It’s the New Year, the textile factory is on holiday, the workshop has not completely stopped, some employees take turns to be on duty, Dongmei and the others have gone home to celebrate the New Year, before Dongmei left, she asked Xia Yu when she was leaving, Xia Yu said, it’s the New Year’s Eve, the fashion store
Business is booming, and it is estimated that we will not be able to take a holiday until the end of the year.
On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the owner of the fashion store has been busy for a year and made a lot of money. Finally, he is celebrating the New Year in a relaxed way. The Spring Festival is a festive day. The owner is in a good mood. He pays wages to his employees and gives symbolic gifts.
Everyone bought some new year's goods, such as melon seeds and candies, and everyone went home happily to celebrate the New Year. Only Xia Yu was homeless.
On New Year's Eve, Xia Yu was walking alone on the street. All the shops on the roadside were closed. There were red couplets and red characters "Fu" posted on the doors. Everyone went home to celebrate the New Year. The streets were brightly lit, but
It was deserted, and in the distant houses, every house was brightly lit, and people were happily celebrating the New Year together. Only Xia Yu was alone. This was the first time she spent the New Year alone outside.
Before she was seven years old, her father worked in the city, and Xia Yu and her sister lived with their mother in Yuyuan. Her mother never went to school for a day, but she learned literacy from her brothers and read many ancient books. At that time, the village was poor and there was no
TV, my mother is the best at telling stories. In the evening, the children from the neighborhood often gather at Xia Yu’s house to listen to stories. The house is always lively. During the Chinese New Year, my mother will sew new clothes for her two daughters with her own hands. On New Year’s Eve,
At night, the children all wear brand new clothes to listen to stories. After listening to the stories, the mother gives each child some food, bean bags, sugar bags, etc., and then everyone goes from house to house to beg for food. This is a custom
, "Eating a hundred kinds of food" children can live a long life. After New Year's Eve, in the first month of the year, there are various folk art performances in Yuyuan. The children happily run around with the folk art team, and there are happy children everywhere.
of laughter.
When she was seven years old, Xia Yu followed her mother and her sisters to the city. Xia Yu started to go to school. Her mother worked in a printing factory and her father worked in the Agricultural Bureau. The family lived a peaceful and happy life. During the holidays, the family always
We are all together again, but this year——Xia Yu doesn’t know when she will be able to go home again for the New Year.
After the New Year, when Dongmei and the others came back, they were all dressed up and brought all kinds of food. Dongmei found that Xia Yu didn't wear new clothes and didn't bring any delicious food. Dongmei asked Xia Yu if he didn't go home.
Xia Yu smiled bitterly and said, it's too far. The travel expenses alone are a lot of money, so it's better to save some. The four girls all understood that Xia Yu's family must be very poor, so they gave Xia Yu the food they brought.
Some, Xia Yu is very grateful to them. When Xia Yu was most lonely and lost, the four girls let Xia Yu know that there is still warmth and true love in the world. The friendship between the girls also became the driving force of Xia Yu's life.
After the eighth day of the first lunar month, the fashion store started working, and Xia Yu started working again. Xia Yu was eager to work. Work made her forget the past. Work made her feel that she was still valuable. Work made her full of vigor and vitality.
In the first month of the year, the fashion store is in the off-season. No matter how hard Xia Yu sells, the business is always deserted. The boss decided to lay off three people at once, including Xia Yu. This time Xia Yu did not shed tears, she was slowly
Become strong and become confident.
Xia Yu started looking for a job again. After four or five days, Xia Yu found a job at Lai Lai Fast Food Restaurant on Zhonghua Road. This fast food restaurant is relatively large and has a good working environment. The fast food restaurants are divided into four categories: a, b, c, and d.
In District A, Xia Yu, Xiao Liu, Xiao Zhang, and Xiao Wang are responsible for the ordering and hygiene of customers in District A.
