From the first step of working, I didn't care where I worked, whether it was in the provincial capital or elsewhere. Since he was a wage earner, he could "make the world his home". I advised my wife not to worry about where I went to work. Even in the state-owned unit, she had been running around everywhere. Moreover, at his age, he had already experienced what he should have experienced. How could he not be able to cope with it? Over the past six months, I've also deeply realized how difficult it is to work for a living. Now, what I'm worried about is no longer where to work, but where to work to earn the money needed to make a living. My wife naturally knew this, but the dangerous Jianghu environment still made it difficult for her to leave without worrying about me.
Even though she was worried, survival was always the most important thing. Although she was worried, she had no choice but to leave it to me. He began to help me collect my carry-on luggage. He also knew that I had no money on me, so he borrowed a few hundred yuan from his colleagues overnight for me to carry with me. Although I've been working for more than half a year, after all, I've been working at home. I just leave early and return late. If I really had to work a few hundred miles away, it would be another new experience in my life. Thinking about the ups and downs of his life over the past few decades, and how he was still worried about making a living at the age of 50, he felt mixed feelings in his heart, and naturally couldn't sleep at night. Early the next morning (five o'clock), my wife carried a parcel for me and insisted on sending me to the car. I didn't agree, so I followed her wishes.
The road to Gutong goes west from the provincial capital. I live in the western suburbs of the provincial capital, so I don't have to enter the city to get on the bus. The day before, I had already made an agreement with President Hua. When we set off, I would wait at the intersection that their car had to pass a few kilometers away from my house. My wife and I took the bus to the intersection at 6:30. They agreed to take their car to this intersection at seven o'clock. After I got in the car, my wife would take the car back to rush to work. Her husband worked as a union worker in the factory. With the employees watching, she did not dare to be late for work. Especially during that period, the workers who were not assigned to a room during the relocation of the factory would come to her every few days to make trouble. It was already a headache for her. She was even more afraid that the workers would find fault with her, so she was also careful in everything in the factory. He was afraid that there would be a slight mistake and those people would hold him back.
Unexpectedly, she accompanied me by the roadside until after seven o'clock, but President Hua's car still hadn't arrived (at that time, it was still a few years away from the average person using a mobile phone). I was afraid that my wife would be late for work if she didn't go back, so I advised her to take a ride back and leave first. She was also very anxious, but she still wanted to see me get into the car and leave before she could rest assured. She concealed her anxiety and pretended to be indifferent as she said,"I can make it. I'll leave after you get in the car."”It was the middle of September, and the sun had yet to completely restrain its heat. Facing the dazzling sun, we stared at the cars that were not driven by President Hua. We waited anxiously and our bodies were already sweating. It was already past eight o'clock. There were countless cars on the road, but President Hua's car still did not arrive. He waited until 8:30, but the car still hadn't arrived. She's already past working hours. She can't wait with me any longer. She could only reluctantly walk back to a station not far away. How she wished she could see me leave before she boarded the bus. However, when she slowly retreated to the bus stop, the bus arrived. The moment she boarded the car, the bus that she was waiting for still did not appear. From afar, I saw her waving at me from the car door, and then the car drove away. She sent me to the car early in the morning, but in the end, she was still able to watch me get into the car. She was disappointed. She went back, and my mood became very lonely. In Genesis, it was said that God took a rib from Adam, the man he had made of earth, and made Eve, a woman. From then on, Eve was naturally attached to Adam, his man. However, things were the opposite. Ever since I met my wife, I had been clinging to her for decades as if I was made of her ribs.
Fortunately, I didn't ask my wife to wait there with me. It wasn't until 10:30 that Hua's car arrived at the intersection where I was waiting. If I let my wife stay there with me, she would be considered absent for half a day. I got into the car and Hua said apologetically,"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. There were too many problems with this car. They had been repairing it all morning.”Although I was a little angry, I heard that there was something wrong with the car. It turned out that the car that his brother-in-law had borrowed for him should have been scrapped long ago (these cars usually relied on the appearance of paint to fool people). In that era, everything was still in a backward state. Cars were only considered scrapped when they were completely broken (there was no rule on the age of the car being scrapped). It was his brother-in-law's friend who helped him drive (they were all professional drivers at that time. The others did not have a car to drive and did not take the driver's license test). They felt that something was wrong after taking a turn on the street. They stopped by the side and saw that one of the front tires was flat. He had to repair the tire. After repairing the tire, he couldn't start it again. He had to find someone to repair it. By the time he was able to start a fire, it was already past ten o'clock. Only then did he rush out of the city. Hua Liao waited anxiously, but he could not contact him, so he could only be anxious. How could he blame Hua? Of course, he couldn't blame his brother-in-law either. It was because of him that he borrowed this broken car.
After such a struggle, Hua thought that he should get a mobile phone for me to bring along. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to find me if anything happened. He didn't know what his brother-in-law did for a living, but he always asked his brother-in-law to help him with some things. He took out his "Big Sister" from his pocket.(At this time, the mobile phone had evolved from the "Big Brother" commonly known as "Big Hammer" to "Big Sister". It was half the size, but it was still heavy.) He called his brother-in-law and asked if he could help him get another mobile phone. His brother-in-law said yes, and said that he could get him a smaller one than the "Big Sister." Hua was very happy. She waved the "Big Sister" in her hand and said to me,"When I come back, I'll leave this for you to use in Tonggu."”To be honest, I really don't want his phone. He can't even pay his salary. How can I have the money to use my phone? Although the phone bill had started to drop from the "sky-high price", it was still extremely expensive. It was a long-distance roaming from Tonggu to the provincial capital. The call and answer were still charged, at least five yuan per minute. Not to mention that he couldn't pay me, even if he could, according to Hua's habit of making phone calls, how could I deal with my salary of a few hundred yuan? I quickly rejected him."I don't need a phone. You can keep it for yourself."”Hua naturally understood that I was afraid of bearing the phone bill, so he said,"You're worried about the phone bill, right? Don't be afraid. The company will reimburse you 250 yuan a month.”He made it clear, so I couldn't say that I didn't need my phone anymore.(The next morning, when he left Gu Tong, he left his phone and phone card to me. He told me that there was still 60 yuan left in the phone's pre-stored credit. After I used it, I would renew it.) After that, I paid for the phone bill, but I didn't get the money until I left.
At that time, there was no highway to Gutong. They first took the national road and then turned into the provincial road. The national road section was a gentle hilly area, so the road was still easy to walk on. The speed was still 60 to 70 kilometers. Later, they turned off the provincial road. Because the road was in disrepair, the asphalt road was full of potholes. The car was bumpy on it, and the speed was only 30 to 40 kilometers. After driving for another hour, the car drove into the mountains. The winding road was completely covered by green. The mountain was steep, and the winding road could not be seen at the foot of the mountain. When the car climbed to a higher place and looked down along the mountain, the winding road was like a black python lurking in the mountains. The road went in and out along with the mountain's creases and waves. It was only when the road ahead was over that it turned around. The two sides of the canyon were steep, as if they were cut by a knife and an axe. The peak reached straight into the clouds, making people feel that the opposite mountain was standing in front of them. Sitting in the car, it was as if they could reach out and touch the branches hanging from the opposite rock. The road that was halfway up the mountain slowly went up along the canyon. The sound of the water flowing at the bottom of the valley echoed in the mountain stream, like the background sound of music, and the noise lingered in his ears. However, when they listened quietly, they found that the "Hua Hua" sound from the stream was not like the noise in the city that would bring anxiety and irritation. Instead, it made people feel the emptiness and tranquility of the mountains again.
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