Chapter 24 Vast Messages and Doubts
Since Wang Xiaofeng went to Shenzhen, Sister Yun and her in-laws have been looking forward to his news every day. Soon Wang Xiaofeng wrote a letter, he said, it is really easy to find a job in Shenzhen, many factories and companies are recruiting, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japanese, Korean, European and American are all available, and the personnel needed are also diverse, so regardless of men and women, education can find a job; However, most of them are manual labor or heavy physical work, and mental work requires a university degree. He was only a high school graduate, so it was difficult to find a job that he wanted. He temporarily worked with Zhao Ming in an electronics factory owned by a Taiwanese boss, and his income was paid by piece, but he was not skilled in technology, and he could only get seven or eight hundred yuan a month; In another month or two, if you are proficient, you will be able to get more than 1,000 yuan, and after half a year, you will be able to get more than 2,000 yuan like Zhao Ming. He said that although he was busy and had no burden in his heart, he was in good spirits, so please don't worry about it.
With Xiaofeng's exact news, Sister Yun and her parents-in-law were relieved. Xiaofeng worked in Shenzhen, and it seemed that he would not be able to come back for a while, so he had to give up the matter of opening a store in the county seat. Sister Yun told me the news that Xiaofeng was working part-time and no longer considering opening a store in the county; I told my father again and told him not to worry about Wang Xiaofeng's rental shop for the time being. Sister Yun returned to her parents' house and told her parents the news of Xiaofeng's part-time job. Her parents complained to her: "It was you who offended Township Chief Li's family, so this kind of thing happened." If he had agreed to Township Chief Li's family affair at that time, where would such a thing happen? Sister Yun said: "I'd rather marry Xiaofeng than marry that kind of nasty ruffian, what else will he do besides fighting and making trouble?" Xiaofeng doesn't do business, he works in Shenzhen, and he can earn one or two thousand yuan a month! Her parents said: "Now, Xiaofeng can't do business in our township, so he has to go to Shenzhen to work, and he can't find trouble if he is far away from Xiao Li." They then asked, "Xiaofeng went to Shenzhen to work, what are you doing?" Sister Yun said: "I can't read, what can I do?" Go home and farm. But there are so many places, I can't be busy alone, just give me half back; The food collected is enough to eat, and Xiaofeng sends some money every month, and his life can still be good. Her parents said, "That's fine: usually, you and your mother-in-law do it, and when you are busy with farming, ask your two younger brothers to help you out, so that you won't be too tired, and you will have something to do, so that you won't be idle and bored." ”
Soon, the summer harvest and summer planting began, and Sister Yun and her mother-in-law put in intense field labor together, and the housework was handed over to her father-in-law. Sister Yun became a farmer again, and the clothes she wore when she stood at the counter on the street to sell goods naturally couldn't be worn, and she wore the clothes she wore when she was working again. I got up early and went to bed late every day, I was busy harvesting and planting, and with the help of two younger brothers, I didn't lag behind in farm work, but I was more tired.
A month later, Xiaofeng wrote again, asking about the family's summer harvest and summer planting, and second, saying that he didn't plan to work in the electronics factory. Because the working hours in the electronics factory were too long, working 10 hours a day, sometimes up to 12 hours, he felt that his body could not stand it. He was going to go back to his old business and go into business, and he thought he had something to do about it. For Xiaofeng to do business, his father-in-law and mother-in-law expressed their support, saying that he had been studying since he was a child, his body was thin and weak, and he was not used to labor; In business, the books you read can also play a role. Sister Yun also agrees with Xiaofeng's ability to do business. So he asked his younger brother to write a reply letter to Xiaofeng, explaining the family's situation and his opinions on supporting him in business.
But I didn't hear from Xiaofeng for the next few months, and I don't know if he is still working in the electronics factory, or if he is going to do business, and how is the business going. Because she didn't have Xiaofeng's new mailing address, she still sent a letter to the electronics factory, but the letter was soon returned, saying that the person was no longer in the electronics factory. There was no way, so she had to send another letter to Zhao Ming and ask him what Xiaofeng was doing. Zhao Ming replied that it had been more than two months since Xiao Feng left the electronics factory, saying that he was going to do business, but as for what business to do and what the situation was, he had never seen Xiao Feng and had no way of knowing. At this time, Sister Yun and her in-laws were worried, and they had nowhere to ask, so they had to wait patiently, and there were inevitably all kinds of conjectures, good and bad.
Next is the autumn harvest and autumn planting, Sister Yun is busy with farm work, but also worried about Xiaofeng, often talking about Xiaofeng with her parents, in-laws and two younger brothers. They have no other way but to shake their heads and sigh but to make all sorts of realistic and unrealistic conjectures. Her parents couldn't help but complain that she shouldn't marry Xiaofeng, saying that Wang Xiaofeng was a person who couldn't bear hardships and stood hard work, and was restless and unreliable. Although Sister Yun couldn't completely agree with her parents' opinions, at this time, she couldn't help but complain about Xiaofeng: "Where have you been?" Don't want a letter? When I left, I told you again and again, why are you always disobedient? "However, when he was working in an electronics factory, he sent a letter. Now that he is in business, he will not write from him, indicating that his business is not going well, or something unexpected has happened. The more Sister Yun thought about it, the more worried and scared she became, and sometimes she stayed up all night. There was still farm work to be done in the fields, and she was always worried, and after an autumn, she couldn't help but be exhausted.
