After Shen Mingyuan found a job, the smiles on his face increased. This job may not be appreciated by others, and the salary is not high. The work is hard, and he has to be busy all day in the streets and alleys until night, but It is very important to him, because it can prove that he can also survive in this city.
The first thing Shen Mingyuan did when he found a job was to tell Shen Huai that he would not go back to the wood factory. He didn't look depressed, as if this job gave him the confidence to face this matter with confidence, but he still couldn't help it. There is no real reason why you can't go back.
"Brother, because the work in the wood factory is too tiring, so I don't want to go back this time. I found a suitable job in the provincial capital, and I will work hard in the city in the future."
Shen Huai nodded as if he didn't know anything: "If you have anything to do, just come to brother, don't force yourself to know? It's not very safe to live outside alone, or you'd better go home."
Shen Mingyuan insisted on moving out because he didn't want to drag Shen Huai down. He was a big man with hands and feet and could live independently, and his second brother had already married. If he stayed there and didn't leave, it would be easy to get bored. He rented it by himself. Although the house is dilapidated, it is a small nest after all, which can give him a sense of security.
He shook his head and said, "I won't go back, it's fine now, brother, don't worry about me, I will work hard and save money to buy a new house in the future."
Shen Mingyuan believes that as long as he works hard, he can make money, he can see hope in life, and he can get rid of the current predicament. Except for his own physical disability, which cannot be changed, but he can make money to change the current situation. To put it bluntly, it is because of poverty that it became like this of.
He also heard those gossips at the wedding. Because he was poor, he was not qualified to pursue Zhou Qingmei. He didn't even have the courage to attend the wedding, and no daughter of any family would marry him. He felt very inferior, money is the measure of a person standard, it's hard to justify yourself.
Therefore, Shen Mingyuan must make money, and only by making money to prove his worth and ability can he severely slap those who have disliked others in the face.
Seeing that Shen Mingyuan was determined not to go home and live, Shen Huai did not try to persuade him, but took a sum of money from his younger brother for daily expenses during this period.
Shen Mingyuan didn't want to accept it because he had already cost his second brother, so how could he let him continue to take the money now.
"Then treat it as a loan to you, how about returning it to me when I make money?" Shen Huai said, taking a hundred yuan bill and putting it in Shen Mingyuan's hand.
"A penny beats a hero, so don't be polite to me."
Shen Mingyuan is really short of money now, he rented a house and the monthly rent for next month has not yet been paid, so he couldn't say anything about rejecting the money, so he lowered his head and took it, and said seriously: "Brother, I will definitely pay it back. For you."
Shen Huai nodded and said, "Well, don't put too much pressure on yourself, life will get better."
If it was given to him directly, Shen Mingyuan's self-esteem was too strong. If it wasn't for special circumstances, he didn't want to trouble others at all. The help he gave him would only be accepted when he was in dire need, and Shen Huai didn't want the other party to know. In fact, he found the job himself.
Shen Huai just wants to help his younger brother silently. He has already lost a big brother, so he cherishes Shen Mingyuan even more, and he wants to help him as much as he can.
After Shen Huai returned home, he told Chen Yuan about Shen Mingyuan's new job. When he heard about the job content and salary, Chen Yuan didn't like it at all.
She feels that this kind of work is of little value, and the investment and return are completely unequal, but now that Shen Mingyuan's conditions are not only working as a manual laborer, it is difficult to find an easy job.
Shen Huai explained: "This job is also an urgent need for the time being. If the third brother doesn't find a job, I'm afraid he really won't be able to persist. He is quite motivated now that he has a job, and he won't think about it when he is busy. Maybe it will take a long time. I can forget about Zhou Qingmei."
Chen Yuan could also feel that after Shen Mingyuan found a job, or when he first came back, his mental state was much better. At least his happiness index was 10 points higher than before, and he was out of the danger line. I hope this job is a good one. Not a bad start.
These days, Shen Huai also began to think about Shen Mingyuan's future. After pondering for a while, he suddenly said to Chen Yuan: "I would like to ask you if you can teach Shen Mingyuan how to make dumplings, and let him learn with you. Maybe he can make some dumplings at that time." Small business, I will help him pay for this tuition, I sincerely beg you, I hope you will consider it."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Chen Yuan sincerely with a pair of big eyes, with a hint of pleading and anticipation in his eyes.
