I used to cry in the middle of the night, wanting to talk to you about life

Chapter 35 You Are My Drop of Sweat (4)
I rushed home like a madman, yelled at my dad, and smashed the family phone.My dad looked at me as if watching a trick. When I was crying so hard that I couldn't speak, he said to me coldly: "You said you can make TV, why do you have it? You can make TV with a little bit of trouble? You are still not clear-headed, and you think that your ability is because you are beautiful on stage, and it is not rare for others to play! What kind of skits do you make? It’s because you’re not doing your job properly, you’re messing around, only people in your small circle recognize you, and you’re nothing after you graduate. You’re a student of finance, and you go to a TV station with a diploma in finance. What do you rely on? You can’t even judge your job title, you think you’re really capable!”

I couldn't listen to anything at the time. After I was 20 years old, I never cried like this. I just felt that my face was covered with tears, flowing from my eye sockets to my neck.My mother took a wet towel and wiped my face, "Fang Peng, it is not appropriate for your father to do this, but what he said makes sense, you have to listen. Do you think you are the only one who is anxious about work? Your father I have been making preparations for a long time. Do you think that he reported you to the Department of Finance indiscriminately? He has a classmate who works in finance in the province. Now he is a big leader. He will take care of you. Wait for you After graduation, I will arrange for you to go to ×× Bank..." The bank my mother mentioned is a policy bank, and people who study finance are desperate to get in. There are 10,000+.

I resigned to my fate, compared with others, I resigned to a good fate.

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I called Xiaoyi and said that my dad had arranged work for me.On the other end of the phone, Xiaoyi sounded depressed, "Master, what should I do?"

"You? Then come to Nanjing to work after you graduate. If that person is so good, he should be able to get the two of us into the same unit."

"Then I'm leaving Beijing?"

"Even if I'm in Changsha, don't you still have to leave Beijing?"

"Then what if my mother refuses to allow me to go to Nanjing?"

"..." It turns out that I can no longer say the phrase "I will go to Beijing with you" casually.

So I said, "Let's talk about it..."

As I said, what I am best at is taking one step at a time and leaving the unavoidable things to go with the flow.

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When I returned to school, the police offered a reward of 20 yuan to Ma Jiajue, a college student who killed four of his classmates.Yanzi was reported by passers-by because he looked like Ma Jiajue. This was the biggest joke that happened around us in 2004.I didn't say it before, but I didn't think that after this incident, the more I looked at Yanzi, the more I looked like Ma Jiajue, so I wanted to call and report.Yanzi was very angry about this, saying that Ma Jiajue was from Guangxi, but he was obviously from Fujian, so how could he look alike.Moreover, Fujian people are the most clumsy, and it is absolutely impossible to attack those around them.

But Wang Tao was not so lucky. He went out for an internship and didn't come back until April. Later, he got the news that he was tricked by a brother from his hometown to join an MLM group.

Wang Tao is our former squad leader, an honest boy from rural Henan.At the beginning of the year, he applied for a middle school in Chenzhou and was hired, but he was required to have a graduation certificate, a degree certificate, and a fourth-level certificate when he graduated.Wang Tao is good in everything, but his English is poor. He is like missing 26 letters in the five elements, and he can't pass the fourth grade.The more I failed the exam, the more I resisted, and the more I resisted, the more I failed the exam. In the second semester of my senior year, I got my certificate, but he didn't.Because there is only one last chance left in June, and it is very likely that he will still be unable to pass, Wang Tao is already desperate.Just at the beginning of February, one of his fellow villagers and a senior brother came to him and said that he was recommended to work as a sales manager in the Shenzhen branch of a certain beverage company. He only needs to graduate from a bachelor’s degree, and he does not require a fourth-level certificate or a degree certificate. He said that he only needs to work hard. , It is no problem to earn 6 to 2 a year.Wang Tao finally picked up a life-saving straw, and within a week, he followed his senior brother to the south.This time, until we all graduated and dispersed, he still hasn't been able to come back. At the end of August, Peng Chuang, the sports committee member of our class, received a call from Wang Tao, saying that he had found an opportunity to escape, and begged him to help him escape.The students in our class in Shenzhen rushed to call the police, and those who bought tickets bought tickets, and brought Wang Tao, who was not wearing shoes, back to Changsha from Shenzhen.