It wasn't until the eve of the Spring Festival that I received 1,000 yuan from Xiaofeng from Shenzhen, but there was no letter, and only two sentences were written in the message of the remittance form: "I'm fine, don't worry." "The address to send the money is still the electronics factory. Didn't Xiaofeng leave the electronics factory to do business, why is the address still written in the electronics factory? Sister Yun and her in-laws thought about it, and finally estimated that Xiaofeng's business must not be big, it was liquid, there was no fixed location, or it was just a stall, so they had to write the address of the electronics factory as usual, because Zhao Ming was still there, and he could contact him if there was anything. I had to guess and think so. But no matter what, it shows that Xiaofeng is still in Shenzhen, although the business is not very good, at least it is safe, and he can make some money, otherwise, how can he send a thousand yuan home at a time? They were a little relieved.
After the Spring Festival, Xiaofeng had no news. Sister Yun and her in-laws are looking forward to tomorrow today, and they are looking forward to the next month this month, but they still don't see Xiaofeng's letter. Seeing that May has fallen and summer has begun, Wang Xiaofeng still has no news. Sister Yun was anxious, and wrote another letter to Zhao Ming, asking him to help inquire about Xiaofeng's news; Zhao Ming replied that he hadn't seen Xiao Feng since he left the electronics factory, Xiao Feng didn't have a work unit, and he didn't leave an address, so he had no way to inquire. This time, Sister Yun and her in-laws were not only disappointed, but also quite worried, and they couldn't help but have doubts. Could it be that something really happened to Xiaofeng? Otherwise, why didn't you write home for so long? He's a high school graduate, so it's not hard to write a letter! Now, the society is richer, people's lives are better, they are free, and they are more chaotic, and there are endless fights, fraud, and kidnapping tickets. However, these people committed crimes, one for robbery, the other for robbery, or for vendetta, and these things don't seem to have much to do with Xiaofeng. Then they thought about the car accident again. Now there are so many cars like ants, and car accidents happen every hour of every day. Could it be that Xiaofeng had a car accident? He didn't know him except Zhao Ming in Shenzhen, no one recognized his body, and the transportation department didn't deal with it on its own? They think about it, but they still think that if something happens, the car accident is the most likely. Later, he regretted that he should not have agreed to Xiaofeng to work in Shenzhen. In the end, they counted all the sins on the head of Xiao Li, the son of Township Chief Li: Xiao Feng did a good job on the street, and became a 10,000-yuan household, a leader in getting rich, and was commended by the township government; It's all this villain, and I can't do a good business, so I have to travel thousands of miles to Shenzhen to work, and something happened! Sister Yun and the two old men don't know how many tears they shed sooner or later, and how many times they scolded Xiao Li.
If you think about it during the day, you will dream at night. One day, Sister Yun came to me crying, saying that she dreamed that Wang Xiaofeng was in a car accident in Shenzhen, and his body was lying on the street, and his flesh and blood were blurred. She kept crying, tears streaming down her face, extremely sad, and said that she would go to Shenzhen to find him. I had no choice but to persuade her: "Dreaming is just the opposite of reality, Wang Xiaofeng must be safe." Maybe he's going to surprise you and come back when he makes a lot of money to build you a house! Don't be in a hurry, wait a while. ”
Sister Yun cried even more painfully and said, "I can't wait a minute!" I don't want him to make money and build a house, I just want him to go home safely, and the family will live together in a reunion, even if he lives in a grass house and drinks porridge, it is fragrant and willing. ”
I said, "It's just your idea, not necessarily Xiaofeng's idea." Do you think, he doesn't want to work, he is not satisfied with earning one or two thousand yuan a month, but he wants to change to business, and he is ambitious, how can he want to stay at home and farm? You just look for him to come back, and he refuses to stay at home to farm with you, and he still has to leave, what's the use of you looking for him to come back? ”
Sister Yun said: "When I came back to him this time, I would tie him to the house and never let him go." I said: "Shenzhen is so big, it is the forefront of China's reform and opening up, there are so many foreign populations, he has no fixed address, even Zhao Ming can't be found, you are a rural person in Shanxi, just go, your eyes are black, where to find him?" Sister Yun was silent when she heard me say this, and she said for a while: "What you said also makes sense, so I won't go to him for the time being." Sister, I'll go back and write another letter to Zhao Ming, and ask him to continue to help me find it; In addition, you have many acquaintances in the county, some of whom went to Shenzhen to do errands, or some of your former classmates and friends who worked in Shenzhen, please ask them to help me find Xiaofeng; As soon as I got the news, I immediately went over and brought him home. "Talking and crying, grab me and let go. I had to promise someone to help her find Wang Xiaofeng, and she stopped crying.
Sister Yun believed my words and stopped crying, but I hesitated: Wang Xiaofeng has no address, no work unit, huge Shenzhen, thousands of businessmen, part-time workers, you come and go every day, the traffic is busy, non-stop, Wang Xiaofeng is like a grain of sand in this torrent, where to find him? Don't talk about business trips or part-time jobs in Shenzhen, even the locals in Shenzhen may not be able to find them. But I didn't dare to tell Sister Yun like this, for fear that she would be sad and desperate. Therefore, every time she comes to ask, I always say, "I am asking someone to find it, but there is no news for the time being." She couldn't help but wipe back her tears. I asked her if Zhao Ming had found it, and she shook her head again and again, saying that Zhao Ming had replied, but she still hadn't found it. In order to comfort her, I told her to continue to ask someone to help her find Wang Xiaofeng. But I was playing the drum in my heart, and I didn't have any confidence, thinking about it day and night, and I was nervous. I don't know where this strange personality and changeable thinking Wang Xiaofeng has gone, what he has done, and I don't know what the final result of this matter will be, and how it should be ended, I can't help but worry about Sister Yun for a while, and worry about Wang Xiaofeng.