To live in a place far from the classics and greatness is bound to be a and despicable life; To live where there are no heroes and masters will be frivolous, trivial, and utilitarian; In the absence of elegance, calmness and composure in the city, that life must be dusty, inactive, intrigued, and fragmented; If you live in a place where you don't have a rich history, that life will only focus on what is in front of you, and you will be born and die quickly.

Different places cultivate different lives, and different histories precipitate different peoples.

Bao Xiaotang looked intently at each of the figures in the huge oil painting, staring into their eyes and studying their expressions. In the gaze, she seemed to have walked into the painting, what kind of existence should she be in the painting?

Will life be different if you completely withdraw from your original life? Xiaotang looked up at the giant painting and asked herself.

Over the years, she has left her life many times, not only abroad. She has imitated others, and wants to get out of her rough life and tossing and turning state by imitating other people's words and deeds; She has changed jobs and taken several breaks, and wants to completely reflect on her existing life by closing her business; She has participated in a lot of training and taken many exams, and she wants to get out of a humble and stressful life through ability improvement...... Not only that, she has fallen in love, made girlfriends, raised pets, read literary books, planted precious flowers, she has adjusted her life again and again, and finally fate always takes her back to the original point.

At this moment, she was deeply shocked, and she understood that condiments are condiments after all, and she can't make a main dish that can't fill her stomach. She didn't have the energy to give up noodles for sugar, and she didn't have the courage to give up a real and tangible life for the sake of a vain dream.

All the withdrawal of all the thoughts is hopeless and helpless to life, and even a kind of destruction or falling into the ground. All the chicken soup for the soul, philosophical proverbs, Meitu Moments, and high-end overseas travel are all useless. The master stays in the soul and cannot stabilize life. Imagination is imagination after all. Blame the land that gave birth to her, encouraging restlessness and vanity, full of comparison and ignorance.

At half past nine in the evening, Zhiyuan peeled a large plate of fruit and beckoned the family to come to the restaurant to eat fruit. The three adults and a dozing Yangyang all came, but the only boy didn't come. Gui Ying screamed several times, but Tsai only said that he would not eat it.

"What's wrong with him lately? Hide in the house every day! Gui Ying pointed in the direction of the house while eating dragon fruit.

"I don't know, I'm too tired, I haven't rested much during the summer vacation!"

"Teenage dolls are tired! Hmph, that cat and dog are in heat in the spring, he is sixteen, don't you two want to think about it? The old horse said without raising his eyelids.

After finishing speaking, the husband and wife were dumbfounded and looked at each other, and then Gui Ying slapped her legs and laughed, the voice was so loud that the boy had already heard it in bed, and came out curiously.

"What are you laughing at?" Tsai asked the three laughing adults strangely.

"Your grandfather said you were in heat!" Gui Ying pointed to the old village chief and said.

"What! Don't talk nonsense! Tsai Zai's face was so red that he twisted his shoulders and stomped his feet.

"What am I talking nonsense? There was a woman in the house that day, wasn't it? You ask Yangyang! You're so diligent that you're running around the house like a cat, getting this and that! The old horse looked right.

"What a thing! What do I do when you talk nonsense? When's the time! Gui Ying smiled and asked.

"Whereever, there is, there is! My grandfather is talking nonsense! I'm! Tsai was so angry that he beat his grandfather, and the old horse blocked his body with his arm and did not move.

"Tsk! Look at the way you are! It's okay and it's okay! The old horse pretended to look at the boy angrily, and then said to Gui Ying, "Uh...... A few days ago, he brought a boy and a girl back, and one day he was lying on the sofa looking at other people's pictures of girls, are you blind to me? The old horse pointed to his nose and squinted at the boy.

Zhiyuan smiled and ate the fruit, and Gui Ying couldn't help but ask: "Where?" Classmates or what? ”

"How do I know that!"

"What does it look like? Is it good-looking? Gui Ying asked with a blank of his eyes.

"I didn't look closely, but from a distance, I saw that the woman was a bit similar to your Uncle Zhong's Xuemei - tied her hair, tall and thin, and very quiet!" Lao Ma recalled.

"That's my classmate in the make-up class! Hu Handian's mother's best friend's child! Grade 1 with us! Come here to make up for the lesson! Tsai jumped and shouted.

"A piece of make-up lessons...... So what are you excited about? Jumping and jumping, grabbing your grandfather's hand and covering your grandfather's mouth! Isn't this a place without three hundred taels of silver! Gui Ying said with a wrinkle in her facial features.

