Nine

The combination of Teacher Zhang and Li Hongmei was such a happy match in the eyes of people at that time. One was a school teacher, the other was a doctor, and they were both veritable intellectuals. It was that tube building that also added a lot of flavor to their lives.

Every day after work, the corridor of the tube building is a vibrant scene of life. The smell of various oily smoke from the stir-fry adds a unique scenery to their lives. Most of the college students who stayed in the provincial capital lived in these conditions, and they were already satisfied. At this time, it was the early eighties of the twentieth century, and everything was developing in disorder and order.

Li Hongmei and Teacher Zhang's lives have long since calmed down, their newlywed honeymoon was completed long before they got married, and they are now living a self-made life like all newlyweds.

After work, after the two of them had eaten, they were in a good mood, and if the weather was good, they would go out for a walk outside, or sit in the shade of a tree to look at the people walking around them.

At first, it was nothing, but then Li Hongmei paid attention to those young pregnant women. They walked in front of her with their stomachs up, and her heart was empty. She didn't want to have a child of her own, but she knew she had lost that right. She could only watch with envy as others walked in front of her with their increasingly bulging abdomen, and her heart itched. Mr. Zhang's eyes sometimes traced the backs of these pregnant women, and he also sighed in front of her: Pregnant women are the happiest and proudest women.

When she heard what he said, she felt angry in her heart. When they secretly tasted the forbidden fruit before they got married, he swore that he was studying medicine and that there would be no mistakes. But it turned out to be a big mistake. When she thought of this, she felt angry in her heart. Hearing him say this, he said angrily: If it weren't for your fault, maybe I would have given birth to all the children by now.

Teacher Zhang has nothing to say, he looks tasteless.

In the blink of an eye, it is a cycle of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the days pass inadvertently. In the past, the women who were pregnant with shy bellies had already given birth to their children, and the couple had already taken their children out in a grand manner when they were walking. The children all looked healthy, and some of them were babbling. When Li Hongmei walked past them, she couldn't help but look at these children a few more times, or bend down to tease these cute children, and when she left these children, her heart couldn't help but feel empty. In a flash, he is also twenty-eight or nineteen years old, and Mr. Zhang is in his early thirties. This kind of day without change and without waves makes her lonely and lonely.

Some of the young teachers or school employees who live with them have already resigned from their public offices and gone to the sea to start a business.

At first, Li Hongmei felt that the actions of these people were a little incredible, and such thoughts coincided with Teacher Zhang. Mr. Zhang believes that being a teacher is the most stable profession in the world, with a fixed income, the wind can't blow, the rain can't show, where to find such a career.

But with the change of time, those who went to the sea to set up a company, or jumped to work in other companies, have moved out of the building one after another, some have bought their own houses, and some have been given houses by the company.

What hasn't changed is Teacher Zhang and Li Hongmei. Li Hongmei began to complain, complaining that the medical school still did not give Mr. Zhang a house. In the intervening years, several buildings have been built in the college, which have been used for teaching or as student dormitories. After the resumption of the college entrance examination, the college has been expanding its enrollment every year, and the original teaching facilities have long been unable to keep up with the needs of the situation. One or two dormitory buildings for faculty and staff were also built. But they were all separated by those professors.

Mr. Zhang is now just a lecturer. He was also a worker, peasant and soldier cadet, and such an identity embarrassed him. There was a shout that the academic qualifications of the workers, peasants, and soldiers were no longer recognized. He and Li Hongmei reviewed together, took the exam again, and finally passed. But their academic qualifications are still questionable, first others began to look down on the workers, peasants, soldiers, and college students, and then, gradually, they themselves began to doubt themselves. When I talk about my identity, I feel blush.

If they talk about seniority in this way, for another ten years, Mr. Zhang will not be able to share the house, in that case, they can only live in a smoky building. They were embarrassed by the situation.

When everyone lives the same life, they feel that fate is fair and there is nothing. Just like Li Hongmei cut in line at the beginning, then went to college, and finally lived in a tube building, she even felt that she was very lucky, so she felt satisfied. Now that she is not paying attention, her life has been left behind by others, and her state of mind can be imagined.

She worked as a doctor in the surgery department of the affiliated hospital, and the situation was not wonderful, until now, her status was only an assistant physician, not to mention major surgery, such as a minor operation like the appendix could not be her turn, she could only be an assistant to others, and after others did the operation, she stitched it up, or checked the ward or something.

