Time hurried to September 10th, and a Mercedes-Benz drove downstairs to Duanmu's bedroom. Today's wind was very strong, bending the tree next to the dormitory building and blowing off the maple leaves on the tree. Duanmu and An Ran got into their father's car. The father of Duanmu Wulie (abbreviated as Wulie from below) is called "Duanmu Chengxiong" (abbreviated as Chengxiong from below). Cheng Xiong is fifty years old, and the vicissitudes of life on his face are written with endless stories. He also used to be a college student. In his youth, it was not easy to become a college student. His life can also be said to be a life full of ups and downs and struggles, and in the eighties and nineties, which were not too far away from our lives, they shone with a different light. From the beginning, his home was in the countryside, and then he moved to the town little by little, and then moved from the town to the county little by little. Bumpy along the way, eventful years all the way. And now, his sons are about to go to work. The years are urging people to grow old!

Wu Lie sat in the co-pilot's seat, and had just finished changing into newly purchased black leather shoes on his feet. Looking in the mirror of the car and tying the blue tie, I instantly felt that I had regained a lot of self-confidence.

An Ran, who was sitting in the back seat, smiled and teased: "Uncle, you really know how to buy things." As soon as I wore these little black leather shoes, I wore a dozen small ties. Look at the times spirit! This is really the finishing touch, and Jetta immediately becomes BMW. ”

Wu Lie and Cheng Xiong both smiled, and Cheng Xiong responded in the car: "Haha, you are Enron." I often hear Wu Lie say that you can speak, you can really talk. ”

An Ran said: "Isn't this what kind of person you are messing with with people?" I can speak, and then Wu Lie can speak too. are all excellent people, not to mention that Wu Lie also joined the party. ”

Wu Lie turned his head with a smile and took the words: "Haha, don't praise me." Enron, four generations of our family have been members of the Communist Party. ”

"Huh?" An Ran was surprised and said, "Is it so good?" It's all genetic. ”

While holding the steering wheel, Cheng Xiong said in a mature and rich voice: "Yes, our family counts Wu Lie's generation. It's really four generations of party members! ”

An Ran asked, "Uncle, when did the people in your family first join the party?" ”

Cheng Xiong replied: "It's 1952, it's almost 70 years. My grandfather. Wu Lie's great-grandfather was admitted during the Korean War. My dad told me that my grandmother didn't know that he had died when the volunteer train returned to China to greet him, and that he had joined the party and made war exploits. ”

Wu Lie turned his head and told An Ran: "Look at the men who are called South Korean Oba now, they were in North Korea back then. I don't know how many of them were killed by my grandfather with a machine gun. He also shot down the planes of the Americans! ”

An Ran was surprised and said, "My God, what a cow! ”

Wu Lie said: "No, his combat exploits were obtained by shooting down an American plane." ”

In the blink of an eye. The car arrived at Linhai University of Architecture, and they stopped chatting. After Wu Lie packed up his resume, he and An Ran got out of the car, he turned around and said to Cheng Xiong in the car: "Dad, you wait here first." I'll call you when I come out. Cheng Xiong nodded, and Wu Lie and An Ran walked in the direction where the north wind was blowing.

Wu Lie and An Ran took the resumes that had been prepared a long time ago, and the school had been changed to "Linhai University of Architecture". Taking advantage of the fact that there are more students applying for admission, the student guards do not have time to check their identities one by one. They showed them their resumes and blended into the job fair.

Because the working conditions of railway construction are relatively harsh. The 12th Bureau of Huatie is not very attractive to those people from Linhai Jianzhu University, and there are not many of them. A classroom was full of students from other schools, many of whom had been infiltrated with fake resumes, just like Wu Lie. They are all students of Beichun Architecture College and Linhai Architecture University School of Engineering. In fact, they all know in their hearts that there are really not many good opportunities left for them.

