Restarting life in Siheyuan

"Sister, I'll sleep with you."

A young woman took off her clothes while talking, and got into bed. The man hugged the woman, and the woman didn't say a word. In the darkness, the faint moonlight came in through the window. After a while, the young woman, who had adapted to the darkness, discovered that the woman's eye sockets seemed to be sparkling.

"Sister, are you thinking of a joke?"

The woman shook her head weakly, suddenly pulled up the quilt to cover her mouth, and sobbed softly. The young woman was a little at a loss and gently bent the woman's shoulders.

"Sister, you still can't let it go? If you ask me, it's good that he's gone. That Xu Damao is not a good person. It's been five years now. If you really give birth to this child, you will suffer. You will bear the reputation of being the son of a labor camp inmate for the rest of your life."

The woman's movements gradually became quieter. The past year was the darkest moment of her life. She had just gotten married and had not yet moved into the new house, but her new husband was put in jail again. He was considered an accomplice, but an accomplice was also sentenced to five years. How big a case must be? No one could tell about it, and Qin Huairu did not ask. It was said that Xu Damao's father went to ask about it, but got nothing out of it. He was only told that for an accomplice in a serious crime, it would be a blessing if he was not executed.

She didn't feel sad about this, but rather a little happy. It was a pleasant surprise. She was already pregnant anyway, so it would be better if Xu Damao, the tool, left the stage quickly. However, the divorce took a lot of effort. Xu Damao insisted that she was pregnant with his child and refused to divorce. Later, after intervention, Xu Damao had no choice but to agree to it. If they didn't agree to divorce, they would be granted the divorce.

Watching her belly growing bigger day by day, and enduring Jia Zhang's scolding all day long, under Li Huaide's care, her baby developed well. Her belly grew bigger day by day, attracting many people's attention, and many people asked if she was pregnant with twins.

At this moment, her heart was as sweet as honey. Jia Zhang's constant curses could not affect her good mood at all. She didn't care about the rumors outside. She stroked her bulging belly every day, getting closer and closer to her goal. But who would have thought that after waiting for the delivery day with great anticipation and giving birth with great difficulty, the nurse brought out a big dead baby! And it was a boy.

Not to mention that Xu Damao's parents, who were secretly waiting outside, were heartbroken and sat down, covering their faces for a long time before they left in despair. Qin Huairu was also going crazy at this moment. The baby was still moving in her stomach before delivery, so how could it be a dead baby? The overnourished baby was obviously developing well. The doctor said it was a giant baby. She had given birth to three babies. According to the villagers, it was easier for this old sow to give birth with each litter, but now...

Qin Huairu kept complaining in the gynecology department, insisting that the hospital give an explanation. The hospital repeatedly stressed that "the baby was too large, which led to a difficult birth, and the delivery took too long, and the umbilical cord was wrapped around the neck, which led to suffocation and death."

In the end, Li Huaide came to visit her on behalf of the steel rolling mill. He told her with a stern face not to make trouble in the hospital. Seeing the warning in the man's eyes with obvious reminders, Qin Huairu was discharged from the hospital in a daze, looking like a walking corpse.

Since he was discharged from the hospital, Li Huaide had obviously distanced himself from her. Qin Huairu could clearly feel the alienation he felt when she took the initiative to visit him several times. She did not give up and mustered up the courage to visit him again, but was shocked by a sentence.

"Don't look for me again. It's not good for both of us." The words squeezed out from between the man's teeth made Qin Huairu feel cold in her heart. She left the office building like a headless fly and didn't visit him for a long time. But after a few months, that scene still appeared clearly in her mind. Qin Huairu realized that there seemed to be some helplessness and fear in the straightforward eyes. Yes, it was fear.

Thinking of this scene, Qin Huairu panicked. Even Li Huaide was afraid. What could that be? God didn't seem to have time for her to think about it. Then, her son Banggeng also went to the countryside as required. Now the family is quiet. The mother-in-law lives alone. She lost a boy in childbirth, but the mother-in-law no longer scolds her. The family is much more comfortable.

He slept on the same kang with the two girls. Perhaps it was because his younger sister, who had already started working officially, saw that he was always absent-minded at work, so she often sneaked back from the ear room of Old Zhu's house to live with him.

"Sis, I'm still thinking about it. It's time to let it go. I've already said it. This is a good thing. God doesn't want him to stay and suffer."

