Chapter 8: The Future
At this time, Xie Yiyi's words undoubtedly put Wu Kai's situation in an embarrassing situation. Indeed, in their eyes, even if Wu Kai does not go to school, he should have a bright future, instead of going to an excavator and becoming a chef. Although Wu Kai had already made his own decision, but at this time, I think he couldn't do anything about it, in front of this sister who grew up with him, he said the bold words of that night.
This is not difficult to understand, and it is not difficult to see from the questions she asked, their expectations for Wu Kai are definitely not excavator masters, let alone big chefs. From their point of view, Wu Kai, a guy who has already collected six of the seven dragon balls, even if he doesn't summon a divine dragon to come out, how can he come up with a big move.
I saw the embarrassment on Wu Kai's face, and I think his heart must be experiencing some inadequacy and difficult choices with outsiders at this moment. After a long time, as if he had finally made up his mind, he looked up at Xie Yiyi's eyes and asked her.
"Sister, do you think I'm the one who does business? Whether it's taking my parents' class, or taking the money to start a business by yourself. ”
His eyes were clear, his gaze was long, and it was clear that he had reconciled himself in his heart.
"Of course, why aren't you ......."
Xie Yiyi didn't say the words later, but looked at Wu Kai with a heartache, his face sank, and he fell into silence. For this younger brother who she watched grow up by herself, I think she must have enough understanding, and she naturally has her own judgment on Wu Kai's ability.
"What did my little uncle tell you, they should have an arrangement, right?" After being silent for a long time, Xie Yiyi was righteous.
Looking at her expression, like Wu Kai, she felt relieved, and she should have worked hard to convince herself to accept some reality in her heart just now.
"My dad said I could do anything as long as I was happy. I'm still thinking about whether to learn how to be an excavator or a chef. ”
Now that he has the correct ideological guidance, then the rest of the matter will naturally become easier, and Wu Kai once again threw out his "great" ideal. As soon as the words fell, he shouted "ah", and the person bounced up from the chair like an electric shock.
"Why are you kicking me, I'm telling the truth, there is no distinction between high and low professions. What's the matter, if I go to an excavator and become a chef, I won't be your brother. Hiss..... It hurts me to death, you wear tall root shoes, my eldest sister. I don't know if it's your brother. ”
After Wu Kai finished speaking, he sat down again, bent down and rubbed his left leg that was kicked and hurt by Xie Yiyi. Obviously, Wu Kai's lofty ambitions angered Xie Yiyi, and her revenge came quickly.
"Excavators, being cooks, you can figure it out. I really don't know how your brain grows, even if you want, my aunt and uncle will definitely not agree, if you really want to learn technology, learn something, go and learn excavators. What, you still plan to drive an excavator to develop the moon in the future? Or are you going to be the imperial chef for the central leaders? ”
Xie Yiyi glared at Wu Kai angrily, and his tone was full of disdain. Obviously, the ceiling of these two professions seems to be too low for her, although she has accepted Wu Kai's lack of ability, but she also can't accept his career plan that makes her stand out from the public.
Wu Kai still wanted to defend something, but when he thought about the kick just now, he had palpitations.
"I haven't seriously discussed this issue with my parents, I just graduated, so let's get familiar with society first. Let's wait until I find a career that interests me and has a promising future. ”
Seeing that Wu Kai was soft, Xie Yiyi let him go, and said in a relaxed tone.
"You don't have to worry, you're still young, and there are still many opportunities."
Listening to his sister's old-fashioned comfort, Wu Kai danced and performed exaggerated movements while learning Xie Yiyi's words. Looking at his movements, Xie Yiyi moved again at his feet, and he was about to kick him again. This time, Wu Kaixue was obedient and flashed to the side early. Let Xie Yiyi's foot fall into the air, and he said unforgivingly.
"You're five years older than me, and you seem to be so old, I'm still young, aren't you young?" After speaking, he didn't forget to stick out his tongue at Xie Yiyi.
Xie Yiyi was not annoyed, but looked at this tall brother with a smile, and seemed to be caught in the memory. It wasn't until the waiter put a plate of well-made seafood on the table in front of us and signaled that we had all the dishes before we were mobilized to eat.
She kept introducing us to the origin of each seafood and how to eat it, and kept putting all kinds of processed food into the bowl in front of us.
