Chapter 2002 The Cruel Truth

Brother Zhou only asked Mrs. Meng for three days of leave during the divorce. Mrs. Meng returned to the small village on the 2nd, went there for a day on the 3rd, and went to the county town for an inspection on the 4th and another day passed. , you should start work on the 5th.

Mrs. Meng was low on energy, but after she divorced Zhou Xialong, she had no one to rely on. She had to make money to raise her children, and she also had to work hard. She got up early on the morning of the 5th and rode her bicycle. Jiudao Primary School construction site report.

The supervisors and foremen of the construction company all knew that Zhou Xialong and Meng’s wife had broken up, and had heard some rumors about the reason for the divorce. Although they felt that they knew people but not their hearts, they did not want to make things difficult for Meng’s wife, a woman. , and he didn’t embarrass her or deliberately find trouble.

People who worked in the same group as Mrs. Meng knew that Zhou Xialong had split their time with her, and they were no longer as enthusiastic about her as before. Sometimes Mrs. Meng fell behind at work because she was distracted, and they no longer helped her share the burden. workload.

Sister-in-law Meng also felt the changes in her coworkers. She endured the pain while working and went to the canteen for lunch. She smelled the oil and felt nauseated, so she ran to the trash can to vomit.

Brother Zhou was also in the canteen at the construction site. Someone saw Mrs. Meng vomiting and ran to find Brother Zhou and asked him: "Do you think Meng Lili is pregnant? You checked her right after you left her. If she is pregnant, it must be yours. Don’t you have to remarry?”

“It’s impossible, Meng Lili can’t be pregnant,” Brother Zhou categorically denied: “I’m not planning to have another child. , she has been taking contraceptive pills since she got married. If she really gets pregnant, it will be a big problem."

He explained the reason and said it again: "What's more, little Lele will also be pregnant on the 2nd. When I met Meng Lili, how could Lele not tell whether she was pregnant or not? If Meng Lili was pregnant, not to mention she was still my mother-in-law at that time. Even if she were another woman, Lele would not touch a hair of hers. Silk."

"Oh, that's right." The worker understood and didn't ask Brother Zhou why he didn't want another child.

Brother Zhou didn’t care whether Mrs. Meng would hear what he said about taking birth control pills, but some workers couldn’t resist the enthusiasm. During the lunch break, he told Mrs. Meng what he said.

Mrs. Meng heard from others that Brother Zhou had been taking birth control pills, and she felt aggrieved. Zhou Xialong had never thought of having a child with her? !

Her mother-in-law has been urging her and Zhou Xialong to have another child, secretly and overtly. Especially after Xiaoyan made the Le family dislike her, she urged her even more urgently, saying that only by having a child in the Zhou family can she truly establish herself. , she was also moved and brought up the idea of ​​having another child with Zhou Xialong.

She remembered that Zhou Xialong said that the pressure was too great and he didn’t want to do it for the time being.

She thought that Zhou Xialong actually wanted to have a baby because Zhou Tianming and Xiaoyan were both studying, and the expenses were high and they were afraid of having a baby.Zhou Xialong was under great pressure to have a child, but Zhou Xialong never thought of having another child.

Feeling extremely uncomfortable, Mrs. Meng found a place to hide and cried all day long to vent her grievances and frustrations.

After crying bitterly, she washed her face and went to the foreman with red eyes, saying that she wanted to be transferred to work at No. 3 Middle School in the county and hoped to live in a dormitory on the construction site.

The foreman did not give an answer, so he took Mrs. Meng to the project department of the construction company’s supervisors and supervisors and asked her to talk to the superiors.

Supervisors and supervisors would not deliberately make things difficult for a woman, but when they heard that she wanted to live on the construction site, they were silent and their expressions clearly showed rejection.

The supervisor was silent for a while and asked: "You live on the construction site. After your daughter starts school, will she come to the work shed dormitory to live with you on weekends?"

Mrs. Meng? I understood what my supervisor meant and answered honestly: "I think so. The county is too far away from home. My daughter has to go home several times during the weekends, which is a waste of fares. If you go to meet me on the weekends, you can also save some money."

"Here," the supervisor looked at the colleagues in the project department with a troubled face: "If you want to be transferred to the County No. 3 Middle School to work, you have to rent a room. The work sheds and dormitories at our construction site are all There are seven or eight people living in one room, and if your daughter goes to live with you in the work shed dormitory on weekends, it will be hard to tell if one of the workers loses valuables."

Supervisor Although he didn't explicitly say that he was afraid that Xiaoyan would go to the work shed and commit another thief, the meaning was very clear. Mrs. Meng's brain was buzzing as if she had been struck by lightning, and her face suddenly turned pale.

Everyone on the construction site knows that Xiaoyan... stole the Le family's things, and everyone regards Xiaoyan as a thief?

She stood and looked at her supervisor and the people in the project department, feeling that everyone was looking at her defensively.

“My daughter...is not a thief.” Mrs. Meng cried out and said, tears welling up in her eyes.

“We are not sure if your daughter would be a thief if she went to the dormitory at the construction site, but it is a fact that she stole the Le family’s things, and it is also a fact that she smashed millions of jade, right? "

The supervisor didn't hide it, and said it bluntly: "Your daughter knows that jade is worth millions, but she dares to snatch it from you and smash it. There is nothing she can't do. ?

Your daughter went to the work shed dormitory. What if someone said something unpleasant to her and she would steal someone's things to retaliate, or smash the equipment on the construction site?

Leave aside the issue of compensation, if the equipment breaks down, delays the progress of the project, and cannot be completed as scheduled, how will our company explain it to the leaders of No. 3 Middle School and various departments, and how will we explain it to Ms. Le?"