Xia Yu has adapted to the day of working. She works with three other girls. She also chats and laughs in her free time. The four girls work hard together. In the health evaluation and service evaluation, group A often ranks high.
First.
One day, a beautiful, elegant and noble woman came to the fast food restaurant. She was accompanied by a handsome boy. Xia Yu felt that she had seen the boy before, but she couldn't remember it. The clerks treated the woman with respect.
The woman and boy went directly to the manager's office
Xiao Liu told Xia Yu that the woman was Hua Qianhong, the general manager of Lai Lai Company. Lai Lai Company has a fast food restaurant, a shopping mall, and a bowling alley. Lai Lai Bowling Alley is the largest bowling alley in the city. Hua Qianhong
Hong sits at the bowling alley and only occasionally visits fast food restaurants.
Xia Yu said: "She looks like she is in her thirties, so she is so capable."
Xiao Liu said: "What kind of skills are there? It's just that I got married to a rich man. The boss is already over fifty."
Xiao Zhang joked: "That's called ability. If you have the ability, go and be with a rich man."
"You stinky mouth, you need a beating." Xiao Liu pretended to come over and fight with Xiao Zhang.
Xiao Wang said: "Okay, okay, you two, stop making trouble, it's working time now, be careful not to let Boss Hua see you."
Everyone snickered and murmured in a low voice. It turned out that Hua Qianhong was the wife of the chairman of the Starlight Group. There were several companies under the Starlight Group, and Lai Lai Company was the largest.
Boss Hua came out of the manager's office, accompanied by Manager Zhao with a smile, and looked around in the hall, followed by the boy. Everyone pretended to be working seriously, but their eyes followed Boss Hua secretly, and some were paying attention to Hua.
Boss, some people are paying attention to that boy. Xia Yu is also looking at that boy secretly. She just wants to know
Where on earth had she seen him? Oh, she suddenly remembered that it was the boy who called her "nemesis". Xia Yu relieved her doubts and stopped looking at the boy. He was just Xia Yu among the bustling crowd
He met someone by chance, and met him in an unpleasant way. Xia Yu had no intention of paying attention to him.
The flower boss left, and the girls gathered together to murmur again.
"Boss Hua's clothes are so beautiful. They must be very expensive."
"I heard that Boss Hua is very strict with his employees."
"That boy is so handsome, who is he?"
"Probably Boss Hua's driver. I saw him sitting in the driver's seat."
"A driver is not waiting outside and is following him around. Do you think the two of them will do it?"
"I take it you have a crush on that boy?"
"screw you."
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In early spring, when it was warm and then cold, Xia Yu fell ill. She had a severe cold and a high fever. Injections and medicines didn't work, so she had to take infusions. After three days of infusions, Xia Yu felt much better. She wanted to go to work in the afternoon and took a day off.
Taking a day off, deducting one day's salary, plus medical expenses, it was a lot of money inside and out. Xia Yu felt very distressed.
Xia Yu came out of the clinic and went to the supermarket on the roadside to buy a pack of instant noodles. A middle-aged woman seemed to have a dispute with the boss. It turned out that the woman accidentally broke a goblet sold in the supermarket. The boss asked the woman to accompany her.
, the woman said: "I really didn't bring any money." The boss, who was in his forties, said fiercely: "I didn't bring any money, what are you doing here? Are you making trouble?" The woman said embarrassedly: "I'm so old.
, what kind of trouble are you making, I already told you,
I changed my clothes when I went out and the money was in my pocket. I forgot about it. I thought I had the money. I broke the cup and of course I have to pay for it, but you didn’t let me go back and get the money." said the boss.
"What will happen if you leave and don't come back? In this case, you call your family and ask them to pay the money." The woman said in embarrassment: "My son has been on a business trip for the past two days and will not be back until tonight." "Then.