"When you finish reading more than a thousand books like me, you know Confucius and Mencius Laozhuang, and you know the hundred schools of thought. When you put 5,000 years of cultural heritage into your own blood, stand on the shoulders of these giants, and observe the world with their vision, you will know how old I am. ”
After speaking, he glared at Wu Kai viciously, reached out and knocked off the hand he was picking at the food between his teeth, and handed him a toothpick. Wu Kai showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, thanked him, turned around and removed the things between his teeth.
The meal ended with the laughter and scolding of their siblings and my burping. Seeing the two of us reclining on the chair, constantly stroking our bulging bellies, Xie Yiyi also showed a satisfied smile. Called the waiter to pack the rest of the food, put it into two big plastic bags, threw it to Wu Kai and walked out of the door of the hotel together.
The time has come to eleven o'clock, but the streets of Shenzhen are still crowded, and people returning from night are hurrying to their homes. Fashionably dressed and well-dressed young people are playing around the streets in groups, without the tiredness and laziness that should be present in the middle of the night. The night snack stalls on the side of the road are even more crowded in front of the KTV, and the waiters keep shuttling through the crowd to listen to the demands of customers.
I thought to myself, this is probably the charm of Shenzhen, no matter where you come from or what your identity is. When you put down the work in hand, unload the tiredness of your body, and invite a group of friends to toast together. The depression, grievances, and hesitations brought about by working during the day should have been thrown out of the clouds at this moment.
Tonight or night, tomorrow when the sun shines through the window, a new hope will be rekindled. I think when they wake up tomorrow morning, they will be able to devote themselves to a new round of fighting with high spirits. Xie Yiyi sent me and Wu Kai downstairs to his house, did not accept Wu Kai's invitation to go upstairs, and watched us pull our luggage into the corridor and drove away.
Looking at the tail lights that gradually dimmed in the night, Wu Kai's eyes were full of reluctance. It can be seen that Wu Kai's heart is full of attachment to this sister.
Growing up is a game of constant separation, watching the relatives and friends around you stay away one by one, and you will eventually embark on a new journey. Instead of going upstairs immediately, we turned around and ran downstairs to sit down by the flower bed and smoked several cigarettes in a row. It wasn't until his lips were already wooden, and his throat was itchy and dry and uncomfortable, that he got up and went upstairs with all his intentions.
In the next few days, Wu's father and Wu's mother have been busy arranging the orders left by the foreign customers they received last time. And Xie Yiyi was also busy making the final preparations before going abroad, only occasionally calling me and Wu Kai out for a meal, and then hurriedly returned to her life. As the time for her to go abroad approached, Wu Kai's expression became more and more lonely, and the anxiety in my heart became more and more intense.
Although all the expenses in the past few days have been on the top of Wu Kai's big head, he is thinking about his uncertain future and shriveled wallet. I couldn't calmly follow Wu Kai to continue wandering, and gently reminded him twice that he should put work on the agenda. Even if he doesn't have to work, I need a place to settle down.
Wu Kai conveyed the meaning of Wu's father and Wu's mother, let us be calm for a while, they were busy with the orders in their hands and then came to discuss this matter with us seriously. In this way, he sent Xie Yiyi away in a restless mood, watched the proud back walk into the security channel, and disappeared into the departure hall of Bao'an International Airport.
There are not too many waves in my heart, her life is full of pride and success, and I am still struggling to find out whether tomorrow will come. On the other hand, Wu Kai, this girl with messy hair on her head, cried heartbreakingly in the crowded airport hall, shaking the world. attracted the eyes of passers-by, thinking that this guy had just been sent to the airport was his close lover.
Mother Wu also had red eyes, and kept talking about this farewell, and I don't know how many years it would be since we saw each other again. Father Wu is much calmer, in his words, a good man has ambitions in all directions, although Xie Yiyi is not a man, but he is also an aspiring young man. Studying in the U.S. is also a great thing, and there is no need to be sad, but to celebrate.
Naturally, there was no celebration to celebrate, and after Wu Kai cried hoarsely for a day, no one was in the mood to celebrate. But we also ushered in the most important part, discussing the placement of Wu Kai and me.
Mother Wu is more straightforward, just let me and Wu Kai go directly to work in their factory, and it is natural to have them to take care of it. It was Dad Wu who gave us enough space to fully express our wishes. When I heard Wu Kai say that he wanted to learn a skill, although his expression was unnatural, he also covered up the past very well.
