Chapter 2 Starting from scratch
With excitement, get on the train away from home. With a long whistle, the train slowly drove towards Xiangcheng.
Before I left home, I thought carefully about my destination, and it was good to go to some of the larger cities, but the living conditions were too high and the distance was too far. Finally, I picked up the map and closed my eyes, poked it casually, and when I opened my eyes again, Xiangcheng was under my fingers.
In fact, the distance from Shangdu to Xiangcheng is not too far, and there are several cities in between. There was a different feeling of sitting on the train and admiring the scenery outside, and as I was looking intently out the window, a voice interrupted my vision.
"Hey, sir, can you do me a favor?" said a young woman. I didn't say anything and nodded slightly. Then she asked a little timidly, "Can you ...... Can you help me put this luggage on?"
I readily agreed. But after picking up her luggage, I began to regret that I shouldn't have done this favor because her suitcase was so heavy.
After a lot of effort, I finally put my luggage on. I went back to my seat, and she came and sat next to me, and we talked. Her name is Chen Lin, and she is also a migrant worker, a girl running around outside, I admire her. After chatting for a while, she left, and I didn't pay much attention to it, but after a while, I paid the price for my slackness......
The scenery of the other place looks particularly attractive, and slowly you will be attracted by this charm, and I looked up at the window, and the rows of trees fell backwards, giving the illusion of going back in time. I remember the last time I saw this scene was on the bus to visit my grandmother when I was a child.
The train arrived at the station on time, I looked at my watch, stood up and moved, and just about to take my luggage, Chen Lin ran to me in a panic, and looked very anxious. She seemed surprised to see me standing in front.
"There was a ...... Someone stole my wallet and ran to the back of the car, can you help me?" she said breathlessly. I got up and chased to the back of the car, but after chasing two cars in a row, I suddenly met a police officer, and before I could speak, the other party spoke first.
"Have you ever seen a woman in her twenties, about 1.6 meters tall with short hair?
"Hmm...... yes, her purse was stolen. I replied nervously.
"What? Wallet stolen? She's a major local criminal who has committed crimes on the train many times, so you won't be fooled by her, right...... Hurry back and check your luggage!" he said after a pause.
It dawned on me that my brain was heating up and feeling like I had drunk too much, and I hurried back to my seat to check my luggage. When I got to my seat, I sighed and checked! My luggage and bag were gone. Luckily, I had my wallet and ID with me, but when I touched my jacket pocket, I found an even bigger surprise! I remember that Chen Lin was the seat next to me at that time, and it may have been stolen by her at that time. This is really "joy on joy." When I saw her running to the carriage just now, why didn't I notice anything unusual! I grumbled bitterly in my heart, so I left the bag behind! The train had stopped at the station in Xiangcheng, and the police handed me over to the local police station to make a record. I really don't know how that Chen Lin slipped out of the police blockade......
When I came out of the police station and stood on the streets of Xiangcheng, I gradually felt desolate. In this strange city, except for everything on my body, I didn't come to work hard? What else do I work for now? Fortunately, the phone was not stolen in the pocket of my pants, and now I have nothing left, and I can't even go back home, what should I do? Standing on the street looking at the blurred road ahead, I feel very confused.
Anyway, let's find a place to fill my stomach first! I haven't eaten much since I got on the train, and now I'm feeling hungry. But embarrassingly, I don't have any money on me. Thinking like this, walking down the street, I saw the "junk food" from the roadside vendors and thought it was delicious, and I could only endure hunger and walk past the stalls. By this time, it was getting dark, and I guess I had to spend the night on a park bench.
As night fell, I sat on the bench and admired the group of dancing old people in the square, and I felt that they were very young and energetic, imagining what it would be like to grow old.
I don't know how long I slept, but I suddenly woke up and felt someone next to me. I opened my eyes and saw a ragged beggar searching me, he saw that I was awake, turned around and ran, I didn't dare to chase after me, I immediately checked the things on my body, I thought that I was smiling, I didn't have anything on my body and checked something! I guess the beggar was also disappointed. Lying on the bench again, I couldn't fall asleep in my heart, what the hell was wrong with me? From getting on the train to lying on the park bench, it was like a dream, it was like being controlled, ridiculed, and toyed with by someone. I closed my eyes and thought about my thoughts, and I went back to dreaming......
The next morning, I was woken up by a burst of square music, got up and sobered up, and washed my face at the fountain. I hadn't eaten anything from last night to this morning, my stomach was rumbling, and my pockets were as empty as white paper. After a fierce ideological struggle, I finally made up my mind and planned to simply go to the street stall to order food and let go of this face. I walked to the front of a stall, smelled the aroma of snacks, and the more I smelled, the more hungry I became.
