"Zhang Hua was admitted to Peking University; Li Ping entered a secondary technical school; and I worked as a salesperson in a department store: we all had bright futures." - Example sentence from the Xinhua Dictionary.
This sentence may sound like a mockery now, but it was actually true at the beginning.
Peking University is very good, and secondary technical schools are not bad either. They have skilled talents there, and big companies are vying for them. Salespeople are even more amazing. The iron rice bowl in welfare units is only available to people with connections. Indeed, everyone has a bright future.
But now, there seems to be a big gap.
Xiaoqi went to college, Zhang Juan was a micro-businesswoman with a wealthy boyfriend; she said she easily made over 10,000 yuan a month. Liu Xiaolong was a water deliveryman; he didn't finish high school and worked tirelessly for just over 4,000 yuan a month. Su Weiwei became a tea artist, earning a base salary of 1,800 yuan a month and over 5,000 yuan in commissions on sales. Zhang Zhiqiang worked in a factory, with room and board provided, and could earn over 8,000 yuan for daily overtime.
They already have different lives and may not have a bright future.
Zhang Zhiqiang, who works in a factory, is considered a successful person in the village. He graduated from a technical school and joined the factory. The villagers think he is very impressive and earns a lot of money. Because of him, they are also willing to send their children to a technical school.
When he comes back, he won't say that he feels his life is meaningless because he works overtime day and night. Day after day, year after year, he only says that he earns a lot of money, has a lot of savings, doesn't have a girlfriend, and wants to buy a house in the city.
Xiaolong delivers water, carrying the water up the stairs. It is very tiring to walk up and down the slopes. He has nothing to brag about, as he earns his money through hard work.
Su Weiwei was dressed very beautifully. She wore a cheongsam in such a cold weather and a windbreaker on the outside, but she didn't look warm at all.
Zhang Juan wore a straight coat on the outside and a blue skirt on the inside, and her outfit was quite mature.
The girls are all very beautiful, each with her own beauty.
Zhang Juan has bright and elegant facial features, a high nose bridge, and looks a bit like a mixed-race.
Su Weiwei has a small nose and small eyes, and is very delicate and graceful.
Gumula Village has produced beauties since ancient times and is famous in Lushan City. The girls in the village are all good-looking.
The boys were average, Xiaolong was very dark and thin, and Zhang Zhiqiang had a square and chubby face.
But standing in front of Su Xiaoqi at this moment, both Zhang Juan's beauty and Su Weiwei's grace were clearly outshined.
Xiaoqi's facial features are not much better than others. In fact, every girl's beauty has its own merits.
But Xiaoqi has a much better temperament. Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum each have their own merits, but Xiaoqi is like a tulip.
She has a calm temperament, a generous attitude, good-looking but not dazzling, and neither dissatisfied nor lacking.
At this moment, Su Weiwei and Zhang Juan felt a little envious and a little regretful at the same time. Could going to university change them so much? Shouldn't they have studied harder at that time?
The boys Liu Xiaolong and Zhang Zhiqiang felt more at ease when they saw Xiaoqi. In the past, they always felt that Xiaoqi was out of place when they saw him wearing glasses, and Xiaoqi didn't talk to them much. They thought Xiaoqi looked down on them, but now seeing Xiaoqi greet them so openly, they suddenly had no grudges.
When four people came in, the adults became even more lively.
Young people are the center of discussion.
Originally, Zhang Juan was first and Zhang Zhiqiang was second. Now seeing them standing together with Su Youfu’s daughter, it feels like the college students are still stronger and are worthy of having attended college.
I thought to myself, if you have the ability, you should let your children study hard and go to college, even if it's a daughter. You see, Su Guizi only has one daughter, and she is so impressive and different when she goes to college.
Even the people in the village have emotional intelligence and would not say such things foolishly. Instead, they praised several people.
So the group of people drinking tea and chatting around the fireplace expanded a little.
Xiaoqi went to her neighbor's house and moved a bench over, and she and several classmates sat together.
Although we haven't seen each other for a long time, there isn't much of a gap between us.
Zhang Juan did not show off herself proudly like she did yesterday, but was much more low-key.
Xiao Qi now knew what Zhang Juan did for a living and what micro-business meant. It was selling things on WeChat Moments. She was curious and asked, "What do you do when there's no signal at home?"
"It's okay. I told my friends that I'm going home for the New Year and won't be selling goods for the time being. Besides, I'm the general agent now, so it's mainly the people below me who are selling."
Xiao Qi nodded. She blocked Zhang Juan. There was no other way. She posted more than ten messages every day, mainly selling facial masks and cosmetics, and sometimes some photos of her showing off her wealth. The content was almost the same. Xiao Qi would occasionally check her Moments, but the repetition rate was too high, so she blocked it.
Su Weiwei, who had been quiet, suddenly spoke up: "I heard from my dad that a big company seems to be sponsoring our village to install a signal tower. Once it is installed, we will have a signal. It may come in the next two days."
