Life 1984

Chapter 14 You can live in my house!
Tang Yuxia looked at Li Yunhai, and then looked at her daughter with a surprised look on her face. She was so shocked that she didn't know what to say for a while.

She took Lin Zhi's hand and walked into the study, while saying, "Your dad wants to see you for something!"

Lin Zhi smiled at Li Yunhai and said, "Sit down for a while and don't leave!"

Li Yunhai held the Coke in both hands and nodded with a smile.

Coke entered my country in 1981. Initially, it was mainly supplied to tourist hotels and sold to foreigners to collect foreign exchange.The year before last, the state included beverages in the "National Plan Management Products", and Coca-Cola began domestic sales in the Beijin market.

Last year, the eight largest domestic soda factories accounted for more than 42% of the country's total sales.

A bottle of foreign soda costs 4 cents, while domestic soda costs 5 cents. Of course, ordinary people drink domestic soda.

Let's say that Lin Zhi followed her mother into the study.

"Dad!" Lin Zhi shouted crisply.

Lin's father's name was Lin Zhenbang, and he was working at his desk. Hearing this, he turned around and said with a smile: "My mother also said that she would go out to look for you. I said, if my daughter, Lin Zhenbang, is bullied in the provincial capital, then I will also It’s time to take the blame and resign!”

Lin Zhi smiled brightly and asked her parents: "Dad, Mom, Li Yunhai is my friend, and he is staying at my house for a month. The guest room in my house is empty, so let him live in it, right?"

Tang Yuxia frowned and said: "Xiao Zhi, how can you just bring a man home to live with you? What is your relationship with him? What kind of person is he? Why haven't you mentioned him before? When did you talk about it? love?"

Lin Zhi was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. She held her belly in her hands, bent over, and exclaimed: "Mom, this is what it is -"

She told her parents exactly what happened to Li Yunhai.

Tang Yuxia thought: "Isn't this inconvenient? How can he, a grown man, live in my house? No, no."

Lin Zhi pouted and said: "Mom, he works outside during the day and only comes here to sleep at night! What's wrong? He's not a bad person! Besides, he paid the rent, 20 yuan a month, money I’ve accepted it!”

Tang Yuxia just shook her head.

Lin Zhi massaged her father's shoulders and said, "Dad, you are all good leaders who love the people like your own children. Li Yunhai is also a citizen of the province! He is displaced and homeless in the provincial capital. Do you think we should Should I let him sleep in the guest room?"

Lin Zhenbang laughed, pointed at his daughter and said: "It's incredible, Xiaozhi is making an issue from the commanding heights of morality! Isn't it okay if I don't agree? How about this? I'll take a look at him and then make a decision, okay? ?”

Tang Yuxia gently pushed her husband: "This can't be done! I don't dislike him. He looks very clean and is a very sunny young man. However, a grown man lives in my house. People who don't know him think he is Lin Zhi has found a boyfriend, and gossip is flying everywhere. What if she can't get married in the future?"

Lin Zhenbang raised his thick eyebrows and said calmly: "If you are upright, you are not afraid of slanted shadows! Just say that he is a distant relative of my family! Besides, will my daughter still worry about getting married?"

Tang Yuxia always respected her husband, so she didn't say anything more after hearing this.

A family of three came out.

Lin Zhenbang's piercing eyes looked at Li Yunhai sitting in the living room.

He is a superior person, but his expression is not always calm and serious. He always has a confident smile on his face and a hint of affinity in his eyes, giving people a feeling of generosity and kindness.

Li Yunhai stood up and shouted respectfully: "Hello, uncle."

He and Lin Zhenbang looked at each other, and felt that the other person's eyes radiated a kind of wisdom. His eyes were sharp and deep, revealing his insight and thinking ability about things.Li Yunhai is magnanimous and asks for nothing from others, so he is selfless in his heart and his eyes are as clear and pure as a big boy should have.

As for the Lin family's house, Li Yunhai didn't want to live in it at all!
Let alone relatives, even if they were relatives, he would not just stay at someone else's house.

Lin Zhenbang nodded: "Hello, Comrade Li Yunhai, please sit down. I heard Xiaozhi introduce you. Are you from Meishan County?"

