me now?"
"..." This guy can always talk about something else. "Can't you wait a moment? The clothes are not ready yet?"
"No, I can't wait any longer. It's too tiring to hold it in."
“…”
The next day, when Jiang Yao woke up, the brother and sister were no longer in the crib.
It was already bright outside, and Lu Che must have gone to work by now. She got up hurriedly and dressed, then walked into the main room and saw the brother and sister sitting on a straw mat playing with toys, with Zhu Xia beside them. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
"Oh my, lazy mom, get up..." Zhu Xia teased with a smile.
"It was cold, and I accidentally slept late." Jiang Yao grumbled embarrassedly, "Lu Che is the same, why didn't he wake me up? Where's grandma?"
"Grandma is in the kitchen stewing soup." Zhu Xia said, "Your Lu Che asked me to see these two guys and told me not to let them disturb your sleep. Why would he wake you up? To be honest, you're the first mother to sleep like this."
"I... it's just sometimes, I usually get up early, okay?" Jiang Yao wanted to say, if someone hadn't made her tired last night, would she be like this? But she couldn't tell Zhu Xia, so she said, "Help me look after the kids for a while, I'll go wash up first."
"Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll tell you something later."
"good."
When Jiang Yao sat down while eating eggs, she asked, "What do you want to tell me?"
Zhu Xia glanced at her, then lowered her head and said shyly, "Well... I'm pregnant."
"Really, congratulations!" Jiang Yao said happily.
"Well, my period was delayed for many days this month. Yesterday, Zhang Dong took me to the hospital for a urine test, and the doctor said I was pregnant."
"That's great!"
"Yes." Zhu Xia sighed and said, "You don't know how much I'm afraid that I won't get pregnant."
"You've only been married for less than three months, why are you in such a hurry?" Jiang Yao was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Zhu Xia: "How can I not be anxious? I eat for free every day at home. It would be OK if I had a child as a shield, but it's really hard to bear without him. You don't know, my mother-in-law stares at my belly from time to time, which makes me scared. I dare not go to the main room even if there is nothing to do, and I stay in my room."
"...Then it's a bit difficult for you."
"I'm having a hard time, okay?" Zhu Xia said, "I'm looking forward to the mechanical and electrical factory building a dormitory for employees as soon as possible, so that Zhang Dong can have a small single room. I'm not afraid of being crowded."
Jiang Yao: "I think so. I heard from Lu Che that the factory's performance is very good this year, and it seems that there will be bonuses."
Zhu Xia: "I also heard from Zhang Dong. He also said that if the research led by your Lu Che is successfully put into production, he should be able to share a very considerable bonus."
"He didn't tell me this. Could it be that he wanted to hide some private money?" Jiang Yao joked.
"Come on, every man will hide some private money, except your Lu Che." Zhu Xia said this, and suddenly stopped talking. Jiang Yao saw that she must have something to say, "If you have something to say, just say it."
"Then I'll tell you, don't be angry. Zhang Dong told me not to tell you, and don't ask Lu Che later, otherwise Zhang Dong will scold me to death." Zhu Xia laid the groundwork for a long time before saying, "Last time we treated you to a drink, Huang Ying, who was at the same table with you, liked Lu Che."
"That's it?"
"What's your attitude? Did you know this a long time ago? Aren't you anxious?"
"Well, I saw it that day, and Lu Che also explained it to me, so I'm not in a hurry."
"...You have such a sharp eye, I really worried about you for nothing." Zhu Xia said: "Yaoyao, to be honest with you, your Lu Che is very popular in the mechanical and electrical factory. Not only is he capable, but he is also good-looking. It is difficult for him not to attract women. Don't be so careless."
"Then what can I do? Don't let him go to work and tie him up with his pants?"
Zhu Xia was amused by her. "Can you please stop teasing me when I'm talking to you about serious matters? What I mean is that you'd better go to work at the electromechanical factory, so that you can keep a close eye on Lu Che and persuade those people with bad intentions to leave."
"I don't know anything about mechanics and electromechanics, what can I do in a mechanical and electrical factory?"
"……Too."
Jiang Yao thought Zhu Xia's suggestion was a fantasy, but she didn't expect Lu Che to bring her good news when he came back in the evening, saying that Director Li wanted to invite her to work.
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