Just wait here." "You--"
The woman seemed to be an honest person. She hit someone's cup and knew she was wrong. It was not easy to argue. But the boss went too far. The woman was a little angry, a little embarrassed, and her face turned red with anxiety. Many people
People were watching, but no one was minding this business. It is better to do less than to do more. This is the principle of life for many people. But Xia Yu couldn't stand it. She thought the boss was too much. She walked over and said, "Boss, isn't it just a matter of doing things?"
It’s just a cup, why are you making things so difficult for me?”
The boss glared at Xia Yu and said, "One cup? Do you pay for one cup?"
Xia Yu said: "I will pay the compensation, how much do you think it will be?"
"Twenty dollars"
"Twenty?" Xia Yu hesitated. Only then did she realize that she was no longer the white-collar worker with a superior environment in the past. She was just a working girl who could barely make ends meet. Twenty yuan was enough for several days of living expenses. But what?
How could he regret it after exporting it? Xia Yu took out twenty yuan from his pocket and gave it to the boss. He even forgot to buy instant noodles and ran out of the supermarket.
The woman followed closely and said, "Girl, you are such a good person. Come and come home with me to get some money."
"No need, Auntie." Xia Yu's words were weak.
"Kid, how can I ask you to give me these twenty yuan for free? You have helped me a lot. You are brave enough to do what is right. I really need to thank you very much."
Xia Yu didn't feel like being a "hero" at all. She felt very sad because she was short of money. In the past, she never felt that money was very important. She even agreed with the view that "money is a bastard". After she came out,
, she realized that making money is not easy. Money is not a bastard. People who have money and do mischief are bastards. Money is a good thing.
This aunt repeatedly asked Xia Yu to go home with her to get the money. Xia Yu really felt sorry for her twenty yuan and didn't care about being a good person or a hero anymore, so she went home with this aunt to get the money.
"Child, what is your name?"
"Summer Rain"
"What a nice name. My name is Ding Fenglan. I used to run a family kindergarten and everyone called me Aunt Lan. Xia Yu, you are such a good person. There are fewer people like you now."
Aunt Lan talked all the way, but Xia Yu didn't listen too much. After Xia Yu came out, she didn't dare to trust people. Even the person she loved most deceived her. She was very worried that she would meet bad people outside, everywhere.
Be careful, beware.
After walking for about twenty minutes, we arrived at a residential area. The residential buildings looked a bit old, but everything was clean. There were a few elderly people gathering together to bask in the sun, chatting in a common manner. When they saw Aunt Lan, they all said hello:
"Aunt Lan, we're out on the street." It was obvious that everyone was an old neighbor, and Xia Yu felt much more relaxed.
Aunt Lan said: "Look, we're home. I've lived here for almost twenty years. We are all old neighbors. I raised many children nearby."
Aunt Lan lives on the fourth floor, an old-fashioned three-bedroom apartment with an area of up to seventy square meters. There are some simple furniture in the house and everything is clean. Aunt Lan asked Xia Yu to sit down, served tea and water, and went to get money. Xia Yu
After taking the money, she wanted to leave, but Aunt Lan tried her best to persuade her to stay.
"Seeing that it's noon, let's eat before leaving."
"Then it's so embarrassing. I've already taken all the money, and what's the point of having a free meal?"
"Nothing, it's fate. You are a good girl. I like you when I see you. You have to have a meal no matter what. There is no one else in Aunt Lan's house, even if you accompany me."
Xia Yu felt that Aunt Lan was a warm-hearted person and it would be good to stay for a meal and save money on the meal. Xia Yu blushed at her thoughts, but she stayed anyway.
Aunt Lan was busy preparing to make dumplings. Xia Yu hadn't eaten dumplings since she left home. Making dumplings was Xia Yu's specialty. When she was at home, Xia Yu basically didn't know how to cook. She was only good at making dumplings.
While helping Aunt Lan choose and wash the vegetables, she went to another room to move stools when she saw a family photo hanging on the wall. Aunt Lan was smiling. Next to her was a comely man, and behind her was a comely boy. It was actually that boy.
