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Chapter 24: A Woman Comes from the North (2)
"Jianjian, the last time Secretary Cong went to Beijing to do business, your uncle had dinner with him and talked about you. From what he said, the position of mayor of urban construction belongs to you. Lu Difei only knows how to eat, drink and have fun. Can't do business."

"Mom, you misunderstood Difei. The development zone of Binjiang is so famous in the province. He created that big stall."

"That's because he has a few capable people under him. He made a name for it, and he took the credit for it."

Kang Jian smiled, "Mom, is it necessary for a leader to do everything by himself? Just know how to employ people."

"In my eyes, you are much better than him."

"But it's not my mother's decision." Kang Jian patted Li Xinxia's hand, "Don't worry about me, the National People's Congress will make a fair election."

Li Xinxia nodded, "You haven't let your mother worry about it since you were a child, it's just this matter, and my mother feels that you have been wronged." She didn't hide it at all, and looked straight at Bai Yan.

The white geese drank tea and ate rice dumplings, turning a deaf ear to them and turning a blind eye to them. They were very leisurely and enjoying themselves.

"Leader, this meat dumpling is really delicious! Try it!" Bai Yan unwrapped another dumpling, the meat and prawns glistened in the rice grains, she took a bite, her face full of joy.She brought the bitten rice dumpling to Kang Jian's mouth, and smiled softly.

The veins on Li Xinxia's forehead bulged one by one, as if something she loved had been humiliated.

Kang Jian managed to swallow a large rice dumpling, his mouth was full of garlic, and he felt full, but felt that he hadn't eaten anything.Li Xinxia didn't know that she was a native of Beijing, and later lived in Beijing for a long time, while Kang Jian stayed in Binjiang for a few years, and the tastes of the two had already changed a lot.Kang Jian is now very used to eating southern dishes, which are vinegary and sweet, and after getting married, Bai Yan cooks some unique food from time to time, his appetite has long been spoiled.

Kang Jian looked at the zongzi in front of his mouth, then looked at Baiyan's charming appearance, lowered his head, and took a bite, wow, his mouth is full of lingering fragrance, this is the taste of zongzi, all sense of taste seems to be awakened in an instant . "Delicious!" He couldn't help praising.

"I just said it's delicious! Leader, come here, there are prawns here, bite and bite." Bai Yan twirled the chopsticks in a circle like coaxing a child.

"I'll do it myself!" Sensing Li Xinxia's accusing gaze, Kang Jian took Bai Yan's chopsticks.

"Boss, those are my chopsticks." Bai Yan acted sweetly as if there was no one else in the room. "Then you give me your chopsticks, I want to eat some drunken shrimp, leader, move the plate, I'm not very good at picking."

Li Xinxia and Aunt Wu looked at each other, their faces turned blue.

After the meal, Kang Jian was called by Li Xinxia to talk in the guest room again.Bai Yan twisted her neck, relaxed her muscles and bones, "Sister-in-law Wu, after you wash the pots and dishes, wipe the kitchen floor as well."

Aunt Wu was about to feed Lili when she stopped, "What right do you have to say such things to me?"

Bai Yan smiled slightly, "I am Kang Jian's wife, Kang Yunlin's daughter-in-law! Didn't our family give you any money?"

"You..." Aunt Wu jumped her feet angrily, "I... am here to take care of Xinxia, ​​not to serve you... a bastard, a broken shoe."

Bai Yan narrowed his eyes, and his heart skipped a beat.Sure enough, she guessed right, Li Xinxia did know her deeply. "Isn't Ms. Li the mother of the leader of my family? Is it because you don't want to work for the leader of my family, or do you think the wages are too low? I'll tell the leader of my family to add some to you." She was still smiling. "Did you remember what I said just now? I'll go up to take a shower first, and when I come up later, you wash and cut the honeydew melon in the refrigerator."

Aunt Wu's face seemed to be congested with blood, she was speechless for a while, and jumped up and down anxiously.

Bai Yan hummed a song and went upstairs in a good mood.

After a while, there were footsteps on the stairs. Kang Jian put on a cold face and pushed open the bedroom door, "Bai Yan, how could you talk to Mrs. Wu like that?"