Hospitals have been reformed, and everyone's income is tied to their job title and how many surgeries they have performed. In this way, Li Hongmei's income is far away from those attending doctors. Those attending doctors sometimes get nearly 1,000 yuan a month. As for her, in addition to some night shift subsidies, there is only that dead salary left, which adds up to a few hundred yuan.

Days like this have thrown her heart out of balance. To improve the living conditions of the family, it seems that there is no hope for Mr. Zhang. In desperation, she could only envy others from afar.

Inadvertently, Li Hongmei's life has quietly changed again.

The Department of Surgery of the Affiliated Hospital was admitted to a division chief. The director's surname is Wang, and he is not an ordinary director, but the director of the Department of Health in charge of medical devices. What kind of medical equipment is equipped in all hospitals in the province must be personally approved by Director Wang, so Director Wang gets the same VIP treatment when he lives in the affiliated hospital.

Director Wang wanted to cut off his appendix and was admitted to the affiliated hospital. After a comprehensive examination, Director Wang's body still had some inflammation. For the sake of safety and in order to be responsible for Director Wang's body, Director Wang had to recuperate in the hospital for a period of time before he could operate.

Li Hongmei followed the attending doctor to check Director Wang's room several times, and also measured Director Wang's blood pressure and body temperature several times. Director Wang seems to be very friendly to Li Hongmei, and always has nothing to say to Li Hongmei.

Every time Li Hongmei appeared in the ward, she always wore a white coat and a mask, and she naturally looked very calm. Director Wang said, "Dr. Li, your eyes are so beautiful."

Li Hongmei hadn't heard such words for a long time, and these words made her heart warm once. She smiled at Director Wang with her eyes.

Director Wang is in his forties, and he is well maintained, and he is white and clean. He also spoke in a gentle tone and was very approachable in the hospital.

Director Wang has a lot of friends, and since he was admitted to the hospital, the people who have come to visit him have never stopped, flowers are all over the room, and those nutritional products are piled up into a small mountain.

Li Hongmei didn't see Director Wang's wife appear, and from that moment on, she began to pay attention to Director Wang.

Ten

Director Wang also seems to pay special attention to Li Hongmei, who is mainly responsible for ward rounds, temperature measurements, blood pressure measurements and so on. Every time she entered and exited Director Wang's ward, Director Wang's eyes followed Li Hongmei's figure. Later, Director Wang said to Li Hongmei: It was your eyes that seduced me. Director Wang was given special care by the hospital and lived alone in a ward, which provided Director Wang and Li Hongmei with the opportunity to be alone.

When Director Wang was on Li Hongmei's rounds, he first asked this and that like a leader. At the beginning, Li Hongmei's answer was very simple, because Director Wang was the leader of the hospital's higher-level organs, Director Wang lived here, and the hospital leaders had personally come to the ward to see him, so Li Hongmei could not help but care for Director Wang. Li Hongmei, who finished checking the room, naturally had to say some concerned things to Director Wang, such as whether the food was suitable or not, and whether there were any requirements. Director Wang nodded and smiled, his eyes kept staring at the more beautiful eyes above Li Hongmei's mask. Gradually, Director Wang and Li Hongmei became acquainted. Once he said to her, "Dr. Li, take off your mask, I'm not an infectious person."

Although Director Wang's words were very gentle, they still had the tone of a leader's order. Wearing a mask is for hygiene, and secondly, it is also a hospital rule. Seeing that Director Wang said this half-jokingly, Li Hongmei took off her mask while laughing. Director Wang finally saw Li Hongmei's true face of Lushan, and said with a sigh: Dr. Li, you are so beautiful, but you wear a mask every day, I really wronged you.

Li Hongmei listened to Director Wang's compliments, and her face immediately turned red. She lowered her eyes and said gently: Director Wang, you are really good at talking. Director Wang asked Li Hongmei's personal situation while playing haha, such as where is her hometown, what kind of work does her lover do, and so on. When Director Wang learned that Li Hongmei's lover was a teacher at the medical school, he inevitably said a few more compliments. Li Hongmei was not really happy, at this time, she no longer felt that there was anything good about Teacher Zhang. They are still living in the tube building, and after so many years, Mr. Zhang has only become a lecturer now. Many people either go to the sea to earn money, or go to work, and many people live more nourishingly than them. The Teacher Zhang in her heart is no longer the former Teacher Zhang.

