The children of the Qiao family

Chapter 24

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The work of the TV station is not as bright and bright as Qiao Yicheng imagined. In fact, it is quite trivial, and it is extremely busy. It is often assigned the most troublesome work. occupy.

Qiao Yicheng and his group of new little reporters were treated not too differently from interns.

Qiao Yicheng realized one thing after his first report was changed beyond recognition by the executive editor: to re-examine his work and adjust the goal of his efforts appropriately.

He made up his mind to use three to five years to establish a firm foothold in the TV station, and then strive to become a producer, so that he can hold a certain amount of power in his hands, make the programs he wants to do, and write reports according to his own ideas.

Generally speaking, this job gave Qiao Yicheng a lot of spiritual satisfaction.

Common people are always very curious about TV stations, and the curiosity is mixed with envy and a little fear.When Qiao Yicheng passed the microphone under someone's nose when going out for an interview, he was always full of ambition.When someone pulled his sleeve, mourning the injustice of life, and hoped that the journalists would make decisions for him, Qiao Yicheng was filled with a sense of justice again, and the impulsion to see justice swelled up in his heart. a sail.These people who grabbed his sleeves all come from the same class as him. They have the most troubles in life, but they are also the most unconnected. When they face the microphone of the TV station, they will have incomparable hope and feel hopeless. Damn, there is a way, even if they are facing a young reporter like Qiao Yicheng, they all have a kind of screaming when the ancient commoners meet Qingtian, they make Qiao Yicheng very, very moved, they can always move Qiao Yicheng The most sincere heartstring in Yicheng's heart.

Qiao Yicheng thought that one day, when he was able to stand out, he would definitely do more good things for them.

Qiao Yicheng's hard work and understanding left a very good impression on the seniors.Most of the children who can enter the TV station are from well-connected families, and there are very few like Qiao Yicheng.His sense of interest and proper advancement and retreat made him stand out among the new group of children, and his very ordinary background made him appear safe among his peers, without much competition. Therefore, in a short period of time, Inside, Qiao Yicheng won the favor of almost everyone.

But Hu Chunxiao was completely different.

As soon as Chunxiao entered Taiwan, she was treated like a little princess in the news department. I don't know who first spread the gossip that she had some kind of uncle who was a big official in the city. Her family conditions are also very good. She is an only daughter, the baby of her parents. She is spoiled. It can be seen from her dress. It is said that there are foreign relatives in the family.The center dotes on her from top to bottom, a beautiful girl is always easy to be the center, not to mention she has such a background.As for Hu Chunxiao himself, he didn't respond clearly to all the rumors and comments aimed at him, so he became more mysterious, and the rumors spread even more magically.

Almost every day, the office can always hear the laughter like the silver bell of Chunxiao, knocking on the hearts of all young men except Qiao Yicheng.

Qiao Yicheng kept Hu Chunxiao at arm's length. He instinctively felt that she was not the same kind of person as he was, and that she shouldn't get too close.For an ordinary person like him, if he gets too close to a girl like Hu Chunxiao, he will be treated like a servant, which Qiao Yicheng thinks is not worth it.

The building where the TV station is currently located is rented, and the environmental conditions are good, but it is not big enough. The news department alone occupies more than half of the floors, so several departments, such as the film and television department and the logistics department, are rented out separately. Worked elsewhere.

One day, a girl named Liu Xiaomeng from the film and television department came to work here, causing an uproar in the news center.

As soon as Liu Xiaomeng came, he looked for Hu Chunxiao, but Chunxiao happened to be away.A young reporter secretly asked Liu Xiaomeng if she knew Hu Chunxiao very well?Liu Xiaomeng said, it doesn't count, it's just that they are college classmates, and they came to have lunch with her when they knew she was here.

So everyone asked curiously: Miss Hu, what is the background of the family?
Liu Xiaomeng answered nonchalantly: What's the background, it's not like you and me, little people.

