Chapter 021: Sudden Enlightenment
So, after the doctor unzipped it, he turned out the contents of the bag and placed it on the desk.
I saw that there was a big brother, an ID card, a Parker pen, a phone book, a contract, and a few cash...... The doctor first flipped through the small telephone book, which was densely packed with many phone numbers, including "family", "big brother", "third sister", "old wang", etc.
The doctor first called "home" from the office phone, but strangely, no one answered for a long time; then called "big brother" and was told that the phone had been shut down; and when he called "third sister", there was a voice prompt on the phone, "Sorry, this is an empty number, please check and dial!" on the phone.
In desperation, the doctor had no choice but to dial the phone number of "Lao Wang", and this time someone answered, but the other party said that he was just a business partner of the old man, and he did not know where he lived without the contact information of his family.
So, the doctor and Tian Tian looked at each other, their faces were full of sadness, and they didn't know what to do.
Seeing that the time was not early, Tian Tian had to leave the hospital and take the bus back to the factory.
Standing in the crowded car, seeing someone next to him gnawing corn, Tian Tian realized that he didn't seem to have eaten lunch. Perhaps, she was too hungry, and she didn't feel hungry.
Back at the factory, fortunately it was time for dinner.
Sitting in the spacious and bright dining hall, the steaming meal suddenly aroused Tian Tian's appetite, so she couldn't help but bury her head in devouring it.
Tian Tian was chewing the food in her mouth, but she was thinking about things in her mind, her mood today was very complicated, and she could be described as having mixed feelings.
Yes, I was very disappointed that I did not find a job as a clerk as I had hoped; it can be seen that my uncle suddenly fell ill and fell to the ground, and he felt that safety and health were a blessing; he felt dissatisfied and cold because of the barbarism and dereliction of duty of the bus driver; and he was deeply moved by the doctor's life-saving help.
I heard that there is a computer training class in the Third Industrial Zone, and Tian Tian wants to go and see it. She wanted to learn how to type on a computer.
Because if you want to change jobs and become a clerk, the first condition must be to know the most basic computer operation.
After dinner, Tian Tian wanted to leave to have a look, but the dormitory was empty. I don't have a company, and I don't really want to go.
Finally, one day, there is no need to work overtime.
In the evening, Tian Tian and his friend Ah Feng walked to the training center five or six miles away. I saw that the big billboard was particularly eye-catching, and it could be seen clearly from a distance of 100 meters.
Tian Tian and Ah Feng walked up the narrow staircase, and after a while, they reached the third floor. The lintel was marked with the words "Computer Training".
The two of them eagerly walked in, and as soon as they entered, there was a small room on the right side of the door, in which two young men in their twenties sat in front of the computer, if I guessed correctly, it must have been the office.
Apparently, the two of them were spotted by the people inside, and a man stared at them and asked enthusiastically, "Are you here to learn computers?"
"Well, let's have a consultation. Tian Tian replied.
So, he stood up and walked out, and said, "You see, this is our training room, there are thirty desktop computers in total, and we have three teachers on our side, and they are all very senior, responsible, and patient rare good teachers. We teach each student by hand until they learn. ”
Listening to his flamboyant boasting that day, Tian Tian felt strange in his heart why there were only two or three women in school. It stands to reason that today is Sunday, and it is half past seven in the evening, so the students should have come.
However, the teacher's next words dispelled Tian Tian's doubts, saying, "It's because on Sunday, people are busy patting and procrastinating, so there are not as many people as usual." ”
"So, how much does the basic class cost?"
"Four hundred and fifty. ”
"How long does it take to learn typing?"
"This, it varies from person to person, some will take half a month, but some will take a month or two. ”
"And who are the people who learn to type with you?"
"Some people want to apply for a clerkship, and some people are already clerks, so they can write everything by hand, but now they use computers, so they learn with the times. ”
"Oh!" Tian Tian nodded thoughtfully, "Okay, let's go back and think about it." See you soon!"
So, Tian Tian and his friends hugged each other and walked downstairs.
Along the way, the two of them focused on the question of "whether they can learn it". If you can learn a skill, then you don't have to spend some money, but if you can't learn it or the teacher doesn't teach it seriously, then the money is wasted. 450 yuan is not a lot, and the monthly salary of some factory workers may not be this amount.
Therefore, Ah Feng, who was afraid of risks, wanted to back down.
However, Tian Tian was a little unwilling. I thought to myself, how can I know the truth if I don't give it a try?
After some hesitation, they decided to give it a try.
In the evening of the next day, Tian Tian and the two of them went with banknotes and signed up for a basic junior class together, which was 450 yuan for one month.