"You have to say that there is nothing! I can't prove my innocence? Tsai stomped his feet and shouted.

"You're steady! Beware that other girls don't look down on you! The old horse reminded the boy with a lively tone.

Not wanting to hit the nail on the head, Tsai kicked the table leg and said, "Eat your fruit!" A group of elderly people are still gossiping like this! After saying that, the boy left in a huff.

"Looks like it's true!" Zhiyuan smiled and nodded.

"Oh my! I'm so young, I'm going to be someone's mother-in-law! It's hard to prevent it! However, if it's not bad like Meimei, I like Meimei's type of girl! Gui Ying smiled bitterly and shook her head and continued to eat fruit.

Early the next morning, when the sky was slightly bright, the old horse began to pack his things. After the box was packed, he packed up his bits and pieces. Suddenly, someone from the house came, and he came out to see that it was Tianmin, Xingxia, and a group of them all came, and they saw him off. The old horse was happy and reluctant, and he couldn't stay if he wanted to. After chatting with them, the old horse sent them away.

When he turned back to look for Yangyang and Zaizai, he couldn't find it, there was only Zhiyuan in the family, he wondered in his heart, why did the babies lose it? Gui Ying didn't know where to go. Lao Ma simply went out of the house to look outside, and when he went out, it was the wheat field at the door! Aren't you in Shenzhen? Why is Gui Ying's family in the village? He was puzzled and couldn't care about this, so he just shouted the names of Yangyang and Zaizai. The doll was lost in his hand, and that was a big deal. The old horse was so anxious that he ran up, beating the wheat field, the south slope, and the Yingge Valley...... Look for them one by one.

When he reached the deepest part of Yingge Valley, he saw Gui Ying and the two children, the two younger ones were playing on the ground, and Gui Ying was working alone in the field. The old horse was so angry that he asked why Zhiyuan didn't come to the ground, Gui Ying was speechless, and the old man had no choice but to roll up his sleeves and help her work...... As he was doing, he suddenly wondered, didn't Yingying work in Shenzhen! How did you get off the ground? As soon as he asked this, the old horse woke up.

It turned out to be a dream. The old horse took the sweat towel next to the pillow and wiped the sweat on his chest. It's six o'clock on the watch, it's time to wake up.

Today is the 19th day of the eighth month of the solar calendar, and the 19th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar - just a full month apart. Today, it is advisable to collect, make alliances, marry, sacrifice, and pray for blessings, and avoid opening the market, setting up coupons, collecting money, and making stoves. The old horse tore up the calendar and went to the rocking chair to smoke. After smoking hookah, the old man went to the bathroom to wash his face and brush his teeth, fix his hair, wash sweat towels, and did not forget to scrub his hookah and crutches. At this time, Gui Ying and Tsai Tsai also got up, went to work, and went to class.

After breakfast, Zhiyuan went to his house. Yangyang and Zhou Zhou played very sticky, the old horse shouted seven or eight ripples, who thought that the ripples on the other end were as if they hadn't heard it, the two children hid in the room to watch cartoons, and the laughter filled the empty ears of the old horse. The old man was full of cigarettes and meals, and he was in good spirits but had nothing to do. He walked back to his room, opened his suitcase, and began to tinker with his suitcase again, leaving only two clothes outside for the two days to change.

Thinking of the morning dream, the old horse pondered for a long time. Before leaving, he should say hello to these old men, Zhong Neng and Xingxia already know, and the Tianmin in the village and Fan Weicheng, who knew each other well in his early years, should also say hello. The old horse then dialed the two of them one after another, and the old men in their sixties and seventies said a number of different things. Tianmin wanted to send it, but his body couldn't come, Fan Weicheng insisted on sending the old horse, but the old horse refused. Each person has his own life, and there are too many partings in his life.

In the make-up class, the two mornings are chemistry classes. Today, Han Dian didn't come to his house, so Gu Shuyu and He Yiming sat together. In the small classroom of dozens of classmates, Yiming felt that there were only two people, him and Shu Yuguang. He sat stiffly next to her, pretending to listen to the lecture seriously, sometimes close to her and sometimes distant from her, as if there were two people fighting in his body, he froze beside Shu Yu and couldn't move. Even the two people in their heads who bowed their heads and wrote notes, smacked their arms, and moved their arms had to meet to discuss and discuss.

finally got out of class, and the teenager who could have talked alone with Shu Yu, who wanted to be shy, hid directly in the toilet. I went to the toilet three times in four classes, and I went back to the classroom when the class bell rang. Gu Shuyu also felt inexplicable, thanks to the mobile phone to relieve boredom, she didn't pay too much attention to He Yiming's various strange reactions.

