The huge sun hung in the sky, pouring heat on the ground mercilessly, and it only took a dozen or so steps to get soaked in such weather.

Luo Ding licked his dry lips, and reluctantly took back his gaze that fell on the refrigerator of the commissary on the street, and reached into his pocket with his right hand and pinched it, there were more than fifty yuan, this was already his last property, he had to save flowers, and buying a bottle of mineral water was too luxurious for Luo Ding.

Shenning is a modern metropolis that became one of the brightest stars in the world during the wave of reform and opening up 30 years ago. For many people, it is a city where they are looking for their dreams and making them come true.

Luo Ding is a man with a dream, he is not willing to spend his life in that remote village with his face to the loess and his back to the sky, so he came to Shenning City with 200 yuan full of hope.

But the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Luo Ding, who finished high school, was a talent within a radius of hundreds of miles from his hometown, but when he arrived in Shenning City, he found that he was not even a little ant.

Raising his head and squinting his eyes at the tall buildings that seemed to reach into the sky above his head, Luo Ding sighed deeply, he knew that he would not be able to find a job in such a place.

Luo Ding remembered the urban village he passed by in the evening, there were many small shops in the urban village, and he hoped that he could find a job in those places, no matter what, there was a place to settle first.

A few hours later, it was almost dark.

Luo Ding stood on the side of a small street, his heart was full of frustration, he thought that with his height of 1.78 meters and a strong body, it would not be difficult to find a job as a chores, but it turned out that he was still too stupid and naïve.

In the past few hours, Luo Ding has walked into no less than twenty small shops of various kinds, but none of them are willing to take him in.

Covering his stomach and hesitating for a moment, Luo Ding finally walked towards a food stall more than ten meters away. Because he didn't have much money on his body, he hadn't eaten anything until noon yesterday, but now he felt that if he didn't eat anything, he might really faint from hunger.

"Boss, what are you eating?" As soon as Luo Ding sat down, an aunt came over and asked with a notebook in her hand.

"This ...... A plate of greens. Luo Ding glanced at the stall with pots of cooked vegetables, hesitated and said.

"What else?"

"Nope." Luo Ding lowered his head and said in a low voice.

"Humph!" The aunt's gaze swept over Luo Ding's body a few times like a knife, and turned away impatiently.

Luo Ding knew that this aunt must have wanted to kill herself at this time, and this situation had happened many times. The reason why he chose this food stall to eat is only because this kind of food stall has a sign hanging up: rice doesn't cost money!

In order to save money, every time Luo Ding ordered a piece of green vegetables for one dollar, and then he ate rice desperately, Luo Ding was also forced to be helpless, who told him to have no money? Luo Ding, who had eaten five bowls of rice, finally "escaped" and left the food stall.

Night slowly fell, the street lights began to turn on, Luo Ding slowly walked along the side street, and after temporarily solving his hunger, Luo Ding's heart began to be anxious again.

There is not much money left, and even if you save it, you won't be able to last a few days - when the rest of the money is gone, and he can't find a job, he will have to live on the streets and end up as a beggar. Even, at this time, the remaining money was no longer enough to buy a ticket home, and it was useless for Luo Ding to regret it.

"I'm going to get a job!" Luo Ding clenched his right hand tightly and cheered himself up. He decided to look down the street before it was too late to see if he could get a job.

Wang Yun sat behind the counter, stunned, with a sad face. Running a small shop by himself, although it is hard but the little one is quite comfortable, but all this has changed since his father fell ill.

In the past six months, Wang Yun has been running around with her father, and all major hospitals across the country have been visited, but he can't find out what kind of disease he has.

In the past six months, the money has been spent like flowing water, and the original little savings have been spent all at once. At first, I was able to borrow some money from relatives and friends, but then I couldn't borrow a cent. But the illness still has to be seen as such, and it costs money to see a doctor, and Wang Yun, who has no way to think about it, has to move the idea of borrowing usury.

It's not that Wang Yun doesn't know that usury is a demon who eats people and doesn't spit out bones, but she really has no other way to think of it. As long as people are still there, there is hope, not to mention that it is their own father? Wang Yun really couldn't watch his father wait for death.

"Looks like I can only borrow it." Wang Yun gritted her teeth fiercely and made up her mind.