After returning, Brother Tao was penniless. Because his old father had remitted tens of thousands of yuan to Wang Tao before, which was a huge amount for a rural family, he found out that his son was engaged in pyramid schemes, and the money had already been drained. After drifting, he resolutely severed the father-son relationship with Wang Tao and refused to remit any money to him.The classmates in the class donated thousands of dollars from all over the world to help Brother Tao rent a house in Changsha and continue to review English, because within one year after graduation, if he passed the fourth level, he can still get a degree certificate .When I was on a business trip to Changsha, I met Wang Tao once. He was depressed and his eyes were dull. In his messy small rental house, the bed and table were full of dirty and old English review materials.

Every time I think of the system of "no degree certificate issued if you pass CET-[-]", I have the urge to yell.

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Wei Xing is even more ridiculous, when everyone else is busy with work, exams, and papers, she is going to get married.

In order to find a job for Wei Xing, Wei Xing's father invited an old friend from the financial circle to dinner with his family during Chinese New Year. As a result, when the two families met, Wei Xing was stunned.Affection The daughter of a big name in the financial world is his first love girlfriend in junior high school, the kind who secretly holds hands under the desk and finds a corner to kiss on the way after school.I firmly believe that in the world of love, "a little farewell is better than a newlywed" is the absolute truth of universal gravitation. As soon as the two of them made eye contact, there was lightning and thunder all around, and the fragrance of flowers overflowed. Thousands of little deer were running in Wei Xing's heart And pass.

That night Wei Xing was a little twitchy, talking so much that everyone at the table could see that he was abnormal.The first love classmate liked Wei Xing's set very much. He didn't drink a glass of wine but his face was flushed from beginning to end.Dry firewood, love and concubine love, caught up with the two fathers who have been best friends for many years, after a meal, not only got Wei Xing's work done, but also brought the two younger ones together. In March, Wei Xing's grandfather suddenly fell ill. The family wanted to rejoice, but also because they were afraid that the old man would not see his grandson get married. Wei's father went to the woman's house to discuss, hoping to arrange the marriage of the two children as soon as possible.So, the most flamboyant in our circle...no, the most prodigal boy, Wei Xing, is really about to get married.

The wedding is scheduled for May 5, and the venue is set in Lanzhou.When Wei Xing delivered the wedding invitation to us in a serious manner, we all went crazy. "You really got married!" The second child still felt that Wei Xing was playing with him, "Do you two get married if you know each other?"

"Didn't I tell you, first love girlfriend!"

"I haven't seen my first love for ten years," Xu Ning asked, "Do you two have feelings for each other?"

"How could there not be? Not only are there, but more and more. Recently, we have been calling every day."

"Why did you two break up?"

"The two of us? If we didn't go to the same school in high school, we would be separated." Wei Xing curled his lips, "She has better grades than me."

"Hey, to be honest, do you think you are suitable for marriage?" I think my expression is quite euphemistic.

"Can't we get married sooner or later? I think it's a good match for us."

"Damn!" Brother Bao scolded, "Have you played enough?"

"How should I put it..." Wei Xing scratched his head, and suddenly cursed loudly, "I have all the f*ck banquets at home, you tell me this, if I don't get married, you will do it!"

All of us hurriedly got up to appease him in panic, saying, if he really doesn't get married, we really can't bear the responsibility.

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We took Wei Xing's wedding as our graduation trip.Because we had no money, the seven of us (I, Ke Yiyi, Lao Er, Bao Ge, Xu Ning, Xiao Ma and Zhang Qian) all went to Lanzhou by train, and it was Wei Xing who promised that we would never take any money from us. We bought sleeper tickets with confidence.It takes one day and one night to take the train from Changsha to Lanzhou. For some reason, the sound of the wheels hitting the rails this time made me unable to sleep, bang bang bang bang... At night, I got out of bed and walked to the aisle of the carriage, and found that the old man Er didn't sleep either, and was sitting by the car window looking out.

