"Leave without pay? What does this mean? Chen Guodong, director of the Management Committee of Tonglin Commune and director of Tonglin Coal Mine, looked at Zhou Jianhua in front of him in confusion and asked.

Five days ago, Zhou Jianhua came to ask for leave, Chen Guodong secretly sent a personal favor, and asked him to do his own business in the name of "official assignment", but he didn't think that he would go for five days, so that the day before yesterday, Secretary Cai of the commune called him and couldn't find it.

"Uh...... Director Chen, I want to ...... Please take a long vacation,......" Zhou Jianhua explained embarrassedly:

"Seeing that the time for school is approaching, although I don't plan to continue studying now, I also have my own things to do, and I will ...... I can't continue to come back to work normally...... Director Chen, my family has a business license for "self-employed", and in the future, I will be busy with my family's business. ”

"Oh...... So that's ......" Chen Guodong pondered for a moment, nodded and said with regret on his face:

"In that case, I'll write you a note, and you can settle your wages financially...... Alas! I have long guessed that your kid has other thoughts, people go to high places, I can't stop you, it's just that if you go like this, I'm afraid that our cooperation with Changhong Mine will have to be abandoned halfway in the future......"

"Director Chen, forget about the settlement of wages, I'm not going to resign, I'm just going to go through the procedures for leaving your job without pay and ask for a long vacation, hehe......" Zhou Jianhua said with a smile.

"Oh? Not quitting? What do you mean by "leave without pay"? Chen Guodong asked again.

"That's it—I don't resign, I don't get paid, I'm still a member of our Tonglin Coal Mine. But I don't come to work anymore. It's like taking a long vacation. Zhou Jianhua explained. It is normal for Chen Guodong to say that he has never heard of "leave without pay", after all, it is still the early eighties.

"Leave without pay" can be regarded as one of the "Chinese characteristics", which is a product of the transition from China's planned economy to a market economy. In the era of planned economy, a group of people, including regular employees of enterprises and institutions, and staff members of party and government organs, held an unbreakable "iron rice bowl" in their hands; When the tide of the market economy came, some of them quit their jobs or left their jobs for other reasons. However, because the transformation has not been completed and the plan and the market are still at the intersection, the "iron rice bowl" of these people is still retained. The benefits of both the plan and the market are occupied, and although the salary has been stopped, it can be "ashore" at any time to re-establish the "iron rice bowl".

However, it was only '83 years, the "self-employed" had just appeared, and their development was slow under the planned economic system, while private companies were not allowed to set up in the interior until 85 years later, and the industries in the coastal special zones had not yet developed in large quantities, so the phenomenon of "leave without pay" did not begin to appear in large quantities until the mid-to-late 80s, and it became well known to the people.

Zhou Jianhua said at this time that he wanted to handle "leave without pay", but in fact, he was just borrowing this concept.

Tonglin Coal Mine is just a social enterprise. It is a collective enterprise, and it does not have the same benefits as in state-owned enterprises. There is no "iron rice bowl", Zhou Jianhua wants to "leave his post without pay" in Tonglin Coal Mine, purely to fulfill the promise that he has said to Chen Guodong and Cai Zhongming many times, "I will always be your soldier", and Tonglin Coal Mine, as the first enterprise he served after crossing over, Zhou Jianhua still has a certain feeling, not to mention, because of this Tonglin Coal Mine, he has met so many people, obtained so many contacts and information, and has contributed to the start of his career.

"That's right...... If you're not doing it here, why bother? Chen Guodong asked inexplicably:

"Wouldn't it be better if you just resigned?"

"Director Chen, I said that I will always be your soldier, although I will no longer come to work in the future, but if there is something in the mine that requires my help, I will definitely be on call, and I will always follow the cooperation with Changhong Mine, and I will not let it give up halfway." Zhou Jianhua smiled and explained:

"The reason why I said that I would go through a procedure of "leave without pay" is to retain my status as an employee of the mine so that I can continue to cooperate with Changhong Coal Mine, and to avoid affecting the normal attendance management of our fellow forestry mines. In this way, for me, I can not only do my own thing, but also continue to serve the Tonglin Coal Mine in the name of righteousness; Wouldn't it be nice for you to be able to continue to call me up as a soldier without worrying that I would take leave of absence and cause others to have something to say? Hey hey ......"

