Chapter 1 He Xin

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He Xin is very vigilant when he sleeps, and he can wake up with a little wind and grass.

It's been very windy in the capital these days, and it may be that something in the yard has been blown down. He raised his eyes to look out the window, it was already white, and he closed his eyes and squinted for another two or three minutes before he came out of the bed.

Entering March, the weather began to warm day by day, and after a little hesitation for a second or two, he still decided to tear off the autumn pants in his jeans, put on a little cool, but felt a lot lighter, and put on a sweater that was bare and hairless and had long lost its elasticity.

When he opened the door, the cold air poured in all of a sudden, taking away the warm and turbid breath in the room, which made him feel excited, and his spirit was suddenly shocked.

Walking out of the door with a basin, towel and toothpaste and toothbrush, the yard was still quiet. He Xin got up relatively early today, and it was estimated that it would be more than six o'clock at most.

This is a large compound located in the western part of the capital, not far from Zhongguancun, and most of the tenants in the courtyard are mixed in this area, including He Xin, whose courier company is located diagonally opposite the Zhongguancun computer market.

Squatting under the communal faucet, washing up, taking out the thermos from the house, pouring out the remaining overnight water, reconnecting a bottle of water, going back to the house and plugging in the heat quickly, the water was on in less than five minutes.

There is still half a bowl of leftover rice in the enamel bowl resting on the table, soak it in boiling water, tear open a bag of mustard and put it in half of the bowl, mix it, there is a burst of slurs, and breakfast is just gone.

When washing the dishes, someone in the courtyard had already gotten up, and they all looked sleepy-eyed, and they didn't bother to speak, nodding to say hello.

He Xin only moved here before the Chinese New Year, although he usually doesn't talk much, but in and out, anyone who needs to help him, he is willing to help, and his courier business has no conflict with the work of other tenants, so the popularity is not bad.

At this time, the sky was already bright, although the sun had not yet risen, but looking at the sky, it was estimated that it might be a sunny day today, He Xin cleaned up his nest, and thought in his heart that if he could squeeze out some time at noon, he would have to come back and dry the quilt.

It had been almost half a year since he was reborn into this era, which was enough time for him to gradually adapt to this era, the body he occupied, and the city.

In his previous life, he lived in a small county town on the eastern coast, and like most people, he got married and had children step by step, and his life was dull and inactive, until one day......

He knew that he was dead, and when he woke up again, he found himself in a dirty and messy shed at a construction site in the capital in 1999, and he had become a young man named He Xin.

He thought about it for a long time that day, but he couldn't think of a reason. It's just that after the two memories merge, he finds that the child's fate is very tragic. Both parents died, graduated from junior high school, and at the age of sixteen, he ran from a small town in the northeast to the capital to break into the world. After two years, he is still just a small worker on a construction site.

When he first arrived, he was quite uncomfortable, and the work on the construction site was too tiring, although he lived hard in his previous life, he was still a city person, and he had never done such heavy work.

Fortunately, the physical fitness of the one occupied is really good, the height of one meter eight, although it looks a little thin, but the muscles on the body are hard enough, and the strength is also great, and those dirty and tiring work can barely be handled.

Second, the living environment was too bad, dozens of people were crowded in the simple shed, dirty sheets and quilts, and all kinds of smells, which made him, a person who loves cleanliness, really unbearable.

Helplessly, the guy's salary for a year was still in arrears, and he couldn't leave for a while, so he had to bite the bullet and wait for the opportunity.

Originally, I wanted to wait until the end of the year to settle the salary, but there were too many examples of non-payment of wages to migrant workers on the TV news in the previous life, especially in the construction field.

A few months was enough time for him to secretly engage in tandem among the migrant workers, taking advantage of the tight construction period at the end of the year and the shortage of labor, he joined forces with everyone to challenge the boss.

