Not long after Zhang Xuemei returned to the single dormitory, Wang Rongrong came back from work.

Wang Rongrong is a worker in the material transportation department of the Second Automobile Railway, and she is also beautiful.

She was very envious of Zhang Xuemei's work, and one day, she said to Zhang Xuemei:

"How good your work is, idle and decent, unlike us workers who are dirty and tired, only unproductive people will be workers! As long as there is a little ability, no one will do our kind of work, and no one looks down on anyone who does our kind of work! ”

"Alright, don't talk about it!" Zhang Xuemei joked with her: "A girl like us Wang Rongrong who looks so beautiful shouldn't be a worker, she should sit in the office!" ”

"That's pretty much what you say!" Wang Rongrong continued: "You are good teachers, there are more than two months of winter and summer vacations every year, and your salary will be paid if you don't go to work!" I envy you to death! ”

"Then you will also be a teacher!" Zhang Xuemei continued to joke with her.

"How can I have this life?" Immediately afterwards, Wang Rongrong couldn't help but sigh again, "Miss Ben is a thin life, although she is beautiful, but she is a suffering life!" ”

"Okay, okay, my eldest lady, don't complain!" Zhang Xuemei patiently enlightened, "Although your current work is a little dirty and tiring, it is still much better than when we were in the countryside at that time!" Do you know how we got through that time! In winter, I have to go to work every day, and I can't leave work until it's dark! What is eaten? Sweet potato rice, cabbage radish! In summer, mosquito bites, stinky sweat every day! I'm so tired all year round that I'm about to lie down, and I can't support myself! ”

"How long have you been in line?"

"Three years." Zhang Xuemei couldn't help but sigh, "Three years, my eldest lady!" ”

"It's not easy for our generation, cutting in line, being unemployed, how much beautiful spring light has been wasted, and our youth has been wasted in vain! However, we finally got through it! ”

After a while, Zhang Xuemei said to Wang Rongrong:

"Actually, we are also very hard teachers as teachers, we have to prepare for classes every day, there are unfinished homework, and the students are disobedient, which often makes you angry! Some parents still don't understand, complaining that we don't teach books well, don't manage students well, and some even say that we are idle and comfortable as teachers! The pain of our hearts is clearer only in our own hearts! ”

"According to you, being a teacher is not easy and comfortable!"

"What else do you need to say?" Zhang Xuemei smiled bitterly, "You won't envy my work if you try it!" Then he said: "Actually, being a worker also has the advantage of being a worker, at least you won't suffer so much!" Being angry in old age can damage your face and shorten your lifespan! ”

At this time, Zhang Xuemei saw that Wang Rongrong came back from work, so she said to her with a smile:

"I'm going home this afternoon. When I'm gone, you're left alone! ”

"I can't bear to let you go!" Wang Rongrong showed an uncomfortable expression on her face, "When you leave, I don't even have anyone to talk to!" ”

"Then you should hurry up and find a partner!"

"How can it be so easy? It's not as easy to find a partner as it is to go to the store to buy something! ”

"That means you're asking too much! Don't pick and choose, just find a similar one! ”

"Who's picking?" Wang Rongrong couldn't help laughing, "How dare I, a stinky worker, pick and choose?" Whoever sees me, I'll burn high incense! ”

"You're so beautiful, why don't you worry that no one will take a fancy to you? I'm afraid the boys chasing you are already lined up! Is it that there are too many people chasing you, and you are picky? ”

"How can I be as beautiful as you? If I were as beautiful as you, I wouldn't be alone until now! ”

"Don't be sad! I firmly believe that you will one day find a wishful man! ”

"I'm so glad you could say that!" Wang Rongrong asked, "Have you found it?" ”

"I'm not in a hurry!"

"Have you found it? I think Huang Jianhua seems to have that meaning to you. ”

"......" Zhang Xuemei smiled wordlessly, and then said distressedly: "Huang Jianhua has always pestered me because he has a good relationship with the principal, and the principal, relying on his and my father being old comrades-in-arms, not only instigated Huang Jianhua to pester me, but also often touted Huang Jianhua in front of me!" The principal's meaning is very clear, doesn't he want me to marry Huang Jianhua? ”

"He doesn't want to think about his own conditions! He should always ask himself: 'Am I worthy of Zhang Xuemei?' ’”

"Now, I don't dare to offend Huang Jianhua, let alone the principal!" Zhang Xuemei said distressedly: "Xie Rundong is also very annoying, he seems to want me to marry Huang Jianhua!" ”

"You blame Xie Rundong for this, in fact, he just echoed Qu Ying's face because of his face!"

