Chapter 103: A Different Life
When Dongfang Siyi walked into the office, he felt a strangeness, he didn't know where this strangeness came from, so he glanced around at the small world of less than ten square meters where he worked every day, and didn't notice anything abnormal.
He looked out the window with some puzzlement, and was surprised to find that the camphor tree was gone. The camphor tree that used to grow in front of the window was gone, and as far as the eye could see, it was an empty gray sky.
He opened the window and stuck his head out to find out. It was found that the camphor tree, which had once been full of life, had been lying quietly on the ground, and the cross-section cut off from the root was like a merciless giant wound, exposed there. A few birds were jumping up and down on the broken branches, and they didn't seem to understand why the camphor tree had suffered such a fate, and they were supposed to sing on the branches of the camphor tree every day.
Without this scenery that shows the vitality of life outside the window, the gray concrete buildings are more and more lifeless. Dongfang Siyi was a little depressed, the only thick green in front of the window disappeared, and in the future, I could no longer see the swaying dance of the camphor tree in the wind and rain, and I could not see the beautiful face of the camphor tree in the sun.
Another flock of birds flew over, and stopped on the wall in twos and threes, thinking that they should have often rested on the camphor tree, without which they also seemed to be a little confused and at a loss.
In this way, the camphor tree silently withdrew from the space of Oriental Thought's imagination, and it was originally indisputable with the world. It just adds a little more of the primary color of life to this space, a little more of the spirit of life. The efficiency of the migrant workers is really very high, and after a weekend, a row of simple houses with colored steel tiles roofs were erected, and these simple buildings were specially used to pile up sundries that had no use value.
Dongfang Siyi can't understand what an absurd choice it is that those things that should have withdrawn from our lives and lost their original value have no way to quit, and what things that were originally pregnant with infinite vitality have been abandoned by us so easily? In the heart troubled by the hustle and bustle of the world, one more evergreen camphor tree will have more tranquility and compassion, and the camphor tree that should not disappear has left a shadow that is difficult to disappear in the heart of Dongfang Siyi.
Dongfang Siyi retrieved the case file materials of Zhao Ermei's second divorce from the archives, read it carefully from beginning to end, and finally figured out the causes and consequences of Zhao Ermei's several marriage changes, and felt that Zhao Ermei lost herself in the process of chasing her dreams, and lost it in the myth of marriage she weaved.
Zhao Ermei's first divorce case was handled by President Gao Delin, the master of Dongfang Siyi, who retired five years ago. He was a man who did not seem to have the slightest temper, he was gentle and very patient, he was careful and cautious, no one had ever seen him angry about someone or anything, and he was always pleasant to see on his face.
Zhao Ermei and Yao Dabao divorced for the first time in the third year after they got married.
Ignoring Yao Dabao's opposition, Zhao Ermei seized the only opportunity given to her by the policy at that time and solved her agricultural household registration problem. She finally had her long-awaited urban hukou, and became a regular employee of Xinfeng Textile Factory as she wished. She feels that she is no longer the person who can only envy others when she was a child, and with her own efforts in the past few years, she has really entered the city life she longed for and become a citizen of this city. She is used to life in the city and to working on the assembly line.
The department store opened by Yao Dabao in the town became more and more prosperous, and when many people around him were struggling for the goal of 10,000 yuan, Yao Dabao successfully earned the first million yuan according to his own snowball theory and became a real millionaire. Of course, it was a number that only he knew, and as he excitedly looked at the number on his ledger that surprised him, an even greater desire began to take root in his heart.
Yao Dabao, who has become a millionaire, is not satisfied, and his goal is to become a multimillionaire. Yao Dabao has never said his goal to anyone, he only believes in himself and will not trust anyone. He knew that the tree was a big deal, so he tried his best to hide his grand goal as much as possible.
Yao Dabao was busy with his business all day long, and he couldn't be busy alone. Because his younger siblings did not perform well in school, they naturally became his most reliable and cheap labor after dropping out of school.
Yao Dabao has an account in his heart, which is that he not only wants to let his younger brothers and sisters go to school, but also provides material security for them to get married and start a family in the future. As for what happens after they get married, he can leave it alone. So when his younger brothers and sisters failed to continue their studies, he taught them to start a business with him, and he also paid them salaries, so as not to be confused later, but the salary he could give would only be less than if they went to work outside. Yao Dabao has Yao Dabao's reasons, one is that the money is to continue to make money, and the other is that he has to continue to spend money for them in the future.
Yao Dabao also wanted to persuade Zhao Ermei to resign and go home to help him do business. He had thought about it many times in his mind. With Zhao Ermei's appearance as a signboard, the business in his store will definitely be more popular. The beauty trick is the simplest little trick that can be applied everywhere, and it is not even a trick, it is just a commonly used means.
It's no wonder that Yao Dabao has such an idea, if you go around the street, as long as it is a decent store, there are not a few beautiful beauties there to support the faΓ§ade. Yao Dabao felt that as long as Zhao Ermei was willing to stop in his store, it would be a beautiful sign for free use.
