Chapter 40: Love is still in the making
It's winter, and it's cold. It was a weekend, and the sky was filled with goose-feather snowflakes, which were extremely graceful, and they danced softly without hurry, and flew to all directions by fate: whether they were rooftops, or dry treetops, or passers-by, or the earth. The snowflakes seemed to have no idea where they were going, only enjoying the process of flying, and their graceful dancing posture seemed so sacred and calm in the white expanse of heaven and earth.
Chen Xiang and Wang Yan need to go to the hospital today for routine check-ups for periodic pregnant women. Chen Xiang saw the snowflakes through the window, and said to Wang Yan without looking back: "Wife, it's snowing today, hurry, get up and take a look." Go to the hospital early. ”
Wait a minute. Wang Yan's voice was a little lazy.
Pregnant women need to move around a lot, but Chen Xiang found that Wang Yan loves to read books in bed, especially on cloudy days when it is snowing or raining, she can lie in bed and read miscellaneous books almost all day. Seeing that Wang Yan hadn't gotten out of bed yet, Chen Xiang urged: "Hurry up, it will take another day to get to the hospital." “
"Wait until I'm done with this page." Wang Yan's voice is a little coquettish, she doesn't snort, her voice is weak and slow, which is her unique way of being coquettish.
"What's there to see, come back and see again." Chen Xiang said without annoyance.
"You come here, this sentence is very appropriate to describe you." Wang Yan said.
"What" Chen Xiang walked to the side of the bed curiously, stretched out his head to look at the line of words on Wang Yan's finger, "Smart self-deprecation is a kind of free and easy. Ordinary experiences can also give birth to great wonders because people find their way to where they want to go. ”
"What does this have to do with me?" Chen Xiang wondered.
"Your experience is very ordinary, you have raised a donkey, you have done the manual work done by decoration workers, and when you start your own business, won't you be able to create miracles!" Wang Yan used her understanding to interpret it.
"That's not what people say, get up and get something to eat." Chen Xiang urged again, he didn't want to spend a day in the hospital.
"Did you make breakfast?"
"It's already ready, just wait for you to get up and eat. I'm afraid that if I eat it myself, it will be cold after a while.
"Oh, then you kiss me, and I'll get up." Wang Yan teased Chen Xiang.
"Hmm-" Chen Xiang was surprised by this request, full of excitement, the smile on the corner of his mouth reached the corner of his eyes, hugged Chen Xiang and kissed him vigorously, and said, "Well, my wife is so fragrant." “
"Hehe, it's not promising, let you kiss it. Can't resist temptation. Wang Yan pursed her lips and smiled, and scolded lightly.
"Of course I have to listen to my wife's words." Chen Xiang's tone sounded pleasant and slightly evil, "Get up, wife, otherwise it's too late, and you'll have to wait for half a day." “
"Good. You help me get dressed. “
"You treat you as my daughter, hurry up, I'll help you get your clothes and wear them yourself." Saying that, Chen Xiang threw the clothes into Wang Yan's hand.
"Hehe-" Wang Yan chuckled and said, "If you don't grasp the opportunity, if you want to serve me, you won't be given a chance!" ”
"Nobody wants to serve you, hurry up, you." Chen Xiang urged again.
After Wang Yan got out of bed and washed, Chen Xiang brought out the rice that had already been prepared: two bowls of porridge, two eggs, and a bag of mustard. The two ate together and went out to the hospital.
Wang Yan sat in the passenger seat, and as soon as she got into the car, she said to Chen Xiang: "There is a female comrade of the same age as me in our department who is also pregnant, and on Tuesday, Mr. Yi called me to his office to discuss with me the matter of letting the female comrade leave." ”
Chen Xiang turned his face to look at Wang Yan and said, "Aren't you also pregnant?" What do you say? ”
"I don't think Mr. Yi is this kind of person, his heart is not so fine, someone should go to him and say something. I think he probably wanted to quit me if he told me that. I told him that this kind of work of ours uses mental power, not physical strength. Pregnancy also does not affect work. Wang Yan said.
"yes, who's so bad. You don't do manual work, you work with your brains and computers. Chen Xiang's voice was a little indignant, and then he asked, "Then what do you Mr. Yi say?"
"Mr. Yi said that he leaked his mouth, saying that he himself felt that our work was mental work, but Mr. Zhang thought that it would still be affected during maternity leave." Wang Yan said, "I understand, we are a private company, and the company thinks that it is not cost-effective to take maternity leave and pay salaries, and to have insurance." “
While Chen Xiang was driving, he listened to Wang Yan say, what he cared about was actually Wang Yan, and asked lightly: "You Mr. Zhang, it's really bad enough, so what do you Mr. Yi mean in the end?" “
Mr. Yi said that he would let human resources talk to her and persuade her to resign. I think that since Mr. Yi told me this, then he should not quit me. After a pause, Wang Yan said, "Fortunately, he didn't let me tell the female comrade." “
"yes, how do you mention it to someone!" Chen Xiang looked ahead, held the steering wheel, and said without looking back.
