Single Mom in the Eighties

Back home, the three members of the family divided their work and cleaned the house that had not been lived in for a few days. Kangkang, who insisted on being brave, pushed the mop and ran back and forth in the house. After running for a few laps, he was so tired that he was wheezing.

In order to make it easier for him to run around in the house without being complained by the people downstairs, Yan Ruxu asked Aunt Hua to make a pair of handmade mille-ply bottom cloth slippers for the child. Shoot balloons and play marbles in the house.

Explain the truth to Kangkang, he is very acceptable, except sometimes he forgot for a while, try to avoid making noises that may affect the neighbors.

The children upstairs are all grown up and brought up very well, and there is very little noise coming from them. It’s just that there are children downstairs, and sometimes there will be crying noises. They have raised children before, and I understand it quite well. Sometimes when the child cries for a long time, the family will bring home some homemade food and apologize to Yue Liangxi's family.

After coming and going, everyone became more and more acquainted. This is not a family of workers from a machinery factory who just settled down in this yard.

For the family downstairs, Yan Ruxu didn't dislike them at all. When she eavesdropped on the old couple scolding Zhou Aiqing that day, she still found it very enjoyable. The old lady talked very fast, and every sentence was on point, and every sentence poked at the heart of the heart.

Although they were a bit of a rogue when dealing with Zhou Aiqing and Qi Nianchun, the family was very polite to their neighbors, and from the perspective of children's upbringing, the family was not bad. Qi Nianchun's youngest daughter often brings her children here, and every time she comes here, she brings things in big and small bags, almost treating this place as her mother's home. Her sister-in-law, brother's mother-in-law, and father-in-law all regard her as their own family. When she was too busy, she put her daughter here for several days.

The unrelated family enjoyed themselves happily, although they used tricks to occupy Qi Nianchun's house, they couldn't feel sympathy for Qi Nianchun. It can only be said that the wicked have their own grind. "Old sister-in-law" Qin Fang closed the door and said to Yue Liangxi: "This is retribution."

They are all women who are about the same age and have similar experiences. Her heart is naturally inclined to the deceased ex-wife. In the middle of the night, she thinks about what happened to her, her children being treated harshly, and then brings it into herself, making her chest tight and short of breath. I can't sleep, I wish I could wake up my wife next to me and scold me.

The more I hate Qi Nianchun, the more I sympathize with the family on the first floor, so although some people are dissatisfied that it is not Qi Nianchun who lives on the first floor, clamoring that since Qi Nianchun can't live, they have to give up the house, etc., none of the upper-level leaders Reasonable, these voices are gone.

In the evening, Yan Ruxu and Kang Congxin were flipping through the dishes brought back from the Kang and Yan families, discussing what to have for dinner. In the past few days, Dun Dun is full of fish and meat. Both Kang Congxin and his son are carnivores, and they can eat meat without vegetables.

Kang Congxin: "Stir-fried cabbage with vinegar and mixed with shredded potatoes?"

Regardless of whether cabbage or shredded potatoes are home-cooked dishes in the northern winter, it depends on whether they are cooked well or not. Kang Congxin asked Aunt Na Hua about cooking skills, and they were all home-cooked, but Yan Ruxu's favorite food.

Yan Ruxu nodded hurriedly, she hadn't eaten for several days, her mouth was moist when she heard the vinegar.

The door of the room was knocked three times.

Yan Ruxu went to open the door, and Kangkang came out of his room, his face was stained with ink, leaning against the door frame, showing a round head, and asked curiously: "Mom, who's here?"

This child is now very curious and has a strong sense of participation. He is interested in all the big and small things in the family, and he must ask the bottom of everything he hears.

Yan Ruxu opened the door, and the smiling old lady Guan stood outside the door holding a small steaming foreign pot. He nodded to Yan Ruxu first, and then said to Kangkang, "Xiao Kangkang, it's Grandma Guan."

Kangkang immediately jumped out, bowed his hands respectfully, and said, "Grandma Guan, happy Chinese New Year!"

"Okay, Happy New Year to you too."

Before the 15th day, everyone will change the first sentence of the meeting from "Have you eaten?" to "Happy Chinese New Year."

Yan Ruxu hurriedly let the old lady in, and said to her, "Happy Chinese New Year."

Mrs. Guan had towels on her hands, her hair was combed in an orderly manner, her clothes were clean and tidy, and the nails of her exposed fingers were also clean. There was a slightly sour smell from the small saucepan.

"This is the food of our hometown. Dumplings in sour soup. It's not a rare thing. I'll give it a try." Mrs. Guan said with a smile.

After eating the food delivered by the old lady Guan and Qin Fang's sister-in-law upstairs several times, Yan Ruxu gave it back every time, but she was still not used to such reciprocity. She hurriedly wanted to take the small foreign pot, but the old lady Guan hid and said, "Your skin is tender, don't burn it, I'll put it on the table for you. The small foreign pot is not busy, so you don't need to brush it after you finish eating." , just return it to me when it’s empty.”

