i was my mistake

The smell of diesel in the car is very strong, and it is easy to make people motion sick after smelling it.

Wan Qing's complexion was not very good-looking, she was not used to the bumpy dirt road.

Fortunately, the windows can be opened in the car, and the cold wind with the smell of mud wrapped in rainwater pats her face, which will make people feel more comfortable.

"In my time, there is a nostalgic saying."

"What?" Ye Chen looked back at his father who seemed to be asleep, took out a pack of chewing gum from his pocket, and handed one to Wan Qing, "Do you want it?"

"Yeah." She took the chewing gum casually, unpacked it, and stuffed it into her mouth, "'In the past, carriages and horses were very slow, letters were far away, and there was only enough to love one person in a lifetime', probably something like this."

"Oh, sounds romantic?"

"Nonsense." She grinned, "It's just Ye Gong's love for dragons. I'm afraid none of them are willing to let them experience this slow-moving 'carriage and horse' again."

"Indeed... I really want to take the 'high-speed rail' thing you mentioned right now."

"Heh, that thing is much faster. From City J to City H, it only takes four to 10 minutes."

"It's so fast."

"Even if you take the express train, it will only take two hours - this one can take you in City L, which is much more convenient."

"But you still have to take the bus out, right?"

"The roads at that time were also spacious, and the car drove fast. It didn't take so much time, and sitting was not uncomfortable."

Ye Chen was chewing gum, trying to blow out a bubble, but his face turned red but he couldn't do it, so he had to give up and turned to Wan Qing: "Then you still don't like the future?"

"It does have a lot of convenience, but it also has a lot of pain and suffering."

"But every era will not lack this kind of thing, right? If you only see the painful side, wouldn't it be boring to live?"

Wan Qing sneered, raised her cheeks, and chewed the gum one by one: "The hopelessness of seeing no hope is completely different from the feeling of being able to see the light in the dark."

"It's so pessimistic. I feel like I'm obviously an optimist."

"Tsk, you haven't seen the real reality, of course you are happy."

"... Isn't that cruel enough?"

"It's far away." Wan Qing glanced at her father who had changed his sleeping position, "At least we managed something."

"...This sentence seems to be my words to comfort you?"

"To shut up."

……

(three)

Hurry up and catch up, finally caught up with the last train.

In that burst of 'Woo' whistle, the train exuding the smell of coal moved forward slowly in the sound of 'Kuangci Kuangci'.

Follow the track that has been walked countless times, and walk in the rainy darkness.

My father is like an autistic child. Although he has been very cooperative, he has never said a word.

Ye Chen asked him if he wanted instant noodles, but he didn't answer, just sat quietly, closed his eyes, as if falling asleep again.

But Wan Qing knew very well that he didn't sleep at all.

In other words, he might not be able to sleep at all at this time.

But what kind of mood is he in now?

Did you wish you were dead when you jumped off, or did you hesitate and struggle?

Or is it that his own spirit has trapped him, and he can't get out?

"Wan Qing." Ye Chen suddenly bumped into her arm, "Should we go back to the dormitory or the apartment later?"

"It should be closer to the apartment over there, it's better to go to the apartment."

"Oh...we'll have to move everything there in a few days."

"There are a lot of messy things, and we can't put them all away. Moreover, before that, we have to work hard to get a house division."

"...Can it work?"

"If you can't, just pull up a banner and make trouble, saying that because the factory fired my dad, he collapsed under too much pressure and committed suicide by jumping off the building. Although he failed, he became mentally ill. Now life is difficult, and the factory must pay compensation or something. .”

"Cough." Ye Chen grinned at the corner of his mouth, feeling like he couldn't do this kind of thing.

—as if it was embarrassing to do such nonsense.

Wan Qing saw what he was thinking, and glanced at him with a sneer: "You have to know, there are many things that if you don't fight for them, others won't give them to you for nothing. Now it's just a shame, but the future benefits will be Really."

"But there are not only benefits, money, and other things in this world..."

"Unfortunately, although there are more than these things in this world, they are indeed the best to use."

"Oh, I'm suddenly a little afraid of growing up."

"Don't be afraid, it's useless to be afraid, you have to grow up anyway."

……

2. Shameless

(One)

There was an autumn rain last night, and the leaves withered again.

The sky was clear, and the factory smoke rose again.

The flower beds and shrubs are full of dust, and the front door is bleak and no one goes.

Occasionally, I see people coming out, with a confused face, like a walking corpse.

The suffering of the times has fallen to the bottom of the sentient beings.

Heavier than a thousand catties.

……

(two)

At the edge of the factory, in the quiet factory manager's office, there was a roar that almost lifted the roof.

Then there was a burst of 'pingling, bangling' sound.

In the office, Ye Chen stood aside, silent like a cicada, and the factory manager also looked nervous.

Wan Qing's hair was disheveled, she pushed everything on the precious wooden table to the ground with both hands, then raised one foot abruptly, and stepped on the table with a 'bang'.

She put one hand on her knee, like a hooligan: "I told you earlier that it was to save face for you. Let me tell you, today, you have to give even if you give, and you have to give if you don't give. My father because You have a huge mental problem due to your bullshit layoff notice, and he will not be able to take care of himself in the future! He has worked so hard for half his life for the factory, and you are doing this to him?! Not only the rented house has to be taken back, And you don’t even want to pay compensation?”