Li Yunhai waited for them all to sit down, and then he sat down. He placed his hands naturally on his legs, leaned forward slightly, and replied with a smile: "Yes, my hometown is Baixi Township, Meishan County."

He saw an ashtray on the coffee table, and Lin Zhenbang's left index finger and middle finger also had smoky yellow marks. Knowing that Lin Zhenbang smoked, he took out his own cigarette, stood up, handed one over, and took out a match. He lit a fire, lit a cigarette for the other person, and then sat down.

Tang Yuxia had been looking at Li Yunhai with a scrutinizing look, and then asked: "Do you smoke?"

Li Yunhai replied with a calm expression: "Auntie, I don't smoke. I smoke these cigarettes for customers. I believe Miss Lin also told you that I will temporarily do repairs in the provincial capital."

Tang Yuxia hummed: "I was about to ask you, why did you become self-employed when you were a good national worker? Do you know how hard it is to get a formal job now? Many people want to join Even the factories run by the state are not qualified!”

Li Yunhai smiled slightly: "I'm not a worker, I'm just doing repair work in the provincial capital temporarily. Firstly, I want to solve the practical difficulties in life for the people, and secondly, I want to make more money. My family is from a rural area and has a large population. , my income is meager, and I want to take advantage of the reform to make more money and improve my family's life. After the summer vacation, my four younger siblings will all go to school, and we will need a lot of tuition and living expenses."

He was well-spoken and generous, without the shyness and restraint of ordinary rural teenagers, which impressed the Lin family with admiration.

Lin Zhenbang slowly took a few puffs of cigarette and said: "Meishan is a good place. I worked there for two years. It has beautiful scenery, terraced fields, vast fields and dense forests. What I remember most deeply is, It’s the folk songs from your side, as well as grass dragon dance and Nuo dance.”

Lin Zhi laughed like a silver bell: "Li Yunhai, can you sing folk songs?"

Li Yunhai laughed and said: "Not everyone can sing folk songs, just like the stinky tofu in the provincial capital, not every family can sing it. Folk songs are neither fake nor real. The rise of Qin Shihuang has continued to this day. Our Meishan is a multi-ethnic residential area. There are many people singing folk songs, and they are very nice.”

Lin Zhenbang knocked the ashes and said: "Meishan has many ethnic minorities. It is the hometown of Chi You, the hometown of martial arts, and the hometown of folk song art."

Lin Zhi took her Walkman, put a blank tape in it, sat next to Li Yunhai, and said with a smile: "Li Yunhai, why don't you sing a short piece? I'll record it. Maybe it can be used in the creation of song and dance programs in the future." Go in."

Li Yunhai couldn't be bothered by her, so he had to say: "Let me sing a "Tea Song"! My uncle may have heard it."

Lin Zhenbang laughed and said: "As soon as you mentioned the tea ceremony song, I remembered it. I've heard this song before. It's very nice! Just sing it a few times! Let me miss the old days too!"

Li Yunhai cleared his throat, stood up and sang a cappella: "Visitors from far away come to my house, Mangu, Mangu, hurry up and pour the tea. Since ancient times, there has been good water in the high mountains, and good tea in the cloudy mountains. Make strong tea with water from good wells, and drink it now." My mouth is dry and I taste good. After seeing the scenery, I turned around and I gave you a bag of tea to take home, wow wow…"

His voice is clear and he sings quite well.

After Lin Zhi finished recording, she said with a surprised smile: "It sounds great! Li Yunhai, when will you take me to your hometown? I am full of yearning for Meishan!"

Li Yunhai agreed casually and said, "It's getting late, uncle and aunt, I'm going back. Goodbye!"

Lin Zhi shouted: "Li Yunhai, don't leave! The bathhouse is too humid and not suitable for long-term stay. I have agreed with my parents that you will live in the guest room of my house."

She shouted to Lin Zhenbang coquettishly again: "Dad!"

Seeing that Li Yunhai was about to leave, Lin Zhi stretched out her slender little hand to block his way, then looked at her father with eager eyes, asking him to express his position as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)