——Boss Hua’s driver, the boy who called her nemesis, how could it be such a coincidence? Maybe they just looked alike, Xia Yu didn’t care, and went to make dumplings with Aunt Lan.
Aunt Lan rolled out the skin and Xia Yu wrapped it. Aunt Lan found a bruise on Xia Yu's hand and asked what happened. Xia Yu said that she had just finished the infusion. Aunt Lan asked with concern: "What happened?"
Son, the cold is gone."
Aunt Lan said: "You make dumplings very quickly. Take a rest when you are tired. You are still sick."
Xia Yu said: "It's okay, everything is fine. I can make dumplings quickly, and I can't do anything else. My mother said that when I was a child, I loved to join in the fun when dumplings were made at home. I started learning to make dumplings when I was six or seven years old.
.”
"Where do you live?"
"Oh, I don't live here, I work here." Xia Yu answered vaguely.
"Where are you working?"
"Come to the fast food restaurant."
"Really? My son works at Lai Lai Bowling Alley and drives for others. I heard that Lai Lai Fast Food Restaurant and Lai Lai Bowling are the same company."
"Really?" It seems that the boy in the photo is really Boss Hua's driver.
"By the way, there are photos of my son and his father on the wall of that house. Unfortunately, his father died early. That year Xuehui was in his second year of high school. I mean my son. My son's name is Wen Xuehui. His father was there.
There was an accident at work, and we left our mother and son behind. Xuehui dropped out of school because he was afraid that I would have a hard time, and worked everywhere to make money. Now that I think about it, I really shouldn't have let my son drop out of school, because I delayed him." Aunt Lan said.
, there were tears in her eyes. Xia Yu was a little at a loss and didn't know how to comfort Aunt Lan.
Aunt Lan added: "Look at me, why did I tell you this? I don't know why, but I feel like I'm in love with you. You are like my own daughter. I am willing to tell you anything."
Xia Yu also felt that Aunt Lan was very kind. The two of them were making dumplings and talking at the same time. Just as they were talking, Wen Xuehui opened the door and came in. Aunt Lan said happily: "Son, you are back. You don't mean to wait till night."
Come back?"
Wen Xuehui said: "Sister Hong canceled part of her trip, so she came back early."
Wen Xuehui saw Xia Yu and asked, "Mom, who is she?"
"Oh, her name is Xia Yu. She is a good person. She helped me a lot today." Aunt Lan roughly told her son what happened today.
Wen Xuehui said to Xia Yu: "Thank you very much."
Xia Yu said: "It's nothing. I have taken all the money and I still have to eat here. I should thank Aunt Lan."
Wen Xuehui washed his hands and sat down to make dumplings together. He looked at Xia Yu and said, "You, I seem to have seen you somewhere."
Xia Yu lowered her head and said softly: "I am the nemesis."
"Oh, yes, yes, no, no, I'm sorry, I was just fired by my boss that day and I was in a bad mood, so that's why -" Wen Xuehui remembered what happened that day.
"I should say I'm sorry, it was me first -" Xia Yu was very sorry.
Aunt Lan said happily: "What? You guys know each other, that's great. Xuehui, Xia Yu are working in Lailai fast food restaurant, you are still in the same company."
"I went to a fast food restaurant with Sister Hong a few days ago. The environment there is nice. What are you doing?"
"Waiter, what about you?"
"I am Sister Hong's driver."
"Who is Sister Hong?"
"Oh, it's the boss of Lailai Company, Hua Qianhong. Didn't you see her at the fast food restaurant I went to with her last time?"
"Oh, I was busy at the time and didn't pay much attention. I think I saw her." Xia Yu thought, what is her name, Sister Hong? It seems that the relationship between Wen Xuehui and Boss Hua may be really unusual.
After dinner, Xia Yu was going to work. Wen Xuehui said that he had just brought the car back today and was going to take Xia Yu to work. Xia Yu said no, and Aunt Lan said that Xia Yu was sick and she must send her son there.
