Youth Rebellion

Chapter 43

After the cram school, Ruochen used the money she earned to buy a parallel-bar washing machine for her mother. Before that, her mother was reluctant to buy it. The washing clothes in the winter were too cold, which made her feel distressed.

Mom was very happy after receiving the washing machine, and Ruochen was also very happy, feeling a sense of accomplishment. Mom has worked so hard for so many years, and this is the first time she can be considered a decent reward.

With a few hundred dollars left, what are your plans?Ruochen wants to travel. As a child who grew up in the mainland, he has always yearned for the sea. Ruochen decided to go to Qingdao to see the sea, so he invited Yuer to go with him. Yuer also had the same intention, so the two sisters decided to go to Qingdao together. !

It was the first time Ruochen took a train at the age of 24, and the first time he went to a place so far along the coast. The two of them were both excited and looking forward to it. What does the sea look like?Is it the same as you imagined?Is it the same as on TV?They want to solve many problems quickly by seeing with their own eyes. As the saying goes, "seeing is better than hearing a hundred times", only what you see with your own eyes is the most real feeling.

The two of them stayed with Yu'er's classmates, which happened to save a lot of accommodation expenses.

On the first day, the two of them couldn't wait to go to the famous scenic spot in Qingdao-the trestle bridge.

Qingdao trestle bridge is located at the southern end of Zhongshan Road, where tourists are full of people. The bridge body protrudes from the coast into the depths of the crescent-like Qingdao Bay.When Ruochen and the others walked from the trestle bridge to an attic at the end of the trestle bridge, a gust of sea wind blew and the waves hit the edge of the trestle bridge, which startled Ruochen. She was afraid that the waves would swallow her up, what should I do?
The two looked at each other's terrified appearance that they had never seen the sea, and laughed.

It was only when I walked into the attic and looked forward to the sea that I really felt the shock. The endless sea was blue and blue. Ruochen had only heard that the sea was blue before. I always wondered what kind of blue it was. It really appeared in front of her.

Accompanied by the rushing waves, she and Yu'er shouted excitedly: "Ocean, here I come"!Ruochen thought to himself, friends in the coastal areas, please don’t laugh. For children who grew up in the mainland, it is really a dream to see the sea. The sea in front of them makes them feel that their dreams have finally come true. Excited!

At first, Ruochen thought that this trestle was newly built for tourism development. Later, after listening to the introduction, he realized that the Qingdao trestle was built in the 18th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1892). Qingdao's important landmarks and famous scenic spots.It turns out that it has such a long history.

Ruochen stepped on such a historical trestle bridge, closed his eyes and imagined the people who walked on this trestle bridge during the Qing Dynasty, what kind of people were they?What are you busy with?But it shouldn't be her happy mood.

Some people say: travel is to see the scenery from a place where you are used to living to a place where others are tired of living.

It is because you have not been in contact with it that you will have freshness and excitement.Maybe friends along the coast will be as excited when they see the endless green plains in the inland as they saw the sea for the first time.

The next day the two of them took the ferry to the famous Golden Beach.

The first time they took the ferry, they were both excited and nervous. The nervousness was because both of them were motion sick, so they were afraid of seasickness and vomiting, which would make them lose interest.But maybe the excitement overcame the nerves of seasickness, the two of them didn't feel seasick!

Finally arrived at the beautiful Golden Beach!I only heard such lyrics in "Grandma's Penghu Bay" before, 'sunshine, sand, waves, cactus, and an old captain', Ruochen shouted excitedly: "I finally saw the legendary sunny beach! "

Yu'er smiled and said: "But there is no cactus and old captain ah haha".

Ruochen laughed loudly: "Look, there is the old captain of the speedboat over there!"

After the two finished talking, they looked at each other and laughed happily.Then take off your shoes and feel the beauty and gentleness of the beach with your bare feet.

Lying on the beach, you can see the blue sky and the sun above you, and you can see the sea with waves in front of you when you turn your face.

Ruochen suddenly thought how happy it would be to live here one day!A person carries a laptop computer, doing coding work, looking at the sea when he is tired of writing, and when he is tired of watching the sea, he takes the computer to wander and write in other places, and then returns to my sea, just like Haizi described "Facing the sea, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming" is my dream!

At this moment, Ruochen was surprised to find that the ideal of going to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had disappeared. It turned out that the ideal from the bottom of her heart was to become a writer, and a writer who was not bound by ordinary things and could live her own life Writer at heart!

Ruochen shouted excitedly at this moment: "I finally know what I want to be, and I finally know what the direction of my struggle is!!"

After hearing this, Yu'er asked, "What is it?"

Ruochen smiled mysteriously: "I won't tell you now, but one day in the future, when I start to move towards my ideal, I will be the first to tell you."

"Okay, I'll wait." Yu'er replied with a smile.

Like children, the two got up from the beach and chased the waves hand in hand.The moment her feet touched the seawater, Ruochen suddenly shivered, not because the seawater was cold, but because she could finally feel the seawater, it turned out to be so beautiful.

