"Director Bai, there is a company event this week, will you go?"
"That's right, Xiaofei, you've been promoted no matter what, and you've been working there for more than a year. If you don't go there even once, you look so out of place!"
"Thank you everyone. I do have something else to do this week, so I won't be with you. I will definitely do it next time!"
Bai Xiaofei packed up his personal belongings while sorting out his files.
Because of her personality and her years of work experience, she would naturally not say that the reason why she had not participated in company activities was because she was attending night school - if this matter spread, at best, it would be her Bai Xiaofei's hard work
If you are motivated and don’t sound good, you don’t know what will happen to it.
In this kind of office where women gather together, there are often one or two female colleagues who are full of "female competition" mentality. Turning around, I heard another female colleague say in a strange way:
"If Supervisor Bai doesn't want to go, why should we embarrass him? Maybe he's in love? Are the young couple enjoying themselves? I didn't expect that I usually work overtime until ten or eleven, but now on weekends when I don't arrive at ten o'clock, Supervisor Bai will take care of me.
Something?"
The smile on Bai Xiaofei's face was a little awkward, and he didn't mean to be tit-for-tat, but he still clarified: "I'm not in love, I just have something to do at home - and I've already finished my work, so hurry up, Monday is a good day for me to do business..."
After saying that, he locked the important documents in the drawer, took the drawer key, picked up his bag, and clocked in to get off work.
When I walked out of the office, I could still vaguely hear the sarcasm of my female colleague from a distance, "Haha - just pretending, why don't you get a promotion? She looks proud. You kindly invite her to participate in activities. You see, people take you seriously."
Son?"
"How did she get promoted? Others don't know, but you and I don't know. In terms of qualifications, you have been in the company for three years. In terms of ability, you are better than her. No matter how bad it is, it's me. She has only been here for a year. Why?
"
"Look at what she wears, she always wears the same two sets... Those clothes have to be washed, they can't be gifts, right?"
"Okay, stop talking, be careful about being overheard!"
"You heard it, you heard it. With her courage, she still dares to file a lawsuit against us?"
Bai Xiaofei listened to the sound getting further and further away, her face tensed, she tightened her hands and then loosened them. This was not the first time she heard it. In the end, she still couldn't muster up the courage to argue with them, thinking that she would spend the whole day tomorrow
I had class, so I took a breath and pressed the elevator button.
…
When she got downstairs, it was already very dark. There were buses at this point, but Bai Xiaofei had her own car - a second-hand bicycle. It was not expensive. She got it from the flea market. It costs 300 yuan, which can buy her a month's worth.
The rent is paid.
You can save 200 yuan in transportation subsidy every month, which is 2,400 yuan a year. It is completely worth it to buy another car every year!
Thinking of this, a satisfied smile appeared on her plain face.
As for where to find a house in the Imperial Capital worth 300 yuan a month?
The basement.
The company itself has a dormitory, but Bai Xiaofei doesn't live in it. In order to get a rental subsidy of 1,000 yuan from the company, she lives in the basement of a street not far from the company. With a monthly rent of 300 yuan, she can still save 700 yuan.
Bai Xiaofei also felt overwhelmed, but the people around her told her clearly, "Isn't life... like this?"
However, there are many kinds of basements in the imperial capital.
Bai Xiaofei's life was pretty good. There were three canopy beds in a ten-square-meter house, and six women lived in one room.
Even though we live in the basement, we can't expect our roommates to be very nice and caring about hygiene.
But Bai Xiaofei is a clean person, so in order to barely keep the dormitory clean, Bai Xiaofei rode his bicycle for forty to fifty minutes back to the basement dormitory. In addition to queuing up to take a shower, he just tried his best to clean the dormitory.
When taking a shower, Bai Xiaofei also tried his best to check every corner of the cramped bathroom to ensure safety, and then put the curtain he brought over where a camera might be placed before letting the water in for a shower!
Compared with people in the company, my roommates in the dormitory are not bad, but they are not very good-tempered.
Even if you help clean up the dormitory, others may not appreciate it, and if you are an eyesore, you will receive a few cynicisms.
"You live in the basement, why do you keep it so clean? As long as it can be accommodated, don't bother with it. If you don't want to sleep with others, they won't sleep with you either?" Although we would quarrel and say it every time, but cleaning
When they are in their own position, these people will cooperate to some extent.
Sometimes, when they are free, these people will also ask a few questions,
"You said your appearance, working conditions, having a company but not living in a basement, what are you trying to do?"
