Chapter 1 At the age of forty, I realized that I was the voice of heaven
"Whoa~"
In the big river at your feet, the river is constantly rushing and noisy.
It is like a bygone year, day and night.
Jiang Kan leaned against the chest-high stone railing, facing the river, holding the handrail behind him with both hands, and a look of helplessness and determination on his raised face.
Yesterday, he just celebrated his fortieth birthday.
It was supposed to be a day of celebration, but it was spent in tears, noise, and chaos.
At the age of 37, as a veteran of the IT industry, he suffered a wave of 35-year-old layoffs that spread across the country, and was forced to leave a top three IT company in China, losing his high salary and decent social status.
How difficult it is for people of this age to want to be re-employed, so after submitting hundreds of resumes to no avail, he tried to open a small shop to sell some cigarettes, alcohol, tea and daily necessities, but his wife disliked him as a hawker and was embarrassed, and finally gave up.
He began to think about doing self-media at home, although he also had certain results during the period, but after all, he didn't need to start over to do this professionally, and he only laid the foundation in 3 years, and he didn't make much money.
It was also from that time that his wife, who was 5 years younger than him, lost her former sweetness and gentleness.
From the beginning of no longer being considerate to him, he gradually picked his nose and eyes.
Then it became arrogant, cross-eyebrow, and cold.
In the end, it became a scolding and fist and kick at every turn.
scolded him for being a man with no ability, dragging down her youth and reducing her quality of life.
scolded him for not wanting to make progress, staying in the house all day, and not looking in the mirror if he wants to be an Internet celebrity.
Yesterday he was forty years old, and his wife didn't say anything.
He just hugged his daughter and said, "Good daughter, can you use your New Year's money to buy a birthday cake for your father?" ”
was scolded by his wife who was lying on the sofa watching TV:
"The old man hasn't worked for three years and hasn't gone out to earn money, and he still wants to cheat the children to buy cakes for the New Year? Are you still a man? ”
He actually wanted to ask, he had worked in the top three companies in China for more than ten years, during which he also worked as a department head for several years, and his annual income averaged dozens of Ws, and all his wages in the ten years after marriage were handed over to his wife...... Why do you always feel that life is very urgent at this time, and you have to pick and search for life?
But he knew it was best not to say it, or the situation would get worse.
Then, there is a common one-sided abuse and counting between husband and wife.
The more the wife scolded, the more angry she became, the more she thought about it, and after giving Jiang Kan a slap in the face, she took the child back to her parents' house.
Before leaving, he said the next cruel sentence:
"If I lived like you, I would have cut myself off by jumping off the bridge!"
Jiang Kan was so angry that he smoked.
After so many years of giving and retreating, he didn't fight back if he scolded and didn't fight back, his parents helped bring the child after the housework, and the daughter-in-law wanted to buy something.
If you want to travel, you have to go to Northern Europe, you have to go to South Australia, you have to go to South Australia.
Although it is a little more expensive and luxurious, it is also for the sake of maintaining family harmony, for the happiness of husband and wife, and for the healthy growth of children.
The two-million house was the full amount he paid for before he got married, and it didn't drag down a penny of the family's living expenses.
After marriage, the fourth ring Q5 of 500,000 yuan is also a daughter-in-law, and it is convenient to bring her father-in-law and mother-in-law to lobby and buy it.
The child's annual tuition fee of 50,000 yuan is also out of his pocket.
The daughter-in-law is a primary school teacher, only 3,000 yuan a month, when the first person introduced him, he looked at the stars in his eyes, and when he took the initiative to pursue him, it was called a charming and obedient.
I didn't expect that she would be so faceful after she lost her job......
"Alas......"
Jiang Kan let out a big sigh, looked at the surging river under his feet, and made up his mind.
But at this time, a melodious song came to his ears:
"Someone as good as me
should have lived a brilliant life
How did more than twenty years come to an end
is still floating in the sea of people
”
"Huh? What song is this? So vicissitudes and despair? ”
Just as he was about to let go of his hands, Jiang Kan, who jumped down, suddenly pulled the railing behind him and looked in the direction of the song with a suspicious expression.
But the strange thing is that the direction from which the "singing" came from is not the presence of any person.
In order not to affect the people who may appear to be righteous and brave, Jiang Kan specially picked an early morning.
Now there are only occasional vehicles on the bridge, and there is not a single pedestrian.
"Strange, who's singing?"
He searched left and right, but could not see the source of the song.
But the voice continued to ring in his ears, eloquent, crying.
"Someone as smart as me
I have long said goodbye to innocence
Why did you still use a relationship
Go get a scar
”
"Hiss......"
Jiang Kan's scalp tingled when he heard this.
"The lyrics are so well written, and they are in the same mood as I am now......"
He didn't realize that his hands were tightly clasped on the stone railing, and his legs, which had been slightly bent, gradually stood up straight.
"Someone as confused as me
People like me who are looking for it
Someone like me who doesn't do anything
How many more people have you met
”
“……”
The sound of singing was in his ears, but Jiang Kan gradually fell silent.
From the moment he stepped out of the university gate and plunged headlong into the big dye vat of society, he has been constantly looking for his own way forward and his own direction.
He was confused looking for his career, looking for his lover in confusion, hesitating and wandering at the crossroads of countless lives, and countless times he chose the direction he was moving forward without hesitation or looking ahead.
Over the past 40 years, there have been ups and downs.
I have suffered, tired, cried, laughed.
There have been peaks and lows in life.
There have been times when I was high-spirited, and there were times when I cried alone, looking up at the bright moon and missing my hometown.
However, he has come all the way, and although he has stumbled, he has achieved a little.
But every time, he will be scolded by his original little fan sister and wife, and the current tigress resentful woman, and he has nowhere to go.
Sometimes he really thinks that he is really doing nothing in his life, and he can't compare to the parents of those children in his wife's class, one by one, they are either the director and director who hold great power, or the CEO and senior official of a listed company......
"A vulgar person like me
Never like to pretend to be deep
How to occasionally hear oldies
Suddenly, I shook my head
”
……
The more I listened to this song, the deeper Jiang Kan's feelings became.
He grabbed his fingers at the stone railing, and he picked harder and tighter.
His eyes gradually turned red, and his emotions became more and more excited, more and more excited, and more and more empathetic.
Although he didn't know who was singing, he suddenly felt that this song was singing about his forty years of rough life!
Suddenly, the following lyrics appeared in front of his eyes, suspended directly below his eyes like subtitles:
"Someone as confused as me
People like me who are looking for it
Someone like me who doesn't do anything
How many more people have you met
”
Jiang Kan couldn't help but follow the melody and sang it according to the lyrics.
At this time, how could he be in the mood to care about how this bizarre scene appeared?
How can you care about where this song comes from?
Who is in the mood to care who sings this amazing song?
He just followed the melody and singing in his head, and sang aloud together:
"Someone as lonely as me
Someone as stupid as me
People like me who are not willing to be ordinary
How many people are there in the world
Inexplicable people like me
Will anyone feel distressed
”
The more Jiang Kan sang, the louder his voice became, and his love was deep, and his blood was rolling.
The last sentence, he sang almost with all his might, roaring and roaring!
Tears flowed and heartbreaking.
At that moment, his singing voice even overwhelmed the rolling river under his feet, and spread far and wide.
"Ding!"
"Your singing score: 100 points, full marks!"
"Congratulations on the qualification for binding this system, is it bound or not?"