Life 1984

After dinner, send Wu Kangda and Meng Qinghua away.

Li Yunhai sighed softly: "It seems that the two people recommended by Professor Ni do not have the courage to go to sea. We have given all the conditions we can give, but they still have not relented."

Su Hong said: "Mr. Li, how about I go talk to them tomorrow?"

Li Yunhai said: "What else can you talk to them about?"

Su Hong said: "Everyone has weaknesses. I need to find out why they are unwilling to go to sea first."

Li Yunhai said: "They are in their forties and have families in Beijin. It is really difficult for them to leave their comfort zone and go to sea. Another point is that they may have skills and abilities, but they are not as strong as Professor Ni. The desire to succeed.”

Su Hong said: "It depends on people. Mr. Li, give me another chance and I will convince them."

Li Yunhai glanced at her: "Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you. We'll stay in Beijin for a few more days. You can go back to the hotel and rest!"

Li Yunhai and Zhu Lin returned to the courtyard.

Zhu Lin said: "Secretary Su won't see through the secret of our being together, right?"

Li Yunhai said: "Even if she knew, she wouldn't tell Lin Zhi. I didn't go back to the hotel last night, and I showed up with you today. She must have guessed something. Just let her have this vague guess."

Zhu Lin said: "Is the company short of talent? BJ has a lot of computer talents. If these two people don't agree, we can find someone else."

Li Yunhai said: "What we need is not ordinary talents, but geniuses. Don't underestimate Wu Kangda and Meng Qinghua, these two are outstanding people in the field of computer technology. Even Professor Ni highly respects them."

Zhu Lin said: "No matter how powerful they are, they can't be used by us."

Li Yunhai said: "Yes, this shows that we are not powerful enough to make them excited."

Zhu Lin gently crossed Li Yunhai's chest and smiled slightly: "Did I make your heart beat?"

Li Yunhai held her hand and pulled her into his arms.

Zhu Lin slowly closed his eyes and kissed him passionately.

The next day, Zhu Lin accompanied Li Yunhai to inspect Sihai Square.

Sihai Plaza, located at the intersection of East Chang'an Street, has entered the final stage of decoration and will be officially delivered next year. By then, this place will become the most prosperous and core business circle in the country.

Li Yunhai said to Zhu Lin: "The operation work after the end of this project will still be managed by you."

Zhu Lin said: "I'm afraid I won't be able to manage such a big project."

Li Yunhai said: "Sister Zhu, I still remember what you told me at the beginning. You were also afraid that you would not be able to do the job I assigned you if you resigned and went to work. As a result, you did a good job."

Zhu Lin said: "Okay, let me give it a try. Thank you for your trust in me."

Li Yunhai touched her pretty face: "Hey, Her Majesty the Queen, are you so outspoken?"

Zhu Lin chuckled and said, "You know I'm the queen, but you still dare to touch my face!"

Li Yunhai said: "I dare to touch Her Majesty the Queen's butt!"

Zhu Lin's cheeks were dizzy and he pointed at Jingshan and said, "Let's go up and take a walk."

Li Yunhai accompanied her to Jingshan Mountain. Looking ahead was the Millennium Forbidden City, and next to it was Sihai Square.

Both of them thought of the scene when they visited Jingshan together.

That time, if Zhu Lin's high heels hadn't broken the heel, Li Yunhai wouldn't have carried her down the mountain, and their relationship wouldn't have heated up so quickly.

At this moment, the two of them stood side by side. Zhu Lin smiled and said: "Yunhai, there is something I have to confess to you. You can't be angry if I tell you."

"What's the matter? Tell me."

"Do you remember the last time we visited Jingshan and my heel broke?"

"Can't forget."

"I broke the heel on purpose."

"what?"

"It's true, it's true that I sprained my foot, but the heel was not broken at the time. I wanted you to carry me, so I deliberately broke the heel."

"You are so strong! Can you break the heels of your shoes?"

"The heels are glued to the soles and are easy to break. Don't believe me? I'll try again and show you."

"No, no, no, no, I believe it. Suddenly I thought of an ancient saying: The daughter of a king uproots a weeping willow tree."

"What nonsense? It's an eternal saying!"

"There are also more famous ones, Lin Daiyu beats the Bone Demon three times, and Grandma Liu tried her first love."

