(xxv)

This starts with the late 88s of the last century.

On the eve of the Spring Festival in 88, Xiaoyu met the parents of the girl he had rescued in front of the Jixiang Department Store, and the girl's father agreed to let Xiaoyu go to work with him at the request of his daughter, so as to repay him for his efforts.

During the meal, the girl's father explained his identity and address to Xiaoyu. He said: "My surname is He, my name is He Qingfeng, my lover's name is Chen Minjun, my daughter's name is He Yalan, and my eldest son is named He Changchun. I am the person who grew up in this city, my home is in this city, we live in the small western-style building at the foot of the mountain next to the east gate, and we came back this time to have a few days of Spring Festival vacation. A few years ago, I set up a small garment factory in the Special Economic Zone, and now all the workers and miscellaneous workers add up to less than 30 people, but the efficiency of our factory is still okay. If you want, you can come to work in my factory in the next year. Of course, you didn't go to let you make clothes, I saw that you were clever and agile, so when you got there, I arranged for you to send clothes, I mean let you help me drive and deliver clothes. ”

Xiaoyu listened to him say so much, and in the end, he asked him to drive the car to deliver the clothes, which he didn't understand after listening to the car, but he didn't want to ask in detail, but he felt that the work of this factory might still be very easy. So when he listened to him, he always nodded his head and acknowledged it.

Boss He also said: "Please believe me, you go there, I have all the food and accommodation for you, and our entire factory is all inclusive of food and accommodation." And in terms of wages, that's much higher than here, and our wages are between two hundred and three hundred and fifty. ”

Because on the way to the restaurant, Xiaoyu talked about his own situation, where his family lives and how much his current salary is, he is now here for a month, and his monthly salary is around 140 yuan, and he has never crossed the threshold of 150 yuan. So after listening to Boss He's words, he was still very moved. In the end, Boss He gave him a detailed address and contact number, and said that he would definitely arrive there on the 12th day of February of the new calendar after the year.

After the breakup, Xiaoyu was on the way back to the small workshop, and he was also thinking about this problem repeatedly, he thought: In this year, I have met these few such good friends, and I am still very reluctant to leave, not only reluctant, but also always have a feeling of reassurance about them.

Especially worried about Xie Fei, that time he heard Xie Fei say that it was her husband who wanted to divorce her. Now his husband is pretending at home, but he doesn't know her current situation.

And Zhu'er, who was with Zhu'er this morning, she didn't know that I wouldn't come after the New Year, so she left like this, which made her heart can't let go, and my heart can't let go either. Oh, he suddenly remembered: there was no way, so he had to leave her a note.

Xiaoxian is nothing, she gave birth to a child, and with a child, Gu Xiaocheng will definitely get better. Don't say it, the child is a harmonious treasure of two people. For the sake of the child, no matter how angry the two of them are, they can tolerate it.

Niu Er doesn't have to worry, because Niu Er and Li Xing have always been kind and loving.

As for Yin Hong, in Xiaoyu's imagination, Dr. Kong was so rich that he bought a new house and borrowed 10,000 yuan to her brother. Yin Hong said that Dr. Kong was also very good to her, and this Yin Hong should be the most blessed among these people.

In the end, he felt that he was very funny: You are really making a lot of love to yourself, without you here, wouldn't a few people have a good life? Even if something happened to one of them, how could you help? For example, Gu Xiaocheng made Xiaoxian angry, don't you just listen to her complaint, so you can persuade Gu Xiaocheng? Even if you talk about him, he may not listen to you, and it is not necessary for him to remember and hate you.

Let's just say that you happened to save Xie Fei that time, then, if you didn't come here, you just had nothing to do with it, and you didn't know anything, wouldn't it be over? This world is so big, and countless good and bad things are happening every day, can you manage it? In a word, I don't know that I am still quiet and comfortable, and the earth is not rotating as usual.

But no matter how messily he thinks about it, it is still difficult for him to let go of the sincere feelings he has built up for these people here in the past year.

In the end, he still had to consider his own long-term interests: people, all of them are for everyone's family, especially those who are married, they all want a good life for the family and Meimei. This is to work part-time, that is, to live a better life in the future, so the purpose now is to find more money, and a good life is always inseparable from the economy.

