Just after the Spring Festival, it is the beginning of a new year, and office workers have ushered in their own round-trip road back to work. Zhu'er walked in the familiar alley as usual, and the long alley that was not noisy remained unchanged, but what changed was that Zhu'er's heart felt cold. Although there was only one person missing in this long alley, that person had made her experience the yearning for a better life in a turbulent reverie, she shook her head alone, she thought: The human heart is really elusive.

When she walked into the factory, several familiar workers had not yet arrived, and under the guidance of the boss, she met a new worker, that is, the apprentice assigned to her by the boss. The boss said: "He is from the countryside, his name is Gui Xianyu, from now on, you start to teach him to do your kind of work." Zhu'er nodded, and the boss smiled and left.

This person is in his 30s, and Zhu'er's first impression of him is that he is honest and honest. She thought: It's funny, I brought such an old apprentice at such a young age, does he obey me?

In this way, the boss left Zhu'er and the new apprentice alone in a workshop with several machines, doing the work she was familiar with, and taking on the task of passing on the skills to the apprentice.

Xiaoyu came from a rural area in other places, and they had a lot of people and little land, and since the land was settled, he should have more than half of his free time to plant that little land, so he chose to come out to work. In the late 80s of the last century, it was the craze for farmers to go out to work, so he came to work in this small factory after being introduced by relatives.

On the first day of work, Zhu'er taught Xiaoyu to do the simplest work, with the increase of time, Xiaoyu's progress was very fast, and Xiaoyu was familiar with several procedures in half a month. In addition to what Zhu'er had to say at work, he and Xiaoyu didn't have a word to say in other aspects, maybe there was a difference between men and women, not to mention that they were still strange men.

Maybe it was Ah Qiang's quiet departure some time ago that made her heart sink to the bottom of the sea, making her feel distrustful of people, especially men, or a sensitivity and caution towards men who are not familiar with and do not understand. She just focuses on her work every day, doing more carefully and doing her daily work well.

There must be depression, but in such a big world, only confidants are difficult to find, Zhu'er can't figure out the most is the unassertive Ah Qiang, how did he disappear without a trace like a stone sinking into the sea, if you look for such a bosom friend in the vast sea of people, you must be cautious. If Ah Qiang appears in front of her again one day, how will she face it, sometimes she still vaguely hopes that Ah Qiang will appear in the long alley, because the trace from the first kiss to the heart and brain is difficult to erase. Therefore, the feeling of walking in that long alley can only be deeply experienced by Zhu'er.

Xiaoyu is also depressed, he is depressed that he has never left home and left his wife since he got married. Although there are sometimes some quarrels between husband and wife at home, since they have formed a family, they are all selflessly dedicating their strength to making the family better, not to mention a 7-year-old good son who is in the first grade of elementary school. Thinking of his wife and son, Xiaoyu sometimes really wants to go back to the countryside immediately in this boring work, and then recalls: Come out to work to earn some money to subsidize the family, the family will be more relaxed, how can you do it without a little patience. Then he felt that the thought of going home was a little funny.

He really hoped that with the little master who taught him to make parts every day, he would open up this dull situation and add some happy rhythm to the monotonous roar of the machine every day. In fact, Xiaoyu itself is introverted, and introverted people may not be able to adapt to this except for the sound of the machine, which is a solidified atmosphere, which will make homesick people more unhappy homesick.

On this day, the boss asked Zhu'er and Xiaoyu to deliver the products, and the boss said that he would send those products the afternoon before. By the way, let Zhu'er check the manifest, that night Xiaoyu turned over and couldn't sleep, and finally he wrote a note: "Hello little master, we have been together for so long, except for you to teach me seriously at work, we hardly have more than one sentence, I feel so bored, I can't hold on anymore." Can we talk and laugh? Can we be friends? I really want to see your happy smile. Maybe you're like me, embarrassed to say something unrelated to your work in such an environment. I hope you can understand my feelings and forgive me for being reckless. ”。

That morning, Xiaoyu walked in front with a note in her arms, carrying a small part, and Zhu'er walking behind with a bag. Zhu'er pointed to the curved road with a calm face, up and down, and told Xiaoyu to walk carefully.

On the way around after finishing the errand, Xiaoyu walked behind with an empty frame, because the two of them were basically empty-handed, so Xiaoyu hesitated and was reluctant to go ahead. He was nervous in his heart, he thought, how to hand the note to Zhu'er, seeing that he had walked more than half of the distance of less than two kilometers, Xiaoyu was really anxious. He didn't care so much about this hurry, he pinched the paper ball in his hand, walked a few steps quickly, and jumped in front of Zhu'er. "Little master, I'll show you something. He handed the paper ball to Zhu'er with one hand without saying a word, and then hurriedly turned his head and trotted towards the bumpy downhill road.