The factory manager's face was ugly, and he blushed and roared thickly: "I tell you, don't go crazy here! You are not Lao Ye's daughter, why are you crazy here?"

"He and I are a family, so his father is my father!"

"You, you are arrogant and unreasonable! All this is according to the arrangement. The production capacity in the factory has dropped. If the production capacity has not decreased, will the workers be dismissed? Huh?"

"Fart." Wan Qing narrowed her eyes, "Don't you just want to short the factory and embezzle state assets? Do you really think everyone doesn't know about this kind of thing?"

"Don't talk nonsense, watch your mouth, don't fart!" The factory manager pointed at Wan Qing angrily, "If you smash things again, I will call the police!"

"You call the police. I want to see who is right. Tomorrow I will pull up a banner and stand at the gate of the factory, saying that you deliberately fired the most skilled workers. The compensation is just a small buyout Money, don’t you know that prices will rise in the future? No, you definitely do!” Wan Qing retracted her legs, grabbed the table with both hands and flipped it over, causing the somewhat heavy wooden table to fall to the ground, “This little money Enough for fucking!"

"A shrew, are you!" The factory manager's forehead burst out with veins.

"Either divide the house, and there must be proof that it belongs to my family, or give compensation! 50!"

"Do you know how much 50 is? Are you crazy?"

"I'm not crazy, I only know that you will earn more, lay off employees, embezzle state assets, and be your big boss, but do you know how many fucking people are homeless?!" Wan Qing's voice was yelled. Too many, even a little hoarse, "How do you let such a child who is still in school with a crazy father live? How do you live this life? You son of a bitch, you keep saying that the factory is It’s family, in fact, only money is your fucking family, right?!”

The factory manager was unable to speak for a long time.

"It's a shame that you're still a factory manager. You can't even say that to someone like me. You're such an idiot, a piece of trash who climbed up purely by luck!" It's just showing the truth.

Who said that those at the top must be better than those at the bottom?

Sometimes not necessarily.

There are actually many factory managers like this.

There were even those who aroused public outrage and were directly buried alive in the factory by the workers.

"Also, if I go out now and say that you molested me, go to the higher authorities and let him testify—" She pointed to Ye Chen who was afraid to speak, "Do you think they will believe you or me? I just said that these messy tables are traces of my struggle."

"You have nothing to prove, don't even think about spitting blood!"

"Oh, I'm so pretty, it's normal for you to see big hair, right?" Wan Qing lifted up her skirt on purpose, her tone became much calmer, "Think about it yourself, Ye Chen, take a photo."

"Oh... oh oh." Ye Chen quickly picked up the rented camera and took a few random photos.

"I need a result that I am satisfied with, you can figure it out yourself."

The factory manager gritted his teeth: "You, let me tell you, there is no vacant house now, and the house you moved out of must be given to an old worker who has worked here longer than your father."

"and then?"

"But...But, Mr. Zhang resigned on his own initiative. If I can get back the house, I can find a way to the small house he lives in..."

"This kind of thing is too far away, and it may not be possible."

"Then what do you want? Then you go and sue, I accept my fate, and I won't be the director of the factory anymore, are you satisfied?"

"Give money if you can't give the house."

"50 is even more impossible!"

"In fact, our factory still has a plan to build a new dormitory building? By then, you want to move to a more suburban area, and the factory building and dormitory building there are already under construction."

"Where did you hear the rumors?"

"It's not a rumor." Wan Qing was very sure of this matter, but at this time, only a few high-level people probably knew, "I want to book an interior room there, and I need a certificate with an official seal so that I can Change to a house there, and my father's compensation will be multiplied five times."

"Twice, I guarantee you a house there."

"You can't afford less money, and you can't afford less house."

"I can not guarantee."

"Then let's talk about it when the time comes." Wan Qing obviously didn't think about solving the matter in one go, no matter how useless she was, she had decades of life experience after all, so she clapped her hands pretending to be calm, Turn around and walk out the door.

The factory manager looked at the mess on the ground and didn't stop her.

And Ye Chen also had a very apologetic expression on his face, bowed slightly while holding the camera, and hurriedly ran out after him.

……

(three)

Ye Chen was a little uneasy, and couldn't stop rubbing the camera: "Is this... not very good?"

"What's wrong?" Wan Qing squinted at her, showing a bit of disdain on her tired face, "Benevolence of a woman, you will never get your own benefits like this."

"But, but...but like this, the quarrel has become like this, ah...is it too much?"

"Really, it's not like you haven't seen it. What kind of face did he have before I got angry? He didn't care about oil and salt, he kept practicing Tai Chi, and he even teased him openly and secretly, full of impatience." Wan Qing sneered , "I thought this level was far from enough to deal with him. I didn't expect people in this era to value fame and integrity."

"...The average person can't be thick-skinned anymore."

"Then you haven't seen those shameless people."

"The future life sounds so painful."

"Yeah, if you don't want to suffer so much, fight for your own interests and don't be an ordinary person with no money or power."

Ye Chen shook his head, looking more tired than Wan Qing.

——As if he was the one who started the fight just now.

"I tell you, if you want to be good, you have to play tricks. You are here to talk about the rules, the law, and the truth. Heh, they are not as stupid as you. They are just used to deceive you. Just being an honest person."

"According to you, the rich and powerful people are all local hooligans?" Ye Chen was very unconvinced.

"It's almost like this. In this world, can a conscientious person make a lot of money?"

"There must be."