Chapter Seventeen: Zhu Xiaohua Made Merit

  Willow and Xiaoye's desire for food and drink could not stop this trip. Although it is said that people regard food as heaven, that refers to healthy bodies and delicious food. In Willow's heart, nothing was more important than Xiaoye's illness right now. So on the second day after the birthday party, these two girls who were about to become old gluttons finally left the city.

  Only in the hearts of two people, a thread of attachment was left. Yezi's attachment was to Zhou Shu's cooking, so fragrant; Liu Xue's attachment was to Zhou Yi himself, would he care about his own departure?

  But she still hid all the words in her heart, and looked at Zhou Yi with deep affection for a while before squeezing out a sentence: "Brother Zhou, when we come back, we'll have to eat your stir-fried bok choy, nine-layer golden dragon and rising high...".

  "Then it's settled."

  Zhou Yi's heart was slightly sour, but his face smiled brighter than the sun: "Then I must work hard to improve my culinary skills, strive to make progress on the hundred-foot pole, and absolutely live up to the organization's trust."

  The willow catkins made him chuckle, and his eyes were moist, it was unclear whether it was the bitterness of parting or the joy in his heart, anyway, it was quite contradictory.

  "Take care, Big Brother Zhou."

  After saying that, she turned her head around and tears burst out of her eyes, causing Ye Zi to look at her frequently. However, this little girl who seemed like a small adult appeared to understand something and forcibly held back from asking questions, only waving her small hand at Zhou Yi: "Uncle Zhou, wait for me and Auntie to come back, wait for my little aunt..."

  This little devil is more sensible than adults.

  He kept watching the figures of Liu Xue and Ye Zi disappear at the entrance, before turning around to leave. At that moment, his heart suddenly felt a little empty, but this feeling was soon filled by the endless stream of people in front of the train station. Zhou Yi had never been one to be overly sentimental or emotional, even with his feelings for Liu Xue, he wouldn't be so worked up over a brief separation.

  Longing for a distant loved one is an ancient phenomenon, which was the result of inconvenient transportation and communication; it doesn't necessarily have much to do with emotions. In modern society, with phones and the internet, the world has become a small village, truly "a friend in a far-off land is just like a neighbor next door". The ancients had great foresight.

  "Scrambled eggs and fried rice..."

  No sooner had I got into the taxi than the phone rang. It was Comrade Zhu Xiaohua calling.

  "Little flower, haven't seen you for a few days, are you thinking of me again?" Zhou Yi smiled and said: "Speak up, where are we going to corrupt this time? You're treating this time."

  "Cut it out, what are you thinking? Have you ever seen me invite Zhu Ke to dinner? I'm always the one being treated by you guys..."

  Zhu Xiaohua shamelessly said: "And this time you're really going to be treated, I've lost a circle of leg for that unreliable job of yours, and your sister-in-law is so worried she can't eat."

  "What? You're saying there's a job suitable for me?"

  To be honest, who doesn't want to work is a fool. Staying at home all day as an otaku may seem carefree, but it can't withstand the gossip of the aunties in the neighborhood. Fortunately, this is the 21st century; if time were to flow backwards by fifty years, with this kind of behavior, one would have been made into a negative teaching material and held a personal criticism meeting.

  "Go to the talent exchange center, I'm on my way there... Old Huang from the employment department said there's a job that suits you. But you'd better go take a look yourself, and then decide, so you won't blame me later."

  "Never mind, I'm driving now, see you at the talent exchange center..."

  "Can I find a job at the Talent Exchange Center too?"

  Zhou Yi had some misgivings. In his eyes, institutions like the Talent Exchange Center were just "vases" for ordinary people to admire from afar and pay a fee for storing their files; however, it's hard to say, after all, Zhu Xiaohua was also a ninth-rank official, who knows if he could really help himself find a suitable job through this place.