After a few rounds, the boss had to settle most of his salary. As soon as the money was in hand, He Xin immediately rolled up the cover, although there were still two months of salary still in the hands of the boss, saying that he would finish the work before the Spring Festival and then finish it together, but he really couldn't stay in this kind of ghost place for a day.

After working for three years, although the salary is not high, I have saved 10,000 yuan by saving money. This child's original dream was to wait until he had saved enough money to go to Shenghai to develop, because it was his father's hometown, a Shenghai educated youth who stayed in a small city in the northeast for love, this is probably a subconscious hometown complex.

And at this time, for He Xin, everything became indifferent.

can't go back, his former hometown has no trace of his past life. Both the capital and Shenghai are big cities, and the already familiar capital seems to be more suitable for him to stay.

In the capital for three years, he was reluctant to buy clothes, the clothes were all tattered, especially two sweaters, the hair was almost gone, and he lost his elasticity, but he was not willing to throw it, because this was the dead mother who knitted it with a needle and a thread, and he should leave a memory.

Generally, after New Year's Day and before the Spring Festival, it is a time of labor shortage, and it is easy to find a job. He resolutely stopped doing heavy physical work with a low income like a small worker on a construction site, and the money in the passbook was his greatest confidence to stay in the city.

When he was looking for a job, he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the job posting of the courier company. I don't know where Taobao and Jingdong are these days, how can there be express delivery companies?

When I asked clearly, I realized that this is a company mainly engaged in express delivery in the same city, which is roughly to send documents and items from one place in the city to another, send ten yuan for a trip, and the courier and the company will be divided in half.

This kind of work that has no technical content, and has free working hours, and can also move around the city, is simply too suitable for He Xin at this time.

Officially joined, and spent 300 yuan a month to rent a bungalow in a compound at the junction of urban and rural areas not far from the company, so that he officially settled down in the capital.

And two months is enough time for He Xin to run around all corners of the city.

His current mount is a seemingly dilapidated permanent 51 type heavy bicycle, for this kind of brand-name bicycle produced in Shenghai has an inexplicable sense of intimacy for He Xin, because he had such a car in his previous life, every time the small store buys, it is a piece of cake to pack one or two hundred catties of goods.

The same is true of this bike, it looks worn, wipe the dust off the steel rim, you can still find that the steel rim is shiny, the spokes and the bag holder are very strong, this is what he has been looking for a long time in the old car market to find, just change the saddle and brake pad, put some oil on the chain, correct the faucet, install a stainless steel double bell, the bell is crisp, and it feels quite good to ride.

There are two small baskets hanging on the schoolbag shelf behind the car, the frame of the small basket is welded with thin steel bars picked up from the construction site, and two hooks are welded next to the size of the schoolbag shelf, and then woven with plastic sealing tape, one side is hung on the schoolbag shelf, which can be loaded, and will not be stopped by the traffic police on the road, which is perfect.

"Hey, Xiaohe, what, your rent should be due next month, don't forget, ah!"

He Xin was pushing his bicycle and was about to go out when he heard the voice of the landlord Lao Zhang.

Every early in the morning, when the courtyard is busy, Lao Zhang often wears a big cotton jacket, his face is arrogant, and his eyes are full of superiority to look around.

There is no way, the natives, the Beijing hukou, even if the two of them have already been laid off, they just rely on the seven or eight rental houses built along the fence in the yard, which is enough to make their family's life very good, and by the way, they can also provide for a son who goes to a self-financed university. I heard that during this time, the landlord and his wife were still thinking about buying a new house for their son who was about to graduate from college.

"Yo, isn't there still more than half a month, Uncle Zhang, are you urging it?" He Xin looked back and smiled.

"I won't say hello to you in advance, don't forget it when the time comes, but don't be inconvenient. Lao Zhang said with a smirk.

"Don't worry, you can't forget it!"

He Xin waved his hand at Lao Zhang and pushed the cart out.