Everyone expressed disbelief one after another, and some people said: Look, the more extraordinary a person is, the more he knows how to hide his identity. This is also a kind of protection. Then the ancient emperors had to wear subdued clothes when they went on tour, didn't they?
Liu Xiaomeng smiled again and said: I really have no background, alas, it's not as good as me.

Someone dragged his voice and said: Oh——?No way, they are all spreading the word, saying that the family has a very good way of doing it.

Liu Xiaomeng then asked: What did she tell you about her family?
Someone replied: Actually, she didn't say it herself, and it was spread all over the place for some reason, saying that the family has money and status, and working in the city has a lot of ways.

Liu Xiaomeng curled her thin lips and smiled.

With such a smile, everyone sensed the mystery in it, and asked her endlessly around her.

Qiao Yicheng happened to be working the morning shift that day. After finishing the morning report, he was sitting at his desk taking a break.

Liu Xiaomeng laughed and said: Oh, why is she still like this, she had this problem when she was in school, haha.But, let's just say that, and you just believe it, don't ask me, I won't say anything.

Like Qiao Yicheng, the young cameraman who had just finished the morning news report had to ask Liu Xiaomeng to make it clear. Qiao Yicheng knew that he was one of the most active people following Hu Chunxiao.

The little camera said: My sister, don't say a word, it's tempting to talk, talk about it, we won't take you to tell it, and no one will say that it was sister Liu who said it!

Liu Xiaomeng said angrily: "You're going to die, look at you, who do you call sister!"

The little camera said: I originally wanted to call you sister, but I didn't think it was worthy of my name. Oh, let's talk.

Liu Xiaomeng said jokingly: It's nothing, she has no bad intentions, just a little vanity, when she was in school, she always intentionally or unintentionally made people think that her family has a background.In fact, her father is a long-distance driver, and her mother does not have a job. There are two little brothers at home who are studying, just like us, they are the children of ordinary people.Now our TV station has become civilians too, and there are more and more people like us, there must be someone doing coolies at the grassroots level, right?
He walked away with a smile on his face.

Hu Chunxiao is a very smart girl, and soon noticed the change in the attitude of her colleagues.

To Qiao Yicheng's surprise, this change did not bring down the girl at all. She was still well-dressed, walking around the news department with her head held high and her chest high. Her reputation was lost, but her airs were not.

Another day, Qiao Yicheng had just returned to the stage after the interview and got on the elevator, just as Hu Chunxiao came out of the producer's office and took the elevator back to the sixth floor.This elevator has not been very easy to use. This time, after five seconds of booming, it shook and stopped.

Qiao Yicheng hurriedly pressed the emergency number, and the master said that he would come to fix it soon.

In the narrow space, there were only Qiao Yicheng and Hu Chunxiao.Hu Chunxiao was holding a manuscript in his hand, Qiao Yicheng peeked at it, it was circled with bright red, and looking at Hu Chunxiao's face, it was not very good, he must have been criticized by the particularly picky executive producer just now.The sudden elevator failure caused Hu Chunxiao's rare panic and fear to appear on his face. In the dim light of the elevator, this expression made her look extraordinarily vulnerable and helpless.

Qiao Yicheng coughed for a while, and comforted him: Don't be afraid, it will be fixed soon. I heard that the elevator has stopped like this a few times. It's okay, we can get out soon.You... don't be afraid, huh?
Hu Chunxiao suddenly smiled: Afraid?I am not afraid.I am not afraid of anything!
Qiao Yicheng was a little embarrassed: Oh, that's good.

He turned around and stared blankly at the elevator wall, on which were blurred reflections of himself and Hu Chunxiao, like reflections in water.

Suddenly, Qiao Yicheng heard low sobs. He turned around and found that it was really Hu Chunxiao who was crying.

Hu Chunxiao said: I am not afraid of anything, I must do well.do you know?In our house, the house is always crowded, and we will touch people's legs when we turn around, but so what?Our siblings still have excellent academic performance, and they all go to college.From the age of ten I learned to wear my ragged underwear underneath and save money to buy good outerwear.My mother taught me.She also kept telling me that I should not be afraid of anything, at worst I would return to my original form.Our original shape is like that, and we can't go wrong any more.

