To be honest, in fact, the word "poor" does not completely make people have a strong desire to get rich.

In our country, for example, the common people have long been used to being poor.

From the beginning of the feudal era until the sixties and seventies after the founding of the state.

There are countless families living in poverty and starving in our ancient country.

However, after the reform and opening up, there are very few people who can seize the historical opportunity in a timely manner, and even dare to seize this historical opportunity.

This is naturally because of the inertia of human beings, because of the limitations of poverty and happiness caused by being in a feudal agrarian society for a long time.

Our people are too easily satisfied, as long as the nest head becomes a white-flour steamed bun, and the large pickled radish is replaced with a stir-fried dish with meat, there is only enough left to be satisfied, to sigh the moisture of life.

Then people often use words like "contentment" to comfort themselves in order to find a reason to get rid of their guilt for their own intransgression.

The African continent, far across the ocean, seems to be strictly following this law, which is why it has always been inseparable from poverty.

It can be seen from this that because you are poor, you are desperately trying to get rich, which is obviously a lack of life logic.

If we look at it rationally, the poor and the rich are actually the north and south poles of the living situation, and this kind of change means going to the extreme.

Therefore, the real motivation for the transformation of these "two poles" can only come from the awakening of one's own value orientation.

And this awakening is destined to be unforgettable, and it must be deeply touched to the soul to achieve.

Otherwise, how can a person dare to risk strong winds and waves and ups and downs from a state of habit, to another unknown situation that is diametrically opposed?

Guo Changchun, who lives in Xisi, Beijing, his experience is enough to illustrate this point.

Since he is the only child in the family, he is in line with the policy of staying in the city.

Therefore, after graduating from junior high school in 1968, he did not go to the countryside like everyone else, but was lucky enough to become a worker in a soy sauce factory.

Although the apprentice was only paid 17 yuan and 8 cents, he stayed in the city and was a regular employee of a state-owned enterprise.

He also enjoyed the joy of youth because of this, and got married in time at the age of twenty-three.

With these two points alone, he felt a sense of pride and satisfaction.

Guo Changchun, like his parents, is a person who only knows how to walk under his feet.

He never climbed high, never thought about getting rich, just wanted to live a stable life without disasters and disasters.

So even if it really happened to a pie in the sky, out of fear, he wouldn't bend down to pick it up at all.

This is not a lie, once, he picked up a leather bag containing 2,000 yuan, and sent it to the police station without hesitation.

The bag was lost by the bank staff, and the bank sent a pennant to his unit for this purpose, and the leaders also set him up as a model and commended the whole factory.

But even in the face of the honor he deserved, he also shrank back.

Instead of saying, "I'm not highly conscious, I want to take the money, my hands are dirty, I don't have a good report in the future, I will definitely have nightmares at night, why can't I get along with myself? ”

As a result, in the face of this "no level" words, an "advanced" was lost, and the leader crossed out his name from the reported list.

However, when he found out, he was not frustrated or annoyed. but to the one who told him.

"I'm not advanced in the first place, even if I am lifted up, sooner or later I will fall down, I really thank the leader for doing this. ”

As a result, people who knew him called him stupid.

Think about it, with Guo Changchun's deep-rooted and fixed mode of thinking, if there are no major changes in his life.

He must be like thousands of ordinary people, earning that dead salary with peace of mind, working step by step every day, returning to his home in his miscellaneous yard after work, and living a dull life with his parents, wife and children.

He would never casually deviate from his beliefs and have anything to do with such a thing.

But it was a very accidental class reunion that made him experience a strong mental shock and pushed him into the business sea.

It was before the National Day in 1981, Guo Changchun took his son to the restaurant for the first time to meet a few of his middle school classmates and a few young people who had just solved their work problems and returned to the city.

Everyone is not rich, and the money for eating should be made up by everyone.

But Guo Changchun was old and young, and he only took out a piece of two cents after rubbing in his pocket for a long time, which is far from the standard of three yuan per person.

He didn't come alone, which couldn't help but make him blush a little, so he could only say that he was in a hurry and forgot to bring money.

Later, a generous buddy came out for him, and everyone laughed and didn't take it seriously, and then began to talk about each other's situation over the years.

Needless to say, everyone is deeply envious of Guo Changchun for being lucky enough to stay in the city and giving birth to a big fat boy, and they can't help but compliment him.

And this makes Guo Changchun himself a little fluttery.

But there was an accident while eating, but it completely ruined Guo Changchun's psychological advantage that he had maintained for more than ten years.

Guo Changchun's three-year-old son loves to eat braised hairtail fish, but there are only about a dozen pieces of fish on that plate, where can seven or eight adults eat together?

The boy had just finished eating a piece of the bowl when he saw the fish on the plate disappear and began to cry.

Guo Changchun, a big man, has a very rough heart, coaxing the child and continuing to talk to his classmates.

Unexpectedly, his son saw the guests at the next table leave, and there was also a plate of hairtail fish left on the table.

When no one was tidying up, he slipped off the table and ran over to grab the food on the plate.

As a result, I didn't choose a thorn, and I put it in my mouth and stuck it. All at once I burst into tears.

