Chapter 9 9 Added a lot of flavor to life

The combination of Mr. Zhang and Li Hongmei was such a happy and well-matched couple in the eyes of people at that time.One is a school teacher and the other is a doctor, both of whom are veritable intellectuals.Even the tube building added a lot of flavor to their lives. Every day after get off work, the corridors of Tongzilou are full of vibrant life. The smell of oily smoke from cooking adds a unique scenery to their lives. Almost all the college students who stay in the provincial capital Living under such conditions, they are already satisfied.At this time, it was the early 1980s, and everything was developing from disorder to order.

The lives of Li Hongmei and Mr. Zhang have long since calmed down. Their honeymoon was completed long before they got married. Now, like all newlyweds, they are living a self-made life. After get off work, the two of them had dinner and were in a good mood, and if the weather was fine, they would go out of the tube building for a walk outside, or sit under the shade of a tree and watch the people walking by. It was nothing at first, but later Li Hongmei paid attention to those young pregnant women.They walked in front of them with their stomachs upright.Her heart was empty.Why doesn't she want to have a child by herself, but she knows that she has lost such a right.She could only look enviously at others walking in front of her with their growing belly, and her heart was itchy.Teacher Zhang's gaze sometimes followed the backs of these pregnant women, and he sighed in front of her: Pregnant women are the happiest and proudest women.

After hearing his words, she felt angry. When they tasted the forbidden fruit before they got married, he swore that he was a medical student and there would be no mistakes.But it turned out to be a big mistake.Thinking of this made her angry.Hearing what he said, I said angrily: If it weren't for your fault, I might have all the children born now. Teacher Zhang didn't have anything to say, he looked indifferent. In a blink of an eye, it is another cycle of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the days pass by inadvertently. In the past, those women who were pregnant with their bellies had already given birth to their children. When the couple took a walk, they had already carried out their children in a grandiose manner. , The children look healthy, and some are still babbling.When Li Hongmei walked past them, she couldn't help but look at these children more, or bent down to tease these cute children. When she left these children, she couldn't help feeling empty.In a flash, I am also twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old.Teacher Zhang is already in her early thirties, and this kind of life without change and turmoil makes her lonely and desolate.

Some young teachers or some school employees who lived with them in the tube building have already resigned from public office and started business in the sea. At first, Li Hongmei felt that the actions of these people were unbelievable, and this idea coincided with that of Teacher Zhang.Teacher Zhang believes that being a teacher is the most stable job in the world, with a fixed income, where the wind and rain can’t blow, where can I find such a job. But with the change of time, those who went to sea to set up companies, or jumped to work in other companies, moved out of the tube building one after another. Some bought houses by themselves, and some companies gave them houses.

Those who have not changed are Mr. Zhang and Li Hongmei.Li Hongmei began to complain, complaining that the medical school did not allocate a house to Teacher Zhang.In the past few years, several buildings have been built in the college, and those buildings are used for teaching purposes, or as student dormitories.After the resumption of the college entrance examination, the college has been expanding its enrollment every year, and the original teaching facilities have long been unable to keep up with the needs of the situation.One or two dormitory buildings for faculty and staff were also built, but they were all separated by those professors.

Teacher Zhang is just a lecturer now.He was also a worker-peasant-soldier student, and this identity made him embarrassed, and he clamored for a while that the degree of a worker-peasant-soldier student was not recognized.He and Li Hongmei studied together, took the exam again, and finally passed, but their academic qualifications were still questionable. First, others began to look down on the workers, peasants, and soldiers college students, and then, gradually, they themselves began to doubt themselves.Speaking of his own identity, he felt blush. If seniority is considered in this way, Teacher Zhang will not be able to get a house in another ten years. In that case, they can only live in a smoky tube building.This situation makes them feel embarrassed.

When everyone lives the same life, they feel that fate is fair and there is nothing wrong with it.Just like Li Hongmei jumped in the queue at the beginning, went to college later, and finally lived in a tube building. She even felt that she was very lucky, so she felt satisfied.Now that she is not paying attention, her life is left behind by others, so one can imagine her state of mind. She works as a surgeon in the affiliated hospital, and her situation is not good. Until now, her title is only an assistant physician, not to mention major operations, such as minor operations such as the appendix. As an assistant, after others perform the operation, you can suture it yourself, or check the ward or something.

The hospital has been reformed, and everyone's income is linked to their professional title and how many surgeries they have performed.In this way, Li Hongmei's income has been separated from those attending doctors.Those attending doctors sometimes get nearly a thousand yuan a month, and for myself, apart from some night shift subsidies, there is only a little salary left, which adds up to a few hundred yuan. Days like this made her lose her balance.It seems that there is no hope for Mr. Zhang to improve the living conditions at home.In desperation, she can only envy others from a distance.

Inadvertently, Li Hongmei's life quietly changed again. In the Department of Surgery of the affiliated hospital, a director came in.The director's surname is Wang. He is not an ordinary director, but the director of the Department of Health in charge of medical equipment.What kind of medical equipment is equipped in all hospitals in the province must be personally instructed by Director Wang. Therefore, Director Wang is treated like a VIP when he lives in the affiliated hospital. Director Wang wanted to cut out his appendix, so he was admitted to the affiliated hospital.After a comprehensive examination, Director Wang still had a little inflammation in his body. For safety and to be responsible for Director Wang's body, Director Wang had to rest in the hospital for a period of time before surgery.

Li Hongmei checked Director Wang's room several times along with the attending doctor, and also took Director Wang's blood pressure and temperature several times.Director Wang seems to be very friendly to Li Hongmei, and he always talks to Li Hongmei without saying anything. Every time Li Hongmei appeared in the ward, she always wore a white coat and a mask, so she naturally appeared very calm.Director Wang said, "Dr. Li, your eyes are so beautiful." Li Hongmei hadn't heard such words for a long time, and these words warmed her heart once.She smiled at Director Wang with her eyes.

Director Wang looks in his forties, he is well maintained, and he looks clean.The tone of speech in the hospital is also gentle and approachable. Director Wang has many friends. Since he was admitted to the hospital, people have never stopped visiting him. The room is filled with flowers, and the nutritional supplements are piled up into a hill. Li Hongmei did not see Director Wang's wife, and from that moment on, she began to pay attention to Director Wang.