It was the first time for Chen Yuan to see Shen Huai speak in such a tone. It was really rare. Shen Huai actually looked like an iceberg on the surface, but he was not so cold in his heart. Sometimes he spoke softly, so it felt like The kind of character that melts when it is hot, and the deep eyes are like a clear pool of water. People who are watching can't look away, and they can't help but say yes to him.
Chen Yuan blinked her eyes. She is not a human being, so she quickly looked away. In fact, helping Shen Mingyuan is also beneficial to her. Naturally, she would not refuse, but the time to make money from dumplings has long passed.
"It's not because of the tuition fee. Many people are selling emerald dumplings, and the market is almost saturated. Besides, the citizens have been tired of eating them for so long. Now the taste is delicious and it is not very profitable, and the steps of making dumplings are too troublesome. , This is not a business he can do alone."
Moreover, what is suitable for Shen Mingyuan now is a small investment, low risk, and it is best for a business that can be supported by one person. If the requirements are reduced in this way, the options will be narrowed.
In fact, Chen Yuan can have a lot of ideas, tell Shen Mingyuan, and all of them can make money. Shen Mingyuan still doesn't know how to do business. It is better to teach him how to fish than to teach him to fish. He can help him for a while, but he can't help him forever. I still rely on myself Only by understanding can we truly grow.
Shen Huai made sense when he heard what Chen Yuan said, but the situation of his younger brother still worried him. After getting along with Chen Yuan for so long, he knew that her ideas came up endlessly. The most common things in life.
Just like the pajamas I wore last time, I was envied by Zhang Futuan for a long time. She can make the clothes she wears so special, and can make every corner of the house spotless and tidy. She is extremely serious. People should be as careful as silk.
Shen Huai never figured out why Chen Yuan did that at that time, maybe because what she did these days surprised him so much that his original memory was almost blurred.
But what is certain is that Chen Yuan's personality has only changed, but she is still the same person. The last time I mentioned work to her, she didn't seem to be very enthusiastic. It doesn't seem like she can quarrel with herself over a job.
In order to be able to get a formal job, Chen Yuan chose to come to the city regardless of her own life. Of course, this kind of courage is not something ordinary people can have. When she heard the news that she could work, it was impossible for her to be so calm.
At that time, Shen Huai just thought that the job position in the military hospital was better, so he didn't think much about it, but Chen Yuan's reaction was too calm, as if work was just a trivial thing for her, but in fact, her ability does not need to go to work. It is the biggest difference from the original Chen Yuan, can a person undergo such a big change in a short period of time
Thinking of this, he had an incredible idea.
Shen Huai suddenly looked back into Chen Yuan's eyes and said, "Chen Yuan, do you still remember how many cows you raised at home?"
Chen Yuan's eyes jumped when she heard this, and she smelled danger slightly. There is thunder in this question. Why did Shen Huai start asking this all of a sudden? She straightened up and replied calmly: "Three heads, because I got married, so my father sold one, and now there are only two left."
Shen Huai frowned slightly: "No, I don't remember this number, you don't even know the number of cattle at home?"
"You took the wrong medicine, why am I wrong?"
These are clearly in Chen Yuan's memory, and Shen Huai deliberately said that she was wrong, because she really began to doubt her identity.
But my body belongs to Chen Yuan, and today's technology has not yet reached the point where the system can detect it, so whether it is a blood test or a DNA test, there is no problem.
Shen Huai looked thoughtful: "There are too many strange things about you, I think you seem to be a different person, you used to care too much about work, but now you don't care about it, it makes me feel strange, a normal person The gap between front and back is also too big, which is unscientific."
Chen Yuan said: "Of course I have changed a lot, don't you want to see the irritable Chen Yuan from before?"
"Of course not. I just think you are two people. You must be pretending." Shen Huai looked suspicious again when he thought of the female spy he had seen before.
"Then you are mistaken. My body and face are real, and they are true to form. There is no other Chen Yuan in this world."
Chen Yuan pointed to her face, and said that Shen Huai could definitely let Shen Huai try, and what she needs now is his energy, and the two can be regarded as a cooperative relationship. I will continue to ask, and simply give him an incomplete answer, believe it or not.
