Chapter 1: Return to 98
Summer 1998, Shishan County.
In this era when the per capita income is only three or four hundred yuan, pork costs three yuan a catty, and a bowl of hot noodles on the roadside is only eight cents. People ride their bikes on hot asphalt roads, and occasionally a Xiali taxi sped by.
In the dilapidated tube building of the electrician's family home, there was a sudden strangeness in the air.
With a heart-rending pain, Jiang Yang slowly woke up from the bed.
The old furniture of the 80s, the Phoenix brand sewing machine, and the tea jar embroidered with peony flowers, the color has almost worn off.
Not far away, a dilapidated electric fan was already covered with dust in the corner of the room of less than 15 square meters, apparently not used for some days.
There were bursts of cicadas outside the window, and it was a hot summer day, and the room was a little stuffy.
Jiang Yang sat up from the bed and looked at everything around him incredulously.
"Am I alive?"
Jiang Yang stood up, walked to the mirror at the table, and looked at his current self in surprise.
Less than twenty years old, ordinary appearance, medium build, light blue plaid shirt is very plain.
This is me?
Jiang Yang frowned slightly, trying to find everything about himself in his mind.
The executive directors of six listed companies, who have important resources at the hands of the WTT International Trade Council, how did the man who landed on the Forbes list before the age of 40 become like this?
He clearly remembers that because of the secret problem of oil, he was deceived by his friend for many years into the high seas, and was seriously injured by a knife and thrown into the ocean. At the moment when the shark smelled blood, it opened its bloody mouth and pounced on itself. The heart-rending pain and the pain of being betrayed by his friends made Jiang Yang feel extremely desperate the moment he closed his eyes.
But he looked down at his hands and gently stroked his cheeks.
Everything is so real.
Could it be ......
Is this time you have crossed?
Just then, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.
Perhaps because the building was too old, the ground was trembling slightly.
"Jiang Qing, then Chen Weidong is the workshop director of Huafeng Food Factory, although he is a little older, but his salary is five or six hundred a month, how many people are waiting to talk about the matchmaker, you don't think about it anymore?"
"Xiaoxue, my brother doesn't even have a job now, and my sister is only in junior high school, so it's impossible for me to let them talk about marriage, so don't mention this matter again."
"You're twenty-six! In our Shishan County, do you see whose girl is still not married at this age? Besides, does this marriage affect your ability to take care of your younger siblings? I think you're just brainless! ”
"That being said, I'm still not at ease, I'm really going to get married, who wants to take care of two more people......"
The voices of the two women got closer and closer, and Jiang Yang looked at the door with a spirit, and then walked lightly behind the door and leaned against the wall.
Through the crack in the door, two women can be seen skillfully opening the door of the living room and walking in.
One of the women was tall, wearing light blue jeans and a blue T-shirt, and her face was very clean without powder.
I saw her put the vegetable basket in her hand on the wooden table in the living room, and said with a smile: "Besides, you are not young anymore, why don't you care about yourself?" Are you really going to be my brother's wife? ”
The woman named Xiaoxue was wearing a pale yellow floral dress, her black hair was like a waterfall, and Jiang Yang could only see a slender back in the crack of the door.
"Talking about you, what are you doing with your brother! Jiang Qing, when you are old and yellow, you can't get married, don't blame me for not reminding you. ”
Jiang Qing sorted out the vegetables in the basket and said, "You don't have to worry about it, it's six o'clock, go and see if my brother is up." ”
Qin Xue sighed helplessly, looked at the door of Jiang Yang's side, and then walked towards this side.
At this time, Jiang Yang was lying on the crack in the door and looking out, Jiang Yang looked confused.
"Me? Wife? Brother? ”
At this moment, there was a pain in the center of the eyebrows, followed by a whirling feeling of dizziness.
A large number of memory fragments poured into Jiang Yang's mind.
The picture was like a slide, and it began to flash in front of Jiang Yang's eyes......
Jiang Yang, male, 24 years old, has been frail and sickly since childhood, has a weak personality, and is not good at words.
There is only one sister Jiang Qing left in the family, and a younger sister Jiang Tian who is in junior high school, and the three of them depend on each other.
Six years ago, his father Jiang Weiguo was diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer, and his mother almost borrowed all the relatives and neighbors around him in order to treat him.
But a few days later, Jiang Weiguo still left the West.
Since then, my mother has been depressed, and within two years, she left with her father due to an accident.