"Didn't sleep?" I walked to him and sat down.

"Ah."

"You can't sleep either?"

"Ah."

"Me too... let's smoke a cigarette."

"Ah."

At the corner of the carriage, my second child and I stood leaning against the car door with a Baisha cigarette in our mouths. After smoking one, the second child asked me: "Do you still smoke?" "Smoking." So we continued to smoke.

"Can you imagine that Wei Xing is married?" the second child said.

"It was not possible before, but now it is possible."

"why?"

"What if you don't get married?"

"Oh... everyone is the same." The second child took a long puff of cigarette, "Go home and find a good job, buy a good house, marry a good wife, have a good child, and settle down."

"It's also possible to have a good son and marry a good wife." I laughed so hard that I choked on my cigarette and coughed.

"Whatever, these details are no longer my concern. All in all, you will be nailed to the pillar of shame in life, and you will never be able to stand up again." The second child raised his head, looking at the dim yellow lights on the roof of the carriage , "Me too, and you too, hey, will you and Ke Yiyi get married?"

"We? Will it?"

"Then it won't."

"why?"

"intuition."

"Let's talk about something else..." I was quite resistant to this question, "Where did you end up ordering? Business or electricity?"

"Electricity, you can make a lot of money, and you don't need to take exams." The second child took out another cigarette and lit it for himself, "I'm sorry, didn't you suggest that I go to business."

"It's okay, I just feel that the department that manages people is better. It doesn't matter, I'm happy for you wherever you go."

"Don't tell me." The second child stretched out his right hand and shook his index finger, "It's really not a good thing to be happy for me. You were unhappy, but you still worked hard to be happy for me; I should have been happy, but you replaced me."

"Silly X." I laughed again, took my second child's cigarette case, and smoked my third cigarette.

"Hey, what is your ideal?"

"Fuck, I'm about to graduate and start working soon, you ask me this."

"Is it TV?"

"Who knows, is there a difference?"

"That's right... what about the ideal now? Marry Ke Yiyi or get rid of him?"

"Fuck off."

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When I arrived in that northwestern city, I was so disgusted, my head was covered with paper notes, I couldn't fit them, and Xiaoyi had to share a lot.

Wei Xing came to pick us up at the train station, dressed in a suit and tie, looking as serious as an idiot.Ya was driving the business car of his father's unit, and it was just enough to fill the seven of us. "I'm fine this afternoon, I'll take you to eat Lanzhou snacks, have a meeting tonight, and get married tomorrow."

"Meeting?"

"Comrade Wei Xing's wedding preparation meeting."

I thought Wei Xing was joking, but it turns out that not only is this meeting serious, but there is really a "Wedding Preparatory Committee for Wei Xing and Hu Xiaomin". The chairman of the committee is Wei Xing's uncle, and the committee members are Wei Xing's father and mother. , Uncles, uncles, and all capable subordinates of Wei Xing's father.The preparatory meeting was held in the living room of Wei Xing's father's house. As soon as we opened the door, we saw people in the twenties, middle-aged and elderly men in Yishui, either wearing suits or shirts, and some of us came in in casual clothes. The students seemed particularly awkward in the crowd.The room was filled with smoke and the atmosphere was tense. It didn't look like they were preparing for a wedding, but it looked like the flood fighting and rescue headquarters on TV.Wei Xing's uncle stood up to greet us, "Are you Wei Xing's college classmates? Welcome." He said very politely, but there was no smile on his face, and I felt a little nervous. Looking at Xiao Yi, he also had a confused expression, My hands are clenched tightly.

"Female students don't need to participate. You go upstairs to rest first. A few boys are best men, right? You stay here for a while." Wei Xing's father came over, also in the tone of assigning work.

"Oh, okay." Xu Ning turned to look at me, "How about Xiao Yi, you and Zhang Qian go upstairs, we'll be here later."