Qiao Yicheng didn't know what to say, so he took out a handkerchief and handed it over, a half-worn blue plaid bandanna.

Hu Chunxiao took it, blew his nose vigorously, and when handing back the handkerchief, Hu Chunxiao suddenly smiled brightly at Qiao Yicheng: I know, our situation is similar, right?
This smile is too much like Qiao Yicheng's younger sisters, a little silly, a little stubborn, and loved by those who understand.Qiao Yicheng's heart moved slightly because of Hu Chunxiao's smile.

Hu Chunxiao said: I can see that you are different from them.You, me, and we will all be fine, better than any of them.

The more than 30 minutes in this peculiar elevator gave Qiao Yicheng and Hu Chunxiao a secret closeness. They often exchanged knowing glances across the crowd, and Qiao Yicheng would often find a secret on his desk. An early breakfast, steaming, Qiao Yicheng would also reciprocate some snacks that girls like, stuffing them under the messy piles of books, newspapers, and manuscript paper on Hu Chunxiao's desk.

They got closer day by day without anyone noticing, but they didn't pierce the paper on the window.

Hu Chunxiao probably didn't want to expose her, but Qiao Yicheng sensed that she didn't want to, so he didn't want to expose her as if to protect himself.

Qiao Yicheng thought, it doesn't matter if he doesn't pierce, at least there is a way out.

She has it, and so does he.

Unemployed Qiao Erqiang was 23 and began working as temporary workers in various places, and each job did not last long.In the past two years, employers have paid more and more attention to a paper diploma, which is what the top two lack most.Yicheng also thought about sending him to TV University to study some more and get a junior college diploma, but Er Qiang really couldn't get into school, so he gave up.

Qiao Erqiang became a professional temporary worker. He even worked as a temporary janitor in an elementary school for a period of time, responsible for watering flowers, cleaning, distributing letters, books, newspapers and magazines, and occasionally rang a big bell when the power was out.

The young Qiao Erqiang was like a cabbage that had been beaten by hailstones. The color was still green, but the inside was frostbitten.

Qiao Sanli is 20 years old, and she and Wang Yiding are developing smoothly.Yiding also successfully became a teacher, and became a well-known mechanic in the factory. There were quite a few young female workers who had a good impression of him, but in Yiding's eyes, he could only see Qiao Sanli, who was very angry. When paying wages, the left hand takes it in, and the right hand is handed over to Sanli.Sanli made arrangements for him, how much to pay to the family, how much to save, not even pocket expenses, saying that anyway, she was with Sanli every day, and Sanli was the one to decide what to buy.Sanli became the envy of young and old women in the factory.The only thing that worried her was that the situation of their factory was not as good as it was in the early years. It was rumored among the workers that some Taiwanese businessman seemed to want to buy the factory.

But it's nothing, Sanli thought, she has a dime, and everything is enough.

Qiao Simei also got a job in a printing factory in the street. She said she was doing printing, but in fact there was no printing machine. She just took over the job from a big printing factory and folded the manuscripts page by page. , binding.Qiao Simei spends her days among the housewives, and becomes even more talkative, often making Qiao Yicheng angry.

That day when Simei came home from the factory, she ran into Qiao Yicheng who had left work early. When Qiao Yicheng saw her, his small eyes widened like copper bells: Miss Qiao Simei, what are you wearing?Isn't this underwear?Are you wearing this to work today?

Sanli sneered at the side: No, after wearing it for a long time, she avoided the eyes of her eldest brother and bullied her to go out early and return late.

Simei didn't dare to talk back to Qiao Yicheng, she just said to Sanli: What do you know?This is called wearing underwear outside, the latest fashion, if you don’t understand it, don’t talk nonsense, just live a happy life with your ex-girlfriend.

This year, there was a kind of instant noodles in the store called Qian Yiding, which Simei often used to make fun of Sanli.

Yicheng said: I am not a moralist, nor an old-fashioned old man, but let me tell you, Qiao Simei, if you want to show off in such offensive clothes again, I will break your legs!
Simei didn't dare to talk back, she just kept rolling her eyes.