The old lady couldn't hear a foreign accent in her voice, she could only speak Mandarin with a Beijing accent, and she arranged everything for herself. Yan Ruxu had no experience in dealing with such people, so she let her put the small saucepan on her dining table, and thoughtfully put a towel under it. Said: "I don't know if you can get used to it. If you like it, just tell me, and Auntie will make it for you in the future. This sour soup is not added vinegar, it is fermented. If you like sour soup, you can also follow it." Auntie said, Auntie is not old or young."

Yan Ruxu catered and said thank you. Kang Congxin came out of the kitchen, took a piece of marinated beef and handed it to Mrs. Guan, saying that it was made at home, and told her to go back and cut up another plate of vegetables. Mrs. Guan declined, but seeing that Kang Congxin and his wife were determined to give it, she had no choice but to accept it.

The value of that piece of beef is much higher than this pot of sour soup dumplings, Yan Ruxu heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that she accepted it. He said to Kang Congxin: "She can really say it, but I can't get in." Or she likes to live in a detached courtyard, so she doesn't have to deal with the neighbors, which saves trouble. But people are social animals, and they can't always live in isolation. She has to learn to adapt.

Kang Congxin: "Just use this old man's house as your sharpening stone."

Kangkang sniffed the fragrance, and curiously wanted to lift the lid, but was grabbed by Kang Congxin with sharp eyesight and quick hands, "Hot!"

Yan Ruxu took the opportunity to educate the children: "Why did you forget to be safe again? Look, it is steaming. Grandma Guan brought it over with a towel, so you can see how hot it is. This foreign pot is made of aluminum, and the lid is also made of aluminum. The heat conduction is very strong, the lid is as hot as a foreign pan, if your tender hands touch it, it will burn you!"

Kangkang was so curious about what the dumplings in sour soup looked like, he forgot whether it was dangerous or not for a while, and looked at his white and tender hands with lingering fear.

Kang Congxin showed him the correct way to open it, that is, put a towel on it to avoid direct contact between hands and the lid of the saucepan. His palms were not afraid of the heat, but in order to set an example for Kangkang, he had no choice but to do so.

When the lid was opened, a strong sour smell wafted out, Yan Ruxu immediately salivated, and Kangkang also licked his mouth.

There are about twenty dumplings inside, soaked in fat and sour soup.

Kang Congxin came over with a spoon and a bowl: "Eat it first, the vesicles will develop after a long time."

Kang Congxin took only two bowls. Kangkang felt that he was an older child, so he was unwilling to use his own children's chopsticks and children's bowls, insisting on using the same ones as adults.

Although Kang Congxin is not a picky eater, he does not eat sour food when he has a choice. Yan Ruxu gives himself and his son a bowl each. Dumplings are stuffed with cabbage lard residue. There are more cabbage and less oil residue. It is served with a sour and slightly sweet sour soup, which is very refreshing and relieves greasy.

Kang Congxin watched his wife eat, and while wearing an apron, he was grilling cabbage. Seeing his wife eating happily, he laughed too.

"Shut up?" Kang Congxin asked.

Yan Ru nodded, picked up a dumpling, and raised her hand to feed Kang Congxin: "It's delicious, try it."

Kang Congxin walked over with the cabbage in his hand, bent down and grabbed it.

"Is it delicious?" Yan Ruxu asked.

Kang chewed a few more mouthfuls and swallowed, "It's okay."

Yan Ruxu laughed twice, bowed his head and took a sip of the soup.

Kang Congxin's okay means average, and it doesn't suit his taste, but she thinks it's delicious.

Probably because she accepted Kang Congxin's stewed beef, Mrs. Guan felt very sorry, and later gave her steamed steamed buns and baked noodle cakes a few days later, but she firmly refused to accept such a gift from Yan Ruxu, so Yan Ruxu had to wait. Pack snacks for her kids when they play outside.

After not seeing each other for a year, Secretary Gao has changed drastically, from head to toe in fashionable new clothes. The short hair was waxed, and the roots stood up, as if a tent was built on the top of the head. He wore a dark red round neck sweater with a geometric woven pattern on his upper body, revealing the collar of a white shirt. He wore flared jeans on his lower body, and a pair of khaki big-toed leather shoes on his feet.

This is very different from his conservative dressing style in the past. He also criticized that young people nowadays wear messy clothes, which are not good-looking at all. How can this be with everyone?

The entire magazine office was discussing Secretary Gao's clothes, and they were all guessing what changed Secretary Gao's aesthetics.

Yan Ruxu got the answer from Secretary Gao himself.