Zhu Lin stopped laughing long ago and fell limply in Li Yunhai's arms: "Ouch, my stomach hurts from laughing!"

Li Yunhai squatted down and said, "Come on, I'll carry you down the mountain, and you don't have to break off your heels anymore."

Zhu Lin said: "I gained several pounds after giving birth to Xiao Fei. Can you still afford it?"

Li Yunhai patted his back: "Just come up! Are you allowed to gain weight? I have gained weight too. So I can still carry you."

Zhu Lin smiled sweetly and lay on his back.

Li Yunhai carried her slowly down the mountain.

The two spent a day playing outside and returned home happily.

As soon as he entered the house, Zhu Lin held his daughter and breastfed her.

"Isn't there milk powder? She can't starve." Li Yunhai said.

Zhu Lin said: "It's not that she's hungry, but that I feel uncomfortable with the swelling!"

Li Yunhai said: "Seriously, can I wean myself off the breast? My Xiaoxi was weaned off the breast in three months."

Zhu Lin said: "Feed for a few more months! My mother said that children should be fed milk until they are two years old, and their health will be better."

At half past nine in the evening, Li Yunhai's pager rang.

Li Yunhai returned to work.

Su Hong smiled happily on the other end of the phone: "Mr. Li, Wu Kangda has agreed to work in our company!"

Li Yunhai exclaimed: "How could he agree? How did you talk to him?"

People like Wu Kangda and Meng Qinghua, by noon, no longer talk about their ideals and only want stability. How could they agree to resign and go to work so easily?

Su Hong said: "I made a special trip to visit Wu Kangda's home today and learned that his family is in urgent need of money. His daughter has graduated from college and wants to study abroad. However, studying abroad requires a large amount of money, at least tens of thousands of dollars every year. The Wu family couldn't afford the money, so they didn't plan to let their daughter go abroad. I started with Wu Kangda's wife and said that as long as Wu Kangda works in Sihai Group, our company can advance the money for their daughter's study abroad. His wife was tempted as soon as she heard this."

"Aren't you taking advantage of others' danger?"

"Mr. Li, no matter what method I use, as long as it can achieve the goal, that's fine."

"What we need is his talent. If he doesn't go there voluntarily, he won't work hard, and we will be the ones who suffer."

"Mr. Li, I have negotiated with him. The basic salary in our company is not high. The main thing is commissions and bonuses. If he is serious about scientific research, he can make enough money to send his daughter to study abroad as long as he develops one or two projects. Money. We only advance the first year's tuition. If he doesn't work hard, how will he earn enough for future tuition? He also has a son who is a sophomore in college and also needs money."

"Okay, you're awesome!"

"Mr. Li, I asked him to apply for a leave of absence without pay first. If he wants to return to the computer factory after two years, he can do it. With this buffer period, Wu Kangda will have no worries. All in all, my conditions impressed his wife His daughter also convinced him. This is the best result."

"It doesn't matter if it's a white cat or a black cat, as long as it can catch mice, it's a good cat. I'll take credit for this."

"Thank you, Mr. Li. Mr. Li, I will go to Meng Qinghua's house tomorrow. I don't believe it. There are no weaknesses in his family?"

"Then I'll leave it to you."

"Mr. Li, this is what I should do."

After ending the call, Li Yunhai laughed, thinking that Su Hong had really matured.

The next day is Sunday.

Li Yunhai and Zhu Lin reconciled as before. They made love several times last night and slept in in the morning.

While sleeping in a daze, Li Yunhai heard voices coming from outside.

He woke up suddenly and pushed Zhu Lin: "Your parents are here!"

Zhu Lin was startled when he heard the sounds of his parents teasing Xiao Fei and laughing outside. "Oh, what should we do? Why are they here?" Zhu Lin said, "Yunhai, what should we do? In this case, you stay in the bedroom first and don't go out. I will lure them away, and then you leave."

Li Yunhai said: "How about I go out and meet them?"

Zhu Lin said anxiously: "Unless you don't want to live anymore! If they know that you are sleeping with me, they will soon find out that Xiaofei is your child after questioning. They really dare to beat you."

Li Yunhai trembled, not daring to make a mistake, so he had no choice but to agree to Zhu Lin's proposal.