The careful Director Wang seemed to have sensed what Li Hongmei was thinking, so he didn't talk about the topic anymore, but asked about her child, and Li Hongmei could only shake her head gloomily. Director Wang's eyes seemed to light up, and he naturally said that his wife had died of illness a few years ago, and now he was living with his son who was in middle school. Speaking of difficulties, Director Wang sighed about life over and over again.

After a few times, the words between them grew more and more. Sometimes, in order to talk to Director Wang, Li Hongmei put Director Cha Wang's ward in the last one. After she entered the door, she naturally took off her mask, and then talked to Director Wang in a relaxed mood. She didn't think much about it at the time, after all, Director Wang was an important leader of the higher-level organs, and there was naturally no harm in her knowing Director Wang.

In the chat, she inadvertently talked about her situation in the hospital, because she was a worker, peasant and soldier college student, and she was not taken seriously. When Director Wang heard this, he looked sympathetic. After thinking about it, he quickly said: I will do my surgery by you, I believe you.

Li Hongmei looked at Director Wang in disbelief, and after being surprised, she shook her head and said: Thank you Director Wang for your kindness, this matter is not up to me.

Director Wang waved his hand very leaderly and said, "I'll tell your leaders about this."

Sure enough, before the operation, Director Wang put forward his thoughts to the department director, saying that it was an idea, but it was actually an order. They were surprised and puzzled, they had never seen a patient willing to let a doctor with no surgical experience perform the operation on him, but they still agreed to Director Wang's request. An important patient like Director Wang is usually operated on by the head of the department, and although it is a minor operation, it reflects the importance attached to patients like Director Wang.

On the day of the operation, the head of the department was still present. Because of Director Wang's encouragement and attention, and because she has always been unconvinced by the doctors who have been reused, she wants to make an appearance for everyone to see, so she was well prepared for the operation that day, so the operation was successful.

After Director Wang returned to the ward, he said to Li Hongmei very weakly: Your operation is doing well, it will be over so soon.

Li Hongmei smiled gratefully at Director Wang. Her smile was genuine. For her own success, she was almost moved to tears.

In the days that followed, Li Hongmei took meticulous care of Director Wang. At this time, Director Wang had gone beyond the concept of a patient in her heart, and she even regarded him as a nobleman, not a noble person in the ordinary sense.

With this kind of psychology, her care for Director Wang has a lot more content. She often walked into Director Wang's hospital room, sat on the edge of the bed and chatted with Director Wang, while peeling the fruit and sending it to Director Wang's mouth. Sometimes he walked back and forth in the room with Director Wang in his arms, but in fact, Director Wang was able to walk well without help.

Once, Director Wang was lying on the bed, impulsively grabbed Li Hongmei's hand, and said very warmly: Xiao Li, you are really a good woman.

I don't know when, Director Wang has changed his title to Li Hongmei.

She listened to him, her face turned red again, and she had a hot fever. Director Wang's hand was thin and soft, still warm, and she didn't move. Her mind flashed quickly, when she and He Erbao were sitting in front of the fire, and He Erbao grabbed her hand. Somewhere in her body warmed up, her throat choked, she hadn't felt this way in a long time.

There is nothing new in the life between her and Teacher Zhang. After work, she always has to cook in the smoky corridor, and then eat with Teacher Zhang tastelessly. Teacher Zhang's situation in school made Teacher Zhang feel very bad, he kept sighing, and then he read books sullenly, and rarely even talked to her, as if the words between them had been finished before they got married.

Even the life between their husband and wife is only once in a long time, and there is no passion at all to do it. Li Hongmei lived her life in such a tiring and tiring life.

For some reason, Director Wang held her hand, and at that moment, her heart swelled with a longing for life. She even thought of Director Wang's age, he was fifteen years apart from her. Her face was so red all the time.

She herself couldn't tell when Director Wang let go of her hand, and then Director Wang said something, and she was always confused.

Two days later, Director Wang was discharged from the hospital. She naturally had to see off Director Wang, and of course, the leaders of Corey and the hospital. Director Wang patted Li Hongmei's shoulder very decently and said, "Doctor Li, you are my benefactor."

The leaders looked at the scene in front of them with a smile, and the expressions on the faces of some doctors were quite jealous and frustrated.

Director Wang also said, "Dr. Li, you are welcome to my house in the future, and I would like to thank you alone."

Li Hongmei didn't know what to say, she just smiled with a red face. A group of people rushed forward and backwards to send Director Wang to the car, and watched the car pulling Director Wang drive away, and finally disappeared from sight.