"Hehe, however, I told the lesbian in private, let her prepare mentally in advance, if the personnel look for her, say that according to the provisions of the national labor contract, she will be compensated for at least three months' salary." Wang Yan said with a smile.
"Why are you doing that more, your comrades may think that you are in the same league as your leader when they hear you mention it. Besides, if your leaders know, it's not good for you. Chen Xiang complained.
"That's right, when I first mentioned it to the female comrade, she looked at me suspiciously" Wang Yan smiled and said: "However, as long as we have a conscience, I think that girl is also very serious about her work." I get that salary a month, I don't have a job, I have to rent a house in Beijing, and my life will be very stressful. After all, the company is so large-scale, not that bad. Speaking of this, Wang Yan suddenly smiled and said, "Hehe, if you compensate me for three months, I am willing to leave now." "She's going to give birth in about three weeks.
"yes, you're going to give birth anyway." Chen Xiang asked, "Wife, when are you going to take leave?" In private, Chen Xiang always likes to call Wang Yan's wife, and only in front of outsiders or family members, he calls her by her name. As for Wang Yan, no matter when, he calls him by his name. Both are used to it.
"One more week, another week, and I'll take a leave of absence. Then you can still come to work after giving birth. It is estimated that I will not be able to receive my confinement salary. Wang Yan said, "It's better to be dismissed and make up for me for three months." “
"Then did your personnel department look for that female comrade later?" Chen Xiang asked.
"I found it, she asked for compensation for three months as I said, and the company agreed." Wang Yan said.
"That's not bad." Chen Xiang nodded.
As he spoke, the car arrived at the hospital. After parking the car, the two went to register together and went to the obstetrics department on the second floor.
When she was about to go in, Wang Yan said: "I'm most afraid of checking, every time that slimy liquid sticks to the belly and soaks cold." “
"It'll be fine in a moment."
"Hmm" Wang Yan responded, handed the bag to Chen Xiang, and took off the red down jacket and asked Chen Xiang to help hold it.
The prenatal examination was normal, after Wang Yan came out, Chen Xiang put on her coat tightly, Wang Yan held Chen Xiang, and the two slowly went downstairs. This is not the first child, Wang Yan rarely talks to the child in her womb, and when she was doing the prenatal checkup just now, the little thing moved in her belly, as if she kicked her a few times with her little foot, evoking her infinite motherhood. Wang Yan said to Chen Xiang: "This little thing kicked me just now. ”
"Really?" Chen Xiang smiled, looked at Wang Yan's bulging belly, and said, "My wife has worked hard, so let the two daughters honor you." ”
"You're here again, you always expect the children to honor me, and you earn more money to support me in my old age." Wang Yan glared at Chen Xiang and pretended to be angry.
"Hmm. I'll make a lot of money to make you eat and drink spicy food. ”
"You still have to wear good clothes, catch up with Ming'er, you can buy good clothes for me when you earn money, I will wear the small ones for Rongrong, and Rongrong will give her sister the ones that are too small!" Wang Yan said deliberately, with a happy expression on her face.
"I think you want to be a bully, bully your husband, and bully your daughter." Chen Xiang sighed and put on a helpless expression.
"If you don't want me to bully your daughter, you can make more money." Wang Yan teased.
"Okay, I think, if I don't make money, sooner or later I will be sold by you."
"How can you! It's not worth selling you, so keep it for work, potential stocks. Wang Yan laughed.
After the two went home, Wang Yan lazily lay down on the bed to read, and Chen Xiang was "forced" to make lunch. This kind of two-person world makes them all feel undisturbed and enjoy it unabated.
It was more than two weeks before she went into labor, and this morning Wang Yan decided to ask the personnel department to go back to prepare for childbirth, and the personnel was an unmarried bachelor of her age. That Wang Yan's work status is obviously different from that at home, although she also joked with her comrades when she was in the unit, she paid attention to her identity. When talking and doing things, more of them consider the overall situation, so they give people the feeling of being down-to-earth, rational and kind.
So, as soon as the HR manager heard her say that she was going to take maternity leave, he said to her, "It's time to take a break." In this way, you write an application form first, and I will help Mr. Yi sign it. I'll look for you when I'm done. ”
"Okay, then I'll bother you. I'm waiting for your news. Wang Yan smiled and thanked him.
"Yes, you should get busy first. After completing the formalities, I will look for you. The HR manager said,
Personnel asked Wang Yan to write a maternity leave application, and after Wang Yan checked the relevant maternity leave information on the Internet, she simply wrote the application as a leave from the day after tomorrow. Wang Yan handed over the written leave form to the personnel manager, and the manager said, "I will ask for leave the day after tomorrow." “
"Well, there's only two weeks left. Inconvenient to move. “
"Okay, then I'll help you sign with Mr. Yi in a while."