Zhu Lin got up and came out, yawning and asked: "Dad, Mom, why are you here?"

Mother Zhu waved her hand: "I know you are tired, so you sleep in your bed. We are here to see the baby. I miss the baby, why don't you give the baby to us to take care of?"

Zhu Lin smiled and said: "Mom, that's not what you said when I first gave birth to Xiao Fei and brought me back. Didn't they say they couldn't accept Xiao Fei, an illegitimate granddaughter?"

Mother Zhu said: "If we can't accept it, what's the use? You're so disobedient, what can we do?"

Zhu's father said: "Xiao Lin has always been unwilling to remarry and has no children. No matter who the father is, it is a good thing to have an offspring. Your mother and I have also thought about it and don't care about the gossip of the neighbors. Now In this day and age, there are so many unmarried mothers and single mothers!”

"Dad, Mom, let's go out to buy groceries!" Zhu Lin said, "Let's go for a walk together."

Mother Zhu asked: "You don't have breakfast?"

Zhu Lin replied: "I'll eat outside."

"How much is your monthly salary? You go out to eat out every day! Now that you have a child, you have to think about the future. If you have money, don't spend it randomly. Save some."

"Mom, I have money, don't worry."

Li Yunhai lay on the bed, listening to the silence outside, then got up and left the courtyard.

It is obviously my home away from home, but today I have no choice but to leave.

Li Yunhai dialed Su Hong's pager first.

Su Hong called back and said that she was preparing to visit Meng Qinghua's home.

Li Yunhai said, do you know where his home is?

Su Hong said she knew, and I heard about it.

Li Yunhai said, then I will accompany you.

Su Hong smiled and asked, today is Sunday, are you free?

Li Yunhai said he was free.

The two agreed on a meeting place.

Meng Qinghua did not live in the dormitory of the Computing Institute, but in a courtyard in an alley.

After Li Yunhai and Su Hong met, they came to Imperial College Street.

On both sides of the street are mostly low-rise, neat courtyard houses with gray walls and gray tiles.

There are rows of locust trees on both sides, and the lush green crowns and four painted archways, large and small houses, and temples complement each other. It is quiet and peaceful, making the entire Imperial College Street full of antique flavor.

"This is it!" Su Hong pointed to a small alley on the street and said, "It's right in here."

The two of them came in and came to a small courtyard.

There were many families living in the yard, and there were noisy sounds coming from every room.

Because it was the weekend, there were several children playing in the yard.

Su Hong asked a little girl squatting on the ground playing with stones: "Little sister, do you know where Professor Meng Qinghua lives?"

The little girl was very enthusiastic. She grabbed the stones on the ground, swung two pigtails, led Li Yunhai and Su Hong to a door, and shouted crisply: "Uncle Meng, someone is looking for you!"

A woman's voice came from the room: "Who is it?"

Su Hong took out ten yuan, handed it to the little girl, and said thank you.

The little girl shook her head and said she didn't want your money, then turned and ran away.

Li Yunhai and Su Hong walked into the room.

The house was low and narrow, with a bunk bed, a dining table, a black and white TV, and another room inside, from which the sound just now came.

"Hello, does Professor Meng Qinghua live here?" Li Yunhai asked.

"Yes, who are you? What do you want from my Qinghua?" the woman inside asked.

Su Hong walked to the door of the back room and said, "Hello, we are his friends and came to talk to him about something."

"Qinghua has gone out and will be back later. Please sit outside for a while. I have limited mobility and I don't provide good hospitality, so please don't be offended," the woman inside said.

Su Hong had already seen clearly. The room inside was a large bed and two cabinets, which were piled high.

Lying on the bed was a middle-aged woman with a haggard face, skinny and skinny, with sunken eye sockets.

"Sister, are you sick?" Su Hong asked.

The woman looked at her intently and said, "Are you really Qinghua's friend?"

Su Hong said: "We came from Xizhou. Professor Ni introduced us."

"Oh! No wonder, I was still thinking, since you are Qinghua's friends, how come you don't know about me?"

"Sister, what are you doing?"

"I am a paralytic. I have been paralyzed for several years. I can't live without this bed."

Su Hong turned back to look at Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai also heard it and was lost in thought.

He now understood the reason why Meng Qinghua did not leave Beijin.

