Life 1984

Chapter 37 Hit a Wall
Li Yunhai rode a bicycle and drove Lin Zhi out of the courtyard and asked, "Miss Lin, where are we going next? Where are you going?"

Lin Zhi raised her slender hand and pointed to the left: "This way, I want to go to work."

"Provincial Workers' Art Troupe?" Li Yunhai said with a smile, "At the intersection of Renmin Road and Shuguang Road?"

"Hey, how did you know that?"

"The art troupe is past the intersection of Shaoshan Road. There is a provincial library there. When I was studying, I often went there to borrow books."

"Well, there it is."

"It's so late, why do you still have to go to work? You just started working, are you so busy?"

"I'm going to rehearse a show, and the group is going on tour."

"What time does the rehearsal last?"

"It starts at 07:30, rehearses for an hour and a half, and ends at nine o'clock."

"You go home alone so late?"

"If you are worried about me, you can wait for me and take me home. In this way, the interest you owe me will be two cents less."

"..."

When he arrived at the art troupe, Li Yunhai parked his bicycle in the shed in the yard and said to Lin Zhi, "I'll go shopping nearby and wait for you."

Lin Zhi pursed her lips lightly and waved to him: "Okay! We are rehearsing in the small theater in the group. You can also sit inside and watch us rehearse."

Li Yunhai took a walk around the area.

There are many provincial-level literary and artistic units here, such as the Provincial Xinhua Bookstore, the Provincial Song and Dance Ensemble, the Provincial Drama Theater, the Provincial Library, and the Provincial Workers' Art Troupe, all of which are here.

It's a pity that it's night now, and the bookstores and libraries are closed, otherwise Li Yunhai could go in and spend half a day.

He wandered into a green forest and heard the chirping of crickets.

When Li Yunhai was a child in the countryside, he often went out to catch crickets and fireflies with his friends on summer evenings.

Hearing the crickets chirping at this moment, his childlike innocence became strong. He first bought a bottle of soda nearby and drank it, leaving the bottle behind. Then he went to the woods, listened to the sound and identified the location of the crickets, taking advantage of the street lights and moonlight to determine the location of the crickets. , and then predict the beating direction of the cricket, put both palms together to catch it, and catch it accurately.

Li Yunhai caught three crickets, put them in a bottle, picked a few leaves, and tightly plugged the mouth of the bottle.

It's almost time.

Li Yunhai carried the bottle and came to the Workers' Art Troupe. After listening to the music, he knew the direction of the small theater. He opened the door of the theater and walked in.

On the stage, more than a dozen members of the art troupe were rehearsing the show.

Lin Zhi was also on stage.

She danced solo in school.

What was being rehearsed in the troupe today was a group dance. Fifteen beautiful young women were dancing in three rows.

Lin Zhi stood in the front row and waved to Li Yunhai when she saw him.

The teacher leading the group pointed at Lin Zhi and told her to focus.

Li Yunhai was sitting next to the door.

He felt that this group dance was too chaotic and not as artistic and enjoyable as Lin Zhi's solo dance.

The rehearsal is over.

Lin Zhi ran down happily and said with a smile: "What are you holding in your hand? I think I heard a cry."

Li Yunhai handed the bottle to her: "Cricket."

"Hey! Did you catch him? I wanted to catch him when I was a kid, but I just couldn't! How did you catch him?"

"How difficult is this? You caught it just by grabbing it. Are you leaving?"

"Well, let's go!" Lin Zhi held the bottle curiously, observing the crickets inside and listening to their loud calls, "Hey, why are there three?"

"It's three, what's the matter?"

"Among the three of them, isn't one of them particularly lonely?"

"I grabbed them casually and didn't care about it."

When she came outside, Lin Zhi walked under the tree by the yard, pulled off the cap of the bottle, released one bottle, leaving only two, then covered the mouth of the bottle, and said with a sweet smile: "This way, they will not be alone. "

"..."

