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Chapter 136 A Different Landscape
Zheng Xiaojian moved to a single dormitory in a factory and mine as soon as the Spring Festival was over.

Zhao Ying, Zheng Xiaojian's classmate, had already greeted her sister-in-law, but Zheng Xiaojian did not handle it for a long time.

During the Spring Festival, Zheng Xiaojian's mother nagged almost every day, anyway, it was Zheng Xiaojian who had embarrassed herself.

Mother puts face above life.

She felt that even if Zheng Xiaojian had a great future in the cement factory, it would not be a great future.

There, I was with the mud and sand every day, and I was with a romantic man without quality, and I couldn't help nagging when I thought about it.

She said that she might as well quit her job, find a decent job, or do something by herself, anyway, she just doesn't like her going out early and returning late every day, making it seem like a daily routine.

If Zheng Xiaojian doesn't pay attention, the mother's nagging will escalate, and she will talk about her marriage and love again.

When I said that I was her age, I had her.

He also said that when women reach their thirties, they don't have any ideas, they are all picked by others.

It's as if she's not only going to work in a cement factory, but ends up marrying herself to a man here...

Faced with her mother's nagging, her father sighed helplessly, and the fire in Zheng Xiaojian's heart rose little by little. Several times, she wanted to argue with her mother.

She found that her mother could still understand and tolerate things about her parents, but not herself.

So, she made up her mind to go.

Zheng Xiaojian started to handle things about leaving home.

The biggest problem with entering this dormitory for singles is that Zheng Xiaojian is not an employee of this factory. According to regulations, he has to pay 50 yuan a month for accommodation.

If you are an employee of the factory, you can pay a symbolic two yuan a month.

Zhao Ying's sister-in-law is Wang Xiuqin, who is 31 this year.

After she divorced Zhao Ying's brother, she lived in a single dormitory. When handling Zheng Xiaojian, Wang Xiuqin spoke nicely to the director.

Zheng Xiaojian didn't understand why the dormitory manager called the director, so he had to follow suit, and also gave him some fruit.

The director said that there are not many people staying now, so Zheng Xiaojian could not only pay two yuan, nor did he have to pay 50 yuan, but a compromise of 30 yuan.

Zheng Xiaojian finally got out of the sight of her parents and lived in the single dormitory recommended by Zhao Ying's sister-in-law.

The whole building has five floors.

This is a small, but dilapidated building.

It is said that this building has been built for some years, and many facilities inside need to be repaired.

The first floor is the office area, which is the staff's office, duty room, and mail room.

The second floor is the female dormitory.

There are a total of sixteen rooms, each room is about 40 square meters, but eight beds are installed.

There are four upper berths and four lower berths.

The space in the room is not big, but in the middle of the room is a rectangular table with a width of about [-].

They made long communal tables out of wooden planks that extended to the windows.

People sit on it when they eat, and it is also full of snacks and cosmetics. Anyway, when everyone walks, they have to walk sideways...

Up and down the stairs.

On the left side are the rooms of these divorced people. There is also a wash room on this side, and the boiled water is supplied by the hour.

There is also a TV room where everyone can watch TV when they are free.

On the right is the dormitory for college students, which is relatively quiet.

The third floor is the male dormitory, so the layout should be the same.

The fourth floor is the canteen.

The fifth floor is the most mysterious. Many people don't know what it does here, and no one likes to go to the fifth floor.

Zheng Xiaojian knew the rules as soon as she entered the dormitory.

Zheng Xiaojian's salary is 570 yuan and [-] cents a month.

If you pay [-] yuan a month for the canteen, you can pay for it for three days. There are almost no such people.

Two hundred yuan is too big a proportion of salary. If you pay one hundred yuan, you can pay for two meals. You must bring a breakfast, and you can choose your own lunch or dinner.

Breakfast is very simple, usually soy milk with steamed buns or sesame cakes.

Almost no one has ever gone up to the fifth floor, even the staff here rarely go up.

It seems that there are a few rooms for entertainment, but the hotel can't accommodate them, or the customers who are not particularly important need to be coordinated in this city, so they live on the fifth floor.

This has happened, but very rarely.

The room Zheng Xiaojian was in was Room 218, and there were four people living in it including herself.

Of course, all four of them chose the lower berth.

They invariably threw their things on the upper bunk.

Except for herself, all three of them are divorced women.

The oldest is 47, and the youngest is Zhao Ying's sister-in-law 31.

Wang Xiuqin's appearance can only be regarded as average, but her clothes are quite tasteful.

She has a good figure and likes to wear casual clothes.

Sometimes I also wear tights with excellent texture, with bright colored tights on the outside, and a small outerwear that seems to be dispensable but catches the eye.

She likes to use small things to decorate herself very artistically.

She looks simple but not vulgar, bright but not gaudy, which is very suitable for her age identity and temperament.

She is a woman who is very demanding in terms of dress, and she has to pass the test from head to toe, and sometimes Zheng Xiaojian helps her to check.

Zheng Xiaojian secretly compared with her in her heart, feeling that she was much more casual in dressing and matching.

Zheng Xiaojian was the last one to go, and the seat was at the back, next to the window.

In winter, even if the window slits were glued, the wind would still blow in. Zheng Xiaojian had no choice but to use thick curtains to surround her little bed tightly.

Zheng Xiaojian felt uncomfortable after staying for a week.

It's really not as quiet as at home.

The personnel living in the dormitory of the unit are too complicated, and there are three kinds of people.

One is college students, who entered the factory from other places and had no place to live, so they were placed here;
The second is the divorced workers in the factory. Most of them are women.

It is not rare for men to get divorced, but either they have a house, or they have no face to live in such a place, so this is considered a country of daughters.

The third type of people is even more special. They are either male or female, and they are lonely and unmarried for half their lives. Some even have no parents or children...

Because there are few men, there are more vacant rooms on the third floor. In order to expand profits, we have also rented couples who have no house...

Zheng Xiaojian has always slept well, and she is ready to turn off the lights and go to bed at nine o'clock in the evening, but the dormitory at this time is the busiest time.

In the room where Zheng Xiaojian was, the other three were women who liked to play.

The same is true for Wang Xiuqin.

Like Zheng Xiaojian, she didn't know how to play mahjong and poker, but she learned them all in less than three or two days, and she became addicted.

In the evening, she excitedly began to talk about it, but Zheng Xiaojian didn't agree, so she pulled her, pretending to blend in, and said, don't you want to be a writer?This is also experiencing life.

Sometimes Zheng Xiaojian was embarrassed by her, and she also played two games. One was not interested, and the other was that it was a waste of time.

She found a time, and solemnly told Wang Xiuqin what she didn't want to play, and said not to embarrass herself.

Wang Xiuqin was obviously very unhappy, and the relationship between the two became awkward.

Zheng Xiaojian didn't understand. They didn't feel tired after a day's work, and they always liked to visit and play.

(End of this chapter)