Chapter 304: Living in This Era
The dynamic superman of Zhang Tong's incarnation is gone, just like when he came. Only Hu Luge and the others were left looking at each other. It wasn't until half an hour later that they were able to move their hands and feet. Everyone didn't know what to do, whether to report to the organization or what to do, and everyone could only look at Hu Lu. Hu Lu just waved his hand, because he was in a very chaotic mood right now.
"Let's go home first, and don't talk about today's incident. Tomorrow we are thinking about the long term. Hu Lu waved his hand and let the crowd disperse.
In fact, what Zhang Tong said is tempting? Actually, there is a little bit of it.
Because Huaihai is big and difficult to live in, everyone living in this city can really feel it. Hu Lu drove his car back to his residence, because his level was still relatively high, and he could provide a bus and a rented house in the organization for him to live in.
Although the car is just a Huaihai niche Lavida, and the place where you live is only a single apartment on the edge of the inner ring, this is actually very good. Compared with most Huaihai people, Hulu is now more or less a successful person. But even so, he couldn't afford to buy a house in Huaihai.
And after the others dispersed, they also had their own plans. The little black fat man Guo Hei and his friend Lu Qian made an appointment to eat a skewer for supper.
"Hey, when did you say this day was the end? Lu Qian sat on the street stall and was a little bored. This kind of mobile kebab stand on the side of the street is actually a big tricycle. The area behind the tricycle was converted into a barbecue station and a countertop. The countertops are all stainless steel shallow plates with a variety of barbecue ingredients.
Leeks, pork belly, mutton, squid, eggplant, oysters, dried tofu, gluten, ham sausage, small yellow croaker, steamed bread slices, etc., there are always twenty or thirty different ingredients.
Lu Qian and Guo Hei picked up more than 100 pieces of skewers, and then brought two bottles of beer and a plate of flowers. With a simple low folding table and an unstable plastic stool, they just ate and chatted.
In this kind of stall, don't pay attention to any hygiene, it doesn't exist. Out of sight, out of mind, out of mind, the so-called not dry and clean eating is not sick.
The two of them were talking about what they had encountered today, especially about the so-called dynamic superhuman proposal, whether to sell the organization's intelligence in exchange for money.
Naturally, the two of them will not mention detailed things in public, that is, they talk about today's things in more obscure terms, as if ordinary office workers are discussing the situation at work today.
"It's getting worse and worse every day. Two bottles of horse urine went down to the belly Guo Hei's strange words came out: "Now the price is getting higher day by day, the house price is getting more expensive day by day, and the salary is not rising and it is getting more and more sad now." ”
"You're having a hard time? You're getting a lot more paid than I do. Now it's almost 30,000 a month, right?" Lu Qian knocked a edamame, then picked up a skewer of grilled chicken wings and nibbled on it. Don't say it, although the hygiene of this kind of stall is basically unsightly, the taste is really good.
A skewer of chicken wings grilled just right, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The chicken skin is baked with oil and tastes crunchy. The chicken inside is just cooked, and it's tender and juicy when you bite into it. Coupled with just the right amount of cumin peppers, it is fresh and spicy and delicious. After eating a bunch of skewers, my mouth is full of oil, but I can't stop it. It feels like the taste buds are just opened.
At this time, another sip of beer, not to mention how refreshing it is.
Lu Qian killed two strings of chicken wings in a row before continuing: "What do you say we are doing here in Huaihai, isn't it just for money?"
Lu Qian's words Guo Hei did not refute, yes, he came to Huaihai to work for money. Guo Hei knew about Lu Qian's family, and Lu Qian was actually a little more difficult than himself.
"I still have a medicine jar lying in my house, and I eat most of my income every month. "The medicine jar that Lu Qian said is his mother, and Guo Hei knows it.
"We come out of the countryside, and there are many drugs that are not reimbursed by the rural medical insurance. My mother is chronically ill, and she has to take almost 10,000 yuan a month to take medicine. Now that I've been out for so long, I haven't saved a penny. ”
Lu Qian and Guo Hei are good friends, and there are many things that the two of them will communicate with each other. Including many questions about yourself.
Guo Hei glanced at Lu Qian and said, "Your ability is actually very useful, King Kong is not bad." If you go to join the army or the police department, I guess it's not bad now, why didn't you go in the first place?"