Director Wang was discharged from the hospital, and Li Hongmei didn't know why, and her heart suddenly became empty.

Eleven

Since Li Hongmei performed appendectomy surgery on Director Wang of the Department of Health, Li Hongmei's status in the hospital has undergone subtle changes. First of all, the attitude of the section director has changed significantly, and the department director's attitude towards Li Hongmei has obviously improved. Li Hongmei's work is no longer a simple ward round, and when some patients are consulted, the department director will also call Li Hongmei, and even ask Li Hongmei for some opinions.

is the leader of the hospital, occasionally go to the department to take a turn, and when he sees Li Hongmei, he also takes the initiative to say some irrelevant words to her, smiling and shaking hands, which has never been done before.

Director Wang really did what he said, and a few days after he was discharged from the hospital, he took the initiative to call the surgery department and found Li Hongmei during the day's work hours. Director Wang first said a word of gratitude, and then proposed to invite Li Hongmei to dinner. Li Hongmei didn't know why, she agreed without hesitation. Before this, she expected that Director Wang would call her like this.

Sure enough, at the end of the day, Director Wang's car had stopped at the entrance of the hospital. Li Hongmei got into Director Wang's car in the envious eyes of everyone and went all the way away.

That night, Director Wang had a lavish banquet for Li Hongmei, during which Director Wang first said many words of gratitude. Director Wang exalted Li Hongmei like this, she really didn't know what to say. Her face was so red from beginning to end. That night, she drank a few glasses of red wine for the first time, and in a slightly drunk, she also said a lot of things, first saying that Director Wang was young and promising (in fact, Director Wang is no longer young), and also said that she would rely on Director Wang to take more care in the future. Director Wang sincerely praised Li Hongmei for being young and beautiful, a competent doctor, gentle and considerate, and definitely a good wife. Li Hongmei's face was already red. Under the influence of alcohol, her face was hot all the time.

That night, the two talked a lot. Director Wang once again talked about his situation, his lover died early, and now he is alone to take care of the children in middle school, etc., and finally said to Li Hongmei as if asking for help: Doctor Li, you should pay attention to it in the future, and there are suitable women to help introduce it. After speaking, Director Wang stared at Li Hongmei's already somewhat blinded eyes and said: Just look for you like this.

In the face of this obvious hint, or appreciation, Li Hongmei really didn't know what to say. It's just that there's another layer of blush on her face. The two spoke softly and slowly until late, and finally Director Wang asked the driver to drive the car over, and Director Wang and Li Hongmei sat in the back seat. Director Wang asked the driver to take Li Hongmei all the way to the front of the building where she lived. During this period, Director Wang held Li Hongmei's hand again, and as in the hospital, Li Hongmei did not object, so she kept letting Director Wang hold her hand until Li Hongmei got out of the car, and Director Wang let go of Li Hongmei's hand. Until Li Hongmei walked into the corridor. Director Wang asked the driver to drive the car away. I don't know if it was nervousness or other reasons, when Li Hongmei got out of the car, she didn't even say hello to Director Wang.

The conditions of the hospitals affiliated to the medical school are not satisfactory, mainly due to the lack of equipment for some medical equipment. At that time, there was a significant shortage of all hospital medical equipment, especially high-end ones. Now everyone knows that the relationship between Li Hongmei and Director Wang is extraordinary.

If the hospital is to be equipped with these equipment, it must be personally approved by Director Wang.

One day, the dean called Li Hongmei to his office. This has never been done before. The dean handed a report on the application for medical equipment to Li Hongmei, and asked Li Hongmei to go to Director Wang once in a consultative tone, hoping to get Director Wang's support.

I don't know if Director Wang can support Li Hongmei, but after all, it was the dean who found Li Hongmei in person, which was enough to make Li Hongmei feel flattered. As a woman, Li Hongmei can feel what Director Wang means to herself, which is what a man means to a woman.

The dean personally sent his car out and asked Li Hongmei to go to the Department of Health to find Director Wang. This is the first time Li Hongmei has walked into Director Wang's office. Director Wang was not there, but was having a meeting in the conference room. After a clerk asked Li Hongmei's name, he went in to report it. Director Wang quickly came out of the conference room. He didn't seem surprised by Li Hongmei's arrival, he kept smiling at Li Hongmei and personally poured tea for Li Hongmei. Li Hongmei was very inexperienced and very embarrassed to tell her intentions, and put the dean's request on Director Wang's desk. Director Wang's gaze only stopped at the report, and then said: We only have two imported CT machines in our province.