The supervisor’s words were like a hammer, hitting her heart one after another. Mrs. Meng’s heart was broken into pieces.The pain was so painful that I couldn't breathe.

She couldn't refute it, because it was a fact that Xiaoyan took things from Lejia, and it was also a fact that she smashed millions of jade. No matter what she said, others would think she was quibbling.

Xiaoyan made a mistake once and may never be able to wash away the stain of stealing.

Thinking that Xiaoyan would be criticized by others and bear the name of a thief in the future, Sister Meng’s tears rolled down in clusters like broken beads.

"I only said a few words, but now you feel you can't stand it?" The supervisor looked at Mrs. Meng's tears as if they were bursting from the dam, and frowned: "I can tell you clearly, what I said They are all minor, and you will suffer the consequences in the future.

You don’t know what your daughter did in school. Your daughter became famous in No. 2 Middle School through the name of her cousin Lejia. , how arrogant and proud she was in the past, how miserable she will be in the future.

If you allowed your daughter to misbehave in school in the past, you as a parent will naturally have to bear the consequences in the future. When the time comes, others will scold your mother. A woman’s words would only be ten times and a hundred times more serious than what I said today.

On the construction sites of No. 3 Middle School and Jiudao, there are also several people whose children are studying in No. 2 Middle School. One of them has a child who used to I am very good with your daughter and take good care of your daughter. When she was a freshman in high school, she asked your daughter to stay at her house on weekends because the school was far away from your home. Your daughter repaid kindness with enmity and even stole other people's things."

" No, my daughter has never stolen anything from others..." Mrs. Meng firmly refused to admit it, nor did she want to admit that her daughter had been a thief before.

The supervisor didn’t say anything more. One of his colleagues interrupted: “You are shielding your daughter. Of course you won’t admit it. No one here knows better than our supervisor Wu whether your daughter is a thief. Wu The supervisor is the father of your daughter’s best classmate in her freshman year of high school. When your daughter didn’t go home on weekends during the first half of her freshman year, she basically stayed at the supervisor’s house.”

A heavy blow came, and Meng My sister-in-law was beaten so hard that she could hardly stand, and her calves were trembling. She looked at the supervisor in disbelief, her mouth opened, but no sound came out.

She couldn’t stop her tears before, but now, her tears were gone, and she couldn’t stop her tears. Big cold sweat covered her face in dense patches.

There were beads of sweat flowing into my mouth, which was salty.

Tasting the salty taste, Mrs. Meng’s empty brain was slowly filled with memories and reality. She almost wanted to run away, but her feet seemed to be rooted and she couldn’t move.

Her heart felt like it was being held by a hand, making it difficult to breathe. She stood, exhaling eagerly like a drowning person who had just managed to take a breath. She took dozens of breaths in a row. Just barely recovered.

She could no longer say that Xiaoyan was not a thief.Face, lowered his head, and said in a dumb voice: "I'm sorry..."

"The hurt my daughter suffered because of your daughter and the heartache of being trampled on her sincerity cannot be erased by a word of apology. , my daughter and your daughter are no longer good friends, and they have stopped interacting with each other for a long time, and they will never interact with each other again in the future. You and your daughter can be on your own terms."

Director Wu gave Mrs. Meng a complicated look. He stopped looking at her. In the past, because his family's conditions were better, he supported his child's compassion and helped Meng's daughter. Even though Li Xiaoyan stole a lot of things from their family, he did not blame the child for not being able to recognize people.

Human beings always have to suffer losses before they realize that society is complex and people’s hearts are sinister.

His children have learned a lesson from Li Xiaoyan and gained knowledge. They no longer blindly feel that others are in difficulty. When their own conditions are better, they will show their heart to others. Now they know that they must defend themselves before helping others. Know the truth and falsehood.

Li Xiaoyan’s incident taught his children a lesson and was a form of growth. Therefore, he knew that Meng’s wife was Li Xiaoyan’s mother, and he did not seek fault because he was the director of the company, let alone Don't let the foreman accept Meng's wife as a temporary worker.

The little foreman who led Mrs. Meng into the office of the project department found that he had accidentally heard a secret. He felt bad and wanted to leave quickly. Supervisor Wu asked Mrs. Meng to do it on her own. He quickly took the first step.

Mrs. Meng had a pale face and a mood that she couldn’t tell whether it was sour or bitter. She walked out of the project department with her head lowered. When she was outside, she was exposed to the sun and still felt a chill on her back. .

She lowered her head and shed tears as she walked. After walking for a while, she suddenly realized that she had passed by. She turned back and walked towards the construction site.

Arriving outside the construction site, Mrs. Meng looked at the empty surroundings. She lowered her head and went to the foreman's office. She once again found the foreman who managed her own work and told him that she wanted to rest for a few days. After finishing, settle the previous accounts first.

The foreman also guessed that Mrs. Meng felt that she had no face to see others and was not going to do part-time work at the construction site. Naturally, he did not ask the reason, nor did he say anything to persuade her to stay, and asked her to come and collect her wages when she got off work.

In fact, Mrs. Meng’s salary has been paid monthly since she married Zhou Xialong. She can only settle accounts from the previous month, because the construction company settles accounts in the first ten days of each month, usually on the 12th. Wages are paid on the 15th.

The wages for July have been calculated and the account sheets have not yet been sent to the bank. There is no need to calculate them again. All that needs to be calculated is the wages of temporary workers for two days in August.

Mrs. Meng talked about the checkout with the foreman, and worked hard in the afternoon. When the work was finished in the evening, she went to the foreman to get her wages, and then rode her bicycle back to the small village in silence.