The results of the test were released so quickly that people were caught off guard, and the results were announced at 9 o'clock the next morning. From invigilation, revision, and announcement of the results, the Corps was so fast that there was no time for people with the ability to find relationships, including Wang Chu. She was unsuccessful, ranked fifteenth, the top ten in the management post entered the career editor, and Sister Feng ranked eighth. Wang Xuewu and Zhang Ke successfully entered the technical post, and of course Han Qi was also defeated. According to the announcement document, the water conservancy units of each regiment were changed to water conservancy management service stations, which were owned by the Tumshuk Agricultural Group.

The long corridor in the office was crowded with people, all of whom were discussing the results of the announcement, and the smile on Sister Feng's face was enough to make Wang Chu look envious.

"The group's salary is high." Zhang Ke raised his voice and said, "It's half higher than our current job." ”

"Really?" Sister Feng interjected and asked with extreme interest, "Then will our wages also increase?" ”

"If it wants to rise, it will be Wang Chu and they will rise, you and I are all career editors, our group of people is not under the management of the group, but under the management of the Water Conservancy Bureau, and besides, the salary of the water conservancy management service station in the group cannot be compared with the group." Zhang Ke said.

"That's just as well." Sister Feng said, and only after finishing speaking did she turn her head to look at Wang Chu who came not far away, "What do you say is the matter with you?" Unexpectedly lost. ”

"I was careless." Wang Chu only frowned and pursed his lips to hide the loss in his heart, "You can be regarded as having survived, and you will retire in two years, and your retirement salary is as high." ”

"Don't worry." Sister Feng persuaded, "You are still fifteen years away from retirement, who can say for sure what will happen in the future, reform is always on the way, right." She pulled Wang Chu aside and said, "I heard that the work of the group company is high, your pen is so good, you must be able to do it, it is better than the service station, why don't you try it?" ”

Wang Chu frowned at first, then pursed his lips and smiled, "Besides, I may not be able to get in." ”

On the way home, I repeatedly recalled what Sister Feng said, and thought that Li Haoran needed to spend a lot of money to go to school in the mainland, and he had to buy a house by himself, and he had to plan for Haohao's future life, or that his life would be more unsatisfactory...... She had to bear all of this alone.

Thinking of this, Wang Chu immediately walked into the office, turned on the computer, printed out the work resume, and submitted it to the group's personnel department.

The news of the appointment has sunk into the sea, and there has been no news for half a year, Wang Chu didn't want to stop there, she suddenly thought of classmate Li Xiangyang, the division leader who was transferred two years ago, and Chen Ping, who called her to persuade her to remarry after she and Li Xiangyang divorced, said after dissuading hopelessly, "If there is any difficulty in coming to me in the future, although I can't help much, I am still happy to help with a small favor." After a few struggles, she got in the car and went to the city hall.

Entering Chen Ping's office, there were about three or four people in the office, and he was calling to ask how the meeting would be implemented, how many people would attend, who to invite, etc., when he saw Wang Chu, he motioned for her to sit down first, and poured her a glass of water by the way.

Hanging up the phone, Chen Ping first solved a few people in front of him, and only after the people left, he sat down and took a sip of water by the way, "Sister, which gust of wind blew you here?" Coming to me, there must be something. The Gansu accent is extremely strong, and because of Li Xiangyang, she has a strong antipathy towards the Gansu people.

"I've got something to look for you." Wang Chu stood up politely.

"Sit sit, sit sit." Chen Ping instructed with his hand, and Wang Chu had no choice but to sit down, "If you have something, let's see if I can help you." ”

"Uh-huh......." Wang Chu hesitated for a long time, "Isn't this the end of the reform of our unit, I was not admitted to the career editor, at present, the child went to school in other places, and one year of tuition and living expenses can cost me nearly a year's salary, and now our unit has been changed to an enterprise and belongs to the Agricultural Development Group, I have inquired, the salary is okay there, can you help me ......?" ”

"Oh, that's all, that's it, you send me your resume, you have a good pen, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"Thank you then." Wang Chu hurriedly thanked him.

"Don't worry about thanks, I've heard about how much or less you are doing, my old classmate, hey, don't mention that."

Someone came in the office again, and Wang Chu got up, "Then you are busy first, and I won't bother you more." With that, he left.