Several roommates are all middle-aged women in their forties or fifties, and only Bai Xiaofei, a young man, is still crowded in this shabby basement.
Bai Xiaofei just smiled and said, "I want to be practical, but I want money!"
Maybe it's Bai Xiaofei's personality. Although she is not well received by her colleagues in the company, her roommates are reluctantly polite to her. Except for the occasional sarcastic remarks when she gets annoyed by her, she usually makes a late-night snack.
Also remember to leave a bowl for her.
Other than that, it's just some trivial things.
For example, the basement was very humid, and she originally rented it not too late, but an aunt who came after her squeezed her into the lower bunk. The aunt was tossing and turning in the middle of the night, making her sleep difficult.
Besides, everyone in the room except her snored and finally fell asleep. These middle-aged women also had the habit of getting up at night, and they made a lot of noise when they got up.
Bai Xiaofei told them, they agreed verbally, and they would do whatever they wanted to do if they turned around.
She also wanted to change to another room, but the other rooms arranged by the landlord were all occupied by the woman. The landlady leaned in the passage and asked, "Do you still want to change?"
She took a look and chose to go back to her original dormitory, saying it was safer.
In the words of the landlady, "It depends on how clean you are and what arrangements have been made for you. Do you think that other people can have such a good job? However, if you are willing, I can give you an extra three hundred yuan."
Get a small private room!”
A total of six hundred yuan? Or the basement? Bai Xiaofei thought about it and forget it, why not just stay where he is.
"It's just a matter of staying for one night anyway." She comforted herself.
In order to avoid staying in the basement, she would rather stay in the company and work overtime. When she feels sleepy, she would take a nap in the company.
Otherwise, there is no overtime pay and all overtime is "obligated". Who would be willing to stay in the company and work overtime?
As for why you don’t complain to the company, or simply find a part-time job——
It's not that she hasn't thought about it, but as a technical secondary school graduate, she doesn't know how to complain about this?
It’s not like I’ve never had a part-time job before.
But either the time on both sides is not suitable, or the working hours are not fixed.
Moreover, she had three days of night classes every Monday to Friday. She also resisted communicating with others, so she just let it go.
"When I get my diploma, everything will get better by then, right?"
After cleaning up, I wiped the bed boards and mats again, and finally put a clean quilt from the large woven bag on the bed. I glanced at the alarm clock next to the bedside. At half past eleven, I set the alarm clock and set it.
The desk lamp was turned off.
Thinking of the promotion she had just received and the extra salary of a thousand yuan, she rarely smiled in the darkness.
The snoring in my ears, and the squeaking sound of the bed made by the aunt on the upper bunk, tossing and turning, seemed to be less harsh.
Valley root
I charged up the fake mobile phone I bought for 300 yuan, huddled in the warm quilt, and started thinking about things...
"Today is already the 9th. I need to find a time to talk to the finance department and see if we can split the two amounts of money, or send it to my card first, and then I can transfer it to my family..."
…
At six o'clock in the morning, when the alarm clock rang, Bai Xiaofei's eyes were still squinting and his hand was already on the alarm clock.
After closing the door, he carefully looked around the room and realized that no one else had been disturbed, so he lifted the quilt and groped around to get up.
In October in the Imperial Capital, the weather has turned cold, and the chill is a bit heavy early in the morning.
I put on a woolen vest that had been washed and was obviously not very warm, and put on an old windbreaker. Finally, I folded the quilt and packed it into a woven bag, and then picked up the toiletries.
There were already many people using the bathroom at this point, and it took a long while before it was her turn.
I said hello to the person in front of me and entered the bathroom.
The bathroom is a bit narrow, measuring two to three square feet, with cement walls and a cement floor.
There are several cracks in the mirror, and the sink is covered with a layer of dirt due to toothpaste stains and foam that are usually spilled - this is the current situation of the 300-yuan basement.
Bai Xiaofei had cleaned it several times before, but later found that it was useless. It was still dirty when it should be, and he stopped doing useless work.
But I secretly vowed, "When I get my self-study diploma and change jobs, I will find an independent residence even if I go to the suburbs!"
There has been something wrong with the light in the toilet for a long time. It flickers on and off from time to time and may go out at any time.
She had communicated with the landlady a few days ago and said, "It can still be used anyway, so why not just see it? If you want to change it, just pay for it. I think it can still be used anyway!"
Bai Xiaofei planned to spend his own money to replace it because it dazzles his eyes and the light is too dim, making it sometimes inappropriate for washing clothes!
