After graduating from college, I stayed in my hometown for a while, but I couldn't find a suitable job, so I had to go south to Dongguan to work. My aunt's son, my cousin works in an electronics factory in Tangxia, Dongguan, and he is responsible for production scheduling in the life management department. With his desperate help, he found me a job in financial management, which matched my professional skills.
Just when I was preparing to leave for Dongguan, my high school teacher had a little accident, so my trip to Dongguan was postponed for a few days, and when I arrived in Dongguan again and found my cousin, who had thought that an unexpected change had occurred, and this job had been taken by others.
There was no way, I had to find a small hotel near my cousin's factory. My cousin promised me that once there was another position in the factory, he would help me to fight for it with all his might.
I waited for a few days, feeling too bored, and worried about waiting for an empty space, I decided to take the initiative and go to find a job.
I go out early in the morning and return in the dark of night. Every day, I go to the large and small factories in Tangxia Town to look for interview opportunities. At first, I was more provocative, thinking that it was not difficult to find a job, it was difficult to find a suitable job for me, and I also liked it.
However, as time went on, I realized that I had imagined it too simply. To this end, I have continuously expanded the scope of job hunting, and the requirements for finding jobs have also dropped again and again. The farthest place, I have also been to Shenzhen Guanlan, and the large and small industrial zones in Tangxia have left my footprints.
I went to interviews again and again, either because the job wasn't what I wanted, or because the factory felt I was capable of the job they needed.
In the blink of an eye, I have been living in the small hotel in Tangxia Town for a month, but the work is still not settled, and I can't help but be a little anxious. In order to comfort me, my cousin would come to the inn almost every day after work to find me, give me encouragement, and motivate me. However, my cousin's factory has not been vacant for me, and there is no way, I can only stay in the small hotel.
On this day my cousin came again, he had just paid his salary, invited me to eat a late-night snack, and then told me that the work should be considered in the long run. Leaving the inn, my cousin told me that one of his co-workers had rented a two-bedroom apartment in the urban village of four villages, and that two couples lived in the house, but the living room was still empty, and they hoped to find another person to share, of course, the rent was very cheap.
The cousin stressed that when you go out, don't worry so much, it is good to have a place to live. Most importantly, you live, interact with people for a long time, learn how to deal with people, no matter where you go later, it is always useful.
I thought about it and thought my cousin was right, so I took my luggage from the small hotel and moved into the rental house in the four villages.
Like my cousin said, no matter how anxious, the work must be slowly considered in the long run. I still go out early in the morning every day, and I don't go home until the sun goes down, but after all, my mood is different. Because of the rental place, it is like having a temporary home in Tangxia, and the mood is really not the same
Before I moved in, the rental house already had 4 people, two couples. Originally, I was more embarrassed, but they were very good people, as my cousin said, going out, a lot of things, I am learning to experience and learn to adapt.
It's a two-bedroom apartment, the room is quite big, the living room is especially large, I took a room, the room rate is much cheaper than I stay in a small hotel.
The room does not have a master bedroom and a second bedroom, and is only distinguished by the east and west compartments according to the orientation. The eldest brother and sister-in-law who live in the east room, the two couples are optimistic. The couple in the West Wing are mostly silent.
When I first moved in, I was very unaccustomed and always felt very inconvenient, but Lotte sent big brothers and sisters-in-law, not to see outside at all, probably because they were entrusted by their cousins, they took great care of me, warm and polite. The night I moved in, the two of them also cooked a home-cooked meal and invited me and my cousin to dine.
Every time I finish eating, I want to find a job as soon as possible, so that I can return the favor.
Fortunately, not long after, I also found a job in Tangxia, the factory is nearby, although the salary is OK, but the dormitory accommodation conditions of this factory are too poor, the room is dark and damp, and there is no sunlight every day.
I thought about it and thought it was more appropriate to rent a house, so I told my cousin about this idea, and my cousin didn't say anything, and told Lotte pie big brother. They were overjoyed and welcomed me, so I became a long-term tenant of the two-bedroom apartment.
There was a canteen in the factory, and every day I ate before I went home. On weekends, I don't work overtime, lotte big brother leaves work early, will fry good dishes, call me to eat together. The eldest sister-in-law is also a polite person, and the two people often laugh and scold, like a loving couple, which makes people envious.