"The owner...... That one...... I don't have any money with me, can you give me something to eat? You remember my phone number, and when I have money on me, I'll send it back to you. ”
"Get out, you treat me as a fool?! You begging for food, you cheat all day long, you live better than me, you can eat my stall yellow in a month, you are so young and strong, and you are very clean, you can't find something to do? I was frightened by his sudden roar, and hurriedly explained: "Boss, you misunderstood, I'm not ......" But before he finished speaking, the boss turned around, and the people on the street were getting more and more around, and I was a little embarrassed to squeeze out of the crowd and disappear into the vast sea of people.
Sitting on the bench next to the street, my heart turned upside down, and I touched a nose of ash for the first time, and I really carried it. Recall what the boss said, although sharp, but very real. Isn't it just for my life, let's find a job first? After making up my mind, I began to search the streets. However, because of the loss of the ID card, it has brought great obstacles to finding a job.
I was walking down the street looking left and right when I suddenly saw a construction site on my left. To be honest, our generation may not be suitable for hard work, because living in that carefree environment, reading is habitual, and eating is pampered. When I was in elementary school, a large number of parents in front of the school gate carried schoolbags to send their children to school, and they told them for fear that their children would suffer a little. The hardships of parents can only be experienced when we become parents. "If you don't have a family, you don't know the price of firewood and rice, and if you don't raise children, you don't know the kindness of your parents. ”
When I came to the construction site, I looked around and saw a worker pushing a cart of bricks forward, so I stepped forward and asked: "Excuse me, big brother, who is the person in charge here?" The man looked me up and down and replied: "What are you looking for the person in charge for? Different types of work are different for the person in charge, which one do you look for?"
"I'm here looking for a job. I replied.
"Oh, in this way, do you see those people in front of you?! They are all in charge, you go to them!"
I looked in the direction of his finger and saw a group of people in front of me wearing hard hats and wearing more casual clothes, as if they were talking about something, and I stepped forward.
"Excuse me, are you the person in charge of this? I'm looking for a job. I said.
"Oh, looking for a job?!!, what will you do?," one of them asked, looking at me. Then someone next to him interjected: "You look like you shouldn't be less than twenty, right?"
I nodded in a panic and replied, "I haven't done any work, my luggage and wallet have been stolen, and my ID card has been lost." ”
Another person looked around and asked, "Can you do it by moving bricks?" 1,000 yuan a month, you can do it here, if you can't do it, find another place!"
I didn't hesitate to say yes. I spent a week on the construction site, and during the week I spent here, I felt like I had experienced the worst food, the dirtiest dormitory, the loudest snoring, the smelliest smell in the whole world...... I'm not exaggerating any of this (and by the way, I respect everything here). I'm not used to the food here, and I feel that the taste of the food is very strange, either salty or bland. In their hearts, roast duck and cabbage stewed potatoes taste the same, probably because they have lived a hard life since childhood, and they think that such a dish is a delicacy. I have lived in the city since I was a child, and I was used to being raised by my parents, and I ate different dishes every day, even if the canteen changed every day, it was estimated that it would not satisfy me......
Talking about the dormitory, saying that the dormitory is actually a big warehouse, this season was rainy, the warehouse completely turned into a muddy floor, soaked in muddy soil, stepping on a foot will be very deep. A bed with five or six meters of wooden planks, dozens of men huddled together, one by one, and there was a big hole in the ceiling of the warehouse, which would leak every time it rained, who knows how I was so back, just sleeping under that hole, and every time it rained, I moved my head down and curled up. The mixture of snoring, the smell of feet, and the smell of expulsion in the middle of the night is simply indescribable, and it is a miracle to be able to fall asleep. Of course, I did not look down on them, because they were the lowest and most simple laborers, and without their hard work, we would not have sheltered houses. Honestly, what else can I do if I can't even stand this?
The work on the construction site is okay, at first I felt very tired, every day I was sore and sad, but slowly I got used to it, in fact, I was the easiest job on the construction site, in addition to moving bricks every day, it was to help people to get started. It's much easier than those bricklayers.
Of all the workers, I am the youngest, and most of them already have children or migrant workers. The youngest workers on the site have older children than me. I don't expect anything to work here now, I think it's already very good, at least some food and some accommodation, so I don't have to ask for food.
A month later, I received my first salary, which was not a lot of money, but it was also a lot of money for me. With this money, I took a day off to buy myself a few clothes, and the clothes I wore on my body when I came were already dirty and unpresentable, and if I didn't change them, I would really ask for food.
After buying clothes, I stopped by the police station to inquire about the progress of the case, but the police's answer was still no clue. I don't know where that scammer is, I don't want luggage or anything, but the wallet and ID card must be found, it is more troublesome to reissue the ID card, and it is inconvenient to find a job. And what face do I have to go home, I just left home for such a short time, and I can't even carry this little thing?
At night, lying in bed and thinking wildly, looking at the worker who was sleeping next to me snoring like thunder, I scratched my heart......