Su Weiwei's father is the old accountant of the village branch. When she said that, the villagers immediately took over excitedly and asked which company it was.
Su Weiwei shook her head and said she didn't know the details, she just heard that there was a signal. She was also very depressed because she couldn't play with her mobile phone at home, so her father said this.
When talking about no signal, Xiao Qi thought of Li Wei Jin.
I don’t know what he is doing now. The group of people are very lively, talking and laughing. Xiaoqi’s smile is also reflected in the fire, but it seems that he still feels a little lonely.
We chatted until late, drank tea and ate roasted sweet potatoes.
It was also a rare time for Xiaoqi to not study with textbooks for several hours. He just chatted or listened to others chat.
The students have changed a lot.
Everyone has different experiences, and it actually sounds quite interesting.
But we can already feel that the gap in everyone's lives is getting wider and wider.
Zhang Juan and the others didn't know why, but in front of Su Xiaoqi, she could tell Su Xiaoqi everything about her situation without realizing it. Even Zhang Juan was shocked when she realized it on the way home. She felt that she was the first to enter society and the most experienced, so she could brag and lie easily. But just now, Su Xiaoqi just agreed with her and asked a few questions casually, and she actually told everything honestly.
She said that the car belonged to her boyfriend's company, not hers.
She said that being a general agent for a micro-business is not easy. There are purchase requirements every month, and it is becoming increasingly difficult. She wants to change products, but the results are all the same. This is different from what she told the villagers yesterday. Yesterday she said it was easy to do and encouraged everyone to do it.
Su Weiwei also complained that some tea drinkers had very low standards... In Gumula Village, she was considered the daughter of a high-ranking village official, serving tea and water to people outside...
Xiaoqi also briefly talked about his life, which was actually quite boring, just studying and taking exams all the time.
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I had a good night's sleep. I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep, but Xiaoqi slept very soundly. It still feels safe and secure to be at home.
The next morning, Xiaoqi changed into his old clothes, military training clothes, and went into the mountains with his father.
At this time, you can go to the mountains to dig winter bamboo shoots, which are especially fresh.
However, winter bamboo shoots are not easy to dig because they have not yet emerged. You have to judge based on the terrain whether there are bamboo shoots underground.
Su Youfu originally didn't want his daughter to go, but his daughter insisted on going and he couldn't persuade her. Anyway, he felt that his daughter's ideas had become more and more positive since she came back from college.
Xiaoqi felt particularly comfortable when she entered the mountains. Her sense of smell and taste were very sensitive. She felt much more at ease in the mountains than in the city. She felt comfortable and happy. Finally, she didn't have to deliberately block her sense of smell.
Also because Xiaoqi has a keen sense of smell, with her help, Su Youfu actually dug a lot of winter bamboo shoots. He originally thought that he could dig two or three to take home and make a bamboo shoot feast, as his daughter likes to eat it. But he didn't expect that he actually dug more than 30 kilograms.
Winter bamboo shoots are a rare commodity. If you bring them directly to the brigade auditorium, someone will buy them for more than five yuan per pound.
I really can’t finish more than 30 kilograms.
Su Youfu felt that he was extremely lucky. He finally appeared to be a useful and capable father in front of his daughter. He did not notice at all that it was actually his daughter's reminder that allowed him to find the winter bamboo shoots.
When it was almost time for lunch, Su Youfu went back.
First go to the village auditorium. More than 30 kilograms is really a lot, so leaving 5 kilograms for yourself is enough to eat.
You can take them to the auditorium to sell them. People will usually pick and choose. If they dig out the bad ones, they won’t want them. The bad ones will be enough to eat.
It was more than 30 kilograms, and Xiaoqi could actually carry it away, but in order to protect her father's dignity, she did not grab it. She let her father carry the bamboo shoots and she carried the hoe.
She was wearing military training clothes, and even though she was carrying a hoe, she walked very upright. From a distance, you would have thought she was carrying a spear.
When Xiaoqi and his daughter arrived at the village office, they found several cars parked at the entrance of the village. They felt very strange, but when they heard the people picking bamboo shoots say that they were the people who came to install the signal tower, they didn't pay much attention to it.
I made more than 100 yuan from selling the bamboo shoots, and there were still six or seven pounds of rotten ones left, just enough for me to eat at home.
It's been a long time since I felt like making money like this, working hard and earning money.
Xiaoqi and his father were very happy.
She skipped home and saw a lot of people gathered at the door.
When I entered the door, I found Li Weijin standing at the door...
He was wearing a white sports suit with a black down jacket on the outside. He was still very flashy, and his hair had grown long and was shaggy.
"Why are you here?" Xiao Qi was so surprised that he forgot about his hoe and almost hit his foot.
When Li Weijin saw Xiaoqi, his collarbone suddenly felt hot.
Xiaoqi was wearing the same military training clothes as the first time he saw her.
"Didn't you say there was no signal at home? I asked someone to install a signal tower here so that there would be a signal. I'm here to supervise." Li Wei Jin said confidently.
Xiao Qi: ...
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