In the end, he made up his mind and was determined to go to Boss He. Before he went to bed, he wrote a note for Zhu'er and pressed it on the iron table. He wrote: "Xiaozhu, I bought a ticket home today, came back to buy clothes at the Jixiang Department Store, and met the woman we saved in Beixing Park at the door, she and her parents all the way. In the end, her father asked me to go to work with them, and his father opened a garment factory in the D.C. and asked me to help him deliver clothes. He said that the work is easy, and the salary for one month may be for us for two months. I still don't want to leave you, it's just, just, I still want to find more money. I'm not here, you have to take care of yourself and stay safe. I will always keep you in my heart, we will definitely meet again in the future, and I will definitely write to you when I go. Goodbye, my good sister!" Although he has long regarded Zhu'er as his own sister in his heart, he has always been difficult to say or shout, and then he is about to separate, so he wrote like this, but he was still embarrassed to write that parent, because he was not his own sister, but he felt in his heart that he was so close to her. He was also worried that she wouldn't admit it, so in the end he only mustered up the courage to write a "good sister." ”

On the morning of 12 February 1989, Xiaoyu got off the train in the Special Administrative Region, and he got on the train from the railway station in his hometown on the evening of the 10th. Then he went to the phone booth and made a call.

Twenty minutes later, Boss He personally drove to pick him up. He looked at Boss He's luxurious car, looked at the bustling city, and then saw the factories outside the city. He thought to himself: this world is so big, I was in that city for a year last year, and I feel that the city is amazing, and today I am here, it is even more amazing. He suddenly felt that the sun in early spring here was warmer than his hometown, the cool wind here was stronger than his hometown, and the clothes of these people here were more special than those in his hometown. But at this time, what he couldn't imagine was whether he would be able to adapt to the life and work here.

Boss He drove the car directly into the garage of the factory, and he led Xiaoyu out of a dam of more than 100 square meters to be round, surrounded by twenty or thirty-story buildings, and downstairs is a passage that can accommodate two cars side by side. Only the inside of this dam is just a row of several cement houses on the first floor and one bottom, and on the front side of the dam is the gate of this factory.

As soon as Boss He came out, two or three people who came in and out of the cement room greeted him. He first took Xiaoyu to the staff housing on the second floor on the side, and asked him to put down his luggage, and the first floor on the side was about the office. He assigned him a room with a bed, a small table, and two stools.

Turning out again, he instructed these people on how to prepare for the start of construction, and then took Xiaoyu to the cement room inside. The second floor of the cement room was full of garment-making machines, half of the first floor was made of machines, the other half was separated, there was a large cutting room, and the rest was a warehouse for stacking fabrics.

The factory houses are on the other side of the dam, and its second floor is a small single room on the first floor and one on the bottom. It was in there that the light rain put the luggage. On this side of the dam is the gate and a separate guard's room. The kitchen is just behind the guard's room.

After walking around and taking a look, it was already noon, and Boss He said, "You can eat in the factory, you will wait for me here after eating, and I will take you out for a walk in the afternoon to familiarize yourself with the environment here." Then he introduced the cook, the new worker, Xiaoyu, and then he drove away. Apparently, he went back to his house for dinner.

It was not yet two o'clock in the afternoon, and Boss He came, and he asked Xiaoyu to get in the car and went all the way out. After turning out of these buildings, I came to the big road outside, Boss He drove slowly all the way, all the way to Xiaoyu to introduce these roads, these streets, what direction they are, where to go, and then to the seaside very close to the sea. Xiaoyu looked at the vast sea, his heart was very excited, he really wanted to go to the sea to play, go swimming and play in the water, but at this time he dared to say. Besides, after this comes, there is time, and it is not busy until this time.

When he was thinking about something, Boss He stopped the car, and Boss He didn't get out of the car, he just pointed to the front, and said, "When you wait for two days to deliver clothes, you will get off here." He pointed to an intersection in front of him and said, "There are two inspectors in caps and uniforms, and everyone who passes by will be checked, but don't worry, just walk over and they won't be embarrassed for you." He pointed to the wide dam in the distance outside: "You pass this checkpoint, go a little further ahead, turn left and walk a little further, and there will naturally be a black car parked there, and the one driving the car is the one who receives the goods." As long as you give him the bag every day, he will hand you an envelope, the money is in the envelope, you just keep it, don't open it to see, this person has been dealing with me for so long, and he is still very trustworthy. ”

On the way back, Boss He said again: "When you deliver the goods for the first time, I will come with you all the way, and I will let the people who inspect and the people who receive the goods know you." He also said: "The most important thing for you is to be careful on the way back every day, because the security in this place is not as good as in our mainland." Later, he also said: "Your main task is to make this trip every morning, and in the afternoon, if you have nothing to do, you can play around casually, and look around outside, and you will become familiar with it after a long time." Then he smiled and said, "If you are really idle, you can take a walk around the factory, just like I am an overseer, or you can exercise in it." ”

Xiaoyu listened to his words, he just nodded at the right time, oh, ah, okay to bear. That night, he slept in bed and kept thinking about it, pondering what Boss He told him.