"Next, I invite the leaders of the 12th Bureau of Huatie to give a speech." The hostess standing in front said. Next came an old cadre. He is about fifty years old, with sparse hair and capable eyes. At first glance, you can tell that he is a person who has experienced many stories, and when he preached, he spoke sonorously and calmly: "Hello dear students, I understand that everyone wants to have a good job. I know that it is not easy for all students to study hard for 16 years, and they have gone to study in the best years of their lives. It is human nature to want to find a good way out for yourself after reading the book. I used to be like you, and I also had the glory of youth......" and then began his long speech for more than two hours, from the principles of life, salary, promotion channels, to personal life and resignation letters, all of which were clearly explained to the students in the audience, and the words were not boring, but also revealed a sense of humor.

"It's really an old leader, and it won't be annoying to have such a long meeting." Enron said. He left a deep impression on all the classmates, as if he was an old confidant and friend. He gave the following students who were still very confused about the future, especially those students from three schools like Wu Lie, a self-confidence that they had not had for a long time.

"Is there a student down there and what questions do you need to ask?" The old leader said softly. A classmate raised his hand, and Duanmu recognized him at a glance, he was the classmate who came to the job fair for the first day, and rejected the rustic classmate who was a dejected handsome guy with a resolute look. He trembled and mustered up the courage to say, "Teacher! I am a student of Beichun School of Architecture, will your company recruit private undergraduate students? ”

The old leader looked at him and narrowed his eyes. Picked up the microphone and said softly: "Today is a special session for student recruitment of Linhai Jianzhu University, all undergraduate independent colleges, private undergraduates, college students, and secondary school students. One chance is not considered! As soon as these words came out, the students in the audience began to be agitated. Nearly half of them stood up and walked out disgraced.

"What? This is obviously looking down on people! ”

"Since you compare us with some junior college students, it's really sad!"

"Well, how can it be."

"It's too much of a slap in the face, don't you say it early! Hurt your dad and me to wait so long. ”

The people who were leaving, babbling around and saying these kinds of things. Alas, reality~ is always so realistic.

The old leader also seemed to be a little surprised. But it seems that I also know that these things are reasonable. When those who want to go are almost gone. There are still some students left, and many of the remaining students are students of Beichun School of Architecture. It's not that they don't have face, and they don't want to be looked down upon by those people. But they really want to take advantage of this opportunity, which is so important to them. Wu Lie looked at An Ran and asked, "Do you have to wait a while?" ”

An Ran hesitated for a moment: "Don't wait, let's go." ”

Wu Lie didn't stay, and went out of the classroom directly with An Ran. Wu Lie had already touched the wall once yesterday, so he was not so sensitive to hitting the wall. And he knows that his home game is tomorrow. So he didn't pay much attention to the job fair. On the contrary, it was Enron, and his blow was not small. An Ran kept walking beside Wu Lie and was silent, and he didn't say a word now, when he had a lot of words.

"Did you say that our lives were over?" An Ran asked suspiciously.

Wu Lie replied, "How is your life?" Feeling devastated? ”

An Ran said helplessly: "I just feel uncomfortable in my heart." I felt like I had gone to a fake university. My family spent so much money, and in the end, I went to college and was not recognized by others. Hey~"

"It doesn't matter, there are still many opportunities!" Wu Lie said to him with a smile, but even Wu Lie himself didn't believe it. Are there really as many opportunities as he says? In fact, they think that there will be many paths to choose freely, but there are many walls around them that they can't see. There is actually only one way for you to go, and that is to keep moving forward.

Wu Lie was just about to go out when he saw the student guards next to him, and whispered after seeing him. They seemed to be talking about Wu Lie in private, "What the hell are they talking about?" Wu Lie suddenly remembered his performance in a round of interviews in classroom 309 yesterday, and finally slipped away before the discussion even began. But I put my resume there, and the name of the school on the resume was "Linhai University of Architecture". Wu Lie's mind immediately came up with the embarrassing scene at that time, the female interviewer took his resume and asked the surrounding classmates if anyone knew him. Ask the student doorman where he went. The group of student guards must look down on him very much, bury other schools, and slip away first. "Hey~" Thinking of this, Wu Lie couldn't help but sigh, "Duanmu Wulie! Duanmu Wulie, you are really ashamed! Wu Lie muttered silently in his heart. But people always have backbone, he pressed it in his heart and didn't say anything to An Ran next to him. Because men have some things that they need to know as little as possible.

