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

"This way, please." Li Yunhai took her to the thatched house and said, "The countryside is full of dry toilets, are you used to it?" ”

"It's okay, the school I used to go to also had a similar dry toilet, so I'm not so pretentious."

Li Yunhai asked her to wait for a while, he went home and got a hoe and dustpan, shoveled a basket of grass and wood ash under the stove, cleaned the inside of the thatched house first, and covered the dirt with grass and wood ash.

After this treatment, the inside looks clean, there are no maggots, and there are no obvious stains.

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

Li Yunhai gave the flashlight to Lin Zhi and watched her enter the thatched house.

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

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

Most people use bamboo chips or wooden sticks.

That's why rural people say that they should scrape their butts after going to the toilet, not wipe them.

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

He stood outside and waited for Lin Zhi to come out and go back to the house together.

When it comes to bathing, men can wash anywhere as long as they have a bucket of water, while women can only bathe in the corner of the house with a bathtub.

Lin Zhi took a bath and changed into a suit with flowers on a white background, which is a short-sleeved top and cropped pants, which looks pretty and colorful, for the countryman, such a dress is simply like a fairy beauty.

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

After Lin Zhi came, he could only squeeze a shop with Li Yunfang and Li Yunying.

Under the bed board is a soft dry straw, and a mat is laid, and this is the bed.

Li Yunying fell asleep with a pillow.

Lin Zhi brought his own Walkman over, and when he went to bed at night, he played a song to Li Yunfang.

"That's 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, sweeter than the sugar my brother bought from the provincial capital! Sister Lin Zhi, how much does it cost to listen to this song? ”

"Do you want it?"

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

"I've got this one for you."

"Huh? I don't want it, I can't ask for your stuff. ”

"Yun Fang, you take it! I'll just go back to the provincial capital and buy another one. It's the first time we've met, and this is a gift from you, and you can't say no. Well, then, when I get back to the provincial capital, I'll send you a few more cassettes. Whose song would you like to hear? ”

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

"This song is called Mother's Kiss, and the album is "Little Snail", which is very good. I'll send you a copy then. ”

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

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

"I don't know! My brother didn't tell us. ”

Lin Zhi hummed softly.

"In that remote mountain village,

Small mountain village,

My dear mother,

Has gray hair and sideburns.

The past is unforgettable......"

Li Yunfang said with a look of admiration: "Sister Lin Zhi, you sing so well, even better than the stars sing!" ”

Li Yunhai was in the next room, and he could also hear the conversation and singing here.

He rested his head on his hands, his eyes staring at the darkness, and he was dazed.

The two younger brothers had long since fallen asleep.

Li Yunhai didn't know why he couldn't sleep all the time, he thought about a lot of things, and wanted to go to the machinery factory tomorrow to resign, but he didn't know if it would go well? I also think that after I resign, can Shen Xiulan and her family accept him as a self-employed person? Thinking about your career, how will you develop in the future?

The next day, Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi went to the county seat together.

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

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

Li Yunhai looked at the solemn compound, and suddenly thought of a sentence: Why do you think that you have studied hard for ten years in the cold window, which is worthy of my three generations of politics?

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

The starting point of Linzhi is the end point that he may not be able to reach after a lifetime of struggle.

The luggage that Li Yunhai brought back was all for his family, and 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 a resignation application.

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

I wouldn't say I want to change places and 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'm really happy that I will be free soon, congratulations on my upcoming departure and becoming a jobless vagrant.

But in fact, his resignation report was still well written.

He found Liu Fugui in the personnel department and submitted his resignation.

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

But when he finished reading Li Yunhai's resignation report, his face changed: "Resign? You've just started work and you're going to quit? Can you give me a reason? ”

Li Yunhai said calmly: "Section 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 live with her in the provincial capital." ”

This reason is high-sounding and moving.

Liu Fugui pinched the resignation letter, frowned and groaned: "Have you found a job in the provincial capital?" ”

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

Liu Fugui slapped the table and said bitterly: "Comrade Li Yunhai, as a person who has come over, I tell you responsibly that you are playing with fire by doing this!" You don't even want a job for a woman? If you have a job, you can find women! 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 family business! I've seen this kind of thing too much! ”

The more he talked, the more excited he became, he hated iron and steel: "Li Yunhai, let me tell you, our factory and our county are full of beautiful girls, as long as you have the identity of a national worker, you won't have to worry about finding a wife!" There will be grass within ten steps, how can a husband have no wife! Do you know that you have put the cart before the horse? What do you think your girlfriend likes about you? And not because you're a state worker? ”

I have to admit that Liu Fugui's words have a certain amount of truth, and they are indeed for Li Yunhai's sake.

However, Li Yunhai has already decided to resign and intends to go to the end with one tendon, and the nine cows will not be able to turn back.

He said calmly: "Thank you Section Chief Liu for your concern for me, I have made up my mind, please approve it!" I will thank you for the rest of my life. ”

"You, you're hopeless! You've gone mad! Liu Fugui shook his head and said, "Do you know how difficult it is for your family to train you to finish secondary school?" How difficult is it for the country to train you as a publicly-funded secondary school student? You don't do a day's work, you just want to be self-employed! Then you read so many books, aren't you reading in vain? ”

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

"Section Chief Liu, my books are not in vain, and I am now using the knowledge I learned in school to carry out repair work for the people in the society, but the working environment and position are different. This is my chosen choice after careful consideration, and I ask you to fulfill it. ”

Liu Fugui glanced at Li Yunhai deeply, then looked at Lin Zhi who was standing beside him, and asked, "This female comrade, you are Li Yunhai's girlfriend, right?" Can you accept him as self-employed? ”

Lin Zhi pursed his lips and smiled: "Leader, I think Li Yunhai is right, there is no shame in being a self-employed person, and he is also contributing to the four modernizations." If I were his girlfriend, I would definitely agree with his decision and will unswervingly support him. ”

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