Chapter VI
After breaking up with Gu Changjiang and Gu Qiumei, Chen Wenhai and Chen Chunmei, brother and sister, continued to walk forward.
When they walked near the school, the two of them met Liang Jintao and Bao Guoan again. When Chen Wenhai was a worker, the three of them worked in a workshop.
At that time, Liang Jintao, who was the director of the workshop, had a very good opinion of Chen Wenhai, and often picked his nose and eyes at him. One day, Liang Jintao said to Chen Wenhai: "When you cut the queue in the countryside, you must be like now, working like a girl!" β
Technician Bao Guoan hurriedly said: "Chen Wenhai is weak and should not be a worker." If it was in the past, Chen Wenhai would definitely be admitted to university, and maybe even admitted to a prestigious university! β
Due to neurasthenia, Chen Wenhai often languided, Liang Jintao sneered at him, one day, he smiled and said to Chen Wenhai: "You are listless all day long, you must be thinking about your wife, do you want me to introduce you to one?" β
When Chen Wenhai heard this, his lungs were about to explode, and he really wanted to fight back, but he thought again: "Now that he is the director of the workshop, I better endure it." β
Afterwards, Chen Wenhai said to Bao Guoan:
"Director Liang said that day that I was too underestimated, right, I was so unproductive?"
Bao Guoan pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said with a smile:
"I heard that you fell in love with Zhang Huifang when you cut the queue in the countryside, and you always pestered her, is there such a thing?"
"Who did you listen to?" Chen Wenhai shouted angrily, "When have I ever pestered her?" Am I that kind of person? Then he added, "I just talk to him a few more times, and sometimes I like to be with her." In addition to Zhang Huifang, I often stay with Chen Yali, and I have nothing to talk about with her. β
"So who do you really like? Is it Zhang Huifang or Chen Yali? β
"I'm okay with both of them."
"Why don't you answer my question head-on?" Bao Guoan still held on.
"I like both of them, you should be happy now, right?"
"That's not good, you can only like one of the two of them!"
"Why?"
"Because our country is monogamous, you can only ask for one wife!"
"Where do you want to go?" Chen Wenhai couldn't help laughing, "My relationship with the two of them is not what you imagined, I never thought of marrying them!" Chen Wenhai continued, "Actually, to be honest, what I really like is Zhang Huifang. β
"Is it because she's pretty?"
"Not exactly." Chen Wenhai's face was shrouded in a dark cloud, "It's too late to say anything now, she is already married and has children!" β
"You should get married soon, too."
"But I don't have a suitable one right now."
"What kind of one are you looking for? Are you looking for a girl like Zhang Huifang! β
"......" Chen Wenhai smiled and did not answer. After a while, Chen Wenhai frowned and said, "The person who said that I always pestered Zhang Huifang must be Yang Weidong, maybe Zhang Jianguo and Chen Shuzhai!" β
"Isn't Chen Shuzhai Chen Yizhai's sister? How could she say that about you? β
"Because Chen Shuzhai has an opinion on Zhang Huifang and thinks that I shouldn't be good with Zhang Huifang."
"But Chen Shuzhai said this, aren't you slandering you?"
"Chen Shuzhai also has an opinion about me, thinking that I am a nerd and have no heart."
"What about Zhang Jianguo, weren't the two of you good friends when you cut the queue in the countryside?"
"He chased Zhang Huifang!"
"What does this have to do with you?"
"He didn't catch up, thinking I was playing tricks." Then he added, "Actually, there is no need for me to make trouble, Zhang Huifang doesn't like him at all!" Chen Wenhai continued, "Also, he also has conflicts with me, and he also said that I am a nerd and have no heart!" In the later stages of the rural queue, the relationship between the two of us was already bad. I heard that after he was transferred to Zhang Huifang's factory, he said a lot of bad things about me in front of Zhang Huifang, which made Zhang Huifang also have a bad opinion of me, which is really hateful! β
"Do you mean that Zhang Jianguo played right and wrong in front of Zhang Huifang, which cast a shadow on the love between you and Zhang Huifang?"
"That's what I mean!" Chen Wenhai said angrily, "Zhang Jianguo looks very knowledgeable, and he can't imagine that he will also tell right and wrong!" Then he sighed, "I didn't expect a learned person to be so despicable!" β
"Man is the most complex animal in the world!" Bao Guoan said with a smile, "You are sometimes too naΓ―ve and naΓ―ve, and you idealize our society!" β
"Maybe it has something to do with my social experience."
Regarding Liang Jintao and Bao Guoan, Chen Wenhai thinks that Bao Guoan is much stronger than Liang Jintao, at least Bao Guoan is reasonable, looks at the problem more comprehensively and profoundly, and is not like Liang Jintao who only looks at superficial phenomena, only listens to one-sided words, reprimands people at every turn, and even suspects that he is a bad person for no reason!
In the more than two years he has been a worker, Chen Wenhai has gained a lot of new gains, and has a new understanding of the educated youth who were in the queue with him back then. He often sighed: This society is so complicated, there are all kinds of people!
At this moment, Bao Guoan saw Chen Wenhai, so he hurriedly asked with a smile:
"Winter break, right?"
"Yes." Then, with a smile, he told him, "I'm out of college!" β
"Good!" Bao Guoan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "You can now serve the motherland and give full play to your wisdom and talents for the party and the people!" β
"You're a college student now, it's not the same as it was back then!" Liang Jintao said to him in a sarcastic tone. "However, I heard that you haven't got your diploma yet, so you can't be considered a college graduate yet!" Liang Jintao asked with a smile, "What the hell is going on?" β
"It's not something you can say in a sentence or two!"
"Is it that complicated?" Liang Jintao asked Chen Wenhai, "Did you delay your studies because you had problems with love and marriage?" Without waiting for Chen Wenhai to answer, Liang Jintao continued, "If this is the case, then it is not worth it!" In fact, when you were a worker, you should have solved the marriage problem! β
"Didn't there be a suitable one at that time?"
"What exactly are you looking for?"
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"Isn't that Zhang Huifang already married? You shouldn't think about her anymore! As for that Cao Xiaoyan, don't have any hope! β
"What a mess! I don't even understand what you mean by that! Chen Wenhai sarcastically said, "Your news is so clever that I can't hide anything from you!" β
"Who am I?" Liang Jintao pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said proudly, "I also know: you look down on that country girl Gu Qiumei because you were admitted to university!" Then he reprimanded, "It's not me who said you, it's your fault in this matter!" What's so great about college students? College students are also people, and they don't have three heads and six arms! β
"If you don't understand the situation, don't talk nonsense!" Chen Wenhai was furious, "Are you still finished?" I almost died of illness, and you still won't let me go! β
"Master Liang, you're too much!" Chen Chunmei said angrily, "You know what? My brother is not completely cured yet, and he can't be stimulated yet! β
Bao Guoan hurriedly whispered to Liang Jintao:
"Be careful when you speak! Do you know what disease Chen Wenhai has? β
"What disease? Neuropathy? β
"Don't say that!" Bao Guoan became serious, "You are not accurate, he has 'pre-schizophrenia'!" β
"Isn't that similar to a neuropathy?"
"Okay, okay, I won't tell you!" Bao Guoan was also angry, "Why don't you have any sympathy at all?" Chen Wenhai is like this, you still don't let him go! β
"Let's go, don't talk to such inhuman guys!" Chen Chunmei said angrily to her brother, "This kind of person is even inferior to animals, why should we pay attention to him?" β
Revised February 26, 2022