Chapter 119: Middle Age
The singing continues, obviously a very colorful part, but it has been deliberately processed, even the high-pitched voice, it sounds like a whisper in the ear here.
The fat man discussed work with a few colleagues, and the young man didn't seem very happy, so the fat man even coaxed and persuaded him, and took the initiative to take on the heaviest piece of work, and finally appeased him.
Between the stairs, the fat man smoked cigarette after puff, and the smoke curled up almost to cover his expressionless face.
The smoke cleared, and his eyes were glazed like a puppet.
Suddenly, the cigarette butt burned his hand, and he quickly threw it away and stepped on it, but then he wandered again.
He walked into the bathroom and squatted in the toilet, his face still glazed.
Suddenly, there was a peeing sound outside, and the voices of two young people said, "Oh, I heard that 15% will be cut this time." โ
"Hmm. Cut, anyway, it's not our turn, thousands of dollars a month, why lay us off!"
"That's for sure, now the layoffs are all over 35 years old first, they all have long working years, high salaries, and they all occupy the pit and don't, thinking that they are a leader in size, but in fact, the level is very inferior! Hey, I heard that Mr. Zhao is not very satisfied with our boss, everyone says that he may be laid off......
"Ha, then who knows, the ...... of the just now"
In the cubicle, the fat man raised his eyelids, glanced out, and soon drooped again, but in the end he didn't say a word, just listened quietly.
Still expressionless.
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Unconsciously, Jiang Xianxian didn't have the hand that held the phone, and subconsciously grabbed the bathrobe on his body, feeling as if his heart was also being pulled up.
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Suddenly, the mobile phone rang, and the fat man was in a hurry, and he took out his mobile phone with difficulty, "Hey......"
The voiceover came clearly, and the voice was hurried, "Husband, didn't you have enough money for our mortgage card?" The bank called me just now, saying that it seems to be a little worse, and the computer recognition is not enough, so you can't make a move, you should quickly check ......."
"Oh, yes! Okay! I remember that I have played enough, I will check it immediately, and it may be a few dozen dollars!"
"Okay, hang up, I'm still busy!"
"Don't skip lunch again...... "Before he could finish speaking, there was already a hanging beep on the other end, and the fat man quickly lowered his head.
The movement outside was gone, and Xu was frightened away.
After a moment of silence, he put away his phone.
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Jiang Xianxian subconsciously raised her hand to cover her mouth.
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The runners at the front seemed to be starting to sprint faster, and the young lads gritted their teeth one by one, and their faces turned red, and the veins on their necks were even more bruised.
But Jiang Xianxian subconsciously noticed that at the far end of the camera, the little fat man had just turned the corner of the runway, his posture was obviously clumsy, and he obviously didn't even have the ability to accelerate.
As a result, he was overtaken by one classmate after another.
She was in a trance for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he had been overtaken by someone.
It may even be more than one lap.
But he still ran hard.
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The fat man was cooking, and it was obviously that kind of fast food.
He doesn't eat fast, slowly, and eats by himself, without the appearance of a partner.
Suddenly, someone sat down across from him with a fast food plate, "Do you want to kick at night?"
He raised his head suddenly, and his eyes seemed to have a sparkle all of a sudden, "Kick! Count me in!"
The other party said, "Then you can hurry up, hey, you still have to send the child, right?"
He hurriedly said, "I can catch up!"
"Okay!"
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The piano, which had been going on for a while, suddenly stirred up, and then changed its tune, and soon a song began to sound againโ
"Where the hell is the world full of flowers, if it really exists then I will definitely go, I want to stand there on the highest mountain, I don't care if it's a cliff or not......"
Jiang Xianxian heard it with one ear, this is "Dream Chasing Pure Heart".
So she realized: No wonder the MVs of the two songs are combined, it turns out that this is what it means!
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There was a knock at the door.
The door opened, and it was the fat man with a smile on his face.
"Mr. Zhao, that ...... I'm still ...... That, hehe, my wife is so far away, I still have to leave a little earlier to pick up my son. I'm working overtime at home at night! I'm going to work overtime to get out......"
Mr. Zhao's face was extremely dissatisfied, "Do you really not want to do it? You are laying off employees, don't you know? You are within the scope of layoffs, you don't know? How old are you, and you dare to leave early? I can fire you at any time, do you know? The mortgage has been repaid? The car loan has been repaid? The family has dug up the mine or caught up with the demolition? Believe it or not, I will quit you now!"
