1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Chapter 386 Change

After Yang Dongsheng ran quickly to get rid of Qin Huairu, he finally arrived at the office.

He walked to his seat, sat down heavily, reached out for the water glass on the table, tilted his head back and took a few gulps of water, trying to calm his pounding heart.

Just as he put down his cup of water, Du Zhicheng, a clerk from the same office as him, walked in.

Du Zhicheng saw that Engineer Yang, who had just arrived yesterday, had arrived early, so he greeted him warmly.

"Good morning, Mr. Yang!"

"Comrade Du, good morning!"

After saying hello, Yang Dongsheng leaned back and tried to relax.

Du Zhicheng noticed that Yang Dongsheng looked tired, and said jokingly, "Mr. Yang, what happened? Are you tired from moving yesterday? You look very tired this early in the morning."

Yang Dongsheng was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself: Is my complexion really that bad?

Thinking of Qin Huairu's entanglement just now, he frowned slightly and said impatiently: "It's still the neighbor in the yard. Last night..."

Yang Dongsheng paused and recounted what happened yesterday, especially describing the terrible scene this morning when Qin Huairu chased him all the way to apologize, his tone full of helplessness and annoyance.

Du Zhicheng didn't expect that Yang Dongsheng would encounter such a thing just after moving to the courtyard. His eyes lit up, a hint of gossip appeared on his face, and he asked curiously: "Engineer Yang, you said she is also a worker in our factory, who is she?"

Yang Dongsheng was tidying up the documents on the table carelessly. He thought for a moment and replied, "I think her name is Qin Huairu. She pestered me all the way. I really don't know what to say."

When Du Zhicheng heard that it was Qin Huairu, he immediately understood and a "I knew it" expression appeared on his face.

While other colleagues in the office had not arrived yet, Du Zhicheng pulled a chair over and sat next to Yang Dongsheng, and began to talk incessantly about Qin Huairu.

"Engineer Yang, you don't know that Qin Huairu is a person with a story in our factory."

Du Zhicheng cleared his throat and said in a low voice, "She was able to work in our factory not because of her ability. She was taking over her lover's job, but..."

Yang Dongsheng stopped what he was doing, looked at Du Zhicheng curiously, and motioned him to continue.

"Qin Huairu was able to enter the workshop because of Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai's relationship with the Jia family is too complicated!"

"Qin Huairu's husband was called Jia Dongxu, but he passed away this year, leaving behind Qin Huairu and her two children."

"Jia Dongxu's mother, Jia Zhang, is a powerful character. She makes a scene in the courtyard all day long and never gets enough of taking advantage of others. She pushed down the pregnant lover of the canteen chef He Yuzhu out of jealousy, and almost killed two people. I heard that she is now in labor reform in the northwest!"

"Qin Huairu looks like a docile woman on the surface, but she is actually not simple. In the factory, she relied on her beauty to ask the male workers in the workshop for help. Moreover, I heard that she didn't know how to do anything since she started working, and Yi Zhonghai helped her with the work."

"Alas, she was also unlucky. Yi Zhonghai later committed a crime and was sentenced to death. She no longer had anyone to rely on."

The more Yang Dongsheng listened, the more shocked he became. His eyes widened and his face was full of disbelief.

He originally thought that Qin Huairu only had problems educating children, but he didn't expect that there were so many complicated things behind it.

Du Zhicheng was so thirsty that he took a sip of water from his cup and continued, "Engineer Yang, think about it. Can a child learn well if he grows up in such a family environment? Her son has been spoiled by Jia Zhang since he was a child, and Qin Huairu can't control him either."

After hearing this, Yang Dongsheng's impression of Qin Huairu's family had become extremely bad.

He now felt that what Qin Huairu's son did last night could not be entirely blamed on the child.

It would be strange if children could grow up healthily in such a family.

"Xiao Du, thank you for telling me this."

Yang Dongsheng said to Du Zhicheng with gratitude, "Hearing what you said, I am really glad that I didn't have much contact with them. From now on, I must keep my family away from them and not let them influence me."

On a remote farm in the Northwest, the sun shines unobstructed on the dry land, and the raised dust fills the air.

Jia Zhang, who was reformed here, changed her previous laziness and became proactive.

In the first few months after arriving at the farm, she was like a cancer in the team, a complete parasite.

She spends all day either fighting with others or snatching food.

Her hair was always messy, her clothes were dirty, and she had a bad smell.

What is even more unbearable is her laziness. She either does the work assigned to her perfunctorily or simply refuses to do it.

The person in charge of the farm often sighed in his heart when he saw her like that, thinking that people like her were probably hopeless and would probably spend the rest of her life in a daze on the farm.

However, a phone call a month ago was like a bolt from the blue, completely changing Jia Zhang's life.

Jia Zhang begged the farm manager for a long time before she got a chance to call home.

No one knew what was said on the phone. All they saw was that as Jia Zhang listened, her face suddenly turned as pale as paper. Then, her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

When Jia Zhang woke up again, she seemed like a completely different person.

The previous lazy and idle appearance of eating and waiting for death disappeared without a trace.

Now, she works tirelessly every day like a clockwork machine.

Whether it was scorching sun or howling wind, she was always the first to rush to the front of the work team and rush to do the dirtiest and most tiring work.

Not only that, after returning from work, Jia Zhang refused to rest.

She always rushed to the cafeteria and took the initiative to help the staff.

At first, everyone thought she was just pretending and believed that she would not be able to hold on for more than a few days.

However, one day passed, two days passed, and a month passed, and Jia Zhang was still working as hard as ever.

Gradually, people's attitude towards her changed.

The previous disgust and disdain gradually disappeared, replaced by surprise and pity.

Some people even began to sympathize with Jia Zhang, saying that it was really too painful for Jia Zhang to be reformed here at such an old age.

The head of the farm also noticed the changes in Jia Zhang.

He knew very well that Jia Zhang worked so hard just to get the chance to return home as soon as possible.

Seeing Jia Zhang working so hard as if she had become a different person, the person in charge was also touched.

He found an opportunity to say to Jia Zhang: "Jia Zhang, if you can keep persisting like this, I believe your wish will come true."

After hearing this, a glimmer of hope flashed in Jia Zhang's eyes.

She didn't say anything, but just gritted her teeth and worked harder.

In her heart, there seemed to be a powerful force supporting her. That force made her forget her fatigue and her past self. She only wanted to leave this place as soon as possible through hard work and return to the home she longed for.