Raising his head and looking at this small shop of about ten square meters, Wang Yun sighed. For the sake of her father's illness, Wang Yun also thought about transferring the store. But this small shop called Shanyuanju was built by my father with one hand and one foot, and it is also the source of life for the family. Shanyuanju sells sacrificial supplies such as incense, candles, fire, paper, etc., and there are not many such shops in Shenning City, which can basically be regarded as a unique business. As long as you run it, you will have a lot of income a month, and if you sell it, you will have nothing.

However, if this continues, Wang Yun doesn't know how long she can hold out.

"It looks like we have to find someone to help look after the store, or the store won't be able to open." Wang Yun thought to herself. In the first half of the year, in order to take her father to the doctor, Wang Yun was closed many times, so that the business of the store was greatly affected in the past six months, and it would not work if it continued like this. Next, I had to take my father to another hospital for a check-up, so it was imperative to find someone to help look after the store.

Thinking of this, Wang Yun didn't hesitate any longer, found a piece of red paper, simply wrote a recruitment information, and posted it outside the store.

"Looks like we'll have to find a place to spend the night, and we'll do it again tomorrow." There are fewer and fewer people on the street, and Luo Ding, who has been walking for a day, feels that his big feet are extremely sore.

In order to save money, it is impossible for Luo Ding to find a hotel to live in, even if it is cheap, he is reluctant, it is still summer, as long as he can find a place to lie down such as a stone bench and wooden chair, he has been like this after coming to Shenning City.

"Huh! Hiring here? ”

Luo Ding, who was about to find a place to spend the night, suddenly saw a piece of red paper pasted in front of a small shop with lights on not far away, and his heart moved, and he immediately walked over.

"The store is recruiting an employee, who is at least 18 years old, and interested parties will come to the store for interviews."

Standing in front of the red paper, Luo Ding carefully read the words on it, and when he raised his head and looked into the store, he couldn't help but be stunned.

A sign on a black background reads three large gold letters:

"Good fate."

The shop is not big, it looks like it is only about ten square meters, and other shops around are brightly lit, the difference is that the lights in this store are dim, and there is a God of Wealth under the wall facing the street, and the God of Wealth is lit with incense candles on both sides. If you look carefully at the store, you will find that it is not an ordinary item, but incense, candles, paper money, various Buddha statues, and other things.

"It turned out to be an incense and candle shop." Luo Ding hesitated a little, but after thinking about it for a while, he gritted his teeth and walked to the store. Now that I can't even eat, there is no point in thinking about what kind of work to do.

"Hello, is there a job to be hired here?" Walking into the store, Luo Ding was stunned for a while when he saw the people sitting behind the counter. In his imagination, the owner of such a shop should be an old man wearing reading glasses, but to his surprise, it was a young and beautiful young woman of twenty-seven or eight.

Wang Yun was also stunned for a moment, the red paper had just been posted for less than ten minutes, and someone had come to apply. Raising his head and looking at Luo Ding standing in front of him, Wang Yun couldn't help but nod lightly.

Luo Ding knew that he was not very old at a glance, but he gave people a very calm feeling, and his thick eyebrows, big eyes and tall and strong body gave Wang Yun a very good first impression.

"Where are you from?" Wang Yun asked.

"I'm from Tianhua City, Zheluo Province." Luo Ding couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, he knew that many people wanted to recruit their fellow countrymen, and he had not been able to find a job before It had a lot to do with this reason, after all, for many small shops, finding a reliable person is the most important, and fellow villagers are undoubtedly the first choice. Luo Ding didn't know where the pretty woman sitting in front of him was from, if it wasn't his fellow countryman, then I'm afraid this job would be yellow again.

Wang Yun thought for a moment and said, "Did you bring your ID card?" ”

"Brought it." Luo Ding took out his ID card and handed it to Wang Yun.

Wang Yun took Luo Ding's ID card, and when he saw it, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he found that the address column on it was written in Yangshui Village, Tiantou Town, Zhanchuan County, Tianhua City, Zhejiang Province.

"You're from Tiantou Town? Do you know the town of North Slope? ”

When Luo Ding heard this, he was overjoyed, and knew that it was likely to meet a fellow countryman, so he hurriedly said: "I know, there is a mountain across our town, and there are dozens of miles of road." ”

"Where is the situation now? I'm from Northslope, but I've been from my father's generation, and I haven't been back for years. "Wang Yun went back to the past a few times when he was very young, and then he never went back, and now when he sees his fellow countrymen, he is naturally very kind.