She had already bought everything, but she didn’t know how to install it, and she didn’t dare to, for fear of getting an electric shock. The aunt on the upper bunk in the dormitory laughed at her, “Save it, do you want to live in the toilet? As long as it works, it’s okay to spend this money.
People will remember you well!”
The lights are dim.
Looking at the rough-skinned woman in the blurry mirror, she twitched the corners of her mouth and tried to force out a smile, which was slightly stiff.
What woman doesn’t want to look beautiful?
What are the best skin care products to use?
But that's for Bai Xiaofei.
Too expensive.
She took out a set of skin care products that cost less than 100 yuan from her toiletry bag, which were the most cost-effective skin care products for her, and tried them carefully to give her some psychological comfort.
There is also dirt on the toilet bowl.
Bai Xiaofei rarely goes to the toilet here. He usually holds it in and goes to the company in advance to solve it. But on weekends, he has no choice but to throw two paper towels on the squatting toilet to prevent water from splashing up, pinch his nose, and hold it in
In one breath, finish squatting.
Return to the dormitory.
One or two are already up.
After all, not everyone has weekends to spend.
After saying hello, Bai Xiaofei tidied up for the last time and looked at the alarm clock, six fifteen.
Then he walked out of the door, crossed the basement passage, and walked onto the ground.
At this point, the sky was already very bright, and there were breakfast stalls everywhere. I unlocked the front and rear locks of my bicycle, pushed it to the familiar breakfast stall, and handed over three steel bowls, "Boss, a vegetable bun and a cup of soy milk."
"
"Okay!"
Taking the breakfast from the boss, Bai Xiaofei ate it quickly while pushing the cart. He threw the garbage into the trash can, and finally looked at the orange-red morning light on the horizon before pedaling on his bicycle.
On the way, I saw an old lady who had gotten up early to sell vegetables and her car parked on the side of the road.
Most of the people passing by were ignored. Some wanted to step forward to help, but were persuaded by friends around them.
Bai Xiaofei also wanted to try to mess with the old lady, but thinking of the incident some time ago when she was blackmailed for doing good deeds, she looked around and saw that there were no cameras nearby.
Turned back twice and three times.
Finally he drove away.
It's hard to be a good person these days... - It's also hard to live a good life.
…
The school is a public school, but it's not that important. Bai Xiaofei also went through a lot of effort to get into this school.
However, self-study students are not in the school community, but only in the training school arranged by the school outside the school.
After locking the car and entering the office building, the moment she stepped into the classroom, her whole person seemed a little different.
How should I put it? It’s like, without a job, the worries in life are the same as those carefree students——
To some extent, it gave her a glimmer of hope and hope for life!
When I arrived at the classroom, there were already many people there.
Class started at seven o'clock, and now it's six-fifty. Everyone took the time to have breakfast - the classroom was full of the smell of hot rice. I felt a slight feeling of tightness in my stomach and swallowed quietly.
The self-study students are about the same age as Bai Xiaofei, in their mid-twenties, and the older ones are in their thirties, and the conditions are not that good.
"It's very early today. Have you had breakfast? How about eating together?"
The person sitting next to Bai Xiaofei is a tall man, very good-looking, tall and strong, with a good personality, lively and outgoing, and a bit naughty. Bai Xiaofei knows that he likes her, and she also has a good impression of him, but the actual situation
……——
She touched the bracelet on her left wrist. A family like hers shouldn't... harm others, right?
"No, I've already eaten!" She smiled cautiously and politely, trying to be as distant as possible.
Chen Zimo was already used to it. He smiled while eating breakfast and glanced at Bai Xiaofei's wrist——
She had never taken off the bracelet on her wrist since he met her, but once, he observed that there seemed to be a...scar on it, which made him even more curious about this female classmate.
Some.
The training course is full throughout the day.
At noon, Chen Zimo asked Bai Xiaofei if she wanted to have lunch together. I don’t know how many times he had asked her. But she still refused and ran to a noodle shop not far from the training school and bought a portion of shaved noodles for 4.5 yuan.
Added some vinegar, poured some chili oil...
It’s finally delicious!
At six or seven in the afternoon, Bai Xiaofei still had dinner at that noodle shop, and had classes in the evening.
But at this moment, the company phone number came into her hands. It was a colleague who said in a very anxious tone, "Manager Bai, it's not good. Something happened to Xiao Wu. He got into a fight with someone. He was seriously injured. We don't know what to do."
, come here quickly and help deal with it!"
"Did you hit both 120 and 110?"
The other side continued to urge me, even crying, "No, I don't dare to fight!"