He Xin is very alert when sleeping and can wake up at the slightest disturbance.
The wind in the capital has been very strong these days. Maybe something was blown down in the yard. He raised his eyes and looked out the window. The sky had turned white. He closed his eyes and squinted for two or three minutes before getting out of bed.
come out.
Entering March, the weather began to get warmer day by day. After hesitating for a second or two, he decided to take off his long johns from his jeans. It was a bit cool to put them on, but he felt a lot lighter. Putting on a bare and hairless shirt, he had already lost it.
Stretchy sweater.
Opening the door, the cool air suddenly rushed in, taking away the warm and turbid atmosphere in the room, making him feel excited and his spirit suddenly shaken.
He walked out of the door carrying a washbasin towel, toothpaste and toothbrush. The yard was still quiet. He Xin got up relatively early today. Judging from the sky, it was probably around six o'clock at most.
This is a large courtyard located at the urban-rural fringe in the west of Beijing, not far from Zhongguancun. Most of the tenants in the courtyard live in this area, including He Xin. The express company he works for is located diagonally opposite the Zhongguancun Computer Market.
I squatted under the public faucet, washed up, took out the hot water bottle from the house, poured out the remaining overnight water, and took another bottle of water. I went back to the house and plugged in the hot water. The water boiled in less than five minutes.
There was still half a bowl of leftover rice in the enamel bowl on the table. Soak it in boiling water, tear open a pack of mustard and put half of it into the bowl, mix it, slurp for a while, and then the breakfast is gone.
While I was washing the dishes, people in the yard had already gotten up. They all looked sleepy and too lazy to speak. They just nodded and said hello.
He Xin moved here just before the Chinese New Year. Although he doesn't talk much at ordinary times, he is always willing to help anyone who needs help when he comes in and out. In addition, the express delivery business he does is not the same as the work of other tenants.
There is no conflict, so the popularity is pretty good.
It was already bright at this time, and although the sun had not risen yet, looking at the sky, it was estimated that it might be a sunny day today. While He Xin was cleaning up his little nest, he was thinking that if he could squeeze out some free time at noon, he would have to come back.
Let the quilt dry in the sun.
It has been almost half a year since he was reborn in this era, which is enough time for him to gradually adapt to this era, the body he occupies, and this city.
In his previous life, he lived in a small county on the eastern coast. Like most people, he got married and had children step by step. His life was dull and inactive until one day...
He knew he was dead, but when he woke up again, he found that he was in a dirty and messy shed at a construction site in Beijing in 1999, and he turned into a young man named He Xin.
He thought about it for a long time that day, but couldn't think of a reason. But after the two memories merged, he discovered that the child's fate was very tragic. Both parents died, he graduated from junior high school, and at the age of sixteen, he came to the capital from a small town in the northeast alone.
Entering the world. After working for two years, I am still just a small worker on a construction site.
When he first arrived, he was quite uncomfortable with it. The work at the construction site was too tiring. Although the life was hard in his previous life, he was still a city dweller and had never done such heavy work.
Fortunately, the person he occupies has really good physical fitness. Although he looks a little thin at 1.8 meters tall, his muscles are strong enough and he is strong. He can barely handle the dirty and tiring work.
Secondly, the living environment was too bad. There were dozens of people crowded into the simple work shed, dirty sheets and quilts, and all kinds of smells, which made him, a person who loves cleanliness, really unbearable.
Helpless, the young man was still owed wages after working for a year, and he would not be able to leave for a while. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and wait for the opportunity.
I originally wanted to wait until the end of the year to get my wages paid, but there were too many examples of migrant workers being owed wages in TV news in my previous life, especially in the construction field.
A few months were enough for him to secretly establish a network among the migrant workers. Taking advantage of the tight construction deadline at the end of the year and the labor shortage, he united everyone to attack the boss.
After several rounds, the boss had to pay off most of his salary. As soon as he got the money, He Xin immediately packed up and went to work. Although there were still two months of salary left in the hands of the boss, he said he would wait until the Spring Festival.