"Oh...... You're right! You're good at that! Hehehe......" Chen Guodong suddenly realized, and couldn't help laughing happily:

"I'll just say it! You kid is not the kind of person who has no conscience! He's a good soldier! ”

"Now that you have agreed, I am going to take a long leave of absence from today. Hehe......" Zhou Jianhua said with a smile:

"I'm going to go to Changhong Mine soon, I have something to do in the afternoon, and I'm going to the provincial capital tomorrow...... So I have to leave quickly, in the future, you can find me through the telephone switchboard of the county seed farm and bamboo strip products factory to the "Jianhua Mechanical and Electrical Equipment Service Department", as long as I am in the county, I will definitely be on call! ”

After Zhou Jianhua finished speaking, he asked Chen Guodong for a piece of letterhead paper and simply wrote an application for "leave without pay", and left his contact information on the payment, and then handed it to Chen Guodong, and then snapped a military salute to Chen Guodong, said "goodbye, chief", and happily pedaled out of the mine manager's office.

Zhou Jianhua's military salute reminded Chen Guodong of the scene 20 years ago when he and his comrades-in-arms were rushing into battle to fight Ah San, and couldn't help but look at Zhou Jianhua's back and sighed: "It's really a good seedling!" The future is immeasurable......"

Zhou Jianhua hurried all the way to the Changhong Coal Mine, and hurriedly walked into the technical department, where Liu Chang was the only one sitting in the huge room.

"Huh? Brother Liu, aren't you technical staff there? As soon as Zhou Jianhua entered the door, he asked Liu Chang, who was looking down at the information.

"Oh, Master Xiao Zhou is here!" Liu Chang raised his head and responded:

"Huh...... There are not a few people who have come back from vacation - Section Chief Yan has just gone out with two other colleagues. ”

"Oh...... So when will Sister Fan come back from vacation? I still want to check some information......" Zhou Jianhua asked depressedly.

"Uh...... Yu Yu has come back from vacation, but it's just ...... She may not be able to go to work in the near future......" Liu Chang frowned and replied in a tangled manner:

"For the time being, I'm in charge of this data room...... I'll take you to find out what information you're looking for. ”

"Oh...... Sister Fan, is there anything going on during this time? Zhou Jianhua asked casually.

"Alas...... This thing...... It's hard to say...... Liu Chang grabbed the key on the table and got up and walked towards the data room, shaking his head and sighing as he walked:

"Alas! That's life! ”

"What the hell is going on?!" Zhou Jianhua heard Liu Chang say this, and felt in his heart that something must have happened to Zhu Yu, so he asked eagerly.

Zhu Yu is the only woman Zhou Jianhua has been in contact with at work since he crossed over, not only has professional quality in data collation, but also works meticulously and seriously to treat people kindly, some time ago he cooperated with Zhou Jianhua to check a lot of information, and gave Zhou Jianhua a very good impression. Of course, the quiet and gentle temperament, delicate face and delicate posture of this petite woman in her twenties once made Zhou Jianhua's heartstrings flutter, which can be described as both heart-warming and eye-catching. Every time Zhou Jianhua sees her, he will have a very comfortable feeling in his heart.

Liu Chang shook his head and frowned and sighed while opening the door of the data room with the key, but he didn't say anything.

Zhou Jianhua followed Liu Chang into the data room, grabbed Liu Chang's arm, stared at his eyes and threatened: "Brother Liu, are you sure you don't have any questions to ask me in the future?" ”

"Huh...... Master Xiao Zhou...... This is someone's private matter, and it's not good for us to chew on other people's tongues...... They are all colleagues in the same department...... The so-called family ugliness can't be publicized......" Liu Chang explained with a smile.

The little master in front of him is a celebrity in the eyes of Section Chief Yan, and he is a highly skilled character, especially in the first few times, he also helped himself solve a lot of translation problems of foreign language materials, and helped himself a lot, maybe I will have to ask him for help in the future, for the little master in front of him, he has to serve carefully!

"Ugly?" Zhou Jianhua was stunned, and then asked reluctantly:

"You are not an outsider in a department, am I an outsider as a project partner? I'll have to ask Section Chief Yan about this! ”

"Huh...... Master Xiao Zhou, don't make trouble, I'll tell you! Liu Chang said helplessly.

Of course he didn't believe that Zhou Jianhua would really go to Section Chief Yan to theorize, but Zhou Jianhua had already said everything to this point, if he still had to take it on, this person would be considered offended.

Liu Chang had no choice but to tell Zhou Jianhua about the situation of Zhu Yu.

It turned out that after graduating from secondary school that year and being assigned to work in Changhong Coal Mine, she was introduced to talk to a demobilized soldier in the mine. In the 70s, although the demobilized soldiers were generally not highly educated, they were the sweethearts of the young women of school age in the society of that era.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, this demobilized soldier graduated from primary school without much culture, and his personality was rough and loved to drink, he was still more restrained when he first fell in love, and after marriage, his rough character and alcoholism were soon fully manifested, and every time he drank heavily, he would fight each other without saying a word, especially after the birth of their daughter, this kind of domestic violence happened more and more frequently. (To be continued......)