The belated news of the appointment came a little suddenly, and a week later, Wang Chu received a call from the secretary of the group office, "Hello, is it Wang Chu?" Please come to the group office as soon as possible to report. ”

At that time, Wang Chu happened to park the car at the red light, she hung up the phone, it was an indescribable joy, indescribable excitement, even the air was filled with an unfathomable excitement, so the music in the car was turned up to a louder, and even the whole body twisted, even when the green light was on, she was immersed in music and joy, until the car behind sounded several times, but it was too late, a female traffic policeman had already stood in front of the car and knocked on the car glass.

Wang Chu first turned off the music, and then lowered the car glass, the female traffic policeman stared at her with gloomy eyes, the sense of oppression came from everywhere, her eyes drifted erratically, her fingers were disturbed back and forth on the steering wheel, and she didn't know what kind of action to find to relieve the embarrassment at the moment.

"Why don't you leave when the green light is on?" The female traffic policeman spoke, with a strong sense of accusation.

"I ......" Wang Chu raised his brows slightly, so light that even the female traffic policeman couldn't notice, "I didn't notice." ”

The female traffic policeman circled her hand, then pointed to the side of the road ahead, "Please park the car on the side of the road." ”

Wang Chu already knew in his heart, "Do you want to be fined?" ”

The female traffic policeman didn't speak, and motioned with her eyes to let her pull over, Wang Chu had no choice but to do so, parked the car on the side of the road, and the female traffic policeman also came over, took off her uniform, motioned for her to put it on, and finally gave her a red flag.

"Go, go to the sentry box and be a traffic wardenman for an hour." The female traffic policeman said.

"Huh!?" Wang Chu was surprised.

"Go ahead, this is a penalty for you violating traffic rules."

"But I won't?"

"You just need to watch passers-by not run red lights, help the elderly in need of help cross the road, and persuade non-motorized vehicles not to take the motorized lane, go ahead."

"Oh." Wang Chu had no choice but to walk over and stand in the middle of the sentry box, during which she helped an old lady crossing the street and a woman pushing a stroller across the steps of the sidewalk, dissuading minors on bicycles from walking on the sidewalk in the future. For more than an hour, she lived a very fulfilling life, so she also learned a lot, for example, when the car is parked beyond the zebra crossing, she will remind the driver not to exceed the zebra crossing when it stops next time, remind pedestrians to follow the traffic lights, motor vehicles to give way to pedestrians, do not answer phone calls while driving, and so on.

For Wang Chu's service, the female traffic police were very satisfied, "Don't be distracted when driving in the future, and pay attention to traffic rules." She prompted.

"I remember, thank you." Wang Chu said with a smile, "Goodbye to the female traffic police!" She quickly drove away, but found that the hour hand on the car showed 1:36 minutes, Xinjiang usually gets off work at 2 o'clock in winter, there are only 24 minutes left, even if you don't count the red light, the speed of the car can not reach the speed of 60 yards, she patted her head, "What a mistake." ”

Regardless of whether the time is enough or not, Wang Chu has to rush to the group, the speed in the city can not exceed forty yards, there are too many pedestrians and have to give way to pedestrians, the red light is like against her, every place has to wait, she parked the car at the door of the group, when entering the gate, the guard at the door checked her accounting code and travel code, the vehicles in the courtyard have basically finished, some of them walk and ride electric cars, she is thinking, if nothing else, she and they (they) will become very good colleagues.

Wang Chu went upstairs at a very fast speed, she didn't report that the secretary who wanted to call her to report had already left work, but just found the secretary's office with a try-and-see attitude, a medium-sized, dark-skinned, and extremely honest guy took the key and locked the door.

"Hello, excuse me?" Wang Chu once again confirmed the words of the secretary's office on the door number, "Are you the secretary of the party committee of the group?" ”

"You're late." He acquiesced, with a Gansu Wuwei accent, "You go back." ”

"Huh!?" Wang Chu's first feeling was that she missed the time because she had not arrived for a long time, and a series of bad premonitions came to her face, "This is ......" Her expression and movements wanted to ask what was going on.

"Come to work at half past three in the afternoon."

Wang Chu gasped, "You're scared me to death, I thought I didn't have such good luck to work in the group." ”

"You little fellow." The secretary smiled, "Why are you so careless." ”

"How do you know I'm your fellow countryman?"