After the death of her parents, Jiang Qing, who was only 20 years old at the time, took on the heavy responsibility of the family, not only to support Jiang Xue, who was studying, but also to take care of Jiang Yang, who had never been able to find a job.
Coupled with the constant harassment of previous creditors, the pressure can be imagined.
From chores in the restaurant to dirty work on the construction site, as long as she can make money, no matter how hard and tired Jiang Qing is, she will do it.
Jiang Qing not only has to make money to support her family, but also takes care of Jiang Yang and Jiang Tian's diet and daily life on weekdays.
This care is a full six years.
In this way, not only did he waste his youth, but also delayed his marriage.
The house is the only asset left by the parents.
The old-fashioned two-bedroom building has a total area of less than 80 square meters. There was no furniture in the living room other than a wooden table and a few plastic round stools.
Those who had been borrowed money by their mother began to have the idea of this house, and often came to the door to find Jiang Qing, either threatening and abusing her, or coaxing and seducing, all in order to make her sell the house.
If it weren't for Uncle Zhang, who lived at the opposite door, to stop him, I am afraid that the sisters and brothers would not even have a place to live.
The whole process of receiving memories was only a few seconds, and Qin Xue walked to the door and stopped.
Qin Xue's family is also in this community, and both parents used to be employees of a machinery factory. She and Jiang Qing have been friends since childhood, and they often come to play at home when they are very young, and occasionally stay overnight. In Jiang Yang's memory, except for Jiang Qing and Jiang Tian, he was most impressed by this Qin Xue.
"Little bag, are you up?"
Qin Xue knocked on the door, put her face on the door and asked softly.
Jiang Yang hid behind the door with a black line on his face.
A small school bag?!
What a small schoolbag?
King Pesticide Luban No. 7?
Qin Xue said with a smile: "Little schoolbag, I know you got up, Sister Xue came to see you, and bought you ribs, didn't you open the door?" ”
Jiang Yang looked at the very handsome woman outside through the crack in the door, and his heart was like a thousand horses galloping by.
I, Jiang Yang, the CEO worth tens of billions.
Send ribs, small school bag?
No, no, no, it must be an illusion!
Qin Xue heard that there was no movement in the door, and a sly smile flashed on her face.
"Little schoolbag, don't think that I can't clean you up if you hide inside, I'll kick the door after three counts!"
With that, he stretched out his fingers as slender as jade.
“1!”
Jiang Yang hid behind the door, his heart pounding.
“2!”
Boom!
Jiang Yang swallowed.
it!
Lao Tzu has never seen any scenes, the two yellow-haired girls are afraid of a ball!
“3!!”
Qin Xue pulled up the hem of her skirt slightly with her right hand and took a step back.
Just as he was kicking out, the door opened.
Jiang Yang leaned against the door frame and said, "What are you doing?" ”
Qin Xue leaned into the room and looked around, then looked up and down around Jiang Yang: "Little schoolbag, what are you hiding in there and sneaking around?" ”
Jiang Yang was stunned: "What didn't I do?" ”
Jiang Qing walked out of the kitchen with a vegetable basin and said with a smile: "Xiaoxue, you don't tease him anymore, hurry up and come to the kitchen to help." ”
Qin Xue went to the kitchen in a muttered manner, and looked towards Jiang Yang from time to time.
"Jiang Qing, why do I think your brother is weird today?"
Jiang Qing said while picking vegetables: "Don't be suspicious, what can he do if he locks himself in the house all day." It's just that I'm worried about going on like this, what do you think he will do in the future? ”
The two were busy in the kitchen, and after a while, the smell of roasted pork ribs came out.
Jiang Yang sat on a stool in the living room, and opposite him sat a little girl with a ponytail and a school uniform, who was "his" sister Jiang Tian.
Jiang Tian has a pair of big eyes, the bridge of the nose is high, and she looks cute, and she is biting a ballpoint pen at this time, staring at the homework book and meditating.
Jiang Yang covered his chin and glanced at Jiang Tian's homework.
The binary equation has long been forgotten.
When he saw the calendar on the table, Jiang Yang's pupils suddenly contracted.
1998 year.
I actually came to 1998, this golden age everywhere.
In a humble room, orange light bulbs hang overhead.
Due to the unstable voltage, the room is a little flickering.
A gust of wind blew, and the windows were whirring.
Jiang Yang sat on the sidelines, feeling that everything after being reborn was so real.
Since God has given me a chance to start over, this time, I will take advantage of it.
Tick tock, tick tock.
Before I knew it, a light rain began to fall outside the window.