"Then how do I talk to her?" Bai Yan raised his head and asked slowly.

"You don't have to like her, but you should give her at least some respect."

"But she doesn't want my respect, and positions herself as a slave, a dog wagging its tail. How can I deprive her of such a willingness?"

Kang Jian didn't expect her to say such harsh words, and was taken aback for a moment.

Bai Yan slightly bent the corner of his mouth, who would not sue! "You know what she called me when she came in: Kang Jian's woman, leader, do you still have this woman? Tell me, which one of your women am I?"

Kang Jian blushed in embarrassment, and the arrogance slowly extinguished as soon as he entered the door. "Sister-in-law Wu is a distant relative in my grandmother's hometown. She is my mother's sister-in-law in seniority. The man died early. After my mother became ill, she came to our house to take care of my mother. She is now in her twenties. It's been a year. She hasn't read any books, and she may speak a little carelessly."

Oh, I understand, Mrs. Wu is equivalent to the second mother of Leader Kang.

"I don't care whether she speaks a dialect or a written language, please be more polite! But look at her tonight, it's hard to tell that she lived with a lady with an elegant temperament like your mother. It's not that you said she was low-educated, I thought she was deliberately trying to humiliate me and humiliate me!"

Kang Jian suddenly looked away from Bai Yan, and muttered, "You think too much." After speaking, he hurried into the study.

Bai Yan raised his chin, closed his eyes, packed his clothes, brushed his teeth, and took a shower.Don't worry about the sky falling, anyway, she is an outsider here.

After taking a shower and going downstairs, Mrs. Wu has already cleaned up the kitchen, but there is no fruit on the table.

Do it yourself, have enough food and clothing.Bai Yan opened the refrigerator by himself, took out the melon, peeled it, cut it into pieces, held the plate, and sat on the sofa to watch TV.

"Hey, come here." Aunt Wu pulled her face and walked into the living room.

Bai Yan didn't even raise his eyes, he stuffed the honeydew melon into his mouth.

"Bai Yan?" Li Xinxia spoke.

"Ms. Li, what's the matter?" Bai Yan replied politely and walked towards the guest room.

Aunt Wu's angry eyes wanted to poke two holes behind her.

"Give me a massage." Li Xinxia had also taken a shower and was lying on the bed in her pajamas.If Bai Yan guessed correctly, she should be wearing a diaper now.

"Ms. Li, you may not know me very well. I am not a nurse in the rehabilitation center. I can't do technical work such as massage. I usually stay in the operating room and am used to holding knives and scissors. Are you looking for A masseur, I can go to the hospital tomorrow to hire one for you."

"You talk a lot, why, you humiliated you by giving me a massage?" Li Xinxia looked at her gloomyly.

Bai Yan smiled gently, "It's because you respect Shigui too much, and I've humiliated you by massaging you."

"you……"

"Ms. Li, don't get too emotional. People with high paraplegia have stiff muscles all year round, block blood flow, and easily cause heart disease. This is what the book says."

Li Xinxia was so angry that her chest heaved violently, she patted the bed angrily, "Kang Jian..."

"He's in the study! If you have anything, I'll take it for you. However, Ms. Li, government officials generally don't have scandals like domestic violence, unless they get divorced. But this kind of thing won't happen in our house, I Let's sing together with the leader, love and love, not to mention that this period is the critical period for my family's leader to run for the mayor of urban construction, so there can be no mistakes."

Li Xinxia's distorted face froze due to anger, and then suddenly lost all color.

"Ms. Li, good night!" Bai Yan left the guest room with a smile, turned around and was stunned.Mrs. Wu came down the stairs carrying the folding bed in the study room, and walked past her, seeing her like air.

She slapped her forehead, here comes the problem!

Unexpectedly, Leader Kang has two mothers here, so that's all right, where will she sleep?
It's funny, in this day and age, strangers and men outside can climb onto the same bed and have a one-night stand. She and Kang Jian are legally legitimate couples, but they can't share a bed.

