Chapter 14: Gathering in Kunming

After I returned to Hoh, I began to browse the recruitment pages of law firms in Kunming, Yunnan Province. I almost threw my resume into the law firm in Kunming, and the internship is different from officially entering the law firm, and after the one-year internship period, I have nothing to do with the law firm. Our intern lawyer has a qualification to practice in the future, and the law firm recruits a coolie to do the work, and the salary is often not high. Why don't you do it?

I focus on the treatment, and I don't care about the local reputation and the influence of the industry. I am a foreigner, I have to consider accommodation and salary, and all the factors I consider are to facilitate my future meeting with Shen Qian. After I made all the arrangements, I embarked on a journey to the southwest of the great rivers and mountains of the motherland with my heavy bags on my back. After I told Shen Qian the news, I informed my parents. My mother tried her best to keep me, but I couldn't help it, and I was determined. Father said that as the old saying goes, the son can't help the mother, and that's not wrong at all. My parents sent me to the train station in a gloomy mood, and the train started slowly, and I began to look forward to the future of Shen Qian and me. After I went to Kunming, the interview at the law firm went more smoothly than I expected. The Fenghua Law Firm I chose was a small local partnership law firm, but it was very busy. The majority shareholder and owner of the law firm added a bed to my law firm's storage room, which became a nest in my lonely and lonely life for a year.

On the first day I settled in Kunming, I met Shen Qian, who was very excited about the spring sunshine. "Qin Yuan, I didn't expect you to really come, it feels too unreal. You mean what you say, and I will never doubt it again. "To be honest, I'm also very excited that my plan has finally been put into action, and I feel a sense of accomplishment." It feels really amazing that two of us from Hoshi, Inner Mongolia, crossed 2,000 kilometers to meet in Kunming, a spring city on the southwest border of the motherland. In particular, I have been looking forward to meeting you again for a long time. ”

"Do you college students speak so elegantly? Can you speak something from home? Shen Qian snuggled in my arms and asked me curiously.

"I'm only a bachelor's degree, I'm not a top student, and there are more graduate students and doctors now." I turned to learn the tone of the local dialect of Hoh, and said with a special charm: "This Kunming is really not bad, where are we going?" What's the fuss? Okay, wow, does that sound good? Real earth. ”

Shen Qian laughed, and the local dialect made her feel more cordial. We walked in Kunming's most prosperous and iconic street during the day - Nanping Pedestrian Street. In the bustling and warm atmosphere that is about to fade at dusk, accompany Shen Qian to taste the local authentic Yunnan cross-bridge rice noodles. Everything was so beautiful, we talked and laughed freely. Immediately afterwards, we went to the Jinma Biji Fang, which is adjacent to the pedestrian street, and stopped at the three iconic archways to take pictures. Shen Qian's smile in the photo is bright and innocent, and her curiosity about the world is stronger than that of a twenty-one-year-old. Although she has been to many places all over the country, she has very few places to play except for hotels and performance venues.

During that time, her training tasks were relatively light, and she was tired of spending all her free time with me. I carried a map with me to act as her guide, and she was a complete road idiot who struggled to ask for directions. The dialect of Kunming also belongs to the northern language family, which is very close to Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and the southwest of Kunming to outsiders, and it is easier to guess and understand than the dialects in the south of the Yangtze River. One of my college roommates was from Sichuan, and I listened to his very non-standard Trump. In particular, in the Kunming dialect, "gram" means to go, and I am impressed. Before Shen Qian left Kunming, she couldn't understand the local dialect at all.

I took her to Dongfeng Square in the center of the city to go shopping, and ate Yunnan snacks in the snack street of Xiaoximen. Go to Yunnan University to experience the learning atmosphere and frolic on the edge of the Green Lake. In my first month at Fenghua Law Firm, I was still in the stage of learning business and adapting to life, and my boss assigned me fewer tasks, and at worst, I could still study at night in my residence to make up for the shortcomings during the day. Shen Qian and I got along very well and happily while traveling in the mountains and rivers, eating and drinking. Life is very fulfilling, and the relationship is stable and improved.

A few days after visiting the Golden Temple of the Expo Park, Shen Qian and I visited the Stone Forest Geopark together. Shen Qian and I are very interested in playing, she and I belong to the same kind of people, like lively, adventurous, exciting new things. So we started planning our annual vacation, preparing for a seven-day parade in Dali, Shangri-La, and Lijiang in Yunnan Province. It is not in vain that we trekked through mountains and rivers to the prestigious tourist resorts of Yunnan. During that time, in addition to completing the tasks assigned by the law firm, I had already begun to prepare for the year-end travel strategy. I privately inquired about a lot of things that local travelers need to pay attention to, especially the rational use of transportation time and accommodation and meals to avoid black-hearted businesses that are slaughtered by others.

The salary offered by the law firm for me was only 3,000 at that time, and I didn't earn as much as the Shen Qian Art Troupe dancing. Shen Qian's expenses and I are already stretched, and although I don't have much money, I dare not be ambiguous in front of Shen Qian. I'd rather be frugal than stingy in front of her, which is also a matter of dignity as a man. Although my mind is not on the law firm, there is nothing wrong with the rules, and the evaluation of my colleagues in the law firm is also pertinent. They all know that I have a girlfriend who is like a flower, and they can understand it. But I rarely recommend Shen Qian to meet my colleagues, Shen Qian's image is too outstanding, and it is really face-to-face to take it out, and I also have a sense of prevention in advance. Usually when I chat with Shen Qian in private, I can feel that her charm of attracting bees and butterflies is everywhere, and there are countless people in the group who covet her when they are younger. As sweet and harmonious as ever, I already had a latent sense of crisis.

After getting off work that evening, Shen Qian came to my residence. We chatted, and she told me lightly: "There is a middle-aged man who wanders around our group all day, driving a Santana in front of the hotel and insisting on inviting me to dinner." ”

I couldn't see the way she spoke, not annoyed, not proud, just a feeling of not being weird. I said, "You're not going to tell her you have a partner?" Shen Qian said unhurriedly: "Of course I said it, but he just didn't listen." He is not a member of our regiment, and our regimental commander can't do anything about him. ”

I didn't continue to ask, but I changed the subject: "Sissi, are you satisfied with your current life?" Or what kind of life do you want to live in the future? ”

Shen Qian didn't hesitate at all, and told me categorically: "Of course I'm not satisfied, I'm not satisfied with the food, use, and housing, and I still have a lot of things that I haven't tried." My ideal life is the kind of life where I don't have to worry about food and clothing, live in a big house, and drive a luxury car. ”