"Do you have a certificate? Some senior engineer or something like that. You don't seem to have studied." My brother said.
My mother smiled and told me that my brother graduated from a Ph.D. by working part-time on the land he sold, and now he works for some English company whose name I can’t remember. He also said that he was very sorry for me at that time, and when he wanted to find me, I had already gone out and didn't even ask where I was going.
The mother complained that my brother was ignorant, saying that I knew that my brother was reluctant to come back to see them.
The person in the photo is my brother, standing next to an old man with white hair in a bachelor's uniform.
I was asked a lot of questions that day, and I was evasive at first.
The number was from Shanghai and I didn't recognize it at all.
Dad was dumbfounded at the door of the room and was so happy.
I looked at my rough hands and thought of the old master's black hands and was silent for a moment.
"Here are 200,000 yuan, the money I earn. The extra money I use to honor you, I now have 10,000 yuan a month. It's enough to support yourself, don't worry about me." I said nervously.
"Yes, what's wrong?" I said shamelessly.
I tried knocking on the ajar wooden door. When my parents opened the door, they looked at each other for a moment.
I didn’t know how to face my own home, so I agreed after thinking about it.
Father and mother smiled, a rare smile.
"I've heard about you. Do you work as a mechanic in the mine?" said my brother.
I kept shaking my head and saying it didn't matter.
"Okay, you don't have certificates and academic qualifications, right? These are all taught to you little by little, right. This is indeed more difficult. But if you really know how to do it, I can make a few false certificates here." My brother said.
"You don't have a certificate? This is a bit difficult." My brother said.
Using alcohol, I recounted the entire process of my work in the mine, except that the operation of the equipment and machines was attributed to myself.
"Good boy, I've been away for ten years to make a career." My father said with a smile.
"That's it." I said.
I had a dream in which my parents caught me lying.
At the end of the meal, I smiled and said I would come to see them next year.
I waited until 1:30 in the afternoon and returned to my small house.
I woke up in a cold sweat and felt indescribably uncomfortable.
Half a month later, the phone rang.
Food and accommodation included, 1,300 a month.
I left home early the next morning, looking for a more developed city.
My father looked at me and smiled, and my mother looked at me and smiled happily.
"How's it going? Are you interested in helping me?" My brother said with a smile.
My mother recognized me first and shouted with a smile: "Goudan."
And the price is much cheaper than in Beijing and Shanghai.
While I was writing, my mother held my hand and said, "Look at your rough hands. The miners have worked hard."
Mother cooked a table full of dishes, almost filling the whole table.
"You bitch, what did you say at the door just now? What engineer? And the two hundred thousand thing?" Father said with a smile.
"You can open tunnels, dig and stabilize them, and so on." My brother said.
"Fake?" I repeated the only word I heard clearly and understood.
I was a little confused at this moment, and I finally understood why the scammer who called me knew it was fake as soon as he heard what he said. My current appearance is probably not much better than what they said, besides, I have been practicing for so long.
I hesitated and said: "I am a senior engineer in a coal mine... I earn tens of thousands a month and have skills... Come back and see my family. There are two hundred thousand here. Let's find a nearby foreman to decorate the house more beautifully... I'm coming back to visit my relatives. Wait until... Three, forget it. I'm very busy, I'll leave tomorrow."
In the room, he acted out what he was going to say when we met over and over again: "I am a senior engineer in a coal mine. I earn tens of thousands a month and have skills. Come back and see me at home. There are two hundred thousand here. You can find a foreman nearby." Decorate your home beautifully, I will come back to visit my relatives and stay there for three days before leaving."
I bought the ticket and waited to get on the bus.
I drank a few drinks with my father, but the conversation was obviously much less.
The father drank several glasses of wine proudly and said happily that he was proud that both his children had a future.
"I have to work here soon, let's talk later." I said.
I picked up the phone and the other end said, "Are you a bitch? I'm your brother."
I talked about it all day long, and kept repeating these words in my dreams at night.
"Are you there? Goudan?" Brother said again.
"I haven't read a book, you know, I just know how to do these things. Without a certificate, we just know how to do it here. We don't have a certificate. If you don't want to get such a thing as a certificate, it's all done by the masters." I said.
I was stunned for a few seconds and smiled, thinking that I could do all these things.
My mother took a pen and asked me to write down my name and phone number.
My father was very happy to hear this, but my mother took out a photo from under the pillow beside her.
"Yes, I will. The signal at the construction site is not very good." I said covertly.
"What's wrong?" I said.
That night, my father bought two bottles of Erguotou from the store.
After driving for three days, when we arrived, we were all numb on the sleeper berth.
After choosing for a long time, I saw Guangzhou.
The father happily took the bank card and said: "Tomorrow I will ask Mr. Zheng to come and see what changes will be appropriate at home. Changes will also be made here."
"I may need your professional stuff here, some professional data. I now need a senior engineer here, the type is mining and mining. I just called my mother to tell you about your situation, and I immediately thought that you would be suitable for this. Position." My brother said with a smile.
I was shocked again. It turned out to be the customer service staff at the front desk who reminded me that I had to check out at 2pm. There is no deposit inside. If you want to renew the lease, you need to go to the front desk to continue paying.
I found an Agricultural Bank of China nearby and applied for a new card without a password. I divided my 400,000 yuan deposit into 200,000 yuan. I was a little panicked with the new card and the old card.
I was stunned for a few seconds and said happily: "Brother Tiedan."
I found a hotel and worked as a doorman because I knew nothing.
I repeated these words over and over again until I believed them to be true.
My brother's voice became obviously much softer and he said: "Yes, I am a large listed company here. Fraud is normal. Many employees forge academic qualifications and diplomas. But there must be nothing wrong with the things. I just need a check here. People. If I can introduce him, it can be considered as taking care of him."
"Let's talk about it after we go in. How many years has Goudan been out here?" his father said.
In the morning, when I was still contacting this set of words again and again, the phone in the room rang.
"It's been ten years, I remember." Mother said with a smile.
I had a few glasses of wine with my father, and I was so drunk that I became emboldened.