"Where are you going to do what?!" Lu Qian waved his hand: "It's not that you don't know me, I graduated from junior high school." Except for literacy, other grades are poor. Mathematics doesn't even make a binary equation. English only has hello and byebye. I just want to enter the police department, but I can't get a degree. If you want to join the army, people like me who have no education and can't study will not have any room for promotion in the future. ”
"And how much money do I have to make by participating in these jobs? I want cash! Cash! Not how much potential for future development there is. Lu Qian's statement is very realistic, because his mother is still waiting for him to make money to continue his life. This medicine is not stopped for a day.
"My mother's doctor said that as long as the medicine continues, you can live for 20 years. If the medicine is broken, there will be no cure for three months. Xiao Guo, the situation of your family is also average. ”
"Well, it's also rural like you. His parents are farming at home, and he has a younger brother and a younger sister who are studying medicine. Now I give 5,000 yuan a month to my parents so that they can live. I also have to give my younger siblings who are studying in high school in the provincial capital some living expenses every month. If you can't do it in our small county, you can't get into a good university in high school. It cost me more than 500,000 yuan for two people to go to the provincial capital to study and apply for a household registration. Guo Hei said this flatly.
"Yes, I remember a while when you didn't come out to eat with us, you would go to the convenience store every day to buy bento boxes. At that time, all the money was spent, right?" Lu Qian suddenly remembered some of the past.
Guo Hei nodded: "Yes, at that time, I gave all the money to the person who helped my younger brothers and sisters to register their accounts, but fortunately, the money was not spent in vain." Now they are still very competitive, and their grades in school are very good. Better than my useless brother. ”
"Yes, in the future, it will be better than us to study and find a serious job. We're doing this for a day. You heard that the four before came to Huaihai and there were no colleagues below. Lu Qian was talking about Liao Yaokun and the other four.
Guo Hei nodded knowingly and said, "Yes, of course it's very clear." ”
"So, we have to think about the future too. What if one day we say no, we don't have a word? My mom still has to take medicine for 20 years, and she has 20 years of living expenses, who will pay for it then? Your younger siblings are still studying, and there will be at least six years before they graduate from college and find a job. What if we don't have that much time?" Lu Qian took a sip of wine, and his tone gradually became heavy.
He already had some thoughts in his heart, but Guo Hei pressed his shoulder and shook his head: "Listen to Brother Hu Lu tomorrow." ”
Lu Qian opened his mouth, but didn't say anything. Just a long sigh. After eating a meal of skewers for two people, the payment is 150 yuan, and it is already very cheap to enjoy such a barbecue in Huaihai for only such a small amount of money.
"The boss baked it very well, and I will come to you to eat it next time." "Lu Qian and Guo Hei are frequent customers of this small stall, and they have eaten a lot of skewers here in recent years, and they are familiar with the boss.
And today, this familiar middle-aged man looks even older than ever. Although he was only forty-five years old, wrinkles were already crawling all over his face. When he laughed, his face was slightly bitter: "I may not have to eat it in the future." ”
"How?"
"Huaihai City is rushing people. Those of us who are out of town are in a hurry, especially since I don't have a serious job. Now the chengguan is also getting stricter and stricter. I probably won't be doing this next month. ”
"Then what are you doing in Huaihai?"
"Maybe it's not in Huaihai anymore. I don't know anything else except barbecue, and I'm just as fortunate to be in the factory, and I earn less than barbecue. It's not enough to feed my family of four. In the future, I may go to other cities with my fellow villagers to make barbecues. ”
"Why don't you know your hometown? You can bake in your hometown!"
"The income of the old family is low. The per capita salary is just over 2,000 and less than 3,000. There are too few people like you who eat a barbecue for 150 yuan a meal in my hometown. Everyone is trying to save money to buy a house, and the one-square-meter house price in our county has been sold to 6,000. I can only make money selling barbecue in big cities. ”
"In the future, big cities may be more and more strict. It's not easy to do mobile stalls in the future. What should I do then, boss?"
The middle-aged man smiled and wrinkled: "Let's talk about it then." ”
Guo Hei and Lu Qian left the stall, walked across the intersection and saw a garbage can, Lu Qian suddenly became angry. He kicked the garbage can on the side of the road, and the metal garbage can was instantly kicked and exploded by him. And in this way, Lu Qian was still angry, he kept kicking and hitting the trash can. Guo Hei didn't stop him, because he himself felt a little angry inexplicably.
He could only whisper: "Living in this era!"