"Li Yunhai, I didn't expect you would really wait for me." Lin Zhi was very happy.

"A man and a man, once a word is spoken, it is difficult for a horse to chase!"

"Then do you still have time to accompany me tomorrow night?"

"Tomorrow night? I have to repair the copy machine. Do you still want to come to rehearsal?"

"Yes. For half a month in a row! Can you pick me up and drop me off? Okay? At least it can be offset by two cents of interest, right?"

"Let me take a look. I'll come when I have time."

"Hee, take me home! I like riding in your car. You ride very steadily."

The night wind is as cool as water.

Lin Zhi’s sweet singing voice sounded:
"Our hometown,

on the field of hope.

Cooking smoke wafts over the newly built houses,
The small river flows beside the beautiful village.

A piece of winter wheat, that, a piece of sorghum,
Ten miles, oh, lotus pond, ten miles of fruity fragrance..."

This song was the accompaniment for their dance rehearsal just now.

Lin Zhi's voice was as graceful and crisp as a lark.

She suddenly stopped singing and tugged at the hem of Li Yunhai's clothes: "When will you return to your hometown?"

Li Yunhai said: "It will take a while! I have to report back to Meishan Machinery Factory."

"I want to visit your hometown, is that okay?"

"What's there to see in the countryside?"

"That's the place where my father worked, and it's also the place where you were born and raised. I want to see the jujube forest in front of your house and see the fragrance of the jujube flowers flowing like the wind!"

"Do you have the time?"

"Well, I can always find time! Just tell me your home address and I'll go find you directly."

"When I go back, I will most likely work at Meishan Machinery Factory."

"Is your home address a state secret? You can't tell?"

Li Yunhai laughed and said, "Of course not. In Shiban Village, Baixi Township, next to Li's old ancestral hall, the place with three wells is my home."

"Yes, I took note of it!" Lin Zhi chuckled, "I'm going, is there a bed for me to sleep on?"

"Ah? No!"

"Then where should I sleep? Not necessarily using the sky as a quilt and the earth as a bed? Sleeping in your jujube forest?" "Are you really going to my house? I thought you were joking. If you go, I will arrange it You and my two sisters share a bunk."

"Well, okay. That's settled."

Lin Zhi sang a cheerful song again:

“Hey, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, hey!

We have lived in this field for generations,
Wealth for her, prosperity for her..."

Her singing voice is so beautiful, it reminds people of the fields in her hometown and the fragrance of rice and grass on summer nights.

After sending her to the door of his house, Li Yunhai said goodbye to Lin Zhi.

Lin Zhi smiled sweetly and said: "Li Yunhai, thank you for accompanying me! Good night!"

This familiar sound of good night seems to make people drunk!

Shen Xiulan never said good night to him.

It is not fashionable for people in this era to say good night.I wonder where Lin Zhi learned it?
Li Yunhai nodded and waved: "Goodbye! Good night!"

Back in the store, Li Yunhai sorted out the copiers.

There were several copiers that were not worth repairing and could only be used for dismantling parts. Li Yunhai dismantled them, leaving the useful parts and stacking the casings in the corner.

With this arrangement, the room is much more spacious.

Li Yunhai carried a bucket of water and took a shower under the tree in the yard. He washed his clothes and hung them to dry on a long rope under the eaves in front of the door.

At dawn the next day, Li Yunhai woke up.

He tried the five copiers again to make sure there were no problems.

He then went on to dismantle and repair other copiers.

According to Li Yunhai's estimate, 20 copiers can be assembled into 12 usable copiers by dismantling parts and repairing them!
With these few days of experience, Li Yunhai's technology and techniques have become increasingly mature. Whether it is dismantling, modifying circuits, or replacing parts, it is getting faster and faster.

In one morning, he repaired another copy machine.

In the meantime, I also received two repair jobs. I helped repair a TV and a refrigerator, and earned five yuan.

The strange thing is that Liu Shitao didn't send anyone to find him!
Li Yunhai's heart beat.

