When he returned to the hospital, Ding Qiunan went to the station to hand over supplies and had not returned yet.
Back in the office, I had just made myself a cup of tea and sat down when the phone on the table rang again.
Li Chu sighed with a headache. As soon as the phone rang, something happened. He had been running for a long time and couldn't even take a break.
After picking up the phone, he stood up abruptly as soon as he said a few words.
"Mr. Chen, what did you say?"
…
"How could it be? We met last month. I think his physical condition at that time should be pretty good."
…
After a long time, he put down the phone in despair and fell down on the chair.
The call just now was from Dean Chen, whom I had just met in the morning.
Mr. Chen told him the news that Mr. Liang was gone.
It was Mr. Liang who was reported by his son. He was the director of Xiehe University before.
Li Chu only felt a tightness in his chest. During the difficult times in the past few years, Mr. Liang managed to survive. Now he can finally live a good life, but he passed away due to a heart attack.
He stood up and was about to go out and take a look. After hesitating, he sat down again.
Forget it, let's wait until after get off work and take my wife over there to have a look.
Mr. Liang was resumed last year, just after the Spring Festival of 1978.
Then in April this year, the medical school reassigned him a house, and Li Chu even went to help when he moved on May Day.
Mr. Liang's two sons also returned to their previous workplaces after he was reinstated. The eldest son was in a food factory and the second son was in a supply and marketing cooperative.
The two daughters-in-law also returned to work in their original units.
The house is back to normal.
Except for his younger son, who was punished by his wife for embezzlement and bribery during a special period, and has already gone to jail.
As for the two daughters who have drawn clear boundaries with their families, haha, how can it be possible?
At the beginning, the husband's family must have been happy, thinking that their daughter-in-law was thinking of them.
But as time went by, my parents-in-law got over it. My dear, you can even break up with your biological parents who gave birth to you and raised you. So, can our parents-in-law still count on you to provide for them when they get old?
Therefore, Mother Liang's two daughters are living a very difficult life now. Not only are their parents-in-law not liking them, but their friends are also keeping them at arm's length.
Who wants to deal with white-eyed wolves?
Mr. and Mrs. Liang were also heartbroken by their two daughters and pretended that they had never given birth to them.
Without the support of their maternal family, life will become increasingly difficult for them in the future.
I don’t know if they regret their original choice now.
Getting married now is different from what it will be a few decades from now.
In this era, as long as a woman gets married, she will marry into the man's family. But if your mother's family is powerful, then your husband's family will be more restrained and not dare to bully you too much.
But if there is no one in your mother's family, or if you are like the two white-eyed wolf daughters of Mr. Liang, then you can just wait in your husband's family and serve others like a cow.
It's not like decades later, whether they are marrying a wife or a daughter, it is two young people who have become independent from their respective families and re-established a small family.
Li Chu still remembered that before he was reborn, many people on the Internet said, "I married into your family, so what?"
He felt confused, what does it mean to marry into the groom's family? Have you adopted your husband's family name?
Some people say that once you marry into our family, you should do whatever you want.
Marry a man, dress and eat.
Can you afford to support other girls with the money you earn? Can you afford to support a whole family?
The future marriage will be about living independently and has nothing to do with marriage.
Li Chu still clearly remembers that on the day Ding Qiunan was promoted, he congratulated his wife and said that she would be Director Ding from now on.
As a result, Ding Qiunan looked at him and said leisurely: "You know, I don't like it whether others call me Director Ding or directly call me by my name."
Li Chu asked innocently at that time: "Then what do you like others to call you?"
Ding Qiunan's words at that time made him suddenly feel the pressure on him increase dramatically.
"I like to be called Mrs. Li most."
Yes, using my name and your surname is the real marriage.
Li Chu shook his head slowly, putting these messy thoughts behind him, picked up the jar and took a sip of tea.
With a "click", the closed office door was pushed open.
Ding Qiunan, who had been thinking about it just now, appeared at the door.
"Is the handover over at the station finished?"
"It's done, I just finished reporting to Dean Shan."
Ding Qiunan walked in directly, picked up the tea jar on the table and started drinking heavily.
"Oh, I'm so thirsty. I can't even get a drink of water over there at the station."
Li Chu smiled and took the jar from her hand and filled it up with water.
"Did you go to Xiehe today?"
"Let's go. I went over to take a look after you left. No, Professor Zhang has dizziness and headaches caused by liver and kidney deficiency, which is what Western medicine calls high blood pressure. He is not suitable for such a major surgery at all."
Ding Qiunan reached out and pulled her husband away. She sat down on the chair behind the desk, leaned on the back of the chair and stretched.
"Then what should we do? Could it be that Ye Zi can only..."
Li Chu shrugged his shoulders: "There is no other way. I prescribed medicine for Ye Zi again. She can only receive conservative treatment like this now. As for how long she can live, it depends on God's will."
"Alas" Ding Qiunan looked a little disappointed, she still liked that girl very much.
"By the way, wife, do we still have black cloth at home?"
"Yes, why do you want black cloth?"
"Mr. Liang is not here this morning. Let's go over and have a look after get off work."
"Mr. Liang..." Ding Qiunan's eyes widened and he looked at her husband in shock: "What's going on? How can you just say that you're not here anymore?"
"He had a sudden heart attack and was not rescued."
"Their third child and the two daughters are really not the same thing."
Li Chu waved his hand and stopped his wife from scolding her any more: "Go back later and get the black cloth, and then follow the crowd and give me some gifts. Don't be too special."
Ding Qiunan nodded silently.
She has always been prepared for these family interactions.
After sitting here until about to get off work, Ding Qiunan went back to his office to pack his things.
When they got home, both of them changed out of their military uniforms and put on dark casual clothes. Then they wrapped a piece of black cloth with straw paper and got in the car to go to the family home of the medical school.
On the way, I also bought a wreath.
As the special period passed, these past customs began to slowly recover.
In the family courtyard, the two sons of the Liang family have already set up a mourning hall with the help of others.
Mr. Liang has educated countless people in his life. Although not many people came to help when there were difficulties, at least no one made trouble. Now that he is gone, there are still many people who come to express their condolences.