"I know: the two of them are good friends, but should they lose their principles just because they are good friends? Principal Qu didn't care about my inner feelings at all! Speaking from the heart, I don't like Huang Guojianhua at all, he doesn't have any logic when he speaks, and he often laughs! You say, how could I possibly like such a person? ”

"Aren't you two on good terms?"

"That's just the surface!" Zhang Xuemei said to Wang Rongrong: "Huang Jianhua is both the class teacher and the secretary of the Youth League branch, he often talks to me about work, as a teacher and a member of the Youth League branch, can I not support his work?" I'll admit it: I have more contact with him, but every time we have contact, we talk about work, and we don't have to talk about love and marriage at all! Some people like to chase after the wind! ”

"Some people still make rumors about you and Wu Zhijian!"

"Now, Hu Zhanyong and Chen Wenhai are here in our school again, and the trouble is still to come!"

"You have to be careful, don't ruin your reputation!"

"The body is not afraid of crooked shadows!" Zhang Xuemei's face was upright, "I'm not afraid!" As long as I walk upright and sit up straight, what gossip am I afraid of? Those guys who spew feces all over their mouths, what are you doing with them? ”

"If they are full all day long and don't do any serious things, they will tell right and wrong and spread rumors to confuse the public!"

"They are afraid that the world will not be in chaos!"

Speaking of this, Wang Rongrong couldn't help but ask Zhang Xuemei:

"Do you still have contact with Luo Guoqiang now?"

"I haven't seen him in a long time!"

"How did you break up with him?"

"They didn't break us apart!" Zhang Xuemei felt uncomfortable again, "In order to break up the two of us, they instigated the school leaders to let me graduate early!" My mother is stubborn enough, so many people persuaded her, but she didn't let me and Luo Guoqiang continue to get better! ”

"You can see that you're still in pain!"

But how many people can truly understand the pain in my heart? Some people not only don't understand, but they often rub salt into my wounds! ”

"Society is so ruthless!"

Wang Rongrong stood up, poured a full glass of water into her cup with a hot water bottle, and then drank it violently, and after drinking, she continued: "I'm dying of thirst!" ”

"You won't pour me a little! Miss Ben is also thirsty! ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Saying that, Wang Rongrong hurriedly took a hot water bottle and poured water into Zhang Xuemei's cup, and then sent the cup respectfully to Zhang Xuemei, "Here, Miss Zhang!" ”

"That's pretty much it!" Zhang Xuemei took the cup, took a few sips, and then wiped her mouth,

"What is your impression of Chen Wenhai?" Zhang Xuemei asked.

"It's okay. is polite and polite, and he looks like a nerd at first glance! ”

"I heard that his illness this time was caused by his mother's forced marriage."

"Can you be specific?"

"I heard that he had a good relationship with Zhang Huifang when he was in the countryside, and when he was about to enter the university, Cao Xiaoyan fell in love with him. However, his mother insisted that he marry a rural girl, who had never been to school for a day and could not read a single word. However, his mother said to her son: 'Qiu Mei looks very honest, you should find such a daughter-in-law, otherwise, you can't control her at all!' Chen Wenhai said: "I don't like her at all, how can I live with her?" His mother said, 'Maybe you'll like her when she gets married and has children.' Speaking of this, Zhang Xuemei couldn't help laughing, "You say: Chen Wenhai is so knowledgeable, how can he marry an uneducated rural girl?" What age is it now, and why is the fucking concept still so old! Still, it's no wonder that there's nothing about culture. For thousands of years, the traditional feudal concept of marriage has caused many family tragedies! What makes people feel gratifying is that since the May Fourth Movement, this traditional feudal concept of marriage has been broken, and many young men and women have pursued the freedom of marriage! ”

"Among these people, Chen Wenhai is also one."

"The word 'counting' is not used accurately, it should be said: Chen Wenhai is a hot-blooded man who pursues the freedom of marriage!"

"Can Chen Wenhai and Cao Xiaoyan make it?"

Zhang Xuemei smiled and did not answer.

Revised February 24, 2022