A modern version of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, do you want to bring a water bowl up and draw a [-]th line in the middle of the bed?
Bai Yan went upstairs to see Brother Liang, and pushed open the bedroom door. Leader Kang was already inside. Seeing her, she was a little embarrassed and embarrassed.

After they looked at each other silently for two or three minutes, Bai Yan looked away, took out a large bag from the closet, and stuffed the change of clothes into it.

"Baiyan..." Kang Jian grabbed her hand, "I...will respect you..."

"It's not your problem." Bai Yan broke away from his hand.

Kang Jian's face flushed suddenly, he wrapped his arms around her waist, and buried her neck, "Then there's no problem."

Bai Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, knowing that he understood that he was worried that he would pounce on him at night.She turned around and looked at Kang Jian seriously and calmly, "We are destined to be separated, so there is no need to make things too complicated. I will go to the hospital and spend a few days with the nurse on duty."

Kang Jian took a deep breath and felt a sharp and silent pain slowly creeping up from the bottom of his feet.

The pain was excruciating, not unconscious, not numb, but awake, and it was overwhelmed by the boundless cold.

The door opened, and the sound of Bai Yan's footsteps receded slowly, Kang Jian's whole body stood there stiffly, his mouth was so cold that he gasped for air.

Kang Jian stood up suddenly, he rushed to the opposite study, opened the window, and saw Bai Yan walking out of the community with his bag.The bag swayed and swayed, sometimes hitting her legs and affecting her walking. She bent down, moved the bag back, and continued walking.

This is the outskirts, so there are not many cars during the day.At night, it took a long time before I saw a car light flashing.She stood under the street lamp, looking into the distance, her slender body was like a thin silhouette.

If he goes down now and keeps her, will she come back with him?
If she refused to come back and he asked to send her to the hospital, would she agree?How unsafe for a lonely young woman in the dead of night!

Kang Jian tilted the corner of his mouth bitterly, but did not move.

In Bai Yan's mind, it seemed that he was no better than those criminals outside, otherwise why would he leave?

It is impossible for him to insult her, it is impossible to belittle her, just what, they are husband and wife, and they can do anything that is not suitable for children.

She said: Since you are going to break up, don't complicate things.

Kang Jianxin struggled again in pain.

A taxi came by, and it could be vaguely seen that the driver was a woman. Bai Yan opened the door, got in the car, and disappeared into the vast night.

Kang Jian returned to the bedroom numbly, laying flat on the bed with his head resting on his hands, without any sleepiness.

On their wedding night, she also slept alone on this bed like this, what would she have thought then?

The sense of loss of being ignored turns out to be so painful.

She remembered that when he proposed a relationship with her, she shook her head and said, "I don't want to live too wronged"; in the dressing room, she put on the lost wedding ring for him, and said coquettishly, "I can't lose it again in the future." ;In front of the wedding hall, she hugged him and said "thank you" on his shoulder... Scene by scene, scene by scene, he remembered clearly, at that time, when she looked at him, her eyes lit up Like starlight, gentle like water.

It was such a woman whose name was written on his left in law, but tonight, because of him, she had a home and couldn't stay.

Is this her "home"?

Kang Jian knew very well that in this marriage, she was a dedicated wife, but he was not a dedicated husband.It's not that he can't do his duty, but he doesn't bother to do it, because he wants to see her lose and suffer.

As a result, he is the one who is lost, and he is also the one who suffers.

The reason why she is still putting up with him is because of his mayor election in January next year.

This is her kindness, her thoughtfulness, her tolerance, so why not her charity to him?How ironic!
By next January, they really separated.Kang Jian suddenly thought that in the future, her name would be written on the left side of another man, she would hug another man, peck his lips, call him "Leader" softly, and do her "unique skill" for him, On a night like this, lying on the same bed with him, being intimate...

Kang Jian trembled suddenly, breaking out in a cold sweat.

He jumped up, picked up the phone and dialed.

"What's the matter, leader?" Bai Yan quickly answered.In the middle of the night, Bai Yan's voice was so clear and crisp.

Kang Jian had a sore nose and didn't speak.Bai Yan thought that the phone signal was not good, so he said "Hello" anxiously: "Boss, can you hear me?"