"You have the smell of home written all over your face."

"Huh." Wang Chu smiled, "It must be my resume." ”

"Your appointment papers have been published in the lobby, go and take a look."

"Thank you!" After Wang Chu finished speaking, she turned around and ran downstairs, she saw the publicity document posted in the bulletin board, and took out her mobile phone to take a photo and sent it to Yang Zhizhi, she called and sent her blessing at the first time, "Your work is settled?" ”

"That's right." Wang Chu has already walked out of the office building, "The salary is twice as high as before, and all the difficulties in front of me have been solved." ”

"Congratulations, life has never treated you badly, your good fortune is about to favor you, sixteen years ago, you returned to the home that hurt you for the so-called only six hundred yuan salary, I also advise you not to let that salary ruin your happiness, now it seems that you have the reason you insist on."

"Of course, my boy has grown up, and I have created a warm home for him to go to college, work, get married, and have children, all of which is worth it, okay, I'm going to hang up the phone, it's an hour and a half to eat at noon, and on the first day of work, I'm going to get to the office early."

Hanging up the phone, Wang Chu drove in the car to a warm ten miles that she liked to eat, and ordered a tomato brisket powder to comfort herself, she didn't know how long it had been since she had eaten a meal she liked in the so-called restaurant, it was probably a really long time, not reluctant to pay, but shy in her pocket, but she knew that as long as she worked hard, her current salary, bought a house, went to school for her son, and lived a high-quality life, it would not be a problem.

Wang Chu successfully walked into the largest state-owned enterprise in Tumshuk, in charge of propaganda and party history learning and education, and the identity of a special reporter finally came in handy, and more than ten years of news writing practice will show his skills in the group.

In the group, colleagues and leaders around them will greet each other with a smile regardless of whether they know or not, more than 50 workstations on the third floor, colleagues do their own work, do not make loud noises, do not talk in groups, for a long time, when she is busy, someone will ask, "Sister Wang wants to help?" "Shall I help you?" "If you have any simple words, give it to me, and I'll handle it for you" and so on. She felt the warmth of a large family that she had not felt in years.

After more than a year of getting along, Wang Chu did not feel that there were many people and intrigues in many places, and people's hearts were complicated, so that when the leader planned to be transferred to work in the agency seven years ago because of her strong writing ability, he rejected the leader's idea in a way that he did not understand or was not understood, and she once told him the idea of being transferred to the agency, but he said, "The organ is so intrigued, what are you doing in a place where people's hearts are complicated?" Besides, going to the agency is to write materials, which has a direct impact on your writing of novels, and in the end, the novel is not written like a novel, and the material is not written like a material, which is the biggest loss for you. ”

Wang Chu knew that this was just Li Xiangyang's wording, people's hearts were not so complicated, but he thought about people's hearts as complicated, if you are not complicated, complicated things will not find you, she thinks so. Thinking about it now, when he first joined the work, he regarded Zhu Zeyu as an opponent, and when he was transferred to the agency, he regarded his director Liao Ningyuan as an opponent, and when he became the leader of the regiment, he would still find a so-called opponent to balance his ability and level, this is his consistent style for so many years, that is, he used incomprehensible means to deal with this pillow person who has lived with him for nearly 20 years. Even Wang Chu also used some means, for example, when he did not bear the cost of the child's schooling, he used legal means to get back the part of the property that should have belonged to her, but he hired a professional lawyer and made false evidence to prove that he had privately used the 200,000 yuan deposit for normal expenses. For example, when Haohao couldn't pay her school expenses and asked for child support to be given to her one month in advance, he said, "If you don't have money, that's your business, and I will naturally give you the money on time when the time comes." Later, she was given living expenses and asked her to make a receipt, saying that she should be cautious when she is a leader. For example, Li Haoran's school suddenly notified that it would not admit Xinjiang-level students and had to ask him to find a school again, but he called the police, took a voice recorder to record at Haohao, saying that he couldn't help with this favor, proving that he had handled this matter rationally, but he couldn't help, and when she saw Haohao burst into tears, she couldn't help but scold him. And what he did was to find his boss and call her boss, and the secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection also talked to her, saying that her practice had affected the reputation of the two units, and let her stop in moderation.

