Chapter 2 Unexpected Encounters
The fierce police like a tiger broke into our village, many abducted women were rescued, many villagers who abducted and trafficked women were arrested, including my parents, my life became more unrecognizable, I was scolded and beaten by the whole village, everyone thought that I provoked the police, they did not allow me, a traitor, to stay in the village anymore, I was speechless, because I knew in my heart that even if it was the police of Xiaoyue, it was also my responsibility, I could no longer stay in this village where I was born and raised, I could only pack up my baggage, take a little savings I had saved for N years, and roll out of the village like a lost dog。
The farther away from the village, the more miserable I cried, countless emotions accumulated in my chest, the most profound is the reluctance to feel, I don't worry about my elderly grandmother, I don't worry about my stupid brother, and I am ashamed of my parents in prison, I know that it was Xiaoyue who caused me to leave my hometown and die, it was she who reported to the police, but in any case, I can only blame myself, I let Xiaoyue go, before letting her go, I should have thought of the consequences of all this, this tragic price, I brought it all myself.
I wandered outside like a lonely ghost for a few days, came to the train station, watched the people come and go, saw those college students dragging suitcases, my sluggish heart suddenly had a touch, God's tricks made me can't go to college like a normal child, but, that city, that university, after all, is my dream, even if I don't have the money to sign up, but at least, I want to go to the place of my dreams to have a look, thinking of this, I immediately took out the money that I couldn't even use to live in a hotel for dinner, bought a train ticket, and embarked on the road of dreaming.
At the beginning of the school year, the train was like a chaotic market, all kinds of people were crowded, I bought a standing ticket, 20 hours away, I was almost always standing, because the things on the train were too expensive, I was reluctant to buy them, so I endured thirst all the way on an empty stomach.
Finally endured to the terminal, as soon as I got off the train, the hot sun shone on me dizzy, I came to a small shop with sweat, I wanted to buy a bottle of water to drink, but as soon as I pulled out my pocket, I found that the pocket was broken, the money I saved for food and frugality, not a cent was gone, suddenly, my legs were weak, the whole person collapsed on the ground, helpless tears fell again, it turned out, not only my village people are bad, the outside world is even more unpredictable, I suddenly feel that there are no good people in this world.
The blow of this thunderbolt on a sunny day drained my remaining strength and will, I looked up at the scorching sun with difficulty, at this moment, I succumbed, I succumbed to the real life, succumbed to the unjust world, the dream is so far away, I am penniless and exhausted, how can I climb to the university of my dreams?
I was weak and could no longer withstand the direct rays of the sun, I lowered my head weakly, and the tears in my stinging eyes fell to the ground, at this time, I was not even as good as a beggar, a beggar still has the strength to beg, and I, lost everything, including the faint hope, I was tired, I wanted to sleep, but at the moment when I was about to close my eyes, a ten-dollar bill floated in front of me like bright gold.
I suddenly understood that someone treated me as a beggar, but I was not ashamed of it, on the contrary, my desperate and cold heart suddenly had a trace of temperature, I suddenly believed that this world is not completely indifferent, well-wishers also exist, I seem to see a glimmer of hope, hope for survival, I took this glimmer of hope, picked up the ten yuan on the ground, raised my face, and wanted to say thank you to the well-wisher.
Maybe there is some kind of induction, at the same time as I raised my face, the girl who gave me money and was carrying a small pink suitcase suddenly looked back at me, the moment we looked at each other, a torrent flowed through my heart, I was stupid, stunned, the face not far away, so familiar, she was no one else, it was, the new Xiaoyue.
She was so dazzling in the sun, so young and beautiful, her beauty, shining with a special light, stimulated my eyes, my heart, my heart was trembling violently, and Xiao Yue's eyes also showed surprise, she squeezed out two words at me in disbelief: "Ge Tian?"
At this time, a well-dressed middle-aged man walked up to Xiao Yue, he looked at me casually, and then asked Xiao Yue, "Yueyue, do you know him?"
I don't know how long my only consciousness can last, I just know, I'm messy, my head seems to explode, I want to rush to her, ask her if she called the police, ask her why she hurt me I don't even have a family and home, but I didn't do it, this thing is all my own doing, now I'm lying in front of her like a dog, I don't want to be so unbearable, and I don't want to wag my tail in front of her.