Then Director Wang shifted the topic elsewhere, asked Li Hongmei about her recent work, and gossiped for a while. In a blink of an eye, it was time for lunch, and Director Wang left Li Hongmei to eat. Li Hongmei felt that there was no hope for doing things, so she proposed to leave. After Director Wang's efforts to stay, Li Hongmei still stayed. Eating in the small restaurant of the institution, although it is simple, but it is also a style. Director Wang didn't say a word about the equipment during the whole banquet, but when it came to eating, he said that he had learned the craft of cooking in the past few years, and it was better than some chefs. Li Hongmei praised Director Wang. Director Wang said, "In a few days, come to my house and sit down, and I will cook a few good dishes for you to taste."

Li Hongmei smiled and agreed.

It wasn't until after eating that Director Wang sent Li Hongmei away and said, "Then I'll give you a CT machine." Tell you dean, come to me tomorrow to complete the formalities.

This kind of result was something Li Hongmei did not expect.

Not long after, Director Wang finally fulfilled his promise, and the CT machine was pulled back by the hospital. Li Hongmei made a phone call to Director Wang, and she said a lot of words of gratitude. Director Wang only smiled on the phone and didn't say anything, and finally changed the conversation, and brought up the topic of cooking for Li Hongmei to taste last time, and asked Li Hongmei if she had time at night. Li Hongmei readily agreed.

This is the first time Li Hongmei has walked into Director Wang's house, a three-bedroom house with a living room, and the decoration is more exquisite, although there is no hostess in this home, it looks quite tidy. As soon as Li Hongmei walked into this room, she sincerely praised the environment of Director Wang's house, and she thought of the tube building where she lived, and she couldn't help but feel a little lost. Director Wang was busy in the kitchen, Li Hongmei had nothing to do, so she also walked into the kitchen to give Director Wang a hand, the two talked and laughed, and the family quickly prepared a table of meals. When the two were eating, Li Hongmei learned that Director Wang's son usually lived in the school and did not come back until the weekend. When Li Hongmei visited Director Wang's son's room, she saw a photo of Director Wang's son, who was a very quiet boy.

During the banquet, the two drank some "dry red" wine. Li Hongmei praised Director Wang's craftsmanship, and Director Wang's craftsmanship was really good. After eating, Li Hongmei took the initiative to help Director Wang clean up.

Then the two chatted while watching TV, the lamp was a floor lamp, very soft, and the two were talking in this very warm atmosphere. Until this time, Li Hongmei was still envious of the environment in which Director Wang lived, and she thought: When will she have such a house, she will be satisfied.

At this moment, Director Wang took her hand again, but she still did not refuse, and it was not easy to refuse, and then the two got together, first fell on the sofa, and finally, Director Wang picked her up and walked into the bedroom. At this time, Li Hongmei's brain was a little messy, she knew what the next step meant, but she didn't struggle, and she herself couldn't explain why she was so willingly obedient.

Next, everything inevitably happened.

twelve

Since then, the relationship between Li Hongmei and Director Wang has suddenly become inexplicable. Sometimes it was Director Wang who called her to ask her out, and more often, it was she who took the initiative to walk into Director Wang's house. The space of the three houses, most of the time, there are only the two of them, and everything here makes Li Hongmei linger. From the tower to here, it is like going from hell to heaven.

Li Hongmei met Director Wang's son on a weekend, it was a very polite and sentimental middle school student, he looked at Li Hongmei with no malice at all, and even his eyes showed a little warmth and respect.

Seeing Director Wang's son, Li Hongmei thought of that pregnancy again, and it was that pregnancy that completely shattered her dream of being a mother. With the change of age, her dream increased day by day, but she was shattered in the face of reality, and her mood was tormented between reality and dreams.

She was in Director Wang's house, and her lonely heart found a trace of comfort. During this time, she became almost half of the master here, and she took on a lot of the housework of Director Wang's family. Now they don't go out to eat anymore, Li Hongmei cooks, and even the clothes that Director Wang has changed, she has to take the time to wash them out, including the change of clothes when Director Wang's son comes back on the weekend. When she did all this, she actually felt a sense of happiness from the bottom of her heart, and this feeling rippled in her heart.

