The place of Chungcheng, surrounded by Chung Mountain, has many mountains, poor, I heard that I can make a lot of money working in Shenzhen, the young people in the village are thinking of going out to break through, the fish bites the tail generally, one person leads a person, and one has run to Shenzhen to work.

In this way, nine out of ten young people in the village went over there to make a living.

Those who failed the college entrance examination also chose to go south to Shenzhen to work without exception.

Every year during the Spring Festival, those ordinary days of no news of the livelihood, have from Shenzhen stepping on the auspicious clouds to return, feel all of a sudden vividly appeared in the sky above the city, all of them are gorgeously dressed, generous, as if they are developed, so that the villagers who live in the mountain villages, narrow vision, everyone is worshipped.

Even those mountain roads that are silently resigned to their fate, hidden behind thousands of mountains, are proud to be driven by cars, rutted roads, and cars roaring, and they are also showing a vibrant scene at this time.

In winter, Wang Shiyi thought of Jiang Hua, his primary school and junior high school classmates, Jiang Hua's grades were not good, after graduating from junior high school, he was not admitted to high school, so he went south to work, when he went out, he was only fifteen years old, and he should be regarded as a "child laborer".

How much time can children in rural areas have to be busy raising cattle and ducks after school? Jiang Hua has not been admitted to high school, nor can it be said that Jiang Hua's intelligence is poor, on the contrary, because he is very clever, and his classmates call him "cunning brother."

"Brother Cunning will definitely come back for the New Year, and after the New Year, I will go to Shenzhen with him to work. On the streets of Chungcheng, Wang Shiyi said to himself.

Wang Shiyi was right, during the Spring Festival of 2000 in the lunar calendar, the cunning brother really came back from working in Shenzhen.

On that day, Wang Shiyi was playing "solitaire" with the people in the village, and his luck was very good, and he won several hands in a row.

"It's almost the New Year, those migrant workers are coming back!" A young woman standing by the side suddenly said, she is a left-behind village woman, it is estimated that she thinks of her own man, men go out to work, just like the migratory birds in that season, come back once a year.

Like all left-behind village women, when her husband came back, she was always worried that he would leave suddenly, and when she left, she always hoped that he would come back safely.

If it weren't for a few stinky money, who would let their man go away and go to Shenzhen to work?

"My husband will be back this afternoon!" said a middle-aged left-behind woman with a fat powder on her face at the card table, and when she spoke, there was a smile like a spring flower on her face.

When the man returns, the woman feels that she has a backbone and her heart is steady.

"Hahaha, your husband will come back in the afternoon, we all have a drama to watch, it's no wonder he doesn't break your legs. A middle-aged man with a cigarette in his mouth tilted his head and teased, the circle of beard around his mouth had not been shaved for a long time, like weeds.

"I'm not afraid of him, he also plays outside, I can't play? The middle-aged left-behind woman's mouth was a little hard, and she looked like Lao Tzu had a clear conscience and was not afraid of anyone.

"He earns money outside to support his family, you know how to play cards at home, you can't compare to him. The middle-aged man said seriously.

"Why can't I compare with him, honoring my parents at home, raising my children, and planting five acres of land, it's not easy for me. The middle-aged woman said confidently.

"That's it, sister-in-law is usually not simple, a woman, it's not easy to support a family, this is the New Year, play a few hands of cards, you stinky men just gossip a lot. The young left-behind woman standing next to her interjected.

"It's still the red girl who said a fair word. The middle-aged left-behind woman said.

"The eldest brother is coming back with Jiang Hua, right? They are all working in Shenzhen, and Jiang Hua will also come back this afternoon. The young left-behind woman said.

"Yes!" replied the middle-aged woman left behind.

"I don't know if my man will take leave this year, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back this year. As soon as the young left-behind woman heard that someone else's man had returned, she stood aside and sighed.

But that Wang Shiyi, as soon as he heard that the classmate was going to come back in the afternoon, he was in no mood to play cards, lost several handfuls in a row, took out a handful of money, handed it to the winner, and said: "The old classmate is coming back, I went to see him, which of you wants to play, I will give it to you." With that, he stood up and withdrew from the table.

In recent days, there has been a burst of snow, and today there has just been a little sun, and the snow has not yet melted, and the oncoming wind is cold.

Bathed in the soft winter sunshine after the snow, Wang Shiyi walked vigorously, turned over the green hill opposite, and soon arrived at the courtyard of the cunning brother.

When he went, Brother Cunning had already arrived home early.

This cunning brother, when he came back from Shenzhen, was really more energetic than before, as tall as Wang Shiyi, and what was even worse was that he also had a handsome face, with lush hair on his head and a shaped mousse, which looked oily.

That day, he was wearing a new black woolen sweater purchased from the Dalang Woolen Market, and a colleague bought black jeans from Xintang Cowboy City, sitting at the table in the hall, with Erlang's legs crossed and a cigarette in his hand. ”

"Studying in the third year of high school, that is equivalent to a trip to hell, can you not lose weight?" Wang Shiyi shook his hand and said.

"Old classmate, I heard that you don't plan to repeat it, is it true?" asked the cunning brother as he let go of his hand.

"Yes. Wang Shiyi was silent for a moment and said.

"You've all reached high school, it's a pity to give up now, you didn't get in, maybe it's your bad luck, why do you have to go to tutoring once and give yourself a chance?"

"Don't mention the tutoring thing, this time I fell off the list, I feel embarrassed, if the tutoring can't be tested again, this face will have to be lost, I might as well not go to tutoring, and then study in the third year of high school, that's not a human life, let alone the fourth year of high school, hell on earth, take the university exam, that's a single-plank bridge crossed by thousands of troops, and it's not so easy to get in, three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion, I figured it out, there is really no need to squeeze the single-plank bridge, or go out to work like you, I see that the part-time job in Shenzhen is not bad. Wang Shiyi took a puff of cigarette and said insincerely.

At the beginning of the 2000s, the employment situation of state-owned enterprises in Chungcheng was not good, and laid-off workers were being shunted everywhere.

"Old classmate, in this way, you can go to Shenzhen with me to work!" The cunning brother threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, patted Wang Shiyi's shoulder and said.

"Okay, I'm still young, and I want to break through there, stay in this small place in Chungcheng, life is carefree, but I don't have money in my pocket. Wang Shiyi searched his shriveled pockets and found seven yuan and two cents, which he had just won by playing "cards."

"Then you go back and tell your family, after we celebrate the New Year, we leave for Shenzhen on the tenth day of the first month, generally before the fifteenth day of the first month, it is easier to enter the factory there, after the fifteenth, the factory is almost the same, and it is difficult to find a job. The cunning brother lit another cigarette and smoked it leisurely, saying in the tone of a passerby.

"Okay, then I'll go back and talk to my family and listen to their opinions. Wang Shiyi said.

"I'm waiting for your news. Cunning said.