The two were playing and laughing in the waves, it seemed that the troubles in this world had been completely deleted from the minds of the two of them.

Ruochen stopped chasing and walked towards a small reef nearby, and Yu'er followed when she reminded her to be careful.

She carefully climbed up the reef, facing the sea and suddenly shouted: "Ye Liang, you said you took me to see the sea, but you didn't do it! You said you would take care of me for the rest of my life, but you didn't do it! You are You are a big bastard, bastard! You are also a coward! You dare not even write or say the word "breakup", and you don't even give me a reason, what a bastard you are!"

After a pause for a few seconds, Ruochen shouted to the sea again: "I, Zhang Ruochen, from today onwards, I will no longer hate you, nor will I love you anymore, I will pull you out of my heart and throw you into Feed the fish in the sea! Did you hear that?!" After speaking, he grabbed an empty fist from his chest with his right hand and threw it forward forcefully, as if he had really thrown something into the sea.

Yu'er was stunned when she saw Ruochen's actions from behind, she didn't expect that Ruochen, who was laughing so happily just now, would say these words now, she thought that Ruochen had already lost Ye Liang in his heart!It turned out that he was never left behind, but just kept him in a corner of his heart.

After shouting those words, Ruochen came down from the rock and said to Yu'er with a smile: "Yu'er, do you know, I feel so relieved now, I finally removed the stone that was blocking my chest."

Yu'er replied with a smile: "Then congratulations, you can finally be yourself!"

The short three-day trip in Qingdao came to an end soon. Ruochen felt that this was the happiest three days in her 23 years, and she was very grateful to Yu'er for being with her all the way.

When I get home, I have to face the reality in front of me, employment!
Ruochen's father used to be a teacher in a middle school. Later, because he had to take care of the family, he was transferred back to Ruochen and their elementary school to teach. He has been an elementary school teacher for 35 years, and now he has a senior title of elementary school teacher.

So her parents also want Ruochen to inherit his mantle --- to be a teacher.

Ruochen said: "Dad, I don't want to be a teacher. Although I felt very fulfilled as a teacher for a month ago, it was just my occasional one-month experience, which is similar to my hobby. If I make this a career , I may get tired of it after a year or two. You have been doing a career you don’t like all your life, do you want me to do the same?”

Dad was silent for a while and said: "At least the teacher is an iron rice bowl. I have been in education all my life, so I only know a few people in education, and I can help you with your work. If there are other aspects, Dad can't do anything." .

Ruochen comforted his father with a smile and said: "Dad, I never expected you and my mother to help me with my work. I have graduated now, and your tasks have been completed. The rest is up to me. Believe that your daughter can do well by herself, huh?"

If Ruochen hadn't had a father who had been a teacher all his life, if he hadn't seen the unspeakable grievance and helplessness in it, Ruochen might have become a teacher who teaches and educates people, doing the most glorious career in the world in the eyes of outsiders.

Ruochen's father is a dedicated teacher, with an upright personality, who doesn't care about socializing, so Ruochen said that her father is only suitable for being a teacher, not a leader.

What happened was like this. When she was in the fifth grade of elementary school, his father had been the principal for two years, but because the leader from above came to inspect, he used an excuse to accuse his father of doing something wrong in his work. He wanted some kind of meaning, but Ruochen's father pretended to be confused, and corrected the leader's swearing. He actually dared to refute him, so he scolded angrily: "Look at you, don't you think you are reasonable?"

Ruochen's father is actually quite handsome, but this leader is very ordinary, making people feel that this sentence is like scolding himself, but Ruochen's father has strong self-esteem and cannot bear being scolded like this. So he replied in a bad tone: "I think I'm still much better than you no matter how I look at it!"

Is it okay to say this? !Immediately, the leader didn't even eat the lunch he served, and left angrily, and said, "You can, just wait."

The teachers at the school were all sweating for Ruochen's father, saying why did you offend the leader?If he scolds, just let him scold a few words and forget it!Ruochen's father was a little anxious: "Let him go, at worst, I, the principal, will quit, and it's not interesting to work with a principal like Sunzi."

Sure enough, at the meeting before the start of next semester, Ruochen's father's position as principal changed hands.

Ruochen once asked her father: "Dad, you have been a teacher all your life, what else have you gained besides suffering from occupational diseases?"

Dad smiled and said: "I also got inner peace and satisfaction."

"Well, although Dad, you are not a good leader, but you are indeed a good teacher. Salute to those who love and work hard like Dad!" Ruochen said mischievously, and came with a non-standard military salute.

Ruochen told her parents that she wanted to go to BJ to find her dream, and her parents expressed their support.

So, just do it, Ruochen packed his luggage, and two days later, he said goodbye to his parents and went to B********J alone, the place I longed for, here I am! " Ruochen shouted loudly in his heart while sitting in the car.

(End of this chapter)