Life 1984

Chapter 62 Resignation
"Li Yunhai, I want to go to the bathroom." Lin Zhi blushed slightly and said softly.

"Please come this way." Li Yunhai took her to the hut and said, "There are dry toilets in the countryside, are you used to them?"

"It's okay. The school I went to before also had similar dry toilets. I'm not that pretentious."

Li Yunhai asked her to wait. He went home and took a hoe and dustpan, shoveled a basket of plant ash under the stove, cleaned the inside of the hut first, and covered the dirty spots with plant ash.

After this treatment, the inside looked clean, with no maggots and no obvious stains.

Lin Zhi pursed her lips and smiled, feeling the care and love from Li Yunhai's heart.

Li Yunhai gave Lin Zhi the flashlight and watched her enter the latrine.

Lin Zhi suddenly shouted from inside: "Li Yunhai, toilet paper!"

Country people have to break every penny into two cents to spend, so how can they have any spare money to buy toilet paper?

Most people use bamboo chips or wooden sticks.

That’s why rural people say they should scrape their buttocks after defecation instead of wiping them.

Li Yunhai knew that Lin Zhi would not be used to it, so he went back to the house and found a useless book of his for Lin Zhi to use.

He stood outside and waited for Lin Zhi to come out, and then they went back to the house together.

When it comes to taking a bath, men can take a bath anywhere as long as they have a bucket of water, while women can only take a bath in a tub in the corner of the house.

Lin Zhi took a shower and changed into a white floral suit, which was a short-sleeved top and cropped trousers. It looked pretty and colorful. To country people, this outfit made her look like a fairy.

Li Yunhai's family only has four rooms, one for his grandparents, one for his parents, one for his three brothers, and one for his two sisters.

After Lin Zhi arrived, she could only share a bunk with Li Yunfang and Li Yunying.

There is soft dry straw under the bed board and a mat, which is the bed.

Li Yunying fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow.

Lin Zhi brought her Walkman over and played songs to Li Yunfang when she went to bed at night.

"It sounds so good!" Li Yunfang listened to a song and asked, "Sister Lin Zhi, what kind of song is this?"

"This is Deng Lijun's song, called Sweet Honey."

"It's so sweet, even sweeter than the candy my brother bought from the provincial capital! Sister Linzhi, how much does this song cost?"

"Do you want to?"

"I want it, but I can't afford it."

"I gave this to you."

"Ah? I don't want it. I can't ask for stupid things."

"Yunfang, take it! I will buy another one when I return to the provincial capital. This is the gift I gave you when we first met. You can't refuse. Well, in this way, when I return to the provincial capital, I’ll send you a few more cassettes. Whose song do you want to listen to?”

"I don't know, any good song will do. I remember there was a song, I forgot the name, it was sung like this, small mountain village, my cute little swallow, has returned home..."

"This song is called Mom's Kiss, and the album is "Little Snail". It's very nice. I'll send you a copy then."

"Okay! Sister Lin Zhi, you are so kind! It would be great if you could be my sister-in-law!"

"Your brother has a girlfriend! Hee! Don't you know?"

"I don't know! My brother never told us."

Lin Zhi hummed softly.

"In that remote mountain village,
A small mountain village,
my dear mother,
Already gray hair and temples.

The past time is unforgettable..."

Li Yunfang said with admiration: "Sister Lin Zhi, your singing is so beautiful, even better than that of celebrities!"

Li Yunhai was in the next room and could hear the conversations and singing here.He rested his head on his hands, staring into the darkness with his eyes in a daze.

The two younger brothers were already asleep.

Li Yunhai didn't know why he couldn't sleep. He was thinking about many things. He was thinking about resigning at the machinery factory tomorrow. I wonder if it would go well?She also thought that after she resigned, could Shen Xiulan and her family accept him as a self-employed person?Thinking about your career, how will you develop it in the future?
The next day, Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi went to the county seat together.

They have to walk a section of rural road, wait for the shuttle bus on the main road outside, and then take the shuttle bus to the county seat after arriving at Baixi Township Street.