There is a wife at home who cannot get out of bed, and Meng Qinghua has to stay at home to take care of her.

Su Hong asked: "Sister, where is your child?"

The woman said: "My two sons have graduated from college and have joined the workforce. Because their family conditions are not good, they haven't found a partner yet! Alas, it's all my fault for dragging them down."

Su Hong asked: "Didn't the unit allocate you a larger house?"

The woman said: "My Qinghua has a bad temper, and he refuses to flatter the leaders in the work unit. Now that the house is in short supply, where can I get it? Some families with five or six people are still crowded into two old shabby small rooms, waiting eagerly. It’s time to get assigned rooms!”

Li Yunhai has a deep understanding of the housing shortage of the lower class. He also knows that the per capita housing area in Beijin is smaller than that in Xizhou.

But Meng Qinghua, like Professor Ni, is a scientist who has made outstanding scientific research contributions. Unexpectedly, housing has not been solved yet.

The woman added: "The Qinghua unit was originally allocated a two-bedroom apartment, but it was on the sixth floor. I was not completely paralyzed at the time, but my legs and feet were inconvenient and I couldn't climb stairs, so I didn't live in it, but found someone to replace it. A bungalow. If I had known I was so paralyzed, I should have bought that flat."

Li Yunhai thought, so that's it.

At this time, a bicycle bell rang outside the door, and then Meng Qinghua entered the house carrying several bags, including one bag of medicine and two bags of vegetables.

When he saw Li Yunhai, he was stunned and said, "Mr. Li, how did you find me at home?"

Li Yunhai said: "Professor Meng, let's come over and see you."

Meng Qinghua said: "What is there to see? You have also seen that my family has four walls and nothing. The family of four is crowded into these two bungalows. The eldest son has found a partner and there is not even a wedding room."

Su Hong said: "Professor Meng, if you move a tree to death, you will move a person to life. Since living in Beijin is so frustrating, why don't you change a place and a different way of living? You are full of knowledge and passion, and you should find a suitable place for you to use your talents. , a place to realize your ideals in life.”

Meng Qinghua asked them to sit down and poured two glasses of water for them.

"What kind of passion has been exhausted a long time ago. As for ideals? Haha, I have long forgotten what other ideals I have! Now I just want God to open my eyes so that my wife's illness can be cured."

"Professor Meng," Su Hong took the teacup and put it on the table, "Professor Ni recommended us to come to you. He must have a reason. We believe that the person he recommended is not bad. You guys developed large computers together. , is a veteran hero in the computer field of our country."

Meng Qinghua sneered: "What's the use? In today's society, those who research missiles are worse than those who sell tea eggs!"

Li Yunhai suddenly chanted slowly: "A horse has a journey of a thousand miles, and it cannot go without a rider; a man has aspirations to reach the sky, but he cannot do it without luck. When the sky is not in season, the sun and moon will have no light; when the earth is not in season, vegetation will not grow. ; When the water is not in season, the wind and waves are uneven; when people are not in season, good fortune is blocked. Zhang Liangyuan was a commoner, and Xiao He was called a county official. Yanzi was not five feet tall and was named the prime minister of Qi; Kongming lived in a thatched hut and was able to serve as a military advisor to the Shu and Han Dynasties. Humanity It's not my ability to be precious, it's time, luck, and fate."

Meng Qinghua was startled when he heard this and said, "Mr. Li, I always thought you only knew technology, but I didn't expect you are good at literature and history!"

Li Yunhai said: "Professor Meng, before Han Xin met, he didn't have three meals a day. When he met, he had a three-foot jade seal hanging on his waist. There may only be one or two crossroads in a person's life that can change his destiny. Opportunities Here, if you can’t grasp it, you will only deserve to be poor. Professor Wu Kangda has promised us to go to Xizhou and join our company. Professor Meng, what are you still hesitating about?"

Meng Qinghua said: "I don't want to look sad and live in misery, but as you can see, my wife is paralyzed on the bed and needs care every day. My two sons also work in Beijin, and I have to arrange their marriages. How could I leave this family behind and go to Xizhou to enjoy happiness alone? Mr. Li, I appreciate your kindness. I am not a ungrateful person, but I really can't leave this home." (End of this chapter.) )