Chapter 1: A New Beginning in Life

It's been a week since I went back to 1988.,Silently observed the surroundings and didn't seem to have any changes in memory.,Which classmates are still classmates.,Should study and study.,Should you learn to fall in love or not.,And I'm still that 15-year-old boy.,I still have to fight with the acne on my face.。

The weather in June was hot and stuffy, and the classrooms were even hotter, and it didn't rain for several days. Thanks to the exams in a few days, this day is indeed a bit difficult, so hurry up and take a holiday.

The summer of '88 was full of hope and helplessness!

The original lost middle-aged uncle, goodbye, goodbye in 2018, maybe with many years of life experience, do it all over again, he will have a wonderful new life.

Looking back on my experience in the next 30 years, I found that I didn't seem to have too many advantages to rely on, and there were many opportunities that required many conditions to grasp, and I couldn't take it for granted! The economic trend of a big social country is upward, but whether we can catch this train still has to work hard!

"Zhao Hong!" A angry shout made Zhao Hong come back to his senses a little, and the Chinese teacher scolded him.

Zhao Hong hurriedly read the book and listened to the class. Alas, he was already not good at Chinese, and he couldn't listen to the lecture quietly when he had something in mind. The final exam that is about to be faced is also very worrying, most of the mathematics is forgotten, English, Chinese is the same, and the others are not much better, there is no habit of studying for many years, and the days of reading and studying every day are only used to a few days.

Finally got out of school, Zhao Hong silently left the classroom with the teacher's disappointed gaze. Yes, he was originally a good student, but he had a poor midterm exam this semester, regressed by 6 places, almost failed in Chinese, and scored 20 points less in mathematics and the teacher's anger, alas, a teenager with a second illness in secondary school.

Zhao Hong, who has a bad personality, has few friends, and he comes home alone slowly. Zhao Hong's house is a 28-square-meter shantytown, two bedrooms and an aisle, usually Zhao Hong sleeps in the aisle, his sister lives in the bedroom, his parents have a bedroom, and his brother needs to be rearranged when he goes home. However, the living conditions of everyone are generally the same.

The weekend is finally here, my brother who is in college may be coming back, my sister who is repeating her studies will also get out of school early, and my parents may have to make some good food. It's boiled vegetables every day, and I'm very uncomfortable these days, but I'm embarrassed to say anything, after all, everyone knows the reason, and I'm not a child anymore, so why am I embarrassed to say anything?

This year, the efficiency of my parents' factories is not good, and they cannot pay wages from time to time, and the life of state-owned enterprises is not good, especially for enterprises that have no monopoly and no scale. The leaders are busy fighting for power, and no one cares more about the development of the enterprise, and is accustomed to believing that the state has arranged everything.

This is a microcosm of the many unprofitable enterprises in this era.

Zhao Hong silently encouraged himself in his heart, "Rely on yourself, a little person, you can't manage the country, just take care of your own life and your family's life first." Let's do our best!"

At least change the basic conditions of your life. When you are growing your body, you will not eat well and leave a lot of troubles in the future. At the end of this year, I will get rheumatoid arthritis, and it will be very troublesome until the end, and it is said that it is caused by malnutrition and low immunity in the body.

Zhao Hong was depressed and found that it was not very good as soon as he got home, listening to his parents quietly discussing in the kitchen, and he knew that he had no money without thinking about it, and his salary had been postponed again! My brother had to prepare for living expenses next week, and my sister's college entrance examination registration fee had just spent the last savings of the family, and her monthly salary had deducted the money she had borrowed, so she really didn't save money.

"Mom and Dad, I'm back. I went to take out the trash. Zhao Hong said loudly, and the tacit understanding between his parents suddenly fell silent, and then said, 'Hurry up, come back for dinner.' ”

Zhao Hong felt very uncomfortable, the family's economy and his own study situation were not good, especially studying, he had been eating his old book for two years, and he had been regressing, and he had reached a dangerous edge, so he needed to plan and plan. I actually worked hard in my previous life, but I couldn't persist for various reasons, and the situation was always frequent at critical times. Although fortunately, the family as a whole is much better, but he still becomes a burden to everyone. Worry about your parents. I am also unsatisfactory in terms of life and finance, and I always complain and regret it.

In this life, you don't seek great fortune and wealth, at least you must live a healthy, happy and accessible life, and give your relatives and friends around you as much help as possible. If you can, it would be enough to have a loving marriage! At least you can't make up nonsense anymore, hurting yourself and the other party, and there is no right or wrong cold war.

There are various reasons for an unhappy life, and a happy life is just as perfect.

After dinner, I summarized the results of the review in the last week. Yes, it's not studying, it's just reviewing, but it's not working well.

It is estimated that the final exam has just passed at most, and it still takes advantage of the composition, and I know a lot of words, but I can't raise my hand, or it is a typo, and the sequelae of computer use.

