After Shen Mingyuan got a job, the smile on his face also increased. This job may not be seen by others, the salary is not high, and the work is hard. He has to spend all day in the streets and alleys from busy to night, but it is 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 return to the wood factory. He did not seem to be depressed. It seemed that this job gave him the confidence to face this matter with confidence, but always There is no real reason for not going back.
"Brother, because the work in the wood factory is too tired, 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 pretended not to know anything. Nodded: "If you have anything to do, just come to brother, don't take it yourself, don't you know? It's not very safe to live outside alone, or you still go home."
Shen Mingyuan insisted on moving out because he didn't want to drag Shen Huai, he is a big man who has the hands and feet to live on his own, and his second brother has already gotten a family. If he stays there and doesn't leave, it's easy to get bored. Although the house he rented is shabby, it is a small nest anyway. Can give him a sense of security.
He shook his head and said, "I won't go back. It's good now. Brother, you don't have to 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 you work hard, you can make money and you can see hope in life. , Can also 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.
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. No daughter from any family was willing to marry him. He felt very low self-esteem. Money is a measure of a person. Standards, it is difficult to prove yourself.
Therefore, Shen Mingyuan must make money. Only when he makes money to prove his worth and ability, can he slap those who dislike others in the face.
Shen Huai saw that Shen Mingyuan insisted that he didn't want to go home and didn't persuade him. Instead, he took a small amount of money for his brother to cover his daily expenses during this period.
Shen Mingyuan didn't want to accept it because he had already let the second brother spend the money, so how embarrassed to let him continue to take the money now.
"Then treat it as loaned to you, what about returning it to me when you make money?" Shen Huai said as he took a hundred yuan bill and placed it in Shen Mingyuan's hand.
"A penny is hard for a hero, so don't be polite to my brother."
Shen Mingyuan is really short of money now, and his monthly rent for the next month has not yet arrived. He couldn't say anything about rejecting the money, so he bowed his head and took it. When he came over, he said with a serious expression: "Brother, I will definitely pay you back."
Shen Huai nodded and said, "Well, don't put too much pressure on yourself, life will be better."
If it is directly to him, Shen Mingyuan's self-esteem is too strong. If it's not for special circumstances, he doesn't want to trouble others at all. The help he gives him is only accepted when he is desperately needed, and Shen Huai also doesn't want the other party to know. In fact, this job is for himself. He found it.
Shen Huai only wanted to help his younger brother silently. He had already lost a big brother, so he cherished Shen Mingyuan even more. He wanted to help each other as much as he could.
After Shen Huai went home, he told Chen Yuan about Shen Mingyuan's new job. As soon as he heard about the job content and salary, Chen Yuan was not optimistic at all.
She feels that this kind of work is of little value, and the investment and return are completely unbalanced, but now Shen Mingyuan's conditions are not only to be a strong worker, it is difficult to find easy jobs.
Shen Huai explained: "This job is also a temporary delay. If the third brother does not find a job, I am afraid that he will really not be able to stick to it. With a job, he is very motivated now, and he will not think about it when he is busy. Maybe after a long time. I can forget about Zhou Qingmei ." Chen Yuan can also feel that after Shen Mingyuan got a job, or when he just came back, his mental state was much better, at least his happiness index was 10 points higher than before, and he has already left. Dangerous line, I hope this job is a good start.
Shen Huai also began to think about Shen Mingyuan's future these days. He pondered for a while, and suddenly said to Chen Yuan: "I want to ask if you can teach Shen Mingyuan how to make dumplings, so that he can learn it with you, and maybe you can do something at that time. For a small business, I will help him pay the tuition. I sincerely beg you, I hope you will consider it." After
he finished speaking, he looked at Chen Yuan with a pair of big eyes, with a hint of pleading and expectation in his eyes.
This is the first time that Chen Yuan has seen Shen Huai speaking in this tone. It is really rare. Shen Huai is actually like an iceberg on the surface, but he is not so cold in his heart. Sometimes he speaks softly, so it feels like The kind of personality that melts in heat, and his deep eyes are like a clear pool of water. The person watching can't look away, and can't help but agree to him.