In the afternoon, the accountant called Wang Yan and asked her to go to the finance room, and as soon as Wang Yan entered the door, the accountant in charge of paying wages said to her, "Mr. Yi called me and asked you to settle your salary." You can see that there is no problem and help sign it. “
As he spoke, the accountant handed the calculated account book to Wang Yan, and Wang Yan signed her name at the bottom of the page. "Also," the accountant said, "the company can only receive half of the salary during the confinement period." At that time, the salary will be credited to your card, and I will tell you in advance. As soon as Wang Yan heard it, she knew that the company's leaders must have discussed it a long time ago, and it was already very good for herself to let the pregnant lesbian resign. He smiled and said, "Okay." Thank you. ”
Wang Yan's maternity leave has been approved, and she feels a lot more at ease. In order to be taken care of by her mother after giving birth to a child, Wang Yan discussed with Chen Xiang and went back to her hometown to give birth. Wang Yan is now pregnant, and now she can finally rest and live in the house they bought themselves, her home is in the town, and the children in the community are lively, and she feels that the excitement also belongs to her.
Rong Rong studied in an elementary school in the town, and now she can be with Rong Rong and her mother, and she feels very happy. My father is in the countryside, and occasionally comes here to bring them some fresh vegetables from the field, a long-lost local flavor, wrapping her up, and she feels that she is in her own home, and she can be regarded as living.
Wang Yan was not around, and Chen Xiang called her almost every day. Sometimes, when Wang Yan went out for a stroll and didn't bring her mobile phone, Chen Xiang became irritable.
A few times, my mother said, "Chen Xiang rarely calls me, but when you come back, he calls me a lot, all looking for you." You just went out and didn't take your phone, and he asked you to call back. ”
Wang Yan picked up the mobile phone and saw that there were more than 20 missed calls from Chen Xiang, Wang Yan knew that Chen Xiang had nothing to do, and felt sweet, which responded to the popular saying: "If the wife turns on the phone and sees more than 20 missed calls from her husband, she will be happy; After the old man opened the phone, if he saw more than 20 missed calls from his wife, he would be afraid." She understands that Chen Xiang has really changed his ways, and he can't pretend to be someone else in his heart.
Wang Yan didn't know what love looked like, she had heard that others had been talking about it for seven or eight years before getting married, and she always felt incredible. Now, when she thinks about it, she still feels incredible. With such a long love period, how can it be fresh after marriage? She is a person who has never been in love before marriage, and thinks that every relationship between people is like them, and it has to go through twists and turns.
Their relationship can't be said to be stable, who knows what will happen in the future, originally, Wang Yan lost her temper with Chen Xiang for this uncertain future, she was always worried that Chen Xiang would make trouble again in the future, but, think about it, who knows what will happen in the future? You can't mess with the present for the sake of an "uncertain" future. After Wang Yan wanted to open it, she also began to enjoy the quarrel with Chen Xiang, and occasionally tired, let her sing to herself.
As soon as Chen Xiang heard Wang Yan let her sing on her mobile phone, her scalp exploded, "Wife, this is a long distance and costs money." ”
"This will make you spend money on singing, how can you call others and talk nonsense, why are you not afraid of spending money." Wang Yan came again, always "which pot is not satisfied, which pot is mentioned." ”
"Okay, don't talk nonsense. Can't I sing? Chen Xiang's singing voice was loud, "...... in that remote mountain village"
"Can you change it, it's too earthy." Wang Yan said derogatorily, not considering whether Chen Xiang's self-esteem would be "hurt".
"I'll only be dirty." Chen Xiang raised his voice and insisted on himself.
"Then stop singing." Wang Yan stopped.
"Oh-hey-hey-" Chen Xiang smirked. That Wang Yan had already hung up the phone with great impoliteness.
"A broken pot has its own broken lid, and everyone loves it. If you were determined to marry her, you must have a reason to marry her. Chen Xiang felt that this description of his mentality towards Wang Yan was extremely accurate, at the beginning of the marriage, Wang Yan looked up to himself, and then became level-eyed, and now he is simply looking down on himself. However, it is better to look down than not to look at it. With her, there is always a concern. Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Chen Xiang's mouth unexpectedly, and he dialed Wang Yan again, "Wife, I'll sing you the first nine hundred and nineteen roses." ”
"Good!" Chen Xiang coughed, opened his throat and sang:
"The past is like the wind, and the infatuation is just hard to understand
Borrow wine to send each other, but you can't send it away
Candlelight projection can't reflect your face
I still see you alone in the photo
The night breeze is cold, and the future is like a dream ......"
Their relationship is hot and cold, and the two get along with each other in a flickering manner, sometimes discussing work together, sometimes talking about children together, and sometimes imagining the future together. In this way, in ordinary days, their feelings are constantly nurturing along the path they are pursuing, and perhaps their love has not really reached *. Or maybe their love has long disappeared and has been transformed into a kind of family affection that can be "willful" in front of each other. Who knows!