In the office, Secretary Gao cheerfully introduced her the clothes on her body, how much the jacket cost, how much the trousers cost, and how much the shoes cost. He said that his son took him to a foreign trade clothing store to buy it, saying that it was exported to domestic sales.

What Yan Ruxu can say, I can only echo, you dress very smartly, look good, wow, it's not cheap.

Then she asked what everyone in the magazine wanted to ask: "Why did you suddenly change your dressing style?"

Secretary Gao picked up the cup, blew on the powdered tea, and said slowly after taking a sip of the tea, "It's not sudden. In your words, we are a fashion magazine, and the audience is mainly young people. Let's We need to understand what young people are thinking and what they like, and get closer to them, so that we can write articles they like and make them willingly pay for our magazine. As the leader of our magazine, although I am not in charge of business Yes, but you can also set an example and keep pace with the times, and you can no longer hold stubborn ideas and refuse to accept new things, otherwise, you will be eliminated by the times sooner or later!"

Yan Ruxu couldn't help admiring him, and gave him a thumbs up: "With your leadership, why don't our magazines sell well!"

Secretary Gao laughed and waved his hands: "It's all thanks to you, the editor-in-chief."

After Yan Ruxu was formally appointed as the editor-in-chief of "Popular Film" magazine, the salary base and title did not change, but the position in the agency was changed. There was an extra job allowance and the bonus coefficient was also increased. In this day and age, it is a well-deserved high salary. Yan Ruxu is very satisfied with herself.

Because Secretary Gao planned to relocate, Yan Ruxu did not move to the editor-in-chief's office and continued to work in Office 208. The position of her editor-in-chief was vacated, and the successor must be Jiang Yun, but Jiang Yun is about to take maternity leave and confinement, so she temporarily holds this position, and plans to hand it over to her when Jiang Yun returns from her maternity leave .

Jiang Yun naturally understood her intentions. When she was in the late pregnancy, her body was very uncomfortable. She had a big belly on her thin body, and she looked pitiful. However, she will insist on coming to work no matter how uncomfortable she is. She said that staying at home will lead to wild thoughts and depressed mood.

The young couple rented a room in the family courtyard of the Daily News Agency, so that Jiang Yun could walk home slowly when commuting to and from get off work, and her husband would come to pick him up whenever it was windy or snowy.

Huang Limei teased her: "I didn't want to get married back then, but now I can finally appreciate the relationship between two people, right?"

Jiang Yun smiled and said nothing.

Yan Ruxu always felt that she seemed to have signs of prenatal depression. When she was pregnant, because she was in too much pain and missed Kang Yaoguang all the time, she was afraid that she would be depressed, so she searched for many books that could adjust her mood.

Although it turned out that it was not the books that were useful, but the little creatures that moved in their bulging stomachs, Yan Ruxu still gave these books to Jiang Yun, and at the same time taught Jiang Yun some knowledge about prenatal and postpartum depression.

Yan Ruxu didn't know much, she was just a descendant of "dream". Maternal depression once became a hot topic in society, so she passively learned some related knowledge. However, this helped Jiang Yun a lot. Sometimes she is inexplicably depressed. She feels inexplicably that being a good mother will be a burden to the child, so she wants to cry. After knowing that she has maternal depression, she knows that she is sick. It is not self-loathing, let alone disgusting children. , which relieved the burden in her heart a lot, and she was able to fight against her sudden depression better.

The task of interviewing Jin Shan was assigned to Chen Yang. This was suggested by Secretary Gao. Secretary Gao would always find whomever he valued to work.

Yan Ruxu naturally had no objection, and Chen Yang was the best candidate. After nearly two years of experience, he is already a very mature reporter, especially after successfully interviewing many celebrities during his stay on Hong Kong Island.

For Chen Yang, Yan Ruxu had a little admiration and was very pleased. Ask myself, even if I went to Hong Kong Island by myself, if I didn't borrow my father and Kang Congxin's connections, I wouldn't be able to do as well as Chen Yang.

There is another important reason for sending Chen Yang, which is what Secretary Gao said, "Men and women are matched, and work is not tiring."

Yan Ruxu felt that Secretary Gao's words were very reasonable and involved psychological knowledge. Moreover, Chen Yang is sunny and handsome, showing a mouthful of small white teeth when he smiles, which is especially easy to make people like him. When the interviewee has a good impression, he can communicate easily and ask the questions he wants to ask.

Huang Limei couldn't help being envious, she was Jin Shan after all. They work in film magazines and have come into contact with many film and television actors, but Jin Shan is different. The movie "Woman" won an award at an international film festival. Quite popular. Although she hasn't made a movie for several years, her influence cannot be underestimated, and she has a lot of loyal fans. What's more, she returned to China for the first time after so many years, and "Hundred Flowers Movie" magazine was the first media interview she accepted. To be the first reporter to interview her, to put her name alongside Jin Shan's, is something worth showing off in both professional and personal life.