Qiao Simei still insists on an old idea. In the future, she must find the most handsome man to be her boyfriend. That handsome man must have a broad vision, a brave heart, and will never make a fuss because of her slightly trendy clothes. .

Qiao Qi is 74 years old, and barely got into junior high school. Qi Weimin also left that magazine the year before and was admitted to his alma mater to study as a graduate student.On the day of reporting, he was bending over to fill out the form, when suddenly someone patted him on the back.

Qi Weimin turned his head and saw a beautiful and bright smiling face.

It's Chang Xingyu.

Chang Xingyu bent over with a smile and said: Hello, Brother Xiaoqi.

Chang Xingyu's thick long hair is naturally curly and tied into a ponytail at the back of her head. She has a ruddy complexion, delicate and smooth skin, black and bright eyes, and lips like petals.She is the only woman Qi Weimin has seen since childhood, who can be described as a flower.

That year, Chang Xingyu had just graduated from the university and was admitted to this university as a graduate student. He was not in the same department as Qi Weimin, so he could barely be regarded as a senior brother and sister.

From then on, Qi Weimin often helped Chang Xingyu with some heavy work. The two met unexpectedly in the cafeteria at first, and then made an appointment to have dinner together.Qi Weimin cooks for her, and she cooks soup for Qi Weimin, and the two always choose a table by the window to sit and eat.Chang Xingyu said that he loves meat and always asks Qi Weimin to eat vegetables for her.Later, Qi Weimin prepared an after-dinner fruit for her, an apple or pear or orange, saying that since he doesn't like vegetables, he should eat more fruits to avoid vitamin deficiency.Chang Xingyu has an extremely thick quilt, which is brand new inside and out. The water-red Suzhou silk quilt is extremely beautiful. After taking it apart and washing it once, Chang Xingyu sewed the quilt back on, but he slept for two days. At night, all the quilts were scattered and wrapped in cotton wool.Qi Weimin was surprised when he saw it, and Chang Xingyu said that she was embarrassed to take the quilt home and would be laughed at by her sister.Pulling Qi Weimin to her dormitory, Qi Weimin was happy when he saw the quilt, the quilt was only lightly sewn on the cotton core with thick needles and threads.So Qi Weimin said that he would re-sew it for her, and told her that the stitches had to be deep, and they had to be firmly sewn together with the cotton batting.

Chang Xingyu looked at this young and mature man with his big head down, skillfully sewing a quilt for her. His collar was white, his half-worn coat smelled of washing powder and sunlight, and his fingernails were cut short. And clean, the trousers are also half-worn, but there are clear trouser seams. Chang Xingyu knew that they were ironed with hot water in a large enamel teapot, and he also ironed her shirt and skirt in the same way.Chang Xingyu remembered again that she once had an English tape that she had dubbed with great difficulty, but she accidentally twisted the tape the first time she used it. She was in a hurry to go to class that day, so she messed up the tape The tape was handed over to Qi Weimin, and when she finished class, what he handed her was a re-rolled tape.He is such a proper person, as if all the wrinkles in the day can be ironed out by him.

At first, Qi Weimin was kind to Chang Xingyu, mostly because he wanted to thank her sister, Teacher Chang, for taking care of Xiaoqi. Gradually, Qi Weimin felt that something was different.However, he was also a little hesitant, so he almost squeezed the water out of the two movie tickets that were bought in line, and Chang Xingyu took them, and she said in a brisk tone: Do you want to invite me to watch it? Movie?OK!

Qi Weimin and Chang Xingyu are in love. Their date is very strange. Between them, there is often a young boy, 14-year-old Qiao Qiqi. During homework, he sat quietly eating a box of ice cream.Chang Xingyu also liked him very much, but Qiao Qiqi's grades were still as bad as in elementary school, which made Chang Xingyu a little anxious.Qi Weimin defended him, saying that it was because Qi Qi often had fever and cramps when he was a child, and his poor health naturally made it harder to study.

(End of this chapter)