After many years, when the tan police officer of the domestic variety show ceiling "Tan Talks About Traffic" saw the balloon brother who was interviewed that year again, he couldn't help but make netizens sigh that time passed really fast.
When Officer Tan went to interview Brother Balloon, he was still the same as more than ten years ago, his positive and optimistic face was full of smiles, and he waved his arm to sing a song to Officer Tan, which seemed to happen yesterday.
It's just that today's balloon brother no longer sells balloons, but becomes a porter, who can earn more than two thousand yuan a month, live in a rental house with a monthly rent of two hundred yuan, and still be alone.
After the interview, Officer Tan wrote in his column account: The dividend of the times did not fall on the head of the balloon brother, he seemed to be frozen by time and abandoned in the corner.
But the balloon brother always has a kind of transparency in the mud, still looking up at the stars.
In the cracks, it is a great existence to let life have some color and bring happy emotions to the crowd around him.
Officer Tan first met Brother Balloon in the summer of 2011.
At that time, the balloon brother held the head of the bicycle with one hand, and grabbed a large number of balloons with the other hand, driving hard in the fast lane. Officer Tan saw the situation and couldn't help but break into a cold sweat for Brother Balloon.
When Officer Tan stopped the balloon brother and was preparing to conduct traffic safety education for him, he was anti-guest and sent a gray wolf balloon to Officer Tan to show his love for the people's police.
When talking to Brother Balloon, Officer Tan learned from Brother Balloon that his wife thought he was poor and divorced him after cheating, after which he could only work odd jobs to make a living.
Originally a very pitiful life, the balloon brother sang a song with emotion, dissolving the sad atmosphere.
After Brother Balloon left, Officer Tan sighed that Brother Balloon saw feelings and life very thoroughly.
Later, netizens called Brother Balloon a realistic version of "Hello! Mr. Tree", because Mr. Tree, like Brother Balloon, has a lot in common, such as kindness, timidity and fear, but still has his own dignity and pursuit.
Because everyone's love for "Tan Talks About Traffic" and some ordinary people in it are deeply impressed, so some time ago, Officer Tan finally found the balloon brother after many searches.
When Officer Tan offered to visit Brother Balloon's house, Brother Balloon readily agreed.
While taking the transportation, the balloon brother still optimistically pointed to the ruins not far away and said, "My BMW is over there." "
Ten years ago, Brother Balloon's "BMW" was an ordinary bicycle, which was all his belongings and the only tool he had to make money.
Now, The Balloon Brother still does not really belong to his BMW, and the former private bicycle has become a shared bicycle.
Brother Balloon joked: "Times have improved, and my equipment has also been upgraded." "
When Officer Tan asked about Brother Balloon's rent and income, he looked embarrassed and a little embarrassed to say.
More than ten years have passed, the balloon brother's recent situation has not improved at all, he temporarily lives in the house of two hundred yuan a month rent, and this month is still a few dozen yuan is not enough.
When the two people chatted, Brother Balloon told Officer Tan that he would often dream that Officer Tan wore a police uniform and continued to do shows for everyone, and his figure became bigger and bigger.
It's just that Brother Balloon has been embarrassed to contact Officer Tan because he feels that his living conditions are very poor, and if the conditions were better, he would have met with Officer Tan a long time ago.
He didn't know how to express his emotions, so he sang a song to Officer Tan again, as if only the song could express Brother Balloon's mood at this moment.
Brother Balloon loves to sing, and he always has a collection of basic lyrics at home, and he will take it out and flip through it from time to time. He said he had always dreamed of having a house of his own and then arranging it as karaoke.
The balloon brother, who is already in his 50s, is the same age as Officer Tan. Only he Chinese and could not find a suitable job, so he has been doing hard work for so many years.
Brother Balloon lamented that it was more and more difficult to earn money over the years, so in order to save money, his diet was very simple, often two steamed buns and a box of instant noodles were a day's ration.
Despite this, Brother Balloon still thought of asking Officer Tan to stay for lunch.
Before parting, Brother Balloon waved his hand and Officer Tan said, "Officer Tan, the gray wolf balloon I gave you that year was outdated." "
However, the day in the mouth of the balloon brother was more than ten years ago.
Some netizens said that the balloon brother's sentence was like a top novelist drawing a satisfactory end to his novel.
Time has passed, people have gathered and scattered, and there are always some people and things that will inadvertently touch the softest place in our hearts, which is telling us that "the world is impermanent".