Chapter 1: Chen Ping
Chen Ping is a recent high school graduate.
Originally, the grades were good, and there was no problem in taking one or two books. Just because his family was poor, he had no choice but to give up the exam on the eve of the college entrance examination.
But Chen Ping is not discouraged, he believes that gold shines wherever it is, not to mention that he is a diamond.
Since graduating from high school, Chen Ping has been running around looking for a job.
He thought that he was clever and eloquent, intelligent, suave, and the jade tree was in the wind.
The monthly salary is more than three or four thousand, but the problem of sprinkling water.
But the ideal is beautiful, and the reality is super skinny. has not been tortured by the society, and he doesn't know that his name is Chen Ping.
is still the mediocre Chen Ping, who only has a high school degree.
What, sell a small car only to recruit undergraduate graduates. You see I'm so smart, I can still speak well, and I promise to sell 180 units a day. I'm not bragging, think about it again.
What, as long as the bricks are carried on the construction site, they are strong. Am I not strong, strong as a cow, okay, I am thin there. Look at this big biceps, think about it again.
What, as long as you are a woman at the front desk, you must also be white-skinned and beautiful with long legs. In addition to not being a woman, I am handsome and chic, and my extraordinary temperament meets the requirements, so think about it again.
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For half a month, Chen Ping's beautiful dream was like a transparent bubble, bursting as soon as he poked it. The world is so big, I didn't even find a job I liked. Either others dislike themselves and are incapable. Either you dislike others and have a low salary.
But, most of the time, it's the former.
The sky is blue and the clouds are drifting, and the sky is clear.
Chen Ping sits beside an artificial lake in a park, thinking about life.
He had a sad face, thinking to himself, when he was reading, those ancients and writers in the book shouted every day that they were born at the wrong time, that the sky would not treat me, that it was difficult to find bosom friends, and that it was difficult to find Bole.
I still think it's all stupid, but now I have a lot of experience.
A handsome, good-talking and good-sounding talent like himself, no one takes a fancy to him, it is really, a person has a broken heart, where to find a boss at the end of the world. It's hard to find a job, it's hard to get to the sky!
From time to time, pedestrians passed by, but no one was looking at the down-and-out young man.
A couple, you and I are in love, one brother is long, and the other sister is short. Holding a little hand, sweet and sweet.
Just when they passed by Chen Ping like others, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, the girl threw the mineral water bottle that she had drunk and just landed on Chen Ping's thigh.
Chen Ping stood up.
The couple thought that Chen Ping was insulted and was about to have a seizure. The boy has a provocative face, and in front of the girl he likes, the boy always wants to show it.
It's a pity that they are facing Chen Ping.
Chen Ping stepped on the bottle, took out the sack from his side, and then threw the deflated bottle into the sack naturally. Under the stunned and disdainful eyes of the couple, he picked up the sack and walked away.
"Today's work begins. β
Chen Ping originally wanted to work hard in a big city, no matter what, as long as he was willing to work hard, he could find a decent job without worrying about food and clothing.
But Chen Ping, who has not been deeply involved in the world, found that he was still too naΓ―ve after all.
So, Chen Ping, who was penniless, cornered, and unwilling to return to failure, decided to return to his old business. That's right, it's scavenging.
He is not ashamed of scavenging, but rather proud of it.
He is an orphan, since he was born, he was ruthlessly abandoned in the garbage heap by his parents, and he was accidentally picked up by a lonely old man who was scavenging and brought home to feed, which saved a small life.
He was born and grew up in a garbage heap, and for 18 years, he has eaten, drank, lived and traveled from smelly waste recycling.
He has an indescribable affection for scavenging. As a child, he often called himself a "garbage man".
According to his observation for more than ten days, he found that the garbage production in large cities is large, and there are few waste pickers, so the competitiveness is weak. If you work diligently to pick up waste for a day, your income of seventy or eighty will be hand-to-hand, and you will be able to do it. Moreover, it does not include going to some night market stalls at night to earn extra money.
With his years of experience in scavenging, entertainment venues such as parks and night market stalls are the most sought-after places with the most abundant resources.
He hummed a little song, carried a sack, his eyes were like Sun Xingzhi's fiery eyes, and he swept his eyes fixedly, bottles and cans, broken copper and iron, and waste paper, all of which had nothing to hide.
In just one hour, the originally shriveled sack was heavy.
Just when Chen Ping saw that not far in front of him, there were several cute mineral water bottles lying down, and when he stepped forward quickly, and was about to step on it, a bare foot full of dirt fell one step ahead of him.
I saw that the one who robbed Chen Ping's business was a toothless old man in rags, like Chen Ping, with a sack on his back.
It is said that peers are very red when they meet. If it's like the old aunts in my hometown, I might have to scold. They are always like this, for a little profit, they greet the eighteenth generation of their ancestors.
However, Chen Ping is not such a calculating person. After 12 years of education, I also know how to respect the old and love the young, and I also know how to be polite and humble.
Since there are people here, let's change places.
Chen Ping has never liked to compete with others. Therefore, he also decided to give up the "baby" here to the toothless old man in front of him.
What's more, I still have a few places where I can scavenge waste, and I can't compete with others, and it is not easy to fall into scavenging these days.
Chen Ping turned around and turned his head, and when he was about to go to the next place, a hoarse voice mixed with leaky wind stopped Chen Ping.
"Stay put, guy!"
Chen Ping turned around suspiciously and looked at the smiling toothless old man.
Although the old man was unkempt, ragged, and had leaky teeth, his waist was straight, his face was ruddy, and he was full of energy.
The toothless old man smiled at Chen Ping, and from time to time, with the eyes of a hungry man who saw a flower girl, he looked at Chen Ping and said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad." β
Seeing Chen Ping's goosebumps fall to the ground, he almost wanted to pull his legs and leave, but was held by the old man.
"Little brother, I see that you have beautiful eyebrows, amazing bones, and you are young and have horizontal bones, which is really a once-in-a-century talent.
As the saying goes, I'm not as good as hell, who ......
Hey, don't go, little brother.
Hey ......"
Hearing this swaggering rhetoric, Chen Ping immediately made a decision and left directly, vaguely hearing a sigh: "Within three days, there will be a bloody disaster, and a catastrophe will come." It's a pity, such a good seedling. β
Chen Ping sneered, thinking to himself, in this world, there are always people who think they are fools who are easily fooled, but they are actually smart.
However, he was once addicted to the martial arts world of Mr. Jin Yong and Mr. Gu Long, and the sentence "chivalrous greatness, for the country and the people" also made his blood boil, and it was once used as a mantra.
"Who doesn't have a martial arts dream!" Chen Ping laughed to himself.
Once upon a time, the boy who could fantasize stopped dreaming under the pressure of life after all.