But Wu's mother stopped doing it, in her words, she and Wu's father have worked hard for so many years, and she saved this agriculture, not just to give Wu Kai this baby bump. It's good for you to tell me at this time that you are going to learn technology and be an ordinary person, so that our years of hard work have become meaningless.
Mother Wu was reluctant to go away with a thousand or ten thousand, and even a little bit of a sign of exploding, but fortunately, Dad Wu took action in time to stop Mama Wu who was on the verge of exploding. Let him respect the wishes of his children and not impose his will on them, whose happiness is more important than their family business.
After Wu Kai told me what he said that night, Wu's mother hugged her son who was a head taller than herself and cried. She never dreamed of what kind of mental journey her precious son had gone through over the years, and how desperate he was to make such a decision.
Dad Wu was also smoking a cigarette on the side, and I saw that his fingers holding the cigarette were shaking. He should have never thought about what his son had experienced, when he listened to his son crying and saying these buried thoughts in his heart.
This intellectual, whose face has not changed after the collapse of Mount Tai, is finally not calm. Looking at his wife and children who were hugging his head and crying, his eyes were also red, and his expression was blank, as if he had experienced a blow of fate.
Looking at the grief-stricken Wu Kai family, I also have an indescribable feeling in my heart, sadness, and even more envy. Sadness spreads in the air, and sad people have their own state of mind. In the end, Father Wu, who was more determined, broke the deadlock and turned to me and asked.
"Xiaoyuan, what about you, what are your plans?"
I laughed, embarrassed, and to be honest, I had no idea. From the moment I followed Wu Kai into the car, I have been waiting for this moment. I imagined countless possibilities, but I didn't have a strategy for any of them.
Of course, I knew that the words of this weak man in front of me could change the fate of my life. But in the same way, I also have the same worries as Wu Kai, about this strange society. I didn't know what I could do, let alone what I could do.
I have been living in that small mountain village thousands of miles away for 18 years, and my greatest understanding of this world is that hard work can make you rich. And the life guidance given to me by my parents is to live hard and work hard.
The only piece of advice that can be called a good word is when my father tells me to learn to see people and talk about people, and talk nonsense when you see ghosts. I still haven't been able to grasp the true meaning of this sentence, let alone the eighteen-year-old me who has just walked out of school for less than a week.
Looking at the man in front of me who had always given me fatherly care, my heart chuckled, my mind went blank, and I couldn't speak. I mentally organized the language for a long time, and finally said awkwardly.
"Uncle Wu, in fact, I don't have any ideas. I've discussed it with Wu Kai many times, but I don't seem to have much to do now. I had just graduated and didn't know anything about the society, I just wanted to find a job and settle down. Let's take a look at the world first, understand the society, and then think about it slowly. ”
Dad Wu obviously accepted my point of view, and for me now, understanding the truth of this world is the top priority. Looking at the mother and son who had been attracted by our conversation, he touched Wu Kai's head distressedly, and then fell into deep thought. Obviously, he had a hard time settling Wu Kai and me.
After thinking about it for a long time, he finally made up his mind and said to Wu's mother.
"Why don't you let them go to Wen Song to learn how to make molds from him, didn't he say last time that he was going to expand this year? I think he's doing a good job, he's not bad, and Kaikai and they can take care of it in the past. ”
As soon as Father Wu's voice fell, Mother Wu's objection over there had already sounded.
"What kind of mold do you have, you get dirty every day, and it's hard to find a girlfriend in the future." Sure enough, she has to be her own mother, and she suddenly hit the crux of the problem, ignoring the prospects and income first, and thinking about the fact that it will be difficult to find a girlfriend in the future.
Mother Wu's words made the three of us men stand on the spot, looking at her with each other, and she looked at her when she saw us. Puzzled, he asked, "Am I not right?" Dealing with machines every day, and what kind of oil can't be washed off on your body, which girl is willing to associate with you. ”
Father Wu seems to have already had a countermeasure, but he is really powerless to refute Mother Wu's remarks, so he has to shake his head helplessly: "When they learn for a while, let Wen Song find someone to take them and teach him to design, and then he will do design, draw and draw pictures or something." It's not that he should be a mold for the rest of his life, and it doesn't hurt to let young people suffer a little. ”
Father Wu's words seemed to move Mother Wu, and her tone was obviously much more relaxed: "It's not impossible, it's not impossible to do design, it's really not possible to open a mold factory by yourself, and you can start your own business." ”
Speaking of this, it seems that he has seen his son's bright future, and a satisfied smile appears on his face.