In fact, he somewhat understands the thoughts of the landlord Lao Zhang, when he first rented this house, it coincided with the time when many people wanted to go home for the New Year to quit the rent before the Chinese New Year, and the rent of 300 yuan per month was definitely not expensive, and he negotiated a rent for a year. And now it has been less than a month after the New Year, and it is the time when rental housing is in short supply, I am afraid that now Lao Zhang can't wait for him to quit the rent, so that he can rent it at a good price.

In recent years, most of the express delivery business is a unit, and there are very few individuals. Fill in a list for door-to-door pickup, sign a receipt after delivery, and settle with the receipt at the end of the month.

Although the courier company where He Xin works is not large, it is very formal, and the couriers are relatively fixed. When I first joined the company, my ID card and temporary residence permit had to be filed in order, especially the temporary residence permit, which was a major place in Gyeonggi after all, and this aspect was very strict.

And this is also to prevent the loss of the express, or encounter some high-value express, in case the volume runs away, what to do if you can't find someone.

Before the Chinese New Year, there were many resignations, and after the Spring Festival, the company recruited several batches of newcomers.

Today, I was lucky, there were four or five lists in less than a morning, one of which was a loose piece, a large envelope containing a stack of computer-printed manuscript paper, which was sent to room 302 of a guest house opposite the New Film Studio in North Taipingzhuang, and the signatory was a director known as "Director Wang".

This kind of courier fee is paid directly by the sender and does not pass through the company, which is the most popular for the courier, because it means that there is no need to share with the company, and the courier fee can be directly pocketed.

When he learned that the signatory was a director, He Xin was really curious, after all, he had never seen such a living creature in his two lives.

There is only one guest house opposite the new studio, the door is not big, and when He Xin arrived, there was a group of people at the door.

"Hey, don't squeeze, queue up!"

"No, I'm sending ......"

Before He Xin's words were finished, he saw a long hair coming out from the side, grabbed his coat, and reprimanded: "Speaking of you, it's being patted inside, don't make trouble!"

"Ah?......h

He looked inside, and there was a camera in the middle of the small store, operated by the photographer, and next to it stood a young girl with a script. Inside, two men sat on the long sofa next to the service desk, and several machines were stacked on the coffee table in front of them, and the two seemed to be looking at the picture on the machines seriously.

At this time, a buddy with messy hair and dressed as a migrant worker was talking about something in front of the camera.

Oh, this is filming, and you have to disturb people's work when you enter the door.

"Don't grab it, come one by one. ”

Longhair glared, nodded at him with the folder in his hand, and then turned to enter the door.

The people queuing at the door saw the long hair coming, nodded their heads and bowed to make way of the way, and saw that this thing slipped around the back of the camera to avoid the camera, and faced the two people sitting on the long sofa, this thing immediately changed its arrogant color, and its face was full of flattering smiles, and came to the side of the two.

The flat-headed man with glasses paid attention to the machine screen, ignoring him, but the fat man on the side nodded slightly at him, which was regarded as a greeting.

Obviously, the group of people inside were mainly with flat-headed glasses, but he stared at the screen for a while, and shouted expressionlessly: "Stop, let's replace the next one." ”

The interrupted buddy looked disappointed and walked to the side, and then saw a buddy at the front of the queue walking over with a cramped face.

He Xin looked very curious, a bit like a legendary audition. The girl standing on the board behind the camera also helped to read the words, turning over and over like this:

"What's your name?"

"What for?"

The accents of those who came were varied, and sometimes they couldn't hear it clearly, and they had to be asked several times.

And these auditions, at first glance, are not professional actors, they are basically part-time workers, some work at construction sites, some are security guards, and there is a special tease, who actually claims to be the host, and I don't know what he is hosting.

"Next!Hey, don't be stunned!"

"Me?"

He Xin was dumbfounded, he watched it with relish, and before he knew it, he was the last one.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry. Longhair stood up and urged impatiently.

"Hey!"

It's fun to watch, so try it when you see it.

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