Qin Huairu felt bitter in her mouth at this moment. No matter how reasonable what her sister said was, she couldn't accept it. After all, he was her son, and the happiness that was within her reach had completely slipped away.

"I don't want to think about it anymore, but I feel so sad. Let's go to sleep. Let's stop talking. If we keep making noise, the two little ones will wake up."

Qin Huairu turned over, tucked the quilts for the two children, and gently placed one hand on the two girls who were sleeping soundly, leaving the back of her head for her younger sister, tears still flowing uncontrollably.

In the steel mill's family building, Li Huaide, wearing a vest and shorts, stood by the window smoking, looking out the dark window. Li Huaide's mood was as empty as the outside. A sigh came from behind him, and Li Huaide's hands trembled, and he almost got burned by the cigarette butt.

"You should also go and see my traditional Chinese medicine doctor for some treatment. It's been more than a year. If this continues, the child will not be able to continue living."

Upon hearing this, Li Huaide felt a little angry. "I have no problem. What are you looking at?"

"Are you okay?" There was another question from behind, which seemed to be mocking. Li Huaide's heart trembled, and his anger dissipated like a tide. He really couldn't blame him. As long as he saw her, he seemed to lose 80% of his fighting power. What should he do? He didn't even know if he had any problems. Where did such a big fat boy come from? Thinking of that scene, Li Huaide was shocked again. Sure enough, there was another sneer from behind him.

"You're thinking about that little bastard..."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I have nothing wrong with her. You have already investigated, but you are still holding on to her. Is that interesting?"

"Do you dare to swear? In the name of your ancestors of the Li family, if you really have an affair with her, you will never get it in this life. Do you dare?"

"Boring, go to sleep." Li Huaide angrily put out the cigarette butt and climbed onto the bed. The woman still refused to let him go. She sat up and turned on the bedside lamp. The dim orange light seemed particularly dazzling at this moment.

"You don't dare, right? Don't think I don't know. It's useless for you to deny it. Humph, I didn't tell you before because I wanted to save your face, so that my dad wouldn't be embarrassed by this matter..."

Li Huaide turned over again, with his back to the other person, but he said nothing and could not defend himself. Too much talk would lead to mistakes. This woman who does this has strong language logic. He just complained that there was nothing wrong with him, but she could associate so many things with it. Fortunately, he had been cautious all his life and did not leave any evidence.

"Just deny it. I'll save your face and prevent my dad from being laughed at. But don't think I really don't know. Have you forgotten something?" Li Huaide said unhappily, "You said you didn't want to say it, what else can you say? It's late, go to bed quickly. The department is going to our factory tomorrow, and I can't be late."

The woman hesitated for a moment, then turned off the light. The room was dark again. She lay down again, as if talking to herself, "I wonder how the director of the gynecology department of your steel mill is doing now. I have to pay a visit to her sometime."

Li Huaide cried out in his heart, "This woman is really powerful, damn, I can't afford to offend her."

It was this director who was responsible for Qin Huairu's prenatal checkups. Therefore, although Li Huaide did not let Qin Huairu bring the report to him, he knew it every time. Fortunately, he burned the report after reading it. As long as the director kept his mouth shut, the woman would not be able to find any evidence. Besides, even if she knew that he had taken the report, she could not be sure of the relationship between the two. As a leader, couldn't he care about his employee's pregnancy?

It seems that there are indeed some problems. No matter how concerned you are, it is impossible for you to read other people's reports behind their backs every time. At this time, Li Huaide felt a little uneasy and did not dare to defend himself from talking to himself. He just hoped that the director of gynecology was a strong fighter.

"In fact, given our current status, there are some things that don't require evidence, right? Just having suspicions is enough."

The woman was still talking to herself behind him, and Li Huaide's heart tightened again. What the woman said was right. Li Huaide's mind was completely confused. Although he closed his eyes, he could not fall asleep for a long time. But the woman behind him, maybe she was tired from the fight just now, or maybe she felt bored because Li Huaide did not talk to her, she stopped talking, and soon the sound of even breathing was heard. Li Huaide finally felt relieved.

In the conference room of the steel rolling mill, a small internal meeting was being held. Li Huaide looked at Deputy Minister Chen with surprise, his mind a little confused. Old Chen is now in charge of the Party Propaganda and Organization Department in the ministry. He is already a veritable powerful figure. Every time he appears, it means important personnel changes. However, although his father-in-law has expressed concern and a little dissatisfaction with his recent work, he has not revealed any news of personnel changes. It all came too suddenly.

