After arranging his father's funeral, Chen Xiangbei began to clean up the house.
This was the house where he and his brothers and sisters had lived since they were young, but with the passing of his father, the house would be taken back by the machinery factory in a few days.
He wanted to call his brothers and sisters to come over. His eldest brother had been here a few days ago, but probably didn't find anything valuable and left.
My second brother went out of town after the funeral and definitely won’t come.
His sister's place is a mess and she has no time to come over.
The furnishings in the house have changed a little, but some traces cannot be erased.
There are several scratches on the wall of the main room, which were made by his father when he measured their height when they were young.
Seeing this, Chen Xiangbei seemed to hear the time when his father said in a mean way that he was a dwarf, and then he pestered his mother to make delicious food for him so that he could grow taller.
There were several bamboo baskets in the kitchen for storing things. Those baskets were made by his mother, and when he was little, he would often sit in them and have his father lift him and the baskets and shake them. For him as a child, that was fun.
Chen Xiangbei entered his father's bedroom, which was a mess. He cleaned it up slowly. The soiled quilts and pillowcases were burned, but the bed and cabinets were still there.
He opened the wardrobe and clearly remembered that he had stolen his father's clothes to wear last year and was scolded by his mother for being too dirty.
Old Chen's clothes in the closet were almost all burned after his death, leaving only a work uniform from the machinery factory, which was still brand new.
It must have been given just before he had the stroke. It had been washed and was neatly placed at the bottom of the cabinet.
Childhood memories will gradually become blurred as people grow up, but some feelings of happiness will never disappear.
Back then, with Mom and Dad at home, they would foolishly eat their precious snacks. Dad would bring home all the benefits from the factory, and Mom would live frugally.
Sometimes the brothers and sisters would quarrel, pushing each other, and finally they would be beaten by their mother and made to stand in the corner as punishment.
Dad would let him ride on his neck and take him out to play, and Mom would pat his chest to soothe him to sleep when he had a nightmare.
Just the memories make Chen Xiangbei sad.
If he could go back to the past, he would definitely be the most sensible child, would never act naughty and make his parents angry, and would definitely protect this family, and no one would be able to destroy his happiness.
But how can people go back to their childhood? There is no medicine for regret in life.
You have to bear the consequences of the path you choose.
Dad is like this, and he is like this too.
Chen Xiangbei stayed in this house for a day and finally took away everything he could.
He can only live in the dormitory of the textile factory now. He has only been working in the factory for a year, has insufficient qualifications, and has no family. No matter from which aspect, he does not meet the qualifications.
But he couldn't leave so many things with his mother. If he did that, his mother would definitely beat him to death.
There was no other way, so Chen Xiangbei could only ask Director Song to give him an abandoned warehouse so that he could put his things there. When he had the chance to get a house in the future, he would move these things back to his home.
Chen Xiangbei never thought that he was so nostalgic, to the point that he didn't want to throw things away.
Before leaving, he gave some gifts to the neighbors he had lived with for many years. Chen Xiangbei was really reluctant to leave after so many years of neighborly friendship.
But in the end, after taking one look at the house, he still left.
In the following years, Chen Xiangbei tried to let Qiao Yi know that he would grow up and become a mature and stable man.
"Qiao Yi, can you be my partner?" Chen Xiangbei stopped Qiao Yi again after get off work one day.
Qiao Yi was embarrassed. "Xiangbei, I really just treat you as a younger brother. This feeling will never change."
Chen Xiangbei: "But I am trying hard to become the person you like."
Qiao Yi: "But I really don't have that kind of feeling for you."
After rejecting him for the last time, Qiao Yi fell in love with another battalion commander who came with Yu Hongzhen, and they got married soon.
Chen Xiangbei wasn't sure if she got married so quickly just to avoid him, but it was only then that he realized that many things can indeed be achieved through hard work, but love is not the same.
Even if he confessed his love to Qiao Yi for a hundred years, Qiao Yi still would not fall in love with him.
He smiled wryly and blessed Qiao Yi, then asked Director Song for a week's leave.
"Xiangbei, life is full of disappointments. It's impossible for everything to go as you wish." Director Song wanted to persuade him.
The relationship between men and women is the most complicated.
Some people are attracted to each other at first, but later become enemies.
Some people were childhood sweethearts, but eventually drifted apart.
Some people are bickering lovers at first, but end up spending their lives together.
Chen Xiangbei: "Director, you never told me this before. You only told me to do this and that, and then told me that as long as I succeeded, Qiao Yi would like me."
He felt wronged. It was obvious that all the adults said so, and he was really trying hard.
Director Song smiled awkwardly, "Aren't you better and more motivated now than before?"
Chen Xiangbei was heartbroken. Director Song was indeed the best at deceiving children like him: "Liar! Big liar!"
He ran back to Old Lady Xia, made his own bed while crying, and slept in the room where his aunt used to live. Even when he was preparing to bear the emotional pain, he told Old Lady Xia not to tell anyone that he was crying.
Over the years, he has indeed made progress. Even when he is sad, he only gives himself a week. After a week, he will recover and continue to work.
Director Song and Old Lady Xia were very pleased, and even Qiao Yi felt much less guilty.
But he has gone crazy at work. He used to be like a child and would get angry and act like a spoiled brat, but now, his logic can even compete with Jiang Wenhua's.
Old Mrs. Xia was called by Director Song to attend several meetings because of this unusual behavior of Chen Xiangbei. Both of them had a headache.
Chen Xiangbei has adjusted himself, and now it is the turn of other people in the factory to feel uncomfortable.
In the past, he believed that harmony brings wealth when doing things. Even if there were some minor problems, he would turn a blind eye. Because of this, Director Song would sometimes scold him like a dog.
But now, he is like a powder keg that can explode at any time. He curses wherever he goes and will not let go of even the smallest detail.
Under the repeated persuasion of several leaders, Chen Xiangbei grew up again.
Many years later, he became the factory director as he wished. During many economic changes, he led the textile factory to survive many crises. Later, during the privatization reform of state-owned enterprises, with the financial help of Chen Xiangnan, he bought the factory and took in many laid-off workers.
However, he remained unmarried throughout his life and devoted himself to his career.
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