How to face Shu Yu? How to deal with a sweetheart who has someone else in his heart? He Yiming, who was emotionally blank, was so sad about this, that he basically didn't listen to the teacher's lectures recently, and it was difficult to make up for the first link in the future. When I was in class, I always wanted to make up for it at home after school, and I studied by myself, but when I got home, he couldn't help lying on the bed and looking through Shu Yu's circle of friends, the voice she posted in the group, and the articles, pictures, and emojis she shared.

In the past few days, he has been in front of Shu Yu, and he is no longer the humorous He Yiming he just met. Whether to let go or continue, He Yiming couldn't decide.

As soon as I arrived at the company this morning, all the managers first held a meeting, which roughly meant that the editorial department, the association department, the administration department, the finance department and other eight departments had to lay off employees, and the work laid off would be shared with others. At the meeting, Mr. Xiaoqian announced that the company would not recruit any more people in the past one or two years, nor would it raise wages in accordance with the previous rules, and all salary increases and new recruits would need to be signed by him.

After the meeting, the other colleagues grinned, Gui Ying secretly rejoiced in her heart, fortunately the salesman lived on performance commissions, if she was really asked to implement the layoffs, I don't know how many people would be offended.

Manager Ma's happiness was not over, the phone rang, and it was the business manager of Sicheng Technology who called. They said that they planned to exclude the exhibition in their budget for the second half of this year, so they privately informed Manager Ma as soon as possible, and asked Manager Ma to hurry up and make efforts to contact with the above, and maybe it would be possible to continue to participate in the exhibition. Gui Ying took a cold breath and didn't move for a long time in the silent office.

At noon, Zhong Xuemei's boyfriend Zhang Mingyuan made a special trip to find Xuemei. The two of them had a meal together and then took a walk near the coffee shop. Since Xuemei went to work, her eighteen-year-old boyfriend rarely came to visit her, and the two did not live in the same place, and it took more than an hour to take a car from Zhang Mingyuan's house to the coffee shop; Second, Zhang Mingyuan also used the summer vacation to apply for driver's license training, and when he had time, he first went to a driving school to learn; The mother of the three, Zhang Mingyuan, was in her forties and was in very poor health, and she couldn't do any heavy work and had to drink a lot of medicine every day. Xiaozhang finally had a holiday, so he naturally spent more time with his mother at home and shared more housework.

This time, Xiaozhang came to Xuemei, mainly to say goodbye to her. The school he applied for was in Guangzhou, where he reported on 23 August and underwent military training on 26 August. Today is August 19, and tomorrow his father will send him to school, and then spend two or three days to get acquainted with the campus environment, and then start to welcome military training.

Two teenagers with heavy shackles, holding hands, walked slowly near the mall, but they didn't expect the parting of life to come so quickly and so early. In the afternoon, Xuemei asked the master for an hour off, and the little couple went out of the mall and walked on the street.

"Are you reluctant to give me?" The handsome young man asked Xuemei with a smile.

"I should be asking you: Are you reluctant to me?" Xuemei pursed her lips and snickered, and immediately lowered her head after asking.

Xiao Zhang held Xuemei's hand tightly, stopped, faced Xuemei and said, "It's my fault that I haven't been able to accompany you more during this time!" ”

"It's okay, you know what the situation is in my family, I don't know what the situation is in your family, so I don't need to say that." Xuemei lowered her head, her face full of shyness.

"When you get to college, you will definitely meet better people, and if people chase you, you can say yes." Xiao Zhang said with tears in his eyes.

"You're going to break up with me?" Xuemei asked.

"How can you give it up!" Xiao Zhang looked bitter.

"Then you met a better one at school, don't hesitate, I will always fulfill you." Xuemei said this deliberately.

"How is that possible! I'll keep waiting for you until you have a better partner, and I'll naturally leave. ”

"Hey......" Xuemei sighed, wiped her tears and said, "I may rarely go back to Guangdong as soon as I go to school!" I don't like it here, I just want to get out of here! ”

"I know, but I can't! My dad is under a lot of pressure, and my mom has always been in poor health, so if Shenzhen University hadn't been admitted, I would definitely prefer to stay in Shenzhen to go to university. You go to school well, anyway, the two of us have a home in Shenzhen, and we will always meet. Xiao Zhang tried tears for Xuemei.