Zhu'er was surprised at first, nervously caught the paper ball that Xiaoyu suddenly handed over, and immediately looked at him as if he had done something bad, panicked and quickened his pace on the way back to the factory. This reminded her of the scene when Ah Qiang handed the paper ball in the past, and today Xiaoyu's actions seemed more nervous and flustered than Ah Qiang, and she couldn't help but laugh dumbly. Then she curiously unfolded the paper ball and read Xiaoyu's words. Alas, she thought: I am depressed these times only I know, he doesn't know, these times I really seem to be a different person, no wonder people say that I am not as lively as before, even this stranger is complaining that I am impersonal, I should cheer up. She thought again: Although I am silent, why doesn't he take the initiative to find something to say, oh, he must be introverted, because introverts, for people who are not familiar with and do not know very well, it is difficult to have the courage to break the deadlock. Then she shook her head with a self-deprecating smile and sighed.

When she went to work that afternoon, Zhu'er's face was completely renewed, at least her face was gone, because she thought, I am still so young after all, why am I so depressed for an irreparable emotional setback, and the days to come are still long. Therefore, she tried not to think about the old feelings as much as possible, and enlightened herself to live a good life. For Xiaoyu, all she thought at the time was that since they worked together and people came all the way here to find money, they should get along well. What's more, people are still so restrained, so natural. So she suddenly appeared in front of people as if she was a different person.

Xiaoyu was still nervous about how to deal with the afternoon meeting, because he didn't know how Zhu'er would react to the note he handed out. It would be nice if Pearl's mind was willing to change the atmosphere of getting along, and if she thought I had bad thoughts, the more tense our situation would be together, and it would be possible that I would not be able to stay in the factory any longer. Thinking of this, he really regretted that he wrote that note recklessly.

Fortunately, as soon as Zhu'er entered the workshop, Xiaoyu was sensitive to the reversal of the atmosphere, Zhu'er not only smiled, her first sentence was: "Have you eaten lunch, have you cleaned up?" Xiaoyu responded happily. Because Xiaoyu came to the factory from afar, the boss let him cook, eat, and live in the workshop, and he also avoided arranging people to guard the factory at night. In this way, they began to plan their work for the afternoon as comfortably as if they had changed their hearts.

As usual, Zhu'er instructed Xiaoyu, on a work table made of iron plates with sharp iron cones to cut the iron sheet, in this relaxed atmosphere, work really felt very handy, at first their (her) opening remarks were still very cautious, their (her) first sentence was Xiaoyu carefully with chalk on the table to write: "Hello!" two words. Pearls smiled, and then she wrote, "Hello, you've had a hard time coming so far. He wrote: "No, this hand-to-hand work is much easier than doing farm work at home." She wrote: "Is it good to be at home?" "That's good, it's especially important to be safe when working here, especially when using these machines, be careful and careful. She then dictated several examples of people in other factories who were accidentally maimed or even killed by machines. In this way, they ask and answer every word, talk about unrestrained laughter, and they even ignore the workers who push the door and stand in front of them and have something to do.

The petite and beautiful Xiaoxian stood in the middle of the two of them with envy on her face, and deliberately shouted loudly: "The concubine has arrived" The two people who forgot everything outside their bodies in an instant woke up like a dream, and the three of them laughed at the same time.

Xiaoxian is a local and Zhu'er's best friend, Xiaoxian, who has just been married, has a beautiful round face, a sharp mouth, a pair of neat hands, and a small and delicate figure, her character is straightforward and fast-talking. After laughing, Xiao Xian, who is smart and clever and never hides things in her heart, said: "I can't imagine that my sister, who has been silent for a long time, suddenly returned to her previous smile today." She looked directly at Xiaoyu again: "I can't imagine that this silent distant guest has become lively." ”。

Xiaoyu lowered her head a little embarrassed. Afterwards, they were talking and laughing and saying things that didn't matter. Although Xiaoxian is married, she is just over 20 years old, so he is called Sister Zhu'er. Although they do not work in a workshop, they (she) have to walk back and forth many times in order to work and for the interoperability of machines, but they usually come and go to do what they want to do, and what they want to say is separated, so they (they) still know each other well in the past month.

After a while, Xiaoxian turned on the machine and did what she was going to do, and after she finished it, she whispered something to Zhu'er, and then went to the workshop over there. I saw Zhu'er standing there sullen for a while, and then returned to a pleasant demeanor. The joyful start of that afternoon left unforgettable memories in both Zhu'er and Xiaoyu's hearts, but no one could have imagined that they would form a lifelong friendship at that time.