He told Xia Yu that he would come to play at home when he had time. Xia Yu couldn't resist his kindness, so he took Wen Xuehui's car. There was a faint smell of perfume in the car. Xia Yu looked around and saw that there was no perfume on the car. It must be
The smell of perfume on Hua Qianhong made Xia Yu feel uncomfortable sitting in the car. She unconsciously imagined Hua Qianhong sitting in the car.
When there was still some distance from the Lai Lai fast food restaurant, Xia Yu asked Wen Xuehui to park the car on the side of the road. She didn't want the girls to see her and Wen Xuehui together, otherwise they would definitely talk nonsense and make noise.
Xia Yu waved goodbye to Wen Xuehui and walked towards the fast food restaurant.
Spring is warm and flowers are blooming, all things are recovering. Two rows of tall sycamore trees on the roadside of China are in bloom. Clusters of elegant purple flowers are blooming in the wind. The entire road of China is like a purple streamer extending into the distance. Xia Yu likes this season, likes it.
The sycamore flower is blooming. In the past, she liked the sycamore flower because it was elegant in color but bloomed lively and unrestrainedly. It was like a girl walking on campus or on the street. No matter how beautiful she was, she could not compare to the vitality of a group of girls walking together.
Vigorous, at that time Xia Yu liked the liveliness and the feeling of prosperity. Now Xia Yu still likes the sycamore flower, but she read the dullness and the sadness from the liveliness, picked up a sycamore flower falling in the spring breeze,
You will find that it is not beautiful, has no bright colors, and no refreshing fragrance. Passers-by will not care about the fallen flowers on the ground at all. The hurried footsteps will crush the flowers and dreams everywhere.
One day at 11 o'clock in the morning, before many customers arrived and Xia Yu was relatively free, Xiao Zhang ran in from outside and said exaggeratedly: "Hey, hey, Xia Yu, there is a handsome guy looking for you. He is Boss Hua's driver.
The one who came last time." Xiao Liu and Xiao Wang came over immediately, "Really? Where is it?" "At the door." "Go quickly, Xia Yu."
Xia Yu walked out, and the three girls followed behind. The sun was shining brightly outside the door. Wen Xuehui stood under the sycamore tree, holding a bag in his hand. When he saw Xia Yu coming out, he smiled and went up to greet him, saying: "Xia Yu
Yu, my mother steamed rice dumplings and asked me to bring them to you. She also said that if she is free this weekend, she will go to her house for a meal and I will pick you up then."
Xia Yu never thought she would see Wen Xuehui again. Although she felt that Aunt Lan and Wen Xuehui were both good people, they met by chance. Xia Yu didn't want to have too much contact with them. Xia Yu said: "Thank you Lan for me.
Auntie, but she really doesn’t have to be like this, and I didn’t do anything to help her, so I really feel bad about it, and besides, I don’t rest on weekends.”
Wen Xuehui seemed to see Xia Yu's concerns and did not force her. He said, "Take these rice dumplings. When you are free, go home and play. I'll leave first."
Xia Yu took the bag from Wen Xuehui, said thank you, and Wen Xuehui drove away. The girls immediately came over and started chattering. "So you know each other?" "He is your boyfriend."
"Have you been to her house?" "Her mother specially steams rice dumplings for you. She loves you so much."
Xia Yu said: "Okay, okay, stop talking about your boyfriend, we are just casual acquaintances."
"Falling in love doesn't always start with a casual acquaintance." "Yes, yes." "If you don't like her, you introduce her to me, and I want her." "I want it too, I want it too."
Xia Yu said: "Okay, okay, I'll give it all to you, even the rice dumplings and the people. Eat the rice dumplings quickly, they're still warm."
The girls each took some rice dumplings and ate them, then they blocked their mouths.
When Wen Xuehui came home at noon, Aunt Lan had already prepared a meal and was waiting for her son to come back. Aunt Lan said, "Son, have you agreed? When will Xia Yu come home for dinner?"