Things won't change again, right?
At 02:30 in the afternoon, Li Yunhai couldn't sit still, went to the street, found a public phone, and called Liu Shitao's office.

The phone rang, but no one answered.

Li Yunhai pulled it out again.

After a long while, a deep voice came from the other side: "Hey, who's there?"

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "Hello, Mr. Liu, I am Li Yunhai."

Liu Shitao laughed and said: "Comrade Xiao Li, you can keep your composure! You just called me at this time. The matter is settled! You can just send the copy machine to our bank!"

Li Yunhai was ecstatic!
After all, this is the first big business he has made in his life!

Could he be unhappy?

"Thank you, Mr. Liu! I will find a car to deliver the copy machine right away."

"Okay! You're here, come to me in the office."

Li Yunhai hung up the phone and thought about where to find a truck. Suddenly he thought of Ding Qiang and dialed Ding Qiang's phone number in Xizhou.

The person who answered the phone was the porter in the reception room.

Li Yunhai asked him to find Ding Qiang who drove the truck.

The guard said please wait a moment.

After a while, Ding Qiang's voice came from the phone: "Who is it?"

"Brother Ding, I am Li Yunhai!"

"Oh! It's you!"

"Brother Ding, are you free now? Help me deliver some goods. I'll treat you to a meal by the way."

"Okay, I happen to be free. I haven't left the car in the past two days. Going to your store?"

"Yes, I'm in the store. Do you remember the place? Jiuru Lane."

"I know, come right away!"

Li Yunhai returned to the store and waited for Ding Qiang to come over. The two of them loaded the five copiers into the car.

Ding Qiang asked where to transport it?

Li Yunhai gave the address and got into the car with Ding Qiang.

The car soon arrived at the bank office building.

The guard stopped the car.

Li Yunhai got out of the car, handed a cigarette to the guard, and said with a smile: "We are here to deliver the copy machine. President Liu Shitao ordered it."

The security guard seemed to have received a call from Liu Shitao, asking Li Yunhai and the others to register and release them immediately.

Liu Shitao brought people to inspect the copy machine.

These five copiers are better than Liu Shitao imagined!
The appearance is [-]% new, with no major flaws except for some less obvious scratches.

After the bank professionals tried the machine, they said that the copier was very good, with fast copying speed, clear and neat printed handwriting, easy operation, and complete functions.

Liu Shitao was very satisfied after listening to the report.

Of course he would not embarrass Li Yunhai. After the acceptance, he immediately signed a purchase contract with Li Yunhai and issued a delivery receipt.

Li Yunhai came to the finance department excitedly to collect the money.

In enterprises and institutions, procurement and finance are all separated, and they are all independent departments, under different leadership management, working side by side with each other, rather than directly collaborating with each other.

Li Yunhai understood the truth well and did not ask for money arrogantly just because he sold the machine to a bank.

However, as soon as he opened his mouth, the finance comrade shook his head: "Your account cannot be settled today. The bill of more than [-] yuan has to wait for the signature of our Director Gao. Director Gao is on a business trip and will not be back until three days later." "

Li Yunhai thought he was being deceived. For such a big bank, to settle a bill worth tens of thousands of yuan, why should he wait for the director's signature?
He said a lot of kind words: "Comrade, can you please be accommodating? Your unit has signed for the copy machine. This is President Liu's signature. I'm waiting for the money to be turned around!"

The comrade from the Finance Department waved his hand, without even looking at him, and said, "Then go to the Purchasing Department and ask for money!"

Li Yunhai hit a wall and had to turn around to find Liu Shitao.

Liu Shitao explained: "Comrade Xiao Li, our unit does have this rule. How about you come back to settle the bill in three days?"

When Li Yunhai heard this, his heart dropped. He knew that the money would not be so easy to get.

The larger an organization is, the more its finances are over the top, and the more difficult it is to settle accounts!

He had no choice but to go back and come back in three days to ask for money.

(End of this chapter)