Teacher Zhang didn't seem to notice Li Hongmei's changes during this time. For a long time, the relationship between the two has been so lukewarm. The frustration in the medical school affected Mr. Zhang's family life, and he often brought this frustration back, making them cold and cold.

Recently, Mr. Zhang is taking several graduate students to work on a project, and it is said that if this topic about traditional Chinese medicine can be tackled, it will win a prize in the medical community across the country, and in that case, Mr. Zhang's status will change fundamentally in the college. There are many benefits to evaluating job titles and dividing houses. Therefore, Mr. Zhang's whole mind is on the topic, leaving early and returning late, and sometimes he does not come back at night.

Mr. Zhang's attitude towards Li Hongmei brought a lot of space for Li Hongmei and Director Wang to date. She didn't even make more transitions in her heart, nor did she blame herself more, she felt that there was nothing to blame Teacher Zhang. She is only now soberly aware that the man she wants is not a person like Teacher Zhang.

The relationship between her and Director Wang has long attracted the attention of the hospital, and the attitude of the department director and hospital leaders towards Li Hongmei has changed dramatically. Because of the relationship between Li Hongmei and Director Wang, it has brought many benefits to the hospital, some advanced medical equipment has been continuously allocated to the hospital, and there are some timely funds, which have never been done before for the affiliated hospital of the medical school. They naturally understood that all this was because of the relationship between Li Hongmei and Director Wang. But everyone didn't break down this relationship, and they all paid ambiguous attention to Li Hongmei's every move. Now Li Hongmei is already the attending doctor of surgery, and often organizes some small surgeries, and the operations are naturally successful, and Li Hongmei's surroundings have won a round of applause.

Li Hongmei naturally knew that all these changes were because of Director Wang, and now Director Wang is very good to her. Director Wang is more than ten years older than her, and she found the same care as her father and the warmth of her lover from Director Wang. Because of these, Li Hongmei has also undergone obvious changes from physical to mental, she has become younger and more beautiful, and she will often hum songs and go into surgery, which was unimaginable before.

That day, she and Director Wang were lying on the bed, she pillowed Director Wang's arm, the tide of happiness still did not recede, she kissed Director Wang's salty chest, panting and said: You are so good.

Director Wang was also looking at her with caressing eyes, and Director Wang said: Let's get married.

This was the first time that Director Wang had made such a major promise from beginning to end, and at that moment, she was so excited that she shed tears. She hugged Director Wang and sobbed happily.

In fact, she has long wanted to enter a family like Director Wang. Director Wang has everything he should have. She is a person who can't have children, and at the age of Director Wang, and Director Wang already has a son, so Director Wang will not care whether she can have children. Before this, she had also planned to leave Teacher Zhang, but in the vast sea of people, where could she find someone more suitable for herself. In the ranks of women, she is no longer young. She knows that she is still a little beautiful so far, and that is because she has not given birth and her body shape has not changed, but she can no longer be regarded as young. Compared with a man like Director Wang, she is still young. Therefore, she found herself in Director Wang and found that feeling.

She couldn't refuse Director Wang's request to her. That time, she buried her head in the crook of Director Wang's arm and promised Director Wang with tears of happiness.

Before the divorce, she had to lay the groundwork, after all, she had not had an essential conflict with Teacher Zhang before this. Since then, she often doesn't come home at night, and she rushes to Director Wang as soon as she gets off work.

Occasionally, when she walked back to the building, to the hut where she had lived, she felt a strangeness.

Teacher Zhang didn't say anything more when he saw her, but said: You are on more and more night shifts now, you should pay attention to your body.

Mr. Zhang is still busy with his project. To what extent the subject had been overcome, she hadn't asked, and he hadn't said it. She saw that her foreshadowing had no effect, and before that, she had already made preparations for remarrying Director Wang, the furniture that should be changed had been changed, and the house had been renovated. When doing all this, Director Wang was very generous. That time, she accidentally saw Director Wang's passbooks with her son's name written on them, and she was surprised. The numbers written in the name of Director Wang's son, she had never dared to think about it before.

In desperation, she had no choice but to put forward the idea of divorce. To her surprise, Mr. Zhang was not surprised at all, he just looked at her in a daze, and said for a while: I have wronged you for so many years, I can't stand you, when to leave, I will listen to you.

Teacher Zhang's attitude made her sad and sad, she thought that Teacher Zhang would beg her, and even cry bitterly, but she didn't expect Teacher Zhang to be so calm. Teacher Zhang's calmness made her feel lost, as if Teacher Zhang had been waiting for this day for a long time. She divorced smoothly in this frustrated mood.