Chen Yuan blinked. She is not a human being, and she quickly looked away. In fact, helping Shen Mingyuan is also good for herself. She naturally wouldn't refuse, but the time for making dumplings has long passed. "It's not because of the tuition. Many people are selling jade dumplings. The market is almost saturated. Moreover, the citizens have been tired of eating for so long. Now they taste delicious and not very profitable, and the steps to make dumplings are too troublesome. , This is not a business he can do alone." And what is suitable for Shen Mingyuan now is that the investment is small, low-risk, and it is better to be a business that can be supported by one person. If the requirements are narrowed, the choice is narrow. In fact, Chen Yuan can have many ideas to tell Shen Mingyuan, and they 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 how to fish. You can help him for a while, but he can't help him for the rest of his life. To understand, can we truly grow up. Shen Huai heard what Chen Yuan said, but his younger brother's situation still worries him very much. After getting along with Chen Yuan for so long, she knows that her ideas are endless. Although every one of them is novel, they are all The most common things in life. Just like the pajamas I wore last time, I was envious of Zhang Futuan for a long time. I can make the clothes I wear for sleeping so special. I can clean up any corner of the house spotlessly and neatly. The extreme seriousness shows her. People should be as careful as silk.
Shen Huai never wanted to understand why Chen Yuan was like that at that time, maybe because she was so surprised by what she did these days, the original memory was almost blurred. But what is certain is that Chen Yuan only has a personality change, but the person is still that person. The last time I mentioned work with her, she didn't seem to have much enthusiasm, and it didn't seem like she could quarrel with herself for a job. In order to get a formal job, Chen Yuan chose to come to the city desperately. Of course, this kind of courage is not something ordinary people can have. When she heard the news that she could work, how could she not be so calm. At that time, Shen Huai just thought that the job position in the military area hospital was better, so he didn't think much about it, but Chen Yuan's reaction was too calm. It seemed that work was just a trivial matter for her. In fact, her ability did not need to go to work. It is the biggest difference from the original Chen Yuan, will one person have such a big change in a short period of time. Thinking of this he had a very incredible idea. Shen Huai suddenly looked back at Chen Yuan's eyes and said, "Chen Yuan, do you remember how many cows you raised in your house?" Chen Yuan's eyes jumped when she heard this, and she slightly smelled a dangerous smell. There is something in this question. There is thunder, why did Shen Huai suddenly start to ask this? She replied with a straight face and calmly: "Three heads, because I am married, my father sold one head, and now there are only two left." Shen Huai wrinkled slightly: "No, I don't remember this number, at home. You don't know the number of cattle?" "You took the wrong medicine, what am I saying?" Chen Yuan knew this clearly in her memory. Shen Huai deliberately said it was wrong, and really began to doubt his identity. But his body belongs to Chen Yuan. 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 weird things in you. I think you are like a different person. You used to care too much about work, but now you don't care. It makes me feel strange and normal. The gap between the front and the back is too big, it is unscientific."
Chen Yuan said, "Of course I have changed a lot. Do you still want to see the irritable Chen Yuan before."
"Of course not. I just think you are completely two people. It shouldn't be a disguise." Shen Huai thought of the women's room he had seen before, and his expression became suspicious again.
"Then you can read it wrong, my body and face are real, and it's like a fake, absolutely childish, there is no second Chen Yuan in this world."
Chen Yuan pointed to her own. The face said that Shen Huai could give Shen Huai a try, and what she needs now is his energy. The two are also considered as a cooperative relationship. As time goes on, there will be more and more things on her. When the time comes, the other party will continue to ask questions. Give him an incomplete answer, believe it or not.
After speaking, Chen Yuan suddenly took up Shen Huai's hand and wanted to touch the skin on her face.