The fat man's waist never straightened up, and he nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, I know Mr. Zhao, it's all my problem, but I ...... I will definitely work overtime to rush out at night, and I will definitely not delay showing you tomorrow, mainly because my son is about to get out of school, I ......"
", you!"
"Thank you, Mr. Zhao!Thank you, Mr. Zhao!" The fat man's face showed sincere gratitude, "Thank you, Mr. Zhao!"
"Get out!"
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"Live hard, love hard, even if you don't want anyone to be satisfied, as long as you are worthy of yourself, I have never chosen to give up on ideals, even in the days of disgrace, ......"
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All kinds of shouts and cheers on the playground were exciting.
Finally, the first lad crossed the finish line and rushed forward, already raising his arms and shouting.
Near the finish line, countless students cheered loudly.
One, and another, crossed the finish line.
In the background of the lively scene of so many students cheering and catching up with the athletes, a little fat man was already running very slowly, but he was still running, running hard.
Jiang Xianxian held the mobile phone in her hand, and she was worried about it.
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"Maybe I don't have talent, but I have the innocence of dreams, I will prove that with my life, maybe I'm stupid, but I'm willing to keep exploring and give all my youth without regrets......"
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Finally after school, the school gate was opened, and the people who came to pick up the children crowded the school gate, and the fat man was squeezed into the corner, smoking a cigarette, and tiptoeing to look at the school gate from time to time.
Suddenly, he saw his son, threw away his cigarette and stepped on it, squeezed through the crowd with all his might, and took his hand, "Let's go, eat first, Dad will take you to eat first, how are you doing at school today? Have you learned? Has the teacher criticized you?"
In the picture, the father and son walked into a small restaurant, and the fat man skillfully asked the child for a rice bowl with tomato and brisket, and asked for a bowl of noodles himself.
Soon the father and son began to eat.
The fat man still eats slowly, but the child is clearly hungry and gobbles up.
So the father ate and ate, looked up at his son for a while, and unconsciously showed a smile, stretched out his hand to pull a tissue, and handed it over, "Rub, rub, eat slowly, eat fast and have gas in your stomach......"
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In such a plain and warm scene, the passionate singing voice as a background color suddenly showed a different kind of tragedy-
"Running forward, facing cold eyes and ridicule, how can we feel the vastness of life without suffering, fate cannot make us kneel and beg for mercy, even if blood is sprinkled all over the embrace......"
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After knocking on the door and sending the child to that after-school cram school, the fat man did not dare to waste the slightest time, returned to his car, opened his notebook, and got to work.
The camera flashes across the computer screen.
He seems to be doing design.
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"Keep running, with the pride of a child, how can you see the sparkle of life if you don't stick to the end, it's better to indulge in burning than to linger, and one day it will sprout again......"
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I don't know how long it has been.
In the middle of this, the man got out of the car and smoked a cigarette, walking back and forth in the open space next to the car, extremely agitated, with a notebook spread on his lap, looking up at the roof of the car with a blank face.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the glass.
He was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to see that it was actually his son.
At this time, he looked at the time and found that he had missed the time to pick up the child, so he quickly closed the notebook, opened the car door, and let his son in.
The son was also expressionless, and he didn't have the habit of complaining, "Dad, you forgot to pick me up again!"
"I'm sorry son, Dad has been a little busy with work lately. Hehe...... Let's go, Dad will send you home!"
As the car drove on the road, my son suddenly asked, "Dad, will you be laid off?" If you are laid off, will our family not be able to afford to eat? I won't be able to go to school?"
"Ahh
"Hmm. The son nodded incomprehensibly.
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However, Jiang Xianxian, who saw this scene, unconsciously turned red.
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"The future is always beckoning to me, even if it is only the company of pain, I want to sail on the bluest sea there, and I don't care if I can ......return it."
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The car stopped, the fat man turned around, looked at his son in the back seat, and said, "Go upstairs by yourself, okay?"
The little guy nodded very obediently, and had reached out to pull the car door, and then the man also took off his seat belt and opened the car door and came down, watching his son walk to the elevator room, he quickly ran to the back of the car, opened the trunk, took out a paper bag, looked left and right, there was no one, ran to the side, opened the rear door, covered up a little, and looked at the left and right to see if there was a car, while quickly undressing and changing clothes.
Soon, he changed into a football jersey and threw it into a paper bag.
But when he turned around, he found his son standing behind him, looking at him.
More to come later.