The math estimate is not 90 points, and there is no problem with the calculation, but many formulas are forgotten, especially geometry. Physics is relatively better, after all, it is the basic part, and the university is to learn a little more mechanics.

English is enough to choke, and now there are many fill-in-the-blank questions in English, with only 50 points for multiple-choice questions and reading, and 10 points for composition. The others that need to be memorized are not good. My memory was reborn once and it was still so bad. It is estimated that this exam will regress. It's really helpless, rebirth is not omnipotent!

Making money is also a very urgent thing, this summer the parents began to have a holiday, the salary is very low, and from time to time late and less hair, the family's economic foundation is not good, because the money family often contradicts.

What are you doing? Zhao Hong pondered carefully. There is no special ability, I have been doing sales for many years in my last life, and I have not made a fortune, I have no special background, there is no shortcut, there is no principal, there is no way! Years of experience, there are many opportunities in the place of rich people, and there may be opportunities that you didn't pay attention to in your previous life.

Ride my sister's bike out for a walk on Sunday. Zhao Hong comforted himself.

Early the next morning, I told my family that I set off, Victory Street, Wuyi Road, Jiefang Road, where there are more people and where to go, the experience of the previous life, the flow of people is the flow of money.

The food vendors in the lively shopping street began to come out, all of them were simple small tables and a few small stools. Those who sell cold flour and those who sell boiled corn...... , there is even a tea stall, 5 points a cup.

The sun is slowly rising, Zhao Hong is sweating profusely, and he drinks when he encounters the faucet on the street, it's good to be young.

In the scenery of the 80s, people wore very simple clothes, men were dark blue or black, women were red, big flowers, if not, it must be work clothes.

Roads have not been widened, and streets without vendors are still crowded with bicycles. A car is generally like this, three people are a family, the front is a child and the back is a daughter-in-law; two people are engaged in objects, this is the most romantic thing in this era, the fast riding must be middle school students, occasionally, you can also see the brave teenager who lets go of the handlebar and rides.

Cars are rare in the provincial capital of the mainland, and occasionally one is also a jeep, well! That is the leader, and people will take the initiative to let it go first.

There is occasionally a vendor in the alley, and he also looks like a thief. Some people who looked like delinquent youths occasionally shouted loudly, and at that time, everyone called them unemployed young people who were not doing their jobs. Farmers with white towels ride bicycles to sell fruits and vegetables, and people in the city are contemptuously called blind streamers, and people in the villages are called second-rate people. Who would have thought that years later they would become the envy of everyone?

It's true that today you ignore me, and tomorrow you can't afford to climb high! Zhao Hong sighed in his heart that life is impermanent, and he was not the same back then.

I watched for more than an hour and listened to what they were talking for a while. Zhao Hong made up his mind, so he learned from them, starting with small traders. This is the most suitable job at the moment. But now I don't even have the minimum capital, and I have a few cents at most, and I often don't have a penny. Look again.

"Collect the tatters, collect the rags!" shouted in the distance, and a man dressed in rags appeared at the other end of the alley. "Collect the rags, here!" the aunts greeted one by one, carrying all kinds of waste products in their hands. Well, this is good! Collect waste products to the principal, you don't need to pick up the rags! Zhao Hong ran closer and listened for a while, yes, scrap iron 0.2 yuan, copper 0.5, brass, 0.35 yuan, waste paper 0.1. Yes, compared to the current prices, it is really good, and the white flour plus food stamps is only 0.12 yuan a catty. Okay! That's it. Set a small goal and earn 20 yuan in a week. Earn more than 1,000 in the summer vacation, and basically solve the urgent problems at home.

Life is not only about poetry and distance, but also about what is in front of you. Today, I bent down and worked hard, and if I had no road, I would go out on a happy road by myself.

After school on Monday afternoon, Zhao Hong hurriedly set off with the prepared equipment. A mask, a rotten pair of gloves.

Is anyone wondering? What is Zhao Hong going to do? Yes, it is to pick up rags, and not many people in this era have seen the income from picking up rags and scraps. Although no one looks at it, the income is not low, and yesterday I found out that someone has an income of 7 or 8 yuan a day. Zhao Hong laughed at himself, he was really ashamed of the reborn! But this is the most suitable way to get money at present. It's disgusting and embarrassing, it's okay to wear a mask, and stay away from home, the city is so big, who knows him?

With the memories of the past, he moved forward quickly. While picking up the rags and putting them in the rags bags, I went to the nearby scrap yard to sell them when I couldn't carry them, and then picked them up again. The first time I blushed a little, and the second time I got used to it...... Control the time and go far and then go back, different routes, the speed of brisk walking, return at 6 o'clock to clean up, collect the tools, and hurry home.

Zhao Hong felt a little tired and a little excited, more than an hour of hard work gained more than 2 yuan, very satisfied, you must know that now a cream bread is less than 0.1 yuan.