"No, no, I don't want to touch it." Shen Huai was about to refuse fiercely, but in an instant, the thick hand with thin callused fingertips touched the white and smooth skin, and the voice stopped abruptly.
The big man who has never touched a girl blushed immediately, and the soft touch is very easy to touch, like the texture of cotton candy, delicate and nostalgic, she knows that there must be no decoration at the touch of her face. So she is really Chen Yuan. He will believe it. Besides, Shen Huai does not know Chen Yuan 100%. Apart from her attitude toward work, her attitude has changed a lot. She might have done other things before. .
Moreover, Shen Huai really likes to get along with this sensible and calm woman more.
After figuring out this question, Shen Huai was a little embarrassed. He looked like cooked shrimp. He walked away in a panic and left a sentence: "I think too much."
After a while, Dabao's voice came from outside the house: "Second Uncle, it's not hot, what are you doing by pouring cold water on your body?"
Chen Yuan: "..."
What's the matter, is the panel broken, [Shen Huai] character The index hasn't moved for a month, and it suddenly increased by 10 points just now.
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For Shen Mingyuan's job, he takes newspapers to every household in the area he is responsible for every day. They must be delivered before five o'clock in the morning. If they are not delivered or the newspaper is damaged, they must be compensated according to the quantity.
After delivering the newspapers, I went back to the newspaper office to do miscellaneous, clean, unload and pack goods for the newspaper office, and after doing this, I had to take the newspaper out to retail on the street. The work was tiring and I didn't care about food.
In order to save money, Shen Mingyuan eats a few steamed buns and a pack of pickles every day, and drinks cold water to feel very full.
The purpose of his frugality is to save money and pay rent, save the money and return it to his second brother. Although he is a little tired, he is more fulfilling, and he soon got used to the job of delivering newspapers.
Shen Mingyuan got up early that day. He didn't know how to ride a bike at first, because his body was always trembling and it was difficult to keep his balance. The car really suffered a lot. Using his unsound body to ride a bicycle is tens of thousands of times more difficult than a normal person, but these are nothing. Shen Mingyuan can finally ride a bike. Now he can be very stable and will never fall, and he is doing the job of delivering newspapers. It will also be very convenient, and his hard work is worth it. However, the weather today was not good. It was always cloudy outside. When the colleague asked for leave, the manager gave all the extra newspapers to Shen Mingyuan alone. Shen Mingyuan nodded and honestly went to deliver the newspaper without saying anything, but halfway through the delivery, it suddenly rained heavily, and he was completely soaked by the whole person without any precautions. His face changed and he hurriedly covered the newspapers in his schoolbag to prevent them from getting rain. He took three steps and two steps to find a place where the surrounding buildings could hide from the rain. Unfortunately, the rain was too heavy and still flowed into the schoolbag. The ink splattered quickly. Shen Mingyuan was desperately desperate, and quickly took out the newspaper inside, trying to shake off the rain on it, but the more anxious he was, the more blurred the text on it, and he was crying anxiously when he saw it. At this time, a man in a raincoat came to hide from the rain, "Isn't this Shen Mingyuan? Are you here to hide from the rain?"
The man in the raincoat also delivered the newspaper. When he saw Shen Mingyuan's newspaper, it was soaked: "Why are you so careless? Didn't you hear the weather forecast saying that there is rain today? Didn't even bring a rain gear, your newspaper is all soaked. How can I explain to the manager when I go back? The manager will make you lose money."
Shen Mingyuan was panicking now. He really didn't intend to wet the newspaper deliberately, and he didn't know that it would rain today. He didn't prepare rain gear, and he just went to work. In a few days, if you didn't make a penny, you would lose money. This is really a failure.