"In view of the chaotic organization and management of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill in the past year, the production order has been disrupted to a certain extent, resulting in the inability to successfully complete many planned tasks, causing significant losses to the country. In order to ensure export earnings and restore normal production order, it is now decided..."

Li Huaide could no longer listen and just mechanically nodded repeatedly to the criticisms in the document, with sweat on his forehead. There were several documents in front of Lao Chen. Not knowing whether the next document would be the decision on his appointment or dismissal, Li Huaide felt a little restless.

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The meeting was still going on, but the atmosphere in the conference room had changed. Many people's lifeless eyes were filled with anticipation, and many people were as restless as Li Huaide. Only Old Yang, who had not been to this office for a long time, sat upright. Not far away, Deputy Secretary Gu had come back from somewhere, his eyes were a little flushed, and he looked expectant.

"Okay, now that the document has been disseminated, I hope that the leadership team headed by Comrade Yang Guodong will live up to the mission, shoulder the heavy responsibility, quickly reverse the current unfavorable situation, and make due contributions to the country's construction and development. The Party Committee of the Organization has high hopes for you."

"Please rest assured, leaders, we will definitely live up to the expectations of our superiors. We believe that under the correct guidance of our superiors and with the strong support of our brothers in the factory, we will definitely..."

Old Yang, dressed in a neat factory uniform, stood up to express his opinion, and warm applause broke out. Li Huaide then realized that he seemed to have escaped a disaster, as the new appointment and dismissal documents did not target him. It was just that the situation in the steel mill had changed again, and Old Yang was back.

"Okay, our mission has been successfully completed. The next task is left to you. I hope you will live up to the expectations of your superiors and get the steel mill back on track as soon as possible."

Watching his superiors from the Ministry of Metallurgy get on the car and leave, Old Yang smiled with relief. Last night, Old Chen, on behalf of the organization, found his home and had a conversation. With Old Chen's presence, Old Yang understood some things. It was a pity that Old Xia was gone. It was said that he went to some autonomous region to assist in construction and did not see this scene.

"Old Yang, let's go to your office to discuss how to quickly restore normal order at the steel mill."

Deputy Secretary Gu came back from the branch factory. She was in good spirits and full of fighting spirit. She was standing behind Lao Yang with a smile on her face.

"Well, we need to discuss it quickly. However, my office is unavailable right now, and yours probably can't be used either. How about we just go through it in the conference room first?"

"That's no problem for me." Deputy Secretary Gu was very willing to accept the advice. She had been away for more than two years and was only notified of a talk yesterday. She came back today to attend the meeting, so there was definitely no office. She also knew Lao Yang's situation. Although the office had not been allocated to other people, no one had used it for two years and it was indeed unusable now.

"Xiao Ma!" Lao Yang shouted towards the factory office, and suddenly realized that Xiao Ma was gone and had gone down to the sand turning workshop. Lao Yang shook his head in distress.

"Secretary Yang, what do you want me to do?" A young man came out from the factory office. Although he looked a little dull, his bright eyes made Old Yang realize that he was a smart man.

"Please ask the factory office to quickly arrange an office for Deputy Secretary Gu, and then help me open my original office. Deputy Secretary Gu and I will go to the conference room to discuss things, and I will clean up myself later."

Lao Yang decided to use his original office. It was nothing else but a habit. For some reason, the office had not been reallocated, so it was just right to return to it directly.

"Oops, it was our mistake, Secretary. Don't worry, we promise to clean it up in a while." The young man's forehead was sweating and he quickly stated that Lao Yang's office had been searched many times and it was a mess inside. There was a seal on the office door and two glaring brush characters on the office sign, and they had not been dealt with yet.

No one expected that the situation at the steel rolling mill would change so suddenly. It was a bit caught off guard. More importantly, they learned the news after the meeting but did not ask for instructions immediately. Instead, they discussed it quietly in the factory office.

"It's okay, I'll clean it up myself later. Only you can clean up your own things by yourself." Old Yang was not angry. The experience of the past two years has made him understand a lot. Besides, he is in a good mood today and will not care about this small mistake. He smiled and stopped the dull young man.
Compared with two years ago, the leadership of the steel mill has not changed much this time. Old Yang already knows that all this is due to the special circumstances of the steel mill, coupled with a certain weird little guy. Thinking of this little guy, Old Yang smiled knowingly.

(End of this chapter)