The two villains talked to each other in the thick shade, and they didn't say much goodbye, and eight out of ten sentences were talking about each other's futures and the future of the two of them. However, Xuemei's time was limited, and Xiao Zhang finally sent Xuemei back to work, and then he reluctantly hitched a ride back.

This farewell, the two really haven't seen each other for many years. When Xiaozhang went home, Xuemei was working to make money, but when Xuemei went home to visit, Xiaozhang was not there. Children from poor backgrounds have to be in charge of the family early, on the one hand, they have to share the burden for the family at a young age, and on the other hand, they have to work hard for their future.

Youth is helpless and struggling, youth is fiery and sad, and youth is also full of hope.

Before lunch in the morning, Manager Ma, who came back to his senses, hurriedly made an appointment for the leaders of Sicheng Technology to have dinner together in the evening. After agreeing, she booked the hotel and meals. At noon, Manager Ma didn't have time to eat, and at half past one in the afternoon, Li Yubing and Mr. Li held a meeting of the three major departments of the exhibition department, the distribution department and the business department with great fanfare, which was nothing more than to improve morale and rush performance.

After the meeting, Ma Guiying went to Mr. Li's office alone and reported the salesmen who had left the company and the customers who had lost their jobs. Li Yubing's beautiful eyes flashed, and she sat in the boss's chair and was silent for a long time. Then she arranged for Gui Ying to sort out all the existing customers in the hands of all the salesmen and all the small and medium-sized enterprises in the industry, and make a distribution to the salesmen for the enterprises that did not participate in the exhibition, and each person placed seven or eight in their hands, and strive to pull some more customers before the exhibition was scheduled in October.

"Dad, I'll take you out to buy a few clothes later, Gui Ying said last night that I would buy you more, so you don't have to go back and mail it over!" Now the discount for buying a winter down jacket in August is relatively large, especially affordable! At five o'clock, He Zhiyuan walked up to Lao Ma and said.

"Buy what! I have a lot of clothes, and I spend this spare money every day! The old horse fanned his head and said without replying.

"That'...... I'll go buy you two myself, I know your number. ”

"Oops! I said - no! The old horse frowned and waved his hand, and Zhiyuan saw that there was nothing to say.

"I said before you bought you a better crutch before leaving, I think your leg is better now, do you want to buy crutches?" Zhiyuan asked his father-in-law kindly.

"No need! Save some money and leave it for the two kids! The old horse pointed in the direction of the two-child house.

After the end of the make-up class at 5:40, He Yiming, who had been thinking about whether to send Gu Shuyu into the subway station for the rest of the day, finally made a choice.

"Shu Yu, then I'll go back first, my grandfather will go back to his hometown the day after tomorrow, I'll go back to help him clean up his things, his feet are inconvenient!" As soon as Tsai Tsai came out of the door of the cram school, he said to Gu Shuyu. Of course, what he said was all nonsense, it wasn't that he didn't want to send her, but he was so stupid that he was afraid that his careful thoughts would be seen through by her. In front of Shu Yu, he is always clumsy, embarrassed, blushing, and unsightly.

Shu Yu nodded, said goodbye with a smile, and then turned around and went to the subway station.

He Yiming deliberately walked more than ten steps first, and when he expected Shuyu to leave, he turned around, pretended to make a phone call, and then looked at Gu Shuyu's back intently. The young man was so worried that even the breath he exhaled was cold and heavy, and the more he liked her, the more he pretended to be indifferent, he didn't know why he was like this. In the end, I could only watch Shu Yu's back disappear into the crowd sadly. When he was completely out of sight, he still stood there in a daze. The journey back was as arduous as if it had been centuries and many countries.

At half past six o'clock in the evening, Zhiyuan led the old and young out for dinner, today he chose Hangzhou cuisine near his home, two adults and two children, ordered four dishes and a soup, and the store sent a small appetizer, and the four people ate with relish.

"This cauliflower is just right!" The old horse couldn't help but clinch several chopsticks in a row.

"Well, this lotus root pork rib soup is also good, it's delicious!" Zhiyuan took the opportunity to serve a bowl to the old man.

"This dish is lighter than Sichuan cuisine, Sichuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine are too spicy, this dish is just right!" The old horse was full of praise.

A family of four here is eating Hangzhou food with harmony, and Ma Guiying on the other end made an appointment with four people from Sicheng Technology to eat together tonight, one of them is a business manager, a vice president, a salesman and a planning department. After the table was full of dishes at 7:40, Gui Ying diligently poured tea and wine for the four people.