But Huang Limei is envious, and she also knows that she has too little experience in interviewing, and interviews with actors are generally okay, but interviews with Jin Shan, she can't hold back.

She asked Chen Yang to ask Jin Shan to write a few words in Huanhuan's notebook, wishing her progress in her studies.

Chen Yang attaches great importance to this task. Since the beginning of the year, he has been busy looking for Jinshan's life information, collecting previous reports and interviews of Jinshan, and doing research among the people around him, asking everyone what they want to know about Jinshan. After writing the outline, it must be submitted to Yan Ruxu for review, and if it is not suitable, it must be called back for revision.

Chen Yang was so busy that he agreed perfunctorily, "Do your best."

On the day when Chen Yang and Jin Shan made an appointment, Jin Shan changed her mind temporarily and called to say that she would come to the magazine for an interview. Chen Yang packed his things and was about to set off. When he heard that Jin Shan was coming here, he felt a little baffled, but also a little happy. After all, this is his home field and he has an advantage.

The call was made directly to Secretary Gao's office, and Secretary Gao conveyed it.

After Yan Ruxu heard the news, she frowned, feeling that Jin Shan was coming for her.

Secretary Gao was very happy and asked everyone to meet at the gate of Xiaobailou together. If it wasn't for the lack of time, they would have hung up a banner to express their welcome to Jinshan. Yan Ruxu grabbed Secretary Gao and said: "She gave our magazine the first interview she just returned to China, which shows the strength of our magazine. If you are so grand, you will lose your price and be passive. If she plays big and doesn't cooperate or What should I do if I make some unreasonable demands?"

The so-called "playing big names" was something that Secretary Gao had only heard about and personally experienced after he arrived in Hong Kong Island. He still has lingering fears, so he hurriedly let the big guys leave, and only asked Chen Yang to bring another young colleague to the door to greet him.

After Jin Shan arrived at Xiaobailou, the first request she made was to visit the magazine office. This is a very normal small request, and Chen Yang naturally did not refuse.

Jinshan today is still wearing a mink coat, knee-length skirt, long boots, long wavy hair, red lips, huge gold three-dimensional earrings, pearl necklaces, and a pair of expensive designer sunglasses. Sticking it in the hair, chewing gum in the mouth, walking in a straight line, even the "da da" sound of the soles of the palms stepping on the floor of the corridor is very clear. Everyone stuck their heads out to pay attention to her.

With a smile on her face, Jin Shan waved her hand to greet everyone, as if she was a queen inspecting her territory.

She told Chen Yang that she had admired Yan Ruxu for a long time, and Chen Yang took Jin Shan to the 208 office without doubting him.

The voices from outside had already entered the office, and Yan Ruxu was also ready.

Jin Shan came to her for nothing more than two purposes, the first was to alienate her, and the second was to apologize.

Faced with Jin Shan this time, Yan Ruxu was in an unusually calm mood, not even a trace of anger, but instead had a secret sense of excitement. She never thought that she would also face a "rival in love". Although Kang Congxin is a sweet potato in his own eyes, most women will be shocked by his aura and want to stay away subconsciously. The few remaining few who are not afraid of him, probably Also repelled by his indifference, she never worried that Kang would fall in love with someone else again.

Strictly speaking, Jin Shan is not even a rival in love.

Jin Shan stretched out her hand with a diamond ring and shook Yan Ruxu's hand, and said as kindly as a good friend: "Miss Yan, we meet again."

Yan Ruxu smiled and said, "Miss Jinshan, hello." She replied politely, waiting for Jinshan to speak.

Jin Shan looked at the people here curiously, and heard Chen Yang say: "Miss Jin Shan, so you know our Editor-in-Chief Yan, you didn't tell me earlier, so that we can let Editor-in-Chief Yan personally I'm interviewing you."

Jin Shan ignored Chen Yang's words, but looked straight at Yan Ruxu's face, rolled her eyes to Yan Ruxu's and said, "Miss Yan, do you have time now, let's chat?"

ah? They want to chat? What about your own interview? Just as Chen Yang was about to speak, he heard Yan Ruxu say in a gentle but unrepentant voice: "Miss Jinshan, it's working time now, let's do business first and then private, and we'll talk after you're done interviewing."

"…All right."

Chen Yang could feel that Jin Shan was not focused on the interview, and would interrupt his questions from time to time, and began to pay attention to Yan Ruxu's affairs, from Yan Ruxu herself to her husband and son.

Chen Yang originally dealt with her with what he could talk about, but later on, Jin Shan completely ignored the business of the interview and asked about personal matters like Yan Yan. Chen Yang was a little annoyed. This was for him, for his work, and for the magazine. Extremely disrespectful behaviour.

The author has something to say:

Jinshan just couldn't help it.