After speaking, Chen Yuan suddenly took Shen Huai's hand to touch the skin on her face.
"No, no need, I don't want to touch it." Shen Huai was about to refuse fiercely, but in a split second, his calloused fingertips and big hands touched the snow-white and smooth skin, and his voice stopped abruptly.
A big man who has never been in contact with a girl before, his face turns red immediately, the soft touch is very pleasing to the touch, like the texture of cotton candy, the delicateness makes people nostalgic, and when she touches her face, she knows that there must be no decorations. So she is really Chen Yuan, he will believe it now, besides, Shen Huai doesn't know Chen Yuan 100%, except her attitude towards work has changed too much, other things may be things she knew before .
Moreover, Shen Huai really prefers to get along with this rational and calm woman.
After figuring this out, Shen Huai felt a little embarrassed, his body looked like a boiled shrimp, and before he left in a panic, he said, "It's because I thought too much."
After a while, Dabao's voice came from outside the house: "Second Uncle, it's not hot yet, why are you pouring cold water on your body?"
Chen Yuan: "..."
What's going on, is the panel broken? [Shen Huai] The character index hasn't moved for a month, and it suddenly increased by 10 points just now.
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Shen Mingyuan's job is to deliver newspapers to every household in the area he is in charge of every day. It must be delivered before five o'clock in the morning. If the newspapers are not delivered or damaged, they will be compensated according to the quantity.
After delivering the newspapers, I go back to the newspaper office to do odd jobs, clean up, unload and pack goods for the newspaper office. After finishing these, I have to take the newspapers out to retail on the street. The work is tiring, and I don’t care about meals.
In order to save money, Shen Mingyuan only ate a few steamed buns and a pack of pickles every day, and drank some cold water to feel very full.
The purpose of his frugality is to save money to pay the rent, and save money to return to his second brother. Although he is a little tired, he is more fulfilling, and he soon got used to the work of delivering newspapers.
Shen Mingyuan woke up early that day. He didn't know how to ride a bicycle at first, because his body was always trembling and it was difficult to maintain balance. But before going to the wood factory, no matter how painful the fall was, he insisted on practicing balance and was able to ride smoothly. The car really suffered a lot.
With his unhealthy body, it is a million times more difficult than normal people to control a bicycle, but these are nothing. Shen Mingyuan can finally ride a bicycle. Now he can be very stable and will never fall, and he also does the work of delivering newspapers. It will also be very convenient, and the hardships he has paid are all worth it.
But today's weather is not good, it's been cloudy outside, the colleague asked for leave, the manager gave Shen Mingyuan all the extra newspapers to deliver by himself.
Shen Mingyuan nodded and went to deliver the newspaper honestly without saying anything, but in the middle of the delivery, it suddenly rained heavily, and he was completely soaked without any precautions.
As soon as his face changed, he quickly covered the newspapers in his schoolbag to prevent them from getting rainwater, and found a place where the surrounding buildings could shelter from the rain in three steps. Unfortunately, the rain was too heavy and still flowed into the schoolbag, and the newspapers on the Ink smudges quickly.
Shen Mingyuan was so anxious that he quickly took out the newspaper inside, trying to shake off the rainwater on it, but the more impatient he was, the more blurred the words on it, and he was about to cry.
At this time, another man in a raincoat ran over and came in to hide from the rain: "Isn't this Shen Mingyuan? You also came to hide from the rain?"
The man in the raincoat was also delivering newspapers. Seeing that Shen Mingyuan's newspapers were soaked, he said, "Why are you so careless? Didn't you hear the weather forecast say that it will rain today? You didn't even bring a rain gear. Your newspaper is completely soaked. How do you explain to the manager when you go back? The manager will make you lose money."
Shen Mingyuan panicked now, he really didn't intend to wet the newspaper on purpose, and he didn't know that it would rain today, he didn't prepare rain gear, and he only went to work for a few days, and he would lose money if he didn't make any money , this is really too much of a failure.
After the rain stopped, the two returned to the newspaper office. When the manager heard that the newspaper was soaked, he immediately yelled, "What are you doing for food? You can actually get the newspaper wet. If all our employees are like you, then The newspaper office is about to close. This newspaper costs 10 cents, and if you get more than 200 newspapers wet, it costs 20 yuan. If you don’t pay me the money tomorrow, you won’t be able to come to work.