Xiaoyi looked at me, I nodded, and the two girls said hello to the elders and went out.I know that Xiaoyi definitely wants to participate in this preparatory meeting, because she has been very excited since she arrived in Lanzhou, and she also used the imagination of her literary and artistic backbone to design several particularly romantic bridges for Wei Xing at the wedding. The ring, what made the six ballerinas welcome the bride out... Wei Xing was so happy.In the afternoon, while drinking Sanpaotai in Lanshan, Ke Yiyi patted Wei Xing on the shoulder and said: "You should have asked me to plan for you a long time ago, just because we are sworn brothers and sisters, I will definitely design something very beautiful and romantic for you." ..."

Wei Xing said: "Forget it, let's leave it to you and Fang Peng."

Ke Yiyi looked at me, "When we got married, I didn't bother to think about it. I left it to Fang Peng."

"Then what if Fang Peng can't handle it well?"

"Then don't marry."

"Too! Good! La!" I raised my teacup and shouted with a smile, the sunflower seeds that were smashed in the face by Ko Yiyi.

In fact, the process of Wei Xing's wedding has already been finalized, and the wedding company has arranged everything properly.This last preparatory meeting is actually a mobilization meeting.Wei Xing's uncle solemnly told everyone that every position should be held accountable, that everything should be done properly, that it should be done with due courtesy, and that it should be done well.

Of the five of us boys, only four of us could be best men, Xiao Ma voluntarily withdrew, because he heard that being a best man in Lanzhou required a lot of drinking.The four groomsmen will get the four-color gifts when they meet tomorrow. When the bride throws the four-color gifts away, they will take back the gifts returned by the bride’s family. But the most important thing is to help the groom break through the three doors set up by the bride’s house. First, try not to embarrass the groom, and save the red envelopes.An elder brother who didn’t know where he came from said to us: “We in the Northwest are very ruthless in robbing brides, even those who have removed the door.” Everyone laughed, but I really took it to heart, which caused me to be very big the next day. troubles, but that's another story.

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The next day was the day, we finished washing at 5:2000 a.m. and gathered at Wei Xing's house.I was wearing the G[-] suit that I was going to report to the new unit, and I looked in the mirror with great vigor.Xiao Yi said that this was the first time she saw me in a formal suit, it looked really good, and I looked like a successful person.And she herself wore a small dress with a backless back, which made me somewhat unhappy, but I didn't have the money to buy her a new one in Lanzhou, so I had to forget it.When we arrived at Wei Xing's house, we saw people everywhere, and we couldn't even get in the door.Wei Xing himself was also a little upset and irritable, he contradicted his mother for some reason, and squeezed out of the crowd angrily.We all cupped our fists to congratulate him: "Happy wedding, congratulations!" Wei Xing rolled his eyes, "Congratulations Mao, let's have breakfast!"

When he was about to walk to the ramen restaurant, Wei Xing's anger was almost gone. After all, today is his day of great joy, "Hey, the ramen restaurant I took you to is very delicious! Let me tell you, eating ramen is the best The meat and eggs are flying together, the soup is delicious, and it’s so delicious!" We are all foodies, and we are already so greedy that we swallow our mouths when we hear what Wei Xing said. "By the way, especially you four groomsmen, you must have meat and eggs together," Wei Xing said. , or you will hang up before the wedding banquet."

"Fuck, isn't it? Drink it early in the morning?" I was a little crazy.

"No," Wei Xing said, "I'm not joking, you guys should eat more."

I just feel that today is more ominous than good, but for the sake of my brother, I can only go all out. Just as I walked to the ramen restaurant, I yelled at the ramen master: "Boss, let me have eight meat and eggs!" After finishing speaking, everyone in the ramen restaurant Everyone looked at me with strange eyes.Covering his face, Wei Xing walked to my side, and said in a low voice, "Fang Peng, Meat and Egg Shuangfei is my own name. You have to tell the boss... add more meat and an egg."

(End of this chapter)