Wang Chu knew very well that this was what Li Xiangyang conveyed, why did the hatred they had accumulated in the past 20 years involve two units? Relying on his power to oppress people? Or has she always used the same measurement to deal with others, to deal with the pillow person who has shared a bed with her for nearly twenty years? It is not difficult to imagine that ten years ago, his biological nephew asked him to solve a security job, and he simply refused it, but he had to go to great lengths to help those friends who often complimented him. After divorcing her for nearly three years, he broke off all ties with his own flesh and blood, as if he had never been born, and it is not difficult to understand what he did. She didn't explain anything too much, in front of the secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, in addition to losing control of her emotions and grievances, the only thing she could do was to endure it, first, she didn't want to embarrass the leader, and second, she didn't want to embarrass Haohao.

Half a year later, she bought a house of her own in Tumshuk as she wished, saving a down payment of 135,000 yuan, and the loan was paid off in ten years, with a monthly payment of 4,160 yuan.

Finally one day, Haohao called to blame, "Mom, you are really picky, you give me 300 yuan a week for living expenses, and the maximum amount of pocket money you usually give is not more than 30, do you know?" I didn't even dare to buy a bottle of water at school, where did you spend all my child support? ”

"Son, it's not that your mother won't give it to you, but you really don't have any extra money, we have a down payment of 135,000 yuan for the house, and the decoration will cost at least nearly 120,000 yuan, and your living expenses are all squeezed out of your mother's teeth, do you know? I worked so hard to buy a house, I just want you to have a stable place to live, a warm home, and you have to understand your mother. ”

"How much does it cost to buy a house?"

"Or else?"

"Okay Mom, I got it."

That summer, after Li Haoran returned home, he couldn't wait to see the new house, the new house was still under renovation, and the ground was full of garbage, he said, "Mom, I'll help you deal with this garbage." ”

"No, these are the work of the renovation company, and there are some things you can't move."

"Mom, I'm going to work at the construction site in the summer, and the construction site pays a lot."

"You're still underage, does the construction site want you?"

"I've got you covered, you don't have to worry about it."

"Son." Wang Chu's heart swelled with sourness, "The construction site is very hard, can you do it?" ”

"Mom, don't underestimate me, I've grown up."

Wang Chu pursed his lips and smiled, "Son, the work on the construction site is not as easy as you imagined, don't forget to think about life when you sweat." ”

Li Haoran couldn't understand Wang Chu's words, "Mom, how do I think about life?" ”

Wang Chu frowned and thought for a while, "For example, when you are working, you have to think about how much net profit you earn in the end if you can contract these jobs in the future, and then find a few people to do them?" Also, you run to be on duty as a guard for your grandfather, and you have to think about how many people you will solve if you can open a security company in the future, and how much money will your company earn in a year? You can't be a security guard for a day, work on the construction site for a day, and then don't think about anything, you have to learn some truth from it, and you have to think more about your future life. ”

Li Haoran raised his eyebrows, "Mom, I understand." ”

Wang Chu smiled, two years ago, the young man in front of her was so rebellious that she almost doubted her life, and two years later, he suddenly became sensible, which made her feel so gratified.

Half a month,The house was finally renovated,Yang Zhizhi sent a seventy-inch Xiaomi TV to Wang Chu from Jingdong,Jingdong after-sales is responsible for installing the TV,"I can't help you with a big favor,I can only send you a TV。 She said

"It's already good, when I have money, I'll buy you a diamond ring."

"Let's talk about it when you have the money."

As soon as he finished speaking, his father and mother came, and they brought in a refrigerator after the sale, "I can only send a refrigerator to my girl." Mother said.

"How blessed you are?" Yang Zhizhi patted Wang Chu's shoulder and said.

"Hey, it's a blessing for my girl to have a girlfriend like you!" Mother said, "It's just that it's hard for me to buy a house, as a woman, you have to rely on yourself." As she spoke, her mother began to cry.

