Chapter X

Yang Renjie is a student at Hujiang University in Shanghai. I only learned about the beginning and end of the www.biquge.info in his later story.

After the general strike began, Yang Renjie and a few classmates sneaked out of the school and wrote banners in support of the seafarers. As a result, as the scale of the strike grew, the government was afraid that it would become uncontrollable, so it sent the military and police to start an armed crackdown. In the chaos, he and his classmates were scattered by the panicked crowd. He accidentally fell and injured half of his shoulder and arm. My father was already hiding in a safe place, but when he saw him fall to the ground, he was afraid that he would be trampled by the crowd, so he rushed to save him. As a result, when a military policeman saw his father in a seaman's uniform, he hit him on the head with a stick!

My father didn't know anything at the time, and before Yang Renjie could send him to the hospital, he was already dead of anger!

The Yang family is a scholarly disciple, but they have always been unprosperous, and in Yang Renjie's generation, only he and his cousin are left. My cousin is more than ten years older than him, and the two have a very good relationship. After her cousin got married to the Rong family, for a few years, Yang Renjie also lived with her in the Rong family and was carefully taught by her. It was only because I went to college later that I moved out.

Yang Renjie's classmates couldn't find him at the port, and they were afraid that something would happen, so they reported to his sister in the Rong family. My sister was immediately in a hurry, so she sent her family out to look around. When Yang Renjie's brother-in-law heard about this, he also took the driver to the port, but happened to bump into me on the way. And after sending me to the hospital, I happened to find Yang Renjie again.

The Rong family paid for all of my medical bills. After learning about my situation from Yang Renjie, he paid my father's funeral expenses. However, when they expressed their willingness to sponsor me to continue my studies through Yang Renjie, I refused.

"Why don't you agree?" Yang Renjie looked at me with wide eyes: "You have one year to graduate, do you want to give up like this?" ”

"I've accepted too much of your kindness to bear it. Originally, there was a car accident at that time, and the responsibility was on me. But my family has put me in such a good ward and received such good care, and I am ashamed of it. All the money in my family is used to study for me, and I really don't have any savings. Thanks to the help of you and my old neighbors, teachers, and classmates, my father was able to walk with peace of mind. My father's funeral, although simple, did cost a lot. Your help has been a great kindness to me. I just can't take anything else. ”

In fact, this is also a decision that I made after thinking about it for a long time. It's not that I haven't hesitated and struggled, I know it's a pity, but I'm having a problem eating now, where is the extra money to pay for tuition? How can I continue to accept the favor of others and sit in the classroom with peace of mind? I had to work first, solve the problem of food and clothing, and then go back to school when I had saved enough money. Moreover, the school has promised that I can go back and continue my studies at the right time.

"Can't you accept someone else's, can't you still accept mine? You forgot that we were friends! And your tuition is not a problem at all. Yang Renjie's face elongated.

I patiently explained, "I know you don't care about money. But you're still studying and you don't have a job, where do you get the money? Didn't your family or your sister give it to you? Can I let you take money out of your home to make up for me? I thought very clearly, I would just have to earn a year of living expenses and tuition before I went back to school. I have hands and feet, so I don't believe that I can't support myself and can't earn this money! ”

I know that Yang Renjie's upbringing environment is very different from mine, and you can see it from his lavish and careless spending. When I was in the hospital, he came every day to buy flowers. I knew that a bouquet of these flowers would be enough for a week's worth of food for a family like ours, but he threw it out and exchanged it for something fresh before the flowers had withered. His clothes were as indistinguishable as those of the most ordinary college students in the city, but the materials were excellent, and they were always new, and it was evident that there were servants waiting to wash and iron them every day. And the most staggering thing for me is the price of my medical expenses. I stayed in the hospital for a total of seven days, and I felt completely fine and insisted on going through the discharge procedures. However, the number on the hospital bill I saw was enough for a year of food and clothing in just seven days.

Yang Renjie is always a very happy person and has an extraordinary optimism towards everything. This may have something to do with the fact that he has been well cared for since he was a child and has not experienced many setbacks. I admire his warm and straightforward personality, and I value his concept of equality that he never divides people into three, six, nine, and so on, and does not look down on people from other classes. And his kind and selfless help to me makes me even more grateful from the bottom of my heart.

I'm willing to be friends with this person, but the different environment in which we grew up has created a different way of looking at things. What he values, I value too; But what he doesn't care, I can't possibly not care.

From now on, I will support a family and my own life. I have to rely on myself, eat, clothe, use, everything, only myself! I know that Yang Renjie has money in his hands, but it is neither his money, nor my money.

Because I insisted on not listening to Yang Renjie's advice, and went to the school to go through the suspension procedures, he was obviously angry with me and disappeared for several days. When I was in the hospital before, he came in several times a day. I was discharged from the hospital, and I have been quite enthusiastic to help me run before and after. Suddenly it didn't show up, and I was a little uncomfortable at first. I can't laugh or cry at the same childish temper as a child.

But I can only put away my loss. Because I don't have time to think about it. I need to find a job!

I've figured out where to go and find a job. Depending on my age and physical strength, the easiest job to find is as a domestic helper. However, most of the problems of being a maid are food and housing, and the time is long and the salary is small. My advantage is that I have some culture, and although I don't have a diploma, I can apply for some clerical jobs. But firstly, I am young, and secondly, I don't earn much in the short term for this kind of work. I thought twice and decided to work in a factory. I had long noticed that Sister Yun, the daughter of my aunt in the neighborhood, worked in a cotton textile factory. It is said that a skilled weaver earns fifteen dollars a month. Although she said that the work was hard and tiring, it was the most lucrative job I could do in a short period of time. So, my sister Yangyun took me to try it, and she agreed very happily without saying a word.