She ignored the woman and turned back to the lounge, watching TV absently. After a while, the woman came in and sat on the bed, concentrating on knitting again. None of them spoke again. The atmosphere was very awkward, and there seemed to be a tense musty smell in the air, which made her fidget and suffocate unbearably.
After a while, the door opened, and a tall and fat man staggered in with the help of a woman. The woman immediately put down her sweater and greeted him with a smile on her face.
She thought it must be that her cousin and aunt had returned, so she stood up quickly and went out to help.
The tall man smelled of alcohol, squinted his eyes and asked, "Who is this?".
"Uncle, I'm Bingbing, Xue Jiujin's daughter" she said timidly.
The man paused for a few seconds thoughtfully, and said as if remembering something: "Oh, I see, I see... I saw you when you were young, and you have grown into a big girl... ..Hehe.... I drank too much today, I made you laugh, laugh... "
"I'll go to the upper room to rest and let your aunt stay with you. We have something to do... we'll talk about it tomorrow," the cousin stammered.
The aunt supported the cousin and waved her hands indifferently, saying, "Go back to the house first."
She thought she could do nothing to help, so she obediently went back to the house to watch TV.
After a while, the cousin and the woman went into the south, only to hear the woman say: "I've never seen Xiaoren drink like this, what's wrong today?"
Aunt Biao said: "Today I drank with some of his classmates, and I drank too much when I was excited. One of his classmates has been promoted to the main hall and is about to take up his post. Everyone takes turns to treat guests."
The woman said again: "I heard that this major personnel adjustment in the county involves more than 80 personnel changes. Does Xiaoren make any moves?"
Aunt Biao said: "Maybe I have to be promoted, but I haven't seen the red-headed document, so no one can say for sure."
The woman said, "Hurry up and get active."
Aunt Biao said: "Now the county leaders are busy running for office, and they don't come here on their own. Besides, it's difficult to meet each other these days."
The two women were chatting at the dining table, she wanted to interrupt, but she didn't know what to say, she felt very awkward sitting there dumbly. At this time, there was a pain in her stomach, and her stomach growled. She suddenly remembered that she hadn't eaten all day today, so she stood up and said that she wanted to go shopping. The cousin only agreed with an "oh", then turned to chat with the woman again.
She went out as if fleeing.
As soon as she came out of the warm room, the biting cold wind hit her face. She shivered all over, and walked a few steps quickly with her hands on her chest, and she gradually got better.
The street is brightly lit, neon lights are flashing, and it is noisy. There are hawkers hawking everywhere, some selling barbecue, some selling New Year pictures, clothes, and firecrackers at street stalls. Not far ahead was a vendor selling roasted sweet potatoes. The delicious smell of roasted sweet potatoes strongly stimulated her taste buds. She took a few steps and went to buy a roasted sweet potato. Standing on the side of the road, she couldn't wait to eat it. After eating a roasted sweet potato, my stomach felt much more comfortable and my body became warmer.
She didn't want to go back to the blue house that made her humiliated and depressed, and wandered aimlessly on the street. A peddler shivering in the cold wind kept tiptoeing and shouted at her: "New Year pictures, buy one New Year pictures, girl."; She glanced at those New Year pictures, there are pictures of the God of Wealth, beautiful ladies, chubby cute children, and charming landscape paintings, all kinds of colors are dancing in front of her eyes, like demons. Ji, dancing like a group of demons, was not in the mood to look at her, and continued to walk forward in boredom. Suddenly, a ragged and unkempt beggar came into view. The beggar was grabbing leftovers from a trash can like an oil drum to eat. Spit it out. She wanted to escape quickly, but the shadow of the beggar seemed to be engraved in her mind, the more she wanted to forget it, the more she couldn't get it off, and a trace of sadness and bitterness could not help but pass through her heart.
Everyone is struggling to live, and under the survival law of the jungle, the reality is so naked and cruel.
Life is bitter, even if life occasionally shows a beautiful face, it is short and illusory, and life is bitter after all.
The talent exchange meeting was held in the auditorium of the county government, and the leaders of various agencies and units, as well as the students and parents who were to be assigned, attended the meeting. The auditorium was crowded, and people were talking about work assignments everywhere. She followed behind her cousin, who said as he walked: "Although Shanyin Town is a bit far away, the grassroots is easy to develop, especially in remote areas, and the competition is relatively small. I have a good relationship with the secretary of S Town. You are here Working there can help you a little bit, but you still have to work hard on your own. As the saying goes, it’s up to the individual to practice with the master. When you go to the unit, you should work hard. Young people, be diligent, and take the initiative to provide water and clean up for the leaders. What. Talk less, do more, don't offend people, getting along with people is very delicate." The uncle said so much in one breath, she said yes, and whispered in her heart, this uncle is just like a mother, when she is a child, she thinks that I am a dignified college student, so I don’t rely on being humble Means to win the favor of the leader.
The cousin took her straight to the table with the "S Town" table sign. A thin young man stood up behind the table and said with a smile, "Hello, Mr. Jia!" Holding out his hand, the cousin said: "Okay, everything is fine," he said, holding the young man's outstretched hand.
"Where's your Secretary Qiao?" asked my cousin.
"Secretary Qiao has something to do today, so let me take the responsibility of recruiting on his behalf."
";This is my niece Xue Bing, who just graduated from university and majored in accounting."