The man in the raincoat looked sympathetically at the very humble Shen Mingyuan who kept apologizing, and couldn't bear to persuade him, "Manager, calm down, don't be angry, he didn't mean it. There are too many newspapers today, and Shen Mingyuan took two packs of them." newspaper, and sent another colleague’s as well, no one expected such a thing to happen.”
The manager sneered: "Then you all know that you didn't get wet with the raincoat, so why did he get wet alone? I think he's a fool, he doesn't even know it's going to rain, don't care who the paper is for, is it a loss? If it happened to him, then he has to pay for it.”
Shen Mingyuan was very frustrated and sad at the same time. When he compensated the money, he was even more distressed. He hated himself for being incompetent. Why couldn't he do this job well? Originally, he thought that as long as he worked hard, he would be no worse than ordinary people, but the facts gave him His painful blow, this incident made him feel deeply frustrated.
The 100 yuan Shen Huai gave him minus the 20 yuan for compensation left 80 yuan, and he spent another 5 yuan to buy the cheapest raincoat and rain boots.
The manager warned him that if the same thing happened to him again, he would get the hell out of here.
Shen Mingyuan was very disappointed. He must firmly remember the lesson of this time and promise not to do it again. Later, he asked the man in the raincoat that there would be weather forecast programs on the radio and TV stations every day. When working outdoors, he had to pay attention to every cloudy day. , so as not to delay work.
Hey, he can't afford a radio, and TV is a dream. The life where he can hear the weather forecast every day is a luxury and unimaginable for him. Shen Mingyuan faces the reality. Since he can't predict the weather, he has to bring it every day. Put on a raincoat for weather like today.
In the next few days, although Shen Mingyuan had already paid for the loss of the newspaper office, the manager would still put on small shoes for him from time to time, and would always find fault with his work. In fact, we both understood that the manager looked down on him and treated him and other colleagues. The attitude is quite different.
Shen Mingyuan especially needed this job, and he was not qualified to choose others, all he could do was to silently endure the attitude of the leader.
The logistics truck slowly drove into the courtyard of Shen's house, and the neighbors came out to see it, and slowly unloaded an oversized freezer from the truck.
These days, there are not many people who can buy a freezer. Not to mention the high price, there must be a lot of things in the house that can be frozen.
Seeing that it was bought by the Shen family, they all came out to watch the excitement. It must be a big deal, because it is a rare item, and some children have never seen it before. They were very excited when they saw this, and looked at the Shen family with envious eyes. .
This freezer was bought by Shen Huai as a gift to Chen Yuan. Chen Yuan received a big freezer out of nowhere, but this freezer was practical for Chen Yuan, because there was more than enough frozen goods at home, so she didn't need to rent a freezer to freeze it.
Moreover, Shen Huai was really willing to spend money, and he didn't know how much he had saved in the past, but this time he spent all his money.
Chen Yuan asked the workers to move the freezer into the house, and Shen Huai also came in from the door. Looking at Chen Yuan for the first time, he remembered that her fingers still had the warmth of her skin, tender and soft like a peach, and her whole body was a little unnatural, shy. Shyly pointing to the freezer.
"How do you like it?"
Chen Yuan nodded: "Of course I like it, this one is so practical, but why did you suddenly think about buying this one today?"
This freezer has a very large space and can accommodate four or five adults. Shen Huai actually sent Chen Yuan to ask her to do something. He knew that Chen Yuan had a lot of ideas, and he also knew that although Shen Mingyuan had found a job in a newspaper, the nature of the job was a little bit different. It's also unstable. The older brother hopes that the younger brother can develop well.
And yesterday I saw that Shen Mingyuan was thinner than before he came back, and he was also tanned. The people from the newspaper office told him that Shen Mingyuan had wet the newspaper, and the manager insisted on asking him to pay 20 yuan in compensation, and secretly ran on him. The life of the third child must be in dire straits these days.
Shen Huai sighed helplessly and said, "Chen Yuan, just help Shen Mingyuan, I believe you can find a way."
Chen Yuan: "Then you don't think I've changed a lot now? My personality is different from before. Don't you think this is unscientific?"
“…, I now think it’s not that big of a change, it’s very scientific.”