Chapter 1: Am I Bob? Or Xiao Qiang?
Are you a little strong? Or Bob? Or...
Xiaoming and Xiaoqiang grew up in a village and went to school together. Xiao Qiang was naughty from childhood, not good at reading, and left school without graduating from junior high school at the age of sixteen. Xiaoming has been studious since childhood, with excellent grades, and was admitted to the best high school in the city at the age of sixteen.
Xiao Qiang wandered around the village every day, his parents looked worried, thinking what this child would do in the future; Xiaoming read poetry and books every day, his parents were happy in their hearts, and the people in the village believed that he would have a chance.
2. That year, Xiao Qiang and Xiao Ming were both nineteen years old. Xiao Qiang followed the village out to work and came to the construction site of the highway, with a guaranteed salary of 3,000 yuan; Xiaoming was admitted to a key university, majoring in roads and bridges, and the tuition fee was more than 5,000 yuan per year.
3. That year, Xiao Qiang and Xiao Ming were both twenty-three years old. Xiao Qiang's parents told him that he was a clever daughter-in-law, who was from a neighboring village, especially virtuous; Xiaoming had a girlfriend in college, who was from a neighboring school and was very cultured.
4. That year, Xiao Qiang and Xiaoming were both twenty-four years old. Xiao Qiang got married in his hometown, took his daughter-in-law to the construction site, came to wash and cook for him, and was very affectionate; Xiaoming finally graduated from college, found a job in a construction unit, and lived separately from his girlfriend.
5. Xiao Qiang is very happy every day, after work, he is fine, eats and walks with his daughter-in-law, and plays mahjong with his co-workers at night to watch TV; Xiaoming is very busy every day, running all over the construction site during the day, and also doing data drawings at night, and his girlfriend who has not been seen for a long time broke up with him.
6. That year, Xiao Qiang and Xiao Ming were both twenty-eight years old. Xiao Qiang saved up 200,000 yuan, is already the father of two dolls, thinking of going home to build a beautiful building; Xiaoming has passed the intermediate title, or single alone, thinking that working for a few more years is senior.
7. Xiao Qiang built a two-story small building in his rural hometown, the decoration is very beautiful, the money saved bought a group of piglets, let the daughter-in-law go home to farm and raise pigs; Xiaoming took out a loan in the city to buy a new house, mortgage more than three thousand, his parents introduced a new girlfriend, and rarely met in the city.
8. That year, Xiao Qiang and Xiaoming were both thirty-one years old. Xiao Qiang's daughter-in-law called from her hometown and said: Xiao Qiang, now there is a house with a deposit at home, we feed the pigs, all kinds of land, very happy, the family can not be without men, you come back quickly; Xiaoming daughter-in-law called from the city and said: Xiaoming, the child's borrowing fee is 150,000 yuan, there is no deposit at home, you can see if you can find the company to borrow points.
9. Xiao Qiang listened to his daughter-in-law's words, left the construction site, and returned to his hometown to raise pigs with his wife and take care of his parents and children; Xiao Ming listened to his wife's words, worked harder, went to a remote and difficult construction site, and it was difficult to go home once.
10. At that time, Xiao Qiang and Xiaoming were both thirty-five years old. The price of pork soared, and a large circle of pigs in Xiaoqiang became a treasure, earning more than 100,000 yuan a year; inflation was serious, xiaoming's company was difficult to receive projects, and many people were waiting for work.
11. That year, Xiao Qiang and Xiao Ming were both fifty years old. Xiao Qiang is already the grandfather of his three grandchildren, smoking dry cigarettes in the sun every day and walking around the village; Xiao Ming is already a senior road and bridge engineer, frowning at the sun every day to check the construction site.
12. That year, Xiao Qiang and Xiao Ming were both sixty years old. Xiao Qiang over sixty years old, his wife said: How good is a family reunion, let the children worry about it, what fun places are outside, let's go out and go around; Xiaoming retired to set up a banquet, the leader said: It is not interesting to go home and rest, re-hire back to the unit as a technical consultant, what problems on the construction site to give guidance.
13. Xiao Qiang was sick, Xiao Qiang took his wife's hand and said: I have lived for almost seventy years, I have children and grandchildren, and I am satisfied; Xiaoming is sick, Xiao Ming caresses his wife's hand and says: I have been working outside for decades, let you suffer, sorry.
14. Due to long-term physical labor, eating home-grown vegetables and pigs, Xiao Qiang's body has been very tough and slowly recovered. Due to long-term staying up late and working overtime, drinking and socializing, and the poor food in the construction site canteen, Xiaoming had a lot of problems on his body and died soon after.
15. Eighty-year-old Xiao Qiang squatted at the head of the village smoking a dry cigarette bag, looking at the distant mountain; there was a cemetery on the far mountain, where Xiao Ming had slept quietly; Xiao Qiang stumbled on the soles of his shoes, stood up on crutches, looked at the cemetery, and said to himself: Alas, it is a lifetime...
When I figured out what I was going to bring to others with my book, I started writing, but I didn't know how to introduce myself, so I remembered the story that was circulating on the Internet.
In fact, the first half of this story almost coincides with my life, I am Xiao Qiang, and my classmate is Xiao Ming. The reason why the story of Xiaoming and Xiaoqiang is widely circulated is because it truly reflects the life state of countless grassroots at present, almost every grassroots is starting from Xiaoming and Xiaoqiang, and finally completes the life of Xiaoming or Xiaoqiang.
I want to ask you, do you like to be a little strong? Or do you like to be Bob? Is Xiao Qiang's life happier? Or is Bob's life more colorful? Is living longer or winning? Or is it the winner who goes the farthest?
I think more people sigh when Xiaoqiang became the final winner, in fact, you fell into the author's trap, that is, the message he hopes to pass on: rather than becoming Xiaoming, you hope to become Xiaoqiang, you have accepted unconditionally, this is the life of countless ordinary people. Never thought about what he really wanted, but was influenced by the surrounding environment, characters, ideas, coercion, and even kidnapping, and finally lived out countless XiaoQiang and Xiaoming.
Whether it is Xiao Qiang or Xiao Ming, their lives are a life of going with the flow, and no one has been their own master, but let the world be their own master.
Of course, whether I'm right or wrong, everyone has their own answer in mind, but what about me? What is my answer? I'm sure by the time you've seen my experience, you'll know what my answer is and more importantly what it can bring you....
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