"I don't deserve to go back to China, I don't have a face to see anyone when I go back." These are the words he resisted when the Chinese embassy approached Wan Yongfu abroad to persuade him to return to China. He would rather live begging on the streets of Brazil than return home.
Wan Yongfu is an ordinary high school graduate who did not get into college because of poor academic performance, so he found a fairly stable job near the city.
At that time, there was a boom in going abroad in China, and Wan Yongfu heard that some people around him went abroad to earn money, and he wanted to go out and break in.
However, when the parents learned of his idea, they did not agree with their son's idea because of safety concerns. Helplessly, Wan Yongfu's heart had already flown to the other side of the ocean, and he couldn't listen to his parents' dissuasion at all. In the end, he chose not to tell his parents, and bought fishing tickets behind his family's back and secretly went abroad.
The destination of the ticket is a small island in South America. Upon arriving on the island, Wan Yongfu found a job for a local fishing company. His job is to follow fishing boats out to sea and cast their nets.
At first, seeing the vast ocean made Wan Yongfu very excited. But it didn't take long for him to repeat the monotonous work every day, which made him feel bored. In order to adjust his life, every time when the ship docked, he would use his limited time to visit the market on the island to relieve his inner distress.
On this day, when the fishing boat docked again, Wan Yongfu, as usual, followed a friend to the market on the island. The two chatted while hanging out. As a result, because he was unfamiliar with the topography of the island, Wan Yongfu and his companions were finally separated. By the time he managed to find the port, the fishing boat had already left. To make matters worse, his papers and wallet were still on the fishing boat. In desperation, he had to wander on this small island.
Fortunately, with the help of the local police, they got in touch with a Chinese group on the island. The Chinese community provided them with temporary shelter and introduced them to a job that allowed them to establish themselves on the island.
In this way, Wan Yongfu started a new life on the island, where he worked diligently for more than a year and also accumulated some money. At this time, he heard from a guest that it would be good to go to Brazil now. Wan Yongfu, who has a flexible heart, decided to go there to try his luck.
When he first arrived in Brazil, Wan Yongfu found that there were many Chinese here, but few Chinese restaurants. So, he decided to open a Chinese restaurant here. Because of lack of funds, at first he could only push a small food truck and sell simple Chinese stir-fry dishes in Chinatown.
Because the taste is good and the price is fair, it quickly attracts a group of old customers. Over the past few months, Wan Yongfu's small food truck business has become more and more prosperous, and he has also accumulated some start-up capital.
This gave Wan Yongfu a lot of confidence, and he used the money he saved to rent a few stores in Chinatown and began to sell various daily necessities. Because his store is strategically located and he has some business acumen, his business is getting more and more prosperous.
It seems that everything is going in the direction he envisioned. However, the good times did not last long, and he became obsessed with a popular local gambling game. At first, I just played with friends, but gradually became addicted and spent all the accumulated money on the gambling table. In the end, Wan Yongfu lost completely and incurred a huge gambling debt.
In order to pay off the debt, he had to sell his shop, but the creditor also bought the debt. In desperation, he could only go to work in a restaurant where Chinese came from, but because of his meager salary, it was not enough to pay off his debts.
Wan Yongfu, who was extremely disappointed in his heart, gradually began to drink heavily, and often made mistakes at work to cause trouble. In the end, the restaurant owner couldn't bear to fire him.
Wan Yongfu was unemployed at home and gradually spent the money he had when he brought him to Brazil. When his friends saw him down, they all hid far away. Alone, Wan Yongfu could only live on the streets, leaning on the side of the street all day waiting for passers-by to give alms.
One day, a Chinese tourist saw his appearance and came forward to talk with him, and only then did he know this bizarre story from his mouth. Tourists persuaded him to return home, but he said he had no face to go home.
The tourist is also an enthusiastic person who helped Wan Yongfu contact the Chinese Embassy in Brazil, hoping that they could help Wan Yongfu return to the motherland. The embassy sent an officer to inquire about the situation and said that they could provide the documents and air ticket costs needed to return home. But Wan Yongfu still insisted on refusing. He said that he had lost face and could not go back to see his parents.
Despite the bitter persuasion of the embassy staff, Wan Yongfu, who had made up his mind, never wanted to go home. And he also said that even if he returned home, he could not find a job, and it was better to wander in Brazil than to return to his country and let others gossip.
In the end, the embassy staff also chose to respect his personal wishes and let him continue to live in Brazil.
And Wan Yongfu's story in Brazil has also attracted domestic attention because of the video taken by that tourist. When his parents saw their son's video, they cried with joy. Unexpectedly, his son has been living a life of begging abroad. The old couple felt very sorry for their son and hoped that he would return home quickly.
Although the parents wanted their son to return to China, to this day, Wan Yongfu has been living a life of wandering in Brazil. He often looked at the sky and thought of his distant hometown and parents. He knows that he has failed his family's expectations, but he really can't face the reality of returning home, and can only wander around outside, trying to forget the past. #Street Recording Life# #People# #Character Stories##Thought-provoking Events # #人到底能有多惨#