On the contrary, the eldest brother and sister-in-law who lived in the West Wing room were a little shy and replied, unwilling to seem unwilling to talk to me deeply.
At first, I didn't think it was weird. After staying for a long time, I felt a little strange, and sometimes when I met him to greet him, he had to take the initiative to avoid, embarrassed, very shy, afraid that we would know about him.
There was only one kitchen in the house, which was communal, but the couple almost never cooked in the rental house and barely chatted with us. The only time, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lotte's big brother and sister-in-law fried a table of dishes and shouted out the Brother and Sister-in-law of xifang, about they felt that it was difficult to be generous, plus it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was no way.
The West Room couple felt really embarrassed and had to sit down. Not long after he sat down, Brother Xifang said to go downstairs to buy a pack of cigarettes, and a few minutes later, when he returned, he took a few bottles of beer in his hand.
After drinking a few bottles of beer, the atmosphere slowly warmed up. That was the first time I had seen them both have a rare smile on their faces.
Unconsciously, finish drinking a bottle. Lotte Brother took a bottle of red wine from the refrigerator and continued to pour it for everyone. Big Brother Xifang originally wanted to drink some more, but Xifang's sister-in-law took the initiative to stop it. It seems that the big brother of the west room should be able to drink, and also want to drink, but the sister-in-law's action, let him have no initiative, and then no longer drink.
Maybe after a few days of drinking, on that rare occasion, I saw a smile on his face, but soon he put his smile back on it. Not long after, the big brother and sister-in-law of the west room returned to the room to rest, and only I and Lotte big brother and sister-in-law continued to rejoice in the living room.
Later, I really didn't hold back, quietly asked Lotte Big Brother, only to learn that the West Room couple pity the time and are desperately studying. The eldest brother is preparing for the self-examination, and the eldest sister-in-law is learning the computer.
At that time, I thought that it was not easy to work, and I was also touched by their hard work. When I heard that Big Brother Xifang had passed eight exams in just one year, I admired it even more. Besides, he is usually very busy at work.
After another two months, this day I did not work overtime, just pushed the door into the house, only to find that Lotte brother and sister-in-law also do not work overtime, is in the house happy it. That day, for some reason, the sister-in-law was in a very good mood, and her face was even more red, just like a newlywed girl.
She fried two dishes and called me together, and we sat at the table, talking, drinking wine at the same time, talking and talking, I don't know why, the eldest brother talked about the West Room couple.
I wondered why they were so careful, knowing that they had lived under the same roof for so long and were like strangers. When the eldest brother heard me say this, he was happy, and there was an unclear meaning in his smile.
I chased after him and asked him why? The eldest brother asked, do you see the two of them like a real couple? When the eldest brother said this, I was even more confused, aren't they a couple?
The eldest brother laughed when he heard my words, and he didn't say anything.
In the laughter of the eldest brother, there is a meaningful voice, and the more subtle it is, the more I feel that there is something wrong inside. But I didn't ask again, just continued drinking with him. But since this time, I have left a mental eye, and I will quietly observe the movement of the West Room. The more I looked, the more I found that they were different, as if they were hiding many secrets.
And I also noticed that when I was in the West Room, every time no matter who received the call, the person who answered the phone would always run to the balcony or go out of the room to answer, and absolutely would never be two people in the same place at the same time to answer the phone.
My factory is a plastic factory, and there are also some couples in the factory, renting a house in a village in the city, and one day a colleague sitting across from me told me a story.
In the workshop, a pair of co-workers who are not husband and wife have formed a closer relationship than husband and wife. Two people rented a house outside and loved each other for a year, and people thought they were legitimate lovers. It wasn't until the man's wife suddenly came to the door and entered our factory that people realized something was wrong.
The wife came, and the man naturally broke up with the roommate. This act of his was once considered to be a scumbag, seeing different thoughts and empathizing.
In fact, it was later figured out that the latecomer was his real wife. In the past, renting a house and loving each other was only a way of life for temporary family formation.
After listening to this story, I suddenly understood that the two people in the West Room should also have such a relationship.