I struggled to get up, took a deep breath with all my strength, I didn't look at her, just used Mandarin to cover up my dialect and replied lightly: "I'm sorry, you recognized the wrong person, thank you for the money!" After speaking, I turned around and limped away...
At this moment, I was no longer cowardly, but had a sense of heroism erupting from the bottom of my heart.
Xiaoyue didn't stop me, but I could feel that my back was hot, and it was her hot eyes that kept watching me, but I still didn't look back, and only tried my best to walk out of the train station as quickly as possible.
When I came to the commissary, I took out the ten-yuan bill that Xiaoyue gave me and put it on the tip of my nose, took a deep breath, and then handed it to the boss, bought a bottle of water and a piece of bread, quenched my thirst, filled my hunger, and dragged the change I found, and I resolutely embarked on the road to the university...
The moment I got off the bus, the magnificent university gate captured my soul, I was stunned to watch the steady stream of students pouring into the campus from the magnificent gate, at this moment each of them had a happy smile on their faces, how I wanted to be like them, full of enthusiasm and hope towards the dream campus, but in the end, I could only bow my head, lame, in such a cheerful atmosphere alone lonely towards the inside!
I dragged a heavy pace, stepping on every inch of the school, everything in the campus touched my heart like a poison, buildings, trees, lush flowers and plants, lively crowds, laughter, all of them are so beautiful, but these beautiful things do not belong to me, I am reluctant to discard, I am reluctant to leave, even if I can't be a student here, I have to stay here, keep my dreams.
Thinking of this, I immediately began to look for a job at the school, but the desire was so firm, but the reality was so naked cruel, I asked every store in the school commercial street, went to every canteen, and finally no one would accept me as a chore, maybe even they didn't want me, a filthy cripple, to defile this holy campus.
How many times have I bumped into it, how many cold blows I have suffered, I still haven't given up the idea of staying in this university, homeless me, it seems that I have regarded it as my second home from the bottom of my heart, reality can crush the fragile soul, but it can't easily crush the strong will, I dragged the weak body and kept looking, kept insisting, finally, God opened his eyes.
I found a job in a small restaurant near the school, the owner was a Sichuan couple, and I don't know if they saw me as pitiful or if they were really short of talent, although the salary was not high, but I was still grateful. Now it is the peak of the school year, the business of the restaurant is very hot, I am very busy as soon as I come, but I am quite quick to work after I have eaten enough, and I can cope with it no matter how busy I am, and I have read books, and I can usually help the boss keep accounts. After seeing my lame performance, the boss took the initiative to increase my salary by 200 yuan.
In this way, day after day, I was busy every day, eating and eating the leftovers of the guests, living in a restaurant, which was equivalent to helping the boss look after the store. I am very busy at work, but as long as I have free time, I will run to school, which is the best reward for all my busyness, sometimes, I sneak into the classroom to listen, sometimes, I will sneak into the library to secretly read books, and more often, I sit alone in the shade of a tree, watching the freshman military training, full of emotion! Countless times, I expected myself to be one of the many camouflage uniforms, but the reality will soon wake me up, although the wish is still a wish, but now I can snuggle up to the life of a part-time job at the school, I am also satisfied.
Soon, I had been working in the restaurant for more than half a month, and the boss was already convinced of me. On this day, it happened to be the last day of freshman military training, I was helping in the back kitchen as usual, suddenly, the only two waiters in the restaurant ran to the kitchen nervously, saying that there was a disturbance in the restaurant in front of them, and the trouble was quite big, they came here to hide, and the chef next to me hurriedly called the boss, and I, still one knife at a time, seriously cut my radish!
I pretended to be calm on the surface, but I kept praying in my heart, praying that those people would not hit the kitchen to harm the innocent, I didn't want my hard-won peaceful days to be broken, but, the radish was cut halfway, my body suddenly stopped as if it had been shocked, and the familiar shouts came to my ears one by one, and my heart began to beat violently. As if I had fallen for an evil spirit, I put down the kitchen knife in my hand without hesitation and limped out of the kitchen.
At this moment, the restaurant is chaotic, I stopped in the corner, nervously looking into the crowd, when I saw that face, I couldn't hold back the trembling all over, the train station goodbye, I thought that I would never have her in my life again, I thought I could say goodbye to the unbearable past completely, but how could I think of it, she was caught off guard again and broke into my sight.