Chapter 1 Return

On July 20, 1996, at the Beijing Railway Station in the morning, I could no longer see the scenes of crying and saying goodbye.

There are not many people on the station, maybe they all went to the Olympics.

My classmates all left before the 10th, so no one came to see me off today, and I don’t want anyone to come. I don’t like the scene of separation

I was quietly waiting for the train on the platform, it will take me to the place where I might work and live for the rest of my life.

I finally hoped for the day of graduation

At R University, I have been very annoyed by the so-called knowledge that is almost useless in the real economy, such as calculus, political economy, Western economics, financial management, etc.

What's even harder is the days when you don't have money to spend

I grew up in the countryside. Although my family is so poor that I can't get rid of the blame, I can only make ends meet. I can't even mail it to me on time for living expenses of fifty yuan a month.

In order to earn living expenses and tuition fees, I started working shortly after I went to school. I was a tutor at the beginning, but I found that there are more chickens in Beijing than Sanlitun that want to be a college student.

Later I simply gave up the idea of ​​preaching and answering questions and went to the gig market to find some miscellaneous work

In four years in college, I sold small department stores, worked as a porter, washed cars, brushed leather shoes, worked as a food salesman, and sold insurance. Of course, I also worked as an advertising model at the entrance of a newly opened specialty store in Xidan, and jumped into a bear model made of velvet cloth to attract business.

My buddy who was sleeping together described me as a duck in a low-end industry. I never worked as a duck in Sanlitun Bar Village! Damn, my puberty summary is so unbearable.

But I don’t care. Since the rural production contract was carried out in 1983, as the only boy in my family, I have long been regarded by my father as the heir to take over his legacy. He followed the procedures passed down from his ancestors and prepared to train me step by step into a standard farmer.

So I haven't missed any farm work, picking up manure, raising pigs, picking vegetables, plows, turning over the ground, sowing seeds, fertilizing, spraying medicine, harvesting, I'm very good at picking up manure, raising pigs, picking vegetables, picking vegetables, picking up food, ploughing, turning over seeds, fertilizing, spraying, and harvesting.

In winter, in order to accumulate some farm fertilizer for next year, I even went to the public toilet in the city to dig manure. Because of this, the only impression in my childhood memory is that it is dirty

Ten years of farm work have made me a good figure. When I was in my third year of high school, I grew up to 180cm. It looks so good, but in a self-study class in my second year of high school, a boy wore a new outfit and asked me about the beautiful girl at my deskmate: Am I handsome?

The girl curled her lips and said: Guan Han didn’t even say he was handsome, why are you bragging?

Ha ha……

Of course, this is all a joke. My family is not well off and my clothes are barely covered. How can I say handsome?

Because I have to be busy with my livelihood, I basically take up all my spare time, and I didn’t even have a relationship when I was in college like almost all college students.

This is the biggest regret in my four-year college career

The train has arrived at the platform during my meditation. The twelve hours of driving are enough for me to have a good sleep, but I can't fall asleep when I think about my situation.

Before graduation, all the powerful students went abroad to study. According to my understanding, further studies means to make money in depth.

The family background is slightly short of the house and has no hope of entering the international market. They also want to settle down in the imperial city. Maybe they think this place is closer to the Golden Palace and have more opportunities to reach the sky in one go.

But I have no relationship to find it, and in my era, rural boys were instilled with a thought since I was a child: I took the household registration book at home, and I had to support my parents when I grew up.

So I chose to go back to Chenyang

I left more than ten days later than others because the supermarket I work in would not settle the wages until then.

I am not in a hurry to be assigned to it, and I am also used to be anxious. I am a poor peasant of five generations with strong seedlings. In a big city like Shenyang, I basically have no relatives and I have no relationship with each other. So I can only leave it to fate.

You can divide the difference where you love. It is better to divide the difference than to farm when you go home.

There is still some time from graduation to distribution, so it's better to make some money first.

Actually, I don’t know that it was not easy to assign college graduates in 1996.

Fortunately, our school is also a national key university and is quite well-known in the Northeast. In addition to wine, other things in the Northeast are at least one beat slower than in the South.

Graduates like me can continue to be assigned jobs, which is all thanks to the planned economy.

But good units must first find good relationships. On the one hand, the employer must want you, and on the other hand, the Personnel Bureau must agree to let you go. No matter what you lack, it will do.

It takes a lot of effort to clear the problem

Most graduates will ask someone to find connections to try to go to a better unit. Some of my classmates went to banks, some went to securities companies, and those with ability went to government agencies and institutions of this bureau.

Those who are not familiar with accidents like me will eventually be assigned to a receiving unit.

Unfortunately, I only found out about these things later. When I found out, even the cucumbers and vegetables were cold.

As I was thinking all the way, the outline of the provincial capital of Shenyang has come to my eyes

Several high-rise buildings reflected the dark blue light in the sunset, as if telling me that this is a big city

From a distance, there is a layer of gray mist floating above the city

I have also passed through the middle of this city several times during my four years in college, but I have never stayed for a long time, so I don’t have a deep impression of this city.

Now I am watching the howling train, like a young man who is not very familiar with the world, rushed into this city covered by smoke and clouds...