Chapter 234 Backbone
"Zhou Yong, why do you want to resign from all your positions?"
Yesterday he got together with Zhou Yong and Sun Qing to discuss opening a chicken farm. Today Zhou Yong came back from the commune and resigned, saying that there was nothing strange about it. Li Hongjun didn't believe it.
Zhou Yong frowned slightly: "No reason, I just felt a little tired from the work, so I resigned..."
His words were not convincing at all. Life was so difficult in the past, and Zhou Yong led everyone through it. Now Huaixi Village is developing rapidly. It is obviously not right for him to resign from all his positions now.
Sun Qing frowned: "Did Secretary Xu force you to resign? But that shouldn't be the case. So why did you quit?"
Everyone knows how good the relationship between Xu Jianmin and Zhou Yong is. It seems absurd to say that Xu Jianmin forced Zhou Yong to resign.
Zhou Yong glanced at everyone and smiled: "Things are not as complicated as you think. No one forced me to resign. I just don't want to do it anymore."
Accountant Sun took a puff of his pipe and said, "Zhou Yong, we are all on the same page here, just say what you want to say, don't hide anything from us..."
Zhou Yong's eyes dropped. If he told this matter to others, Li Baotian would feel guilty.
Because someone has set his sights on Huaixi Village and wants Li Baotian's position as village chief.
Zhou Yong made a deal with Xu Jianmin. He resigned from all his positions and only asked to keep Li Baotian's position as village chief.
At first Xu Jianmin disagreed, but after Zhou Yong insisted, they agreed to Zhou Yong's request after a phone call.
Xu Jianmin felt sorry for Zhou Yong. In his opinion, Li Baotian was already old and it would not be a pity for him to retire.
But Zhou Yong insisted on his own ideas, because he knew that Li Baotian had worked as the village chief for decades and had forced him to retire, so he had no intention of pushing him to death.
The most important thing is that Li Baotian is a good village official who cares about the villagers. During his tenure, he has been conscientious and responsible and has always abided by his duties.
Such a person should not face the dilemma of being forced to retire, so Zhou Yong chose to sacrifice himself to save Li Baotian.
In fact, Zhou Yong didn't have to make this deal with Xu Jianmin. He could just find Guo Xiangqian and everything would be solved.
But doing so would bring endless trouble to Xu Jianmin. How could Zhou Yong do such an ungrateful thing?
"Zhou Yong, you're making me so anxious. What's going on? Can you please tell me something?"
Zhou Yong slowly raised his head: "Brother, what do you want me to say? You don't believe me when I tell you. You are all suspicious, like you are interrogating a criminal..."
Li Hongjun stared in anger, Li Baotian looked at his son-in-law and swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
No matter how everyone questioned him, Zhou Yong refused to tell the truth.
Seeing that they couldn't get any answers from them, they all went back.
As soon as they left, Ma San and Liu Juan arrived.
Zhou Yong didn't say anything to them and sent them away with a few words.
During dinner, Li Baotian wanted to say something several times but in the end he said nothing at the table.
Li Caiyun looked at Zhou Yong, who seemed fine and was eating quietly without saying a word.
Although Zhang Guifang didn't understand why Zhou Yong suddenly resigned, she didn't say much.
Because whether it was Li Baotian, Zhang Guifang or Li Caiyun, they believed that Zhou Yong must have his own reasons for doing so.
Before the Li family had finished their meal, many villagers came to the Li family.
Gradually, more and more people gathered. Zhou Yong looked at each of their simple faces and felt very warm in his heart.
Although Zhou Yong always put his own interests first in everything he did during his tenure, he actually made countless contributions to Huaixi Village.
As I said, without Zhou Yong, there would be no Huaixi Village today.
Some sentimental villagers even cried. They didn't want Zhou Yong to resign and wanted him to lead everyone forward.
After seeing off all the villagers, Zhou Yong stood alone in the yard, gazing at the starry sky and smoking.
Li Caiyun took a piece of clothing from the house and put it on his shoulders: "It's snowing."
Zhou Yong smiled and looked at Li Caiyun: "What do you want to tell me?"
Li Caiyun chuckled: "I want to watch the snow with you."
Zhou Yong nodded slightly, and Li Caiyun stood silently beside him. Neither of them spoke, but just quietly watched the first snow since the beginning of winter.
Snowflakes fell from the sky, and the white snowflakes silently covered the ground, giving the entire Huaixi Village a layer of silver.
Zhou Yong stretched out his hand and caught a few snowflakes.
The snowflakes melted in his palms and turned into a few drops of water.
The snow gradually got heavier, and Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun went into the house.
The five children were particularly quiet. They watched TV at this time every day, but tonight they all went to bed early.
Zhou Yong came to the north bed to tuck in the children's quilts. Li Jing'an grabbed his hand and said, "Dad, I want to pee."
Li Jingchu climbed out of the bed: "Brother will take you to pee."
Without giving Zhou Yong a chance to speak, Li Jingchu put on his clothes and got down from the bed. He picked up Li Jingan and went to the urine bucket in the outer room to urinate.
Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun looked at each other, and there was relief in their eyes.
Li Jingchu carried Li Jingan onto the kang, and the two brothers lay down in their own beds.
Zhou Yong and Li Caiyun washed their feet, and then the couple got on the kang one after the other.
A little after seven o'clock, the lights in the west room of the Li family were turned off, and Li Jing'an, who was sleeping on the north kang, crawled into Li Jing'en's bed.
The two brothers whispered to each other for a while, and soon they fell silent.
Zhou Yong, who was sleeping on the south kang, burst out laughing. Li Caiyun turned over and said, "Gangpao, go back to your own bed. Brother has to go to school tomorrow!"
Li Jing'an was a restless sleeper and always kicked off the quilt, so Li Jing'en didn't want to sleep in the same bed with his brother.
The house gradually became quiet and soon the children fell asleep.
Li Caiyun looked at the night sky through the gap in the window curtains, and Zhou Yong held her hand.
"Xiao Yun, I'm going to the provincial capital tomorrow and will be back in about a week..."
"Go ahead, don't worry about home."
Zhou Yong pulled her into his arms: "Don't let your imagination run wild. Even if I quit my job, you women won't starve..."
Li Caiyun lay in his arms: "No matter what decision you make, I will support you, and I believe in everything you say..."
Zhou Yong chuckled and patted Li Caiyun on the back: "Go to sleep!!"
Li Caiyun responded, and Zhou Yong soon fell asleep.
The next day, Zhou Yong left home without even having breakfast, because he knew that more people would come to him today to ask why he resigned.
Things turned out just as Zhou Yong had expected. The door frame of the Li family was almost flattened by the villagers.
After sending the villagers away, Li Baotian went to the commune in the afternoon, but was told that Xu Jianmin had gone to a meeting in the county.
Li Baotian went back. Xu Jianmin stood in his office and sighed as he watched him leave.
In fact, Xu Jianmin did not go to the meeting. He knew clearly why Li Baotian was looking for him, but because he did not know how to explain it, he chose to avoid him.
Li Baotian rode his bicycle back to the village and was in a daze in the brigade office.
Accountant Sun was sighing on the side, and Li Ming sighed from time to time.
Sun Qing stood up and left the office, and strolled to the Public Security Brigade.
Li Hongjun was lighting the stove out of boredom, while the others were sitting together discussing Zhou Yong's resignation.
Sun Qing sat on the stool in front of the stove: "I feel irritable."
Li Hongjun glanced at him and said, "Me too, I always feel unsettled..."
Zhou Yong's resignation left the two of them without a backbone, and they became anxious.
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