In this way, Tian Tian took leave to learn the computer every night, and studied for five days in a row, starting from the minimum familiarity with the keyboard and memorizing the five-stroke formula.
Although it is a little boring, Tian Tian also learns seriously and patiently, because she firmly believes that practice makes perfect, and bitterness comes sweetly.
However, on the evening of the sixth day, when Tian Tian and the others arrived on time with great interest, they were surprised to find that the training center was already empty and in a mess.
Seeing this, Tian Tian immediately collapsed on the ground.
She never thought she would be so unlucky!
Later, for several days, Tian Tian was sullen and silent.
A week later, on Sunday morning, Tian Tian saw his cousin coming to look for him, and it turned out that he had come to tell Tian Tian that "Jiang Fan will be waiting for the phone at twelve o'clock", and told her the area code and phone number of his home.
So, at around eleven forty, Tian Tian came to the phone booth.
She paid a deposit of 30 yuan, received a number plate, and obediently came to the phone booth with the corresponding "08" number plate in her hand and waited in line quietly.
Although there are not too many people, when it was Tian Tian's turn, it was already twelve and three o'clock, and Tian Tian couldn't help but feel a little sorry for making the other party wait for a long time.
As soon as she stepped into the phone room, she closed the door.
In this private space exclusive to him, Tian Tian pressed the phone number that had just been written on his left hand one by one.
There was a "beep...... Honk...... After the beep rang, Jiang Fan's familiar "Hey" came from the other end of the phone.
"Hey, is it Jiang Fan? ”
"I'm Jiang Fan, are you off work?"
"No, our factory didn't work overtime today. What about you, have you eaten?"
"Not yet. ”
"Fanzi, I suggest you don't come out to work easily. I'm tired of being a general worker!
"Doing the same thing every day like a machine, without any growth, you won't learn anything other than the job at hand. Take me as an example, what if you deal with micrometers, waterproof pipes, and watch handles every day, even if you do it for another 30 years?
"All that remains in your mind is the tolerance value corresponding to each product and the more skilled operation, but what is the point of these things in our lives other than to get that pitiful wage?
"However, when you have a bachelor's degree or above, the treatment is very different, there is a certain height, and you will be envied and looked up to by everyone.
"You know, although our factory is well paid, I don't want to go back to school all the time.
"However, once I was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, thinking about what happened to me, until now, I have palpitations. That lingering shadow has always hung over me, so every time I think about it, I feel very hesitant and scared.
"So, now, I don't dare to repeat my studies again, and I want to change jobs and become a clerk. But that day, when I went to the talent market job fair, I suddenly found that in fact, I was not a ghost 'talent' at all, and I was not even qualified to apply for a clerk at the lowest level.
"The conditions that people want are, first, to understand computers, and second, to Dong Cantonese. For a slightly better job, everyone needs a good diploma or technology.
"Of course, Fanzi, with what I know about you, I think you are so smart that you can't joke about your great future, unless, you have some unspeakable grievances. So, you, can you tell me?"
"I ...... I...... Nothing, just want to go out and make money, to prove that you have grown up. ”
"Ghost letter, you still won't tell me the truth, Fanzi, it seems that you don't trust me at all. ”
Hearing Tian Tian on the other end of the phone looking a little angry, Jiang Fan mustered up the courage to say, "Okay, I'll tell you forget it." ”
After being silent quietly, the words that floated into Tian Tian's ears were, "Do you know? Tian Tian, my father fell off the scaffolding at the construction site some time ago, and after seriously injuring his brain, he became a vegetative person. ”
"Ahh
She knew that Jiang Fan's father had gone to work on a construction site in City G early in order to provide for the children to go to school, and he was the only pillar of their family!
Thinking of this, Tian Tian couldn't help but feel very anxious and worried.
Alas, it's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight!
After a moment of silence, she asked with concern, "Then your dad, is he in the hospital now?"
"No, at home. In the hospital, it costs five or six hundred yuan a day, how can there be so much money at home? Now everything that can be borrowed by my mother has been borrowed. ”
"So, what are you going to do?"
"I plan to drop out of school and work part-time to earn money for my dad's treatment. ”
Hearing Jiang Fan's firm and choked tone on the other end of the phone, Tian Tian was particularly relieved and moved. Perhaps, Jiang Fan is a filial and responsible man, but if he chooses to drop out of school to work, it is tantamount to more gains than losses.
In the increasingly remote and backward rural areas, in the increasingly impoverished families, as we all know, the only way to get out of the farm is to enter the university campus, become the pride of heaven admired by everyone, and then find a stable and good job, and then get married and have children.
Instead of living a life of wandering, living around with an uncertain future, and even being despised and undignified.