After Guo Changchun's table found out, Guo Changchun looked at the greedy child who was angry, hateful and pitiful, and slapped him directly when he got angry, and his little face immediately swollen.

The classmates hurried to persuade them. Some people coaxed the children, and some people stopped Guo Changchun, and it took a lot of trouble to pass.

But this matter is not over here, before leaving to say goodbye, Guo Changchun drank too much beer, entrusted the child to his classmates to take care of it, and went back to the hotel to go to the toilet.

Unexpectedly, through the toilet window, he could clearly hear the voices of his classmates, and the center of the conversation was him.

Someone said, "I thought what could happen to those who stayed in the city." Dare is not much better than the big guy. ”

Someone else said, "It's just that it's a shame to stay in the city." Not to mention that you can't afford a meal. Look at the patches on the child's body, and then look at the cigarettes that Da Chun'er smokes. A dime and a box of two and a box, and you are embarrassed to respect people?"

Of course, there are also people who understand, and a female classmate said, "Don't stand and talk without backache." How much is the salary of the two employees, the old and the young, and whoever lives like this. We'll find out when you're married. ”

But the most exciting words were actually said by the buddy who paid for Guo Changchun.

As soon as he heard this, he raised his bar and shouted.

"Hey, hey, you're talking about this. If you want me to say, people who don't have the ability shouldn't get married, they shouldn't have children, why should they bring their children into this world and suffer poverty? That is called irresponsibility! Look at our buddies, we won't be able to get mixed with an official position within three years, and I won't get married if we are killed, lest I be scolded for being a wasteful ...... when my children are older."

This sentence caused a burst of laughter, and at the same time, the true attitude of the classmates behind their backs also completely pierced Guo Changchun's self-esteem.

When he came out of the toilet, although the big guy was still so polite to him, he still envied his luck over the years.

But he was no longer complacent, but an indescribable embarrassment and humiliation.

When she came home in the evening, her wife asked what was going on with the child's face, which had not completely subsided.

As a result, before he could speak, his son cried when he saw his gloomy face, and began to take the initiative to admit his mistake to him.

"Dad, I'm never going to eat hairtail again. I'm not hungry anymore. Don't hit me......"

Guo Changchun is an introverted person, usually taciturn, and has always pursued his own life, and is not easy to show his feelings.

But that day, he also cried with his son in his arms.

Because he experienced for the first time that the taste of poverty and embarrassment is far more uncomfortable than hunger, which can make people lose face and make a father pierce his heart.

He can lose face himself, pick and shrink, and let others gossip behind their backs.

But he didn't want to even affect his children and let others look down on him. I don't want the child to really complain about him when he grows up.

So because of this situation, he was determined to work and earn extra money.

The matter was caused by fish, and Guo Changchun's first thought naturally moved on the fish.

Next to the factory where he works is Shichahai, where there are wild fish and snails. So every day after work, he went down to the river to catch fish and snails to sell.

Although the money earned is not much, it really works, and the family's economy has improved a lot in a few months.

But there is no impermeable wall in the world, and soon the unit knew about it, and the leader wanted to deal with Guo Changchun and ask him to hand over his illegal gains.

As a result, Guo Changchun was not convinced, he thought it was something he fished.

Breaking the ice and going down to the river in the winter, the clothes were frozen like armor, so I changed it back to such a little extra money.

It is completely the income of labor, and it is not illegal at all, so why should it be dealt with?

And then just like the last time I picked up my wallet, I was as stubborn and refused to give in, and I even quarreled with the leader because of it.

In this way, things are all out of control, and the leaders have long been unpleasant to see Guo Changchun because of his stubborn temper and poor management.

Seeing that he had committed another crime, he was falling into his arms. simply took this opportunity to remove him from the factory.

When Guo Changchun woke up, he had become a complete unemployed vagrant. And it's about to be the New Year, where can he go? Does he dare to tell his family about it?

So from then on, his life officially turned over.

It was in this desperate situation that he completely devoted himself to the business world and became a vendor selling insoles and liberation shoes at the entrance of the clothing night market.

But the luck was really bad, and I worked at home for a month, and I just fooled the salary of the New Year. Over the years, his stall was copied by industry and commerce.

The only five dollars he had on him were fined, so what should he do next, how would he live?

Fortunately, there is no endless road. Even in this case, the door of fate still opened a crack in the door for him.

At the door of the industrial and commercial office, suddenly someone said that he was willing to supply goods for free and let him try to buy clothes in the clothing night market, could he refuse?

Even if the other party's rent of 600 yuan is a big joke, he can't pay it out if he is killed.

But then again, the other party didn't know that he didn't have any money.

He didn't have anywhere else to go anyway, so why not try it for a few days?

It's a big deal that you can't sell it for nothing, but isn't it a word in advance, if you sell it for twenty yuan, the money earned is his.

It's better than worrying, right?

So, on January 30, 1982, Guo Changchun made the most important decision for the development of his life.

He joined a team of more than a dozen people to try out the clothing at the night market.

Among these people, there are both big men selling red pants and young men with long hair.

But I'm afraid no one will be in such a difficult situation as he is facing.