Before the holiday, Zhang Weiwu once again ushered in the spring of love. Every day is full of energetic study, class, whenever I have time, I go to the small garden of the campus with Zeng Lin, and occasionally watch movies together on weekends, but the exams before the winter vacation are coming.

It's just strange that Zhao Hong has never seen Yin Hong again, it seems that she hasn't come again, Zhao Hong is now busy preparing for the final exam, after all, it's the third grade, and many professional courses are not so easy, Zhao Hong doesn't want to be sixty years old, or spend the whole holiday in fear after the exam. After all, his parents and Zhao Hong himself are also very concerned about the brand of this school. When you walk out of school, you can proudly say that you are a graduate of a certain university, not a college student, after all, there is only one Bill Gates, and more people who are sinking at the bottom have faded out of people's field of vision, becoming the ladder for those very few successful people to rise, and they are trampled under their feet.

It wasn't until most of the exams were over that Zhao Hong had the time and mood to ask about Yin Hong, and at this time Zhang Weiwu looked at Zhao Hong for a while before saying, "I thought when you would wait until you asked me?" Yin Hong had already gone to Europe to study, and she was originally a Chinese foreign student who came to exchange. I came here just to learn Chinese and Chinese characters and get to know the country. Zeng Lin has a letter for you. In fact, I left before New Year's Day, because I had to prepare for the start of school there. ”

It turns out that this is just the case, Zhao Hong knows that the winter vacation abroad usually starts before January 5th, and understands. Zhao Hong was also a little lost in his heart, and it was rare to meet a friend who could talk about literature and ideals, so he left. Bless her!

According to the time agreed in advance by Zhang Weiwu's phone, Zhao Hong went to the girls' dormitory by himself, and retrieved Yin Hong's letter in Zeng Lin's hand downstairs, but Zeng Lin looked at Zhao Hong's eyes a little weird, and chatted with Zeng Lin about Yin Hong for a few words, only to know that she was a Malay Chinese, and she came here just to be an exchange student for a semester.

Back in the dormitory, Zhao Hong opened the letter and read it.

"Brother Zhao,

Leave in a hurry, don't be surprised.

The first day of school in Europe is approaching,

There was a lot of urgency at home.

Although we have only known each other for one day,

However, the two of them exchanged a lot.

But it's hard to find a soulmate,

Therefore, I have feelings

Life has you as a friend, and it is not in vain to be in the world

Whenever you are confused, you are not alone

The book is not satisfactory, and the rest of the words follow

Sincerely

Yin Hong, December 25, 1994"

The letter is very short, but Zhao Hong has paid a deep friendship from it, yes, the biggest failure in life is loneliness and loneliness, no one applauds and shares happiness when you succeed, and no one comforts and helps you if you fail. This girl is Zhao Hong's first ordinary friend of the opposite sex in the true sense. Friend level, of course.

Needless to say, it will be one of my greatest pride. A confidant-level friend.

Zhao Hong packed up his mood, successfully finished the exam of the last course, and got on the train home. Thinking about the weekend before leaving, Xiao Wanting called and talked about the children, she has been for nearly eight months, and she has applied for a year off from school, after all, it is two children. It must have been a bit hectic in the beginning. Zhao Hong is also a little anxious, when will the green card come down? It is estimated that the child will not be able to catch up when he is born. Because they are twins, it is estimated that they will be born early.

The flow of people on the train is still crowded, but the sleeper carriage is much better, with a bunch of gifts and food on the road, Zhao Hong is alone in the middle bunk reading a novel.

Well, Zhao Hong's current state of mind is still not calm enough, except for novels, there is no way to read other books. Occasionally, I look at the scenery outside the window, silently in a daze, thinking about my own thoughts.

The train returned to T city at more than eight o'clock in the evening, as soon as I got out of the train station, I could feel a lot of foreign objects floating in the sky, some were dust, some were fine coal ash, this province famous for coal gave many first impressions to S province for the first time, environmental pollution is very bad, coal, power generation, coal chemical industry, steel, cement companies, the local economic development is becoming more and more deformed, more and more into a large mining field, the industry is mainly primary processing, the economic benefits fluctuate greatly, even in the year when there is no inflation, with the large fluctuations in the price of resources and raw materials, the entire social economy is also greatly fluctuating, how bigZhao Hong's impression of the biggest decline in the year is close to 30%, the first in the country, of course, the penultimate first, the reason is that there is propaganda everywhere, coal prices have dropped by about 60%,

To put it mildly, the following year, the economy grew by more than 20% due to a sharp rebound in coal prices of 50%, and this time it was also the first, and it was also the first in the positive number.

It's winter, the wind is cold, the outdoor temperature has dropped to about minus 15 °C, and there are many frozen places on the road, all of which have been snowed a few days ago and melted during the day and frozen to death at night. Zhao Hong did not hesitate to take a taxi home, and when he returned to that warm home, Zhao Hong was already like an arrow.

When I went home, my parents, brother and sister-in-law were there, and Zhao Hong's return brought a cold noise to the family, and then I knew that Zhao Hong had eaten dinner, and the family sat together while watching TV and chatting, and occasionally the nephew, who had been more than 10 months for a while, would also call out his voice to show his existence, but when Zhao Hong really went to hug him, the little guy seemed to be shy and hid in his mother's arms, just secretly looked at the guy he didn't know from time to time. Big eyes, a handsome little boy who is white and clean, and a little taller than the average child, in short, he takes the advantages of his parents in appearance.

The days at home are very leisurely, except for rest, it is to play with the nephew, and slowly get familiar with the children. When the weather is warm, I also take him outside to bask in the sun. Zhao Hong enjoyed this simple happiness very much.

Five or six days before the Chinese New Year, his mother arranged for Zhao Hong to clean up the shantytowns of the old units that no one usually lives in, after all, it is the New Year, no matter what, we must get rid of the dust of the past, have a good New Year, and look forward to a good start and a good harvest next year.

Although I haven't been back to this old family home in my parents' unit for a few years, I still have many old neighbors I know, playmates from my childhood, and even a lot of classmates. It's just that they all have some strong faces, and some of them even say hello to Zhao Hong.

When I walked to the row house where my house was, the public water pipe on the side of the road was crowded with people washing clothes and vegetables, chatting and working, but the voice was a little excited,

"I've been working all my life, and I'm in my 50s, but I want to understand the difficulties of the enterprise, and I don't pay my salary on vacation? ”

"Yes, at the age of 14.5, I entered the factory, and I have been working for almost 35 years, and they said that if I don't let me do it, I can't do it.

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Zhao Hong instantly remembered that the precursor of laid-off began, that is, the holiday was put to the end, and it was laid off.

Zhao Hong felt a heartache for them, the most painful transformation of society began, and at this time it became a real slum, where men could not marry, women could not marry, and the hard days had just begun.