  As long as it doesn't take up too much of my personal time and space, I'll just do it for now, so that old dad won't keep making transoceanic phone calls one after another, getting anxious and flustered all day.

  He thought to himself, Zhou Yi directly asked the taxi driver to turn around and rush to the Talent Exchange Center. This place was where he came once after graduating from Chu Du to transfer his files. The only impression was that the long-legged little girl in charge of file management was pretty...

  Following Zhu Xiaohua's hint, Zhou Yi directly entered the Employment Promotion Department. As soon as he entered, he saw Zhu Xiaohua sitting on a sofa with a forty-year-old fat man, laughing and chatting enthusiastically, exchanging cigarettes and tea.

  "Zhū Kē, are you kidding me? I've pulled out your classmate's file, a master's degree from Kyoto Medical University, and he wants to come work for me? And his job requirements... no demands on salary, just wants freedom of time without any constraints? This is easy?"

  "Easy?"

  Zhu Xiaohua was taken aback, and then saw Zhou Yi pushing the door open and coming in. He quickly walked over and grabbed him: "Old Three, did you hear that? This is what it means to be a good brother! You're so demanding of Old Huang, saying it's easy... Alright, Old Huang, I'm entrusting my younger brother who sleeps on the lower bunk with finding a job, can you find one that satisfies him?"

  "Ah, so this is Brother Zhou, please sit down..."

  Mr. Huang, with a warm smile, invited Zhou Yi to sit on the sofa and handed him a cigarette: "Zhou is Zhu Ke's brother, that makes him my brother too, no need to say more. To be honest with you, Zhou, your timing couldn't be better, I have a job that suits you perfectly, it's just that the commute is a bit far, in the mountains, what do you think?"

  "In the mountains!"

  Zhou Yi hasn't spoken yet, but Zhu Xiaohua's eyes widened: "I'm telling you, Old Huang, what do you mean? This is my brother, childhood friend, and old iron who slept in the upper and lower bunks listening to each other fart! How could you send him to the mountains like he's a knowledge youth going to the countryside for reeducation? You bastard!"

  "Zhu Ke, isn't this a condition proposed by Zhou brothers themselves?"

  Huang Ren's face was full of grievance, feeling like a small white radish raised by a stepmother: "Look at this, is this what you wrote? Work should be leisurely, no fixed working hours, come and go as you please... isn't this what Brother Zhou required? A work environment with beautiful mountains and clear waters?"

  "Phooey! The mountains are clear and the water is green, what's with the poetry?"

  Zhu Xiaohua was indignant: "Isn't the concert hall at Dalong Lake also beautiful, why don't you send my brother there?"

  "Xiao Hua, don't worry first, actually I don't mind going into the mountain..."

  Just now Huang Renyi mentioned Zhou Yi and was slightly moved, hurriedly pulling back the furious Zhu Xiaohua: "Director Huang, tell me, which mountain is it, what work is it?"

  "It's Yunshui Mountain, over 30 kilometers away from our city of Chu, the scenery is great, many young people like to go on a picnic there on weekends..."

  Huang Ren said, "This job is at the Yunshui Nursing Home in Yunshui Mountain. They just happen to be short of a doctor and sent us the recruitment information a few days ago. Zhou, this job's treatment can be considered pretty good, with a basic salary of 3,000 yuan per month, and bonuses are extra..."

  "Nursing home?"

  Even Zhou Yi was stunned. Being a doctor in a nursing home in the mountains, isn't this job easy? It's also leisurely, not exhausting is already good luck.

  "Zhu Ke, Zhou brothers, don't be in a hurry... listen to me slowly, this Yunshui Nursing Home is not the same as ordinary nursing homes..."

  When he saw Zhu Xiaohua's face sink again, Huang Ren hurriedly explained.

  PS: Tomorrow I'm going to my mother-in-law's house, if the update at noon is not done by 2 pm, it will be merged with the evening update, advance notice to everyone, hehe:)

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