A week later, her wedding with Director Wang was completed in a grand and lively manner. Director Wang had many friends, as well as the leaders of those subordinate units, who came to congratulate him with great importance. The gifts and cash sent to her surprised her again, and the income from this wedding alone was enough for them to live for ten or eight years. She was so glad she could find someone like Director Wang, what else could a woman who wasn't young get?

A baker's dozen

Since then, Li Hongmei has lived a stable and comfortable life, even making people jealous. Because, at this time, she is the wife of the justifiable Director Wang. Soon after, she was promoted to deputy director of surgery at the hospital. In the unit, she is also a figure with a face.

Not long after, Mr. Zhang's project finally succeeded under arduous circumstances, and was awarded the second prize of scientific and technological progress by the authoritative circles. Naturally, Mr. Zhang was also commended, and was exceptionally promoted to professor by the medical school, and since then, he has moved out of the tube building and lived in a unit. Li Hongmei heard again that Mr. Zhang had remarried, and Mr. Zhang was married to a female graduate student who worked with him to tackle the project. The female graduate student Li Hongmei has seen it, and she is not good-looking, but she is younger than her.

It was only at this time that Li Hongmei seemed to understand that when she and Teacher Zhang proposed to break up, Teacher Zhang was so calm, and it turned out that Teacher Zhang seemed to have his own crush. Thinking of this, Li Hongmei felt unhappy again, and she even hated her ex-husband a little. As she thought about the life in front of her, she calmed down again. She and Director Wang now live a carefree life, in addition to the department-level house where they live now, Director Wang has bought a house outside, and the name of the owner of the house naturally has his son's name written on it. After she married Director Wang, she fully understood Director Wang's hard work. The source of all the money and goods of Director Wang was sent by his subordinate units, and it was naturally difficult to write his own name on the money, and of course, she could not write her name, only the name of their son was the safest. Director Wang's son has begun to call her "Mom". It's a huge change, she knows that she can't have children anymore in her life, and she feels satisfied to have a son for nothing, and she is experiencing what it's like to be a mother.

The situation at home has also undergone a series of changes. Soon after they got married, they hired a nanny to cook, do laundry, and clean for them. Now she and Director Wang are enjoying life with one mind, Director Wang is older than her, but her body is still quite strong, and she still prescribes some brain and kidney medicine for Director Wang from time to time. She felt that as a man, neither of these two things could be missing.

Just as Li Hongmei was carefully designing her future life for herself. But there was a fork in the head of the department. A report letter is sent to the higher department. Director Wang was quarantined and examined. It didn't take long for Director Wang's case to come to light, and Director Wang was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking bribes. At the same time, many cadres were implicated, and they were all sentenced to varying degrees of severity. Director Wang's family property, that is, their common family property, was seized and confiscated, and of course, the money saved with his son's name written on it.

Overnight, Li Hongmei lived a poor life again. Because of Director Wang's case, she was soon demoted to an ordinary doctor, and she suddenly had nothing to do.

That period was the most negative and painful day for her. She wanted to make her life better, but what she didn't expect was that she returned from the end to the beginning, and she was not even as good as the starting point. She thought of Teacher Zhang again, if she didn't get divorced, she would be the professor's wife now. Although those days are not as beautiful and relaxed as when they are with Director Wang, they are enough to make people feel down-to-earth. She now regrets that she divorced Teacher Zhang in the first place.

Although she has not divorced Director Wang, now Director Wang is a prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment, and their marriage has died in name only.

That's when she received a call she never dreamed of. The call came from He Erbao. He Erbao said on the phone that he wanted to meet her, and said that he would wait for her at the door of her unit when he got off work. She didn't expect He Erbao to suddenly appear in her life at this time. After all, they had a while, He Erbao said to come and see her, and she didn't refuse.

When she got off work, she almost forgot about He Erbao, didn't stay too long at the door of the unit, and walked directly to the bus stop. At this time, a sedan followed her and kept honking its horn, until she turned around and saw He Erbao, to be exact, He Erbao twenty years later, and she stopped. He Erbao also smiled at her.

She didn't know where He Erbao got the car, and she didn't know where He Erbao was going to pull her. She sat in the car and only felt that He Erbao had changed, and every cell on He Erbao's body was now shiny. In a short period of time, the two mobile phones in He Erbao's car rang one after another. He didn't even have time to say a complete sentence to her. Later, He Erbao turned off his mobile phone. The car finally stopped in a development zone, which is a famous development zone, He Erbao did not get out of the car, pointed to the construction site that was in full swing and said: These are all my people.