"En." Kang Jian's heart sank, and it took him a long time to utter a single word.

"Oh, I heard that! Sleeping in a big bed alone is comfortable! In such a hot day, I still have to squeeze with other people, I hate you to death." Bai Yan still smiled mischievously, as if acting like a spoiled child.

He didn't smile, and carefully held the microphone, "Are you at the hospital?"

"It's early, and I just went out to eat a bowl of bubble ice with my colleagues. Why are you still awake?"

"Just fell asleep. Bai Yan..."

"Ok?"

"Zongzi is delicious."

Bai Yan seemed to take a deep breath and didn't answer for a long time. "Are you... nothing else?" She asked eagerly.

"After get off work tomorrow, I'll pick you up and we'll have dinner together."

"Leader, tomorrow, Binjiang, sunny, the minimum temperature is [-] degrees, the maximum temperature is [-] degrees, and the southeast wind is three to four."

He blinked, not knowing what he meant.

The other end of the phone giggled, "Tomorrow, it won't rain red, leader, don't be scary, I will go home by myself after get off work." Even if it is the last day, you must protect your position, don't let Ms. Li thought she was a deserter.

The phone hung up amidst her laughter.

His mood didn't improve at all because of this phone call.Her tone was sweet, but she still guarded herself tightly, blowing him thousands of miles away in one breath, she didn't care for his overtures.

Leader Kang touched the ashes of his nose again, and in the depression and loss, he closed his eyes in the early hours of the morning.

When I went downstairs in the morning and stood at the stairs, I could smell the pungent smell of gnocchi. This is Wu's wife's unshakable breakfast all year round, and Kang Jian's stomach convulsed reflexively.

Sister-in-law Wu is strong and strong, and she really has no choice in taking care of Li Xinxia. She is also hardworking. The only shortcoming is that she can't cook.The village she used to live in was in the north-north corner of the northeast, where there were few vegetables, and noodles were the staple food all year round.She can make steamed buns, gnocchi, pancakes, stir-fry dishes, and cook soup.Li Xinxia also wanted to train her well, but she just didn't know how to do it.Listening is listening, and it is still the same when it is made.

Li Xinxia had no choice but to give up on her.Kang Yunlin has a lot of entertainment, so he usually doesn't eat at home.There are all kinds of restaurants outside, if she gets tired of Mrs. Wu's dishes, she will go out with Mrs. Wu for a change.

"Jianjian, wake up!" Aunt Wu rubbed her hands and came out of the kitchen.

Kang Jian nodded, glanced at the mess in the kitchen, frowned, and poured himself a glass of cold water, "Is my mother awake?"

"Internet access in the room!"

Li Xinxia's only hobby is surfing the Internet.It is inconvenient for her to travel, and she does not want to be stared at curiously by the street when she goes out, so she stays at home most of the time.After learning to surf the Internet, I found that there is also a big world there.She communicated with netizens about husband and wife, how to cook, talk about her son, how to keep pets and flowers.Recently, she has become obsessed with cross stitch.

Kang Jian pushed open the door of the guest room, Li Xinxia was browsing the web on the computer, Lili was lying at her feet, and the two pots of bluegrass brought from Beijing were placed on the window sill, which was also her favorite thing.

"Mom, are you sleeping well?" Kang Jian walked over with a smile and sat down by the bed.

Li Xinxia turned her head, glanced up and down at Kang Jian, her face was heavy, "Jian Jian, that woman is really a vixen through and through, she won't let you off all night? Look at your face..."

"Mom," Kang Jian interrupted her, "Bai Yan went to the hospital to work overtime last night, so he didn't stay at home."

Li Xinxia said unnaturally, "Jianjian, that girl is much more powerful than what you said on the phone. I think you may have made a mistake in this move. She is eloquent, hurts people without blinking an eye, and has no education at all. Too much tolerance for her, she doesn't deserve it."

Kang Jian said with a straight face, "Mom, I'm going to work, you ask Mrs. Wu to take you down for a walk, this side is next to the river, and the scenery is beautiful."

(End of this chapter)