The young man smiled and said, "I heard that Secretary Qiao ordered it." After speaking, he reached out to shake her hand, and said with a smile, "My name is Liu Xu. From now on, we will be colleagues."
The young man smiled again and said to his cousin courteously: "Jia Ju, please sit down for a while, I will take her to go through the formalities."
The young man took her to the table with the "Labor Bureau" table sign. There were two men sitting behind the table, and one of them asked, "It's all agreed? Are you going to your place?" Handed Liu Xu a paper slip, Liu Xu filled in her name on the paper slip and handed it to her, and told her to report to the unit on the date on the notice.
She looked at the notice that said to report to S town on the 10th of the first month, and a hanging heart finally fell to the ground. It was resolved in just a few minutes. She followed Liu Xu back to the table in "S Town", but her cousin was not there. She searched for his figure in the crowd, and saw him talking with a few people not far away from them. While the man was talking, she said goodbye to Liu Xu, then ran briskly over to say goodbye to her cousin.
The uncle only said "oh, oh"; after a couple of promises, he went to chat with those men again.
Afraid of missing the bus home, she hurried to the station. When she reached the entrance of the auditorium, a voice suddenly shouted: "Xue Bing". She turned her head and saw that it was Xia Ying!
Xia Ying was her classmate from elementary school to high school, and she lived in a neighboring village a few miles away from her home. The two of them went to school together, ate in the same lunch box, and were like sisters. Xia Ying's father is the brigade secretary of their village, and his family background is relatively good. There is a pickup truck at home. When she was in school, she used to take Xia Ying's car and Xia Ying's food. The two of them had the same academic performance, and they were both the top students in the class, but when they were in high school, Xia Ying suddenly fell in love with a handsome guy in the next class by mistake, and then secretly fell in love, and her grades plummeted. She failed the college entrance examination that year, and she was admitted to a key university in the province. Xia Ying repeated her studies for a year and went to a secondary professional technical school outside the province. Since then, the two have gone their separate ways, and their contact has gradually decreased.
At this moment, Xia Ying ran towards her like a happy bird and hugged her tightly, then said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few years, I miss you so much".
"If you want to die and don't come to see me, it can be seen that it is fake."
Xia Ying nuzzled and said: "Yesterday I went to your house. My aunt said that you just left and went to the provincial capital. Today I purposely looked for you among the crowd, and finally saw you."
She teased and said, "At least you have a conscience, and you don't value sex over friends." Xia Ying laughed out loud.
The two chatted and laughed for a while, Xia Ying said seriously: "How is your job assignment?" She said: "Go to S Town."
Xia Ying opened her mouth exaggeratedly and said, "Huh? Town S? How did you get there? I've been to that place before, and my grandma's house lives there. It's so remote! It's so desolate!"
She sighed with a wry smile, and said, "It would be nice for me to have a place to stay now." Xia Ying persuaded: "Let my uncle borrow some money and find you a better unit. Work." Distribution is a major matter in life, and the poor land and water in that place can't even pay wages, and it will affect life-long affairs in the future, and once you go, it will be as difficult as going back to the city."
She shook her head helplessly, and said: "The family is in debt now. My mother's rheumatism is getting worse, her legs are always twitching, and sometimes she can't work in the field. The whole family depends on Dad alone. He has worked hard enough." As she spoke, her eye sockets became moist, and when she mentioned this, her chest felt as heavy as a heavy weight, Xia Ying looked at her sympathetically, and her small face became serious.
After a moment of silence, she asked, "Where are you assigned?"
Xia Ying said: "It hasn't been decided yet. My dad is worried about this. Anyway, I won't go to the village or town anyway." After finishing speaking, he seemed to feel that this sentence might hurt Xue Bing's sensitive nerve again, so he quickly changed the subject and talked about the past few years after their separation. After chatting for a while, Xue Bing raised his hand and looked at his watch and said, "Oh, it's not good, I'm going to miss the bus and I have to catch the bus." After speaking, he waved his hand to Xia Ying and said, "See you later." A tricycle rushed to the station. After going to the station, the bus was about to leave. She hurriedly ran into the bus in three steps at a time, found an empty seat and sat down. She thought to her chest that was jumping wildly because she ran too fast, fortunately, she finally caught up, otherwise she would have to stay in a hotel today.
The south house of my cousin's house was too cold. She slept in the middle of the night last night and shivered under the quilt. She was worried about work arrangements and did not fall asleep. At this moment, the pain in her head seemed to be splitting with a wooden stick, she hammered the hammer with her hand, and wanted to close her eyes and sleep for a while, but there were many things in her head, and it became clearer when she closed her eyes.
Thinking back to today's talent exchange meeting, he felt angrily in his heart. What kind of talent exchange meeting is clearly a performance meeting. Everyone asked someone to find a relationship in advance, contacted the unit, and then went through the formalities here. These hypocritical and corrupt officials, while chanting the slogan of serving the people, used power for personal gain by any means, flaunted how clean and honest they are, and asked for bribes. Damn, wouldn't these people suffer from schizophrenia? Maybe they have already gotten used to acting, acting has become a habit, and the habit will become embedded in the soul and become a part of the body over time, it will be abnormal if you don't perform, damn it, it's so unfair, what kind of world, she is ruthless in her heart like a village woman cursed.
well! She sighed, only suffering from the honest farmers like her parents. Thinking of my mother who was tortured by illness and had no money to see a doctor, my heart tightened for a while, hey! In any case, the work has finally settled down, so I can help the family a little bit.