We'll get married together after the work is done, but he really can't stay in this damn place for a day.
After working for three years, although the salary was not high, he saved tens of thousands of yuan through frugality. The child's original dream was to go to Shenghai to develop after he had saved enough money, because that was his father's hometown, and a man stayed here for love.
Among the educated youth in Shenghai, a small town in Northeast China, this is probably a subconscious hometown complex.
But at this time, for He Xin, everything no longer mattered.
There is no way he can go back. There is no trace of his previous life in his former hometown. Beijing and Shenghai are both big cities, and the familiar capital seems more suitable for him to stay.
For three years in the capital, he was reluctant to buy any clothes. They were all in tatters, especially two sweaters, which had almost all the fur falling out and lost their elasticity. However, he was reluctant to throw them away because they were a sign of death.
My mother knitted it stitch by stitch, so I should keep this in mind.
Generally, after New Year's Day and before the Spring Festival, this period is a time of labor shortage, and jobs are easy to find. He is determined not to do heavy work with low pay, such as a construction site worker. Ten thousand yuan in his bankbook is
His greatest confidence in staying in this city.
When he was looking for a job, he was shocked when he saw the recruitment information of a courier company. These days, Taobao and JD.com are nowhere to be found, so why do courier companies exist?
After asking more about it, I realized that this is a company that specializes in intra-city express delivery. Basically, it delivers documents and items from one place in the city to another. It costs ten yuan for a trip, and the courier and the company split it half and half.
This kind of job with no technical content, free working hours, and the ability to move around the city is perfect for He Xin at this time.
After officially joining the company, he spent three hundred yuan a month to rent a bungalow in a large courtyard in the urban-rural fringe area not far from the company. Only then did he officially settle down in the capital.
Two months were enough for He Xin to travel to every corner of the city.
His current mount is a seemingly worn-out permanent type 51 heavy-weight bicycle. He Xin feels an inexplicable affinity for this brand-name bicycle produced in Shenghai, because he had such a bicycle in his previous life.
When purchasing goods in a small store, loading one or two hundred kilograms of goods is a piece of cake.
The same is true for this bicycle. It looks old and worn. After wiping off the dust on the steel rims, you can still find that the steel rims are shiny, and the spokes and school bag holder are very strong. He found this after a long time in the used car market. As long as
Change the seat cushion and brake pads, add some oil to the chain, adjust the faucet, and install a stainless steel double bell. The ringing sound is crisp and the riding feeling is quite good.
Two small baskets are hung on the schoolbag rack behind the car. The frame of the small basket is welded with thin steel bars picked up from the construction site. Two hooks are welded next to the schoolbag rack according to the size, and then plastic sealing tape is used.
Knit them up and hang them on the school bag rack one by one. They can be loaded with goods and will not be stopped by the traffic police on the road. It is perfect.
"Hey, Xiao He, what, your rent is due next month, don't forget it, ah!"
He Xin was pushing his bicycle and was about to go out when he heard the voice of his landlord, Lao Zhang.
Whenever the courtyard is busy early in the morning, Lao Zhang often wears a big cotton-padded jacket, looks arrogant, and looks around with a sense of superiority in his eyes.
There is no other way. They are natives of Beijing and have registered permanent residence in the capital. Even if the couple has already been laid off, the seven or eight rental houses built along the wall in the yard are enough to make their family live a very good life. By the way,
It can also provide for a son who is going to college at his own expense. I heard that these days, the landlord and his wife are still thinking about buying a new house for their son who is about to graduate from college.
"Hey, there's still more than half a month left, Uncle Zhang, are you ready now?" He Xin turned around and said with a smile.
"If I don't say hello to you in advance, don't forget it when the time comes, but don't make it inconvenient." Lao Zhang said with a fake smile on his face.
"Don't worry, I won't forget it!"
He Xin waved his hand to Lao Zhang and pushed the cart out.
In fact, he somewhat understood what the landlord, Lao Zhang, was thinking. When he first rented this house, it was just before the Chinese New Year when many people were going home to celebrate the New Year. The monthly rent of three hundred yuan was definitely not expensive, and the rent was negotiated for one year.