After Wu Lie came out of the job fair, he called his father Cheng Xiong, who was still waiting for them at the place just now. They sent An Ran back to school and picked up Wu Lie's toiletries by the way. He and Chengxiong stayed in a hotel not far from Linhai University of Architecture. They simply put away their luggage and went out for dinner.

As the saying goes, a poor son is a rich daughter. Cheng Xiong and Wu Lie were both raised in poverty, and they found a small old-fashioned noodle restaurant to eat, and there were only a few tables in that noodle restaurant. Wu Lie and Cheng Xiong sat opposite each other at a table with two bowls of noodles and a few side dishes, served with a few freshly chopped garlic. Two people ate with relish. Take a bite of the noodles and chew a few bites. Eat a small dish, then garlic.

People of two eras have two different worldviews, especially between the Father and the Son. Their father-son conversations are often awkward with little to say. You don't want me, I don't want you. Later, Cheng Xiong finally spoke.

"It's hard to find a job right now."

While eating noodles, Wu Lie glanced at him with his eyes, and said slowly: "It's not easy to find, it's not like you back then." There will be a job after graduating from high school. ”

Cheng Xiong blinked and smiled after hearing this. Stir it with chopsticks a few times, pick up a large mouthful of noodles and send it to your mouth. It seems that he is lamenting the speed of life, and it seems to be a kind of helplessness about his current life.

Duanmu Wulie asked, "Dad, is the person my mother is looking for reliable?" ”

Cheng Xiong hesitated for a while: "I don't know very well, their company has just finished merging." The specific people who come to recruit should all be from the First Road and Bridge Bureau. ”

"Daddy, how much money did you bring?"

Chengxiong put down his chopsticks. Three fingers were raised, and it would definitely not be less than five figures.

Wu Lie glanced at it: "Oh, I know. Do you know which department he went into after they merged? ”

"I contacted him yesterday and he was still in the Tunnel Bureau. He told me that he should be in the Capital Tunnel Company, and he told me. He said that he is still in the original department, because the leaders above have secretly negotiated the merger contract, and before the merger, few people below knew about it. There will be no personnel transfers. ”

Wu Lie chewed a big mouthful of noodles and looked at Cheng Xiong suspiciously, "Then what kind of official is this person now?" ”

"I don't know." Cheng Xiong replied with his head down. "But he said that as long as you hand in your resume, he has the ability to get you there."

Wu Lie seemed to have a bad feeling and didn't ask too many questions. It doesn't feel good, it seems to be a kind of crossing a river by feeling a stone, and finally touching a stone that I don't know if I can step on. Even handing in your resume, such a simple thing. For his current situation, it can be regarded as a very challenging thing.

The two generations didn't communicate much, and they didn't have too much entertainment. Besides, they didn't come for fun. After eating, they returned to the hotel. Fifty-year-old Cheng Xiong likes to go to bed early, so he goes to bed at nine o'clock in the evening. And Wu Lie, who was in his twenties and was used to going to bed at twelve o'clock, couldn't sleep. The wind outside was still blowing, and Wu Lie could hear the sound of the wind outside entering the window. He caught fire, lay quietly on the bed, and began another endless meditation.

How can life be like this? The life he had wanted was not like this. Maybe it's because I'm slowly becoming sensible, and there will be so many troubles. Maybe sometimes you feel like you're weak, and sometimes you feel like you're a failure. Maybe people just want to go through more things. Especially when he is alone at night, the feeling of loneliness comes to his face, there is not too much hustle and bustle, only inner torment. People, you must live your own life. A look that belongs to him, no imitation, only his own look. The past is over, and how many people's hearts are not bleak? People don't just want to live for the sake of living, but to live to experience the beauty that this world has not yet experienced. Isn't that what life is all about......

After that, Wu Lie also fell asleep. Only the north wind howls in the outside world......