After Zhao Ermei gave birth to the child, when discussing the name of the child, Yao Dabao said happily: "This child was born with such big eyes, open like copper coins, let's call Yao Youqian." The nickname is called Qianqian. Second sister, what do you think? Zhao Ermei said very disdainfully: "I said Yao Dabao, no matter how rich you are, you still can't do without the eyes of rural people, don't you think such a name is too cheesy?" β
Yao Dabao smiled and said: "I also admit what you said, cheesy is a little cheesy, but auspicious, who dislikes money?" Do you hate money? No one is averse to money. That's why it's good to call it money. β
Zhao Ermei thought for a while and said: "Change it, I think it can be called Yao Youjin, it has the same meaning as what you said, it should sound more atmospheric, and it can be regarded as according to your original meaning." Yao Dabao smiled and nodded: "The meaning is the same meaning, money money, of course it is a meaning, if you give this big name, the nickname will simply be called Jinbao." β
Yao Dabao looked at Zhao Ermei and found that she had become even more beautiful than before she got married and had children, so she said with her own idea: "After taking maternity leave, I think you still quit that job and come back to help me do something in the store." β
Zhao Ermei didn't think about it, so she refused: "I just became a regular worker, my salary has more than doubled, and my maternity leave has also been improved, and I have more than three months." I'm coming back to help you? How much can you pay me? Will you give me a holiday too? I don't think your younger siblings have a day off, and you should give them a few days off, no one is as harsh as you are. Yao Dabao could only look at Zhao Ermei silently, knowing that she had seen through his thoughts, and it would be in vain for him to say anything, she would not agree.
After Zhao Ermei finished her maternity leave, she went back to work in the city, and the first thing she did before going to work was to register her child at the police station. According to the policy of following the mother's household registration of children, she and Yao Dabao's child Yao Youjin successfully became an urban household registration. Zhao Ermei felt that her choice was right, she not only changed her fate, but also changed the fate of her children.
Because she usually has to go to work, Zhao Ermei lives alone in a rented house in the city, and the child can only be lost to Yao Dabao, and Yao Dabao's sister has become a free nanny. Zhao Ermei has a few days off every month, and when she is on vacation, she goes back to see the child.
Zhao Ermei actually didn't have any more pursuits, she thought that the future days would go on like this. Yao Dabao is bent on making money and has no intention of caring about anything else, while Zhao Ermei is at ease with the work on the assembly line.
The two of them get together less and leave more, and when Zhao Ermei has time to go home to see the child, she will talk to Yao Dabao about the child. She doesn't care about Yao Dabao's business, and Yao Dabao doesn't care about her work. The two of them became more and more estranged like a wall, and finally reached the point where they had nothing to say even when they were together.
In the blink of an eye, the child is more than three years old, and the child can already walk and talk, so he begins to make all kinds of requirements. One day, Yao Dabao was going to the city to buy goods, and the child missed Zhao Ermei, so he hugged Yao Dabao's leg and said, "Mom is in the city, I want to see Mom." β
Yao Dabao thought about it, and there were not many things on this trip, so he nodded and promised the child: "I can take you there, but I don't know if your mother can't go to work." If she goes to work, you can't see her. If you can't see her, you are not allowed to cry, and if you do not obey, I will leave you on the street. Remember? β
The child actually knows that he may not be able to see his mother, because every time Zhao Ermei comes back, she says that she doesn't have time to go to work, and he just wants to go to the city with Yao Dabao to play. The child's little head turned and he had his own idea: "I don't cry, you have to buy me a toy." Yao Dabao held hands with the child and said, "You really deserve to be my fucking son, so big will you talk about a deal." Haha, okay, the two of us make a deal. β
Zhao Ermei was on the evening shift that day, and she was ready to sleep well in the morning, only when she was full of energy, she would not doze off when she was on duty at night. A few days ago, a female worker did not take a good rest because of continuous overtime, and did not wear a hard hat as required when she was working at night. Fortunately, Zhao Ermei passed by her, and Zhao Ermei quickly reached out to grab the lock of hair, and got rid of the entanglement of the machine, so as to avoid a work accident and tragedy.
Zhao Ermei didn't expect Yao Dabao to bring the child to the city, she told him that she worked in three shifts, and she had no time when she worked during the day, and she had to rest when she didn't work during the day. Yao Dabao also knew that she was thinking about this job in the city, but it was actually very hard. Yao Dabao took the child into the city, but he just wanted the child to follow him to the city to play, and he didn't plan to see Zhao Ermei.
Yao Dabao didn't expect that because of his own idea, he saw the thing he didn't want to see the most. knocked over the vinegar bottle that he had kept in his heart for a long time, and finally made Zhao Ermei unbearable and had to choose to end her married life with him for several years.
(Next Notice: Chapter 104 - The Businessman's Heart)