He Erbao's tone and momentum are no longer what they used to be. Next, He Erbao hosted a luxurious banquet for Li Hongmei, and the two of them ate a meal of more than 2,000 yuan. He Erbao does not use cash for consumption, but swipes the "peony card", which Li Hongmei has never seen.

He Erbao knows Li Hongmei's experience in the past 20 years well, when she got married, when she divorced, and when Director Wang had an accident. It was only at this time that He Erbao successfully appeared in front of Li Hongmei.

Li Hongmei can be said to know nothing about He Erbao's changes in the past 20 years. Later, He Erbao told her that since the educated youth returned to the city, he was not a secretary soon, but set up a contractor team to contract projects in the county, and then he became bigger and bigger, and he is now the general manager of a construction company.

On that day, He Erbao drank a lot of wine inexplicably, and later said with a big tongue that he was not married until now, but there was no shortage of women around him, and there were women who were willing to give birth to three children for him. In the end, he said with wet eyes: After so many years, I haven't forgotten you, I have dreamed of you.

The drunken words after drinking deeply moved Li Hongmei. After all, this was her first love, at that time, she fell in love with He Erbao because of He Erbao's difference, and then He Erbao changed her fate, if there was no He Erbao, she didn't know what she was like today. Many of the educated youth comrades-in-arms who joined the queue with her have now been laid off and unemployed.

Twenty years later, she reunited with He Erbao, and she was conquered by He Erbao again. At that moment, she thought of indescribable life issues such as reincarnation and fate. Now, she had no choice but to resign herself to her fate.

That night, He Erbao took her back to his residence, which was a villa located in a famous residential area. It's populated by people with heads and faces.

All this shocked Li Hongmei again.

That night, in front of the woman, He Erbao, who was no longer strange and nervous, hugged Li Hongmei. A woman of Li Hongmei's age with this experience is no longer reserved. She stripped off her clothes in the bright light. He Erbao looked at Li Hongmei who was lying on his bed with his eyes so good, and after a while, he took off his clothes in a panic. When they calmed down, He Erbao suddenly cried. He knelt naked on the bed, and said to Li Hongmei with tears streaming down his face: Twenty years, you have made me think about it for twenty years, and I have blushed for twenty years.

Li Hongmei looked at him puzzled, and he said again: The last time I went to see you, you lent me seven yuan and two catties of food stamps. I've blushed for this for twenty years, I've been dumped by a woman for my first love for twenty years, I've been waiting for twenty years, oh oh, haha......

That night, He Erbao cried excitedly or sadly about the twenty years of waiting.

fourteen

The appearance of He Erbao seems to have brought a new turn to Li Hongmei's life.

Li Hongmei moved into He Erbao's villa. He Erbao changed the real estate certificate to Li Hongmei's name, but he did not propose to marry Li Hongmei. Li Hongmei hinted to He Erbao that she could go through divorce procedures with Director Wang at any time. He Erbao acted as if he hadn't heard.

When He Erbao was with her, he talked about the winter of twenty years ago, their first love in the snow under the bridge, and the conversation in front of the fire.

He seems to have been immersed in the love he had with Li Hongmei twenty years ago, and he didn't have too much enthusiasm for Li Hongmei in the reality in front of him. After drinking again, he hugged Li Hongmei and said: Who are you?

Li Hongmei turned on the light and looked at him in surprise.

He seemed to be sober, looked at Li Hongmei and said: Li Hongmei, you are not the Li Hongmei of twenty years ago. I got you today, and that's it.

Listening to He Erbao's words, Li Hongmei cried.

Li Hongmei has quit her job at the hospital. He Erbao regularly or irregularly comes to the villa to stay overnight. Leave her some money when she leaves, which will be enough for her to spend for a while.

He Erbao then left, sometimes not coming back for a long time.

Li Hongmei thought lonely: What am I, He Erbaobao's second wife? Is there a second wife of such an age? Is it He Erbao's wife? But He Erbao never said to marry her.

When she thought about this, her head was quite tired, and then she didn't think about it. What does he care about himself? Life doesn't have to go by day by day.

Thereupon. She leaned lazily on the balcony, expecting He Erbao to walk into the villa and walk towards herself.