When I got home, after eating and washing the dishes, I sat alone in the shade of a tree to enjoy the shade, watching my sister sprint for the final cheer of the college entrance examination. For Zhao Hong, just go home to study, there is no such big place at home, there is no place except for the bed and wardrobe where to sleep, and my sister climbs on the bed to study. I've already written most of my homework in ten minutes between classes, and I'll talk about the rest tomorrow.

Zhao Hong silently calculated, today's main scrap iron, scrap copper, and others are not easy to find. You can't do this job every day, not every day, but today I found a good project, and there will be people doing it until 20 years later, and there should be a good return.

I pondered for a night last night, and there should be a market for the old books and magazines I saw at the acquisition station, and there shouldn't be much money to buy from them, after all, they were recovered at the price of waste paper. Let's go to school today and ask, not many people have noticed this problem now. The people who collect are not educated, they don't realize it, and those who are educated will not do this, opportunity!

Hehe, in his sleep, Zhao Hong's dream came true and he made a fortune. The next day, he was also full of smiles, and at breakfast, Zhao's father asked curiously, "Second son, what's the good thing?"

Zhao Hong hurriedly said, "It's okay, last night's dream was good!"

Zhao's mother asked, "What?"

Zhao Hong replied, "I dreamed that my sister went to college and later became a teacher. ”

Zhao Hong's sister did become a teacher later, and her life was also very good, and she felt that the atmosphere at home was very tense these days, especially her sister who took the college entrance examination for the second time, and a week later on July 7, 8, and 9 was the day of the college entrance examination, and her sister studied harder, but the rest was a little bad, and it was probably nervous.

The college entrance examination in this era of 88 is definitely a lifelong test.

The sister over there finally looked up, her messy hair, slightly reddish eyes, and emaciated face, and years of hard work were about to bear fruit. My sister nodded silently, finished eating, and went to read.

Zhao's father and Zhao's mother looked at each other, not knowing what to say, and finally silently packed up and went to work.

My sister's tutoring opportunity was not easy to come by, and my sister swore that she must work hard again, and her parents agreed to try again. The family's economy is not good, other people's children are 16, 17 to go to work, only the eldest son of the Zhao family goes to college, the daughter goes to high school, Zhao Hong will also take the high school entrance examination next year, but the efficiency of the enterprise is not good, the family's income is less than 80 yuan, and it needs to be sent back to the grandparents and grandparents every month 10 yuan. It's really getting harder and harder at home. Zhao Hong hasn't worn new clothes for more than 5 years.

Zhao Hong packed up his mood and went to school, and the exam started today for two days, so hurry up and take a vacation.

The summer of '88 was always irritating, with idle young people wandering the streets, big crotch pants, white-rimmed shoes, and some with green army hats.

The general efficiency of state-owned enterprises is not good, and it has become not many opportunities to replace work, but the average family has 3.4 children, and it is normal for more than 5.6 to have a turn.

Those who can't go to class can only wander around the street, and those who graduate from junior high school and go to school are a few people's things, just like Zhao Hong's grade of more than 400 people, there are less than 10 in high school, and there are more than 10 technical secondary schools at most. Therefore, the post-80s and post-90s envy how happy the post-70s college students are, with less tuition for school, distribution after graduation, and a house for work, even if they are part-time jobs, they have caught up with good times, there are many job opportunities, relatively high wages, and absolutely low housing prices.

But how did they know that the terrible admission rate was low in that era, less than 5% of junior high school graduates were promoted to middle school, and less than 5% of high school students were admitted to college, which was still available in provincial capitals.

The rest are unemployed young people, but they generally don't say they want to work as street vendors, because it is generally believed that it is not a long-term solution, there is no security, no pension, no health care, no housing allocation.

Facts have proved that this is indeed the case, and after many years, most of these self-employed people have not developed, and have become the city's three no-no people, no pension, no medical insurance, and no low-cost housing. Become the new poor in the city.

So no matter from which point of view, you can have a stable job after studying, so reading is a must-go anyway.

Although Zhao Hong understands that when he graduates from college, these may not be a problem, but in order to be able to satisfy and be happy with his family, for his own relative insurance, he must also go all the way up to high school and college. I am not a genius, not even a talent, even if I have more than 20 years of experience and know the general development trend of domestic society in the next 20 years, I can't guarantee good development step by step. And studying and going to school is also a necessary experience in life, increase your horizons, make a few more friends, and enjoy a happy youth, why not?

Life must struggle, and the scenery in the struggle is infinite. But we must not give up the joy of life for the sake of so-called success, and we must not miss the experience, because struggle is only a means, and happiness is the goal. Zhao Hong doesn't like to read, especially with poor memory, but if he wants to go far in the future, he must read if he goes well, and he must do his best to read well. Because the better the school, the higher the platform. This is a social truth that was discovered only twenty years later!

In the entanglement and helplessness, Zhao Hong finally passed the two-day final exam, and felt that it would not be too good, similar to the estimate, and there was nothing to be disappointed.

Summer vacation has finally arrived.