I am not willing to deny or look down on them with an absolute concept, because I believe that everyone has difficulties, as long as they do not do things that hurt nature and reason, do not do things that are particularly sorry for their families, and perhaps the warmth in a foreign country is a good medicine for them to heal each other. If there is no rental, perhaps there will be greater consequences, and that is the most serious disaster.
Other people don't know, but the two people in the west room, they are really harmonious, except for some unsightly love, they are diligent and serious, and they are also very motivated.
One was teaching himself computer design, and one wanted to get a college diploma. They're 40 years old and still trying so hard.
They worked so hard, I was so young, even a little lazy, and even had a feeling of not seeing a future at work, very confused.
Sometimes I lie in bed, thinking that I have been in Dongguan for almost a year, I always feel very confused, the knowledge I learned in college cannot be used in the factory, I feel that no matter how hard I try, there is no hope for the future, and people are unconsciously depressed and degenerate.
The fighting spirit that had been there before the original southward movement, the high-spirited passion, slowly dissipated. Coupled with the fact that my girlfriend in my hometown drew a line with me, I naturally became more and more depressed. A couple in the West Room, although they are older, their love stories still deserve my respect.
Probably because they can't see the light, they are so cautious, for fear that I, an outsider, will know and cause some trouble. After all, he didn't know my bottom line. And, I believe, in that room that belongs to them, in their own space, they will be particularly relaxed, they will be full of joy.
It's like, Lotte brothers and sisters-in-law, no matter when I see them every day, there is always a happy and happy smile on my face. Although their work is not paid high, and their work is not what they like very much, you will also be infected by going home every day to see such a happy and happy smile. You will feel that in such a family, each of them should be very happy.
Sometimes, Lotte's big brother and sister-in-law will take the initiative to talk about the situation of the children in the family. They had two small children, a boy and a girl, the boy was in his first year of high school, and the girl was still in her second year of junior high school. Both men have different personalities, but Fu is very obedient and well-behaved.
I think for the migrant worker who goes out, the child is in his hometown, he did not take care of him, he can be sensible and self-motivated, which is their greatest satisfaction. Maybe it is for this reason that they live so happily, so happily.
Everyone has everyone's values, everyone has a different way of seeing the world, and everyone has his own happiness and his own point of view. Just like the two couples who are neighbors with me, although they are fake couples, they warm each other, and in this heating, they inspire each other, learn from each other, and make progress with each other, which should also be gratifying.
Cold and summer are easy to festival, time passes day by day, and another year has arrived. After returning from my hometown after the Spring Festival, I fell in love with a female clerk in the factory. She's from Chongqing, and she's as urban as she is, and she's spicy, but I enjoy being with him.
Although it is sometimes noisy and noisy, life is also much warmer. It is precisely because of my love with my girlfriend that I have a deeper understanding and opinion of the two pairs of lovers in the same dormitory. Sometimes it is really not clear between people, such as my Chongqing girlfriend, who is more educated than me, taller, in good shape, and even one centimeter higher than me, especially when wearing high heels.
But she did not dislike me as a rural person, nor did she dislike that my family was very poor and was willing to follow me for a lifetime. Soon it was time for him to get married, and we even agreed to go home for the New Year at the end of the year. I mentioned renting twice, but she insisted that it should be reserved for the wedding night. Although I am displeased, I also feel that this woman is different and should be worthy of my love.
On this day, after the date with my girlfriend, I sent her back to the factory, I went back to my rental house, lotte big brother and sister-in-law were not there, and the living room was chaotic. I was wondering, Brother Xifang came out, he told me what happened, and I understood why this happened.
It turned out that in the morning, there was a troublemaker in the house, a woman, and she knocked over almost everything in the house that could be moved. Because of her arrival, we learned that Lotte brothers and sisters-in-law are not really husband and wife, they are also temporary families, but they live like a real couple.
After the woman finished making trouble in the rental house, she also ran to the big brother factory to make trouble, so that the big brother's job was lost. A few days later, he moved out of the rental house. At the end of the month, a couple in the West Room also moved. Naturally, I moved away.
I haven't seen any of them since. Sometimes, walking down the street, seeing the back, feeling like one of them, walking up to find that it is not. I'm not looking for them on purpose, but I know that in this city, this happens every day.
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