Luo Ding shook his head and said, "It's not good, it hasn't changed for thousands of years, and even the past two years have been worse, the young people have run out to work, and the rest are the old people and children." ”

Luo Ding is telling the truth, in recent years, the middle-aged laborers in many places have gone out to work to make money, and only the elderly and children will stay in the village, forming many so-called left-behind villages. This is all because staying in the local area can't support yourself at all, although it is painful to leave the hometown, but after all, there is still hope, maybe you can mix up your personal appearance. Don't talk about others, doesn't Luo Ding think the same way? Otherwise, how could he come to Shenning City?

Wang Yun was also gloomy for a while, and shook her head, she was also distressed now, and she was even more powerless about this kind of thing, saying: "Luo Ding, my name is Wang Yun, you can call me Sister Yun." I have other things to do next, and I don't have much time to visit the store, so I'm going to hire someone. We're fellow countrymen, so I'll tell you straight. My shop is relatively small, and the salary can't be too high for you, 800 yuan a month. However, there is an overhead floor on the second floor of this store, which is the store's warehouse, but you can put a bed and you can live there, so you can save a lot of money. I think you came to Shenning City with the intention of working hard, although my place here is small, but at least there is a place to stay, after you find another way, you will leave again......"

Luo Ding was overjoyed when he heard this, this is great, the experience in the past few days made him understand how difficult it is to find a job in a place like Shenning City, and now Wang Yun has given himself a chance to settle down, and after solving the basic life problems, he will see how to develop later.

"Sister Yun, thank you, I will definitely work hard."

Wang Yun nodded and said, "It's not easy to go out, just help if you can, I'll be much easier after having you, let's take what we need." ”

"But it means a lot to me." Luo Ding said seriously.

Wang Yun's impression of Luo Ding is a little better, and being able to say such things shows that Luo Ding is not as buoyant as ordinary young people of this age. She had hired a few people before, but after working for a few days, she felt that the salary was too low, and she was lazy in her work, so she simply ran it by herself later.

"Okay, then you can start coming to work tomorrow. By the way, I'm going to stock up tomorrow, so we'll go together. Wang Yun said.

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

……

Shenning City is a modern metropolis, and Shenzhong Avenue is a thoroughfare that runs through the whole city from east to west, with ten lanes in one direction, and in the center of the road is a green belt with a width of five meters, which is planted with green blanket-like turf and blooming flowers, and on both sides there are green belts more than ten meters wide, planted with tall trees. Behind the green belt are office buildings with dozens of floors, which makes the whole avenue look majestic. To be honest, when he first came to Shenning City and saw this avenue, Luo Ding was shocked beyond his heart - when did Luo Ding, who was used to seeing the sheep intestine road in his hometown, ever see such a big road?

Luo Ding sat on an iron bench on the edge of a bus stop on Shenzhong Avenue, raised the Coke in his hand and took a sip of it. The cold dark red liquid quickly poured into his stomach, making him shiver, which was the best enjoyment in the hot summer. After finding a job, Luo Ding bought himself a can of Coke as a reward for himself - before he found a job, he didn't dare to have such a luxury, knowing that it was a few meals!

After starting work tomorrow, he will be able to sleep on the overhead floor of Shanyuanju, so tonight Luo Ding will still be on the streets like the other night, spending the night on the bench.

"Whew!"

Exhaling a breath of turbidity, Luo Ding leaned on the back of the chair, slowly relaxing his body, and an irrepressible exhaustion surged up. He has been unable to find a job these days, and he is under a lot of pressure. Now that the job has been found, Luo Ding's heart is greatly relieved.

Looking up, although the night is already deep, but the entire Shenzhong Avenue is still full of traffic, a bustling, Luo Ding knows that all this has nothing to do with him, in this city, at present, he is just a small person who is still struggling on the food and clothing line. However, who can say that he can't be rich and wealthy in the future?

"I'm going to get ahead!"

Luo Ding thought to himself, and his right hand holding the Coke bottle unconsciously squeezed and flattened until the water inside flowed out, and he didn't notice ......;