"Oh, Auntie, don't cry." Yang Zhizhi comforted and wiped her tears for her mother, "Isn't it all better, Chu Chu is so capable, and he has survived the hard days." ”

There was a knock on the door again, Wang Chu went to open the door, Wang Pingping, He Ying, and Xiaoju all came, each holding a pot of small flowers in their arms, Yang Qiang holding a pot of duck palm wood up to 60 centimeters, Zhou Yongdong holding a pot of happiness trees, Xu Zhuo hugged the biggest, it was a pot of pothos, almost higher than the top of the wine cabinet.

"Huh! On such an important day as moving to a new house, what about your little son? Wang Pingping put a pot of bamboo in her hand on the steps of the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room and asked.

"He's got a job and went to work on a construction site." Wang Chu replied.

"So you let him go to work on the construction site?" He Ying asked incredulously.

"At an age when I can endure hardship, I will never choose to let him be comfortable, life is already very hard, and it is right to let him suffer a little."

Yang Qiang gave a thumbs up, "Boys should be educated like this." ”

"I don't want my son-in-law to go to the construction site." Wang Pingping said.

"Your two big bald heads are still young, the child always has to grow up, he always has to return to society, and if he is not allowed to suffer, he will not know how difficult it is to make money."

Xu Zhuo also gave a thumbs up to Wang Chu's words.

"Alright, let's fire." Xiao Ju urged, "My stomach has been empty for most of the day, I haven't even eaten lunch, I have worked in the field for a day, my old waist hurts, Yang Qiang doesn't know how to feel sorry for people for a day, and I don't help with working in the field." ”

"Wife, I'm busy with the work of the unit, the director arranges nucleic acid testing for me in this community today, and the nucleic acid testing in that community tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow I will arrange stability maintenance, what kind of duty and marriage, do you say I'm busy?" Yang Qiang is buried.

"Let's start the fire, eat, move into a new house." Yang Zhizhi put two dishes on the table, the table was full of fish, shrimp and vegetarian dishes, the hot pot was bubbling with a strong spicy smell, Wang Pingping poured red wine in the wine glass, everyone sat down, picked up the red wine and drank it to celebrate Wang Chu's move.

At one o'clock in the morning, everyone dispersed, Wang Chu and Yang Zhizhi washed all the tableware, the two put on masks and sat on the floor-to-ceiling windows of the bedroom, looking at the lights outside the window, the street lamps on both sides of a long road were almost impossible to see from east to west. A stream of heat permeated through the window, and in Tumshuk in June and July, the outdoor temperature could reach about 42 degrees during the day, at least 36 degrees indoors, and only 5 to 6 degrees at night, which can be said to be the hottest weather on record this year.

"Don't you even have air conditioning in this room? How can the weather be unbearable this year? Yang Zhizhi looked at the weather on his phone, "It's one o'clock in the morning, and it's still thirty-eight degrees." ”

"Where else do I have the money to buy empty wither, this house is going to be my old life, this is not more than ten days to start autumn, I read the weather forecast, the weather will soon be cool after the autumn, empty withering and wait for next year to buy it, this year I really can't do anything, currently owe the decoration company 60,000 yuan, fortunately it is an acquaintance, otherwise I don't know what to do."

"It's really hard for you, but you will get through it quickly, and when the economy is not tense in the future, you will be kind to yourself, buy a few sets of clothes you like a year, buy whatever you like, and don't lose yourself in the future."

"I see." Wang Chu's heart was sour, but he still smiled slightly. Indeed, in the past three years, she has indeed lived a shy life, tearing down the east wall to make up the west wall, and even giving her son living expenses, she has to swipe her credit card to solve it, everything is solved by herself, whether it is solved or not, in the end, it will be solved. She suddenly remembered what Li Xiangyang said many years ago, "Just your pig brain, you can't even tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest without me, and you still talk about life." There was an inexplicable sarcasm and mockery between his subtitles, and the kind of silence that could be silenced without any words.

And now, only three years after the divorce, Wang Chu has twice as much salary as before, bought a car, and let her son have a fixed place to live, all of which she has worked hard to achieve alone, and she will continue to work this road in the future, proving that she is not bad off Li Xiangyang. I remember that the chairman said in a meeting, "I am not good at words, but I am busy with all kinds of interpersonal interactions; I like to be alone, but I work around. And everything I did was to get a few taels of broken silver that could solve the debt, it turns out that this world does not allow us to be introverted. This sentence is suitable for her situation, giving her encouragement, giving her yearning, and giving her sunny .......