At noon that day, he walked across an overpass and saw a little boy about five or six years old kneeling there at the corner of the stairs on the bridge. Because the little boy did not kneel down in front of the crowded road, but turned his back to the broken porcelain bowl that collected the money from the ground, and his hands held the railing of the overpass in a grid, and his whole little face was embedded in the gap of the railing, looking into the distance and motionless. Ye Ziyu's eyes immediately moistened. He thought, what is this little boy thinking at this moment? Is he thinking about his parents who are far away? This little boy Hanako doesn't even look at the broken bowl at his feet, let alone ask his uncle and aunt to give him some money, he is like a small statue. Ye Ziyu stood inexplicably behind the little boy for a long time, his right hand in his pocket, and he dragged a five-yuan bill. He wanted to put the bill in the little boy's broken bowl, but it was the only bill he had on his way out today, and if he gave it to the other party, he would have lost his lunch, and he would have to walk back to his lodgings.

Ye Ziyu struggled in his heart for a long time, but finally he was not reluctant. Step by step down the overpass, he couldn't help but look back at the little boy. There was a seller of egg burritos under the overpass, Ye Ziyu was suddenly moved, and said secretly: That's it, just walk back. He took out the five-dollar bill, bought an egg burrito, and while eating it heavily, he turned around and ran back to the overpass, and put the remaining three dollars in the little boy's broken bowl.

The little boy still hasn't looked back. Ye Ziyu choked twice in his throat, probably because he ate the burrito too quickly, and he didn't drink water, so he swallowed it. He walked down the overpass again, and suddenly someone greeted him, and when he looked up, he saw a pair of lovers in front of him, and the man seemed to be smiling at him. Ye Ziyu was stunned, didn't recognize who this person was?

The visitor smiled: "Don't you remember, I'm Meng Qiao, and I had a relationship at the beginning of the year." ”

Ye Ziyu suddenly realized, no wonder it was so familiar. He remembered the events of the beginning of the year, and he was also amused, and asked, "Have you graduated?"

Meng Qiao said, "Yes. Why did you come to the capital to visit your girlfriend again?"

Ye Ziyu said bluntly: "No, I'm here to find a job." ”

Meng Qiao said: "Oh, what about flying with wings?"

Ye Ziyu nodded: "Yes, take precautions, and never give the enemy a chance to take advantage of it." ”

After saying that, the two stared at each other's eyes and were silent for three seconds before they both laughed at the same time.

Meng Qiao pulled the woman next to him and said, "Let me introduce, this is my girlfriend." If you have time, let's have lunch together?"

Ye Ziyu saw that this girl was also very beautiful, so she said hello in a friendly manner.

The three of them walked into a noodle restaurant on the side of the road, and Meng Qiao said, "I just work, and I'm not rich, so I'll invite you to eat a bowl of noodles." ”

Ye Ziyu didn't refuse: "Then you have to add meat." ”

Meng Qiao smiled again: "You came to Beijing from the local area to work, which department are you in charge of? Transportation or Railway?"

Ye Ziyu said: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm unemployed." What are you going to do? Foreign Affairs or Defense?"

Meng Qiao said: "I want to too." The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is so enterprising? To be honest, I'm in a magazine. ”

Ye Ziyu said: "What kind of magazine?

Meng Qiao smiled again: "Envy, right, if you also want to learn more, you are welcome at any time." Our magazine mainly publishes information and business information related to computer products. To put it bluntly, it is to pull advertisements, and you have to sweep the streets and alleys of the electronic market every day, and it is not an exaggeration to be tired and half dead. ”

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, Ye Ziyu was heartfelt, and asked, "Is it really that easy to enter?"

Meng Qiao said: "Of course. What kind of good job do you think this is? A basic salary of 300 a month is enough to drink cold water in the capital, and the rest depends on your business ability. ”

Ye Ziyu thought that this was better than street direct sales. Otherwise, what else is there to do? Seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, it is about to snow. He immediately responded, "So, can you introduce me to work at this magazine?"

Meng Qiao nodded: "Of course, after you think about it, you can go directly to the company next Monday to find me, and I will introduce personnel to take you to the entry procedures, which is very simple, just have your ID card and graduation certificate." ”

In this way, the two made up their minds. As they ate the noodles, they each remembered the past and couldn't help but laugh. Ye Ziyu said, "Next time I'll invite you to drink." ”

After saying goodbye, Ye Ziyu went to Li Xin School to pick her up from class. When the two met, Ye Ziyu asked Li Xin mysteriously: "Who do you guess I saw today?"

Li Xin said: "Such a big capital, where can I guess where to go? I haven't heard that you have any other friends in the capital?"

Ye Ziyu smiled and said, "I met Meng Qiao." ”

Li Xin thought of the events at the beginning of the year, her face was also red, and she asked, "Then what did you say?"

Ye Ziyu said: "The surname Meng is quite righteous, saying that he works in a magazine, and he invited me to eat a bowl of noodles at noon, and I said that I would invite him to drink next time." He said he could introduce me to work at the magazine. ”

Li Xin said: "I know the magazine. Many students are reluctant to return to their hometowns after graduation and want to stay in Beijing, so they have no other way out to work in the magazine for a period of time, which is quite a training person. Mainly for the country's largest electronic market to pull advertising, but you don't have the slightest connections, can this work be done?"

Ye Ziyu said: "Go and try it, it's better than direct sales, otherwise you won't be able to find other jobs for the time being." ”

After discussing this matter, Li Xin told Ye Ziyu again that she inquired today that there was a bed in a basement on the side of the Third Ring Road near the school, and almost all of them were students. She asked Ye Ziyu to move over too, otherwise the weather would be cold again, and the bungalows in the western suburbs would not be heated, and they would definitely not be able to bear it. The basement is also unheated, but it is much warmer than the ground. You don't need a stove to survive the winter.

Ye Ziyu agreed. The next day, I went with Li Xin to pack my luggage and move.

The basement is very crowded, there are many people, and it can be rented by bed, Ye Ziyu rented a bed in a four-person room, and the monthly rent was one hundred and twenty yuan. It's more expensive than the western suburbs.

Next Monday, Ye Ziyu went to the magazine office at the agreed time. A middle-aged woman completed the formalities for him, and it took him another half a day to fully understand the nature of the job. This is a rather challenging job, with a monthly salary of 300 yuan, and the rest depends on the advertising business commission, calculated at 6% of the total amount of advertising, and the sales task cannot be completed for two consecutive months, and the basic salary is halved.

Ye Ziyu thought to himself, even if it is not halved, relying on this 300 yuan a month alone, is it not only the share of drinking the northwest wind? Whether it can survive in the capital is only Huashan. Rush forward!

In this way, he rode a rather dilapidated bicycle and reflected his figure all over the streets and alleys of the capital.