When passing by the county office compound, Lin Zhi smiled and said, "My dad used to work here."

Li Yunhai looked at the solemn courtyard and suddenly thought of a sentence: Why do you think that your ten years of hard study in a poor life are worthy of my three generations of politics?

The gap in this sentence is the gap between him and Lin Zhi.

Linzhi's starting point is the end point that he may not reach even after a lifetime of hard work.

The luggage Li Yunhai brought back was all for his family. When he returned to Xizhou, he only had a briefcase.

Lin Zhi was carrying a backpack.

The two of them looked like they were on a business trip.

Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi came to Meishan County Machinery Factory.

Before coming, Li Yunhai had already written his resignation application.

Of course he couldn't just write this sentence: The world is so big, I want to see it.

I won’t say that I want to change places to experience the fireworks in the world.

In fact, Li Yunhai didn't want to write so many meaningless words at all. He just wanted to say: I am so happy to be free soon. Congratulations on resigning and becoming an unemployed vagrant.

But in fact, his resignation report was quite satisfactory.

He found Liu Fugui from the Human Resources Department and submitted his resignation application.

When Liu Fugui saw him coming, he thought he was coming to work and greeted him with a smile.

But when he read Li Yunhai's resignation report, his expression changed: "Resign? You just started working, and you want to resign? Can you give me a reason?"

Li Yunhai said calmly: "Chief Liu, my girlfriend is from the provincial capital. It is impossible for her to come to this small county to work and live for me. I can only quit my job here and go to the provincial capital to be with her." live together."

This reason is high-sounding and touching.

Liu Fugui held his resignation letter, frowned and said, "Have you found a job in the provincial capital?"

Li Yunhai said: "No, I am self-employed."

Liu Fugui slapped the table and said sadly: "Comrade Li Yunhai, as an experienced person, I can tell you responsibly that you are playing with fire! You don't even want to work for a woman? You If you have a job, you can find a woman! If you don't have a job, your girlfriend will leave you! Even if your girlfriend is young and ignorant, her family will not agree to this marriage! I have seen this kind of thing too many times Got it!"

The more he spoke, the more excited he became. He simply hated iron and said, "Li Yunhai, let me tell you, there are many beautiful girls in our factory and our county. As long as you have the status of a national worker, you will have no worries about finding them." To my wife! There must be grass within ten steps. Why should a man be without a wife? Do you know that you are putting the cart before the horse? What do you think your girlfriend likes about you? Is it because you are a national worker? "

I have to admit that Liu Fugui's words make sense to a certain extent, and they are indeed for Li Yunhai's sake.

However, Li Yunhai has decided to resign and plans to go all the way to the end, and even the nine-headed bull cannot turn back.

He said calmly: "Thank you, Chief Liu, for your concern for me. I have made up my mind. Please approve it! I will thank you forever."

"You, you are hopeless! You are crazy!" Liu Fugui shook his head and said, "Do you know how difficult it is for your family to train you to finish technical secondary school? The country has trained you How difficult is it to be a public-funded technical secondary school student? You haven’t done any work for a day, and you just want to be self-employed! Then isn’t it a waste of time for you to read so many books? "

Li Yunhai accepted the criticism humbly, but still insisted on leaving.

"Chief Liu, my books are not in vain. I am now using the knowledge I learned in school to do repair work for the people in society. It's just that the working environment and position are different. This is my choice after careful consideration. Please help me."

Liu Fugui took a deep look at Li Yunhai, then looked at Lin Zhi who was standing next to him, and asked: "This lesbian, are you Li Yunhai's girlfriend, right? Can you accept him as a self-employed person?"

Lin Zhi pursed her lips and smiled and said: "Boss, I think Li Yunhai is right. There is no shame in being self-employed. You are also contributing to the four modernizations. If I were his girlfriend, I would definitely agree with his decision and We will support him unswervingly."

Liu Fugui waved his hand: "Hey! Aren't you harming him? Comrade Li Yunhai, I cannot approve your resignation report!"

(End of this chapter)