This is a small city, a national third-tier city, but its consumption is comparable to that of a second-tier city. Compared with places like Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, it is a bit insignificant. But in this small town there are many marginalized people from all over the city, who have taken root in this city with their own different life goals and dreams.
From the northernmost part of the city to the southernmost part of the city, it takes three hours to commute back and forth to get off work every day, and this is a city without a subway. My colleague Accountant Lu is such an extraordinary person. Regardless of whether it is windy, rainy or relatively bad weather, he is never late or leaves early. He travels back and forth on the road and the 105 and 102 buses every day. I didn't know at first that he had to travel so far to work. It was only after we met on the way to get off work that we learned that he came to work from the north to the south of the city. I asked him, if we get off work at normal working hours, what time would it take for you to get home, and he said it would be around seven in the evening. I sighed in surprise - wow, I got home so late. It was early summer at this time. It was seven o'clock in the evening in early summer and it was not dark yet. On the contrary, winter! What kind of power supports the footprints of this city! Is it really just the salary that comes with hard work? I don’t think so! Then my sensitive heart began to surge.
At the same time, there is my husband, who is also the same as my colleague. You have to get up early every morning to prepare for work. Compared with Accountant Lu, he has a shorter distance. But before I get up every day, he has to leave; he gets off work earlier than me, but gets home later than me. Of course, apart from a decent income, there are his hobbies, specialties, and his love and responsibility for his family! The difference with Accountant Lu is that he is a local and we are outsiders. Also living in this city. Also move forward for the ideal goal in life. Crowds like this abound in this city. I once wrote this sentence in my QQ signature in the crowd after get off work: "Suddenly I like to watch the cars passing by in the twilight of dusk, watching the hurried, coming and going, the endless flow of people, and I am also among them. ."
Last night, when I was chatting with a former colleague and friend on WeChat, I heard her say that her job this year seemed not to be satisfactory, and that she had the idea of ??changing careers. But after so many years in the workplace, which job is easy to do? Work is not just for you alone. All departments are closely related and intertwined with each other. Naturally, there are factors that are difficult to do and complex interpersonal relationships mixed in. Who said that doing things is being a good person! I think this sentence explains everything!
In the subsequent chat, she also talked about another colleague and friend, saying that she was lucky. She had completed a new project soon after joining the new company and was appreciated by her boss; she also said that her family also Very good. She has a husband who loves her and lovely children. I envy her very much.
Actually, I know the friend she mentioned a little bit, but people are different. The friend she mentioned is indeed very good. To be honest, they have two different personalities. Why do you say that? There is something about a person that hides her good luck and nobility. Some people may seem ordinary, but there are always noble people to help them in times of crisis. This is strange to say, maybe from a scientific point of view it is a certain magnetic field - a positive energy magnetic field!
As far as I am concerned, I am just an outsider. From the perspective of this outsider, I look at the two of them, whether at work or in life, from every contact with them and some details. Now that I think about it, it’s really different. When talking and chatting with A, six or seven times out of ten, she complains and talks about various dissatisfaction and troubles. She seems to be smart and capable, but it turns out that she also complains about her boss at work and dissatisfaction with her mother-in-law at home. It always made her frown; 520 her husband sent her a fifty-two point red envelope, and she was disgusted that the 520 red envelope was so small, it was nothing unusual like what ordinary friends gave her. But B is different, always looking relaxed and satisfied. Her husband 520 sent her a red envelope of fifty-two point zero, and she laughed happily; her mother-in-law saw her one day and was too late to help her wash her clothes. She had to talk about it several times in front of her colleagues - how her mother-in-law was so good to her; and how her child was accidentally bumped and bruised by her mother-in-law. She always said that it was normal for children to be naughty and bump their skin, even if they were raised by themselves. Things that seemed bad to others were always indifferent to her, with a nonchalant look. Some people say she is stupid, but every time I see her she is happy and lucky.
It is an obvious and clear example, and I, the listener, am between understanding and not understanding; feeling and being felt are meaningful... things like this are sparkling in the dim light of small town life. , thrive.
At a traffic light intersection in this small town, they lead to the southeast and northwest directions of the town. Two kilometers east of the intersection is the city's crematorium, a funeral parlor. Often in the early morning, there is a sound of drums and horns reaching the eardrums. This horn sound is the funeral car of someone going to the funeral parlor for cremation on Huangquan Road. How far is a person from birth to death? The scenery and moods along the way are different. Everyone looks at the passing scenery in their own state of mind. Life and death are just a matter of thought, and everyone will experience them eventually.
This crossroads in the small town is lively and noisy at night. Several vendors sell various barbecues and snacks, becoming an alternative open-air leisure gathering place in the town, where friends gather to sit around. At the same table, we can chat and laugh while changing glasses, relieving the tension and pressure of life.
It’s been a long time since I’ve gotten together with Xiao Fan, Xiao Zhu, and Accountant Ren. I remember when the four of us were colleagues in the same company and office, we would often go out together to eat various snacks and delicacies. , sometimes we go to KTV to sing together, sometimes we go shopping, watch movies and skate together. There is an indescribable tacit understanding and mutual kindness among several people together. And everyone raises succulents and plants together. Originally, I had no interest in succulents. It was only because accountant Ren brought succulents to the office and saw the pictures of succulents she posted on her WeChat Moments that I was attracted to them and liked them. Later, I started raising them with her. She also took a few of us to friends and the market to buy meat. Now I have about thirty pots of green plants and succulents in my small home.
Speaking of the four of us, I remember that among my colleagues in the workplace for so many years, a few of us are considered colleagues and friends. In most workplaces, office politics involve overt and covert fighting among colleagues, but this is not the case among a few of us. So much so that the relationship between the few of us was unscrupulous and unreserved. Even talking and chatting are so relaxed and pleasant. It’s strange to say that among the four of them, Xiaofan and I are outsiders, and Xiao Zhu and Accountant Ren are locals; and the three of them are born in the 90s, and I am born in the 80s.
To be honest, most people don’t have many colleagues who become friends. Many people have little contact and contact with their former colleagues once they leave. And the few of us still get together occasionally. This is also one of the things that makes me happy in this city. As time goes by, although we don't get together often, there is always peace and care in our inner world. Living in the same city and under the same blue sky, I think we are both lucky and happy. Dear friends, I hope everyone is doing well! Xiao Zhu often appears in the circle of friends, and Accountant Ren occasionally shows her current situation, but Xiaofan does not show her face, but she can occasionally be seen in everyone's circle of friends.
In this city, we are like ants, like a glimmer of light, and like a giant holding up his own sky in his own way. Whenever I see different scenes in life, it always stirs up some kind of complex in my inner world. And we will eventually be a faint light in this city.