And now, less than a month after the Chinese New Year, it is a time when the supply of rental housing exceeds demand. I am afraid that Lao Zhang is now eager to cancel the rent so that he can rent it at a better price.
These days, most of the express delivery business is for units, and very few are for individuals. You will pick up the package at your door and fill out a form. After it is delivered, the other party will sign a receipt, and at the end of the month, you will settle the bill with the receipt.
Although the courier company He Xin works for is not large in scale, it is very formal and the couriers are relatively fixed. When he first joined the company, his ID card and temporary residence permit must be fully filed, especially the temporary residence permit. After all, this is an important place in Gyeonggi.
The investigation was very strict.
And this is also to prevent the express package from being lost, or when encountering some high-value express packages, what if the package runs away and the person can't be found.
There were many people who resigned before the Chinese New Year. After the Spring Festival, the company hired several new people. He Xin, who has been with the company for two months, is now considered an old employee.
I was lucky today. I got four or five orders in less than a morning. One of the orders was for a loose item, a large envelope containing a pile of computer-printed manuscript paper, and it was delivered to room 302 of a guest house opposite the New Film Factory in Beitaipingzhuang.
The signee is a director known as "Director Wang".
This kind of courier fee is paid directly by the sender and does not go through the company. This is the most popular for couriers, because it means that they do not need to share it with the company, and the courier fee can be paid directly into their own pockets.
When He Xin learned that the signee was a director, He Xin was really surprised. After all, he had never seen such a living creature in his two lifetimes.
There is only one guest house opposite Xin Film Studio, and the front door is not big. When He Xin arrived, a group of people were gathered around the door.
"Hey, hey, don't be crowded, wait in line!"
"No, I'm sending..."
Before He Xin finished speaking, he saw a long-haired man coming out from beside him, grabbing his coat and reprimanding him sternly: "I'm talking about you, there's a filming going on inside, don't make trouble!"
"ah?……"
He poked his head inside and saw a camera set up in the center of the small store. The photographer was operating the machine, and a young girl holding a notebook stood beside her. There were two people sitting on the long sofa next to the service desk.
There was a man. There were several machines stacked on the coffee table in front of him. The two of them seemed to be looking at the pictures on the machines seriously.
At this time, a guy with messy hair and dressed like a migrant worker was talking matter-of-factly into the camera lens.
Oh, we are filming a movie right now, so if you come in, you will disturb other people's work.
"Don't grab them, come one by one."
Changmao stared, nodded at him with the folder in his hand, then turned around and entered the door.
When those people queuing up at the door saw Chang Mao approaching, they all nodded and bowed to make way for them. They saw this guy avoid the camera and sneak around the wall behind the camera. Facing the two people sitting on the long sofa, this guy immediately jumped up.
He changed his arrogant look, his face was filled with a flattering smile, and he moved closer to the two of them.
The man with a flat head and glasses focused his attention on the machine screen and ignored him. The fat man beside him nodded slightly at him as a greeting.
It was obvious that the group of people inside were mainly people with flat-headed glasses. He stared at the screen for a while and shouted expressionlessly: "Stop, let's change to the next one."
The guy who was interrupted looked disappointed and walked to the side angrily. Then he saw a guy in front of him walking over with a look of embarrassment on his face.
He Xin looked very curious, it was a bit like the legendary audition. The girl standing behind the camera helped read the words, turning over the words:
"What is your name?"
"For what?"
The people who came had various accents, and sometimes they couldn't understand clearly and had to ask questions several times.
At first glance, these auditionees are not professional actors. They are basically working part-time. Some are working at construction sites, some are security guards, and there is a special one who claims to be a host. I don’t know what he does as a host.
of.
"Next! Hey, what about you? Don't be in a daze!"
"I?"
He Xin was dumbfounded, he was watching with great interest, and before he knew it, he was the last one left.
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up." Changmao stood up and urged impatiently.
"Why!"
I thought it was fun, so I gave it a try when I saw this situation.