After the rain stopped, the two returned to the newspaper. When the manager heard that the newspaper was soaked, he was furious and cursed: "What do you eat? We can actually wet the newspaper. If our employees are like you, then The newspaper office is about to close. This newspaper is worth 1 cent. If you wet more than two hundred newspapers, it is 20 yuan. If you don't pay me the money tomorrow, you don't want to come to work. The raincoat man looks sympathetically Then, the very humble Shen Mingyuan, who kept apologizing forever, couldn't bear to persuade him: "Manager, calm down, don't be angry. He didn't mean it. There are too many newspapers today. Shen Mingyuan took two packs of newspapers and took another one. The colleague's also sent it, and no one expected such a thing to happen. "The manager sneered: "Then you all know that you don't get the newspaper wet with a raincoat. Why did he get wet by himself?" I think he is a fool. He doesn't even know if it's going to rain. Don't care about whoever gave it to him. If the loss is due to him, he will have to pay for it. " Shen Mingyuan was very depressed and sad at the same time. It was even more distressed when he paid the money. He hated his incompetence. How could he not 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 give After his painful blow, this incident left him with a deep sense of frustration. Shen Huai gave him 100 yuan to remove the 20 of the compensation, and 80 was left, and he spent another 5 yuan to buy the cheapest price. Raincoat and rain boots. The manager warned him that if the same thing happened to him again, he should get out.
Shen Mingyuan was very disappointed. He must keep this lesson in mind and promise not to commit any more. Later, he asked the raincoat man about the weather forecast on the radio and TV stations every day. When working outdoors, he should 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 that can hear the weather forecast every day is extravagant for him, it is unimaginable. Shen Mingyuan faces reality, since he can't predict the weather, he has to bring it every day. Put on a raincoat to prevent weather like today.
In the next few days, although Shen Mingyuan had already compensated for the loss of the newspaper, the manager would wear small shoes to him from time to time, and always pick faults in his work. In fact, they all understood that the manager looked down on him and treated him and other colleagues. His attitude is a lot worse.
Shen Mingyuan especially needs this job, and he is not qualified to choose others. All he can do is silently endure the attitude of leadership.
The logistics truck slowly drove into the Shen's yard, and the neighbors came out to see, slowly unloading an oversized freezer from the truck.
These days, there are not many people who can buy a freezer. Not to mention the high price, how many things can be frozen in the house.
At first glance, they were bought by the Shen family. They all came out to watch the excitement. It was definitely a big deal, because this is a rare object. Some children have never seen it. They are very excited to see this. The Shen family's eyes are very envious. .
This freezer was bought by Shen Huai as a gift to Chen Yuan. Chen Yuan received a large freezer inexplicably, but this freezer was practical for Chen Yuan, because there were frozen goods that could not be eaten at home in this freezer, so there was no need to rent the freezer to freeze.
Moreover, Shen Huai was really willing to spend money, and he didn't know how much he had saved before, but this time he had spent his money.
Chen Yuan asked the workers to move the freezer into the house. Shen Huai also came in from the door. She looked at Chen Yuan for the first time and remembered the temperature of her skin still remaining in her fingers. It was tender and soft like a peach, and she was a little unnatural and shy. She shyly pointed to the freezer.
"How do you like it?"
Chen Yuan nodded: "Of course I like it. This is too practical, but why are you suddenly thinking of buying this today?"
This freezer has a very large space and can accommodate four or five adults. Shen Huai actually sent Chen Yuan to beg her to do something. He knew that Chen Yuan had a lot of ideas, and he also knew that although Shen Mingyuan was now looking for a job in a newspaper, the nature of the job was a little bit more. It is also unstable. When the elder brother hopes that the younger brother can develop well.
And yesterday I saw that Shen Mingyuan was thinner than before he came back, and the person was also tanned. The people at the newspaper told him that Shen Mingyuan had wet the newspaper, and the manager reluctantly asked him to compensate him for 20 yuan and secretly ran on him. The youngest's life must be in dire straits these few days.
Shen Huai sighed helplessly and said: "Chen Yuan, you can help Shen Mingyuan, I believe you can think of a way."
Chen Yuan: "Then you don't think I have changed a lot now? My personality is different from before, don't you think Is this unscientific?"
"...I think the change is not big at all, it's very scientific."